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FormerDaily News/Philly Mageditor Larry Platt, with help from author Buzz Bissinger, launches news website the Philadelphia Citizen because all other Philly journalism institutions “are broken.” Which is blogger-talk for “fired me.”

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The “Southwest Philly Tire Slasher” faces up to 308 years in jail.Assuming he’s immortal. If not, he’ll probably be buried once he’s dead.

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A legal reform summit in Washington, D.C., praises Philadelphia’s efforts to climb out of its “judicial hellhole” regarding tort reform. Which is a little like congratulating a broken clock for not stabbing anyone.

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Ninety-six-year-old philanthropist and millionaire Raymond Perelman says he would like to buy the Inky, Daily News and Philly.com. “And then once they’re all out of business, I’ll probably retire.”

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Addressing the Pennsylvania Conference for Women at the Convention Center, Hillary Clinton says it’s time to smash the glass ceiling. Long story short, they marched on the Kimmel Center and the orchestra got rained out.

A Common Pleas Court judge rules that the Inquirer’s legal troubles regarding the firing of editor Bill Marimow should be settled in a Philadelphia court. “Preferably in front of an audience.And there should be clowns on unicycles, and lion tamers, and trapeze artists and a guy just sitting there with a slide whistle, ready for anything.”

Forty-two people are arrested and $12,000 in drugs are confiscated at three Phish shows in Atlantic City. A white guy with dreadlocks slumped over an empty bong inside a zorb has an epiphany. “Holy crap.

This music is terrible. Like, god awful. Why would anyone want to listen to a solo this long? Also — didn’t I come here with a girlfriend? Maybe I should go back and finish my thesis.”

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BOOK SMART: Temple student MaryKate Higgins (left) and Tree House Books afterschool coordinator Lauren Macaluso Popp organized volunteers to get the library at the Tanner Duckrey School into working order.

SAMANTHA MELAMED

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SHELF HELP An army of volunteers wants to help reopen shuttered school libraries. Could it really be as simple as that? By Samantha Melamed

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rincipal Tracy Scott isn’t sure when Tanner Duckrey School at 15th and Diamond in North Philly last had a librarian, or a functioning library. There hasn’t been one in her eight years working there. And a glimmer of hope that arose last year, when library services staff came by to offer improvements, quickly faded: When Scott called to check on that plan, she learned those staff had been laid off before it could be implemented. In the end, she says, the library “became sort of a dumping ground.”

While many were outraged to learn this fall of library closures at magnet schools Masterman and Central — an anonymous donor quickly put forward $205,000 to reopen them — at smaller neighborhood schools like Duckrey, this has long been the status quo.

Now, though, a corps of volunteers organized by the Free Library and various nonprofits is streaming into a number of underresourced and disused reading rooms around the city with a plan for reinvigorating and reopening them. The project, which began over the past few weeks and which the Philly School District (PSD) considers to be in a pilot stage, is focused on schools that took on hundreds of students and dozens of crates of reading materials from the

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24 Philly public schools that were shuttered in June. Whether this initiative can evolve into a sustainable, volunteer- or teacher-run library program in schools like Duckrey is another question — particularly as all parties try to avoid rankling a union already coping with the layoffs of thousands of members, including teachers, counselors, assistant principals and, yes, librarians. Philly public schools now have a total of 11 librarians, down from 43 last year.

“We’re not looking at replacing librarians,” says Kenneth Manns, director of volunteer services for the Free Library, which he says took on the effort as a “labor of love” after library president Siobhan Reardon learned about the layoffs and about the challenges facing newly merged schools. “Our goal as far as the library is concerned is not making it a full-fledged, check-your-book-out library.

We’re looking at getting the rooms open as reading rooms to support literacy initiatives across the city. We hope the kids will have a library experience during the day.” The PSD is starting with eight schools, from a list of 27 that requested aid.

Work is already under way at Blaine Elementary, which received students and 200 boxes of books and furniture from the shuttered Leslie P. Hill School, and at Ben Franklin High, according to Olade Olayinka. A project analyst for the School District, Olayinka is monitoring the efforts to see how or if they might be replicated.

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At Duckrey, volunteers brought in this week found plenty to do.

“Look how old these are!” says Scott, cracking open a box containing a vinyl record. “I mean, really — 45s?” She called on Tree House Books, a nonprofit used bookstore and community literacy center that serves 20 Duckrey students with an after-school program, to organize the effort. Two Temple organizations, Young Friends of Tree House Books and education honors society Kappa Delta Pi, provided a small army of student volunteers to sift through, purge and organize the books, reassemble bookcases that were missing shelves and coax dormant computers back into working order.

Lauren Macaluso Popp, Tree House’s after-school coordinator, is overseeing the effort. She says only about a quarter of the books were deemed worth saving. The rest were more than 50 years old, or badly damaged. “You can tell they just haven’t been touched,” she says. “It’s not fair to be an elementary school student and not have a library.”

About 30 boxes of books from Stanton, which closed in June (ballooning Duckrey’s student body from 280 students to 590), helped replenish the shelves. Popp wrote a grant application for a thousand more books, and Scott anticipates donations from Temple, too.

Next, the volunteers will inventory the books. The plan, says Popp, is to arm teachers with an app called Classroom Organizer that will allow them to help students check out and return books.

But while volunteers at Duckrey are excited that the library is coming together, they’re already worrying about maintenance.

Temple student and Young Friends of Tree House co-president MaryKate Higgins, 21, says volunteers want to help keep this library going through the school year — but aren’t sure whether they’ll have that opportunity. “If no one keeps up with it,” she says,

“the teachers may not feel like they can bring the kids here.”

Philadelphia Federation of Teachers spokesperson George Jackson says “any parent-led, student-led or volunteer-led effort to make the best of a bad situation is fantastic.” But he likens a volunteer library staff to a “volunteer police department.”

“My understanding is you have to have a certified librarian to open a library at a school,” he says. “There’s a constitutional obligation to fund education that’s not being met.”

Bi Vuong, of PSD’s strategy delivery unit stressed in an email that “volunteers are not being used to ‘open’ libraries; they are there to help set up libraries for schools to use,” adding that they would not be able to provide instruction or direct support to teachers.

Scott, however, says a volunteer-run library is the only kind Duckrey is likely to have anytime soon. The way she sees it, “It’s not really a union thing, because we don’t have the resources for it. It’s not like we had [a librarian], and we had to get rid of that person. We haven’t had one for a long time.” After all, this is a school with many unfulfilled needs. For example, despite a tense merger with Stanton, supportservices assistants who help maintain order, were cut from six or seven last year to two. “We really rely on our volunteers,” Scott says.

At Duckrey, buzzing with volunteers on Monday, the enthusiasm was palpable. “I couldn’t help thinking, ‘Why did it take so long for this to happen?’” Popp says. “Tree House has been around the corner for seven years, and Temple has been there for a long time. But it kind of needed all these factors coming together to make it happen.” (samantha@citypaper.net)

“It’s not fair to be a student and not have a library.”

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(DIS)APPOINTING ³ GOV. TOM CORBETT will soon choose a new chairperson of the School Reform Commission (SRC). Angry teachers, students and parents will likely (and probably rightfully) eventually find themselves screaming at this person. If Corbett makes a patently outrageous choice, the screaming will come sooner. Otherwise, it will come later, when that person assumes management of the decade-long and state-led dismantling of Philly public schools.

The reality is, Corbett and the state legislature, authors of deep education budget cuts, run the show. The SRC is a decoy — a puppet regime, with Superintendent William Hite as its figurehead.

They manage the losing end of Pennsylvania’s segregated school system: separate and unequal.

Take suburban Lower Merion’s two public high schools, which per the district’s website offer “stateof-the-art science laboratories, an 850-seat auditorium … a greenhouse for environmental and horticultural studies, high-performance athletic facilities, television studios, multimedia production facilities, a musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) lab … college-style library and fully integrated technology.” In Philly, students from different grades sometimes share the same classroom. The premier arts school canceled its musical for lack of funds. And funds for Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes were cut.

What of the state constitution’s requirement of a “thorough and efficient system of public education?”

Lower Merion’s average class size is 21. Philly’s “target” class size is 30 to 33. Lower Merion’s student body is 8 percent black, while Philly’s is just 14 percent white. Many Philly high schools are more than 90 percent black — 99 percent at Strawberry Mansion. In 1964, the Supreme Court ruled that “segregation of white and Negro children in the public schools of a State solely on the basis of race, pursuant to state laws permitting or requiring such segregation” is unconstitutional. No matter.

The SRC, of course, has power. Indeed, it should continue to check the growth of charter schools, which has rendered the District’s structural deficit terminal. Only SRC member Joseph Dworetzky, a Rendell appointee whose tenure is up in January 2014, has consistently spoken out on this issue.

The SRC makes the ghetto’s rules. But it is state government that guards its walls. ✚ Send feedback to daniel.denvir@citypaper.net.

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fundamental, too — even the famous-for-Philly kind that drives locals to step-and-repeat banners and red carpets in search of flashbulbs popping in the darkness. So, what could be more fun than a gathering of area celebs speed-reading Dr. Seuss’ most colorful, tongue-twisting verses for charity? Literacy nonprofit organization First Book: Philadelphiais hosting its third annual Speed Read competition Nov. 7 at the Union League to hook up low-income families and schools with cash to buy kids their first books. Emcee and hosting duties will be provided by Pennsylvania State Treasurer Rob McCord,WMGK’s Debbi Calton and WXPN/Kids Corner’s Kathy O’Connell while TV types (Howard Eskin,Alicia Vitarelli,Jennaphr Frederick), theater people (Glen Knapp, Young Playwrights) and other notable readers will tackle Oh Say Can You Say? and other Seuss classics, as quickly as their tongues can carry them. ³ Here’s a rumor about Rumor,Sansom Street’s nightclub for lovers of uncensored Jersey Shore DVDs: Word has it that its after-hours license may move before year’s end, possibly to one of its owners’ other assets.

Some portion of Rumor’s ownership has a piece of Soundgarden Hall — an 18-plus space that we hear just got a liquor license. There’s word, too, that another club entrepreneur is looking to open something big downtown. Could this have something to do with the rumored after-hours switcheroo? Mind you, the rumor came separately from two rival club operators, so this could be wishful thinking on their parts. ³ Last week we reported that Kevin Hart gifted 500 computers to the School District and the Philly Parks and Recreation Department. Now comes news that the comic’s most recent film Let Me Explain hit Blu-Ray and DVD shelves, with its soundtrack out next week. There’s no better hype for a film than a good deed. While Hart was in town, he stopped by Katt Williams’ comic-concert at the Liacouras Center on Temple’s campus. ³ I love the Gershman Y’s annual LatkePalooza and its local chef celebration of the little potato pancake as much as the next guy, but wouldn’t the spirit of competition heat things up? Yep. That’s why this year’s edition (Dec. 2, at Vie, 600 N. Broad St.) features a panel of judges — led by the Jewish Exponent’s Greg Salisbury and Philly cookbook author Hope Cohen — to assess the goods in matters of crispness and originality. ³ More Ice? See citypaper. net/nakedcity. (a_amorosi@citypaper.net) 14 | P H I L A D E L P H I A C I T Y PA P E R |

STARTING FOUR: See-Through Girls — from left: Annie Mok, Zach Webber, Perry Genovesi and Alyssa San Valentin — play their first gig at the First Time’s the Charm showcase at PhilaMOCA on Saturday.

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LOOK WHAT THE ROOKIE DID A new D.I.Y. music program books a gig for newcomers and outsiders. By Patrick Rapa

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t the end of this summer’s Ladyfest, Grace Ambrose and other organizers challenged each other and their audience to build on what they’d created.

“We asked everyone to figure out ways to carry forward what we felt that weekend into our everyday lives, and into the punk and D.I.Y. communities at large,” says Ambrose, who also works with DIY PHL, an underground arts group/website. “I thought, what better way to do that than by giving an explicit mandate to make music to exactly the kind of people I want to see making noise and taking up space?”

The result is this Saturday’s First Time’s the Charm (FTTC) show at PhilaMOCA, wherein 16 never-before-seen bands will play super-fast sets. Furthermore, because this event aims to lure new faces and talents out of the woodwork, FTTC laid down some ground rules; all bands looking for a spot on the roster have to meet two of these requirements: (1) Some members must identify as female, queer, transsexual or a person of color. (2) At least one member must be playing in a band for the first time. (3) Somebody has to be playing an instrument they’ve never played before.

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This has led to some otherwise unlikely creations, like the trumpet/guitar duo Proper Punctuation (!). Rookie trumpeter Liz Vaden, who is used to playing stringed instruments, is enjoying the challenge. “Remember learning ‘Hot Cross Buns’ on recorder?

I was so proud to show [bandmate Amanda Schwartz] that I could play that [on trumpet] when she came over for practice,” she says.

“Music scenes can seem a bit exclusive from the outside. [FTTC] was a great way to be able to participate without having to have the ‘right’ connections,” says Schwartz. And having the gig circled on the calendar was a good motivator. “Hopefully they won’t mind that we might only have one song ready. Don’t worry — it’s not ‘Hot Cross Buns,’” says Vaden.

Post-punk outfit See-Through Girls were already playing together, but FTTC forced them to get their act together.

“I’ve wanted to front a band since my cousin showed me Korn on MTV when I was 13,” says singer Annie Mok, who admits that’s not the ideal gateway to popular music. Also a writer and artist of indie comics, Mok identifies as a woman and trans. She sees SeeThrough Girls as a new outlet to express herself.

“I’m in the process of dealing with internalized transmisogyny, and a lifetime of abuse conditioning. These forces implanted the message that my body and personhood is monstrous and belonging to others,” says Mok. “Singing seems especially personal to me,

“Don’t worry — it’s not ‘Hot Cross Buns.’”

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The Arcade Fire jump on 2013’s disco bandwagon in typically

Courtney Barnett is a saucy-Aussie-

slacker-type who’ll charm you with a single, sly turn of phrase — say, the precise way she mutters “asthma puffer” on instant winner “Avant Gardener.” Even if you can’t be bothered to follow the narrative nuances of all the drolly drawled shaggy-dog story-songs collected on her carefully titled debut non-album, The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (Marathon Artists), the music underpinning them is equally shaggy and beguiling, all Velvets-y, countrified, couple-chord drones and gamely goofy —K. Ross Hoffman backup gang vocals.

³ rock Live records are usually high on energy and low on fidelity; on White Fence’s new Live in San Francisco (the first in a concertalbum series from the Castle Face label) the trade-off pays off.

Recorded to tape, these blazing garage almost-hits — spanning the band’s back catalogue — sound right at home in that warm, —Patrick Rapa middle-fi sweet spot.

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grandiose fashion on Sprawl III: Electric Boogaloo a.k.a. Reflektor (Merge). Even if most of these epic, James Murphy-abetted jams are almost too slow to dance to, it’s still a surprisingly apt, afterlife-fixated Halloween after-party — from the title track’s haunted hall of Internet mirrors, to “Here Comes the Night Time’s”voodoo carnival, to the Stepfordian horror of “Normal Person,” until the daybreaking, Timberlakely “Supersymmetry” fades in a glorious swirl of arpeggios and particle-physics metaphors.

—K. Ross Hoffman

³ folk/rock You probably think you don’t need another lush, folkie sister act in your life, but give lovely Lily & Madeleine a shot anyway.

Their self-titled debut (Asthmatic Kitty) is tasteful, simple and as classic as a Jackie Kennedy shift dress. Which is to say not quite of this time. But who cares if swooning piano ballad “Sounds Like Somewhere” or acoustic rocker “Devil We Know” are hopelessly retro? Pretty is pretty whenever.

—Patrick Rapa

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HOW I LIVE NOW [ B ] WITH ITS ANGRY teen heroine (Saoirse Ronan) pining for an older, frequently shirt-

less boy (George MacKay) in an England riven by civil war, How I Live Now almost begs to be dismissed as a Hunger Games knockoff, of the kind which Ronan has too often taken to, squandering her considerable talents. But you can tell from the beginning, when director Kevin Macdonald scores Ronan’s trip to her aunt’s cluttered country house with Fairport Convention’s haunting “Tam Lin,” that he’s up to something at least sporadically more interesting. The movie, which was adapted by Tony Grisoni, Penelope Skinner and Jeremy Brock from Meg Rosoff’s novel, aims for a mood that might be called dystopian pastoral, a vision of the world going back to nature in its ecstatic and terrible forms. The enemy, whose disruption of electrical services throws the country into a pre-industrial state, is never named and glimpsed only from afar, their motives — at least, beyond chaos — never articulated. So it seems less like the troops who eventually find this group of children (living on their own after the house’s sole adult fails to return) are fighting a tangible force and more like they’re fighting themselves. How I Live Now is a bit of a mess, especially when it comes to the vague intimations that Ronan’s character shares psychic powers with some of her relatives: She’s telepathic, but not in a way that influences the plot or her relationships with the other characters, which makes it seem like an element thrown in at random to tempt the crowds who failed to show up for The Host or I Am Number Four. But it’s a pleasure to see Ronan playing a real character rather than a kick-ass twee caricature, and the delicacy of Macdonald’s tone survives the film’s patchy plot. This is the way the world ends: Not with a bang, but with a song. —Sam Adams

A vision of the world going back to nature.

DARK DAYS: Kissing (step-)cousins Eddie (George MacKay) and Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) scramble to survive in this dystopian pastoral.

LONELY PLANET ³ PLUTO’S RATHER UNCEREMONIOUS

demotion from planet to dwarf planet was kind of a bummer, and as with all of life’s bummers, somebody’s gotta figure out how to explain it to the kids.

Paul Halpern, professor of physics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, takes a swing at the issue with his new children’s book, What’s the Matter with Pluto?,illustrated by Vance Lehmkuhl, whom readers may remember for his How-To Harry comics in City Paper.

“The book shows what it means to be a planet and how the planets have different properties,” says Halpern. “When Pluto comes along, readers learn why it is so different through the reactions of the other planets.”

Although he’s written 14 serious books on heady topics like higher dimensions, particle physics and dark matter, Halpern figured children would sympathize with Pluto.“It is a common childhood experience, unfortunately, to feel left out — for instance, not to get picked for a team,” he says. “Pluto has the misfortune of not fitting into either planetary team: the gas giants or the smaller planets. Kids want to see justice happen, and in the end Pluto finds a way of making friends and heading its own group.”

Halpern’s fond of Pluto himself. “Having interviewed Clyde Tombaugh, Pluto’s discoverer, shortly before his death — and hearing about his strong affection for the object he found — I was certainly rooting for Pluto to keep its status.”

Which is not to say he objects to the reclassification. “As astronomy develops, objects sometimes get put into new categories. A classic example is Andromeda, which used to be called a nebula until astronomers realized that it was an entire galaxy.”

Paul Halpern and Vance Lehmkuhl will read and sign Sun., Nov. 10, 2 p.m., free, Saxbys, 346 Lancaster Ave., Haverford, 484-416-3781, phalpern.com.

—Patrick Rapa

✚ What’s the Matter with Pluto?

By Paul Halpern and Vance Lehmkuhl (NEWTON BOOKS)

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“I saw [FTTC] as an opportunity to stop being afraid.”

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since a trans woman’s voice can feel like a constant liability, if others decide to read it as ‘too deep for a woman.’ I cherish the opportunity to sing, yelp and scream about kink, insects, fear and libraries.”

Her See-Through Girls bandmate, guitarist Alyssa San Valentin, who identifies as FilipinoAmerican and queer, says she could have used a role model or two growing up, a woman, a person of color [POC], someone like her. “When you look around at the world presented to you, and you don’t see someone like you having an active role in creating or decision-making, you get the message that you have no place in that world. You’re left with the impression that, because you’re different, your desire to create and collaborate are worth nothing. Now that I have the tools to be that active participant, I need to be that female POC musician that someone can look up to.”

Meredith Haines is arguably the bravest performer at FTTC; she’s the only one going solo. As a kid she wanted to be “the next Tony Iommi,” but her family pushed her toward dance. “I saw [First Time’s the Charm] as an opportunity to stop being afraid. I can’t remember ever truly wanting to be

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anything besides a musician,” she says. “It wasn’t until I got out of college with a B.F.A in choreography and dance that I realized I had wasted the first 23 years of my life cowering in a corner.” She’s been studying guitar and writing songs for about a year now and will play a quick acoustic set at FTTC. It’s all about finding out what matters to you. “Once you figure out what that is,” she says, “other people’s opinions begin to matter less and less.”

“It is our hope that these bands will last far beyond First Time’s the Charm,” says Ambrose, whose own band Heavy Bangs is also on the bill. “Heads up to the people who book shows in this town: There are about to be 16 amazing new bands to add to your gigs.” (pat@citypaper.net) ✚ First Time’s the Charm, Sat., Nov. 9, 7 p.m., free, PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., philamoca.org, fttc2013.tumblr.com.

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STICKING TOGETHER ³ THE CRAZY FAMILY is alive and thriving. I don’t mean in everyday life (though this will be confirmed for many of us in a few weeks at Thanksgiving dinner). I’m referring to the theater, where what has always been a favorite topic for American playwrights seems newly invigorated. Lydia Diamond’s Stick Fly, currently on stage in a marvelous production at the Arden, is just such a play — at once traditional, and boldly inventive.

Allow me a quick historical digression (I’ll get to Stick Fly soon, I promise). American family drama can be seen in two waves. The works of the First Wave — including Death of a Salesman and Long Day’s Journey Into Night — emphasize the claustrophobic, inescapable nature of families, usually with a tone of unrelenting grimness. The Second Wave is a rethinking of the same theme — if we’re going to be immersed in family pathology, it seems to conclude, we might as well enjoy ourselves. These sprawling, darkly comedic works include some of my great favorites — Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind and, more recently, Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County. Stick Fly isn’t quite in the same class, but it claims the same territory.

Notice I’ve purposely avoided the term “dysfunctional.” The LeVay family of Stick Fly, with its imposing patriarch, neurosurgeon Joe LeVay (Jerome Preston Bates), and their gorgeous Martha’s

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Vineyard home, is so highly functional that most of us can only gape in awe. Dr. Joe has two accomplished sons, Flip and Kent, and the son’s fiancées, Kimber and Taylor, are brilliant, too. This bunch doesn’t wear its greatness lightly — within minutes of everyone’s arrival, we’ve had a summary discussion of their various careers (two medical doctors and Jerome Preston Bates two Ph.D. scientists among them) and Joniece Abott-Pratt and academic pedigrees (Harvard, Exeter, etc.). We’ve heard a good-natured but pointed debate over the proper usage of “intrinsic,” “inherent” and “implicit.”

It would be easy to find the LeVays intimidating or downright annoying, but in Diamond’s skilled hands, they’re appealing.

Beyond that, she’s making a point. The family’s success is hard-won (Did I mention they are African-American?), and they are justly proud of what they’ve achieved. But, Diamond equally seems to be telling us that even what looks like a perfect family has its crosses to bear. Taylor, the daughter of a distinguished academic and soon to be one herself, nevertheless struggles with a sense of abandonment and alienation. Kent, a deeply caring, nurturing person, is a disappointment to his father. Flip, a charismatic plastic surgeon, is also a bit of a cad. Kimber is white, which, to Taylor, at least, is a constant irritant. Then there’s Cheryl, the young girl taking care of the house — what’s her story? (And where in the world is Dr. Joe’s wife?)

Rather than spill Stick Fly’s many secrets, I’ll just say that the terrain is rocky and constantly shifting. I’d call it a good, rather than great, play — it’s at once too melodramatic and too tidy. But at

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its best, Diamond’s script positively zings with good lines and smart ideas.

And best of all — it’s funny and shocking at the same time. Director Walter Dallas applies a light touch and a sprightly pace to the proceedings, which, while never undercutting the serious side of Stick Fly, gives it a marvelous sense of lift. The acting is exceptionally fine across the board — these are difficult, complex roles, and they’re realized here with subtlety, especially by Joniece Abott-Pratt as a touchingly sweet Cheryl, U.R. as a louche, charismatic Flip, and Jessica Frances Dukes as the heartbreakingly conflicted Taylor. David P. Gordon’s scenic design — a scrumptiously comfortable estate — is ready for immediate occupancy.

Hats off to Arden Theatre — with Stick Fly following its highly praised production of Parade, and its Hamilton Family Arts Center soon to open down the block, this company is firing on all cylinders. (d_fox@citypaper.net) ✚ Through Dec. 22, $36-$48, Arden Theatre Co., 40 N. Second St., 215-922-1122, ardentheatre.org.

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HOW I LIVE NOW | B See Sam Adams’ review on p. 15. (Ritz at the Bourse) KILL YOUR DARLINGS | BMomentous performances can’t trump momentum problems in first-time director John Krokidas’ exploration of the Beats as babies. Escaping a troubled home life by enrolling in Columbia, young Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) falls in fast with charismatic classmate Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan), who introduces him to Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston), William Burroughs (Ben Foster) and the liberated creative life. Spending their days rebelling against academic doctrine and their nights drinking and drugging, the clique and its self-mythologized “new vision” appear ripe for the harvest — but progress is complicated

by David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall), whose relationship with Carr is an intellectual and romantic anchor. Even casual Beat Generation observers know how this story goes, but Krokidas’ decision to steer emphasis away from “the work” allows his young cast, particularly Radcliffe and DeHaan, to lay out meaty personal investments in their portrayals. The problem lies in pace. At a certain point, the narrative splinters so dramatically that it’s difficult to observe the characters’ choices with anything more than a glance. —Drew Lazor (Ritz Five)

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has altered history, destroyed worlds and saved lives. In writer-director Richard Curtis’ hands, it teaches homilies about appreciating the little things in life. That Curtis would turn a speculative fantasy into the cinematic equivalent of a motivational poster should come as no surprise; this is the filmmaker who, in Love Actually, attempted to turn the 9/11 attacks into schmaltz. About Time is never quite that audacious. It’s a nice enough romantic comedy about nice people falling in love and doing nice things for other nice people. That is, if you accept the fact that a select few characters who use the ability to hop back into their own pasts and change their personal histories, thus manipulating their unwitting loved ones, are ‘nice.’ In this story, the ability to revisit the past is an inherited trait for the male descendants of one family. Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers this ability just in time to fall for Mary (Rachel McAdams). The two embark on a life together, Tim occasionally takes advantage of his newfound superhero powers with mildly amusing results and eventually sentimentality swamps everything. Curtis takes a surprisingly restrained approach to his premise, which might be admirable if the result was more compelling than a warm, comfy sweater. —Shaun Brady (Ritz East)

AMERICAN PROMISE | B+ Although the title of American Promise indicates a sweeping scope, Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson’s documentary is best when it sticks close to home. In following their son, Idris, and another black boy, Seun, into Manhattan’s storied Dalton School, the couple frame the film as an exploration of how race functions in the halls of the country’s elite institutions. Given the limited sample

size and the lack of candid moments inside the school itself — Brewster and Stephenson filmed for 13 years, and had to renegotiate access every fall — it’s hard to extrapolate larger truths, though a concerned teacher’s statement about the “cultural disconnect” between Dalton’s high-achieving atmosphere and African-American boys rings alarm bells aplenty. It’s painful to watch Idris code-switch while playing in a neighborhood basketball league, dropping his Dalton diction to fit in with black boys with less fortunate backgrounds, and if it doesn’t quite seem to make the point the movie thinks it does, it still leaves plenty to mull over. —Sam Adams (Ritz at the Bourse)

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR | AFirst love’s seismic qualities have seldom been captured with such abandon as in Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme D’Or winner, a 179-minute sprawl of heartbreak that scarcely strays more than 6 inches from a young woman’s face. Adapted from Julie Maroh’s graphic novel (because even French art-house movies are based on comic books these days), Blue is the Warmest Color charts the ardent sexual awakening and eventual crushing despair of Adèle (Adèle Excarchopoulos). She’s a book-smart teenager who can already tell things aren’t clicking with her boyfriend when one day she’s gobsmacked by the sight of butch, blue-haired Emma (Léa Seydoux). What follows is a rapturous exploration of love, rendered in giddy, almost impossibly shallow-focus close-ups that make the rest of the world go away, plus a few

super-heroic sex scenes. Excarchopoulos’ performance is something of a miracle, with every raw, unfiltered feeling rippling across that yearning, endlessly expressive face. Kechiche’s camera never flinches, filming a fairly familiar coming-of-age tale as if through a microscope, the proximity pumping up emotions so everything feels like it’s happening for the very first time. —Sean Burns (Ritz Five)

ENDER’S GAME | BOnce (and probably still) a staple on every middle school summer reading list, Orson Scott Card’s boy geniusturned-galactic-military-tactician novel plays a little like the IMAXsized blockbuster that director Gavin Hood intended it to be, but it’s more like The Mighty Ducks in Space. And as far as big budget, CGI-heavy films go, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

As the titular misfit, Ender Wiggins (Asa Butterfield) finds himself recruited by 2086 Earth’s International Fleet to enroll in Battle School, a program aboard a space station that trains talented youngsters in military strategy for the imminent second wave of attacks from the somewhat anonymous alien race called the Formics. As Ender quickly ascends the ranks, impressing and pissing off his peers in equal measure, we’re treated to a lot of silly yet charming Disney sports chemistry that comes from grouping together a dozen preteen oddballs. Really though, Ender’s Game is best enjoyed when it’s not taken seriously, but seen for what it is: watered-down, contently vapid Friday night movie theater fare. —Marc Snitzer (Wide release)

LET THE FIRE BURN | AThe most critical decision Jason Osder made in his MOVE documentary Let the Fire Burn is one you never see on screen. Osder, who grew up just outside the city and remembers seeing the smoke rising above Osage Avenue on May 13, 1985, filmed new interviews with Ramona Africa and Michael Moses Ward (then 13-yearold Birdie Africa), the only people to leave the MOVE house alive, but after discussion with editor Nels Bangerter, he decided not to use them, constructing his film entirely from stock footage. The result is like living through those horrific, cityscarring events in real time, framed by the televised hearings of a special commission convened to examine how a confrontation between police and a tiny but determined political organization ended with 11 dead and an entire block of row houses burned to the ground. —Sam Adams (Ritz at the Bourse)

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Thu., Nov. 7, 7 p.m., $9. Moi, Un Noir (1958, France, 70 min.): A day in the life of Nigerien migrants. Fri., Nov. 8, 7 p.m., $9. Jaguar (1967, France, 110 min.): Four men journey to the Gold Coast. Sat., Nov. 9, 5 p.m., $9. Little

By Little (1970, France, 92 min.): Nigeriens try to make it big in Paris.

Sat., Nov. 9, 8 p.m., $9. Medora (2013, U.S., 100 min.): A portrait of a declining Indiana town told through a high school basketball team. Tue., Nov. 12, 7 p.m., $9.

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time the City of Brotherly Love jumped in on it. Our piece of the action is a four-day festival featuring local dance troupes Kùlú Mèlé African Dance and Drum Ensemble, Kariamu and Company: Traditions, Illstyle and Peace Productions, along with special guest Farafina Kan from Washington, D.C. You don’t have to just watch, either; other activities include dance and drumming workshops and a big health-and-wellness fair.

—Deni Kasrel Through Nov. 9, various locations, 215387-1911, cecarts.org.

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✚ FIRST PERSON ARTS FESTIVAL Story time generally gets ditched with diapers, but for 12 years the First Person Arts fest has proven that adults are good listeners, too. This year’s installment brings together

monologists, writers, singers and dancers over the course of 10 days. Philadelphia’s first poet laureate, Sonia Sanchez — along with esteemed peers Toni Morrison and Rita Dove — will kick off the festival with a meeting-of-the-minds panel discussion. And for those of you wondering, yes, the festival also will include taffy pulling. That’s not innuendo; Franklin Fountain’s Berley brothers will be putting on a demonstration. Because let’s face it, like story time, you’re never too old for candy.

—Melvin Hayes Through Nov. 16, various locations, $10$125, 267-402-2055, firstpersonarts.org.

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✚ THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA Recently minted Curtis grad Yuja Wang has created a sensation with her fashion state-

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ments; short, skin-tight dresses barely coating her lithe, petite body. Yes, even classical music is show biz, but this spectacular talent would impress in a burlap sack. Wang is a stunning technician, and also a wonderfully expressive artist. There is a brilliant singing line and a remarkable lucidity in her playing that is completely engrossing, excellent attributes as she tackles the sprawling Piano Concerto No. 3 of Rachmaninoff.

She will be accompanied by the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Yannick NézetSéguin, who will also conduct music of Richard Strauss.

—Peter Burwasser Thu., Nov. 7, 8 p.m.; Fri., Nov. 8, 2 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 9, 8 p.m.; $53-$130, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, philorch.org.

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✚ KATE NASH This is not your older sister’s

Kate Nash. Throughout the past six years, the British songstress’ lyrics have progressed from the tame, cutesy “You’re the nicest thing I’ve ever seen, and I wish we could be something” from her first album to the biting “While I stay classy, you stain jeans” of her most recent release, Girl Talk. Nash is of the feminist strain of pop stardom, all legs and painted lips as she slams guitar strings and sings of toxic friendships and late-night pining. There’s nothing too deep here, but her frankness could immolate anyone’s angst. It’s the catchy, three-minute riffs played with rough enthusiasm that give Nash her credibility as a musician. But it’s the less-than-flattering snapshots of her life that make her so fun. (See: “Free My Pussy.”)

—Julie Zeglen Thu., Nov. 7, 8:30 p.m., $15, with La Sera, Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., 215-232-2100, utphilly.com.

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✚ HANDS ACROSS VERONICA Philadelphia playwright Gin Hobbs’ “biting comedy” is about women and their relationships with men, food and their bodies. Best friends Aubrey (Kirsten Quinn) and Veronica (Shelli Pentimall Bookler) strive for self-love and perfection at the gym, but find heartache and failure in their refrigerators. Their journeys are supported by a Greek chorus of Phat Ladies (Meryl Lynn Brown, Zarah Ivans, Shelvy Paredes), offering their views in rap, song and dance. Director Hannah Tsapatoris MacLeod saw the play a decade ago, and it had a lasting impact: “I want women to walk away with a sense of empowerment and self-acceptance,” she says. “I’ve talked to dozens of women, all shapes and sizes, and almost every

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one of them, from size 2 to 22, hates her body. Why is that?”

This B. Someday and Naked Feet Productions’ joint effort answers with wise comedy.

path for other rock bands. It’s a tall order; the original tour was canceled by the Arab Spring, and the re-sched had them touching down in Egypt right after the Benghazi embassy attack. But it’s probably never gonna be the perfect time to visit the Middle East, and the Lips, along with their tour-

—Mark Cofta Through Nov. 30, $20, Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave., 215-4279255, walkingfishtheatre.com.

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No one in their right mind would send the Black Lips to the Middle East as ambassadors of culture and understanding, so they sent themselves. Judging by the new film Kids Like You & Me — which documents the greasy Atlanta garage rockers’ 2012 tour through Egypt, Iraq, United Arab Emirates and more — the kids were on their best behavior (none of the ol’ onstage nudity, barfing, profanity, etc.). Inspired by Dead Moon’s pioneering ventures into Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Lips hope this jaunt will blaze a

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mates in Lebanese band Lazzy Lung, proved themselves up for the challenge, playing highenergy rock shows in small venues for appreciative crowds of locals and American/Western expats. You know, they’re really not such bad kids once

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—Patrick Rapa Thu., Nov. 7, 8:30 p.m., $16-$18, with Tweens and Residuels, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 215-5633980, r5productions.com.

✚ A LESSON BEFORE DYING

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11.8 Arguably the best bad movie ever made, 2003’s The Room, has certainly made its mark on audiences, mostly in the form of unlikely catchphrases like “You are tearing me apart, Lisa!”

It also introduced the world to Greg Sestero, the “Mark” alluded to in this event’s title. The actor has bounced back from career suicide and is on tour to promote his memoir, The Disaster Artist (Simon & Schuster), about his experience making the film.

Besides the screening, attendees will have the opportunity to perform their favorite scenes with Sestero, script in hand. Stairway sex, anyone?

The late Philadelphian Romulus Linney’s adaptation of Ernest James Gaines’ award-winning novel is a great fit for Norristown’s Iron Age Theatre Company’s directingand-design team John Doyle and Randall Wise, who excel staging gritty material with a message. In a backwoods Louisiana town in 1948, a young black man (Richard Bradford) waits to die for a murder he didn’t commit. The condemned man’s aunt (Lenny Daniels) compels a black schoolteacher (Walter DeShields), the area’s only educated black man, to tutor him in how to live — and die — with dignity. “The story is as relevant today as it was in the 1940s,” says Doyle. “In many ways, little has changed.

Many young black men are still unfairly condemned to a harsh penal system with no hope, their communities still economically and socially locked out.”

—Julie Zeglen

—Mark Cofta

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✚ OH, HI MARK!

Fri., Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., $12-$14, PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., 267-519-9651, philamoca.org.

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Nov. 8-Dec. 1, $20, Iron Age Theatre, 208 DeKalb St., Norristown, 610-279-1013, ironagetheatre.org.

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✚ THE BLOW/ LOVE INKS

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✚ TIM KASHER

—Marc Snitzer Sat., Nov. 9, 9:30 p.m., $13, with Laura Stevenson, Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.

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That last Cursive record, I Am Gemini, was a little goofy.

Being a concept album about long-lost twin brothers, it veered much too far from Tim Kasher’s most comfortable songwriting subject matter: Himself. Indie rock’s favorite sad dad is revered for all his crises and self-loathing; that’s probably why Domestica or The Ugly Organ still resonate.

Adult Film (Saddle Creek), Kasher’s second solo record, wisely mine’s his favorite themes, like being scared as hell of growing old. But, like Cursive’s Happy Hollow, this album sounds like he’s actually having fun for once in his life, working a downright neon-slathered synth backbone into this pop-injected record. Happy looks good on you, Tim, even if it’s just surface happy. Try it on more often.

Khaela Maricich is in love.

That’s probably the most conspicuous message of The Blow’s new, self-titled album (Kanine). Sure, she penned one of the past decade’s most enduring, endearing statements of indie-pop affection (“Parentheses,” from the last Blow album, way back in 2006), and once plainly subtitled a

record “Love Songs” — but, she suggests, she was only faking it then. This time it’s for real.

“A kiss was just something to do with my tongue/ Until you kissed me,” she offers in her sweet, stilted alto. Clothes, she now realizes, were “invented for the single purpose of you taking them off me.” Pretty sexy stuff, in its nerdy, inse-

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thegrumpylibrarian Caitlin Goodman tells you what to read

s LOVED: Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone s LOVED: Kristin Kimball, The Dirty Life HATED: Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ³ Recommendation:Are you sure you didn’t just randomly grab three books off the “Book Club Favorites” table at the airport newsstand? The Grumpy Librarian is not a book club fan (well, unless there are cookies) but she does appreciate the sort of book that appends a coda with built-in “Discussion Questions.” Immediate cocktail party fodder, if your cocktail party pals tend toward those who preferred the book version of Water for Elephants to the Reese Witherspoon one.

Have you read Reading Lolita in Tehran yet? (For readers on friendly terms with Edward Said, the GL suggests you skip this pick and enjoy your smug sense of intellectual superiority.) Azar Nafisi tells the story of her life in 1980s and ’90s Iran, interspersed with the stories of her all-female book club discovering the classics of Western literature. You would probably learn more from reading Nabokov’s Lolita,but it wouldn’t make you feel as special about your sense of empathy. (grumpylibrarian@citypaper.net)

cure, self-consciously arty way — particularly imagining those lyrics directed toward Melissa Dyne, Maricich’s partner in art and life, who constructed the album’s brightly minimal, intriguingly handmade-sounding electro-pop. But don’t expect an evening of moonstruck crooning: Maricich’s a tricksy one, and Blow shows are closer to performance art than traditional concerts. If the duo’s conceptual abstractions get to be too much, the gently krauty synthscapes and placid coos of Austin trio Love Inks — showcased on their lovely Generation Club (Monofonus Press) — should offer a heartfelt, warmly glowy antidote.

—K. Ross Hoffman Sat., Nov. 9, 9 p.m., $15, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 877-435-9849, r5productions.com.

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Di Bruno Bros. at The Franklin | You might recall The Franklin, an opulent Jeweler’s Row residence from the finale of a little movie called Silver Linings Playbook,or perhaps from a less- than-memorable meal at the Indian restaurant that used to be in the lobby. Well, the space has been transformed into the latest outpost of the pioneering Philadelphia cheese emporium, Di Bruno Bros. Along with shiny cases featuring the city’s finest fromage and charcuterie, the 4,500-square-foot shop boasts five staff members carrying the title of Certified Cheese Professional (that’s basically a Ph.D. in cheeseology). Open Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Sat., 7 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun., 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; 834 Chestnut St., 267-519-3115, dibruno.com.

Han Dynasty Old City | With a newly minted (and well-reviewed) New York location and swanky new Old City digs, Han Chiang and his mini Sichuan empire are on a serious upswing. This Han will be serving the same hot-numbing menu we all know and love. But the new digs also has a few new additions. The bar is rolling out a cocktail program and the kitchen is churning out a menu of late-night Taiwanese street food. Sichuan menu daily 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., street food menu Sun.-Wed., 10 p.m.midnight; Thu.-Sat., 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; 123 Chestnut St., 215-922-1888, handynasty.net.

Shake Shack King of Prussia | We cannot get enough of Shake Shack. Seriously, it just doesn’t get old. Here’s the important intel about the latest KOP location: Old favorites are available, along with newly introduced (and far superior) hand-cut fries and custom concretes. Open daily 11 a.m.-11 p.m., The Plaza at King of Prussia, 160 N. Gulph Rd., Suite 233, 267-428-7560, shakeshack.com. (caroline@citypaper.net) Got A Tip? Please send restaurant news to restaurants@ citypaper.net or call 215-735-8444, ext. 207.

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SHAKEN AND GLAZED: Gin, Campari and sweet vermouth glazed lamb ribs at Little Nonna’s.

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HITTING THE SAUCE Little Nonna’s upscales Italian immigrant fare in a way even your grandmother could love.

By Adam Erace

LITTLE NONNA’S | 1234 Locust St., 215-546-2100, littlenonnas.com.

Lunch: Mon.-Sat., 11:45 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Dinner: Mon.-Thurs. 5-10:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 5-11 p.m.; Sun., 5-10 p.m. Appetizers, $5-$17; pasta, $13-$16; entrees, $22-$32; desserts, $6-$9.

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erhaps it’s because the dining room is so dark or because they’re so perfectly cast, the lights are the first thing you see when pressing into Little Nonna’s.

Draped from one faux-pine-paneled wall to another at jaunty angles, the strings of glowing More on: bulbs give the space a vibe of a backyard serenade, a Catholic school carnival, a South Philly street at Christmastime.

Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran, self-styled regents of 13th Street, know a thing or two about tapping into our collective subconscious with smart design choices. Nonna’s is a born charmer.

The walls display curvaceous Bundt pans, brass-frame mirrors and flower-print china like priceless artwork. Open cupboards bear antique gravy boats and dinner bells. Red chili peppers and

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balls of provolone dangle from racks in the open kitchen, where chef Aaron Sheppard, the former Barbuzzo pasta prince, expedites behind a screen of copper pots.

You couldn’t imagine a better stage for this menu, a classing up of Italian-American classics like lemony, garlicky chicken al mattone, beautifully with skin so crispy that it shattered like brûléed sugar.

Elements of saltimbocca were translated to a sage-and-Marsalaglazed veal porterhouse paired with roasted sunchokes, a dramatic wedge of oyster mushrooms and La Quercia prosciutto. Instead of standard-issue chicken, perky piccata made its sweet-and-sour moves on a blanched and seared Romanesco “steak” accessorized with pickled raisins, capers and thyme breadcrumbs.

Upgrading these immigrant favorites with quality ingredients, careful cooking and a sprinkling of tongue-in-cheek humor is new to Philly, but it is not new. Carbone in Manhattan will be a year old this spring; its owners (Eli Kulp’s old MORE FOOD AND bosses) deserve credit for attractively DRINK COVERAGE repackaging this hybrid genre. Starting AT C I T Y P A P E R . N E T / with a canon of recipes that has long been M E A LT I C K E T. dismissed as inauthentic and bastardized is a helluva challenge. How do you convince savvy diners, obsessed with esoteric pasta shapes and charcuterie, that veal Parm is worth their time and attention, let alone $54?

Turns out, it ain’t that hard. Maligned as they might be, these recipes pack universal appeal, no matter what blood flows in your veins. Whether it’s a pot of gravy simmering all day on the stove >>> continued on page 32

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Turney and Sheppard make it rain Reggiano on their “macaroni.”

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in the back of an overheated row home or a jar of Ragu zapped in the microwave, this cuisine has woven itself into American food consciousness as tightly as Shake n' Bake.

Little Nonna’s is like Carbone Lite. Instead of sporting custom Zac Posen maroon tuxes, the servers wear black tees and aprons made in Lancaster, and the atmosphere is less Frank Sinatra than Sophia Petrillo. There’s no baller-status veal Parmesan here, just an oval plate bearing reasonably priced boats of tender Japanese eggplant wearing Parm-and-panko crusts, thyme-laced San Marzano marinara, coarse Thai basil pesto and burrata.

All day, Turney and Sheppard make it rain Reggiano on their “macaroni.” I tried two types of perfectly al dente, housemade cavatelli: one violet, the other black, from beet juice and squid ink, respectively. Kale pesto and roasted heirloom squash joined the beet version at lunch; super-tender “two-minute” calamari, soft broccoli rabe and blistered cherry tomatoes joined the inked at dinner.

The former was good, the latter exceptional, enhanced by gutsy garnishes of torn mint and pickled Fresno chilies that weren’t for wusses. Nonna’s sparse square footage prohibits a bar to sit or make drinks at, a limitation Turney and Safran solved by house-bottling four cocktails for easy service. But the Italian Job, a fizzy elixir of aged rum and amaro, was too syrupy. I’ll stick to liquor at Nonna’s when it’s glazing meat; the bittersweet, slow-cooked Negroni lamb ribs, set up with orange and olives, was my favorite dish.

The beef, pork and veal meatballs, meanwhile, were my least favorite. Served two to an order over an insignificant swipe of polenta, they were dense and firm as underripe grapefruits, with cores of Fontina cheese that was solid instead of molten. Bacon in the accompanying tomato gravy made everything taste overwhelmingly smoky.

Pastry chef Sara May, formerly of Franklin Fountain, soothed the meatball offense with grown-up, Concordgrape water ice slushed with prosecco and an Italian cookie tray with cherry-dark-cocoa thumbprints that would make you forsake Termini’s and Isgro’s. They could be the next budino (Turney’s signature dessert at Barbuzzo).

What I love most about Little Nonna’s is not the service (friendly and disorganized), the prices (mostly under $20), nor even the food, but the wonderful timelessness that the restaurant radiates. I get this place. My parents would get it. My grandparents would get it. And if by some American Horror Story voodoo enchantment, my great-grandparents, who migrated to South Philly from a tiny mountain town on the east coast of Calabria in 1910, were resurrected for a family dinner one night, they would get it, too. A restaurant that cooks great food is not uncommon. One with an appeal that spans generations, that’s something else entirely. (adam.erace@citypaper.net)

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1 month & security. (215)480-6460 Front & Olney 2BR Clean. Must See! Sect 8 ok. 267.254.8446

810 Wingohocking 2BR $750+ utils Avail 11/15, W/W, 1+1, 215.327.2874

DOMINO LN 1 & 2BR $750-$895 Renov., parking, d/w, near shopping & dining, 1ST MONTH FREE! 215-500-7808

12xx E Washington Ln. Studio $550 Peaceful block, driveway & lrg yard. Cozy beautiful Apt, tastefully renov, new W/W, modern kit w/Oak cabs, laundry on premesis, 215.242.1204 or 267.250.9822 13xx Duval 2BR $900/mo+ Newly renovated, d/w, granite, ss appls, gar+, w/d, a/c, near Septa. 215-913-0619 13xx Mt. Pleasant Ave. 1br/2br $650 Newly renov., W/D. 267-528-9275

56 W Pomona St. 1BR $625+utils Newly renov. 1mo + sec. 267.549.8946 63xx Germantown Ave. 2bBR $750 Lg, low utils, w/w cpt, yrd, 215-681-3896 81xx Rugby St. 2BR/1BA. $775 + utils new reno, LR, KIT. Call 215-868-2751.

Johnson St. 1 & 2 BR $675-$845 Spacious, on site laundry, heat incl, PHA Vouchers Accepted, 215.966.9371

13XX W. 65th Ave. 1BR/1BA $650, Lg, on a beaut country like, tree lined St. could be used as student 2Br, hdwd flrs, tile bath, Oak cabs in eat in kit. Tastefully renov. 215-242-1204 or 267-250-9822 Broad & Cheltenham vic 1br $750+util 2BR, 2nd flr, $850+util 215.850.1649 Broad Oaks 1BR & 2BR Lndry rm. Special Discount! 215-834-1623 W. OAKLAND 1br $600+util., dup.

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apartment marketplace 45xx Frankford Ave. Studio $500 2nd floor, private kitchen. 215-289-2973

4630 Penn St. Lrg 1Br $550 Effc $435 w/w, close to transp. 267.235.5952 4645 Penn St. Lg 1BR $650. gas/wtr inc. 215-781-8072

5709 Charles St. 2BR/1BA $650+ gas & electric, 2nd floor. 267-456-8383

61xx Colgate St. 1BR $575 + utils 2nd flr., $35 crd chk. 215-498-1807 Castor Gardens 1BR/1BA $665+ No pets. Call 267-872-7125 LAWNDALE 1BR/1BA $635 + utilities. A/C. Call 609-408-9298

Wissinoming 1BR & Effic $600 & $500 Spacious, EIK, Good Area 610.454.0307

Sunnyside Ave. 2BR/1BA $650+utils 2 Story Apt, Near trans, new flooring, big yard, Sec. 8 ok, no pets. 610.335.1055

Glenolden 1BR 1BA $700 heat & H20 incl, nr train. 917.406.2868

UPPER DARBY 2BR $750+utils 2nd Floor, 2+1. 610-202-9292

Wallingford 1BR $900+utils Luxury Crum Creek Valley condo, den, A/C, W/D, pool, tennis, no pets, sec. sys. credit check. 610.399.8491

Elkins Park 2br $900 + utils newly reno, 1st flr, w/d, 610-675-7586 Penn Valley-Tower at Oak Hill 1BR/1BA $1050/mo. All amen & utils, on site exercise room. Avail 11/15. 610-296-5766

11xx N. 55TH ST. BRAND NEW BLDG Single rms $400, double rms $600.

Rms w/ba $500, Rms w/ba & kit $600.

Fully furn w/ full size beds, fridge, & dresser. Couples welcome! SSI/SSD/VA, Payee services, Public assistance ok.

Also S, W, N. 267.707.6129 12xx Somerset $125/Week Call 267.297.6908 or 215.880.0173 16th & Lehigh, 21st & York, 22nd & Allegheny - $325/mo. SSI ok. 215-485-8815

16xx Orthodox St., 1BR, 100/wk, clean, nice size, share BA, 814.777.8956

17th/20th & Erie. $100/week.

Furn rooms. SSI ok. 267-690-0204 20th & Lehigh - Large rooms starting at $400/month. Call 215-834-4445 22nd & Allegheny, $85/week. Share kitchen & bath. SSI ok. 267-973-0397 22nd & Tioga priv ent paint use of kit ww $120wk $290move in 267-997-5212

22xx Fonutain St., Share Bath 45xx Frankfort Ave., Share bath $400-$425/Month. Call 267-670-6689 23rd & Montgomery - newly renov, furn, SSI OK. $80+/week. Call (267) 784-2578 23xx Lehigh, $330-$350/mo, kitch use, income verif./ref’s req. 267-456-3786 2547 N. 31st St., move in $500, New Reno, Lrg., Furnished. Mike 267.223.9151 25th & Allegheny, 51st & Haverford $350-400/mo. Newly renov 215.237.7916 25th and York $100/wk shared kit & bath. Sec dep req’d. 267-997-6271 29th & LeHigh Ave , Room for rent. $380 move in. Kitch priv 267-538-2088

automotive 54xx Race St. 3br/1ba, $800+utils Spacious, new appliances. Free gift card upon move in. 856.449.9444

N. PHILA $75 & up, SSI & Vets+ok, drug free, Furn, Kitch. Avl Now. 215-817-0893 N. Phila Furn Rms. SS & vets welcome.

No drugs. $100 & up. Call 267-595-4414 N. & West. Phila Rooms for rent $135/wk, newly renov. 267.209.0010

Orthodox and Torresdale, 13th and York, 51st and Brown, 54th and Landsdown, 215-290-8702 Richmond $400/mo. kit privileges Seniors Welcome 215-634-1139 S 59th St. near El, furnished, fridge, $95/wk + $95 sec. 215-472-8119 S. Phila Furn Rms. SS & Vets welcome.

No drugs. $100/wk & up. 267-357-5148

29xx Seventh St. $400/month Clean, big, share BA/KIT, 814.777.8956 33rd & Ridge Ave. $100-125/week. Large renovated furnished rooms near Fairmount Park & bus depot. (267) 712-9893 4900 North Marvine $125/ wk No smoking/drugs. 267-593-1439 49th & Haverford - Clean, use of kitchen, near public transp., no drugs. $100-$120/wk. Call 267.582.9128 51xx Brown St., $100/week Lrg, cln, furn., $300move in.215.687.6233 51XX Haverford Ave. Rooms. $400 Bright, clean, carpeted, near EL, all utils incl. SSI OK. Drug & Drama free. Call now!

267-436-1432 53xx N. Broad St. Room & Apt. Full fridge, 27" TV, AC. 480.822.7472

56th & Whitby Ave, $125/week with cable. Newly renovated, 215-301-0471 56xx GREENWAY - carpeted furn’d rm, kitc priv.$450/mo 267-331-6890

57xx Landsdown Ave $400-500/mo.

Fully Furnished, Clean & Safe Enviroment, Near Trans 267.592.0478 800 blk UPSAL ST FURNISHED ROOM $500/mo. All utils incl 215-276-1045

Broad & Hunting Park $75-$125/wk. Newly renov., great transp., SSI OK. Call 267-588-5517 BROAD & LEHIGH special $400 1st mo Furn cable ready 215-510-0928 Review Broad St. Area - Rms starting at $95 & up No drugs. Other loc avl. 215-252- 2839

Castor & Huntington Park Ave, West Philly, 25th & Clearfield, 52nd & Girard.

Rooms for rent. Share kitch. & bath, $375 & up. SSI ok.Call 267-888-1754 FRANKFORD , Newly renov, nicely furnished, A/C, W/D, cable, clean, safe & secure. Call (267) 253-7764 Frankford, nice rm in apt, near bus & El, $300 sec, $90/wk & up. 215-526-1455 Germantown - $100-$150 Large Rooms, SSI ok. Call 215.687.3319 GERMANTOWN $110/week with kitchen. Call 215-760-0206 Germantown Area: NICE, cozy rooms.

Private entry. No drugs. (267)988-5890

S, SW, W Germantown $350-$500 Utilities Included. SSI ok. 215-806-7078 Temple Hospital area - newly renov., $500-$550 utils. incl. 267-872-5424

214 N Simpson, 3BR/1BA, $775+utils Credit Check, 215.464.9371 225 N Gross St. 3BR/1BA $895 www.perutoproperties.com 215.740.4900

Pottstown Townhouse 3BR/1.5BA $1095 + util. Sanatoga, 15 min from King of Purssia 610-584-6592

Temp Hosp area 3/4BR Sngl Fam Avail Now. Move in Special 215-386-4792

E Tulpehocken St. 5BR/1.5BA $1500 Lrg., renovated, new carpet 215-701-4731 Germantown, 3BR/1BA, $1000+utils Large Single , sec.8 ok, 215.849.4826

W. PHILA Furnished Rooms $120 $140/week. Carpet, W/D. 267.236.2158 W. PHILA. - Furnished Rooms & Effic.

Near transp. $90/wk. Call 215-317-5872 W. Phila Furn Rms SS & Vets welcome.

No drugs, $100/wk & up 267-586-6502 YEADON- Nice 1BR. $650 incl. util 3 mos req. Ready to move! 215.356.2256

homes for rent 14xx S. 21st St. 3BR/2BA $1050 finished basement, full deck, Section 8 ok, Call 215-545-4894 or 267-650-0371

Point Breeze-17XX S. TAYLOR ST. 3BR/1BA $895-Gorgeous rehabbed row on nice block w carpet, newer bath and appliances. Barbecue ready yard. $895 incl water max $100. Needs nothing. 2.5 months to move in. Pix on craigslist.

Please call 215-279-1234 and leave MSG.

Germantown 4BR/2BA $1450+utils Large enclosed porch, partially furnished, W/D. Call 215.849.4826

66xx N 20th St. 3br/1ba $900+utils newly reno, nice block, ref’s a must.

Call Kathy (215)275-3774

3275 Memphis St 3BR/1BA $950/mos. + util.; Beaut/new renov. MUST SEE! Call (215) 694-0360.

19xx E. Stella 3BR 1.5BA $1050+Utils New Reno, C/A, HDWD Flrs, W/D, Fridge, 2+1 Move in (Neg) 215.236.2363

Orthodox and Leiper 2BR/2BA, $750 Front porch, no pets. 215-289-2973

15xx Stevens, 3BR/1BA Beaut,sec.8ok,732.267.2190,215.839.9211

6009 Trinity St. 3BR/2BA $900 +Utils newly renov, Sec 8 ok 215.680.2538 63xx Buist, 3BR/1BA, $775+utils Open front porch, great street Mark 610.764.9739, Keisha 215.207.5544

CHESTER COUNTY Apts. 3br 2.5 ba, w/w carpet, nr Exton Train Station. $1950. Don 215-485-0215

6532 Glenmore, 3BR, $800, $2K Move In. Quiet block, nice house, 267. 584.5964 South West Phila 2BR /3BR "Modern." Elmwood Area. 215.726.8817

14xx N Ithan St. 2BR/1BA $650 +Utils New Renovated, Sec 8 Ok, 267-574-6591 1718 Aberdeen 3BR/1BA $800+Utils new remod, 2+1. Call 267-223-9151 2BR 3BR Houses Sec. 8 Welcome

Germantown, furn., good loc. clean, quiet, near transp. 215.849.8994 12-8p Huntington Park Area $90/week $180 to move in! Dennis, 267-456-9403 Logan/NP/WP - Clean, tv, cable. $100-$125/week. Call 609.526.5411 North Phila & Germantown Rooms for rent $100-$125/wk. Call 267-549-4690 N. Phila. $75 & up. SSI & Vets + ok, drug free. Avail immed. 215-763-5565

West Phila 1br- 6br $800+ Sec. 8 housing. w/w, h/w, w/d, Call 267-773-8265

Beautifully renovated Call (267)981-2718

48xx Fairmount Ave 3BR/1.5BA $850+ Nice Porch & yrd, W/D. 267-816-2715

Delware Cnty 3 &4BR $900 & Up +Utils Section 8 ok. Avail Now. 610-394-0768

Upp. Darby: 7218 Spruce St. 3BR $1100 DR, LR, Kitchen, sunroom 610.674.9932 UPPER DARBY, 2BR/1BA, $875+utils.

Near 69th St., Hdwd flrs, C/A, no pets, sec. 8 ok, 2 mo. sec. req’d., 610-335-1055

Upper Darby 4br $1295+ utils .

EIK, jacuzzi, deck, LR, DR, den, fire place, hdwd flrs, d/w. 610-842-5996

51xx Parish St, 3BR/1BA $775 Reno., Back Yard., 215.704.4427 5404 Delancey 2BR $700+ utils gd cond, 1st/last & sec 267-968-6131

YEADON 4BR/2BA $1300 Lg., renov, quiet st. Call 484.888.2264

BMW 325i 2006 $14,500 loaded, auto, leather, 609-367-6734

Chevy Impala SS 1996 $8,500 OBO Blk, 73k, strng running car. 215.834.9299 Honda CR-V, 2002, $8400 104k, Sunroof, towing pkg., auto Call 484.432.6826

WANTED: Junk cars, trucks, farm and construction equipment. Also, top prices for classic and antique cars.

Call 856-375-9200 or 609-417-7815

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

low cost cars & trucks Cad Convert 1969 $2,000 New top, rugs, etc. 215-920-0929

Chevrolet 4 Door Deluxe 1952 $2500 Restoration started. 856-589-5125 Chevy Impala LS 2000 $1,900 obo Inspected, runs great. Call 267-441-4612 Chevy Malibu LS, 2000, $1650 4 door, loaded, clean, 215.280.4825 Chevy Silverado 1500 1999 $2900 Step body, 216K Mi, 267.265.7996 Ford ExplorerXLS 2002 $2100/obo 185k, may trade, Insp 12/14 267.975.4483 Infiniti I-30 2000 $3295 Lthr, sunroof, gorgerous 610.524.8835 Mazda Miata 2002 $3200 Manual, 95k Mi, 267-265-7996 Mercedes 300 SEL 1988 $2,300/OBO May trade, 219K Mi All orig, In/Out, S/R Insp 12/31/15, Exec. Cond. 267-975-4483 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 2002 $2995 Minivan. Call 610-667-3863

SAAB 9-3 Convertible 2002 $3000 Good condition, 151k mi. 856-577-1295

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[ i love you, i hate you ] To place your FREE ad (100 word limit) ³ visit lovehate@citypaper.net ASSHOLE CASHIER You stupid bitch...I thought when the shift in these stores changed that meant that the person got alittle smarter that was on the register! SIKE! You dumb bitches...ever since you merged with another store you seem like you don’t have a clue what is going on...what are you doing...I was standing in the fucking line for at least 15 minutes...and it made me mad...I couldn’t understand what the fuck two people on the register couldn’t get one thing together to save your pathetic souls...it really didn’t make any sense at all. I hate going into the store but it is the closest to my house. These cashiers really need to do better...that means buckling up on the customer service.

I just wanted to let you know that your excuses get old...and so are you..you told me that you moved and you haven’t asked me to come over there yet.. nor have you came over my house in a extra long time...so I am just sending this because I decided to move on for good reason, don’t you think? I am done trying to get you over my house..give me my bra and my $50 and keep it moving..there are plenty of men that would like to spend time with me, I will just go that route and see what is going on with them..tired of waiting for you!

together, only to drop back down and do it again.

When I gaze at my horizon, I see you looking out at your sea and moon, knowing your heart beats steady and strong, full of quiet passion. I haven’t heard from you for some time and I think of you.

I have found someone and will try to explore the relationship as though you did not exist. I have no hope for us. Stupidly, there is a voice that tells me that I cannot be truly content with anyone until my moments with you—I cannot see myself being with anyone else for long. But since it takes

STRONG WORDS You almost made me lose my job, my utilities and my sanity then you turn around and tell me you love me Get the Fuck Out of Here! You must be living life between different galaxies because I missed the love by a longshot. I kept it 100 with you and you threw it down the drain like shit water. I was honest with you from the gate and you, like the criminal you are, stole my fuckin heart and pawned it as if you were on a crack binge. You are surely one ungrateful, selfish, irresponsible, negligent, immature and unbelievable fucker.

From this “relationship” I’ve learned to follow my gut if it looks suspect and evidence follows make your case. I guess I shouldn’t expect you to play your part since you are a BOY in a Mansuit. I hope your mentality catches up to your body, dickhead with shit for brains.

IN-LOVE Most of the time I am in love with you...but when we made love that morning...I was happy because I took you off-guard, which I wanted to do...I didn’t want you to see that it was coming at all. I love you..do you know that? This song keeps playing over and over...and it plays in my head over and over...I think to myself...he is everything to me! I love him so much...I can’t wait to see you sometimes...I want to jump into your arms...You are mine and you aren’t going anywhere...people really think that they can’t break this up...it isn’t happening.! I love you honey!

THANK GOD

NO ORGASM

You know who you are..you always have excuses...

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To all the stupid assholes that go into a store and pretend they are fucking clueless about what the fuck is going on...why do you even bother to go to the store around a rush hour. I really think that it is pathetic when you hold up the fucking line just because! Don’t you understand that I have to go back to work? It doesn’t make any sense how people waste time on dumb-ass shit and wasting everyone’s time is not the right thing to do...

I don’t think that you are ever going to get tired of calling me but I am tired of hearing from you! Why can’t you just move on already. I am just tired of the whole thing. I pick up the phone and hear your voice I get a sharp pain in the fucking neck and I am thinking to myself, Why is he calling/ Can’t you see that it is over? I moved on and so should you! Why are you not getting this through your mind? I hope that you find someone more on your speed.

Marriage...What does that really mean? I am asking this because it seems like everyone is making such a big deal about it ...it isn’t a big deal to me...all it means is that the both of y’all share your bills together with debt. And it means that you supposed to be exclusive but fuck marriage.

I am happy with my situation being the way that it is. Mind your business and stay away from me and I will stay away from you! I enjoy minding my business so much...You are not what you think you are....most of the people that are married are fucking miserable fucks, lonely, and looking for some satisfaction somewhere else. I know I hit this right on the head! Do better folks!

NOT BEGGING

SOMETHING’S WRONG

STOP ALREADY

DOESN’T MEAN CRAP

You know that I really love you...I truly do...but the other day when we made love...I wasn’t able to come...I think it was because I was being rushed to do it. I didn’t understand what was going on because it seemed like it happened at the last minute. Meanwhile you are saying that you were totally satisfied and I was sitting there like WTF because I never was allowed to come. I wish that I was able to complete my part because I probably would be nicer to everyone that is around me! You got your shit off and now it is my turn..now where the fuck did I put that phone number as a back up to what I really wanted to do? His name starts with a “D”...that was the really orgasm pleaser!

ass! You ugly ass bitch! You’re nothing!

REALITY GETS IN THE WAY When it rains and I am slightly protected by the red umbrella I wish to see the pink glow on your face. You, towering over me with a face of annoyance, your pants marked by the furious drops.

Me, laughing and playing with the puddles, trying to make your soul smile along with mine. For that is truly the only thing worth happiness and joy. When the wind rushes and brushes my face when my body swings and I am happy, I wish to see you beside me challenging me to new heights.

With all seriousness in the world, you push me and I push you and at a moment we take flight

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two, and you have faded away, I must believe otherwise.

SIT DOWN KISS-UP Every time I turn around I am seeing you in someone’s face! Why can’t you just sit the fuck down somewhere and get yourself together.

Nobody cares about your husband and you! Really we don’t care! Can’t you tell, you ugly smut. I’ve heard so many digusting stories about your ass! I started not to believe them but I do now, when I see you prancing around I think to myself, this nasty ass bitch! Sit the fuck down already! Why are you personally here anyway! We figured just to kiss

There are so many people getting laid off from jobs, getting fired...I just wanted to say you better thank GOD that you still have you jobs. I mean people that we work with you see them everyday...you should not take advantage of that! Nobody wishes to be let go from a job and the people that make the bulk of the load of money you guys need to take a fuckin pay cut so that the real workers can keep their jobs. I don’t think it is fair...it is tough times but damn...how tough is it going to be....how do you motherfuckers sleep at night knowing you let someone go....sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do but...what about you...do you volunteer for a pay cut?? Selfish fucks!

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