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Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis grapples with a security guard at the Four Seasons Hotel who mistook him for a Rolling Stones fan. “No, I knew exactly who he was,” says guard.

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City Council President Darrell Clarke says that we, as a city, have “pretty much shot our load” on attempts to fix schools funding. Then, he relaxes, lights a cigarette and points out how useful a 10-cent-percigarette tax is in such situations.

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Poet Judy Breslin — who posts QR codes on stickers that link to her poems around Old City — is called a vandal by some business owners. Thus making her the most celebrated poet of our time.

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Philly music teachers hold a farewell concert on what is likely their last day before they lose their jobs to budget cuts. It was just the M*A*S*H theme, over and over, until a guy with a push broom came to sweep them all away.

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Ex-cop Jonathan Josey, fired after being videotaped punching a woman in the face but found not guilty of assault, lobbies to get his job back. But the answer’s no, because he punched a woman in the face.

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Neighbors who live near a large scrap pile in South Philly complain that it’s an eyesore. “ME NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES,” admits Xfinity Live.

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Developers consider building a large mixed-use site in South Kensington similar to the Piazza. Congratulations, people who like to watch Comcast SportsNet commercials in an empty lot at top volume: You now have a choice.

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Gov.Tom Corbett signs a bill abolishing the city’s Traffic Court. Let The Purge begin.

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The Flyers buy out the contracts of Danny Briere and Ilya Bryzgalov, essentially paying $26 million for them not to play for the Flyers. “I basically don’t believe in anything anymore,” says local music teacher, lying down with her bassoon in the middle of Broad Street. “Society has made its decision about what’s valuable and what’s not. And that’s that.”

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BUILT TO FILL With what Pennsylvania’s spending on new prisons, our school-funding crisis could be resolved. Critics call it a case of misplaced priorities. By Daniel Denvir

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ver the past several weeks, as teachers and students have protested in the streets over the devastating layoffs of 3,859 Philadelphia public-school employees, workers at a sprawling construction site 30 miles to the north have been making orderly progress. Their work site? The future state prisons, Phoenix I and II, that is planned to replace Montgomery County’s State Correctional Institution at Graterford, at a $400 million price tag. At a time when Philly schools are facing a $304 million budget gap, critics say the construction reflects backward priorities — particularly on the part of Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, who has cut nearly $1 billion from public-school funding. That sentiment has spread in recent weeks, going viral on Facebook and prompting a widely criticized performance by Mayor Michael Nutter on MSNBC. “It’s just sending a message to teachers and to school-age children that schools are no longer a priority,” says Fatimah IslamHernandez, a member of Decarcerate PA, a group critical of state and federal laws that have made the United States the world’s highest per-capita jailer. “They’re saying, ‘No, this is your destiny, this is where you’re going to end up, so we might as well put all of our funding into this.’”

Earlier this month, Islam-Hernandez, a teacher at Clara Barton Elementary School, joined a march from Philly to Harrisburg calling for a “people’s budget, not a prison budget.” Yet construction is moving along, set to be complete by summer 2015. It will be the secondmost-expensive project ever undertaken by our state government. Corrections Secretary John Wetzel, a professed advocate of downsizing prisons, has taken fire from activists over the new construction, which he says he at first questioned: “Our initial plan was also to pull the plug on Phoenix … and then, when we looked at the existing Graterford, it’s just outlived its usefulness.” Wetzel, who takes credit for closing two state prisons, says the new Montgomery County institutions are necessary to “create environments in our prisons that help people get well.” Graterford was built in 1929, he says, and is “not an environment that’s conducive to rehabilitation.” He points to the lack of air conditioning in the prison’s mental-health unit, which poses a danger to mentally ill patients. Ninety percent of prisoners will eventually be released, and both sides of the debate agree that improving re-entry services is critical. Witness the recent Philly job fair for ex-offenders, shut down when an overwhelming 3,000 job seekers showed up. Currently, about six in 10 inmates recidivate within three years of their release. Wetzel is well aware that change is required. “We’ve used corrections as a default for all our social ills, including behavioral-health issues.” In 2012, he championed Senate Bill 100, known as the

“ They’re saying, ‘Prison is your destiny.’”

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✚ CHECK, PLEASE Imagine you are a Philly City Council member. You enjoy a salary of $120,000, a budget exceeding $1 million and access to a barely monitored $2 million Activities Fund, known as Council’s “walking-around money.” Now, imagine you want something more: to help out a friend, stage a charitable event like a coat drive and get some positive press in the process. You could coordinate volunteers and put out collection bins. Or you could do what Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown did for her annual “Warmth in Winter” clothing drive: Get the Office of Supportive Housing (OSH), which oversees homeless shelters, to fund it by cutting checks totaling $6,500 over three years to Teenagers in Charge (TIC), a nonprofit run by Judith McDaniel, wife of Brown’s ex-campaign-manager-turned-federalinmate John McDaniel. In order to access that information, City Paper was referred to the city Law Department and eventually required to file a Right to Know request. But OSH director Dainette Mintz says such Council-directed donations aren’t anything unusual. OSH has also, for example, funded an annual Halloween event held by Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell. Mintz did not evaluate TIC. She just responded to a request from Brown’s office. “They asked us to make the check payable to the entity they identified,” Mintz says. “We were not familiar with the group.”

Of course, there’s no reason Mintz would be familiar with TIC, since it is not a homeless-assistance organization but a youthdevelopment program. A spokesperson for Brown says, “[TIC] was chosen because the Councilwoman believed in its mission.”

OSH also never asked for receipts or details on expenditures. In fact, OSH and Brown’s office provided differing pictures of where the money went. OSH claimed it was used to pay for tokens, collection boxes, a pizza party and “small stipends” for “volunteers.” The councilwoman’s office said the money all went toward purchasing clothing — that, in fact, two-thirds of the items were purchased, not donated — and to a “finale” event for the recipient families. McDaniel did not respond to a request for comment. Administration spokesperson Mark McDonald dismissed questions, noting it was a “very small discretionary grant.” He said he didn’t know whether it’s standard practice for Council members to ask city departments to fund their initiatives. He also noted that there are “costs associated with any fundraiser.” So, CP asked an

Receipts or details on expenditures were never asked for.

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Philly, which ran at the same time Brown’s did, what its costs were. The answer: There were none. Then-Plymouth Whitemarsh High School students Michael Banerjee and Kevin Hennessy, with volunteers and in-kind donations, collected more than 1,000 articles of winter clothing for homeless children last year. Bannerjee, now a Penn State freshman says, “Warming Philly does not accept monetary donations, so we do not really work with a budget.” Brown’s Warmth in Winter event was featured on CBS 3. Banerjee and Hennessy? They only got a mention from their local Montgomery County newspaper. —Ryan Briggs

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BAD BREAKS ³ WHAT’S NECESSARY to save Philly schools, the refrain goes, is “shared sacrifice.” That, as I’ve noted ad nauseam, translates to an expectation that educators sacrifice the most to avert devastating cuts, including the layoffs of 3,859 teachers, aides, administrators and other staff. But big business, thanks to laissez-faire sentiment stretching from City Hall to Harrisburg to Congress, will contribute almost nothing. Let’s start with City Hall: As budget season ended Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez withdrew a proposal to raise $32 million from big business through a targeted Use and Occupancy tax hike. The plan had faced opposition from the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, which protested that it would “signal to job creators that our city might not be the most conducive place to set up shop.” But that is misleading: The city’s Actual Value Initiative, which reorders a long-broken property-tax system, shamefully shifts about $30 million of the tax burden from commercial and industrial properties to people’s homes. Beneficiaries of that shift include the tax-subsidized Comcast Center, which, thanks to its 10-year tax abatement, already received a $28.8 million break from 2008 through 2013. Also consider wealthy nonprofits like the University of Pennsylvania, which has a $6.75 billion endowment and pays no property taxes. Unlike counterparts in other cities, Penn also contributes no payments-in-lieu-of-taxes. Nonprofits sit on $30.6 billion in untaxed city property. Mayor Nutter, despite a favorable 2012 state Supreme Court ruling, has failed to crack down. In Harrisburg, Gov. Tom Corbett and legislative Republicans cut nearly $1 billion from public education. But they have not closed the “Delaware loophole,” which allows corporations to dodge hundreds of millions in state taxes, and they want to cut corporate net income taxes more. Though they finally passed a tax on gas drillers — some of Corbett’s most generous donors — it was rock-bottom low. For a true shared sacrifice, Harrisburg should at the very least freeze the planned decrease in the Capital Stock and Foreign Franchise tax — a move that would generate millions for schools statewide. And in Congress, tax-averse Republicans have pushed the federal budget into the sequester’s vice. As a result, Pennsylvania is set to lose around $27.2 million in Title I funding for its poorest schools. Nutter and many on City Council are putting bigbusiness tax cuts ahead of Philadelphia students. Isn’t Gov. Corbett trouble enough? ✚ Send feedback to daniel.denvir@citypaper.net.

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Justice Reinvestment Initiative, which aims to put nonviolent offenders in rehabilitation programs — and keep them out of state prison. Wetzel credits the law with helping decrease the state prison population by 500 inmates. While modest, it is the largest one-year decrease since 1971. Wetzel projects the law will reduce the population by 3,600 inmates over five years. “We came in with a plan to really look at criminal-justice policy and improve outcomes,” he says. “When you improve outcomes by having better and smarter criminaljustice policy, you also reduce population.” The state’s prison population has increased from 8,000 to 50,000 in 30 years. Since 1980, the state has gone from nine prisons to 26. On any given day, says Wetzel, between 1,500 and 2,000 inmates are in prison simply because they don’t have a home plan as required to be released on parole. Wetzel suggests that Decarcerate, instead of railing against Corbett, ought to turn its focus to the legislators who persist in passing the tough-oncrime policies that fuel prison expansion. “We continue to pass legislation that really has no basis in research but makes us feel good,” he says. “If that’s what we want, then just shut up and pay the bill for corrections. But keep in mind that it’s not just costing money, it’s costing lives when you put people in a state prison and they come out worse.”

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will not actually replace Graterford, but simply expand upon it. And state officials concede they could be right: The Corbett administration plans to “mothball” Graterford, at an annual cost of $5 million, so that it could be reopened in the future. That very thing happened in 2003, when the state constructed a new prison in Fayette County so that its oldest prison, built in Pittsburgh in 1882, could close. By 2005, the old penitentiary was likewise “mothballed.” But in 2007 it was opened to new inmates once again, as Pennsylvania’s incarcerated population continued its rise. If history repeats and Graterford is brought back into service, the state’s already bloated prison capacity will expand substantially. The two new prisons will contain 4,000 beds, slightly more than the 3,987 currently available at Graterford. There will also be a new 200-bed women’s unit. Tearing down Graterford — rather than keeping it in reserve — could allay some concerns, and Wetzel says he’d like to do that. But he is unsure whether there will be sufficient funds for a demolition project he guesses would cost $10 million to $20 million. It’s unclear why the $5 million in annual maintenance costs would be easier to come by. Activists also argue that the state should have publicly considered renovating Graterford rather than replacing it. The new prisons, according to Wetzel, will save $33 million per year on operations costs. But no accounting of the potential costs of renovation has been made public. “There are so many things that need to be maintained and fixed and retrofit,” Department of Corrections spokesperson Susan McNaughton explained in an email. “Just repairing the roofs

alone will cost millions. It would never be to the standard that Phoenix will be.” Politically and legally, prison overcrowding can play to activists’ advantage. In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California’s overcrowded prisons violated the constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment, and ordered the state to reduce its prison population by 30,000. If California could have afforded to build more prisons, the case would have been moot and population growth would have remained unchecked. Prison expansion most everywhere has been a bipartisan project: The Phoenix construction was first approved under Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell as part of the 2008 capital budget. The Corbett administration did cancel construction of a

“It’s not just costing money, it’s costing lives.” new Fayette County prison, and Wetzel oversaw the closing of prisons at Greensburg and Cresson. But activists say the gestures were empty, since prisoners were simply moved to a new prison in Benner Township. Prison critics say that one thing that would successfully decrease prison ranks is fully funding education. “We want to see the resources that go into prison construction go into our communities instead,” says Thomas Dichter, a Decarcerate member. Wetzel says he agrees: The population of state prisons, which currently incarcerate one in every 200 Pennsylvania adults, must be reduced. “The thing I love about Decarcerate is they make people think about the criminal-justice system,” says Wetzel. “Education over incarceration? Yep, we agree.” ³ MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER

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Half the inmates are from Philly. “This is the city’s prison.” demanding that state funds be shifted from corrections to education. Criticism of Nutter boiled over after a June 10 appearance on MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes where he refused to denounce prison construction or school budget cuts and closings. Daily News reporter Will Bunch’s critique was characteristic of the negative reviews, calling Nutter’s stance a “bizarre defense of the current status quo.” “Some people don’t understand the difference between a city and state budget and who pays for what,” Nutter spokesperson Mark McDonald wrote in an email. “You may want to discuss spending choices made at the commonwealth level. That’s fine, but we have nothing to do with it.” Nutter, who declined an interview request, has continued to express frustration on the subject. Three days after his television appearance, Nutter tweeted: “News Flash — the ‘prison’ that some are talking about is NOT in Phila, has NOTHING to do with Phila, and it is REPLACING 3 prisons in Pa.” Nutter is incorrect: There are two prisons that will replace one prison. And Philadelphians make up 30 percent of the state prison population, and more than 50 percent at Graterford. As Wetzel told the Inquirer this month: “This is the city’s prison.” And critics might soon be protesting outside City

Hall — about matters that are within the city’s control. Philadelphia’s capital budget this year includes $2.3 million to purchase land for city jail expansion, to replace the House of Correction. The expansion is part of a Philly Prison System master plan that is not yet complete. The coming city debate will likely echo the conflict over Graterford: The House of Correction, built in 1927, is dilapidated and overcrowded. City prisons have been heavily criticized — and sued — for “triple-celling,” or putting a third inmate on a cot on the floor. “People in Philadelphia who are looking at 23 schools being closed, who are looking at this doomsday budget, are not going to look very kindly on a new prison being constructed,” says Dichter. “The days of prison growth and expansion without people noticing what is happening — I think those days are over.” (daniel.denvir@citypaper.net)

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TEACHING AID In response to the Hostile Witness column about the unfair demands on teachers for salary cuts to help solve the School District’s budget shortfall [“Blaming Teachers Won’t Fix Philly Schools,” Daniel Denvir, June 20, 2013], citypaper.net commenter teachersteve wrote: “With all the ‘shared sacrifice,’ how many charter schools will be closed to plug the [budget] hole? Will they ‘share’ my grad-school tuition payment? That’s a sacrifice! How about in the buying of supplies for my classroom, and NOT that hundred-dollar allotment! That’s not a sacrifice when teachers spend hundreds and, in some cases, more than a thousand dollars a year for trips, books, paper, sanitizer, etc.!” Online commenter ka3kcj added: “I am a recently retired teacher who cannot believe what is going on in my city,with teachers who work so hard that most [other people] would not last a day. One more hour of the same old test-prep stuff is not going to make any increase in scores.Teachers in Philly work much harder than our counterparts in the affluent suburbs. We deserve MORE, not less.” And a commenter going by the name I Teach in Philly simply wrote: “Bravo and thank you for putting this into words.”

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INSTITUTIONAL MEMORIES Our cover story on the legacy of Byberry, Northeast Philly’s infamous mental institution [“What Did We Learn from Byberry?” Patrick Rapa, June 20, 2013], prompted Chris Cummins to email us: “I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your Byberry piece. I grew up right near there, and the grounds were always a source of fascination and fear. It seemed like there wasn’t a week that went by during my childhood where another story about the place didn’t spread through my neighborhood like urban-legend wildfire. … I plan on checking out those books [about the institution].” Likewise, Keith Barger emailed: “I live near there. I used to play Little League baseball next door (Somerton Spartans). My mother used to threaten to send me there when I would act up as a child. I remember exploring the empty buildings. You could get lost in there and never be found.”

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RAISED ATTENDING Society Hill Synagogue, studying jazz and classical music in school and listening to his parents’ records of Broadway show tunes at home, Blacksberg, 29, was never exposed to the rock music that was ubiquitous for most of his peers. “I had absolutely no idea about rock music, classic rock, ’90s rock, hip-hop, anything,” he says. “I knew a couple of songs here and there that were totally unavoidable, and with Napster I learned a little more, but I really missed the boat on all the music of my time. I probably fit in with a lot of people who have alternative music tastes — I felt a sense of rejection as a child, I was isolated, I was a nerd and weird and didn’t fit in — but somehow I never made it to listening to any of

“THEY WERE, LIKE, ‘EVERYBODY WANTS TO PLAY DRUMS, HERE’S A FRENCH HORN.’” seamlessly,” he says. “I’ve always been interested in taking things from really disparate places and putting them together because I hear some connection that’s maybe not the most obvious. This is similar to Electric Simcha — it just happens to be extremely slow as opposed to extremely fast.”

BLACKSBERG GREW UP in what he calls “perfectly middleof-the-road Conservative Judaism.” His earliest musical memories are Friday-night Shabbat dinners with his family, where “me and my parents and my brother and sometimes our parakeet would sing along. We would light some candles, recite a prayer, pour some wine or grape juice, recite a prayer. There was always singing associated.” He was introduced to instrumental music in the fourth grade at William M. Meredith Elementary, when he walked into the music room and asked to study the drums. “They were, like, ‘Everybody wants to play drums, here’s a French horn.’” He switched to trombone that summer “because I had braces and it’s a lot easier to play.” That fall, Blacksberg moved to Masterman middle school; he credits its music director, Marc Johnson, with instilling a love of deviating from the norm. “We would go to these suburban jazz-band competitions, and our repertoire was super eclectic: Stevie Wonder, Brazilian pop tunes, Art Blakey charts. Then the other bands would all be big bands playing Charlie Parker or Duke Ellington tunes, exactly what you’d expect. So we were the weird, different ones, and that went in deep and stuck. Being different and trying to forge a CONTINUED ON PAGE 18

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n a back room of the West Philly yoga space Studio 34 last weekend, Dan Blacksberg sat in a circle with seven other musicians, leading them through the constituent parts of an entry-level klezmer tune. Turning to a saxophonist whose rhythmic feel betrayed his jazz background, Blacksberg encouraged him to stick to a tighter 4/4 beat. “It’s a very square beat,” he shrugged, counting off the steady rhythm. “It’s very square music, but that’s kind of what I like about it.” The music that Blacksberg will play on the stage of Johnny Brenda’s this weekend will be anything but square. The show will celebrate the release of Pillar Without Mercy (Tzadik), the debut CD by his new band, Deveykus. The quintet’s grinding rhythms and heavy electric squall wouldn’t make for ideal wedding music, but its sound is not entirely disconnected from the melodies that the trombonist was teaching at his klezmer workshop. Deveykus blends doom metal with traditional Hasidic melodies, a combination that made the album a perfect fit for John Zorn’s “Radical Jewish Culture” series. “It’s really the only place for music that’s trying to be both Jewish-oriented and experimentally oriented at the same time,” Blacksberg says of Zorn’s series. “I’m coming at this from the point of view of making Jewish music that exists in a broader sound world. I’m not trying to make Jewish-inflected jazz or to figure out the intersections between klezmer and tango or whatever. I think this stuff sounds like rock ’n’ roll and it sounds like Jewish music.” It’s only in recent years that Blacksberg has fused his interest in traditional Jewish music with his jazz and experimentalmusic playing. After graduating from Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music in 2006 and moving back to his native Philadelphia, Blacksberg regularly alternated months of touring Europe playing klezmer music with free-improvisation gigs at home. It wasn’t until he formed Electric Simcha in 2010, bringing together old-world Hasidic melodies and punk-rock aggression, that Blacksberg found a way to intertwine those two strands of his musical life. “I kept them explicitly separate for a very long time because I never wanted to do something where you could see the glue,” he explains. “The key was punk rock.”

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that stuff. But somehow it was the missing piece of the puzzle.” It was through longtime friend and collaborator Nick Millevoi that Blacksberg finally caught up on his rock listening. Millevoi is the guitarist for jazz-punk power trio Many Arms and Blacksberg’s partner in new-music duo and concert presenters Archer Spade. The two have worked together in numerous projects (not to mention shared West Philly living quarters), and the door was opened when Millevoi handed Blacksberg the book Our Band Could Be Your Life, Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the ’80s underground rock movement. “I read that and started listening to Black Flag and the Minutemen and Mission to Burma and Richard Hell and all this stuff,” Blacksberg recalls, “and it blew open my mind. I thought, ‘Hasidic wedding music is ecstatic, ridiculous music, and hardcore punk rock is playing as fast as you can and screaming — both of these are total wild abandon, so let’s just do it.’ That was a really strong connection for me. Electric Simcha was Jewish, and while it wasn’t exactly experimental jazz, it was something where I could let in the rest of myself.” Deveykus came together in February 2012, with members from both Philadelphia and New York. Millevoi shares guitar duties with Yoshie Fruchter, leader of the Jewish jazz-metal hybrid Pitom; Millevoi’s Many Arms bandmate Johnny DeBlase plays bass; and Eli Litwin of Normal Love and the solo drum-metal project Intensus plays drums. The band was inspired by doom-metal bands like Sunn O))) and Earth. In their slow, sludgy grind and hypnotic repetitions, Blacksberg instantly heard a connection with nigunim, the wordless prayers sung by Hasidic Jews. “I felt like I could merge the two

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page 17 cont. from new thing became a modus operandi.” After high school, Blacksberg moved to Boston to study jazz at the New England Conservatory, a formative experience that introduced him to leading lights of not only contemporary jazz but also the modern klezmer scene, which had enjoyed an intense revival in the ’80s and ’90s through the work of bands like the Klezmatics, Brave Old World and Kapelye. He also met fellow student Michael Winograd, a clarinetist with whom he continues to perform both traditional klezmer and more contemporary Jewish music. Through Winograd, he began attending KlezKamp and then KlezKanada, annual workshops devoted to the music. Blacksberg has returned to KlezKanada every year since 2003, as a student for six years and as a teacher for the last five. While still a senior at NEC, Blacksberg was enlisted to play at the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival, the first of many opportunities to tour Europe with klezmer bands. He and Winograd combined to play a decidedly traditional form of klezmer, breaking from the more revisionist bent of other bands. “We were trying to be as traditional as possible,” he says. “It wasn’t for any other reason other than to carve out our own space.” After graduating, Blacksberg moved back into his parents’ house in Philly because he was spending so much time either in New York or abroad. On one of the rare occasions when he did have time at home, he began playing with Bobby Zankel’s Warriors of the Wonderful Sound big band and exploring reductionist improvised music with local saxophone legend Jack Wright and the tenants of his famously musician-friendly home. In 2004, he led the first of several performances of Zorn’s “Cobra,”

a game piece with rules for conducted improvisation. The groups he assembled comprised what would soon be some of the core members of the local jazz and improvised-music scene, which would find a major outlet in the Bowerbird concert series. In 2008, Blacksberg assembled his trio, an outlet for his jazz composing that currently consists of drummer Mike Szekely and bassist Matt Engle. He also began playing with Masterman classmate Millevoi in the guitarist’s rock-country hybrid Circles and improvising with a number of other locals. Currently, Blacksberg is leading several projects, including Deveykus, his trio and Superlith, his duo with drummer Julius Masri playing circuit-bent Casio keyboards. He continues to work with Winograd, producing the clarinetist’s latest album, and he recently had the opportunity to play in a quartet with one of his idols, legendary saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton. Last year, Blacksberg received a prestigious Pew fellowship, a $60,000 award that more than helped ease the blow of the downturn in klezmer work that coincided with the recent economic slide. The grant might also provide opportunites to work with other major artists. “They’ve been an incredible resource and an incredible comfort, money aside,” Blacksberg says of Pew. All of these recent developments have encouraged Blacksberg and allowed him greater freedom to explore his own music, in whatever context. “I had this international career life playing traditional klezmer, and then I had this home life playing improvised music. If I look at the last seven years, it’s really a story of me going from the back of the stage to the front of the stage.” (s_brady@citypaper.net) ✚ Deveykus plays Sat., June 29, 9 p.m., $10, with Les Rhinocéros and Cleric,

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³ NOBODY EVER SAYS “thank you” to Mag-

net editor Eric Miller (and everybody else at Arch Street’s Red Flag Media) for getting back in the indie-rock-magazine game after getting out of it for a couple years. Especially at a time when glossy, in-print anything is a dicey proposition. This coming week, Magnet celebrates 20 years of publishing and releases its 100th issue, with Guided By Voices’ Robert Pollard on the cover and my interview with Jared Leto in the middle. Did you know that Pollard has been on every single Magnet cover since the beginning? Or that Miller’s got the gray-haired GBV-er in a giant Habitrail in his basement? Totally true. Congrats, all. ³ Every day I get to see a lil’-bit-more of the still-unopened Garage at Ninth and Passyunk. The white paper on the giant door might peel, revealing a peek at the bar or a glimpse of duct and brick work. Sometimes, the door rolls up and you get to see everything. Now, after months of waiting, Jason Evenchik (of Time and Growlers) looks as if he’s opening The Garage this week with a Skeeball alley and a pool table to complement the BYO-food joint. (As in: You can pick up a cheesesteak, something from a food truck, whatever, and bring it in.) ³ Rumor has it that next Sun., July 7, the Latin Mass that’s long occurred at St. Paul’s Church on Hutchinson Street (one of the few remaining Latin Catholic services in Philly) will move to Holy Trinity Parish at Sixth and Spruce. That’s a big deal for those who roll holy and in the old-school language of prayer. ³ By the time you read this, Cavanaugh’s on Headhouse Square will have just introduced its own heady Angel’s Envy Bourbon Whiskey to a crowd of unsuspecting diners the night before. ³ Just when you least expected it, Philly’s long-dormant king of menacing cabaret, David E. Williams, returns to recorded music with Trust No Scaffold Built of This Bone.Released on Italy’s Old Europa Cafe label, the dark, dire existential epic finds Williams despairing through art-folk and chamber-pop with old locals and friends Jerome Deppe,David Talento,Adrina Hanson and Wendy Fortin. More on this as show dates are cemented and vile bodies are bricked up alive, “Cask of Amontillado”-style. ³ If we are to believe Eater — and why not, they seem nice — Jason Cichonski (from Ela) and Nick Elmi (late ofRittenhouse Tavern) are currently in New Orleans for the 11th season of Bravo network’s Top Chef program.They say they saw photos of someone who looks like Cichonski pounding around NoLa with a whisk in the proximity of Padma Lakshmi. Since few gents have the cut of Cic’s jib, let’s just say it’s him and wish both chefs good luck. ³ Now whisk yourself away to citypaper.net/criticalmass. (a_amorosi@citypaper.net)

THE SHELVES, THE SHELVES: The company Megatouch, located just 20 minutes up 95, makes a Philly version of Photo Hunt along with its national versions. NEAL SANTOS

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ou may be familiar with the game on those touch-screen bar-game consoles that’s colloquially known as Nudie Photo Hunt — in it, players race the clock to spot five differences between two side-by-side, near-identical softcore porn images. The game has a definite sense of kitschy humor that defuses potential creepiness — the images seem to have been picked specifically for the silliness of their concepts and early-’90s aesthetics, and the Photoshopping could generously be described as unsubtle. City Paper was recently thrilled to discover that Megatouch, the company that makes the touchscreen game consoles, is headquartered in Bristol, a mere 20 minutes up 95, and that the source of the game’s silliness is happy to hear from fans. Jim Hartman, the company’s head writer and content manager, worked his way up from Nudie Photo Hunt to head the department in charge of trivia and photo games. He’s been clone-stamping semi-nude women with giant hair for 13 years.

City Paper : I’m just going to refer to it as Nudie Photo Hunt,

that in at least a decade. The newer machines have the Penthouse Photo Hunt; that’s a little more risque. If you play the older version now, those pictures are pretty dated; they’re at least a decade old, and it’s kind of funny. We’ve always had an in-house argument as to who plays those games. … I think everyone automatically assumes it’s creepy old guys at a bar. CP: I disagree! JH: I disagree too! I see more women play that game than guys. All

my female friends play it. I think women want to play that more than the [male-photo] version.

She put in a cat shooting lasers out of its eyes.

CP: Well, that may be because

the Chippendales version is noticeably easier. Why is that? JH: Well, there were very limited content choices; they just don’t have a gigantic library of pictures. We were sort of stuck with whatever they had at the time. And with the women, they’ve usually got a bra or jewelry or something on; if a guy doesn’t have anything on, it’s really tough to find five things to change. The women’s photos we have thousands to look through; with the men, the last batch we bought has about 200 photos, of which we could use about 120. It’s just very hard to find, uh, quality male erotic content. [Laughs.] Which is a weird sentence, I realize.

because calling it Erotic Photo Hunt sounds too weird. Jim Hartman: [Laughs.] There’s a few different versions. … The

CP: There’s some really bizarre photo shoots in the women’s photos

old version was called Erotic Photo Hunt; I think that was the first game I ever worked on. I don’t think we’ve updated the content on

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Packed with subtle variations on bluegrass, Claire Lynch’s new Dear Sister (Compass) is a roots programmer’s dream. “Everybody Knows I’ve Been Crying” is an ode to heartache, with Lynch reaching back for a blue yodel at the end. On “Once the Teardrops Start to Fall” her soprano gets a little tougher while a Dobro moans like a lonesome midnight train. Later, Lynch goes all the way country, with just body percussion and her voice on “Buttermilk Road/The Arbours,” a fiddle and more slipping in gradually to carry us home —Mary Armstrong in a dreamy kitchen dance.

Little wonder, perhaps, that Safety Scissors’ first album in eight years is

most reminiscent of music made a decade ago: microhouse and Morr Music’s artists, the plush lap-pop of Styrofoam and the Notwist, the gnomic skitter-twitches of Herbert and Schneider TM. Not that it feels derivative or even outdated; with its chipper analog squiggles and whimsically heartfelt songcraft, In a Manner of Sleeping (BPitch Control) arrives right on time to herald the micro-pop reviv—K. Ross Hoffman al we didn’t know we were missing.

³ house 1977 is Kölsch’s first full-length for Kompakt, following numerous contributions (all collated here) to the dance-inclined Speicher subimprint. But it’s a fine example of what the label has always done best: even-keeled, warmly melodic tech-house full of rounded synth tones and cheerful thudding grooves, hotwiring the chassis of trance without all the emotionally manipulative theatrics. No, the manipulation here is refreshingly guileless and straightforward. While you can definitely dance to it, somehow the drumbeats never hit as hard as those heart-tugging pianos and soft synths. —K. Ross Hoffman

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³ hip-hop Who’s the real Kanye West? The savant who confronts celebrity, tests his fans with sonic reinvention and calls out political and artistic sellouts? Or the narcissist who interrupts Taylor Swift, gets with a reality TV star and collaborates with machismo worshippers like Chief Keef? Yeezus (Def Jam) suggests both sides are deadly authentic. West deconstructs megalomania with sinister frankness, set to industrial production as frenetic as his raps. This gut-punching album will scare off those looking for a fun summer jam, but Yeezus is a natural progression from his last epic record, exposing a reality even stranger than his —Sameer Rao most twisted fantasies.

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None of us know them by face or name.

Thomas Adès’ Powder Her Face is a comic book of an opera. ³OPERA PHILADELPHIA BROKE new ground when it launched the Aurora Series five years ago, dedicated to presenting musical theater in a chamber-music setting. New music is always a risky venture, and the forces behind Aurora have bravely, and as it turns out wisely, chosen repertoire that does not pander to a common denominator. If anything, their choices have been increasingly edgier in the last few seasons, including stunning productions of recent operas by the late Hans Werner Henze, and, last season, a premiere of a mesmerizing new work by Nico Muhly, Dark Sisters. The seats have been filled with enthusiastic and diverse audiences. The most recent production from this series has been Thomas Adès’ Powder Her Face,based on the true scandal of the nymphomaniac English socialite Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll. This subject matter allows Adès to open up potentially rich lodes of dramatic material. Campbell turns out to be a rather unlikable figure; vain, and in a stereotypically upper-class English way, anti-Semitic, homophobic and racist. But Adès paints his characters in broad strokes — vibrantly, but, ultimately, superficially. This is a comic book of an opera. The best moments are near the end, as Campbell’s world collapses around her, and her situation evokes real sympathy. But Strauss gave us a far more poignant fading grand dame with the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier,not to mention Tennessee Williams with Blanche DuBois. Fortunately, opera lovers do not have to resort to such giants as Strauss, Mozart and Verdi to confront more intricately drawn personalities. They can be found in past Aurora productions. Henze’s portrait of the egomaniacal poet Mittenhoffer, from Elegy for Young Lovers,is Shakespearean in its complex and intriguing view of flawed humanity, and in Muhly’s depiction of fundamentalist Mormonism, we get characterizations of biblical gravity. Aurora has a promising lineup for next season, including a new work by Ricky Ian Gordon and Poulenc’s masterpiece Dialogues of the Carmelites. As it turns out, they share the season with Mozart and Verdi.This is the way opera should be presented. Great tradition is respected, while innovation is encouraged, so the art form remains relevant. Opera in Philadelphia is all grown up now. (p_burwasser@citypaper.net)

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JH: [Laughs.] We try to pick stuff with a lot of

stuff in it to make it a little more challenging for players, and for us it’s easier if there’s more stuff in it to Photoshop. I mean, I was hired as a writer. I didn’t even know what Photoshop was when I started here; I had a really quick training thing on it. So my Photoshop skills are not the best — which I think is one of the attractions of the game, how goofy the changes are? We used to have to go to Penthouse’s New York offices to look through their old slides. At first I was, like, “Oh man, I’m going to Penthouse, wow!� [Laughs.] And we get up there and, of course, it’s an office space like anybody else’s. I was so disappointed! We just went into a small room with a light table and you’d sit there bent over the table going through 40 years of slides. My directive as the manager of the department is to always try to pick the strangest picture. ’Cause I don’t think anybody plays the game to sit there and leer; I think they play because it’s funny and kitschy and goofy. The weirder the picture the better, in my opinion. CP: Any favorite weird pictures? JH: [Ruminates.] There was this one with strange

clowns ‌ like, two clowns and four marionettes. [Laughs.] It was so creepy! The best Chippendales’ one we never used: It was probably 12 Chippendale models in a men’s lavatory, laughing, like, “Ha ha, this is the greatest thing we’ve ever done!â€? And then there was one random guy in there who wasn’t facing the urinal in a normal fashion, he was spun around — like, he was sitting in it? [Laughs.] It was so strange! I could see if it were an outtake and they were just goofing around, but they gave it to us to use. [Laughs.]

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especially on the female version; the models in those pictures almost never have short hair, and it’s easy to work on that stuff. Don’t go for the breasts first, it’s almost never that unless they’re wearing something. That was kind of a mandate of mine, not to change the nipples. [Laughs.] Another place to look is bracelets, jewelry and shoes, because that’s pretty simple to do. Other than that — I used to stick to background things. When I first learned to do this game, all my changes were one in each corner and then one in the center somewhere. As I got a little more advanced I tried to change it up, but if you’re playing an old machine, that’s where you wanna look.

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a company blog, and we did a post on the 10 hottest women to ever appear in a Megatouch game. I tweeted it out to a bunch of the people on the list, and at least three of them were, like, “Hey, that’s really cool, I didn’t know that!� CP: Any insider tips? JH: The hairdo’s always a good place to start,

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to work here, she was a little more advanced at Photoshop than the rest of us — at one point she put a cat in the picture shooting lasers out of its eyes. [Laughs.] CP: Shut up. Really? JH: Yeah! [Laughs.] That one was beyond my skill, it would take me forever to do that. CP: Oh my god, is that still in

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to meet people. Everyone I’ve ever worked with here has said they’ve tried to pick up someone at a bar by telling them that

It’s kind of a mandate not to change the nipples. — you can pull up the credits and your name’s in there. I’ve made so many changes that you’d think I’d be amazing at the game, but I’m not. But some people who are really good at it, if somebody’s standing there staring and you go up and help them out, it’s a terrific icebreaker. Oh, and another tip — apparently the way to get really good at Photo Hunt is if you look at the pictures and cross your eyes. It makes the changes stand out. CP: [Mind blown.] Oh! JH: Yeah, there’s video of a guy

online who — we’ve seen him do this in person — can go through a picture in under five seconds. I’m unable to do it, but I could never see those little pictures where there’s a bunch of colors and you’re supposed to see a spaceship or something, either. (emilyg@citypaper.net) ✚ This was a much longer and funnier

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around the world The availability of really good food from other cultures depends mostly on a city’s immigration demographics — for example, it’s tough to find good, cheap Thai in Philly, but good, cheap Ethiopian is available in every third bar in West Philly. You just need to know where to look. It takes

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BYZANTIUM | C Aesthetically gorgeous but emotionally dull, Neil Jordan’s

HANNAH ARENDT | C “She’s not one of those European philosophers, is she?” a prickly staffer (Megan Gay) asks her editor William Shawn (Nicholas Woodeson) when she learns that the famed Hannah Arendt will be spearheading the New Yorker’s coverage of the Adolf Eichmann trial. “Philosophers don’t make deadlines.” They also don’t make for particularly rich biopic subjects if Margarethe von Trotta’s talky-yet-shallow take on the controversial German-Jewish political theorist is

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THE ATTACK | B+ Like the Yasmina Khadra novel that inspired it, Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri’s The Attack is an unfathomably hard punch to the gut, deeply internalizing and personalizing the strife and uncertainty of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a manner that even the most culturally aloof American can understand. A wealthy, well-respected Arab surgeon fully integrated into Israeli culture, Dr. Amin Jaafari (Ali Suliman) wears his secularism like a tie pin, cracking light jokes about how Jews and Muslims aren’t so different while accepting a major medical award. His privileged, contented life with wife Siham (Reymond Amsalem) explodes once a suicide bomber strikes a downtown Tel Aviv restaurant. As Amin treats the attack’s bystanders, including many children, he’s told that Siham, whom he believed to be out of town visiting family, perpetrated the tragedy. Amin’s sorrow-ravaged desire to come to terms with his wife’s decision — in the book, she’s a non-practicing Muslim, but in the film she’s IDed as a Christian — takes him on a devastating, eye-opening trip through Siham’s secret life, a microcosmic examination of how convictions are warped by violence. This movie has ideologues on both sides of the debate chattering, and while it’s convenient to believe that’s a good thing, Suliman’s performance is a sober reminder that many victims of war are alive and well. —Drew Lazor (Ritz Five)

latest tale of neck-biting gravitas suffers from a flummoxing lack of levity. It’s not that we need a feature full of bloodsuckers slipping on banana peels, but at least Interview with the Vampire was over-the-top enough (Armand!) to offer its viewership a little variety. Byzantium, meanwhile, takes itself so bloody seriously that it’s often hard to watch. Skipping between present-day Britain and an origin story during the Napoleonic Wars, Jordan has the female firepower to make a dent via Clara (Gemma Arterton) and Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan), a mother-daughter vamp “team” with a strained hen-and-chick dynamic. The introspective Eleanor, who whiles away her time playing Beethoven and writing morose prose — “It’s as if Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley got together and had a very strange little child,” worries one perplexed schoolteacher — has been unhappy with brash Clara’s use of sex as a lure for centuries. Eleanor’s guard drops when she meets young Frank (Caleb Landry Jones) in the seaside town they’re shacked up in, but her desire to share her background with him and others threatens her and Clara’s murderous existence. Burnished to a cold, damp neo-Gothic shine, Jordan’s film can be breathtaking. Too bad it’s near impossible to empathize with any of the characters, human or otherwise, appearing in them. —DL (Ritz at the Bourse)

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UNFINISHED SONG | BTaken as the sum of its parts, Unfinished Song feels like something that could be suggested on the Michael Haneke parody Twitter feed: a blend of the real Haneke’s unflinching examination of aging and death, Amour, with Stephen Walker’s “Gosh, aren’t old people adorable?” documentary Young@Heart. Writer/director Paul Andrew Williams lifts the idea of a senior citizens’ choir performing contemporary music from the latter film, and every scene featuring the choir dotes on the alleged hilarity of the elderly rapping or playing air guitar to a Motörhead song. But when the ailing Vanessa Redgrave returns home to husband Terence Stamp, the film becomes a far more melancholy

story about a bitter man fighting the impending loss of his one source of happiness. That half of the film works in an unassuming way, largely due to the performances of its two veteran leads. Stamp strikes the tricky balance between anger and fear, even managing to pull off the inevitable last-act conversion without becoming mired in the saccharine. Redgrave imbues her dying free spirit with the patient recognition of the weakness behind her husband’s gruff exterior. The two together suggest a lifetime of compromise and understanding, tempests and tenderness playing out in the microcosm of those last days. —Shaun Brady (Ritz Five)

of privilege as well as its discontents. Emma Watson’s vapid opportunist comes off as a self-made caricature, even if her most damning lines are taken verbatim from her real-life counterpart. Even in the movie of their lives, these kids can’t live up to their own fictions. —Sam Adams (Ritz East)

DIRTY WARS | C+ Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill has uncovered stories vital to understanding the messy ambiguities of modern warfare. In his book Blackwater, the Nation correspondent told the history of the controversial military contractors; in Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, he discusses America’s

WHITE HOUSE DOWN Read Drew Lazor’s review at citypaper. net/movies. (Wide release)

✚ CONTINUING THE BLING RING | B+ Based on the true story of a group of teenagers who burgled the Hollywood Hills houses of a half-dozen young celebrities, Sofia Coppola’s film deliberately blurs the line between fantasy and true crime, employing the mock familiarity of Cribs and the haphazard shakiness of a TMZ video. For the Bling Ring teens, led by Katie Chang’s pushy Rebecca, the likes of Paris, Lindsay and Audrina are already known quantities, their every move, and every outfit, no more than a hashtag away. So making themselves at home, albeit without their ostensible hosts present, seems like the next logical step.If anything, The Bling Ring works too hard not to glamorize its statusseeking thieves. The movie lacks the productive ambivalence of Coppola’s best work, which embodies the lure

covert wars, fought with drone strikes and targeted assassinations. In the documentary of the same name, director Rick Rowley follows Scahill as he researches that story in Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen. Along the way, Scahill admits, “I didn’t know how much the world had changed or how much the story would change me.” Rowley takes that statement as his cue to focus attention on the messenger at least as much as the message; the film is effective as polemic but far more successful at glorifying Scahill’s exploits. —SB (Ritz Five)

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time writing partner Zal Batmanglij is an imperfect indictment of corporate neglect, but it avoids most of the Intro to PoliSci sanctimony peddled by activists too incensed to make sense. Landing a plum assignment with a private intelligence firm, the sharp Sarah (Marling) successfully infiltrates The East, a mysterious, effective cell carrying out borderline terroristic operations on companies that deserve it. Established early as a ladder-climbing boss-pleaser, Sarah starts swaying away from her top-button-buttoned life, ideals shattered and remolded by the painful personal stories of determined East operatives. Her whiteknight mentality on both sides of the ball does chafe at certain points, but it’s ultimately a reminder of how ideas influence the value of money and vice versa. —DL (Ritz at the Bourse)

MAN OF STEEL | BThe lone surviving son of a world ravaged by war, Superman's all-American earthbound upbringing was stunted and painful, leading to careers in two thankless industries: planetary justice and journalism. Such high drama is not lost on Zack Snyder, who directs movies like he’s constantly being struck by lightning. Hopping with confidence between the perfectly cast Henry Cavill’s directionless adult life and his conflicted childhood, Snyder dedicates plentiful screen time to all of Superman’s parents, especially the blue-collar Kents of Smallville (Kevin Costner and Diane Lane). There’s no room to gripe about a lack of action here, as Snyder inflates every fist fight, blast-off, explosion and thermo-stare into an event big enough to require a press pool. —DL (Wide release) MONSTERS UNIVERSITY | A Technically a prequel, Monsters

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | ANothing screams vanity project like an A-list director gathering a group of friends at his house for a tossedoff movie shoot, but the blitzkunst approach suits both Joss Whedon and his material, William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. In contrast to Kenneth Branagh’s ossified film version, Whedon’s Much Ado is light on its feet, populated with a repertory company drawn from regular collaborators like Amy Acker (Beatrice), Alexis Denisof (Benedick), Fran Kranz (Claudio) and Sean Maher (Don John) — veterans of, respectively, Angel, Buffy the Vampire

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Slayer, Dollhouse and Firefly. It might be easy to write this off as the Bard done Comic-Con style, but Whedon’s not handing out favors: Kranz, whose specialty is garrulous techies, draws on hitherto unseen bile, and Reed Diamond (Don Pedro) and Clark Gregg (Leonato) show great fluency with Shakespearean verse. Even those who’ve never set foot in the Whedonverse should find it an intriguing staging, more in the vein of the Globe Theater’s rapidly rotating productions than the overstuffed affairs that have since supplanted them. —SA (Ritz Five)

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‹‹ MOYAMENSING DENTISTRY Since opening our doors in 2005, Moyamensing Dentistry has attracted more than 22,000 new, unique dental patients. We are seven doctors who pride ourselves on paying attention to your individual dental needs. While most of our new patients are referred by others, we continually strive to introduce ourselves to new people from the area. We have been very successful in that regard. We offer minimally invasive dental care. What this means is that we strive to provide you with the simplest way of getting your teeth back in top condition. Our treatment is designed to “avoid breaking the bank.” Prevention and early intervention is our mantra. We prevent dental problems rather than create extensive need for repairs. Several patients have told us, “You know Doc, I hope you don’t take this in the wrong way. But this office is quite plain. And it’s a bit refreshing.” Yes, dear reader, we do stand out. We don’t sell any toothpaste or vitamins. We don’t have the in-office displays for mouthwash and dental floss. We leave all that paraphernalia to your local drug store! In fact, a few years back we made an arrangement with the drug store around the corner. We agreed not to hand out toothbrushes over here, providing they agreed not to pull any teeth over there. So far, it is working just fine. We focus on dental solutions. And we keep ourselves fairly busy doing just that.The delivery of dental services is our game. And we play it quite well. Dentistry is a personal service. We are aware of the importance of personal relationships within the healing arts. Your trust is very important to us. We typically offer you a same-day or next-day appointment. This way you can get a game plan to fix that problem. You are encouraged to bring our X-rays to your brother-in-law’s dentist. Shop it around. Check us out. We will perform services quickly, economically and with a standard of excellence. One very lovely lady came over here asking about some of that “Extreme Dentistry.” She was referring to her friend who arrived here one morning with several front teeth broken off at the gum line. This patient walked back out of the office within a few hours with those teeth restored. To her friend’s amazement, these are not removable teeth. This was not a denture. These are teeth that are permanently embedded into her mouth. Now for some of our more sophisticated dental consumers, you are thinking, “Ah yes, teeth in a day. That’s dental implants. That’s a great dental solution. That’s nothing new.” Yes, you are correct. That’s a part of modern dentistry. Unfortunately, when you get the price tag, you realize that now you have to sell your car and mortgage your house to pay for it. So there you are, riding around town with the best-looking smile on the Route 57 bus line. Moyamensing Dentistry is different. It is a neighborhood place. We don’t have many of those highfalutin dental fees. Our patients are our neighbors, people just like you and me. They are busy trying to balance their budgets and trying to cope with the ever-increasing cost of everything. So here we are, affordably restoring teeth. That’s our market. For those teeth broken off at the gum line, our approach includes root canal therapy and then we reinforce the root with a dental >> CONTINUED ON PAGE 36

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‹‹ PHILADELPHIA EDDIE’S Philadelphia Eddie’s tattoo haven was the first shop to open on Fourth Street, and it’s still No. 1! Our talented, award-winning tattoo artists offer you the best, from custom to classic, traditional to today’s cutting-edge art. We offer friendly, professional tattooing from noon to midnight, seven days a week. Stop by, say hi, and check out our work. Philadelphia Eddie’s, 621 S. Fourth St., philadelphiaeddiestattoo.com.

‹‹ PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL What are you doing the third weekend in August? If you are like thousands of music lovers on the East Coast, you head for Upper Salford Township near the bucolic burg of Schwenksville, Pa., a little more than 35 miles outside of Philadelphia where the legendary Philadelphia Folk Festival transforms a working farm into a magical, musical “soundpark.” This cherished event is the longest continuously running outdoor musical festival of its kind in North America and will celebrate its 52nd anniversary August 15-18 at the Old Pool Farm. Known to present superstars and rising stars alike, this year’s summertime extravaganza will showcase the talents of: • Asleep at the Wheel – Carolina Chocolate Drops – David Bromberg Quintet • Richard Thompson Electrio Trio – The Mavericks – Todd Rundgren >>

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• Jake Shimabukuro – Otis Taylor Band – Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars • David Uosikkinen’s In the Pocket: The Essential Songs of Philadelphia • Amy Helm - Jimmy Vivino and Gabriel Butterfield Present Butterfield Revisted • Ellis Paul – Frank Fairfield – The Ben Vaughn Quintet – The Como Mamas • Black Prairie – Sleepy Man Banjo Boys – Spirit Family Reunion – Del Barber • Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – The Stray Birds – Andy Statman Trio • Joe Crookston & the BlueBird Jubilee w/Peter Glanville – John Francis – RUNA The Lawsuits - David Francey - The Hula Honeys – Jeffrey Gaines • Steam Powered Aero Band featuring Phil D’Agostino, Brad Hinton, Jay Ansill, and Michael Beakey w/Special Guests - Mike ‘Slo-Mo’ Brenner • The Great Groove Band – Give and Take Jugglers And, returning for his 52nd year as host, “Godfather of Philadelphia Folk Music” Gene Shay will delight the crowd with his corny jokes and heartfelt stories. The Philadelphia Folk Festival is a perfect family event, too, with puppeteers, jugglers, storytellers, hands-on crafts and, of course, kid-oriented musicians gathering in Dulcimer Grove, the shady area that has become a haven for folk fans 12 and under. Children up to 11 years of age are admitted free to the concert area. Older kids, 12 to 17, are eligible for the special “youth ticket,” allowing them into the festival for half the regular gate price when accompanied by an adult. There will be the special Campers Only concert on Thursday evening where WXPN’s David Dye of the World Café will host Star & Micey, Luella & the Sun, and Caravan of Thieves. What a perfect, intimate setting under the night sky to see and hear these fabulous rising stars! The campground at the Philadelphia Folk Festival is considered the ultimate Folk Festival experience. Buy your tickets now and save 10 percent off; this Early Bird Discount is available while supplies last! For complete information and tickets, visit folkfest.org or call 800-556-FOLK.

‹‹ PHILADELPHIA INSTITUTE FOR INDIVIDUAL RELATIONAL & SEX THERAPY The Philadelphia Institute for Individual Relational & Sex Therapy (PhIIRST) is a counseling, therapy and training center dedicated to helping people work through life’s unique challenges. We are a practice of highly trained and specialized therapists dedicated to helping people gain greater insight and create greater joy in their lives. We provide services for individuals, families and all types of relationships. Psychotherapy can be useful for many interpersonal and intrapersonal problems. We offer services to individuals, people who are married or have partners, those living together, considering future commitments, and those who are currently dating. We also provide couples therapy to people who are no longer together but wish to resolve their issues in order to co-parent or to resume their relationship. >>

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‹‹ THE PORCH AT 30TH STREET STATION Adjacent to the second busiest train station in the country, University City District’s The Porch at 30th Street Station has quickly become one of the most animated public places in Philadelphia, with amenities such as abundant and comfortable seating (including loungers!), sun, shade and colorful plantings, and an endless variety of activities going though the fall. Events include lunchtime food trucks (Wednesday and Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.), solo accordion performances (Monday and Friday, noon-1 p.m.), fitness classes (Thursday, 6 p.m.), and even free mini-golf throughout the entire month of July. For more information, visit universitycity.org/the-porch.

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‹‹ RITZ THEATRE The Ritz Theatre, in association with the Cherry Hill Skating Center, presents musical theatre on roller-skates with Xanadu: The Musical — because being able to merely sing, dance and act all at the same time is just not cutting it anymore … at least not for the Ritz Theatre in Haddon Township, N.J. “We were hoping to raise the bar this summer by putting all of our actors on roller-skates,” says Artistic Director Bruce Curless. Enter Xanadu:The Musical, a campy classic based on the 1982 movie, featuring popular ’80s songs like “Magic,” “I’m Alive” and “Evil Woman.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 40

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In order to make the skating scenes seamless, it was up to director Al Fuchs to turn his cast into roller-skating “quadruple” threats. “I have realized that my childhood years spent at Rockaway Roller Rink have come in handy,” he says. The actors trained at the Cherry Hill Skating & Fun Center to be able to accomplish the choreography, which includes spins, turns and other advanced skating tricks. “It’s going to be unlike anything you’ve ever seen at the Ritz before,” says Curless.The show runs July 11 through August 10, and tickets are available by calling 856-858-5230 or visiting ritztheatreco.org.

‹‹ UNIVERSITY CITY DINING DAYS University City Dining Days returns this year from Thursday, July 18, to Thursday, August 1, with 29 restaurants participating in the “3 courses, 3 prices” promotion. University City’s most popular dining destinations — including Dock Street Brewery, Jose Garces’ Distrito, and newcomers Han Dynasty, Harvest and Doc Magrogan Oyster House — are now taking reservations for the ninth annual University City Dining Days. University City is home to some of the most innovative and diverse dining options in the region. From exceptional craft beer bars to celebrity chef restaurants to cozy BYOBs, University City’s international dining scene features dishes from India, Ethiopia, Vietnam and beyond. The participating restaurants offer a pre-fixe three-course dinner special for $15, $25 or $35. The discounted price points make it affordable to dine at a new location every night of the event, leaving your curiosity — and taste buds — replete and your wallet full. Dining Days drives traffic to University City restaurants during typically slow periods while introducing new customers to the neighborhood’s exciting and ever-growing dining scene. During Dining Days, the number of patrons increases by more than 50 percent at participating restaurants, so reservations are strongly encouraged. “We’re providing a service that no one else is providing,” add Jose Garces, owner of participating restaurants JG Domestic and Distrito. Prices are for dinner only and do not include tax, gratuity or alcohol, and reservations should be made directly through the participating restaurant. Visit ucdiningdays.com for more information and for downloadable menus.

‹‹ WEST CHESTER PARKS AND RECREATION West Chester Parks and Recreation invites you to join us for this amazing West Chester tradition. The 31st annual Turks Head Music Festival will take place on Sunday, July 21, at Everhart Park (100 S. Brandywine St., rain date July 28). Twelve great bands will be playing all genres of music from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Bring your family as we will have more than 75 crafters, food vendors, information booths, inflatable moon bounces, carnival rides/games and more — all for free. Grab your blankets and lawn chairs and get there early to assure yourself a great location to sit back and enjoy the festivities. Hope to see you there! For more information on the Turks Head Music Festival and other upcoming events, visit turksheadfestival.com or follow the West Chester Parks and Recreation Department on Facebook and Twitter.

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—Mark Cofta Through July 14, $25-$55, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, 2755 Station Ave., Center Valley, 610282-WILL, pashakespeare.org.

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✚ BLIND DATE PHILADELPHIA Twenty-eight artists. Fourteen couples. Five weeks. Is this a reality show or an exhibit at Vox Populi? Curated by Jared Dyer and Dorothy Dubrule, “Blind Date” is an experiment in artistic collaboration in which visual, literary and performance artists are paired up (based partly, they say, on a “Love Connection-style questionnaire”) and charged with fusing their respective modi operandi into… something. The “couples” have been updating the public on matters of their marital unrest through

The Blind Date Blog, which showcases some deliciously enigmatic snippets and observations from the pairs. “I think it’s our 4th art date/ 1st one: coffee/ 2nd one: whiskey/ 3rd one: picnic/ 4th one: brunch,” Joy Mariama Smith writes, presumably about her partner Ross Brubeck. Maybe we’re just voyeurs, but there’s something exciting about observing two interesting people getting to know each other. It’s like The Bachelor, except watchable. The final products go up in the Aux space today, and will live at Goldilocks Gallery through July 7. —Michelle Ma Thu., June 27, 8 p.m., free, Vox Populi, 319 N. 11th St., third floor, 215-2381236, blinddatephilly.tumblr.com.

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✚ LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE The New York Times’ Charles Isherwood calls this “a show about matters of the heart and

matters of the closet.” A 1995 monologue collection adapted from Ilene Beckerman’s book by sisters Nora (currently represented on Broadway with her posthumous hit Lucky Guy) and Delia Ephron, it wasn’t seen on stage until 2008, then earned the 2010 Drama Award for Unique Theatrical Experience and hasn’t stopped since. The Philadelphia Theatre Company hosts a two-week run featuring Kate Flannery — the UArts alum infamous as The Office’s boozy Meredith — plus Mary Birdsong (Reno 911), Joyce Van Patten (As the World Turns, Desperate Housewives), Aisha de Haas and Ashley Austin Norris. But don’t go to the theater to see TV stars — go for the well-crafted insights about, as Nora Ephron explained, “what clothes really are to us, those moments when we are constantly trying to find our identity though them.” —Mark Cofta Through July 7, $44, Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St., 215-9850420, philadelphiatheatrecompany.org.

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✚ BARDO POND “Legendary” might be a strong word for musicians under 50 years of age. Still, if we’re talking impact, artfulness and influence, then Bardo Pond is the gold standard in Philadelphia avant-garde space-rock. Once considered logical successors to Sonic Youth’s noise-king crown — Bardo signed to Matador before Thurston and co. — the brothers Gibbons, Joe Culver, Clint Takeda and vocalist/flautist Isobel Sollenberger found themselves making gorgeously wifty, wrenchingly doomy psychedelic music with even less structure after their semi-major label tenure had ended. By 2012’s Yntra, their jams had grown lengthier and their ambience more arid. This spring, the band issued their Rise Above It All EP with covers of Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain” and Pharoah Sanders’ “The Creator Has a Master Plan” in preparation for an upcoming full-length. “These tracks

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While the musical Oklahoma! is the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s big draw right now, The 39 Steps is eminently worthwhile. Patrick Barlow’s adaptation of John Buchan’s 1915 novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film — smartly

Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (July 10-Aug. 4), plus the rarely-seen Henry VIII (July 24-Aug. 4).

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directed by Philadelphia’s own Matt Pfeiffer, who handles the PSF’s audience-on-three-sides small space well — is a comic homage to theatricality while also a suspenseful adventure. William Connell plays droll Richard Hannay, an ordinary Londoner sucked into espionage by a mysterious woman murdered in his flat. To clear his name, Hannay must figure out what the Steps are and how to stop them. Or it. A hypertheatrical style, in which three actors (multiple Barrymorewinner Genevieve Perrier, Anthony Reimer and Blue’s Clues star Steve Burns) play all the other roles, elevates The 39 Steps from clever spy thriller to theatrical delight. Highlights include the ensemble creating wind-blown effects during a chase on a moving train and instant character changes assisted by hats, mustaches, dummies and adept accents. Actual Shakespeare comes later this summer at PSF, with Measure for Measure (July 18-Aug. 4) running in rep with

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✚ BARRINGTON LEVY Long before Diplo was mad or decent, Barrington Levy was making dancehall pop a household term. A young toaster and a crooner with a richly mellifluous voice, Levy recorded a dozen-plus Jamaican music hits starting in the ’80s for radio and for the dance clubs

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of his hometown, from “Wicked Intention” and “Jumpy Girl,” to Horace Andy’s “Skylarking,” each one more hyper and hotblooded the last. After hooking up with mega-producer Alvin Ranglin (the David Guetta of his time), Levy had another slew of smash dancehall hits with “Never Tear My Love Apart,” “Jah” and “When You’re Young and in Love,” among them. The hits have slowed but the next generation found him collaborating with everybody from Snoop Dogg and Wu Tang.

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what voice she uses in real life (it’s still the toddler). Bamford’s also a voice-acting veteran of lots of crazy children’s shows, the first woman to do two Comedy Central Presents specials and Tobias Fünke’s acting/drug buddy in the Arrested Development reboot. So, yeah, you know her. —Sameer Rao Sun., June 30, 7 p.m., $22, with Doogie Horner and Dave Terruso, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St,, 215496-9001, heliumcomedy.com.

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³ LOVE SPONGE Dear Papa: I have finally unfriendzoned this lady that I have been chasing for many years. Everything seems to be going great. We talk about everything: zombies, philosophy, what we want to do with the rest of our lives. And the sex is awesome. We can’t keep our hands off each other! But any time I try to bring up having something a little more permanent, she completely shuts down and says she doesn’t want me to be her boyfriend! Help! —Stuck in the Friends-with-Benefits Zoner Dear Zoner: Walk to the cafe. Have them pour you an espresso. Then have them pour you a drink. And another. This is no Ashton Kutcher film. She will either break you into nothing and you will be stronger or she will break you and you will not survive it. Either way, she will only see you broken, and you are a fool if you think otherwise. Dear Papa: Our cat James won’t stop pulling out his hair. We’ve taken him to the vet, bought special lotions, even switched him to a fancy poachedchicken diet! We’re beginning to suspect he’s just doing it to mess with us! —Pussy Wuvers in Wichmond Dear Pussies: Oh, the poor little love sponge! Have you just grabbed the guy under the arms and pet him slowly, the sweet thing? Let me tell you what I do when one of my special guys is having a problem. I just put him right on my lap and I find that spot right under the jaw and scratch. Sometimes I use my thumb to get right behind the ear, the purr machines love it. Cats are good friends, but they are sensitive and they need to know they are loved. (askpapa@citypaper.net) Ernest Hemingway communicates with writer Alli Katz via Ouija board.

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✚ GLENN JONES Glenn Jones’ genial, gossamer, contemplative pieces for solo acoustic guitar and banjo are so effortlessly casual and fluid as to feel practically improvisatory. Indeed, some of them — including several on his latest, Jersey-honoring opus My Garden State (Thrill Jockey) — apparently were extemporized in the studio. But catch him playing them live and you’ll realize just how meticulous a player and composer he is, with not a single note out of place from the recorded versions. And while Jones’ albums feature the spiffy bonus of artwork culled from his collection of antique German postcards

of animals (and, in this case, plants) playing stringed instruments, they lack his between-song storytelling, which is as nearly as memorable and folksy as the music itself. This being Philadelphia, he’ll probably spin a few yarns about his dearly beloved buddy and fellow American Primitivist virtuoso Jack Rose. Ask him to tell the one about the time they brushed their teeth with shaving cream. —K. Ross Hoffman Tue., July 2, 7:30 p.m., $15, with Laura Baird and Matt Sowell, Circle of Hope, 2009 Frankford Ave., 215-423-2880, circleofhope.net.

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Favas have a texture nothing else has.

WORKIN’ THE LINE: Laura Frangiosa and Becca O’Brien of The Avenue Delicatessen. NEAL SANTOS

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MAIN STREET, U.S.A. The Avenue Delicatessen in Lansdowne brings progressive deli fare to a neighborhood that’s on the rise. By Caroline Russock

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here was a time when Lansdowne, the quaint DelCo borough just five miles southwest of Center City, was a vacation destinations for Philadelphians. With small-town vibes and a picturesque main street, it’s looking like Lansdowne is becoming destination once again. “This neighborhood is like Mayberry,” says Laura Frangiosa, coowner of newly opened The Avenue Delicatessen. But Andy Griffith and Barney Fife probably wouldn’t be able to wrap their heads around the reimagined deli fare coming out of The Avenue, which marries two cultures with serious deli cred: Jewish and More on: Italian. But before diving into a bowl of Jewish wedding soup, let’s look into how this unlikely deli in an unlikely ’hood came to be. With a mother who taught home ec and a grandmother who ran a Bridgeport lunch counter, Frangiosa feels that a certain level of destiny came into play regarding her career in the kitchen — and even the location of her deli. She was not exactly sold on opening up shop in Lansdowne (she was thinking more South or West Philly) until she discovered a church by the name of St. Philomena’s just around the corner. You see, Frangiosa’s grand-

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mother was named Philomena and her greasy spoon was called Phil’s Luncheonette. “I am not a religious person by any stretch of the imagination,” she says, “but I thought maybe there’s something in the cosmos that’s telling me that I should be here.” With a culinary background that has run the gamut from recipe development at Whole Foods, seafood sales, classical French training with Bistrot la Minette’s Peter Woolsey and hosting classes at Rittenhouse kitchen-classroom COOK, Frangiosa’s concept for The Avenue Delicatessen came from a place that was very close to home. Growing up in an Italian family, food has always been in her blood. According to family lore, her mother’s grandparents ran a Chicago grocery where Al Capone was a fan of the sausages. Enter Joshua Skaroff, Frangiosa’s husband, partner and the inspiration for the whitefish, knishes, matzo balls and other Jewish-deli-fare-inspired elements of the menu at The Avenue. The results are inspired. Take that Jewish wedding soup. Tiny, tender veal meatballs and escarole swim in MORE FOOD AND a garlicky chicken broth a la Italian wedDRINK COVERAGE ding soup — but in lieu of pasta, a single AT C I T Y P A P E R . N E T / matzo ball so fluffy it’ll make your bubbe M E A LT I C K E T. proud finishes it off. “I think it’s a lovely marriage of the two,” says Frangiosa. Another lovely and unlikely marriage can be found in the Reuben arancini. These golden breaded, fried rice balls have been a Sicilian snack staple dating back to the 10th century, but The Avenue’s take on them is unique. These arancini are filled with risotto enriched with classic Reuben ingredients: Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and little cubes of house-cured corned beef. They’re served, of course, with >>> continued on page 48

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³ NO OTHER MEMBER of the vegetable kingdom has an honor quite so dubious as the fava bean, a crop with an endorsement from America’s most famous cannibal, Hannibal Lecter.“I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti,” the good doctor said in Silence of the Lambs.But these just-emerged beans go equally well with other cusp-of-summer veggies and meats of the nonhuman variety. “They represent the end of spring and the beginning of summer,” says vicia faba fan Marcie Turney, who’s currently featuring the beans pureed and mixed with arborio rice and preserved lemon for crispy fava arancini at Barbuzzo. “Favas have a texture nothing else has. It’s like a fresh shelling bean with the grassiness of a green vegetable.” To emphasize that texture, Turney purposely undercooks her favas. “Most people cook them a full minute, but I blanch them really quickly, 30 seconds. I like the texture underdone, almost.” Then sending the beans to the Robot Coupe turns out a thick pea-green puree that can be folded into the rice-ball mix or, for an occasional crostini special, spread on toast with pecorino and burrata. Native to Africa, favas migrated to the Middle East and Mediterranean as early at 6000 B.C. They’re now grown everywhere from Mexico to Australia, where they’re more commonly called broad beans. We here in the U.S. take “fava” from the Italian translation. Lancaster produces the bulk of beans you’ll see on menus around town, studding lobster risotto (Paradiso) and whole-grain salad (Industry), paired with semolina toast and milk curd (The Mildred) or grilled whole with lemon, garlic and anchovy (Kennett). At Rex 1516, chef Justin Swain tosses favas into linguine with cherry tomatoes, pancetta and garden-sourced scallion pesto. “I think as far as beans go, they have some of the best flavor and texture,” Swain says. “Gotta get them in and use them while they are still around.” You’ve got at least a few weeks. Try stretching the season by shelling and blanching a bunch, if you have the time (or help). Favas need to be shelled, then peeled individually to remove the skin that shrink-wraps each pale-green bean. “It’s tedious work,” says Turney, “but it’s a labor of love.” (adam.erace@citypaper.net)

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The results are inspired. Take that Jewish wedding soup. gracetavern.com

housemade Russian dressing. Housemade, house-cured and in-house are terms used often at the deli, thanks in big part to sous chef (or girl Friday or right-hand gal, according to Frangoisa) Becca O’Brien. The former head chef at Creperie Beau Monde, O’Brien has worked on the preserves program at Green Aisle Grocery. Frangiosa and O’Brien are committed to making as much as possible in-house, down to the mayonnaise. Even the heavy hitters on the Philly deli scene aren’t curing their own corned beef — a true labor of love. Brisket is brined for a week before being “broasted” (read braised-meets-roasted) for three and a half hours and then trimmed and sliced for sandwiches that aren’t quite Carnegie Deli size, but pretty damned close. Jars of O’Brien’s preserves line the counters — tomato gravy, Moroccan pickled beets, Cameo applesauce, Meyerlemon-and-orange marmalade and smoky tomato jam. Lansdowne residents can pick up The Avenue’s fresh and preserved goods at the weekly Saturday farmers market held right across from the restaurant. The response from the local community has been excitement and acceptance. At first it seemed like a cardamom- and clove-spiced quinoa porridge might be a hard sell, but the neighborhood eagerly anticipated the deli’s opening, and a steady cast of regulars grabbed seats at the counter immediately. Early-bird breakfasts Tuesdays through Fridays cater to the town’s longtime residents, former regulars of Doyle’s, the deli that once lived in the same storefront. But now tofu “pastrami” sandwiches and sweet potato corned-beef hash are also options. “Young families ready to pop out a baby move to places like East Falls and Mount Airy,” notes Frangiosa. Lansdowne offers another option: “You’re one train stop away from the city,” notes O’Brien, “and there’s grass!” Real-estate prices are a major player in the borough’s revitalization: “There’s a lot bubbling beneath the surface. Because people have been priced out, they’re looking to move to places like Lansdowne, Media and Swarthmore. It’s affordable and you can live here.” More people are noticing Lansdowne as a sweet option. A new record store is opening a few doors down from the deli, Dr. Dog moved their recording studio there and there are plans for the Lansdowne Theater to reopen as a venue similar to the Keswick Theatre in Glenside. And there’s the edible side of the revitalization: A gelato and water-ice shop is in the works, and 1732 Meats, Ari Miller’s one-man charcuterie show, is putting out some truly exceptional pork products. “Best pancetta I’ve ever had, perfectly cured and salted,” raves O’Brien. At this point, The Avenue’s Jewish-Italian fare is available only for breakfast and lunch, but there are plans for things such as long-table family-style Sunday dinners. And maybe matzo-rella sticks. (caroline@citypaper.net)

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I WANNA TOSSE UR SALADE I wanna fuck you like a caged mental case I would split you in half like a candy wrapper but you will never know to that cute girl on the EL at 69th Street Station to Somerset hope to see you soon I loved how you keep playing with that mohawk and fixing your make up in the window like it was a mirror, let me get a crack at the crack girl I will lick you till you squirt.

LOVE I want to draw you. And by draw I mean lick. Honestly I’ve never been so attracted to anyone before, especially another girl who’s 3.5 years younger than me! But I don’t feel creepy for it because you’re an old soul with a deep (and fucking sexy) intellect that feels the same age as mine. I guess I’m a late bloomer or more fitting for me, a slow burner. You are a great listener and I absolutely loved talking to you which is a lot coming from someone who’s ambivalent about act of talking in general. I felt so instantly understood by you, which was both exciting and terrifying. You said it’s harder to be gay but trust me, it’s just loving anyone at all in this world that is a challenge. Don’t ever let anything stand in the way of you being your gorgeous, smart strong, fun, loving self. Thanks for making me smile, girl. You’re good at that.

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Still heartbroken…. Feeling the exquisite pain from knowing that I had loved but still lost. Days seem like an eternity, but somehow they still fly by…. Knowing that you have already moved on to another has me questioning if you ever really loved me. I think you felt that you did, but maybe you haven’t yet grasped what love really is: being consumed with the absence of oneself; and your selfish immature love is obsessed with the feeling and not the person who is then absently discarded. You are truly fire and I am earth. Without limits and boundaries, without having been cautious myself, the fire burned through the grass quickly leaving the field and effortlessly moving on to the woods. All that is left is smoke and ash. Despite all this, and although now those blissful weeks seem like ages ago, I felt loved- whether it was real or not. Soon the wind will blow away the ash, new grass will grow, and the smoldering flames will be forgotten.

these dudes...what is with the communication issues in the city of fuckin brotherly love...well, when the shit started off I was like damn...he gonna be a good dude but from what I see you like to disappear with no call no nothing..I guess it is my fuckin turn to go through the dumbshit...what would you do if I did this to you?

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PUN IS INTENDED You need to go to a deserted island and literally go crany trying to find coconuts and drink the sap from some poisonous tree after you have scooped out the coconut and eaten every last drop. Walk into the ocean and never return to that island, you would manipulate any living creature on that island. You are a waste of space, air, and you blew it with so many women you lied to. Go away. Praying that that child gets to know his mother the way a child should, not brainwashed as you have done to him. This is most likely wasted typing for you are not reading any of this. In the hopes of saving more women and children, perhaps someone in Philadelphia will get my drift. Drop dead.

DEAR JOHN I was shocked to come face to face with you and your wife at the grocery store. You were joking with her and looked up and saw me? What went through your mind? You told me I was it. The one three great loves! The one that unlocks the door while you walk around. Bronx tale. I need to know if it was real. Someday we will come face to face alone. A piece of my heart will always be only yours. I wonder if you still have that cd you hid in your tool box? I go back to the park often and sit and look at all the water wondering if you can feel the love I’m sending. If you did wouldn’t you go there too?

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I think I’ll just fall asleep and dream something different forever. if you want to get back in my graces...build me a time machine and accompany me and my cats to a past life. otherwise...not interested.

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I watched you from across the room dancing and playing seductively with another female while your boyfriend had her from behind. It was erotic and compelling. I was so wet by the interac-

“III XI XI” So I once wrote a lil something about you on here titled ‘PRETTY IN PINK” a few years ago when we were one. WELL we’re not together anymore & your in a new relationship an say your happy, I’m happy for you BUT I’d like to publically say that I still love you. Is that inappropriate? Who knows, IDC I won walk around lying about not loving you anymore. SO “WEIRDO” know that I would try with you once again if our paths were to once again cross, if not know that I tried. Oh and let me know if you should ever need my “help” again lol. Sincerely, “THE ONE”

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You stupid ass bitch standing at the door with me on the fucking EL...you are a piece of shit that I avoid stepping in. How fucking dare you brush your worthless $3 bag on my fucking shoulder whereas I gave your stupid ass enough room to stand and here you go fucking not giving me enough room to basically breathe. Bitch step the fuck back and get some type of chemical put in your hair cause you are fucking up, how about some wax on those eye brows, and some new shoes cause you are fucking busted! I hope to slap a perm on your stupid ass if I see you again, dumb ass bitch!

I wanted to do something special for you. Something that hadn’t been done before, and this is the best I could come up with. Here in front of the whole world, I want to say that I love you and you are amazing. Rarely does anyone live their life with as much heart and as fierce a soul as you do. You let your heart break for those who are sad, you smile along with the joys of others, you hold up those who are too weak to hold themselves, and you do it all with a patience that rivals the depths of the deepest seas. You laugh easily and always remember my best jokes, like falling pianos and baby potatoes in cages. You create precious art with your brushes and your words, but also with the memories you create for the people lucky enough to be around you. You are inspiring and you make me a better person, and there is no way I can ever express my gratitude for that. Love you, B Monster, and may this year be your greatest ever. Sparrow.

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Darby - Rooms for rent, No cooking $115/Wk 610-333-2272 Germantown Area: NICE, Cozy Rooms Private entry, no drugs (267)988-5890 LaSalle Univ area $125/week Renov furn rooms 215-843-4481 N. PHILADELPHIA includes gas, elec, W/D, crpt, $350 Call 267-342-1226 N Phila Newly renov, nr shops $500mo+ $1000 to move in. 215-760-8349 OXFORD CIRCLE 1BR/half BA $565 Use of kitchen. Call 215-289-4149 SW, N, W Move in Special $90-$125/wk Clean furn rms, SSI ok, 215.220.8877 Temple Univ. Hosp Area - Pvt. kitch & ba. $135/wk, $435 move-in. 215-416-6538 University City Rooms & Apts for Rent Mrs Savage. 267-581-5870 W Phila clean med rm, pvt entr, nr tran Must be workg/avl now215-494 8794 W Phila & G-town: Newly ren, Spacious clean & peaceful, SSI ok, 267.255.8665 WP/Logan/NP pvt entry, also effic avail $110 - $135/wk. Call 609-526-5411

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19th & Huntingpark bed, frig, micro $100/wk $225 move in 609-576-9406

61xx Locust St. 3BR/1BA A/C, sec. 8 ok. Call 215-432-3040

33rd & Ridge Ave. $100-125/week. Large renovated furnished rooms near Fairmount Park & bus depot. (215) 317-2708

38xx N. 15th - Lg furn room, $105/wk, Plus $300 sec. Call 267-809-7866 55/Thompson deluxe quiet furn $115$145wk priv ent $200 sec 215-572- 8833 61st & Chester. Newly Renov. Room, $250 dep. $125/wk, 267-456-2808 Allegheny $90/wk. $270 sec dep. Near EL train, furn, quiet. Call 609-703-4266 Bridge & Pratt neat, clean rooms $455/mo Sec. dep req. 215-432-5637

53rd & Osage 3BR/2BA $850 Clean & quiet block. 215-681-4675

51xx Ludlow 3BR $750+utils $1,500 move-in. Call (484)433-5764 51xx Ranstead st 3Br/1Ba $800/mo 2, 3br Voucher, Sec 8 Ok, renovated, W/D, Near Trans, Call 215-206-4582

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4th & Lehigh 3Br/1Ba $700+Utils $2100 Move in, 215-779-1512

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30xx Joyce St. 3BR/1BA $725 New paint, large house. 215-327-2292 35xx Braddock St, 19134 PHA SEC 8 OK . 2 br, 1 ba, 1 blk from public transp, front porch, yard, wash/dryer refrig. $700/mo,+util. 215-946-6000 Kensington $800 4br 1.5ba house. Sec 8 OK. Freshly painted, hardwood floor, modern kitchen. 267-210-5810

DUTCHMAN 2001 20 ft. $7,500 Sleeps 4, very clean. 717-768-0745

Ford 2000 Luxury Hightop Conversion Van (new body style) a/c, full power, few original miles, Clean, BO. 215-928-9632

PHILA 4BR/ 2BA Sec 8 Ok, New Reno, 215.322.6086

13XX Mckinley St 3Br/1Ba $895 + utils, new paint/carpet. Call for details, 215-783-0175 or 215-459-6819

21xx Margarets St. 2br/1ba $900 + all utils. Sec 8 ok. 215-740-4629 4320 Shelmire 3BR/1BA $950 $35 credit check, no pets. 215-498-1807 43xx Benner 3br/1ba $900+. Pvt Yard, W/W, Bsmnt, 215.704.4427 9XX Scattergood St 2Br/1Ba $795 + utils. Move in Special. Call for details, 215-783-0175 or 215-459-6819

Oaklyn, NJ 2BR 1BA row 5 mins Ferry Ave Speed ln. Sec 8 ok. $950+. 609-417-4650

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Margate 3Br/3Ba W/Slip, A/C, Jacuzzi, Gar, 215.385.0045 Ocean City, NJ 13th St. 3br/2ba condo top floor, 2 car parking, avail Weekly starting June 29 $1100/wk 609.335.3237

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low cost cars & trucks Buick Lesabre Custom 1995 $1350 All pwrs, Clean, Insp 215.620.9383 Cadillac Catera 2001 Economy Sports Edition 4 door, 36K ORIGINAL MILES, garage kept, like new $3,975. Carol 215-627-1814 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 1997 $1750 Auto, EXT Cab, New Insp, 215.620.9383 Ford 2000 F-150 deluxe pickup truck, 4Dr, A/C, extended cab w/fiberglass cover $4,985. light comm. 215-922-5342 Ford 2000 F-150 deluxe pickup truck, extended cab w/ fiberglass cover $4,985. A/C, light commercial. Call 215-922-5342 Kia Sportage 4x4 1997 $1750 Auto, Clean, Insp, Runs Exc, 215.620.9383 Lincoln 2002 Luxury 4 dr Towncar w/ sunroof, mint cond., chauffer driven, few original miles, special car for a particular buyer, $6975. Lynn 215-922-6113 Mercury Sable 1992 $995 all pwr new insp runs excl 215-620-9383 Mercury Sable GS 2000 $3300 Leather, Sun rf, Nice, 610.667.4829 Nissan Altima GXE 1994 $1,750 5 spd, 48k mi, runs new. 215-620-9383 Pontiac Grand Prix GT 1997 $1,450 All pwrs, Insp, Runs New 215.620.9383 Saab 900 1996 $1400 Leather Seats, Gas Saver, 856.296.4484 SAAB 900SE 1998 $1,550 auto, loaded, new insp. 215-620-9383 Subaru 2001 luxury Forester with sun roof, full power, A/C, Mint Condition, Quick private sale, $3,450. 215.922.5342 Volvo 960 SW 1995 $1,350 All pwrs, 117K, clean. 215-620-9383

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