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Dodge City “You’re going to hear from men who say things like the death of an 11-year-old was ‘unfortunate,’ ‘fucked up,’ in their words.” Philadelphia: Where the artillery is heavy and the players are young. Page 8

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5 PhillyNow Social justice lawyers help to wipe criminal past clean.

7 Pedal Pushers Pedicab industry says it needs to expand to survive.

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Off the Record Social justice lawyers help to wipe criminal past clean.

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background checks, and it’s hard to get a job with a criminal background. Now I’m able to go back to those companies and have a chance.”

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The Rev. Deborah Savage passes through the Hope Outreach Ministries basement every few minutes with a beaming smile, greeting visitors or talking on the phone. When asked if she thought her congregation could make some use of the expungement clinic, she replied: “Starting with me,” referencing a 1993 conviction resulting from a fight with a family member.

“I have a before-Christ life, too.”

Traffic in and out of the church basement was slow that afternoon, but Savage doesn’t expect them to have any trouble finding clients.

“When the word gets out, more will come,” she says. “In this community?

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The NLG Criminal Record Expungement Clinic helps people clear everything that’s not a conviction. Summary offenses—for petty crimes like urinating or drinking in public—can be expunged if you have five years in the clear. And in Philadelphia, where police made 85,546 arrests in 2009 (or nearly six arrests for every 100 city residents), it’s welcomed assistance.

The NLG clinic opened its doors in November, a natural fit for a left-wing bar association founded in 1937 to protest the American Bar Association’s refusal to admit blacks.

Though the group can’t remove felony or misdemeanor convictions, getting rid of a slew of arrests can make a record much less damning to an employer: It’s easier to explain an old, stand-alone felony if you don’t have to factor in a fluke arrest from

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out fight with the city over an unlicensed homeless shelter. Another criminalrecord-assistance clinic will be held at the People’s Emergency Center in West Philly.

On a Saturday earlier this month, an old white man with a weather-beaten face and a black leather jacket stared intently at the screen of a law student’s computer as an exhaustive history of his life’s lowest points flashed before his eyes. The law student, one of 22 volunteers trained to file expungements, goes over the record and guides the man through the process.

Last week, the state approved the first batch of 10 expungements. Karey Coleman, a 40-year-old Germantown resident, hopes that his record will be next.

“I almost stopped trying [to get a job] because of criminal background checks,” says Coleman, a former drug addict who has filed to have a number of his arrests expunged.

“I had no idea that I would be able to get my record expunged,” he says. “All the jobs I was applying for have criminal

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Even the smallest criminal record can cause big problems. Arrests, summary offenses, misdemeanor and felony convictions—it’s all there on the Internet for everyone to see, especially a potential employer or public agency.

“The unfortunate thing is that the record includes not only each thing that you’ve been convicted of, it includes everything you’ve been arrested for,” says attorney Michael Hollander. “Everything that you’ve been arrested for in Pennsylvania, it’s going to show up on there. Even if all the charges were dropped. Even if you were found not guilty.”

That’s why Hollander and three other young attorneys affiliated with the leftist National Lawyers Guild (NLG) started a program to help poor Philadelphians wipe the slate clean—or, at the very least, scrub off some of the grime.

The clinic operates once a month at Kensington’s Hope Outreach Ministries, a rabble-rousing social-justice church currently locked in a knock-down-drag-

last spring.

“If we are able to cut down a criminal record—let’s say one of their felonies is 15 years ago,” says Hollander, “well, that’s going to substantially help them get a job.”

Criminal record expungement is straightforward but time-consuming for defendants and nonprofits alike. And for many Philadelphians with a long rap sheet, the $15 charge for each petition—and each offense requires a separate petition—can add up quickly. One guy who came into the clinic had 20 different cases that could be reduced or expunged, a service that would normally cost $300 before legal costs.

Furthermore, attorney Ryan Hancock says private-practice lawyers can charge between $750 to $2,000 for their services, so expungement is more often than not a tool for a rich guy who got a DUI or a kid busted for pot-smoking in college.

In Pennsylvania, it’s illegal for an employer to base hiring decisions on an arrest or a summary offense. Only convictions can be taken into consideration, and “only to the extent to which they relate to the applicant’s suitability for employment in the position for which he has applied.”

While there are some jobs where it’s legally required to consider a criminal record when making hiring decisions—like those involving childcare, airplanes or banks—far too often employers refuse to hire an applicant just because they have a criminal record, regardless of the job or what the alleged crime was. This is what advocates call “collateral consequences.”

Making things even tougher, the law has no administrative enforcement mechanism, so it can only be enforced if the applicant files an anti-discrimination lawsuit.

The lawyers hope to change this, too, and make it easier to expunge more offenses.

“Our idea is to have a group of people who are affected by these criminal records,” says Hancock, “so that they can now organize around it: to lobby the legislature, talk to their state reps. To push for better laws that allow expungement to include certain convictions.”

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Philly’s pedicab industry says it needs to expand to survive.

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However, before the pedicab companies can support more drivers, they need to build a larger customer base and find more reliably profitable beats. Each company has been working on its niche—Velo-Park has focused on giving tours of historic parts of the city, while Chariots is all about ferrying bar-goers back and forth through popular neighborhoods like Northern Liberties and Old City.

Drivers from both companies agree that if pedicabs are to really take root and become a durable part of the transportation matrix in the city, they need to get the novel form of transportation down to the sports stadiums in South Philly. “It’s really important that we have access to sports complexes,” Ash says. “For pedicab companies in other cities, that’s their bread and butter.”

“It’s essential,” says Chariots of Philly coowner Ben Dambman. “We really want to have the stadiums open up so people know anywhere in Philadelphia they can get a bike cab.”

With a large pool of prospective customers all needing to move in a short period of time, baseball games and other sports are a critical part of pedicab business models in other cities. “Stadium work is pretty important,” says Danny Cochrane, manager of National Pedicabs in Washington, D.C., since 2008. “It’s one of the things that we looked into when we started expanding.”

Before moving to D.C., Cochrane worked for the same company in Boston, where he says bike taxis became an essential component of sporting events. “After working Red

“This topic raises a number of concerns and questions that would have to be answered by the City Streets Department and Police Department before SCSSD could offer an opinion,” writes SCSSD Executive Director Shawn Jalosinski in an email.

“Generally speaking, SCSSD supports alternative transportation modes to ease congestion in the Sports Complex area, but I do not see how bike taxis could add value or safely operate in the congestion of traffic and pedestrian surges before and after events.”

Barbara Capozzi, president of the Packer Park Civic Association, expresses concerns, specifically about all the drunk people leaving the games. “Our traffic is SO HORRENDOUS here at times, that we feared pedicabs mixed with alcohol-fueled fans might be a very bad mix,” Capozzi writes in an email. She says that she’s observed pedicabs working well in New York City, but Philly could be a different story. “Everyone here fears that our Eagles fans (post-game) may make NYC taxidrivers look tame by comparison,” she writes.

The taxi drivers plan to pitch their cause to the civics and SCSSD soon, laying out exactly where they want to go and how they can mitigate any traffic concerns. “We’re planning to go down and shoot a video, how it would work, what streets it would be on, how they can get around without causing problems,” Dambman says. “We really need to have our case prepared well.”

“It’s got to be done right, with traffic lanes, lights and hours of operation,” says Ash. “Without regulation, it can get out of hand and people can get hurt.”

Ultimately, the goal is for bike taxis to be a visible and normal sight around the stadiums and other popular areas of the city, so people start thinking about them as a viable form of transport instead of a novelty. “You’re gonna be a lot more likely to ride in one when you see someone else doing it,” Dambman says. “We want to be part of the transportation network throughout the city.” n

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Nasty winds and frigid temperatures might make the prospect of an open-air bike taxi ride sound like torture instead of a fun and eco-friendly way to get around the city, but operators have big plans for next year. On the road since late May, Philly’s nascent pedicab industry is made up of two companies with modest operations—Velo-Park with six vehicles, and Chariots of Philly with 10—and a lone independent operator.

After more than six months of providing tours or a quick way home from the bar, the drivers are huddling up for the winter and focusing their efforts on expanding their businesses in the spring.

The first step in expansion came in the form of a City Council bill, passed last week, which allows pedicab operators to have driver’s licenses from states other than Pennsylvania. The bill also permits bikes with electric assists. “It’s an enormous opportunity for entrepreneurs who care about sustainability,” says Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, who sponsored the bill and was instrumental in pushing through last year’s legislation that allowed pedicabs to operate on city streets in the first place. “We’re really excited about it growing.”

The idea of the bill is to make the profession accessible to a wider pool of drivers, including college students from out of state as well as older people who might have trouble pedaling passengers around without an electric assist.

“It opens it up so you don’t have to be the strongest driver in the world,” says Ronn Ash, owner of Velo-Park, who worked previously as general manager of the

Sox games for several games, it starts to become part of the experience,” he says. “It becomes a fun way to get to the game. You start to get repeat riders.”

Cochrane says his company has considered expanding into Philadelphia but has held back due to the city’s restrictions. “If you couldn’t ride around the stadium you wouldn’t want to ride pedicabs in Philly,” he says.

Pedicabs are currently permitted in bike lanes citywide, but the bike-lane network in South Philly isn’t extensive enough to provide useful routes to get sports fans to SEPTA stations or to other downtown locations. Otherwise, most streets south of Oregon Avenue are prohibited to bikers pulling passengers behind them.

The pedicabs have no plans to ride on Broad Street, Dambman says, which is a state highway and would be off limits anyway. But shuttling people from the stadiums to the Pattison Avenue subway stop would be a quick, money-making route.

Plus, side streets east of Broad could be used to take passengers further up in South Philly or all the way to Center City.

If they are to successfully access the stadium crowds, the pedicab companies have a number of obstacles to overcome. The taxis are regulated by the Streets Department, which says all stakeholders must be on board first if it is to open up new routes. “It would require the stadiums and police to buy into it,” says Charles Denny, assistant chief engineer for the Streets Department.

Pedicab operators would also have to convince the residents of South Philly neighborhoods that they can safely co-exist with normal street traffic, especially the crush of cars pouring out of the sports complex after games. That means also convincing civic groups and the Sports Complex Special Services District (SCSSD), which have so far exhibited skepticism about the idea that pedicabs can safely join the mass of night-time foot and vehicle traffic in the neighborhood.

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DoDge City

on Malvern street, a tale of two MurDers

By Tara Murtha

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The AK-47, invented by a poet-turnedarms-designer in Russia in 1947, is a favorite of militia and terrorist organizations. The AR-15, a semi-automatic rifle first employed by the U.S. military in the jungles of South Vietnam in 1963, is prized for both its accuracy and modularity—it can be easily customized for diverse tasks.

Both weapons were fired in the West Philly neighborhood of Wynnefield in June 2005. Three men—faces obscured

by American flag bandanas on sale for the Fourth of July—burst into the dining room of a rowhome on the 5800 block of Malvern Street, spraying 29 bullets into the walls, ceiling and floor.

Seven of those bullets tore through the body 19-year-old Alonzo Robinson, known in the hood as Onion. After being rushed to the hospital by an ambulance, doctors severed his right arm, surgically completing an amputation initiated by the gunfire. Robinson was one of two targets in the house that day.

His death, two days later, was mission accomplished. The second target was Elbert Tolbert (also known as L-Murder), but he escaped unscathed.

Eleven-year-old Nasir Hinton was collateral damage. Nasir was hanging out in the living room waiting on his mom to finish fixing dinner when the masked men burst through the door. Shot three times in the back, he probably never knew what was happening.

The first bullet entered the child’s lower back and ripped sharply upward through his right kidney, right adrenal gland, diaphram, right lung and lodged in his neck muscles. The second punctured his left kidney, adrenal gland, stomach and heart, then exited his breastbone. The third was recov-

ered from his liver. Technically, he died of inhaling a rush of blood into his lungs after the force of the gunfire practically disintegrated his organs.

Nasir was one of 36 victims under 17 years old killed in Philadelphia in 2005.

One of the gunmen, Lionel Campfield, known as Man Man, is the youngest of the suspects. He was 16 years old at the time of the shoot-out. Though too young to face the death penalty, Campfield’s court docket listed the trial as a capital case until about a week before trial when the mistake was realized. He faces life in prison. Campfield pleaded not guilty at his week-long trial last month.

The story barely made headlines even though—and perhaps because—it represents a brutal kind of murder in Philadelphia, where the artillery is heavy and the players are young. In Philadelphia, guns are used in more homicides than in any other U.S. city—and semi-automatic weapons appear to be playing a larger role. Most notoriously, Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski was gunned down by a Chinesemade assault rifle similar to an Ak-47 in May 2009. This past July, Officer Kevin Livewell was shot in Kensington by a masked man with an assault rifle.

These trends, coupled with the ‘nosnitch’ street policy that any Philly cop will tell you hamstrings most homicide investigations, weigh down an already overburdened justice system.

“You’re going to see the ugly side of Philadelphia,” announces Assistant District Attorney Gail Fairman to the jury in her opening argument at Lionel Campfield’s trial last month. “You’re going to hear from men who say things like the death of an 11-year-old was ‘unfortunate,’ ‘fucked up,’ in their words.”

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The slow grind

It’s taken five years for the Police Department and the District Attorney’s Office to piece together the puzzle of what happened the day Robinson and Hinton were killed.

But bit by bit—a reckless accomplice who couldn’t keep the guns out of the hands of police; a confession; and deals that spare murderers death—the picture is almost complete.

After more than three years of investigation with little progress, the first two of three arrest warrants—for Campfield and for his friend Kareem Alverest—went out in October 2008. Alverest, also known as Reem Nice, was 24 years old at the time of the shoot-out.

Alverest was already in custody on federal gun charges at the time of his arrest. He waived his preliminary hearing and cooperated with authorities: He would testify against his two accomplices in exchange for his life.

Campfield’s arrest wasn’t dramatic. The warrant popped up in the system. Officer Brian Weaver, a beat cop, saw it and headed to Campfield’s last known address. Campfield cooperated and took the ride down to PPD headquarters.

trial begins next month. Like Campfield, he will plead not guilty. Johnson was 26 years old at the time of the murders. He faces the death penalty.

MOTIVE

According to Tolbert—the target who escaped—it’s a couple of days before the slayings on Malvern Street and Alonzo Robinson’s at a dice game somewhere near the corner of Parrish and North Holly streets.

Someone robs the game players. Robinson doesn’t see the thief, but soon enough he catches word on the street that Lamar Thomas, known to friends as Marty Cool, is responsible.

The morning of June 16, Robinson asks his buddy Tolbert to take him around Fairmount Avenue to find Marty Cool so he can confront him about the robbery. Tolbert borrows a car belonging to his girlfriend, Hollie Butts, mother of 11-year-old Nasir, and the duo go searching for Cool. Tolbert’s packing a .357 revolver; Robinson has a .9 mm handgun.

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The third alleged gunman, Rassan Johnson, has a confusing rap sheet 63 charges long, though many are dismissed or not processed. About a month after the shoot-out, cops confiscated the AK47. According to police testimony, police got their hands on the AR-15 after a dramatic escapade this past May. Johnson was driving through North Philly in a black Cadillac. Cops in a patrol car watched the car make an illegal turn and flashed their lights. The Cadillac sped off and a chase was on. The Caddy crashed, then Johnson jumped out and ran on foot.

He tossed a dark gray bag on the street. A renegade tow-truck driver driving by saw the crash and pulled over to help. As the cop took off in pursuit of Johnson, he accidentally dropped his gun, which went skidding into the street. The tow-truck driver hopped out of his truck, ran over and picked up the cop’s gun. Next thing, Johnson jumped into the tow truck and drove away with it, with more cops in pursuit.

Eventually, the police caught up with Johnson. Inside the bag was the AR-15 rifle. A loaded .9 mm pistol with an obliterated serial number was also confiscated.

The feds charged Johnson with illegal possession of firearms by a felon and the state charged him with the deaths of Hinton and Robinson and related charges. Johnson’s

Tolbert would later testify that when the two found Marty Cool, they pulled over and Robinson yanked him into the backseat and argued with him. “Marty said that he didn’t stick Alonzo up, and Alonzo says, ‘Yes you did, someone told me.’” “[Robinson] pushed Marty Cool out of the car and he shot him, then I shot him,” says Tolbert. It was about noon.

When asked why he bothered to shoot an already dead Thomas, Tolbert says: “So I’d fit in … I didn’t want him [Robinson] to look at me no different way.”

News of Marty Cool’s slaying quickly zipped through the neighborhood. According to Alverest, phone calls were made to find out who shot their friend. The intel pointed to Robinson and Tolbert.

Alverest says he and Campfield then headed over to Johnson’s house with revenge on the brain. They smoked some weed and talked about how “it was fucked up that [Marty Cool] got killed,” and “basically that someone’s got to pay for it.”

Alverest says someone recognized the car Tolbert and Robinson were driving when they shot Cool, and knew where it was usually parked on Malvern Street. “We waited, drove up there,” Alverest testifies. “There wasn’t too much talking in the car, it was just clear what we were doing.”

Meanwhile, Robinson and Tolbert split up after Cool’s shooting. Tolbert kicks around 42nd and Westminster streets for a while.

Later in the afternoon, they end up at Butts’ Malvern Street house.

Butts was longtime friends with Robinson and had been dating Tolbert for about a year and a half at the time of the shooting. She lived in the house with Tolbert, her cousin and her three children. Nasir was the older brother to two girls, 7 and 9 years old.

It’s unclear if either man mentioned to Butts that they’d committed murder earlier that day when they showed up at the house to hang out.

Robinson flops on the couch and watches TV. Butts’ daughters play in the backyard area where their grandmother, who lives a few doors down, can also keep an eye on them. Nasir is in and out of the house, waiting for his mom to finish making dinner.

Butts, employed cleaning houses at the time, dumps a bag of shrimp in a pot of water and turns the flame to high. Then she hears a “bump.” Sensing something amiss, she asks Nasir if he made any weird noises.

He says no. Not satisfied, she presses her ear to the door off the kitchen. Behind the door is a staircase that leads to the basement. She doesn’t hear the sound again.

She later testified: “I thought I was hallucinating because no one else heard it.” She says Tolbert told her to chill out, that she was just tripping.

If Butts had looked outside, she would have seen a Chevy Lumina pulling up to the back of her house, the driver pointing toward the basement door.

Bloodbath

According to Alverest, the gunmen stood still inside the basement, listening. Campfield and Johnson wore baseball caps, their faces concealed by stars and stripes bandanas. Alverest yanked his hoodie tight.

Campfield was armed with the AK-47 gun, Johnson with the AR-15 and Alverest, a Smith and Wesson .44 Magnum revolver.

Butts walks out front and down to her mother’s house to check on her daughters as the men climbed the staircase and got ready to kick in the door.

Within two minutes, Butts hears “the ricochet of the bullets.” She says it sounds like “a trillion shots.”

When cops respond to the call a few minutes later, dinner’s still boiling on the stove.

Police Officer Theresa Shipanga, the first witness at the scene of the crime, tells the court what she saw that day. “[Hollie Butts] was out front, she was pointing, saying they were shooting in the house and can I check on her son.”

Shipanga says she approached Robinson, who was lying on his stomach in the doorway. “There was a lot of blood.” Robinson was still alive. The officer asked him if he knew who shot him. “He said, ‘I don’t know who shot me, I just need a medic.’ I step past him and step into the house. I see another person down. I touched his arm and he’s not responsive.” It was Nasir.

“There were shell casings all over the place. Holes in the wall,” remembers Shipanga. “[Robinson] was screaming, ‘I’m dying, I need medics!’ He just kept saying it.

He was screaming it.”

Blood patterns suggest that Robinson was

still lying on the couch when he was first hit then tried to escape out the front door where he collapsed. Nasir was gunned down a few feet from the door.

Someone in the courtroom gasps as an image of the murder scene is projected onto the wall. The bloody front door is in the center of the photograph. To the right of the door is a white couch that looks like it was splashed with buckets of blood. More blood is slashed across the pink carpet.

Despite the bloodbath, the house is tidy and filled with clues of a carefully maintained home. Flowers burst out of glass vases; the kitchen window is adorned with cheerful curtains, white with large red roses.

In a bedroom upstairs, there’s a large plastic storage container with a gun—a .22-caliber Winchester rifle—an assortment of ammunition and crack cocaine.

Small yellow placards the size of index cards mark evidence. The placards are everywhere, on the couch, the floor, up the stairs, over the mantelpiece. Numbers indicate shell casings; letters mean fluids. To the left of the door, the body of Nasir Hinton lies half curled up.

Women sitting with Nasir’s mother squeeze hands. Butts, wearing a crucifix necklace, sometimes shakes her head. Had her son lived, he would be the age of Campfield at the time of the murders.

According to his testimony—and the trail of bullet holes—Tolbert escaped by running up the stairs and climbing through a window. By the time police arrive, he was standing with Butts down the street. He was arrested for the murder of Marty Cool about a month later. When Tolbert decided to talk about the events of June 16, detectives were able to begin stringing together the friendships, guns and spiraling acts of revenge that led to the Malvern Street murders.

‘Dancing with the devil’

ADA Fairman concedes that the most incriminating evidence against Campfield comes from “corrupt” or “polluted” sources.

She says that though the District Attorney’s Office doesn’t like to do it, they had to cut deals with Tolbert and Alverest, two selfconfessed murderers, in order to get justice for Nasir. She calls such deals ‘dancing with the devil.’

Campfield’s defense, courtesy of courtappointed private attorney Thomas McGill, focuses on making sure the jury knows that much of the testimony incriminating his client is coming from these corrupt sources, career criminals who even the prosecution calls “soulless men.” McGill’s strategy is to try to cast as large a shadow of reasonable doubt as possible by holding the bulk of that testimony up to the sun.

Echoing an ancient gang code of letting the youngest in a group take the heat since they’ll get a lighter sentence, McGill casts Campfield, now 22, as the “pawn” of his older friends.

The lawyer uses the slang that enables everyday murders to go unresolved, characterizing Alverest and Tolbert as “rats caught in a trap, squealing because they see that as the only way to get out of what they’ve done.”

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“I was scared for me and my family,” he says. “[Scared] to come to jail and of people on the street. Friends.”

Though Tolbert is no longer facing the death penalty thanks to his deal with the D.A., he says that’s not why he finally cooperated with detectives. “I changed the way I am thinking. I’m not that person anymore.”

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“I’m not afraid of anything or anyone,” he says. His body language belies the fact that he is scrambling to distance himself from statements he made to detectives that are now being used against Campfield. But he never cut an official deal. Now, on the stand, Jacobs dramatically denies that any of his statement previously given to detectives is true. He claims that he only knew Nasir “vaguely” even though he refers to the dead boy by a nickname, “Naz.” Fairman reads parts of Jacobs’ statement aloud, then asks Jacobs to re-confirm. “That summer in 2005 when I got out, Man Man came to Delaware to see me.”

“Did he come see you?” she asks.

Jacobs pauses. “Definitely not,” he responds. It goes on like this for a while, Fairman reading lines from the statement and asking -Assistant D. Jacobs to affirm them, and Jacobs A. Gail Fair man denying it.

Frustrated, Fairman asks him if these are indeed his statements.

He says he’s “Yeah,” he responds. “I made it telling the truth for Hollie Butts and her all up though.” family, because he loves them.

A man in the small audience leaps to his As for Alverest’s deal, his charges were re- feet and lunges forward, pointing wildly. duced to third-degree murder and the death “Someone did it, motherfucker!”

Judge Rose Marie DeFino-Nastasi yells, penalty is off the table. His max is now 25 “Get out!” The court officer and sheriff rush to 50 years, plus whatever he gets from the in. The judge gestures to the jury, “Ignore feds on gun charges. that!”

Alverest takes the stand. He has a At one point, Fairman challenges Jacobs, handsome face with what looks like an asking him where he got specific details if Ash Wednesday smudge on his forehead. none of it was true. “From my imagination,” Twenty-four years old at the time of the inJacobs responds. cident, he’s balding now. You can see a hint In his original statement, Jacobs told poof the old man he will be when he gets out of lice that when Campfield came to see him in prison, if he makes it.

Delaware, he told him that “the young boy On cross-exam, McGill focuses on Alversurprised him and [Johnson] put the boy to est’s deal. He grills him on the legal technisleep, meaning he killed him.” calities. Alverest says he doesn’t remember Jacobs said that Campfield told him, the details, just that he has to tell the truth “Fuck Alonzo [Robinson]. He should never or the deal’s off. have killed my man Marty Cool.”

“I’m not a lawyer,” he says. “Once you On the stand Jacobs says he made the hear life, your mind goes blank.” story up because, “I thought I was in trouNext on the stand is a man named Hynieth Jacobs, a neighborhood link between the ble, and I wanted to get out, so I would say anything. I said what they wanted to hear.” family and friends of Campfield and Hinton.

But Detective Jeffrey Piree recalls a difBefore everyone got locked up, Jacobs and ferent story.

Campfield were tight. Campfield used to Piree met Jacobs at PPD headquarters in hustle drugs for Jacobs, who admits he once 2006 when Jacobs was there being quesconsidered himself the kid’s mentor. Jacobs also once dated Hollie Butts, so he knew tioned by another detective on the robbery Nasir personally. Jacobs is currently serving charges. Piree was minding his business time for a 2006 robbery. and working his leads, reviewing photos of At the time of the shoot-out on Malvern Malvern Street murder suspects on his comStreet, Jacobs was behind bars on unreputer screen, when he heard someone laugh.

“I heard a chuckle,” he testifies. “I bring lated charges. When he got out of jail at the up another photo and there’s another end of the summer, he holed up at a family smart-ass comment from the same. I said, member’s house in Delaware. According to ‘Is something funny?’ [Jacobs] said, ‘I know a statement Jacobs gave detectives when he those fuckers, they killed a kid.’” was being interrogated about the robbery, Naturally, Piree wanted to talk with JaCampfield called him up and said he needed cobs. According to Piree, Jacobs wanted to to talk. Then Campfield visited Jacobs and talk too—specifically, he wanted to discuss told him all about the murders.

On the stand, Jacobs wears a blue Depart- trading information on the Malvern Street murders in exchange for protection. ment of Corrections shirt buttoned up to the “[Jacobs] said he was in fear for his life,” neck and glasses with a slight rosy tint. As he testifies, he slumps back and hoists his el- says Piree. “He wanted to be relocated to another prison facility, preferably outside bow onto the back of the chair and twiddles the county of Philadelphia.” his sparse beard with his other hand.

“They thoug they could ht Philadelphiaturn Dodge City, into they could where get bigger just guns.”

Jacobs made his statement incriminating Campfield in the murders of Hinton and Robinson, reviewed the document and signed each page.

For unknown reasons, Jacobs was never transferred.

Even though Jacobs never made an official deal with the D.A. and denied his statement on the stand, the statement is still evidence.

It’s up to the jury to decide which Jacobs they believe, the one in the Roundhouse in 2006 or the one in the courthouse in 2010.

“I’m going to serve my time standing up,” Jacobs tells the court.

Ballistics testimony is next. A diagram of an AR-15 is projected onto the wall. It shows that when the trigger pulls back, combustion gases force the bullet down “the business end” of the barrel then loops back and ejects the shell cartridge. The ballistics expert for the prosecution drones on about how the firearms work as the cycle repeats on the wall: trigger, bullet, ejection, reload.

Meanwhile, supporters on both sides of the courtroom move about restlessly, entering and exiting the courtroom. It doesn’t help that the testimony is painstakingly complicated, the physics of metal, heat, trajectories.

Finally, the judge orders the doors locked.

Someone in the crowd mutters, “Come on, this isn’t a movie, this is life.”

The ballistics expert finishes. His testimony boils down to the fact that the AK-47 recovered from Johnson definitely matches the one that shot bullets in the house on Malvern Street. The AR-15 is so commonly manufactured that it cannot be matched exactly, but it is definitely the same type.

Closing Arguments

The court officer unlocks the doors and everybody shuffles out. As the crowd moves toward the elevators, the families stand awkwardly within feet of one another. It’s different outside the courtroom. The doors to an elevator that must have been occupied by friends or family associated with the victims begins to close as Campfield’s sister, standing in front of the door, suddenly shrieks.

“Fuck them! Fuck you! I don’t care! I don’t give a fuck what they think! They look at us like we’re a bunch of niggers! I don’t give a fuck!” she hollers and charges in circles as about 15 onlookers, including police officers, glance then return their gaze to cell phones, or the floor. Eventually the girl collapses, sobbing, into her family’s embrace.

Before closing arguments, Fairman approaches the family seated on her side.

“Everyone has to remain calm during the closing, no matter what I say or what they say,” she advises. “Because if you get mad and flip out, you’ll get kicked out and we’ll just piss off the jury, OK?” Additional sheriffs are brought in to the room.

McGill begins his closing with an awkward literary allusion. He describes the trial as the best of times and the worst of times, pointing out that while the holiday season is upon us, the lives of two young men were lost “literally in the shadow of City Hall.”

He points out discrepancies between the

testimony of Tolbert, Alverest and Jacobs.

Who drove the Chevy Lumina? Was the getaway car parked right next to the back door or down the street?

He suggests that even if his client told Jacobs the tale of the murders, perhaps he was making it up in a bit of juvenile bravado, just trying to fit in with a culture that respects violence as an initiation rite into manhood.

“Is Jacobs making it up like he told you he did? Is Lionel Campfield making it up? Do we know? Has it been proven to you beyond a reasonable doubt?” he asks.

Fairman’s turn, she cuts to the chase.

“You heard testimony from two murderers from the seamier side of the city that you maybe don’t want to know,” she announces.

“Think about the culture you’re hearing from, this culture of violence, this culture of guns … he told Jacobs what he did because ‘I wanted to be respected’ … They thought they could turn Philadelphia into Dodge City, where they could just get bigger guns.”

The jury finished deliberating by 2 p.m. the next day.

The court officer issues a warning to the victim’s side. “The verdict is coming in,” he says. “There should be no reaction.”

A guy thumbing through his cell phone doesn’t even glance up. “Can’t promise you none,” he says.

“Well you have to,” responds Fairman.

“Or else the sheriffs will march in.”

About a dozen friends and family are there for each side. Campfield’s side is dead quiet but the family and friends of Nasir and Robinson are a bit rowdy. They’ve been dealing with their losses for five years already.

Life After Death

The jury files in and Campfield stands to face them, his arms at his side. He cocks his head back, and squints down his cheeks.

The jury foreman, a schoolteacher, stands.

“In the matter of murder in the first degree, guilty,” he begins and with that, one sharp high-pitch cry cracks then disintegrates into muffled sobs. The jury finds Campfield guilty of the two murders, the attempted murder of Elbert Tolbert and related charges.

Sentencing happens right away: Two life sentences to be served consecutively plus more for the attempted murder and assorted charges.

Campfield’s sister erupts again.

“My brother didn’t do that shit!” she yells at the judge, then clamors over her mother and grandmother and flees the room as Judge DeFino-Nastasi’s orders her out.

When everybody calms down, DeFinoNastasi asks Campfield if he understands the verdict.

“Yeah, I understand,” he says with a defiant smile. The judge asks Campfield if he would like to address the court.

“Thank you,” he says. He nods toward the jury and then the whole room. “Thank you all. Thank you everybody.”

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everence, thy name is Strummer. It’s been eight years since the premature death of the unparalleled Joe Strummer from a heart defect. He left behind one of the most influential and acclaimed careers in rock music: By 24, Strummer had formed the Clash, holy icon of bands who rock in the name of resistance miles above the whine and eyeliner that’s been passed of as punk for the better part of two decades. There is much to exalt in Strummer’s hard-working career beyond the Clash, like the Pogues, the Mescaleros and his dedication to political and civil issues. The candle burns brightly at Tattooed Mom, which hosts the Joe Strummer Tribute Night every year on the anniversary of his passing. Songs from the entirety of his career will be played, so go raise your glass to this punk who passed, know your rights and shout amen. micaela hesTer

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A Very Jewish Christmas at Zahav There isn’t a huge come-down for Jews after Hanukkah. After eight days, we’re generally over the greasy potatoes, our wrists hurt from dreidel-spinning and our tolerance for the Maccabeats is at the year’s low. Plus, we good cultural Jews have another festival to look forward to: Christmas. See, the Sandlerspun misconception is that Jews feel excluded from the joy and magic of Christmas. Not so!

In fact, many goys* envy our archetypical low-maintenance, deliciously entertaining Christmas ritual—Chinese food and a movie.

Zahav will make everyone feel like that enviable Jew on Christmas—and you don’t even have to blow off Baby Jesus. They’re serving Chinese-inspired fine food and screening an ’80s movie, the title of which is a well-kept secret. But, best of all, the Dec. 22 date means that no one will have to betray their commercialism. I mean faith. Pamela Takefman

*That’s non-Jews, for all you goys out there.

6pm and 8:30pm. $50. Zahav, 237 St. James Pl. 215.625.8800. zahavrestaurant.com

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Rad Bromance If Lady Gaga has always been, at heart, a drag queen who happened to be female, then what are we supposed to make of Rad Bromance? This five-dude, burb-metal tribute to the platinum one could not be more regularguy macho if its members were playing Halo 3 right on stage. The only thing is, instead of Whitesnake and Loverboy covers, the Philly band’s drop D, falsetto-and-flashpot anthems have titles like “Poker Face,” “Just Dance” and, of course, “Bad Romance.” All of which is fine, freaky and even occasionally fabulous, but do we smell litigation potential? Hardly—Lady G had Rad Bromance open for her at the Wells-Fargo Center this past September. Jennifer kelly 8pm. $13-$15. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400 worldcafelive.com

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Even if you’re shrewdly eschewing the dual stress-fests of family and traveling to stick out the last week and a half of 2010 stubbornly planted at home, you’ll need a little cheer to help the Yuletide Specials (that’s nog spiked with Heaven Hill and chased with PBR) go down. Comedy troupe Secret Pants has swathed the loins of Philadel-

phia at the Fringe; now they bring a dose of wackitude to the dark, cold time of year when we need it most. And for any sketchsnobs who can’t believe a Philly-based troupe is worth your Christmas Eve-Eve time, know that Secret Pants are 1/4 British and 1/8 Canadian, so they’ve got a more cultivated pedigree than most. The show also includes burlesque, fun with PowerPoint, music, and more funnytimes from Meg & Rob and Bare Hug. (For the record, Wikipedia has the show’s namesake Akira Kurosawa collaborator as shuffling off on Dec. 24, but whatevs.) alexandra Jones 8pm. $10. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. 215.739.9684. johnnybrendas.com

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Penrose Siblings, when they’re not busy beating the shit out of each other (see: the Kinks, Oasis, etc.), often make excellent bandmates: Nothing like sharing the same gene pool to forge the kind of chemistry necessary to making great music. Philadelphia’s brothers Murphy—vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Dan, bassist Pat, and drummer Tom, the three of them operating under the name Penrose— display that sort of preternatural connection and musicianship as they wring the stomping, bluesy rock from Zeppelin and the Black Keys, and the trippy, spacey atmospherics from Floyd and Radiohead, for the songs that comprise their new LP Devil’s Grip, the release of which they’re celebrating tonight.

Note: Once the show’s over, the fun continues with an afterparty next door at Murph’s, where Penrose may play even more tunes. michael alan GoldberG

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24 Moo Shu Jew They didn’t have sesame tofu or chow fun in the shtetl, but Jewish families spending Christmas Eve at Chinese food restaurants seems as old as the rock of ages. Whether it’s a temporary suspension of kosher law, the family style servings or just because they’re the only places open while the goys are praising baby Jesus and Santa, it used to be every Tom, Dick and Moeshe Cohen hit up some deep-friedand-noodled goodness during the holiday. Moo Shu Jew Show pays homage to not only this gastronomical custom, but to another deeply held cultural love: stand-up comedy. Host Cory Kahaney and special guests Jon Fisch, Dan Naturman and Marion Grodin will bring the yuks. Make sure you bring your mother—it’s a buffet and she hasn’t eaten since the last time time you spoke. She didn’t want her mouth to be full if you should call. Alli kAtz 6pm. $65. Joy Tsin Lau, 1026 Race St. 215.545.4400. mooshujewshow.com

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New Ghost + Ottokar Elliott Levin, shaggily bearded saxophonist and flutist, is a one-man Philadelphia institution—a creature of ’70s free jazz above all, but compulsively adaptable, playing every room in town with DJs, Balkan bands, performance artists and who knows who. Levin is also co-leader of the bohemian jazz/punk/ poetry quartet New Ghost, and this week he’ll reunite with bandmate brothers Steve and John Testa (bass/drums, respectively) as well as guitarist Rick Iannacone, who mischievously fuses high-art harmony and unbridled skronk. Ottokar—an edgy improvising space-rock trio with guitarist Tim Motzer, keyboardist Wally Smith and percussionist Jim Meneses—completes the bill. Motzer’s on a roll, with tight new releases Descending and The Seven Dreams, so he’ll be good and warmed up. DAviD r. ADler

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28 The Swellers Remember the early ‘00s when every nextbig-thing band had a day of the week in its name? When scrubby, straight-up-and-down guitar riffs met earnestly tuneful choruses?

Well, the Swellers, out of Fenton, Mich., are still living the dream. Regulars on the Vans Warped Tour and newly signed to Fueled

By Ramen, the Swellers do mall-punk right, hedging catchy, even anthemic tunes with pummelling four-four aggression. “Fire Away,” from their latest, Ups and Downsizing, sounds like Green Day in its pre-Broadway prime, as twitchy and moody and physically ripped as a teenage athlete benched for bad behavior. J.k.

5:30pm. $12. With Everyone Everywhere + Bright and Early. The Barbary, 951 N. Frankford Ave. 215.634.7400. r5productions.com

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tress, alcohol and the complexities of the modern American family mean that the holidays are a particularly fertile time for people to lose their shit. In retrospect, these painful, therapyinducing experiences usually make for the most hilarious and entertaining stories, so this month’s storyslam at L’Etage asks everyone to bring their best tales of uncooked turkeys, matching menorah sweaters and abject failure in the face of extended families. Go listen to some of Philly’s finest spill their guts, or toss your name in the ring. You can let everyone know about that time your mother returned all the presents, burned down the tree and finally taught you the true meaning of Christmas. The winner gets a Golden Ticket—an invitation to participate in the next Grand Slam—and the realization that there is an upside to all this hollyjolly suffering. A.k.

Tues., Dec. 28. 8:30pm. $5. L’Etage, Sixth and Bainbridge sts. 215.592.0656. firstpersonarts.org

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Black Swan seems to have everyone in a tizzy about ballet (or is it just the Portman/Kunis action?). For some more innocent Christmastime ballet that’s got the same themes of being caught in a bizarre dream world but without all the skin-ripping, psychosexual, sledgehammer-metaphor action, there’s the Pennsylvania Ballet’s annual production of the Tchaikovsky/Balanchine Nutcracker.

It’s undoubtedly a moneymaking warhorse, but somehow transcends its done-a-milliontimes status by just being so damn enjoyable.

I dare you to sit through the scene where Marie “shrinks” down to mouse size, with the Christmas tree getting taller and taller and

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Rejoice, ye mourners of the Khyber of olde! Though the Philadelphia landmark’s recent conversion into something a bit more gastropubby may have signalled the end of the era of frequent, sweaty upstairs shows and dance parties, it’s not entirely a ghost of X-mas parties past. On Christmas Day, the now-Khyber Pass Pub is celebrating the seventh coming of their Jewtacular X-mas Dance Party with DJs Julie G., Stacie George and Mr. Moonboots on hand to deck the halls with decks of fury. And hey, if you need to get away from the traditional family affair a little earlier than the 9 p.m. start time, why not pop by the downstairs and sample some of the new menu items you’ve been avoiding out of protest? We hear the chicken’s good... ’Tis the seasoning. ChArlie Gill

especially palatable day after Christmas bonus presents. With delicious options from Bells, Flying Dog, Left Hand, Boulder, The Bruery, Tournay, Abbey Corsendonk, Dogfish Head, Sly Fox, Harpoon, Arcadia, Victory, Rogue, Troegs and Flying Fish (whew!), World Café Live aims to please even the pickiest craft-brew connoisseurs at this year’s Winterfest tasting event. Waste your free holiday calories by sipping hearty, creatively named brews like Elysian’s Dragonstooth Stout or Lost Abbey’s Gift of the Magi from a souvenir pilsner glass while munching on free appetizers. Winterfest is kept purposely small to allow participants to bolster their boozy knowledge by chatting up the brewmasters and distributers. Just remember—an endless array of beers may be good, but drunken driving is not, so take the bus home or draw D.D. straws (D.D. tickets are only $20). Allison krumm

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Screenprinter Adam Smith on his craft and its future.

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Franklin, my dear: Adam Smith’s “First American” has Ben Franklin covered in tattoos of his various accomplishments.

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Andy Warhol is widely credited with popularizing screenprinting with his 1962 prints of luridly colorful Marilyn Monroes; today, you’ll find screenprinted posters, signs, menus and cards all over Philly, and one name that keeps popping up is Part Time Studios’ Adam Smith. His art can be found in numerous galleries and cafes, including in Dead Romances, his early fall solo exhibit at B2 Cafe. We talked to him about his work, how the ancient Chinese practice of block printing with applied paints got to be every damn where, and if the decade or two of the craft’s popularity and momentum can be sustained.

“It’s an outdated technology,” says Smith when asked why he thinks screenprinting has gotten popular. “Designers and signmakers used to screenprint because there was very little, or none at all, digital printing available. So maybe screenprinting has become popular for the same reason people like old typewriters, or collect old radios.”

Smith grew up in Montgomery County, making dutiful teenage pilgrimages to ’90s-era South Street. While at Savannah College of Art and Design, Smith got

into screenprinting by starting a T-shirt company with similarly self-taught friends; they’d “buy packs of Hanes and print terribly designed things on them with terrible technique.” After the company crumbled, Smith abandoned screenprinting until moving back to Philly and starting up Part Time Studios with some other SCAD grads; he says studiomate Steven Speir (of Panhandle Print) finally taught him some proper technique.

“The possibility for production-style, sellable art” is another thing that Smith mentions regarding screenprinting’s popularity. The ability to make your art affordable is an obvious plus, especially for younger artists. While a single painting that took 40 hours of work might be a great artistic achievement, it needs to sell for at least week’s worth of rent and food for it to be realistically worth an artist’s financial while, so unless your art is being bought exclusively by the very wealthy, the capacity for cheap, near-unlimited reproductions after initial time investment is appealing.

And there are quite a few hours of initial work. Smith’s pieces are very illustrative— read: thin lines and small details, which are often difficult to pull off in screenprinting, but that’s part of the challenge. “The romantic in me loves the joy that comes after I successfully pull a print with detail that I didn’t think possible with screenprinting,” Smith says.

The proccess starts with a pencil drawing, which is then painstakingly gone over in ink. After scanning the inked drawing, Smith spends hours fine-tuning the black outlines and creating layers of color fills in Photoshop that will eventually be printed.

From that image, he creates a stencil and applies it to woven sheet stretched over a frame. Ink is heaved across the screen with a squeegee and pushed through the openings in the stencil onto a sheet of paper.

Smith recycles patterns and characteristics in most of his pieces, like weathered bags underneath the eyes of his subjects, and regards most of his pieces as stories.

The bold colors and jagged black lines display a sense of playfulness; the use of detail and negative space speak for technique.

Screenprinting is also a door-opener for people who don’t typically consider themselves artists; T-shirt brands (like locals TrickGo and Babylon Cartel) can pick up the technique to start their own lines. “I think if you really keep at it, screenprinting can be very profitable,” Smith says. You can be an artist who designs and makes his or her own work, or a technician who prints other people’s designs. While there's opportunity to both, Smith says that if you want to be the former, you need to put out new work regularly, and it needs to be fresh every time.

“There’s a lot of competition now that it’s so popular, so to stand out you really need to be doing something special.” n

Take the Family Borrowers is kid-friendly, but not patronizing.

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Tiny furniture: Left to right, Scott Boulware, Bi Jean Ngo and Catherine Slusar as the Clock family in The Borrowers.

The holidays so rarely produce Norman Rockwell moments. If the adjectives “soused,” “loud” and “chaotic” fit your family better than “rosy-cheeked” and “jolly,” here’s an opportunity to get everyone out of the house and maybe provoke some interesting discussion for all members of the family— the Arden’s entertaining and thoughtful world premiere of The Borrowers, adapted

by Charles Way from Mary Norton’s series of children’s books about a really small family.

The Clocks are a 19th-century family of three who each stand around five inches tall. They live in tight quarters beneath the floorboards of the home of human-size Mrs. Driver (Jo Twiss, so nasty she makes Cruella de Ville look sweet). Except for their size, the Clocks are a fairly typical family unit—there’s father Pod (Scott Boulware), mother Homily (Catharine K. Slusar, in a performance worth the admission) and their 13-year-old daughter Arrietty (a spunky Bi Jean Ngo).

The title comes from the family’s practice of “borrowing” from their unwitting human housemates. With no possessions of their own, borrowers must secretly raid human homes for food and everything else, the most desirable items being furniture from a dollhouse on a shelf high up in human territory.

Kids’ theater tends to wear its morals on its sleeve, going for the obvious points about fairness, equality and kindness being good and cruelty, greed and theft being bad.

Here, it’s a little more interesting. “We’re borrowing, not stealing,” explains Arrietty to a confused human—stealing is when one borrower borrows from another.

When it comes to children’s theater, many

theaters mount mindless productions on a shoestring budget with inexperienced talent; the Arden isn’t afraid to ask a young audience to think. The borrowers, forced to live in hiding, can be seen as any disenfranchised or marginalized group; who knows, this might be one way to have a discussion about differences in culture and the right to self-determination with a 6-year-old.

After they’re discovered by Mrs. Driver and gardener Crampfurl (Steve Pacek, showing off his versatility in myriad roles), the Clocks are suddenly homeless, fending for themselves in the tall grass of the countryside. Capable hunter-gatherer Pod worries about being able to protect and provide for his family. Daughter Arrietty has an intrepid spirit and sees it as a chance to get out from under the floorboards; unlike her parents, she isn’t scared of humans, and while her eagerness for adventure gets her in trouble, she makes friends wherever she goes.

But Slusar as Homily delivers the most complex and satisfying portrayal. “Is there really nothing more to life than life?” she asks in response to Pod’s optimistic view that while they’ve lost their home, at least they’re alive. Philosophical, nurturing, introspective, self-deprecating and brave, Slusar’s Homily is a 19th-century feminist, a devoted housewife unafraid to voice her opinion. Her excellent performance is no surprise—she’s a Barrymore winner, and her presence in the cast is just one of the examples of the Arden’s investment. The production values are equal to that of the Arden’s adult shows, and they have an Obie-winning director in Whit Maclaughlin and the area’s hottest young musical-theater star in Pacek.

The designers are no less prestigious. The tiny likenesses of the actors that represent the Clock family when they’re interacting with humans were designed by Aaron Cromie, known for his wizardry in puppet design. The puppets don’t just look good, but effectively represent the disparity in size. MacLaughlin has tackled issues of scale in previous Arden productions (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and The BFG) and he, Cromie, costume designer Rosemarie E. McKelvey and set designer Lewis Folden create an onstage environment that seems entirely believable.

Best known for his work as artistic director of alt-theater company New Paradise Laboratories, MacLaughlin understands his audience. He doesn’t hammer on the moral complexities of the Clocks’ predicament, but nor does he shy away from them. Way’s script likewise strikes a proper balance, so that the play can be enjoyed in different ways by children and adults. A family show that doesn’t leave anybody groaning or cranky is a rare gift; it’d be wise not to overlook this one. n The Borrowers

Through Jan. 30. $16-$32. Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St. 215.922.1122. ardentheatre.org

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An outrageous night of music and comedy. $37. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 215.574.3550. walnutstreettheatre.org

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A pair of song-and-dance boys chase after two beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show. $10$95. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 215.574.3550. walnutstreettheatre.org

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This controversially titled play examines the state of inner-city youth and the heavy life situations that they sometimes create or inherit. $15-$20. Shubin Theatre, 407 Bainbridge St. shubintheatre.com

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Lucky Strike Q&A with Strike Anywhere’s frontman, Thomas Barnett.

By Elliott Sharp

feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com On Strike Anywhere’s Facebook page you posted about the recent student-police clashes in England. Why does this rarely, if ever, happen in the U.S.?

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Punk rock band Strike Anywhere has toured relentlessly and remained outspoken advocates of social justice ever since they started playing basements and living rooms in Richmond, Va., more than 10 years ago. With eight records on foundational labels like No Idea, Fat Wreck Chords and Jade Tree, their most recent was 2009’s Iron Front on Bridge Nine Records. While contemporary indie music shies away from its political roots, Strike Anywhere’s radical, anti-capitalist values remain at the core of their aggressive, yet pop-friendly, punk anthems. PW spoke with frontman Thomas Barnett to talk politics and here’s what he had to say.

I don’t think Americans are apathetic, as much as we don’t have the same kind of entrenched student protest and organizing culture. This probably comes from an unfortunate but very simple confluence of inertia, fear and vast geography, which is also a primary explanation for why we have such a fractured, limping, low pulse on our working-class intellectual tradition. People have surely been psychically beaten down in recent times, but our ability to devalue the power of the individual and the energy of public consciousness while simultaneously enshrining in media-projected, morally infantile absolutes the manipulated idea of “the individual” has been a profitable trap. Names for this trap include such vetted falsehoods as Patriotism, Nativism, A Christian Republic, Security Moms, Liberal Elites, “Taking Our Country Back” and the, ahem, Free Market. But those fevers of awake, angry, bleeding citizens that we watch from the Internet are extremely healthy and fight the static that grips the world: Weaponized hate coming in bright billion dollar packages is still a shadow compared to what truths and ideas are within our reach as a species.

On the same post, a fan asked: “Can a conservative, like myself, still listen to Strike Anywhere?” Care to respond?

We are honored to have thoughtful conversations and true friends all across the political spectrum. As long as people are thinking and respecting where we are coming from, the table is shared, and the tent’s as big as the whole damn world. Punk’s early roots were in Situationism, absurdist anti-fashion and anti-politics: punk’s DNA of Anarchism, nonconformity, and emotional honesty is informed by this primordial soup. This is art, not politics, and

as much as we have a worldview and an evolving critique of society, there’s no party line or uniform expectation. The songs stop being ours to decide what anyone else takes away or needs from them. Much like The Boss versus Ronald Reagan using “Born In The U.S.A.” the right is reserved to prevent our music from promoting a fascist, macho, or militaristic agenda. For example, it’s possible that our anti-police brutality song “Sunset On 32nd” was a popular tune for U.S. ground forces that did house-to-house searches in Iraq’s burning cities. We were notified of this by more than one fan in the military. By the way, it’s certainly beyond coincidence or trivia that the entire second verse of this same song is dedicated to Philadelphia’s M.O.V.E. organization.

How do you think capitalist forms of power influence how we listen to music and what we listen to?

I think punk rock at its best is the streetlevel folk music process. It’s just been modernized to reflect the aggression and distortion of our post-industrial physical and emotional reality. All the punk and hardcore bands who’ve mattered, who’ve moved the little world within and beyond a shared counterculture of rage and vision, naturally tapped into the sonics of what it feels like to be frustrated and alienated.

Here’s an alternative media broadcasting the hidden data of community self-organization, and the private truths that are deconstructionist therapies writ large when shot through the genre lens of hardcore and punk ... the idea of urban/suburban rebellion and that culture’s been taken away from us so we have to invent our own. Now, I don’t think punk has to be necessarily political, but I think it always is despite what it thinks it is doing, if you’re doing it right.

By choosing to do punk you’re not fulfilling the demands of mainstream culture and you’re not prostituting your talent or vision for what you think will necessarily fill your stomach or allow you to pay your rent fastest. You’re doing something that is almost a rational leap outside of capitalism, outside of living your life just to develop a career so you can survive, doing something more from the heart.

How does Strike Anywhere position itself against, or disrupt, this power?

My good man, clearly I’m not gonna walk into this trap of grandiosity and self-importance that you’ve set! But I respect the question and will try to answer as authentically as I can without dissolving into deflection or snark. At best, we’re a catalyst for the good times and energy that get people in the mental and spiritual place to defend themselves from the beasts of fear and self-loathing. It works the same way for the individuals in the band, and we hope to give people the experience of weightlessness and catharsis that we’ve taken

home from punk shows that moved and strengthened us against the foolishness and cruelty of our structured existence.

This community artistic platform is a place of empowerment and inspiration, and if we can just let that energy flow through us and get to you, that’s a fairly humble, but honest and maybe rare achievement. Power will be disrupted in the day-to-day, minute-tominute revolutions of honesty and compassion, creativity and resistance on every individual’s path through life.

Your songs are as politically optimistic as they are critical. What keeps you hopeful?

Throughout the band’s 11 years, when writing songs I’ve been careful to look for and celebrate solutions, both social and psychological. Many are inspired by real-life events and the stories of close family and friends. I definitely tried, and I hope occasionally succeeded, in anchoring the political rage with a more continuous thread of living in this world and not proclaiming its disorder from some lofty academic distance. This, I believe, can be quite the problem in connecting revolutionary music and ideas with the people who need it the most. The esoteric postures and elitism of many arrogant and disconnected loudmouths of the Left are complicit in the sorry state of protest, in our country, for certain. I’ll be damned if I’ll let myself degrade into that.

If the Tea Party embarrassment chapter in recent history can teach us anything, it’s that the medium and not the ideas is the critical thing to move forward, evolve and punch truth through the spectacle. We have to be honest and listen to the times, not try to graft old vehicles of social unrest into the ever-changing and brilliant present.

Pathological condescension on both sides of the political spectrum has greatly underestimated the human potential for Great Leaps and improvisation. We have structures inside us of equity, balance, hope and survival waiting to fill this husk of a world and this knowledge keeps me young.

As a band, through the years we recognized the need to anchor our politics in personal stories. Confessional and narrative writings, we feel, can give a political protest song a lot more depth and longevity. It’s also more fun and artistically coherent to celebrate hopefulness, healing and personal autonomy in the face of all these government and corporate deceptions, and war culture. There are enough slogans and complaints out there already. As far as being labeled a political band, we don’t see the difference, or care. Neither, perhaps, should you or your readers. Just come out and feel something with us. n Strike Anywhere perform Mon., Dec. 27, 6:30pm. $10-$12. With Daytrader + One Win Choice. The Barbary, 951 Frankford Ave. 215.634.7400. r5productions.com

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Yeah. You know, what can you say? It’s all part of the nature of life, and the first half of this year was tough. But you just try to move on.

You’ve obviously embraced the Internet with this series—do you plan to keep it a Web thing going forward, or are you open to a TV version? Is this New Year’s Eve special a one-time-only thing?

It’s definitely not a one-time-only thing. My plan is that I’ve been talking with Tribune Broadcasting and the first show they decided would launch this whole relationship is the New Year’s Eve show, with the idea in mind that over the next year, we’re talking about a weekly show, possibly and probably on Saturday nights. I’m pretty sure the Philly station [Phl17] is interested in doing this. So we’re talking about toward the middle or end of [2011]. That doesn’t mean I’m leaving the Internet—I’m going to be doing both, basically.

It seems from watching the show that the camaraderie and friendship you share with your guests is just as rewarding for you as collaborating with them musically.

Definitely. I think that’s the most fun of it—the hanging-out thing. A lot of these people I’ve known, like Todd [Rundgren] and Smokey Robinson. But most of the people, especially the new people, I don’t know them.

They’re like blind dates [laughs]. And I get to be friends with these people, which is great.

Which gives you more of a thrill—playing with some of the musical legends who inspired you to make music, or playing with the younger artists who you’ve inspired?

Well, if it’s somebody like Smokey, anybody who knows me from the old days in Philly knows how I feel about Smokey—he’s a god to me. So for me to have Smokey over to my house to play songs with him, and sit around and talk and eat and tell stories, that was a pretty awesome feeling. I would say more intense than meeting a new band for the first time, which is a great feeling but not on that level.

Would you be up for having, say, a thrash-metal band come on the show? [laughs] Absolutely! The more outside-thenorm, the better.

When you’re in Philly, do you ever swing by the old apartment on Quince Street you shared with John in the early days?

Sometimes—I’ve had various people that I care about in my life, where we walk past and I show them the place and say, “This is where we started, right here.” It has a special place in my heart.

Can you imagine doing the show at that place?

[Laughs] It would have to be Live from Daryl’s House with just one other person.

That place was small. Live from Daryl’s Closet, maybe! n

hen does a gimmick officially run out W of steam? After the five millionth Intel commerical? Twentieth million? At some point Blue Man Group became as overexposed as Britney’s bare bush (with which they share a passing resemblance).

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Do you find that some of the younger artists, especially the ones who’ve been fans of yours their whole lives, are nervous to come on the show and hang out?

Some artists are nervous—most of them are, to tell you the truth, and they have different ways of exhibiting that. Some of them are boisterous, some are really quiet. You never know. Imagine walking into somebody’s house and you don’t know any of the people,

you know? It’s an intimidating feeling. But we all try to make it comfortable, there’s a lot of laughter, and I think we do a pretty good job of making people feel at home.

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I suppose this has been a bittersweet year for you—the series has been really successful, but there was also the passing of [long-time Hall & Oates bassist/ band leader] T-Bone [Wolk].

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We caught up with Daryl to talk about this exciting development.

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The Kalob Griffin Band

8pm. $8. With the Looks of It and Spitting Seeds. North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. 215.787.0488. northstarbar.com

s u n d ay 2 6 Gillian Grassie

7pm. $10. With Dante Bucci. Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St. 215.928.0770. tinangel.com

T u e s d ay 2 8 Paper Masques

8pm. $10. With Homesick Elephant and Attic Dancers. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. johnnybrendas.com

Grey Sky Turn

s u n d ay 2 6

9pm. $7. With Something Black, Tim Malley and Chris Munden. The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave. iourecords.com/thefire

Sunshine Superman

John Byrne

8pm. $7. With Oso. Word Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com

8pm. $10. With Citizens Band Radio.

Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St. tinangel.com

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Wed 12/22 Johnny Brenda’s presents

Cuddle MagiC Oh!Pears

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Thu 12/23

NObOdy ever dies ON ChristMas (exCePt tOshirO MifuNe) a yuletide variety shOw frOM seCret PaNts with MeG & roB, Bare huG, powerpoint Master Jon GoFF, and the Musical stylinGs oF eMily and Micah McGraw

Blackened Green Beans : Bistro Salad : Fresh Chicken Salad Grape Leaves Fresh Burger on LeBus Brioche Bun : Jambalaya : Oyster Po’ Boy w/Remoulade sauce Fresh Sausage Sandwiches : Fresh Pommes Frites w/Monk’s Bourbon Mayo

and Seafood specialty 616 S.616 2nd Street S. 2nd Street 616 S. 2nd Street

616 S. 2 Street 215.925.4950 215.925.4950 215.925.4950 nd 215.925.4950 616 S. www.cedarsrestaurant.com 2 Street www.cedarsrestaurant.com www.cedarsrestaurant.com nd

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215.925.4950 www.cedarsrestaurant.com

Fri 12/24

yuletide JOllies at JOhNNy breNda’s christMas Movies! eGG noGs! Mulled ciders!

Kitchen closes at 7pM Bar closes at 8pM

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MONthly dJ eveNt debut DOWNSTAIRS: LAST MONDAy MAckIN’ WITh DJ kyLe ANDReWS SpINNING BLueS, BReAkS, AND BOOGIe fROM 8pM-MIDNIGhT!

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Johnny Brenda’s presents

pApeR MASqueS hOMeSIck eLephANT attic dancers upcOMING 12.30 Mewithoutyou - sold out!

12.31 the nye snowFlaKe Ball at JB’s party Mansion!

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215-739-9684

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December 22-28, 2010

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Food LushLife Bars Open on Christmas Give your liver a special holiday gift!

By Rachel Stumpo feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com Look at you, all lonely and shit. All Jewish and shit. All bah humbug and shit. All atheist and shit. You hate the holiday, or don’t celebrate it, or hate your family (good call—we’ve met them, they’re insufferable).

So this year you’re going to celebrate Christ’s birth— and, by extension, his undying love and sacrifice—by getting blotto.

Well, we want to help. (Also, we’re kind of scared of you, all “I’ll have another” and shit. All “On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: A Lager and a shot of Jim Beam” and shit. All shittin’ your pants and shit.)

Below are a few bars around town open on Christmas and Christmas Eve, and any events or specials they have going on. Remember, Baby Jesus smiles every time you order a pint.

Devil’s Den Open on Christmas Eve as long as there are people to serve. On Christmas they open at 7 p.m., and will be tapping their Troegs Mad Elf.

Dirty Frank’s 347 S. 13th St. 215.732.5010 Open normal hours on Christmas Eve; ditto on Christmas Day, plus Christmas dinner!

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

Doobie’s 2201 Lombard St. 215.546.0316 Open at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 8 p.m. on Christmas. No specials, but you can bring your dog, which is pretty sweet.

Dos Segundos 931 N. Second St. 215.629.0500

December 22-28, 2010

Open regular hours on both days, with yet-tobe-determined specials!

(Suggestion: Nickel shots of Rumplemintz.)

National Mechanics 22 S. Third St. 215.701.4883

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Open at 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve with DJ Dirty

Michael Persico

1148 S. 11th St. 215.339.0855

South Joe spinning at 10 p.m. Same deal on Christmas, but DJ Jon Gill holds down the ones and twos.

Royal Tavern 937 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.389.6694 Open normal hours both days.

Raven Lounge 1718 Sansom St. 215.840.3577 Open regular hours on both days, with DJ Jon Gill (dude gets around!) spinning at 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve, then DJ Shane Hayward on Christmas.

Sugar Mom’s 225 Church St. 215.925.8219 Open normal hours on Christmas Eve, 8 p.m. on Christmas.

Tritone 1508 South St. 215.545.0475 Open normal hours on Christmas Eve. On Christmas, they host Sugar Town’s Jewish Christmas with DJ Sara Sherr and guests. No word on whether they’ll be serving Chinese. n

tasted at this gray-toned spot at 20th and Ludlow streets. The bad news is most everything else was only slightly better.

Potato skins were actually starchy potato wedges, a big problem if you’re expecting crisp boats of browned skin bearing the fillings. Still, I have a hard time believing that the absence of that chalky potato-meat would have rendered these any better.

Day-Glo cheese and the occasional crisp bit of bacon were easily overwhelmed by the heap of sour cream, like a lactic Kilimanjaro high above the potato foothills.

Southwestern salad found itself imprisoned in a deep-fried tortilla bowl of debatable freshness and unarguable anachronism. A quick pick through the listless mix of greens revealed a number of sad, brown-edged leaves that the mildly tangy, benignly pleasant avocado ranch dressing couldn’t redeem.

The house-cured corned beef, far too lean to maintain any sort of moisture or the lacing of fat at the edge that’s the hallmark of a great slice, demonstrated all the tactile appeal of old shoe leather. The conception of the sandwich was fine—corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut—but the individual components made a hash of any baby steps toward success. Even the kraut was soggy and depressing. (The fries, at least, were crisp, well-cooked and satisfying.)

Meatballs in the meatball sandwich were virtually devoid of salt, so bland they felt almost like simulacra one might eat on a spaceship. Farfalle alla vodka with seafood was more nursing-home dish than anything else: A mushy, Dickensian bowlful of starch that a dentureless nonagenarian could easily gum into submission. The cheese was similar in texture to the overcooked pasta, and it overwhelmed everything but the occasional sweet bit of mystery seafood.

There are more issues than just the food. The beer list is pleasant but uninspired, studded with the usual suspects.

I had to request a glass for my beer, a Dogfish Head India Brown Ale robust enough that most other spots would offer it with a glass without request. The space is oddly sterile, its gray linearity and perplexing (ironic?) cosmo sign a bar-space oddity. And the music runs toward the odd—a recent soundtrack highlight was the Fences tune “Girls with Accents,” in which the chorus, “I’m fucking up, I’m fucking up, I’m fucking up everything,” is repeated over and over.

Maybe that song was some sort of admission, or warning, or both. Either way, the symbolism was too obvious to ignore. n

Behind the velvet rope: Proceed with caution.

Grille Beast

Declaring culinary defeat at Center City Grille.

By Brian Freedman

bfreedman@philadelphiaweekly.com

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I don’t use the word ‘inedible’ lightly. Most of the time, supposedly inedible foods are a matter of perception and cultural biases against eating this ingredient or that.

And as is the case with so many of life’s experiences, the most initially intensely off-putting ones often, ultimately, provide the most pleasure. In the past two months alone, I’ve enjoyed head-on whole baby eels, pig ears and hearts, cow tendons and intestines, head cheese, and even the softball-sized thymus gland of a red Patagonian deer.

So understand that this is difficult to write: Center City Grille’s mushroom soup has finally defeated me. It is inedible.

This innocent-sounding bowlful arrived at the table trailing an odor that can only be described as “uncomfortably human,” like certain dank corners of the SEPTA concourse on a hot summer day. Finding its aromatic center of gravity somewhere barely south of searing, its flavor was, mercifully, less evil than I’d expected. But that’s no great endorsement, and the slippery knobs of mushroom failed to improve with further exploratory bites.

The good news is that the soup was the worst dish I

Center City Grille 12 S. 20th St. 267.861.0216.

Cuisine: Sandwiches and more ambitious dishes of dubious success.

Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 11:30am-midnight; Fri.-Sat., 11:30am2am.

Prices: Entrees generally under $20, though expensive for what you get.

Atmosphere: Gray and linear.

Service: Much more pleasant than the food.

Food: Proceed with caution.

Center City East

Valentino

AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL

1312 Spruce St. vetriristorante.com $$$ CC AS

1309 Sansom St.

$ AS

Vetri

Zavino

112 S. 13th St. 215.732.2400. zavino.com $ CC AS

JAPANESE

Bonte

1210 Walnut St. akiphilly.com $$ CC AS

Bump

719 Washington Square West.

215.351.6265. $$$ CC BYOB

922 Walnut St. bontewaffles.com $ CC BR 1234 Locust St. bumplounge.com $$ CC AS BR

Cafe Lift

428 N. 13th St. cafelift.com $ CC BR

Capital Grille

1338 Chestnut St. thecapitalgrille.com $$$ CC AS

Field House

1150 Fibert St. fieldhousephilly.com $$ CC AS

Hard Rock Cafe

Aki

quizo tues & thurs 9pm

Fat Salmon

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Raw Sushi Lounge and Bar

1225 Sansom St. rawlounge.net. $$ CC AS

Wasabi House

1238 Pine St. 215.732.4790. $ CC

1113 Market St. hardrockcafe.com $$ CC AS

KOREAN

Jones

205 S. 13th St. 215.545.8511. $$ CC

700 Chestnut St. jones-restaurant.com $$ CC AS BR

Marathon Grill

Broad and Chestnut sts. 215.561.4460. marathongrill.com $ CC

Naked Chocolate Cafe

1317 Walnut St. nakedchocolatecafe.com $ CC

Reading Terminal Market

12th and Arch sts. 215.922.2317. readingterminalmarket.org $ CC★

Ruth’s Chris Steak House

260 S. Broad St. 215.790.1515. $$$ CC AS

Smokin’ Betty’s

116 S. 11th St. 215.922.6500. $$ CC AS

Time

1315 Sansom St. timerestaurant.net $$$ CC AS

Valanni

1229 Spruce St. valanni.com $$$ CC AS BR

Pastoral

Tampopo

104 S. 21st St. 215.557.9593. tampoporestaurant.com $ CC BYOB

MEXICAN/SOUTHWESTERN El Fuego

AS BR

469 N. 10th St. 215.765.2369. $

Lolita

Santa Fe Burrito

212 S. 11th St. santafeburrito.com $ CC

MIDDLE EASTERN

ASIAN FUSION

Sahara Grill

401 S. 13th St. leilacafe.com $$ 128 S. 12th St. 215.922.5922. $$ CC BYOB

PERUVIAN Chifa

1326 Spruce St. 215.546.0180. $$ CC

707 Chestnut St. chifarestaurant.com $$ CC AS

CARIBBEAN

PUB FARE

1141-43 Pine St. mixtophilly.com $$ CC AS BR

FRENCH Caribou Cafe

Fergie’s Pub

1214 Sansom St. fergies.com $ CC AS

Finn McCool's

118 S. 12th St. finnmccoolsphilly.com $$ CC AS

1126 Walnut St. 215.625.9535. thecariboucafe.com $$ CC AS BR

Irish Pub

Zinc

Knock

GREEK

McGillin’s Olde Ale House

246 S. 11th St. 215.351.9901. $$ CC AS

Effie’s

1127 Pine St. effiesrestaurant.com $$ BYOB

Kanella Paul

1120 Pine St. paulphilly.com $$$ CC AS BR

INDIAN Bindi

105 S. 13th St. bindibyob.com/bindi $$$ BYOB

Bombay Express

122 S. 12th St. 215.922.0414 $ CC

Minar Palace

1304 Walnut St. 215.546.9443 $ AS BYOB CC

Palace at the Ben

834 Chestnut St. 267.232.5600. palaceattheben.com $$ CC AS BR

1123 Walnut St. irishpubphilly.com $ CC AS

225 S. 12th St. knockphilly.com $$$ CC AS 1310 Drury St. mcgillins.com $ CC AS

Moriarty’s

1116 Walnut St. moriartyspub.com $ CC AS

Westbury Bar and Restaurant

261 S. 13th St. 215.546.5170. westburybarandrestaurant.com $$ CC AS

THAI Aqua Malaysian Thai

705 Chestnut St. 215.928.2838. $$ CC

SEAFOOD Joe Pesce

1113 Walnut St. 215.829.4400. joepescerestaurant.com $$$ CC AS

McCormick & Schmick’s

1 S. Broad St. 215.568.6888. mccormickandschmicks.com $$ CC AS

Sole Food

12th and Market sts. 215.231.7300. $$$ CC AS

Amis

Sotto Varalli

Buca di Beppo

XIX

412 S. 13th St. amisphilly.com $$ CC AS 258 S. 15th St. buccadibeppo.com $$ CC AS

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1214 Sansom St.

215-928-8118 www.fergies.com

La Scala’s

615 Chestnut St. lascalasphilly.com $$$ CC AS

Mercato

1216 Spruce St. mercatobyob.com $$ BYOB

1¢ drinks & drafts 10pm-12am food buffet

Eagles vs. Vikings Sunday, 8pm

$2 bud lights • bucket wings

Flyers Games

roosevelts23.com

$2 Bud Lights

231 S. Broad St. varalliusa.com $$ CC AS

The most variety of Indian cuisine on campus

Sitar lndia

LuNch BuffEt $8.95 DINNER BuffEt $11.95

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Thurs – Sat from 10pm -12pm 4$ Flavored Jacquin’s vodka

Wednesday, 12/22 - doors @ 8

sunday, 12/26 – doors @ 8

Leiana HoodLess nomad CLienteLe stefan aLexander

Ciaran sontag

Thursday, 12/23- doors @ 8

somata steve dan rendine Friday, 12/24

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231 S. Broad St. 215.546.6800. varalliusa.com $$$ CC AS

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1¢ drinks & drafts 5-7pm

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La Buca

711 Locust St. ristlabuca.com $$ CC AS

friday happy hour

merry christmas!

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December 22-28, 2010

ITALIAN

monday thrU M friday, 4 to 6pm

Thursday Quizzo

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

266 S. 10th St. kanellarestaurant.com $$ BYOB

$10 Buys check outtheour new r $3 er happy 2 WH hour T specials

Happy Hour $30 Open Bar with Buffet Full menu and cash bar available $15 3-course dinner

1334 Walnut St. 215.985.4155. $$ CC BYOB

Muntin

Mixto

closed for christmas

106 S. 13th St. lolitabyob.com $$$ BR BYOB

Maccabeam

124 S. 13th St. sampanphilly.com $ CC AS

Sat 12/25/10

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Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro Sampan

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121 S. 13th St. elvezrestaurant.com $$$ CC

Jose’s

wednesday, dec. 22, 7-9pm DJs s great lakes brewing co. ive 7

closed for christmas eve

El Vez

Leila Café

129 S. 13th St. 215.922.3095. $$ CC AS

Fri 12/24/10

723 Walnut St. elfuegoburritos.com $ CC AS

Varga Bar

941 Spruce St. vargabar.com $$ CC AS

U bUyerger the Beer glass night

Morimoto

723 Chestnut St. 215.413.9070. morimoto.restaurant.com $$$ CC AS

215-569-8879

New Year’s Eve

1328 Pine St. valentinoristorante.com $$ CC BYOB

Bill’s Breakfast & Lunch

1312 Sansom St. 215.985.2901. $ CC

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Tuesday Strength Dance Competiton & Pole Dancing Cash Prizes

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Love (1927): The great novels are no strangers to cinematic mutilation. To wit: Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina has routinely had its 864 pages hacked down to a manageable, straight-up sudster, twice for Greta Garbo alone. (And, semi-notoriously, in 1997 for Sophie Marceau.)

Though Garbo’s 1935 version is better known—if only slightly more faithful —this silent version chucks half the plot, so it’s mostly just the star modeling for the camera. Not that we’re complaining.

To Have and Have Not (1944): “Desecration” needn’t be pejorative—what if the source is lacking? “A bunch of junk” is how director Howard Hawks described Ernest Hemingway’s worst novel to the author himself, which is why his movie version kept mostly the title and the boat. Hawks transformed a bum book into a loose and in many ways superior Casablanca, right down to the sexier chemistry between Bogie and co-star Lauren Bacall.

The Canterbury Tales (1972): Honestly, there’s no clean way to tackle Chaucer— you just grab hold of a theme and adapt the tales that fall under it. For Pier Paolo Pasolini (Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom), it was sex—only the naughty bits make his two-hour romp, as in his later Arabian Nights. Of course, Chaucer would likely have approved.

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True Grit is the Coen brothers’ most conventional, accessible film to date. Some people say this like it’s a bad thing.

“It’s just a Western,” a colleague scoffed, as if that’s anything to sneeze at. Of course, expectations may have been altered, thanks to the snarky siblings’ recent run with No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading and especially A Serious Man—a triple whammy of pitiless subversion exhibiting a worldview so bleak it makes Kubrick seem warm and fuzzy. The Coens’ peculiar decision to remake Henry Hathaway’s beloved 1969 John Wayne vehicle perhaps promised something more overtly satirical, but instead these masters of genre deconstruction have played it gloriously straight—at least, as straight as the Coens can play anything.

Hewing closer to Charles Portis’ original novel than the previous movie version, True Grit is the tale of young Mattie Ross. In a dazzling turn by unknown Hailee Steinfeld, she’s a 14-year-old spitfire, all business and Bible quotes, holding her own in an unforgiving frontier that’s no country for little girls. Her father was gunned down in cold blood by cowardly horse thief Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), and Mattie’s determined to see justice done—even if she has to pay for it herself.

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True Grit plays the genre gloriously straight.

of the environment. There’s a wintery chill to the landscapes, and they often keep their shots restricted to Mattie’s point of view.

The camera stays low, lingering on sad details ignored by the rest of the cast, subtly registering her mounting dread as the bodies begin to pile up.

This limited perspective makes True Grit feel somewhat smaller than it really is—at least at first. The Coens refuse to pump up their big moments with the kind of grandiose mythologizing found in the Wayne version. But they also don’t make a big deal out of de-mythologizing, in the fashion of so many “revisionist Westerns.” They’re simply telling the story in the same matter-of-fact manner of Mattie’s narration, a choice that pays off beautifully in an epilogue that’s both deeply moving and entirely unexpected. Like most of the Coen brothers’ movies, this really opens up on a second viewing.

There’s a disarming sentiment sneaking in through the cracks of Mattie’s tough Protestant stoicism. The pickled, aloof Rooster slowly warms to her prickly determination, but without ever going mushy on us. These are hardened people in exceedingly difficult times, and the growing affection between the two is all the more pleasurable for emerging so subtly.

In the end, I guess True Grit is “just a Western.” But for some of us that’s more than enough. n

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(2005): “A postmodern novel before there was any modernism to be post about” is how Laurence Stern’s 18thcentury serialized doorstop is described in its movie “adaptation.” How do you adapt that? Director Michael Winterbottom’s answer: You don’t! The first half-hour tackles one brief, maddeningly dense section of the book, then takes us backstage for some pomo shenanigans.

It’s faithful in spirit, at least, not to mention keenly smart enough to pair Steve Coogan with Rob Brydon.

Go West

Enter Marshal Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn, a surly, drunken old lawman with an outsized reputation and suspect personal grooming habits. Played by Jeff Bridges at his most grizzled and unkempt, Rooster delivers his most of his lines in glottal belches, boasting a brilliant knack for re-stating the glaringly obvious with deadpan precision.

Introduced in an outhouse, he’s a far cry from Wayne’s iconic portrait.

Hired by Mattie to hunt down Tom Cheney, Rooster didn’t count on a sassy teenage sidekick or LeBoeuf (Matt Damon), a hysterically pompous Texas Ranger with his own designs on Cheney and a set of spurs so huge and noisy that they practically qualify as a supporting character. Damon’s droll performance is a self-deprecating delight, playing that archetypal Coen brothers windbag who never, ever stops talking.

Even after biting most of the way through his tongue after being knocked from a horse halfway through the picture, LeBoeuf’s gaseous monologues continue unimpeded, if ever so slightly marble-mouthed.

As these three bicker their way through the Choctaw Nation, the filmmakers lift huge chunks of dialogue directly from Portis’ book, relaxing into the peculiar curlicues of the language while striking a fine balance between character comedy and shocking bursts of violence. Straightforward as the yarn may be, True Grit is still a Coen brothers picture, so weirdly endearing characters periodically emerge from the margins, like the loquacious itinerant dentist who travels wearing a bear skin.

Once again working with legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins, the filmmakers eschew typical Western postcard vistas, instead emphasizing the harshness

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The sub-Red Shoe Diaries sex? The happy ending? Or the decision to adapt Nathaniel Hawthorne’s odious symbolism-a-go-go in the first place?

Western union: Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld in the Coen brothers’ remake of the John Wayne classic True Grit.

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“I’m too busy to answer stupid questions,” intimidating reindeer herder Aimo (Tommi Korpela) tells his young son, Pietari (Onni Tommila). The denizens of Finland’s Korvatunturi mountains are as forbidding as the landscape in Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, a grim, almost-black comedy that digs up some monsters even scarier than indifferent parents.

A top-secret American excavation seems to be the cause of the mysterious slaughter of the area’s reindeer. The vengeful Finnish working-class types storm the dig, returning with a naked geezer preserved in ice. Pietari suspects he’s the real Santa Claus—the original, brutish version of Scandinavian folklore, who rewarded the naughty with fatal spanks rather than lumps of coal. The adults think he’s merely ransom, to be sold back at a hefty price. Either way, their catch wakes up in a nasty mood, biting off ears and glaring.

Promising (but never delivering) a Silent Night, Deadly Night with subtitles and competent technical chops, Rare Exports keeps its thrills at bay until the climax, which offers a twist audiences won’t see coming—and kudos to that. But this chilly fantasy plays better on paper than in execution.

Director Jalmari Helander has

spent his career making comic shorts in the Rare Exports series, including some plays on near-identical themes, but he has trouble sustaining an attractive tone over a mere pre-credits 73 minutes.

Much of this portentous trifle feels padded out and overly serious when it should be demented and absurd; the first hour is far too much buildup to an only moderately funny punch line. It’s more interesting as an examination of the way a child’s fertile imagination gives way to desperate cynicism on the descent into deep adulthood—a condition exacerbated severalfold in bleakest, remotest Finland.

Rare Exports builds to a coda funnier than anything that preceded it—but, honestly, any movie with an army of naked geriatrics running through the snow after our heroes ought to be more fun.

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Reviewed by Sean Burns The cruelest thing about life is that it goes on. While most tragedies conveniently roll the credits after the moment of maximum melodrama, John Cameron Mitchell’s surprising Rabbit Hole picks up nine months after other movies would have left off.

It’s been almost a year since Becca (Nicole Kidman) and Howie (Aaron Eckhardt) lost their 4-year-old son in a car accident, and the two are trying to find their way back to normal. Howie placidly puts on a brave face and keeps up appearances, but sneaks

downstairs to watch old home videos late at night. Becca is one of those tightly wound types that Kidman excels at playing, channeling her anger into picture-perfect Martha Stewart housekeeping and passive-aggressively sniping at her boozy mom (a wonderful Dianne Weist.)

Rabbit Hole finds drama in the quotidian questions. When is it time to take Danny’s finger-paintings off of the fridge? How long are they supposed to keep attending group therapy? Are their friends and neighbors ever going to stop acting so deferential and weird?

At first glance, director John Cameron Mitchell, who previously helmed trans-rock opera Hedwig and the Angry Inch, would seem an odd choice for such delicate material. But Mitchell is a filmmaker who seems to genuinely like people, a far rarer bird than you’d imagine. Though he never quite transcends the script’s stagebound origins, Mitchell makes sure to keep signs of life bustling around the corners of the frame.

There’s some odd, endearing business with Kidman’s troubled sister (Tammy Blanchard) plus a few priceless moments between Eckhardt and a therapy pal played

by Sandra Oh. Rabbit Hole is sharply attuned to the peculiarity of extreme emotion, those times when even the most hurtful interactions can turn inexplicably amusing; it’s also a much funnier movie than you’d expect. Devoid of pat resolutions and group hugs, the film wisely understands that grief is mysterious,

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It’s a requirement, apparently, for any breakthrough British actress to log hours in one of the nation’s stuffy period dramas. But you’d expect Sally Hawkins, the winningly gawky star of Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, to transcend the powerful lameness of Made in Dagenham, a by-the-books dramatization of the 1968 sewing machinists strike that resulted in England’s Equal Pay Act of 1970. Sadly, no—despite retaining her unpolished mien and toothy smiles, Hawkins only succeeds in making a generic history lesson feel slightly less like medicine.

Hawkins plays Rita O’Grady, one of the 168 women with towering coifs sewing seat covers at Ford’s Dagenham plant for a drastically gender-gapped paycheck.

Encouraged by her supervisor (Bob Hoskins), Rita finds her social consciousness unexpectedly awakened and sets about transforming herself and those around her from working-class birds to proto-Norma Raes. Soon, Rita is leading an epic strike while holding her own against officials both ineffectual (Rupert Graves’ exec) and hiss-worthy (The West Wing’s Richard Schiff).

Painted in the broad strokes of the issue film, Made in Dagenham at least acknowledges the collateral damage the strike incurs.

Eventually the whole factory has to shut down, crippling the East London suburb and turning the men on the women. But it mostly leans on a retro notion of girl power—the kind of shtick Sarah Palin supporters think she’s pulling off—in which women can be political, but gosh, it doesn’t mean you have to be dress bad.

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Even though he says he loves me, I cannot say he gets turned on by thinking of only me. We still continue these fantasies, but lately, every time we are intimate, he always talks about things he wants other men (and women) to do to me. He never talks about a hot fantasy that involves only him and me. I drew the line when he started bringing my best friend into our role-playing.

When I told him I would prefer if he not bring her into it, he ignored me and talked about her anyway. The last time I brought it up, he said he won’t tell me his fantasies anymore and that he’ll just tell me what I want to hear. He also said that by asking him to stop thinking of others, I am demeaning him and his sexuality.

I have done everything I can to please him. I have done things sexually that I swore I would never do because I trusted him. Am I demeaning him when I ask him to not bring up others in our role-playing every time we’re intimate? It wouldn’t bother me if it were once in a while. I wind up feeling unattractive and never good enough. What can I do to make him want only me?

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He’s never gonna want just you and only you, NGE. All that crazy, groupy, kinky shit that turned him on when you first got together—the shit that turned you on before you fell in love with him—still turns him on and will always turn him on.

Now, I know you’re not doing it on purpose, NGE, and this is just how you feel, and feelings are sacrosanct lil’ mysteries and there’s nothing you can do about them, but I’ve never understood people who are up for anything with someone they’re into—dirty talk, crazy sex, groups (real or imagined)—up until the moment they fall in love with that person.

Um … shouldn’t falling in love, and the deepening feelings of trust and security that go along with that, open a couple up to new possibilities, new horizons, new sexual adventures?

And if falling in love with someone means the end of sexual adventure and fantasy and role-play—if falling in love means previously acceptable fantasies wind up on your partner’s no-fly list—isn’t that a huge disincentive to fall in love?

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HomExpert Market Watch October 2010 Center City · Philadelphia County

Center City Housing Prices Heat Up

Median Sales Price Jumps 16.7% in Spite of Slowing Sales

Philadelphia % Change in Median Sales Price Oct ’09 vs Oct ‘10

While Philadelphia home sales remained sluggish last month, home values continued to surge in areas like Southwest, North & Center City. Center City median sales prices jumped 16.7%, with prices in zip code 19102, Washington Square and Old City showing a drastic increase compared to October ’09. Fairmount posted the highest number of homes sold in Center City at 17, followed by Rittenhouse Square (14) and Washington Square (6).

Center City Homes Sold October 2010 ..........................47 October 2009 ..........................99 Average Days on Market October 2010........................101 October 2009........................110 Median Sales Price October 2010.............$371,000 October 2009.............$318,000

-6.5%

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Philadelphia County -52.5%

-8.2%

+16.7

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Homes Sold October 2010........................780 October 2009 ....................1,230

NORTHEAST

+6.7%

-36.6% +24.7%

Average Days on Market October 2010 ..........................72 October 2009 ..........................75

-4.0%

Median Sales Price October 2010.............$130,500 October 2009.............$140,000

-6.8%

-26.6% WEST

NORTH

0.0%

RIVERWARDS

+16.7% CENTER CITY

-8.5% SOUTH

+31.0% SOUTHWEST

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2Bd's, deck Mt.Vernon Old & 21st Studio, Avail Now. $650 $1950 University City 3Bd, 2 bath, totally renovated Fairmount & &18th Mod 1Bd, C/A, W/D $1950 University City –3Bd, 2 bath, totally renovated Spring Garden 19th Cozy Studio’s, H/W. Avail Now. $495-$625 $700 Spring Garden Collonade-Extremely Nice Studio $700 Spring& Garden Collonade-Extremely Nice Studio Mt.Q.V. Vernon 21st Gret Studio, Yard, Laundry$600-675 Wallace & 20th Bright Studio’s 1BD’s, laundry.

Now. 3rd &- Bambridge 1 && 2Bd's, W/W, C/AHeat incl. Available $600-675 Q.V. 3rd & Bambridge 1 & 2Bd's, W/W, C/A $375 Wallace & 20th 1Bd, parquet floors, Spring Garden & 19th Studio, hardwood, Heatyard incl. $375 Spring Garden & 19th Studio, hardwood, Heat incl. $700-$850 $625 Fairmount & 18th ModW/W, 1Bd, C/A, W/D Aspen & 26th Fairmount &Spac.

18thStudio Mod 1Bd, C/A,H/W, W/Dlaundry. Available Now. $625 Pennsylvania & 26th –1Bd, &laundry 1BD,

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Society Hill Office Units, Volume, & Listings

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Rittenhouse Hotel Office Units & Volume

December 22-28, 2010

Sales associates honored include (left to right) Joan Docktor, Executive Vice President of Sales, Lauren Acker Kratz*, Society Hill; Mary Genovese, 1800 Rittenhouse; John Featherman, Rittenhouse Hotel; Mike McCann, Society Hill; Andrew Kratz, Art Museum; Debra Henning, Trident Title Society Hill; Damon Michels, 1800 Rittenhouse and Wayne HMC; and Ginny McCuen, Senior VP and regional manager. Honored but not pictured were James Labonski, Society Hill and Lisa Budnick and Michael O’Connell*, Rittenhouse Hotel.

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*Honored for their outstanding contribution to the Trident Group.

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Rittenhouse Hotel Office Listings

Jody Dimitruk

1800 Rittenhouse Office Units, Volume, & Listings

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Location

ART MUSEUM

Total Square Footage

Price

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

Monthly After Tax Cost

tHe PHilaDelPHian

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

4,049

$599,900* $153,493 $243,586

$5,684

$646

tHe PHilaDelPHian

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

2,017

$579,900* $149,496 $191,032

$4,457

$698

$3,760

tHe PHilaDelPHian

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

1000

$289,900

$43,267

$96,341

$2,248

$309

$1,939

tHe PHilaDelPHian

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

2,205

$275,000

$40,731

$86,724

$2,024

$291

$1,733

tHe PHilaDelPHian

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

567

$175,000

$26,306

$57,483

$1,341

$190

$1,152

Location

AVENUE OF THE ARTS

Total Square Footage

Price

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

Monthly After Tax Cost

acaDeMy House

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

705

$289,000

$42,702

$88,613

$2,068

$296

$1,772

center city one

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

897

$259,900

$41,412

$86,520

$2,019

$299

$1,720

acaDeMy House

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

705

$259,900

$39,043

$82,852

$1,933

$272

$1,661

center city one

$78,608

$1,834

$271

$1,563

$5,038

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

873

$240,000

$36,972

Location

RITTENHOUSE SQUARE

Total Square Footage

Price

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

tHe rittenHouse

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

3,952

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

$20,745

$3,725

$17,020

barclay

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

3,293

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

$14,450

$2,632

$11,818

lanesborougH

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

3,467

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

$14,170

$2,605

$11,565

lanesborougH

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

3,413

$2,500,000* $579,879 $557,842

$13,016

$2,351

$10,665

barclay

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

2,638

$2,195,000* $511,632 $501,005

$11,690

$2,094

$9,597

Monthly After Tax Cost

Parc rittenHouse

2 bedrooms plus den, 2 baths, den/study, high ceilings, oversized windows overlooking Rittenhouse Square, upgraded custom kitchen, sun soaked master suite

2,221

$1,395,000* $349,934 $362,728

$8,464

$1,511

$6,953

Parc rittenHouse

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

1,552

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

$7,117

$1,320

$5,796

1830 rittenHouse

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

2,275

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

$7,440

$1,321

$6,119

warwick conDoMiniuMs

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

2,000

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

$8,707

$1,757

$6,949

warwick conDoMiniuMs

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

1,978

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

$8,672

$1,795

$6,877

tHe rittenHouse

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

1,560

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

$6,387

$1,090

$5,298

Parc rittenHouse

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

1,272

$839,000* $201,948 $206,151

$4,810

$855

$3,956

warwick conDoMiniuMs

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

1,614

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

$5,752

$992

$4,761

1830 rittenHouse square

2bedrooms, 1.5baths, windows overlooking Rittenhouse Square, old world charm, spacious kitchen, formal dining room

1,380

$725,000* $145,000 $217,432

$5,073

$2,938

$4,251

tHe warwick

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, southern exposure from every room, marble baths, open chefs kitchen, maple hardwood floors

1,296

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

$3,696

$631

$3,064

tHe rittenHouse

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

1,037

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

$3,981

$659

$3,323

barclay

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

1,050

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

$3,571

$619

$2,953

barclay

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

1,075

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

$3,408

$580

$2,827

Parc rittenHouse

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

806

$497,500

$119,226 $116,911

$2,728

$447

$2,281

warwick conDoMiniuMs

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

712

$399,900

$53,426

$106,710

$2,490

$486

$2,003

tHe rittenHouse

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

583

$379,900

$55,358

$114,993

$2,683

$401

$2,282

wanaMaker House

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

704

$319,000

$46,421

$91,365

$2,132

$352

$1,780

Parc rittenHouse

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

497

$275,000

$39,472

$81,681

$1,906

$319

$1,587

warwick conDoMiniuMs

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

423

$229,900

$32,772

$62,166

$1,451

$226

$1,225

Location

SOCIETY HILL

Total Square Footage

Price

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

101 walnut st

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

2423

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

$6,694

$1,124

$5,841

bank builDing

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

2,117

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

$5,064

$844

$4,291

society Hill towers

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

1,133

$399,000

$58,788

$128,086

$2,989

$427

$2,562

society Hill towers

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

775

$329,900

$47,977

$98,340

$2,295

$344

$1,951

society Hill towers

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

700

$297,500

$43,513

$90,659

$2,115

$309

$1,806

society Hill towers

One bedroom, high floor, river view, investment opportunity

700

$290,000

$42,577

$89,976

$2,099

$302

$1,798 $1,733

Monthly After Tax Cost

society Hill towers

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

700

$275,000

$40,731

$86,724

$2,024

$291

bank builDing

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

1,286

$269,000

$41,367

$95,821

$2,236

$303

Location

WASHINGTON SQUARE

Total Square Footage

Price

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

inDePenDence Place

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

3,015

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

$7,449

$1,403

$6,046

inDePenDence Place

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

1,977

$975,000* $234,783 $235,988

$5,506

$1,053

$4,453

inDePenDence Place

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

1,173

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

$3,269

$613

$2,656

inDePenDence Place

1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, alcove, Washington Square views, completely upgraded throughout

1,118

$499,900

$71,144

$135,733

$3,167

$524

$2,643

HoPkinson House

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

1,200

$349,900

$56,515

$122,407

$2,856

$417

$2,439

HoPkinson House

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

1,063

$329,000

$53,908

$115,998

$2,707

$410

$2,297

$1,933

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

928

$299,900

$44,212

$87,809

$2,049

$327

$1,722

1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, excellent value

928

$290,000

$42,132

$83,461

$1,947

$302

$1,645

Location

WATERFRONT

Total Square Footage

Price

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

Monthly After Tax Cost

waterFront square

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

924

$219,000

$42,318

$1,804

$2,119

$315

Allan Domb Real Estate

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

Monthly After Tax Cost

inDePenDence Place

$90,810

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