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Contents

February 16-22, 2011

Sundance Kids A decades-old urban art mystery turns into a movie worthy of a film fest.

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inside news & oPinion 7 No Child Left Behind Safe THIS SATURDAY!

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8 Free Spirits Wine School owner calls out the PLCB.

ARTs & CulTuRe 16 Calendar PW’s picks for the week.

sTAge 20 Good Grief Exploring the dark nights of the soul.

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Why are we waiting till after people are traumatized to help them? If free, community-supervised shelters were available to children and teens who are abused or run away for whatever reason, few would fall prey to pimps in the first place.

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30 What Happens in Cedar Rapids An insurance salesman tries to avoid the big-city temptations of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

20 Cheer Up! Winter’s over in New American Voices.

22 Putting Out the Fire Why Arcade Fire’s Grammy win could hurt indie music.

food 25 Garden of Good Eatin’ Affordable, fresh dim sum on Market Street.

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just as badly as American victims, but it surprises me that this country can come up with the money to help other people before they help their own. A truly tragic story and it just makes my blood boil at traffickers, pimps, and our American government for failing to help these kids (this is coming from someone that serves in the military). Keep in mind, it’s not just girls this is happening to, there are plenty of boys that are sold into this horrific life as well. Let’s not forget about them.

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In Philadelphia every year, more than 2,000 allegations of sexual abuse are made.

No Child Left Behind Children’s Alliance creates safe spaces for victims of sexual abuse.

By Aaron Kase akase@philadelphiaweekly.com

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More telling than how many and where, the vast majority of accusations, about 140 per month, are against caregivers. That could mean a parent, a family member, a teacher or a priest. Attacks from trusted sources amplify hurt and betrayal to kids, who often end up too confused or scared to speak up. Sometimes, experts say, the aftermath is worse than the attack itself, as victims deal with fear, shame or self-blame that can result in years of repression and untold consequences.

For children who do decide to come forward, the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance is there to help, providing a trained staff member to guide a child through a single interview, instead of forcing a terrified kid to retell his or her story to the police, the District Attorney’s Office, the Department of Human Services and other interested

The new office features three interview rooms for children of various ages who get referred to the group by DHS or the police.

The rooms are painted with stars and other designs on the walls and have low tables and chairs for the youngest kids, and each is equipped with a closed-circuit camera or two-way mirror so while forensic interviewers gently coax the kids into talking, representatives from the police and others can watch without intimidating. “They observe, they take notes, they also are provided with a DVD copy of the interview,” says Police Lt. Stephen Biello of the Special Victims Unit.

When cases move forward to prosecution, Children’s Alliance will also help the kids testify in court, where they might have to face hostile cross-examination by defense attorneys. Fortunately, the interview videos are admissible along with live testimony, giving juries a chance to see the children tell their stories in controlled environments. “If our video is really compelling, we hope that some of the questioning of the child will be mitigated,” Kirchner says.

Even for cases that don’t make it into court, just the opportunity to give an honest telling to a sympathetic ear can be a relief. Rhett Hackett, who spoke at the Children’s Alliance event last week to share his story, didn’t find that out for nearly 30 years. Now 42 and a circulation manager for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, Hackett was 12 years old when a neighbor sexually assaulted him. He didn’t

know where to turn, and afraid of the consequences of speaking up, he told nobody. Hackett kept quiet for decades, only disclosing to his future wife the horrifying events of his past. Over the years, he struggled with the weight of his secret. “I lived with total shame,” Hackett says. “I thought people would think I was a bad person.” In 2010, he finally decided to come forward after going on an all-male retreat for abuse victims and realizing he is far from alone.

“When you’re in this position, you feel like you’re the only one,” he says. “But after I went public with all of this, I had people coming out of the woodwork to me.”

Now that he’s decided to speak, Hackett is going all out. “There’s not many of us that can speak to it,” he says. “The silence is what perpetrators have hid behind for so long. If nobody’s talking about it, there’s no awareness.” He’s been in the newspapers, wrote a book and appeared on Oprah last year with 200 other male adult survivors of abuse. Later in the spring, he will join in an off-Broadway play about abuse with other former victims called Lemon Meringue. “Things like that can bring awareness in a different way,” he says, trying to explain the catharsis and freedom speaking out has brought him. “Once you speak the words and let it out, it changes things. It relieves the stress that was inside you for so long.”

When adults like Hackett are willing to come forward, it’s a big help to the organization hoping to spread its message. “It’s unbelievably important,” Kirchner says referring to Hackett’s testimony. “Having adult survivors willing to describe how abuse impacted them and how it might have helped to have a program like ours is invaluable.”

For privacy reasons, the Children’s Alliance won’t use real stories from the children they serve or their families to make their case for funding to lawmakers and the media. “It’s so hard to tell our story without using actual stories,” explains Kirchner. “We don’t want to use the stories of our kids. As long as they’re kids, they can’t decide or not whether their information should be shared.”

The sheer pervasiveness of abuse makes the case that organizations like Children’s Alliance are crucial. Commonly cited statistics estimate that one in six boys and one in four girls are victims of sexual abuse before they turn 18, although more recent studies have shown a decrease in numbers.

While the downward trend is encouraging, each attack still leaves behind a devastated child deserving of compassion and care on the road to healing and justice. “Our intervention is somewhat short term, but our thought is that that short period of time is critical,” Kirchner says. “If the child feels safe and supported in making that disclosure, the rest of their life is not going to be defined by this particular incident.” n

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Last week’s arrest of five Catholic authorities for child abuse comes as no surprise to anyone who’s paid attention to the last several centuries of church history.

Institutionalized pedophilia of the Catholic Church is horrible, but it isn’t the only place where kids are being abused in America.

About 2,100 allegations of sexual abuse of children are made every year in Philadelphia. Nearly 66,000 were reported nationally in 2009, but those numbers probably don’t reflect reality because of all the cases that go unreported. Of Philadelphia’s roughly 165 incidents of alleged sexual abuse each month, neighborhoods with the most cases of abuse occur in the poorest areas of the city. Logan had the most last year, with 68. The rest of North Philly, and the West, Southwest and near Northeast had anywhere from 10 to 44 cases per ZIP code.

parties. “If you were sexually abused and had to be interviewed over and over, what do you think would happen?” Children’s Alliance Executive Director Chris Kirchner asked a crowd of legislators and service providers who came to a tour of the organization’s new facilities last week. Already frightened, kids can back off or even revoke their story over multiple interviews, especially if they get challenged by skeptical listeners. “Nothing’s worse than a child finding the courage to disclose only to find the system doesn’t believe them,” Kirchner says.

The Children’s Alliance sees about 80 kids a month—halfway to the organization’s goal of hearing every allegation in the city—and it is poised for greater reach with the new facilities on 15th Street tripling its capacity. However, its $1.4 million budget, funded about 50-50 from public and private sources, could be in danger with big spending cuts looming in Harrisburg and Washington. Hence the event last week, attended by various City Council members and state representatives. “We’re worried about funding,” Kirchner says, describing her organization’s budget as an investment to help kids regain normal lives. “If what we do here goes well, a child’s ultimate recovery can save resources in the long run.”

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Wine School owner, demanding privatization of PA’s booze, calls out the PLCB.

By Randy LoBasso rlobasso@philadelphiaweekly.com

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For Keith Wallace, supporting Tom Corbett for governor was downright painful.

“It goes against everything I believe,” says Wallace, former winemaker and owner of the Philadelphia Wine School on Fairmount Avenue. “And I actually met him, too, after the election. He said I was influential in getting him elected, that I got him two points in Philly. I said, ‘Good, but I only supported you on one issue.’”

The issue was getting Pennsylvania out of the liquor and wine business. As owner of the Wine School, Wallace is one of the largest buyers of wine in the state—purchasing about $100,000 worth each year. He offers several training courses: for enthusiasts, “swirling, sniffing and sipping with the best of them,” and for wannabe professionals, there’s advanced certification and diploma programs, which “cover the complexities of terroir and winemaking for the greatest wine regions in the world.”

Sure, graduates of his programs can flee to California to work in the privatized wine business there, but because the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board oversees the state’s wine and liquor sales, Wallace’s school is about as far as entrepreneurial enthusiasts can go in Pennsylvania—unless they want to produce the stuff. The workers you see in our state stores are mostly commercial food workers, not wine experts.

“Basically,” says Wallace, gazing out on an icy sidewalk from the confines of his Wine School storefront, “my opposition to the PLCB is on moral and consumerrights grounds. State monopolies in commerce are a violation of basic liberties in this country.”

Plus, he just really hates those wine kiosks.

osks (the only product it makes), and two of its four investors—Herbert Vederman and Ira Lubert—gave about a half-million dollars combined to Rendell’s campaign.

The Patriot News of Harrisburg found that the PLCB spent $173,000 for customer courtesy training (which reportedly taught cashiers how to say “please” and “thank you”) and contracted the training out to a Pittsburgh firm run by the husband of a top PLCB manager. “I don’t know if you’ve been in one of these stores recently,” Wallace says, “but that’s bullshit.” And more criticism goes straight to Auditor General Jack Wagner, who’s so far found no conflicts of interest in PLCB goings-on. He’s currently looking into whether the kiosks are “delivering the customer convenience and additional revenue to the commonwealth that the Liquor Control Board touted.”

In addition to shady politics, says Wallace, the existence of the machines shows that rather than appeal to the people of Pennsylvania through a change in law, the PLCB has created strange loopholes that allow patrons to buy wine from a publicprivate partnership vending machine in a vestibule rather than from a human— which benefits donors without having to expend bureaucratic energy.

“The PLCB is admitting to themselves they can’t serve the customer properly and, I mean, have you seen these things?

No underage kids fucking buy wine,” Wallace says. “When I was underage the only wine I ever bought was Mad Dog 20/20. Kids are going to buy beer and hard alcohol because it’s going to get them fucked up. Not wine. Even the cheap shit’s expensive.”

Installed in June, the kiosks require patrons to swipe ID, credit card, blow into the machines for blood-alcohol content and smile for a video camera, which is constantly monitored by a state employee.

At least one outlet referred to the machines as a “new level of serfdom” for the people of Pennsylvania. What’s more, the kiosks are owned by Simple Brands LLC of Conshohocken, a private company with ties to former Gov. Ed Rendell. Simple Brands won a no-bid contract on the ki-

Wallace decided he’d become vocal

about his disappointment with the PLCB after being asked to comment for a story about the wine kiosks in June. “The [kiosk] process is cumbersome and assumes the worst in Pennsylvania’s wine consumers—that we are a bunch of conniving underage drunks,” he wrote in an e-mail to the AP. “Liquor board members are clearly detached from reality if they think these machines offer any value to the consumer.” A month later, Wallace sent

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Republican State Sen. John Pippy recently said that the Law and Justice Committee, which he heads, is going to look at “everything” to “modernize Pennsylvania liquor law.” On Monday, the committee began informational hearings Pippy claims will lay the groundwork for legislation. Specifically, said Pippy, “the House will be originating the bill” that hopes to end the state government’s monopoly on wine and liquor sales, likely through an auction process. The state House Liquor Control Committee has also approved legislation that would allow bars more happy-hour flexibility, though Pennsylvania state police are against such a bill.

Wallace says that whatever happens, the eventual legislation should put small businesses on equal footing with larger ones. “The … privatization I favor is one that is dominated by small independent wine and spirits stores—ones which hire Pennsylvania citizens and are owned by Pennsylvania citizens.”

Which would actually give Wallace’s students the ability run these independent stores, since they’ve got knowledge and expertise from the Wine School, the only one of its kind in Pennsylvania.

But eliminating an agency is harder than it sounds, mostly because, well, it’s a state agency. And one that’s got tremendous clout and wherewithal. But Wallace, who’s moving his business to a new spot in Rittenhouse this spring, is hopeful.

“When it comes down to it,” he says, “I’m not hinged on the politics. I don’t care who’s in power. I care about what happens to the consumer and that there’s an open economy. There shouldn’t be dirty politics and back-room deals here. There should just be wine commerce.”

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out his monthly Wine School e-newsletter, this one titled “Politics and Wine. ARGGGH!!” He wrote: “Since it is an election year in PA, I figure it was time to go beyond talking. I wanted to see if there was any chance at all at reforming the PLCB. So, for the last few weeks I’ve been talking with some folks down in Harrisburg. I am really excited: we have a once-in-a-decade shot at reforming the PLCB. In those conversations, I have gained assurances that Gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett will make reforming the PLCB an element of his administration.”

But little of substance has happened since our new leader announced his proprivatization stance.

In Harrisburg, several lawmakers seem to be attacking the issue from a few angles.

The most recent poll on the issue, conducted by Quinnipiac University in December, shows 66 percent of Pennsylvanians in favor of privatizing liquor stores and sales, though state lawmakers readily admit the potential auction of the state’s 629 state stores, 129 new retail licenses and 100 existing wholesale licenses won’t make it into the budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year.

“That’s because there’s no way to cleanly, easily deal with this,” Wallace says.

Best-case scenario?

House Majority Leader Mike Turzai is looking to have legislation that would sell off the stores by Memorial Day. “[My legislation] would auction off licenses to private companies to sell wine and spirits.

That would bring in $2 billion to the state of Pennsylvania, up front, to help us solve our fiscal crises. And it would continue to bring in tax revenue to the tune of $500 million, annually,” Turzai said in a video posted to his YouTube page.

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Jon Foy (left) and Justin Duerr document their investigation of an artist's work in Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles.

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One aggressively frigid night last November, Jon Foy headed home from his job sucking dirt out of Berber carpet and collecting trash in corporate apartments in Center City. His bike was broken, and he didn’t have fare for the trolley. As he trudged home to West Philadelphia, a new message dropped into his voicemail. It was from Sundance.

It wasn’t a call he’d been expecting. He immediately called back, and a festival programmer answered. “He said, ‘I loved your film. We all loved your film.’ What do you say when something like that happens?” says Foy, 32. “He said, ‘Would you want to show it at Sundance in documentary competition?’ I was in tears. I didn’t know what to say.”

Chosen from more than 800 applicants, Foy’s directorial debut, Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, was one of 16 films contending in the U.S. Documentary category at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It’s a film simultaneously crewed by and starring four scrappy guys from Philly, documenting their investigation of one of their city’s mysteries. They’ve called it “a

movie about obsession and a sort of selfrealization.” The story of how Resurrect Dead made it to Sundance is straight out of the movies—there’s even a happy ending.

But let’s start with a flashback.

In the early ’80s, cryptic messages had been popping up all over the streets of Philadelphia, scattered in more than two dozen locations. License-plate-sized linoleum tiles appeared embedded in the pavement, proclaiming variants of a peculiar phrase likely to be familiar to Center City pedestrians: “TOYNBEE IDEA IN 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER.” Dozens and dozens of these tiles (although some are likely copycats) have surfaced and disappeared over the past few decades. Philly has the most by far, but there’s more all over the East Coast and the Midwest. Toynbee tiles have even been found as far south as Argentina.

Wherever they appeared, they spurred some questions. What did the message mean? Who made them? How did their anonymous maker install them without getting caught or hit by a bus? Are they art,

the rantings of an insane person, or both?

But the bigger question is “Why?” The originals are believed to have been laid long before a curious person could easily turn up a Wikipedia entry and thousands of Google hits. Was the message just nonsense? Or did the tiler create a puzzle in hopes that somebody would solve it?

“In the mid-’90s, when I started getting re-

ally fixated on the tiles as an art form, it was hard to interest anybody in it,” says Justin Duerr, 34. None of the filmmakers could come up with a gathering place that wasn’t a noisy bar, so they ended up talking about their film on this reporter’s couch, drinking tea and ginger beers. “Nobody saw the appeal as much as I did.” Out of the four, Duerr is onscreen most often in Resurrect Dead, carrying the plot on his shoulders. He’s a striking figure, all ink, lines and angles, decorated with tattoos as if he were born out of a page from his prolific sketchbooks. When asked about the film, he tends to fidget and glance around as if mapping an escape route.

He channels his seemingly infinite nervous energy into a firehose of creative output. He’s

an active member of half a dozen bands around the city, including Hex 9 and Northern Liberties, and has devoted years to a series of hand-drawn narrative scrolls that could wallpaper a small apartment.

Duerr became fascinated with the Toynbee tiles after noticing them on South Street as a teenager in the mid-’90s, and quickly grew obsessed with researching them and solving their riddle. He researched them in his spare time for the better part of a decade and became known in some (very specific) circles as an expert on the topic. He’d tell anyone interested—and some who weren’t— all about the mystery with evangelical zeal, but it didn’t seem to speak to other people the way it spoke to him.

Understandably, he was a little freaked out when the tiles appeared to speak to him in the literal sense one night in 2000.

Duerr beat his roommate home and

pressed the button on their blinking answering machine. He listened with mounting excitement as a creepy, robotic voice droned “Toynbee idea. In 2001. Resurrect dead. On. Planet. Jupiter.”

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and we were going to start shooting this movie,” says Foy.

With the cast and crew complete, it was time to figure out how to make a movie.

Duerr signed on, and they went about putting together a team. The first recruit was co-producer Colin Smith, now 29, Foy’s occasional roommate and former bandmate.

Smith has the long hair and full beard of someone who belongs either at an ashram or hanging lights for Ozzfest. He has a chill, grounded perspective that would work well in either place, and often served as a foil for the more intense, sometimes reality-obscuring vision of Foy and the other members of the film crew. In fact, he functioned as the voice of reason so often that the group dubbed him their Scully among Mulders.

The last of the quartet to come aboard was Steve Weinik, now 31. He was the only one with a wedding ring and an administrative job, but an artist like the others—a knockout photographer. He’d first encountered the tiles “when I was, like, 13 years old. I was like, ‘What’s a Toynbee?’ ” says Weinik. “It stuck in my head.”

Years later, he used downtime at his desk job to scour the Internet for clues. “I quickly found out that Justin was the foremost authority and reached out to him,” says Weinik. Recognizing kindred curiousity, Duerr persuaded Weinik to come on board to aid with the research and photography.

“You go in with certain ideas and you recalibrate as you go,” says Foy ruefully of the early filmmaking process. He started out by filming Duerr at some of the Philly tile sites reading the messages into the camera, but they soon realized that this wasn’t particularly compelling. The four newly minted filmmakers decided to hit the highway to check out tiles in other cities, trying to retrace the footsteps of the artist. Foy would film the road trip, and they figured maybe the investigation would make for a good story, even if it didn’t go anywhere.

“I assumed that ... we wouldn’t make any headway in terms of actually solving any kind of mystery,” says the ever-pragmatic Smith. But he piled into the car anyway.

Their first trip took them from St. Louis to Cleveland to rural Michigan to Washington, D.C., and a bunch of places in between.

Sleep and bathroom breaks were secondary to cramming in as much mileage per day as possible—lives, jobs and vacuums were waiting back in Philly.

Sometimes they’d arrive at a site to find the tile had vanished, eroded by traffic or bulldozed by new construction. But after that first trip, the film became an obsession.

The four spent hours researching in librar-

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“I thought that it was the culprit of the Toynbee tiles,” says Duerr. “I thought maybe whoever was doing them maybe caught wise that I was researching them, and was trying to send me a message. And I flipped out.”

In truth, it was a prank call, and the prankster was Foy. The recording wasn’t even meant for Duerr; the intended target was his roommate, who worked with Foy as a ticket taker at the Ritz at the Bourse.

The co-worker had recently drawn Foy’s attention to a Toynbee tile near the Liberty Bell. Foy had left the vocoder-manipulated message as a sort of thank-you for this new source of fascination.

When Foy learned of the misfire, he introduced himself to Duerr to apologize. Polite and sweet-voiced with bright eyes and a slight form, it’s easy to imagine that Foy has changed little since that first meeting. At the time, both were in their 20s and had several mutual friends in the Philly music scene, but they’d never met. And after apologizing, Foy was hungry to hear everything Duerr knew about the Toynbee tiles.

At this point, Duerr was used to false leads. What he wasn’t used to was someone whose enthusiasm matched his own. He jumped on the opportunity to share his obsession with a willing audience, and the two talked for hours about the mythology that had been pieced together so far.

“Right then in his room, I decided I was going to make a movie out of it,” says Foy. Duerr agreed that this was a great idea, but didn’t take it particularly seriously. He got more than his share of grand, neverto-be-completed plans from his friends in art circles; no particular reason to take some enthusiastic college kid he’d just met that night seriously. After they went their separate ways at the end of the night, Duerr didn’t think much more about it.

Over the next few years, while Duerr was rocking the cradle of liberty, Foy was in Texas, pursuing no particular course of study at UT Austin. Foy wasn’t a film student, but spent a lot of time in film classes and hanging out with young cinephiles in the burgeoning Austin film scene.

In 2005, Foy caught the documentary Rock School, about Philly’s Paul Green, at SXSW. The film’s editor was a pal from the Philly music scene, and seeing his friend’s work applauded by critics made his Toynbee movie seem practically attainable.

“You see your friends do stuff like that and you think, ‘Well, I could do that, too.

They’re not that different from me,’” Foy says. After chatting up the filmmakers and getting some key words of encouragement, Foy packed up his few possessions, leaving school and Texas to return to Philly with big plans to start on the project he and Duerr had discussed five years earlier.

He had no money, no home and a single utilitarian camera. He’d never made a movie; he figured it would take most of the summer. He had only a vague idea of how to start and no idea of how to finish. He’d only been in sporadic contact with his presumed filmmaking partner over the last five years.

“So I contacted Justin and told him I was going to move back and drop out of school

As the years went by and the film failed to materialize, people around them started wondering about the men, now in their 30s or close to it, and their attachment to reality.

ies and online, investigating even the most obscure references. They saw potential links in a Mamet script and in crackpots on Larry King’s call-in show. When a lead showed promise, Foy got his camera and they hit the road.

They became familiar with underground art collectives and fanatic subgroups, and found themselves attending a short-wave radio convention and knocking on recluses’ doors. They even spent some quality time with a man who makes machines that he claims can talk to the dead.

“The movie was going on, but we were also documenting the investigation, and that was something that had its own life,” says Foy. Almost to their surprise, pieces

started coming together in both their film and their mystery. What had begun as a messy heap of gut feeling and optimism gradually started taking shape.

But there were constant interruptions

from daily life, and the actual, technical aspect of making a movie was harder than Foy had expected when he’d left Austin.

Through all this, he’d had been painstakingly figuring out how to cobble together a film. On the old computer in his bedroom, he taught himself how to frame shots, configure lighting, compose a score, mix sound and edit video—work that would have occupied several departments on a movie with a normal budget.

Though it was buoyed by the occasional grant, Resurrect Dead was primarily funded by odd jobs. The four men cleaned houses, repaired buildings, pushed pencils, slung drinks, parked cars and swallowed pills for science. There wasn’t enough money to buy new equipment. There was barely enough even to keep putting the film together piecemeal.

They fueled themselves with a steady ration of potato chips from 7-Eleven and a fervor that Duerr thinks stems from “the creative background that we grew up with, a sort of punk-rock mentality. You just do stuff. The thing is its own reward.”

The thing was their only reward for six years.

As the years went by and the film failed to materialize, people around them started wondering about the men, now in their 30s or very close to it. “For years, my friends would be, like, ‘How’s that documentary coming along?’ sort of teasing me,” says Weinik. “‘I don’t think it exists.’” The group’s paranoia about discussing their investigations didn’t help this.

Foy in particular sacrificed a lot. “Jon put a lot of his life on hold, avoided making major life changes and kept working the same shitty job for however many years so that he could be in a position to work on the film,” says Smith.

But as the film lurched toward approximate completion, another problem was on the filmmakers’ minds—what to even do with it once it was finished. Film festivals?

Internet? Back drawer?

Duerr, most concerned with making their findings public, recalls urging Foy, “‘Man, just start making DVDs and giving them to your friends. Who cares?’” He laughs. “I’m glad he didn’t do that!” They began submitting the rough copy to film festivals. But one by one, responses came back: No. No. More no.

“Every couple of months people would say, ‘All right, it’s time to give up,’ and one of us would say, “No, no, let’s just ride out this wave a little longer,’” says Smith. “Send it off to the big ones, because, you know, why not?

You’re going to jump in the pool, you might as well see what the deep end’s like.”

In late September 2010, Foy took his advice and applied to Sundance as something of a Hail Mary pass. They’d already been rejected from most of the festivals they thought they’d had a chance of getting into.

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Foy looked up the submission guidelines after work and was crushed to realize that Resurrect Dead would have to physically be at Sundance HQ in less than 24 hours.

“I read that and my heart sank,” says Foy. “So I called up my girlfriend and said, ‘I missed the boat on Sundance. I’m just going to come over to your house and play video games.’” He told her how impossible it was—it was nearly 9 p.m.; he’d have to complete the entry forms, burn the DVD, race his bike to the 30th Street post office, pay a precious $150 for overnight shipping, and even then cross his fingers. But as he laid it out, it seemed less and less impossible. He got off the phone.

Eight weeks later, he got the call from Sundance.

Duerr remembers the festival as “a cross

between a Franz Kafka novel and the television series The Prisoner.” The foursome and their crew arrived to find a disorienting whirling chaos of lights, cameras and action. Filmmakers hyped their projects.

Interlopers and wannabes raided the booze and swag bags. Press stalked the circuit, scrambling to be the first to hit ‘send’ on a review. Moviegoers stood in lines to get into other lines to get into other lines that would hopefully get them into screenings.

The bedlam was distressing, to say the least. Before leaving, Duerr expressed that he’d “like to get celebrities and movie stars to buy my art,” and packed some originals.

But after a couple days of gamely attending events crammed with shills and starlets gyrating to deafening dance music, Duerr took refuge in the familiarity of a supermarket.

In the days leading up to the film’s late-inthe-festival premiere, he spent much of his time hanging with Cap’n Crunch and Mr. Clean. “All of the fellow creative people were amazing, wonderful people,” says Duerr.

“The rest of it—not so amazing.”

“We felt like small fish in a big pond.

An enormously big pond,” says Foy. At Sundance, he was a minnow on a mission, determinedly talking up Resurrect Dead with industry people and meeting other filmmakers. He set a grueling schedule for himself, but says it was invaluable—like the night he and Duerr first met, Foy recognized that he was in the presence of expertise, and drank up what everyone had to say.

All the filmmakers in the U.S. Documentary competition were kept bouncing between events as a group; almost desperately, the competitors bonded as if in neighboring trenches. They swapped stories about making their films over pancakes and cheered each other on at their screenings. Many of their competitors had several films under their belts or even a pre-festival distribution deal, but the first-time, DIY quartet were treated as nothing less than peers.

“It’s easy to get cynical about the film world because it’s so competitive and the reality of it is so rough,” says Foy. “But the Sundance people are very good about creating an atmosphere where people are very down-to-earth and very earnest about what they’re doing. The documentary filmmakers are all like that ... Everyone’s just so happy that they got so lucky.”

The premiere was surreal. “Everything

sits completely differently when you watch the movie in the theater versus watching it on Jon’s computer,” says Smith. “Everything’s bigger. The sound is so big. It puts it in a different context.” The work they’d been keeping secret for so many years was screened before a sold-out crowd of industry professionals and enthusiasts—and they seemed to like it.

After a screening, one woman told Duerr, who had now spent more than a decade futilely trying to excite people about the Toynbee tiles, that she’d been moved to tears by his story. Days later, he still couldn’t believe it. He also got a personal congratulation from fellow artist Matt Groening, a judge at the festival this year. They got some good writeups in Variety and Hollywood Reporter despite being scheduled as “the caboose of the documentaries,” as Foy puts it, premiering after a lot of the media had gone home.

Smith remained characteristically chill about it all. Even as the awards ceremony approached, he encouraged the others not to put too much value on awards. “I was like, “Look, buddy. Don’t sit around planning your camera shots ... It’s not healthy to sit around and expect stuff to happen. Don’t get your hopes up, but have fun.’ ” He gives a big, bearded smile. “I was wrong.”

The first awards announced in their category were the Audience Award and Special Jury Prize—the two categories where wild-card films historically have a chance of making it to the podium. After the awards went to Buck and Being Elmo, Foy relaxed into his seat. That was over with, at least.

But then Best Director was announced. And it was him.

“I felt like I was out of my body,” Foy remembers. “I felt like I was in a dream. I felt a little drunk. I felt outside myself, like I was watching my life on TV.” Sometimes reality throws you a Hollywood ending.

“When I go back over what I’ve done in the last decade, things surrounding the movie are definitely what I’m most proud of,” says Smith. “On a personal level, it’s such a profound satisfaction. It’s nice to be recognized, but the processes were their own rewards.”

Positive meetings with distributors indicate that Resurrect Dead will soon have a home, though the group is characteristically (and sensibly) close-lipped on details, saying only that they “think we’re going to find a nice home for the movie.”

Foy quit his housecleaning job to head off to the Berlin Film Festival as part of a Sundance showcase and has several new film projects percolating. “Honestly, the most rewarding thing ... is that I can make another film,” he says. “The idea that I’ll be able to go on, that I’ll be able to come up with the next story and people will take it more seriously and I’ll be able to get it off the ground—to me, that’s the most rewarding thing that can happen.”

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or the longest time, I bought into the myth that the only way to get a properly tender, flavorful, straight-up memorable pastrami-on-rye sandwich was to travel up to New York, ideally to Katz’s or 2nd Avenue Deli (something about the New York water, people always said). And then I discovered the succulent, perfectly spiced pastrami, corned beef and other delicacies at Hershel’s East Side Deli in Reading Terminal Market and realized that while NYC may be the birthplace of the Jewish deli, that city far from corners the market on delicious, traditional Jewish food. Tonight, Steven Safern and Andrew Wash of Hershel’s preside over a class that explains how the humble street pushcarts of 19th- and early 20th-century JewishAmericans evolved into the iconic indoor delicatessen, and they’ll discuss the origin of such foods as knishes, chopped liver, gefilte fish, matzo ball soup, corned beef, pastrami and much more. They’ll also demonstrate the secrets to making this mouth-watering stuff at home (beats interrogating a Jewish grandmother under a swaying 40-watt bulb) and yes, there will be ample samples to taste. Maybe they’ll even spring the ol’ Milton Berle joke on you: “Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies.” michael alan golDbeRg Wed., Feb. 16, 7pm. $20. The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College, 4207 Walnut St. 215.222.4200. walnuthillcollege.edu

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Bern Nix Trio Decoding Ornette Coleman’s musical language is no easy task, but guitarist Bern Nix took to it well as a member of Prime Time in the ’70s and ’80s (Dancing in Your Head, Body Meta, In All Languages, Virgin Beauty). He’s kept a fairly low profile since, although his playing with the Bern Nix Trio has an undiminished spark, an openendedness consistent with Coleman’s world yet stamped with individuality. Despite the music’s edgier qualities, Nix seems unperturbable, phrasing and chording fluidly on archtop guitar as bassist François Grillot and drummer Jackson Krall turn up the heat underneath. Philly-based duo Archer Spade (trombonist Dan Blacksberg, guitarist Nick Millevoi) will set a gritty and experimental tone as the opener. DaviD R. aDleR 8pm. $5. With Archer Spade. The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St. 215.573.3234. therotunda.org

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Prostitution Ancient and Modern

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People rant about these kids today, with their sexting and their furries and their teen pregnancy, as if the past was some sort of sexless utopia (let’s just overlook that oxymoron). But when you look at the past—the real past—sex was frequently a lot less about rose petals and romance as it was about dollars and cents. Interested in learning more about the proverbial “oldest profession?”

Dr. Nicholas Rauh, professor of classics at Purdue University and author of The Sacred Bonds of Commerce, will explore archaeological evidence of prostitution in ancient trading ports mixed with his personal experiences and observations (uh, that is to say academic experiences and observations) at police stations and tourist hotels in southern Turkey to bring the discussion from ancient brothels to the modern streets of Antalya.

After the talk, mingle with like-minded history buffs over cocktails. hannah keyseR

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6:15pm. $5-$10. Penn Museum, 3260 South St. 215.898.4000. penn.museum

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Rob Riggle is a funny man—I mean, c’mon, his last name is Riggle. On The Daily Show, he’s been Jon Stewart’s “Senior Cabinet Analyst,” “Senior Olympics Correspondent,”

“Senior Alaska Correspondent” and “Executive Nonsensical Gibberish Interpreter.”

OK, maybe that last one is fake, but he has interviewed many Republican Party members, “real” Americans, assorted protesters and Chinatown residents—among others—to hilarious effect. Unexpectedly, he is also a lieutenant colonel in the Marines and has been deployed to Liberia, Kosovo and Afghanistan over the years, which gives new meaning to some of his military jokes on the show. Ever the Renaissance man, he’s also been a Saturday Night Live cast member and has frequented such shows as Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Office and Arrested Development. Now retired from The Daily Show, he’s been doing the standup circuit and is reportedly “fighting crime” as his primary pastime. emily cRawfoRD 8pm. $20-$27. Helium, 2031 Sansom St. 215.496.9001. heliumcomedy.com/philadelphia

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Acclaimed literary nonfiction writer Mary Cappello has just written a book about Jackson titled Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration, and the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them, which not only gets into the details and stories behind his odd collection and the doctor’s eccentricities and idiosyncrasies, but shows how Jackson pioneered the practice of endoscopy via his innovative methods and inventions and ultimately saved many lives. Tonight, Cappello reads from and signs copies of Swallow to celebrate the relaunch of the Jackson exhibit, which she co-curated. m.a.g.

6:30pm. Free. Mütter Museum, 19 S. 22nd St. 215.563.3737. collphyphil.org/Site/ mutter_museum.html

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Griefing Culture Griefers, self-appointed scourges of the virtual world, delight in ridiculing people who take the Internet too seriously. Predominantly young white men, their antics range from the relatively harmless memes to plaguing habitués of Second Life with scurrilous pranks that verge on downright abuse. Griefers argue it’s all just for laughs, but try slogging through the offensive epithets choking comment sections without feeling a bit queasy. Lisa Nakamura—

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has been some of his best material yet: Both 2006’s Gold Brick and his recently released Old Devils—an alternately rollicking and contemplative Americana/rock LP recorded with backing band Skull Orchard—find Langford transitioning from shouting to singing without losing his gritty edge, and musing on mortality and regret without abandoning his trademark sharp-tongued sociopolitical barbs. m.a.G. 7pm. $5-$10. With Eddie Spaghetti, Whitey Morgan and the 78’s + Lydia Loveless.

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Dogs on the Yard Quizzo Bowl VII

There comes a time in everyone’s life when you start asking yourself questions. How did I get here? Where is that large automobile?

Where does that highway go to? Secret: The thrill of correctly answering other questions, questions with clearly defined right and wrong answers, can be extremely useful in fending off those murkier ones, and to this we attribute the popularity of Quizzo. If you’re dealing with some high-stakes internal questions, match them up with highstakes external questions at the biggest local match of the year. Eight people per team, $1,500 in prizes, a year’s worth of glory, a decade’s worth of punny team names. Host Johnny Goodtimes has been recruiting people like Schoolly D and Tony Luke to read questions or otherwise take part in the show; he’s particularly been hounding Bill Cosby to record a question or (even less likely) turn up in person. Well, maybe that’s not going to happen, but in the meantime, he’s got (among others) Anthony Riley, who you may better know as “That handsome kid who’s always making a killing singing Sam Cooke on the street.” Tell the truth—who would you really rather hang out with? E.G.

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Jackson’s deep sultry croon has lost some resonance over the years, but the First Lady of Rockabilly hasn’t forsaken any of her spunk. She was sexy enough to court the King when she joined Presley on tour as a teen in the ’50s and still possesses a special spark. There’s inimitable fierceness to Jackson’s music as evident in her Eddie Cochran cover “Nervous Breakdown” (off the new Jack White-produced album, The Party Ain’t Over) and classics “Fujiyama Mama” and “Let’s Have a Party.” A musical trailblazer, Jackson’s arguably the original riot grrrl, having left an indelible mark on country and rockabilly with her indomitable swagger, proving chromosomes have no impact on one’s ability to rock out. Chris ParkEr 8pm. $27-$55. With Delco Nightingale.

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All punks should age as well as Jon Langford.

The prolific 53-year-old Welshman-turnedChicagoan set the bar pretty high in the late ’70s with the Mekons, the caustic and occasionally countrified (and still quite active) artpunk outfit that he co-founded, and Langford later delivered some equally-great material with numerous concurrent side projects including the boozy Waco Brothers and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts. But his solo output of late

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hile French starlet Audrey Tautou’s singular charms turned Amelie into a global hit nearly a decade ago, there’s no doubt the film’s whimsical, bittersweet musical score—fashioned from strings, piano, toy instruments, and typewriters, and leaning on classical, folk, and chanson textures—played a crucial role in its allure. The man behind the soundtrack is French composer Yann Tiersen, a classically trained violinist/pianist who also moonlighted as a guitarist in numerous punk bands in his youth. Tiersen brings all of his sonic interests to bear on his own albums, the latest of which is Dust Lane—a strange and engaging world unto itself where plush, buoyant melodies crafted from myriad instruments rub up against dark, sometimes noisy post-punk. m.a.G.

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8pm. $25-$27. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com

One of the reasons URBN (the Philly-based parent company of Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People) cited for moving the HQ from 18th and Walnut to their current (gorgeously decorated, enormous) digs at the Navy Yard was their pet policy—while the Rittenhouse space was nice and much easier to get to, they wanted to let its 650 staffers make every day Bring Your Dog to Work Day. Anyone who’s been to the Navy Yard space during work hours can tell you that the place is now practically swarming with well-behaved, well-coiffed dogs, and tonight the Sharp With Art Group opens a show of portraits of the staff’s canine companions. The show’s open to the public, but the Navy Yard sometimes isn’t; RSVP with your first and last name by noon Saturday to dogsontheyardrsvp@sharpwithartgroup.com so that you’ll be able to get in. E.G.

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a scholar whose research straddles literature, media and ethnic studies—doesn’t dismiss griefers’ claims that their jokes are so overthe-top that no one could take them seriously, a brand of humor she refers to as “enlightened racism.” Unlike these online cynics, however, she recognizes that their gibes are sometimes, unfunny, hurtful to others and harmful to society in general. More importantly, she investigates the ties between racism and griefing. Let’s hope her public discussion of this delicate topic is accompanied by an equally thoughtful Twitter feed. raymond simon

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Freeze!: Kevin Meehan as the lead (and only onstage) character in Flashpoint Theatre's monologue-like Nocturne.

Hello kitty: Colorful collage work from Jiha Moon.

Cheer Up! Winter’s over in New American Voices.

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Crazy-happy collage paintings, mournful costumes, wizardly sculptures and candycolored sweaters with pleats—New American Voices at the Fabric Workshop and Museum is a four-course feast. The works, by artists recently in residence at the FWM, don’t quite go together, but each artist is given so much space it’s like four solo shows.

I can’t say this often, but you will find something to love here.

Sprawling through the museum’s upstairs and downstairs galleries and into the satellite space up the block, the works by Jim Drain (Miami), Jiha Moon (Atlanta), Robert Pruitt (Houston) and Bill Smith (O’Fallon, Ill.) explore big issues like race, chaos, pop culture and multiculturalism. These midcareer artists with national reputations live in regions outside the major art centers of New York or Los Angeles, but their objects are provocative and beautiful, and the subject matter more honest and thoughtful, than a lot of what you see in New York’s Chelsea.

Bill Smith, featured last fall in the first New American Voices, continues to astonish with three examples of his computerized sci-art sculptures dealing with randomness, chaos and the natural world. Smith said at the opening that he’d studied biology and worked in a microbiology lab until deciding he’d rather do his research in the art laboratory.

A large black emu egg, looking part Faberge, part toilet-tank float and, with the antenna on top, part Sputnik bobs in water held in a translucent, jellyfish-like basin, the mouth of which is just large enough to allow rotation. Tall, thin, carbon-fiber rods with electrical contacts encircle the contrap-

tion; every once in a while as the egg tips, its antenna completing an electrical circuit. At that point some things happen, depending on where the antenna hits: A sound plays as the point of contact is logged, then an ongoing graph is projected on the wall along with an animal image (tiger, emu, elephant).

If Smith evokes the randomness of the universe, Jim Drain’s industrial-knit sweaters evoke the world of planning, building and design. Drain has knitted up two pleated sweaters whose overall shapes evoke paper lanterns with tropical-fish stripes of color.

Embellished in the interstices with beads and patches of colored fabric, these oversized sweaters placed on armatures with arms outstretched, are not really about clothing.

They are about shape and color—think of them as knitted 3-D paintings. Drain’s show also includes two room dividers and some blown glass lighting elements hung from the ceiling.

Near Drain’s work but not intruding on it, the costumes, sculptures and fake-tintype photos of Robert Pruitt create a kind of faux African-American history museum. Guns feature prominently, most of them fetishized, like in “Headdress with AK47,” in which a cheerfully beaded toy rifle is embedded in a headlike sculpture made entirely of weave.

You won’t find anger in Jiha Moon’s cheery collage paintings. Their combination of Korean and American pop-culture cartoon images with brightly colored cloth and even brighter touches of paint make for riots of color and celebration that blow away the winter blues.

Through the years, the FWM has worked with more than 400 local, national and international artists in its residency program.

As the residencies are great gifts to the artist, the exhibits that result, like this one, are fantastic gifts to Philadelphia. Don’t miss this one. n New American Voices Through spring. Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1214-1222 Arch St. 215.561.8888. fabricworkshop.org

Good Grief

Nocturne explores the dark nights of the soul.

By J. Cooper Robb jrobb@philadelphiaweekly.com “Fifteen years ago, I killed my sister,” begins the character known only as Son (Kevin Meehan), introducing himself and director Meghann Williams’ powerful production of Adam Rapp’s grief-stricken monologue/ drama Nocturne at Flashpoint Theatre Company. As opening statements go, this is one that gets our attention, which is good— because for the next 85 minutes, Son is the only one we see, though we hear quite a bit about the four others involved in his tale of woe: mother, father, girlfriend and dead little sister.

“I can’t remember my sister’s face,” Son explains, though he remembers everything else about her and that fateful day: Steely Dan’s “Hey 19” on the radio of his prized ’69 Buick Electra, a dog barking, a football kicked into the street, a tiny, horrible thud when the car’s brakes fail. After the Buick strikes a tree, Son stumbles back to the point of impact; through the haze of pain of his cracked ribs and broken nose, he sees his 9-year-old sister’s decapitated body. “Her head is across the street,” he tells us. “It has rolled into the Petersons’ driveway.”

That specific detail may come across in print as black humor, but it isn’t. This holds for much of the play; when Son later describes himself as “an impotent virgin who works in a bookstore,” there is no humor in his voice. There never is.

The tragic accident destroys the family.

The mother is institutionalized, and after the father sticks a gun in his son’s mouth, the boy leaves home for New York City. He finds employment and temporary refuge from his memories at a bookstore; literature and words function as something of a sanctuary for him. He even writes a novel about a young man who accidentally kills his sister in a car accident and then moves to New York—in it, the young man doesn’t stop after

the accident, he just keeps on driving.

Some critics have argued that Nocturne itself is too literary. Rapp’s vivid imagery— the mother’s “shellacked hair” and nylon running suit “crackling like fire” and the father’s state of mind described as a “dwindling vapor of sanity”—and the voice of a lone narrator makes Nocturne seem like a short story masquerading as a play.

Some productions try to make the play more theatrical by letting the audience physically see some or all of the story’s five main characters who are described in such eloquent detail. Lacking the usual stage directions, Nocturne lends itself to all sorts of such interpretations. The 2001 New York Theatre Workshop production used five actors. In 2003, the now-defunct Theater Catalyst used a cast of three on this very same stage.

Williams takes a different approach.

Instead of worrying about theatricality, her production focuses on words and how Son uses them as a salve for his pain. The decision to use a single actor rules out some strong staging possibilities—the appearance of the sister at the 2003 Adrienne staging was truly haunting, for example—but it succeeds in communicating Son’s profound loneliness. Meehan’s all by himself up there, and the production really hangs on him.

“Grief doesn’t expire, it changes temperature,” says Son, and Meehan’s intense performance showcases these distinct degrees of pain. Even surrounded by his comforting books, Meehan’s Son is a cauldron of emotions that are bubbling over into physicality. There’s nothing easy or casual in his movements, no relaxed muscle in his body.

He sits, stands and moves with his starched form erect and tense; even the hand in his pocket is a balled fist.

Son even carries around a copy of his now-published autobiographical novel like a physical incarnation of his past—it seems sometimes as if the book should be searingly hot, or have a cover made of knives. At times, he reads from it the details of his life as if they happened to someone else. The volume and pitch of Meehan’s voice rises and falls, but though he is intense, his Son remains in control. In a performance devoid of theatrics, Meehan holds us in his grip.

Under new artistic director Thom Weaver, Flashpoint is showing signs of resurgence.

This accomplished production of Nocturne comes on the heels of Flashpoint’s stunning season opener Run, Mourner, Run. Both plays are wrenching, lyrical works that show how theater can be at once both eloquent and raw. In Rapp’s painfully reflective and finally perhaps optimistic play, we learn that moments of beauty can exist even in a world of perpetual night. n Nocturne Through Feb. 26. $5-$20. The Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St. 215.665.9720. flashpointtheatre.org

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garage punks turn in another round of covers (10 years ago they did some funk/soul covers), this time it’s classic techno gems done with guitars.

Free Association: A 21-minute take on “Bug in the Bassbin”—genius meets bonkers.

For Fans Of: The Gories, the Sonics, T. Rex, Motor City.

ond, softer side of 2010’s The Big To-Do, they made 25 songs and split ’em into two records with this one full of quieter, slower folksy retro-country.

Free Association: Melancholy dirty South’s never sounded so pretty.

For Fans Of: Skynyrd, Uncle Tupelo, Old ’97s, the Williams, the Jennings.

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of “Hang Me Up To Dry” are long gone—with a fancy-ass producer they go for arena-rockin’ recent Kings of Leon-style nonsense and kill it!

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Too Beautiful To Work Sounds Like: MTL

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For Fans Of: Pooing clouds. (If you get that reference you’re in too deep!)

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For Fans Of: Over it, Metro Station, All Time Low, straight-ironed bangs.

writer, and though his career has kept him in the public spotlight for well over a decade, he’s still never gotten the acclaim or achieved the status of other R&B acts who wouldn’t be fit to draw his bath water. But hey, if that means he’ll make an appearance at the FYE at 100 S. Broad St. from 6 to 8 p.m. to sign autographs and meet fans like he is this Thursday, Feb. 17, I guess I’m fine with it. 100%.

10. Had anyone else been given the name “Elgin Baylor Lumpkin,” they would’ve surely lived a life cowering in the shadows after the constant ridicule and name-calling they would’ve no-doubt received in junior high.

Man that he is, Elgin-uwine uses his God given name for the title of his seventh album.

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Top 10 Reasons Ginuwine Is R&B’s Most Underrated Artist

By Sean McManus feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com

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He wants “In Those Jeans.” He wants you to ride his “Pony.” And though you may have had your “Differences” over the years, there’s no need to feel “So Anxious.” He’s always been the “Same Ol’ G.” This week, R&B sensation Ginuwine releases his seventh (!) album, Elgin. Only the word “sensation” isn’t quite right. Ginuwine has never gotten the respect quite due him. He’s a megawatt talent who can dance like Michael, hit the high notes like Prince, get down and dirty like D’Angelo and emote like R. Kelly. He’s a fantastic live performer, a genius song-

9. Speaking of which, how many R&B artists nowadays make it to their seventh album. That in itself, is a feat.

8. A few years ago, Ginuwine formed a band with Tyrese and Tank called TGT. Can you imagine?! That’s a tour-de-force trio. Nothing ever came of it, unfortunately (conflicting schedules), but that’s the R&B equivalent of the Super Super Blues Band (Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley).

7. Full disclosure: I’m a huge fan. I’ve seen the man perform more than half a dozen times and he’s always killed it. With the six-pack abs of a young D’Angelo, the “how’d he do that?” dance moves of a young Usher and the exceptional vocal range of a young R. Kelly, he's always had the best shows.

I’ve seen him sandwiched between acts like Master P and Ying Yang Twins (remember them?) or Donnell Jones and Marc Nelson (remember them?) and he’s always, always been the highlight.

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6. He’s the only guy in the world cool enough to endorse Adult Chocolate Milk— “an alcohol-infused twist on a childhood classic” (translation: a horrible concoction that combines chocolate milk with vodka).

And though thinking about how low a man like him would have had to sink to become the face of such a shit product makes you feel the kind of sick you got when you found out the girl from Family Matters was doing porn, you must admit “Ginuwine as Milkman” is a good look. (See photo.)

5. 100% is a modern masterpiece. Seriously, go listen to it. Now more than 10 years since its release, it still holds up while albums by other artists of the era—Jodeci and Tony!

Toni! Toné!—sound dated. Ginuwine’s sophomore effort will sound perfect 100 years from now too.

4. Dude came up in the game with Aaliyah, Missy Elliot and Timbaland.

GAME RECOGNIZE GAME. 3. He made his feature film debut in the amazing, gender-bending basketball comedy Juwanna Mann as a pace-quickening lothario named Romeo. Put that shit in your Netflix queue immediately.

2. There is simply no greater song than “Pony.” And there is no greater proof than a website dedicated solely to people dancing to an epic jam (dancingalonetopony.tumblr. com). Many have tried (Ne-Yo, Trey Songz, etc.), but none will ever reach the Olympian heights of this bonafide sultry sex jam.

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Why Arcade Fire’s Grammy-winning album doesn’t mean a thing to indie music, and could, in fact, damage it.

Soon after, they sold out two consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden, the second of which was watched by international viewers through a live webcast directed by award-winning filmmaker Terry Gilliam (with the support of American Express, YouTube and VEVO).

Considering the band’s high level of institutional and consumer support, it makes perfect sense that they’d give an acceptance speech this year.

Both musically and conceptually, The Suburbs is a perfect choice for the Album of the Year. It’s an agonizingly dull and excruciatingly long classic rock drag about throwing in the towel, entering the yuppie kingdom and romanticizing a vague, yet more idealistic, past. Simply put, it fits right in with the Grammy aesthetic. The win is far from proof that indie music has broken down the previously impenetrable barriers of mainstream institutions.

Instead, it shows that indie labels, if they release music that appeals to mainstream audiences, can earn approval from mainstream institutions. This is a win for indie labels and businesspeople, perhaps, but not by any stretch of the imagination is it one for indie music.

Shitgazing indie rockers Times New Viking, also on Merge, should definitely not get their hopes up.

If we’ve learned anything, hopefully it’s that the “indie” category needs a complete overhaul. Just as there’s an inarguable distinction between “indie label” and “indie music,” the latter must be further broken down and reconstructed.

The 90 percent of indie artists who share nothing in common with Arcade Fire don’t benefit at all from their recent Grammydom. If anything, those less accessible bands are harmed as more indie labels begin to realize they can earn mainstream recognition by signing more conventional, less daring acts. The claim that “we” have been victorious is a deceptive declaration that anyone other than indie publicists, labels and accountants should resist.

“Sometimes the panel behind the Grammy Awards likes to throw a massive wrench into the system and completely surprise all of us,” wrote Andrew Martin for Prefix magazine.

Really? Is it surprising that a band that sounds like Springsteen, tells a story about the suburbs, and sells out sports arenas won a Grammy? It shouldn’t be. Truly surprising is how quick and thoughtlessly the indie “we” accepted its absorption into an institution it once raged against. But maybe indie’s usagainst-the-system days are long gone.

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But wait. No. The truth is, The Suburbs Album of the Year nod means nothing to the state of indie music.

Leading up to the big day, NPR pointed out that more than half of the Grammy nominees this year were artists on indie labels. Even Robert Plant, Herbie Hancock and Willie Nelson now make music for indies, and no one could plausibly argue they are making indie music. The reason seems obvious: There’s a difference between indie music and indie labels.

This is not a fresh insight. But as soon as Barbra Streisand confusedly announced Arcade Fire the winner, general consensus from the indie world was that “we” had achieved a monumental victory.

That, after years of paying dues and spilling blood in the trenches, indie music finally earned the much-deserved recognition it had been denied since birth.

It was a head-scratching moment: Who are “we” and what have “we” won, anyway?

In a pre-Grammy interview, the cofounder of Merge (the venerable indie label Arcade Fire calls home) Laura Ballance claimed “whether something is on a major label or an independent label doesn’t matter.” With the rise of the Internet and the gradual dissolution of the traditional music industry the playing field has been leveled, the Thomas Friedman-inspired argument goes. Ex-Zeppelin frontman Plant is not jeopardizing his chance of success simply because he switched to an indie: he’ll still get the sales and recognition that previously required a major label.

Among others, Esperanza Spalding and Hancock both won Grammys this year for indie label releases. But they’re not included in the indie “we” because they’re not making indie music. Their wins show that indie labels have been victorious, but do nothing for the elevation of indie music. The indie “we” refers to something about the music and not the status of the label.

Arcade Fire hold a unique position within the indie music category. Their 2004 debut, Funeral, was championed by indie overlords Pitchfork while also earning a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album and a few dates opening for 22-time Grammy winners U2. The same happened with 2007’s Neon Bible, which

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“Fuck You!” So goes the cathartic exchange running between Isis Brooks D’Shey, the Divine Drag Mother who hosts Sinful Sundays upstairs at Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar, and her mostly queer audience of about 20 as the night slides into Valentine’s Day. Last Sunday marked the third weekly run of the up-andcoming show, set in the new Gayborhood venue’s intimate bar and lounge area. Admission is only $5, and comes with a free drink ticket, plus Happy Hour prices ... until midnight.

Tonight’s theme: Love and Anti Love, complete with dramatic lipsyncing and a shot at winning free alcohol for the heartbroken, the eternally committed and anyone dying for an emema of the soul.

“Participate in your recovery, or else you’re gonna get nowhere, honey,” the goddess drawls in her native Tennessee accent from the front of the room, like the “good Southern Christian girl” she claims to be. She’s corseted and draped in layers of black, a fleshy cross branded into her chest (yes, branded—Isis heated a crucifix on a skillet and pressed it between her breasts, producing a scar she plans to tattoo around at a later date), and sipping a shot of Jack Daniels.

Ranging from the awesomely passionate to the wildly campy, Isis and her hand-selected team—local queens Omyra Lynn, Diana Dharling and special guest Mrs. P— inject the best facsimile of real life into stories of women being walked out on or vindicated this side of a Women’s Studies department.

In a superb solo number, Isis, the would-be preacher who got her B.A. in Seminary Theology, gyrates in a nun’s habit and padded baby bump, which she alternately rubs and thrusts to the undulations of Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach.”

The coquettish Dharling, “Philadelphia’s Broadway Sweetheart,” sprinkles “cocaine” on her arm to the tune of Avenue Q’s “There’s a Fine, Fine Line,” before dumping the contents of the baggie on her head. But Northeastborn black temptress Omyra Lynn, the youngest and most girlish of the foursome, channels her deepest pain as she pleadingly motions the explosion of her heart toward the crowd along to the heartbreak of Danity Kane’s pop anthem “Damaged.”

This display of unbridled passion comes at the right time, although for a more serious reason. According to bartender Patrick DeMarco, drag mecca Q Lounge (formerly Bump) is scheduled to shut its doors, and Philly’s tight-knit drag scene is preparing to take a powerful hit.

But as one venue dies, many more begin to crop up in unexpected places. Drag is having a revival in the City of Otherly Love, says longtime fixture on the scene, Solatta Tee. “Old is new again. There’s a new, better drag developing. It’s no longer ‘I’m the shit;’ it’s more rehearsed.

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Still, even splitting an order with someone requires something to break up the richness, and there’s plenty here to accomplish that. A heaping plateful of cold cucumber, a lighter shade of green than the walls, is anchored by the slick nuttiness of sesame oil and flashed to life with a generous application of tangy vinegar. Seaweed with Chinese wine sauce also balances out the dumplings, but in a completely different way: These bowties of thick seaweed, each fettuccine-broad strip knotted in the middle, mine a deep sense of salinity whose only respite is a Gimme Sum: Steamed pork dumplings at Dim Sum Garden. high-toned alcohol sweetness from that Chinese wine. You can’t necessarily eat a plateful of them, but a nibble here and there is an unfamiliar treat.

The Garden does a bang-up job with their house-made scallion pancakes, too, nearly the texture of phyllo. And, yes, a recent Chinese-American special, fried cheese wontons, were an unexpected joy to eat. The cream-cheese filling was kissed with the sweet funk of onions, hearty seafood and assorted pureed vegetables, all of it lovingly encased in fried dough.

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When Dim Sum Garden opened back in late 2007, two Really, the only letdown I’ve experienced recently was sentiments seemed to be voiced above all others: 1) Finally, the roast duck over rice, which lacked the crisp skin that’s a reliable source of soup dumplings! and 2) What an unexsuch an integral part of its appeal. Still, the accompanypected location for such a gem. ing florets of what has to be called toddler bok choy (it In the more than three years since then, this dumplingwas more delicate and diminutive than its typical “baby” sized, hospital-colored nook of a restaurant beneath the version), as well as those same pepper-perfumed sprouts, 11th-and-Market overpass, right by the Greyhound station brought real brightness to the otherwise plodding bird. and some of the city’s more aggressive beggars, has had its And whatever you do, make sure to save even a tiny bit expected ups and downs; especially in the beginning, after of room for the sweet rice ball soup. It’s not often you get a thoroughbred start out of the gate, I experienced meals to flex your adventure-eating muscle with a vegetarian that ranged from the majestic to the middling. dish, but here it is in all its unabashedly glutinous glory, But now, it seems, the Garden has deep enough roots, the starchy rice balls marooned in a thick broth, the and a successful enough system in place, to have emerged mouthfeel perhaps unfamiliar but, ultimately, likely to win from its awkward adolescence as one of the more reliable you over. and affordable restaurants in a Philadelphia Chinatown This is a deeply satisfying way to eat: Soulful, deliriously with no shortage of trip-worthy destinations. affordable and devoid of even the slightest pretension.

Much of the success here rests on the food’s overall In other words, perfectly pitched for what it sets out to heartiness and freshness—most notably, and most addictively, those soup dumplings. Appearing on the menu as accomplish, and immensely satisfying in the way it gets there. n Shanghai steamed juicy buns, and clocking in at less that $6 for an order of 8, they will likely be my go-to snowy-day treat for the remainder of this insane winter ... and then DIM SUM GARDEN I’ll keep on downing them in the summer just on principle, 59 N. 11th St. 215.627.0218. and out of unabashed addictive need.

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Screen SIX PACK Six Unfaithful Remakes

By Matt Prigge mprigge@philadelphiaweekly.com Breathless (1983): It takes giant, swelling cajones to remake Jean-Luc Godard’s visionary breakthrough, and even bigger ones to replace Jean-Paul Belmondo with Richard Gere. Jim McBride (of the Francophilic ’60s mockdoc David Holzman’s Diary) had them. His secret: Aim for a similar reckless energy but make the material his own. Beginning with switching the nationalities—Gere’s two-bit crook gallivants with a French hottie in L.A.—his Breathless is its own thing: the Silver Surfer, not Bogie, is worshipped, our hoodlum is manic not laconic and the original’s stylistic tics aren’t even attempted.

It even devises a different, nearly-equallyawesome capper.

City of Angels (1998): Of course, unfaithful remakes aren’t always a good idea. Ethereal and stubbornly arty, Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire also has a doozy of a romance plot: An angel falls for a human and wishes to cross over. It was only so long before some shameless sadist seized upon it; when they did, the results were gruesome: Nic Cage shooting moony eyes toward Meg Ryan, plus a completely unearned twist ending.

Ocean’s Eleven (2001): “It’s a movie fondly remembered by all who haven’t seen it,” Steven Soderbergh said of the 1960 Rat Pack original. The solution: make an actually entertaining all-star caper.

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Believe it: The only similarities between both films is the title and a lieutenant who is not good.

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psychodrama about a family rocked by a horny maid, 1960’s The Housemaid is possibly the most cherished film in South Korean history—which is why Im Sangsoo’s remake completely inverses its setup, essentially doing the opposite. If only that had been a good idea ... n

Heche of a time: Ed Helms, right, and Anne Heche attend an insurance conference at a deluxe motel in Iowa.

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A Christian insurance salesman tries to avoid the big-city temptations of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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“I am so hungover … big-time beershits,” sighs the great John C. Reilly, during a prayer breakfast at a Christian insurance salesmen’s convention. This comes about halfway through Miguel Arteta’s Cedar Rapids, a movie that’s not quite as funny as it seems to think it is, but contains considerable pleasures around the margins.

Daily Show alumni and Hangoverminted movie-star Ed Helms stars as Tim Lippe, the hopelessly arrested, tiresomely square Midwestern boy sent off to a third-rate metropolis for the first time, marveling at deluxe motel accommodations and a high-life never glimpsed in his one-horse town. Tim’s pushing middle age but still comes off as 13 years old, carrying on an affair with his junior high schoolteacher (Sigourney Weaver) who he can’t stop calling, “Miss Vanderhei” … even in bed.

So when Tim’s insurance firm’s superstar (Thomas Lennon) dies from auto-erotic asphyxiation—yes, Phil Johnston’s screenplay is always trying this hard—our local yokel is sent off to where the bright lights and big city meet, presenting the company’s manifesto at some sort of quasi-religious

annual convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

With the coveted “Two Diamonds Award” at stake for the insurance biz, can our virginal rube Tim Lippe avoid the omni-present threats of booze, hookers and desultory motel sex?

Cedar Rapids does not begin well. Too much is made of nudnick Tim never having been on a plane before, blissfully unaware of simple credit-card transactions. He’s such a childish imbecile, you’ll wonder how Lippe ever got so far in life without having somebody on hand to tie his shoes for him, and that’s all before he gasps in awe at his luxurious accommodations, just because they smell like chlorine from the pool downstairs.

Director Arteta’s “fish in the barrel, laugh at the hick” motif hits a snag in the second act, however. Tim soon meets his roommates: The Wire’s Isiah Whitlock Jr. as an uptight closeted homosexual with a penchant for sweaters, and John C. Reilly’s astoundingly vulgar, brilliantly offensive Dean Ziegler. (Call me “Deansie,” Reilly begs, between belches.)

Slapping every back too hard and laughing way too loud at his own unfunny jokes, Deansie is an Arthur Miller character for the Apatow Era. With his bad comb-over

hairdo and beer gut jutting outward, Reilly commandeers Cedar Rapids, as the dude who is always up for a party and wants to do more shots, until midnight rolls around earlier than expected, and he totally falls apart … weeping.

An unrecognizable Anne Heche turns up as another colleague of Tim’s, playing all catty and flirty because the safe-space of the convention beats her miserable married life at home. (“What happens in Cedar Rapids stays in Cedar Rapids” might be her personal manifesto.) Adopting all her peers’ swaggering sales-guy mannerisms, Heche hasn’t been so boyishly charming in ages—I honestly didn’t know it was her until halfway through the movie.

Yet Reilly brings the undertow. There’s a horrible sadness to Deansie, who wants to party harder than everybody and spends his mornings staring into a hungover wasteland of diminished expectations.

Johnston’s script is penned in the Happy Texas/Little Miss Sunshine vein of inoffensive Sundance-certified trifles, until every time Reilly opens his mouth, often shirtless and disgusting, kicking off a sentence with the likes of: “I think we can all agree that my ex-wife is a miserable fucking cunt-stain who won’t answer my phone calls anymore, but … ” Wait? Did he just say that? Did that just happen?

Cedar Rapids is too blithe and inoffensive a movie to focus on Deansie’s obvious tragedy. (The film even allows him to light a fart on fire during one of the misguided end-credit outtakes.) Still, Reilly imbues the performance with such lived-in pathos, it’s hard to reconcile Helms’ cartoony, notof-this-earth central figure with a sidekick cutting so close to the bone.

There’s also Whitlock Jr., who didn’t just play Sen. Clay Davis on The Wire, but also feels the need to mention The Wire not once, not twice, but three times during the movie… eventually doing his own Omar impersonation at the climax. A great injoke, but overkill is overkill, kids.

Miguel Arteta has helmed a fair amount of pictures, from the icky Chuck And Buck up through last year’s Youth In Revolt, yet I still can’t quite get a handle on where he’s coming from. Cedar Rapids, like Arteta’s other films, is a Sundance Special with a frisson of something slightly more sinister.

Watch Reilly collapse into the motel pool, wearing a trashcan on his head while demanding to be called “R2-D2” and cackling into the abyss, then tell me there’s not something stirring under the surface. n

Grade: BDirectors: Miguel Arteta Starring: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly and Anne Heche Running time: 86 minutes

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Screen New Releases Outside the Law BReviewed by Matt Prigge

Rachid Bouchareb makes Hollywood-style movies in which European Arabs are the heroes; he’s the Edward Zwick for Middle Easterners. Indigènes was, as confirmed by the American title Days of Glory, Zwick’s Glory rejiggered for the unsung Algerians who helped liberate France during WWII. Outside the Law, meanwhile, is a close cousin to Defiance, exploiting the armed rise for Algerian independence from the country that has now cradled this film into existence.

To handle two decades of bloody conflict, Bouchareb takes a cue familiar to those who made the miniseries The ’60s and The ’70s, viewing messy history through the sharp prism of one family. Displaced after the 1945 Sétif massacre, three brothers are pushed into three conveniently disparate life paths: fiery revolutionary Abdelkader (Sami Bouajila) winds up hardened in prison; reluctant badass Messaoud (Roschdy Zem) winds up in the military; and scrappy Saïd (scrunchyfaced Jamel Debbouze) talks his way into the world of boxing and night clubs. The three reconvene in the City of Lights, where at least two of them agree to wage a war on enemy soil.

Admittedly, the Zwick comparison is unfair: They may be attracted to similar matter, but Bouchareb is far less insistent, far more cold in temperament and thoughtful, allowing in complexities Zwick would smooth over with a sander. Our heroes’ ultimate goal may be noble, but revolution is a dirty business, and matters become unpleasant long before the police have formed their own retaliatory squad that gets to act in the manner of the film’s Steven Seagal-esque title.

Another one-up on Zwick: Bouchareb is far less humorless.

Outside the Law may be grave in tone, but it can’t resist playing to genre; it’s half-stirring docudrama, half-old school gangster film, complete with paraphrases of The Godfather and The Untouchables. (A revolutionary tailor even performs a Gallic version of the Chicago Code.) Moreso than his previous efforts, Bouchareb has made a mostly tolerable version of a kind of American film that ought to be stamped out of existence. Luckily, damning with faint praise is still praise.

The Housemaid C+ Reviewed by Matt Prigge

Though they traditionally do, a remake needn’t stem from a paucity of fresh ideas. Idealistically, it’s the chance to put an intensely personal stamp on familiar material, as a musician would do with a cover. The more wildly different the better, I say, which is why it’s so surprising that Im Sang-soo’s The Housemaid—a remake of possibly the most beloved film in South Korean history—turns out to be massively disappointing, while at the same time being violently unfaithful.

A hothouse psychodrama that goes to some very unclean places, Kim Ki-young’s original, made in 1960, tells of a family undone by the titular help, who turns out to be a sexual predator in a manner that predates (and bests) Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. That’s the plot of the remake, too, with two significant change-ups: The family is very, very wealthy and also, not coincidentally, the villains. Jeon Do-yeon, who deservedly won every award on the planet for her harrowing work in Secret Sunshine, plays the now victimized maid, who is here seduced by the callous paterfamilias (Lee Jung-jae), knocked up and then ordered to abort the lovechild.

The new version arrives at a faintly similar endpoint, but the message is completely different, not to mention inferior. In the original, neither side comes out well, but its sympathies mostly lie with the family beset upon by a deranged fatale. Jeon’s maid walks on water, while the family she serves are uniformly heartless and cruel, poisoning her tea when she refuses to have an abortion.

Im Sang-soo is a hugely talented filmmaker—A Good Lawyer’s Wife and The President’s Last Bang are both highlights of modern South Korean cinema—and he gives his Housemaid a lurid draw that is its minor saving grace. But its evisceration of the bourgeois is familiar and easy, and, more importantly, far less fun. The original may be borderline questionable in its classism, but better rude than blandly comforting.

Just Go With It D Reviewed by Sean Burns

In 2009’s scabrously brilliant Funny People, Adam Sandler quite convincingly portrayed a burnt-out comedian with such contempt for his audience that his self-loath-

ing couldn’t help but ooze from every pore. It is an astounding performance.

Just Go With It, Sandler’s latest, laziest attempt at fusing romantic comedy tropes with nitwit fratboy punch-lines isn’t just vile, it is the movie that reveals Sandler as his crass, Mephistophelean Funny People alter ego—an indolent, hateful prick.

Based on an old French play that at one point became Billy Wilder’s writing-partner I.A.L Diamond’s screenplay for Cactus Flower and went on to win Goldie Hawn an Oscar back in 1970, Just Go With It has a distinguished pedigree but stubbornly remains as generic as its title. Directed by Dennis Dugan, Sandler’s chief enabler, the movie finds our middle-aged hero wearing a fake wedding ring to score cheap tail from dumb sluts at parties, complete with a faux-sympathetic backstory to make him seem slightly less like the most disgusting person who ever lived.

So kudos to Jennifer Aniston, as Sandler’s long-suffering office assistant who seems to stand outside the film itself, rolling her eyes and playing along with a healthy measure of reticence. Aniston’s natural inability to commit to a film—her plasticized TV-sized reaction shots and avoidance of character details by always being our favorite jilted celebrity, “Jennifer”—serve her well here. She appears as annoyed and disgusted with the plot machinations and supporting characters as we are.

As such, Aniston has never been so human or relatable.

A brutal 116 minutes find space for too many supporting characters to adopt phony accents, laboriously over-complicating a plot that never for one moment makes any sense.

The only constant is an abject hatred of women, with the camera constantly ogling how they look in bikinis. (Often in slow motion.)

Even Nicole Kidman shows up, playing to the rafters but being a decent sport amid a series of notgood-enough jokes about her awful plastic surgery and gay ex-husband.

She’s got a flinty backstory with Aniston, and the two square-off during a scantily clad hula-dance competition.

These two actresses demonstrate some terrific comic chemistry together, yet this is all cut short when the audience is actually asked to vote for which actress looks hotter half-naked—which just about sums up the Cro-Magnon Just Go With It in a couple of C-cup coconut shells. n

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We look very traditional. But I am far from conservative. I love nightlife, crazy friends and good drink. She was aware of this when we met because we ran in the same circles. My boredom is compounded by a craving for sex with other women. It doesn’t matter who—the girl at the coffee shop, the checker at Whole Foods, every chick at the gym—I’m up to my eyeballs in covet. I want out. I want to be a father to my kids and take care of my wife financially. But I want out. I am a few years from 40. What is the best course of action?

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front of the TV with the kids, tell her that to preserve your sanity and, paradoxically, your marriage, you’re going to go out and have some adventures on your own.

If she leaves you over it, TYTF, then you got what you wanted: out.

I’m a 31-year-old lesbian. My girlfriend is in her 30s, but save for a few one-night stands, she has never been with a woman before. I’ve never had better sex than the sex I’m having with her.

When I try to talk to her about this, she gets anxious and makes self-deprecatory comments. I want to be with her for the long haul—our dreams fit together—I just need to figure out how to communicate with her about how great our sex is.

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Yeah, CB, I’ve got some advice for you: Shut the fuck up.

I had this awesome new boyfriend once, and the sex was so freaking great that I felt compelled to communicate with him about how great it was. “This is so great,” I would tell him.

“Let’s try to figure out where all this greatness is coming from!” But he didn’t enjoy talking about sex—particularly while we were having sex—and he got so annoyed with my attempts to figure out where all this greatness was coming from that he eventually asked/advised/ ordered me to shut the fuck up.

Keep fucking the girlfriend’s fucking brains right fucking out, CB, but shut the fuck up.

Odds are that she’ll learn to relax and open up about sex, like my boyfriend did. But in the meantime, CB, try to resist the urge to lesbian this thing into the ground by communicating it to death.

For several months now, I’ve had a growing attraction to one of my good male friends. I am an open bisexual male, and my friend is “straight.”

We’ve had relations—me blowing him, him jerking me—but he’s adamant that he is not attracted to males at all. He nevertheless sleeps with me in my bed when he spends the night.

The plot thickens: A couple days ago, my “straight” crush ordered an eight-inch dildo, molded from a real dick, complete with balls! He got it to use on himself! He says because there’s not going to be another male present when he uses it, and thus no romance, the act will be “straight.” I define being sexual as enjoying not only the sexual interactions possible between preferred genders, but also the emotional satisfaction, or romance. Does he have a point?

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20TH & WALLACE Lg Bilev w/All Amens, Home off. Pet Friendly. $995+. PMG 215-5457007 x302

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WHERE TO LIVE rittenhouse sq i chestnut hill 215.893.9920 i 215.247.3600

ewrhomes.com Mls #5781232 - this wonderful home is on a gorgeous garden block in the Graduate hospital area. the sunny first floor has hardwood floors and custom ceiling detail. the kitchen has brand new cabinets, granite, backsplash, and appliances. the second floor contains two bedrooms and two full bathrooms; one in the master suite, and one hall bath. the back patio has fresh plantings and a custom fence and gate. there is plenty of storage in the full basement. it’s just blocks from great restaurants, cafes and taverns, and easy access to public transportation and center city. the south street Bridge will take you right into university city.

Graduate hospital area i 2220 Madison square i $352,500

2125 PINE STREET

Rittenhouse Sq. Fabulous house w/ a garden & garage, huge open living room, dining room & new kitchen, 12+’ ceilings, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, gym, deck. $1,265,000

Rittenhouse Sq. Gracious 1870 Mansion. 3,420 Sq Ft townhouse extensively & sensitively renovated to perfection in 2010. 5 bedrooms & 4 baths, high ceilings, garden, parking 1/3 of a block away. $1,395,000

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Pristine, move in ready 3BR, 1BA on a great quite pretty block. Galley Kitchen w/New modern appliances, open to dining area.

Lovely space in living area open to dining room w/French doors that lead to a nice size deck. Lots of light, wooden floors throughout.

Unfinished Basement, Possible Garage Space.

Large yard in front and back, possible to park 2 cars in the rear yard.

Property is in great condition, ready to move in. Close to transportation & Expressway.

Priced at: $229,000 Agent: Easy to show, call 215.906.4796 for appointment!

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To See the Following, Call Andy Oei (215)790-5230 1500 Chestnut Street #19F-Deluxe 2BR/2BA, Gourmet Kitchen, Marble Baths, Large Windows ....................................................................... $2,295 2101-17 Chestnut Street #818-Comfy 2BR/1BA, Wood Floors, Gym, Doorman, All Utilities Incl ................................................................... $1,550 2001 Hamilton Street #2114-Deluxe 2BR, Skyline Vuws, Wd Fl, Grmt Kit, All Utils Incl ............................................................................................. $2,150 To See the Following, Call David Snyder 267.968.8600 2332-38 Carpenter Street #2A-2 bdrms,stainless steel appln,bamboo flrs,cstm bath. ................................................................................... $1,550 2332-38 Carpenter Street #3D-2 bd,1 ba,SS applns,bamboo flrs,W/D. ............................................................................................................ $1,450 1729 French Street-3 bdrm/1 bth home steps away from T.University. ............................................................................................................ $1,200 2606 naudain Street-2 bedroom, 2 bath on a quaint tree-lined block in Filter Sq. ............................................................................................ $2,250 2730 Parrish Street-3 bd/1.5 ba,exp brk/fpl,fin bsmt,1,000 sq ft of living space ................................................................................................. $1,800 735-739 S 12th Street #302-2 bd/2 ba,exp brk,exp wd beams,hi ceilings. ............................................................................................................ $1,900 38 S 3rd Street #1-Large contemporary space in for use as retail or office. ............................................................................................................ $2,800 1936 Spruce Street #1-Office space 1800sq.ft on 1st flr/600 sq ft on lower flr. ...................................................................................................... $5,000 6514 Theodore Street-3 bedroom,1 bath home w/front porch & 1 Car parking ................................................................................................ $850 To See the Following, Call Eric Fox (215)790-5228 908 S Schell Street-Renovated 2Br, 1B, Hdwd Flrs, Fin Bsmnt, CA, SS App ............................................................................................................ $1,595

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To See the Following, Call Kheon Benjamin (215)546-0550 1001-13 Chestnut Street #902W-1Bd/1Ba charming condominium all utilities included ................................................................................ $1,400 1001-10 Chestnut Street #401E-1BR/1BA-Loft Style Condo w/stun flr plan & fab spiral stairs .............................................................................. $1,325

To See the Following, Call Lisa Budnick 215-790-5227 1714 Locust Street-4fl bi-lvl 1BD /1.5BA .......................................... $1,700 To See the Following, Call Mike McCann (215) 440-8345 2133 Carpenter Street-4 bd/2 full/2 half bath home w/den,fin bsmt,hw flrs,rear dk. ........................................................................................ $2,495 671. Franklin Place #E-2 bd/1 ba apartment w/hw flrs, marble bath and parking. ................................................................................................. $995 134 Krams Avenue-3 bdrm + den,lrg backyard & full bsmt. ............................................................................................................ $1,500 832-36 Lombard Street-5 bd/3 full and 2 half baths,2-car garage. .......................................................................................................... $12,500 609 n 34th Street #3RD FL-2 bd unit w/new kit,hw flrs,lots of wndws. ............................................................................................................... $975 1345 S 19th Street-3 bd/2 1/2 ba,hw flrs t/o,kit w/SS/Granite,mstr ste w/ dk. ...................................................................................................... $1,895 1437 S 4th Street-Rehab 4 bd/2.5 ba,hw flrng,kit w/Granite & SS,patio,dk. ............................................................................................................ $1,700 2048 South Street #1R-1st flr studio w/hw flrs, new kit,W/D,includes all utilities ............................................................................................... $1,100 39 Strawberry Street #3F-Huge Bi-Level 1 bd/1 ba tile kit,lots of closet. ............................................................................................................ $1,350 39 Strawberry Street #2R-Studio w/hrwd flrs,tile ba,huge closet or sleeping nook. .................................................................................. $850 820 Tasker Street-4 bdrm + den/1.5 ba,eat-in kitchen,living/dining rm. ............................................................................................................ $1,350 3425 Tilden Street-Cute 2-story 3 bd home in East Falls w/grg + porch front ................................................................................................... $1,050 To See the Following, Call Paul Fontaine (215)440-2059 1324 Locust Street #1116-Renov studio on high flr w/nice view,wd flrs,walk-in closet. ................................................................................ $950 To See the Following, Call Robin Mitchell (215)440-8550 2249 S 18th Street-3 bd,1 ba,2 pdw rms,hw flrs,modern kitchen. ............................................................................................................ $1,100 To See the Following, Call Travis Rodgers (215) 790-5234 1108 Lombard Street #45-Beaut. 2br/1.5b, 2 fps, hw flrs, big patio ............................................................................................................ $1,900 To See the Following, Call Vicki Goldberg 215-790-5650 220 Locust Street #14F-1B, kit granite ss appl wd cabs fab 1b new paint util. incl. ............................................................................................. $1,495

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2712 South St. Nice 1 Br., Den 1 Bath, c/a, hd.flrs, w/d, EZ access to HUP & UPENN

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COMMERCIAL 701 Walnut St 3rd Flr. Corner 500 sq.ft office/studio, artist,architect, nice lite, utilities inc.

$700.00

25th & Wharton Sts. G-2 warehouses, garages, offices, 800sq. ft to 16,000 sq. ft available $7-$9 sq.ft.

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To See the Following, Call Johanna Loke (215)893-9800 200 Locust Street #26B-2 bedroom/2 bath,flr to ceiling wndws,hrwd flrs,washer/dryer ............................................................................... $2,300 1010 Race Street #2n-Great studio w/loft,exposed brk wall,washer/dryer. ............................................................................................................... $795 241 S 6th Street #209-Large 1 bedroom w/eat-in kitchen & balcony. ............................................................................................................ $1,350

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1bd/den utilities inc. h/w shared rooftop deck $1050 3bd/2bath newly renov. gran. counters, w/d, c/a, h/w, av.2/1/11 $1960 1bd h/w floors on-site laundry french doors $1260 newly renovated 1bd h/w c/a shared rooftop deck $1200 1bd/1bath h/w c/a shared roof top deck, laundry $950 - $1050 2BD/2BA, newly renovated, H/W, utilities inc. $1500 Studio/1bath h/w c/a utilities inc. laundry on site $860

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<<CONTINUED from PAGE 39 DEAR TIM: There are two problems with the disclosures in the home inspection report: 1) Conditions such as leaning of a building and water intrusion in a basement should not be presumed to be minor; and 2) Such conditions warrant further evaluation by qualified experts.

Faulty drainage should have been reviewed by a geotechnical engineer. Leaning of the building called for analysis by a structural engineer. What you needed was someone who is licensed in both fields of engineering.

Instead of recommending that you “monitor for further movement,” the inspection report should have said, “Further evaluation by a qualified, licensed engineer is recommended prior to close of transaction.”

Your home inspector’s job was to point out significant defects and to make appropriate recommendations. Building settlement is obviously a major concern, as is water intrusion into the building. Determining the extent of these issues was not something to be done by monitoring movement after you purchased the property. You were in the process of making an important purchase decision. That was why you hired a home inspector. He should have considered this when making his recommendation.

Your home inspector may be liable for faulty disclosure, depending on the inspection contract that you signed and pertinent laws in your state. An attorney should evaluate those issues.

The sellers of the property may also share some liability. If they lived in the home for more than a year, they were probably aware of the drainage problem in the basement and should have disclosed it.

And here’s a question for your real estate agent: Was this the most qualified inspector the agent knew? Some agents recommend the best home inspectors; some do not.

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At The Rittenhouse .............................................................. 215-546-0550 Rittenhouse Square ............................................................. 215-893-9800 Society Hill ........................................................................... 215-627-6005

$319,000 $289,000

WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 526 S 11th Street-Fab 4B/Lib/3.5b,8 fpl,C/A,pine flrs t/o,fin base,grdn,deck,2 car PKG 1101 Locust ##9I-Spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bath with open floor plan and modern amenities.

1108 Lombard Street #45-Beaut. 2br/1.5b, 2 fps, hw flrs, big patio

$876,000 $725,000 $399,900

AROUND TOWN 404 Federal Street-N/C 3 bdrm/2.5 bth,den,rear yard,2 decks,garage pekng + driveway.

144 Morris Street-3 bdrm/2.5 bath,offers spacious flr plan,luxury finishes & garage prkng 3106 S 19th Street-Outstanding 3BR/2BA townhome. Family room. Deck.

1516 Wharton Street-N/C-Spectacular 4 bd/4.5 ba,fin bsmt,C/A,hrdwd floors.

1927 S 13th-Total renovation 3bd/1.5 ba,large yard,open layout.

1922 W Shunk Street-4 bedrooms/1.5 baths,high ceilings,hrwd floors,mud rm,garden,deck 2654 S Camac Street-Commercial prop,50’frontage on busy Oregon Ave,Hair Salon + 2 bd apt.

1637 S Iseminger-Beautiful,modern renovations,hrwd flrs,SS applns,extra lrg bathroom.

1123 E. Moyamensing-3 Bd,beaut tree lined st,din rm w/hw fls,grdn 336 Snyder Avenue-3 bedrooms, all new rehab,great starter home.

1241 S 21st Street-Great 3 bedroom/1.5 bath home finished with top of line materials.

3169 Memphis Street-Renovated 3 Bed, 1 Bath, Hdwd Flrs, Updated Kit, Dry Bsmnt, Yard 1316 N 56th Street-4 BR 2 ba twin, great hardwood flrs, large kit

Art Museum ......................................................................... 215-763-2100 The Philadelphian ................................................................ 215-232-5148 Se habla español • 1-866-857-3964 or www.frreo.com

An Independently Owned and Operated Member of The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.

$479,900 $439,000 $364,900 $340,000 $329,900 $309,900 $275,000 $260,000 $250,000 $184,900 $175,000 $105,000 $80,000

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ART MUSEUM 2012-30 W Girard Avenue-Grt devel. opportunity,building,land,blue prints,permits & approvals. $1,849,900 756-58 N Bucknell-X-Wide 3 bd/3 ba,3-sty on grt tree-lined block,cherry flrs,1-yr prepd prkng $549,900 2339 Wallace Street #B-Contemp TH w/Garage Prkg 3BR,2 1/2B, Fpl, Kit w/Granite & ss Tax Abate $444,900 2534 Parrish Street-c.1876 Spacious 4BR, 2.5 Baths, New Eat-in Kit, Wd Flrs t/o, Central Air $399,900 2601 Penna Ave ##1004-Corner 1 bd condo w/tons of light & space (800+ sq ft),cable & on-site gym. $179,900 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue #2B26-Over 1300 sq ft,one bedroom w/den,eat in kitchen $174,900

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$799,900 $669,000 $650,000 $380,000 $359,900 $359,900 $359,900 $314,900 $310,000 $279,000

RITTENHOUSE SQUARE 1808 Delancey Street-Eleg hist. TH formal lr & dr new e-i-kit, 4bdrm/3.5b lib, rf deck, grge prk $2,395,000 1936-38 Delancey Place-Double wide carriage house, elev, 2-3 car grge, 2br suites + guest suite $1,725,000 2125 Pine Street-1870 Mansion extensively renovated in 2010. 5br/4b and garden $1,395,000 2216 Locust Street-1860’s TH, 4br,3.5b, study, orig details, dr, e-i-kit, 2zoned c/a grdn, prk $1,095,000 1531 Pine, #Unit C-2 bdrm/2 bth w/private elevator access & blcny. $799,000 210 W Rittenhouse Sq ##1402-Rittenhse Hotel-New upsc.,furn. luxury condo,1050 sq.ft,1 bd/1.5 ba. $595,000 2038 Latimer Street-Charming 2 bd/1.5 ba,open living area,rear yard,hardwood floors. $349,900

Februar y 16-22, 2011

113 Bread St ##3B2-3 bd/2 bths,hrwd flrs,granite counters,Juliet blcny,grg prkng + tax abat.

133 N Bread St ##C3-Bi-level 2 bedroom,2 1/2 baths with parking.

315 Arch ##404-1 bd/1 ba w/prkng,granite/SS kitchen,hw flrs,dramatic CC views.

50-56 N Front ##402-1 bd w/fpl on grt Old City blk,exp brk,rf dk w/river views 36 Strawberry Street #35-900 Sq Ft flat,Blk granite kit, huge storage, stylish

$1,265,000 $459,000 $314,900

QUEEN VILLAGE AND BELLA VISTA

812 S Swanson Street-3 bd + den/3.2 bths,hrwd flrs,fpls,grdn,3 dks,2C grg. $749,000 236-A Queen Street-3 bd/2.5 ba,hrwd flrs,fp,2 car prkng,deck,2 zoned heating/cooling. $575,000 116 Queen Street-3 bd/2.5 ba home w/fin bsmt/guest suite,3 fpls,hrwd flrs + garden $529,000 314 Monroe-3 bd/2 ba,LR w/hrwd flrs,wd fpl,granite counters/SS appln,1-yr prepd prkng. $525,000 808 S 7th Street-5 bd/2.5 ba,fin bsmt,lrg rear yard,high ceilings,excellent condition. $525,000 835-37 S. Howard-3 bd/3ba + au-pair suite,hw flr t/o,garden,roofdeck + monthly parking. $525,000 111 Federal Street-Phase-1-7 ctm homes 1-3 bd/2.5 ba,media rm,fp,hw,grdn,dk,x-wide grg,tx abat $499,000 822 S. Swanson-Single fam used as duplex,1st fl 1 bd w/grdn,2nd fl 2 bd/2.5 ba,hw,2 dks. $469,900 771-75 S 2nd, #Unit H-Spacious 2 bd /2 bths,powder rm,cook’s kit,LR w/fp,gated prkng $399,999 752 S 3rd Street-4 bd/2 ba w/hrwd flrs t/o,high ceil,sep Dr,bsmt,fpl and grdn $385,000 200-10 Lombard Street #717-Bi-level 1 bd/1.5 ba w/Lr/Dr,fp,maple kit w/granite & brkfst bar. Red’d-$379,900 915-25 Bainbridge ##201-2 bd/1 1/2 ba,den/loft,kit & full ba remodeled,lrndy rm + deeded prkng. $369,900 1008 S. 2nd Street-3 br + den/2.5 ba,lg garden/yard & patio,hwf t/o,2 decor fpls,C/A $350,000 909 S 12th Street-3-Unit mixed-use prop in Bella Vista,1st flr store,2 & 3rd 1 bd/1 ba apt. $335,000 608 Kimball Street-3-Story home,huge LR w/in-laid HW floors,newer EIK overlooking grdn. $331,500 1101 Washinton Ave #709-Refined 1B/1.5b bi-level loft w/Schifinni kit $329,000 1351 Kater Street-N/C-2 bdrm/2.5 bth,finished bsmt,2 mstr suites,cstm kit,roof deck. $319,900 820 S Percy-2 bd/2.5 ba,hw flrs,SS appln,granite,jacuzzi tub,fin bsmt. $309,900 915-25 Bainbridge ##104-Multi-level 1bd + den condo w/tons of light & space,cable,on site gym. $300,000 621 “G” S American-Trinity located in private crtyd w/lrg grdn,2 bd/1 ba,hw flrs,exp brk. $299,900

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1830 Rittenhouse Square #3A-Eloquence! Gorgeous 3BR/4+BA condo. Cozy fireplace, pantry.

1601 Locust Street #1300-Modern condo designed by Wesley Wei. Detailed full flr, windows on 4 sides 1901 Walnut Street #14BE-Architecturally designed in the NY gallery style, 3Br + study, 4.5Baths 202 W Rittenhouse Square #2606-Gorgeous 2BR/2+BA condo. Elegance and charm!

1820 Rittenhouse Square #402-Elegant 3Br/3.5ba condo with unparralleled treetop views of the Square 50 S 16th Street #4106-2 Bed/2.5 Bath Corner Unit, Decorator Furnished, 24/7 Concierge 1531 Pine Street #D-4BR/3.5B bilevel condo with large private deck in the Ritt Hs Sq area 511 S 21st Street ##201-Beaut Bi level condo in boutique build, 3Br 3B, fam rm, library, lrg sp 440 S Broad Street #1505-Symphony House 2B/den/2b + 1 CAR PKG. 150K++ less than dev unit!

2401 Pennsylvania Avenue #15B34-Spacious 4 bedroom condo w/50 ft terrace overlooking Art Museum 1830-34 Rittenhouse Square #12B-Amazing opportunity at a great price. 2bed 1 1/2 Bath sq. and city views 1901 Walnut Street #7F-Old World charm, 1500sqft+, 2bdrm, 2b, 3 exposures,lr & dr, e-i-kit, c/a 1500 Chestnut St #10H-Great Buy! Luxury 2BR/2ba, granite kitchen, marble baths, doorman 7 N Columbus Blvd ##212-3 bedroom with parking,2229 sq ft,excellent value,on the River.

1500 Chestnut Street #8G-Great value in a beaut door man bldg hw flrs ss app, granite cnter tops 1420 Locust ##23C-Large one bedroom w/upgraded kitchen & bath,separate dining area.

1324 S Broad Street #2R-Best Buy! 2BR/2B bilevel condo w/Deck, W/D in unit,extra storage Space

$189,900

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SUNDAY 2/20/11 12:00-1:00PM FITLER SQ. 24 1 3 M a n n i n g S t . $585,000 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d G R A D H O S P I TA L 2 1 5 5 M o n t ro s e S t . $425,000 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d B E L L A V I S TA 919 Christian St. $319,900 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d WA S H . S Q . W E S T 927 Spruce St. #2R $199,900 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d RITTENHOUSE SQ 2125 Pine St $1 , 395,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h FITLER SQ 24 1 0 S p r u c e S t $1 , 375,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h SOCIETY HILL 143 S 2nd St #601 $ 1 ,1 0 0 , 0 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h RITTENHOUSE SQ 2216 Locust St $1 ,095,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h RITTENHOUSE SQ 2213 Locust St $1 ,095,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

WA S H S Q 915 Clinton St #302 $ 57 0 , 0 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

I TA L I A N M A R K E T 603 Wharton St $363,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 2001 Hamilton St #315 $269,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

OLDE CITY 1 1 3 B re a d S t # 3 B 2 $549,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

G R A D H O S P I TA L 709 “B” S 18th $359,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

PA S SY U N K S Q 1504 S. Iseminger St $268,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 2 0 1 2 B ra n d yw i n e S t $539,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

B E L L A V I S TA 6 0 9 M o n t ro s e S t $350,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

Q U E E N V I L L AG E 918 S 2nd St $ 24 9 , 0 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 341 S Hicks St $535,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 2038 Latimer St $349,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

W I S S A H I C KO N 213 Osborne Str $ 24 9 , 0 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

I TA L I A N M A R K E T 9 3 2-A E l l s wo r t h S t $349,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

C H I N ATO W N 1100 Vine St #908 $ 24 2 , 5 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

WA S H S Q . W E S T 1109 Spruce St. #3R $180,000 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d

ART MUSEUM 2 5 3 6 M e re d i t h S t $339,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

WA S H S Q W E S T 912 Spruce St #8 $239,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

SOCIETY HILL The Willings #105 $1 ,875,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

LO G A N S Q 2201 Cherry St #201 $329,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

N LIBERTIES 1 0 2 7-3 1 N 4 t h S t # U n i t D $230,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 202 W Rittenhouse Sq #2606 $1 ,795,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 8 3 8 N B a m b rey S t $329,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

Q U E E N V I L L AG E 131 Catharine St #1 $229,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

B E L L A V I S TA 1351 Kater St $319,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

OLD CITY 301 Race St #401 $214,999 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 7 5 3 N C ro s key S t $315,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

PENNSPORT 4 1 3 G re e n w i c h S t $210,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

G R A D H O S P I TA L 2 5 24 C h r i s t i a n S t $314,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 1919 Chestnut St #2209 $209,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 2319 Aspen St $309,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 1906 Pine St #3 $192 ,500 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 1813 Spruce St, #Unit 1R $305,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

G R A D H O S P I TA L 2112 Christian St #Unit B $184,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 250 S 18th St #102 $495,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h B E L L A V I S TA 620 Christian St #1C&D $456,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h RITTENHOUSE SQ 1709 Rodman St $449,500 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h ART MUSEUM 7 8 0 N Ta n ey S t $ 4 24 , 9 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h ART MUSEUM 7 5 4 N 2 3 rd S t $414,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h Q U E E N V I L L AG E 7 7 1 -7 5 S 2 n d S t , # U n i t H $399,999 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h PA S SY U N K S Q 1825 S 12th St $399,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h Q U E E N V I L L AG E 2 24 M o n ro e S t $399,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

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SOCIETY HILL 5 0 4 D e l a n c ey S t $875,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

PENNSPORT 1 61 4 S 4 t h S t $398,500 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 2120 Pine St $825,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

Q U E E N V I L L AG E 319 Catharine St $395,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

WA S H S Q W E S T 411 S 13th St $695,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 827 N Pennock St $ 3 8 7, 5 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

Q U E E N V I L L AG E 5 2 6 -A C h r i s t i a n S t $ 67 9 , 9 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 1931 Spruce St #2B $385,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 2 24 S 2 3 rd S t $659,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

Februar y 16-22, 2011

G R A D H O S P I TA L 2 24 5 F i t z w a t e r S t $650,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h ART MUSEUM 905 Corinthian St $599,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

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B E L L A V I S TA 74 2 F i t z w a t e r S t $ 5 8 9 , 97 9 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

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C H I N ATO W N 1 2 2 8 -3 2 A rc h S t # 2 E $379,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h N LIBERTIES 223 Fairmount $375,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h RITTENHOUSE SQ 1906 Naudain St $369,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h ART MUSEUM 626 N 16th St #Unit A $365,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 1 8 0 6 -1 8 R i t t e n h o u s e S q #1808 $305,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h Q U E E N V I L L AG E 621 “G” S American St $299,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h SOUTH PHILA 1 3 1 1 -1 5 S C a r l i s l e S t #Unit C $299,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h RITTENHOUSE SQ 1500 Chestnut St #10G $279,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h WA S H S Q 1012 Spruce St #4R $ 2 74 , 9 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

12:00-2:30PM Q U E E N V I L L AG E 525 Fitzwater St. #8 $239,000 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d B E L L A V I S TA 74 1 S . 1 0 t h S t . $415,000 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d

1:00-4:00PM CO L L I N G SW O O D , N J T h e L u m b e r Ya rd C o n d o s : 6 0 0 A t l a n t i c Ave Starting at $210,500 M a i n S t re e t R e a l t y

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PA S SY U N K S Q 1121 Wilder St $269,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ. 1 9 0 1 Wa l n u t S t . # 9 B $479,000 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d

SOUTH PHILA 1 3 1 1 -1 5 S C a r l i s l e S t #Unit D $269,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

P O W E LTO N V I L L AG E 3716 Baring St. $365,000 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d

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WA S H . S Q . W E S T 255 S. Hutchinson St. $250,000 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d WA S H S Q . W E S T 1109 Spruce St. #2R $225,000 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d WA S H S Q . W E S T 1109 Spruce St. #4 $185,000 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d

RITTENHOUSE SQ 1820 Rittenhouse Sq #402 $1 ,650,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h SOCIETY HILL 5 2 2 D e l a n c ey S t $1 ,490,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h SY M P H O N Y H O U S E 4 4 0 S B ro a d S t # 2 7 0 2 $1 ,449,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h RITTENHOUSE SQ 1 9 0 1 Wa l n u t S t # 2 1 B $989,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h SY M P H O N Y H O U S E 4 0 0 -2 6 S B ro a d S t # 2 1 0 5 $949,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h RITTENHOUSE SQ 2 3 S 2 3 rd S t # 6 L $939,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h SOCIETY HILL The Willings #402 $925,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h RITTENHOUSE SQ 1515 Locust St #501 $835,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

B E L L A V I S TA 726 S 11th St $ 7 24 , 9 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

B E L L A V I S TA 934 S 10th St $389,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

S O U T H B R O O K PA R K 2 0 1 7 S H o l l ywo o d S t $189,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 608 S 16th St $599,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

PENNSPORT 223 Wharton St $379,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 1926 Poplar St #3 $189,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 756-58 N Bucknell St $549,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

LO G A N S Q 2 2 0 0 -2 8 A rc h S t # 4 0 5 $369,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

Q U E E N V I L L AG E 116 Queen St $529,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

G R A D H O S P I TA L 2232 Saint Albans $350,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

Q U E E N V I L L AG E 1 3 2 K e n i l wo r t h S t $519,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

OLD CITY 3 1 5 A rc h S t # 4 0 4 $349,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

SOCIETY HILL 2 1 0 W Wa s h i n g t o n S q #5NW $1 , 375,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 1 6 2 8 Wa ve r l y S t $510,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 2 24 W R i t t e n h o u s e S q # 1 61 6 $342,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

SOCIETY HILL 503 Pine St $1 , 250,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

P O W E LTO N V I L L AG E 328 N 39th St $499,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h ART MUSEUM 24 0 1 P e n n a Ave # 1 2 A 2 $499,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h PENNSPORT 4 0 4 F e d e ra l S t $479,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h B E L L A V I S TA 1018 Christian St $479,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h RITTENHOUSE SQ 2 3 7- 4 7 S 1 8 t h S t # 3 E $475,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

Q U E E N V I L L AG E 229 “D” Fulton St $339,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h B E L L A V I S TA 7 3 2 M o n t ro s e S t $339,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h B E L L A V I S TA 608 Kimball St $331,500 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h PA S SY U N K S Q 1927 S 13th $329,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h FITLER SQ 2 3 0 8 -1 0 S p r u c e S t # B $329,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

3:00-4:00PM P O W E LTO N V I L L AG E 432 N. 37th St. $439,900 C o l d we l l B a n ke r P re f e r re d

G R A D H O S P I TA L 1601-B Kater St $799,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h OLDE CITY 3 0 0 N 3 rd S t # 3 0 1 $799,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h RITTENHOUSE SQ 1 9 0 1 Wa l n u t S t # 3 B $695,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h WA S H S Q 1 0 24 S p r u c e S t , # U n i t A $529,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h N AVA L S Q 5 07 G ove r n o r s C t $529,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h ART MUSEUM 24 0 1 P e n n s y l va n i a Ave #4A4 $499,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

LO G A N S Q 100 N 21st St #B $475,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

N AVA L S Q 2501 Christian St #401 $319,500 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

FITLER SQ 6 0 9 S B a m b rey S t $469,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 879 N 22nd $310,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

OLD CITY 112 N 2nd St #5A2 $459,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 866-B N Pennock $309,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

G R A D H O S P I TA L 2133 Carpenter St $449,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

B E L L A V I S TA 9 1 5 -2 5 B a i n b r i d g e S t #104 $300,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

I TA L I A N M A R K E T 1 2 1 8 E l l s wo r t h S t $429,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 843 N Newkirk St $ 2 97, 0 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

N LIBERTIES 1 2 5 5 N H ow a rd S t $429,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

Q U E E N V I L L AG E 8 2 2 S Sw a n s o n S t $469,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h B E L L A V I S TA 7 1 4 -2 2 B a i n b r i d g e S t # 2 $439,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

G R A D H O S P I TA L 7 5 6 S D o r ra n c e S t $799,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

SOCIETY HILL 6 0 4 S Wa s h i n g t o n S q #703 $429,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 2215 Pine St $785,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

RITTENHOUSE SQ 4 07 S 2 0 t h S t $425,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

B E L L A V I S TA 908 S Schell St $290,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

G R A D H O S P I TA L 1 9 2 0 M o n t ro s e S t $425,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

G R A D H O S P I TA L 1429 Christian St $775,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

N LIBERTIES 8 0 5 N L a w re n c e S t $415,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

G R A D H O S P I TA L 1039 S Chadwick St $279,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

LO G A N S Q 2301 Cherry St #4J $389,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

SOCIETY HILL The Willings #404 $750,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

PENNSPORT 148 Morris St $399,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

ART MUSEUM 24 0 1 P e n n a Ave # 1 6 B 3 1 $269,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

WA S H S Q W E S T 903-05 Clinton St #1R $299,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

WA S H S Q W E S T 8 0 2-1 0 L o c u s t S t # 2 0 1 $ 74 9 , 0 0 0 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

LO G A N S Q 2 2 0 0 A rc h S t # 9 1 3 $394,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

PA S SY U N K S Q 1 8 2 7 S Wa t t s S t $219,900 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

OLD CITY 5 0 - 5 6 N F ro n t S t # 4 0 2 $299,000 P r u d e n t i a l F ox & R o a c h

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Lrg rms, patio, upper deck $299,000 1823 Pine St. #4 1br/1.5ba Newly remodeled bi-level condo w/pkg! HWflrs, room for entertaining $319,000 2101 Christian St. Well Maintained home. $2,000 Buyer Agent Bonus for executed AOS b-4 11/31 $335,000 1901 Walnut St. #9B Wonderful Aity and Light Unit facing Ritenhouse Square OPEN HOUSE $479,000 2413 Manning St. Reduced 2+br/2+ba, garage home xtra wide 4-story townhome in Fitler Sq. Charming Block OPEN HOUSE $585,000 1607 Kater St. MUST SEE! PRICED TO SELL! Unique location, quaint street w/unique Skyline View! $684,900 418 S. Taney St. Park side home, 3+br/2+ba, LR w/FP, sep DR, EIK, Wd flr, patios, 2FP’s, garage $949,900 OLD CITY / LOFT DISTRICT / CHINATOWN 1010 Race St. #PH 2br/1ba, HWflrs, Modern Floor Plan $175,000 309-313 Arch St, #606 1br/1ba loft condo in heart of Old City w/SS appliances & silestone counters $225,000 104 N. 2nd St. #402 Dramatic Sun Filled Penthouse! $289,900 201-59 N. 8th St. #212 1br/1ba, Lrge rooms, Dark hardwood floors, Modern kitchen, Broad windows $298,000 50-56 N. Front St. #202 Stunning, large windows, lots of closets, upgraded t/o $299,000 201-59 N. 8th St. #504 Stylish 1br in Metroclub Condominiums $315,000 309-313 Arch St. #308 An affordable historical restoration in Old City! Hoopskirt Factory Fr $319,000 1204 Green St. Total Rehab; conrer unit; 3br/2.5ba, HWflrs; master ste; walk-in closets; roof deck $325,000 51 N. 2nd St. #F Fab 1br/1ba w/hi ceilings, hwflrs, rustic ba, exposed brick, fireplace and den $328,900 209 N. 4th St. #F4 Spacious 2br/2ba corner unit, exp brick & beams, FP, recent mechanicals $349,000 103-7 Church St. #2 1br/1ba, Central Air, Exp Brick, High Ceilings, Laundry, Gas FP, Private Patio $369,000 317 Vine St. #503 Bi-level Penthouse in Old City for Great Price! 2br/1.5ba, Terrace, huge windows $399,000 201 N. 8th St. #314 2br/2ba Condo, HWflrs, Modern Kit, Cali. Closets, Marble Baths, Pool, Balcony $400,000 114 Quarry St. #2B 2br/2ba bi-level condo w/HWflrs, exp., vaulted ceilings, new KIT & 1 yr pkg $450,000 201-59 N. 8th St. #910 2br/2.5ba, 1642sqft, bi-level Penhouse at the Metroclub w/450sqft balcony! $475,000 309-313 Arch St. #205 Fabulous 3br/3ba multilevel loft in the heart of Old City $529,900 1234 Hamilton St. #105 Fabulous 2br+den in Heart of Loft District $599,000 103 Callowhill St. Intimate 50 seat theater, exp brick, velvety curtains, vintage sconces. Upper level residence/office $599,900 314-22 N. 12th St. Fab Bi-Level Penthouse Condo, 2br/2ba, Granite, SS, Hwflrs, 2 large decks $669,900 SOCIETY HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 250 S. 13th St. #UP2 Easy access PARKING SPACE in Washington Square West $110,000 1109 Spruce St. Units #2R, #3R, #4 Two 1br’s & 1 lrg loft, nicely renovated, low taxes & condo fees Fr $175,000 st 606A Waverly St. Location! This is a lovely trinity! It’s a 1 Bedroom. Great for 1 time buyer/student OPEN HOUSE $194,400 927 Spruce St. 2R Deluxe Jr. 1br/1ba w/new kitchen. Unit contains a queen size Murphy bed, Pkg avail-$20k OPEN SUN $199,900 255 S. Hutchinson St. Historic 2br/1.5ba on charming cobblestone st. in heart of Wash Square OPEN HOUSE $250,000 1110 Lombard St. #12 Beautiful renovated 1br/1.5ba condo in Washington Mews! $265,000 1012 Spruce St. #1M Beautiful Tri-Level Condo in Strickland Row Community! $150,000 th 265 S. 4 St. Gorgeous condo with low fees and deeded parking! $320,000 114-18 Naudain St. #C 2br/1ba w/pkg, C/A, HWflrs, exposed brick, 1,150sqft, move-in ready, asking $354,900 1229 Pine St. 2br/2ba, beautiful expanded trinity. HWflrs, deck, open KIT, FP, lrg yard $399,000 720 Chestnut St. #D 2br/2ba, 1300sqft condo in boutique bldg. Hi ceilings, wood flr, granite & SS, FP $449,000

QUEEN VILLAGE/ BELLA VISTA / GRADUATE HOSPITAL / SOUTH PHILA. 2528 S. Reese St. Recently renovated, quiet street. Also perfect for turn key investment $110,000 121 Snyder St. Grt. Opp. for Pennsport property at grt price. Needs some work but priced to sell $129,900 1133 Cantrell St. Charming townhome w/HWflrs, newer windows, fresh paint colors, and back patio! $140,000 911 W. Shunk St. Open floor plan. Well maintained. 9” ceilings. Back yard. Bright EIK $149,900 1100 S. Broad St. #503B 1br/1ba, pristine condition. Fully upgraded, amazing views of Center City $215,000 525 Fitzwater St. #8 Abbott’s Court, beautiful 2br/1.5ba trinities, gated courtyard, gourmet kitchens,HWflrs OPEN HOUSE Fr $239,000 919 Christian St. Spacious Bella Vista home just steps from the Italian Market!

OPEN HOUSE $319,900 OPEN HOUSE $415,000 741 S. 10th St. 3br/2ba, HWflrs, fin bsmt, renovated master bath, new windows & roof NORTHERN LIBERTIES / FISHTOWN / NORTH PHILADELPHIA 2563 Tulip St. Investor alert! Under value, great neighborhood, lots of potential! $79,000 2005 E. York St. Great earning property in bustling area. Duplex collection $1600 Sale Price $189,000 st $189,000 2533 Coral St. Lovely HWflrs, upgraded 3-story home w/possible studio/rental in 1 floor 2546 Emerald St. Brand new townhome features fab upgrades including full fin bsmt & deck! $225,000 336 Fairmount St. Gorgeous nearly new construction 3br/2.5ba, deck, fin bsmt, tax abatement, pkg $499,000 314 Brown St. Authentic 4200sqft live/work timber-framed open plan loft with double loading dock $1,100,000 UNIVERSITY CITY / WEST PHILADELPHIA $244,900 826 S. 51st St. 4br/2.5ba twin w/fin. bsmt. No detail spared in this elegant renovation. A must See 3716 Baring St. Lrg Victorian Powelton Village Twin. 5br/2ba, today’s living with old world charm $365,000 OPEN HOUSE $439,900 432 N. 37th St. Classic Exterior & Modern Interior, One-of-a-kind Renovation!

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cENtER citY lUXURY coNDoMiNiUMs FoR sAlE! Location

ART MUSEUM

Total Square Footage

Price

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

Monthly After Tax Cost

tHe PHilaDelPHian

1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors, upgraded kitchen, ample living space

1258

$189,900

$30,637

$85,223

$1,989

$238

$1,751

tHe PHilaDelPHian

Renovated studio, wood floors throughout, open kitchen, large balcony with city skyline view

567

$175,000

$26,306

$57,483

$1,341

$190

$1,152

tHe PHilaDelPHian

Studio, Art Museum views, private balcony, excellent closet space

656

$159,900

$25,148

$59,979

$1,400

$200

$713

tHe PHilaDelPHian

Spacious studio with large balcony and panoramic Art Museum, river and city views, generous closet space, open kitchen

656

$159,900

$25,223

$61,416

$1,433

$212

$1,221

tHe PHilaDelPHian

Studio, open kitchen, new carpet, city view

567

$129,900

$20,834

$49,901

$1,164

$181

$984

Location

AVENUE OF THE ARTS

Total Square Footage

Price

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

Monthly After Tax Cost

acaDeMy House

One bedroom, one bath, upgraded kitchen and bath, Juliet balcony, W/D

705

$289,000

$42,702

$88,613

$2,068

$296

$1,772

center city one

1 bedroom, 1 bath, high floor, balcony with panoramic views of the city to the south, excellent closet space, W/D

897

$259,900

$41,412

$86,520

$2,019

$299

$1,720

acaDeMy House

1 bedroom, 1 bath, panoramic southern views, Juliet balcony, renovated bath and kitchen

705

$259,900

$39,043

$82,852

$1,933

$272

$1,661

center city one

1 bedroom, 1 bath, spacious balcony, magnificent city views to the south, abundant natural light

873

$240,000

$36,972

$78,608

$1,834

$271

$1,563

Location

RITTENHOUSE SQUARE

Total Square Footage

Price

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

tHe rittenHouse

Penthouse, 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 half baths, high end finishes and appointments throughout, balcony with city views

3,952

$3,500,000* $834,620 $889,056

$20,745

$3,725

barclay

3bedroom+den, 3.5 baths, marble foyer, formal dining rm, sunny eat-in kitchen, 10’ ceilings, moldings, oak herring bone floors, 3 gas fireplaces

3,293

$2,900,000* $666,258 $619,296

$14,450

$2,632

$11,818

lanesborougH

3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, brand new, very high ceilings, his and hers master baths, custom kitchen, exquisite detail throughout.

3,467

$2,750,000* $636,038 $607,268

$14,170

$2,605

$11,565

lanesborougH

Tri-level penthouse with 1600 sq ft of terrace space, being sold unfinished, private elevator access

3,413

$2,250,000* $579,879 $557,842

$13,016

$2,351

$10,665

barclay

3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, herringbone wood floors, EIK, crown molding and other custom finishes throughout, Rittenhouse Square views

2,638

$1,975,000* $511,632 $501,005

$11,690

$2,094

$9,597

Parc rittenHouse

2 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, large balcony over Rittenhouse Square, open kitchen, hardwood floors, marble baths

1,552

$1,295,000* $306,402 $304,997

$7,117

$1,320

$5,796

1830 rittenHouse

3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, upgraded kitchen, original hardwood floors and molding, lots of light

2,275

$1,195,000* $309,704 $318,887

$7,440

$1,321

$6,119

warwick conDoMiniuMs

3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, hardwood floors, 270 degree views, open kitchen, marble baths, custom closets, W/D

2,000

$1,290,000* $174,122 $373,141

$8,707

$1,757

$6,949

warwick conDoMiniuMs

3BR, 3BA, Bamboo flrs., spac. Kit w/custom wood cabinetry, granite counter tops, marble baths, 3 exposures, gym and hotel services

1,978

$1,350,000* $181,323 $371,644

$8,672

$1,795

$6,877

tHe rittenHouse

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, completely renovated with high end finishes, views of Rittenhouse Square from every room

1,560

$995,000* $242,439 $273,743

$6,387

$1,090

$5,298

warwick conDoMiniuMs

2 bedrooms + den, 3 baths, gourmet kitchen, marble baths, walk-in-closets, hardwood floors

1,614

$829,000* $115,051 $246,527

$5,752

$992

$4,761

Parc rittenHouse

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, terrace on pool club deck, open custom kitchen, marble baths, wood floors

1,272

$799,000* $201,948 $206,151

$4,810

$855

$3,956

warwick conDoMiniuMs

2 bedrooms + den, 3 baths, sun-soaked, wood floors, open kitchen, marble baths

1,614

$799,000* $190,486 $203,258

$4,743

$861

$3,881

tHe warwick

oPen sunDay 2/20, 1:00PM - 1:30PM 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, southern exposure from every room, marble baths, open chefs kitchen, maple hardwood floors

1,296

$625,000* $149,666 $158,380

$3,696

$631

$3,064

tHe rittenHouse

1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, eat in kitchen, beautiful sunset views, master suite with large marble bath

1,037

$599,000* $147,283 $170,623

$3,981

$659

$3,323

barclay

Two bedrooms, two baths, hardwood floors, old world charm with modern features

1,050

$595,000* $143,766 $153,060

$3,571

$619

$2,953

Monthly After Tax Cost

$17,020

barclay

Two bedrooms, two baths, hardwood floors, building offers 24 hour doorman and gym, located on Rittenhouse Square

1,075

$550,000* $133,706 $146,037

$3,408

$580

$2,827

Parc rittenHouse

2 bedrooms, 1 bath, hardwood floors, marble bath, rooftop pool club and skyline view

806

$497,500

$119,226 $116,911

$2,728

$447

$2,281 $2,003

warwick conDoMiniuMs

One bedroom, one bath, hardwood floors, marble bath, custom kitchen

Parc rittenHouse

1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, open kitchen, hardwood floors, marble bath

wanaMaker House

1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors throughout, renovated kitchen and bathroom, bay windows with city views

712

$399,900

$53,426

$106,710

$2,490

$486

oPen sunDay 2/20, 12:00PM - 1:00PM

765

$389,900

$55,623

$120,077

$2,802

$473

$2,328

oPen sunDay 2/20, 1:45PM - 2:15PM

704

$309,999

$46,421

$91,365

$2,132

$352

$1,780 $1,587

P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY

Parc rittenHouse

Studio with wood floors, marble bath, open kitchen and city view

497

$275,000

$39,472

$81,681

$1,906

$319

warwick conDoMiniuMs

Studio, high floor with city views, walk in closest, wood floors, marble bath

423

$219,900

$32,772

$62,166

$1,451

$226

$1,225

williaM Penn House

1 bedroom, 1 bath, city views, spacious kitchen

825

$165,000

$24,513

$63,419

$1,480

$168

$1,312

Location

SOCIETY HILL

Total Square Footage

Price

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

101 walnut st

Entire Floor Residence, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, custom open kitchen, designer baths, panoramic river and city views

2423

$1,200,000* $281,398 $298,478

$6,694

$1,124

$5,841

bank builDing

2 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, hardwood floors, high-end open kitchen, designer bathrooms

2,117

$799,000* $207,313 $217,014

$5,064

$844

$4,291

society Hill towers

Two bedrooms, one bath, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows

1,133

$399,000

$58,788

$128,086

$2,989

$427

$2,562

society Hill towers

One bedroom, high floor, river view, investment opportunity

700

$290,000

$42,577

$89,976

$2,099

$302

$1,798

society Hill towers

1BR, 1BA, magnificent river views, high floor, wood floors throughout

700

$275,000

$40,731

$86,724

$2,024

$291

$1,733

bank builDing

Raw space that can be customized to the buyers desires, hotel services and amenities available

1,286

$269,000

$41,367

$95,821

$2,236

$303

$1,933

Location

WASHINGTON SQUARE

Total Square Footage

Price

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

inDePenDence Place

Bi-level penthouse, 2 bedrooms. 2.5 baths, 2 kitchens, impeccably finished throughout, amazing river and city views

4,500

$2,295,000* $552,133 $588,133

$13,728

$3,022

$10,706

inDePenDence Place

Penthouse, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, wrap around balcony, high ceilings, eat-in kitchen, large master suite

2,810

$1,250,000* $303,747 $328,202

$7,658

$1,511

$6,147

inDePenDence Place

3 bedrooms, 3 baths, east facing river and city views, modern kitchen, hardwood floors, balcony, laundry room

3,015

$1,250,000* $250,000 $319,246

$7,449

$1,403

$6,046

inDePenDence Place

2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, beautifully renovated kitchen and baths, balcony with city and river views, hardwood floors in living areas

1,977

$799,000* $195,082 $212,815

$4,966

$961

$4,004

inDePenDence Place

2 bedroom, 2 baths, completely renovated with custom kitchen and designer baths, balcony, hardwood floors

1,173

$559,000* $139,761 $140,111

$3,269

$613

$2,656

inDePenDence Place

1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, alcove, completely renovated with gourmet kitchen, designer bath, amazing closets

1,118

$479,900

$68,164

$137,351

$3,205

$620

$2,585

HoPkinson House

2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, wood floors, balcony, southern exposure

1,200

$349,900

$56,515

$122,407

$2,856

$417

$2,439

HoPkinson House

Deluxe 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony with views of Washington Square and the river, renovated kitchen and bath

1,063

$329,000

$53,908

$115,998

$2,707

$410

$2,297

inDePenDence Place

1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, laundry room, excellent condition

928

$299,900

$44,212

$87,809

$2,049

$327

$1,722

inDePenDence Place

1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, upgraded kitchen, new fixtures throughout

860

$295,000

$42,801

$87,347

$2,038

$348

$1,690

inDePenDence Place

1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, excellent value

928

$290,000

$42,132

$83,461

$1,947

$302

$1,645

inDePenDence Place

1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors throughout, upgraded kitchen and bath, custom closets, balcony

928

$269,900

$40,971

$87,301

$2,037

$348

$1,243

WATERFRONT

Total Square Footage

Price

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

Location

Monthly After Tax Cost

Monthly After Tax Cost

Monthly After Tax Cost

Februar y 16-22, 2011

Pier 3

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, open floor plan, fireplace, terrace off mastersuite

1,300

$259,900

$41,044

$99,922

$2,332

$347

$1,985

waterFront square

1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors, balcony, high end finishes in kitchen and bath

924

$209,900

$42,318

$90,810

$2,119

$315

$1,804

Allan Domb Real Estate

* Based on 20% Down Mortgate

215.545.1500 • www.allandomb.com “wE coopERAtE with All REAltoRs”

Mortgage Financing available

Melissa Tagye 610-639-0984

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www.lanesboroughcondo.com • www.bankresidences.com • www.thewarwickcondos.com • www.parcrittenhouse.com

1830 rittenhouse square 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, chefs kitchen, panoramic views to the south, 2275 sf

hoPkinson house 604 s. Washington square Sun-soaked 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, wood floors, private balcony, 1200 sf

$1,195,000

$349,900

the WarWick 1701 locust street

indePendence Place 233 s. 6th street 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, open kitchen, new fixtures, 860 sf

$625,000

$295,000

Parc ritenhouse 225 s. 18th street

PhiladelPhian – 2401 Pennsylvania avenue

Studio, wood floors, marble bath, open kitchen, 497 sf

Studio, wood floors, balcony, renovated kitchen, 567 sf

$275,000

$175,000

“wE coopERAtE with All REAltoRs”

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www.lanesboroughcondo.com • www.bankresidences.com • www.thewarwickcondos.com • www.parcrittenhouse.com

Februar y 16-22, 2011

Allan Domb Real Estate 215.545.1500 • www.allandomb.com

P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, lots of natural light, marble baths, open kitchen, 1296 sf

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