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State will hear LGBT antibias complaints, says PHRC
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OUTPour: A new Op-Ed feature debuts
Family Portrait: Life is a drag for John Burd PAGE 23
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Another generation of Zager artists PAGE 19
Mazzoni Center turmoil shakes employees
City courts prospective LGBTQ foster parents By Adriana Fraser adriana@epgn.com An LGBTQ foster-parent recruitment session to encourage more LGBTQ people to open their homes to children in need attracted an “overwhelming” number of agencies and more than 50 prospective and inquiring couples, families and single people. Cecilia Rivas, resource-development administrator at the city’s Department of Human Services, said her office was flooded with so many requests by foster agencies to attend the informational session that she had to cap the number of participating agencies. “There are so many agencies that wanted to show support for the community, and that their ideals didn’t line up with agencies who aren’t welcoming to LGBT people,” said Rivas. More than 20 local foster-care agencies expressed interest in the session. Ten foster agencies — including A Second Chance, Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Turning Points for Children and New Foundations — participated in an effort to court prospective foster parents. The Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs — in partnership with and Philadelphia Family Pride — hosted its latest, and biggest, informational session Aug. 16 at the University of Pennsylvania’s LGBT Center. The event is the fourth to take place since October. The recruitment meeting comes amid a high-profile battle between the City of Philadelphia and Catholic Social Services over LGBTQ couples as foster parents. In March, DHS suspended additional foster-child referrals to CSS and Bethany Christian Services, after neither agency was accepting LGBTQ people as foster parents. In June, city officials resumed referring foster-care children to Bethany after the agency adopted an antibias policy that now includes the LGBTQ community as prospective foster parents. CSS was recently denied an emergency request to resume foster-care referrals by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The informational sessions are one way to combat the stigma of LGBTQ peopleas foster parents, especially when certain agencies are turning PAGE 14
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IT’S A GOOD THING: Media mogul, business icon and LGBT ally Martha Stewart took center stage for a plenary luncheon during the Lesbian and Gay National Chamber of Commerce’s annual convention Aug. 16 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Stewart regaled the estimated 1,000 diners with stories including her collaboration with rapper Snoop Dog for her newest show, “Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner.” Convention recap is on pages 5-7. Photo: Scott A. Drake
Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of homeless trans woman By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com A Philadelphia trans woman contends she was wrongfully evicted from a Delaware County homeless shelter after complaining of alleged mistreatment due to her gender status. From January until March of this year, “Jane Doe” resided at the Life Center of Eastern Delaware County, a homeless shelter in Media. Doe was evicted from the center on March 10 and hasn’t found stable housing since then, according to a federal lawsuit filed on her behalf Aug. 13. The defendants are the shelter and Community Action Agency of Delaware County Inc., a business entity that operates the facility. Rufus A. Jennings, an attorney for the defendants, declined to comment for this story. Justin F. Robinette, an attorney for Doe, also declined to comment. During her time at the shelter, Doe
was housed in a sex-segregated male dorm despite being a trans woman, according to the suit. She wasn’t permitted to use a female restroom, and staffers repeatedly misgendered her on a daily basis. Moreover, Doe claims she was subjected to harassment by her male dorm mate, and she overheard anti-trans comments from other residents, according to the lawsuit. When Doe complained of mistreatment, a shelter case worker said that if she had a problem, she was free go elsewhere for housing services, according to the lawsuit. “After being evicted, [Doe] was forced to live on the street where she suffered 30-degree temperatures, and was eventually forced to take refuge in Suburban Station and Jefferson Station out of necessity. [Doe] was also physically attacked on the street after being rendered homeless,” the suit states. PAGE 14 Doe’s complaint
As Mazzoni Center leadership deals with the fallout of firing its first director of diversity and inclusion, more than a half-dozen employees say the internal crisis is harming morale and their ability to serve the community. Employees in various departments of Mazzoni Center, most of whom requested anonymity, described a “bullying,” “stressful,” “uncomfortable” environment — but cited various reasons. Some blamed what they called divisive staff members, while others pointed to management for “not listening” and a “lack of transparency.” Mazzoni Center’s director of diversity, equity and inclusion, Kay Martinez, was fired from their position Monday. They were hired as interim CEO Stephen Glassman, himself the subject of an ongoing internal inquiry following anonymous charges of sexual harassment, was preparing to depart in March. Martinez began working for the nonprofit in April. Martinez, who identifies as queer and transgender, immediately protested their firing as “unjust,” prompting an estimated 50 employees to briefly walk out of the building Monday. Martinez told PGN the termination came with no notice or warnings. “I was given a termination letter that had vague and broad language about unprofessionalism. The letter said that I was in disagreement with senior management, and at no point had I said I disagreed with management,” they said. “I wanted specific examples and [CEO Lydia GonzalezSciarrino] said she couldn’t provide any.” The Friday prior to the termination, Martinez, 32, posted pictures on Instagram of them and a handful of fellow staff members on Mazzoni Center’s rooftop all wearing T-shirts with the word “DISPERSE” written across the front, as Martinez and another person gave the camera the middle PAGE 17 finger. The caption read:
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Community centers • The Attic Youth Center; 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331, atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. • LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania; 3907 Spruce
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Other • Independence Branch Library Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection: 215-685-1633 • Independence Business Alliance; 215-557-0190, IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com
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State human-relations agency will accept LGBT antibias complaints By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Advocates are praising a recent decision by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission to accept LGBT antibias complaints as a form of sex discrimination. In April 2017, the agency proposed guidance that would allow it to accept LGBTrelated complaints, even though the state’s antibias law doesn’t explicitly cover sexual orientation and gender identity. In response to the proposed guidance, PHRC received about 8,000 comments from the public — many opposing the move. But at a July 31 public meeting, PHRC commissioners gave the measure final approval in a 7-1 vote. Commissioner Gerald S. Robinson cast the lone “no” vote. He couldn’t be reached for comment. “We are pleased to move forward with this guidance. It will help provide clarity to all Pennsylvanians regarding their rights,” said PHRC executive director Chad D. Lassiter in an Aug. 17 email. The new guidance states that PHRC will investigate a complaint of LGBT discrimination as a sex-discrimination complaint. PHRC investigates antibias complaints in the areas of employment, housing, public accommodations, commercial property, and education. State and federal antibias laws explicitly ban sex discrimination in those areas. Sara Rose, staff attorney at the ACLU of Pennsylvania, commended PHRC for approving the new guidance, noting that it extends antibias protections to people in the state who weren’t prevcously covered. State Rep. Michael Schlossberg (D-Allentown) echoed Rose’s sentiments. “This is necessary. For too long, LGBT Pennsylvanians have been subjected to discrimination without any remedy. However, this isn’t the final step forward, and it’s not enough. We must pass the LGBT Fairness Act now, in order to ensure that all LGBT Pennsylvanians can be free from discrimination in any public setting,” Schlossberg said. Rue Landau, executive director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, also noted the need for a statewide LGBT-inclusive antibias law. “We in Philadelphia have long known that laws prohibiting discrimination based
on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations and education are essential,” Landau said. “In our city, providing equal protection under the law for our LGBTQ community has created safer and stronger communities and a stronger economy. The PHRC’s guidance is a big step in the right direction for equal protection of LGBTQ individuals throughout the commonwealth. But it does not replace the need to enact comprehensive nondiscrimination legislation at the state level.” Justin Robinette, a local civil-rights attorney, applauded PHRC for approving the new guidance. “All LGBT discrimination is sex discrimination,” Robinette told PGN. “The guidance appears to recognize that fact. It’s in line with recent court rulings on the subject. As a civil-rights attorney who’s represented numerous victims of anti-LGBT bias, I intend to carefully monitor how PHRC implements its new guidance.” But Jeremy L. Samek, senior legal counsel at the conservative Independence Law Center, based in Harrisburg, blasted the new guidance as “problematic, because similar laws have been applied broadly and without common-sense limitations, and have operated to take away liberties and protections that affect all of us, members in the LGBTQ community included,” he said in an Aug. 17 email. PHRC is authorized by state law to investigate antibias complaints and to award financial damages to victims if their complaints are found to be substantiated. The agency has 75 staffers and an annual budget of more than $10 million. The new measure means that SEPTA, the region’s public-transit agency, will be subjected to potential LGBT antibias complaints. SEPTA challenged the City of Philadelphia in court for nine years, from 2008-17, claiming it wasn’t subject to LGBT antibias complaints under the city’s antidiscrimination law. SEPTA contended that as a state agency, the PHRC had jurisdiction over it, while the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations didn’t. The state Supreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of SEPTA, which has about 9,000 workers and about 4-million riders. A spokesperson for SEPTA had no comment about the new guidance. n
“The PHRC’s guidance is a big step in the right direction for equal protection of LGBTQ individuals throughout the commonwealth. But it does not replace the need to enact comprehensive nondiscrimination legislation at the state level.”
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NGLCC conference delivers economic opportunities for LGBTQ business owners By Adriana Fraser adriana@epgn.com The National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce brought together some 2,000 attendees and 250 corporate sponsors at its annual International Business and Leadership Conference, where LGBTQ business owners spent four days networking with Fortune-500 companies. The sold-out conference, entitled “LGBT Unity,” was a frenzy of entrepreneurs and suppliers networking on the third and fourth floors of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown hotel. Dozens of workshops simultaneously took place in multiple rooms throughout the hotel. Others in attendance set up shop outside the Marriott’s grand ballroom, passing out cards and connecting with fellow business owners. Attendees also made their way to the marketplace expo at the Pennsylvania Convention Center that housed every corporate sponsor and supplier. After the expo closed Aug. 16, guests quickly made their way back to the grand ballroom to attend Martha Stewart’s keynote speech. Stewart had the packed ballroom in hysterics as she spoke candidly about her relationship with rapper Snoop Dogg, her stint at a federal correctional facility and her refusal to accept a pardon from President Donald Trump. Stewart also spoke of the importance of being an ally to the LGBTQ community. “Being an ally is an everyday occur-
rence. We’ve been embracing change and inclusiveness for a long time. My magazine was the first to feature a gay wedding in 2009,” she told the audience. “I hope there’s no discrimination in my life and no discrimination in my company. We don’t look at people in terms of sexual orientation or beliefs. We look at people in terms of talent, drive and getting things done.” The four-day conference was a marathon of networking opportunities and connection-building, but it was also “a way to showcase that LGBT people are a vital part of America as business owners and employers,” said Justin G. Nelson, NGLCC cofounder. “LGBT business owners were, and are, an essential part of the engine that makes the U.S. economy run, and therefore deserve an equal place at the table,” he added. Brian Sims, the out representative for Pennsylvania’s 182nd district, said the conference highlighted the political impact of the LGBT economy. “There is strength in our purchasing power. We’ve got all of these businesses and business leaders together at a time when we’re watching a historical attack against us, and I think that the byproduct is being incredibly conscientious and proactive about how we, as out people, can impact the discussion on policy,” Sims told PGN at the close of the conference. Jason Trimiew, head of supplier diversity at Facebook, explained Facebook’s mission to be more inclusive in PAGE 7
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Uniform-apparel company wins big at NGLCC Biz Pitch By Adriana Fraser adriana@epgn.com A uniform-apparel company took home $50,000 in cash and prizes at the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce’s annual Biz Pitch competition for an entry the judges deemed “a relevant and interesting take on an industry that no one thinks about.” The company, eParel, is the NGLCC’s seventh Biz Pitch entrepreneurial-competition winner. The “Shark Tank”-styled event capped off the 2018 International Business and Leadership Conference at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Aug. 17. Matthew Wilson and Kevin Schiesz — cofounders of the New York-based company that specializes in providing on-trend clothes and accessories for the hospitality industry — edged out competitors Hootlogy and Nap Bar. The duo took home a $25,000 cash prize, along with a $25,000 business-consulting package that included Apple products and a marketing-strategy campaign created by the Philadelphiabased media company Chatterblast. “We were up against two great companies and we’re overwhelmed, but elated, to have won,” Schiesz said at the close of the competition. The win will help the company employ more people to create a sales team, Wilson said. “We’re the only two full-time employees and we will invest in a much-needed sales team. That will free the two of us up to develop more creative strategies in an effort to expand the business,” he said. The competition, hosted by NGLCC cofounder Justin Nelson, featured five-minute presentations by the finalists, introducing their businesses to a panel of three judges and a crowd of nearly 200 guests in the Marriott’s grand ballroom. The finalists provided a detailed description of their individual business plans with strategies on how to establish and increase revenue as well as how they would attract and maintain a lucrative customer base. Each finalist was paired with a corporate mentor ahead of their pitches — Scott Sapperstein, assistant vice president of public affairs at AT&T (mentoring eParel), Miriam Brown, supplier-diversity professional at Freddie Mac (mentoring Nap Bar) and Scott Vowels, supplier-diversity manager at Apple (mentoring Hootlogy). Sapperstein, who delivered the opening remarks for the competition, told PGN he advised his mentees to “keep it simple.” “They did a great job with not bogging down the judges and the audience with too much information. The goal was to keep it simple, keep it under five minutes and for Schiesz and Wilson to be themselves during the presentation. They nailed it,” he said.
The eParel founders presented first and provided judges samples of their uniforms. Schiesz outlined how their business provides managers an opportunity to “create and deploy [options], and employees select their uniforms from the comfort of their own home.” Clients browse and choose company-approved uniforms and accessories from eParel’s trademarked online market platform, Bib & Tucker. Stefanie Francis followed, presenting her New York-based market-research company Hootlogy. Chance Mitchell, cofounder of NGLCC and one of the judges, complimented Francis on her enthusiasm during her presentation, but “had a difficult time understanding what the product offering [was] and how it is scalable.” Mitchell recommended that Francis “lead with the mission and vision of what the company is, what the product is and how it’s going to solve a problem that is not currently addressed in the market.” Khaliah Guillory concluded the presentations with her concept for Nap Bar, billed as a solution to the midday burnout that working professionals and entrepreneurs face. Guillory explained her vision as a standalone space with 10-12 napping pods made of mahogany wood, an inverted garage with greenery “to spark creativity” coupled with a coffee bar. She also added the possibility of incorporating the Nap Bar into airports and corporate work spaces. David Beatty, another Biz Pitch judge, applauded Guillory on her high-energy presentation, but was concerned that the pitch had more to do with “why we should take naps” and less on “the execution of the business plan.” Heidi Lehmann, the third judge, ultimately named eParel the winners, applauding the “fantastic progress [they’ve] made in the market.” Francis said that although she fell short of the win, she “was grateful to have the opportunity to share my business with potential investors” and thanked her Biz Pitch mentor for the support. Guillory also was thankful for the chance to publicize her project. “I’m glad to get the Nap Bar brand out there and for others to see my vision,” she said after the competition. “This is only the beginning, and if I’m able to leave here with someone interested in learning more, that’s a win on its own.” Lehmann congratulated Schiesz and Wilson as they came onto the stage to accept the award. “I think the on-demand economy and the Uberization of everything, including this uniform business, is so relevant, and we look forward to you taking over the world,” Lehmann told the winners. n
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working with diverse suppliers during the marketplace expo. “We wanted to have a specific and proactive effort to go out into diverse communities, learn about their businesses and make solid connections,” he said. Gabrielle Claiborne, cofounder and managing partner of Transformation Journeys Worldwide — a transgender diversity and inclusion-consulting firm based in Atlanta — said the conference helped her foster relationships with other transgender and NGLCC-certified business owners. “Thinking beyond the corporate contracts as being a measure of success, there were businesses here that are ready to do work with other certified businesses. They want to team up in an effort to create opportunities that they may not have been able to attain on their own. That’s the power of this conference,” said Claiborne. K. Kenneth Davis, a New Yorker who owns the Trans Capitalist, a financial-consulting business, mentioned his need for other LGBTQ mentors as he gets his business off the ground. “I believe that mentorship is crucial for small, trans-identifying business owners such as myself from other transgender business owners. I’ve heard many success stories at this conference of trans folks pushing past barriers and creating avenues of opportunity in business,” he said. n
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Meet Sweden’s ambassador to the U.S. Karin Olofsdotter, the Swedish Ambassador to the United States, was part of the NGLCC conference’s “Beyond Borders: Succeeding in the Global Landscape” panel and discussed the Swedish government’s LGBTQ-equality efforts domestically and internationally. “The Swedish Embassy is in close dialogue with the U.S. government, American LGBTIQ civil-society organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign and LGBTIQ business representatives,” she said. “The Swedish
government is very vocal on LGBTIQ rights and supports these rights globally. Human rights are on the forefront of our foreign policy with equality being right at the center.” The embassy arranged a Twitter Town Hall together with Human Rights Campaign and other Nordic embassies earlier this summer to promote LGBTQ rights and inclusion. In November, Olofsdotter and her staff will take part in the NGLCC’s third-annual Global LGBTI Business Week in Washington, D.C., to
continue conversations about expanding global LGBTQ economic opportunities. “When it comes to business, we have significant investments in the United States. Swedish economic ties with the U.S. have created about 500,000 jobs. Most of our big companies have production facilities here and find the U.S. market extremely important. It is one of our biggest markets outside the European Union and we’re looking to see how we can support the LGBTI economy here as well as back in Sweden.” n
Canadian minister: Let’s do business Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of International Trade Diversification, led the “LGBTQ2 business mission” to Philadelphia in partnership with the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The mission connected 15 Canadian LGBTQ2 (the “2” represents Two-Spirit indigenous people) entrepreneurs with U.S. Fortune-500 companies and other NGLCC-certified business owners. Carr, who attended the conference
for the first time, said the message he wants to deliver is Canada’s “inclusion, openness and diversification of trade.” “There’s all this untapped potential here [at the conference]. We have to share the success stories and the excitement of these business owners. We want to add to creating economic opportunities and wealth in a way that benefits all of our citizens in Canada as well as the countries that we work with,” he said.
Randy Boissonault, the prime minister’s special advisor on LGBTQ2, said he wanted create more export opportunities for LGBTQ businesses in Canada. “This is the first time we’ve done an LGBTQ2 trade mission anywhere in the world and we chose our largest and best trading partner. We’re coming here committed to diversity and inclusion not just in Canada, but we’re also stressing the importance of diversity in business and trade as well,” Boissonault said. n
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Out athlete trains for 26-mile marathon to raise LGBTQ visibility By Adriana Fraser adriana@epgn.com A local entrepreneur has started a GoFundMe ahead of a 26.2-mile marathon he’s running to raise funds and visibility for LGBTQ athletes. Kedzie Teller, owner of a start-up marketing and consulting business in Philadelphia, is raising money for Athlete Alley, a New York-based international nonprofit working at the intersection of sports and LGBTQ equality. The runner said he wants to normalize openly gay athletes to combat the “homophobic environment perpetuated in sports.” Teller started with a goal of $1,000 but quickly met it, and then bumped it up to $2,500. By press time, he had raised close to $1,700 for Athlete Alley. Teller is also an athlete who turned to marathon running after retiring from the national U.S. Quidditch team. Inspired by J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, where the fictitious game was originally mentioned, quidditch is a mixed-gender contact sport with a unique mix of elements from rugby, dodgeball and tag. A quidditch team is made up of seven players who use “wizard” brooms between their legs at all times. Teller played for the U.S. team in the International Quidditch Association World
Cup 2012-2014 and remained part of the national team until last year. He explained that he wanted to break away from the sport but still remain athletically active. After consulting with his sister, who regularly participates in marathons, Teller turned his attention to long-distance running to stay in shape, but also as a way to “work through issues.” “I use long-distance running as my therapy. It’s cathartic for me. I have a lot of issues and I can’t afford a therapist. Running is how I work through things,” he said. The 2018 Gorham Savings Bank Maine Marathon takes place Sept. 30, and will be Teller’s first attempt at a long-distance running competition. Runners follow a course that starts and finishes along the southern end of the Back Cove, the inner-bay area near downtown Portland, Maine. Teller chose the New England marathon as an homage to his home region: He grew up 10 minutes south of Portland. He spent his youth playing soccer and was a Division I sprinter in college before turning his attention toward quidditch. But being gay made him feel he wasn’t good enough as an athlete, he said. “I could walk onto a field and be the best athlete there, but I never felt like I was. I felt like I had to tackle harder, score
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more goals, be faster. I had to overachieve just to feel like I was on an equal playing field with my heterosexual counterparts. Even if I scored more goals than anyone else on the team, I still felt lesser because I was gay.” Today, Teller is one of Athlete Alley’s 188 ambassadors that, work to end homophobia and transphobia in sports. The athlete said he is using his current training period as an “opportunity to share Athlete Alley’s message in a more proactive way. I’m trying to spread awareness of what Athlete Alley does while, at the same time, raising money to put back into the organization.” Teller is tracking his training journey via #RunProud on social media. The marathon has opened his eyes to how important visibility is, he said. “Think about how many kids have no one to look up to, or feel so alone because they may not see or identify with someone who’s just like them,” he said. “I used to say that I never wanted my sexual identity to define who I was. It’s a part of who I am, but it’s not who I am. I have taken it upon myself to make it a bigger part of who I am now.” n To donate to Kedzie Teller’s marathon fundraiser, visit www.gofundme. com/runproud.
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Fostering recovery through kindness and compassion Empower healing by how we mindfully treat ourselves and others People challenged by addiction ought to think about themselves more favorably. Come again? (Did you just read a huge typo?) Nope, you didn’t — and, here’s why: Pain and punishment, unnecessary shame and guilt, almost never lead to a better, healthier, happier life. Research proves it; from my own life, I believe it. As a certified recovery specialist (CRS) supporting those who desire recovery from substance use/misuse, I often explain how viewing or talking to ourselves, and others, without kindness and compassion is of little to no benefit. Here’s the thing: To develop resilience, or the ability to bounce back from difficulty, we have to have confidence that we are able to overcome life’s hardships. This attribute is Kirk greatly enabled by staying a healthy distance from self-criticism if you’re feeling “not enough.”
change are more likely to engage in activities that allow them to grow; those who believe they cannot improve or change are less likely to do so.” Mazzoni Center’s Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) provides a higher level of care for people addressing their addiction(s), along with recovery-support groups endeavoring to incorporate and model empowerment — a quality grown and nourished through the practice of compassion. Therapists and recovery specialists deeply understand that the use of unhelpful labels becomes internalized over time. People begin to believe what is limiting about their character. In fact, there have been occasions when attendees in our support groups identify themselves as addicts or alcoholics — a typical practice in some Parsons other programs. When this happens, I often respond, “Thank you. So, what else do you do well?” Certainly this response utilizes humor, but for a good reason. A person’s struggle with substances does not define them in totality; dare I say, it is even not their most prominent attribute.
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Find new language One of the best ways to begin believing that what we are, and what we have, is sufficient is to notice how we speak about recovery and those seeking it. According to recovery scientist Robert Ashford in an article published by thefix.com, “The words we use have been shown by researchers to not only negatively influence our attitudes toward people in recovery and those still using substances — to the extent of suggesting that a health condition is a moral, social or criminal issue — but they also impact access to healthcare and recovery outcomes.” In other words: How we speak to someone, and how we refer to ourselves, in private or in public, matters. How can we begin to address this? Ashford suggests using “terms that are rooted in humanity.” Indeed, by doing so we can be reminded of the utterly not-spectacular nature of our faults, as he puts it, and “even benefit from using terms that don’t immediately degrade our very essence as people.” Well-respected writer on addiction and recovery policy William White seems to reinforce this idea: “Those who believe they can improve or
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The search for wholeness In a wider context, what all this engenders is the thing called wholeness. Regarding the search for a complete sense of self, White offers this: “Wholeness comes from bringing into harmony those elements of character which had been magnified into excess with those which have been suppressed and denied.” A three-dimensional fullness of what it means to live as a human in the here and now is a laudable and valuable lifelong goal. People in recovery, and those contemplating it, need to be supported by self and others through helpful, intentional action. This can be manifested through the manner in which we all express ourselves. And even though it may, at times, feel counterintuitive, let us advocate for words and deeds reflecting compassion and kindness to support the work done on the path to better health and well-being. n
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Mazzoni mess Whether you like it or not, Mazzoni Center is the Philadelphia area’s largest LGBTQ healthcare provider, with a staff of 165 serving more than 35,000 patients annually. In a city with some of the area’s largest hospitals, that’s saying something. Mazzoni Center opened in 1979 and was on the frontlines of the AIDS crisis, incorporating HIV-related services just two years after opening. The center opened the first HIV-testing site in Pennsylvania in 1985, the first housing for people living with HIV the following year and, in 1989, the first food bank for those living with the virus. Services have vastly expanded since then. Today, Mazzoni Center aims to provide “quality comprehensive health and wellness services in an LGBTQfocused environment, while preserving the dignity and improving the quality of life of the individuals we serve.” That mission is now endangered by a series of crises over the past two years that can only be characterized as systemic. While changing faces at the top, the leadership consistently remains tone-deaf as to how its actions come across. In recent weeks, employees have been seen giving management the finger on social media; writing open letters denouncing Mazzoni Center’s leadership; leaking internal documents to the media; staging what look like walk-outs, though carefully timed for lunch hour so as not to violate union rules; rampaging through the open-layout offices denouncing management; and calling for the resignation of CEO Lydia Gonzalez-Sciarrino. A poorly handled firing this week, which sparked the recent demonstrations, and subsequent lack of comment after repeated requests by PGN, don’t do much to change that image. Mazzoni management allowed for this environment, one that more than a halfdozen employees told PGN this week makes them uncomfortable, and even fearful, in a workplace where they just want to do their jobs. This week on the front page, we try to unravel some of what is happening on the inside. But first, an urgent memo to the upper management of Mazzoni Center: Get your shit together. A lot of people need you. n
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Imagine that you are applying for a job. Your prospective employer asks to see a resume, references and a cover letter laying out how your experience matches their needs. But you say to the employer, “I’ll give that to you, but only after you hire me.” The employer would show you the door. Rightly so. That’s not the way getting a job works. Unless, of course, you’re Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Republicans are rushing to get this guy confirmed before his records are released to the Senate. In other words, the GOP wants to give a lifetime appointment to a guy who hasn’t shown them his resume. Oh no, Republicans say, “we aren’t doing anything out of the ordinary. This is TOTALLY NORMAL and Democrats are being whiny babies for wanting to properly vet Kavanaugh. It’s just not fair,” Republicans say. “We’d never do anything like that to a SCOTUS nominee named by a Democrat.” Except that they did. Actually, what Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans did was steal a U.S. Supreme Court seat from President Obama. Merrick Garland should be sitting on the bench right now. Instead, we have Neil Gorsuch, nominated by Trump. And now we’re just one justice away from the very real possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade and scrapping marriage equality. No wonder the GOP is all “damn the torpedos” on this. It’s worth noting that crowding this travesty out of the news cycle is the release of fired White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman’s tell-all book. Trump’s busy calling her “wacky,” and a “lowlife” on Twitter, claiming that she can’t be trusted. Keep in mind this is a woman who has worked for him for many years, and that Trump claimed he only hired “the best people.” As law professor and author Jennifer Taub wrote on Twitter, “Seriously? Trump hired Omarosa, Mike Flynn, Carter Page, George Papadopolous, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and Rob Porter. Now he wants Senate Dems to blindly accept his nominee for a LIFETIME appointment to the Supreme Court for Brett Kavanaugh? No. Release the documents.” But the GOP is like, “Nah, we’re good.” People who for some reason think that the Republican Party has a conscience are often puzzled as to why so-called members of the Christian right have embraced Trump even though Trump is the epitome of all they’ve claimed to stand against over the years. But this is it. The Supreme Court has
always been the goal. And if Trump can deliver the Supreme Court to them, then he can literally do no wrong. It should worry you that people who hate LGBTQ people can’t heap praise on Kavanaugh fast enough. “President Trump promised a constitutionalist — someone who will call balls and strikes according to the Constitution,” said Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, an anti-LGBTQ organization. “We trust the president that Judge Kavanaugh will fit this mold as a justice.” By “call balls and strikes,” I’m pretty sure Perkins is making a thinly veiled reference to penises, because for Perkins, everything always comes back to penises. Specifically, gay penises. Those are his least-favorite kind. Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage said, “With this nomination, the balance of power on the Supreme Court could shift dramatically in our favor. For the first time, since marriage was illegitimately redefined by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2015 Obergefell ruling, we have a clear path forward to restoring marriage to our nation’s laws.” It bears mentioning that Brown is also talking about penises here, since he believes in one penis plus one vagina marriages only. It also bears mentioning that Brown would be super excited to see LGBTQ families torn apart and stripped of legal protections. And so I ask you to call your senators. Call them and tell them that you do not want to see Kavanaugh confirmed. Tell them why. Tell them what scares you. You might not change their minds, but they need to hear from you. Some pundits are saying Kavanaugh’s confirmation is a foregone conclusion, and that Democrats aren’t going to bother fighting this. Well, the destruction of my family is not a foregone conclusion. Stripping a woman of her right to an abortion is not a foregone conclusion. And these things are worth fighting for. Demand that your senators fight. You too must fight. Don’t take your eye off the balls. And by balls, I’m making some kind of sports metaphor, obviously. But, hey, whatever motivates you to pick up the phone. n D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski.
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The Church’s child-rape problem There is not a more important position are just words they’ve heard before. So, that this community has to make a stand Your Holiness, I have a suggestion that can on than the Catholic Church’s institutionput your words into action: Tell your caralizing child rape by their priests, bishops dinals and archbishops to support the end and cardinals. Did you read that? CHILD of “Statute of Limitations” laws so that the RAPE! That’s what is in the Pennsylvania child rapists in your church are brought to Attorney General’s report, along with chiljustice. dren tied up and whipped and a kiddy-porn If you’re not sure what that means, here’s ring of priests. the point: Those 300 priests and bishops The real facts: The Attorney General of who were named in the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania issued a report Attorney General’s report that estimates 300 priests, bishmight not be charged due to ops and cardinals have in some that law, and here’s the kicker way been complicit in the rape — there’s only one organizaor sexual assault of over a thoution in the state fighting that: sand children, and that’s just in the Catholic Church. Its lobthis state. Put that together with bying arm is the Pennsylvania scandals in Boston, Arizona, Catholic Conference. And its Washington, D.C., and other largest supporter is Archbishop countries over the last few years of Philadelphia Charles Chaput. and the list of little girls and Your Holiness, put out a stateboys being raped and sexually ment asking the Pennsylvania abused goes into the tens of Catholic Church not to lobby to thousands. In the U.S., it all protect child-abusing priests no started with the U.S. Council matter how long ago it was, and of Bishops attempting to cover support the abolishment of statMark Segal ute-of-limitation laws for child this affliction by its “religious leaders” by transferring priests, rape and abuse. not calling the police, denying it when they Now here’s where the LGBTQ commuknew it was true, moving records and, at nity comes in. It was bishops like Chaput one point, trying to ship those records out who suggested that LGBTQ people not of the country so the police could not get be allowed around children, and for that their hands on that evidence. And let’s not reason (they’ve now changed that explaforget fighting the statute of limitations. nation), LGBTQ people should not be That law would allow officials to charge allowed to adopt. a priest, bishop and, yes, even cardinals, Excuse me, shouldn’t it be, “Don’t trust with their crimes five or 10 years later, and your children with priests, bishops and carnot allow them to go skipping into a nice dinals”? Tens of thousands of children beg retirement. you not to. n
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cycle continues like all addictions. Hookup apps have become an obsession. The importance of being a “real masculine man” on hookup apps has always puzzled me. Why is femininity viewed as a weakness and undesirable? I know so many gay men who pride themselves on how masculine they are. There is a whole category dedicated to how masculine gay black men can be in the ballroom scene called “Realness!” However, this high demand for masculinity puts men like me who may not fit the unyielding gender social constructs at
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LGBTQ people of color in online dating communities. I have a vision one day to date in a world where femininity holds the same value as masculinity. So, when a guy meets me online and in person, nothing is lost in translation — I am the real man they want, not the man designed by societal standards and social constructs. n Antar Bush is a public-health advocate, professor at West Chester University and executive producer of OUTPour LGBTQ. He is committed to advocating for health equity in all communities. Follow him on Instagram @antarbushmswmph.
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them away, said Evan Thornburg, deputy director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs. “LGBTQ families are under attack from people who choose to believe that LGBTQ people are a danger to these children or that they’re not suited to be foster parents,” she said, adding that nearly 15,000 children are in the state’s foster-care system, including about 5,000 in Philadelphia. “We’re doing all that we can to remind folks in the LGBTQ community that a couple of bad apples shouldn’t spoil the bunch,” said Thornburg. “There are fostering agencies here and around the city that are ready to assist anyone looking to step up and help some children. We bring in DHS and a number of foster-care agencies to help put peoples’ minds at ease that they’re absolutely wanted and encouraged to take in a child or two who’s in need of love and support,” said Thornburg. Lydia Cooper, a representative from A Second Chance Inc., attended the event.
“Everyone, no matter how they identify, is needed in providing care for children who need it the most,” she said. “It’s important that we relay the message to everyone that we need more people willing to open up their homes to children who may not have any other solutions. LGBTQ families are showing up to these sessions and are actually taking the next steps in the process to become foster parents.” Stephanie Haynes, executive director of Philadelphia Family Pride, said at least a handful of attendees from previous sessions have already begun the foster-parent process. During the session, five panelists spoke about their experiences as foster parents, including one panelist who described growing up in the foster-care system. Panelist Tony Morse has 12 foster children he and his partner consider their own. Morse, who owns residential properties throughout the city, transformed two of his homes into living spaces for the children.
As the former residential director of The Bridge Program — a nonprofit that helps adolescents ages 14-18 overcome substance abuse and mental-health issues — Morse said he found his love of helping young people in need. He established his first foster-family home when he found out that five brothers aged 3-11 were unable to be placed in a home together. Morse said he feared the brothers would be separated, and decided to take them after a family member was unable to care for the siblings. “I’m really glad I’m able to make an impact on these young people’s lives. Because I have a social-work background, I knew that there’s a need for more homes and safe spaces for these kids,” Morse said. “Philly has so many kids who are waiting to be placed in homes, especially older kids, and I knew I needed to be doing something. “As a gay man, I’m grateful to see so many more people in the community seeing that we’re actually wanted and needed to take part of helping a child find love and stability.” n
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alleges that her rights as a trans woman were violated under the federal Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The suit contends the shelter should have made reasonable accommodations for her disability — gender dysphoria — by granting her access to gender-appropriate facilities, including the female dorm and restrooms. Last year, a Pennsylvania court ruled that the ADA can cover gender dysphoria. Doe now spends much of her time at the William Way LGBT Community Center in Center City, which doesn’t provide housing services and is closed during the overnight hours, according to the lawsuit. Doe is requesting an unspecified amount in monetary damages and remedial measures at the shelter so that all trans residents are treated consistent with their gender identity. Doe has also requested a jury trial. As of presstime, Doe’s suit remained pending before U.S. District Judge Juan Sanchez. The shelter has until Oct. 15 to file an answer to Doe’s allegations. n
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“I am exactly where I am supposed to be. I will not #disperse. I will not be silent. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” The post has since been deleted. Mazzoni Center did not respond to questions around Martinez’s firing. Martinez said they have “reported the matter to local and federal agencies, that will be investigating my claims.” Terrell Green is a former mobile-testingunit coordinator at Mazzoni Center who resigned Aug. 4 after less than five months on the job. In an Aug. 20 Facebook post, Green wrote, “So happy I left this toxic place,” referring to Mazzoni Center. Green told PGN he resigned because “it was an environment being run by people who had no connection and no knowledge of what was happening in the community. There was a true disconnect between employees and leadership.” In September 2017, Mazzoni front-line staff voted 51-34 in favor of a petition filed by the Service Employees International Union to unionize. Management and the union negotiating committee are currently discussing the terms and conditions of employment with the ultimate goal reaching a collective bargaining. Ahead of the union vote, in yet another Mazzoni Center scandal, Glassman was involved in hiring anti-union consultants to persuade employees not to unionize. The arrival of Gonzalez-Sciarrino in April prompted protests from a faction of employees denouncing both the hiring process and the hire as unqualified to lead the center because, among other things, she is heterosexual. Since Gonzalez-Sciarrino took over, employees told PGN she is attempting to hold staff accountable for their behavior, but is not communicating in a transparent way. “Gonzalez-Sciarrino is trying to make some changes, hold people accountable and trying to create a professional atmosphere,” said one employee who has worked at Mazzoni Center for several years. But the employee described the current workplace as “unsafe.” “Some staff are now making it unsafe for fellow staff members. There’s a lot of bullying going on,” the source said. Mazzoni Center senior health and sexuality educator Nefertari Sloan commandeered the microphone at an all-staff meeting to ask employees to “raise your hands if you feel valued by this organization.” Sloan refused to stop reading from a prepared statement, with Gonzalez-Sciarrino then ordering the staff members to “disperse” and reportedly turning down the microphone.
Martinez gathered employees during lunch the following day on the building’s roof deck “to hear Sloan’s statement,” they said. “It wasn’t about the CEO, it was about Sloan not being able to speak at a staff meeting.” Some employees were dressed in the “DISPERSE” tees. In an interview with PGN, Sloan defended disrupting the Aug. 16 staff meeting. “I’m disappointed at the results that my actions have yielded. I was within my rights to speak and the saddest thing for me is that, had I not been interrupted, this would have never happened,” said Sloan. Some employees who were at the meeting said Sloan’s comments fueled feelings of a now out-of-control workplace. “That speech that the staff member gave last week — they are within their rights to express themselves, but that was the wrong place and the wrong time,” said the longtime employee. “It made me really uncomfortable and made a lot of other people uncomfortable as well.” Several other employees agreed. “The level of disrespect and unprofessionalism shown by some staff has finally crossed the line,” said a second employee. “In an organization with the heavy responsibility of serving as many folks in the LGBTQ+ population in Philly and the surrounding areas, there has to be some limit.” This employee also expressed understanding for why some staff members feel frustrated — but added that it might be misdirected. “Most of the staff at Mazzoni Center have faced severe discrimination and oppression throughout most, if not all, of their lives. Mazzoni Center, its administration and our CEO are much safer targets than those outside the organization who are doing the worst acts.” Another employee said some staff members “keep using their anger to incite other staff,” and that it’s unclear to what end. “I’m not even sure what they are fighting for anymore. There are those of us that are here to work, and love our jobs, and love what Mazzoni Center has to offer and give as a workplace environment.” The majority of Mazzoni Center’s employees “do a lot of great work here and also may not get recognized on a daily basis,” the employee said, adding that “we would never think of yelling at everyone in a setting like that,” referring to Sloan at the Aug. 16 staff meeting. “If you look around you and you’re at work right now, would you be able to give the middle finger to your boss, write an open letter to Facebook or Medium and/ or yell at all the staff and still survive in your job? If not, maybe you could work at Mazzoni Center.” n
“If you look around you and you’re at work right now, would you be able to give the middle finger to your boss, write an open letter to Facebook or Medium and/or yell at all the staff and still survive your job? If not, maybe you could work at Mazzoni Center.”
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Local filmmaker artfully adapts gay Latino novel “We the Animals” By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor Jeremiah Zagar is artistic Philadelphia royalty. His father, Isaiah, is the active and artist famous for the city’s glass-and-mirror mosaics and for his Magic Gardens on South Street; his mother, Julia, owns the Eye’s Gallery on South Street, where she sells Latin-American folk art. Their artistic influences certainly sparked creativity in their son. Initially, the 37-yearold filmmaker, who now lives in Brooklyn, dreamed of a career as a video-store clerk, recommending movies to customers. He even worked at the late great TLA Video as a teen. However, he was fired — not for recommending bad movies, but for mixing up mail-order shipments. Zagar was struggling with dyslexia. It was as a student at Emerson College where he started making films. He completed two shorts before embarking on his feature documentary, “In a Dream,” about his father and family. After directing a series of other documentary projects, Zagar has now made his first feature film, “We the Animals” and boy, it’s a doozy. Cowritten with gay playwright Daniel Kitrosser, the drama, opening Aug. 24 at the Landmark Ritz Five, is an adaptation of out writer Justin Torres’ celebrated novel about Jonah (Evan Rosado), a young boy growing up with his two brothers, Manny (Isaiah Kristian) and Joel (Josiah Gabriel), and their parents, Paps (Raúl Castillo) and Ma (Sheila Vand). Jonah is a sensitive child who likes to draw and finds comfort in his tough but loving family; his parents often fight, and they sometimes don’t have enough food to put on the table. Over the course of the film, Jonah slowly comes to realize that he is different from his brothers — especially after a neighbor shows him a gay pornographic video. The film unfolds, as the book does, in
impressionistic vignettes that capture the experiences of childhood. There are even some animated sequences and magical-realist moments that bring Jonah’s imagination to life. Zagar films “We the Animals” in a style that engenders tremendous emotion. PGN: What can you say about the film’s queer content? It’s subtle, and largely downplayed, but it still packs a wallop. Do you think this is a coming-out film? JZ: I see it as a queer film for sure. The animation is an attempt to express the sexuality of how a young boy might interpret sexuality for himself. But it does evolve into a queer film. It doesn’t start that way. The book does the same thing. We wanted to do exactly what the book did, but we were unable to age the kid. I thought, We can’t age this kid, because if you age him, the audience wouldn’t relate to him. Then I saw “Moonlight,” and I saw you can do that. But I didn’t want to do that in this film. I think that’s the beauty of Justin’s book. It’s universal, but it ends specifically queer. We wanted to do that. PGN: “We the Animals” seems both an unusual choice of a novel for you to adapt and also a perfect one. How did you relate to Justin’s book that you wanted to make this film? What were your identification points? JZ: I think the beauty of the novel is that you can have a childhood like mine and relate to it so viscerally and so emotionally. I don’t think I had exactly the same childhood, but I had a childhood wracked with a family that was very bombastic and incredibly passionate and problematic and deeply flawed, and I don’t think that’s rare. You don’t have to have the exact same family to be incredibly emotionally akin to it. That’s the beauty of filmmaking and storytelling in general. PGN: What connections did you find between Latinos and Jews?
JZ: I think that Latinos and Jews have a similar sense of touch. Justin [Torres] and I talked about this a lot. There’s a certain touch — the families touch each other. Jews are very demonstrative. They are physical with their love, and they are very loud with their love and there’s a kinship there. Italians also come from that Latin culture. My mother sells Latin-American folk art. My aunt read the book and said, “I’ve never seen a family like ours in a book.” They are not, but they are. Justin Torres is brilliant in describing what many families experience but are afraid to write down. He has that honesty and clarity and poetry that is easy for people like you and me to relate to. PGN: This is a story about childhood and innocence lost. What was your childhood like? JZ: [Laughs] I grew up with a father who was very intense, as you know, and a mom who had a lot of weight on her shoulders because of his intensity, but also because she was raising two children and working all the time. In those ways it’s the same. My childhood was flooded with art, which is different from the child in this book, who is discovering his creativity, and creativity was exploding all around me at all times. I think that’s a big difference to me. PGN: This is your first fiction film. How did you adapt/adjust your approach as documentarian in telling this story? JZ: I think the difference is control. In documentary, you are not in control of your character — at least in terms of where that character is, where they will emote and when. In narrative, you are, so that was a great relief for me. I liked the control element of it, and creating and controlling an environment. PGN: You feature many close-ups in the film, which create emotion. You also animate Jonah’s drawing and create moments of
magical realism, as when Jonah floats above the ground. Can you discuss your visual approach to the characters and the narrative? I love the shot of the family riding in the back of a truck with their heads hanging upside-down over the side. JZ: Those things are in the book, aside from the animation. The animation was about trying to find a way into the character’s mind because it’s first-person. Mark Samsonovich‘s incredible illustrations became the template for that emotional insight into the character. I think of the movie not as an adaptation but as a translation. Dan and I first started by translating the book literally. We would think: That works in the book. The truck scene is inside a car. That’s not very cinematic, and the lighting is really limited. We wanted natural light, so how do you create the same emotional context? You can make it cinematic and make it grand. That’s how we’d approach every scene. PGN: You talked about natural light. The sun in the film is bright, but it doesn’t provide much warmth. The film is full of tactile moments. There is a palpable sense of messiness, of bare skin, of heat, and water, of hunger and anger. How did you accomplish this? JZ: Shout out to Kodak and film. It feels tangible because it is tangible. You can feel the grain. That was vital to us. The same ethos with the animation — that you should be able to feel the animation. It’s all hand-done and all photographed — the paper texture moving so you feel the tangibility of the drawing as the paper moves. That ethos translates to how the kids relate to each other, or the way the parents relate to each other. They touch. There is warmth between them. n Jeremiah Zagar will conduct a post-screening Q&A Aug. 24 and 25 at 7:20 p.m. at the Landmark Theatres.
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In addition to all of the parties, meals and entertainment, an art exhibit called “Scratched” will be open at the CAMP The entire town of Rehoboth Beach will Rehoboth Gallery. Created especially for become a big bear den the weekend of Bear Weekend, this very “beary” art show features works by area artists depicting Sept. 20-23. What does that mean? With a full roster the bear/cub community. The show will of events and entertainment, this fourth be on display Sept. 2-25, with a reception annual weekend is becoming famous for Saturday, Sept. 22 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. its huge attendance and cool activities. It’s Bear Weekend is not just for fun — it’s a sponsored by the Rehoboth Beach Bears, charity fundraising event as well. Last year, a nonprofit organization that holds social organizers were able to get their paws on events and fundraisers throughout the year. more than $8,500 for local charities, thanks To join the festivities, weekend passes to the weekend attendees and sponsors. ($115) are now available. Tickets for indi- “When our bear group formed, the idea was that we’d be strictly a social group that vidual events are also on sale. got together for a monthly The weekend’s events happy hour and other events include (but are not even like miniature golf, laser tag, remotely limited to) a beach gatherings and even TAILgate dance party, a a trip to the water park,” beach party at Gordon’s said one of the RB Bears Pond in Cape Henlopen founders, Kenny Mahan. State Park, a show by “We soon decided that we’d stand-up comic ANT become a nonprofit and raise and a closing party at money for worthy commuthe Purple Parrot. Plus, nity organizations.” there are pub crawls, Funds have been disbear happy hours and tributed to local foundamore. tions including the RB Film Weekend Pass holdSociety, CAMP Rehoboth, ers also get a T-shirt, The Delaware Humane tote bag, a mimosa at Association and, said the Sunday closing party and a wide selection of COMEDIAN ANT Mahan, “the one that I am most proud of, The Cape discounts from merHenlopen High School Gaychants and restaurants all Straight Alliance Scholarship Fund.” over downtown Rehoboth. There is no need to hibernate in the city In addition to the annual weekend, the with this line-up waiting at the beach. The RB Bears offer events for the bear comweekend happens to coincide with the munity, including a FURst Friday of the classic Delaware AIDS Walk through town month at The Pond on FURst Street in Rehoboth Beach. This bear happy hour and on the boardwalk. Comedian ANT, who will perform that is also in its fourth year, with dozens of Saturday at the Atlantic Sands Hotel, is a bears of all shapes, sizes and ages. Bear veteran of late-night and TV’s “Last Comic admirers are welcome. n Standing “and has appeared in a host of films. He has also been a VH1 commenta- For Rehoboth Beach Bear Weekend tickets, go to www. tor on “Best Week Ever” and “All-Access.” rehobothbeachbears.com.
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Chilling & Thrilling: Fall Arts Preview By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com We know a lot of you adore summer, and we get it. Picnics, sidewalk dining, outdoor concerts, beaches, sun and warm weather are a lot of people’s jam — one that they spend nine months of the year pining for. Well, that’s about to be over. And thank goodness, because some of us are ready for Halloween, Thanksgiving, holiday shopping and not seeing everybody’s crusty feet in flip-flops. As summer’s heat starts to shove off and make room for the FALLING IN PLACE: Bruno Mars (clockwise from top left), Flying Steps Presents soothing color changes of the fall Gorillaz, Illuminate, Sting with Shaggy, Wanda Sykes season, the arts and music communities are coming alive with ings. and entertainment, with brilliant lights, renewed vigor and unleashing their offerThis fall brings an eclectic range of arts sights and sounds to brighten up the dark-
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Deborah Harkness The bestselling historical fantasy/romance/horror writer and author of “Time’s Convert” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341. Fabulous Fashion: From Dior’s New Look to Now Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring the drama and glamour of some of the most creative feminine fashions ever designed, Oct. 18-March 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Little Ladies: Victorian Fashion Dolls and the Feminine Ideal Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring the influence of Miss Fanchon, the ultimate toy for privileged girls in the 1860s-’70s, Nov. 11-March 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.
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Dave Attell The comedian seen on Comedy Central performs Sept. 6-9 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001. Lavell Crawford The comedian seen on “Breaking Bad” performs Sept. 20-23 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215496-9001. Joe Posa As Joan Rivers The comedian channels the late, great icon of comedy, 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-596-1027. Miss’D America Pageant The annual drag extravaganza, 8 and 11 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Wanda Sykes The out comedian performs 8 p.m. Sept. 28 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-572-7650. Kathy Griffin: Laugh Your Head Off World Tour The comedian performs 8 p.m. Oct. 6 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999. Lewis Black The comedian seen on “The Daily Show” performs Oct. 12-13 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Fay Jacobs The out comedian performs 8 p.m. Oct. 19 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-596-1027. Roque Wilson The comedian performs 8 p.m. Oct. 20 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-596-1027. Kinsey Sicks: Things You Shouldn’t Say The drag comedy troupe performs 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888596-1027. Christopher Titus The comedian on “Titus” performs Oct. 27-28 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001. Tony Rock The comedian seen on “Comedy Central” performs Oct. 27-28 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215496-9001. Kevin Hart The comedian performs 7 p.m.
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John Burd: Life’s a drag (and that’s a good thing) Meet the man behind the makeup: John Burd. Philadelphia Magazine voted him one of the top-10 event producers of the summer, and his amateur-drag night has been a consistent hit and talk of the town for its fun and inclusive entertainment. PGN: I understand you’re a Jersey boy. JB: Yes, I was born and bred in New Jersey. I grew up on a farm right outside of Glassboro. I went to Rowan University and got my master’s degree in computer science there. Then about five years ago, I moved to Philly to get out of Jersey. Well, not so much to get out of Jersey, but to a place where I’d feel more welcome and would fit in better. I absolutely love it here. PGN: So take me back to the farm and tell me a little about your home life. JB: I’m one of four. I have an older sister, who is married and lives in New Jersey with two kids. I have a brother 16 months younger than I and he’s also gay, and a younger sister who just got engaged. PGN: So who came out first, you or your brother? JB: I came out first, but I always knew he was gay. My parents didn’t want to believe me. They said, “There’s no way we could have two gay sons! It just doesn’t happen that way!” And I was like, “Yes it does so you should be ready for it!” And so a year and a half ago, he moved to North Carolina and then came out — and my parents were like, “We didn’t knooow!” and I was like, “Yes you did! I’ve been telling you for years!” PGN: Tell me a little about life on the farm. Did you have farm chores? JB: No! The complete opposite. My parents kept us away from all that; they wanted us to do better than they did, so they kept us away from the farm work and concentrated on our academics — which was unusual for people in the farming community. My dad is fifth or sixth-generation farmer, and usually people are like, We want you to carry on the tradition; it’s a family thing. But my parents were very proactive about making sure we all went to college. PGN: What kind of farm is it? JB: Vegetables, no animals, though my dad was a dairy farmer at one point, but it was before we were born. We grew up with them growing potatoes, corn, tomatoes and watermelon. PGN: What were you like as a young person? JB: I’ve always been a big tech person, always have, always will be. My mom knew from a very young age that I would be. Even as a young person, I had a job in my hometown at the school in the tech
department helping out the teachers, fixing computers and that kind of stuff. Eventually my path changed, and I got more into training people in how to use technology — and now it’s changed again and I’m in technology sales. I help people figure out what they need in their schools and classrooms. It’s cool. PGN: So were you one of the AV [audio/ visual] guys at school? JB: Yes, I was. PGN: It sounds like you’ve come full circle from working AV in your school to now planning what the schools need. JB: I’m working with schools now to decide what the future of the schools will look like technology-wise. Every kid will have a device, that’s already happening; it’s about what’s coming next. So my job is to a) sell, but b) mentor people and help steer them to the future. PGN: So what is coming next? JB: That’s a big answer, but this is what I know: The classroom as you and I knew it is going to change. When we were in school, the model was that you sat at a desk in a big room, with everyone facing forward listening to the teacher preaching about a subject. In the future, the classrooms will be more hands-on and center-driven.
community and it wasn’t the easiest place to be a gay man. In my whole school, there were two people who were out, which is not a lot of people at all. I knew it wasn’t going to happen for me — I just wasn’t ready to come out. I never hid anything, I just wasn’t ready to talk about it and then when I hit 20, all bets were off. I just woke up one day and thought, Why am I not talking about who I am to my family? So I texted the entire family in a big group message and confused the heck out of my poor mom. She had no idea who was gay because everyone was texting at once. Later she said, “I had no idea what was happening, I thought it was Taylor coming out!” At the time, my brother had a girlfriend named Taylor who we all suspected was gay … My parents are super cool, but they’re also super oblivious to things right in front of them, and they were like, “We had no idea about you … ” and I was like, “Mom, I used to sing Shania Twain’s ‘Man, I Feel Like a Woman’ to you as a kid. All my favorite artists were the divas
PGN: So who is the handsome man I saw in your Facebook pictures? JB: That’s my fiancé Victor, and he’s absolutely the most wonderful human being in the world. He definitely complements me because I’m very … well, opinionated, and I can be a bitch at times and not always the most understanding or patient person. He’s the polar opposite. He’s the sweetest, nicest person and everyone is always attracted to him because he’s such a great guy. Where I can be high-strung, he’s calm and relaxed, and it’s definitely settled me down being with him. He makes me a better person. PGN: Who did the proposing? JB: I proposed to him at Christmas. We were in Disney World and my goal was to do it in front of the castle, but for some reason that day the park was swamped with people. I had such anxiety with so many people around, I ended up doing it back at the hotel instead. Fortunately he told me later that he was glad I did it that way instead of in front of everyone. PGN: What has been your most precarious moment traveling? JB: We were in Vegas when the shootings happened [last October]. That was crazy.
PGN: What does center-driven mean? JB: They’re like hubs — so I could walk into a classroom and each center, or station, if you will, will have something different for kids to do. One might have virtual reality, one center may be more researchdriven, one may have physical things like Legos for building — several spaces for kids to learn in different ways. PGN: Cool. Switching gears, what is your drag name? JB: Lydia, but I don’t bring her out much anymore. I started to host first and I loved it. I’m a salesperson, so I like speaking in front of people, but I quickly decided it was hard to host and produce, so I decided to run the show and put in people I loved. My goal is and was to be an equal-opportunity promoter who would put good people into shows and pay them fairly. I don’t ever want anyone to feel like they’re being taken advantage of, or that they spent more money to get to my show than they made. I think I’ve stayed true to that. I constantly ask my performers if they’re OK and if they’re being treated and compensated fairly, and it’s always a yes, so that’s gratifying. PGN: So going back a little, how old were you when you came out? JB: I was 20. I’ve known since I was 3, but as I mentioned, I grew up in a farming
PGN: If you were to have a dinner party, which three celebrities would you invite? JB: No brainer: Adele, Cher and Celine Dion. More than just their music, I love their personalities. I love to see them on talk shows and listen to the banter between numbers at live shows. We actually just went to see Cher last weekend in D.C. PGN: What’s a line that your parents used over and over? JB: Get your shit together. like Cher and Whitney, not that straight men can’t like them too, but you didn’t pick up anything from that? Hello!” But I was lucky that my mom’s cousin, who was like an aunt to me, was gay and had come out a long time ago. She got married and I think that’s what prompted me to come out. Seeing the love and acceptance she received from the family, I was like, Why am I acting so scared? I just need to bite the bullet and do it. After, I was mad and sad that I hadn’t done it much earlier.
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PGN: Ha! Well, let’s talk about some of the things you do have together that are coming up. JB: I do Paula’s Kitchen, which is fun, and my flagship show, Amateur Drag Night. In the fall, we’re going to have some exciting new stuff in areas of the city we haven’t been in yet, but you’ll just have to wait and see what we have in store! n To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol.com.
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Out rocker takes life to the stage and to the page By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com For more than 30 years, rock band King’s X has been performing, recording and touring with its unique brand of soulful, Beatleesque, prog-leaning, psychedelic and infectious hard rock. Loved by its small legion of adoring fans and revered by musicians across all rock genres, the criminally underrated power trio never really broke huge like it should have, even when the group was in rotation on MTV and rock radio or performing on massive stages like Woodstock ’94 or opening for the likes of AC/DC. Fronted by out bassist, songwriter and singer Doug Pinnick, the group soldiered on, surviving the comings and goings of glam metal in the late 1980s and the rise and fall of grunge and punk rock in the 1990s to continue touring internationally to this day. But that’s not Pinnick’s only gig: He releases solo albums and participates in side projects. After the King’s X summer tour winds down, Pinnick, who was tapped by MC5 guitarist and bandleader Wayne Kramer, will participate in the hard-rock band’s “Kick Out the Jams” 50th-anniversary tour. “I remember when that record ‘Kick Out The Jams’ came out. It affected me in a real militant way. When he said, ‘Kick out the jams, mother fucker!’ it was like, Yeah! We were being persecuted by the churches and everybody who considered themselves normal Americans. They hated hippie longhaired people. It was a call to arm yourself: Let’s get out there and do this. Fuck them. It was exciting for me to be asked to play with the MC5.” Is “Kick Out The Jams” more of a rallying cry now than it was 50 years ago? “Everything that is going on now, it just shows me that that record is timeless,” Pinnick said. “There’s always a war. There’s always bad politics. There’s always bullshit. It’s just the next generation and I think everybody can relate to that. The musical chairs just keep turning around. We just have more information. Every day we’re bombarded with this bullshit.” Speaking of research, fans of Pinnick or King’s X can get a healthy-sized dose of the frontman’s story with the recent release of “What You Make It: The Authorized Biography of Doug Pinnick.” Written by Chris Smith, the book digs into Pinnick’s journey and evolution as a musician and performer who straddles the lines of black and white, gay and straight, the Christian and the secular while pursuing a career in hard-rock music. Pinnick said he preferred to have his story told through interviews with people who know him instead of him recounting his
own life story. “I wanted [Smith] to find a whole bunch of people that I have known and lived with and spent a lot of time with. I wanted him to talk to them and ask them questions and let them give their take on me and what I’ve done, because I figure somebody else could tell it better than I can.” When King’s X came on the scene in the late 1980s, you could count the number of people of color in hard-rock bands on
Theater & Arts Agnes Martin: The Untroubled Mind/Works from the Daniel W. Dietrich II Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents paintings and drawings exploring the ideas that shaped Martin’s minimalist art, through Oct. 14, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100. Arnez J The comedian seen on “BET’s Comic View” performs Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215496-9001.
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one hand. Meanwhile, Freddie Mercury and Elton John were the only openly gay rock stars out there. So we asked Pinnick if, after 30 years, things have gotten any better for people of color and LGBTQ performers in rock music. “I think it’s still hard because rock music has a certain audience,” he said. “There are not many gays and there are not many blacks. This is not a racist thing. Kids like what they like. Sometimes I think I should have just gone into the gay community and made straight-up gay music or be in a gay rock band. I thought about that, but I just want to make music and be a part of the music industry and be accepted. I don’t preach about being gay or anything like that. I preach about everyone loving each other for who they are. Gay people aren’t the only ones being rejected. It’s black people and white trash being rejected. If we all could just wake up and realize that the powers-that-be are fucking us all over, that’s where I’m at.” Rock music in general is at a crossroads, as a lot of the biggest names in the genre are either getting very long in the tooth, retiring or dead — a troubling scenario when you start to ask where the next icons like Prince, David Bowie or Queen are going to come from. At 67, Pinnick said he is feeling the pressure of being part of a genre that has a fading grip on the zeitgeist. “Even the young people are coming to me and saying, ‘Please PAGE 27
Between Nature and Abstraction: Edwin Dickinson and Friends Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of 20thcentury American painter Dickinson’s inventive works Aug. 18 through January, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Chip Chantry The Philadelphia comedian tapes his live album, 8 p.m. Aug. 29 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215496-9001. Design in Revolution: A 1960s Odyssey Philadelphia Museum of Art’s exhibition of pop art and psychedelia from the civilrights and anti-war movements is on display through Sept. 9, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. The Duchamp Family Philadelphia Museum of
DANCE TO THE MUSIC: Legendary Italian DJ, producer, composer and songwriter Giorgio Moroder has worked with everyone from Donna Summer to Lady Gaga in his 50-plus years at the forefront of disco, pop, dance and electronic music. What that means is if you have ever shaken your ass or worked up a sweat in a club with blinding neon/ LED lights and/or a disco ball, you owe this man a debt of gratitude. See the master at work when Giorgio Moroder’s Discoteca hits Philly 8 p.m. Aug. 30 at The Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St. For more information or tickets, call 215-922-6888.
Art presents an exhibition highlighting the close-knit family of artistic innovators and the many connections linking their groundbreaking works, through August 2019, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100. Face to Face: Art by Women The William Way LGBT Community Center hosts an exhibition of works by queer female artists living in Philadelphia, through Aug. 31, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220. Face to Face: Portraits of Artists Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring how photographers helped craft the public personas of their creative subjects in this stunning collection of rare photographs from the museum’s collection, through Oct. 14, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.
I Know What You Did Last Summer The ’90s slasher flick is screened 8 p.m. Aug. 27 at The Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. IN THE PUBLIC EYE: Philadelphia’s LGBTQ Community and the Media The William Way LGBT Community Center hosts an archival and photographic exhibition examining the relationship between the mainstream press and the community, through Aug. 31 in the John J. Wilcox Jr. exhibit space, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220. It Shoulda Been You The Dramateurs
present the premiere of their musical comedy — set in a world where nothing is what it seems, where religions collide, promises are broken, secrets are exposed and hope springs from the most unlikely of places: the Steinberg wedding — Aug. 24Sept. 8 at The Barn Playhouse, 1700 Christopher Lane, Jeffersonville; 610539-2276. KYL/D’s InHale Performance Series The Kun Yang/ Lin Dancers give up-and-coming choreographers a much-needed and well-deserved chance to strut their stuff, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24 at CHI Movement Arts Center, 1316 S. Ninth St.; 267687-3739.
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Nov. 24 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543.
THE BEAT GOES ON: E Street band member, drummer and tireless bandleader Max Weinberg is bringing his four-piece band, Max Weinberg’s Jukebox, to Philly, where he invites the audience to create the night’s set list — which could be anything and everything from the Beatles and the Stones to Springsteen classics and deep cuts, 8 p.m. Aug. 25 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. For more information or tickets, call 215-222-1400.
Modern Times: American Art 1910–1950 Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of American art epitomizing the early 20th century, through Sept. 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Steve Martin and Martin Short The two comedy legends team up for a night of humor, 8 p.m. Aug. 30 at The Mann Center, 5201 Parkside Ave.; 215546-7900.
Music Smokey Robinson The legendary Motown artist, singer and songwriter performs 8 p.m. Aug. 25 at The Mann Center, 5201 Parkside Ave.; 215-546-7900. King’s X The rock band performs 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at Sellersville Theater, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808.
Get the Led Out The Led Zeppelin tribute band performs Aug. 30-31 at Sellersville Theater, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808.
Nightlife Happy Bear The bear happy hour runs 5-9 p.m. Aug. 24 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675. Bev’s Bitchfest The Philly drag performer turns up 9 p.m. Aug. 24 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215964-9675. Mimi Imfurst Presents Drag Diva Brunch Mimi Imfurst, Bev, Vinchelle, Sutton Fearce and special guests perform 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 25 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215606-6555. Cruel Summer The end-of-summer drag show begins 9 p.m. Aug. 25 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215964-9675. Envoute Magic & Burlesque The burlesque troupe
performs a tribute to Roger Rabbit, 8 p.m. Aug. 26 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215592-0656. Four Stupid Sluts Drag Show There’s strength in numbers, 9 p.m. Aug. 28 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675. The Senator’s Cabinet Drag Show The queens go to Washington, 9 p.m. Aug. 29 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675. Agitated: Performance With a Point Salt n’ Honey perform its monthly show 10 p.m. Aug. 29 at Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215735-0735. Soul Factory R&B Singing Competition Singers lift their voices and raise the roof, 9 p.m. Aug. 30 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675. Haus The ’90s club-kid dance party lights up 9 p.m. Aug. 31
at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.
Outta Town Paula Johns The acclaimed singer performs a Dionne Warwick tribute 8 p.m. Aug. 24 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888596-1027. Highlander The classic sci-fi/ fantasy film is screened 9:45 p.m. Aug. 24 at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228. Stevie Wonder The legendary R&B icon performs Aug. 25-26 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Gabriel Iglesias The comedian performs 8 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. n
Craig Ferguson The comedian and talk-show host performs 9 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Sinbad The comedian performs 8 p.m. Dec. 8 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-572-7650. Golden Gays NYC The drag comedy tribute to “The Golden Girls,” 8 p.m. Dec. 15 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-5961027.
Dance
iLuminate The technologically advanced dance troupe seen on “America’s Got Talent” performs Sept. 21-22 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999. Circa Australia’s bold, contemporary circus troupe returns to the Annenberg Center with the U.S. premiere of new show “Humans,” Sept. 28-29 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900. Flying Steps Presents Flying Bach The award-winning and globally recognized German dance crew combines hip-hop with modern ballet, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215893-1999. Chinese Warriors of Peking The new production features high-intensity martial arts and breathtaking acrobatics, set during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) to tell the tale of two rival martial-arts disciplines competing in the ancient Chinese capital, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.
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stick around because our heroes are dying and we don’t have any more.” Nobody is buying guitars. What happened to the kids who woke up and wanted to play guitar because they found Nirvana or The Beatles or Led Zeppelin? Kids are getting on their computers and making beats. It’s a whole different world. I don’t know how to take it.” Bands are not succeeding because of the way the music industry is structured today, Pinnick said. “There’s no way to be heard except to get on the road and play, but you have to
PHILADANCO’s “Choreographers on the Move” The acclaimed Philadelphia dance company performs a show featuring works from two longtime Philadanco resident choreographers, Milton Myers and Christopher Huggins, Nov. 16-18 at the Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847. Jessica Lang Dance Dance Affiliates and the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts present the dance troupe founded by the Bucks County native and superstar in the dance world, Nov. 30-Dec. 1 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900.
Music
Elton John The iconic out singer performs his farewell tour 8 p.m. Sept. 11-12 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543. The Purple Madness Prince Experience The Prince tribute concert comes to Delaware, 8 p.m. Sept. 14 at The Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington; 202-730-3331. Life of Agony The hard-rock band featuring transgender singer Mina Caputo performs 8:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011. Bruno Mars The pop-R&B singer performs 8 p.m. Sept. 19-20 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543. The Crystal Method The electronica group performs 8 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888. Sting & Shaggy The iconic singer and the reggae artist team up for a show 8 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. PAGE 31
get paid and nobody is going to pay you if you don’t have a record. And even if you have a record, nobody is going to buy your record because there’s no radio. We have to reinvent something so that we can all keep doing what we’re doing and make a living. Spotify and YouTube took our product and gave it away.” n “What You Make It: The Authorized Biography of Doug Pinnick” is available now. King’s X performs 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at Sellersville Theater, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville. For more information or tickets, call 215-257-5808, or visit http://www. kingsxrocks.com/ or http://www.dugnation.net/.
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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 9:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price. Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The Sheriff reserves the right to reject any certified check, attorney’s check or money order that on its face has an expired use date and is presented for payment of the deposit. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale. The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be set by the City of Philadelphia. In no event will the successful bidder be allowed to settle on the property unless all the Sheriff’s costs are paid notwithstanding the final bid. The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadelphia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly. No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be
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accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine. The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale. All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale. Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila.gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215686-1483 and to its website philadox.phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006 NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION The Sheriff will file in his office, The Land Title Building, 100 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter. The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions. The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which
the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ. Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him. Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia
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03145 $142,828.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-331 6524 Chew Ave 19119 22nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,312 Sq Ft BRT#221253000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Erica Fox a/k/a Erica N. Fox C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02191 $99,826.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1809-332 6049 Vine St 191391133 34th wd. 1,622 Sq Ft OPA#341036000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rodney Melvin Ray, Jr C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03360 $71,407.20 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-333 7611 Torresdale Ave 19136 65th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,426 Sq Ft BRT#651265400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lisa Moore C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 01518 $101,062.74 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1809-334 2947 Weikel St 191254106 25th wd. 1,134 Sq Ft OPA#252381800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carlos A. Gonzalez C.P. September Term, 2007 No. 03648 $45,636.99 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-335 4338 Lauriston St 19128 21st wd. 2,103 Sq Ft BRT#21-2-1457-00; OPA# 212145700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles Malloy a/k/a Charles A. Malloy; Mary Beth Malloy a/k/a Marybeth Malloy C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 00869 $210,604.89 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1809-336 1839 South 23rd St 19145-1937 48th wd. 1,802 Sq Ft OPA#482247800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Enoch O. Badamosi, in Capacity as heir of Oluwakemi Badamosi, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Oluwakemi Badamosi, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00147 $160,821.72 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-337 1314 Glenview St 19111 53rd wd. 1,358 Sq Ft OPA#532151300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ying Chen C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 04433 $110,246.88 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-338 1835 S 55th St 19143 51st wd. 1,434 Sq Ft OPA#514200300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cherron Powell C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 00633 $86,389.27 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-339 6623 Glenloch St 19135 41st wd. 1,280 Sq Ft OPA#411214200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Deborah Mcglashen C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01635 $93,001.82 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP
1809-340 97 E Duval St 59th wd. 1,160 Sq Ft BRT#592163100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Juanita J. Cooper C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 03177 $134,246.00 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1809-341 558 N 16th St a/k/a 558 N 16th St, Unit No. 1 8th wd. BRT#888106301 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT Essie B. Swain C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01388 $288,032.22 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1809-342 3647 W Crown Ave 19114-1824 66th wd. 1,260 Sq Ft OPA#661187800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shannon M. Sperduto C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 00072 $158,291.60 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-343 342 E Sheldon St 42nd wd. 1,130 Sq Ft BRT#421165900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sheyla Zapata Alvarez C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 01881 $56,604.92 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1809-344 527 Penny Ln Unit C-5-3, a/k/a 527 Penny Ln Unit #C53 19111-1201 63rd wd. 3,101 Sq Ft OPA#888630202 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kathleen Chung; Eugene E. Chung C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03385 $248,975.01 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-345 9428 Frankford Ave 19114 57th wd. 2,513 Sq Ft BRT#572372736 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Joseph J. Bannon Sr. and Susan Bannon a/k/a Susan J. Bannon C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 00990 $245,707.04 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-346 818 W Ritner St 19148 39th wd. 1,080 Sq Ft BRT#393348000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Anastasia Lindgren n/k/a Anastasia Crosby and Charles Lawrence Crosby C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02056 $148,836.91 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-347 2208 Mount Vernon St 15th wd. Beginning Point: Situate on the South Side of Mt. Vernon Street at the distance of One hundred Forty Two feet Westward from the West side of Twenty Second Street OPA#152057500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Vincent C. Rogers C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01863 $395,681.22 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1809-348 4326 E Howell St 19135 62nd wd. 1,989 Sq Ft BRT#622176530 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Nicole Ruppert as known Heir of James Ruppert, Deceased; Any and All Known and Unknown Heirs, Personal Representatives and Devisees of James Ruppert C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 02943 $142,628.10 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-349 6740 Lebanon Ave
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deceased C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02846 $88,296.17 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-359 3703 Academy Rd 19154 66th wd. 2,618 Sq Ft OPA#663349600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Timothy Burns, a/k/a Timothy A. Burns; Donna Burns a/k/a Donna B. Burns C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 00573 $100,013.54 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1809-360 555 Fanshawe St 19111 35th wd. 2,500 Sq Ft OPA#353118255 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bolaji Gray C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02073 $233,416.26 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-361 5612 Ridgewood St 19143 51st wd. 1,032 Sq Ft OPA#513252400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Danielle Wright C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 04106 $43,696.01 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-362 6449 N 15th St 19126 17th wd. 1,832 Sq Ft OPA#172054700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Karen Coston C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 02092 $103,055.81 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-363 1924 E Madison St 19134 45th wd. 1,453 Sq Ft OPA#452012600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tracy Hua and Chihung Mu C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00655 $84,940.56 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-364 1611 E Berks St 19125 18th wd. 1,202 Sq Ft OPA#181210500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Catherine E. Leist C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 03013 $187,108.20 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-365 4119 Comly St 19135 62nd wd. 2,400 Sq Ft OPA#622187100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marguerite Bathold; Immacula Joseph C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03193 $87,368.13 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1809-366 7355 Rockwell Ave 19111 63rd wd. 2,968 Sq Ft OPA#631112311 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jose Vazquez C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 03208 $206,954.35 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-367 3110 Tyson Ave 19149 55th wd. 2,273 Sq Ft BRT#551328400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stephen M. Gallagher C.P. March Term, 2011 No. 02031 $246,858.61 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1809-368 311 Simms St 19116 58th wd. 10,726 Sq Ft OPA#583034800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph E. Mortimer, III, as believed heir and/or Administrator to the Estate of Barbara M. Mortimer; Catherine Petrie, a/k/a Kathy Petrie, as believed heir and/or Administrator to the Estate of Barbara M. Mortimer; Unknown
Heirs and/or Adminstrators of the Estate of Barbara M. Mortimer C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00130 $240,594.88 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1809-369 32 W Manheim St 19144 12th wd. 1,463 Sq Ft OPA#123067600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jennifer Fritzinger a/k/a Jennifer E. Fritzinger C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 01577 $113,597.89 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-370 323 S 3rd St 19106 5th wd. 896 Sq Ft OPA#051058020 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lisa G. Colton a/k/a Lisa Colton C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01645 $760,181.68 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-371 5333 Kershaw St 19131 3rd wd. 1,131 Sq Ft OPA#442151700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Festus Oriola Ogundoju, Sr. C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 03185 $66,024.49 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-372 12135 Academy Rd, Unit 5 19154 66th wd. 940 Sq Ft OPA#88-8-660505 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mazie Evans C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 00024 $65,000.48 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-373 4977 Sheldon St A 19144 12th wd. 1,035 Sq Ft OPA#121185300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Veronika Mednik and Leonid Mednik C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01402 $80,806.78 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-374 1913 N Hope St 19122 18th wd. 624.64 Sq Ft BRT#183225300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Karen Lewis C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03538 $85,959.81 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1809-375 2022 68th Ave 19138 10th wd. 898 Sq Ft BRT#102438100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING James H. Edwards, III C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 01704 $110,734.28 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1809-376 6332 Sprague St 19138 22nd wd. 1,742 Sq Ft OPA#22-1-2796-00 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: PIECE OF GROUND AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED Daytona L. Ritter-Flowers C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02294 $19,288.42 Christopher J. Pippett, Esquire 1809-377 1534 W 68th Ave North a/k/a 1534 68th Ave 10th wd. 2,453 Sq Ft BRT#101249100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Christopher Atkinson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Isadora C. Atkinson a/k/a Isadora C. Waysom Atkinson a/k/a Isadora Atkinson, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2014 No.
00932 $54,989.23 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1809-378 1046 E Upsal St 19150 10th wd. 2,023 Sq Ft BRT#102327800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Chakeila Dennine Smith C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 00543 $103,081.74 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-379 6536 Cobbs Creek Pkwy a/k/a 6536 Beaumont St 19142 40th wd. 1,550 Sq Ft BRT#403074200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Latifah Salaam C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 02564 $70,305.56 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-380 1246 S 21st St 36th wd. Land: 1,110 Sq Ft; Improvement: 1,110 Sq Ft BRT#361215005 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE 1246 Real Estate, LLC C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 006975 $231,966.09 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-381 7300 Boreal Pl 19153 40th wd. 4,045 Sq Ft BRT#406656100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Patricia A. Collins and Evelyn Daley (now deceased) C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 01938 $141,981.52 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-382 1917 S 65th St 19142 40th wd. 1,120 Sq Ft BRT#401202800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Beatrice N. Adigwe a/k/a Beatice N. Adigwe C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00243 $79,857.18 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-383 2160 Conlyn St 17th wd. 834 Sq Ft (land area); 918 Sq Ft (improvement area) BRT#171137200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY James Gist C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03323 $82,358.70 Kevin J. Cummings, Esquire 1809-384 4604 Paschall Ave 19143 40th wd. 1,050 Sq Ft BRT#272098800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Estate of Wilbert Settles, c/o Kendall Harris, Executor; Kendall Harris, Executor for the Estate of Wilbert Settles; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Wilbert Settles C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 01782 $57,873.84 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1809-385 4043 N Broad St 43rd wd. 2,640 Sq Ft BRT#433184500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Shane Turner a/k/a Shane S. Turner C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 03308 $182,509.59 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1809-386 2112 N 58th St 19131 52nd wd. 1,359 Sq Ft BRT#522223300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Nicole Walker-Edwards C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 03163 $107,393.72 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff,
Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1809-387 234 N 3rd St a/k/a 234-38 N 3rd St, Unit 303 5th wd. 0 Sq Ft BRT#888046631 IMPROVEMENTS: RES CONDO 4 STY MASONRY William Mangum a/k/a William Magnum C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 03973 $118,697.34 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1809-388 1748 Wynsam St 10th wd. 1,990 Sq Ft BRT#102192000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Keino E. Kinard and Mary S. Kindard n/k/a Mary E. Allen C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02511 $71,763.81 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1809-389 22 E Montana St 22nd wd. 943 Sq Ft BRT#221134700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Joyce D. Johnson, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00729 $75,720.49 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1809-390 5363 W Berks St 52nd wd. 1,680 Sq Ft BRT#521118300 Amber Jones a/k/a Amber R. Jones, Known Heir of Robin Jones, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Robin Jones, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02177 $175,093.76 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1809-391 1826 W 68th Ave a/k/a 1826 68th Ave 19126 10th wd. 1,406 Sq Ft OPA#101253400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Florence Katie Thompson a/k/a Folrence K. Thompson C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 02936 $93,901.20 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-392 2008 Longshore Ave 19149-1815 54th wd. 1,236 Sq Ft OPA#542037200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Howard Denenberg, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Kim L. Denenberg a/k/a Kim Leigh Denenberg a/k/a Kim Denenberg and Heir of Joshua Michael Denenberg, Deceased Heir of Kim L. Denenberg a/k/a Kim Leigh Denenberg a/k/a Kim Denenberg; Melissa Paige Denenberg, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Kim L. Denenberg a/k/a Kim Leigh Denenberg a/k/a Kim Denenberg; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Kim L. Denenberg a/k/a Kim Leigh Denenberg a/k/a Kim Denenberg, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Joshua Michael Denenberg, deceased heir of Kim L. Denenberg a/k/a Kim Leigh Denenberg a/k/a Kim Denenberg C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02286 $94,409.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-393 955 E Sanger St a/k/a 955 Sanger St 191241039 35th wd. 1,116 Sq Ft OPA#351225100
IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rosemarie Kural, Individually and in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary M. Farmer, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Mary M. Farmer, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03215 $62,619.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-394 3315 N 2nd St 191405803 7th wd. (formerly 33rd wd.) 1,218 Sq Ft OPA#072089000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yovanni Ramos C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01847 $63,801.15 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-395 1549 N Alden St a/k/a 1549 Alden St 191313814 4th wd. 1,350 Sq Ft OPA#043293900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Natalie Munford C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03571 $54,097.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-396 5475 Quentin St 191282818 21st wd. 1,778 Sq Ft OPA#213221570 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tawfik Nakishbendi a/k/a Tawfik F. Nakishbendi, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of The Estate of Mary A. Kakishbendi a/k/a Mary Antoniet Nakishbendi; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Mary A. Nakishbendi a/k/a Mary Antoniet Nakishbendi, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01224 $166,181.92 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-397 7204 Briar Rd 191381326 50th wd. 1,086 Sq Ft OPA#501332600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michelle L. Mcguire C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 03147 $142,992.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-398 2755 Maxwell St 191361016 57th wd. 1,152 Sq Ft OPA#571138000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Laura C. Altomari a/k/a Laura Altomari C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 02499 $178,150.43 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-399 219 Widener St 191201840 61st wd. 1,050 Sq Ft OPA#612122800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Erica Shubert C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03591 $75,980.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-400 1832 Church Ln 191411320 17th wd. 1,673 Sq Ft OPA#171235500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under John Blanks, Sr a/k/a John A Blanks a/k/a John Andrew Blanks, Sr., Deceased C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02825 $77,072.00 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-401 2036 S Darien St 191482339 39th wd. 1,036 Sq Ft OPA#393397200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rebecca Guenzel C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 02484 $60,566.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-402 2413 W Toronto St 19132-1333 38th wd. 932 Sq Ft OPA#381316000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Julius B. Small; Marlene Small; Lorraine Small a/k/a Lorraine C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01619 $67,668.40 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-403 1410 S 54th St 191434905 51st wd. 1,544 Sq Ft OPA#514002500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lillian R. Harris a/k/a Lillian Harris C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01330 $26,119.72 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-404 45 N Farson St 19139 44th wd. Land: 1,600 Sq Ft; Improvement: 2,096 Sq Ft; Total: 3,696 Sq Ft OPA#44-1-0689-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vance Debose, Jr., Angela Prosser, Reginald Dixon, and Richard Douglas C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 00719 $114,230.61 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1809-405 6705 Lawnton Ave 19126 61st wd. Land: 5,096 Sq Ft; Improvement: 1,300 Sq Ft; Total: 6,396 Sq Ft BRT#611181105 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert W. Sobol, solely as heir to the Estate of Norman L. Sobol, deceased and Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Norman L. Sobol C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01624 $139,863.49 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1809-406 2002 Stenton Ave 50th wd. 1,280 Sq Ft BRT#171346100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tamara Reid C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01285 $153,339.61 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1809-407 441 Martin St 21st wd. 1,732 Sq Ft BRT#212090700 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 2.5 STY FRAME Donald W. Kaiser, Deceased and Mary C. Kaiser a/k/a Mary Christine Kaiser, deceased C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03148 $106,382.84 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1809-408 2804 Memphis St 25th wd. 784 Sq Ft BRT#252312800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Donna Abele a/k/a Donna Lynn Abele, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03297 $33,577.30 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1809-409 5922 N Lawrence St 19120 61st wd. 1,000 Sq Ft OPA#612343100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shronda F. Eubanks a/k/a Shronda Eubanks C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00241 $104,989.24 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-410 5639 Addison St 19143
60th wd. (formerly part of the 46th wd.) 953 Sq Ft OPA#604125200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alexander Ringgold C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02906 $121,354.76 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-411 1911 S 18th St 19145 48th wd. 1,173 Sq Ft OPA#481249500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Son Lam a/k/a Son Chi Lam C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 02866 $94,762.27 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-412 185 Linton St 19120 61st wd. 1,009 Sq Ft OPA#612143100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marie C. Zamor C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 02097 $74,456.73 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-413 1811 W Godfrey Ave 19141 17th wd. 1,915 Sq Ft OPA#171293100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lester Roberts, his Heirs, Devisees and Personal Representatives and his/her, their or any of their successor in right title and interest C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 03034 $91,952.46 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-414 3708 Vale Ln 19114 66th wd. 3,195 Sq Ft OPA#661320005 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Felix Hoersdig and Teresa Power C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02955 $105,999.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-415 4206 Stirling St 19135 55th wd. 1,272 Sq Ft OPA#552049400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Suzanne Mitchell C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00349 $130,896.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-416 2311 Buckius St 19137 45th wd. 1,152 Sq Ft OPA#453365100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward Nowakowski C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 03452 $52,022.85 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-417 5422 Willows Ave 19143 51st wd. 1,223 Sq Ft OPA#513213400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sonya Riggs C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 00038 $92,674.94 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-418 4302 Deerpath Ln 19154 66th wd. 2,157 Sq Ft OPA#662446000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harry J. Wexler a/k/a Harry J. Wexler Jr C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01211 $158,533.98 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-419 4508 N 16th St 19140 13th wd. 1,306 Sq Ft OPA#132122100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Linwood Riley Deceased, Angela Riley Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Linwood Riley Deceased, Eric Riley Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Linwood Riley Deceased, Geraldine Riley Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Linwood Riley Deceased and Priscilla Riley Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of
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Linwood Riley Deceased C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02864 $114,261.79 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-420 6347 Kingsessing Ave 19142 40th wd. 1,095 Sq Ft OPA#401258000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bung Thi Nguyen C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00213 $87,822.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-421 4605 N Hurley St 19120 42nd wd. 1,200 Sq Ft OPA#421445000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Iris Lopez C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 02054 $27,855.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-422 212 Race St Apartment 4B 19106 5th wd. Together with a proportionate undivided interest in the common Elements of 7.5%; 1,690 Sq Ft OPA#888040511 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Melissa A. McCafferty and Brian P. McCafferty C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03538 $239,082.74 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-423 7848 Craig St 19136 64th wd. 6,021 Sq Ft OPA#642058000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ernesto Esteras C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 02072 $163,032.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-424 1506 Church St 19124 23rd wd. 1,409 Sq Ft OPA#232035900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marangelys Gonzalez C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 04144 $72,012.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-425 945 Pratt St 19124 35th wd. 930 Sq Ft OPA#351120000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gary S. Thompson a/k/a Gary Thompson C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 02207 $47,393.64 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-426 2935 Teesdale St 19152 64th wd. Land: 2,814 Sq Ft; Improvement: 1,440 Sq Ft BRT#641161600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Barbara Ann Cappo a/k/a Barbara Cappo, as Executrix of the Estate of John A. Volpe, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 000676 $161,489.51 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-427 6330 Baynton St 19141 59th wd. 5,315 Sq Ft BRT#592190100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Christopher Akison, as Real owner and Administrator of the Estate of Isadora C. Waysome, Atkins, deceased C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01754 $105,119.87 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-428 15 N 58th St 19139 4th wd. 1,153 Sq Ft OPA#042083800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raymond Anthony Hopkins a/k/a Raymond A. Hopkins C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03314 $98,940.19 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-429 5633 Rodman St 19143 46th wd. 953 Sq Ft OPA#463026600
IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Beverly Carter Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Dorothy Carter Deceased, Freddie Carter Solely in His Capacity as Hair of Dorothy Carter Deceased, Marvin Carter Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Dorothy Carter Deceased, The Unknown Heirs of Dorothy Carter Deceased, Wanda Johnson Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Dorothy Carter Deceased and Carter Leslie Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Dorothy Carter Deceased C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 02807 $103,579.64 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-430 1143 Levick St 19111 53rd wd. 1,600 Sq Ft OPA#531080700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tamika Hudson and Troy Hudson C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01648 $163,999.72 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-431 300 Byberry Rd, Apartment 119, Stonebridge Condominium a/k/a 300 W Byberry Rd Unit 119 a/k/a 300 Byberry Rd 19116 58th wd. Together with a proportionate undivided interest in the Common Elements of 0.013%; 642 Sq Ft OPA#888582265 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joshua Kemp C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 03483 $114,359.42 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-432 3304 Princeton Ave 19149 55th wd. Land: 1,760 Sq Ft; 1,326 Sq Ft BRT#551384000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Kenneth J. Edelman and Shannon Stafford C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 00246 $105,449.09 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-433 4607 Oakmont St 19136 65th wd. 1,145 Sq Ft OPA#651083200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maritza Melendez; Petra A. Melendez, a/k/a Petra Melendez C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02505 $77,367.47 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1809-434 5436 Gainor Rd 191313112 52nd wd. 1,912 Sq Ft OPA#522101400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rhonda I. Collins, in Her Capacity as Devisee of Last Will and Testament of Joseph W. Evans; Joseph D. Evans, in Her Capacity as Devisee of Last Will and Testament of Joseph W. Evans; Wade Cherry, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Joseph W. Evans; Wendell Shines, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Joseph W. Evans; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Joseph W. Evans a/k/a Joseph Wendell Evans, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00554 $153,964.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-435 4245 Richmond St 19137 45th wd. 1,628 Sq Ft OPA#453316400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROP-
ERTY Brooke Hebert, a/k/a Brooke A. Hebert; Thomas A. Pera, Jr. C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 00117 $170,357.45 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1809-436 2650 S 65th St 19142 40th wd. 1,463 Sq Ft OPA#406004300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Chu Van Le C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 01731 $40,479.17 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1809-437 1603 E Washington Ln 19138 10th wd. 2,940 Sq Ft OPA#102280900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shawn Cauthon C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00885 $153,781.69 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1809-438 1921 S Croskey St 48th wd. 765 Sq Ft BRT#482208700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stephen M. Perry and Mae Perry C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 01114 $12,643.83 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1809-439 1152 Atwood Rd 19151 34th wd. 1,200 Sq Ft OPA#344337900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pauline M. Johnson C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 04060 $45,871.69 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1809-440 5345 W Columbia Ave 19131 52nd wd. 1,366 Sq Ft OPA#521062500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lea C. Jones C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00694 $122,700.81 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1809-441 1624 E Eyre St 19125 18th wd. 1,092 Sq Ft BRT#181151600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles A. Grone C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05105 $136,937.54 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1809-442 5922 Bustleton Ave 19149 62nd wd. 2,048 Sq Ft OPA#621503000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ruth Barreto; Maria Serrano C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 02378 $129,438.28 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1809-443 634 E Godfrey Ave 35th wd. 1,305 Sq Ft BRT#351097300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Roy A. Schroeder C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00654 $6,636.14 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1809-444 8011-8013 Rowland Ave 19136 64th wd. 8,775 Sq Ft OPA#642006000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Safaa Deeb C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00424 $274,598.65 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1809-445 100-02 W Ashdale St 19120 BRT#871565130 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mao N. Pich $155,050.88 Thomas A Capehart, Esquire 1809-447 6836 Ogontz Ave 191382644 10th wd. 1,849 Sq Ft OPA#102009400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacinta Stanfield, Individually and in Her Capacity as Adminstratrix of The Estate and Heir of The Estate of William A. Fuller; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under William A. Fuller, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02285 $115,173.89 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-448 5712 Hazel Ave 19143 46th wd. 1,112 Sq Ft OPA#463022500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raymond Braxton; Yasmeen W. Hamidullah, in Her Capacity as Heir of Mateen Hamidullah a/k/a Mateen M. Hamidullah, Deceased; Mateen Marlon Hamidullah, in His Capacity as Heir of Mateen Hamidullah a/k/a Mateen M. Hamidullah, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Mateen Hamidullah a/k/a Mateen M. Hamidullah, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 01958 $45,449.56 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-449 516 Cross St 191476513 1st wd. 1,112 Sq Ft OPA#011292100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rosalind Mccrea a/k/a Rosalind C. Mccrea C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 00378 $105,915.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-450 6050 Agusta St 191493228 53rd wd. 1,132 Sq Ft OPA#531253800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Oneida Collazo C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 01714 $108,577.02 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-451 6605 N. 13th St 19126 61st wd. 2,000 Sq Ft OPA#611193500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gregory Brown and Vanessa Brown C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03314 $121,441.56, plus interest in the amount of $1,422.90 Samantha J. Koopman, Esquire 1809-452 1934 E Venango St 19134 45th wd. 1,152 Sq Ft OPA#452145400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alishia Hanks C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 02321 $82,228.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-453 5821 Springfield Ave 19143 3rd wd. 1,272 Sq Ft OPA#034113000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Laborde P.J. Baptiste C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02447 $93,710.32 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-454 2554 S Ashford St 19153 40th wd. 1,113 Sq Ft OPA#404140700 IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mohamed A. Jabateh C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02975 $27,874.87 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-455 4742 Loring St 19136 65th wd. 945 Sq Ft OPA#651026900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephanie Rios and Felix Rivera C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00549 $87,030.54 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-456 4124 N Darien St 19140 43rd wd. 625 Sq Ft OPA#433380100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nadine L. Jackson C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03720 $56,730.63 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-457 1850 Lindley Ave 19141 17th wd. 1,235 Sq Ft OPA#171067700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Jenkins Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Louise Jenkins, Deceased, Beverly Jenkins Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Louise Jenkins Deceased and The Unknown Heirs of Louise Jenkins Deceased C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02250 $70,872.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-458 3576 Stouton St 19134 45th wd. 816 Sq Ft OPA#452396900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ashley Devlin C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 02293 $46,484.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-459 4941 N 7th St 19120 49th wd. 1,218 Sq Ft OPA#491207500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Geneva R. Hogue Deceased, Donald Hogue Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Geneva R. Hogue, Deceased, Myrtle Hogue Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Geneva R. Hogue, Deceased, Doris E. Hogue Individually and in Her Capacity as Heir of Geneva R. Hogue, Deceased, and Lois McFadden Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Geneva R. Hogue, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02077 $43,967.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-460 2351 Duncan St 19124 23rd wd. 1,600 Sq Ft OPA#231011200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Adam Elliott Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Richard D. Elliott Sr. Deceased, Joshua Elliott Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Richard D. Elliott Sr. Deceased and Richard Elliott Jr. Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Richard D. Elliott Sr. Deceased C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02868 $85,846.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-461 1301 Kerbaugh St a/k/a 1301 W Kerbaugh St 19140 43rd wd. 976 Sq Ft OPA#433020500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Blanding a/k/a Broadie M. Blanding Deceased and Cynthia Coates Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Broadie Blanding a/k/a Broadie M. Blanding Deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 02280 $42,085.69 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-462 917 Granite St 19124
35th wd. 930 Sq Ft OPA#351140800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Gregory Williams Deceased, Sean Williams Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Gregory Williams, Deceased and Gregory Williams, Jr. Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Gregory Williams, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 00060 $44,632.49 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-463 5618 Addison St 19143 60th wd. 953 Sq Ft OPA#604131900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lillian Meekins a/k/a Lillian E. Meekins C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01428 $80,150.00 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-464 928 N 67th St 19151 34th wd. 1,440 Sq Ft OPA#344406400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Arthur R. Martin C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02777 $103,362.94 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-465 259 E Montana St 19119 22nd wd. 1,855 Sq Ft OPA#221154030 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Linda Bunyenyezi C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 00141 $129,615.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-466 511 Parnell Pl 19144 12th wd. 1,392 Sq Ft OPA#122016400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Howard Crabbe a/k/a Howard H. Crabbe C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 00403 $72,712.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-467 6413 Chelwynde Ave 19142 40th wd. 1,120 Sq Ft OPA#406269300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Irene P. Delonis C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00673 $42,241.56 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-468 1448 McKinley St 19149 54th wd. 1,524 Sq Ft OPA#541070500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Clevan A. Murray C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02123 $179,603.40 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-469 2235 Pierce St 19145 36th wd. 658 Sq Ft OPA#364097800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pearly Wiley a/k/a Pearly Mae Wiley C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 02439 $62,673.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-470 6520 Dicks Ave 19142 40th wd. 1,184 Sq Ft OPA#406286200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lynn Y Jones C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 01436 $41,163.20 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-471 3329 W Sergeant St 19132 28th wd. 990 Sq Ft OPA#282360300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brian N. Shaw a/k/a Brian Shaw C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04404 $83,934.45 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-472 110 W Wildey St 5th wd. Beginning Point: Situate on the 5th Ward of the City of Philadelphia on the Southeasterly corner of Wildey Street (formerly called
Otter Street) and Hope Street OPA#057180000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Kerrianne Hafer C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 00675 $365,521.22 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1809-473 3418 Kip St 19134 7th wd. 968 Sq Ft OPA#073088700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eugenio Torres C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02531 $51,626.27 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-474 8846 Blue Grass Rd 19152 57th wd. 3,357 Sq Ft OPA#571195300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Grace O. Ruiz C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 02927 $85,964.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-475 5735 Knox St 19144 59th wd. 2,192 Sq Ft OPA#593176500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Veronika M. Mednik C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 03150 $110,538.02 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-476 6144 Wheeler St 19142 40th wd. 1,216 Sq Ft OPA#402183800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William Cooper and Terra Cooper C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03025 $42,608.57 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-477 411 Shurs Ln 19128 21st wd. 974 Sq Ft BRT#212043200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Scott P. Burke C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04255 $131,346.23 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-478 834 E Sanger St 19124 35th wd. 1,438 Sq Ft OPA#351199300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leroy V. Byrd, Jr., Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Leroy V. Byrd, Sr., deceased and Lewis J. Byrd C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02613 $118,603.54 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-479 1127 W Wingohocking St 19140 49th wd. 2,552 Sq Ft OPA#491011700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Albert William Boyd, deceased, Christopher R. Boyd, Known Heir of Albert William Boyd, deceased and Sir Albert W. Boyd, II, Known Heir of Albert William Boyd, deceased C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 00027 $55,873.61 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1809-480 5023 Chancellor St 19139 60th wd. 972 Sq Ft OPA#602058900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith Moody C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03262 $63,955.35 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-481 6414 Musgrave St 19119 22nd wd. 1,799 Sq Ft OPA#221229600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James L. Woodrit III a/k/a James L. Woodrit C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01816 $85,232.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-482 2836-2838 W. Girard Ave
19130 29th wd. 2,580 Sq Ft OPA#882023600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alson Alston C.P. August Term, 2008 No. 03084 $537,088.70 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-483 3813 Manayunk Ave 19128 21st wd. 3,002 Sq Ft OPA#212123600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Heather M. Smith C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 01244 $147,140.65 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1809-484 6835 Greenway Ave 19142 40th wd. 10,954 Sq Ft OPA#884792300 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE MASONRY Helene Mantovani C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00799 $240,511.95 Steven J. Adams, Esquire; Stevens & Lee 1809-485 2410 S 63rd St 191422906 40th wd. 1,013 Sq Ft OPA#402126900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Adalberto Garcia C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 01685 $24,960.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-486 6133 Spruce St 191393741 3rd wd. (formerly 46th wd.) 1,480 Sq Ft OPA#031121400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Helen Dixon-Thorne, in Her Capacity as Heir of Rosie T. Dixon, Deceased; Thomas Dixon, in His Capacity as Heir of Rosie T. Dixon, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Rosie T. Dixon, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03225 $77,458.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-487 4524 Tyson Ave 191351837 41st wd. 1,530 Sq Ft OPA#412041800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia Dolberry a/k/a Patricia M. Dolberry, Individually and in Her Capacity as Administratrix of The Estate of Crystal Ogden a/k/a Crystal Renee Ogden; Shawntae R. Thompson a/k/a Shawntae Thompson, in Her Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Crystal Ogden a/k/a Crystal Renee Ogden; Allen Isaiah Thompson a/k/a Allen Thompson in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Crystal Ogen a/k/a Crystal Renee Ogden; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Crystal Ogden a/k/a Crystal Renee Ogden, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03268 $146,694.14 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-488 5028 Pennway St 191243508 23rd wd. 1,235 Sq Ft OPA#233096200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Franklin Guzman C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03181 $65,347.52 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-489 4632 Oakland St 191243126 23rd wd. 1,492
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Ja Rule and Method Man & Redman The rappers perform 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-745-3000.
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Gary Numan The new-wave and industrial-rock singer-songwriter performs 8 p.m. Sept. 23 at The Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 202-730-3331.
Maroon 5 The pop band performs 8 p.m. Oct. 12 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543.
Social Distortion The SoCal punk-rock icons perform 8:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800745-3000. Lost 80s Live New-wave acts Flock of Seagulls, Wang Chung, Naked Eyes, DJ Robert Drake and more perform 8:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-745-3000.
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AUTUMN CHILLS: Elton John (from left), Ghost, Indigo Girls Simple Minds The new-wave band performs 9 p.m. Oct. 5 at The Tower Theater, 69th and Ludlow streets; 610-352-2887.
Bush The grunge-rock band performs 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-745-3000.
Rock Allegiance The hard-rock festival featuring performances by Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Insane Clown Posse and more kicks off 1 p.m. Oct. 6 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 609-365-1300.
Liz Phair The alternative-rock singer performs 8:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100.
Thrice The rock band performs 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-745-3000.
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators The hard-rock band performs 8 p.m. Oct. 10 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-745-3000. Gorillaz The rock band performs 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543. Indigo Girls The out folk duo performs Oct. 11-12 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glennside; 215-572-7650.
Goo Goo Dolls The rock band performs 8:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215-625-3681. Michael Franti The singer and activist performs 8:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215-625-3681. Florence and the Machine The rock band performs 7 p.m. Oct. 14 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543. Public Imade Ltd. The alternative-rock band performs 8 p.m. PAGE 33 Oct. 16 at Union
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Term, 2015 No. 04115 $82,551.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-495 4025 Bennington St 19124 33rd wd. 1,254 Sq Ft OPA#332298800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Frank Lark; Sandra Vann Lark a/k/a Sandra Vann C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 00030 $106,776.08 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-496 4104 Elbridge St 191353003 55th wd. 1,280 Sq Ft OPA#552082600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ethel Espinoza Ross a/k/a Ethel P. Espinoza C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00369 $91,712.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-497 5819 Ellsworth St 19143 3rd wd. 953 Sq Ft OPA#033131000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Johnnett Loguidice C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 01471 $48,351.61 KML Law Group, P.C. 1809-498 229 S 58th St 191393810 60th wd. (formerly 46th wd.) 990 Sq Ft OPA#604285800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ihoc LLC; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Charles W. Johnson, Jr a/k/a Charles W. Johnson a/k/a Charles W. Johnson IV, Deceased; Unknown Successor Administrator of The Estate of Charles W. Johnson, Jr a/k/a Charles W. Johnson a/k/a Charles W. Johnson, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03576 $16,733.43 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1809-499 2244 S 9th St 39th wd. 965.56 Sq Ft BRT#393430500; PRCL# 31S21-360 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Allen E.
Windrim, III C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00633 $182,429.46 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1809-500 933 E Mount Airy Ave 5th wd. 2,587 Sq Ft BRT#502488400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kevin Lee a/k/a Kevin J. Lee C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 00385 $157,763.25 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1809-501 2011 Carpenter St 19146 30th wd. 1,120 Sq Ft BRT#301235300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Angela M. Baylock C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 01684 $456,255.42 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1809-502 8743 Gillespie St 65th wd. 1,791 Sq Ft BRT#65-22430-00; PRCL# 136N17240 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jose Sanchez C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 001072 $133,875.29 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1809-503 145 E Gorgas Ln 19119 22nd wd. On Northwesterly Side of Gorgas Lane: 130 ft. 0 in.; Southwesterly side of Chew St. Front: 24 ft. 0 in, Depth: 173 ft, 5 5/8 in OPA#222113900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING James S. Smith and Kimberly Smith a/k/a Kim Smith C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03556 $44,771.99 plus legal interest in the amount of $905.28 and costs in the amount of $2,079.00 for a subtotal of $47,756.27 Ron L. Woodman, Esquire 1809-504 859 N 48th St 44th wd. 1,456 Sq Ft BRT#062427500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Greta Hughes, Individually and Administrator of the Estate of Reatha L. Hughes a/k/a Reatha Hughes, Deceased Mortgagor C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01819 $38,914.56 Milstead & Associates, LLC
1809-505 2529 S Camac St 39th wd. 780 Sq Ft BRT#39-4338500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dana A. Bergamesco C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03864 $117,982.09 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1809-506 3918 Manayunk Ave 21st wd. 2,315 Sq Ft BRT#211340300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Justin S. Perkins a/k/a Justin Perkins C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 01270 $209,889.94 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1809-507 5848 Montrose St 46th wd. 953 Sq Ft BRT#033077100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Gloria Hawks and Josie M. Johnson C.P. February Term, 2008 No. 03922 $51,319.15 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1809-508 827 Rhawn St 63rd wd. 2,818 Sq Ft BRT#631310500 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/ DET 2 STY MASONRY John T. O’Meara C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 04370 $100,640.13 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1809-509 5745 Arch St 19139 34th wd. 1,493 Sq Ft BRT#042035800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Elwood B. Coleman C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 01988 $86,638.46 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1809-510 1934 74th Ave 42nd wd. 1,138 Sq Ft BRT#101386400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Ethel O. Boyd a/k/a Ethel White Lowery Boyd C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00941 $40,535.01 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1809-511 3271 Aramingo Ave 45th wd. BRT#451395300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Steve A. Peterson a/k/a
Steve Andrew Peterson a/k/a Steve Peterson, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 01776 $57,518.08 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1809-512 3813 Aspen St 19104 24th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,200 Sq Ft BRT#243045100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Richard Thurston C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 01556 $83,439.09 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1809-513 523 N 64th St 19151 34th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,387 Sq Ft BRT#343075900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Robin D. Black C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 02337 $57,411.23 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1809-514 225 Dimarco Dr 19154 66th wd. S/D W/B GAR 1 STY MASONRY; 1,376 Sq Ft BRT#662297600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Nancy Logue C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 03976 $121,130.50 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1809-515 2210 N Salford St 19131 52nd wd. 1,495 Sq Ft OPA#522265700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: $57,364.00 Diane Brown C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04166 $103,564.82 Jenine Davey, Esquire 1809-516 1011 Disston St 19111-4410 53rd wd. 1,188 Sq Ft OPA#532207500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas Shaw, in His Capacity as Heir of Edward T. Shaw, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Edward T. Shaw, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03371 $174,919.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP
1809-517 1400 Apple Blossom Way 19111 56th wd. 1,924 Sq Ft BRT#562065052 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING John F. McFarlane, Jr C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 000836 $304,651.95 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1809-518 1924 Colonial St 10th wd. Beginning Point: Situate on the South side of 64th Avenue or Colonial Street at the distance of 147 feet 1/2 inches Eastward from the East side of 20th Street OPA#102350400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Bernice M. Lee C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00582 $156,879.67 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1809-519 6240 Dickens Ave 40th wd. Beginning Point: Situate on the Southeast side of Dickens Avenue at the distance of 115 feet Northeastward from the Northeast side of 63rd Street OPA#402242400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Michael C. Nze C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 03599 $58,737.08 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1809-520 1621 Murdoch Rd 50th wd. Beginning Point: Situate on the Northwesterly side of Murdoch Road (45 feet wide) at the distance of three hundred seven feet ten inches Northeastwardly from the Northeasterly side of Pickering Avenue OPA#501506000 IMPROVEMENTS: APT 2-4 UNITS 2 STY MASON Jason Pinnock C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01568 $211,876.95 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1809-521 1602 67th Ave 19126 10th wd. Approximate Size: Land: 1710 Sq Ft; Improvement: 1482 Sq Ft; Total: 3192 Sq Ft OPA#101232700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
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Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215232-2100. Meshell Ndegocello The R&B/soul singer-songwriter performs 8 p.m. Oct. 21 at The Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 202-730-3331. Johnny Marr The Smiths songwriter and guitarist performs 8 p.m. Oct. 22 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011. Metallica The iconic metal band performs 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543. Garbage The alternative-rock band performs 9 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Black Violin The musical duo fusing classical music with hip-hop performs 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215893-1999. The Dead Milkmen The punk band performs 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011. Clutch and Sevendust The hard-rock bands perform 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-745-3000. UB40 The reggae group performs 8 p.m. Oct. 28 at The Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 202-730-3331. Dracula’s Ball The goth-industrial event featuring performances by Clan of Xymox, Ego Likeness and more, 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888. Jake Shears The out singer and Scissor Sisters’ frontman performs 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at The Foundry, 29 E. Allen St.; 215-309-0150. T.S. Monk The acclaimed jazz drummer and band leader performs 8 p.m. Nov. 3 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215898-3900. Josh Groban & Idina Menzel The internationally accclaimed singers perform 8 p.m. Nov. 12 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543.
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