By Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent
Uphams Corner’s Strand Theatre will celebrate its 93rd birthday Friday.
To celebrate the occasion, the theater will be opening its doors to the public and showing off two brand new exhibits.
There will be a display of 93 quilts knitted by the New England Quilting Guild, along with a showing of Phyllis Toben Bancroft’s award winning film “Burned”.
Along with the short film and quilts, there will also be a color guard on hand to salute Veterans Day, as well as performers from the Boston Dance Companyamong other community groups performing on the theater’s community stage
Admission to the event is free and the celebration starts at 4 p.m. Nov. 11.
More information about the event and the theater can be found on the Strand’swebsite.
Email Patrick D. Rosso, patrick.d.rosso@gmail.com. Follow him @PDRosso, or friend him on Facebook.
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Note to Mr. Posso,
Quilts are not KNITTED! Knitting is done with yarn. Quilts are made out of fabric, sewn together and either hand or machine quilted. Please see the link below for examples of what quilts are. I’m sure the New England Quilting Guild will be in contact with you!
Caron Mosey, Ed.S. and Hand Quilter
Admission to the event is free and the celebration starts at 4 p.m. Nov. 11.
More information about the event and the theater can be found on the Strand’swebsite.
Email Patrick D. Rosso, patrick.d.rosso@gmail.com. Follow him @PDRosso, or friend him on Facebook.
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Note to Mr. Posso,
Quilts are not KNITTED! Knitting is done with yarn. Quilts are made out of fabric, sewn together and either hand or machine quilted. Please see the link below for examples of what quilts are. I’m sure the New England Quilting Guild will be in contact with you!
Caron Mosey, Ed.S. and Hand Quilter
Michigan Quilts!: http://blog.caronmosey.com/
Edited 10:23 11-11-11 Thanks to Mr. Rosso for his quick fix of this boo-boo after I emailed him!
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I'll bet that is the last time he makes that mistake!
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