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While in jail, Milton Street says he spent six hours a day on the StairMaster. “Yeah, and I’m pretty sure I was near the top when they released me.”
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The city will pay $500,000 for a statue honoring 19th-century civil rights activist Octavius Valentine Catto. Oh nice! Can it also lower taxes, fix potholes and have 311 call us back?
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Gov. Tom Corbett names 13 gas industry allies and four environmentalists to serve on his Marcellus Shale commission. “And everything will be decided democratically.”
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A Penn dental student will be the next star of The Bachelorette.Status update: “OMG thank christ i dont have to be a mouth docter! jokes on you dad!!!”
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Newt Gingrich, spotted outside Buddakan in Old City, says he’ll announce his bid to run for president at Independence Hall. “And if elected, I will return to have El Vez deported,” he said. “P.S.: Remember when I cheated on two different wives including one who had cancer at the time? Hilarious. Vote for me, you idiots!”
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Marc Summers, who lives in the area, reprises his role as host of Double Dare for a Good Charlotte video shoot. Later admits that not calling the band Green Day for Dummies was a physical challenge.
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CHANGE IN PHILLY HOMICIDE RATES BY POLICE DISTRICT: March 2008-09 versus March 2010-11. Districts in white (*) had little or no change, or homicide rates too low to make statistically significant comparisons. EVAN M. LOPEZ
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COLOR BY HOMICIDE Breaking down Philly’s murder rates. By Isaiah Thompson
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rime is down!” Such has been the battle cry of an incumbent Mayor Michael Nutter as he glides across the icy winter of our economic discontent and toward re-election. Crime seems to be the No. 1 concern of most Philadelphians, but it’s down from really being the No. 1 concern: In a 2009 Pew Trust poll, 45 percent of Philadelphians said crime was the thing they liked least about the city; in 2010, that number dropped to 35 percent; and this year it dropped further to 29 percent. And since the bloody year of 2007, when homicides were peaking, crime is, indeed, down. In 2008, the year the mayor took office, homicides dropped and have remained lower. But the murder rate hasn’t decreased everywhere — and in more than a few Philadelphia police districts, it’s actually gone up. City Paper reviewed homicides for every police district for the last four years (to avoid making year-to-date comparisons so early in the year, we counted backward from March 14, 2011). We excluded data from districts with murder rates too small to draw significant comparisons, or in which murders changed by only one incident. We found that most of the city has seen a drop in murders since 2007 — only the 26th District, in Kensington, East North Philly and Fishtown, saw more murders this past year than it did in 2007, up by almost 50 percent — and much of the city has seen
that trend continue. But compare the following year, 2008-09 — the mayor’s first year in office — to this past year, and you get a much more complicated story. Murders in some districts remain low or have dropped even lower since the mayor’s first year in office. They’ve dropped by almost a quarter in the 22nd District in Fairmount, Temple and Strawberry Mansion; about 45 percent in the Seventh District (Bustleton, Fox Chase); close to 30 percent in the 35th District (East Oak Lane, Olney, Fern Rock); and by smaller margins in several districts encompassing the near-Northeast, Mantua and Fairmount Park, and Southwest Philly. But murders have not dropped compared to 2008-09 in other neighborhoods. While the 26th District was the only one to see murders actually rise since 2007, several have had more murders since they declined during Nutter’s first year on the job. The highest rise in murder rates since 2008 — 35 percent — belongs to the 14th District, which encompasses Chestnut Hill, Mount Airy and Germantown. Just below that area is the 39th District, which includes North Philly north of Lehigh and west of Broad as well as East Falls, and which also saw a roughly 35 percent increase in homicides. The 26th District saw a 32 percent increase since 2008-09. Below that, the 15th District (Frankford, Tacony, Bridesburg, Mayfair) saw murders rise by about 27 percent. (isaiah.thompson@citypaper.net)
Homicide’s down — for some.
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✚ BUT WHO’S COUNTING? Last Sunday, Philadelphia police officer Richard Nicoletti was grazed in the chest by a bullet fired, apparently, by a drug-addled Carmelo Winans, whose parents had called the police to their house when they found Winans with a knife to his own throat. Nicoletti, after a brief hospitalization, was released unharmed. Winans’ grieved family opined to the Inquirer that the officers never should have drawn their weapons, noting that an officer showed up later with a Taser — the ideal response to a mental health crisis — right after Winans was killed. Police spokesman Lt. Ray Evers, however, defended the officers’ decisions as the appropriate call. And so ended yet another confrontation in which someone suffering a mental breakdown wound up being shot by Philadelphia police. The day before, a different man had been shot by a police officer when he showed up and found him, too, holding a knife to his chest. According to police, he “charged” the officer, drawing fire. Before that, there was Harry Bennett, the subject of a cover story by this author [“Why is Harry Bennett Dead?” Jan. 27, 2011], a mentally ill veteran who was found in an addled state, brandishing a “meat cleaver,” which a witness says he had pointed at himself, not police. He was nonetheless Tasered by police, then shot, and then, witnesses said, dragged by his ankles, still living, down a set of concrete steps last July. Before that there was Baron Adams, a young homeless man with a history of mental problems. He allegedly grabbed the officer’s gun. Before that there was Morgan Mumford, a mentally ill homeless man; he allegedly brandished a box cutter. Before that, there was Anthony Temple, a young man whose mother said
he was schizophrenic. He allegedly grabbed at officers’ guns, twice, prompting one to fatally shoot him. Before that, there was Juan Delgado, found pacing a rooftop, threatening suicide, but also being consoled by his brother. He was fatally shot on the spot after allegedly brandishing a gun. Before that, there was Lawrence Kelly, fatally shot by police when his wife called to report him acting erratically in early 2009. Police said he brandished a knife. —Isaiah Thompson
✚ AWARENESS Last week — didn’t you know? — marked National Problem Gambling Awareness Week. In honor of the occasion, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Gaming Oversight Commission held hearings on the state’s plan for problem gambling and gambling addiction. Reassuring words were proffered by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's Liz Lanza, director of the Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling, who spoke to the rigorous efforts of the PGCB’s “problem gambling initiatives,” including maintaining the casinos’ self-exclusion lists, and approving “problem gambling statement[s] which consist of a phrase and a hotline number.” Northampton, Pa. Drug & Alcohol program administrator Mary Carr, on the other hand, told a story: about a friend named “Steve,” who’d been sober for years — until, recently, “He’s gambling uncontrollably at his local casino.” Asked what became of “Steve,” Carr later offered this kicker: “In March 2010, Steve ... signed all the paperwork for self-exclusion. About a month later, he thought he’d try [to get in]. … Once he got in he proceeded to gamble for the next 11 months — and wasn’t stopped once.” —I.T.
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INTRODUCING... ³ EDITOR’S NOTE: Man Overboard! is taking a
reluctant break for a few weeks (brushing up on nautical terminology, no doubt) so we can bring you expanded coverage of the most exciting political season we’ve had in years — the coming May primary — in our new, limited-edition column, ElectionEar! Look for more online at the ElectionEar category at Naked City, our news blog. We kick off this column with a look at some of the more obscure — even downright zany — political contests afoot. The stiffest political race in the city, for example, is not any of the neighborhood wars brewing within the City Council districts; not the city commissioner brouhaha; not even the uncomfortably stuffed Council at-large free-for-all. No, no. It’s the back-alley battle for Traffic Court judge! Fifteen people are up to fill a single Traffic Court seat, leaving each candidate with a 93 percent chance (all other things being equal) of losing. Compare that to Councilman Curtis Jones Jr.: He’s got a 100 percent chance of winning! But why would anyone want to run for Traffic Court judge, where the honorable preside over … moving citations? Perhaps because it’s a wellpaying job — salaries begin at around $80,000 — that doesn’t require much experience. Traffic Court judges, unlike other kinds of judges, don’t actually need to be lawyers. As candidate Jose Figueroa admitted, “Any Joe Schmoe can run.” Political insiders say that this, combined with the fact that virtually no one pays attention to the race, leads to a dearth of good candidates. “Traditionally, they don’t do anything to reach real voters,” says Brett Mandel, former candidate for city controller. “It’s almost exclusively a political election, where candidates go to ward leaders and committee people to align support.” And thus, we have a batch of colorful Traffic Court candidates. Take Richard W. Hoy, who has ties to Willie F. Singletary, a current Traffic Court judge. Singletary was elected in 2007 despite having had 55 outstanding traffic violations, more than $11,000 in fines and a suspended license that year. Later, in 2009, the Philadelphia Court of Judicial Discipline found that Singletary was guilty of telling campaign donors that they’d be treated favorably in court. Hoy is Singletary’s attorney. But his actually being a lawyer makes him an anomaly: Out of all 15 candidates for Traffic Court judge, only two are lawyers, according to state records — Hoy and Robert Tuerk. Two other candidates — Lewis Harris Jr. and Jeffrey Travelina — owe the city thousands in taxes. (Both acknowledge >>> continued on page 9
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Online commenter Jeffrey_Stockbridge, however, called the story “overly sensationalized,” noting: “Build a 12-foot-high concrete wall fitted with barbed wire and security cameras around the tracks, and Kensington will remain unchanged. I agree that Conrail needs to take action, but even if they do, it will have a minimal impact. The neighborhood offers a plethora of abandoned houses and lots that serve the same function as the tracks. … Individual counseling and support are as badly needed as jobs and neighborhood cleanup.” An e-mailer who just goes by Steve had a different diagnosis: “This is what happens when liberals have too much say with the issues of
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BOTH SIDES OF THE TRACKS Isaiah Thompson and Anthony Campisi’s story about the neglected, crime-ridden Lehigh Viaduct (“The Waste Land,” March 10) garnered a good deal of feedback this week. A local commuter named Sharon Humble e-mailed us to say, “I read your article this morning on the train. It is extraordinary,” adding, “Thanks for shining a big, bright light on the problem so that hopefully it can start getting dealt with in a positive and meaningful manner.” The story made George Weir of Delaware County somewhat wistful: “I worked at a stucco factory that backed up to and was supplied by those railroad tracks for most of my college summers.” Weir “had been daydreaming about what a great historical walk that viaduct would make, and how illustrative of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania industrial history such a walk could be. … How sad to find out how far down that neighborhood and that viaduct have gone.”
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³ CITY PAPER APOLOGIZES for the following bad dad joke,
but: What does a councilperson do when he or she is under fire because of his or her participation in a controversial retirement plan? Stop, DROP and roll — right on out of the race! But it’s true! First, Councilpersons Donna Reed Miller, Jack Kelly and Joan Krajewski, and Council President Anna Verna, all of whom are enrolled in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP), dropped out of the race. Then Republican ward leader Matt Wolfe announced he was filing a lawsuit to kick Councilman at-large Frank Rizzo off the ballot because he’s in DROP. Shortly thereafter, Councilman Frank DiCicco bowed out because he, too, is enrolled and felt winning again would take too much “fire in the belly” … and money. Then, just this Monday, two people filed suit to kick Councilwoman Marian Tasco off the ballot, arguing that she’s ineligible to run because of her enrollment. Hours later, City Paper broke the news that community activ-
³ WHAT DO YOU do when you really can’t stand the sheriff? Run for his job! If candidate John Kromer has his way, his first action as sheriff will be to abolish the position altogether. The former director of the city’s Office of Housing and Community Development is running because he thinks the position, like the recently absorbed Clerk of Quarter Sessions Office, is antiquated and rife with political influence. And he’s got a catchy campaign slogan to boot: City Paper recently spotted a faux sheriff’s badge for Kromer that read, “Last Sheriff.” Meanwhile Cheri Honkala — the rabble-rouser who founded the Poor People’s Economic Rights Campaign in ’98 — is also running for the job with the Green Party, on the promise that she’ll immediately suspend all sheriff’s sales and refuse to ever evict families from their homes. (holly.otterbein@citypaper.net)
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the debts but say they are contesting their validity.) Harris, meanwhile, is running as both a Democrat and a Republican. It’s not the first time he’s straddled the party fence: He ran for city commissioner on the Green Party ticket in 2007, served as Republican Sam Katz’s North Philly coordinator, and ran for Republican state representative earlier this year. He lost, garnering only 6 percent of the vote. Harris also admitted to City Paper that he has “three or four” outstanding parking fines, but said he’ll be taking care of them soon.
ist Gloria Gilman is filing suit to punt City Commissioner Marge Tartaglione from the ticket, for the same reason.Attorney Joseph Doherty, who’s representing the Tasco and Tartaglione challengers, says that’s the only reason public officials have been able to double dip in DROP for so long: “Nowhere in the city ordinance does it say you can do this,” he says. “I’m fully confident the court will see it [our] way.”
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Tastykake’s new Cherry-Filled Dark Chocolate Krimpets (though a low-carb version would be nice) is hearing how Gov. Tom Corbett respected the Rendell-era tax credits that have long lured filmmakers, major and indie, to the area — and even offered up $60 million in incentives to coax filmmakers to use Pa., employ local crews and spend money. But like a great nail-biter, some real drama is in the picture as the Greater Philadelphia Film Office (GPFO) waits to see if Paramount’s World War Z with Brad Pitt, plus the next installments of the Batman and Bourne series and M. Night Shyamalan’s Reincarnate,will film here as discussed. Did the Corbett credits get to our hero in time? “Just because the governor proposed the $60 million for fiscal year 2012 in his budget, doesn’t mean that we will be able to make sufficient promises to Paramount Pictures that the funds will be available for their tax credit to start opening offices now and spending a whole lot of money,” says GPFO doyenne Sharon Pinkenson.“It’s a risky bet for them.” (She wouldn’t comment on the Bat, the Bourne or M. Night.) “But we’re working with the new administration to try to work this out. All films that are looking at Pa. for late spring and summer shoots, and there are lots of them, are in the same position. We probably won’t know whether World War Z will pull out of Philadelphia for another week or two.” Stay tuned. ³ Philly’s most recent American Idol hopeful, Erika Schiff, is just back from L.A., where she filmed a role as a call girl to Morgan Fairchild’s madam in A Perfect Ending and may have landed a song on its soundtrack. All that, and Schiff’s got her debut solo CD, In the Blonde, coming with a release-date gig to prove it: The Legendary Dobbs, April 30. Swanky. ³ My old Revival pal Gordon Dinerman is heading to E. Passyunk (at the corner of 12th and Morris) for Birra,a rustic Mediterranean joint filled with Italian nosh and beer. Look at mid-spring for opening. ³ Two of my crunchiest, sloppiest near-metal-butnot-metal faves, The Noid and Atomic Age, play March 18 at Phoenixville’s Lighthouse Lounge. Bus it. ³ Before Divine Hand’s appearance at Dorian’s Parlor last weekend, theremin-ist Mano Divina spoke of a doc/concert film about his ensemble, the theremin and it’s history in Philadelphia, which’ll air on WHYY 12.“It will also air in Serbia and Russia on TV, before our performances there this summer,” notes Divina. ³ Condolences to the Tiberino/ Powell family. The West Philadelphia artist clan lost their grand matron, Queenie Marie Powell, last week, with services at Mount Carmel Baptist Church to celebrate her life. A classic. ³ More Ice at citypaper.net/criticalmass. (a_amorosi@citypaper.net)
DEVIL INSIDE: Often involving all-male casts, noh theater performances are highly stylized, yet aesthetically minimalist.
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NOH DAY BUT TODAY A 400-year-old Japanese art form celebrates an ever-changing universe. By Shaun Brady
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ature has not been kind to Japan in recent weeks. But despite the seismic shifts the country has been undergoing, there are still those who stand fast, celebrating the natural world as their ancestors have for centuries. Katayama Shingo, founder of Kashu-juku Noh Theater, sees the key aim of his art form as keeping an awareness of the planet’s life cycle. “Life in contemporary days has become inconvenient,” Katayama explained through a translator from the troupe’s home base in Kyoto. “So people are less conscious of the seasons. Noh and all other traditions in Japan … have a role to make people conscious of the beauty of the changes of the four seasons.” Noh theater is a highly stylized, multi-disciplinary practice that often involves masked all-male performers, music and dance. The three pieces that Kashu-juku is bringing to Philly on its North American tour include a mai-bayashi, or “music and dance” piece; a kyogen, or comic play contemporary with noh; and the famous play Lady Aoi, adapted from the classic novel The Tale of Genji. Katayama points to one striking aspect of Lady Aoi as representative of noh’s minimalist aesthetic: The title character is depicted only by an empty kimono situated at the front of the stage. “The most important concept of noh is that less is better,” he says. “Whatever you can eliminate, you should eliminate. That’s the bottom line.”
Ironically, this traditional show is co-presented by Bowerbird, whose productions are often anything but. There is a running thread in the organization’s work, however, that delights in the anachronistic: new music performers playing the pipe organ at Christ Church, for instance, as they did earlier this month at the Blindspot festival. “I wanted to show that this sonorous palette that we call experimental music, in other cultures is called traditional music,” says Bowerbird director Dustin Hurt. “The sound component of noh is totally nuts, really jarring and dissonant to Western ears. If you just closed your eyes and listened to a noh production without the theater aspect, you could very easily think you were listening to an experimental music concert. What we call experimental or avant-garde sometimes gets marginalized, but I think it’s really interesting work that relates to the everyday.” While he readily admits that noh can be a challenge to comprehend — even for Japanese audiences, the centuries-old tales can seem cryptic — Katayama prefers Western viewers to arrive with as little foreknowledge as possible. “Whatever previous information you have in your mind may prevent you from looking at the show with fresh eyes,” he says. “So whether people say the instruments are interesting or the costumes are beautiful or it’s difficult to understand or too high art, that is something that I would like the audience to feel in their own way.” (s_brady@citypaper.net)
“The sound component is nuts.”
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Etsy’s full of artists doing their part, including Kristen Stein (kristensteinfineart.etsy.com), who’s donating 25 percent of her earnings to organizations helping with the relief effort — even allowing customers to choose where their monies go. Up for grabs: a collection of jewelry, decorative totes and paintings of guardian angels that will serve as a nice reminder for your thoughtful deeds.
This week’s Kaleidoscope is all about helping Japan following the recent earthquake and tsunami. Let’s start with the American Red Cross. Kind of obvious, but there’s no need to get clever about disaster relief. Texting “REDCROSS” to 90999 will automatically send $10, and you’ll barely notice it on your phone bill. You’ll also find donation buttons all over the place, from iTunes to redcross.org. And of course, you can always give blood. —Patrick Rapa
³ donor face Who can we turn to in times of trouble? Lady Gaga? Fine. Whatever. “Little Monsters, show your support for Japan with this ‘We Pray For Japan’ wristband!” Gags wrote on ladygaga. shop.bravadousa.com. It’s one of those rubbery Livestrong-kinda things; $5 minimum but you can pay more and “all proceeds go directly to Japan relief efforts.” Good. It’s about time a monster did something nice for Japan. —Patrick Rapa
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³ supplies are limited If you wanna know specifically where your money’s going, consider wholesale goods seller Alibaba (aliexpress.com), who says it’ll sell you certain items for crazy cheap — $8 sleeping bags, $11 tents — and ship them to Japan for free. Meanwhile, Shelterbox (shelterbox.org) is already on the ground in the affected area, delivering crates full of supplies like tents, water purifiers, stoves and such. They accept donations. —Patrick Rapa
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ous to see so many photographs where people are diminished. But this is what Robert Frank does — looking beyond the individual to find bigger, broader forms of representation. His landmark 1958 book The Americans crafted a stirring portrait of the United States in showing its people, as well as their totems. A recurring theme across the work, for instance, is the many ways the U.S. flag is displayed — billowing from Hoboken row houses, hanging at a car dealership showroom. Showing at Ursinus College’s Berman Museum of Art, “Spaces, Places and Identity: Robert Frank ‘Portraits’” positions the Swiss-born Frank as a shooter who saw portraits as a means to convey identity not just through one’s likeness, but also one’s surroundings, companions, personal effects and actions. A violin busker stands in the dark in the photo Near Victoria Station, London. He holds his instrument vertically to his chest and bows it as one would a cello; his arm in motion is a blur, and the chill of the night air is palpable. As a pure image, this is unimpressive — grainy, dim, indistinct. But as a way of conveying this man’s vocation, it is resoundingly successful. Elsewhere, we see a series of shots from the mountains of Peru, where the recurring element is hats: broad-brimmed, dusty, obstructing the faces of the people wearing them. One shot shows a cluster of heads with the frame cutting off many subjects below the nose. Their hats, however, are all present, accounted for and clearly rendered. In another shot we see a group of men riding on the back of a truck as a man follows behind on horseback. Here we do see full faces, weathered and wrinkled, but again the overall image feels obstructed. This time, it’s a sunburst, oppressively cutting through the scene and across everybody present. Again, they’re all wearing hats, and now we see why — the shade
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ing those (including yours truly) who felt that Edgar Wright had successfully brought his genre mash-up style into the realm of video games from those who found the epileptic editing and cartoonish graphics simply facile sensory overload. For those who couldn’t reconcile that hyperactive rom-com with the director’s previous work with actor/writer Simon Pegg, however, Paul — for which Wright is entirely blameless — may make the strongest argument in favor of his responsibility for those films’ success. Starting with the series Spaced and continuing through Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Wright and Pegg collaborated on a run of the intensely witty fanboy lampoons with a non-exclusionary geek sensibility. Paul, penned by Pegg along with his best friend and co-star in all of the above, Nick Frost, would seem to offer prime fodder for such a treatment, delving into sci-fi as Shaun did zombie films and Hot Fuzz action flicks. Unfortunately, the two grab only at the low-hanging fruit of Spielberg hits and convention culture. The directorial chores this time out are handled by Greg Mottola, who also disappoints given his recent track record. But where Superbad and Adventureland grounded raucous sex and coming-of-age comedies with recognizable emotions, Paul relies on the comfortable rapport of Pegg and Frost, whose friendship is often the excuse for gay innuendo. This impersonal approach is far from the worst of Paul’s sins. What’s truly unfortunate is the sitcom-level humor that Pegg and Frost fall back on; once the titular, Seth Rogen-voiced alien joins their road trip, the gags that aren’t about anal probes almost invariably count on “balls” as their punch line. Either Pegg has had his wit dulled by spending too much time in Hollywood or he hasn’t been in the States long enough to recognize overused stereotypes, but childish FBI agents and homophobic rednecks have long since worn out their comedic welcome. —Shaun Brady
Hollywood has dulled Pegg’s wit.
FRIEND FEED: Paul relies too much on the comfortable rapport of its best-friend stars, Nick Frost (left) and Simon Pegg.
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Considering that he’s been directing movies for nearly two decades, you’d think Gregg Araki would have learned how to make one by now. But Kaboom is less a movie than a masturbatory doodle, a sloppy, shoddy regurgitation of Araki’s pet trope that tries to pass off its slipshod structure as a free-wheeling lark. As always, there’s plenty of young, nubile flesh on display, belonging this time around to Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Juno Temple and Roxane Mesquida, enmeshed in a fitful plot involving the possible presence of a murderous cult of men in animal masks on a college campus. (It’s possible Mesquida’s clingy lesbian may be a voodoo priestess, as well — don’t ask.) The fact that the characters spout snappy, profane dialogue while all this is, or isn’t, going on around them is more “fun” than fun; Araki’s like the too-drunk guy who won’t go home when the party’s over. —S.A. (Ritz at the Bourse)
LIMITLESS|C “I don’t have delusions of grandeur. I have an actual recipe for grandeur,” slicked-back Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) assures skeptical finance giant Carl Van Loon (Robert De Niro) midway through Neil Burger’s stylish, overstuffed thriller, a treatise on designer drug abuse that doesn’t do a very good job of deglamorizing the practice. Based on Alan Glynn’s book The Dark Fields, Limitless explores what happens when a miserable writer (Cooper, capitalizing on every chance to rock bespoke menswear) discovers a powerful pharmaceutical that unlocks latent brain power, allowing him to learn foreign tongues, wreak havoc on the stock market and bang models (?) like crazy. But no one, best-Adderall-ever be damned, can sustain such a level of shred forever, especially when a bunch of shady mobsters and knife-wielding old men are tracing his every move.
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Like the other characters in happythankyoumoreplease, which Josh Radnor also wrote and directed, aspiring novelist Sam (Radnor) is teetering on the edge of adulthood, feeling like he ought to move forward with his life but not really wanting to. He’s (relatively) young, good-looking and nearly as charming as he thinks he is. What’s the rush? Poised at the symbolically weighty age of 29, Sam and his best friend, Annie (Malin Akerman), whose bubbly personality seems undented by her pervasive alopecia, have had ample opportunity to learn from their youthful mistakes, but they’ve thus far declined to. With his ego and id working at crosspurposes, Sam takes fumbling steps toward maturity, but his half-hearted measures are careless and destructive. He takes in a runaway African-American foster child (Michael Algieri) whom he finds on the subway, nurturing his budding artistic talent but neglecting to inform the authorities. And in the process of seducing a kohl-eyed barmaid named, and from, Mississippi (Kate Mara), he abruptly offers to have her move in for a three-day span, scrawling a contract on a handy piece of paper before getting down to business. Sam’s attempt to bypass the damaged woman’s defenses is transparently disingenuous, and it succeeds only because she’s more desperate than she is cautious. His spontaneous proffer is played as a romantic contrivance, but it comes off as deceptive and cruel in ways the movie never fully reckons with. Of course, Sam eventually sees the error of his lady-killing ways, but his charm wears thin long before it’s meant to. Treating their problems like they’re the most important crises in the world is what people in their 20s do, but that doesn’t mean we have to go along for the ride. —Sam Adams (Ritz at the Bourse)
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THE LINCOLN LAWYER|BYou’ve got to wonder how many microseconds it took for Matthew McConaughey to snap up the role of Mickey Haller, the quick-witted L.A. defense attorney created by detective novelist
Michael Connelly — with his easy grin, inoffensive twang and fondness for tooling around in his shirt sleeves, it seems almost criminal to dislike the guy, misdirection-specialist lawyer or not. Newcomer Brad Furman’s treatment of Connelly’s first Haller novel — the title’s a reference to the Lincoln Towncar that chaffeurs him around to earn his daily bread — is soapy and provocative in all the right areas, but the movie’s slowed down by redundant storytelling and superfluous characters. Haller’s hired to represent Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe, who does the best bitch-ass rich kid in the biz), a loaded real-estate scion accused of brutally beating a prostitute. Seems straightforward enough — until Haller, with the help of loyal, long-haired investigator Frank Levin (William H. Macy), unearths evidence suggesting Roulet’s not the
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sweet-cheeked choir boy he says he is. A steady feed of juicy twists and serviceable turns from Marisa Tomei (as Haller’s fellow-lawyer ex) and Michael Peña (as a vital, and incarcerated, former client) can’t distract from the fact that this 120-minute thriller could use a good trim (why are Bryan Cranston and John Leguizamo even in it?). —D.L. (UA 69th St., UA Grant, UA Riverview)
LORD OF THE DANCE 3D A haiku: OK, me laddies, we’re going 3D this time! Should we wave our arms? (Not reviewed) (UA Riverview)
OF GODS AND MEN|CInspired by the disappearance of several French Cistercian monks from an Algerian monastery in 1996, Xavier Beauvois’ Of Gods and Men combines lite formalism and tendentious topicality in the story of a monastic order that clashes with Islamic terrorists in an unnamed Arab country. Although they seem to be the only Christians around, the monks coexist peacefully with the locals. Michael Lonsdale’s leonine brother doles out medical care and free shoes; others help illiterate villagers fill out visa applications. But signs of unrest mount. A woman is stabbed for failing to wear her veil in public, and men with guns ambush the Croatians who help the monks with construction projects, slashing their throats to the spine. Soon enough, a group of Islamic radicals comes calling, demanding access to the monastery’s medical supplies, but leader Lambert Wilson stands fast, punching up his defense with Koranic quotes and a well-placed “Insha’Allah.” Nevertheless, the sense of impending doom lingers, coalescing when Wilson chooses the climax of Swan Lake as dinner music. The film mistakes volume
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for weight, assuming that if a scene goes on long enough, viewers will get the sense it’s important. The long, wordless stretches prompt comparison with Philip Gröning’s doc Into Great Silence. But where Silence’s longueurs conveyed the tranquil intensity of monastic life, Beauvois’ are merely long. Despite its subject matter, the film has a scant feeling for spirituality, which mainly surfaces in the monks’ fatalist hymns. Beauvois admires the monks’ steadfastness, but doesn’t seem to understand it. —S.A. (Rave, Ritz Five)
PAUL|D Read Shaun Brady’s review on p. 13. (UA 69th St., UA Grant, UA Riverview)
✚ CONTINUING THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU|C+ The latest plunge into author Philip K. Dick’s paranoid imaginings starts out promisingly, with senatorial hopeful David Norris’ (Matt Damon) life being manipulated by a shadowy cabal of fedora-clad functionaries. Their plans for David’s life go awry when he falls in love with Elise (Emily Blunt), a dancer meant to reignite his political aspirations and then disappear. The love story is an audience-coddling addition to the original story; soon enough, the speculations on fate and free will give way to extravagant outpourings of emotion and endless chase scenes in service of overripe melodrama. —Shaun Brady (UA Grant, UA Riverview)
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does an admirable job humanizing the fictional struggle — it’s a bit of a military fetish piece, yes, but an entertaining and well-paced one. It’s a Point A to Point B movie, but the getting there is a pure sci-fi squealfest. —D.L. (UA 69th St., UA Grant, UA Riverview)
BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON A haiku: Dear Martin Lawrence, Uh. You know you can say no once in a while, right? (Not reviewed) (UA 69th St., UA Riverview)
EVEN THE RAIN|B+ Set against the backdrop of the antiwater-privatization protests that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in 2000, Icíar Bollaín’s sharp satire casts Gael García Bernal as a filmmaker whose critical portrait of Columbus’ Caribbean voyage is beset by external strife and internal contradictions. There’s a facile irony to the juxtaposition between the production’s ends and its means, but Bollaín and screenwriter Paul Laverty don’t hang their fellow cineastes out to dry. There’s a rueful, knowing quality to the moments when Bernal’s character puts the film above all else, blinded to the fact that his pursuit jeopardizes the ideals he means to enshrine. —S.A. (Ritz at the Bourse) HALL PASS|B-
BATTLE: LOS ANGELES|B Jonathan Liebesman’s aboveboard space-invasion movie tells the oldest story in the extraterrestrial colonization book — the damn aliens want our natural resources, and us humans are gonna scrap till the end! Battle: L.A.
The Farrelly brothers do pure stupidity very well (see: Dumb and Dumber), but what happens when they try to offer human heart in addition to empty head? In the case of Hall Pass, hearty laughs run neck-and-neck with serious groans. At the end of the
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RANGO|A+ Faced with a saloon full of suspicious townsfolk, Rango (Johnny Depp) does what any chameleon would do: He fits in. He slurps his gut-burning cactus juice, he makes up a story about killing seven brothers with one bullet. His listeners — a crowd of Mojave desert denizens — are rapt: They’re desperate for a hero, water and faith. And this lizard is a great storyteller. —C.F. (UA 69th St., UA Grant, UA Riverview)
REPERTORY FILM CINEMA 16:9 35 N. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, 484-461-7676, cinema169.com. Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance
(2009, Japan, 112 min.): Part two of a series that reimagines a 1990s TV
show. Fri., March 18, 8 p.m., and Sat., March 19, 10 p.m.
DOCK STREET BREWERY & RESTAURANT 701 S. 50th St., 215-726-2337, dockstreetbeer.com. Run Lola Run (1998, Germany, 81 min.) She has 21 minutes to deliver thousands of Deutsch Marks to her supermarketrobbing boyfriend. Tue., March 22, 8:30 p.m., free.
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(1990, U.S., 93 min.): “I’d like to invite you all in but I really don’t have anything to offer you guys except for some … frozen pizza.” Fri., March 18, 7 p.m., free.
EXHUMED FILMS International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6535, exhumedfilms.com. Exhumed Films’ Night of Menacing Monsters and Mayhem features a back-to-back screening of TV horror flick Gargoyles (1972, U.S., 74 min.) and Incubus (1981, U.S., 93 min.), a sleazy frightfest by director John Hough. Fri., March 25, 8 p.m., $10.
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RED RIDING HOOD|D Red Riding Hood is a transparent attempt to transplant Twilight into a fairy tale milieu, with Amanda Seyfried’s grandma-visiting Valerie standing in for Kristen Stewart’s Bella. There’s never much doubt as to who will be revealed as the beast, which means the only real mystery is what exactly in this once-upon-a-time forest Shiloh Fernandez uses for hair gel to maintain his Pattinson-worthy bedhead. —S.B. (UA 69th St., UA Grant, UA Riverview)
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might disappear. When his mom (Joan Cusack) is kidnapped by Martians, Milo (Seth Green’s captured motion, Seth Dusky’s voice) stows aboard to rescue her before the aliens suck out her brain. In the end, Milo learns to appreciate his mom, but you can’t help but leave wondering what other nasty fantasies boys have percolating, and whether moms need to prepare themselves. —C.F. (UA 69th St., UA Grant, UA Riverview)
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THE LAST LIONS|BThe lioness who embodies the titular lament of Dereck Joubert’s latest documentary is surely courageous. But as she makes her way across the plains of Botswana, representing the decline in African lions’ numbers, she also must reflect the emotional nuances presumed for her by the film. The violence she endures and inflicts is horrific, and the lesson for the rest of us is worthy. But as moving as her story is, its human presumptions are too often overbearing. —Cindy Fuchs (Ritz Five)
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✚ TERRIBLE GIRLS “I find the curling of love, the turning from something very good into something truly awful, fascinating,” says playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger. A fan of the Southern Gothic fiction of Flannery O’Connor and
William Faulkner, the author of The Terrible Girls admits that the genre is treated “like a dusty old coat stuck in the attic.” Given pop culture’s embrace of the macabre, Goldfinger argues, it’s time for Southern Gothic to make a comeback. Azuka Theatre leads the charge not only with The Terrible Girls’ story of friendship, obsession and Southern sensibilities, but with a reading of Goldfinger’s Skin & Bone on April 18, “a cannibal confection from the deep South.” —Mark Cofta Through April 3, $10-$25, Latvian Society, 531 N. Seventh St., 215-7330255, azukatheatre.org.
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✚ LYNDA BARRY Doodlers come in varying degrees. Some stay in stickfigure territory, others stray into 3-D scribblings. Yet most of us eventually give up drawing altogether. It’s those sad, sapped “adults” whom cartoonist Lynda Barry — best known for
her long-running Ernie Pook’s Comeek — intends to save in her second collage-laden memoir, Picture This: The NearSighted Monkey Book (Drawn & Quarterly). Using a miscellany of primate-curated musings rendered with cutouts and bold penmanship, Barry explores our childish dismissal of drawing; at her lecture she’ll make a case for the pleasures of letting your hand and mind wander. —Will Stone Thu., March 17, 7:30 p.m., free, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org.
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✚ THE 39 STEPS The 39 Steps may seem done to death: The 1915 John Buchan thriller became three films, plus a BBC Masterpiece Theatre special. On stage, though — with four actors playing more than 150 characters — Patrick Barlow’s 2005 adaptation won London’s Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, and two Tony
Awards on Broadway. Walnut Street Theatre promises to ratchet up the zany when hapless Richard (David Hess) finds a dead spy in his London flat and runs from both the police and the killer. Hess’ real-life wife, Joan, plays various femmes fatale, and Paul Riopelle and Dan Hodge play everyone else. —Mark Cofta Through May 1, $10-$80, Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St., 215574-3550, walnutstreettheatre.org.
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✚ SONSO, SIMIANS & PIERROT “Pierrot is not a character you would imagine in a scientific setting, or a jungle for that matter,” says theater artist and
choreographer Marcel Williams Foster. Yet clown sightings in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park should not perturb followers of Foster’s experimental oeuvre; as far as shock value, it’s hard to outdo Jane Goodall à la drag, which was the central conceit in Foster’s Philly Fringe show, The Jane Goodall: Experience. This time, though, Foster interrogates our homo sapien assumptions of objectivity, race and sexuality through a hand-signing chimp, a promising primatologist and the iconic commedia dell’arte clown Pierrot. Written and directed by Foster, Sonso, Simians & Pierrot will incorporate dance, music and an improbable romance. Whatever your anthropomorphic persuasion, Foster plans to pry open our shared fact-based thinking rather than put the mark of science on it. —Will Stone Fri.-Sat., March 18-19, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 20, 3 p.m.; $12, Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave., 215-203-1895, marcelwfoster.org.
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✚ PA JEDI On a regular day, Frank is a state worker, Dale is a student and James is a graphic artist. But at their co-founded Pennsylvania Jedi events, they become Tsu-Bam Halcyon, Pherox Kuhn and No Vas Strike. As part of the Zenkaikon V anime convention, the Jedi warriors will workshop their expertise in Star Wars-related stage combat, costume and lightsaber battles. “There’s a passion with the members that makes it great,” Kuhn says. “We use PA Jedi as a springboard into our imaginations.” Along with the basics, the trio will also help guests choreograph their own >>> continued on page 37
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KING OF CARTS TYSON BEES | 33rd and Spruce streets, tysonbees. com, twitter.com/tysonbeesphilly. Open Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tacos and buns, $3; sandwiches, $5; rice bowls, $6; hot dogs, $3-$5. ³ “KING OF HEARTS!” The gentleman who takes the orders at Tyson Bees calls out playing cards like a Po-Ke-No director. Patiently, the crowd mills about the concrete patch at 33rd and Spruce, glancing expectantly at their cards, waiting to hear seven of diamonds, jack of spades, ace of clubs. “Either you’re a hero in this business or you’re a loser,” says Tyson Bees chef/owner Tyson Wong Ophaso. “I want to be a hero.” I’d bet in the eyes of the loyal mob awaiting their curries, pork buns and banh mi, the 38-year-old already is. That wasn’t always the case. Like when Ophaso and his family were escaping Communist Laos, or when he wore out his arm scooping ice cream at a glacier in Paris. Or years later, when nobody wanted to eat cupcakes from his Spring Street Bakery in SoHo, which opened three months before 9/11 and closed six after. And certainly not when Ophaso was chef at Marty Grims’ Chew Man Chu, a noodle bar as poorly received as it was short-lived. Ophaso, if anything, is resilient, and after scrounging up the cash, he rolled out Tyson Bees in December. The truck, swarmed by dizzy bees painted by local artist Yis Goodwin, headlines with plum sauce-glazed short rib tacos ablaze with ginger on fresh corn tortillas. Other tacos include the excellent chicken scented with Thai basil, and a vegetarian edamame I’d only eat if I were vegetarian. And while I’m not a fan of the soft Amoroso roll for banh mi — its lemongrassperfumed pork shoulder fell through one like a fat man through a tissue-paper hammock — I love the buns for the O.G. hot dog, a Nathan’s frank mounded with luscious short rib, purple cabbage slaw, fiery garlic-sriracha aioli, scallion and radish. The most entertaining offspring of Bees’ Latin/Asian style is the kimchi quesadilla, zingy fermented cabbage, white cheddar and scallions melding into something weird and glorious between two tortillas. But Ophaso can cook straight Asian, too, evidenced by his stunning pork belly buns (my favorite) and the curries he rotates each week. The Penang was running when I visited, and it had a voluptuous coconut richness that has me on pins and chopsticks for the 14-seat Thai BYOB Ophaso has planned. Will he be the guy to silence whiny Philadelphians who lament our lack of good Thai food? Now that would be heroic. (adam.erace@citypaper.net)
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: Shine, a corn whiskey crafted by Northeast Philly-based Philadelphia Distilling, should make its way into local liquor stores in April or May of this year. JASON VARNEY
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STILL LIFE Philadelphia Distilling raids the moonshine market. By Drew Lazor
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ourbon might be America’s drink, but moonshine is America’s whiskey. You know the stories, you’ve heard the tales, you’ve conjured up plenty of fanciful Podunk imagery in your city-dwelling brain — gangs of good ol’ boys with just a few teeth and even fewer concerns with the law, wiping their hands on dirty overalls while working a pot still inside a near-collapsing barn off some dusty Dixie road. They pour helpings of that shocking-clear stuff into smudged Mason jars, load them up on the back of a dinged-up Chevy pickup and use it to bribe the police or to barter for some sort of prized More on: farm animal. Or they just sip the stuff straight up, slurring their words as they dip their toes into a magical Twainian fishing hole. The exponentially embellished lore of moonshine is strong — as strong as that rotgut paint thinner your cousin drank at that bonfire last summer (“Dude, I got soooo fucked up!”). It was a mere matter of time before white whiskey — the term for a distilled grain spirit straight off a still that hasn’t been aged in a barrel like bourbon, scotch or Irish whiskey — poured over the minds of mainstream, contemporary liquor consumers. “It’s a supremely American thing,” says Max Watman, the New York-based journalist who wrote the
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starting product converted to wort in a mashtun and fermented with various yeasts in a process extremely similar to beer brewing. At this point in the operation, Cassell takes the wort and distills it for the first time, producing a gnarly tweener product called “low wines.” It’s strong and “really smells like it should come out of a Mason jar,” laughs Cassell. The second round of distillation, or “spirit run,” which Cassell practices on a tabletop mini-still and later scales up for production on PD’s big-boy copper still (pictured), is where the magic happens. Variations in time, temperature and “cut points” (meaning at what moments during the process one starts and stops collecting the “middle” of the run, the portion of the distillate that’s meant to be drunk) greatly affect a whiskey’s characteristics. “Usually a bottle of whiskey is a sum of a few parts, a few stages — the art of barreling, the art of aging,” says Watman. “With white whiskey, you’ve cut it down to fewer influences, so the bits of craft that are at work in that bottle are highlighted even more.” Craftsman Cassell will be the first to tell you he’s still tinkering — in the distillery right now, he’s got a table stocked with glass vials containing 30-odd variations on Shine, all representing different yeast strains and cut points. Some smell like sweet hard candy; some are floral or roselike; others straight-up singe the nostrils. (Copper plays an important role in developing flavors, too — the buttery and sulphuric notes present in some white whiskeys are a result of exposure to still walls.) Maybe Cassell will blend multiple whiskeys, fermented with multiple yeasts, together to produce the final Shine; maybe he won’t. Aside from noting the target proof (88.8, or 44.4 percent alcohol), he’s altogether coy about which direction the product will ultimately head. “This category, it’s hard to feel out,” says Cassell. “Do people expect smoothness because it’s clear? Or because it’s corn whiskey, do they assume it’s a rougher distillate?” “With [PD’s other spirits], I was looking at a blank slate as a base — building on top of, or creating, that blank slate,” Cassell adds. “[With Shine], it’s more a matter of where the flavors are being developed.” Shine’s branding thrust is further along. The label pattern calls to mind a black bandanna; the bottle is a modern play on an XXX-branded clay jug, complete with wooden stopper cork. And it’ll be priced in step with PD’s other spirits, at $24.99 a bottle. “We’re playing right into peoples’ perceptions of moonshine,” says Auwerda. “That’s why we chose the jug look. To us, it says badass, illegal … it sort of has that ‘other side of the fence’ kind of feel.” Regardless of Shine’s final flavor profile, the gin, vodka and absinthe makers concede that this is something new for them. Something lighthearted, something a little subversive, a little edgy — almost an alcoholic “alter ego,” in Cassell’s words. “What we do is very premium,” he says. “This is more showing up with a bottle on my finger at my buddy Tommy’s place to do some barbecue.” (drew.lazor@citypaper.net)
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Usiloquy Dance Designs Fundraiser at Chhaya Café ³ Sun., March 20, 6-9 p.m., $45 Five courses of traditional Indian cuisine will be presented to raise funds for Usiloquy, a classical Indian dance company taking part in the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. The dinner, featuring items such as paani puri (spicy potatofilled pastry with various chutneys) and Bengali chicken curry, will be accented by a silent auction/raffle and soft Indian music. Diners can look forward to an after-dinner reception with a Usiloquy performance. Chhaya Café, 1823 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-465-1000, chhayacafe.com. Food for Thought and ACHIEVEability at Navy
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March 20, 7-10 p.m., $10 donation Help build an urban farm by joining Cary Borish, Patrick Dunn and Marathon Grill staff members at a fundraising “hoedown” to benefit the opening of their much-anticipated urban farm in North Philadelphia (see p. 27 for more). There’ll be food and drink specials throughout the night, plus raffles; all proceeds will go toward the building of the Marathon Farm on a 15,750-square-foot plot at 27th and Master. Music by the Keystone Mountain Boys and Sour Mash. Marathon Grill, 929 Walnut St., 215-733-0311, eatmarathon.com, marathonfarm.com. Spring Community Forum at South Philly Food Co-Op ³ Mon., March 21, 7-8:30 p.m. A food cooperative serving South Philadelphia is in its developing stages and hopes to open to the community by 2012. This Monday, its spokespeople are facilitating a meeting/open forum at Neumann-Goretti High School to let the neighborhood in on the progress — the group is focused on the nutrition and health of locals. Neumann-Goretti High School Auditorium, 1736 S. 10th St., 516-314-2323, southphillyfoodcoop.org.
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While most bike racers wear clunky helmets and skin-tight spandex, this event calls for something more … business casual. On race day, organizers are enforcing a strict dress code: jacket, collared shirt and tie. But while they’re offering a prize for the snazziest rider, the affair is still every bit a competition for zooming the course on a
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merchandise market Desktops/Laptops & Repairs/ Upgrades net ready. Incl MS Ofc,$175 (215)292.4145 Laptops Net Ready, MS Office, Wireless From $199. 500 games $10, 610.453.2525
BD MATTRESS Luxury Firm w/box sprIng Brand New Queen cost $1400, sell $299; King cost $1700 sell $399. 610-952-0033 BDRM SET: Solid Cherry Sleigh Bed, Dresser, Mirror, Chest, & 2 Nite Stands. High Quality. One month old, Must sell. Cost $6000 ask. $1500. 610-952-0033 BED A brand new Queen pillow top mattress set w/warr. $249; Full $229; King $349. Memory Foam $295. 215-752-0911
BED: Brand New Queen Pillowtop Mattress Set w/warr, In plastic. $175; Twin $140; 3 pc King $265; Full set $155. Memory foams avl. Del. avl 215-355-3878 Bedroom 6pc Queen Cherry or Oak $425. 5pc Sleigh $950. 215-752-0911 Bedroom Set brand new queen 5 pc esp. brown $489. Del Avail 215-355-3878 NEW Mattress Sets $125, Twin Full or Queen, Delivery Available 215-307-1950
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CALL 215-669-1924K Estate Sale, Sat. 3/12- Sun. 3/13 9a-3p 3105 Knorr St. NE Phila . 19149 Entire Contents of Home Guerin Recreation Center Flea Market 2201 S 16th St. 3/19, 8:30 - 2:30. Rain Date 3/26, $20 per space, 215-685-1894 HOUSE SALE - Sat. Mar. 12th, 9a-4p 5316 WEBSTER ST 267-973-1551 Roxborough 798 Cinnaminson (at Henry) Estate Sale Sat 3/12 & Sun 3/13, 8a-3p. Contents of entire House, cash & carry
FRONTICE PIECE LOST in area of 3600 Filbert St,if found please call 215.387.5100
Hot Tub Brand new 7’ Never hooked up! Fully loaded w/factory warr. & cover Cost $4000. Ask $1950. 610-952-0033
Eagles SBL’s for Sale, lower level, Sec. 127, Row 2, $14,000 610-357-2500 WANTED: EAGLES SBL’S true Eagles fan, Call 610-586-6981
33&45 Records Higher $ Really Paid
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Antique & Collectable Buyer, Coins, Gold, Costume Jewelry, Military, Toy Cars, Dolls, Trains, Barbie Cleanouts Will Travel
Ronnie, 267.825.8525
Cameras, Clocks, Toys, Radios, Dolls, Porcelain, Magazines, Military I Buy Anything Old..Except People! Call Al 215-698-0787
$$$ Cash Paid Now $$$ Diabetic Test Strips. I beat all competition’s prices. I pickup. Call 215-525-5022
pets/livestock Please be aware Possession of exotic/wild animals may be restricted in some areas.
HIMALAYAN Kittens -8 weeks, Seal Points, CFA, $400. (610)637-9441
American Pit Bull Xtra Lg Pups & Adults UKC, Champ bloodline, Call Mike 215-407-9458; www.blueprintbullies.com AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER pups, AKC $800 & up. 302-983-1064 BEAGLE PUPS - Pure Bred, Tri-Color, $150/ea. 215-968-5676 Boston Terrier Pup, M, 2mo. old, family raised, papers, vet chkd, 267-902-9934 BOXER PUPPIES AKC, family raised with kids, no kennel, very cute & playful. vet checked, ready to go! Call 717-768-8458 Boxer Pups ACA, flashy fawns, s/w, ready now, $425. Call 717-442-4884 BULL MASTIFF PUPS - AKC Reg., 8 wks, S/W, vet chkd, $900 obo, 570-765-4307 CANE CORSO - Female, family raised, blue, shots & wormed. (267)902-9934 Cavalier King Charles pups, ACA, vet checked, family owned litter, $575. For pics or info call (717)824-2089 Chesapeake Bay Retriever Pups, AKC, $500, champ, fam raised, (410)482-7376 DOBERMAN PUPS: AKC, red males, $800, Call 302-888-1267
GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS - Black/Silver/ Tan, S/W, $295. ready now 717.285.7445 GERMAN SHEPHERD pups, Champion German Blood line, shots, wormed, vet checked, parents are OFA cert. Call now to reserve, $675. 717-687-0934 German Shep. Pups, AKC, Euro, vet chk s/w,farm rsd, pics avl, $425 717.529.2457 Golden Doodle Pups, home raised by exp. breeder, 610.322.0576, 610.544.2719 Golden Retriever, 1st shots, vet chkd, ready 3/24 M $400 F $450. 717.468.6779 King Shepherd Puppies AKSC, Champ bloodline, 1st shots, 3 Fem 570-628-2299
LAB PUPS, ACA, fam rsd, blk, ready 3/21, $450, take your pick early, 717-442-5026 LAB PUPS: AKC, 1st shots, wormed, 9 wks, $600. 609.932.6574; 856.629.3098 Lab Pups yellow AKC Beautiful Litter,vet chkd,s/w, hlth cert $400. 717-471-4261 Maltese pups, AKC, Ready to go. Call 856-875-6707 MALTIPOO Pups, cute, ready to go, S/W, Male $350, Female $450. 267-344-9429 OLDE ENGLISH BULLDOGGE PUPPY, male, 13 weeks, $950. 484-266-8488
20xx Christian St. Studio $625+ elec $1250 move in private yard 856.629.9529 20xx Federal St Small modern Efficiency call between 9am-5pm (267)516-0977 Broad St. 1 BR/1 BA $610 newly decorated,kitch,patio 215.465.5449
Coins, Currency, Gold, Toys,
Trains, Hummels, Sports Cards. Call the Local Higher Buyer, 7 Dys/Wk
Dr. Sonnheim, 856-981-3397
Coins, MACHINIST TOOLS, Militaria, Swords, Watches, Jewelry 215-742-6438 Diabetic Test Strips! $$ Cash Paid $$ Most types, Up to $10/box. Local pickup, Call Martin: 856-882-9015 JUNK CARS WANTED Up to $250 for Junk Cars 215-888-8662 Lionel/Am Flyer/Trains/Hot Whls $$$$ Aurora TJet/AFX Toy Cars 215-396-1903 MR. BASEBALL --- BUYING ALL SPORTS CARDS & MEMORABILIA (203)557-0856 SAXOPHONES & WWII Uniforms, Swords & related items 609.581.8290
Help Wanted: Seasonal Management Live-In Position Wildwood, NJ, 7 units, $150/wk May to Labor Day 215.680.5332 Live-in Houskeeper/Caregiver Wanted for busy home in Margate, NJ. Send resume to: sgkcck@aol.com
CNA/Companion looking for work, FT or PT. (484)374-7226 COMPANION DES POS, 20 yrs exp. caring for elderly,refs,reliable. 215.879.9056 Gentleman w/Truck Desires Work Moving & Junk Removal. 215-878-7055
apartment marketplace
everything pets German Shepherd Puppies Mom and Dad on premises. (215)989-3712 German Shepherd Pups 100% Euro, blk/tan, sables, M & F, AKC, parents on prem, health guar. $850. (856)745-3180 German Shepherd pups AKC, health guar, family raised, $500, 610-593-7482 German Shepherd Pups AKC s/w vet chk fam raised,ready now $525, 717.687.7218
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Pek-a-Poo 12 wks, white/cream, 3F, 1M, $300, 1st shots, wormed (215)747-3636 Pit Bull pups, 8 left, $200 each, come & get them, Call after 4pm. 267-664-5609 Pit Bull Pups Blues, Razors Edge UKC reg 1 M, 1 F. $1000, negotiable, 215-910-6935 Poodle Pups: Standard, AKC, champ, black, blue, silver, $1000. 609-298-0089 PUG Mix Puppies - 2 M, 2 F, ready by 3/28/11, can be reserved, very cute, must see,raised w/children,$550, 610.273.9354
ROTTWEILER/BERNESE MIX - Puppies, Vet checked, shots, wormed. White markings. Looks like Rottweilers. $450. Call 717-355-0647 Shar Pei, AKC, 10 wks, 1 M: lilac, $600, 1 M:choc (rare), $1000, Eric, 609.351.6671 Sheltie Pups - tri-color, champ father & mother on farm,rdy in April, 856.696.1828 SHIH-TZU: M, ACA, shots . Ready & playful, 215-601-8202
apartment marketplace
3xx N. Front St. 1BR bi-level $1150 1400 sq ft, w/d, hdwd flrs, 215-879-5300
Ave of The Arts Studio Condo $885 incls util/cable, renov, avail 4/1. (267)918.7786
Strawberry Mansion 2BR/1BA $650/mo *** $150 Move in Discount*** FIRST MONTH ONLY *** Beautiful brand new Triplex in ; ready for immediate move-in. Call 800-605-5133 for details.
443 Fairmount Ave 2BR/1BA $900 3rd flr 215-917-6184. Available Now
12xx S 51st St. 2br $725 incl ht & water newly renovated, yard, 215-313-2084 54xx Woodland 1 BR $600+ Newly Renovated. 610-717-2450 58th & Springfield Efficiency $450+elec nwly renov, w/w, must see 215.552.5200 6607 Guyer Ave 1 BR $565 1st flr, LR, DR, bsmnt, clean, all gas utils. Call for appointment: (267)251-6931 67xx Guyer Ave. 1br $700+elec Renovated, duplex, w/w (215)407.1395
13xx N 61st St 1 BR $525+ utils nwly ren, 1mo rent, 2mo sec 267.278.1492 1xx Peach St 1br $700 utils incl. Efficiency $600 utils incl. 267.716.0030 49th & Lancaster 2 br/1.5 ba $625+util 1.5 month sec, no pets, 267-583-7561 532 N. 63rd St 2br $500+elec 3rd flr, newly renovated (215)877.2550 59xx Chestnut St. 2 BR $700 Extra clean, w/w carpets, 215-471-1314 59xx Walnut St lg 1 BR $675+ elec $2025 mvn,2 BR also avail. 267-972-9693 9xx Belmont Ave 2br $700+elec laminate flrs, $1000 dep. (215)284.7944 Cobbs Creek area 2 BR/1 BA $915 newly renovated, spacious, voucher programs accepted. Call 215-669-7282
Cobbs Creek Vic 1br (3 rms) $595+utils newly remodeled, Lrg BR, Lrg LR & Lrg EIK, close to public trans 215-880-0612 Parkside Area 2 BR $750-$950 newly renovated, hardwood floors, new appliances. Section 8 OK. 267-324-3197 W. Phila 2, 4 & 5 br apts Avail Now 1st Mo. Rent Special 215.386.4791 or 4792
50th & Osage Ave 1BR $700+utils privt entrance & hrdwd flrs, 215-747-3157
SHIH-TZU white/brown, 7 wks old. 1 male, 1 female, $400 each. 267-615-4711 T-Cup Yorkies: very small, house raised, parents 3.25 lbs, 1 M & 2 F, 717-278-0932 Independence Place 3br/2ba Condo $3200+util available as of mid May, high floor, facing river, all modern convenien ces incl a/c, all appl’s, w/d 267.250.6827
7212 Haverford Ave 1br $750 2br $850 free heat & h/w, w/d, a/c 215-740-4900
Yorkie pups, AKC M & F shots, guaranteed, teddy bear faces $975, 215.824.3541
Queens Village 1 BR/1 BA $1050 util inc big LR & kitchen, 2 BR, $1100. no pets, credit check, Must See! 215-869-6359
BELGIUM MALINOS M&F, trained guard dogs, friendly, trained in dog sports, 6070 lbs, good for protection. Add’l training available 215-275-1457, 215-233-3322
1238 S. 17th St 2 BR 1st & 2nd flr, newly renov, 267-339-4685
4056 Balwynne Pk Rd 2br $875+utils 2nd floor, w/d, garage, garbage disposal, balcony, Section 8 ok, (267) 767-8972 Balwynne Park 2BR $840+ W/D, C/A, W/W, Garage. 484-351-8633 Daphne Rd nr City Line 2br $800+utils large LR, kitch & Dining area, newer appl’s, laundry room, garage w/automatic door, credit check required 610-659-7222
YORKIE pups, 10 weeks, Male, shots, papers, adorable, $800. 610-909-0763 YORKIE Pups, ACA, family raised, S/W. Ready. $650. 717-989-6642
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Sectional ’L’ shaped with matching ottomon. 6 color avl $599. 215-752-0911
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Arcade video games pinball machine, shuffle bowl alley Trade for new carpeting tntquality@aol.com 215-783-0823 BRAZILIAN FLOORING 3/4", beautiful, $2.25 sf (215)365-5826 CABINETS Glazed maple, brand new, never installed, solid wood/dovetail. Crown molding. Can add or subtract to fit kit. Cost $6400 Sell $1595 610-952-0033 POOL TABLE Gorgeous 8’ solid wood 1" slate, lthr pckts, dec legs & access/ Nvr used, $4500, Sell $1495. 610-476-8889 VENDING MACHINES, Cold Drink/Snack combo, well established maunfacturer, new in box bargain, (610)322-2712
Books -Trains -Magazines -Toys Dolls - Model Kits 610-689-8476
UPSCALE Furniture, including outdoor, for sale by interior designer 610.272.6399
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apartment marketplace 39XX LANKENAU 2BRw/bsmt $850 Sec sys, W/D, storage bin, 1 car gar. Near train & mrkt. Must see! 215-680-6508
13xx W. Rush 1br apt $550/mo. $1650 move in. (267)402-8836
23xx N. 25th St 2 BR $600+ utils $1200 move-in, new renov 267.784.9284 25xx N 18th St. 2 BR $400+ utils 1 mon sec, for info, Gene@ 267-331-6687 31xx N 23rd 1 BR $650 Furnished , 1st flr, LR, kitchen, yard, 2 mo sec + 1 Mo rent. Sec 8 ok. 215-927-9441
1, 2, 3, 4 Bedroom FURNISHED APTS LAUNDRY - PARKING 215-223-7000
15th & Lehigh 2 BR $750 newly renovated, w/d hkup, hrdwd flrs, jacuzzi tubs, central air, 267-701-2615
33xx N. 15th ST 3br 1ba/ 3br 2ba Shared. $1350 Call (267)226-2097 35xx Old York Rd 2br $850 everything new, fully renovated, security system, Call for showing. (732)993-3634
46xx N 11th St. 1br-2br $450-$550+util nwly renov, frt porch, sm yd 267.496.9813
19xx Nedro 2BR $625+utils 2nd flr, recently renov. Call 215-424-4176 57xx N Park Ave 2br $750/mo. incl gas w/w, deck, renov, 3rd flr 267-977-5194 Ogontz Ave. 1br+den $625+utils newly renovated, garage, 718-753-6090 The Julien Apts- 5600 Ogontz Ave Studio, 1Br& 2Br-Bright & Spacious Apts. 1st Month Free to Qualified Applicants Students,Senior Citizens&Sec 8 Welcome! Call or Come In M-F 9-5pm 215.276.5600
3730 N Bouvier St. 1br Efficiency $500 Rooms $400/mo. 215-275-5637 M A R C H 1 7 - M A R C H 2 3 , 2 0 1 1 | C I T Y PA P E R . N E T
7XXX McCallum 2BR/1BA $985 & utl. h/w, g/d, d/w, spacious closets, close to public transp. & storage 215-967-1194 80xx Mansfield modern 2Br newly renovated. Call 215-474-7678 83xx Forest Ave Bsmt Effic $450+elec Seperate entry, Handicap access, perfect for student or elderly, (215)233.4203 Mt. Airy Ave. 1BR $725+ utils beautiful duplex apartment, 215-572-5189
1826 Ridge Ave 3 Br 3rd flr, new renov, Sec 8 OK 215.885.1700
Allegheney Ave. 1br Loft $950+utils s/s appl’s, security, prkg lot 215.320.5527
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Drexel Hill 3 BR/2.5 BA $1850+ utils stone colonial, great neighborhood, yard, garage,close transportation. 610.853.8118 Upper Darby 2BR/1BA Row $750+utils front porch, new carpet. 610-805-9599 UPPER DARY 3br/1.5ba $1020+ new crpt & paint, Sec 8 OK. 610.789.0217
13xx 65th Ave Lg 1br $625/mo 4th flr, convenient trans, Tree Line St, tasteful renovation, new wall/wall crpt, hallway hdwd flr, lrg EIK w/oak cabinets, tiled bath, mini blinds, microwave, could be used as student 2br. 215-242-1204 or 267-250-9822 or 215-820-5957 6247 N. 15th 2Br/1Ba $800+ near trans, 2+1, Sec 8 ok. (215)248-2597 66xx 2nd St. 2BR/1BA $750 new renov, crpt, water incl 267-226-2455 67xx Old York Rd 2Br newly renovated, Sec 8 OK 215-474-7678 RENOVATED Apts in WEST OAK LANE Clean, Quiet, Upgraded 267-888-8030 W. Oaklane 1 BR $625 1st, last mo dep,bsmnt+ gar 215.828.7750
17xx Orthodox lg 2 BR newly renov,2nd & 1st fl, w/d 215.919.1516 4645 Penn St. 1BR $675 newly renov. Gas & water inc. 215-781-8072 4700 Frankford 1BR $560 incl heat & water, nr transp, 215-947-8036 4711 Leiper St. Studio renovated, lic#493309 (267)767-6959 4840 Oxford Ave Studio, 1br & 2br apts Ldry,24/7 cam 267.767.6959 lic# 214340 Orthodox & Leiper 1 BR $580 nice & clean, no pets, 215-289-2973
3408 RHAWN St. 1 Br/1 Ba $685 267-322-6311 No application fee! 4647 Adams Ave Studio & 1 BR Newly renov. 267-767-6959 lic#433314 6812 Ditman St. 1 BR prkg, lndry fac. 267.767.6959 Lic# 212751 Paul St. Studio, $480 & up 1 BR: $580 next to transp & shools. 215-255-5676 Rhawnhurst 1BR/1BA $615/mo incl. 7428 Alma St. Heat & water. New w/w carpets. 215-914-0859.
Morrisville 1 Room Studio $500 utils incl,1.5 mo sec, avl 4/1 215.428.0658
1BR & 2BR Apts $690-$815 spacious, great loc., upgraded, heat incl, PHA vouchers accepted 215-966-9371 236 W WALNUT LN effic/1br fr $540 SPECIALS AVAILABLE! HISTORIC APTS Close to transp. 215-849-7260
3xx W. Schoolhouse lg 1 BR $750+ 1st fl, priv yard, w/d hkup, 267-688-7397 5220 Wayne Ave. Studio & 1br newly renov 267.767.6959 Lic# 507568 6XX Rittenhouse 2BR/1BA $975.00 utl. Deck, h/w, w/d, g/d, c/a, gar, close to public transportation. Call 215-967-1194
E. Chelten Ave 1br $500+utils 2nd fl & 1st fl w/bsmt $595. 267.591.9269 xx W LOGAN St 1 BR $475+utils sec dep move in, very clean (215)471.1742
DOMINO LN 1 & 2 BR $745-$875 Renov, prkng, DW, near shopping & dining, mve-in special, 1st mo free. 215.500.7808
63xx Germantown Ave 2br $675/mo Lrg, low utils, w/w cpt, yrd, 215-681-3896
DARBY 1 BR $525 Newly renov, W/W, modern kitchen & bath, yard, nr trans & shops 610.358.2438 Lansdowne 1 BR $700 large, spacious, easy access to transportation, Call 610-284-5631 Sharon Hill- 6xx Clifton Ave 3BR $825+ w/w carpet, nice Area. near transp. Call 215-365-4570 or 215-370-8971
Wallingford Luxury 1br+den $849+utils Crum Creek Valley condo, a/c, w/d, pool, tennis, no pets, sec. sys. (267)253-6739
Lower Merion 2br $950+utils beautiful apt, garage, d/w, w/d, xtra storage, convenient commute 610-613-4359
Blue Bell Lg 2br/1.5ba twnhse $1245+ut w/d, bsmt, fireplace, (714)434-1009 Cheltenham 1br $749 includes h/w, Beautiful apt, great schools & close to pub trans (215)395-6607
HUNTINGTON Valley 2br/2ba $1850/neg Pool, gym, 24 hr lobby attendant, 1 park ing space avail, Long term lease avail. Owner 267-467-4924, 267-784-2307
Moorestown 1br $950 ht & hot wtr incl spacious w/ office, near shops. N/S, N/P, 856-273-8979, email: pietrac@aol.com
Art Museum Lrg house, w/d, ideal for student, $460/mo. + utils. 215-321-0395
11th/Rockland private entry, private bath, $350/mo, $700 move in 610-358-1649 1545 S. 30th St. furn, fridge, no kitchen, $125/wk, $375 move in. (215)781-8049 16th/Hunting Park. Furn. rms, share kit &BA $100/wk $300 move in 215.669.3143 18xx Federal St, S. Phila: Newly renov. No drugs. $100/wk,utils inc. 267.333.3993 1XX N. 52nd St. $100-$125 a week. Furnished rooms. 267-252-4403 22nd & Hunting Park, renov, lrg rm, furn $85-$95 wk 2nd week free! 215.960.1600 28xx N 27th St.: Furnished room, utils included, $100/wk, SSI ok, 267-819-5683 30th & Dauphin vic rooms 267-975-4602 or 215-763-6951 34th & Baring room with DirecTV Use of kitchen, 215-620-3846 37xx Gratz (18th & Erie) Furnished Room Share kitchen & bathroom. Close to transp & shopping. $75/wk (484) 318-1359 40XX HAVERFORD AVE. Seniors Place Rooms from $400/mo. 215-349-6624 42xx Paul St. furn $120/wk. 1 wk rent + 2 wk sec. 609.617.8639, 856.464.0933 45xx N 17th St, brand nw luxury rms, single occupant $375 mo, 215.817.3016 4631 Wayne Ave: Studio, Prvt Kit/BA /Entr, $130wk $390 mv-in, 267-250-0761 53xx Girard Ave: Large clean rooms $90-$110/week. Call (215)917-1091 53xx N Broad, lrg furn rooms, w/w carpet,TV, a/c, refrigerator. 267.496.6448 55th/Thompson furn rm $110 wk deluxe, priv ent. $200 sec. 215-572-8833
SW Phila room 58th & Beaumont newly renov. $120 week 347-262-3485 Tioga Section: use of kitch/bath,Seniors welc, $125/wk utils inc, 215-833-5858 W. Mount Airy: Special $100 & up. Private home. 215-224-3737 W Phila & G-town: newly ren lg,lux rms/ apts, ALL utils incl, SSI ok 267.577.6665 W Phila, use of living rm, dining rm, kit, w/d, avail now! $90 & up (267)334-8294
homes for rent 1744 S Ringgold St. 3br $725+utils w/w carpet, section 8 ok, (610)202-9833 24xx S Beulah St. 2br/1ba $700+utils fresh paint, hdwd flrs, 267-243-4515
64th & Elmwood 2BR $750+ Sec 8 ok Granite kitchen, jacuzzi tub 215.463.6366
5914 Master 2 rooms, kit, bath, $525 1 mo+1 mo sec, 5544 W Thompson, 1 room, kit & bath, $400. 1141 S 56th St. 2 rooms, kitch & bath, $525. 484.802.8782 60th & Delancey 3 BR/1.5 BA $950+util modern kit, porch,Sec 8 ok, 610.649.9009
Univ. of Penn Area 3br $975+utils sub-lease avail. s/s appl’s, 215-320.-527 W. Phila. 3br/1ba $800+water 1st, last & 1 mo security, (267)972-8625
31st & Diamond, 17th & Wingohocken: 2 & 3 BR. newly renov, w/d hkup, hrdwd flrs, jacuzzi tubs, c/a, 267-701-2615
60th & Race, 13th & York, 15th & Clearfield, 63rd & Market 215-726-1811 60TH & RACE Lg rms. $350-$400 . SW. Phila 3br house $700/mo. (267)592-7228 60xx Vine St, $110/week, 2 week security, cable tv, Please Call Gee 267.767.4496 652 Brooklyn, $125 week. $375 to move in. Furn w/refrige, no kitch 215-781-8049 All Areas: $125/wk, No Credit Check, Move in Today, 267-499-6847 Broad & Erie, share kit & bath $85+/wk NO DRUGS 215.228.6078 or 215.229.0556 Broad & Olney deluxe furn rms priv ent. $110 & $145/wk Sec $200. 215-572-8833 BROAD St: Move in Special $190, Large cln furnished rms,w/w crpt,215-681-3896
5th & Wyoming Vic. 2 BR $675+ utils full bsmnt, backyard, w/w, 267-879-1750
Bryn Mawr Suburbs Priv ent, Serene, ac, Cable, Near Trans, no kitch or laundry, No Smoking, $400/mo (610)525-5765 Fairmount: clean, modern rms, use of kit,no drugs,reasonable rent.215.232.2268 Frankford, furn, no drugs, near El, room in apt, $85/wk+ $250 sec. 215-526-1455
18xx Waterloo 1 BR+den $575+ utils yard, wall to wall, 215-836-1960 21xx E. Ann St. lg 2 BR $650 big bsmnt, bk yd, lndry, 215-703-8404
Germantown Area : NICE , Cozy Rooms Private entry, no drugs (215)548.6083 Hunting Pk Fully Furnished Luxury Rms. Free utils & cable. Avail now 267.331.5382 King of Prussia, retired woman on disability seeks roommate to share 2BR/2BA Apt, $400/mo. 484-831-5081 Lansdowne $125/wk utils & cable incl, use of house, no smoking 484-469-0753 MT. AIRY (Best Area) $120/week. SSI ok, 215-730-8956 ¼¼NO. PHILA ROOMS FOR RENT¼¼ Call John @ 215-207-6810 NORTH PHILA. Room for rent, cable ready. Call 910-305-4971 N Phila Furn, Priv Ent $80 & up, SSI & Vets ok, nr trans. Avl Immed. 215-763-5565 S. Phila & Hunting Park - near CC. Lowest Rates. SSI ok. 215-668-4812
Near Cheltenham Mall 3br/1ba $1300+ utils, newly remod, garage, 267-218-1543
54xx 11th St. 3br/1ba Section 8 ok renov, porch, yard, James 215-766-1795 65xx Limekiln Pike 3br/1ba $950 modern, newly renovated, 215-370-2898
Aramingo & Allegheny 3br/1ba $750+ recently remodeled, 215-570-2407
15xx Foulkrod St 2br $650/mo. back deck, updated, 215-869-2283 Bridge St. 3 BR/2 BA $1050 w/d,fridge, w/w, yd,Sec8 ok 215.632.5763
Bridesburg: Milnor St. 4br/2ba $1000 newly renov, w/d room, bsmt, front & bk yd, 1st, last & sec. Stephen 267-266-2514
Mayfair 3br/1ba $980+utils beautiful, new granite kitch, hdwd flrs, plenty of prkng, great area 267-265-0781 Neilson St. 3br/1.5ba $850 lg kitch,some renov, bsmnt, 917.379.7302
Brookhaven 2BR/1.5BA $1200 Cambridge Square Twnhse 215.353.1919 DARBY 4Br/2BA $1300 Delaware Co Sec 8 OK 856.816.3884
resorts/rent OCEAN CITY 3 BR Half or Full Season Near beach, ocean view, furnished, 2nd floor, A/C, w/d, d/w, tv, 215.317.6379
Brigantine, PETS OK, 2nd fl, 1 blk to bch, c/a, w/d, yard, prking, clean, 5.29 to 8.28, $14,500. www.BrigB.com, 856-217-0025 N. Wildwood 3br Condo Seasonal , $13k$15k, pool, priv deck, a/c (856)905.2512 Ocean City : Bright spacious duplex, a/c, parking, 2 units, 1 BR: Season - $7950, 1/2 season - $4250. 1 BR w/ loft: Season $9000; 1/2 season -$4650, 609.398.1348 Sea Isle City 1 BR, Studio w/ futon, near beach, parking, central air, Seasonal, $6500, 609-314-2349 Wildwood 1br Efficiency season $4000 +sec. 1 & 1/2 Blks to Beach 609-707-1990
Brier Crest: 5 BR, sleeps 12, lake view. Saw Creek, Stream Front, 3br/2ba slps 8, ctrl a/c, lots amens, Weekends & Wks, 4/24, 5/30, 6/12 (Race), 609-587-9493
911 Carrera Cabriolet 2008 $71,000 firm Macadamia metallic with black leather interior and roof. 6 cylinder-auto tiptronic 19 turbo wheels, like new. DRIVEN ONLY 3,500 MILES!! 215-500-0414
Camry LE 2008 only 28k mi $12,800 No dents, looks like new, 215-464-2741 Camry XLE 2001 $6599 sunrf, clean title, 102K mi, 267-386-5866
V70 Station Wagon 2001 $6950 Luxury 4 dr with sunroof, original miles, superb condition (not exaggerated) also V40 Station Wagon 2001 $5950 Economy 4 dr, w/sunroom, luggage rack, few orig. mi, flawless, corporate disposal (new cars arrived) Vicky 215-627-1814
$200 & Up For Junk Cars. Call 215-722-2111 ALPHA CONVERTER Inc. Sell Them Direct, Buyers of Scrap Cata lytic Converters - Batteries - Aluminum Rims - Auto Rads. Call 856-357-3972
$ CASH FOR JUNK CARS $ $100-$400. CALL 267-241-3041 Top Dollar Paid 4 Junk Cars/ Heavy Duty Trucks, free pick-up. Mark 215-370-5419
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Powered Bicycle, Gas engine, N ew $599 Call 267-912-8072
Chrysler Town Country 2006 $8750 insp,fully loaded, 70k miles 215.400.1568 Thunderbird 2004 $29,250 merlot, mint cond, 7k orig miles, convertible & hard top, garage kept, 610.304.8307
DISCOVERY SE 2002 luxury 4dr, w/2 sunroofs, running boards, towing pkg, orig mi., senior citizen $7950. 215-627-1814
LS 460 2008 $23,000 silver, blk int, 54k, 16/mpg highway, leather int, loaded, alloy wheels, 4.6L eng, justin12moore@me.com 860.488.9207
Harley Davidson Road King ’01 Blue & Silver 20,000 mi $9,500 gar kept, extra clean, lots of chrome 215-327-2723 www.americanclassicmotors.net 100+ Harleys in stock. 610-754-0451
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FORD F-650 4x4 2000 $12,900 53k, possible financing avl, 215-416-0981
low cost cars & trucks Acura CL3.2 2001 $4895 auto, sunroof, gorgeous. 610-524-8835 Buick LeSabre 1998 $4,300 65K, mint, 1 owner, 4 door. 609.352.2723 Chrysler Sebring Ltd. Conv. 2002 $5000 very good cond, 88k mi., 610-470-3037 DODGE RAM 1500 1995 $3000 club cab XLT, V8 auto, 101k milles. Call 215-676-8920
Dodge Stratus 2006 $4200 68K mi, 4 cyl, PW, PL, CD, 215-850-5702 FORD Crown Vic. 2006 $4500 police car, 123k, runs good, 609.347.8888 Ford Escort ZX2 1998 $1495 200k, auto, snrf, gorgeous, 610-524-8835 FORD Escort ZX2 2001 $2150 2 dr, auto, sunroof, nice car 215-518-8808 FORD F-150 Pick Up 1992 $1,550 auto, long bed, runs strong 215-620-9383
FORD Windstar LX 2001 $3650 91k miles, V6, 7 passenger, loaded, runs great! Call 267-688-0716
Infiniti I30 1998 $4000 new trans (3yr guar.) 100k, 267.228.7936 Mazda MPV 2001 $3650 7 pass., all pwr, new insp, 215-813-0897 Mercury Sable LS 2004 $4700 loaded, snrf, 41k mi, 215-850-5702 Nissan Maxima SE 2001 $4295 auto, sunroof, gorgeous 610-524-8835 Olds Cutlass Cierra 1993 $1,450 auto, new insp, nds nothing215.620.9383 Plymouth Acclaim 1993 $2200 77k original, insp, (215)920-0929 Toyota Carolla (Prizm) 1997 $2,350 auto, 4cyl, 33mpg, runs new215.620.9383
Ford Mustang Conv 1995 $3000 V6 5 spd, new top & paint. 215-324-2998
VW Cabrio Convertible 2002 $2450 auto, looks & runs great (609)221-7427
Ford Windstar 2001 $3650 7 pass., 90k mi, all power, 267-688-0716
VW Passat 1999 $2600 4 cyl, auto, silver, 128K mi, 215-900-6299
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