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Local Life

An ‘Obami-nation’ you’ll only read in the Local
Obama accepts glazed donuts from oil companies!

by JIM HARRIS

The 2008 Democratic primary has just about finished its run through our fair state, and thanks to a terrific bunch of writers, choreographers, stage hands and makeup artists, it’s been a swell show.

Even road rage shooting can’t stop Ralph
‘Show must go on’ for Mt. Airy opera company founder

by LEN LEAR

PART TWO

For Mt. Airy native Rafaelle “Ralph” Tudisco, operatic music is a burning bush experience. When he is performing an aria with the Amici Opera Company, which he founded, his dark eyes seem to scorch the earth in front of him. When he discusses opera, there always seems to be water boiling under the lid.

 

Mt. Airy ex-dancer will hike 2,633 miles to combat hunger
by JENNIFER KATZ

Six days ago Jason Henschen, 27, left his apartment in Mt. Airy, his job at the High Point Café, his stint as a substitute teacher at Plymouth Meeting Friends School, his friends and family (who live in Ohio) to embark on a five-month, 2,633 mile hike out west to raise money for the Coalition Against Hunger.

Sitting at the Chestnut Hill Coffee Company a week before his departure, Henschen was looking forward to his journey, the second of a three-part series he has set his sights on.

His mother, Sharon, was in town visiting helping him get ready. This isn’t the first time she has seen her son off on an adventure. In 2006, Henschen hiked the Appalachian Trail, a 2,175-mile trek, by himself.

 

‘Couple’ not only Odd, but also boring and annoying
by CLARK GROOME

Felix and Oscar. Everyone knows them. They are the center of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple. Felix is compulsively neat. Oscar is a slob. They are both tough to live with. Their wives have thrown them out. They end up sharing an apartment.