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Veteran Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile is Vice Chair of Voter Registration and Participation at the Democratic National Committee, and former chair of the DNC’s Voting Rights Institute. She has worked on every presidential campaign from 1976 through 2000, when she served as campaign manager for former Vice President Al Gore, becoming the first African American woman to manage a presidential campaign. Author of the best-selling memoir Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics, Brazile is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a syndicated newspaper and magazine columnist and an on-air contributor to CNN and ABC. Seating is general admission

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3680 Walnut Street Camille Z. Charles is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology and Education at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Won’t You Be My Neighbor: Race, Class and Residence in Los Angeles and coauthor of The Source of the River: The Social Origins of Freshmen at America’s Selective Colleges and Universities and of Taming the River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities. Charles studies various aspects of racial inequality in the United States including urban inequality and racial residential segregation, racial attitudes and intergroup relations, minorities in higher education and racial identity.

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[ + 1] Two Firearms Identifications Unit cops who

did not report knowledge of the theft of gun parts are dealt suspensions and transfers. “To clarify,” says Commissioner Ramsey, “we’re giving them new suspensions for their squad cars and SEPTA transfers while the vehicles are being worked on.”

[ + 1 ] The owners of the Farmers’ Cabinet an-

nounce plans to turn the old Transit nightclub into “the city’s largest beer hall.” But since they don’t seem to know what a cabinet is, we’re not sure what to think.

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The police arrest nine people for firing their guns into the air after midnight on New Year’s Day. Totally dangerous. And besides, that’s the time we traditionally reserve for career pyromaniacs to launch small rockets full of gunpowder over our heads, trailing fire and exploding unpredictably.

[ -3 ]

Amateur video captures a large fight between groups of Mummers on Two Street New Year’s Day. In case you can’t find the video, just imagine a bunch of giant drunk drag-queen peacocks lumbering toward each other through puddles of urine, sequins and Keystone Ice.

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Aramark concession workers rally for a new contract. But they admit they’re willing to cave on just about everything.

[ + 1 ] New City Council President Darrell Clarke

grants all Council members the chance to chair at least one committee. Then the music stops and he laughs and takes a chair away.

[ + 5 ] Philadelphia names Sonia Sanchez its first poet laureate. And Ilya Bryzgalov will be our chief astronomer.

[ + 7 ] At the Winter Classic Alumni Game, 66-

year-old Bernie Parent makes five saves in his five-minute appearance. Is the story we told him.

[ + 2 ] The Woodland String Band wins first place

for the first time in its 87-year history at the Mummers Parade. “Yay! And now to celebrate by brawling with group of similarly dressed people who are our neighbors and who are demographically identical to ourselves!”

This week’s total: 9 | Last week’s total: -1

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URBAN STUDIES Redistricting shakes up Philly parents who bet big on their neighborhood schools. By Samantha Melamed

anuary is a tense time to be a parent of a kindergarten-age child in West Philly. It is, after all, school registration time, when in-the-know parents camp out overnight to register their kids at Penn Alexander — the school that, through a partnership between the Philadelphia School District (PSD) and the University of Pennsylvania, has become both beacon of hope and object of envy for ambitious neighborhood parents. This year, with a still-fluid Facilities Master Plan in play — designed to eradicate the bulk of the PSD’s more than 70,000 empty classroom seats this year by closing some schools and redrawing catchment boundaries for others — the anxiety is greater than ever. Parents who weighed the options and chose to raise their children in Philadelphia, in the neighborhood public school system, have invested big: either financially, in properties in sought-after catchments like Penn Alexander (where housing prices have quadrupled since the school opened in 1998, according to a study by Penn’s Urban Research Institute), or with their time, sometimes 20 or 30 hours a week devoted to improving schools their children might not even be old enough to attend for years. While they watched their peers flee to the suburbs, pony up funds for private schools or try their luck with the increasingly competi-

tive charter school lotteries, they made pacts to stick it out, feeling a little like educated, middle-class pioneers. Now, there are questions. Like this one: “What advice are you giving parents who want their kids to attend their neighborhood school … besides get a warm sleeping bag?” That was Vicki McGarvey, a West Philly mom of a 3-and-a-half-year-old, querying interim PSD Superintendent Leroy Nunery at a recent community meeting. McGarvey lives at 46th and Osage, just inside Penn Alexander boundaries, and her panic is palpable. “Everyone on our block is concerned about the redrawing of the catchment zone, and whether we’ll be drawn out,” she says. As to her question, the apparent answer from the School District is, “Be patient” — and that doesn’t come easily. “We need to know where schools will be closing and where grades will be changing before we could look at redrawing boundaries,” says Deirdre Darragh, a spokesperson for the district. Until then, parents can only speculate. And, of course, worry. Graduate Hospital resident Ivy Olesh’s son is just a year old — not exactly school age. That didn’t stop her, months before her son was even born, from helping found Friends of Chester Arthur, a community group to support the neighborhood elementary school. So far, the group has raised money for school supplies and launched a tutoring program to replace one that had lost its funding. They’re fundraising to build a playground, and recruiting volunteers

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✚ FUNNY MONEY When is a corporation not a corporation? When it’s giving money to Pennsylvania politicians who aren’t allowed to take money from corporations, apparently. Take United Homes Builder LLC, which donated $10,000 to City Council President Darrell Clarke on May 16, 2011 (the day before Clarke’s barely challenged victory in the primary election). According to Pennsylvania Department of State’s “Frequently Asked Questions,” the donation might appear to be, well, patently illegal: Question — “May a corporation … make a contribution to a candidate or political committee?” Answer — “No.” Strange, given the United Homes Builder case — or that of First Republic Abstract LLC, a Norristown company that donated $80,000 to the Philadelphia Democratic Campaign Committee in May; or The Tasty Braons LLC, of Ocean City, N.J.,

which gave $25,000 to the campaign of judge candidate Giovanni Campbell; or Mercator Advisors LLC, which donated $8,000 to Mayor Michael Nutter’s re-election campaign. Turns out, though, there’s a loophole: Section 1633, Paragraph D — a little clause that, after emphasizing that corporations can’t make contributions, says, “A limited liability company that makes a contribution” — huh? — “shall affirm to the recipient candidate or committee that … the contribution from the limited liability company does not contain corporate funds.” So, a corporation can make a contribution, as long as it’s personal money — apparently without disclosing the person(s?) whose money it is. But if the donation is personal, shouldn’t it be subject to the city’s $2,600 limit on individual campaign contributions? Or could there be multiple anonymous individuals making donations in the

name of the corporation? Most importantly, who’s checking? No one, apparently. City Commissioners finance specialist Tim Dowling says he tells campaigns to collect the “affirmations” that the donations are not corporate money — but they need not be included in campaign finance reports. —Isaiah Thompson

✚ OUT OF THE PARK David McCaffrey is a suite attendant at the Wells Fargo Center, not a mathematician — but he knows an illogical equation when he sees one. “The number of [South Philly, Aramark-run] venues has gone up. The price of food has doubled. But the pay doesn’t go up accordingly,” says the 14-year Aramark employee. That’s why he and a few hundred other members of Unite Here, the hospitality workers’ union, were picketing Monday outside the Winter Classic, the first big event of the year at Citizens Bank Park. The workers from Philly, New York and Baltimore were showing support for some 1,500 Aramark employees at the park who worked with no contract for much of the last baseball season. They voted down the company’s last offer, which they said included an inadequate raise (they’re looking for 50 cents per hour), as well as insufficient health insurance and work opportunities.Valerie Vasapolli, who works as a bartender at all three sports complex stadiums, is especially angry about a new rule preventing employees from working an entire homestand, “which enables them to bring in people from other buildings to work our jobs.” Marching near the first-base gate, Unite Here tried a few Occupystyle chants (“Aramark’s the 1 percent: Treat your workers with respect!”). Vasapolli hoped Aramark was paying attention. Looking at the noisy, sign-wielding crowd, she was satisfied. “I don’t think they expected a turnout like this.” —Samantha Melamed

“Now stand up and WALK, damn you!” MARK LUETHI

By Daniel Denvir

HEALING KILL-ADELPHIA ³“KILL-ADELPHIA,” THE UGLIEST of our city’s epithets, graced the headlines of last Friday’s Daily News. It’s a sensational title that grabs readers by the eyeballs. Worse, it’s accurate: Philly’s murder rate is once again the highest among America’s 10 largest cities. In 2011, 316 Philadelphians, mostly black men in poor neighborhoods, were murdered. Most were killed over a dispute or in retaliation. We outpace other cities, and by a lot, with 20.7 homicides per 100,000 residents, ahead of Chicago’s 15.7 and Los Angeles’ 7.8. In September, I wrote about CeaseFire Philadelphia, modeled after a revolutionary Chicago program that hires ex-gang members and violent offenders to diffuse arguments and talk people down from retaliation before guns are drawn. Philly’s “violence interrupters” are incredible people, like 26-year-old Brandon Jones, who served a four-year sentence for attempted murder, and 34-year-old Terry Starks, a former prisoner who has survived four gunshot wounds. After a shooting, they hold a vigil on the block: Each murder is unacceptable.They reach out to the victims’ families and communities to help — and to make sure those affected don’t become the next shooters. On Monday, in his second-term inaugural address, Mayor Michael Nutter talked a lot about murder. While his proposed solutions weren’t bad, they were boilerplate: more cops (at best, this means more killers caught), cracking down on illegal guns (but the NRA still rules) and improving education (with what money?). CeaseFire currently employs just four people doing outreach in North Philly’s 22nd Police District. Ideally, interrupters would be in four or five districts with a total staff of 25. Philadelphia can afford this. To Nutter, Council, Police Chief Charles Ramsey and District Attorney Seth Williams: CeaseFire is a cost-effective way to keep Philly safe. These guys don’t get paid much, but the risk is great. In Chicago, an interrupter was shot breaking up a fight. Nutter hosted a screening of The Interrupters, the moving and mind-rearranging documentary on Chicago’s program. Council should host one, too, and demand that Philadelphia commit to full funding. There are thousands of former prisoners in Philly, many unemployed and eager to give back to a city they once menaced. Philadelphia should act quickly:An ex-offender’s second chance working for CeaseFire might be another man’s saved life. ✚ Send feedback to daniel.denvir@citypaper.net.

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for projects like an after-school music program. Olesh says her plan to send her son to Arthur makes her an anomaly among her friends, many of whom have moved away or opted for private school. “People look at us and go, ‘Are you serious? This is what you’re doing?’” Olesh says. Now with the nearby E.M. Stanton school up for closure, and the 146 Stanton students who live in the neighborhood to be redistributed to either Arthur or the larger Childs Elementary, Olesh just hopes there will be room for her son at Arthur by the time he’s old enough to attend. “Our neighborhood is burgeoning and capacity is always an issue. And we don’t want that to become a problem, if Stanton closes and Arthur’s at capacity when there’s an influx of parents ready to start sending their kids to school,” she says. Stanton parents aren’t happy, either. James Wright, who has a daughter in sixth grade, says he’s been working with the ad hoc Save Our Stanton group since June. He’s worried about the impact on his property value, as well as his daughter having to adjust to a new school in seventh grade — just when she’s applying to high schools. “If you bring it down to one school in the neighborhood, you’re limiting the marketability of that area,” he says. Clearly, more Philly parents are making proactive choices about their kids’ educations. The PSD projects enrollment will decline by 10,000 students over the next decade, while charter school attendance will grow by 9,000 between 2010 and 2015. But across the city, there are pockets of parents like Olesh, who chose to forgo the charter lottery gamble and bet instead on neighborhood schools. In West Philly, parents near (but mostly not within) the Penn Alexander catchment have banded together to form the West Philly Coalition for Neighborhood Schools. Amy D’Antonio, who helped found the group, says that after a stress- and resentment-filled year of attempting to arrange voluntary transfers and charter enrollment for her son, she had an epiphany. “I’m going to make sure [my son’s] OK wherever he ends up,” D’Antonio says. “And if something needs to change, I’ll just change it. Involved parents are the key.” The West Philly Coalition has done a great deal to transform Lea Elementary in particular: using grant funds, partnerships and donations to revive the library, green the schoolyard and, starting this month, bring in Curtis alumnus Stanford Thompson’s intensive, five-day-a-week after-school instrumental music program, Play On, Philly. But nearby Drew Elementary is on the closure list, with its 151 neighborhood students to be shuffled over to Lea and other schools, like the already-competitive Middle Years Academy and Powel School — while potentially shifting, for example, would-be Lea or Penn Alexander kids into other catchments. West Philly Coalition member Amara Rockar says that, for now, she and others are watching potential redistricting carefully. Rockar herself doesn’t yet have children — but she volunteers

because she considers it a social justice issue, and because she’d like to have kids in the neighborhood school one day. “Penn Alexander is great, but that’s a top-down model for supporting a school. We’re trying to do this from the bottom up,” she says. “This is not an attempt to be a middle-class takeover of the school; it’s an attempt to get everyone involved.” But community members’ power is limited. Rockar points out that, despite the new library and revamped schoolyard, the 98-year-old Lea building, too, is in need of repairs. (Schools are crumbling across the city; the PSD targeted for closure buildings where repair costs would exceed 75 percent of the cost of replacement. At Lea, that repairreplacement ratio is 72 percent.) Still, it works for now. Meg

“If something needs to change, I’ll just do it.” Gardner, who has an 8-yearold son, had signed a lease for a $1,400-a-month apartment because it was in the Penn Alexander catchment. Then her son was put on the school’s wait list. She tried “working night and day to send him to private school.” When it became too much, she enrolled him at Lea. So far, she’s thrilled … ish. The art, tennis and hockey are more than her son had access to in private school. But, she says, “When you go into Penn Alexander and they have everything you can imagine, and then you go a few blocks away to Lea and they’re like, ‘Oh, yay, the bathrooms are fixed,’ that’s inequality staring us right in the face.” Even if Lea wasn’t Gardner’s first choice, she now feels lucky to live in the catchment — at least, as it’s drawn for now. But, D’Antonio says, that’s just it: “You shouldn’t have to be lucky to go to school.” (samantha@citypaper.net)

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DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Philly’s worst media moments of 2011. By Daniel Denvir

ometimes we reporters mess up. And sometimes we screw up in particularly scandalous or offensive ways. So, in the name of throwing stones from a house of glass, here’s a look back at some of the worst instances of missing the story, getting spun and over-sharing by Philly media this past year — in no particular order. One: Gene Marks penned an advice column from a “short, balding and mediocre certified public accountant” (his words) to “a poor black kid in West Philadelphia.” The Forbes missive, “If I Were a Poor Black Kid,” urged kids to stop complaining about crappy schools, study harder and use Skype to converse with other go-getter ghetto youth. Two: Daily News columnist Stu Bykofksy is known mostly for his antipathy toward bike lanes, immigrants and people who don’t celebrate Christmas. But he upped the ante with his ambiguous musings about prostitution in Thailand, where he recently visited a friend who had talked up the “low-cost, no-guilt sex.” Stu shared icky soft-core descriptions of Thai women’s “rentable” bodies, adding that prostitution “makes me feel bad, but every journey is external and internal. It’s true for me … and the Thai bar girl.” Three: Chris Brennan, who writes the normally well-informed Philly Clout column for the Daily News, uncovered what he thought were discrepancies in then-City Council candidate David Oh’s military record: “Military Officers: Council Hopeful Oh Was No Green Beret.” He provided a media conduit for an ongoing,

unbalanced attack against Oh — that, as CP’s Isaiah Thompson pointed out, was a politically driven smear fueled by a small fringe group of veterans and funded by union boss John Dougherty. Four: In November, Inquirer and Daily News owners at Philadelphia Media Network announced they were moving to the longvacant Strawbridge & Clothier site on Market East. Oh, and the papers’ two newsrooms would merge! But you didn’t read it there: Both dailies failed to report on the significance of the merger or even explain what it entailed. Both also failed to report on the big news that they were receiving a big city subsidy for the big move. Five: So many offensive things have been written since that we almost forgot Broad Street Review’s Dan Rottenberg and his venture into victim-blaming. “Don’t go to a man’s home at night unless you’re prepared to have sex. … If you want to be taken seriously as a journalist, don’t pose for pictures that emphasize your cleavage,” he wrote, singling out CBS correspondent and sexual-assault victim Lara Logan. Six: On Nov. 16, the Daily News decided to go negative on Occupy Philly — in a bizarre (i.e., non-fact-based) way. They regurgitated a conspiracy theory that radicals were busing in anarchists to infiltrate the protest and vote to remain at Dilworth Plaza. Seven: Speaking of Occupy: Philly Weekly’s Matt Petrillo’s copious reporting is worth a mention for its confounding slide into editorializing: “The idea of a single leader directly goes against the foundation of Occupy, which, above all else, is bound together the idea of a super-majority. … But its current model creates a inevitable minority, and … could foreshadow its possible demise.” Whoa! Bold — and confusing — prediction. Eight: Philadelphia magazine caters to a high-end suburban

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readership. But they reached new heights of Main Line condescension by adding the Mummers to their “10 Things We Need To Get Rid Of” list — part of a mind-numbing “List Issue.” Later, they kicked award-winning, proudly queer poet CA Conrad out of their office. Editor Tom McGrath confessed he wouldn’t know “CA Conrad from Joseph Conrad.” Nine: The Inquirer’s Susan Snyder, lead author of an otherwise-solid investigation of violence in Philly public schools, decided to wage an unsubstantiated campaign to arm Philadelphia’s school police force. The problem: There are already armed Philly police officers in public schools, and the “evidence” supporting the efficacy of armed school police from Houston was misleading. Ten: City Paper’s Daniel Denvir (wait, that’s me) wrote a blog post about a debate between GOP Senate hopefuls, including Philadelphian Robert Mansfield, “who was wearing sunglasses inside.” I then received a note that his glasses were physician-prescribed “due to a severe injury he sustained while serving our country in Iraq.” I guess we all make mistakes. (daniel.denvir@citypaper.net)

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³ I HAD A strange dream as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve. In it, every other Philly property housed a craft beer joint. In between those, there were designer doughnut dens.When dining drinkers weren’t stuffing their faces, they talked about burrata. It’s just mozzarella with a lot of heavy cream — delicious, yes, OK — but people were frothing, crazily tossing down Italian brews, savory dough and all that sloppy creamy mozz and making a ghoulish gorging mess worthy of the glutton’s death scene in Se7en. Someone yelled “ramen,” flashbulbs kept popping and I woke up in a cold sweat with Mike Jerrick dressed like Kim Kardashian and telling me everything would be all right. Thankfully this could never happen here. Oh, wait. ³ Rather than give their significant others actual Christmas gifts this season, 611’s Nigel Richards and soul crooner John Legend gave their gals — respectively PR maven Nicole Cashman and model Christine Teigen— engagement rings during the just-passed holiday. Congrats, y’all. ³ Oh, Little Bar and your musical chairs. Right before Christmas, South Philly club owner Michael D’Addesi released his bookers and space management crew, Phonographic Arts Philadelphia (PAP). Several months previous, Little Bar’s first booker Val B was let go in what seemed like a palace coup on PAP’s part. Or maybe not. There is no love lost between B, Little Bar and, most especially, PAP. The PAPs moved immediately to the three-floor Level Room at 21st and Market and stated on their website that Little Bar was going all-DJ, which is why D’Addesi dispensed with their services. Yet Little Bar apparently is working with, among others, BoneDaddy Productions, which held many of its bookings at the Legendary Dobbs. It’s early. ³ If you were watching MTV on New Year’s Eve — well that’s pretty fucking pathetic. Anyway, that’s when the home to the Jersey Shore and 16 and Pregnant announced the return of the prank show Punk’d (starting March 19) with a rotating series of weekly hosts (rather than just its producer/cheating MILF-humper Ashton Kutcher) that includes Justin Bieber, Kelly Osborne and local jackass Bam Margera.³The historic Bucks County Playhouse,founded in 1939 by Broadway luminaries like Moss Hart, has been closed, quite famously, since 2010 with plot complications more dastardly than The Book of Mormon. If I’m not mistaken, I believe I saw La Cage aux Folles there with Gene RayburnandPeter Marshall. Now, the playhouse is set for purchase (by buyers Kevin and Sherri Daugherty), will be guided by the notfor-profit Bucks County Playhouse Conservancy and is slated for a grand reopening/refurbishing after spring 2012. Ooh la la. ³ Ice gets illustrated at citypaper.net/criticalmass. (a_amorosi@citypaper.net)

PALM WONDERFUL: Bonnie Brenda Scott’s handiwork will be on display at the Bambi Gallery pop-up.

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³ PROJECTS GALLERY Candace Karch always said she’d be back, but we were worried: Last March, she shuttered the Piazza’s bubbly Bambi Gallery due to nearly 99 problems, including theft, flooding issues and landlord woes. Thankfully, though, Karch is curating Bambi’s first pop-up show, “Lovely Things,” since she left NoLibs. She considers the four featured artists — Jim Garvey, Matthew Osborn, Bonnie Brenda Scott and Stacey Lee Webber — to be the city’s most promising up-and-comers. Webber, who makes sculptures inspired by blue-collar living, was recently selected to be part of the Smithsonian’s “40 Under 40: Craft Futures” show. Osborn is an off-the-grid artist who, Karch says, “barely gets in touch with anybody, but if I told him the show was opening tomorrow, he’d paint all night long and do a fantastic piece that everybody just loves.” Karch expects to hold about three more pop-ups in 2012. No word yet whether Bambi will move into a permanent space again. Opening reception Fri., Jan. 6, 6-10 p.m., free, through Jan. 28, 629 N. Second St., 267-303-9652, projectsgallery.com.

³ SPACE 1026 By day, Jay Hardman works for a construction company; by night, he creates sculptures of construction sites. “I can’t escape it; I really love buildings,” he says. In the exhibit “Unsustainable,”

Hardman presents two structures that are made partly of an unlikely material: cake. “Cake looks a lot like some construction materials, like roofing tar is really similar to frosting,” he says. “When you look at my work, you do a double take.” The cake not only creates a neat trompe-l’œil effect, but it also suggests that American buildings are gluttonous and disgustingly huge. In other works, Hardman utilizes more traditional materials, focusing on the small-scale drywall finishing and vintage wallpaper. Many of his sculptures are based on local structures, including Kensington warehouses and Italian Market buildings. Opening reception Fri., Jan. 6, 7-10 p.m., free, through Jan. 28, 1026 Arch St., second floor, 215-574-7630, space1026.com.

“Roofing tar is similar to frosting.”

³ AND THEN THERE’S … Slingluff Gallery is putting on a

show to support the best place in town to watch the sun set. Some of the proceeds from the exhibit, featuring 30 local and national artists, go to the Friends of Penn Treaty Park. Opening reception Sat., Jan. 7, 6-9 p.m., free, through Jan. 29, 11 W. Girard Ave., 215-307-1550, slingluffgallery.com. … At Knapp Gallery, furniture-maker Karl Frank Slocum explores wood’s imperfect shapes and lines. Opening reception Fri., Jan. 6, 4-11 p.m., free, through Feb. 26, 162 N. Third St., 267-455-0279, knappgallery. com. … At Dumpster Diver Lance Pawling’s show at North Bowl, all of his works are made of trash, obviously. Opening reception Fri., Jan. 6, 7 p.m.-midnight, free, through Feb. 29, 909 N. Second St., 215238-2695, northbowlphilly.com. (editorial@citypaper.net)

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The fear for so many actor/MCs is that they’ll lose their swagger and street smarts, to say nothing of their chops. Perhaps it’s because Common has acted in such lousy movies that he’s kept his hip-hop stripes intact. On The Dreamer, The Believer (Warner Bros.), the longtime proponent of conscious lyricism and organic instrumentation may have given up the that coolly plastic Neptunes/Kanye sound, but his old beats-manipulating pal from Chicago, No I.D., reawakens their crinkled roots-y past without forgoing the modern theology of slick hooks.

Matt Wilson’s trademark buoyant swing is in ample evidence throughout An Attitude for Gratitude (Palmetto), the fourth release by his Arts & Crafts quartet. The band, which features pianist/organist Gary Versace, bassist Martin Wind and Temple jazz/instrumental studies honcho Terell Stafford on trumpet, combines a sense of play with a deep-seated respect for the tradition, a juggling act which only Wilson has the tongue-in-cheek agility to pull off. —Shaun Brady

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³ folk/world ³ jazz Bruce Hornsby’s convincing turn as a jazz pianist on 2007’s Camp Meeting can credit its success in part to legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette. Hornsby returns the favor on Sound Travels (Golden Beams/eOne), which finds DeJohnette celebrating his 70th birthday by following Herbie Hancock’s lead into the realm of pop crossover. Apropos of the drummer’s diverse career, from groundbreaking work with Keith Jarrett to New-Age-y soundscapes, the disc offers a bit of everything, including guest shots by Esperanza Spalding and Bobby McFerrin.

After dragging his 70-pound tape recorder across the U.S. in search of unpolished folk and blues, famed ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax then turned his mic to more distant lands. The entrancing Whaur the Pig Gaed on the Spree (Drag City) collects highlights from the man’s 1951-57 trips through Scotland. Thickly brogued poetry, guttural Gaelic folk tunes and upbeat jigs paint the picture of a culture that now, as then, seems to exist outside the known timeline. —Patrick Rapa

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A DANGEROUS METHOD

Cronenberg for people who hate Cronenberg.

LADIES WHO LOUNGE: As the tortured Sabina Spielrein, Keira Knightley, with her faux-Russian accent, would be easier to take seriously if she stopped insisting on it so much.

“For what we are about to do, may the Lord make us truly spiteful.” —“Counterfeit,” by Angelspit ³ YOU KNEW YOU were going to like the new Angelspit CD; that’s a given. Shit, Luther, you didn’t even break a sweat when the band went from a duo to a quintet — which, in the music world, is akin to Mike Brady suddenly announcing that Cousin Oliver has come to stay and play rhythm guitar. All aboard the next trolley to Suckitsville. Still, you knew things would be OK because Angelspit had never let you down. Three CDs and just as many remixes in roughly five years and you never once felt the band had helped itself to either your wallet or your collection of vintage agricultural spank mags. But what you never, not even for the tiniest fragment of one split second, suspected was that you were going to like Hello My Name Is as much as you do. And you fuckin’ love it. You love every song, from the dystopian worker-drone anthem “Cubicle” all the way through the poisonously atmospheric “Violence.” You can’t get the dark pop insanity of “Defibrillator” out of your head. You’ve done your best to describe that song as “The B-52’s meet The Sisters of Mercy,” but it does no good. Your shrink just keeps doubling your meds.

Verdict: If your parents didn’t get you Hello My Name Is for Christmas, or Hanukkah, or whatever it is that weird holiday is that Baptists celebrate (the one where they “gather ’round the ol’ Glory Hole”), then they obviously never loved you and you’re probably adopted. (r_anonymous@citypaper.net)

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that it’s almost redundant when he makes a movie that nakedly addresses them. (See also: Crash.) A Dangerous Method, in which Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) debate the care of a female mental patient, is squarely in Cronenberg’s wheelhouse, what with its proliferation of sexual dysfunction and body horror. But perhaps because his interests are so tangibly present in the script, Cronenberg brings little to the proceedings himself. It’s a serviceable prestige picture, but it’s Cronenberg for people who don’t like Cronenberg. As Sabina Spielrein, Jung’s patient, lover and eventual disciple, Keira Knightley almost literally ties herself in knots; during one particularly violent spasm, she contorts her jaw as if she’s about to turn into Brundlefly. It doesn’t help that she’s saddled with a lugubrious faux-Russian accent while Fassbender and Mortensen fall back on the King’s English, but the effect is still a painful one, as if she’s straining for credibility she shouldn’t need to establish. She’d be easier to take seriously if she stopped insisting on it quite so much. Jung and Freud’s back-and-forth is meant to form the basis for psychoanalysis, establishing a definitive link between physical ailments and mental disorders. Freud’s own skills as a therapist aside, it’s one of the most important intellectual developments of the 20th century, so why does A Dangerous Method feel so studied and lifeless? Cronenberg’s not phoning it in, exactly, but he hangs back, never asserting himself, as if the movie doesn’t need his help. There’s no dynamism to its exchanges, and they’re not profound enough to stand on words alone. For all its highbrow trappings, the script is short on detail, failing to delineate or expand upon what feel like idle conversations rather than world-shaking conflicts. It’s a movie of ideas, but there aren’t nearly enough of them. —Sam Adams

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ost-holiday blues got you in a “meh” kind of mood? Let Sandra Bernhard be your pick-me-up. Her performance art/comedy act I Love Being Me, Don’t You? comes to the Painted Bride this weekend, and it’s got more on its mind than mere laughs. Bernhard’s into spontaneity and inspired theatricality; she’s a thinking person’s comic who can segue from pop-culture riffs to family-life material without skipping a beat. This lady with a famously big mouth has a showbiz shtick that nonetheless feels refreshingly underground. In anticipation of her upcoming run at the Bride, City Paper chatted with Bernhard about crazy Republicans, singing off-key and the softer side of Sandra.

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BERNIN’ LOVE Sandra Bernhard makes it personal in her spontaneous one-woman “mini-musical.” By Deni Kasrel

City Paper: How would you describe this show — a cabaret of

sorts? Sandra Bernhard: It’s like all my shows. A mash-up of cabaret

meets rock ’n’ roll meets theater meets kind of personal storytelling. They’re like mini-musicals. They have their denouements and peaks, and I try to take people on a little journey and bring them along into my world and the world as I see it. And then, of course, I sing and have a band with me — it punctuates all the pieces quite nicely. CP: The way you sing is so balls-to-the-wall. However you’re feeling. Very uninhibited. Have you had any vocal training? SB: Over the years I worked with a couple great teachers and I would say I’m a pretty good technical singer. I know how to use my instrument. CP: It seems like when you’re funny or going off-key, it’s on purpose. SB: No, I’m never trying to be funny or off-key when I sing. My music is serious. There’s a little bit of irony, if I’m doing it in a persona, but no, I’m very serious about my singing.

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CP: Where do your musical influences come from? SB: Oh, from one extreme to the next. From everything I grew

up listening to; what my parents listened to. My mother played classical piano, so Debussy, and Ravel and Rachmaninoff. My dad listened to some musical theater, big band. One of my brothers is a jazz aficionado. Another brother listened to Bob Dylan in the early ’60s and all this folk music, and then my other brother was actually a really good drummer. We always listened to every kind of music: Motown, black music, rock ’n’ roll, R&B, country. There’s nothing that I draw from that I don’t love. … My direct influences are Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield, Mick Jagger, off the top of my head. CP: On your new album you sing, “I like being tall, I don’t like

being small.” You don’t need to worry about that — not just because of your height, but also the way you express yourself. You’re so outspoken. Are there any topics that are off-limits to you? SB: Things that I find boring and kind of mundane and maybe overdone. If I find I can do an interesting spin on something, I’m usually not afraid of too many topics. CP: A lot of the show is off-the-cuff, right? SB: Night to night. Depending on my mood, there’s a lot of impro-

vising, for sure. CP: Of course, there’s the Republican race for the nomination.

QUEEN OF COMEDY: Bernhard calls I Love Being Me, Don’t You a mash-up of cabaret, rock ’n’ roll, theater and personal storytelling.

You’ve been tweeting about that. It’s like a revolving door of who’s on first … SB: Well, whoever it’s gonna be is going to be an embarrassment of riches in terms of material, because each one is crazier than the next. CP: And you talk so much about yourself in the show. How much of that is real? SB: Well, you know, it’s fictionalized. It’s what I’ve always done — played with what sort of is, but not really. CP: You also talk about your daughter. Do you think having a kid has affected your comedy act, other than that it may be part of the material? SB: No, I am who I am. An artist and people who are iconoclastic and have a very strong point of view don’t suddenly turn into a pile of mush because they have a kid. It broadens your horizons, but it’s certainly not affected my style of performing.

“I’m very serious about my singing.”

CP: Well, I don’t think you’re a pile of mush now, but you don’t

seem as hard-ass and confrontational. SB: I stopped doing that a long time ago. It was kind of a spring-

board when I was starting out, because of the venues and performing with other comics sometimes, and people were expecting a certain thing. That was a defense mechanism. But I don’t really need that now. CP: What do you think you are now? SB: Confident and self-assured. After 35 years, if not now, when?

(d_kasrel@citypaper.net) ✚ Sandra Bernhard performs I Love Being Me, Don’t You? Tue.-Fri., Jan. 10-13, 8 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 14, 7 and 9 p.m.; $40-$50, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., 215-925-9915, paintedbride.org.

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The QUICK FIXX | “Good food fast” is the motto at Matt Levinson’s new operation, offering wellpriced food appealing to the harried nature of onthe-go folks. The shop, which also offers delivery and a modest amount of seating, features salads, flatbreads, pastas and sides, plus daily specials. Signature items of chef Charles Reinhardt include the “Retro Pesto” flatbread, with pesto, grilled chicken, fontina cheese and red pepper crema; and the Parma salad (pictured), with mixed greens, prosciutto-wrapped cantaloupe, red peppers and Terra chips. Hours: Sun.-Thu., 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.-1 a.m. (or later). 1511 South St., 267-273-1066, thequickfixx.com. Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant | Iron Hill’s ninth area location, its first in Philly, opened on Germantown Avenue last night. Chestnut Hillers now have a brewpub serving lunch and dinner daily, with six house beers overseen by brewer Paul Rutherford; he’ll also offer regular one-offs and bottled reserve selections. 8400 Germantown Ave., 215-948-5600, ironhillbrewery.com/chestnuthill. Pita Uno | Oriel Elbahary has opened the first of two sandwich shops he has planned for Philly. (The second, at 4324 Main St. in Manayunk, should debut this spring.) Pita Uno does falafel, plus pitas filled with your choice of lamb, chicken, hummus or a combo of your choosing; they also serve rice platters, salads and desserts. 138 S. 11th St., 215-629-PITA. ³ LITTLE VITTLES

The Sidecar (2201 Christian St.) has opened its second floor. The new room offers the same taps as downstairs, plus extra seating; though its dayto-day function is to handle overflow at the alwaysbusy bar, owner Adam Ritter also hopes to use the space for private events and beer dinners. Got A Tip? Please send restaurant news to drew.lazor@ citypaper.net or call 215-735-8444, ext. 218.

BIG TUNA: Jason Cichonski’s knack for flavor combinations is apparent in his hamachi dish, combining horseradish, apple and truffle with impeccable pieces of fish. NEAL SANTOS

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ELA-VATED Jason Cichonski rails against the rustic in Queen Village. By Adam Erace ELA | 627 S. Third St., 267-687-8512, elaphilly.com. Dinner served Sun.-

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all, lean and dirty blond, Jason Cichonski works his dining room like a latter-day Zack Morris. And the ladies (some guys, too) sitting along the brick-backed bar and tables at Ela, which the 27-year-old chef opened two months ago with buddy/Yoda Chip Roman, More on: seem to melt in his gaze like Hershey Kisses beneath a heat lamp. The salmon tartare! The diver scallop noodles! Acolytes fall over one another to compliment Cichonski. Everything is deliciousssss. They sound like alumni of Sweet Valley Slytherin. While I was tucking into Little Shemogues, one excitable groupie squealed, “Hello, Chef!” from a nearby table. To which the debonair Cichonski replied: “I’m not Chef, I’m Jason.” I tried not to gag on my oyster. That Cichonski, smooth as butterscotch. Or is he? When he approached my table to say hi and ask how we were enjoying everything — as he did, it’s worth noting, with every group at Ela — there

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was something beneath the smiles and charm. Hope? Anticipation? You can’t be certain in this restaurant, lit like a stylish mine shaft with metal-caged bulbs dangling from rods between the loft-style windows. Ela follows the T-shaped blueprint of its predecessor, Ansill, but the space seems roomier; the aesthetic is younger, hipper and manlier, balanced out by lighthearted touches like ostrich-print wallpaper. It’s the kind of place Cichonski says he’d want to hang out, somewhere to score “a sick tasting menu without all the fuss, a place that won’t glare at you for kicking back and enjoying yourself.” Meaning not Lacroix, where Cichonski served as executive chef following Matt Levin’s departure. And, to an extent, not Mica — also owned by Roman; Cichonski served as its opening chef — which feels far more adults-only. Cichonski seems to be certain of what he wants his restaurant to be, how it should look, how things should taste. Which may be why he got so distressed during our phone interview when I mentioned that those MORE FOOD AND Little Shemogues were room temperature DRINK COVERAGE instead of icy cold. AT C I T Y P A P E R . N E T / Keep your head up, champ. The briny oysM E A LT I C K E T. ters, larded with fried shallots, hops-infused vinegar and droplets of bacon grease, would have been great with the proper chill. Cichonski, despite the self-assured persona, seems to want people to like his restaurant as earnestly as any other chef. And when he falters, it’s rarely because his ideas aren’t original, interesting or delicious. (The menu, laid out in a four-course format with a la carte pricing to build your own tasting, is full of them.) It’s execution whiffs that put the brakes on the culinary thrills. The caramelized onion, from the menu’s “Second Bite” category, >>> continued on page 35

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â&#x153;&#x161; AMERICAN A.KITCHEN

A cozy, modern space on the 18th Street strip that seems poised to take over the Restaurant Row mantle, a.kitchen serves dinner nightly, plus breakfast and lunch during the week and brunch on the weekends. Chef Bryan Sikora, whose Django and Talulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Table reputations precede him, is working off a menu of mid-size, mid-price plates. Breakfast and lunch weekdays, 7-11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Dinner Sun.-Thu., 5-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 5-11 p.m.; brunch Sat.Sun., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. AKA Rittenhouse Square, 135 S. 18th St., 215-8257030, akitchenphilly.com.

HICKORY LANE

Matt Zagorski, a serial chef consultant since leaving Rouge, has a new home-base kitchen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hickory Lane, a Fairmount bistro taking over what was Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oca. Partnering with former Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oca front-of-houser Jack Henderson, Zagorski is cooking a modern American menu for dinner; they also do Saturday/Sunday breakfast/brunch starting at 8 a.m., with eventual plans to open at 7 a.m. daily for all-day service. Hickory Laneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BYO for now, but expect a liquor license in the future. 2025 Fairmount Ave., 215-769-2420, hickorylanebistro.com

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This good-lookinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; corner space is a collaboration between Mitch Prensky of Supper and Mike Welsh of The Franklin. Prenskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s designed a menu more homey and downmarket than his South Street restaurant; dishes like shrimp and grits, brick-oven-baked flatbreads and a true-blue patty melt are complemented by a taut beverage program built by Franklin barkeep Al Sotack. The restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open daily from 5 p.m. on, with weekend brunch coming soon. 747 N. 25th St., 215-232-2299, lemonhillphilly. com.

â&#x153;&#x161; BAR/PUB MOLLY MALLOYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

Produce kings Vinnie and Jimmy Iovine have dramatically overhauled Reading Terminal Marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bummer of a beer garden to make room for Molly Malloyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, a polished pub with ample elbow room, affordable food and a local-heavy beer selection. Chef Bobby Fisher is putting out gastropubbish grub like braised oxtail with carrot ketchup on ciabatta and â&#x20AC;&#x153;hearty as all hellâ&#x20AC;? Irish beef stew. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open the same hours as RTM: Mon.-Sat., 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Reading Terminal Market, 12th and Arch streets, 267-525-1001, mollymalloysphilly.com.

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Matthew â&#x20AC;&#x153;Feldieâ&#x20AC;? Feldman, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helming Lucky Old Souls at 17th and McKean, has launched a mobile offshoot of that in-the-works venture with his wife, Quavin Johnson Feldman. Vending from Love Park Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 to 3:30; 33rd and Arch Wednesdays; the Chestnut Hill Growersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market on second and fourth Saturdays; and Clark Park on Sundays, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re serving a lineup of burgers made with local ingredients, hand-cut fries, Bassetts shakes and mixed-to-order sodas from Brooklynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s P&H Soda Co. twitter.com/LOSBurgerTruck.

â&#x153;&#x161; CAFĂ&#x2030;/ COFFEESHOP FEDERAL DONUTS

â&#x20AC;&#x153;FedNuts,â&#x20AC;? the cute little shop from the owners of Zahav, Percy Street and Bodhi Coffee plus beloved City Paper contributor Felicia Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ambrosio, specializes in doughnuts both filled (peep the pomegranate with Nutella-tehina cream) and fried to order/sugardusted, plus inspired fried chicken stylings (harissa, zaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;atar, chiliglazed). PTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee has developed a house blend for them. Arrive early, take a deli-style number and hope for the best. Hot doughnuts daily, 7-10 a.m.; fancy doughnuts daily, 7 a.m. till they run out; fried chicken daily, noon till they run out. 1219 S. Second St., 267-6878258, federaldonuts.com.

SPREAD BAGELRY

Spread bakes bagels in the Montreal style, boiling them in honeyed water and baking them up in a custom-built wood-burning oven. (Varieties include the traditional sesame, plus poppy, everything, whole wheat, whole wheat everything and plain.) True to the name, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also got a variety of bagel add-ons, from freshmade sweet jams and butters to veggie, roasted garlic and smoked salmon cream cheeses. Sandwich options include â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Canadianâ&#x20AC;? (with housemade smoked meat) and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spread Specialâ&#x20AC;? (housemade whitefish salad, cream cheese, onion, tomato). Open daily, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 262 S. 20th St., 215-545-0626, spreadbagelry.com.

â&#x153;&#x161; CANDY/ CHOCOLATE/ DESSERTS YOGORINO

The unfairly delicious Italian yogurt brand Yogorino, which opened its first American stand-alone operation in Rittenhouse in 2009, has expanded with a futuristic-lookinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; second location in Center City. In addition to their soft-serve probiotic-blessed specialty, this shop is serving a rotating lineup of its own gelati and sorbetti. Open Sun.-Thu., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.-11 p.m. 1205 Walnut St., 215-2382669, yogorino.com.

Rob LaScala of LaScalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has debuted these interconnected restaurants in Old Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s old Dolce/Paradigm digs. Azione does large-portion family-style ItalianAmerican dining at big tables (lamb shank, baked manicotti, shrimp parm), while Rocchinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deals in coal-oven pizzas, small-plate antipasti and hearty pasta plates. Lots of Italian craft beers on tap on the Rocchinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side. Chef Joe Nocella of LaScalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s runs both operations, which serve lunch and dinner daily. 239-241 Chestnut St., 215-238-9983 (Azione), 215-238-6900 (Rocchinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s), azionefamiystyle, rocchinos.com.

IL PITTORE

Paul Ferker, financiers who came across the brand while working in NYC, have taken over the space briefly housed by Falafel Factory for the all-veg concept, which offers a variety of themed-out falafel sandwiches on pita baked in-house. Options include the Mexican (with fresh guac, corn, salsa and nacho chips) and the Africa (peanut sauce, sweet potato, corn, tomato, scallion, habaĂąero harissa); you can also build your own or opt for unorthodox fried-chickpea preparations like falafel burgers and pizzas. 32 S. 18th St., 267-3243936, eatatcrisp.com.

â&#x153;&#x161; PIZZERIA BIRRA

As Stephen Starrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culinary director, Chris Painter logged experience with every cooking discipline imaginable, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finally able to make a strictly personal statement with Il Pittore. The restaurant specializes in subtly modern Italian cuisine, its menu influenced but not dictated by the cooking of the north. Painterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature handmade pastas join hearty mains like slow-cooked suckling pig and red wine-braised lamb, the lot complemented by an almost exclusively Italian wine list. Open Sun.-Thu., 5-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 5-11 p.m. 2025 Sansom St., 215-3914900, ilpittore.com.

The East Passyunk corridor got a bit boozier with the opening of Birra, Gordon Dinermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corner pizzeria and craft beer drinkery just off 11th and Tasker. Dinerman (City Tap House, Buddakan, Barclay Prime) is working out of a brick oven for pretty much all of his menu, which features pizzas, salads, panini, family-style platters (crudo, salumi) and composed dishes (Dinermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meatballs; whole branzino). Nine beers on tap and about 50 in bottles. Birraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s serving dinner only, Tuesday to Sunday, for right now. 1700 E. Passyunk Ave., 267324-3127.

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Tim Spinner, former chef de cuisine at Distrito, has partnered with former Garces beverage manager Brian Sirhal to open Cantina Feliz in nearby Fort Washington. The liquor-licensed spot is a showcase for Spinnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inventive Mexi cuisine â&#x20AC;&#x201D; look out for signatures like Ceviche Verde (hiramasa, winter melon vinaigrette, jalapeĂąo, lime sorbet) and a whole roast suckling pig that can feed upward of four. Open for lunch Mon.-Fri., 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; open for dinner Sun.-Thu., 4-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 4-10 p.m. 424 S. Bethlehem Pike, Ft. Washington, 215-646-1320, cantinafeliz.com.

LA MARQUEZA

On the Community College of Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus, you can learn Spanish without ever setting foot in a classroom. Just look for Samuel and Gloria Velazquezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s La Marqueza. The truck looks like a big box of Chiclets, and inside each brightly colored panel is a picture with its Spanish translation. Learning a new language has never been so easy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or tasty. La Marqueza specializes in tacos, burritos, quesadillas and breakfast sandwiches on long, soft Amoroso rolls. Adios, hangover. Open Mon.Fri., 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 1700 Spring Garden St..

â&#x153;&#x161; MIDDLE EASTERN CRISP

This healthful New York-based falafel chain has unveiled its first Philly spot. Vlad Uchenik and

Matt Anderson, Keith Garabedian, Sean Kendall and Tom Zmijewski have opened a hot dog emporium on South Street, a place where snappy Sabrettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s franks come dressed to the natural-casing nines in every scratch-made topping imaginable. Wieners here (all $6 or less) include â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Windy Cityâ&#x20AC;? (Chicago-style, with celery salt, a pickle spear and â&#x20AC;&#x153;electric relishâ&#x20AC;?) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Big Kahunaâ&#x20AC;? (pineapple salsa, guava mustard, habanero aioli). Fresh-cut fries with dipping sauces, too. Open Mon.-Thu., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 630 South St., 267-886-9253, thehotdiggity.com.

â&#x153;&#x161; SEAFOOD ROUTE 6

Stephen Starr takes on seafood traditions from Maine to Maryland at Route 6, his restaurant on the developing swath of Broad Street north of City Hall. Named for the stretch of highway that connects one end of Cape Cod to the other, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appropriately New England-y in appearance, with whitewashed wood and nautical tchotchkes throughout. Chef Anthony DiRienzo is cooking options like chicken-fried lobster tail with green Tabasco aioli; wood-grilled bluefish and diver scallops; oven-roasted rainbow trout; and shareable lobster bakes and raw bar action. Open Sun.Thu., 5-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 5-11 p.m. 600 N. Broad St., 215-391-4600, route6restaurant.com.

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Winter Beer Night at Barcade Thu., Jan 5, 4 p.m., pay as you go ³ Barcade Philly will hosting a boozy celebration (their first-ever event!) featuring approximately 20 strong, bold winter beers. The draft list will feature the likes of Doc’s Winter Spice Cider, Lagunitas Sucks Christmas Ale, Southern Tier Oaked Pumking and Dogfish Head Hellhound On My Ale. Barcade, 1114 Frankford Ave., 215-634-4400, barcadephiladelphia.com. Pop-Up Paladar at Cuba Libre Wed.-Fri., Jan 1113, $39/person, 6 and 8:30 p.m. ³ Cuba Libre chef Guillermo Pernot joins forces with renowned Cuban chef Luis Alberto Alfonso Perez of Havana’s El Gijonés for a limited-time prix-fixe menu. Chef Lucio, as he is colloquially known, will work with Pernot to serve a four-course meal showcasing the essence of a paladar, or small family-run Cuban restaurant. The menu features dishes like lobster salad, lamb-stuffed ravioli and baby wild boar and flan. Expect more Cuban chefs to visit Philly as part of the series throughout 2012. Cuba Libre, 10 S. Second St., 215-627-0666, cubalibrerestaurant.com.

Thu., Jan 11, pay as you go ³ The fellows at Yards are bar-hopping (more than usual) to share their latest batch of Olde Bartholomew, a cask-conditioned English-style barleywine. The brew will be pouring Old Bart at various locations around the city. The first firkin was drained on New Year’s Eve at Dawson Street Pub; remaining tappings in Philly include Good Dog (Jan. 6, 7 p.m.), PBR (Jan. 7, 4 p.m.); Varga Bar (Jan. 8, 5 p.m.); Kite and Key (Jan. 9, 7 p.m.) and Barcade (Jan. 11, 6 p.m.). In addition to the barleywine, they’ll also have some special Yards beers at each establishment. yardsbrewing.com. Whiskey Week at Fiume Through Sun., Jan. 8, pay

as you go ³ Fiume’s Kevin James Holland kicked off his (10-day) Whiskey Week on Dec. 30, and you still have till Sunday to partake. His cozy bar is currently stocking 100 whiskeys, with a heavy focus on bourbon and rye; taste them straight, make your own flight or try a specialty cocktail. Look out for options like 18year-old Sazerac Rye, Tuthilltown Manhattan Rye, Hirsch Small Batch and many more. Fiume, 229 S. 45th St., second floor, no phone, facebook.com/pages/ Fiume/30269194207.

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YOU’RE DANGEROUS I hope that you stay away from me. I know that you are dangerous. You keep calling me over and over leaving messages that you want me back. I want you to get something to do with yourself and stop harrassing people. I hate your face and your attitude and everything else about you.

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Early in the morning I whisper to you that I love you...I love you so much and then I kiss you on your cheek. You are my sexy baby! I do love you so much! I race home sometimes just so that I can see you. I love when you touch my body and make my skin have such a sexy chill! I know that we are going to be together for awhile and I am glad to call you my man and I hope you feel the same way! I can’t wait to make love to you again. I love you Moody....from your sexy kitty!

OUR ONE YEAR I would say I’d love you forever, but forever is not

You told me before what not to do in certain situations, then you turn around and do it yourself! What a fucking hypercrite. I just don’t understand who or what you think you are! I hope the whole thing blows up in your fucking face! People just don’t do good things anymore seems like or give good advice about things tell me what you want so I can get away from your real fast. PS: Tell your loser boyfriend he can have the toothbrush that he stole from my house. I actually brushed my dogs teeth with it so it really didn’t matter! Thanks and have a nice day!

To the lady the pushed the other lady in the store the other day when I walked by I couldn’t believe that you did that shit just to be the first person in the fucking line. Who do you think that you are? I can’t believe half of the shit that you were doing that day. But, you got yours at the end because they did an announcement on the speaker and said that someone locked their keys in the car and to find out it was your car! I was so happy and the lady in the front of me even though she had a lot of maturity with her she laughed also and then we gave each other a high five! What do you think about that...

You know that I like you and you know that you and I need to be together. What are you waiting for? I keep coming into your store over and over and then you say to me, what do I like to do when I come to the city. Are you asking me out? If you are asking me out the answer is yes! I really want to meet with you and maybe have some fun outside of the restaurant.

MY LOVE

YOU SO WRONG

YOU SUCK

I LIKE YOU

I want you to look out for me like I look out for you! Every time something goes wrong you are looking at me to fix the shit or if something goes wrong with your friends you will not tell me but then you won’t even tell me what is wrong with you when I ask you...I don’t understand that shit at all! Who the fuck do you think that you are...I am fucking pissed off! You know the shit, you knew the shit when I hung up...still wondering why I am always mad at you....this is why...I don’t understand!

anymore! Your money is over! I am so glad that you don’t write me anymore. I hope that you find your way and do whatever you have to do. When you get out of jail I hope you get your things and move on gracefully. There are no hard feelings....take care of yourself.

YOUNG AND DUMB

ful twat. Second of all I love how your gonna be a hard ass behind your big belly. You shouldn’t even be pregnant when you can’t take care of the children you already have. Do yourself a favor and sew your vagina shut before you produce any other dope loving animals such as yourself. If you weren’t pregnant your head would have been split in half. Pop the junkie out of your belly and come see me. As you yell “your face aint pregnant” to fight you, I contemplate the ways of smashing your face against the ground when your no longer with child. The fact of the matter is, I wont stop at just your face. I also love how when I call your boyfriend a loser you say that mine is one as well. Thats hilarious because my boyfriend IS YOUR FUCKING BROTHER! I wish you could read this

person with dignity and respect. Our community deserves so much better than you. I hope our paths do not cross again.

THANK YOU Thank you for answering the phone in such a good manner! I love your attitude. What I wouldn’t do if you didn’t answer the telephone for me! When you transfer the phone call you make me feel that if I am disconnected and I call back you will not get mad! I really appreciate the good phone mannerisms and everything else that you bring to the table! Thank you so much...

Not too long ago, me and you had a great thing going. Everything seemed perfect, but in the end, you were a dumb cunt. You lie more than anyone I’ve ever met and you have absolutely no sense in that tiny brain of yours. Your ex was a heroin addicted piece of shit who beat you like a punching bag and got you on the same drugs. Yet, you left me to go back to him? And currently you’re dating a dude who looks like Mr. Potato-Head crossed with Sloth, also packing a dent in his fucking face! I used to be in love with you, but now I truly hate you. You’re also terrible at giving head, for someone who ‘works on poles’ for a living, you certainly suck at it.

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1826 Ridge Ave. Lg. 3BR Section 8 OK Must See. Call 215-885-1700

49th & Lancaster 2Br $665+ nice apt, 2nd floor. Call 215-783-4736

35xx N. 11th St 1Br $440+utils newly remod., Call 215-917-1091

5135 Irving St 1BR & Effic’y $545-$600 Must See! Call for details 610-869-3663 51xx W. Thompson St. 2BR off 52nd St., Sec 8 OK. 215-848-5072

1,2, 3, 4 Bedroom FURNISHED APTS LAUNDRY-PARKING 215-223-7000

52nd & Parkside 2br $650+utils large, newly renov, w/w, (215)552-5200

12xx W Allegheny Effic. $425, 2br $625 Newly renovated, 215-221-6542

132 N. 50th St. 2BR $725+utils Newly renovated, w/ yard, 267-255-1895

11th & Olney area 1BR/1BA $550+utils Sec. Dep. Newly Renov. 215-990-6618

5006 Spruce St. 2Br $750 3rd floor. 973-432-5742 or 973-662-1851

14xx Rockland 1br Efficiency $485+utils wall/wall carpets, 3rd flrs (215) 329-3013 5011 N. Broad St. 1BR Section 8 OK 2nd floor, must see. 215-885-1700

*Overbrook Park Studio* $525 plus elec Sep. ent/larger closet. Very nice. 215836-4607. Leave msg. 67th & Malvern

S. Broad St. 2nd flr 1BR $925 ultra modern, marble bath jacuzzi, w/d, hdwd flrs, central air, deck 215-463-7374

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40th & Cambridge 1BR & 2BR $535 renov., 1st, last & sec., Scott 215.222.2435

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2br $700 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of 22xx S. 63rd the daughter of Lawrence D. Palmer. 2nd floor, spacious apt (610)812-6352 Please contact Alfonso Cannon Funeral Chapels Inc 215-225-5088 Airport Area nice 2BR $795+ duplex, a/c, gar, bsmt. Call 856-346-0747

Various 1, 2 & 3 BR Apts $595-$895 www.perutoproperties.com 215.740.4900

Balwynne Park 2 BR $850+ W/D, C/A, W/W, Garage. 484-351-8633

Wynnefield Area 2BR $650+utils. + 2mo. sec. Nice location. (215) 356-9335

everything pets pets/livestock Please be aware Possession of exotic/wild animals may be restricted in some areas.

Siamese Kittens m/f applehead, purebred, Health Guar. $300+ 610-692-6408

American Bull/Pit mix, s & w, parents on premises, reasonable. (215)740-6136 Beagle Mix Pups for sale $150. Born 10/23. no shots. Call 267-977-3793 COCKAPOO PUPS - Shots, dewormed, vet checked, ready 1/3/12, $300/ea. Call 717824-5835

DACHSHUNDS PUPPIES - Females, males. $400/ea. Call 267-506-4061 English Bulldog Pup M., 11 wks old. Shts worm/registered. $1800. (610)287-9680 English Bulldog Pups - ACA, vet checked, family raised. $1,195. Call 717-629-8137 English Bull Dog Pups AKC, M & F, parents, champion sired, health cert., S/W. 484-319-0571 also stud service English Bulldog Pups, all colors, vet cert., papers, shots. 215-696-5832 (Bensalem)

German Shepherd/Lab mix pups, shots, ready for christmas, $500. (610)273-9327 Golden-doodles, F1 & F1B, parents on premices, health guarantee, $500-$1000 . Call (484)678.6696 Golden Retreiver Pups AKC, English Creams, rare all white, $1200 www.icewindgoldens.com 908-797-8200 Golden Retriever pups AKC, M & F, family raised, 1st shots, $750. 302-757-0963. Great Dane Puppies for Sale! $750 609-335-9963

Havanese Pups AKC Registered, parents on site, health guaranteed, $800-$1500. Please Call 484-678-6696

ITALIAN MASTIFF- Blue & Black Brindle, vet checked. $600-$1200. 484-631-5129 LAB pups, AKC, choc., English & champ lines, parents on prem. excellent temperament, health guar., $800. 717-354-2674 Labra-Doodle pups, F1, Adorable, Vet chkd, shots & wormed. Family raised $800. 717-927-9483 or 717-968-8475

Labrador Retriever AKC, Black & Yellow, vet checked, ready to go! 610-507-8711

Broad & H Park - Studio apt. $525/mo. incl. utils. $1,000 move-in. 215-765-5578

233 W. Queen Ln 1BR $500 3 month’s rent to move in, 215-223-7547

5220 Wayne Ave. Studio & 1 BR newly rehab, 215-744-9077, Lic# 507568

POODLE PUPPIES: Standard, home raised, 2 brown, 1 white, 2 cream, all Males, $400. Call 610-489-3781 ROTTWEILER PUPPIES - AKC reg., shots, wormed, vet checked, females $700, males $800. Call 717-598-9186 or 717445-5162 SHIH TZUS Puppy Male, $300 Call 267-797-0579 Yorkie (ACA) & Malshi ready January, 2 yr health gaur, $500 & up. (610)913-0393 Yorkie pups: home raised, pure bred, starting $550. Call 215-490-2243

Diva Dog Grooming Salon, 1107 Cottman Ave. Affordable Dog & Cat grooming/ sitting, book your holiday appointment now! Starting @ $35. (215)983-0480

Lasa Shit-zu Puppies - $275/ea. Shots & wormed. Call 717-354-7046 PEKINGESE PUPS M & F, $295-$495. 1 white male - $995. 267-243-9526

60XX Warnock 1 BR $595+ near Fernrock Train Station,215-276-8534

5000 N. 20th St. 1BR $500 Efficiency apt. 215-455-6135

LABRADOR RETRIEVER F, Yellow, AKC, S/W, vet checked, family raised, both parents Hip cert, $500. 717-786-3044 Labrador Retrievers (Yellow) - AKC reg., good quality, vet checked, family raised, $600. Call 717-933-4037

Broad & Louden Lg 2br $650+utils newly renov, 2nd floor. (215) 552-5200

East Penn St 1BR $700+electric 3rd flr loft, tile bath w/jacuzzi, modern kit, walk-in closet, deck. 215-848-5513

11xx Lansdowne, PA single room, hdwd flrs, cable ready, fully furnished, w/fridge, $500 move in (267)707-6129 11xx N 55th St Single rooms $400. Double rooms & rooms w/ bath $500. Rooms w/ bath & kitchen, $600. Full size bed, dresser, fridge, SSI/SSD/VA & Public assistance ok. W & N. Phila 267-707-6129 153X W. ERIE AVE $400 incl utils, cable, internet, kitchen access (267)269-0976 . 17th & Ontario; 52nd & Race; 55th & Lansdowne. Call 215-290-8702 18xx N 27th St Rooms $500+dep, Lg clean, furn’d room, comm. kit, all utils incl, easy access to trans, 267-809-3809 23rd & Hunting Park. 3 large furn., newly renov., $85-$110/wk. Call 215-960-1600 24xx Turner St. Rooms $400/Mo. SSI OK. 215-519-5437 28xx N 27th St: Furnished rooms, utils included, $100/wk, SSI ok, 267-819-5683 29th & York shared kit/bath, $85$105/wk, also more loc’s. 267-816-3058

Greene or Seymour Sts. 1br units $560$685+util. Great location. 610.287.9857

70xx Valley Ave 2BR $900+utils duplex, new kitchen, garbage disposal, Central Air, W/W carpet, W/D, basement storage, fenced yard. (206)947-7728

Broad & Cheltenham vic. 2br $740+utils 69xx N Broad, 2nd flr, Lrg kitch & LR, Must see! 215-586-9383 or 215-850-1649

33xx Livingston St 2br $850+ very clean, w/d, fridge, refs 215.694.6969

13xx E. Luzerne St 2br duplex $900 complete renov, sec 8 ok 267-467-0140 Jack Russell Terrier LOST Male Jack Russell Chihuahua mix 585-472-4051

2813 Norcross Ln 2BR $750+utils. Call (215)676-4876 45xx LORING ST Lge 2BR, 2nd fl, laundry, refrig, yd, bsmt. $695+ 267-645-9421 73xx Montour St. 3BR $850 2nd flr, newly remodeled. 302-339-0726 887 Marcella 3br/1ba $850+utils No pets. Call 267-632-4580 Academy & Knights 2br Dplx $815+utils bsmt,2nd flr,crpt,gar,yd 267.342.1993 MAYFAIR 2br/1ba $795+utils renov. gas ht, w/d hkp, c/a. 215.378.6890 NE & N Phila spac renov effic& rms start @ $100wk 215-391-2797, 267-979-7081 Rhawn & Blvd 2BR/1BA $800 c/a & ht, w/d, d/w, w/w, (267) 972-8411

4700 FRANKFORD 1BR $560 incl heat & water, nr transp, 215-947-8036

A1 Nice, well maintained rms, N. & W. Phila. Starting @ $125/wk 610.667.9675 ALLEGHENY $90/wk. $270sec dep Nr L train, furn, quiet. 609-703-4266 Broad & Erie: Clean, Neat, Secure Rooms $110/wk. Shared ba, no kit 267.226.2455 Broad & Lehigh vic., large furnished rooms for rent, newly renovated, $100/week. SSI ok. Call 215-510-0928 Broad & Olney deluxe furn priv ent $115 wk, 4 free wks, Sec $200. 215-572-8833 Castor & Hunting Park Ave, 25th & Clearfield, 55th & Girard, 62nd & Arch Share Kitch. & Bath, $350 & up No sec dep, SSI OK. 2br Apt at 60th & Kingsessing. 215-758-7572 Erie & 8th: $400/mo utils inc. furnished, single occ., conv. to buses, (215)225-3018 Frankford, furnished, near bus & El, $85/wk & up + $295 sec. 215-526-1455 Germantown Area: NICE, Cozy Rooms Private entry, no drugs (215)548-6083

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29XX WEIKEL ST. Lge 3BR house, W/D, refrig, yd, bsmt, $775+ 267-645-9421 31XX WEIKEL ST. Lge 2BR house, W/D, refrig, yd, bsmt, $725+ 267-645-9421

11 xx Anchor S t Lg 3BR hse new carpet/paint bsmt yd $875+ 267-645-9421

resorts/rent LOCUST LAKE 3BR/2BA $400-$625 Chalet, sleeps 9, minutes to casino & ski resorts. Call 609-722-1264

$300 & UP FOR JUNK CARS CALL 215-722-2111

Junk Cars & Trucks Wanted, $400, Call 856-365-2021

JUNK CARS WANTED 24/7 REMOVAL. Call 267-377-3088

18xx Fillmore 3BR/1Ba $725+utils nice row, ready for move-in 215-680-1413 Frankford 3BR/1.5BA $1150+utils W/D, crpt, fridge, Sec 8 OK 215-632-5763

14xx Vankirk St. 3BR $800 mo. Rehab Exit Benchmark Rlty 215-668-3990 MAYFAIR 3BR/2.5BA $1200+ close to shops/tran, n/s, n/p 215.694.4089

ANDALUSIA 3br/2ba $2650/mo Unique opportunity to live on 100 acre historic estate, late 19th century ranch style bungalow, short commute to Phila & NY. Please Call (215)639-2078 ANDALUSIA 3br+Loft/2.5ba $2500/mo Delaware Riverfront, Unique opportunity to live on 100 acre historic estate, late 19th century reconverted stable, short commute to Phila. & NY. (215)639-2078

59XX TRINITY 3BR h/w fresh paint avail now $700+ 215-680-7011

Chester 6 br/2 full bath Large brick twin $1300/mo. porch, bkyd, driveway, near I-95/476, new roof & carpet, great business investment. Call (610)551-8301

14xx S. Vodges St 3br/1ba $700/mo newly renovated, 215-758-7572

Voorhees 3BR/1BA Ranch $1,575+utils 1 car garage. Call (856)753-7001

A1 PRICES FOR JUNK CARS FREE TOW ING , Call (215) 726-9053

low cost cars & trucks Chevy Impala 2002 $4490 66k orig. miles. exc. cond. 267-602-4091

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Germantown, W, N & SW Phila, Rooms from $400-$500. 215-806-7078 GTN & North Phila. $350-$400 Clean furn rooms for rent. 267-276-2153 Hunting Park, Kensington, Germantown, Olney, NE, W, S & SW Phila, Mt. Airy, $85-$125/wk. SSI ok. Call (215) 668-4812 LaSalle Area: with Cooking $259 Holiday Special. 215-219-3411 NE PHILADELPHIA furnished room, $125/wk, $125 depoisit. 215-501-0771 N Phila Furn, Priv Ent $75 & up . No drugs, SSI ok. available now 215.763.5565 N. Phila rooms for rent, Single Occupancy, no smoking, $100/wk 267.339.9839 N. Phila. Temple Hospital Area, lrg room, use of kitch, cable $125/wk. 267.972.6716 N Phila/W Phila/Logan,pvt ent,$75-$110 wk, pvt BA/kit, $140 wk 609-877-0375 Oaklane & Germantown furnished rms for rent, $100-$110/wk 267-266-1156 Richmond room, use of kitch, nr transp. Seniors welcome/SSI ok 215-634-1139 Rooms For Rent: Clean newly renovated rooms. Near public trans. $350 and up. CALL NOW 267-436-1432 SSI OK S. Phila Furn Rms SS & vets welcome. No drugs, $100 & up, 267-595-4414 SW Philadelphia Room for rent. $250 move in, share kit & bath. 267-251-2749 Temple Hosp. area, $400/mo, full kitch, 2 full bath, SSI/SSD OK. 267-334-8851 W. Phila Furn Rms, SS & Vets welcome, No drugs, $100/wk & up 267-586-6502 W Phila Rooms for rent. $120 per week. Please call (215) 901-7210

58xx Brush Rd. 3BR, 1BA Newly renov., hdwd flrs, front porch, rear deck, garage, sec. 8 ok. 1-877-371-7368 65th & Ogontz 3br/1ba $900 nwly renov, garage, gas ht 267-408-8409 Temple Road 3BR/2.5BA $1,250/mo off street parking, laundry rm, finished basement, landscaped yard, ceiling fans throught, newly remodeled. 215-783-3418

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