THIS SUNDAY AT THE CHERRY TREE
Esther Halpern and Friends from the Gilded Cage
February 2, 2003
Last year's Gilded Cage anniversary celebration was such an amazing
night that we're doing it again this year. Esther Halpern will once
again re-create an evening of song and stories in the back room and
will be joined by Mike Miller, Saul Broudy, Charlotte Micklos, Joel
Shoulson, Caryl P. Weiss, Jim Klingler, and anyone from the audience
that one time or another sang at the "Cage."
Tickets are $10 in advance, and $13 at the door. Students with valid
ID and members of the Philadelphia Folksong Society are entitled to
purchase tickets at the show at the advance price.
The Gilded Cage opened its doors on January 1st, 1956 with very little
flourish and quickly became a neighborhood hangout/jam center. It was
a place where people could listen to good music, or bring their own
instruments and join in. Every weekend from 1956 to 1969 Esther
played four sets a night in the 30-seat room on South 21st Street. In
between were often impromptu performances by stars like Theodore Bikel
and John Hurt who had finished up at the other clubs, or young talent
just honing their licks.
The first Gilded Cage Reunion in February 2001 was a night of magic
for performers and audience alike, and we're doing it again in
February 2002. And this time Ed Halpern has promised his famous Gilded
Cage Onion Soup. (Keep your fingers crossed.)
http://www.gildedcagecoffeehouse.com/
Also this Sunday, February 2nd, a FREE event in Clark Park:
Charles Dickens' Birthday Party at 2 PM
Griffith Hall, University of the Sciences
43rd Street and Woodland Avenue
Readings from Mr. Dickens' works, traditional English brass band
music, a birthday cake, and the laying of the wreath on Frank Elwell's
statue of "Dickens and Little Nell."
Advance tickets are available at Cherry Tree concerts; also from House
of Our Own Books at 3920 Spruce Street; Rustic Music at 333 S. 13th
Street; and Mad's Records in Ardmore. Cherry Tree concerts are
supported in part by a grant from the Philadelphia Folksong Society.
For more information, call the Cherry Tree at 215-386-1640,
or visit http://www.cherrytree.org
