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Like many life-long Philadelphians, Madeline Schaefer grew up attending local Quaker schools, where she developed a deep love for language and learning. After graduating from Germantown Friends School in 2005, she took a break from the East Coast to study English at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. There Madeline was heavily involved with Carleton’s student-run radio station, where she produced radio documentaries about art and culture around the campus.
The past year after graduation took Madeline around the world, but she never stopped writing. Now that she has returned home she is excited to work with Dan Rottenberg and learn about arts editing as well as the future of online magazine publishing. Madeline hopes to learn how to use the internet to foster vigorous and stimulating dialogue in order to create a thriving arts community.
She lives in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill section.
More articles by Madeline Schaefer, newest first
| ‘Girls’ and the new feminism (a reply) |
September 04 2012 |
Thanks to those pioneering feminists of the ’70s, women are now free to pursue careers just like men. But my 20-something generation is discovering the emotional costs of conventional success.
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| ‘Look! on Lancaster Avenue’ |
October 04 2011 |
Forlorn and barely noticed, Powelton Village has been populated for decades by a vibrant, talented and insular group of artists. Now it’s trying to create public buzz, which could be the neighborhood’s undoing.
"LOOK! on Lancaster Avenue." Through November 30, 2011 at various locations on Lancaster Ave. between 34th and 41st Streets in West Philadelphia. www.lancasteravenuearts.com.
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| ‘Moneyball’ and male values |
September 30 2011 |
Moneyball is a new twist on a classic American movie plot: Here, a rugged, aggressive and somewhat misogynistic man learns the value of two things money can’t buy: patience and thought. If such a transformation can happen to a Brad Pitt character, is there hope for our macho country?
Moneyball. A film directed by Bennett Miller. For Philadelphia area show times, click here.
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| ‘Dan Rottenberg Is Thinking About Raping You’ |
June 28 2011 |
Cara Blouin’s satire of Dan Rottenberg’s views on sex abuse is witty fun. But she’s preaching to her own younger generation here. Our parents hold views that are sincere and well intended too. Who among my contemporaries will reach across the generation gap to converse with them?
Dan Rottenberg is Thinking About Raping You: An Educational Presentation. By Cara Blouin. Forearm Productions presentation June 25, 2011 at Plays & Players Theater, 1714 Delancey Place. (215) 735-0630 or www.playsandplayers.org.
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| Sex abuse: How to respond to Dan Rottenberg |
June 28 2011 |
To correct Dan Rottenberg and simply say that women are never responsible for male sexual aggression isn’t really addressing the very real male reactions to cleavage, legs, etc. And why are women still buying into male definitions of what is "sexy"?
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| Simon’s ‘Lost in Yonkers’ at Plays & Players |
June 06 2011 |
In an age that’s overrun with “coming of age” stories, Neil Simon’s Lost In Yonkers takes a different tack, examining the coming-of-age of an entire dysfunctional family. A superb production expertly navigates the journey.
Lost in Yonkers. By Neil Simon; Betty Chomentowski directed. Plays & Players production through June 19, 2011 at Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Pl. (215) 735-0630 or www.playsandplayers.org.
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| 'Through the Skin' by Koresh Dance Company |
May 10 2011 |
Through the Skin, Koresh Dance Company's new performance, articulates with breathtaking beauty the modern relationship between body and mind and invites the audience to do likewise.
Koresh Dance Company: Through the Skin. Ronen Koresh, choreographer. May 5-8, 2011 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. (at Lombard).
(215) 751-0990 or www.koreshdance.org.
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| ‘Slam Nation’s’ night of story telling |
May 03 2011 |
It's harder to tell a good story than you might think, especially without a script, as I discovered during a recent night of storytelling at the Kimmel.
Slam Nation. Produced by First Person Arts for Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, April 26, 2011 at Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce Sts. www.firstpersonarts.org/slamnation.
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| BalletX and Wilma re-imagine Apollinaire (2nd review) |
April 19 2011 |
Apollinaire and the surrealists reveled in the absurd. But these performers aren’t surrealists— they’re modern-day artists performing an old piece of surrealist art. It’s a treat for the senses, but there’s not much here for the mind to chew on.
BalletX/Wilma Theater: Proliferation of the Imagination. Choreographed by Matthew Neenan, based on Guillaume Apollinaire’s Les mamelles de Tiresias; Walter Bilderback, director. Through April 24, 2011 at the Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. (at Spruce). www.balletx.org.
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| Cary Fukunaga’s ‘Jane Eyre’ on film (1st review) |
April 04 2011 |
In a world where love is over-analyzed and over-articulated, there’s something incredibly refreshing about witnessing love portrayed as magic.
Jane Eyre. A film directed by Cary Fukunaga, based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë. For Philadelphia-area show times, click here.
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| Blue Man Group: An ‘80s relic |
January 04 2011 |
Blue Man Group was quite avant-garde in the ’80s. But this male trio can’t seem to accept that modern society has outgrown the group’s message and even its form. Flashing lights on stage screens just don't do it any more.
Blue Man Group. Closed January 2, 2011 at the Merriam Theatre, Broad St. above Spruce. www.kimmelcenter.org.
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