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Mayor Nutter says he will sign a bill that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana.Offenders will now be issued a $25 fine and a stern scolding from the mayor himself.

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An actor is removed from a TV spot for gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf after word gets out that he once acted in a “torture-porn” horror movie. “From now on, I’m going to vet all of our marketing materials personally,” says Wolf’s chief of staff, Jigsaw.

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Northern Liberties burger restaurant PYT posts a picture on its website of a receipt showing Eagle LeSean McCoy left a 20 cent tip on a $60 order.“In my defense,” says McCoy, “I was pretty sure I was at a McDonald’s.”

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Around 3,000 people participate in the sixth annual Naked Bike Ride this year.

Whichmeansit’stheone-yearanniversary of the time Bell Curve had to explain to a co-worker what a taint is.

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Following a lawsuit, Norristown revokes a nuisance ordinance that punishes landlords and tenants for calling the police more than twice in four months.Also,911 is no longer a toll call and stabbing victims can now take up to 90 days to clean up their messes.

Sen.Robert P.Casey Jr.co-sponsors a bill fortheNURSEAct,whichstandsforNurses forUnder-ResourcedSchoolsEverywhere.

“Let me tell you we really struggled with the E,” says Casey. “Almost didn’t even propose the damn thing. Gotta have a sweet acronym.That’s huge.”

A portion of City Hall’s renovated Dilworth Park, featuring a Jose Garces café and a large fountain installation, opens. “Now that we have installed proper food and plumbingamenities,Iwouldpersonallylike to invite Occupy Philly to move back in,” says Mayor Nutter.“Now mic check:Who wants to smoke this bowl with me?”

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Next Stop: Citi Hall First AT&T, now Jefferson — what’s the future of SEPTA station-naming rights?

By Emily Guendelsberger

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fter SeptA announced last week that it was changing the name of market east Station to Jefferson Station in a fiveyear, nearly $4 million deal with nearby thomas Jefferson University Hospital, the City Paper offices were abuzz for a day or two with ideas for other, stupider corporate sponsorships: Sweet’N Logan. bath and body berks. Spring Gardasil. public-transit naming rights have been in the news all summer.

Last month, 30th Street Station was technically renamed “William H. Gray III 30th Street Station.” In June, City Paper reported rumors that Verizon had been discussing buying naming rights to Suburban Station — the corporate equivalent of leaving a flaming bag of poop on the doorstep of rival Comcast’s headquarters. And at Jefferson Station’s “surprise” unveiling, SeptA media relations director Jerri Williams joked that this had to be “the city’s worstkept secret.” but SeptA still went through with last thursday’s dramatic, sheet-pulling reveal of market east’s presidential new name and logo. “beginning tomorrow, SeptA commuters and visitors will see new signage and maps,” said SeptA general manager Joe Casey.

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“And conductors at temple and Suburban Station will call out, “Next stop: Jefferson Station!”

“Jefferson Station” makes a lot more sense than SeptA’s previous (and first-ever) deal in 2010, a five-year contract renaming the pattison Avenue stop At&t Station, despite little logical connection between the telecom company and the stadiums in deep South philly outside of “We paid for this.”

“We try to make sure our revenues can cover our expenses as best we can; this is a great way to do it with these naming rights, and it’s something we want to pursue in the future,” SeptA board chairman pat Deon told the crowd last week. “the board has really made a commitment to these renamings.”

After the unveiling, Casey was coy about Verizon Station rumors. “this is a way to keep our fares low and to help rebuild our facilities, so there’s a number of things in the works,” he says. but not Verizon Station? “We talked to a number of people,” says Casey. Williams, standing nearby, cuts in: “No, we’re being straight about it — we’re not doing Suburban Station.” Later, she clarifies: “Any rumors that Suburban Station will become Verizon Station are inaccurate.”

Comcast would be the obvious corporate sponsor for Suburban Station — its headquarters is right there, it’s a huge part of the

The Spring Garden El stop is a good fit for SugarHouse.

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Nutter surreNders iN Philly marijuaNa war mayor michael Nutter didn’t seem like a fan of City Councilman Jim Kenney’s bill to decriminalize marijuana in philadelphia. Last month, he mocked its supporters, saying, “Suddenly, this is the great civil rights issue of our day — that black guys should be allowed to smoke as much dope as they want,” according to the Inquirer. but some people did see it as a great civil rights issue: eightythree percent of the 4,314 marijuana-possession arrests made by philly police in 2013 were of African-Americans.

And so Nutter, after facing months of intense criticism, will now sign an amended bill that ends arrests and criminal charges for the possession of small amounts of marijuana and replaces it with a $25 fine. that bill is expected to be amended in City Council today, according to Kenney’s office, and voted upon on Sept. 18.

Kenney says that philly’s move to decriminalize marijuana possession is historic and will help propel the nationwide move toward fully legalizing marijuana.

“I’m obviously happy that the administration has changed course and we’re going to have the opportunity to keep young people in our city, many of them African-Americans, out of the criminal-justice system,” says Kenney. “I think in some ways it’s been decriminalized for quite some time for a certain race of people … you go to a Willie Nelson concert, or phish concert or an eagles game.”

Kenney says that he received a call last week from the Nutter administration and then sat down on Friday with police Commissioner Charles ramsey’s legal advisor, Capt. Francis

Healy, and Nutter legislative aides robert murken and tumar Alexander, to hammer out an agreement.

“And I was kind of shocked, surprised, that there was very little change in the legislation and that they were willing to move forward in a cooperative way,” he says.

Nutter on monday praised Kenney for causing “all of us to talk about this and focus on this particular issue in a very, very different way. So, you know we were never at odds about the goal, and we share the same goal: people should not necessarily get arrested, or be hassled, or end up with a life-changing criminal record,” according to a transcript of a talk with reporters released by his office. the mayor did extract one concession: those caught smoking weed in public will be subject to a $100 fine or community service.

It’s unclear whether that change was a public policy priority for the mayor or an effort to save face. but, phillyNOrmL co-chair Chris Goldstein said, it’s a big step forward.

“As the national conversation continues about full legalization, philadelphia residents will no longer have to endure what was one of the harshest marijuana procedures in the country,” he said in a statement.

In June, Council approved the decriminalization legislation by a 13-3 veto-proof majority, but quickly encountered resistance from police Commissioner ramsey and District Attorney Seth Williams.

In January, ramsey had said he was “in favor of being able to write a citation for minor possession as opposed to actually having a phys-

A $25 fine to replace arrest for a little weed.

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stay aNd fight for Philly schools A new school year begins with another round of financial woes. ➤ Educators markEd the first day of classes

Monday with pickets outside Feltonville School of Arts and Sciences which, according to teacher and union leader Amy Roat, has in recent years lost counselors, secretaries, a school police officer, assistant principals, noontime aides, science, reading, music and math teachers, and school nurse and social worker hours.

The School District of Philadelphia begins the fourth year of severe crisis since Republican Gov. Tom Corbett took office in 2011 and cut education funding. This year begins with 7,654 fewer staff members, according to the District, than in the 2010-11 school year, a reduction of 32 percent.

More than 1,000 new layoffs are still possible if the legislature doesn’t allow Philadelphia to raise its own cigarette tax to help plug a still gaping $81 million budget gap.

The message at protests across the city is simple: “This cannot be the new normal.”

But in covering the schools crisis, I can, despite my best intentions, telegraph a message to parents: Get out if you can, for private school, charters or the suburbs. But many can’t leave. And many others, motivated by a deep commitment to urban public schools, decide that they won’t.

Take South Philadelphia parents who helped secure AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers to coordinate community programs at Jackson and Southwark elementary schools, and worked to get a green roof and a new playground at Jackson.

“I think it’s important for parents who are shopping for a school and looking at a neighborhood school to really dig in, to go and meet the principal, to go the open houses,” says Tom Wyatt, a member of the Passyunk Square Civic Association and chair of its education committee. Despite the crisis “there are scores and scores of great stories >>> continued on page 12

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skyline and employs a ton of commuters and it would keep Verizon out. but all Williams will say about Comcast is that â&#x20AC;&#x153;it would be inappropriate to address specific rumors.â&#x20AC;? (Comcast didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reply to a request for comment.)

A frequent concern about transit naming rights is with sponsorships that have no physical connection to the station â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need for a system thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear and easy to navigate will be trampled in the rush for dollars, leading to nightmare sentences like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get on at Verizon FiOS, then transfer to the mcDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line at Samsung Station and then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three stops to Deutsche telekom!â&#x20AC;?

New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mtA got into the naming-rights game in 2009; it reassures riders that its policy is to maintain usability above all: â&#x20AC;&#x153;renaming will only be considered when a potential sponsor has a unique or iconic geographic, historic or other connection to a station that would be obvious to typical mtA customers.â&#x20AC;?

SeptA declined to supply official policies or standards for naming rights, saying opportunities are addressed on â&#x20AC;&#x153;a case-by-case basis.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll entertain anything,â&#x20AC;? says Casey when asked if SeptA has guidelines similar to the mtAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;this is a good fit with Jefferson because of the proximity of their facilities.â&#x20AC;? Other good candidates? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring Garden is a fit for the SugarHouse Casino, and Suburban Station is a good fit,â&#x20AC;?

Casey says, though he declines to specify what for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Again, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll entertain all offers.â&#x20AC;?

Curious, City Paper submitted a list of increasingly inappropriate names â&#x20AC;&#x201D; mcDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Station, FrankFord Focus Station, Snyderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Hanover Gluten-Free pretzel Sticks Station, Spring Gardasil Station and penthouse presents 69th Street Station â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and asked whether any would not be considered. We got back a statement: â&#x20AC;&#x153;SeptA is open to discuss Naming rights, (Stations or transportation route/Lines) with most organizations. the Station Name should be succinct. the Authority would use professional judgment in any decision and will not entertain station naming which would be offensive to our customers and the region we serve.â&#x20AC;? the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll consider anything!â&#x20AC;? attitude and press-conference quotes sound desperate, as if naming-rights deals are crucial to keeping bridges intact and fares stable. but the sponsorship money doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even go into the general SeptA pot â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;One hundred percent of the advertising revenue from this deal with Jefferson will go solely toward operation, maintenance and improvement of Jefferson Station,â&#x20AC;? says Williams.

It wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a huge difference if the naming-rights money wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t earmarked for nicer bathrooms (among other things) in Jefferson Station, anyway. though $4 million is a big number, when you subtract the middleman fee for

ad-sales company titan Outdoor, the Jefferson deal only comes to about $663,000 per year for SeptA. For context: $650,000: Approximately the sum of the annual salaries of 10 union SeptA employees. $680,000: SeptAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual take from the naming-rights deal with At&t. $12 million: SeptAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s average annual advertising revenue. $15 million: extra revenue brought in last year by SeptAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013 fare hike. $30 million: Cost of the renovation of the Girard and Spring Garden stops on the broad Street Line. $571.8 million: SeptAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital budget for the 2015 fiscal year. $6.5 billion: SeptAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estimate of what it needs to keep the infrastructure in safe condition over the next decade.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll entertain anythingâ&#x20AC;? about naming rights.

In other words, corporatesponsored names are a tiny drop in the bucket. So why does everybody sound so desperate? maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s habit: Last year, SeptAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital budget was a brutal $308 million. In writing 2007â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Act 44 to revamp public-transit funding, the pennsylvania state legislature disastrously counted its new I-80 tolls way, way, way before theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d hatched. When the federal government rejected the tolls in 2010, it took three more years to come up with a plan b, leaving SeptA to starve until a fix, Act 89, passed last fall.

Or maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keeping up byyour-bootstraps appearances: According to an older SeptA press release: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under Act 44, >>> continued on page 10

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SeptA is encouraged to explore alternative income streams. In 2008, advertising generated more than $11 million. these ad dollars are used to supplement the transit authority’s operating budget.” though SeptA’s budget is much less dire now than it was at the time of the At&t deal in 2010, the agency just renewed its ad-sales contract with titan, and are trying harder than ever to do more.

“We committed to a significant amount of digital build out; you’re going to see it at stations,” says Jon roche, titan’s Vp in philadelphia. A third of the regional rail fleet already has digital advertisement screens, and, according to roche, that’s only the beginning. “All new vehicle purchases, whether they’re trains, subways or buses, will have digital screens in them. there potentially could be areas for street-level digital on SeptA property as well. these contracts will likely occur in the next five years.” Williams declined to comment on specific plans, but confirmed that “digital advertising could appear on all SeptA-operated services and at all SeptA-owned properties.”

So are there going to be digital ads all over SeptA in the next five years? Sure sounds like it.

Will we see a Comcast Center or SugarHouse Station in the next couple years? It seems very possible.

Are At&t and SeptA likely to re-up on At&t Station next year?

Neither party would comment specifically, though SeptA said in a statement that the “agreement ends on July 31, 2015, unless At&t exercises its right to extend the agreement. Signage would be updated after the contract ends. many companies are interested in Naming rights.” but will we see a Verizon Station, a mcDonald’s Station or some other At&t-like deal with no clear connection between the corporate sponsor and the physical location? It seems unlikely that SeptA’s going to be that desperate again in the near future. (emilyg@citypaper.net)

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ical arrest taking officers off the street.” ramsey then told City Paper that he changed his mind after conversations with Williams and city court officials.

Williams’ office told City Paper it had no choice because “by law, all misdemeanors in the commonwealth require an arrest by police.” but no such statute appears to exist.

—daniel denvir

Parents sue state over underfunded Philly schools Seven parents of students in philadelphia’s embattled public-school system filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth Court on tuesday, contending that the pennsylvania Department of education’s failure to investigate reports of “massive curriculum deficiencies” violated the law. the plaintiffs say philly parents have submitted more than 825 complaints to the education Department through myphillyschools.com since September 2013, when the District began its first year of operation under the “Doomsday budget.” the schools, which were taken over by the state in 2001, have been subjected to massive budget cuts since Gov. tom Corbett took office in 2011. “pDe, which has governed philadelphia public 10 | P h i l a d e l P h i a C i t y Pa P e r |

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schools since 2001, is required to investigate these formal complaints,” according to a statement from the public Interest Law Center of philadelphia, which is representing the parents, and the group parents United for public education. “but after one year, the vast majority of parents have received only a generic form letter or no response at all.” the complaint includes reports of “alarming levels of overcrowding such that teachers can no longer walk between desks to interact with individual students; increasingly limited curricular offerings; a distressing lack of counselors, and squalid and insufficient toilet facilities.” the Law Center says another lawsuit, which will challenge the constitutionality of underfunding districts throughout the state, “is forthcoming.”

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Having a high-quality neighborhood school is fundamental to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future success. and tremendous principals making a difference in the lives of young people every day.â&#x20AC;?

This is one such story: Wyatt and his wife, both lawyers who grew up in small-town Pennsylvania, are parents of a two young children who will attend Jackson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a product of public education at every level, and so is my wife, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also very dedicated to raising our family in the city,â&#x20AC;? he says.The option of having â&#x20AC;&#x153;a high-quality neighborhood school â&#x20AC;Ś is fundamental to the future success of our city and the young people that are growing up here.â&#x20AC;?

Young professionals allergic to suburban life are investing time and resources in diverse public schools across the city.

Jackson and Kirkbride have support, he says from â&#x20AC;&#x153;people who want to live in a great neighborhood. And the only way youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to live in a great neighborhood is if you have a great school.â&#x20AC;?

Fundraisers are no way to run a public-education system, and depending on privately raised money increases the disparity between schools in wealthier neighborhoods â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and poorer ones like Feltonville. And middle-class transplants arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone saviors. Lower-income schools have organized to protest and fight off charter takeovers and closure.

But the mobilization underway highlights an alternative to a

reform mindset that has generally favored top-down privatization of school management over community-led transformation.

Just as â&#x20AC;&#x153;white flightâ&#x20AC;? helped create our segregated school system, integration requires people like the Wyatts buying in.

This is an awful time for schools, but parents across this city make me optimistic.

The growing coalition of parents, representing Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beautiful diversity, is something future governors canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to ignore. (daniel.denvir@citypaper.net)

Denvir to moDerate schools talk Daniel Denvir will moderate a discussion with Philadelphia Schools Superintendent William Hite at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Friends Center, 1515 Cherry St. The event is sponsored by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action.

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here’s a long and storied history of gay and lesbian jazz musicians, from Duke Ellington’s composer/ arranger/right-hand man Billy Strayhorn, to avantgarde innovator Cecil Taylor, to in-demand drummer Allison Miller. But the music hasn’t enjoyed much of a tradition of acknowledging or celebrating that lineage. Vibraphonist Gary Burton, for example, didn’t feel comfortable coming out for the first 30 years of his renowned career.

That will change a bit later this month when the William Way LGBT Community Center presents OutBeat, which it’s billing as “America’s First Queer Jazz Festival.” The weekend-long festival, co-produced by Ars Nova Workshop artistic director Mark Christman, will feature a lineup that would be impressive by the standards of any jazz festival, whether concerned with sexual orientation or not. Pianist Fred Hersch, vocalist Andy Bey, singer/pianist Patricia Barber, drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Bill Stewart and a number of other performers showcase the wide range of LGBT artists active in the music today. In addition to the performances, which will take place at venues including Chris’ Jazz Café, the Painted Bride, Union Transfer and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the festival will also feature panel discussions lending historical context.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to both celebrate the music, and look at it within the context of the conversation between race, sexuality and gender in the jazz world,” says Chris Bartlett, executive director of William Way. “The LGBT experience has been part of that conversation, from old blues songs that looked at the experience of the ‘sissy’ through Billy Strayhorn being one of the first openly black gay artists, but the participation of LGBT people in the jazz world has been largely silent.”

Controversy over the festival was inevitable — it is, after all, happening in the city where hirsute drag queen Martha Graham Cracker’s scheduled performance at the 2013 Center City Jazz Festival was greeted with an email from a local musician declaring “No fags in jazz” — but it was surprising when Outbeat took some heat from one of its headliners. Following the announcement of the festival this summer, Fred Hersch wrote an open letter to the organizers decrying the use of the word “queer.”

“I was surprised and shocked,” Hersch says of his reaction when he first read the tagline. “I don’t identify myself that way, and I daresay most of the artists who are appearing don’t identify themselves that way. To me, ‘queer’ still means ‘odd.’”

Bartlett counters by saying that that definition actually did

“I PLAY MY MUSIC, AND I HAPPEN TO BE GAY,” SAYS HERSCH. play into the decision to use “queer” in the festival’s marketing, as did the word’s past as a derogatory insult and other factors. “I don’t think any term that we could have chosen would have been perfect,” Bartlett explains. “‘LGBT’ is not a term known broadly outside of progressive circles; ‘gay’ isn’t inclusive enough for what we were trying to do; ‘gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender’ is too awkward. But ‘queer’ has this inclusive sense of looking at difference. It’s also a term that’s been used historically in a negative way, so we’re looking at the change in the use of that word but also saying that what we’re doing is something quite queer, quite outside of the box, and something quite different than anything that’s been done before.”

Hersch came out in the early 1990s as both gay and HIV-positive, among the first artists in any medium to do so. He’s since been active in speaking out and fundraising for AIDS-related agencies and charities. “In 1993 having HIV was something of a death sentence,” Hersch says. “So honestly, I thought I might not be around in two or three years, so maybe by my coming out I could be helpful to some people who were struggling with it. I call myself an accidental activist.”

On Sept. 19 at the Art Museum’s weekly Art After 5 concert, Hersch will perform music from his latest CD, Floating

(Palmetto), a typically gorgeous and elegant trio outing. But don’t confuse the beauty and delicacy of his playing as “gay” traits, a frequent mistake that he’s quick to rail against. “I don’t play gay music,” Hersch says emphatically. “I play my music, and I happen to be gay.That’s kind of the end of it.To me there’s no gay sensibility.

One of the most radical and intense creative jazz pianists in the world, Cecil Taylor, is gay, and his music is anything but pretty. It’s wonderful, I love it, but this idea that gay equates with prettiness or elegance is just not something I buy, and I think there’s going to be ample demonstration of that at this festival.”

The genre-spanning range of the artists scheduled to perform at OutBeat was intentional, says Bartlett, who hopes to make the festival a biennial occurrence. “It was key to have the roster reflect the multiple diversities within the LGBT community.

At the end of this jazz festival, are people going to say, ‘Wow, I really saw something in what these artists had to offer that said something about race, gender or sexual orientation’, or not? My hypothesis is that we’re going to see a lot said and said in different ways by the diversity of the lineup.” (s_brady@citypaper.net) OutBeat runs Sept. 18-21, more info at outbeatjazzfestival.com.

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PARTY WITH THE ANIMALS A NEW, REGULAR DANCE NIGHT AIMS TO GIVE PHILLY’S FURRY COMMUNITY A PLACE TO GET TOGETHER AND GET DOWN. BY MARC SNITZER

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The regular Unleashed events at Tabu are a first for Philly’s furry community, says organizer Damon Stango.

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uick: What pops into your head when somebody says “furries?”

Chances are it’s one of two things: A) “Who? I don’t even know what that is.”

B) Some kind of scene involving people dressed in large, fuzzy animal costumes and doing things that, on the NSFW meter, range from kinda-sorta to very-very. It’s an image often followed by groans, chuckles or cheap jokes from people who are vocal about being non-furry.

For those who said A: “Furries,” generally speaking, are people who create “fursonas” — avatars of animals with human characteristics — and express them via costumes (called fur suits), art, fiction and/or role play. Dogs, wolves, foxes, bears and horses are among popular fursonas, often affixed with creative twists and personal touches. That said, a fursona is not a requirement: One can simply be a fan of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic artwork. Furry has no strict guidelines and is designed to be an inclusive and widespread community, encouraging imagination and creativity. Furries meet online and at conventions, including the annual Anthrocon in Pittsburgh which drew more than 5,000 attendees in July.

For those who said B: Furry is not mainly a sex thing. This stigma, that it’s merely a sexual fetish, has been partly responsible for the community’s difficulty gaining acceptance from the world at large.

Just ask Damon Stango, a furry and the producer of Unleashed — which he says is Philadelphia’s first bimonthly furry dance party.

“That’s always the big one,” he says, chuckling, when asked about common misconceptions regarding the furry fandom. “I think what attracts people to furry has nothing to do with sex.”

For some, there is a sexual side, he says, but it can be chalked up to the Internet’s unofficial Rule 34 to fandom: If it exists, then there’s a sexual component to it.

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“[THE FUR SUIT] IS A WAY TO BRING YOUR CHARACTER TO LIFE.” “The fandom is definitely not sex-based,” he stresses. “It is definitely attractive to people who didn’t quite fit in, maybe in their younger years. I know personally: That’s how I felt,” Stango says. He discovered the fandom as a high school senior after researching The Lion King on the Internet. Similar to Star Trek, Doctor Who or various anime fandoms, the furry demographic is one that has no qualms with being labeled as nerdy. “I think it attracts what would be your stereotypical nerd or geek. It’s definitely for folks who have a vivid imagination.”

The fur suit, a visual key that many associate with the fandom, is not even that common within the community, according to Stango — a decent fur suit generally costs close to $1,000 — but can be a tool for the more introverted participants. “[The fur suit] is a way to bring your character to life,” he says.

“It’s a means of self-expression. I’m a big believer that the mask is a means to unveiling the person underneath.

“This population is pretty introverted. That fur suit can enable someone to express more extroverted personality traits that they always wanted to express but didn’t quite have the nerve to … before.”

Stango organized the first Unleashed in May as an easy way for Philly furries to gather and network in real life, especially if they

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can’t make it to Pittsburgh or Irvine, Calif., for the conventions.

After two successful one-offs, Unleashed will begin in earnest as a regular event at Center City nightclub Tabu next Friday.

“It’s pretty much just a giant dance party,” Stango says. “We bring in performers, so we have people from the drag community, the burlesque community, people who want to show off their talents. We also have our DJs.” Missing from his description is the heavy petting, sexual deviance trope. These furries aren’t looking for that kind of a good time. They just want to dance.

A therapist by trade, Stango recognizes the value of alternative expression. A regular event like Unleashed can be vital for a local furry community, he says, just as any forum and source of socializing can be for a fringe group that is often misrepresented and taken for a joke. For a subculture that lives primarily on the Internet, Unleashed could mean a lot.

“My main goal would be to provide a forum for expression for folks who may not be able to travel all the way to conventions,” he says. “I just want Unleashed to be a gathering place.” (marc.snitzer@citypaper.net) Unleashed featuring performances by PocketCub and Brenda Banks, Fri., Sept. 19, 9 p.m., $12-$15, Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar, 200 S. 12th St., 215964-9675, tabuphilly.com.

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OMEDY AT THE TROC

I know, starting a rock calendar off this way is stupid, but listen: The Trocadero is doubling as a pretty kick-ass comedy venue these days.Check out this lineup: Doug Stanhope (Sept. 12), Hannibal Burress (Oct. 16), Broad City (Nov. 5, sold out), Tig Notaro (Nov. 7) and Wyatt Cenac (Nov. 22). ✚Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., thetroc.com.

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. MASCIS

One thing we learned from Nirvana’s Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction and after-party is that J. Mascis can still shred if he wants to.

The Dinosaur Jr. frontman freaking killed it on “School.” Look it up.

Here’s hoping he stands up and throws down at this show. ✚ Sept. 25,World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., worldcafelive.com.

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There’s nobody quite like Big Freedia, though the New Orleans bounce juggernaut surely took

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some fashion cues from Hollywood Montrose. Just Be Free dropped in June. It’s got all the booty-shaking choruses and gatling rhythms your butt demands. Butts make demands, FYI. ✚ Oct. 3, Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St., bootandsaddlephilly.com.

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The new old soul revival isn’t just about Sharon Jones. Make some noise for bedrock funk showman Lee Fields, who sets hisVelcro voice to classics and originals.

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I can’t stop listening to this Australian singer-songwriter’s latest, The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas. It’s jangly indie rock with a touch of twang and some sly swagger. ✚ Oct. 20, Union Transfer, utphilly.com.

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On the heels of RTJ2 — due for release for as a free download a few days before this show — El-P and Killer Mike return to prove all the hype wasn’t a mirage. ✚ Oct.31,TLA,334 South St.,tlaphilly.com.

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The new documentary Time Is Illmatic spans Nas’ life and career, and was made possible by the Ford Foundation. And listeners like you. The film will screen. Nasty Nas will perform. ✚ Oct. 5, Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside, Pa., keswicktheatre.com.

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If you like your indie pop worldly, wordy and lovely, this is the band for you. ✚ Oct. 11, Boot & Saddle, bootandsaddlephilly.com.

KA TWIGS

Have you heard the British singer/songwriter/phenom’s cover of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me”? It’s some spooky, sultry trip-hop. P.S.: This show will sell out. ✚ Nov. 7, Union Transfer, utphilly.com.

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Canada’s finest returns with a new record — the just-released Brill Bruisers (Matador) — and an old-school lineup featuring Neko Case. ✚ Nov. 20, Union Transfer, utphilly.com.

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✚ Oct. 5, World Café Live, worldcafelive.com.

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It somehow worked out that Philly gets to host the record release party for Seeds, the latest slice-of-art space rock from this Brooklyn band. ✚ Nov. 18, Union Transfer, utphilly.com.

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By Mark Cofta

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High art meets low comedy in David Hirson’s 1991 hit, which opens the Arden’s 27th season.

Director Emmanuelle Delpech, making her Arden debut, showcases Scott Greer as The Beast, a street performer added to a serious acting troupe. The great cast also features Alex Keiper, James Ijames, Ian Merrill Peakes and Dito van Reigersberg. ✚ Sept. 11-Oct. 12, Arden Theatre, 40 N. Second St., ardentheatre.org.

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HE ADDAMS FAMILY

The area’s first production of this Broadway hit — one of an endless

stream of old tv shows made into musicals — is worthy of note for Charles Addams’ deliciously macabre source material and the Media Theatre’s inspired casting of Jeff Coon and Jennie Eisenhower as passionate parents Gomez and Morticia. ✚ Sept. 24-Nov. 2, Media Theatre, 104 E. State St., Media, Pa., mediatheatre.org.

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Lantern Theater Company’s season opens with Tom Stoppard’s sparkling masterpiece, directed by Kathryn MacMillan and starring Charlotte Northeast and Kittson O’Neill. The 1994 Olivier Awardwinning Best New Play hasn’t been produced in Philadelphia since the Wilma Theater inaugurated their Broad Street home with it in 1996. ✚ Sept.25-Nov.2,St.Stephen’s Theater,923 Ludlow St., lanterntheater.org.

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Each season’s Shakespeare productions are a festival in themselves.

October starts with Macbeth performed outdoors, in Hawthorne Park, by ambitious newcomers Revolution Shakespeare Thea tre Revolution (Oct. 3-12, revolutionshakespeare.org). The Quintessence Theatre Group’s fall season begins with one cast

performing history play Richard II (Oct. 9-Nov. 9) and comedy As You Like It (Oct. 1-Nov. 8), both directed by Alexander Burns, in rotating repertory (quintessencetheatre.org). The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre returns to fall productions with Henry V, directed by Aaron Cromie, who staged their magical summer production of Love’s Labour’s Lost (Oct. 22-Nov. 16, phillyshakespeare. org). Hedgerow’s Hamlet is billed as their “fall thriller,” a big step up from their usual Agatha Christie, with artistic director Jared Reed assailing the title role (Oct. 23-Nov. 23, hedgerowtheatre.org).

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While the Wilma’s splashiest shows — Hamlet and Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead — happen in the spring, the season starts with the welcome return of playwright Gina Gionfriddo, whose Becky Shaw was a Barrymore-winning hit for Blanka Zizka’s company. Rapture, Blister, Burn features Krista AppleHodge as a celebrity professor reuniting with her best pals from graduate school. ✚ Oct.8-Nov.2,Wilma Theater,265 S.Broad St., wilmatheater.org.

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This exciting exhibition presents over 100 paintings and drawings by award-winning children’s author and illustrator Brian Selznick. His rich and imaginative illustrations were the inspiration for the film Hugo (2011). Join us for a free family day and book signing with Brian Selznick on October 18. Details at delart.org.

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This exhibition was organized by the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, Abilene, Texas. From Houdini to Hugo: The Art of Brian Selznick is made possible by DuPont and the Emily du Pont Memorial Exhibition Fund. From Houdini to Hugo Family Day, Artist Talk, and Book Signing is Sponsored by Highmark Delaware. Additional support is provided by grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. | Cover art for Riding Freedom (detail), 1998. Brian Selznick (born 1966). Acrylic on watercolor paper, 19 x 15 inches. © 1998

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William James Glackens. Sunday on the Marne (detail), c. 1915–1916. BF2033. Photo © 2014 The Barnes Foundation

Step out in full color Your autumn of inspiration begins at the Barnes.

Exhibition opens November 8 William Glackens tickets on-site or at barnesfoundation.org 20th and the parkway | 215.278.7200

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Japanese-Canadian playwright and director Rick Shiomi joins InterAct Theatre to direct Christopher Chen’s new drama about a Chinese artist who survived a prison camp — or did he?

Terrific local actors Justin Jain and Bi Jean Ngo are featured. ✚ Oct.24-Nov.16,InterActTheatreCompany at the Adrienne,2030 Sansom St.,interacttheatre.org.

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Lucas Hnath’s stylish play about Olympic swimming, the perils of competition and the American Dream of equality is the most provocative Theatre Exile title

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since last fall’s Cock, also directed

by Deborah Block.

munication aided, and thwarted, by technology?

✚ Oct.30-Nov.23,Theatre Exile at Studio X, 1340 S. 13th St., theatreexile.org.

✚ Nov.5-23,Off-Broad Street Theater,1636 Sansom St., azukatheatre.org.

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HE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE Madeleine George’s Pulitzer finalist receives its local premiere with Azuka Theatre, and connects three famous Watsons — Sherlock Holmes’ sidekick, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant and the Artificial Super Intelligence featured on TV’s Jeopardy! — with Josh Watson, an IT guru for a local Dweeb Team. How much is com-

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ONTEMPRADANCE THEATRE CO.

ContempraDANCE makes dance that appeals to adults and kids. Its performers exude pizzazz and exuberance, and their productions often

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present a colorful, eclectic slate of works. This event is no exception with selections that are jazzy (Exotic Birds), arty (BeyondWords) and wild and fun (Crash Course). ✚ Oct.11-12,Painted Bride Art Center,230 Vine St., paintedbride.org.

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ENNSYLVANIA BALLET

Highly anticipated?That’s an understatement. This is the first program

by PAB under its recently installed, much-heralded artistic director Ángel Corella.The guy’s still very new on the job, so don’t expect big differences yet, though the corps could well have a new spring in its steps for this collection of works by George

Balanchine, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon. ✚ Oct.16-26,AcademyofMusic,240S.Broad St., paballet.org.

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ALLETBOYZ

Founded by two former Royal Ballet principal dancers, BalletBoyz offers something you don’t see much in concert dance: a buff allmale cast of varied training and background. It’s quite a mean feat how the Boyz combine classical, post-modern and contact-release forms in a manner that’s artistic, accessible and hot, hot, hot. ✚ Oct. 23-25, Annenberg Center for the PerformingArts,3680WalnutSt.,annenbergcenter.org.

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ALLETX

Sharp, nimble and polished, BalletX has firmly established itself as the city’s premier contemporary ballet company. Their fall program features works by three company favorites: Jorma Elo, Matthew Neenan and Olivier Wevers. ✚ Nov. 19-23,Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St., balletx.org.

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OLEDAD BARRIO & NOCHE FLAMENCA

Pure flamenco. No tricks, no gimmicks,nocontemporizing.Thisisthe real deal, direct from Spain, featuring Bessie Award-winning Soledad Barrio with top-notch singers and

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Blue Horizon Tour: “Live Dates” Live Tue, Sep 23

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musicians. They are plaintive, visceral, soulful and sensuous.

hop and Butoh, a Japanese expressionist dance form.

â&#x153;&#x161; Nov. 20-23, Annenberg Center for the PerformingArts,3680WalnutSt.,annenbergcenter.org.

â&#x153;&#x161; Dec. 12-13, Painted Bride Art Center, rhpm.org.

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ENNIE HARRIS & MICHAEL SAKAMOTO

Rennie Harrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Puremovement company regularly travels â&#x20AC;&#x2122;round the world, but opportunities to see the multi-awarded man himself perform are much rarer. It will be a special treat to see him live in the experimental duet, Flash, conceived asadanceconversationbetweentwo acclaimedartistswithdifferentdance vernaculars: African-American hip-

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annual celebration of Irish music and dance. Friday evening the dancers convene. All day Saturday there is live music, from local kids in the Next Generation program to the Converse Trio, whose alums have gone back to the old country to show in the All-IrelandTrio competition in Sligo. Sean Keane and his band and Full Set close out the fest. â&#x153;&#x161; Sept.11-13,CommodoreBarryClub,6815 Emlen St., philadelphiaceiligroup.org.

EILI GROUP FESTIVAL

On Thursday, singers will perform the old songs and pay tribute to the memory of Frank Malley, a mighty singer and the longtime chair of this

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acclaim. Will the new Promise of a Brand New Day (Blue Corn Music) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; produced by Meshell Ndegeocello â&#x20AC;&#x201D; finally get the job done?

adore this West Coast band, but liberals who like a Brazilian sound with vallenata/merengue/East L.A. rock highlights will dig it.

â&#x153;&#x161; Sept.16,World CafĂŠ Live,3025Walnut St., worldcafelive.com.

â&#x153;&#x161; Sept. 28, World CafĂŠ Live, worldcafelive.com.

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SXSW was sufficiently impressed by these three Philly close-harmony girls, but echoes of the Andrew Sisters? Not hardly.

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Flemons is a master of the old acoustic styles, recalling the rural places where country, blues and tin pan alley bubbled into a popular stew.

â&#x153;&#x161; Sept. 27, Connieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ric Rac, 1132 S. Ninth St., conniesricrac.com.

â&#x153;&#x161;Oct. 7, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., tinangel.com.

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fying trio.

✚ Nov. 2, Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St., kimmelcenter.org.

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His Afro-Cuban Messengers combines the mentorship of Art Blakey’s influential band with the rhythms of Valdés’ homeland.

✚ Sept.26-27,Chris’Jazz Café,1421 Sansom St.,chrisjazzcafe.com.

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✚ Oct. 4, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680Walnut St., annenbergcenter.org.

Former Village Voice writer Greg Tate split this smaller unit off from the larger Burnt Sugar Arkestra to delve into the dark and fiery side of Afro-Futurist funk-rock.

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✚ Sept.27,PaintedBrideArtCenter,230Vine St.,paintedbride.org.

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Virtuosic pianist Eldar Djangirov will spend a weekend celebrating Chris’ Jazz Café’s anniversary, leading his electri-

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Daughter of Santana trombonist and recording engineer Jeff Cressman, vocalist, trombonist and composer Natalie Cressman plays with jazz greats like Nicholas Payton and Wycliffe Gordon when not logging road hours with Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio.

HUCHO VALDÉS

A true legend of Cuban music, pianist Valdés is an acclaimed bandleader and founder of the groundbreaking group Irakere.

✚ Oct. 10, Philadelphia Museum of Art,

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Festival of Fine Craft October 4 & 5 2014

2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy., philamuseum.org.

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Taking inspiration from the headlines, guitarist Felder’s Golden Age (OKeh) incorporates snippets from speeches by everyone from Malcolm X to Richard Nixon and Elie Wiesel to question the very notion of a “golden age,” though his fluid, rock-tinged jazz may contribute to a modern one for the music. ✚ Oct.11,Chris’JazzCafé,chrisjazzcafe.com.

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ing jazz with an Americana bent, so he’s an ideal collaborator with indie-folk singer/fiddler/banjoist/guitarist Amidon. They’ll be performing folk songs, hymns and country ballads from Amidon’s new CD Lily-O (Nonesuch).

bring radical Jewish music to the traditional Jewish setting of South Philly’s “Little Shul.”

✚ Oct.17,FringeArts,140NColumbusBlvd., arsnovaworkshop.com.

The veteran pianist’s latest, Rhapsody in Gershwin (Playscape), presents a stripped-down trio exploration of Gershwin’s landmark “Rhapsody in Blue.”

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Led by gimbri player Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, the “tribal rock band” Abraxas has made significant contributions to John Zorn’s Masada and Book of Angels repertoire, and most recently recorded a set of Zorn compositions penned expressly for the quartet Psychomagia. They’ll

✚ Nov.13,ShivteiYeshuron-EzrasIsrael,2015 S. Fourth St., arsnovaworkshop.com.

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ARTURO SANDOVAL QUINTET TED KURLAND ASSOCIATES DAWN UPSHAW BROOKE IRISH QUATUOR MOSAÏQUES WOLFGANG KRAUTZER

Sinatra, serving in part to commemorate her discovery by Getz at the 1979 Monterey Jazz Festival.

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✚ Nov. 15, Science Center Theater, Montgomery County Community College, mc3.edu.

By Peter Burwasser

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Not many jazz musicians can claim to have been played by Andy Garcia, but trumpeter Sandoval’s mentorship by Dizzy Gillespie and defection from Cuba were the subject of a 2000 TV movie starring the Cuban-American actor. ✚ Nov. 16, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, annenbergcenter.org.

URTIS OPERA THEATER

Tchaikovsky’s rarely performed last opera, Iolanta, is a neglected masterpiece. The fairy tale drama is low voltage, but the music is lush, even dreamy, and nobody dies. This is an unstaged, concert arrangement. ✚ Oct. 9-12, Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St., curtis.edu.

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OLCE SUONO ENSEMBLE

This enterprising chamber group, led by the delightful flutist Mimi Stillman, celebrates a 10 year anniversary in customary style, with many familiar names from the roster of superb guest artists. ✚ Oct. 12, Lenfest Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, 1616 Locust St., dolcesuono.com.

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HE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA

Czech composer Leos Janácek was one of the great original voices of the 20th century. His strange and powerful “Glagolitic” Mass does not get performed much; this is a

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rare opportunity. ✚ Oct. 16-18, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., philorch.org.

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The program for this concert is a Halloween homage to the macabre, with music inspired by Poe, the “Ghost” trio of Beethoven and Schoenberg’s beautifully nightmar ish “ Transfigured Night.” ✚ Oct.19,TrinityCenterforUrbanLife,2212 Spruce St., astralartists.com

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Charles Ives, by day a buttoned-down insurance executive,

was one of the most innovative composers on the American 20thcentury scene. The smart, pretty voice of Dawn Upshaw is the ideal vehicle for his excellent songs. ✚ Oct. 21, Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut St., pcmsconcerts.org

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This Austrian string quartet plays core repertoire with a precision and panache that draws the listener into an intimate world of sound.

This program features youthful masterpieces of Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven. ✚ Nov.7,Kimmel Center,pcmsconcert.org.

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HAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PHILADELPHIA The luminous young violist Ayane Kozasa is the soloist for this concert, in a concerto by Stamitz.

Lovely symphonies from Britten and Haydn are also on the bill. ✚ Nov. 9-10, Kimmel Center, chamberorchestra.com.

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This firecracker ensemble will be joined by members of the Philadelphia Orchestra percussion and string sections to honor a legendary drummer on his 85th

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ing and the chance to re-stage an episode of MTV’s The Real World using social media.

✚ Nov.16,Kimmel Center,psmsconcert.org.

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Upstart arts org The St. Claire offers a variety of re-imagined higher education art courses; topics include dance, poetry, draw-

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LEX DA CORTE AND JAYSON MUSSON: EASTERNSPORTS Two artists with Philly ties combine their talents to create a fourchannel, multilingual soap opera presented as an in-the-round video installation. Organized by assistant curator Kate Kraczon, the telenovela is billed as an update of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town that’s equal parts Peter Greenaway and

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EASTERNSPORTS ALEX DA CORTE AND JAYSON MUSSON A HATCHET TO KILL OLD UGLY JOY FEASLEY AND PAUL SWENBECK

Jim Henson, David Lynch and Duck Amuck. ✚ Sept.19–Dec.28,InstituteofContemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St., icaphila.org.

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Drawing upon the Victorian language of sentimental hairwork, interdisciplinary artist Martha McDonald creates a site-specific installation of knitted botanicals under bell jars to conjure the past of The Woodlands Cemetery.

McDonald will add to the haunting atmosphere during several performances by singing Appalachian folk songs about longing and loss while wearing full Victorian

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mourning dress. ✚ Sept. 26-Oct. 5, The Woodlands, 4000 Woodland Ave., woodlandsphila.org.

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Conrad Benner of the Streets Dept blog will lead a new series of graffiti-viewing tours as a direct response to the TEDxPhilly walks he hosted last spring which sold out in less than 24 hours. ✚ Late October through November, more info at streetsdept.com.

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OY FEASLEY AND PAUL SWENBECK: A HATCHET TO KILL OLD UGLY Esteemed Philadelphia artists/

husband-and-wife team Feasley and Swenbeck are creating an installation inspired by Shaker spirit drawings and magic. The three-part exhibition derives its title from a Shaker name for the devil “Old Ugly” seen in spirit drawings, which the Shakers created to describe symbols seen in visions.

the intersection of science fiction and magic and includes the work of artists Ahmed Salvatore, Clint Takeda and Scott Cassidy.

✚ Oct. 2-Jan. 4, Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1214 Arch St., fabricworkshopandmuseum.org.

Ezra Masch’s The Big Bang Project creates a feedback loop in which drummers both create a light show and respond to it. Contact microphones on the drums are wired to custom mixers that divide the audio into multiple ranges of volume.

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LARKE’S THIRD LAW

How about some more Paul Swenbeck? The recent Visual Arts Pew Fellowship winner takes his turn as curator at Space1026 with an exhibition that explores

✚ November, Space 1026, 1026 Arch St., space1026.com.

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✚ Early December, Crane Arts, 1400 N. American St., cranearts.com.

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WHAT WE’VE SEEN AT FRINGE “You feel like you’ve been emotionally kicked.” ³ UNTITLED: WHAT YOU SEE OR WHAT DO YOU SEE

We think: Artist Krie Alden's premise here is that abstract expressionism leaves infinite possibilities of interpretation for the viewer, and a great deal of that potential can be taken away when the artist names the piece. Here, the audience "tags shit," i.e., leaves a little card with a reaction/title, hung up next to the paintings on display. The hack poet in us all is summoned to the surface in a relaxed art atmosphere. Closes Sept. 20. —Dotun Akintoye

AWKWARD FAMILY PHOTOS: Josh McIlvain uses real slides from decades past to create the narrative in his solo work, Slideshow.

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We think: We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 is the kind of play that, when it ends, you don’t really want to clap for — but only because you feel like you’ve been “emotionally punched and kicked,” as my date put it.White guilt is explored and the characters come to realize, while simultaneously teaching the audience, that it’s impossible to truly understand another person’s experience. Closes Sept. 13. —Julie Zeglen INTIMATE EXCHANGES

We think:The big selling point — and the nagging issue — of Mary Carpenter’s adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn’s 1982 play is the inclusion of audience choice. A distinctive musical cue and a spotlight will freeze the actors, then stage manager Tom Shotkin will offer two choices: A light isolates a different audience member each time, and the choice is theirs. Since there are eight possible final outcomes, actors Jennifer Childs and Tony Lawton (brilliant consummate professionals) had to memorize and rehearse all the choices.That’s a downright amazing achievement. Minus the unique theatrics, however, my day-after feeling about the version I saw was “meh.” Closes Sept. 21. —Mark Cofta For full reviews, visit citypaper.net/nakedcity.

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GOING IT ALONE Four Fringe artists talk the world of solo work. ³ SLIDESHOW, WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY JOSH MCILVAIN

Josh McIlvain says that during Slideshow, audiences, as ever, might have certain expectations.

“I think it still strikes fear in some people that they may be stuck with this one performer for an entire show, and if they don’t like the performer it’s going to be a painful evening,” he says.

For Slideshow, McIlvain purchased slides of real people from the ’50s through the ’80s to create a narrative of one family’s life.

“Slide shows were such a part of the American family experience — it was a performance,” he says.

Audiences can expect the same from him.

“We will all be together, and I will be talking about the slides from the middle of the audience,” he says.

Also, he promises: “I’m growing an ’80s mustache for it.” Through Sept. 20. ³ HUMAN FRUIT BOWL, WRITTEN BY ANDREA KUCHLEWSKA AND PERFORMED BY HARMONY STEMPEL

What’s it like to be a muse? Ask Harmony Stempel — she’s been an artist’s model, and asked Andrea Kuchlewska to write a solo show

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for her about the gig, nudity and all. Kuchlewska says writing this play for Stempel was a treat.

“There is a focus to the solo form that allows audiences to deeply delve into an individual character’s journey,” Kuchlewska explains.

Stempel was inspired by a model for artist Pierre Bonnard, who allegedly killed herself in a bathtub.

“I like the challenge of a solo show,” Stempel says. “I get to use the audience as my scene partner.”

Human Fruit Bowl has been presented in six cities and is on its way to five more. Stempel says she looks forward to developing it.

“Everybody likes a naked girl,” she says. Through Sept. 21. ³ STAND BACK I’M GONNA UKE: AN EVENING OF OLD-TIMEY MUSIC, WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY SETH REICHGOTT

Originally created for the 2013 SoLow Festival, Stand Back is outside Seth Reichgott’s typical comfort zone.

“You’re all alone up there, which is awfully nice … [but] if it starts going down, there’s nobody but you to try to right the ship,” he says.

Reichgott says audiences can be impressed by the virtuosity that a solo performer can present.

But, “it can require a lot more imagination on the part of an audience, especially if you’re playing numerous characters,” he says.

But in Stand Back, Reichgott tells just one man’s journey of love through song.

“This one is just me playing fun music and telling an honest story,” he says. Through Sept. 13.

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Adapted from Charlotte Roche’s controversial 2008 novel, Wetlands offers a preemptive disclaimer in the form of a letter to the editors of the German tabloid Bild complaining that “This book shouldn’t be read or adapted to film.” David Wnendt clearly takes nose-thumbing delight in offending the easily offended, and seems to warn of a shock-for-shock’ssake rendition of the book’s biological, gynecological and scatological obsessions. But while he doesn’t shy away from the story’s chronic hemorrhoids, anal fissures and neglected hygiene, Wnendt isn’t out for cheap gross-outs so much as to tell an endearing coming-of-age tale. He has the perfect subject in Carla Juri’s Helen, and it’s her desire to transgress and shock, not Wnendt’s, that steers the film into filthy toilet stalls and hospital-gown upskirts. The director records her provocations with a puckish playfulness, opening with an image that appears to be the crack of Helen’s ass, before his spiraling camera reveals it to be the bend of her knee — though we still see her scratching her afflicted backside before we see her face. After an operation, she plots to be kept in the hospital long enough to engineer a reunion between her divorced parents, a contrivance that, along with its revelations, is the film’s least successful aspect. That Wnendt continually shrugs these moments aside to delve back into Helen’s manic fantasies and excretion-soaked adventures is a refreshing break from so much traumatized-teen-girl storytelling, and conjures a rare heroine whose defiant confidence is allowed to be more compelling than her wounded psyche. —Shaun Brady (Ritz at the Bourse)

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CONTINUING BOYHOOD | A With Boyhood, director Richard Linklater proves himself to be an insightful chronicler of the changes wrought by time on a relationship as he shows one young boy’s growth and maturation over the course of nearly three hours. Linklater’s unconventional approach — filming a short segment each year for 12 years — has been well-publicized, but in practice it never feels like a gimmick. The focus is on Mason (Ellar Coltrane), who is introduced as a 6-year-old pondering the heavens to a Coldplay soundtrack and exits as an 18-yearold college freshman. His older sister Samantha, played by the director’s daughter Lorelei, goes from teasing annoyance to jaded teenager to thoughtful young woman. Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke appear as Mason’s divorced parents, who reluctantly settle into maturity, their lessdramatic physical changes showing the burdens and wear of time. What we see are not necessarily the most dramatic moments. But if nothing in Mason’s experience is particularly novel, it’s stunning to watch how the same truths become new discoveries in each person’s life. —SB (Ritz Five)

CALVARY | B Director John Michael McDonagh reteams with The Guard star Brendan Gleeson for Calvary,where the laughs come with an almost overpoweringly bitter aftertaste.The film begins in the confession booth, where Father James Lavelle (Gleeson) is confronted by a victim of childhood sexual abuse who declares his intention to kill Lavelle a week later, as murdering a good priest would make a stronger statement than vindictively killing a bad one. Lavelle spends the next several days attending

to his parishioners as he grapples with his impending doom, refusing to disclose the killer’s identity to the bishop or the audience. Gleeson is adept at sketching a character’s history with just a few reactions, so that even those townsfolk who only appear for a scene or two are given a life and a history. Unfortunately, McDonagh doesn’t draw them quite so deeply, and ultimately the film becomes a schematic argument about redemption and forgiveness rather than a fully fleshed-out story. —SB (Ritz Five)

FRANK | BA story about an outsider experimental band told in twee indie-pop shades, Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank struggles to find a consistent tone. The title character — played by Michael Fassbender under a large, cartoonish papier-mâché head — leads a band of eccentrics with an unpronounceable name who labor over songs heard by miniscule audiences at sporadic gigs that inevitably end in meltdown. Into this wanders young would-be songwriter Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), who’s received with suspicion by the rest of the band. He attempts to make Frank’s offbeat songs more listener-friendly, but it’s Jon’s YouTube diaries of the band’s protracted recording sessions that go viral, leading to a potentially disastrous gig at South by Southwest. Abrahamson unfortunately can’t seem to decide whether Frank is a misunderstood genius or a charismatic crackpot, though, so the film veers erratically between empathy and ridicule. —SB (Ritz at the Bourse)

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT | C+ Magic in the Moonlight isn’t Woody Allen’s worst movie, but it’s one of his least necessary.Stanley (Colin Firth) is a magician who beguiles audiences in between-the-wars Europe with his tricks under the guise of the “Oriental” conjurer Wei Ling Soo. Despite the deception inherent in his profession, Stanley is obsessed with unmasking the deceptions of others, especially spiritualists like the American Sophie (Emma Stone). At some point, it becomes clear that Magic in the Moonlight is meant to be a romance, despite the evident lack of chemistry between its stars and the fact that Stanley’s dickish behavior merits nothing so much as a swift kick in the balls. Firth finds the character’s sympathetic corners,but at its core, the movie seems to think that a man treating a woman with cruelty and disdain is reason enough for her to fall for him. —Sam Adams (Ritz Five)

A MOST WANTED MAN | AAnton Corbijn’s moody Le Carré adaptation gains poignancy from featuring one of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s final performances as Günther, the head of a secret German intelligence unit that operates in the moral and legal netherworld. Although A Most Wanted Man is set in the present, Corbijn strands the film in a gray nowhere, the better to depict a landscape that no one, least of all Günther, knows how to navigate.

The plot, which involves tracking down a Chechen militant who may have trained with Islamic terrorists,

is relatively low stakes by espionagethriller standards, but that’s entirely to the point: What changes there are to be made will be small, and even those will come at a cost. The drama is about integrity and trust, not ticking bombs and rogue nukes. Though there’s not a shot fired or a body dumped, Günther’s struggle is never farther away than Hoffman’s worn face. —SA (Ritz East)

TRIP TO ITALY | BTravel is the surest way to get to know someone — but what happens when you know someone too well? That’s the problem mucking up Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s second Michael Winterbottom-booked sojourn, a sequel on the line between giving the people what they want and giving them something new.

Just like the original BBC series that Winterbottom converted to film, this Trip sees exaggerated versions of Coogan and Brydon eating their way through highend restaurants as research for a piece on regional dining, this time in Italy downing plates of incredible-looking pasta.

The actors’ appetites and insecurities get them into plenty of shit, but there’s little driving them in any direction. —Drew Lazor (Ritz Five)

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meville Rd., Bensalem, 215-387-5125, theawesomefest.com. The Awesome Fest returns to an actual summer camp in the woods for their second overnight horror-movie film festival, with a 30-foot screen in the woods to watch seven movies like camp-set Friday the 13th Part VI, Wolfcop and obviously Sleepaway Camp II on a loop all night. BYO tent and beer, but there will be food trucks. Fri.-Sat., Sept. 1213, 4 p.m.-11:30 a.m., $35, 21+.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125, ihousephilly.org. White Elephant (2012, Argentina, 105 min.): Two priests get caught up in the dangerous slums of Buenos Aires. Discussion afterward. Fri., Sept. 12, 7 p.m., $9.

Fly Away Home (1996, USA, 107 min.): For some reason, baby Anna Paquin goes to great lengths to ensure the survival of a flock of Canada geese. YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM, BABY ANNA PAQUIN. Sat., Sept. 13, 2 p.m., $9. City Lights (1931, USA, 86 min.): The Little Tramp’s best movie. Sat., Sept. 13, 7 p.m., $9. The Illiac Passion (1967, USA, 92 min.): As if Andy Warhol and his Factory decided to film the Aeschylus tragedy Prometheus Bound.

No — like, literally. Wed., Sept. 17, 7 p.m., $9.

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landmarktheatres.com. The Room (2003, USA, 99 min.): Find out for yourself what “YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA” means. Fri., Sept. 12, midnight, $10.

PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-972-1000, landmarktheatres.com. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992, USA, 135 min.): This prequel clears up all the questions you had about Twin Peaks.

(Part of PAFA’s David Lynch retrospective.) Wed., Sept. 17, 7 p.m., $7.

REELBLACK 4017 Lancaster Ave., 215-387-5125, reelblack.com. The Suspect (2013, USA, 98 min.): Mekhi Phifer stars in this indie thriller in which two black social scientists take a hands-on approach to studying racial profiling in small-town policing. Surprise: Things don’t go so well. Fri., Sept. 12, 7 p.m., $5.

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SOUVENIR $21 | Through Sept. 21, Montgomery Theater, 124 Main St., Souderton, Pa., 215-723-9984, montgomerytheater.org.

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ing-yet-poignant play about Florence Foster Jenkins (April Woodall), a wealthy socialite who believed she was a great coloratura soprano. Unfortunately, no one who heard her sing ever thought so. Nevertheless, she gave annual recitals in New York City’s Ritz-Carlton hotel ballroom that earned her notoriety and ridicule. Was Jenkins (1868-1944) oblivious to her tone-deafness, or was she in on the joke? Temperley doesn’t say, but we grow to laugh with her, not at her, as she bravely faces curious crowds. “People may say I can’t sing,” she famously said, “but no one can ever say I didn’t sing.” —Mark Cofta

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ALICE BOMAN $10-$12 | Thu., Sept. 11, 8 p.m., with Fielded, Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St., 267-639-4528, bootandsaddlephilly.com.

Daydreamy Swedish singer-

songwriter Alice Boman won’t bowl you over, but she’ll rock you gently. Her simple, frissonic pop songs — driven by hushed vocals and soft pianos — don’t stick in your head for long, but they’re plenty alluring during their allotted four-minute run times. —Patrick Rapa

[ theater ]

COMMUNICATING DOORS $15-$34 | Through Oct. 5, Hedgerow Theatre, 64 Rose Valley Rd., Rose Valley, Pa., 610-5654211, hedgerowtheatre.org.

Playwright Alan Ayckbourn has been known to dabble in science fiction — a genre too seldom represented on stage — and this 1994 comedy, the prolific Brit’s 46th, is a timetravel doozy that he describes as “sort of a Hitchcock version of Back to the Future.” Liam Castellan directs a cast that features Kyra Baker as Poopay, a dominatrix embroiled in a

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murder mystery that jumps forward and backwards in time.

Barrymore Award nominee Mary Beth Shrader and Brock Vickers are also featured.

—Mark Cofta

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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME … A MUTE PLAY

that Quasimodo lives in,” said Durkin. The show was inspired by the silent films of dark and unrealistic 1920s and ’30s German expressionism. Iconic images of Quasimodo, played

by Dan Higbee, will abound.

—SJ Punderson

the arc of a speed-dating event, eight performers bring 25 characters to life for three minutes at a time. Will their altering quests for passion make lasting connections? Will the concept outweigh the delivery? Like actual dating, there’s only one way to find out. —Sameer Rao

[ fringe/opera ]

$20 | Sept. 11-15 and 17-22, First Presbyterian Church, 201 S. 21st St., therenegadecompany.org, fringearts.com.

SPEED DATING TONIGHT!

What does it mean to be a monster? The Hunchback of Notre Dame … A Mute Play

by Michael Durkin and The Renegade Company will endeavor to find out just that, sans discourse. Audience members won’t have to be familiar with Victor Hugo’s novel or the Disney flick in order to enter into this mad, medieval world. “At moments it gets loud, which creates the effect of the disfigured world

Who said that opera has no relevance to modern life? Michael Ching’s and Dean Anthony’s Speed Dating Tonight! is making a quick name with a series of performances by small opera companies across the country.

Poor Richard’s Opera, a volunteer-run company whose productions feature rising area opera stars, brings this 90-minute extravaganza to Duel Piano Bar after a premiere run last week in Manayunk. Following

$20 | Thu.-Fri., Sept. 11-12, 6 p.m., Duel Piano Bar, 1420 Locust St., poorrichardsopera.org, fringearts.com.

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THE RAY CHARLES EXPERIENCE — LIVE! $30 | Fri.-Sun., Sept. 12-14 and 19-21, Red Room Cabaret at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth St., fringearts.com.

Movin’ Melvin Brown has an adjective added before his given name for a reason. He is a whirlwind of dance, from tap to clog to moonwalk, all worked into his singing. Delight at

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seeing him on the Fringe roster shifted to puzzlement with his theme this year: The Ray Charles Experience. Ray, you may remember, stayed pretty much glued to the piano bench.

Hmmm. The answer is in the mix: Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson material along with Charles’. It seems this will be a re-creation of an era rather than a single man.—Mary Armstrong

[ fringe/theater ]

Hell. This new show follows a woman stumbling through a world with no rules and no escape, where she battles seductresses, robots, demon geishas and body snatchers. Montana

doesn’t perform in Resurrection Room, preferring to direct, design and choreograph his stunning nightmarish visions.

—Mark Cofta

RESURRECTION ROOM $25 | Sept. 12-14 and 18-21, Latvian Society, 531 N. Seventh St., gunnarmt.com, fringearts.com.

Recent UArts graduate in modern dance performance Gunnar Montana performed with Brian Sanders’ acclaimed JUNK in Sanctuary, Dancing Dead and The Gate Reopened before venturing out on his own with last year’s FringeArts hit Basement, a macabre love story, and elaborate fantasies like Hybernate and Drag Me to

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RUM BUNCH ³ BEFORE KEITH RAIMONDI started fixing my drink, he passed a bottle of bitters across the handsome wood bar he mans at Townsend.

“Smell ’em.”

The flavor, Memphis Barbecue, sounds like the start of a Portlandia sketch. Barbecue bitters?

What’s next: Strawberry cheesecake bitters?

Newport 100s bitters? But upon Raimondi’s invitation, I lifted the eyedropper from the amber bottle and sniffed. The fragrance was heady with rich smoke and raspy spice, voluptuous and aggressive. It made me want pork.

The barbecue bitters add just the right trace of heat to the Better Loud Than Too Late, a rum-andpineapple cocktail perfect for bidding goodbye to summer. “This drink is all about summertime,” Raimondi explained. “I love pineapple on the grill; that’s where the inspiration came from.”

He starts by juicing pineapples in house; the nectar then gets cut with Demerara sugar to make a glossy simple syrup. Two rums, “funky overproof” Wray & Nephew from Jamaica and Barbancourt from Haiti (“more mild, but gives the backbone”), are the base spirits, while the herbal digestivo Strega is the meat in the middle.

And the name? “Pearl Jam is my favorite band; it’s a lyric from their song ‘Amongst the Waves,’” Raimondi said. “Eddie Vedder is obsessed with surfing and the ocean, and I thought this is a great beach drink. Like right at the end of the day, before the sun sets, drinking something refreshing but complex. That’s how I like to get my night started.” ³ MAKE IT

• 1 ounce Rhum Barbancourt • 3/4 ounce Wray & Nephew Overproof rum • 1/2 ounce Strega • 3/4 ounce pineapple Demerara syrup • 1 ounce fresh lemon juice • 16 drops Bitter End Memphis Barbecue bitters • 1 ounce club soda • 1 big orange peel Combine rums, Strega, pineapple syrup, lemon juice and 10 drops of the bitters in a shaker with ice.

Shake and strain into a rocks glass over new ice.Top with club soda. Express an orange peel over top and discard. Finish with six drops of bitters to float. (adam.erace@citypaper.net)

CELLAR FLOOR: Max Gottesfeld has created a warm and welcoming space to buy wine at 12th and Chestnut.

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BOTTLE LINES Changing the wine-buying climate at the State Store. By Caroline Russock

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ith their harsh neon overhead lighting, linoleum-tiled floors and cold metal shelving, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores’ winebuying experience can best be described as clinical. It’s not all that surprising, given that State Stores were originally set up as dispensaries, almost exactly like drugstores — but for booze.

And while the pharmacist at your local CVS is always happy to help guide you through the finer points of, say, allergy pills, you’re basically on your own at the State Stores when weighing the stylistic differences between old and new world chardonnays.

Happily, this is not the case in all of the stores.Walk straight to the back of the Fine Wine and Good Spirits at 1218 Chestnut St. and the difference is palpable. The lighting is dimmer, the shelves are made of stained wood and cases of wine line the aisles. On the shelves are thoughtfully written “shelf talkers,” complete with vital wine-buying info like region and varietal. There’s even a corner with a few chairs and a table stacked with books, including Jancis Robinson’s indispensable The Oxford Companion to Wine and back issues of Wine Spectator.In short, the Chestnut Street store just doesn’t feel like it belongs in Pennsylvania.

The rear half of the store is filled with countless bottles that you won’t find anywhere else in the state: Biodynamic bottles from pioneering natural winemaker Frank Cornelissen out of Sicily, obscure orange wines that get their unique color and mouthfeel from skin-contact fermentation, and a spectrum of rosés from all over the globe.

The reason that all of these gems reside in the Chestnut Street store has to do with one man, Max Gottesfeld. Nine years ago Gottesfeld got a job at as a part-time clerk at a State Store in Exton, but back then it was more of a job than a career.

“My parents are really into beer and when I say beer I don’t mean Budweiser or Yuengling. My dad has been drinking Victory beer since they opened, so it’s really a craft-beer background. I just got into wine and started really liking it.”

Arriving at Chestnut Street four years ago, Gottesfeld rose through the ranks and is now a Wine Specialist, a relatively new position in the PLCB system that involves both sales-floor customer service and ordering. “Before that you were a clerk and if you were interested in wine, they’d throw you back there and you’d also have to ring [up customers], too, and all the other stuff,” he says. Now Gottesfeld and a handful of other wine specialists from around the state attend monthly seminars and tastings along with buyers’ meetings and Chairman’s Selection tastings to keep up to date on the wines that are in the store. And while having the state run the

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[ i love you, i hate you ] To place your FREE ad (100 word limit) ³ email lovehate@citypaper.net AT FIRST SIGHT I wasn’t how to start this, so first let me start by saying Michael I’ve loved you since the first time I saw you at that party, it was over I knew you had to be mine. Now almost 4 years later, a beautiful daughter together, and a house hold. I know now more than ever that I want you and only you now and forever. You’re a good man and I’m lucky to have you. And you also must know, your sex is the bomb, no one can make me tingle the way you do,and no one knows me better then you. You are indeed my best friend,and my lover.Never leave my side,and I’ll always stay loyal to you !Love you one and only !Mrs.U

what the fuck am I going to do and how the fuck am I going to erase you from my thoughts? How?

HATE LOVING YOU I can finally admit that I’m totally and hopelessly in love with you. I love the way you look at me and listen patiently and have kept me sane during the worst time of my life. I love that you still have faith in me, even when I don’t, and somehow manage to find me beautiful and funny though I’m a mess.

You have kept me as close to together as I can be

you, no matter how desperately I want to, or how much I ache to be able to say I love you. Wouldn’t it be easier to just return to the way it was, dirty texts and fun, without all of the emotional stuff?

Too late now. Damn you.

I FALL IN LOVE, EVERYDAY... ...with my wife! That’s right folks, every single day, and often a bunch of times each day. I can’t help it... I’m dippy in love with her. We’ve been together since ‘92, have two kooky kids, have had our world

BITTERSWEET It’s better to have loved and lost than have never loved at all. It’s better not to sit at home alone and wait for someone to call. It’s painful that the 3 feet across the room seems like miles away. It’s terrible I feel I’ve thrown myself to a boy who couldn’t care less. I can’t make you happy. I can’t try anymore.

I want to be with you, but I can’t see any kind of future for us. I can’t become this stagnant. I don’t think you care half as much as you say you do.

CAN’T PREDICT

Do you meet women and then romance them and then leave them hanging? I think that it is fucked up that I can’t talk to you when I want to and I think that it is fucked up that you are there, and I am here! I know that she doesn’t look better than me and I am not even worried about it at this moment...actually I am trying to get you out of my system right now...I am trying to not think about you..and even when I try to get out of my mind... here comes someone with the same fucking name as you! I don’t like it and I am unhappy about it...

K you are the worst mother out there one woman who shouldn’t have been able to have kids you have two beautiful children that are growing up with out you and they are better off you are too into doing drugs and partying then to even call your kids its been almost a year since you abandoned them what a loser you are fat bitch you cheat on the only guy who gave u everything you were the luckiest woman but now your shit keep partying and acting like your a great mother we all know your a loser who never sees her kids and if you do you smoke weed in their faces and beat them for no reason hope you get what you deserve a good ass whooping whore.

Yo! I miss you so much because we had alot of fun together. I hope that everything is cool with you.

I wonder if you still worked at the same place. I remember the last time that I saw you, you said that I got fat and then you were gone. I just don’t understand what the hell went on and why I still don’t get a chance to see you. Then you said that I wasn’t allowing you to be a man. I was just trying to help you. That was it. And that was actually what I used to do with previous boyfriends. At least the one’s that I cared about. But, you, you were special and you still remain special in my eyes. Take Care.

Doc, you know how to fix me up real good. I love our lil’ check ups, hand down my shirt, heavy panting, heart racing when your hands move south to check my other vital signs of arousal. Who was that pretty little nurse with you the other day? Throw her into the mix, she can keep my lips hydrated while you’re feeling my pulse at the other end. It makes me sick just thinking about it... I need your medical attention stat!

DO YOU DO THIS OFTEN?

LOW LIFE SO CALLED MOM

MEECH

BOX DOCTOR

You are probably mad at me but there is nothing that I can do at this time to make things any better! Someone told me that I was loyal the other day and I told him that it is a shame that everyone isn’t the same way! I think that it is bullshit that you can’t count on anyone anymore! Strange thing though when they don’t have anyone to talk to or share their struggles they are like what the fuck!

I need help! You don’t need help you just need to take a course in getting yourself together,living and loyal! Because truthfully nobody is loyal to nobody! I can be loyal to my damn self and be happy like that!

I was going to make a mistake and sleep with someone else when you weren’t around but I am glad that you didn’t come from far away and catch me doing something that I am not supposed to do with someone else. I miss you enough to wait until you get a chance to be with me. I love you Fobe and I am glad that I didn’t make the mistake of a lifetime.

NEVER I said it in Seattle, I’ll say it here. Never is no new news to me. I stopped believing you’d ever make an appearance in my life. I don’t want you anymore anyway. Not after the way you’ve treated me.

YOU CAPTURED MY HEART!

at the moment, and for that, I’m thankful, because I need you more than anyone. At the same time, I hate you for making me fall in love with you. It was so much easier when it was simply fun- flirting, coffee, sex. Now I remind myself on a daily basis that we’ll never actually be together, that I will never wake up with you on a lazy Saturday morning, let alone walk down the aisle with you or have a life that people know about. I resent you because I need you so damn much, and I hate to be that girl, and because hell if I know for certain how you feel.

It almost doesn’t matter, because nothing can ever happen, and I can never say any of these words to

collapse on us several times, and yet we laugh like crazy at the dinner table... I hold her hand when we walk... we smooch good night and good morning... With all the shit that’s been thrown our way over the years, the one constant is that loves wins... love rules. If writing I HATE YOU takes up any of your time, become the person ready to say “I Love You”... let it flow from your smile and out through your eyes. There is a bee ready to sup that honey. Stay sweet. Love rules..........

I ran away from everyone else who showed more than a passing interest in me, always afraid of any relationship tying me down. But you’ve completely captured my heart. I still have moments of absolute clarity where I realize just what an amazing person I have in my life now. You were right in front of me for the longest time, and we literally danced around each other every Sunday night.

You’re no longer “the guy with the mutton chops” and I intend to keep you around for as long as I can. I love you.

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