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Iraq and a Hard Place Displaced Iraqis put down roots for a “Little Baghdad” in Philly.

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inside news & oPinion 8 Periscopin’ The crusade against Craigslist is knee-jerk liberalism at its worst.

9 PhillyNow Warning: City Council at work.

ARTs & CulTuRe 17 Calendar PW’s picks for the week.

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The crusade against Craigslist is knee-jerk liberalism at its worst.

By Tara Murtha tmurtha@philadelphiaweekly.com

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I was first called a hypocrite last year for writing about the horrors of human trafficking in a newspaper that makes money off classified ads advertising sex services. It’s likely, of course, that an unknown number of trafficking victims are being forced to work in some of the spas and parlors advertised in the back pages of Philadelphia Weekly. The truth is that the thought never occurred to me when I first took the job. Then I researched trafficking for my first story on prostitution. Since then, the question looms: Is it better to have no audience or to use a platform that is likely in part provided by trafficking to speak out against it?

The second time I was called a hypocrite was a few weeks ago, when PW ran a nightlife column that chronicled a young writer’s “adventure” purchasing a handjob from a prostitute in a Chinatown brothel. The comment: “I don’t see how someone like Tara Murtha can write for a publication that will also publish this. We’re talking massive credibility hole here.”

Thing is, as irresponsible and corny as I thought the column was, PW is a platform. As an alt-weekly, the goal is to provide an outlet for voices and perspectives edged out of mainstream media.

Sometimes it fails.

That said, it’s an inconvenient truth for the trafficking awareness movement that not all prostitutes are trafficked or participating against their will. It makes the whole affair of prostitution and trafficking a very difficult subject to write about.

Which brings us back to hypocrisy. I suppose I’m a hypocrite on the first charge. But you don’t need to get your paycheck from an alt-weekly for your dollars to funnel back to human trafficking.

For example, if you used any of Comcast’s services or stayed in a major hotel chain like Marriott—both of which earn significant revenue off porn—you’ve contributed to the economic supply chain that makes money off trafficked victims, since some porn is actually “performed” by trafficking victims against their will.

So we’re hypocrites, small-time mostly (though that doesn’t make it feel any better).

What does makes me feel better is shining a light on big-time hypocrites.

This week, it’s the coalition of state at-

torneys general—our AG Tom Corbett didn’t sign—who have launched a crusade to pressure Craigslist into shutting down its Adult Services section.

On Aug. 24, 17 state attorneys general sent a letter to Craigslist brass saying: “The increasingly sharp public criticism of Craigslist’s Adult Services section reflects a growing recognition that ads for prostitution—including ads trafficking children—are rampant on it … because Craigslist cannot, or will not, adequately screen these ads, it should stop accepting them altogether.”

In response to the letter, Craigslist voluntarily censored its Adult Services section. As an expert pointed out in a recent New York Times article, “having failed to win in court and in litigation, [states’ attorneys general] have decided to revisit this in the court of public opinion … [where] they have been much more successful.”

The problem with the court of public opinions is that you can’t trust the jurors.

Behold knee-jerk liberalism at its worst. While on a political level the crusade is designed to symbolically herald that it’s time to take trafficking seriously and protect victims—and lord knows it is—on a practical level, such sweeping censorship actually makes it harder to help trafficking victims. Craigslist is no angelic company, but censoring the Adult Services section will do more harm than good for victims because it’s easier to catch criminals who use technology than those who do not. Online classifieds at least offer some clues to help identify the advertiser and purchaser via IP addresses.

Besides, Craigslist is not the only place on the Internet that posts commercial sex classifieds.

There are plenty of websites like ErosGuide, CityVibe and Village Voice Media’s BackPage that post commercial sex ads.

Like what’s already happening on Craiglist, shutting down the Adult Services will only push the activity into other sections of classifieds (to the chagrin of masseuses every-where). Trying to censor the entire Internet—good luck with that—will only push prostitution and trafficking further underground.

If you are going to police the whole Internet, why randomly overlook print, like the ads in the back of this very paper, City Paper or a host of any other alt-weeklies? Of course they are thinly veiled ads for prostitution. Ads in the back of CP recently led to the bust of an Atlantic City prostitution ring.

Because of the need for a credit card to pay for ads, politicians should be encouraging law enforcement to work with website owners to beef up the web’s built-in monitoring to increase the odds of catching criminal activity instead of showboating for a hollow political victory while forcing criminals off the grid.

We want criminals on the grid, where we can see them.

If elected officials really want to help victims of trafficking, they should reevaluate their own state’s lopsided laws that persecute prostitutes—some of which are trafficked—while turning a blind eye to the pimps and johns.

Despite the recent spike in awareness of international trafficking, federal and most state laws are still in the Stone Age when it comes to helping domestic victims of trafficking.

National laws exist that recognize foreigners brought to the United States and pimped out against their will as victims. Getting busted means getting saved—there are programs in place that grant them refugee status. But

legislation concerning domestic victims of trafficking lag far behind. If an American-born trafficking victim gets busted, they don’t get saved, they get a record that makes escaping the life even more difficult.

So how about the attorneys general work on getting state and national laws on the books that protect Americanborn children who are trafficked via buses to sporting events and political conventions at least as much as foreign-born children shipped into the States?

If the attorneys general truly care, they will support compassionate laws in their home states that help save trafficking victims and assist them in getting on with their lives. Signing on to a public crusade against Craigslist without doing the real work on the state level is pointless knee-jerk liberalism, the biggest hypocrisy of all. People are drowning in the wake of all that showboating. n

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number of other Council members and which was pursued during last year’s budget sessions to the point of fixation.

Bill Green, of course, is all about business. “The basic theme for the fall is all about helping Philadelphia-based companies create jobs and expanding our economic viability,” he says. He is planning to introduce the businessprivilege tax reform that he has been working on over the summer with Maria Quiñones-Sánchez. Green also has a pile of other bills to increase the competitiveness of Philly-based business bidding for city contracts, and to mandate better reporting by the city on how much work goes to local firms.

“I had 15 co-sponsors on these, so chances are looking pretty good,” Green says.

Quiñones-Sánchez is otherwise occupied by a draft plan for redistricting, which is an especially relevant issue for her after the city’s Latino population, which makes up most of her constituency, was carved up and passed around like a turkey dinner during the 2001 Council

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tired City servants and ultimately, their survivors, to maintain their quality of life,” says Theresa Italiano, Rizzo’s director of legislation.

Marian Tasco is targeting health care, planning to examine OBGYN care, infant mortality and HIV/AIDS. And Bill Greenlee wants to crack down on mortgage scams.

Donna Reed Miller is focusing on prisoner and public-safety issues. Miller wants take a look at prison over-crowding and expenditures, as well as making life easier for ex-offenders by not requiring them to inform potential employers of their criminal record on job applications. Additionally, she wants to refine the roll of the Police Advisory Commission to ensure civilian oversight of the boys in blue, who could sure use some discipline after a particularly naughty summer of committing robbery, dealing heroin and beating people with hockey sticks.

Miller also says she wants to continue to encourage minority participation in city business, a viewpoint shared by a

session. Redistricting is one of those sneaky mandatory tasks creeping up that is likely to overshadow everything else come springtime when Council will need to redraw district lines to reflect population changes from this year’s census. The 2001 round prompted nearly a year of bitter fighting and produced two of the three most misshapen local districts in the whole country, plus a jail sentence for former Councilman Rick Mariano. So, things should stay interesting.

Council has other major problems to address down the road. What to do about the city’s embattled DROP program, for one. Mayor Nutter wants to kill the retirement benefit, after a Boston University study found it costs the city pension fund $22 million a year.

Will Council cooperate? Unclear.

Relatedly, will the six Council members enrolled in the DROP program actually retire? Anna Verna, Frank DiCicco, Marian Tasco, Kelly, Miller and Rizzo are signed up to receive lumpsum pension payments next year, which appears to mandate retirement but can be circumvented by collecting the money and un-retiring the next day. If any of the six, or Brian O’Neil and Joan Krajewski, who have represented the Northeast for approximately a billion years apiece, do actually decide to go out to pasture (stud?), it will open the door for some interesting primary elections in the spring, instead of the standard automatic rubber stamp for incumbents.

Oh, yeah, and on top of everything else, Council will have to pass a budget at some point. Remember this, from a Pew report last May? “The National League of Cities has noted that city fiscal conditions typically lag the national recovery by two years, and there is no reason to think that this time will be an exception.”

Last we checked, we aren’t two years into a robust national recovery, and more difficult times lie ahead for Philadelphia.

We’ve spent the last few years making Band-Aid fixes to bloated budgets in lieu of addressing structural issues, so the city is really no more prepared for fiscal armageddon this coming spring than before. Can’t wait for a big tax increase for the third year in a row.

All in all, Council has a big year ahead.

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September in Philadelphia means the return of the stinkbug, invading dwellings to share its unique pungency with residents across the region. Likewise, the City Council members come back from their summer recess to take up session again and draw up new laws for the city—no comment about any particular smells emanating from City Hall. Ah, how we’ve missed them.

Thursday, Council will hold its first meeting since June and will attempt to tie up a few loose ends from last year: Stronger witness-intimidation protections, a ban on unsightly satellite dishes and stronger gun-control measures, among others. At some point this year, the legislative body needs to tackle some big, complex issues like the DROP retirement plan, redistricting the city and (shudder) the FY12 budget. Oh, and there are primary elections coming up next spring, the only elections worth paying attention to in Democrat-crazy Philadelphia.

In addition to these looming issues, many Council members have their own pet legislation they will try to push through. We reached out to the 17 Council members, and eight of them got back to us with what’s on their minds for the year.

Taking the idea of pet legislation quite literally is Jack Kelly, who was once dubbed “Councilman Critter” by Inquirer columnist Karen Heller. “One of the many issues I am determined to work on in the coming City Council session is making Philadelphia the first city on the East Coast to have a “no-kill” policy for adoptable cats and dogs, along with developing comprehensive animal licensing legislation and enforcement, and increasing spay/neuter awareness,” writes Kelly in an email.

Speaking of neutering, Jim Kenney and Frank Rizzo plan to continue their quest to create a viable rotational towing program to cut the balls off reckless wreck chasers who cruise city streets looking for accidents victims. Kenney’s attention is focused on everything to do with concrete and asphalt, on fair implementation of towing licenses and on better regulation and violation enforcement for contractors and public parking lot operators.

Rizzo, meanwhile, wants to address cost-of-living increases for retirees.

“Such legislation is critical to help re-

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Iraq and a Hard Place

n December 2004, Ferdos Hassan was driving across a bridge in Baghdad when her world exploded. A car bomb planted by militants attempting to assassinate the leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party blew up under the bridge. “The car windows came in from all sides,” Hassan says. “I lost consciousness.”

When Hassan came to, she tried to escape the vehicle, but the door was stuck. Somehow, the car still worked and she managed to drive herself to the hospital. Miraculously, she suffered only minor injuries.

Before the bomb went off, Hassan lived a comfortable lifestyle in Baghdad. She was a neuro-anestiesologist, and her husband, Tariq Numan, was a professor at the Fine Art Institute and considered a pioneer in the field of Iraqi ceramic-making. The couple lived with two adult children: a son, Ziad, an architect, and daughter, Enas, who was still in school. Another daughter, Ansan, was married and living in a separate household.

But after Hassan’s brush with death, the Tariq family (referred to by the father’s first name) decided the violence in post-invasion Iraq was too much to handle, so in 2006 they fled to Jordan. It was the beginning of a journey that would end with them starting a new life in Northeast Philadelphia.

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Numan, 73, enjoyed a long and distinguished career before coming to the U.S. With his long, white hair neatly brushed back behind his ears, he recalls the five years he spent studying in China in the ’60s, and four more in Cuba before he met Hassan, who is also well-traveled, having studied medicine in Egypt. The couple settled down in Baghdad and lived well, but rankled under the rule of Saddam Hussein, whom Numan refers to as “a devil dictator” and a “crazy person.”

Like many Iraqis living under Saddam’s regime, Numan was elated when American troops invaded the country in 2003 and toppled the government. In the days after the occupation, Numan rejoiced. “America came and they did it,” he says. His spirits were dampened months later as time revealed that freedom from Saddam wasn’t quite what he expected. “We dreamed of this, but the

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The war in Iraq is “officially” over. U.S. forces in the country have been reduced to 50,000—down from 171,000 at its peak in 2007. Despite years of carnage reflected on the front pages of newspapers and on the evening news, increased bloodshed in Afghanistan and a sour economy has relegated Iraq to an afterthought to most Americans.

However, right here in Philadelphia, an ever-increasing influx of Iraqis is a testament to the consequences of war. Since 2008, about 300 families—who lost their homes during years of nonstop fighting they call “the situation in Iraq”—have resettled in Philadelphia as refugees, mostly in the Northeast neighborhoods of Castor and Bustleton, referred to as “Little Baghdad” by some. And each month, as more Iraqis who have fled their country are granted access to the U.S., the number grows.

But the community is off to a slow start.

Language barriers have made integration and self-sufficiency difficult for many. And the recession has made the transition even more difficult. While resettlement agencies and other volunteer organizations offer some assistance, the residents are learning to lean on each other to overcome the challenges of starting a new life in an alien culture.

The Tariq family were some of the first refugees to arrive to the city, in May 2008.

Memories of life back home—photos of the family in Baghdad and sculptures made by

Numan—fill the living room of their subdivision home in a small development set back from Bustleton Avenue. More ceramics fill a shelf in the garage: Numan had been practicing his old profession as a hobby, working out of a shop near Allegheny Avenue and hoping to set up an exhibit sometime soon.

Over tea and Iraqi Eid cookies filled with dates, walnuts and coconut, the Tariq family shares tales of past successes interrupted by shocking violence, and the long road that led them from Baghdad to Philadelphia.

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result was another thing.” His wife agrees, adding: “In the beginning most people are very happy. After that, the deterioration began. Why it happened, how can you know?”

The country faced a growing insurgency, sparking seven years of executions, suicide bombs and sectarian strife that has still not abated to this day. “In Iraq, we say there was one Ali Baba,” says Numan, referring to the fictional thief. “Now, there are thousands of Ali Babas.”

Despite the insurgency, the couple tried to continue with their lives, but Hassan’s neardeath experience was the last straw.

“Baghdad was an open city,” Numan says.

“There was no control. There was no security of your life. Too much violence. No electricity. No water. How do you live?”

When they arrived in Jordan, Numan continued sculpting and exhibiting his work, but like other Iraqis the family had only tentative legal status and were not technically permitted to work. They had joined the 2,279,247 people classified by the United Nations as refugees from Iraq, a number that had fallen to 1,785,212 by 2009.

Refugees—people who have fled their home country and are unable to return because they face persecution based on race, religion or nationality—can request specific cities and countries for relocation because of friends and family living there. But with no family member abroad to sponsor them, the Tariq family had no control over where

they would be sent, although Numan says he wanted an English-speaking nation because the whole family spoke the language. Two weeks after they were granted permission to relocate in April 2007, the family was accepted by the United States.

They waited a year while security and medical clearances were processed, but in May 2008 they finally arrived in Philadelphia. Upon arrival, their case was given to the Nationalities Service Center (NSC), one of three resettlement agencies that handle incoming refugees in the city. “It’s a different society, culture and language,” Hassan says.

“We didn’t know any person here. We had no friends, no relatives.”

New residents typically receive three months’ rent, eight months of health insurance and some spending money through the agencies, mostly paid through federal funds.

Other volunteer organizations chip in with furniture, food and other necessities. The agencies help sign children up for school, find jobs for adults and aid in apartment hunting.

Hassan refused to stay in the first apartment NSC showed them. “It was a small student room in University City,” she says. “They put a mattress on the floor. There was no chair to sit on.” They went to a hotel instead and a week later the NSC found them a bigger apartment on Frankford Avenue, where they lived for a year and half before moving to their current house.

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While the NSC helped them take care of medical issues, getting Social Security numbers and signing up for food stamps, the Tariqs credit their neighbors with helping them learn to function in everyday life, things like going to the market. One Iraqi family that had arrived in the city just months before the Tariqs welcomed them at the airport. “The Iraqi family helped us,” Hassan says. “For this reason I try to help any Iraqi that comes now.”

Resettlement workers and Iraqis say it’s easier to gain traction for refugees if there is an already established immigrant community from their country. They have friends and relatives with businesses and stores who can provide jobs to newcomers so they can work while studying the language and assimilating. But since the Iraqi community is relatively new, it hasn’t secured the stability necessary to create its own insular economic opportunities.

In fact, Little Baghdad is still more an idea than a tangible community. It’s more like a melting pot, with Iraqis living among large populations of Chinese, Russian and Latino immigrants. Small mosques are sprinkled through the neighborhood, and Arabic shops are run by longtime residents from other Middle Eastern countries. But Iraqis haven’t been around long enough to start their own businesses and gain a permanent foothold.

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Though Numan and Hassan were eligible for Social Security, the government income was insufficient to pay their expenses, so it was up to their children, Ziad, 31, and Enas, 26, to find jobs to support the family. NSC helped them look, but with no success. “They tried to help us but there were not a lot of jobs available,” says Ziad. Finally, he went through another organization that hooked him up with a valet job at the airport, where he has since advanced to shift supervisor— not quite architecture like he practiced in Baghdad, but a start. He’s working on a masters of construction management at Philadelphia University so he can re-enter his old profession. Enas also managed to find a job on her own, as project manager for a West Philly translation firm where she

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When it comes to jobs and resettlement, Iraqis are “coming with extremely high expectations” says Zeina El-Halabi, associate director for the Arab American Community Development Corporation, an organization based out of the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in North Philly that helps provide food, clothing and furniture to new arrivals in addition to assistance navigating applications for jobs and Green Cards. El-Halabi says that Iraqis, who typically possess a high level of education and come from professional backgrounds, are forced to take “jobs that require minimal skill such as cleaning, dishwashing, working and stocking, things like Finding Work that.” She adds: “Some of them refused; they Another Iraqi refugee, “Abdhi” (who did not don’t want to work in fields agencies help them find work in.” want his real name published) says he was The decision to turn down employment almost killed three times in explosions duris not as self-indulgent as it seems. “Iraqis ing the insurgency, but also says he regrets in many ways are grieving the loss of their leaving Iraq, where he had a much higher homeland,” says Juliane Ramic, director standard of living despite the constant of Refugee Social Services at NSC. “It’s redanger. Abdhi complained that after a year ally hard.” Ramic explains that Iraqis are in Philly he was still unemployed. NSC had different from other refugees in that many helped him find him a job as a 7-Eleven are used to a high standard of living, not so clerk, but after a successful professional different from middle-class life in America. career in Iraq he found the work counting change and stocking shelves too demoral“Iraqis are finding employment but they’re izing and soon quit. In Baghdad he had finding it slower,” she says. She estimates worked as an administrator for a foreign about 70 percent of Iraqi refugees find work embassy, and was upset at the difficulties within six to eight months of arrival, a lower finding a similar level job in Philadelphia. rate than other refugee groups because the 2010 COHhere,” PW HalfPage Ad.pdf 8/26/2010 Iraqis 1:49:37 PM first turn down opportunities “It is too difficult he says.

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“It’s almost as if their resumes have been printed with invisible ink,” she says.

Along with language and employment difficulties, Iraqis cite cost of living and neighborhood violence as unnerving surprises that they The Tariq family in their living room (from left to right) Ziad, Enas, find in Philadelphia.

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“In Iraq, it’s easier,” job as an elevator technician in the famous says Ali, another Iraqi Palestine Hotel gave him a unique vantage refugee. “All you need to live is one job. If point once the bombs started dropping. Ali you want to buy a house, you just save. Here, says he would purposely break the elevators you need to tell your grandson he will have and go up to the roof to fix them—and watch loans.” the show. “The aircraft were there—bzzzz— He says that while the danger of random Saddam’s palace was right across the river,” violence and death in Baghdad is much he says. “It was so cool.” greater, Iraqis aren’t used to the persistent While thousands fled the city, Ali, who petty crimes so pervasive in Philadelphia. was taking university courses in English “Iraqis thought America would be safer,” translation, stayed on. “Since I was studying he says. “In Iraq, we don’t lock our bikes.” translation, I wanted to talk to Americans,” Ali rented a studio apartment at 47th and he says. So he walked up to military checkChestnut streets but a friend's bike was stopoints and started up conversations. One len off the porch and someone broke in and day, the soldiers offered him a job as an intook his laptop, so he moved to another spot terpreter, giving him the call sign “Mexican” in University City he finds more secure. because of his habit of wearing a Mexican Ali’s journey to Philly from Baghdad style shirt. is unusual. He was reluctant to leave the Ali loved his job as an interpreter for U.S. country when the war first broke out. His troops in Baghdad. He accompanied soldiers

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with insurance,” Ali laughs again. “There are Americans who have lived here their whole life who can’t get a job.”

Backlash With the economic conditions still a burden for all Americans, let alone new arrivals, some are speaking out against what they see as untenable conditions for refugees who haven’t had the same success as Ali and the Tariqs. Ann Corcoran was troubled by a flood of refugees coming to her town in Maryland with insufficient support, so she started a blog in 2007, refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress. com, compiling documents and stories on problems with refugee resettlement nationwide. Nearly 500 posts are devoted to Iraqis—repeated tales of people coming in with high expectations only to end up in dangerous neighborhoods and unable to find employment, with resettlement agencies coming up short providing for basic

tification for the war in Iraq. Every day more controversies are in the news, most recently a debate over whether to build an Islamic community center near the World Trade Center site and an unconsummated threat to burn copies of the Quran by a Florida pastor. In response, Gov. Ed Rendell sponsered a gathering Saturday at Independence Mall attended by religious leaders of various faiths where about 200 people stopped by to listen to speeches about tolerance and harmony.

Despite attacks on mosques elsewhere in the country and anti-Islam demonstrations, Philadelphia has been calm. Ali and the Tariqs aren’t particularly strict followers of the religion, but many Iraqis are and say they haven’t had many problems with religious or ethnic discrimination.

Marwan Kreidie, a Ph.D candidate in political science at Villanova who also serves as executive director of the Arab-American Community Development Corporation,

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Whether Christian, Muslim or nonpracticing, refugees from Iraq continue to arrive, like Mohammed Mahdi, who came to Philadelphia a month ago. In Baghdad, Mohammed was the first reporter for the Iraqi Media Network set up by coalition forces after the invasion, and met George W. Bush in the Baghdad Airport on the president’s first visit to Iraq in November 2003. “He asked me how is Iraq now?” Mohammed says. His response was positive. “The first months were a golden time.”

But good times didn’t last. Mohammed soon found his name on a list of American collaborators as security in the country deteriorated. In February 2005, he and his brother fled to Lebanon, where they worked as TV broadcasters until July 2009 when they finally decided it would never be safe to return to Iraq. Lacking job security, they applied for refugee status and after a year of paperwork and waiting arrived in Philly on Aug. 4 of this year.

Mohammed says he is adjusting well. He has a cousin in West Philly who is hosting him temporarily and he spends his days completing paperwork for bank accounts, a driver’s license and job applications. He wants to find work as a journalist, but says, “You know the jobs for refugees here. You work in factories and clean hotels. I will do it, if God is willing.”

When not engaged in day-to-day activities, Mohammed says he has been enjoying Old City nightclubs. “I like it here,” he says.

Other already established Iraqis like Ali have been showing him around and helping him figure out how to navigate the city.

Ali remains committed to doing what he can for newcomers like Mohammed and giving straight information about what life here is like. “I don’t want to make America a heaven, like they do in Hollywood movies,” he says. “But that doesn’t mean America is a hell. You have to realize where you fit in that picture.”

He scoffs at the idea that the war in Iraq is over. “TV lies too much,” he says. “Is Iraq stable enough? Are Iraqi troops ready to fight?” Though American troops are coming home, many Iraqis still don’t feel safe enough to return now or ever.

“People ask me for advice,” Ali says. “They ask, ‘Should I come?’ That’s the only question I can’t answer.”

“To tell you to come to America or not— that’s your own future.”

For those who do, he is frank about the challenges. “You’re not gonna do the same thing you did in your country, no matter how many years you did it.” n

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agrees that Philadelphia hasn’t had many problems with ethnic or religious conflict.

“There’s been some minor graffiti in the Northeast, a kid got beat up, but nothing really significant,” Kreidie says. “For the most part in Philadelphia we are much more tolerant than most places in the country.”

He cites a well-established presence of an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 Muslims in the Philadelphia area, the majority of them African-American.

“The Muslim community here is very large and very influential and very much part of mosaic of Philadelphia,” he says.

That’s not to mention people of Arabic descent, which is not always synonymous with Islam. “Philadelphia is considered by many the clarion call for Arabs to migrate to the United States,” Kreidie says. A permanent Arab community has existed in this city since the late 19th century when Christian Lebanese traders moved into South Philly and founded St. Maron Maronite church.

The 2000 Census counted 5,227 ArabAmericans in Philadelphia, but Kreidie says

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“We gave Iraq a free country,” Corcoran says. “I don’t know why we need to be bringing various squabbling factions of Iraqis to us, bringing them here for what? When there’s no employment?”

Beyond financial and integration problems, Corcoran’s website addresses another controversial topic in the resettlement process: Religion. “There needs to be a national debate about how many refugees and other immigrants we take and from what cultures they come from,” she writes on the blog.

“Frankly, we have made a grievous error in taking the Muslim refugees.” She adds: “Unfortunately, political correctness and a worshipful attitude toward multiculturalism have blinded us.”

Last weekend saw a convergence of religiously charged events in the United States: The Muslim Eid ul-Fitr holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, and the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, which set off an ongoing backlash against Islam in the U.S., as well as providing much of the stated jus-

the true number is much higher because people fearful of discrimination—despite the city’s inclusive attitude—don’t self-identify.

He estimates there are 30,000-50,000 people of Arab background in the area, the majority of them Christian, descended from the old merchant communities. In contrast, most of the new arrivals identify as Muslim, though they indicate a wide diversity on how seriously they practice the religion.

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on patrol. Later he was promoted to work in neighborhood and district advisory councils to bring the needs of communities to the U.S. “Pay phones, electricity, stuff like that,” he says.

For a while, conditions in the city remained relatively calm. “In 2004, we still went out in Humvees without doors,” Ali says. However, the situation rapidly heated up following the April 2004 Battle of Fallujah when a growing insurgency engulfed the country in ever-escalating violence, greatly increasing the danger to collaborators like Ali. Despite the risk, Ali refused to leave, and also refused to wear a bulletproof vest. “For me, it’s better to die than live with one eye or one leg,” he says. One day, he came close.

“I was driving down the highway when a car came close to me,” says Ali. “They shot at me.

Shot at my car.” Somehow, he lost the wouldbe assassins on the busy highway. “They didn’t get me, thank God.” Ali was living with his mother, brothers and sisters-in-law. One day, they found a menacing note under his door that read “Stop working for Americans or else.” Fearful for their lives, the whole family moved to a different neighborhood. But the enemy, who targeting anyone who cooperated with the U.S. forces, found him. The family moved again.

By July 2008, Ali was tired of putting his family in danger and decided to flee his homeland. He applied to come to America, choosing Philadelphia because a friend of a friend sponsored him. After nearly a year of waiting and lying low in Baghdad, he received a special immigration visa, awarded to people who risk their lives to help U.S. forces, and hightailed it to Philadelphia.

After a short stint at a manufacturing plant, he used his English skills to nail down a job in language research at Penn, with the help of another Iraqi already employed there.

To this day, Ali refuses to give his last name or have his picture taken because of the continued threat that insurgents bent on revenge pose to him—and his family back in Iraq. “My relatives and neighbors don’t even know I’m here,” he says.

Ali is in a good place now, and says, “Since I came here until today, I’m doing nothing but help Iraqis.” He’s constantly networking to find beneficial connections and attack the uphill struggle to find jobs for his countrymen. He is also active on websites that provide information to people back in Iraq and neighboring countries who are considering immigrating or applying for refugee status.

His first piece of advice for newcomers: “Whenever you have free time, learn English.” He laughs. “But even with English, finding a job is really hard right now.”

Nor is it easy to build skills necessary to advance or find better jobs. “To study, you need money,” Ali says. “So you need a job— and you’re back to zero,” he says, gesturing his finger in a circular motion.

Like others, he wishes the U.S. provided more assistance for new arrivals, especially given the ugly job market and high cost of health care. “The agencies say you need to be independent at some point and get a job

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Originally from Maine, guitarist Ryan Blotnick migrated to New York after pursuing formal training in Denmark. There, the 27-year-old might have imbibed what critic Stuart Nicholson calls the “Nordic tone” in jazz: airy and contemplative, abstract yet lyrical, with a dissonant grain and an openness to rock-based,

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In the Institute of Contemporary Art’s new exhibition Set Pieces, Virgil Marti is going for the mash-up effect. When you hear, for example, the Girl Talk juxtaposition of Grizzly Bear’s “Knife” and Clipse’s “Wamp Wamp,” you have two familiar, enjoyable things getting a whole new meaning in the context of each other. Our current culture is constantly curating, putting together incongruous objects for fun. Irony! Pastiche! Memes! We can’t get enough.

Marti does it in style, though: He was allowed to mine the PMA’s centuries-spanning collection and storage to put together a

post-everything beats. But Blotnick is tradition-minded as well— the leisurely quartet swing of “Knob Creek,” an unreleased goodie on ryanblotnick.com, makes that clear. His two CDs to date, Music Needs You and Everything Forgets, are as imaginative as they are subdued, with clean guitar melodies, alluring textures (clarinet with electric bass) and a good-humored vibe (one tune he calls “You Can Talk During This”). He arrives this week with a trio to headline the Avant Ascension series.

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show at ICA, combining three centuries of art and sculpture in a contemporary backdrop. His show is one of three opening: One’s from sculptural duo Anne Chu and Matthew Monahan, one’s Canadian artist Erin Shirreff’s first solo exhibition. And there’s nothing ironic about art-opening booze. PAMELA TAKEFMAN

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Jonathan Demme’s seminal 1984 film of the Talking Heads in concert is simply one of the most innovative and all-around mind-blowing concert films ever made. Three concerts were filmed separately and edited together into one show that builds like a cohesive concert might—except it’s like no other concert you’ve ever seen before. The visuals are, much like the Talking Heads themselves, eerily bizarre and gratuitously cool. The screening is one of those sad, end-of-summer markers—the last of the outdoor summer Rockin’ Reels series— and will be preceded by Stop Making Sensethemed activities and trivia. Disclaimer: After the screening, both your dance moves and the relative size of your suit may feel inadequate.

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While the Fringe Festival is known for its impressive number of campy works, this highly anticipated performance has gay fun written all over it. No stereotype will be spared as the hilarious crew of the WaitStaff, one of the city’s most outrageous sketch comedy groups, has the “Real Housewives” phenomenon set in its crosshairs. Join creator Sara Carano and the rest of the cast in a no-holds-barred roast of the ladies who made Bravo TV an indelible, if unfortunate, part of pop culture. And the debauchery doesn’t stop with the Jersey wives; this time around the WaitStaff is taking aim at the men in a new sketch on the househusbands. But hold up, put a cap on the excitement. Word is tickets are sold out for both performances. Hopefully, with a little luck and some extra cash to burn, you can still score a seat or two to this remarkably funny show.

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8pm. $15. Also on Sun/19, 6pm. L’Eage Cabaret, 625 Bainbridge St. livearts-fringe.org

Stop Making Sense

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6pm. Free. Piazza at schmidt’s, Second St. and Germantown Ave. 215.467.4603. atthepiazza.com

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Rocky Horror Show

Jello Biafra was right: Kinky sex makes the world go ’round, and that allure is exactly what has kept revivals of The Rocky Horror Show coming in the decades following its London premiere.

You know the story—boy loves girl, car breaks down, transvestites from Transylvania, aliens end the show via non sequitur. Catch the last few shows at the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, which beckons all Philly freaks to the Mascher Space Co-op, big enough to host the spectacle and small enough to egg on the cult audience participation Rocky Horror demands. Local director Allison Garrett and her team of sweet transvestites are bound to do it justice. See you over at the Frankenstein Place. ABDULLAH SAEED Through Sept. 18. 8pm. $15. mascher space, 155 Cecil B. Moore Ave. 215.413.9006. livearts-fringe.com

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The last few years have been productive ones for Bucks County quartet Illinois. They’ve toured the country, supported nationallyprominent bands, performed at music festivals, recorded two marvelous Daytrotter sessions and released an odyssey of a record in The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe. The album, which the band released in various chapters over the course of several months, contains 20 songs in total that bounce all over the musical spectrum with hints of country, folk, guitar rock and electronica. “Old Saloon” revolves around a jangling banjo, an instrument of which Chris Archibald makes timely use. “Missing Piece” is a heart-aching piano ballad, while “Hang On” and “She’s So Funny” employ trippy synths over electronic rhythms. The band’s live show is a rousing affair that showcases their eclectic influences. KEVIN BROSKY 9pm. $10. With Electric City + AKUDAMA. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. johnnybrendas.com

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After 20 years and almost as many albums, Over the Rhine’s “aw, shucks” demeanor and workmanlike devotion have worn into a soft patina of modest indie greatness. The married duo of Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist play finely crafted, genre-straddling songs, as unassuming as their Ohio origins. Bergquist bends her smoky voice around jazz-dappled torch songs and sturdy alt-country tunes. She sings like Billie Holiday with a river town lilt: the molasses ooze of her alto conjures up both back porch strumming and basement cabarets. Despite their troubadourlike touring, Detweiler and Bergquist still have their feet deep in Cincinnati soil and their music reflects it: songs like “Nobody Number 1” are salt of the Earth Americana with a little Rust Belt grit. LAUREN SMITH 7pm. $25-$40. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com

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Self-described as “the only Bhangra Dancehall soundclash in Illadelph and O-merica,” Dutty Chutney is an intoxicating blend of musical stylings from around the globe. Local DJs Mandip, M-ski and Aseem create a sound that defies expectation by bringing together Southeast Asian and Caribbean influences with a bit of hip-hop sprinkled on top. Think Mad Decent favorites Major Lazer, but a little more Punjab. Really, any words used to describe them just seem goofy if said out loud. All that matters is that they’ve got a sound that gets the dance floor rocking and bodies sweating. If Dutty Chutney’s shameless self-promotion is to be believed, you won’t find a dance party like this anywhere else in the Illadelph. Or O-merica. JULIAN GALETTE 10pm. $5. Fluid. 613 S. Fourth St. 215.629.3686. fluidnightclub.com

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“My, what big ears you have!” said Little Red Riding Hood. “All the better to hear if my indiefolk songs are any good with,” said Sea Wolf.

“My, what big eyes you have!” said Little Red Riding Hood. “All the better to see my set list in the dark with,” said Sea Wolf. “My, what big teeth…actually, no, you don’t have big teeth at all! And you’re scrawny, too. And you’re on a solo acoustic tour. You’re not much of a wolf after all!” said Little Red Riding Hood. Sea Wolf hung his head. “It’s true—I’m not very wolf-like.

I’m gentle and kind of melancholy. But my songs will consume you!” MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG 9pm. $12. With Sera Cahoone + Patrick Wolf. north star, 27th and Poplar sts.

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ast year, South Philly playwright Kash Goins’ play VI Degrees won Best Play at New York’s Downtown Urban Theatre Festival, and did so well at Philly’s Adrienne Theater that Goins immediately booked the space again for three weeks in 2010 for a joint revival of VI Degrees and premiere of sequel VII Deadly Sins. But as the date drew closer, he decided to use a good portion of the precious stage time to create his own Philly festival of new works by African-American playwrights, with the goal of fostering up-and-coming local playwrights and drawing attention to what he calls a “deficiency in his own demographic” when it comes to having work produced. The openingnight happy hour is a chance to chill with and meet the writers, actors, producers, directors, etc. while everything’s still in the “first annual” stage. The festival runs through Oct. 4; for production times and locations, check the website. EMILY GUENDELSBERGER

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Peaceable Kingdom

Tim Gough and Greg Pizzoli bring you into the magical mystery world that they have created together in this collaborative show of new screenprints. Lifting the series’ title from Edward Hicks’ 18th-century painting of the same name, these two artists have combined efforts to imagine an environment in which their divergent styles can cohabit, and the results are delightful. In addition to their work as professional printmakers, Gough and Pizzoli are both illustrators, Philadelphians and teachers at the University of the Arts. Their collaboration is a whimsical jumble of themes, including folk tales and the archetypal character of the outsider; however, the most striking aspect of the prints is the stage upon which these themes play out, the backdrop of minarets and smokestacks before which the characters perform. E.C. 6pm. Free. Masthead Studios, 340 Brown St. 215.359.8118. timgough.org

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Russian Mosaic Heritage Festival Fifty years ago, propaganda-brainwashed Americans always kept wary eye on the USSR. It’s nine o’clock—do you know where your Red Menace is? Now that Russia and its former bloc buddies and the U.S. are pals, no one’s gong to be decried as a pinko for listening to Prokofiev, moshing to Gogol Bordello or accidentally clicking a shirtless pic of Vladimir Putin online. Come together with Philadelphia’s Russian-speaking community to enjoy the contributions of the unique but unified cultures that make Eastern Europe and a large portion of Asia great. There’ll be food, crafts, storytellers and music from Mother Russia to Moldova and all your favorite -stans. Check out the tchotchkes, see a guy play a balalaika that could serve double duty as a life raft and eat a pierogi or 10. alEXaNDra JoNES Noon. Free. Penn’s landing, Chestnut St. and Columbus Blvd. delawareriverevents.com

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Theraphosa blondi, a.k.a. the Goliath Birdeater, is the second-largest spider in the world. Measuring in with a 12-inch leg span, it likes to sink its venomous fangs into bats, rodents, snakes and, yes, on occasion a bird or two. Pandinus imperator, a.k.a. the Emperor Scorpion, is an 8-incher that dines on mice and lizards. If your gut reaction to this is “I wanna hold it,” then the Big Bug Show, hosted by arachnid and insect specialist Olly McDonagh, is just the place for you. However, these particular creatures may kill you, so you can’t. Instead, you’ll be holding things like Archispirostreptus gigas, a.k.a. the Giant African Millipede, which wants nothing more than to wrap its 15 inches and 256 legs around your face. Elliott Sharp 2pm. Free. Germ Bookstore, 2005 Frankford Ave. 215.423.5002. germbooks.com.

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Since rising from the ashes of visceral punk outfit Wives, L.A.’s No Age’s stripped-down noise pop made the unlikely leap from the usual no frills D.I.Y spaces and gallery shows straight into the pages of The New Yorker. Members Dean Spunt and Randy Randall parlayed the hype machine straight into a clothing line, a record deal with Sub-Pop and some high profile opening slots on the Pavement reunion tour. Not a bad track record considering the fact that No Age has only been active for about five years. Instead of resting on its laurels, the pair explores more complex songwriting territory on the forthcoming fulllength Everything In Between. MaGGiE SErota 7:30pm. $13. First unitarian church, 2125 Chestnut St. R5productions.com

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Tennessee trio Those Darlins are like a Donny and Marie wet dream: A little bit country, and a little bit rock ’n’ roll. Jessi Darlin, Kelley Darlin, and Nikki Darlin (on guitar, bass, and ukulele, respectively)—who met at the Southern Girls Rock ’n’ Roll camp a few years back—like Patsy Cline and rowdy garage rock in equal measures. Things they also like: Whiskey, fried chicken, coonskin caps, vintage dresses, cowboy boots, singing super-swell ’60s girl-group-inspired harmonies, kicking ass, taking names, and more whiskey. They’re playing an afternoon and an evening show today, which means the drinking and the asskicking starts early. Those Darlins can handle it—can you? M.a.G.

Considering the restrictive origins of black metal, it’s not hard to see how in time it was only right that this exclusive and impenetrable art form was bound to grow up a little. Ten years and five full-lengths later, Chicago’s Nachtmystium has grown up more than a little. The level of sophistication with which they deconstruct the stifling wet blanket of traditional black metal by adding synth loops, spaced-out Floydian expanses, and dynamics by the assload is impressive. Not only that, this is a band that manages to remain extreme (not to mention very black) while growing its sound into something more groove oriented (shudder). Best of all—they not only make it work, they kick your ass in the process.

3pm and 8pm. $10. With the Strange Boys + Gentleman Jesse and His Men. Kung Fu necktie, 1250 N. Front St. kungfunecktie.com

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Gayborhood Games onight, Philly’s fiercest performers throw down in a battle for the crown at the Second Annual Gayborhood Games. The contest, created and produced by nightlifegay.com’s Bruce Yelk continues its search for Philly’s finest talent. Contestants will compete for best vocalist, comedian, drag performer, women’s and men’s Salon, chef/baker and bartender. You’ll need a chainsaw to cut through the competitive tension promised during this smackdown as each of last year’s winners returns to defend their title and take home cash prizes and another year’s worth of bragging rights.

Drag superstar Brittany Lynn plays host to this night of revelry along side a, shall we say, fabulous array of local celebrity judges including drag personalities Miss Aeryanah Von Moi and Lisa Lisa, stylist John Brown, and Chris Dougherty. Yelk says this year’s competition "is shaping up to be an amazing event. We've assembled the most talented group of contestants in 'Gayborhood Games' history. Most importantly, this event is designed with the fans in mind—we've got something for everyone. Saturday night ... Is going to be an exceptional evening unlike any other in Philadelphia." If you’re not able to make it to the main event, don’t fret; you can meet this year’s winners at the after-party. BriaN GolDthorpE

Sat., Sept. 18, 9pm. $20-$30. voyeur nightclub, 1221 St. James St. After-party: 11:30pm. Free.

Stir lounge, 1705 Chancellor St. nightlifegay.com

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Philadelphia Orchestra at City Hall It’s the last of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s free neighborhood concert series, in which the Orchestra leaves its nice, air-conditioned home at Kimmel to go on a very small tour, playing venues around the city that don’t scream blacktie. (In this case, the venue, Dilworth Plaza at City Hall, would be more like a howl of “Good god, has someone peed on every inch of surface area here?”) They’ll be playing above the cross-

ing of the lines, for anyone who wants to hop on the Broad Street line or Market-Frankford El with a lawn chair or blanket and join the crowd.

Rossen Milanov will lead the group in some old summer-programming standards from Swan Lake and Carmen, but throws in the pants-wettingly excellent Sibelius tone poem “Finlandia” for something a little less familiar (to non-Finns, anyway). Anyway, if you do end up peeing your pants over Sibelius, you’ll fit right in at Dilworth Plaza. E.G. 7pm. Free. city Hall, 15th St. & JFK Blvd. philorch.org

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playing the electric guitar at night between a row of colorful cardboard boxes and a ground-based fireworks display. The low-angle shot captures so much information it takes a while to decide what is the focus—the boy, the guitar, the boxes, the fireworks, the inky sky or maybe those tiny sparks coming off the fireworks, alive with possibility. The photo embodies the spirit

By Roberta Fallon feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com of small-town Adam Blumberg’s art is about many things, imagination Yankee Doodle many related to the culture of small-town, elsewhere. on the Fourth Midwest America where he grew up. The One photo, of July. objects, drawings and photographs in his “Parking Lot, Blumberg, solo show, Punctum(s), at Tiger Strikes Asthe Springfield who studteroid have an anthropological feel—a take Mile,” depicts ied art after on the informal modern tribes to which we some down time switching from all belong (motorcycle riders, protesters at a motorcycle an engineering and shoppers, for example). It’s all a little rally in Southern major, proelliptical, and while you don’t have to do Illinois. The shot, duced a few 3D the reading assignments (although Roland taken from above examples of Barthes’ Camera Lucida and George Baklooking down on punctum with er’s October magazine essay “Photography a small group in a two “Signs Expanded” are both excellent reads), it may parking lot, seems of Protest”— help to know the theoretical underpinnings almost like a surcardboard, to the works and the show’s title. veillance photo.

What are they all looking ... oh: Adam Blumberg's hand-lettered "Parking Lot, the Springfield Mile," an example of his A punctum is a small detail in a photoIt takes a second signs based graph (intentional or not) that takes the to zero in on what small details that give the photo a new context. on ones that viewer into a different subtext than the all the people scream their main subject. For example, a portrait may congregated are doing—photographing tiny messages in famous news photos of depict a face and body, but the dirt road in and gawking at a bikini-clad blonde posing recent-vintage protests, bringing their own the distance—the punctum—adds a layer of near a bike. meaning to crowd shots. While Blumberg reverie and intrigue, directing the viewer’s Another, “Logan,” portrays a young boy made the pieces for the show, under glass

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they look like pieces in a museum of the future documenting the current era. “Jump you Fuckers,” says one, from a Wall Street rally at the height of the financial meltdown. As punctum extricated from their photographic sources and made real, the signs hold your attention. You can imagine the protest, photo or not, and the words on the sign bring a power and meaning that the original photo might not have been aiming for.

Blumberg is an earnest young artist. He is himself a Harley motorcycle rider who has ridden with his father from St. Louis to the big rallies in South Dakota. Blumberg rides a non-motored cycle around Philadelphia, though—his Harley is parked in St. Louis.

The idea of surveillance or distanced observation runs throughout the show. But the eye here isn’t mocking, just a studious look at the world in which the artist travels.

Many artists become detectives of a sort, looking under rocks and in bureau drawers to find out about life. Blumberg considers how we try, via the tiny punctum details of our lives and self-expression, to portray ourselves either as members of a group or not. And that’s worth thinking about. n

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Iron collaborator Emmanuelle DelpechRamey and Lee Etzold (who came to Philly with New Paradise Laboratories, of this year's Freedom Club). Flop was nominated for six Barrymores (including Best Play) in 2002, and eventually went all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Many other Cabaret regulars went on to become big players in Philadelphia’s independent-theater scene—Brat Productions’ original artistic director Madi Distefano, for example, and songstress Miss Martha Graham Cracker (the stage name of Pig Iron co-founder Dito van Reigersberg).

But as word got around, the event became too popular to sustain.

The official Cabaret reached its zenith in 2001-2002, according to Scott Johnston and Mike Cristaldi. Both have a long history with the Cabaret—Johnston’s been involved since the beginning and is the current programmer and manager; Cristaldi joined up in 2001 and is now in charge of lighting, sound and stage production.

When he started, Cristaldi says there was a full-time staff of four and a budget of about $1,000 a night to pull top Philly talent and major out-of-town acts.

But by 2008, says Nick Stuccio, cofounder of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and current producing director of the Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, it was time to change direction. As people from Fringe audiences began to outnumber people from Fringe stages, the initial mission of artistic collaboration no longer seemed viable on the larger scale. Block, whose mission it wasin the first place, had left in 2006, and with her depature the Cabaret budget shrank and the focus shifted from theater and performance art to music.

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Cristaldi says, it became a place to have a beer and see a band.

“More and more people wanted to be social,” instead of being an audience, says Stuccio. “The majority of the people just wanted to hang out.” He dissolved the official Cabaret in 2008, replacing it with the Festival Bar, which has dance parties, DJs and the goal of being a place to drink, dance and talk. The Cabaret, minus funding and official title, struck out on its own with Johnston and Cristaldi at the helm, beginning the current split-screen situation.

But both parties are optimistic about a reunion in the near future, with a few trial nights of co-existence this year.

On opening night 2010, Stuccio caught Miss Martha Graham Cracker’s set at the Cabaret, then headed over to the Festival Bar, where a giant dance party was attended by about 400 people. The openingnight crowd at the Cabaret was mostly insiders, he confirms, while the Festival Bar attracted more of the general public.

This year, Stuccio figured the Festival Bar’s huge new home at Club Egypt was big enough for dance parties and performances to co-exist without getting in each other’s way. He says he hopes that next year the festival can secure a building large enough to house the Festival Bar and adjacent performance space.

Johnston is also pleased with the reunion. “I am thrilled at the reconnection that we’ve been graciously receiving from the entire Live Arts/Philly Fringe fest, and I don’t see anything prohibiting us from gathering audiences together next year.”

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Theatre Exile returns to the Philly Fringe with a staging of Rona Munro’s characterdriven drama Iron (through Oct 10). In this play about memory and the perils of love, the past is something that can neither be escaped nor forgotten.

Directed by Deborah Block (who cofounded the Fringe in 1997 and served as program director for nearly a decade), Iron focuses on a mother Fay (Catharine K. Slusar) who reunites with her daughter Josie (Kim Carson) while serving a life sentence for the murder of her husband— Josie’s father. The two haven’t seen each other for 15 years and their initial meeting is an uncertain one. Eventually however a bond is formed.

Munro has an knack for dialogue and imagery, but the script has little forward momentum. The pace could be excruciating in the hands of less-talented artists, but under Block’s careful direction both Carson and Slusar are excellent. Carson’s Josie is a capable, lonely woman intent on filing an appeal on her mother’s behalf.

Carson plays the role without sentimentality—she is passionate, but not especially emotional.

Her levelheadedness stands in contrast to Slusar’s tortured Fay. In one of the best performances in her long career, Slusar conveys the effects of prison on Fay’s body, mind, and soul with nervous gestures and an expression of desperate, junkielike need—a woman staying sane only by

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This year, there are two major options for drinking-age revelers after the Fringe and Live Arts Festival—there's the stationary Festival Bar at Spring Garden Street and Delaware Avenue, which has official status and a social, dance-party feel; then there's the renegade Late Nite Cabaret, a nomadic caravan of less-formal performances that makes stops at venues all around the city.

Keeping the two straight can get confusing, especially since they sometimes merge and overlap. This is the first year in a few that the two have been in the same room, although they used to be close—in fact, they used to be one event. The schism that resulted in the Cabaret and Festival Bar marked the splitting of a tradition that has since the early days of the Fringe spawned countless artistic collaborations and makeout sessions, and has had an untold influence on Philly’s theater scene.

Since its first year in 1997, the festival has hosted an after-hours event after the night’s shows have closed. In its first days in a tent pitched in Elfreth’s Alley, it was a place for Fringe performers to shed their costumes, hang out and share semi-formed work with other artists. Then known as the Late Nite Cabaret, it was developed by Deborah Block (also responsible for programming the whole Fringe at the time) as “a place for the artists to get together and potentially collaborate.” It was an intimate, free-wheeling environment where beer was peddled on the sidewalk for donations.

The next year, the Cabaret moved to the now-defunct Helena’s at Second and Chestnut streets, where performers defied technical difficulties and blown circuit breakers to present excerpts of their shows on the tiny stage. Other acts saw artists from diverse disciplines joining forces— almost a Fringe cliche today, but a rarity at the time.

For the next decade, the Cabaret migrated around Old City, continuing the diverse program of comedy, burlesque, drama, dance and alternative music. The atmosphere made for countless romantic liaisons and a smaller but still significant number of theater and dance productions such as Pig Iron's critically acclaimed (and inaccurately named) 2002 show Flop.

Block tapped Flop as a great example of the seeds of a multidisciplinary production being planted over beers at the Cabaret— Directed by Pig Iron co-founder Dan Rothenberg (also the director of Pig Iron's current festival standout Cankerblossom), the show starred Nichole Canuso (whose company this year produced multimediadance performance Takes), frequent Pig

Kim Carson (left) as Josie and Catharine K. Slusar as Fay in Theatre Exile's Iron.

clinging to the life raft of her daughter’s periodic visits.

During the production, the characters and audience are unnervingly circled and watched by two prison guards (Michael Hagan and Caitlin Antram). The sensation reinforced by Laura Jellinek’s creative scenic design, which forgoes iron bars to use a long, open tiled area, cinder blocks

Reviews, from page 22 and fluorescent lights to denote the idea of a prison cell. It’s a curious set given the title, but it does a very good job of communicating Fay’s utter lack of privacy—which works well as one of many subtler, lessobvious tortures of being caged.

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of ritual. Cinderblocks are used as pillows and there’s a bit of self-flagellation with some frightening whips.

But these rituals are interspersed with bouts of sexual energy, especially in a number of duets conducted within what appear to be confessional booths. As Sanctuary evolves, dancers swing from chains in a tender low-altitude aerial display, before the show again heats up as a power-sander generates sparks from spiked pads strapped to the dancers’ thighs. Dousing the flames, the dancers turn to the water, two male performers forming a human ball and tumbling their way along the full length of the trough.

Later, the entire troupe takes to the water in Sanctuary’s most joyous moment, splashing and frolicking while the disco hit “Don’t Leave Me This Way” echoes through the large hall. It’s vintage JUNK—physical, sexual and communal, an intimate work that celebrates the beauty of the human form in an industrial world of iron and steel. n For showtimes, ticket prices and venue locations, call 215.413.1318 or visit livearts-fringe.org.

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Dance contests may be more popular than ever on TV, but live dance continues to struggle to find a large audience. This is not the case at the Live Arts Festival, especially when the company is Brian Sanders’ mindblowing dance troupe JUNK, which is performing their sensuous new work Sanctuary

The odd world of mohawked monks is choreographed to a new-wave soundtrack in dance troupe JUNK's Sanctuary.

September 15-21, 2010

Unfortunately, ETTY (through Sept. 16) takes on some of the same challenges of Marx in Soho (solo performance, content verging on college lecture) with less success.

The space a show takes place in can enhance or diminish the theatergoing experience. In the case of ETTY the space is a significant (but not insurmountable) hindrance. Housed on the second floor of the newly renovated Christ Church Neighborhood House (the second floor appeared to still need work), theatergoers must battle poor sightlines and unwelcome noise to get involved in this account of a Jewish woman in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

The solo play is performed by Susan Stein, who adapted the play from the book Etty:

(through Sept. 18) to packed houses at the cavernous Theater East at the Hub. Coming from the group responsible for Patio Plastico, one of the most innovative shows in the festival’s 14-year history, Sanctuary is fast, physical and enormously sexy.

It’s simultaneously brutal and beautiful—a dichotomy reflected in Sara McCorriston’s costumes, which alternate between rough monk’s habits, gorgeous billowing white sheets and primal loincloths, and Tyler Held’s hard, gritty interactive sculptures that provide a stark contrast to the dancers’ handsome forms.

The new-wave music by Bronski Beat, the Smiths, Romeo Void and others drives the almost-constant movement, which begins with flame-twirling routine by a mohawked group of monks behind a long trough of water that runs nearly the full length of the stage. In contrast with the pyrotechnics and modern soundtrack, the monks’ everyday existence appears to be harsh, austere and full

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Karl Marx takes center stage in Iron Age Theatre Company’s sterling production of Howard Zinn’s Marx in Soho (through Sept. 18).

In the solo play, Karl Marx (the excellent Bob Weick) informs us that he has returned from the afterlife “to clear my name.”

Through Weick’s likeable portrayal, we get to know Marx not only as a political theorist, but as a family man. He discusses his lifelong battle with painful boils, and confides that his wife Jenny found his famous economic treatise Das Kapital ponderous, preferring the brevity and directness of The Communist Manifesto.

Weick’s polished, charismatic performance uses rate, pitch and volume to give the script a rhythm it might otherwise lack. Unhappy with how many of his ideas about government and the distribution of wealth have been corrupted and misrepresented by unethical or incompetent leaders, Marx moans that “socialism is not supposed to repeat the stupidity of capitalism.”

With references to Obama, cell phones and the current state of America’s economy, Iron Age’s production succeeds in placing one of history’s most influential figures squarely in our own time. But Zinn’s script avoids deep philosophical musings, and Weick’s Marx is less a grand, idealistic orator than a human being grounded in reality and worried about unpaid bills and the health of his family.

Despite the content, under John Doyle’s capable direction, the play never feels like a history lesson.

The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-1943, and directed

by Austin Pendleton.

Etty describes herself as “the luckiest Jew in all of Holland”; as a member of the Jewish Council, she ETTY, the one-woman play initially works about a Jewish woman in to help meet the Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, basic needs of stars Susan Stein in the Amsterdam’s title role.

Jews. Her position gives her certain advantages, notably the ability to momentarily protect her parents and herself from deportation.

But as the situation worsens, the Council’s role changes—they’re instructed to tally and register Amsterdam’s Jewish population for deportation to the surrounding camps.

Etty remains on the Council, but in Stein’s performance Etty’s unease with her position becomes increasingly evident.

Pendleton’s dull staging resembles a college lecture, as Stein moves from side to side across the front of the room. Yet there isn’t a false note in Stein’s performance, and she has a rare gift for creating a sense of intimacy between performer and audience. Her quiet moments prove problematic given the obstacles of the space; at times she speaks in almost a whisper and is drowned out by a poorly placed and excessively loud floor fan. But even as the audience strains to hear, Stein holds us with her eyes, drawing us in with a gaze that is steady, sensitive, thoughtful, and determined.

The scariest element in ETTY is the veil of normality over Amsterdam despite the Nazi presence that becomes harder and harder to maintain as the deportations increase.

The play begins with Etty talking about love and the curves of a young man’s lips. By the end, thoughts of romance have vanished and Jews are reporting to the camps voluntarily so they can choose the exact day they’ll lose their freedom (and in many cases their lives).

For all the horrors of the Holocaust, the play remains streaked with hope. “Life is glorious and magnificent, and one day we will build a new world,” Etty muses near the conclusion. Despite the problems with the space, the performance of this caring woman’s dogged optimism makes us believe that it will in fact be better next time.

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EgoPo Classic Theater returns to the Fringe with Peter Weiss’ dizzying work The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (through Sept. 18).

Almost entirely a play-within-a-play, the setting is the Charenton Asylum, a hospital for the mentally ill in Napoleon-era Paris.

The somewhat-enlightened hospital director (Joe Canuso) allows, as a sort of therapy, the inmates to perform a play penned by fellow resident Marquis de Sade (David Blatt). The good doctor occasionally makes rips in what is more the thirdand-threequarters wall than the fourth wall, stepping in to intervene Steve Wright, left, is the when the Jean-Paul Marat to David inmates get Blatt's Marquis de Sade in EgoPo's Marat/Sade. overexcited.

De Sade himself is a cynical, self-involved aristocrat insitutionalized partly for writing extremely pornographic novels, but partly for falling out of political grace for decrying the Reign of Terror, the year after the French Revolution during which “enemies of the revolution” were beheaded en masse.

But the sense of revolution in Marat/Sade isn’t confined to the Marquis’ play or his barely contained inmate actors—it extends to the inspiring principle behind both Weiss’ play and EgoPo’s upcoming season: Antonin Artaud’s “Theatre of Cruelty.” It’s a (somewhat vague and complicated) philosophy of surrealist theater as an instrument of revolution, through depiction of the primal “cruelty” of reality instead of the comforting false reality usually put on the stage. Productions inspired by Artaud’s theories tend to be driven as much by spectacle as text, which is precisely what you get in director Brenna Geffers imaginative staging.

Geffers disperses the action around the Rotunda, an atmospheric structure dominated by its huge domed ceiling. There are constant mini-events going on as inmates interact outside the main focus, plus some screaming—an effective communication of barely contained chaos. De Sade’s play-within-a-play requires a lot of stylized, formal

movement, and the contrast as the inmates try (with varying degrees of success) to subsume their problems in this formality is very well performed.

The capable cast is led by the excellent Jered McLenigan as the narrator-like inmate playing the Herald, and Steve Wright, who, though confined to a bathtub for most of the play because of Marat’s painful skin condition, gives a commanding performance as the doomed political leader.

While not everything in Weiss’ meta-theatrical play is entirely clear, EgoPo’s production makes for stimulating theater.

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Talkin’ Turkey (Legs)

Mead, kilts, fairy wings, fake British accents: It’s the Ren Faire, bitches!

by Alli Katz

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“I have a request that might ruin our friendship forever,” I say to Sarah. “What?” she asks. “Will you go with me to Ren Faire?” I promise her a turkey leg, and after some begging, she agrees. We enlist our pal, Evan, to drive us.

Located on the grounds of the Mount Hope Estate and Winery (and the home of Swashbuckler’s Brewery), the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire has brought together pirates, magicians, drama geeks, furries and families for three decades. The trick to having a good time, I decide, is suspending your disbelief.

We park next to a Prius unloading a group of dudes in cloaks. Before we can even bust out the map, we see the games.

There’s archery, knife, axe and ninja-star throwing, and a Jacob’s Ladder. I take advantage of the 13-tickets for $10 deal.

Excuse me. Ten pounds. Thankfully, back in time the exchange rate is better. I try my hand at throwing knives. “We need drinks for this,” Sarah says.

I opt for the honey mead. Sarah gets the Swashbuckler’s Gold in a souvenir glass.

Evan goes for the traditional sangria. My mead attracts swarms of yellow jackets, so I gulp down the sticky-sweet drink quickly. “We gotta find some giant turkey legs,” I tell my companions.

Our search takes us past Cafe Cortez, the Mexican food stand, and a young vendor speaking in a horrendous fake British accent. “Ladies love a man in a kilt—yes we do,” she tells a couple. “I’m going to get one,” says the man, “but she wants to get a tail first.” The hunks of fur attached to flowing skirts are ubiquitous.

Her stand also sells devil horns and hobbit ears. Women in fairy wings and kids with swords push us out of the way as we stand to gawk. So do red-faced suburban parents, slow-moving grandmas and a woman in an Abercrombie shirt and furry boots.

I’m not sure if she’s in costume.

Finally, we see another beer stand and the place with the turkey legs. We split up—they get two rounds and I buy the hunks of meat. As I try to balance the food and my Ye Old Diet Kola, a be-vested man tells me, “A glorious feast for such a lovely

lady, your heartiness is employee tells us she’s been mightily impressive.” I nod. working at the Faire for 14 The turkey leg tastes like years—and she’s raised her ham and I chug my first kids here. One son is a juggler, beer (Red Sea Amber) to another is the squire to the make it go down more easfalconer. I declare I will have ily. Sarah takes a bite and my children at the Ren Faire. drops it on the ground. We Sarah rolls her eyes. wander some more, stopAfter my fourth drink I am ping to chat with the Baron ready to shoot arrows. I hand and Baroness von Staaken, over some tickets and try to who teach us how to curtsy lift the bow, but I’m having a My Faire lady: A baroness without showing too much hard time. Floosh. The arrow teaches us how to curtsy cleavage. His costume is hits the ground. I quit and without revealing too much period-perfect Henry VIII. head for the crossbow. More Hers is “a little more modern,” and costs failure. I try throwing an axe like a Frisbee. more than $1,000.

From across the grounds we hear the cheers “Normal people look a little ridiculous of the Ultimate Joust. “Let’s go!” I yell. here,” a teenager dressed like Cloud from I can barely see over the crowds as two Final Fantasy 7 tells us. We look around. knights half-assedly charge at each other.

He’s right. I try to ask his girlfriend about A lance hits a shield and there’s a giant the tail thing, but it makes me feel creepy. crash—I begin to suspect that the joust We start noticing the slip-ups. Vendors might not be real. My childlike wonder and actors start with accents that magically fades, and we leave to beat traffic. Five vanish. A man falls out of character to show minutes into the drive, I pass out in the us his horrendous rope-sandal sunburn. An back seat. n

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Impressive Range (Life)

1990s indie heroes Pavement have reunited, and it feels so good.

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gambling. None of the horses I’ve bred have been stars and honestly, I’m not wealthy enough to be breeding horses,” says Nastanovich, who lived for quite some time in the horse-breeding hotbed of Louisville, Ky. “As for gambling on horses, I’m a student of the game. Handicapping horse races is my favorite.”

Fittingly, he makes his post-Pavement living crunching numbers for a horse-racing database and working at racetracks in his current home base of Iowa.

So much for the theory that Nastanovich spends his days dodging shady bookies and goon squads full of leg breakers.

“I’m thrilled that touring can eliminate my debt, but it’s not a significant reason for the reunion,” he says.

So, what did inspire the reunion?

“Interest in the band, really. The fans we had in the ’90s wanted to see us and people who didn’t get the opportunity to see us made this clear to us.”

After deciding to reunite, Nastanovich explains that the real challenge was finding the time to tour between managing families, postPavement bands and recording.

The other challenge lies in conjuring up the stamina for the set times.

“We used to play, at most, a 90-minute set. Now we play for close to two hours. There are definitely some fitness concerns.

Another concern is if people want to see two hours if you’re not AC/DC.” Playing two-hour sets for a place like Mann Music Center, with its 14,000-person capacity, is a far cry from the days when Pavement toured with acts like Guided By Voices and played rooms the size of the Trocadero.

“When you toured with Guided By Voices, you had to sit on your beer cooler to protect your beer. Also, they toured with a lot of women, which is something that we never really did.”

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The onslaught of seminal band reunion the agony the song causes him during All in all, Nastanovich concedes that tours over the past few years has been the live sets.

1999’s Terror Twilight—with its f lirtations with ’70s power chords—was a nothing short of exhausting, especially And what of “Range Life,” the song fitting swan song. given the fact that some of these tours that makes reference to Stone Temple “We had five albums and we hadn’t have been joyless endeavors by bands Pilots and Smashing Pumpkins, which made a record we were ashamed of,” trying to cash in on waves of nostalgia. has also been added to the set list? Don’t notes Nastanovich. There’s something to However, every now and then a reunion those references make the song feel a be said for quitting while you’re ahead. tour that’s truly worth being excited tad dated? Nastanovich shrugs off any Pitchfork also gave Pavement the wellabout gets under way. The current crop awkwardness before taking delight in of Pavement shows is just one of those tours, as evidenced by the fact that New York’s Central Park shows sold out a full year in advance.

Pavement’s repetitive rhythms, gentle melodies, rambling vocals and cryptic lyrics provided by shaggy front man Stephen Malkmus are often credited with inspiring that “back to the garage” slacker sensibility that dominated ’90s indie rock. Although many bands tried to sound like Pavement, none of them really captured its mesmerizing folk-tinged garage rock.

After becoming one of the defining bands of the ’90s, it seems fitting that the band disbanded at the end of that decade, despite the fact that it probably could have produced one or two more good albums.

“The main reason we broke up had to do with the fact that our band was always unconventional geographically,” percussionist and unofficial hype man Bob Nastanovich explains, pointing to the fact that the members of Pavement are scattered all over the country as opposed to living in the same Elegant bachelors: They're foxy to us, are they foxy to you? city. timed honor of giving “Gold Soundz” ruff ling the notoriously humorless Billy “Stephen needed to be in a band that from 1994’s Crooked Rain, Crooked Corgan’s feathers. could rehearse and be together to work Rain album the No. 1 slot on its Top 200 “It’s not weird since Smashing Pumpon songs and arrangements,” says NasTracks of the ’90s list. kins are still out there playing. The song tanovich. Those needs drove Malkmus “That was very gracious of them. is a crowd favorite and it would be corny to form what some dub his retirement Pitchfork has always been very kind to change the lyrics. It was interestband, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks. to us with their unique rating system. ing that Smashing Pumpkins took such Shifts in the musical culture also put a They’ve also been helpful in the postoffense to it since they seemed like a strain on the band, especially given the Pavement existence era with all our reisreasonable enough target. The fact that electronic leanings of the late ’90s. Not sues and such.” they took such offense really helped us. to mention that the more mainstream Although Nastanovich is grateful for I’m not sure if it ended up helping them markets took less of an interest in rock the accolades, “Gold Soundz” isn’t a song in any way.” music in favor of the scourge of boy he necessarily enjoys playing live.

Although Nastanovich seems genubands and pop divas like Britney Spears.

“There’s excessive tambourine, which inely excited to be back out on the road, “Stephen didn’t know what to do next causes me pain since I’m so out of the Internet rumor mill suggests the in that climate of the music industry,” shape,” he admits. Still, he concedes that band reunited just so he could pay off his says Nastanovich. “He wasn’t comfortthe track is a good introduction for the gambling debts. “The debt was mainly able with bringing electronics into uninitiated to Pavement’s ouvre despite incurred from breeding horses, not from Pavement.”

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On The Record the thermals Personal Life (Kill Rock Stars) SoundS LikE: Portland’s

Hutch and Kathy act is thriving in a gentler, simpler and lower-fi LP than 2009’s Now We Can See ; still full of piss and vinegar, though.

FrEE ASSociAtion:

Not as many screaming anthems, but we’ve got other albums for those.

For FAnS oF: Ramones x Death Cab, Fugazi, Modest Mouse, Stephen Malkmus.

Michael Franti & Spearhead

white noise Sound

cotton Jones

All Saints’ day EP

the wonder Years

the Sword

usher

White Noise Sound

Tall Hours In The Glowstream

(Edible Onion)

The Upsides

Warp Riders

Versus

(Suicide Squeeze)

SoundS LikE: West Philly

(Hopeless)

(Kemado)

(JIVE)

trio of noise makers specializing in harps, synths, strings, acoustic guitar, melodic male/female vocals and general ambient creepiness.

SoundS LikE: Local boys

SoundS LikE: Their

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The Sound of Sunshine

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(Capitol)

sextet of knob twisters messing with synths, feedback and drone to make blissed-out electronic soundscapes that feel like a dream.

SoundS LikE: The dread-

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FrEE ASSociAtion:

Might sound like sunshine, but it smells like herb smoke and feet.

For FAnS oF: Ben Harper x U2, Jack Johnson x Black Eyed Peas, drum circles.

Album Reviews in 30 seconds oR less • bY bill cHeneveRT

SoundS LikE: A Welsh

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Good thing the record’s better than this band name.

For FAnS oF: Air x Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3, Super Furry Animals.

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based Michael Nau’s solo outfit is a duo with Whitney McGraw; their sophomore LP of low-fi, mid-tempo country folk is dark and cool.

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There’s a homey vibe to these songs, made with love in a living room.

For FAnS oF: Califone, Galaxie 500, Dodos + Jenny Lewis.

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”Freak folk” might be a worn-out tag, but pretty sure these guys are a lil freaky.

For FAnS oF: Joanna Newsom x Brian Eno, Bells Bells Bells.

reissue their delightful second LP of power punk sprinkled with Philly landmarks and attitude as they pick up momentum and buzz.

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Nothing revolutionary here, just fun punk that hits home real nice.

For FAnS oF: Four Year Strong, New Found Glory, Paramore, South Philly.

Exit intErviEw: Scott Sullivan of WKDU’s Music For Your Methlab

By Brian McManus

P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY September 15-21, 2010

What is your primary reason for leaving?

An unsavory combination of Working Man Strife and the ticking of the biological clock.

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Did anything trigger your decision to leave?

The Cliff Lee trade.

FrEE ASSociAtion:

The man is clearly a hit machine, but Beiber Fever has gone too far.

For FAnS oF: R. Kelly, Ne-Yo, Jermaine Dupri, Prince, Jodeci.

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Ed Kowalczyk

bmcmanus@philadelphiaweekly.com

After four years and 196 shows, WKDU’s best show, the fantastically named Music For Your Methlab, is getting the boot from Drexel’s airwaves. Scott Sullivan has been the man in the kitchen cooking the chemicals over those years—stiff cocktails of bands like the Homosexuals, the Ramones and Danzig to keep you up through your Thursday morning commute/morning bender from 7 to 9 a.m. Along the way he’s had his fair share of top-notch guests spinning their favorite records, among them the ghost of Joey Ramone (though we may have just dreamed that), the mystery “Monthly Visitor” (Richie Charles, formerly of Clockcleaner, and CEO of Richie Records/TestosterTunes, it can now be told) and Kurt Vile, who commandeered the decks five times and was a show staple before he became a household name (cool households only) or a Pavement-show-opener. Music For Your Methlab signs off Thursday, and some very special guests are in store for the last hoorah. You’ll want to tune in for that. You’ll also want to hit Sullivan up for a Best of Meth compilation CDR he’s put together by emailing him at bestofthemethlab@gmail.com. We sat down with Sullivan and asked him to sell out old friends and colleagues by answering these hard-as-fuck exit interview questions. He didn’t let us down.

third sci-fi inspired stoner doom metal masterpiece is a sludgy, dark and thrashy concept record that’s just the right amount of relentless noise.

FrEE ASSociAtion: Oh, there’s a story? I was too busy headbanging and air drumming.

For FAnS oF: Sabbath, Slayer, D&D, Metallica, Mastadon.

Did you receive feedback about your performance between merit reviews?

The janitor grimaced one time when he had to sweep to “Scavenger of Death” at deafening volume. Many mornings were spent in vain trying to impress him.

Did this company help you to fulfill your career goals?

Not exactly. These days, job interviews are typically preceded by Google searches, and I’ve been informed that “methlabs”—even hokey alliterative references to them—are no laughing matter.

What was most satisfying about your time at WKDU? Introducing the world to the Sex Pistols.

Getting to take credit for Max Milgram’s best finds.

What was least satisfying about your time at WKDU? Putting up with all the Monthly Visitor’s crap.

What would you change about your job?

Nothing! As accommodating as a radio gig can get.

Did your job duties turn out to be as you expected?

I never asked to become the “Home of the 5-Day Forecast.” But what the listeners demanded, I provided.

Did you receive enough training to do your job effectively?

Many of the treasures of the WKDU record library were revealed to me randomly by snooping guests and haggard callers. An in-house guided tour needs to be put into place immediately.

Did anyone at WKDU discriminate against you, harass you or cause hostile working conditions?

An anonymous staff member filed a formal complaint once when Kurt Vile played his favorite Prince record on the program. Kind of silly in light of the circumstances. That said, I’m still baffled by how much Gary Glitter scooted through safely on my watch.

What would you improve to make our workplace better?

An addendum to the Training Manual titled: “Reeducation through Ramones.” From what I’ve seen, your average co-ed is overdue for some serious skull-time with that pillar of American history.

Any other comments?

To the members of the listening public who forget to send their mailing info to bestofthemethlab@gmail.com (for a free copy of one of the finer CDR mixes ever put to plastic)—I mourn for your collective soul.

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ive hadn’t been interesting (let alone releL vant) since singer Ed Kowalczyk sported that strange banana from out of the back of his head. He epitomized the pretentiously earnest, angst-ridden, over-emoting post-grunge belter so well that Aaron Lewis should pay him royalties. When his ego finally destroyed the band, Kowalczyk embarked on a solo career inaugurated in July with Alive.

A misnomer on par with calling Paris Hilton entertaining, Kowalczyk broods through Cialis-starved power ballads underwhelming enough to nominate Three Days Grace for canonization. That’s when not indulging overblown religious allegory and a longstanding messianic complex on “Grace” and “Zion,” which imagines his enemies fleeing.

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Dead Air

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Don Glanden

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Rocknoceros

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Hallelujah the Hills

7pm. $8. With Old Love. Manhattan Room, 15 W. Girard Ave. 215.739.5577. themanhattanroom.com

Strung Out

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6pm. Free. With Bob Colligan.

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MOnday 20

The Parlotones

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Street Dogs

7:30pm. $12. With Small Black and Grandchildren. First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St. 215.563.3980

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Ludo

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Le Cochon Noir wants more dry-rub BBQ in a sauce town, and their food is a pretty good argument. bfreedman@philadelphiaweekly.com The space is airline-hangar huge, which means that the sound of whatever blues or jazz group is performing is mitigated enough to allow conversation to happen.

The walls serve as galleries for local artists who are feted the last Friday of the month. Construction is under way for a wine room that will house seating for 15 to 20, a cold kitchen and 2,600 bottles.

Clearly, this is an ambitious team. And a brave one, too: Trying to convert a wetbarbecue town to dry rub is no easy task.

But Cochon is going about it methodically, and there are enough grace notes along the way that it should ultimately do well. Executive chef Daniel Rosen picks the basil, jalapeños and more from plants just outside the building.

A recently installed beehive on the roof will mean fresh honey on the menu next summer. There are plans for outdoor seating and island-inspired music, too.

So while Le Cochon Noir hasn't converted Philly from a sauce to a dry-rub town quite yet (and, honestly, isn't likely to anytime soon), it’s still making a pretty convincing and delicious case. n

Le Cochon Noir 5070 Parkside Ave., Suite 5100E. 215.879.1011 Cuisine type: Lovingly prepared barbecue and other American favorites.

Hours: For food, Wed.-Fri., 11am-11pm; Sat.Sun., 5pm-11pm. Music goes until midnight. priCe range: $9-$35. atmospHere: Great music and a wide-open space: Perfect for the BBQ-and-live-music concept.

Food: Thoughtful and, when it hits the right notes, addictive. serviCe: Low-key and very friendly, with lots of justifiable pride in the place.

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some, the flavor kissed by the scent of smoke.

Sides could have used more seasoning; the mustard greens fared better than the macaroni and cheese, probably because mashing up the sweet cloves of garlic added a grace note to the greens.

Mac and cheese, on the other hand, was almost devoid of seasoning, and at a place that specializes in this style of food, that’s a big disappointment.

Playful strawberryshortcake crepes are more fluffy Americanstyle pancake than their skinny French counterpart, but a nice riff on a classic.

But the bread pudding is what really brings it home. Dense and structured, it arrives with little fanfare, just a blanket of homemade caramel and as many forks as the table requires. It’s straightforward and joyful.

Just like the space itself, which, for now, at least, is a work in progress. Cochon Noir has fallen victim to the usual paperwork delays of the byzantine Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board—it’s BYO for the time being—but that hasn’t stopped it from asDry bones? Hardly: Dry-rub ribs from Le Cochon Noir worthily rep serting its personality. the St. Louis and Texan BBQ prep methods in Philly.

approach.

Snapper soup showed more respect to its eponymous turtle than it usually gets.

Again, habit and repeated local exposure mean that most Philadelphians expect snapper soup to be little more than a vessel for Old Bay and sherry. At Cochon Noir, though, the soup is about textures and subtlety, the broth pillowy and light, the snapper chunks generous and tooth-

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Le Cochon Noir aims to change our local preference for wet-sauced ribs, and it’s armed with a 2,000-pound smoker and a killer dry-rub for the battle ahead.

The ribs here, according to owner Jamal Parker, head in the direction of St. Louis-style but possess some Texas influence too, and the key to their success is a rub whose constituent components are as closely guarded as nuclear launch codes. The rub’s savoriness speaks of cumin and cinnamon, but Parker, in a follow-up phone call, would only tell me that it’s made in-house.

Order a third of a rack of pork ribs and you’ll receive a plate of Flintstonesized bones, plenty for one person. The meat goes through a three-day process that begins with trimming, stops for a 24-hour rest after being massaged with the spices and ends in a six-hour smoke.

They’re never touched by flame, and you have to work to gnaw the meat off the bone here, which allows the sweetness of the meat and the smoke to mingle in a carnivorous duet. You can make it a trio with a smear of the worcestershirescented sauce that comes on the side, but it’s more crutch than necessity.

As great as that rub is, however, a great dish requires more than just smart seasoning. Unfortunately, the black angus London broil, smoky and tender, was undermined by its presentation, its juices bleeding all over the plate, studded with little islands of separated horseradish cream.

Far more uniform in concept and execution was the pulled-chicken quesadilla, each wedge a marvel of sweetsmoky interplay, the chicken—sourced from a whole rotisserie bird—lifted to a level of intricacy that quesadillas rarely

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Soleil de Minuit 5148 Locust St. 215.220.8623. $

White Dog Cafe 3420 Sansom St. 215.386.9224. $$ CC AS BR ★

World Cafe Live 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. $$ CC AS BR

ASIAN Nan

4000 Chestnut St. 215.382.0818. $$ CC BYOB

FRENCH

La Terrasse

3432 Sansom St. 215.386.5000. $$ CC AS

Paris Cafe

ASIAN FUSION Umai Umai

533 N. 22nd St. 215.988.0707. $$$ CC BYOB

FUSION

124 S. 41st St. 215.382.2577. $ CC BR

AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL

INDIAN

Aspen Restaurant

4201 Chestnut St. 215.386.8081. $ CC BYOB

Back Home Cafe

GREEK

Belgian Cafe

2230 Fairmount Ave. 215.978.5990. $$ CC BYOB

Bishop’s Collar

Illuminare Ristorante

Kabobeesh

747 N. 25th St. theaspenrestaurant.com $$ CC AS

New Delhi

1515 Fairmount Ave. 215.232.6311. $ CC AS BR

Sitar India

2047 Green St. thebelgiancafe.com $$ CC AS

Tandoor India

2349 Fairmount Ave. bishopscollar.com $

ITALIAN

726 N. 24th St. 215.232.3232. $$ CC AS

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Bridgid’s

Abbraccio

Capriccio Café & Espresso Bar

Penne Restaurant and Wine Bar

Jack’s Firehouse

820 S. 47th St. 215.727.8247. $$ CC AS BR 3600 Sansom St. 215.823.6236. $ CC AS

Pizza Rustica

3602 Chestnut St. 215.895.3490 $ CC AS

MEXICAN/SOUTHWESTERN Distrito

3945 Chesnut St. 215.222.1657. $$$ CC AS

Mad Mex

3401 Walnut St. 215.382.2221. $ CC AS

Zocalo

3600 Lancaster Ave. 215.895.0139. $$ CC AS

MIDDLE EASTERN Hummus

3931 Walnut St. 215.222.5300. $ CC

Saad’s Halal Restaurant

45th and Walnut sts. 215.222.7223. $$ CC BR

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119 S. 39th St. 215.386.4889. $$ CC AS

Dock Street Beer

CARIBBEAN

6045 Baltimore Ave. 215.472.8553. $ CC BYOB

3000 Market St. 215.222.7400. $ CC AS

Sláinte Pub and Grill

Arbol Café

209 Poplar St. arbolcafe.com $$ BYOB

Zorba’s

ITALIAN 2 321 Fairmount Ave. 215.765.0202. illuminaire2321.com $$ CC AS BR

L’oca

2025 Fairmount Ave. 215.769.0316. $$ CC BYOB

Osteria 640 N. Broad St. osteriaphilly.com $$$ CC AS ★

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The Flying Saucer

Aya’s Café

London Grill

Figs

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2129 Arch St. ayascafe.net. $$ CC BYOB

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McCrossen’s Tavern

McKenna’s Tavern

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Prohibition Taproom

Rembrandt’s

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Rose Tattoo Cafe

Trio

741 N. 23rd St. rembrandts.com $$ CC AS BR 1847 Callowhill St. rosetattoocafe.com $$$ CC AS

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1804 Callowhill St. 215.636.9061. $$ CC BYOB

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Caribbean Cuisine

Fairmount/Art Museum

St. Stephen’s Green

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Urban Saloon

2120 Fairmount Ave. 215.232.5359 $$ CC AS

Waterworks

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A Boston Massacre

Six Foreign Ben Affleck heist flick The Town is wicked bad (no, not in a good way).

Remakes of American Films By Sean Burns sburns@philadelphiaweekly.com

By Matt Prigge mprigge@philadelphiaweekly.com Stork Day (2004): When it’s not remaking books or TV shows or its own films, Hollywood reaches to other parts of the globe for inspiration, often with dire results. Every great now and then some foreigner sees fit to return the, ahem, favor. Such a great idea (and film) is Groundhog Day that it stoked the interest of Italian cineastes. Except that Italy has no Groundhog Day, meaning our to-be-reformed-malcontent winds up covering the decidedly less cuddly stork on the Spanish coast.

I don’t know if you’ve heard about this already, but Ben Affleck happens to be from Boston.

Following up his shockingly sturdy Gone Baby Gone, Ben takes a header with The Town, a formulaic cops-and-robbers vanity project with an emphasis on local color and dropped R’s.

The Beat My Heart Skipped (2005): James Toback can do any crap he wants— and he basically has—and he’ll still be the director of Fingers (1978), one of the great (and most batshit) of stark ’70s character studies. Jacques Audiard’s simmering remake remains faithful in story if not remotely in the original’s singular schizophrenic tone.

12 (2007): Reginald Rose’s 12 Angry Men originated as a teleplay, but whatever: The 1957 film is what most people think of when they think of it, and it certainly informs Nikita Mikhalkov’s redo, which repurposes it so it examines modern day, Chechen War-hobbled Russia. Oh, and almost doubles the length.

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A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009): How awesome is the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple? Zhang Yimou (Red Sorghum, Hero, et al.) made an imperial-era comedy out of it. With martial arts. n

September 15-21, 2010

Sideways (2009): Japan’s take on the wino mid-life sex comedy takes extreme license with the source: It relocates the setting from the Santa Ynez Valley to the Napa Valley.

Adapted from Chuck Hogan’s novel Prince Of Thieves by Peter Craig, Affleck and Aaron Stockard, our movie star isn’t just playing a prince here. He’s a goddamn saint.

The kindliest bank robber you could ever meet, Ben does solitary pull-ups to show off his physique, with a six-pack to rival The Situation. He hates cocaine and oxycontin, and accidentally falls in love with a hostage (comely Rebecca Hall) during a job gone wrong.

Hall’s gangly, alert expressiveness is no match for Affleck’s wackadoodle sidekick, (Jeremy Renner) a good ol’ neighborhood boy with an itchy trigger finger. For a bit, it looks like The Town might tear these two friends apart, squabbling over the woman who can identify them in court. But love conquers all, or at least it conquers this subplot in big hurry. Renner’s livewire homeboy, threatening enough to cast a pall over the film, is neutered for the sake of movie-star sap.

Ben’s suffocatingly noble antihero just wants to do the mythical One Last Job

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Fight Club: Members Only (2006): India is Hollywood’s No. 1 fan. Man on Fire and It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World have all been Bollywoodized, while there have been Hindi versions of Memento, Weekend at Bernie’s and Mrs. Doubtfire.

This Bollywood product is less a remake of the David Fincher nihilism-fest than a spinoff, sharing merely the existence of dudes beating the shit out of eachother for fun and therapy.

shots in a garage.

Affleck does know how to write dick-measuring contests, and large swaths of The Town are devoted to actors outprofanitying one another in confined spaces. But as an actor, his bankrobber braggadocio is limited by the confines of the script, at every turn supplying a halo for our swaggering ACTING!: Showing off protagonist. his wide range of facial Gossip Girl’s expressions, Ben Affleck's bank robber with Blake Lively shatters her image, a heart of gold reacts playing every single to the interrogation of Jon Hamm's FBI agent mom I went to high on the edge (left) and school with. The the charms of Rebecca script hints at a Hall as the hostage he fascinating history accidentally falls in love between her and with.

Affleck, but he’s too lantern-jawed and tedious to indulge her sloppy, dive-bar advances. Mostly Ben just juts out his lower lip, oversellbefore he gets out. As the movie posits his ing his comical Boston accent and letting crew knocking over banks to the tune of that underbite do the acting on his behalf.

90 grand on a weekly basis, one wonders Ben Affleck is a terrible, awful performwhat the fuck he’s doing with his money. er. It doesn’t matter how many Bruins or How much can false teeth and home gym Red Sox jerseys this guy wears, the role of equipment really run? Especially in this a conflicted criminal mastermind is simneighborhood? In this economy? ply beyond his meager reach. The Town fetishizes Boston’s inner city to an almost Meanwhile, the FBI is sniffing around. comical extent, like a kid from the sticks We know that Jon Hamm’s ruffian agent aching for street cred. (Is it wrong of me to is on the edge because he’s stubbly and his remind one and all once again that Affleck hair is messed up. Occasionally he even hails from my hometown’s most moneyed says the F-word. Hamm is the best actor suburb?) on television right now, but his role here Hall’s storyline goes nowhere. And if you provides no inner life. He’s Al Pacino in Heat without all the ex-wives, muttering cut Hamm out of the picture altogether, his way from one crime scene to another in nothing would change. There’s one great search of a back story. joke about Jack Clark and the Boston Red The Town offers grand shoot-outs writ Sox, but I guess even that is too insidesmall, as Affleck’s herky-jerky hand-held baseball. n camera skips around the action, never quite establishing who is where, or why Grade: Cwe should even care. The greatest missed Director: Ben Affleck opportunity arrives with a climactic battle Starring: Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner royale in the bowels of Fenway Park. Such Running Time: 124 minutes a grandiose location for what ultimately amounts to a couple of guys taking pot-

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The Coen Brothers’ first and arguably best film, Blood Simple, has the inspired simplicity and bemused detachment of a Jim Thompson gutter noir. In other words, it’s natural remake fodder. That said, few would ever imagine the action transported from modern-day Texas to 19thcentury China and played, in part, as broad comedy. But that’s how director Zhang Yimou rolls, firmly on a path away from the pretty but politically scabrous films he once made (Raise the Red Lantern).

The foundation is basically the same: The owner of a noodle shop (Dahong Ni) discovers his wife (Ni Yan) is cheating on him with one of his employees (Xiao Shen-Yang), and hires a ne’er-do-well (Honglei Sun) to kill them. But Sun has his own ideas. The genius gimmick is that no one character knows entirely what’s going on, leading to confusion, mistakes, dead bodies and a very funny punchline.

Yimou adds a couple more characters—including a bucktoothed nincompoop—which only means a higher body count. And he reenvisions the characters, sometimes completely. Sun isn’t M. Emmett Walsh’s slimy scoundrel, but a taciturn badass; Yan is closer to a femme fatale, and more sprightly in her acting than Frances McDormand’s deer-in-the-headlights performance.. Shen-Yang is the exact opposite of John Getz’s laconic cuckolder: a mugging, pratfalling dolt who spends his big setpiece hyperventilating so much he could be animated by Tex Avery.

Such changes aside, Yimou respects the source. He clearly relishes the chance to remake the original’s mostly wordless midsection in his own methodical style, and even finds a way to replicate Simple’s famous bullet-holes-letting-in-shafts-of-light bit without using a pistol. (As per the title, there is only one gun.) Like a lot of recent Yimou films, Noodle Shop is little more than a goofy lark, an excuse to whip out bizarre colors and violently mix tones. It’s got no reason to exist, but it’s enjoyable—mostly because so is Blood Simple. n

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Brief Encounter isn’t just a stonecold classic—it’s a genre-seed. Any film in which two people flirt with adultery only to (mostly) hold back—In the Mood for Love, the recent Cairo Time—is directly derived from David Lean and Noël Coward’s 1945 almost-romance.

Stéphane Brizé’s Mademoiselle Chambon follows firmly in its path. Too firmly.

A working-class stiff (Vincent Lindon) with a loving wife (Aure Atika) falls for his beloved son’s single, middle-aged teacher (Sandrine Kimberlain). Lindon, of course, has no intentions of skipping out on his family; likewise, Kimberlain is no Jezebel, and doesn’t want to rob her student of a dad. As with every film of the Brief Encounter ilk, Chambon traps its two would-be lovers in maddening, ever-polite relations, their roiling passions contained behind sad-eyed stares and hesitant conversation. But that’s the film’s problem: It’s doing nothing that hasn’t been done before, even if it’s doing it very well.

The actors do fine work. Both Kimberlain and Atika scored César nominations, though it’s Lindon, with his puppy-dog eyes and gravelly voice, who really walks off with the film. Utterly confused by his emotions, he buries himself in work, and Brizé dedicates a good chunk of the film to long takes of him at his construction job, methodically layering bricks and knocking out drywall, anything to keep his mind off the present clusterfuck. But even that performance follows a template—it’s a slightly more emotive variation on Heath Ledger’s monumental Brokeback Mountain turn, the man’s man denying his desires and letting his body turn into a husk.

Like its characters, Chambon is locked into a well-established groove from which it barely deviates. And when, finally, it does, it seems like a cheat—a disingenuous, not-buying-that move followed by a punishment the characters hardly deserve.

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Basquiat (1996), made by fellow ’80s Manhattan art-scene scamp Julian Schnabel, employed as many of the genre’s annoying tropes as it discarded. It’s one of the few biopics missing a giddy on-the-rise montage, for one; its M.O. is to never show its subject enjoying his success/riches.

Likewise, Radiant Child is your traditional talking heads-andexposition affair, only with morethan-required depth and dirt.

Director Tamra Davis—of Sonic Youth videos and, whoops, Crossroads—was a friend of Basquiat, and her closeness nets her more information than required, plus a relaxed, candid chit-chat with the painter shot shortly before his 1988 death that she presumably dug out of a closet.

Like Basquiat, Radiant Child is less a rise-and-fall narrative than a window into an easily romanticized era. Our hero was one of the breakout stars of the “Downtown 500,” the hand-to-mouth artists who flocked to New York—and the Village, no less—because it was dirt-cheap (and dirty). Friends, some of them jilted on his road from grafitti artist scouring nightclub floors for cash to international star by 21, speak to his omnipresence in the scene: hitting up CBGB’s, frequenting Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party, forming the band Gray with a young Vincent Gallo. Once he was gone to the likes of Andy Warhol, he became an insecure outsider: popular, but snubbed by the cognoscenti and, because of his race, condescended to by detractors and admirers alike.

This is still the kind of doc that plays “The Message” as it introduces Ed Koch’s grafitti-adorned New York, but it’s also the kind that reserves a chunk of its length to analysis. We not only discover Basquiat was to see Run-DMC the night he died, but also get specifics

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With her help—and a little lube—soon there was a string hanging out of my butt. This has now become a regular feature of our sex life.

And if this is not strange enough, I have now started doing this when I masturbate alone.

I actually went out and got my own box of tampons—Tampax Pearl Plastic Regular are the best (they’re the easiest to insert)—which I keep hidden.

I have a few questions: 1. Why do I get such a euphoric feeling when I pull the tampon out when I’m coming?

2. Am I doing any damage to myself?

3. Just how deviant is this practice?

4. Do you think I could sell the idea to Tampax?

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1. The tampon in your ass swells as it absorbs lube and rectal mucus and whatever else, TAMPAX, and stimulates your prostate as it swells. Yanking the tampon out when you’re coming further stimulates your prostate at the exact moment it’s being zapped by orgasmic contractions—contractions that involve your anal sphincter, which you’re also stimulating as you yank. A butt plug would provide you with the exact same sensations—well, the exact same physical sensations. Part of the tampon-related thrill for you, I suspect, is the gender-transgression aspect of this. You’re not just penetrating yourself, TAMPAX, you’re penetrating yourself with an absorbent feminine talisman. Not all men who enjoy anal penetration are interested in being symbolically feminized—ahem—but clearly you are.

2. My hunch: As long as you’re using lube and not leaving ’em in for days at a time, you should be fine. And a medical expert I consulted backed me up. “This would pose zero risk,” says my medical expert. “Medically, there’s nothing else to say about it.”

3. When it comes to human sexuality, TAMPAX, deviation from imaginary and tyrannical “norms” is the norm.

4. Seeing as condom manufacturers still refuse to market their products for anal sex— or directly to gay men—the odds that Tampax will move aggressively into the straightdudes-with-strings-hanging-out-of-theirbutts market seems pretty slim.

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As for the Mormon Church’s “Clean & Safe Media Pledge,” LDT, that seems to work about as well as those purity pledges taken by countless unwed teen moms. Utah has the highest per capita online-porn consumption rates in the country.

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recently had a delightful evening out on the town with a friend of mine. Things got a little out of hand and both of us drank a small amount of a female bartender’s urine.

I would say it was about one ounce each. We were pretty drunk, and I’m not quite sure what led up to it. I think I was trying to prove something. I think we were trying to show how “badass” we were. It sounds really goddamn stupid when I type it out. The urine was clear and it had little taste, but now I am concerned about the health risks. What sort of diseases could I contract? I just really don’t want to get hepatitis or something.

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You can scratch “drink a random bartender’s piss” off your bucket list, WASP, but everyone else out there reading has to add it to theirs.

Drinking urine presents no risk of HIV infection and low to no risk for just about everything save cooties. Hepatitis is bloodborne, and if there wasn’t any blood in your bartender’s urine—and if you didn’t have any cuts or open sores in your mouth—then you probably don’t have anything to worry about.

But you know what? You’re going to worry regardless, WASP, until you know for sure that you didn’t catch anything. So go see a doctor and get your bad ass tested.

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I urged him to patronize vegan restaurants where he lives—much to the consternation of the vegans. (Apparently, vegans are prejudiced against BDSMers and don’t want to dine with them—who knew?) But readers suggested that SSF try Nutraloaf, “a food served in United States prisons to inmates who have demonstrated significant behavioral issues,” according to its Wiki page. And my readers had lots of suggestions for the man who wanted to find straight porn for his iPhone: mobileboner.com, pornhub.com, tube8.com, thehun.com, americansfortruth. com, and spankwire.com.

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In Re The Matter Of: BABY GIRL LANICH Case No. 10AD17G

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BROAD & PINE: New renovation. Great apt w/Cool deck. $975+. PMG 215-545-7007 x302 BROAD & WASHINGTON AVE. Off Street Parking, Total Rehab., C/A, H/D Flrs, Granite counters. Roof Deck. 215-467-8612 HUNTINGDON PARK: Spacious 1BR, 1st fl, full bsmt. bkyd. $535/mo+ Sec. 215-715-0878 Nate Manayunk/Roxborough: ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED! LARGE 1BDRM, Patio/Balc, Central Air, Prkg, Laundry, Oversized Closets, Modern Kitchen w/DW/GD, Pool, Gym Membership, Cats Welcome, Shuttle to Main St. From $1035/Mo. 215-482-4246. lic# 215101 Manayunk/Roxborough: Spacious 1Bdrm, Washer/Dryer in Apt, Private Entrance, Balcony, Gym & Pool Membership, Onsite FREE Parking, Walk to Bus, Cats Welcome. $945/Mo. 888-633-9365. Lic # 223386 RITTENHOUSE SQ Very nice 1BR condo in the DORCHESTER. All utils incl except internet.

Rooftop pool, Fitness Ctr. $1500. Avail 10/01.

Contact 267-234-1833 RITTENHOUSE SQ. AREA (2013 WALNUT) One bedroom duplex in Old World Charm Brownstone. High ceilings, Carpeted, C/A, Gas heat. W/D, D/W. Small pet friendly. $995/mo+.

Avail Sept. 215-627-4414 SOCIETY HILL: Cozy FURNISHED apt for 1 quiet person. AC. Flex lease for your needs.

No Pets/Non smoker. $795+. 215-922-6163 Spring Garden & 20th. Fab studios and one bedrooms, H/W, laundry. $595-$795.

Call WPRG 215-636-0100 or 215-5469247

ART MUSEUM AREA- 1 blk from museum & E.River Dr. Unique bi-level 2BR, 2BA, exposed brick walls, Skylites, AC, WD, GD. $1300+. Avail now. 610-896-1618 AVE OF ARTS (BROAD & FEDERAL) VERY LARGE, SUNNY 2BDRM+ DEN, NEW HRDWD, NEW LRGE KITCHEN, TILE BA, WD Avail NOW! $1150 INCLDS/UTLS. (215)551-9599 CITY LINE AVE 2BR apt, Garage parking, WD, Storage. Avail Immed. $830/mo+. 267679-6248 FREE MONTH! OLD CITY, 2BDRMS, 2BA. 2PATIOS, FRPL, STAINLESS APPLS., HRWD/ fl, CA, DW, GD, BUILT-IN MICRO, WD Avail NOW. $1900. S&S Properties. 267-402-8017 GRAD. HOSPITAL AREA: 22nd & Pemberton- Cute 2BR town house w/yard on lovely tree lined street. W/W carpeting, WD. $1250+ utils. BCH 215-545-1144

18TH & SNYDER, 2 BDRM house, new carpet, fresh paint, very clean. Wash&Dryer. $750/ mnth+. Call Eric 215-399-8962 37xx HAMILTON 6BR, 2.5BA, $2550/ mo+. http://ibrewster.com/main.php?g2_ itemId=12707 scottLshuster@gmail.com 267-808-7268.

2BDRS-4TH & WOLF 3BDRS-16th & Porter/ & 22nd & Passyunk, 5BDRS-10th & Reed. Available Immediately. Call 215-467-8612 ITALIAN MARKET, 6TH WHARTON: NEW 3BDRM, OFFICE, 2.5BA, DECK, GARAGE, CA, WD. $1695+ 215-629-0585 JEFFERSON UNIV VIC Spacious 3BR house, w/1.5BA, FP, CA, Deck/Yard, WD. $1895+. Call 215-985-0600 PASSYUNK SQ Renov 2BR, 1BA, HW flrs, WD, SS appls/Granite c-tops, C/A/H. Fin bsmt. $1400/mo. 215-485-2015 SOCIETY HILL GEM, 3BDRMS, 2.5BA, BRIGHT, CONTEMPORARY Modern kit., hrdwd, patio, gated parking. $2550. (610)9099876 WHITMAN AREA 21XX S. Front St., 3 Bedrooms, yard. $850 + utilities. 215-551-9956

two bedroom 10th/PINE, WASHINGTON SQUARE: MODERN RENOVATED 2/bd/2ba apt. High ceilings, dining area, large living room, original tin ceilings, hardwood flrs, working fireplace, d/w, g/d, w/d. Central heat/ air. Large bdrms. Great closets. $1895mo Herman RE. 215-514-3524 alysherman@ aol.com 15XX SO. BROAD ST-2BEDRMS.,TILE BATH, LARGE, MODERN. $1,000/mo.+. Call 610304-0087.

21ST & PINE Fab apt, HWF, HCeils, Incl heat.

MORE. $1995+. PMG 215-545-7007 x302 22ND & PARRISH Fab apt w/2BA, Den, HW flrs, Deck. $1650+. PMG 215-545-7007 x303 326 South 19th Street: RITTENHOUSE SQUARE!! OLD WORLD CHARM BUILDING. Two bedroom-1 bath apartments $2,200.00 per month. Available for NOVEMBER move in. Must see to appreciate. Hardwood floors, High ceilings, Plentiful closet space, Cat friendly, Small dogs welcome too. Call to schedule an appointment 215-735-5757 OR E-mail: DelanceyPlace@aol.com 42XX SPRUCE, UNIVERSITY CITY. SEPTA, SHOPPING. LAUNDRY $725 Avl NOW. (215)651-6242 500 Admirals Way #103 $2200/mo 2BD/2BA unit, s/s appliances, lots of light CALL JIM ONESTI PRU FOX & ROACH 215-6276005/215-440-2052 735 North Terrace B $1100/mo Lovely 2BD/1BA, landscaped courtyard setting. CALL MIKE MCCANN PRU FOX & ROACH 215-6276005/215-440-8345 8TH & CATHERINE-2ND FL.,DECK, C/A,STORAGE/BASEMENT. AVAIL. 9/1. NO PETS. 215-915-5347.

8TH LOCUST, 2BDRMS PLUS GIGANTIC LOFT (POSSIBLE 3BDRMS), 1.5BATHS, PENTHOUSE w/PRIVATE ELEVATOR. ALL MODERN AMENITIES. AC, HRDWD/FLS WD, ETC. USEABLE common outside area, (2) STORAGE AREAS. Pet Friendly w/restrictions. PARKING available. BEST OF THE BEST! $1995. Tanya 215-922-6088 or email tanya@ ans_hrv.com 9TH SPRING GARDEN BEAUTIFUL (2)2BEDR.,TILE BATH,HDWD FLRS., ALL APPLIANCES, A/C, SECURITY SYSTEM. $1100/MO+. 610-304-0087 ART AREA 2BR 2BA, 2FP’s, HWflrs, Pvt entrance, Lg Deck, Jacz tub, WD. Great Neighbourhood. $1495+. 215-353-6636 ART MUSEUM Large 2BR, 1BA, LR/DR, HWflrs, WD, AC, Deck. $1250+. Avail now. 215-803-3602

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ITALIAN MKT: 10th/Federal 2BR, CA, 1BA, WD. $1350+. 215-922-3910.

mcolaizzo@comcast.net MANAYUNK/ROXBOROUGH: Lrg 2bdrm, Renovated Kitch/Bathrm, Patio/Balc Laundry, Gym, Pool, Tennis/ Basketball Crts, Free Shuttle to Main Street Manayunk, Pets Welcome.

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EXECUTIVE SHORT TERM FURNISHED SUITES AVAILABLE. lic# 218436 MANAYUNK/ROXBOROUGH: Charming 2Bdrm, Bright, Oversize Closets, All New Carpets Throughout, Intercom Entry, Onsite Prkg, AC, Updated Kitchen/Bathrm. Heat/ Water/Gas Incl. 1st month free on select apts!

From $1020/Mo. 215-482-9032. lic# 218586 RITTENHOUSE SQUARE!! 326 South 19th Street OLD WORLD CHARM BUILDING, Fresh on the market. Two bedroom-1 bath apartment $2,500.00 per month. Completely renovated, Available for OCTOBER move in.

Must see to appreciate. Hardwood floors, High ceilings, Plentiful closet space, Cat friendly, Small dogs welcome too. Call to schedule an appointment 215-735-5757 OR E-mail: DelanceyPlace@aol.com

three + bedrooms 1106 Fitzwater$2800/mo 3BD/3.5BA, granite and stainless kitchen, patio, deck, garage. CALL MARGO WEIL PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-2079 11XX WALNUT, VERY LARGE 3BDRMS, appx, 2000sqft. NEW STOVE, NEW FRIGE. NEAR BUS, SHOPPING. W/D hkup $1600+.

(215)651-6242 15th & Spruce/AVENUE OF THE ARTS: PENTHOUSE Avail! One of a kind spacious bi-level penthouse in historic Art Deco HighRise, 3bdrms/ 3 Full Baths/ 2 half baths, 4 Lrg Terraces w/Amazing City Views, Entertainment Rm w/ Wet Bar, New Kitch w/ Granite Countertops, W/D, CA, Vaulted Ceilings, HW Flrs. $3999/Mo. 215-735-8030. Lic #219789.

239 Montrose $1450/mo 3BD/1BA, pine floors, fireplace, d/w, g/d, w/d c/a, patio. CALL MIKE MCCANN PRU FOX & ROACH 215-6276005/215-440-8345 PINE/10TH: 4BDRMS, 1.5BA, WOOD FLOORS $2290+ Pine R.E, 1503 Pine. 215-7358896, website: www.pinere.com

QUEEN VILLAGE: 3BR, 2BA w/CA. $1650+. Call for details: 215-

922-3910. mcolaizzo@comcast.net Rittenhouse Square: Enormous 3bdrm w/ 2 Full Baths in Beautiful Historic Brownstone, Full Size Washer/Dryer in Apt, HW Flrs, 2 Decorative Fireplaces, Hi Ceilings, Newly Remodeled Kitchen w/ Granite Countertop, Separate Dining Rm, Living Rm, & Family Rm, A/C, Spacious Rooms, Terrific Location! $2799/Mo. 215-735-8030. #216850

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room for rent 124 LOMBARD, HEAD HOUSE SQUARE, SOCIETY HILL. “TOKIO B&B” STUDIOS. ($55$100) DAILY rates. ($300-$500) WEEKLY rates. We also have MONTHLY rates AVAIL. Website http://sushi.madamesaito.com Call MADAME SAITO 215-922-2515 13TH & SPRUCE- Parker Hotel CC. Fully Furn’d Rms, no sec. deposit. Utils & housekeeping incld. WK: $145-$183; Day: $40-$56.

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artists studio space THE PAPERMILL- Community of Artist.

2825 Ormes St. Affordable Artist Studios staring at $100 for 130 sf. Four large floors of open or private studio space for Painters, Sculptors, Dance, Theatre, or Creative companies. A community of artist practicing their talents in custom sized studio workspaces. Short term, inexpensive rental of theatre and gallery spaces. Join our group on Facebaook for updates on our events and gallery spaces. Contact Wulfhart Management Group: Karyn 215-687-8391 or karyn@ wulfhartmanagementgroup.com

office space 1007 OREGON AVENUE SECOND FLOOR OFFICE,PRIVATE ENTRANCE,PRIVATE DECK,FULL BATH, UTILITIES INCLUDED,AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, EXCELLENT CONDITION 215-755-1899 12TH & SPRUCE 1st floor Office available w/300SF. Pvt bath. $800+ Elec. Call 215985-0600 OLD CITY, FRONT & MARKET: 600sq.ft., BI-LEVEL, CA $850+Utls. Renzi Management.

800-514-3235 www.renziproperties.com

commercial space 9TH & SPRING GARDEN-1200SQ.FT., BATHROOM, CARPETING, C/A/H. VERY CLEAN. GREAT LOCATION! $1500/mo.

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13th & Spruce - Adorbable Studio apt, Elevator bldg, Close to everything � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $650+ 22nd & Spruce - Very Cool Studio apt in Charming building, Includes heat� � � � � � � � � � �$765+ 19th & Callowhill - Large 1BR apt, CA, DW, WD, Close to Wholefoods� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � $975+ 21st & Spring Garden - Old World Charm, Great 1BR incl Heat� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �$975+

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house for rent 11TH & CHRISTIAN-GREAT LOCATION! 4BEDRMS., 2FULL BATHS, C/A, HDWD/ FLRS.,DECK, BACKYARD, WASHER/DRYER. Must See! $2600/mo.+. 610-304-0087.

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307 Catharine Street, $529,900 Beautiful 3-Bdrm / 2-Bth TNHS, features hardwood floors thru-out, sunny in-home office, abundant closets and spectacular spa bath, private patio garden, and off-street parking included!

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1901 Walnut Street #14BE-Architecturally designed in the NY gallery Style, 3br=study, 4.5b $2,250,000 620 Christian Street #1C&D-Double wide 2B/2b loft, fab light, fpl, C/A, fab shared grdn,1 car pkg 1820 Rittenhouse Square #402-Elegant 3Br/3.5ba condo with unparralleled treetop views of the Square $1,950,000 237 S 18th Street #9F&9G-Gracious living at the Barclay 2BR/3BA w/ gallery foyer. Exquisite $1,825,000 600 “A” N. American-Unique townhms,indoor grg prking,open flr plan,hi-ceil t/o. $599,000 815 S 7th ##2-Living rm w/hrwd flrs,wd burning fp,DR,updated kit,2 bdrms,2 bths,rf deck.

1531 Pine Street #D-4BR/3.5B bilevel condo with large private deck in the Ritt Hs Sq area $1,299,000 800 N Hancock Street-4 bd/2.5 ba,large rooms,hrwd flrs,deck,prkng,tx abat. $499,900 714-22 Bainbridge ##2-Great unit runs front to back w/lrg deck,2 bd/2 ba + garage parking.

1830 Rittenhouse Square #7A-Fab contemp apart, vuws of Park 2bds, + sit room/den. Gorge kit. 3 bths $1,250,000 129 Cuthbert ##2-Renov 1 bd/1 ba loft,many orig details,Juliet balcony,factory size wndws. $377,000 771-75 S 2nd, #Unit H-Spacious 2 bd /2 bths,powder rm,cook’s kit,LR w/fp,gated prkng 50 S 16th Street #4106-Twilight Open 6/10 5:30-7p, 2Bed/2.5Ba w/ Superb NE Views $1,150,000 36 Strawberry Street #35-900 Sq Ft flat,Blk granite kit, huge storage, stylish $284,500 714-22 Bainbridge ##7-Terrific light & space,2 bd/2 bth,hrwd flrs t/o,garage prkng included.

440 S Broad Street #1505-Symphony House 2B/den/2b + 1 CAR PKG. 150K++ less than dev unit! $898,000 608 Kimball Street-3-Story home,huge LR w/in-laid HW floors,newer EIK overlooking grdn.

275 S 19th Street-2100 square feet surrounded by windows Elevators open into your residence $875,000 1030 South Street-3 bd/2 ba w/prkng,hi ceilings,fireplace,& roof deck.

1500 Chestnut St #10H-Great Buy! Luxury 2BR/2ba, granite kitchen, marble baths, doorman $369,000 904 S Alder Street-2BR/2bth home. SS&GranKtch. Patio. Exc. Light. Awesome locat 111 S 15th ##1810-1 bd/1 ba,open floor plan w/modern bth & kit w/granite/SS applns,W/D $324,000 918 E Moyamensing Avenue-Nice 2-story 3 bd/1 1/4 ba,finished bsmt,lrg yd,needs updating. $669,000 326 Queen Street #A-Perfect 1 BR condo in Q.V., boutique bldng, charm, mint condition 1500 Chestnut Street #3H-1BR/2BA, 1,010 SQFT, Gourmet Kitchen, Marble Baths, Doorman $249,000 2101 Catharine St-Gorgeous, light filled corner townhouse with GARAGE Parking, 1801 Montrose Street #B-Amazing TH in gated ctyd w/1 car garage. 3 bds/ 2full, 2half baths $599,500 507 Governors Court-Beautiful 3 bd/2.5 ba,den,family rm,hrwd flrs,2 decks + garage. $529,900 207 S 24th Street #2F-Loft-like light filled 2BD, 1ba condo. Roof deck & garage parking $429,999 703 S 17th Street-Newly renovated 3BD 2.5ba TH. Engaging home w/ many amenities $385,000 1822 Catharine Street-Investor Special 4 BD, 1.5 BA, Solid Structure, Rehab Opportunity $250,000 2450 Montrose Street-3 bedroom starter home with pine floors and original details. $199,900 1350 Crease Street-4bd 4.5ba garage, garden, 3,200 sq. ft. 8 yrs remaining on tax abatement 1437 S 4th Street-Unique 4 bd/2.5 ba,all new systems,hrwd flrs,brick patio,deck,juliet blcny.

4200 Pine Street #105-3BR/3bth+office. 3yr-old condo. 2-car PRKG. Tax Abte. Catchment $790,000 1234 S 8th St-Grand & gorgeous, 4BR/2ba with chefs kitchen, separate dining rm, 1420 S Juniper-3 bd/1.5 ba,beautiful cherry hw flrs t/o,granite & SS kit,updated bth.

1251 E Susquehanna Avenue-Total renovation 3 bedroom,2 1/2 baths,3rd floor deck 1936-38 Delancey Place-Double wide carriage house, elev, 2-3 car grge, 2br suites + guest suite $1,725,000 Independence Court-Only 1 left! -3Br, deck, grge, gran kit, ss appli. 10yr tax abatement $649,000 1504 S. Iseminger-Passyunk Square 3 bd/1 ba,orig plank wd flrs & molding,upgraded kit.

2125 Pine Street-1870 Mansion extensively renovated in 2010. 5br/4b and garden $1,595,000 100 Leverington Av ##46-2 bedroom,2 bath Watermill condo with canal view.

2040 Waverly Street-4 bd/2.5 ba,new facade,mechanicals,roof,terrace,C/A + 4 car grg. $1,050,000 1745 Annin-Gorgeous 3-yr old 2 bd/2.5ba,hwf t/o,C/A,granite/SS kit,fin bsmt,deck 202-10 W Rittenhouse Square #1107-Renov 1 bd,403 sq.ft,refin flrs,fresh paint,new kit,csmt flr plan. $995,000 413 Shawmont Ave, #Unit A-Bi-level condo w/2 bd/2 ba at Green Tree Summit.

314 S 16th Street-Charming 4 bd/2 ba twnhse,contemp kit,multiple fp,patio,fam rm,deck. $775,000 1125 N 65th Street-very nicely maintained 3BR 1.5ba home with garage 210 W Rittenhouse Sq ##1402-New upscale,furnished luxury condo,1050 sq.ft,1 bd/1.5 bath. $699,000 $499,900 418 Tree Street-Newly updated 2 bdrm,new hrdwd flrs,new carpet in bedroom,new electric 420 S 21st Street-3-Story residence w/full flr mstr suite + 2nd flr 2 bdrms + full ba. $519,900 1234 Rodman-Stunning 3 bd/2 ba,newly renovated kit & bths,mstr suite,hrwd flrs t/o. $459,900 419 W Penn Street-Well Maintained 3 Bed, 1.5 Bath, Porch, Hdwd Flrs, Hi Ceilings 1826 Addison Street-Renov 2 bd townhome w/cook’s kit,finished lower level,south facing grdn. $474,900 1225 Panama Street-Impeccably restored 2 bd/1.5 ba,cstm kitchen,SS appln,garden. $349,900 1316 N 56th Street-4 BR 2 ba twin, great hardwood flrs, large kit 1830-32 Manning ##1-Adorable crtyrd house steps from Rittenhouse Sq,rf dk,wd flr,exp brk. $399,000 1001-13 Chestnut Street #605W-Large 1 bd/1 ba unit w/15” ceilings,open kit,island,W/D. $249,000 4234 N 15th Street-renovated beautiful 3 BR home 111 S 15th ##1805-The Grande-spectacular 1 bd corner condo,excellent condition,move-in ready. $319,000 1305 Spruce Street #2B-Washington Sq. West 1 Bed/1 Bath Condo. Tax abatement

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309-313 Arch St. #606 1br/1ba loft condo includes SS appliances and Silestone counters 125 Cuthbert St. #A & #B Two 2br condos in historic carriage house on quaint street, freshly painted façade 201-59 N. 8th St. #212 1br/1ba, Lrge rooms, Dark hardwood floors, Modern kitchen, Broad windows 320 Race St. #2 Urban Modern meets Old City Character. 2br/2ba; exposed brick & beams 201-59 N. 8th St. #213 Luxury Living in an Elegant 1br/1ba in the Metroclub. Designer touches, pkg 317 Vine St. #503 Bi-level Penthouse in Old City for Great Price! 2br/1.5ba, Terrace, huge windows 104-106 Arch St. #2 Wonderful Historic Building! Best Value for Square Footage in WHOLE CITY!!

237 N. Bread St. #5 Gorgeous bi-level 3br/3ba w/awesome views from 2-tier roof deck

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SOCIETY HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 1109 Spruce St. Units 2R, 3R Your choice of two lovely 1br units. 2R is totally renovated, 3R has orig kitchen OPEN HOUSE Fr $189,000 927 Spruce St. #2RP Deluxe open style 1br/1ba w/PARKING. Renovated kit & bath, wood flrs, low taxes $229,000 1012 Spruce St. #1M Beautiful Tri-Level Condo in Strickland Row Community!

OPEN HOUSE $285,000 1109 Spruce St. #1R Deluxe bi-level 2br/2ba totally renovated unit. Deluxe Granite & SS Kit OPEN HOUSE $299,000 $334,900 241 S. 6th St. #910 Reduced! Impeccably renovated, lrg 1br/1ba condo. New custom KIT, bath, flrs 1110 Waverly St. 3br/2.5ba, 1526 sqft corner home, quiet cherry tree lined st. Move in ready. Garden $599,000 1206B Panama St. 3br/1.5ba with garage. Beautiful home with fireplace, roofdeck, and rear patio $625,000 506 Pine St. Gracious Townhouse with one car parkin in the heart of Society Hill!

OPEN HOUSE $679,000 th $899,000 250 S. 13 St. #14B 3br/2ba Penthouse Apartment with Large Terrace

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2037 McClellan St. Grt Investment or new home at Incredible Price! 2br, hwflrs, entirely rehabbed! $55,000 2113 S. Opal St. 3br/1ba, lrg rooms, EIK, backyard. Grt affordable home in South Philadelphia $66,000 1624 French St. Great Value for Beautiful Rehabbed home in Temple U Area! Tree-lined street $135,000 2316 S. Franklin St. 3br/1ba, HWflrs t/o. Recessed lighting, spacious living room, renovated KIT $140,000 $155,000 2439 S. 9th St. 3br/1ba. Home has large EIK, 1st flr laundry, large closets, Great location nd OPEN HOUSE $229,000 1515 S. 2 St. Great Potential-3story w/huge yard/neat & clean t/o—just needs tlc. New Roof ’07 1100 S. Broad St. #503 1br/1ba, pristine condition. Fully upgraded, amazing views of Center City $225,000 525 Fitzwater St. Abbott’s Ct. #9 Abbott’s Ct. Gated Community, 2br/21.5 ba, low taxes, no condo fees OPEN HOUSE Fr $239,000 th OPEN HOUSE $245,000 1306 S. 8 St. 5br/2ba Great area, great price!

1214 S. Alder St. Total Rehab 3 yrs/ Great Location/ Roof Deck/ Many Upgrades $284,900 1117 Linn St. 3br/1.5ba home in East Passyunk Ave. Great location on tree-lined street $289,000 $315,000 931 S. 11th St. Excellent opportunity to own a 2b+2den/1.5ba lrg home in Bella Vista 200 Lombard St. #744 Very nice 1br/1.5ba condo. H/W, great views fr balclony, greatt bathrooms $327,900 2500 S. Cleveland St. Girard Estate Twin, 4br/2ba corner twin, newly updated, painted, move-in condition OPEN HOUSE $329,900 145 Moore St. Reduced! 3br/2.5ba, 1500 sqft, Hwflrs, granite, c/a, lrg yard, 3rd flr master suite w/deck OPEN HOUSE REDUCED $325,000 1742 Webster St. Lrg 2br/1.5ba home on quiet block in Graduate Hospital OPEN HOUSE Just REDUCED $325,000 746 S. Martin St. Lovely 2br home on quiet, tree-lined street, just 5 blocks from Rittenhouse area! $355,000 1922 Kimball St. Gorgeous, spacious, New Construction, 3br/3ba, choose your finishes, Master Ste, 2-car garage OPEN HOUSE $450,000 104 Captains Way 3br/2.5ba, 2-car parking, lrg deck, spacious LR & BR, custom lighting $509,000 2011 Catharine St. New Listing! 2-car pkg., Totally rehabbed 3br/3.5ba, deluxe kit w/granite & SS OPEN HOUSE $599,000

UNIVERSITY CITY / WEST PHILADELPHIA 5616 Berks St. 3br/2ba. Great 2-story home with large front yard, deck, 1 car garage w/extra parking $138,000 1126 S. 48th St. 6br/2ba Victorian w/orig details 3 blocks fr Clark Park. Needs some elbow grease $200,000 252 S. Saint Bernard St. 3br/1ba recently rehabbed home w/garage, hwflrs, orig detail t/o, lovely st $249,999 4905 Cedar Ave. Unique green renovation! 5br/3ba Victorian w/original details & salvaged materials OPEN HOUSE $419,000 519 S. 46th St. Pristine 6br/2.5ba Tudor-style, in Catchment area w/GARAGE. Fabulous must-see $599,000 4616 Hazel Ave. Century-old home 6br/3.5ba in the catchment area with custom restoration in 2006 $649,000

NEW CONSTRUCTION (10 YEAR TAX ABATEMENT) 309-313 Arch St. Loft condos in the heart of Old City w/vintage HWflrs, high ceilings & more $259,900 767 S. Cleveland St. Brand New! Pre-Construction! 3br/2ba, 2-Story Townhouse, Ready 12/10 $325,000 709 S. Mole St. New Construction ; 3br/2.5ba; Fin Bsmt; HW flrs; Granite Counters: SS Appls $339,900 209 Cuthbert St. Newly renovated loft building in the heart of Old City! Modern kitchens & baths-must see!

Fr $344,750 2028 Kimball St. Gorgeous new construction, 3br/3ba, HWflrs, New appls & HVAC, Fin Bsmt $350,000 1935 Kimball St. Brand New! Beatiful 4br/3ba, Townhouse w/tons of details, roof deck, & fin bsmt $389,900 1228-1232 Arch St. Loft District Arch Street Exchange: 35 lofts w/maple flrs, 13’ ceil., s/s apps, granite tops, glass/metal backsplashes, slate baths, immediate delivery, 1yr paid prkng From $399,900 761 or 763 S. Chadwick St. 3-Story, 3br/3ba, garage, finished bsmt, roof deck & deck off kitchen $525,000 759 S. Chadwick St. 3-Story, 3br/3ba, garage, finished bsmt, roof deck & deck off kitchen $549,000 757 S. Chadwick St. 3-Story, 3br/3ba, garage, finished bsmt, roof deck & deck off kitchen $559,000 755 S. Chadwick St. 3-Story, 3br/3ba, garage, finished bsmt, roof deck & deck off kitchen $569,000 629-31 S. 13th St. #A Choose your finishes, 3br/3ba, fin bsmt, 660 sqft, Roof Deck! $599,000

COMMERCIAL/INVESTMENT 2141 Alden St. Improved Duplex 1+1. Separate Utilities 2623-25 Cecil B. Moore Ave. Great development opp. For Temple U. area. 4,678 sqft. Shell 2548 S. 9th St. 1st flr features orig HWflrs, 2nd flr tile, recessed lighting, full kit 9503 Clark St. Duplex. 2-2br/1ba units. Carpet & tile. Sep utils. New C/A & heater. Newer windows 828 W. Ritner St. Storefront with 2 renovated apartments and finished basement 1716 Monument St. Nicely renovated triplex. One block from Temple Campus 1536 W. Erie Ave. Large lot blocks from Temple Med Sch. Plans, Permits & Zoned for 12 apts

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SURROUNDING AREAS Academy Gardens-3271 Holme Ave. Must see! 1-car Garage; Updated EIK; Shed & Storage OPEN HOUSE $139,900 Krewstown-8922 Krewstown Ave. #209 Renovated 3br/2ba. Very bright! Balcony overlooking pool $140,000 Roxborough-206 Overlook Rd. Immaculate cul-de-sac 2br/1.5ba. Newer Kit, new paint, parquet flrs OPEN HOUSE $199,000 East Falls-3688 Stanton St. 4br/1ba, 3-story home in East Falls. Wall to wall carpets, lrg Kit, lrg yard $230,000 East Falls-3424 Crawford St. Charming 2br/1ba w/lrg yard, HWflrs, Mod Kit w/SS appls, near SEPTA $230,000

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JUST SOLD 520 S 4th $429,900 $379,900 SOUTH 2201 Chestnut #701 $549,900 Former store with a large bi-level apartment above, PHILLY 2312 Ellsworth $199,900 BELLA VISTA 1227 Street $209,900 Large, very beautiful His- rear yard, landscaped great rooftop deck potential! Beautiful 2BD/2BA, hardwood floors, brand Mercy new 610and Greenwich Street $34,900 915-25 Bainbridge #302 $299,900 bathrooms, high ceilings, granite and stainless kitchen, Nicely renovated, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, patio Charming 3 bedroom, 1 bath stainless home appliances, with finished toric Girard Estates338 twin Bright 1BD/1.5BA, lots of cabinets, Vacant lot measuring$514,900 14 X 48.

Great developS 3rd lots of sunlight! highair, ceilings, LR.rear yard! basement, central andopen nice Handsome 2BD/2BA w/ den, sundeck, wood floors, a with 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, front home, bamboo flooring, new windows, high opportunity! master suitement and 1 year prepaid parking!

1515 Locust #500 $995,000 1031 S Randolph finished basement,lovely 2-zoned $334,900 ceilings, central air 2628custom S 10th $209,900 Great corner 3BD/3BA, hardwood floors, Nicely renovated 3BD/2BA, sundeck, yard, hardwood 1324 S. Cleveland $699,900 kitchen, 10ft ceilings, $39,900 Locust #17F&G c/a, sunroom, new200 Anderdeck, 1 year prepaid parking.

Lovely 3BR, 1.5BA, foyer,granite spac.

W/ cust floors,mrbl nice kitchen, counters, easy parking, 833 Mountain Street Rarely available 2BD/2BA double corner unit with $289,900 2 story, shell, great opportunity for custom renoson and Pella windows, great value. amazing light, floor to ceiling windows, updated kitchen, 1805 Pine crpt & wndw treat t/o, mod kitch. $2,900,000 Great 3 bedroom, 1 bath home with hardwood of closets! vation! original woodwork,tons plus True grandeur, 5BD/5.2BA, library, den, wet bar, 10 731 S 11th 2848 S. CamacNice Street $219,900 $469,900 fireplaces, elaborate details, 2 car garage! floors, and many original details on lovely block!

3BD/3BA, hardwood floors, fireplace, deck, galley front porch and lawn!

241-43 Chestnut 1541 E $749,900 Dickinson Street $39,900 w/ breakfast bar, Nice duplex withkitchen a 2 bedroom andgarage.

1 bedroom Stunning 2BD/2.5BA, an abundance of natural light, NORTHERN LIBERTIES/ FISHTOWN Vacant lot measuring 14 X 72.

Great develop208 Moore Street $189,900 private elevator, Juliet balcony, large cathedral windows, units. Good income 2618 E Indiana $145,000 515 S potential!

10th A $559,900 walk-in California closet master bedroom!

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Nice 3BD/1BA, refinished hardwood floors, semi1 bathVista home with renovatThis is a wonderful 3BD/2BA home with den, deck, Very nice 2 bedroom, Bella 810 Watkins Street $259,900 finished basement, very light and airy! $639,900 deeded parking and a common courtyard and garden 504 Delancey $950,000 $379,900 ed living/dining room, all new kitchen with stain1212 Durfor Street $149,900 kitchen.

Charming homeareas, withcustom 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, new Restored, Federal period 3BD/2.5BA, den, Completely renovated 3-4BD/2.5BA home with Handsome 3BD/2.5BA family room/office, 2620 E Dauphin $159,900 refinished pine floors, three wood 1 burning fireplaces,w/w crpt, less steel appliances, hardwood deck, large yard, pine floors.. absolutely Nice 3 BR, BA, AS-IS, A/C, EIK, picture cherry floors, lovely kitchen with stainless steel rear yard, newer kitchen andfloors, baths,new 6 years For more information + images of Mike’s Updated 3BD/1BA with lots of light, deck, modern new kitchen and baths and one year prepaid parking elegant! premier c/a. locale. on desirable block! appliances, and nice rearlistings, yard! visit www.prufoxroach.com Berber Carpet and leftcentral on tax air abatement! window, full tiled BA, yard, gaskitchen, stv, great for 2 cars.

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SOCIETY HILL 241 S 6th St #1805 $724,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

GIRARD ESTATE 2500 S. Cleveland St $315,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred

RITTENHOUSE SQ 2323 Lombard St $549,900 Elfant Wissahickon

U CITY 4202 Pine St $975,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

MT AIRY (WEST) 630 W Upsal St $559,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

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QUEEN VILLAGE 245 Monroe St $709,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

GRAD HOSPITAL 1742 Webster St $325,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred

332 Gerritt St SUMMIT REAL ESTATE

SOCIETY HILL 504 Delancey St $950,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

QUEEN VILLAGE 132 Kenilworth St $529,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

PORT RICHMOND Almond & Indiana Sts $249,900 Mastromarco Developers

ART MUSEUM 905 Corinthian St $599,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

WASH SQ WEST 1109 Spruce St. #1R $299,900 Coldwell Banker Preferred

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BELLA VISTA 934 S 10th St $474,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

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ART MUSEUM 756-58 N Bucknell St $579,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

SOCIETY HILL 231 Delancy St $899,000 Plumer & Associates

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FITLER SQ 2419 Pine St $549,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

RITTENHOUSE SQ 2120 Pine St $899,000 Plumer & Associates

AVE OF THE ARTS 1420 Locust St $375,000 Allan Domb

SOCIETY HILL 306 S Front St $999,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

WASH SQ WEST 515 S 10th St #Unit A $559,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

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COLLINGSWOOD, NJ 600 Atlantic Ave The LumberYard Condos From $210,500 Main Street Realty Sunday 9/19: 11:00-1:00PM RITTENHOUSE SQ 1919 Chestnut St From $140,000 Prudential Fox & Roach ART MUSEUM 838 Newkirk St.#E1 $325,000 Prudential Fox & Roach 12:00-1:00PM SOCIETY HILL 300 Walnut St $1,800,000 Prudential Fox & Roach RITTENHOUSE SQ 2125 Pine St $1,595,000 Prudential Fox & Roach SOCIETY HILL 630 Pine St $1,395,000 Prudential Fox & Roach RITTENHOUSE SQ 2042 Waverly St $1,325,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

RITTENHOUSE SQ 210 W Rittenhouse Sq #1005 $945,000 Prudential Fox & Roach RITTENHOUSE SQ 1924 Rittenhouse Sq $899,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

QUEEN VILLAGE 213 Headhouse Ct $579,000 Prudential Fox & Roach ART MUSEUM 1900 Hamilton St #304 $565,000 Prudential Fox & Roach BELLA VISTA 615 Kater St $549,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

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ART MUSEUM 2401 Pennsylvania Ave #4A4 $535,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

QUEEN VILLAGE 525 Fitzwater St. #9 $239,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred

RITTENHOUSE SQ 111 S 15th St #P204 $484,000 Prudential Fox & Roach FISHTOWN 1350 Crease St $468,500 Prudential Fox & Roach BELLA VISTA 815 S 7th St #2 $459,900 Prudential Fox & Roach WASH SQ WEST 1119-25 Pine St #103 $459,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

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BELLA VISTA 625 Kenilworth St $539,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

U CITY 4611 Osage Ave $497,500 Prudential Fox & Roach

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RITTENHOUSE SQ 1901 Walnut St #12B $819,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

SOCIETY HILL 506 Pine St. $679,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred

FISHTOWN 2657 E. Norris St $232,500 Coldwell Banker Preferred

RITTENHOUSE SQ 1636 Rodman St $779,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

GRAD HOSPITAL 2011 Catharine St $599,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred

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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

The philadelphian

Duplex penthouse, 3BR, 2.5BA, balc. w/panoramic city and Fairmount views, high ceilings, bright & sunny throughout

4,207

$725,000

$186,019 $441,365

$10,299

$1,864

$8,434

The philadelphian

4,049 sf of completely customizable space that can be designed to the buyer’s desire

4,049

$599,900

$153,493 $243,586

$5,684

$646

$5,038

The philadelphian

3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, unobstructed city skyline views, wood floors, large balcony, 2017 sf

2,017

$595,000

$94,567

$217,633

$5,078

$759

$4,319

The philadelphian

1 bedroom, 1 bath, brand new kitchen and bath, wood floors, Art Museum view

1000

$289,900

$43,514

$104,190

$2,431

$342

$2,089

The philadelphian

2,205 sf of completely customizable space that can be designed to the buyer’s desire

2,205

$275,000

$44,594

$132,698

$3,096

$326

$2,770

The philadelphian

1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, upgraded kitchen wood floors

1127

$239,900

$36,789

$91,940

$2,145

$284

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

The Grande

Bi-level penthouse, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, large high-end kitchen

1,437

$475,000

$65,578

$143,483

$3,348

$572

$2,824

academy house

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, renovated kitchen and master bath, large balcony

1,111

$375,000

$56,241

$125,499

$2,928

$420

$2,509

academy house

2 bedroom 1.5 bath corner unit, courtyard view, new kitchen and baths

1,019

$309,900

$52,547

$129,242

$3,016

$525

$2,491

academy house

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

705

$289,000

$42,808

$93,556

$2,183

$381

$1,802

lenox

1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors, open gourmet kitchen, bay windows bring excellent light, large living area

966

$263,900

$40,309

$93,139

$2,173

$338

$1,835

academy house

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

705

$259,900

$88,861

$87,544

$2,049

$311

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

3,876

$3,500,000 $486,796 $1,050,939

$24,522

$4,335

$20,187

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 $262,402 $974,357

$22,735

$4,348

$18,387

lanesborouGh

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

3,413

$2,500,000 $377,859 $853,245

$19,909

$4,586

$14,792

barclay

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

2,638

$2,195,000 $320,490 $707,490

$16,508

$3,545

$12,963

1900 riTTenhouse

3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 270 degree views including Rittenhouse Square, chefs kitchen, upgraded throughout

3,200

$1,975,000 $278,829 $632,859

$14,767

$3,009

$11,758

parc riTTenhouse

3 bedrooms plus den, 3 baths, Juliet balconies over Rittenhouse Square, hardwood floors, marble baths, brand new

2,131

$1,595,000 $219,093 $468,543

$10,933

$2,017

$8,916

1830 riTTenhouse

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

2,275

$1,295,500 $203,598 $457,161

$10,667

$1,792

$8,875

warwick condominiums

3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, hardwood floors, 270 desgree views, open kichen, 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 countertops, 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

$143,558 $319,365

$7,461

$1,263

$6,198

parc riTTenhouse

New construction, Santos mahogany wood floors, sub-zero refrigerator, new marble baths, square views

1,348

$895,000

$180,007 $379,163

$8,847

$1,850

$8,847

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

220 w. riTTenhouse square

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, open upgraded kitchen, designer baths

1,351

$599,000

$103,090 $235,610

$5,498

$923

$4,574

riTTenhouse

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

1,037

$599,000

$99,540

$228,813

$5,339

$1,076

$4,263

barclay

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

1,050

$595,000

$91,967

$203,203

$4,741

$962

$3,779

barclay

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

1,075

$550,000

$79,315

$180,094

$4,202

$831

$3,371

250 s 17Th sTreeT

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, original wood floors, excellent closet space, W/D, formal dining room

1,350

$429,900

$79,127

$175,675

$4,099

$664

$3,435

warwick condominiums

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

712

$399,900

$53,426

$106,710

$2,490

$486

$2,003

2322 locusT sTreeT

Trinity townhouse, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, original hardwood floors, decorative fireplace, private garden

900

$335,000

$50,646

$88,333

$2,061

$424

$1,687

The riTTenhouse

Studio, city views, large marble bath, hardwood floors, excellent natural light

583

$379,900

$55,444

$117,582

$2,744

$425

$2,319

dorchesTer

Studio, high floor, view of Rittenhouse Square, wood floors excellent closet space

583

$215,000

$33,082

$66,762

$1,558

$4248

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

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$1,861

$1,761 Monthly After Tax Cost

$1,310

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SOCIETY HILL

Total Square Footage

bank buildinG

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

2,117

$875,000

$128,466 $281,166

$6,561

$1,308

$5,253

socieTy hill Towers

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

1,133

$399,000

$61,727

$141,361

$3,298

$582

$2,716

socieTy hill Towers

Corner 1 bedroom, southeast view, wood floors in living room, updated kitchen

775

$329,900

$48,143

$103,454

$2,414

$390

$2,024

socieTy hill Towers

One bedroom, one bath, river views, custom kitchen and bath

700

$297,500

$43,635

$94,403

$2,203

$343

$1,859

bank buildinG

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

1,286

$269,000

$41,427

$97,654

$2,279

$320

$1,959

socieTy hill Towers

One bedroom, high floor, river view, investment opportunity

700

$290,000

$41,910

$100,158

$2,337

$453

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

Location

$1,884 Monthly After Tax Cost

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independence place

Penthouse, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, EIK, wrap around balcony, floor-to-ceiling windows, wood floors, fireplace

2,810

$1,395,000 $197,226 $418,785

$9,772

$2,167

$7,605

independence place

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, open chefs kitchen, upgraded bathrooms, hardwood floors, balcony

1,977

$975,000

$1,458

$224

$1,234

independence place

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, balcony, renovated kitchen and baths, custom details throughout

1,818

$899,900

$127,528 $267,452

$6,241

$1,201

$5,040

independence place

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors, upgraded kitchen and baths, granite wet bar

1,977

$799,000

$125,319 $269,695

$6,293

$1,234

$5,059

independence place

1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, alcove, Washington Square views

1,118

$499,900

$74,297

$149,025

$3,477

$620

$2,857

hopkinson house

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

1,200

$379,900

$59,268

$129,239

$3,016

$460

$2,556

hopkinson house

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

1,063

$350,000

$53,908

$115,998

$2,707

$410

$2,297

independence place

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

928

$299,900

$42,151

$89,666

$2,092

$358

$1,734

independence place

1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, excellent value

928

$290,000

$42,151

$89,666

$2,092

$358

Location

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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

waTerfronT square

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

924

$279,900

$42,318

$1,804

$27,582

$62,474

$90,810

$2,119

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The PhiLadeLPhian 2401 PennSyLvania avenue Bi-level penthouse, large balconies with east and west exposures, 16’ ceilings, 4207 sf $725,000

The Bank BuiLding 421 CheSTnuT STreeT Completely custom home, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, den, open floor plan, exposed brick, 2117 sf $875,000

indePendenCe PLaCe 233 S. 6Th STreeT 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, magnificent river view, high-end renovation throughout, 1818 sf $899,900

1830 riTTenhouSe Square 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, excellent natural light, beautiful original details, upgraded kitchen, 2275 sf $1,295,000

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The riTTenhouSe 210 W. riTTenhouSe Square Studio, wood floors, large marble bath with Jacuzzi, southern city views, 583 sf $379,900

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The Lenox 250 S. 13Th STreeT 1 bedroom, 1 bath, renovated open kitchen, high ceilings, bay windows, 940 sf $263,900

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