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12 holiday guide Worthy charities you should donate your time to; a list of gifts no one will return; and a guide to the best NYE events in the city.

PhillyNOW 8 Viewer Discretion A tale of two Occupy Philly evictions.

9 Poison Control Landlords are against the just-passed lead-poisoning bill—and it’s not because they’re pro-kid death.

ARTs & CulTuRE 34 Calendar PW ’s picks for the week. fOOD 45 Testicles, Brains, Kidneys. Oh My!

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Wednesday, Dec. 7 Wednesday, Dec. 14 Wednesday, Dec. 21 The retailers along Germantown Avenue stay open until 9pm on Wednesdays in December, continuing a tradition that dates back to the 1960s with cocktails, caroling and, yes, even chestnuts roasting over an open fire!

PLUS: Northwestern Stables Holiday Bazaar with carriage rides, pictures with Santa, Punch & Judy shows at Cafette, live performances of Busker’s “A Christmas Carol,” a Victorian photo booth, costumed actors and the annual candlelight carol service at St. Paul’s.

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Our guide to adventurous Philly eating, Part II.

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Regarding Michael Alan Goldberg’s cover story about Occupy Philly’s final days at City Hall: Make no mistake. This revolution ain’t goin’ away. For every physical participant of OWS, there are tens of thousands of thoroughly pissed off citizens who’ve been shown a ray of hope by the OWS witness. All revolutions—and that’s what this is—grow by fits and starts, gathering wisdom along the way. Dispersal into the neighborhoods is now essential—making the kitchen table conversation happen. The shared rage I feel from just about everyone I meet—friends, clerks, whoever—is palpable and unrelenting. This is a historic awakening.

FARMERHUNT, via philadelphiaweekly.com Annoying hipsters looking for attention, now you forever have a criminal record for defying the city, are you better off now? You brought attention, but not really beneficial attention. Things aren’t going to change in our lifetime. Use intelligence to produce change, not a corny, annoying protest copying the ’60s. Really work at it, make sacrifices; tent squatting isn’t a sacrifice.

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Fall Through the Fracks Regarding Ada Kulesza’s news feature on stalled fracking legislation: Fracking is bad for the environment, too expensive and unnecessary for our energy needs. First of all, burning natural gas adds to green house gases, which adds to global warming. Secondly, the chemicals used to frack the gas wells are toxic and not safely removed from the waste water that comes up with the gas. Eighty percent of the water used remains underground with its toxic content. Each well uses four to eight million gallons of water that can never be used again. They are talking about 10,000 to 15,000 wells in the Marcellus Shale area alone. The well casings only last about 80 years. Who is going to pay for the monitoring and clean up after the wells are spent? Where is all this water going to come from? Who and where will this waste water be stored? Once you mix the chemicals with the water it can not be filtered or distilled to make it usable for human or animal consumption.

PAUL RODEN, via philadelphiaweekly.com Thanks for a well-done report. Sinister legislation promoted by Corbett and his cronies in Harrisburg (SB 1100, mentioned in your report) would set up things so that local communities would only be able to receive revenues from the impact fee on the condition they accept a cookie-cutter zoning ordinance which will be as permissive as possible toward shale gas drillers. The attorey general (a Corbett appointee) would be asked to decide whether a community’s own zoning law restricting shale gas drilling is unreasonable. If found so, the Godfather Corbett admin (well paid by gas industry) could threaten to hold back revenues, a form of extortion which could force acquiescence and strip local municipalities of their power to oversee their own land use rules (zoning), a traditional power going back generations to the founding of the state and the nation.

It’s called HOME RULE and was part of the basis of our Declaration of Independence from England. We’re being fed to the wolves.

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Unsafe Passage Regarding Laura Rena Murray’s feature on LGBT youth being bullied in juvenile detention centers: The voice of the youth must be heard! But the youth must also listen to the voice of mentors and people willing to invest in their future! We can make a difference if we all spend time with students instead of throwing money at reform and regulating everything to death.

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Viewer Discretion

A tale of two Occupy Philly evictions.

By Tara Murtha tmurtha@philadelphiaweekly.com

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When rumors began to swirl that police were gearing up to clear Dilworth Plaza early Tuesday evening, there were more media than Occupiers occupying the plaza. But soon, sympathizers, gawkers and more media rushed in to watch—and document—a very visual ending to the 56day Tent City.

By sunrise, 52 arrests were made and 27 tons of trash were removed from the plaza.

The concrete apron around City Hall was cleaner than it has been in years. Everyone can agree on this much.

Since then, two distinct stories have emerged, and they have irreconcilable differences. Local news documented a few rough moments: a woman’s foot was injured when a PPD horse charged a crowd; a cop “rammed” a guy with his bike; and three officers were injured. But the general consensus has been, as the Inky put it, “compared to the violent confrontations that have occurred in other cities between Occupiers and the police, the night’s pain was minimal.”

But in a press conference held last Friday, Occupy activists one by one venomously disputed those reports, referring to the “overwhelming use of force” and “absolute rancor and violence.”

“I’m here to speak out against police brutality, my incident and the many, many incidents that happened that night,” said Vanessa Marie Graber, one of Occupy’s more visible activists.

“Out of nowhere, a police officer charged his horse into a crowd of peaceful protesters and journalists and I was knocked over and injured,” continued Graber. She wouldn’t specify her injuries due to legal concerns. Her foot was encased in a blue Velcro soft cast.

The press conference quickly devolved from a declaration of Occupy’s future to an indictment of the media, which, as almost any Occupier (and Will Bunch of the Daily News) can tell you, Keep Getting It Wrong—this time, about the prevalence of police brutality.

An Inky reporter challenged the Occupier’s version of events. “I was there all night and so were my colleagues,” the reporter said. “They saw nothing of what is being described here, and certainly to accuse reporters of lying is a really serious charge.”

While the reporter was talking, a young woman, presumably an Occupier, stood up, approached the reporter, crouched down and whispered, “I think you are taking this personally. It’s getting really uncomfortable, do you know what I mean?”

“Reporters, journalists have not spent a great amount of time [at Dilworth Plaza],” thundered Graber. “They come to events, and they interview random people, and they don’t really get the story right because they don’t have relationships with the people that are involved. They don’t know who the quote-unquote leaders are of this movement.”

(At least Occupy is finally admitting there is leadership—though self-identified Occupy PR people still request to be quoted as only “a member,” keeping attribution and accountability circuitous.)

But you don’t need “the right phone numbers” plugged into your cell to take a good look around.

PW had four reporters on the scene the night of the eviction. None said they saw police brutality. All said they saw protesters provoking the police.

Reporter Michael Alan Goldberg followed what he poetically called “the game of Center City Pac Man” marches from midnight to morning. “Overall, based on what I saw, the police were pretty restrained,” said Goldberg. “Every now and then they’d shove someone with a bike, and I saw a couple needless elbows given to protesters without provocation. But I also saw protesters purposely crowding bike cops—riding at the edges of the march, on the sidewalks, against buildings—provoking the cops to push their bikes against marchers to get free.”

“I saw a couple people grabbed by cops and swung around by their clothes, a couple others tackled,” he added. “But nothing I would term brutality in any way.”

Reporter Randy LoBasso followed the crowd from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. He said the police were “very subdued.”

“I could not believe what the police were letting the Occupiers get away with,” said LoBasso. “Protesters locked arms across the street and onto the sidewalk so police could not get by, and when they tried, police that pushed their way through, were pushed back by protesters, yet did not retaliate ... Every time a protester started a scuffle with police, and police fought back, the protester and everyone … would raise their hands and say they were all “peaceful” when they were not.”

As Occupiers’ allegations of widespread police brutality surfaced last week, one co-worker who has spent a lifetime chasing police corruption sighed, “I can’t believe I’m defending the po-po.”

Some protesters explain the disconnect by claiming all reporters and cameras must have been in different places than the alleged “many, many” police beatings. Then there are semantics—conversations reveal

that when some say “excessive force,” they are referring simply to the number of police and the military quality of their gear, not to any particular action.

That leaves subjective interpretation of what constitutes police brutality. How else to explain how two people can witness the same events and come away with different stories?

I watched the livestream video all night.

John Morgan of the Pennsylvania Progressive website watched the livestream, too.

In an email, Morgan wrote that the scene reminded him of MOVE—the 1985 catastrophe in which the PPD dropped tear gas canisters, water cannons and a four-pound bomb onto the roof of a house, resulting in 11 deaths and the destruction of 65 houses.

I didn’t see it that way at all.

By Wednesday night, a video titled “What the Mainstream Media Failed to Show the World” was posted to the Occupy Philly FB page with the message, “Watch this video. All night protesters stayed peaceful. Police got violent and injured numerous people.”

“I’m glad the [mainstream media] didn’t show this,” wrote FB commenter Ronnie Smith. “It makes you guys look bad. It honestly looks like [people] are picking fights with the cops. I support OWS.” “This looks like kids starting shit with cops, then over reacting when the cops respond. Because other cities have videos of police brutality it doesn’t mean we have to force it to happen here,” wrote Robert Leo McNamee III. “With every video and false claim you post here, you lose credibility and most likely many supporters,” posted Maureen Hutton.

In the video, a girl screams, “Surround the bike cops! You gotta corral ’em!” while shoving herself in front of a cop. The cop shouts, “Get the fuck out of the way!”

The girl keeps pushing toward the cop.

The crowd, holding up cameras, screams, “Don’t touch her!” And “the whole world is watching!”

Then there’s the third side of the story.

There is no question that some of the Dilworth-or-die Occupiers, who do not represent all of Occupy Philly, were trying to provoke violence. It’s right there in the videos.

Violent confrontations, after all, galvanize movements.

But it turns out the revolution will not be Instagram-ed. The eviction came and went without a meme-worthy Sgt. Pepper-Spray moment. Instead, we have hours and hours of messy footage and a handful of allegations of police brutality.

Twenty-six-year-old Ian Smith was marching from Rittenhouse Square to Dilworth Plaza when he got about 20 seconds ahead of the crowd.

“Literally I was just standing there … and the police charged me and just cracked me

on top of the head with his nightstick,” says Smith. It wasn’t caught on film.

Smith, who weighs 125 pounds and stands about 5’ 8”, says he crumpled to ground. He has a lump and a bruise. He isn’t sure if he is pressing charges.

Joshua Scott Albert, 25, says he was attacked twice by cops that night. Albert says a cop threw him up against the wall at the 7-11 near 18th and JFK. “I was on the ground and they hit me with their bikes,” says Albert. “I preface this by saying since day one, I have not been friendly to the cops … I’ve said some really harsh things to them, but they have a gun and badge.”

Earlier this year, Albert was arrested for disorderly conduct after giving a cop the finger.

“They were going to arrest me until the crowd shouted, ‘Let him go.’” He says he has a bruise on his shin.

Albert’s second incident was caught on the blurry videofeed of the livestream. In the video, two cops throw a man Albert says is him up against a closed news stand. Then the camera pulls away.

“There was a barricade there [that] we took down,” says Albert. “We started running. Sgt. Smith of Civil Affairs grabbed me by the neck, slammed me up against the news stand, and held me there for a good few seconds, taunting me.”

Albert alleges Smith choked him for approximately seven seconds. He isn’t sure if he’ll press charges.

Another man claims a cop pulled a knife on him. A Penn sophomore who asked to remain anonymous says, “A bike got swung in my face and I ended up getting a few cuts on the ridge of my nose.” He broke his glasses and suffered a “minor concussion.”

Jeff Rousset, 26, says he was trying to cross a street to film when “a white-shirt police officer ... grabbed me with both hands and shoved me back toward where the protesters were being penned in by police.”

“If the media makes that invisible, or doesn’t cover it, it’s like it didn’t happen,” says Rousset. “What came out in the coverage to me didn’t appear to be what was in the streets … police were beating people all night.”

Gwen Snyder, an active Occupier, says the legal team is compiling video evidence of brutality.

“We want our legal team to be able to review it,” says Snyder. “I know a lot of us witnessed really problematic and aggressive use of force.”

PPD spokesman Lt. Ray Evers says no one has filed complaint yet. Internal Affairs has initiated its own investigation into the horse incident.

On top of local and national media, Occupy and citizen cameras, the PPD had four crews filming the entire evening.

“If you picked your nose, it would have been on video. If something happened, it would have been on YouTube that day or the very next day,” says Evers. “Show me the video.” n

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Poison Control Landlords are against the just-passed lead-poisoning bill—and it’s not because they’re pro-kid death.

By Randy LoBasso rlobasso@philadelphiaweekly.com

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It’s Wed., Dec. 1, and City Council’s chambers are standing room only. Councilwoman Marian Tasco’s spanking her gavel, ordering all those standing in the back to move upstairs and please, everyone, shut up. If you don’t go upstairs, we can’t proceed. It’s a fire hazard.

Many of those in the back do as they’re told, but it doesn’t stop the catcalls and boos erupting from all corners of the audience pews and top level. Emotions are high and so are the stakes. Council is debating Bill 100011, “Lead Paint Disclosure and Certification,” which would force landlords to comply with city law and get their units inspected for lead when beginning a new lease. (On average, according to several testifying proponents of the bill, a lease is turned over every three years.)

“Landlords make money off of people renting their units,” testifies Public Citizens for Children and Youth Health Policy’s Director Colleen McCauley. “They should not be able to make money off of poisoning kids.”

An older man in a red collared shirt sitting almost directly behind McCauley takes a big whiff of the oxygen tubes penetrating his nostrils before screaming alongside the other landlords in the audience: “Booo!”

“No!” They’re even waving their hands at the four PCCY members giving testimony.

Tasco bangs her gavel again, and when all’s silent, you can hear someone scream, “False testimony!”

McCauley says existing lead laws are not enough, even though there’s been a steep decline over the last three decades, since national and local lead poisoning laws were put into place. The Philadelphia Department of Health estimates 65,000 children were affected by lead poisoning in 1993. In 2010, that number was down to about 1,100. The health department says of these cases, 55 percent come from rental properties.

Lead poisoning in children is not pretty.

It can affect numerous vital organs in their development stages, and can lead to a decline in mental function, memory loss, mood disorders, brain damage and, sometimes, death. Bill 100011, sponsored

by Councilwomen Tasco and Blondell Reynolds Brown, would attempt to end lead poisoning for good. According to McCauley, childhood lead poisoning costs the city’s taxpayers more than $75 million

“Remediation cannot ensure a long-term solution to lead dust exposure. The presence of lead dust is often caused by factors beyond a landlord’s control.” in health-care costs, special education, juvenile delinquency costs and total lifetime earnings losses. Lead poisoning is almost mutually exclusive to children of lowincome parents.

So, what kind of ogre would try to block a bill that would correct this?

Answer: Almost everyone here. And upstairs. And their reasons aren’t necessarily pro-kid death. At least not too much.

“Remediation cannot ensure a long-term solution to lead dust exposure,” says Victor Pinckney, president of the Homeowners Association of Philadelphia. “The presence of lead dust is often caused by factors beyond a landlord’s control.”

Pinckney and others, including Alan Krigman of KRF Management in University City, insist most lead poisoning comes from dust coming into homes through open windows and tracking contaminated soil on the floor. It could be wiped out if tenants showed some personal responsibility, and, they say, better parenting. And the problem as a whole is a catch-22. Lowincome families are most affected by lead poisoning, yet if the bill is passed through general Council, those same families will have their rents raised by landlords not willing to eat the cost of yearly inspections on their properties. The bill, they say, will have the opposite effect of what it intends to do.

While most believe lead poisoning comes from old, peeling lead-based paint (which was banned nationwide in 1978), the EPA notes that contaminated dust and soil are two of the main causes of poisoning in children—mostly because of the

exhaust of leaded gasoline formerly used in cars, which penetrated the atmosphere and then rained down on our muddy shores.

Because of this, says Krigman, any test done by a city inspector could be immediately soiled by, well, soil. “You can do whatever you want to the inside of a building,” he says. “But as soon as you open a window in warm weather, the breeze is going to come in from outside and contaminate the apartment … You can get your place completely clean, you get your inspector to come in with these tests, but if one of your employees comes in from outside and he hasn’t put little booties on his shoes, he’s probably tracked lead dust into the place, and you’ll fail the test.”

Aside from that, lead paint contamination comes from raising and lowering double-hung wooden windows. The paint scrapes and falls on the window sill as lead-contaminated dust. Kids then ingest it, usually through their mouths. Of the several tips the Centers for Disease Control provide for combating lead poisoning, one is wet-mopping floors and wet-wiping windowsills every two to three weeks, as well as “prevent[ing] children from playing in bare soil.”

Krigman refers to this as the “parental responsibility” provision. “Some apartments I’ve gone into, you wonder how people live there. If the parents aren’t willing to take responsibility to clean the place, lead dust isn’t going to be their only problem. They’re going to have problems with mold, rodents, bugs, their kids’ asthma.”

Which leads to another series of problems the city would rather turn a blind eye to. Families living in their own homes are exempt—as is the Philadelphia Housing Authority, in the version of the bill that passed committee last Wednesday. Krigman believes the bill, therefore, unfairly targets landlords.

Former Philadelphia Republican Mayoral candidate—and Realtor with Prudential Fox & Roach—John Featherman, agrees.

“Landlords are discriminated against unfairly and, perhaps, illegally,” he says. “This bill only requires landlords to perform the test and maintain a safe lead environment despite incontrovertible factual evidence that even the safest rental property, even one built after 1978, can become contami-

nated if it is next door to an owner-occupied home where lead is present and travels into an open window or door of the rental property.”

Featherman believes the exclusion of the PHA, “which houses some of our poorest, most vulnerable populations,” makes it clear the city wants to exclude itself from any burden. He also says that if the bill passes general Council at Thursday’s vote, it will further raise the cost of doing realestate business in Philadelphia, drive up costs for tenants and increase the amount of time between the previous tenant moving out and you moving into a place (since a test needs to be conducted between leases).

And there are a limited number of inspectors around to conduct the job.

The law, critics say, doesn’t take into account spaces that are being rented under the radar. It also uses the same broad brush on properties, whether they’re being rented by families with kids, who can be affected by lead, or older people, who cannot be affected by it.

Similarly, Krigman doesn’t believe City Council cares all that much about what real-estate investor Jim Sims (who testified at last Wednesday’s hearing) calls a “feel-good bill” that hurts low-income residents. After all, says Krigman, it’s been on tap for two years and Councilwoman Brown even let HAPCO and the Apartment Association of Greater Philadelphia take an entire year to finish their report regarding the cost of such a bill (between $6,000-$30,000 per unit upon failing a test), which is mentioned several times during testimony.

“Think about if they went after everyone [with this legislation],” says Krigman, “including private homeowners. There’d be too much of a political revolt to make it happen … Landlords are just the low-hanging fruit.” n If you suspect lead exposure in your home, call the Department of Public Health’s ”Get The Lead Out” hotline at 215.685.2797 or visit phila.gov/ health/childhoodlead

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In these tough economic times, donating to nonprofits and charitable organizations seems like the last thing on people’s minds. Yet, sometimes just your presence is enough to make a difference. This year, instead of wasting your day buying frivolous crap at the mall, help make life a little easier for those in need by donating your money or time to a worthy organization.

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It’s raining cats and dogs as I rush into the PAWS Spay/Neuter & Wellness Clinic on Grays Ferry Avenue, where Melissa Levy, director of PAWS (Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society), waits for me inside.

After years of soul-searching, I finally took the plunge: I’m finally going to be a foster mom.

As a reporter covering local animal welfare issues, I’m well aware that the only thing our city’s shelter and rescue groups need more than money—we’re chronically underfunded—are foster volunteers.

This is corny, but the reason I didn’t foster earlier is because I was afraid of becoming attached and then having to say goodbye. But then I had my Nora Ephron moment: Fear is no good reason not to love.

We enter the maternity ward and I feel like Augustus Gloop shoving his greedy fat face into Willy Wonka’s chocolate river. Kittens everywhere! I spot three tiny, black orphan kittens found abandoned in the shelter parking lot. Things go fuzzy. Next thing, I’m pouring kibble into a bowl and setting up blankets in my guest room.

Their cage at PAWS will only be empty for as long as it takes to clean it out and fill it up with another litter of homeless kittens.

It doesn’t take all that much to foster. Time, mostly, and a little money for food. It’s not just kittens that need foster homes, it’s dogs and the endless stream of adult cats.

“We can almost always find a foster animal that’s a right fit for [anyone],” says Levy.

Most animal lovers seem to be unaware of the dire need and scope of the problem. And in Philadelphia, homeless animals are a really big problem.

Every year, more than 30,000 of them— mostly strays, cast-offs and babies of unfixed pets—land on the doorstep of the animal control shelter (ACCT) on Hunting Park Avenue in North Philly.

It’s the function of animal control, currently run by the PSPCA but being taken over by a new city agency soon, to take them in, provide medical care, then either find them a new home or euthanize them.

Harsh, but true. There is only so much space and so many cages.

Experts estimate between three and five million animals are euthanized in “kill cities” like Philadelphia every year. Last year, more than 10,000 dogs and cats were euthanized in Philly.

But there’s good news, too: In the last few years, we’ve come out of the relative dark ages thanks in large part to PAWS, the city’s only nokill animal shelter.

The way it works is that PAWS combs the shelter, pulls some animals out—often the ones no one seems to want, like mixed-breed dogs and cats with easily treatable illnesses—and houses them at their adoption center in Old City, where the animals stay until they’re fostered or adopted.

Without any government funding and run entirely on donations, PAWS saves approximately 2,000 animals a year.

It’s hard to comprehend how much PAWS has done with so little without a little historical context. Back in 2004, Philadelphia animal control was a disgusting, mismanaged mess.

Eighty-nine percent of the animals that came in through the front door went out the back in body bags. Cages were hosed out while animals were still in them. Run by a city agency stacked with nepotism hires, unspeakable acts of cruelty were regular practice.

An expose in the Philadelphia Daily News called “House of Horrors” helped usher in a new era. Heads rolled and fresh blood was brought in to clean up the mess.

The new Board knew that in order to elevate animal control to something other than a giant trash bin, it was crucial to organize life-saving efforts. The idea for PAWS was born.

It didn’t really grow until Melissa Levy came along. In 2005, Levy was a PR professional with no background in animal welfare. She was just a lady who wanted a dog.

To her surprise, she had trouble finding an adoption event.

“It was next to impossible,” says Levy. “I searched, I made phone calls, I looked everywhere, thinking every weekend there was someplace we could meet adoptable dogs short of going to the shelter, but there were none to speak of.”

Levy finally found one and went. There, she locked eyes with Rosie, a black lab mix.

“She changed my life,” says Levy. “Rosie brought so much joy and love into my life and I knew that the odds were not good for animals [in Philly] at that time … I wanted to figure out what I could do to help.”

In 2006, she started to volunteer at the shelter

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where she learned about the vision for PAWS. “It wasn’t really organized,” says Levy. “There weren’t any formal programs in place.”

Soon Levy was volunteering more hours than she was working for money. “Almost immediately, I knew I wanted to dedicated myself to it,” says Levy. She became the Director of Development of PAWS in April, 2007.

By the new year, PAWS opened an adoption center in Old City. It was an immediate success, not only bumping up the number of animals saved, but in spreading the word.

“When I would tell people that 30,000 animals a year come pouring into the animal shelter, [people] would look at me like I had two heads,” says Levy. “When I would say the majority of them were being killed due to lack of homes, we would start to make inroads.

The only way to help is by getting involved, by spreading the word, fostering and volunteering.

The adoption center really gave us an opportunity to tell the story on a much wider scale.”

Then at the end of 2008, the city unexpectedly—and controversially—yanked the contract from PACCA, the city agency established solely to perform that function, and awarded it to PSPCA. The move forced PACCA, the parent organization of PAWS, to disband.

“There was no question PAWS would continue to do its work and work with the adoption center as its home base, but we were really starting from scratch,” recalls Levy.

Instead of collapsing though, PAWS just kept expanding. In 2010, the Spay/Neuter & Wellness Clinic on Grays Ferry opened. It’s a 6200 sq. ft. space made possible by fundraising

and creative salvaging of equipment from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The clinic provides pet owners with low-cost spay and neutering—helping to literally nip the problem of too many homeless animal in the bud—and veterinary care.

“We provide basic vet care for pets whose owners couldn’t otherwise afford it,” says Levy. The clinic also provides services for other rescue organizations.

Today, PAWS boasts 22 employees and a network of over 2,000 volunteers and foster parents—but can use even more. They’re always accepting donations of money and supplies.

And of course, they need foster parents.

Every animal you can get out of a cage makes room for another one that is at risk of being euthanized.

For me, all is well on the kitten front.

Sometimes I go in the room and read until I’m covered with purring kittens trying to suckle on my face. I’m calling the boy, who likes to sit in my pocket, Barnaby. I named the tiny girl Annie, as in little orphan Annie. I’m not settled on a name for her big sister yet.

Naming is tricky business. It makes you attached. In a month or so, when they weigh at least three pounds each, they’ll be ready for permanent homes and I’ll have to say goodbye. But that’s OK. I’m going to find homes for these kittens, even if it kills me.

Also: Anyone want a kitten for Christmas? n Learn more about volunteering or make a donation at paws.org.

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Annual operating budget: $250,000 Are donations tax deductible?: Yes Volunteers needed to: Help families with cancer get through a day with fewer bumps in the road.

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Covenant House Location: 31 E. Armat St. Year established: 1999 Website: covenanthousepa.org Stated purpose: “We work to help

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Annual operating budget: $3,691,904 in 2010.

Are donations tax deductible?: Yes. Volunteers needed for: Assisting youth in employment-related tasks; mentoring youth in educational and practical

skills; administrative support (filing, mass mailings, managing clothing donations, etc.); and youth-care support (driving kids to appointments, preparing food, etc.).

Why Covenant House deserves our support: Homelessness has long

been a major concern in Philadelphia, but in recent years—given the terrible economic climate and rise in home foreclosures—the number of people out on the streets has spiked dramatically.

It’s a full-fledged crisis, especially when it comes to homeless children and teenagers who desperately need stability and hope for the future during their formative years. Since 1999, Covenant House has been the largest provider of services to homeless and runaway youth in Philly.

It operates a 51-bed Crisis Center in Germantown, offering no-questions-asked

emergency shelter; provides food, clothing, health care and many types of counseling to kids on the streets; links youth with education and vocational training services; and works to combat human trafficking in the Philadelphia area.

Covenant House serves more than 6,000 kids each year, and that’s not cheap, so they can use every dollar you can spare.

(Michael Alan Goldberg)

The Breathing Room Foundation Location: 120 S. York Rd., Hatboro, Pa. Year established: 1997 Website: breathingroomfoundation.org Stated purpose: To provide families surviving cancer with whatever it is that

has, in one of its many insidious forms, touched someone you know or love—and there’s a pretty good chance it has—then you know how debilitating, trying and incredibly terrifying it can be. That last trait—terrifying—is one the cancer patient and those around him or her carry together, and the Breathing Room Foundation was founded to help lighten the load.

Co-founder Bernie Fitzgerald watched his wife Diane wage a six-year battle with cancer before she passed. Through it, he was touched by the kindness of friends and family who offered support in various ways—even seemingly tiny gestures meant the world. It was with that in mind that the Breathing Room Foundation was created. The money they raise is used to give families struggling with cancer a bit of “breathing room”—home renovations, school supplies, vacations, meal deliveries, grocery shopping, any help with daily ins and outs—to ensure their efforts are able to be focused on regaining physical health.

Every bit counts. (Brian McManus)

Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR) Location: 1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd.

Year established: 1971 Website: woar.org Stated purpose: “WOAR’s mission is to eliminate all forms of sexual violence through specialized treatment services, comprehensive prevention education programs, and advocacy for the rights of victims of sexual assault.”

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Stated purpose: “To provide guidance and companionship to youth through a oneto-one relationship with a caring volunteer to assist them to achieve their highest potential.”

Operating budget: $4.25 million Are donations tax deductible? Yes. Volunteers needed for: There are more than 1,000 children in our area on the waiting list for a Big Brother or Big Sister.

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nationalchildrensalliance.org Stated purpose: “The Philadelphia Children’s Alliance, an independent nonprofit organization, promotes healing and justice for victims of child sexual abuse in Philadelphia by conducting forensic interviews, providing victim-support services, collaborating with other agencies and leading the development of an integrated response.”

Annual operating budget: $2,446,043 Are donations tax deductible?: Yes. Volunteers needed for: Direct service: weekly arts and crafts and other selfesteem-building programs for kids, as well as facilitating caretaker support groups for parents and other caregivers. Organization: assisting with fundraisers, mailings and other administrative work.

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Because one in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused before the age of 18 in this country. WOAR is one of the few organizations in the area dedicated to helping survivors and their families overcome the myriad effects of abuse. It helps both male and female survivors who experienced abuse—whether it happened yesterday or 20 years ago—by providing individual, group and couples counseling. Targeted therapy and a strong support system can help survivors overcome this debilitating trauma.

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can provide a much-needed outlet for support. Kids involved in the program are no strangers to tough times and sometimes a little attention can go a long way to shape someone’s future. The organization has a proven track record of helping kids stay out of trouble. “For the past two years, 85 percent of mentees in our program had zero unexcused absences in a city where nearly 10,000 students are chronically truant each year,” says Ted Qualli, VP of External Affairs. (Anastasia Barbalios)

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We’ve got gifts for gals (did someone say she needs a new wallet?); gifts for guys (fedoras are sexy, OK?); and gifts for both (the vibrating sponge for bath time was incredibly intriguing). All of our picks come from small, locally owned stores, which means you’ll be giving back to the community and not some bigbox joint. So for those of you still gainfully employed this season (or if you're actually in the 1 percent), here’s a guide to gifts we think are worth your hard-earned cash.

Handmade Bowl and Coasters

Handmade from recycled magazines, this bowl and coaster set will no doubt add some visual interest to your dining room or coffee table. Handmade Bowl and Coasters: $19.99 each. Big Green Earth Store, 934 South St. 267.909.8661. biggreenearthstore.com

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Whiskey Rocks These flavorless, odor-free soapstone cubes cool down your favorite spirits without diluting their flavor like regular ice does. They also keep your drink cooler, longer.

Whiskey Rocks: $20. Art in the Age, 116 N. Third St. 215.922.2600. artintheage.com

Knit Sports Hats

Skull Cufflinks Wine Bottle Candelabra Luggage Tags No longer will your guy feel his punk-rock spirit is compromised while he’s suited up. Skull Cufflinks, $25. Art Star, 1030 N. Second St. 215.238.1557. artstarphilly.com

A great stocking-stuffer for any gal who does a lot of traveling and doesn’t want her unmentionables to wind up in someone else’s hands. Luggage Tags: $10. Smak Parlor, 219 Market St. 215.625.4551. smakparlour.com

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Just pop this bad boy into the top of an empty wine bottle, and BAM!—you’ve got yourself a festive piece of decor (and an excuse to finish that bottle.) Wine Bottle Candelabra: $14.99. Hello World, 257 S. 20th St. 215.545.5207. shophelloworld.com

Vibrating Sponge Whether you’re looking to soothe aching muscles or get blood flowing to a particular region, this waterproof, ever-so-discreet vibrating sponge will make scrubbing fun. Vibrating Sponge: $16. The Velvet Lily, 1040 N. Second St. 800.238.5459. thevelvetlily.com

Any techie would love to display his/her photos in these cool frames, both of which are made entirely from recycled electronics. Recycled Electronic Picture Frames: $7.95$22. Bloom, 1001 N. Second St. 267.861.0539. bloomfolly.com

So what if their seasons ended far too early? At least your ears will be warm all winter long. Knit Sports Hats: $19.99-$24.99. Cheesesteaktees, 506 South St. 215.238.5880. cheesesteaktees.com

Starter Shaving Kit

This starter kit comes equipped with all the high-quality products and accessories he’ll need for at least one razorburn-free make-out session. Shaving Starter Kit: $25. The Art of Shaving, 1528 Walnut St. 215.875.6702. theartofshaving.com

$25-$50 Recipe Book Complete Organic Skin Care Trio

Make Grandma proud and keep those secret family recipes safe and secure.

Recipe Book: $40. Art Star, 1030 N. Second St. 215.238.1557. artstarphilly.com

Free of parabens (preservatives commonly found in cosmetics) and synthetic chemicals, this trio includes an organic toner, daily moisturizer and purifying face wash, jam-packed with all-natural anti-acne and anti-aging ingredients. Complete Organic Skin Care Trio: $39.99. Gritty City Beauty Co., VIX Emporium, 5009 Baltimore Ave. 215.471.7700. vixemporium.com

With two adjustable straps and a buckle to keep your flask in place, never again will you be left without alcohol when you really need it. Ladies can rock it like a garter; dudes strap it to the guns. Wild Card Garter Flask: $88. Delicious, 1040 N. American St. 215.413.0375. deliciousboutique.com

Bamboo Business Card Holder

Rather than having business cards clutter up your wallet, keep them stored and organized in this unisex holder.

Bamboo Business Card Holder: $29.99. Hello World, 257 S. 20th St. 215.545.5207. shophelloworld.com

Jaws never looked so damn cute—and warm.

Shark Dog Sweater: $26. Chic Petique, 1040 N. Second St. 215.238.0981. thechicpetique.com

Celebrity Cookbooks With an extensive library of titles from both culinary classicists as well as modern masters like Jose Garces and Marc Vetri, COOK is pretty much a one-stop shop for the foodie or amateur cook in your life.

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10:30 p.m., leaving you plenty of time to get somewhere far less pathetic. Hosted

by Rittenhouse Comedy, this hilarious showcase features Philly’s top stand-up comics Chase Lamar Smith, Paul Goodman, Monroe Martin, H. Foley and 2011 Philly’s Phunniest-winner Tommy Pope.

(N.F.) 7:30pm. $15. Applebee’s, 215 S. 15th St. 215.772.2791. applebees.com

Deadly Dessert You’re invited to the annual holiday party of Len & Terry’s Ice Cream company, where rising tensions within have led to the death of a staff member. At this murder-mystery dinner, it’s up to you to unravel the clues and crack the case all while enjoying a four-course meal. (N.F.) 8pm. $59. Bistro Romano, 120 Lombard St. 215.925.8880. bistroromano.com

This Is The Week That Is Now in its sixth season, 1812 Production’s hit holiday production tackles local and national news each night with a sense of humor and maybe even a song or two.

Though the script changes nightly, it’s safe to say a Herman Cain sketch is inevitable.

(N.F.) 8pm. $32. Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancey St. 215.592.9560.

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If the Mayans are right, this is the last time you’ll be ringing in anything. Lucky for you, there’s plenty of New Year’s Eve options to party away your last days. Whether you want to shake your groove thang, stuff your face or keep things low-key, here’s a list to keep handy.

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Why usher in the new year snacking on microwave pub grub when you could be devouring an authentic, four-course Israeli dinner at one of Philly’s most acclaimed restaurants? The meal begins with traditional hummus and laffa, and caps off with chocolate hazelnut babka. For an additional $35, you can get each course with a drink pairing from Zahav’s award-winning list of cocktails and boutique Israeli wine. (Nicole Finbiner) 5pm. $65-$100. Zahav, 237 Saint James Pl., 215.625.8800. zahavrestaurant.com

Silk City He’s hosted Silk City’s “Anything U Can Shake YRHips2” Saturday night dance party for the past three years and now, DJ Deejay is going to have you shakin’ yo’ hips into 2012. What exactly will you be shaking your hips to? Everything from Lady Gaga and Britney to classic ’80s hits from Madonna and Michael Jackson. Admission includes an open bar from 9 to 11 p.m.

(N.F.) 8pm. $25-$30. Silk City, 435 Spring Garden St. 215.592.8838. silkcityphilly.com

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Mom doesn’t believe in shelling out a shit load of cash just to drink and have a good time with friends. That’s why, as always, the South Philly watering hole is going to

be providing free food, award-winning jukebox tunes and fun for absolutely no cover charge. (N.F.) 8pm. Free. Tattooed Mom, 530 South St. 215.238.9880. facebook.com/tattooedmomphilly

siesta, stuff your face at the free Continental breakfast at 1:30 a.m. (L.B.) 10pm. $45-$55. Mexican Post, 1601 Cherry St. 215.568.2667. mexicanpost.com

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For those sick of the crazy NYE bar scene, Yards Brewing Company is once again inviting folks to a quiet evening of good food and beer. In addition to the four-course meal, Yards will be rolling out two special brews for the occasion: Olde Bartholomew Barleywine and Yardbird Abbey Dubbel.

(N.F.) 5pm. $65. Kennett Restaurant, 848 S. Second St. 267.687.1426. kennettrestaurant.com

This year, City Tap House isn’t fuckin’ around. Admission is free, but for 60 bucks they’re offering an all-inclusive open-bar package. And for all you beer connoisseurs out there, they’ll be tapping “some seriously special” brewskies just for the occasion, including Bell’s Sparkling Ale, Dogfish Head’s Faithfull Ale and Tröegs Mad Elf. Consider making a dinner reservation: Their special NYE feast incudes chops, filets and whole roasted fish. (N.F.) 10pm. $60. City Tap House, 3925 Walnut St. 215.662.0105. citytaphouse.com

The Barbary Known for throwing some crazy parties (last year’s Hands + Knees NYE, for example), this Fishtown hot spot has something for everyone. While the upstairs acts more like a dive bar, downstairs turns into a club. It’s pretty much a win-win.

(Linsday Bell) 9pm. $15. The Barbary, 951 Frankford Ave. 215.634.7400. thebarbary.org

Mexican Post The fiesta begins with live music and drink specials followed by an open bar at 11 p.m., then free hors d’oeuvres and a champagne toast at midnight. Before going home for

2nd Annual Yards Beer Dinner

Barcade The newbie to the Fishtown bar scene has something not found at any other bar in town: arcade games—and lots of them.

Start the night off with BurgerTime then try your luck at Frogger, Rampage or Punch-Out! Make it your New Year’s resolution to get on the high-scores list.

(L.B.) 8pm. Free. Barcade, 1114 Frankford Ave. 215.634.4499. barcadephiladelphia.com

Anthony Jeselnik The hilarious former Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writer and performer has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and the Comedy Central Roasts of Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen, to name a few.

(N.F.) 8pm. 10:30pm. $38-$66. Helium, 2031 Sansom St. 215.496.9001. heliumcomedy.com

Music PhillyBloco Modeled after the blocos of Rio de Janeiro, PhillyBloco—which includes 12 drummers and crazy Brazilian dancers— is a unique mash-up of samba, funk and reggae. Their intense Brazilian beats are so infectious, you might need to be physically removed from the dance floor.

(N.F.) 10:30pm. $30-$40. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com

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Theater/Comedy 2011’s Last Laugh OK, so the last place you’d want to be during the remaining hours of 2011 is Applebee’s. Fortunately, the show ends at

Local folksters Good Old War are ending the year on a high note. The trio, who served as Anthony Green’s back-up band, have been busy recording their

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latest album, which is scheduled to be released in 2012. Expect new songs like “My Own Sinking Ship” and old favorites like “Coney Island.” (L.B.) 9pm. $20. With River City Extension. TLA, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. tlaphilly.com

details is worked out just yet. What can be confirmed is that they’re looking for an available warehouse space—preferably a legal one—and hoping that the Roots will perform. Fingers crossed. (N.F.) 7pm. Free.

Location TBA. occupyphilly.org

The Smoking Popes

Dorian’s Parlor New Year’s Eve Spectacular

Forget about 2012; the Smoking Popes are taking us back to 1995. The band will be playing its album, Born to Quit, in its entirety. The Popes are currently on a miniEast Coast tour and this will be their first NYE show outside of their native Chicago.

There will be a free champagne toast with the band at midnight, so come out, grab a drink and see why Morrissey (yes, that Morrissey) called Born to Quit “extraordinary.” (L.B.) 9pm. $20. With Aspiga.

North Star Bar, 2639 Popular St. 215.787.0488. northstarbar.com

Parties Occupy Philly New Years Eve Party Oh yes, that’s right. After being evicted from Tent City, Occupiers are gonna party like the 99 percent. Of course, none of the

Johnny Showcase’s New Year’s Funk Your Face Party With their combination of infectious jazz jeff fusco

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Come in your most creative vintage, 18th-century inspired attire—ball gown to black tie—and party it up in this bohemian haven. For your entertainment, the Wandering Cellist will create magic with his cello, Professor Elemental from England will share his unique brand of hip-hop and emcee G.D. Falksen will usher in the new year while DJ Dave Ghoul brings the tunes. The night’s perks include a two-hour open bar, full buffet dinner with steak and pasta, door prizes, gift bags, vendors, free portraits and even a free, limited-edition NYE art print. (N.F.) 9pm. $100-$120.

Double Tree of Center City, 237 S. Broad St. doriansparlor.com

music, cabaret and absurd humor, Philly’s own Johnny Showcase and the Lefty Lucy Cabaret definitely know how to throw a killer bash. Johnny has performed at almost every seedy, underground venue in the city and recently released his debut album of party songs, Love is the Message. The urbano pop artist El Malito will be joining them. (N.F.) 8pm. $15. With El Malito. MilkBoy Philly, 1100 Chestnut St. 215.925.6455. milkboyphilly.com

R2L NYE Penthouse Party If you’re going to pay out the ass for some lavish NYE event, you might as well do it 57 stories above the city. While the commonfolk down below stuff themselves with $2 Bud Lights and cold chicken wings, you’ll be treated to top-shelf booze and an extravagant selection of desserts and appetizers, compliments of R2L’s culinary team. (N.F.) 10pm. $150. R2L Restaurant, 50 S. 16th St. 215.564.5337. r2lrestaurant.com P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY December 7 - 13, 2011

Mad River Winter Wonderland The party starts with a six-hour premium open bar and upscale buffet on both floors.

From there, DJs Renzo and TJ Varano will be spinning side-by-side all night while “snow bunny” bartenders serve up drinks.

And, of course, a Winter Wonderland wouldn’t be complete without an ice luge station to take frosty drinks from. Better bundle up. (L.B.) 8pm. $90. Mad River, 126 Chestnut St. 215.923.5553. madriverphilly.com

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Take a candle-lit tour of the Powel House in Society Hill and welcome 2012 with the spirits of Philly’s rich and famous. Listen

to the mysteries, legends and stories that surround Powel House and its former residents who may still reside there.

Champagne will be served, so raise a glass to the original 1 percent. (L.B.) 8pm. $25. Powel House, 244 S. Third St. 215.413.1997. ghosttour.com

Blue Cross RiverRink Two showtimes have something for everyone: Break out the skates with the fam for the 5 p.m. party or bring your ice-icebaby to the 11 p.m. show. Non-alchoholic beverages, snacks, noise makers, photo keepsakes, psychic readers and a strolling performance by Mummertime will help you ring in the new year. (L.B.) 5pm and 11pm. $20-$30. Blue Cross RiverRink, Columbus Blvd. at Market St. 215.925.7465. riverrink.com

The Spirit of Philadelphia New Year’s Eve Cruises The Spirit of Philadelphia offers you two ways to celebrate. First up, there’s the Family NYE Fireworks Dinner Cruise with a DJ and buffet, complete with juice and soda bar, party favors and fireworks. Ready to ditch the kids? Take the later cruise, which includes dinner, live music and a premium open bar. (L.B.) 4:30pm and 8:30pm. $70- $204. Spirit of Philadelphia, 401 S. Columbus Blvd.

866.394.8439. spiritofphiladelphia.com

City Rhythm Orchestra New Year’s Eve Dinner Gala Usher in 2012 with a mix of classic rock, swing and the old-school sounds of Motown and Sinatra. Following an hors d’oeuvre reception, you’ll be treated to a four-course gourmet dinner and a champagne toast at midnight. (N.F.) The Westin Philadelphia, 99 S. 17th St. 800.598.0005. westin.com n

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The sales are bigger, the hours are longer, the parking is free, the wine will flow freely at even more places and EPA’s new all-natural, made-onsite bath & body shop SOAP is having their grand opening party. To help plan your party-hopping route, go to www.visiteastpassyunk.com.

Style: There’s a good reason Fringe is one of the top 5 reviewed salons on Yelp. The services really do rock that much. And the ladies tending your tresses will rock even more. Stop by on Second Saturday for their newest art installation opening. 1728 EPA, www.fringesalononline.com

NEXT (on the Ave) is a men’s apparel lifestyle destination featuring full collections from Levis, Buffalo and Guess, along with the latest outerwear, footwear and accessories. They’ll keep you looking cool and, with some of the lowest prices in town, they’ll do it keep your wallet feeling full. 1815 EPA

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Legends in Concert Holiday Show Nov. 25-Jan. 1, Palace Theater Bally’s welcomes back the Las Vegas-based tribute spectacular Legends In Concert to its Palace Theater, for a special holiday show engagement running through Jan. 1. The showtime for New Year’s Eve is 10pm. Tickets are $30. The show features tributes to Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Celine Dion and more.

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Goo Goo Dolls Dec. 31, Caesars Circus Maximus Theater The Goo Goo Dolls headline at the Caesars on New Year’s Eve, 11pm.

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Seth Meyers Dec. 31, Music Box Seth Meyers, comedian and star of Saturday Night Live as the anchor on “Weekend Update” and head writer, makes his Atlantic City headliner debut at the Borgata Event Center on New Year’s Eve Saturday at 7pm and 10:30pm. Tickets are $65 and $75. Meyers joined the SNL cast in 2001, moving up the ranks to his present position. He is writing and will star in the movie comedy Key Party.

Caesars Atlantic City Tickets: Ticketmaster 800.736.1420 or Caesars box office. For more info, 800.677.SHOW

Mary J. Blige Dec. 29-30, Circus Maximus Theater Mary J. Blige, who earned the title “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul” in the mid1990s, headlines at Caesars Thurs., Dec. 29 and Fri., Dec. 30, 9pm. She'll be erforming her classic album My Life in its entirety on both dates. Tickets range from $65 to $130.

House of Blues/ Showboat Atlantic City Tickets: Ticketmaster, 800.736.1420

Brand New Dec. 31, Music Hall The Long Island indie rock band Brand New is back at the Music Hall on New Year’s Eve, Sat., Dec. 31, 10pm. Tickets are $47.50 and $57.50.

Tropicana Casino and Resort Tickets: Ticketmaster, 800.736.1420. or Tropicana box office, 800.526.2935

Gladys Knight Dec. 31, Tropicana Showroom Gladys Knight headlines at the Tropicana on New Year’s Eve Sat., Dec. 31, 9:30pm.

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NYE Listings 2012 Perch Pub 1345 Locust St. 215.5464090. perchpub.com Perch Pub rings in the New Year with an excellent lineup from Ballast Point Brewery (San Diego). Tap takeover begins at 5pm. Expect classics like Calico, Yellowtail and Wahoo, as well as rarities such as Barrel-Aged Black Marlin, Sextant, San Salvador, Brandy Navigator and the coveted Sculpin. At midnight, the first Happy Hour of 2012 begins with all remaining craft drafts half off until 2am.

Philadelphia Bar & Restaurant 120 Market St. 215.9257691. philadelphiabarandrestaurant.com Come celebrate NYE 2011 at PBR this year.

With great food and drink specials all night there will also be a $55 open bar package available from 9pm till 1am showcasing the city's best rotating American craft beer lineup. In addition, there will be a complementary champagne toast at midnight making PBR the place to be this year to see the ball drop.

PARX Casino 2999 Street Rd., Bensalem. parxcasino.com This NYE celebrate at Parx Casino's 360! Sat., Dec. 31, 2011. Early bird party package: Enjoy open bar from 5-8pm and a live performance

by New York Minute. Open bar includes house liquor, beer, wine, draft beer and domestic bottles. $40. Club 360 New Year’s Eve: Step into an epic new year from 9pm-2am with Don't Call Me Francis! Cash bar available until 2am. Tickets at parxcasino.com/nye2012! Must be 21.

Tattooed Mom 530 South St. 215.238.9880.

New Year's Day 2012 : Sleep in late, stay in your PJ's and join us for Mom's 9th Annual Pajama Party FREE Lucky Pork & Kraut Buffet. Bloody Mary Specials. Half Price Draft 5-7pm. Wall of New Year's Resolutions. The Fun starts at 3pm.

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Revolution House 200 Market St. 215.625.4566 Celebrate NYE without breaking the bank!

Revolution House Hosting New Years with DJ MFL and Drink special from 10pm-2am. No Cover! Complimentary champagne toast at midnight! Civilized, affordable fun in Old city.

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Tavern On Broad 200 S. Broad St. If you are tired of the same old boring NYE parties with long lines, watered-down bottom shelf drinks, leaving you feel like you are at a high school prom change your plans and come to Tavern on Broad! The party will bring you the hottest social experience of the year for area young professionals. Put away the suit and tie and join us as we let loose. Multiple DJs, multiple party areas, VIP and table service to elevate you and your friends to a new level of VIP, professional dancers and performers, plus much more. 8pm-2am. Visit NYEPhilly.com!

12Midnight New Year's Eve Celebration 100 Penn Sq. The Hottest Ticket in Town For the last 9 Years.

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phia region. We sell out every year; get your tickets ASAP, we will see you there! This year, each party includes: 5-hour open bar (6-hr for VIPs), food buffets, both live and DJ dance music all night long (39 Mariner), DJs between sets, discounts to area shops and stores, free dinner giveaways, all sorts of discounts and special offers. 8pm-2am. For more info please visit NYEPhilly.com!

McFaddens New Year's Eve 461 N. Third St. McFadden's by far is the most dynamic destination in Philadelphia, rich with culture, alcohol and good times. As any Irish bar, the staff is legendary, the menu fantastic and the location convenient—when all else fails, you know you can count on an Irish pub—especially when it includes DJs and dancing! All these elements will combine to create the ultimate experience for you, your friends, family and co-workers this New Year’s Eve. Enjoy state of the art digital surround sound, a 110 inch projection screen, and 18 TVs to catch almost every perspective plausible of the famous ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve. 9pm-2am.

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Trust New Year's Eve 249 Arch St. Formerly known as the "Real World House 15", TRUST is absolutely breathtaking. The building itself is unparalleled, but add in special lighting, an incredible DJ, beautiful people, and one of NYEphilly.com's parties, well, you and your friends are just simply in for a serious treat. 8pm-2am. For more info please visit NYEPhilly.com!

Field House New Year's Eve 1150 Filbert St. Get ready to countdown into the New Year with Philadelphia! Field House provides ample quality and service to satisfy a wide range of customers that put location, staff and in-house characteristics as a priority. Field House boasts exceptional decor, cutting edge technology, multiple bar areas, and a wide dance floor that'll mesh to create a memorable New Year's Eve bash.Get ready to countdown into the New Year with Philadelphia! 9pm-2am. For more info please visit NYEPhilly.com!

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Tantra is the culmination of sexuality, sensuality and spirituality. The ancient Taoist, Buddist and Hindu art form is said to increase sexual energy and the power of the present moment. This week, Anita Defrancesco from the Center for Authentic Love will teach how to balance physical, sexual and emotional powers in her Tantra Wisdom seminar at the Sexploratorium. Empower your sexual self beyond fear, shame and guilt and learn the possibilities of full body

Tin Horses Keil Everett—seen of late playing bass in Philly’s steadily rising Purling Hiss—steps to the front to sing and play guitar in his own similarly craggy (yet less psych-rock) ensemble, Tin Horses. While not averse to the kind of peppery guitar clamor found on early Dinosaur Jr. and Buffalo Tom albums, Everett and company tend to steer their tunes down the more slow-burning, quasiAmericana road also traveled by the likes of Neil Young & Crazy Horse and Magnolia Electric Co. The Horses’ fantastic seven-song debut album, American Radiance, released in March, is packed with twangy atmosphere and some righteously gritty jams that’ll probably be even grander tonight. michael alan GolDBerG

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Jesse Malin It took some time for Jesse Malin to work it out. The former D Generation/Heart Attack frontman wasted his first couple albums chasing an Americana vibe coming off as a pallid copy of his solo debut’s producer Ryan Adams. Returning to a band approach a few years ago helped, and together they wrote last year’s Love It to Life, rediscovering the charm and swagger of Malin’s earlier bands. It channels the Replacements’ ramshackle garage energy and the hard candy hookiness of classic Black Francis into a punchy, exceptionally tuneful mix. The leather-jacketed rebel now has lines around his eyes and worldweary dispassion in his demeanor, but his heart still bleeds like a sieve. chriS parKer 9:15pm. $10. With Toy Soldiers, Adam & Dave’s Bloodline. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 Frankford Ave. 215.739.9684. johnnybrendas.com

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here’s been a lot of crossover between indie music and hip-hop this year.

The many handjobs Odd Future earned from the indie press are partly responsible, but more importantly, many young producers have been actively blurring the line by supporting rap bars with the blurry, Instagram-esque pop juices currently lingering in the indie-underground. One such producer/rapper is South Philly’s Lushlife, whose No More Golden Days mixtape’s a prime example of the emerging sound. He spits hard and cleverly about Philly, with surrealistic ramblings scattered over the streets, and he does so atop silky, woozy beats like Clams Casino’s pivotal “Motivation” instrumental and his own brand of indie/hip-hop coitus. elliott Sharp

Wed., Dec. 7. 8pm. $8. With Tygerstrype, Teeel + Nestled Like Spoons. North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. 215.787.0488. northstarbar.com

Running of the Santas Get ready folks, because Santa is comin’ to town a little early this year! If you’re not familiar with this annual holiday event, basically it’s like the Running of the Bulls, but instead of bulls, it’s thousands of drunk people in Santa suits stumbling through the streets of Philly. It all kicks off with a pre-run party at Finnigan’s Wake (aka “The South Pole”) where they’ll be offering $3 beers and holding a contest for the “Hottest Santa Claus.” Then, at 4 p.m. sharp, the wannabe Kris Kringles will make the threeblock trek from Finnigan’s to The Festival Pier (aka “The North Pole”), where they’ll be plenty of drink specials, giant heated tents and live music from seven bands, including Go Go Gadget and Split Decision.

This year, the city is expecting more than 5,000 participants—maybe enough to break a Guinness World Record. Just be sure to keep the kiddies at home. This will only ruin the magic of Christmas. nicole FinKBiner 4pm. $20-$75. Finnegan’s Wake, 537 N. Third St. 215.574.9240. finnigans.com

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o, how long are we gonna let Robin Thicke get away with flaunting his hot wife in our faces? In the new video for his latest single, “Love After War” (the title track from his latest album), Thicke has his missus, actress Paula Patton (who co-stars in that upcoming Mis-

sion: Impossible sequel, by the way), wearing a blond wig and the skimpiest, most scantily clad shit as they snog and tussle with each other, just like they did in the “Lost Without U” video. We defy any man not to have instant hateration for Alan Thicke’s son after seeing this damn video. We admit the boy has proven himself to be a credible, blue-eyed soul singer, now five albums deep into the game. But, gotdammit, does he have to remind every man he has this woman—and we don’t— in EVERY VIDEO HE DOES? Don’t be surprised if you see a lot of smitten sistas, and a bunch of seething brothas, at his show this week. Craig D. LinDsey Sat., Dec. 10, 9pm. Sold out. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com

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It’s the perfectly hilarious way to include in this year’s holiday season. T.P. 2pm. $26. Drexel University, 33rd and Chestnut sts. 610.225.3007. contempradancetheatre.org

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Whatever gift you want to give (barring an overpriced iPad or J-Lo branded Fiat), the Punk Rock Flea Market will be your one-stop shop. Like Etsy come to life, the bi-annual flea market brings together the city’s indie artist and designers to sell their creations and vintage finds for an afternoon. Seller’s range from screenprinters selling their works, random neighborhood ladies selling off old furniture, and small boutiques (like South Philly’s Sweet Jane Vintage) setting up their small stations. In addition to the 300 sellers in the main dome, check out the records fair happening across the street in the Starlight Ballroom. And R5 Productions will be selling the wonderful 10 show pass, which grants you access to 10 R5 shows in a given year. Don’t forget to pick up something for yourself. D.W. 10am-5pm. $3. 461 N. Ninth St. r5productions.com

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Frontman Mike McColgan’s apprenticeship as the Dropkick Murphys’ original singer served him well, informing his subsequent band’s fist-in-the-air anthems. It feels like a beer-soaked south Boston good time when the Street Dogs play, even though McColgan’s lyrics owe a larger debt to Joe

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Strummer than the Dropkick’s bacchanals. Subjects range from union solidarity (McColgan worked as a firefighter between bands), to banker swells (“Hang ’em High”) and hardcore’s favorite trope, “Freedom.”

It’s territory as well-trod as television crime procedurals, but they bring it off with oldschool attitude and the Dropkick’s exultant spirit, which leavens the rhetoric’s angry edge. They don’t break new ground, but could crack ribs with their piston-pumping punk-rock crunch. C.P. 7pm. $14. With Off With Their Heads + Murder the Stout. TLA, 334 South St 215.922.1011. livenation.com

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Black Cobra + The Body When Mastodon turned goofy and stopped dealing Leviathan-sized heavy-metal blows, bands like Black Cobra scooped up the bloodied gauntlet and fearlessly charged into battle. The San Francisco duo’s latest release, Invernal (Southern Lord), is like a bull dog—short and chunky, a bit sludgy, but quick-to-thrash and gnash its teeth. Playing first is the Body, a Providence, RI, duo whose All The Waters Of The Earth Shall Turn To Blood (At A Loss) was one of 2010’s strongest metal albums. Strong, yes, but also really weird, thanks to the bizarre, witchy vocals contributed by the Assembly Of Light Choir.

There’s an uncompromising experimental bug trapped inside the Body, but it’s a noisy, mean and twisted little fucker that’s dragging trad metal to more enlightened levels. e.s.

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Three Little Pigs Birra Bowl, you’re quite the meaty dish!

Yes, yes, once upon a time, chef/ owner Andrew Fox created the Three Little Pig pizza, and all of our brick oven pizzas can be served as a Birra Bowl.

How are you different from your traditional pie?

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Last, cover the entire bowl in dough and bake for 20 minutes.

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Once I bake in our 6-foot, twodecker brick oven—not straw or sticks, mind you—simply flip me upside down and enjoy your openfaced calzone.

Before I dig in, I’ll be sure to huff and puff and cool you down!

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The jokes, of course, began earlier in the day.

You’ve got to be nuts to eat those things.

Ordering them for dinner is definitely a ballsy decision.

Appetizers? You’ve got that one in the bag.

In hindsight, I think most of the texts my friends sent me that day were rooted in the very real discomfort they felt at what I was going to have for dinner. This, after all, is a country whose food culture is generally predicated on the idea that we can separate whatever flesh we’re consuming from the concept of the living, sentient animal from which it was cut.

But these—well, you just can’t separate the testicles on your plate from anything other than what they’ve always been. You look at them, and you know exactly what part of the lamb they called home.

That’s part of the allure of pushing yourself to taste outside your comfort zone. Too often, we eat passively, forgetting about or ignoring the intimate communion we’re sharing with the food on our plate. It’s why I occasionally find it so necessary to taste things that make me a little bit squeamish.

The other reason is less lofty, more hedonistic: You never know when you’ll find your next favorite food.

So down the proverbial hatch they went. I couldn’t believe these were the first lamb testicles I’d ever eaten. Chef Konstantinos Pitsillides, of Kanella (1001 Spruce St.), had deep-fried them and paired them with a bracing parsley, onion and caper-berry salad.

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Balls deep: Lamb testicles at Kanella.

reminded me of sweetbreads, but in a minor key—more like a delicate mushroom, as opposed to a just-dug-up and funky one. They were transporting.

I was at Kanella for just this reason. A few months ago, after an article in PW on authentic foods in Philly, I received an email from Pitsillides, pointing out that he’s always cooked authentically, and that I was remiss for having not included his restaurant. So when the time came to prepare for this piece, I called him up and asked if he’d prepare the testicles I’d heard he did so well. I was clear that this wouldn’t be a review, but an article for which I’d like to consider including this particular dish.

I got more than I bargained for: He’d arranged an entire adventure-eating menu the night my guest and I visited. [Note: In keeping with PW policy, we paid for the menu; this was not a free meal.]

We started with lamb tongue, easily one of my favorite parts of the animal. It had been sliced lengthwise into several palm-thick filets, grilled and paired with a bright, fresh tabbouleh. In flavor and texture, it reminded me of the best brisket you could ever eat, deeply savory, with a touch of sweetness from the grill’s heat.

(For tongue fans, this city provides an embarrassment of riches: La Lupe’s (1201 S. Ninth St.) lengua taco has attained near-legend status, and Famous 4th Street Deli (700 S. Fourth St.) serves an excellent version of the Jewish-grandmother classic. I’ve also had wonderful duck tongues at Wokano (1100 Washington Ave.). You eat them like artichoke leaves, pulling the meat from the central bone. It would be a great Super Bowl snack, if you were so inclined.

Skewers of delicate, creamy rabbit kidneys also made an appearance, their flan-like centers encased in a diaphanous outer layer kissed with the smoke of the grill: Perfect. Then the centerpiece of the menu, an homage to the calf—meaty tongue, succulent cheeks and brain, which itself is just as much about texture as flavor. This was almost panna cotta-like on the tongue, and took on the character of the hearty, grain-flecked sauce it arrived in. It succeeded on every level.

Eating the unfamiliar or uncomfortable is often an intellectual experience. The one question that always seems to come up is this: Can you derive sensual pleasure from something that, in a very real way, makes you squeamish? That tension, that dichotomy, often forms the backbone for the enjoyment that follows.

So try the hottest item on the menu at Han Dynasty (I have an acquaintance who once ordered the dan dan noodles at heat-level 12, and lived to tell the tale). Head to the Northeast and ask for recommendations at Chaikhana Uzbekistan. Make regular trips to West Philly for African preparations you’ve never seen before.

Adventurous eating doesn’t only mean chowing down on the nastier slices of animals, but often simply exposing yourself to new flavors and textures. No matter what part of the plant or creature they come from, that in and of itself is a ballsy move. Whether or not actual balls are involved. n

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Set in New York City in 2006, the show’s four characters are all 20-somethings with big dreams, but are uncertain about how to attain them. Warren (Steve Pacek, in his best performance yet) is a wandering writer

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currently house-sitting for a jailed artist friend. Deb (the excellent Alex Keiper) is a grad student with dreams of publishing a book, and Jason (the vocally gifted Michael Philip O’Brien) and Claire (a sublime Whitney Bashor) are a young couple headed toward either marital bliss or devastating heartbreak.

They are a likeable group, but in general there is nothing extraordinary about any of the four. Yet while there are no shocking plot twists, Gwon discovers—and shines light on—the drama in everyday life. The characters’ plainness, along with the cast’s engaging, natural performances allow us to empathize fully with these four New Yorkers regardless of their—or our own—age or gender.

Performed with just a few props (boxes containing the characters’ possessions) and no set to speak of, Director Joe Calarco’s production relies fully on Gwon’s music and the performers’ skill. The less-is-more approach pays off marvelously, and for all its simplicity, this quietly compelling musical moves us in profound and unexpected ways.

Locally, Calarco is best known for producing a number of visually dazzling productions at Philadelphia Theatre Company including The Light in the Piazza, which captured the Barrymore Award for outstanding production of a musical. In

addition to creating indelible visuals, Calarco is also enormously adept at managing time and space.

In order to immerse the audience entirely in the world of the play taking place on stage, most theaters go to great lengths to isolate the performance space from the world outside.

Calarco takes the opposite approach.

By rearranging the seating, revealing the Skybox’s original brick walls, and at key moments removing the black drapes that typically cloak the windows, the Skybox is transformed into an urban jungle. We easily imagine that we are there with the characters walking down Broadway, hailing a cab on Fifth Avenue, strolling through Central Park or admiring Monet’s masterpieces at the Met. Rather than being confined to a stage, the actors perform throughout the entire space. Except for the rare moments when they sit with the audience, the actors are in motion throughout the show’s 80 minutes.

Without a single sound or special lighting effect, the production magically summons the hustle and bustle of a great metropolis. The environmental staging is essential in allowing New York City to be fully realized as the story’s fifth character. Like the four human characters, it too is in a state of constant change.

The usual criticism of Gwon’s music is that it lacks variety. Yet the similarity of the songs works in the show’s favor this time, creating a distinct mood that suggests the mix of anticipation and fear shared by the foursome. You won’t leave the theater humming any of the tunes, but Gwon’s music (which recalls the early work of composer Jason Robert Brown) achieves a startling level of emotional complexity. With lyrics that are often witty, the songs do far more than just move the story along; in the touching penultimate number “I’ll be Here” (magnificently performed by Bashor), the music is capable of reducing us to tears.

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Space Invaders The Space Savers Project has some fun with the parking-spot-obsessed.

By Katherine Rochester krochester@philadelphiaweekly.com

Camo cones: Michael Konrad’s space savers are wrapped in images of their immediate surroundings.

Chucked by the side of the curb, desk chairs (broken), milk crates (trashed) and unidentifiable objects (broken and trashed) are the symbols for a peculiar Philadelphia tradition: saving parking spaces with whatever

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happens to be on hand. And heaven help you if you try to mess with any of them. If you’ve indulged in a little “space saving” yourself or have simply marveled at the sheer diversity of junk that saves parking spaces in Philly, then the Space Savers Project proves that you’re in good company.

When artist Christopher P. McManus moved to Philadelphia in 2008, he was both bewildered and impressed by the lengths to which Philadelphians will go to save an oil-stained spot of asphalt.

“I was immediately drawn to it,” he says.

“I started thinking about these objects as works of art and wondering whether artists might be able to redesign these pieces.”

In particular, McManus liked the space savers that defied gravity, or expanded and

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contracted to fit the entire size of a parking spot. “I was really inspired by those ones that are kind of constructions themselves.

For example, a traffic cone tied to a milk crate tied to a cage with a cinder block on it.” Where an eager parker might see a cracked recycling bin, McManus saw the beginnings of a public art project.

Recruiting a group of like-minded artists, McManus organized the Space Savers Project, an exhibition that turns pieces of junk into thoughtful statements about personal property in public space. With 10 artists hailing mostly from sculpture and design backgrounds, the resulting space savers will be on view in various parking spots around the city this Saturday, Dec. 10, and will then move to the Esther Klein Gallery for an indoor presentation. Featured space savers take on a range of forms, including a video installation that projects images of a car when it’s away from its spot, and a table where neighbors can sit and chat. Most do more than simply reserve a parking space.

Linda Yun’s “Move Along/Please Stay” features a minimalist mirror that faces the street, cleverly reflecting an approaching car in order to fill the space with the car’s own reflection. Acknowledging her own guilt in commandeering part of the street, Yun tacked a stray cat sanctuary onto the reverse side of the mirror, complete with kibbles, water and a jungle gym. “The guilt of stealing was forcing my hand in giving back in some way,” she explains. In a similarly subtle gesture, Michael Konrad’s “Camo Cones (Hiding in Plain Site)” is almost invisible. Wrapped in images of their immediate surroundings, the traffic cones— usually meant to stand out—dissolve into the streetscape. “Although it’s technically illegal, saving parking spaces is not something that people make any effort to hide,” says Konrad, whose traffic cones are meant to discreetly announce their presence. Konrad hopes his cones will introduce a little self-conscious subterfuge into the practice of brazenly saving spaces, an alternative to the status quo of “all sorts of random junk right out there in the street.”

Just because the artists are making space savers, however, doesn’t mean they’ll actually use them. Neither Yun nor Konrad practice space saving and both are dubious about the legitimacy of the habit in general.

“It’s public space—free for anyone to use, plain and simple,” Konrad says.

Yun echoes the sentiment: “I believe it is sort of a breaking down of an implicit social contract,” in which everyone just looks out for No. 1. Also, she adds, “My neighbors would probably kill me.” n

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Oliver Reed and Alan Bates, Women in Love (1969): The amount of press afforded Michael Fassbender’s unclothed dong in Shame underlines an irksome inequality: Even today, it’s rare for actors, not actresses, to unveil their naughty bits. For men, nudity is a question of if; for women, it’s a question of when. It wasn’t initially so imbalanced. Soon after the Production Code’s demise in 1968, Robert Forster’s yosh made a blink-and-miss cameo in Medium Cool. Chock it to the recently late Ken Russell to think bigger. When Reed and Bates wrestle in his D.H. Lawrence adaptation, they do so sans clothes.

Robert De Niro and Gérard Depardieu, 1900 (1976): You have to get the uncut five-hour version of Bernardo Bertolucci’s Europudding epic to score the shocking sight of two of the era’s finest thespians receiving simultaneous—and unsimulated—hand jobs from the same woman. You’ll never see The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle or Bogus the same way.

Jaye Davidson, The Crying Game (1992): The flesh hoagie as plot twist.

Harvey Keitel, Bad Lieutenant (1992) and The Piano (1993): “I’ve seen Harvey Keitel’s dick more than I’ve seen my own dick,” Dennis Miller confessed after a rash of Keitel twig sightings. Of course, the meat flute—unlike its female counterparts—was not used for stimulation purposes. Those into the organ still have to settle for it being deployed for laughs (see: Jason Segel’s fellow in Forgetting Sarah Marshall) or by men who look like Harvey Keitel.

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As with Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights, there was some doubt as to the validity of the massive weapon Vincent Gallo had felated by Chloë Sevigny. Director Claire Denis even claimed it was a dildo Gallo had stolen from the set of Trouble Every Day. Of course, why Sevigny would allow herself to get dropped from William Morris Agency over mouthing a mock-cock rather muddles that conspiracy.

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yet their alarming body language momentarily suggests incest.

She’s a nuisance straight away, cluttering up Brandon’s austere apartment with her vintage junk shop clothes and interrupting his busy schedule of chronic masturbation and wordless assignations with prostitutes. The more she bleats for his attention, the further he hides himself away.

Until eventually there comes a spectacular sequence in which Brandon has no choice but to finally listen to his sister.

Sissy is a nightclub singer, and one night Brandon gets stuck with his boorish boss sitting next to him while she warbles an off-key, desperately sad rendition of “New York, New York”—a triumphant song reconfigured here as a mournful dirge, McQueen locks the camera in tight on Mulligan, and even tighter on Fassbender. The actors have nowhere to hide, and the pointed lyrics suddenly become all the backstory we need to know about Brandon and Sissy. The moment is shattering.

It’s a divisive scene, already mocked widely on the internet by the movie’s detractors. But Shame is that kind Solo action: Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a sex addict. of movie, so fearless in its structural conceits and doomladen humorlessness some folks are bound to snicker. For once I wasn’t one of them, as the ferocity of the perforThere’s normally nothing I find duller than films about admances and McQueen’s formal relentlessness left me diction. Of course, such things are catnip for actors, custompulverized. engineered with plenty of Oscar clip moments during the Take, for instance, a later scene in which Brandon atinevitable bottoming out sequences. But how many times tempts to go on a proper date with a co-worker (Nicole Becan we as an audience travel the same trajectory of torment, harie.) It’s an awfully awkward dinner, exacerbated by one relapse and recovery? of the most comically incompetent waiters to ever land a job That’s why Steve McQueen’s Shame arrives with such a in the New York Service industry. But McQueen’s camera bracing jolt, following a familiar formula in ways that feel lurks far away, stubbornly refusing the relief of a closeshocking and new. The subject of sex addiction often inup, or even a cut. Such small talk is a foreign language to spires giggles and cheap jokes. (Really, name a guy who isn’t Brandon, and the vastness of the space in which he’s framed addicted to sex. See, I couldn’t resist, either.) But the movie cements his alienation. This is smart filmmaking. takes it deathly seriously, in a graphic fashion bound to make The movie is stacked with bravura long takes, my some viewers extremely uncomfortable. favorite of which follows Brandon Brandon, a successful marketing execuon a midnight jog through an eerily tive played with recessive anguish by empty Manhattan. Sissy’s having some Shame the extraordinary Michael Fassbender, seriously noisy sex in his apartment, Grade: A could just as easily be hooked on booze or and Brandon blocks out the sounds by Director: Steve McQueen smack. What he’s seeking is oblivion. blasting the Goldberg Variations on Starring: Michael Fassbender, He sleepwalks through McQueen’s his iPod, before taking to the streets Carey Mulligan and James Badge Dale steel-hued Manhattan in a daze, whether and sprinting for what feels like an eye-fucking a young married woman eternity in one heroically unbroken in the subway or rubbing one out in his shot. The scene says as just as much office bathroom. Brandon has no meanabout his condition as any of the film’s ingful human contact and most times graphic fuck-fests, illustrating this seems incapable of the simplest conversation. Horn-dogging character’s pathological need to make the world go away. it around town after work with his married, sleazeball boss Ever since Shame premiered on the festival circuit earlier (James Badge Dale, so convincingly loutish you’ll instinctively this year, there has been much ado about Fox Searchlight’s want to move your seat away from him) Brandon is a handballsy stance to release the film uncut, complete with the some blank—there’s something that just isn’t present.

NC-17 rating that received wisdom tells us is box-office But then Sissy shows up and shatters his self-imposed isolapoison. It’s an admirable stand for a subsidiary of a major tion. Carey Mulligan is a revelation as Brandon’s emotional studio, even if people seem to be forgetting that Searchlight train wreck of a sister, a loudmouth exhibitionist whose every did the same thing with Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamfoulmouthed outburst reads as a wail for help. We don’t learn ers back in 2003. Still, I doubt a movie as galvanizing as much from their conversations, but she’s got plenty of scars on Shame had any blockbuster potential in the first place, but her wrists, and it’s confirmed that these two come from a bad kudos to the studio for treating us like adults and allowing place. They’ve obviously been estranged for quite some time, us to see it the way it was meant to be seen. n

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Steve McQueen doesn’t suffer fools gladly. A large, contentious British black dude who appears to have just wandered over from a Guy Ritchie movie, the former video instillation artist also co-wrote and directed Shame, one of this year’s most indelible films. Even within the cozy confines of a hotel room junket interview, I didn’t dare ask a single question about why he never changed his name. “I speak very fast,” McQueen chuckled. “Fifteen minutes become 10.”

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PW : I lived in New York City for years, so I’m fascinated by your depiction of Manhattan as a shimmering, steel palace of isolation.

Steve McQueen: For me it’s very strange, as a European. A lot of New Yorkers live and work in the sky. What’s amazing is that you always have a perspective of yourself and the city in that situation. You are always framed by the city. There’s always you and this huge metropolis. So what does it do, mentally? It must make you feel insignificant in a strange way. I love that the higher you go in a building, the price of the apartment goes up. That was interesting. So there’s always the character’s reflection in the glass, but also his reflection on the city.

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PW : I’ve also gotten so used to seeing Carey Mulligan as a mewling kitten in most movies. Did she surprise you here the way she surprised me?

SM: No. I worked with her to get those surprises. Sorry, I don’t hire actors. I work with actors. Some actors are so fucking lazy—don’t use the “fucking”—but if you spin them around you can get them to perform. I think people have cast Carey as this sort of English Rose. I don’t think she is. I think she’s much deeper.

There’s a very deep well. What happened was I wasn’t even thinking of Carey, but she got hold of the script and desperately wanted the role.

There’s a real desperate quality to her, and I like that. It reminded me of the character, so I offered her the role on the spot.

PW : There is a lot of backstory in this film that is only hinted at, but never elaborated upon.

SM: A lot of movies, what they do is that people start talking to you about their past, where they come from, how they got here and whatnot. In reality this never happens.

I like the idea that within the journey of the film we get to know the people’s past through the present. To me it was a much more attractive proposition and I hope much more stimulating for the audience. We do it all the time. And again, as an audience member myself, when we come to the cinema we bring our past, our present, our history, then we sit down and project it onto the screen. We’re not stupid, but most movies treat us like idiots. One doesn’t have to do that, one can bring the audience in.

PW : Your distributor, Fox Searchlight, is taking a fairly unprecedented stance and going out uncut with an NC-17 rating.

Congratulations, and do you think it’s finally time for more movies like this, aimed at an adult audience?

SM: I didn’t even know what NC-17 was. I thought it was a rap group. When they said we got an NC-17, I said: “OK, give me the CD.” I’m just trying to make movies about how we live today. I’m not chopping people’s heads off. I’ve never held a gun in my hand in my life. I have had sex. I have seen the opposite sex naked, and I have seen the same sex naked. I think the majority of people reading what you print have, too. The majority of people have never held a gun in their hand, and the majority of people have never shot somebody in the head. But that just seems to be the norm with film and distribution.

PW : So you started out in the art world, how is the transition been from— SM: I’m still an artist. I haven’t started and I haven’t finished. There’s no transformation.

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Samuel Fuller once conceived of a biopic on Balzac that opened with a thrilling carriage chase. Such keyed-up, outsidethe-box thinking compels the makers of Young Goethe in Love, which strains to rebrand the author of The Sorrows of Young Werther from the father of adolescent selfpity into the kind of incorrigible figure who could encourage bouncy period sagas with titles like “Young Goethe in Love.” (That’s nothing; the original German title is simply Goethe!, the exclamation point being a kind of joke?)

Philip Stözl’s film opens with collegiate J.W. Goethe (Alexander Fehling, of Inglourious Basterds) being shunned by a Ph.D department; he replies by writing “KISS MY ASS” in the snow with his foot.

What a card! Soon, the seeds that will turn our bright-eyed, cocky, funny-face-making goofball into a game-changing depresso are planted when he segues into a career of law clerkdom. There, he meets and courts hottie Lotte (Miriam Stein). She loves him back, but is arranged for marriage to Goethe’s employer Albert (Moritz Bleibtreu). Lotte’s seemingly inexplicable choice of Albert over Goethe sends the latter over the edge and the film from a supposedly fun lark into a tragedy-o-rama that encompasses suicides, duels and moping aplenty. Rarely has a “dramedy” been so neatly divided between its comedy and drama parts.

Whether the taller events, most naggingly the “kiss my ass” part, depicted within truly occurred or not is irrelevant. They make this crowd pleaser, with its bouncy score and its actorly mugging, feel like it’s being peppy out of desperation; watching it is only mildly less surreal than a feel-good movie about Nietzsche before he got all existential and stuff. Intimations of a slobs-vs.-snobs mentality even crop up in the relationship between rakish Goethe and Albert, who as depicted is as comically uptight as the horseriding Niedermeyer from Animal House.

Ultimately, Young Goethe succumbs to its subject’s fashionable melancholy, which is not to be confused with actual melancholy.

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A Warrior’s Heart Grade: D Review by Matt Prigge

Shepherded into existence by a company actually called “Family Productions,” A Warrior’s Heart depicts the pesky grieving process of a slack-jawed lacrosse player. Opening in pre-Colonial times, Michael F. Sears’ film quickly catches up with Connor Sullivan (Kellan Lutz), a blond, bland rent-a-hunk whose Iraq colonel dad (Chris Potter) urges him to ply his trade at a prestigious academy, where they play “real lacrosse.” After Pop is killed in battle, Connor flips out, or as much as an actor who can manage one facial expression can muster.

His inability to just get over it, paired with his expert ability at smashing trophy displays, gets him booted from the team. Luckily, he falls into the hands of Duke (Adam Beach), a smirking marine who whisks him off to a forest (or “kidnaps” him) for some tough love training on how to be a man, how to both symbolically and literally break through walls and how to withstand inhumane amounts of Successories slogans. “Temper is good. It’s how you use it that works,” Duke informs him, when he’s not calling him “sweet pea” or, showcasing his mastery of 2001 lingo, “home slice.”

Occasionally the job of dispensing cliches is taken over by the so-named “Brooklyn” (Ashley Greene), Connor’s love interest and the daughter of his former coach (William Mapother). Seems coach likes to spy on his daughter as she engages in PG-rated mating with Connor then tells her “it’s not spying, it’s parenting” when it really is simply spying.

Brooklyn spends the majority of the film off-screen—despite the heavily advertised reunion of Green with Lutz, her co-star in some obscure franchise about hymen-breaking vampires and infant-loving lycanthropes— which means she clogs the narration track about how “it’s hard to say if warriors are born or whether they’re made by circumstances.” Sometimes she helpfully turns her attention to those “who stand up after they’re knocked down.”

Connor puts these lessons to practice where it matters: in the mighty game of lacrosse, a sport rarely depicted on-screen for reasons that become immediately apparent. Credit is due for delaying the requisite God-talk till the final minutes, but it’s likely only those who’ve never heard of irony as well as tragically sober film critics will ever get that far. n

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The Black Keys El Camino [Nonesuch] Akron, Ohio’s the Black Keys are on record: They don’t give a fuck about being called sell-outs. So, fuck you! The Grammy-toting blues-rock duo’s seventh album sports a picture of their shitty old tour van on the cover. They didn’t just get in the van, they lived in the van, baby.

(Figuratiely speaking.) Hardcore.

Anyway, here’s 11 new tracks from these guys. Wellproduced blues-rock. That’s what they do. Twangy licks with high school gymnasium pep-rally choruses on “The Lonely Boy.” Too bad Friday Night Lights is dead, because it would be perfect for it. “Dead And Gone” is a spunky little number, perfect for New Girl—easy to imagine Zooey Deschanel doing some annoying shit to that one. “Gold on the Ceiling” is a a bit dirty and gnarly, ideal for a PBR ad. The soft acoustic intro for “Little Black Submarines” would go great with an ad for a White Stripes boxset.

“Money Maker,” which is the Black Keys' theme song, sounds like the Super Bowl to me, or maybe a Black Crowes reunion campaign. “Run Right Back” is Budweiser. “Sister” has the sorta hard edge ideal for an iPod commercial. “Hell Of A Season” = Nike. “Stop Stop” = Budweiser, too. “Nova Baby” is very meaningful. “Mind Eraser” is disco all the way. Does your product exemplify the spirit of disco? If so, holler at these guys. Mark your calendars because the Black Keys play the Wells Fargo Center in March.

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So, what’s the point? Maybe you should go listen to Bitches Brew in one sitting if you haven’t already. It’s a lovely album. (I’ve always said that, if I ever get married, I’d like to have a band play the entire thing, front to back, at the reception.) Then, once you finish listening to it, seek out other albums that might be “too difficult” or “too long.” Consider it an exercise in character-building.

It’ll make you a better person. People (and websites) will admire you for it. ■

The Philly/Jimmy Fallon boys drop their 13th studio album this week. It’s a concept album.

I hate to be a jerk here (actually, no, I don’t), but does it really mean anything to call Undun a concept album?

Aren’t all Roots records about how tough it is to grow up on the streets of Philadelphia, and all the pains, hopes, tragedies and joys that come along with that? In fact, aren’t most hip-hop records about this? I mean, I get it, this book of tunes is about one particular character, but ...

Do you understand what I’m saying? Like, can you imagine a concept album by a country artist about a boy who grew up in Alabama, worked on his family farm, and then settled down with a wife and kids in his hometown and spent his time either sitting on the front porch reminiscing about “better times” or chilling at rodeos? Would that really be a concept album, or would that just be a country album? I’m probably alone with this critique, so ...

Undun! It’s short, under 40-minutes-long. ?uestlove’s production is spectacular. It sounds nothing like any other hip-hop record you’ll hear this year. While it sounds nothing like Shabazz Palace’s Black Up, it belongs in a category with that wonderful record for throwing a bit of curveball when audiences are expecting the straighthead fastball most rappers are throwing. ■

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In case you don’t know what Flavorwire is, it’s a website that posts various lists of things, mostly about pop culture. The lists are really annoying because you have to individually click through each of the 10 or so things so the site can maximize its page views, thus maximizing its advertising revenue. Imagine clicking through a list of the 100 Best Patrick Swayze Quotes, and now imagine the raging boner Toyota gets when they realize a bunch of people are gonna look at an advertisement for one of their cars 100 times in one sitting. No, seriously, close your eyes and imagine a car with a raging boner. Weird, right?

Anyway, last week Flavorwire posted a list called “10 Albums We Dare You to Finish.” The criteria they offered was that the albums were either “too difficult” or “too long.” The list opened with Miles Davis’ classic 1970 album, Bitches Brew. They acknowledge the album’s importance—“it pretty much invented jazz/rock fusion, and it’s a 20th-century masterpiece,” they write—but it made the list because “it sill gives us a headache.”

It’s a strange choice. When people think of experimental-jazz or free-jazz albums, particularly those that are harsh or “difficult,” Bitches Brew isn’t normally up there at the top. It’s actually a fairly smooth album. Very dreamy, soothing and contemplative. It’s not crazy and abrasive in the way that records like Dave Burrell’s Echo or Peter Brötzmann’s Machine Gun or John Coltrane’s Ascension are. Sure, Bitches Brew has a few slightly chaotic sections, but it’s really not a headache-inducing album. Want an avant-headache? Listen to any Merzbow record. Want one from reeds? Try Kaoru Abe. Flavorwire’s line of thinking reminds me of an experience I once had. When I was an undergraduate at a public university in Richmond, Virginia, I went to a record shop called Plan 9 to pick up a copy of Ornette Coleman’s Free Jazz, an album released in 1960 that remains one of the defining documents of the free-jazz

movement. I’m not sure how I heard about it, but I went to the store specifically to buy it. I took the CD, with its Jackson Pollock artwork on the cover, up to the register.

“I couldn’t finish this the first few times I listened to it,” some 40-year-old looking cashier told me. “It took me several attempts before I could finally listen to the whole thing in one sitting.”

I purchased the CD and left. That was about 10 years ago, so I can’t remember my thoughts at the time. But I was probably thinking something like this about the cashier, “You fucking wanker.” I went back to my shitty, roachy apartment, drank a pot of coffee, and listened to both takes of “Free Jazz” several times in a row.

It was beautiful, the way the horns violently dove into each other and into chaos, and then emerged to sustain a united (albeit disjointed) note. It was bonkers, unlike anything I’d ever heard before, and I loved it. I’ve since been on a mission to discover similar listening experiences, namely ones that are surprising and challenging.

Got something that’s too difficult or too long? I’ll take it.

Thanks, and more please!

“We have nothing but admiration for anyone who can do it in one sitting,” Flavorwire writes about the person who can actually listen to all of Bitches Brew. I guess that means Flavorwire admires me. I’m flattered, Flavorwire.

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By Richie Charles

feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com There are going to be people who say that the book on Rocket From the Tombs has already been written and a new batch of songs is unnecessary. Any response to that attitude?

No, there’s not. And if there are such people then what the hell do I care what they think? What have they done?

RFTT is our band. We get to do what we want. We’ve done something. We continue to do something. I can’t tell you how little I care about what other people think. I got stuff to do. I’m getting old. Time is running out. I have never stopped pushing. We felt the same way 37 years ago. We continue to feel that way. That is what drives RFTT and Ubu. Thirty-seven years may seem like a long time. It’s not.

It’s a blink of an eye when you wake up each day thinking, “Time is running out, I gotta do something.”

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Their famously brief lifespan belies their lasting influence, which should be noted anytime a guitar sticky with beer plugs into a buzzing amplifier. Principal members took their tunes with them and splintered into Pere Ubu and the Dead Boys before they could even enter a proper recording studio.

Songs like “Ain’t if Fun,” “Final Solution,” “Sonic Reducer” and “Life Stinks” endure as anthems at countless substancefueled parties. Now, 37 years after first disbanding, Cleveland’s Rocket From the Tombs (with Television’s Richard Lloyd in lieu of deceased Peter Laughner) have resurfaced with Barfly, their first album of new music. Vocalist David Thomas was patient enough to answer a few questions.

What was it like writing with Cheetah Chrome again?

You two set off in different directions in 1975.

Cheetah and I have always shared common ground. We like raw midwestern groove rock. We like a good riff played hard and fast. Writing with him and the others again was like falling off a log. No problem. Cheetah could have easily gone with me into Ubu and fit right in. Don’t underestimate the artiness in Cheetah.

How is the songwriting process different this time around? You can’t possibly have survived this long to write another tune as twisted as “Ain’t It Fun”? Can you?

It’s no different. Why would we want to write something that we wrote 37 years ago? We don’t pretend. We are the kind of men who deliver the goods. We are not a pop band.

We don’t do this to get neanderthals to like us. Keep up with the moment or leave us alone and go follow some manufactured group that tickles your ears. That reinforces your own dim perception of the world, that makes you think your own opinion actually matters. (I am speaking broadly here, not specifically to you!)

Years and years from now, how should people remember RFTT? I don’t know. I can’t think in these terms. That’s the sort of thing you have time to think about when you’ve got nothing else to think about. Me, I’m busy. n

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By Bill Chenevert

Nickelback

Here and Now (Roadrunner) Sounds Like: The pseudo-hard rock,

vaguely metallic AND country Canadian train wreck’s seventh album’s as abysmal as you might expect (approaching Creed status).

Free Association: Dude, didjya see ’em at Thanksgiving hafltime? Those guys ROCK. For Fans Of: ...

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Whatever (RCA) Sounds Like: The Nashville, Tenn.-born

emo pop rock quartet’s almost a joke these pretty boys aren’t musicians but they’re fun pawns to see milked for their shimmery optimism.

Free Association: Ousting Rooney as the reigning emo tween girl it-band of the moment.

For Fans Of: Sugar Ray/Smashmouth, New Boyz/Demi Lovato, text-heavy chest tattoos.

Trey Songz

Inevitable (Atlantic) Sounds Like: The young R&B heavy-hit-

ter’s a golden boy guesting on everyone’s records. His five-song EP’s slow and sexy (kind of), but the songs are forgettable.

Free Association: A weak batch of throwaways to collect summa that XMas cheddar.

For Fans Of: Chris Brown/the Weeknd/Usher/R. Kelly, Tevin Campbell, BET Awards.

Tinie Tempah

Live From SoHo (Disturbing London) Sounds Like: The London rapper’s

exploding in the U.K. with a Mercurynominated debut, this eight-track live set’s a fun reflection of his high-energy dancey hip-hop.

Free Association: He got Wiz Khalifa on his new single “Till I’m Gone”—brilliant, mate!

For Fans Of: Dizzee Rascal x Spank Rock, Tinchy Stryder, South London swag.

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Biba Democracy (Spintonic) Sounds Like: The Wilmington, Del.-

Critic's Pick LMFAO The Extremist Little Women

e can be all snobby and say we have no idea how those wacky haired, electro-pop rapW pers known as LMFAO have managed to become so popular. But we know exactly why.

Apart from the fact that these two dudes come from music-industry royalty (Redfoo is the son of Motown founder Berry Gordy, while SkyBlu is Gordy’s grandson), these men provide jumping party jams for drunken, bi-curious co-eds and douchebags in Affliction T-shirts (we’re assuming they’re also drunk) all over this great land. Let’s face it: Those assholes need music, and they can’t listen to Far East Movement all the time. So, here comes Redfoo and SkyBlu to the rescue, with their garish clothes, shuffling dance moves and catchy party rock anthems. (One of them just happens to be called “Party Rock Anthem,” by the way.) Whether they know it or not, LMFAO provides essential music for the Four Loko generation. (Craig D. Lindsey) Wed., Dec. 7, 5pm. $40.50-$141. With Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, David Guetta, Demi Lovato + others.

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based quintet’s original soundtrack of organ dirges, cooky guitars, surfy echoes and eerie sounds helps us wait for their 2012 LP. Free Association: A quirky story of democracy in a little border town through Spinto ears.

For Fans Of: Yo La Tengo + Buena Vista Social Club, Mariachi bands x politics.

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Free Association: This guy’s a bigger talent than that no-good surfer dweeb Jack Johnson.

For Fans Of: Paul Simon x Jason Mraz, the Lowlands/Hoots & Hellmouth, ukelele love.

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I’m a happily married woman. I have a great sex life with my husband of many years. He’s helped me discover things I didn’t know about myself sexually. The problem: Three years ago, my first love contacted me after 23 years. He was married at the time, although he didn’t want to be, and told me that he never stopped loving me. We have been having sexy e-chats ever since. My loving, GGG husband says that I can help my old flame out if I wish. What would you do in this situation?

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ing why I’m turned on by slave fantasies and just accept them. The problem is that I perceive my fantasies as reactionary: What is my hard-on but a big “fuck you” to the preachers, prudes and family members who made me miserable?

What would turn me on if I could get free of the whole fucked-up system? Am I asking questions that shouldn’t be asked? Should I just enjoy the fact that I’m turned on by humiliation and seek safe and sane situations to act out my fantasies?

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What would I do? Besides thank my lucky stars, kiss my loving, GGG husband and fuck the shit out of the other guy? A few things, CW2D. I would think hard—brainhard, not junkhard— about the potential powderkegginess of the situation. Not the powderkegginess of the having-sex-with-someone-other-than-my-husband-with-my-husband’s-consent situation, but the possible-shitstorm-that-could-ensue-afterfucking-this-particular-someone-who-isn’t-myhusband situation.

This Particular Someone says he’s still in love with you. That’s nice. Are you still in love with TPS? If not, what happens if fucking TPS reignites dormant feelings for TPS that, oh, three years (!) of texting and sexting haven’t? Even if you don’t feel any more strongly for TPS after fucking him, CW2D, what if TPS decides that you really are the one-and-only love of his life and that he absolutely, positively has to have you all to himself?

TPS isn’t some rando, as the kids say. You two share a history, CW2D, and TPS could present—or become—a threat to the stability of your happy, GGG marriage. So could a complete stranger you met on the street or online, of course, but the emotional stakes and potential for complications are much, much higher with TPS than they would be with some other dude.

So before you do TPS, CW2D, you need to think brainhard about these issues and discuss them at length with your husband. And if you decide to go ahead with it after hashing this shit out with your husband, CW2D, be clear with TPS about what it is you want. If all you’re interested in is a friendship, some affection and a little non-cyber sex for old time’s sake—if leaving your husband, or being poly, is out of the question—TPS needs to know that before you “help him out.”

(A note to those already composing angry emails about the qualified “go for it” I just gave: Yes, yes: Every couple you know who’s ever had a threeway or OK’d a fling wound up divorced. And that may be true—of the couples whose three-ways and flings you know about. You know lots of couples who’ve had three-ways and flings who aren’t divorced, but you don’t know you know them.

Most married couples want to be perceived as monogamous even—especially!—when they’re not.

So your friends who aren’t divorcing as the result of a disastrous fling, affair, swinging experience, three-way, etc., aren’t going to tell you about all the successful flings, affairs, etc., they’ve enjoyed.)

There are people who do not share your craycrayfundy/bible-study life experiences, HARD, who are nevertheless turned on by the exact same things you are. Human beings are primates, our cultures and societies involve all sorts of overt and covert power dynamics, and almost all humans wind up eroticizing those power dynamics to greater or lesser extents. Some of us eroticize them in subtle ways (pleasure taken in “servicing” a partner, a desire to be held down, a mild foot fetish), others more baroquely (elaborate D/s scenarios complete with props, costumes and clearly defined roles), but power, as a gross old man once observed, is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Even if we could determine that your kinks were shaped by your upbringing, HARD, the shit that turns you on is still going to turn you on.

And if your kinks are a “fuck you” to the preachers, prudes and family members who made you miserable—that’s a “fuck you” they earned. Let them have it. (I mean it: Take pictures. Mail ’em to that preacher.)

And remember: There are people out there having vanilla, hetero intercourse in unhealthy, abusive relationships, HARD. You can explore your sexuality in healthy or unhealthy ways, just like vanilla breeders can explore their sexualities in healthy or unhealthy ways, but you can’t escape who you are and what turns you on. So stop beating yourself up, HARD, and go find a nice, kinky guy who takes that responsibility off your hands.

(Here’s some great advice for gay guys just beginning to explore BDSM: tinyurl.com/bensten.)

I am 22, standing in a bookstore on Castro Street—this is many years ago, just after I dropped out of Bible college—looking at a gay BDSM magazine for the first time in my life, trying to hide my erection, reading a story about a Master who makes his naked slave carry to his Master’s friends a six-pack of beer that’s hanging from a rope that’s tied to his nuts. To my horror, I shoot a load in my pants without touching myself.

My problem: A bit older now, I’m still very much that boy in the bookstore. The things that turn me on are what my own mind—still brainwashed

by Southern Baptists—deems “bad.” I tell myself it’s OK to embrace my “kinks”and to stop analyz-

Reading your column made me a supporter of the LGBT community. I get your back in formal political debates and drunken bar discussions.

The LGBT community deserves equal rights, just like any other group of citizens. However, I must protest Kate Bornstein’s comments in a recent column. She said that sex-positive heterosexuals who support the LBGT community are not “straight” men, but “queer heterosexual” men.

Sometimes it’s hard for me to get people who are not gay to support LGBT equality because they’re afraid that someone will call their straightness into question. Don’t make it harder.

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To See the Following, Call Andy Oei (215) 790-5230 1900 Hamilton Street #D19-Deluxe 3br/2b PRKG 1743SF Terrace Courtyard Gym Drman ............................................................$3,195 1425 Locust Street #6E-Deluxe 1br/1b, Gourmet Kit, Spa Bath, Gym, Clubroom, Doorman ................................................................$1,895 901 N Penn Street #F1405-5Star Luxury, 2br/2.5b Balcony, Views, Parking, Pool, Gym ..................................................................$2,695 To See the Following, Call David Snyder 267.968.8600 2134 Locust Street #1R-Renov,2 Br/1.5 Ba unit,kit w/grantie/SS applns,hw flrs, A/C...................................................................$2,400 2211 South Street #1-Furnished rental,1 BR apt,Jacuzzi tub,flat screen tv,W/D. .........................................................................$1,400 P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY December 7 - 13, 2011

313 Spruce Street #1R-Stunning 2 Br Bi-level apt w/hw flrs,SS applns,grdn & blcny ................................................................$2,500 To See the Following, Call Eric Fox (215)790-5228 4523 Saint Davids Street-3Br/2B house w/hw flr new kit w/d 3 window AC units yard ..............................................................$1,500 To See the Following, Call Jody Dimitruk (215)893-9800 224 W Rittenhouse Square #2805-7-One of a kind 3BR plus den,3 balconies,Rittenhouse Sq views ..............................................$7,800 To See the Following, Call John Featherman 215-790-5221 1500 Chestnut Street #8F-2B/2b at the Ellington hi-end kit & bah w/d a/c 24/7sec ......................................................................$2,300 455 Hermit Street-3B/1b in Roxborough, 2-3 pkgs, HW fls, basement, w/d, a/c .........................................................................$1,395 128 Kalos Street-3b/1b in Manayunk Private backyard & front porch full bsmnt ................................................................................$1,250 1618 Latimer Street-Spacious 2B/Den/1.5b in Ritt Sq area HW frs backyard a/c w/d ....................................................................$2,500 202 N 8th Street #907-Bi-level 2B/1.5b 1car prkg @ MetroClub 24/7 sec fit ctr pool..........................................................................$2,300 2601 Pennsylvania Avenue #844-Large 2B/1b, split fl plan, hi-end kitchen, parquet flr, w/d ...........................................................$1,995 334 S 15th Street #2-Large tri-level 4B/2b in Rittn Sq area, HW flrs, a/c w/d ....................................................................................$2,700 2024 Upland Way #303-Mordern 2B/1b loft near R5 line, hi-end kit & gorgeous bath .....................................................................$1,895

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To See the Following, Call Laurie Phillips 215.790.5644 1936 Delancey Place-3 br suites 2-3car garage prkg elevator 4 fps outdr balcny.............................................................................$6,500 210 W Washington Square #7NE-3br+study/3b prkg 24hr concierge Chauffeured towncar gym .......................................................$7,500 To See the Following, Call Lisa Budnick 215-790-5227 2036 Rittenhouse Street-2br + media rm 2car prkg rf dck open kit & lvng space ............................................................................$3,500 To See the Following, Call Mike McCann (215) 440-8345 928 Fitzwater Street #1ST FL-1st flr Large Real Estate office w/C/A,3 piece bath .................................................................$1,095 171 Grape Street #106-Bridge View-Manayunk 1 Br,gourmet kit,Jacuzzi,prkng avail. ........................................................... $1,295 171 Grape Street #306-Bridge View-Manayunk 1 Br,gourmet kit,Jacuzzi,prkng avail. ...........................................................$1,295 171 Grape Street #G06-Bridge View-Manayunk 1 Br,gourmet kit,Jacuzzi,prkng avail. ...........................................................$1,095 1629 Jackson Street #2F-2 Br/1 Ba 2nd flr apt w/rear entrance,lots of natural light ........................................................................... $950 2005 Mercy Street-Nice 3 Br/1 Ba townhome, pine flrs,modern kit,clean bsmt ............................................................................$975 1110 Mount Vernon Street #2ND FL-3 Br renovated w/C/A,hw flrs,SS applns,W/D in the unit .................................................$1,295 241 S 6th Street #1103-1 Br/1 Ba condo,928 sq ft,w/park views from Br & balcony. .................................................................. $2,200 2024 S Darien Street-2 Br home w/carpeted LR,lrg front wndn,Eik,3 piece bth. ....................................................................................$850 36 University Mews-2 Br/1.5 Ba 3-sty twnhse,In University Mews w/parking space .....................................................................$1,500 4934 Valley Street-Garage building,water/sewer/ electric,17’ceilings,2 piece bth ...................................................$550 2044 Wilder Street-2 Br/1 Ba,Lr/Dr w/new wall to wall + new wndws,new kitchen. ..................................................................$795 To See the Following, Call Tom Reichner (215)440-7121 2135 Walnut Street #301-Elevator building,1 bedroom condo,500 sq ft,super convenient ..................................................................$1,100 To See the Following, Call Vicki Goldberg 215-790-5650 271 S 4th Street-5B/3.5b w/great rm,7fpl,fab kit,wd flrs, lush grdn+2 car PKG ......................................................................$8,500

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THE WARWICK 1701 LoCusT sTREET 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 270 degree city views, wood floors, designer kitchen, marble baths, 1,978sf $5,350 258 s. 18TH sTREET 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, custom home with beautifully appointed $2,490 open kitchen, designer baths, lots of natural light 1900 RITTENHousE squARE 1 bedroom, south facing with excellent natural light, modern kitchen, Juliet balcony, beautiful hardwood floors throughout, 1085sf $2,100 pARC RITTENHousE 225 s. 18TH sTREET 1 bedroom, marble bath, galley kitchen, w/d, wood floors, 707sf $2,050 1 bedroom plus den, 2 bath, completely open floor plan with excellent living/entertaining space, like-new condition, 1,506sf $4,500

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201 Delmont Ave., Ardmore 5BD/2.5BA, 2-Car DetachedGarage $475K

609 Rolling Hill Rd., Plymouth Meeting 3BD/2.2BA End Unit Twnhs., $397,500

2105 Bryn Mawr Place #A5, Ardmore 3BD/2.5BA, 640 Sq. Ft. Twnhse $270k

631 Righters Mill Road, Penn Valley

4BD/1.5BA 1645sf. Twnhse. Great Investment! $299K

3BD, 2.5BA, 1456 sq ft Ranch, $499K

1500 mount Vernon st. #2F, art museum

309 Bangor Rd. - Bala Cynwyd PenDeD

1BD, 1BA 751 sq ft condo $215K • $1450/Mo.

5BD, 2.5BA, 3 Story Colonial $550K

2311 south st. #302 - Fitler square PenDeD

4BD, 3.5BA, 3475 sq ft, 3 Story Colonial, $499k

2BD/2BA, gourm. kit & roof deck, 1 car gr. $479K

122 Quarry st., old City 4BD/2.1BA Twnhs., 1 car grg., 3,099 sq. ft. $649K

6350 City Ave 33 Saddlebrook Ln., Pickering Glen PenDeD 5BD/3.1BA, 3,684sq. ft. Colonial 1/2 acre, 2 car garage, $539,900

50 Belmont Ave, #213, Bala Cynwyd

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1637 oakwood #s222 - 3BD, 2.5BA $2,500/mo 1640 oakwood #w311 - 1BD, 1BA, w/d $150k

1BD, 1BA unit in Sutton Terraces $124,900

1409 Wesleys Run, Gladwyne 5BD, 4.5BA Home $1,150,000 or $6,500/mo

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300 Salter Street-New Construction in Queen Village - 3Br 2.5b w/ den & GARAGE, Tax Abated

753 N Ringgold Street-In Sweet Spot of Fairmount 3Br/2.5B renovated home w/den deck grdn & grge 2401 Penna Ave ##12A2-2 Br/2 Ba plus den,lrg laundry rm ,75 ft balcony w/Museum views from 2 rms.

2022 Green Street #2-2br/2b bi-level spacious condo in fairmount w/roof deck 833 N Newkirk-Classic 2 BR townhouse w/hw flrs t/o,new wndws,recently renov kit & patio.

1804 Green ##1-Quiet 1 BR on picturesque blk,wd-burning fpl,wd flrs,granite/SS,3 piece bth

fITLER SqUARE 309 S 25th Street-New Architect designed 3br/2.5b Lrg lr/dr w/fp updated kit, library grdn

$945,000

UNIVERSITY CITY/POWELTON VILLAGE 431 S 43rd Street-High-end crnr home w/PRKG. 2BR+den/2.5bths. In Penn Alexa Catch 4840 Cedar Avenue-Deluxe 5BR/3+BA home. Security and intercom systems, 2 fireplaces. Deck.

4527 Sansom St-Gourmet kit, decorative fplc in LR. 3BR/1ba. 3rd fl master bedroom suite.

RITTENHOUSE SqUARE 336 S 21st Street-1860s mansion 4BR/2.5ba + elev. LR, sep DR, den/study, EIK, lg grdn + deck 210 W Rittenhouse Square #1402-New upscale 1 br,1 bath luxury condo,furnished,1050 sq.ft.

1731 Naudain Street-New! bright 3br/2b 3 story Lg LR w/fp DR ss & granite kit grdn 1519 Pine ##9-Beautiful 1 Br/1.5 Ba,Brazilian flrs,9’clngs,granite/SS kit,Br w/bay wndw.

1629 Fitzwater Street-Renov 2BR/1.5bth home. Patio&Balcony w/skyline vus. Exc. locat 2020 Walnut ##6C-1 Br w/1 car garage prkng,24 hr doorman bldg,roof-top pool.

1629 Waverly Street-Lovely 2 BR Trinity with lots of light, brick patio 1514 Pine ##3F-1 Br condo w/gourmet kit,marble tile ba,fpl,wood flrs + tx abatement.

2020 Walnut ##5D-1 Br,great investment unit,rented to May2012.

1806 Rittenhouse Square #206-The Savoy,Tastefully rehabbed 1 bedroom unit,plenty of light.

$1,495,000 $525,000 $499,000 $359,900 $334,900 $329,000 $319,000 $295,000 $279,900 $235,999

ART MUSEUM 753 N Ringgold Street-In Sweet Spot of Fairmount 3Br/2.5B ren home w/den deck grdn & grge $479,000 2401 Penna Ave ##12A2-2 Br/2 Ba + den,lrg laundry rm ,75 ft balcony w/Museum views from 2 rms. $449,900 2022 Green Street #2-2br/2b bi-level spacious condo in fairmount w/roof deck $330,000 833 N Newkirk-Classic 2 BR townhouse w/hw flrs t/o,new wndws,recently renov kit & patio. $279,000 1804 Green ##1-Quiet 1 BR on picturesque blk,wd-burning fpl,wd flrs,granite/SS,3 piece bth $210,000

LOGAN SqUARE 2126 Appletree Street-Beautiful 3BR/2+BA townhome. Security system, cozy fireplace.

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$475,000

WASHINGTON SqUARE WEST 1315 Irving Street-Frank Furness designed carriage home 3br 3.5b + 2 dens w/1car grge rf deck 209 S Sartain Street-Lovely 3 BR/1.1 Ba,fpl,modern kitchen and bath.

1012 Spruce ##3F-2 Br Bi-level w/fpl,hw flrs,renovated kit & bth.

1130 Spruce ##3B-Renov kit and bth,fpl,private deck,low condo fees,add’l storage,great deal!

$1,050,000 $359,000 $339,000 $181,000

AROUND TOWN 3509 Prima Court-5 Br/3.5 Ba,Lr,Dr w/hrwd flrs,updated kitchen w/granite & SS applns 2210 S Broad Street-Discover the charm of this impressive 3-bedroom townhome! Security system.

1514 E Moyamensing Avenue-3 Br + family rm,2.5 spa Ba,cherry flrs t/o,2 fp’s,exp brk + garage prkng.

1429 Wharton Street-4-unit corner bldng. Deli + Salon + 2 very lrg 1 Br updated apts,h/w flrs.

3210 DaVinci Drive-3 Br/2.5 Ba,flr to ceiling wndws on 1st flr,kit w/granite & SS applns 1107 S 3rd Street-New rehab 3 bedroom,2 bath 1004 S Chadwick Street-2BR/2bth w/large fin. Bsmnt, fully renovated in 2008. Tax Abte.

1204 Jennifer Road-Somerton-Spacious 3 Br home on cul-de-sac,lrg LR,hw flrs,open flr plan.

1712 S Mole Street-Rehab 2Br/1.5 Ba,hrwd flrs,kit w/breakfast bar,granite,SS,yard + bsmt.

924 Dudley Street-2bed/1bath East Passyunk Square. Great 1st-time buyer opportunity 2423 S Bancroft Street-Great Value,2 bedroom,1 bath,move right in.

4334 Shelmire Avenue-Cheerful 3-bedroom townhome. Family room, built-in dishwasher. Basement.

6102 Charles Street-Friendly 3-bedroom townhome full of potential. Central air. Garage.

5927 Springfield Avenue-Enclosed porch,3 bedrooms,very spacious,nice block 5636 Thomas-3 bedroom open porch,spacious row,wide block.

1941 W Passyunk Avenue-Convenient 3-bedroom townhome that is ideally priced. This is a real buy!

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$625,000 $539,900 $399,900 $359,900 $319,000 $314,900 $125,000

$779,000 $679,900 $599,000 $575,000 $569,500 $485,000 $450,000 $419,000 $399,900 $399,900 $365,000 $355,000 $341,999 $299,900 $279,900 $225,000

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$459,000 $399,000 $364,000

2001 Catharine Street-Corner property 3 Br + den.2.5 Spa Ba,fpl,cherry flrs,dk,grdn + fin bsmt.

739 S 15th Street-Professionally renov 5 Br/3.5 Ba w/3 dks,fin bsmt,bamboo flrs.

1523 Rodman Street-Charming 2 Br/1.5 Ba twnhse,move-in-condition, gourmet kit,fpl,back dk,grdn 1727 Fitzwater #Unit A-Bright 2 BR/1.5 BA home,open flr plan,kitchen w/brkfst bar,C/A,1C garage.

1932 Catharine Street-16’ wide 2B,new s.s. appl&granite counter,wd flrs,C/A,huge grdn 2524 Carpenter-Beautifully updated 2 Br/2.5 Ba,original flrs,finished bsmt,open flr plan.

1516 Catharine ##4-Renovated 1 BR condo,high ceilings,SS appliances & HW floors.

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830 S 2nd - #Unit A-4 Br/3.5 spa Ba,hw flrs,2 fp’s,garden,fab roof deck,10 yrs old,3,072 sq ft.

750 S Marvine Street-Gorgeous new rehab,lrg grt room,1 car prkng,hw flrs,granite/SS kit,rf dk.

795 S 3rd Street-Corner prop,1 st flr has tenant,2nd & 3rd flr lrg sunny 1 bd apartments.

719 S Philip Street-Bright 3 Br/2.5 Ba home w/deeded prkng,cook’s kit,hrwd flrs,fp,grdn & deck.

527 Catharine Street-Renovated 3Br, 2.5b TH in MEREDITH Catchment, deck w/ City View, Fin Bsmnt 912 Fitzwater Street-Townhse in BV,3 Br w/park views,stunning kit,mstr suite,fin bsmt,patio + dk 718 S Mildred Street-3 Br/2.5 Ba,hw flrs,gas fpl,built in TV,gourmet kit,mstr suite,jacuzzi tub.

722 S 6th Street-3Br/Ba,Lr,Kit w/granite ctrs & SS applns,3rd flr mstr suite,deck.

628 S Orianna Street-2 Bdrm 2 Bth, Roof Deck, Meredith Schl, Fireplace, C/A 852 S Front Street-Very lg 4 Br/2 Ba w/separate shell trinty, Lrg EIK,granite,SS,lg closets.

720 S Front Street-2 Br + den,dressing rm,spa Ba,hrwd flrs,Eik,roof garden w/river views.

125 Kenilworth Street-3 Br + den,hw flrs t/o,orig wood work,lrg EIK,non working fpl,lrg grdn.

336 Pemberton Street-Lovely twnhse in Q.V w/parking,roof deck,2 fpls,2 BR/2 BA,shows great.

812 S Howard Street-Total rehab,2 Br/lrg Ba,grt Eik,hrwd flrs t/o,bsmt & garden.

826 S Mildred Street-3-Story,2 Br + den,modern kitchen,hrwd flrs,rear patio,1 yr home warranty.

612 Clymer Street-Trinity home w/2 Br/1 Ba,partially fin bsmt,updated kit,new roof,rear yard.

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$499,000 $473,000 $396,000 $375,000 $232,750 $199,000

$479,000 $449,900 $330,000 $279,000 $210,000

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210 W Wash. Square #7NE-2225Sqft 3brs + study 3bs parkg fit center storage Chauff driven Lexus $2,500,000 400 S Broad Street #2903-3 Br plus den/3.5 Ba,panoramic views,terrace + garage prkng. $1,950,000 901 N Penn Street #P1502-3 bedrooms ,2.5 baths, full laundry, terrace, garage, Spa $925,000 210 W Rittenhouse Sq #1001-Recently ren 3BR/2B at the Rittenhouse, 1862 sqft, breathtaking view $849,900 275 S 19th Street #2ND FL-2200sqft full flr w/elev opening into res 2br+ study & 2b windows facing SW $795,000 1901 Walnut Street #13F-Gracious 2BR/2+BA condo on a corner lot. Pantry, breakfast room.

649,000 1600 Arch Street #1217-Luxurious 2 Br condo,brkfst bar,granite ctrs,SS applns, W/D + parking spot. $645,000 500 Admirals Way #312-Naval Sq Condo PRKG 2BR/2B beaut finishes taxabate pool fitness low mo fees $539,000 500 Admirals Way #203-Naval Sq Condo PRKG 2BR/2B beaut finishes taxabate pool fitness low mo fees $428,500 1900 Hamilton Street #201-Deluxe 2BR Condo, PATIO, Gourmet Kitchen, Spa-Bath, Pre-paid PARKING $389,900 1901 Walnut Street #8C-Bring your architect. 1441 sf co-op has C/A+ wd&marble flrs pets ok $349,000 1500 Chestnut Street #7H-Deluxe 2BR/2BA, High Ceilings, Gourmet Kitchen, Marble Baths, Doorman $315,000 111 S 15th Street #1712-Deluxe 1BR/1BA, Gourmet Kitchen, Marble Bath, Gym, Doorman $279,000 3900 Ford Road #11S-2 Bedroom condo,1230 sq ft,terrace,parking,A Must See! $142,000

963 N. American-3 Br/2.5 Ba,hrwd flrs t/o,Eik,granite/SS,yard,deck,fin bsmt.

113 N Bread ##7F-Lovely 2 br/2 ba condo Lr/DR,kit,granite,brkfst bar,cherry wd flrs + blcny Appletree Court-Beautiful 3BR/2BA townhome. Intercom system. Ceiling fans.

837 N 2nd Street #205-2Br/2Ba condo w/1Car gated prkng,blcny,Granite/SS kit,mstr suite,tx abate 38 N Front Street #4B-11-Bank owned condos for sale in Old City,wood flrs,top-of-line kit & bths 721 Melon Place #D-Renov. Light-filled 3BR condo w/PRKG & Tax Abte. Pet Friendly

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255 Pine Street-Grand/magnificent 3 Br/3.5 Ba,gorgeous kit,fin bsmt,den,dk,grdn & 1C prkng. $1,595,000 265 Saint Josephs Way-I.M.PEI House, 3864sqft, corner prop, garden, lg media rm, pkg space $1,145,000 316 Delancey St-c 1760 Colonial w/walled gdn, 2-3BR/2.5ba, LV w/fp, DR, library, prkg! $799,000 267 S 4th - #Unit A-2 Br/2 Ba condo,wood flooring throughout,garden patio,PARKING,low fees. $525,000 715 Pine Street ##5-2 Br/2 Ba bi-level condo w/deeded prkng,hw flrs,cstm kit,beautiful baths. $515,000 8 St James Ct ##16-2 Br/2 Ba,flooded w/light,2-story Living rm,deck. $464,900 422 S 7th Street-Renov 2BR+ office/1.5bth TH. Patio, HW Flrs, FP, S/S&Gran Kitch $429,000 323 S 2nd ##8B-Secured Parking,pool, renovated kitchen and bath, lots of closets. $349,900 200 Lombard Street #643-Bright Abbotts Square condo w/w/w carpeting,balcony,Prkng Available $235,000

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631 N. 21st St. REDUCED! Lovely 2bd trinity in grt location! This hm offers c/a, patio & 2 decks!

2601 Pennsylvania Ave #126 Well laid out spacious 2bd upgraded amenities facing Kelly Drive, motivated 864 N. Judson St. 2BR/1BA/840SF townhouse w/HW floors, exposed brick, finished bsmt & alarm system.

2731 Cambridge St. 3sty 4bd/1.5ba w/orig wd flrs & fp, rear yard w/Private Parking 2301 Cherry St. #12A Corner spacious 2bd/2.5ba w/river & city views, secure garage pkng, private balcony 876 N. 25th St. Tastefully renovated Fairmount Victorian!

2001 Hamilton E7 1300sqft, 2bd/2ba, tax abatement, city view condos, parking 2134 Race St. State of the Art Luxury home in Center City, www.2134Race.com

$229,000 $249,900 $260,000 $275,000 OPEN HOUSE $324,000 $385,000 $429,000 $449,000 $1,900,000

237s. 49th St 4 unit corner property w/detached garage and separate utilities. Fully leased—a solid investment 4813 Regent St. c.1892 restored Victorian Twin w/sweet orig details on quiet side street near Clark Park 5032 Chancellor St. WOW New Price! 3br/1ba, Lrg & spacious layout, endless possibilities, Call today!

Coldwell Preferred 1st Quarter Winners w aBanker rd W i n Award ne rs RITTENHOUSE SQUARE / FITLER SQUARE / AVENUE OF THE ARTS 1326 Spruce Center City One #1606 Lg Br, walk in closet, balcony, fully equipped kitchen, W/D in unit. Call Mar Kline 267-246-7607 $275,000 440 S. Broad St. 1, 2, and 3br luxury condos, 7 yrs left on tax abatement, garage parking available, pool fitness & luxury amenities incl., in condo fees, 1 yr builders warranty Fr OPEN FRI, SAT, SUN 12-5PM $499,900 1111 Walnut St. Unit #9 2 bd/1.5 bth, 1700 sq. ft. bi-level home of luxury & amenities. Sellers are including one year paid parking as well! $584,900 111 S. 15th St. 1707-9 Luxury living, Packard Grande, 2bd suites, den, spac greatroom LR/DR, granite/SS kitch $625,000 1424 Christian St Old World Charm – Modern Luxury! Center City views from roof-top deck 10 yr Tax Abatement OPEN HOUSE $649,000 1209 S. Broad St. AOA Mansion & art gallery, 6bedrm home, original details & garden, Fab location $965,000

NEW CONSTRUCTION 1833-A Christian St. Bi-lvl 2br/2ba TH w/Open living/dining area, deluxe kit, HW flrs & rear garden 855 N. Uber St. New Construction. 2 bed, 2 bath, bilevel condo, GORGEOUS! 827 N. 20th St. Just Reduced $25,000! 3bd/2.5ba, 7yrs young, C/A, S/S Kitch, must see this one of a kind hm 1808 Cecil B. Moore Ave. Enormous brand new TH conveniently located just blocks frm Temple’s Campus 4415 Saint David’s St. New Construction TH a short walk from downtown Manayunk w/amazing features 1930 Kimball St. New Construction 3bed twnhome w/roof-top deck, basement, attached garage 10 yr tax abatement 440 S. Broad St. #2403 Spacious 1bd/1ba w/balcony at the Symphony House 747 N Uber St. Gorgeous New Cons w/CC skyline views, 3bd/3.5ba, tiger wd flrs, gourmet kitch 440 S. Broad St. #1805 Beautiful north facing 2bd/2ba w/den & balcony at the Symphony House

$250,000 $300,000 $375,000 $425,000 $450,000 OPEN HOUSE $469,000 $499,900 OPEN HOUSE $525,000 $875,000

COMMERCIAL/INVESTMENT 2127 S. 65th St. Legal Duplex which presents grt opp for investor or owner occupant 2116 E. Lehigh St. Reduced, Tenant Occupied, Great Investment 3712 Midvale Ave. Vacant lot in desirable East Falls neighborhood, Opportunity for development 1102 N. 42nd St. Land Development Opportunity Zoned C-2 42nd & Girard, Growth Area, City Vacant Lot Next to this.

3122 Montgomery Ave. Investment property for first time investor. Lg 3 story w/1 car parking.

810 E. Chelten Ave. Income producing, fully occupied 4 unit bldg. Great investement opportunity 6147 Hawthorne St. Two –Unit corner lot, features two 2br/1ba units. Live in one, rent out the other 1412-14 S 7th St. Unique development opportunity. Perfect for live/work lofts in the heart of Italian Mkt Area 1710-14 N. 5th St. Former carriage house/stable w/cement flrs, 12-15’ ceilings, exp brk. Endless Possibilities 4134 Chester Ave. Commercial space, tons of possibility, great loc, convenient to public transportation 1609 E. Passyunk Ave. Commercial property on the Square, rare opportunity 203 S. 20th St. Commercial/Office/Retail Space in Premiere “Rittenhouse Hotel”, Approx 800+/-sqft 1525 S 12th St. Great investment! Triplex in need of some updating. Three 1/ br units just steps away from everything!

103 Callowhill St. Intimate 50 seat theater, exp brick, velvet curtains, vintage scones. Upr Lvl Res/Off 131 S. 13th St. Restaurant/Bar with a 21 room & 6 bath boarding house on 2nd thru 4th flrs

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-546-2700 OLD CITY / LOFT DISTRICT / CHINATOWN 309-13 Arch St #402 REDUCED! Fantastic 1br/1ba w/ 2 lofted spaces in popular Hooskirt lofts. Low fees & abatement thru 2017. $284,900 315 Arch St. Unit 504 1 BR, 1 BA condo w/HW flrs, huge windows, granite, SS appliances, & Tile Floors. $295,000 428-40 N. 13th St 6D Penthouse Condo-Open layout w/ tons of light, wide plank hardwood flrs & 12’ tall ceilings OPEN HOUSE $299,000 315 Arch St. Unit 704 1 BR, 1 BA condo w/HW flrs, huge windows, granite, SS appliances, & Tile Floors. $300,000 133 N. Bread St. #C1 Drastically reduced 2bd bi-lvl unit at the National – this home has everything! $429,000 112 Elfreths Aly Historic one of a kind home on cobble street, 3bd/2ba, yard, fp, must see $650,000

SOCIETY HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 540 Cypress St. Quaint, completely upgraded 2br/1.5ba hm on cobblestone st in heart of Society Hill 1111 Locust 2G Luxury loft, 12ft ceilings, 1020sqft, parking avail, tax abatement 603 Addison St. 2bd/1ba, TH w/HW flr, wd-brng FP, SS appl, granite counters & roof deck 929 Clinton St. #2R Beautifully upgraded 2 bedroom plus den, 2 bath condo on amazing block 924 Spruce St. #201 Luxury 2br/1ba historically certified brownstone condo w/ hrdwd flrs, granite cntrtps, wbfp, w/d 241 S. 6th St. #2002 2br/2ba, Den, Beautifully renovated, move-in condition 1,788SF Call Mar Kline 267-246-7607 220 Locust St. 6B REDUCED! View by appointment 3B/3Ba QUEEN VILLAGE/ BELLA VISTA / GRADUATE HOSPITAL / SOUTH PHILA. 508 McKean St. Tenant oocupied, drive-by only, sight unseen purchase 1837 Dickinson St. 3br/1ba Fixer upper on good block in Point Breeze 2234 Cross St. Fully renovated 3br/1ba home w/open LR/DR area, gourmet KIT, and rear yard 2519 S. Marshall St. 3bd/1.5ba TH recently renovated 310 Gladstone St. Wonderful 2br home w/extra lrg bath, new kit., rear yard, many extras, 2nd fl laundry.

2832 Mildred St. Beautiful move-in ready South Philly hm, hdwd flrs, new c/a, easy parking 207 Gerritt St. Totally rehabbed updated townhome in Pennsport. 1st flr has refinished HWflrs, full bath 1728 S. 18th St. 5br/3.5ba 1680sqft w/HW flrs, security sys, SS appl, & granite counters 525 Fitzwater St. #11 REDUCED TO SELL! AbbottsCourt.com, 2 bd/1.5ba, gated crtyrd, grmt kitchens, & H/W Flrs 211 Ellsworth St. Suburban living in the city! 3br/2ba, new kitchen, hw floors on 1st fl close to Center City!

705 S. Mildred St. Beautiful 2br/2ba, move in condition! Tax abatement, EE wind & drs, C/A, HWflrs 1230 S. 7th St Gorgeous total rehab, HW floors, custom cabinets, finished bsmt, tax abatement, 3 br/1.5ba 1916 Christian St. B Spacious 3bed walk to South St and Center City gorgeous master basement 5 yr tax abatement 1728 Kater St. Charming 2bed home near South St, Rittenhouse Sq & Center City fireplace and fenced yard 1817 Catharine St. Right-sized 3br/1.5ba TH w/updates, wd-brng fireplace, Juliette balcony 924 Catharine St. REDUCED! 1800sqft 3bd/1.5ba, exposed brk, new hdwds/carpet, lrg yrd, skyline view, must see

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NORTHERN LIBERTIES / FISHTOWN / NORTH PHILADELPHIA 2203 Dreer St. 1sty/1car garage, well kept & currently used for storage space.

757 Jericho Rd. Complete rehab! Bay window, French doors, gleaming hdwd flrs, fin bsmnt, patio & deck 2547 Collins St. Charming home w/side yard access. 2br/1ba, hardwood floors.

2211 E. Susquehanna Ave. Spacious 2br/1.5ba home w/ nice mix of orig details & upgrades. Huge deck & yard 2155 E. Dauphin St. Great 4 bedroom Fishtown home!

813-817 N. 5th St. #203 Charming quiet 2 bedroom loft, exposed brick, French doors, with parking!

813-817 n. 5th St #202 Amazing 1900sq ft 2 bedroom plus office loft condo with parking!

1352 E. Susquehanna Ave. Lovely Renovated 3bd/2.5ba hm w/HW flrs, upgraded ktchn, open flr pln, deck 935 N. Randolph St. 4bd/1ba impeccably maintained & well appointed home – a NoLibs must-see 541 E. Thompson St. Beautiful 4bd/2.5ba home in heart of Fishtown, classic details & modern amenities 881 N. 5th St. NoLibs single family house w/garage & outdoor space 1241 Buttonwood St. Hot NoLibs area! Ready for development!

336 Fairmount Ave Gorgeous nearly new construction 3 bed, 2.5 bath, deck, finished bsmt w/tax abatement and parking!

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UNIVERSITY CITY / WEST PHILADELPHIA 5709 Malcolm St. Investment Opportunity, Short Sale 1710 N. 61st St. Solid rental property in West Phila. Home is in good condition with some updates. Tenant pays 5116 Hadfield St. 3bd/1ba in Cedar Park at amazing price. Renovated t/o, not a detail overlooked.

5132 Larchwood Ave. Amazingly Spacious Victorian Twin, updated interior galore 4bd/1ba 542 S. 48th St. #B 3br/2ba TH on lovely shared courtyard. Quiet rear unit w/private deck, FP, C/A, more

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SURROUNDING AREAS Overbrook – 117 N. 63rd St. Unimproved Lot $28,900 North Central Phila. – 2827 Boudinot St. 2-sty brk row hm ideal for investor or owner occupant $29,900 Nicetown – 4521 N. Colorado St. Well-kept home w/grt tenants right across from Stenton Park $32,500 Grays Ferry- 2640 Dickinson St. Ideal fix-n-rent or perfect for owner occupant handyman. $44,900 Kensington – 529 E. Westmoreland St. 3bed/1bath 1152 sqft twnhome clean basement for storage front porch $50,000 Clifton Heights – 22 Springfield Rd #J2 Ideal Starter Home, 2bd condo in modern block $56,000 Mayfair – 4723 Vista St. Inviting façade w/front patio & rear deck. 3 Bd hm w/garage encl as addl bdrm $64,900 Carroll Park – 5238 Pennsgrove St. 3bd/1ba rehabbed hm w/garage, C/A, beautiful new ktchn. Must See! $64,900 Cobbs Creek – 6117 Larchwood Ave. 2sty 3bd/1ba brk row hm in SW Philadelphia w/frnt lawn & porch, lrg backyard $70,000 Lansdowne – 273 W. Essex Ave. Charming spacious house on quiet tree-lined street. Reduced to sell! $79,000 Upper Darby – 72 Gilpin Rd. 3bedroom rowhome in Upper Darby with attached garage for sale $97,500 Wissinoming – 4331 Benner St. 3bd/1ba 2-sty TH 1200sqft, e-I ktchn, gas cooking $99,000 Northwood – 1381 Anchor St. Completely Renovated home from top to bottom $99,900 Port Richmond – 3107 Memphis St. Well cared for 3 bd hm in Port Richmond, grt for 1st time homebuyers! $100,000 Port Richmond – 3027 E Thompson St. Grt 4bd hm in Port Richmond under mkt value – motivated seller – take a look! $110,000 Mayfair - 4625 Hartel St. Reduced, Recent Upgrades $110,000 Northeast - 9523 Northeast Ave. Solid ranch-style home in Krewstown. This property needs extensive updating so cash offers only. $115,000 Mill Creek Ests – 807 N. Markoe St. Completely redone 3bd/1.5ba hm located within walking distance to major transportation & schools $116,000 Drexel Hill – 3834 Marshall Rd 3bd brick twin in good area w/improved ktchn & recently renovated $134,900 Oak Lane - 870 E. Chelten Ave. Income generating multi-use investment opp. 4 units, rental income $2125/mo. $150,000 Temple – 2338 N. Sydenham St. Great Rental Property! Rents up to $2000/mth. 5bd/2ba near Temple $150,000 Cheltenham – 511 Jefferson Ave. Charming 2bd hm features immense private yrd & driveway, garage parking $159,000 Pennypack – 2829 Sebring Rd. Beautifully updated 3bd/1.5ba twin w/lrg fenced in yard, fin w/o bsmnt $159,000 East Falls – 3703 Palisades Dr. Chic value, newer const, 3bd/1.5ba, hm has 7yrs left on tax abtmnt $175,000 Parkwood – 3784 Bandon Dr. Grt 3bd/1.5ba, Grt location & many brand new updates! New kitch appl & new fin bsmt $184,000 East Passyunk Crossing – 1236 Mercy St. C/A! 3bd/1ba, renovated & move-in-ready, newer ktchn, 1092sqft, E. Passyunk Crossing! $184,900 Newbold - 1827 S. 15th St. HUGE Home just blocks from Passyunk Ave & S. Philly Taproom. Must See for this price, size, & location! $184,900 Northeast - 15073 London Rd. Priced to Sell! $209,999 Walnut Hill – 136 S. 50th St. Just Reduced! 5yrs left on tax abat, great rehab, 4bd, master suite, must see! Everything New! $212,000 Wissinoming – 4403 Howell St. Unique 3bd/1.5ba contemporary NoLib-like home, but at a much better value $229,900 Penns Landing- 3 N. Columbus Blvd TD442 2br/2ba South facing condo with amazing river views and parking at amenity-rich Pier 3 $325,000 Mt. Airy West – 705 Carpenter Ln 4bd/1.5ba, perennial grdn, opn frnt porch, stone fp, chef’s ktchn, HW flrs OPEN HOUSE $349,900 Passyunk Square – 1707 S. 10th St. 4bd/2.5ba, newly renovated features w/o balcony, granite countertops, hdwd flr $350,000 Passyunk Square – 1715 S. 10th St. Completely Renovated TH features H/W Flrs, Large Rear Patio, & Full Finished Bsmnt $350,000 East Passyunk – 1813 S. Alder St. Gorgeous 3bd, gated comm, garage w/2 car pkg, 6yr tax abate, hwd flrs, granite, deck+courtyard $365,000 Temple Univ – 1901 Diamond St. Fantastic 3-unit Bldg located just blocks frm Temple Univ Campus & boasts rear patio $425,000 East Falls – 3904 Henry Ave. Gorgeous 5bd/3.5ba stone colonial, formal LR & DR, grt location $475,000 1525 S 12th St. three one br units $525,000 East Falls – 3926 Henry Ave. 4 BR, 3.5 BA, 2700 sq. ft. Well maintained Colonial w/garage, fireplace & details throughout. $365,000 Cedar Park – 4618 Osage Ave. Just Reduced, Hm located on tree-lined street, 4br/2.5ba, beautiful Orig. detail,Must See! $405,000 Huntingdon Valley – 4205 Shoemaker Rd. This beautiful 5 bd home was built in 2010 and features an open, contemporary layout. $500,000 Penn Valley – 1351 Bobarn Dr Just Reduced! Sophisticated 5br/4.5ba home on the main line. A must see! $1,249,900

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Combined home with 4Br + den, 4Ba, large balcony with art Museum view , upgr. kit. and baths 3,904 sf 3Br, 2.5Ba, wood floors, beautifully renovated designer kitchen, large balcony, river views 2,028 sf 2Br, 2Ba with views of the art Museum and Center City skyline, upd. kit., large private balcony 1876 sf 1Br, balcony, wood floors, updated kitchen and bath, custom walk-in closet in bedroom 1,397 sf 1Br, beautifully renovated kitchen with wood cabinetry and breakfast bar, panoramic sunrise views to the east overlooking the Fairmount neighborhood, wood floors throughout, pristine condition 1166 sf

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2 Br, 2 Ba, split plan on a high floor, excellent lving and closet spaces, eat-in kitchen, master Br 1314 sf 1,209 sf

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2 Br + den, 2.5 Ba, magnificent original details paired with mod. amenities, beautifully appointed eat-in kitchen, rittenhouse square views

lanesBorough

3,889 sf

$2,200,000

3Br, 3.5Ba, brand new, very high ceilings, his and hers master bath, custom kitchen, exquisite detail throughout.

3,467 sf

$2,395,000

220 w. riTTenhouse sq. Magnificent custom home with 3Br’s, 2.5Ba, balcony over rittenhouse square, chef’s kit., wonderful enter. space, lavish master suite

3,682 sf

2228 sPruCe sTreeT

Townhome with 5Br plus den, 3.5Ba, private garden, lots of natural light, beautifully restored,

The riTTenhouse

3Br, 2.5Ba, magnificent Tieenhouse square & sunset views, pristine condition,

original details with modern updates great entertaining space, marble baths riTTenhouse Plaza

$1,195,000

2Br + den, 3Ba, south facing views in all rooms, wood floors, chef’s kitchen, marble baths $859,000

2Br, 2Ba, terrace on pool club deck, open custom kitchen, marble bath, wood floors

1Br, 1Ba, balcony, open kitchen, hardwood floors, marble bath

765 sf

$389,900

ParC riTTenhouse

1Br, large kitchen, marble bathroom, wood floors

637 sf

$359,900

ParC riTTenhouse

1Br, large galley kitchen, open living and dining room, excellent closet space 661 sf

$349,900

open Sunday 12/11 12 - 12:30pM

studio, wood floors, large marble bath, panoramic sunset view

Brand new 2 Br + den, 2.5 Ba home, lots of natural light, wood flrs, open chef’s kitchen, designerBa,

Bank Building

raw space that can be designed and built into a custom home overlooking independence Mall

Bank Building

opportunity to create a custom home in a luxury, boutique condominium building on independence Mall

soCieTy hill Towers

2 Br, 1 Ba, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows

soCieTy hill Towers

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, treetop views of society hill, w/d

services available from adjoining oMni hotel

$539,000

2,025 sf 3,068 sf 2017 sf 1,200 sf

soCieTy hill Towers

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2Br, 2Ba, hardwood floors, building offers 24 hour doorman and gym, located on rittenhouse square 1,075 sf

$344,900

Bank Building

indePendenCe PlaCe

$585,000

583 sf

SociETy hill

$775,000

2Br, 2Ba, open floor plan, luxurious master suite, marbleBa, wood floors, lots of light 1,199 sf

BarClay

$399,900

ParC riTTenhouse

1Br, high floor, river view, investment opportunity

indePendenCe PlaCe

1,272 sf The warwiCk

712 sf

$1,695,000

3Br + den, 3.5Ba, open floor plan, chef’s kitchen, marble bath, north and south city views

$479,900

1Br, 1Ba, hardwood floors, marble Ba, custom kitchen

2,644 sf

$1,450,000

1,085 sf

$499,000

The warwiCk

wAShingTon SqUARE

2,306 sf

1,198 sf

open Sunday 12/11 12:45 - 1:15pM

$1,750,000

1,614 sf ParC riTTenhouse

open Sunday 12/11 1:30 - 2pM

4,338 sf

2421 sf The warwiCk

$1,975,000

2Br + den CooP overlooking rittenhouse square, custom chef’s kitchen, lavish master suite, formal entertaining space

The warwiCk

1Br, 1Ba, Juliet balcony, upgraded kitchen andBa, lots of light, separate dining room, hardwood floors

$409,900

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

BarClay

$365,000

2Br, 2 Ba, wood floors, recently renovated designer kitchen and baths, balcony, skyline views

RiTTEnhoUSE SqUARE BarClay

1900 riTTenhouse

The riTTenhouse

with ensuite Ba & walk-in closet CenTer CiTy one

2Br, 2Ba, wood and granite floors, marble baths, beautifully upgraded kitchen, high floor

$199,900

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wanaMaker house $599,900

sTriCkland row

$1,100,000 $950,000 $549,900 $399,000

1200 sf

$389,900

700 sf

$269,900

Bi-level penthouse, 2Br. 2.5Ba, 2 kitchens, impeccably finished throughout, amazing river and city views 4,500 sf $2,295,000 Custom 2Br, 2Ba home with high celing, lots of light, open chefs kitchen, luxurious master suite, direct view of washington square 1,775 sf $1,075,000 2Br, 2Ba, beautifully ren. kit. andBa, balc. with city and river views, hdwd. flrs. in living areas 1,977 sf $825,000 2Br, 2Ba, beautifully renovated throughout with open kitchen and designer bath, wood floors, balcony 1,387 sf $699,900 1Br, 1.5Ba, alcove, completely renovated with gourmet kitchen, designerBa, amazing closets 1,118 sf $479,900 1Br, 1Ba, balcony, laundry room, excellent condition 928 sf $299,900 1Br, 1Ba, wood floors throughout, upgraded kitchen andBa, custom closets, balcony 928 sf $269,900 2Br, 1Ba, bi-level, open kitchen, wood floors 857 sf $209,900

The Bank Building 421 ChesTnuT sTreeT

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, split floor plan on high floor, eat-in kitchen, spacious living/dining room, 1314 sf

Brand new home with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, high-end custom finishes and features throughout, 2025 sf

$365,000

$1,100,000

Condo Fees: $958

Condo Fees: $1,210

Condo Fees: $682

Taxes: $311

Taxes: $261

Taxes: $240

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $2590

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $4831

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, corner unit, marble baths, designer kitchen, 1199 sf

$585,000 Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $2661

Allan Domb Real Estate 215.545.1500 • www.allandomb.com

“wE COOpERATE wITh ALL REALTORS®”

Mortgage Financing available

Melissa Tagye 610-639-0984

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