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HYGIENE THEATER WON’T END THE PANDEMIC

fter 9/11, Americans learned to recognize “security theater:” Things done by the government or businesses to improve public safety that didn’t actually do much. It’s been 20 years and we still have to take our shoes off at the airport. The goal of security theater wasn’t necessarily to make us safer—it was to show that the people in charge were Doing Something. Sadly, doing something meant destroying Afghanistan for 20 years, invading Iraq, and spending trillions of dollars with nothing to show for it. What haunts us now is hygiene theater. The pandemic has drawn out the hypochondriac hidden away in many of our fellow citizens and worsened anxiety. The scientific evidence of how COVID-19 spread didn’t drive local policy so much as the fear of Not Doing Enough. Thus, hand sanitizer was plentiful, outdoor masking was demanded, and schools were shuttered. In the early months of the pandemic, that response was understandable. Many people even accepted a lockdown to slow the spread because they were worried about hospitals getting overwhelmed with COVID cases. However. After 18 months of living in a plague era, it’s not acceptable for political

leaders to cower in fear and assume the worst- mandate would be “get the vaccine or you’re fired.” But in a city with a high vaccination case scenario. We know much more now. We have a highly effective vaccine. And the time rate, where the unvaccinated only have to ask is past when policy that restricts freedom is to get the vaccine, it’s hard to justify punishing the vaccinated with public and excusable in the name of public private restrictions. health. We can be adults about this. Let Wisely, Gov. Wolf has already businesses decide their own restricdeclined to issue a mask mandate tions. Creating more restrictions for for Pennsylvania. Instead, he has the vaccinated only makes it harder emphasized the importance of vacto persuade the vaccine-hesitant to cines. Vaccines work better than get the jab. By flocking back to mask any mask-wearing ever could. They mandates, city leaders push the nosave lives. tion that vaccination is not enough Unfortunately, city leaders in and masks do more. Masking was Philadelphia have decided to throw useful as a holdover until an effecin their lots with hygiene theater tive vaccine could be developed. We and performative action. have that vaccine now—the focus Even though 77 percent of adults needs to be on getting as many peoin the city are at least partially vacple vaccinated as possible. Masking cinated, new restrictions now de@ANTHONYHENNEN after vaccination undermines that mand all businesses need to enforce focus. a mask mandate or proof of vacciYes, COVID cases are rising in the city and nation to enter, according to NBC10. Outdoor non-seated events with more than 1,000 people statewide. But the overwhelming majority of cases are among the unvaccinated. Ensuring must also require masks, and city employees that the unvaccinated get the vaccine will prowill need to be vaccinated or double-mask and tect them much more than requiring everyone get tested weekly. already protected to also wear masks. COVID A requirement for city workers to be vaccinated or get tested weekly is reasonable. will not disappear. City restrictions cannot only focus on case counts. It’s not a “mandate” as some have called it; a

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Persuading the remaining 23 percent of the city to get vaccinated—especially anyone over 50, who is most at-risk of COVID—should be the priority. Not mask mandates. Not reining in the vaccinated, who pose the smallest threat to public health. Politically symbolic gestures cannot be tolerated anymore, especially when they restrict basic freedoms and don’t actually improve public health. Political pressure should not dictate the public health response, but that has been the way of the United States since March 2020. City leaders want to Do Something and look responsible. Instead of trying yet another round of mask mandates, they should point out how much more dangerous COVID is to the unvaccinated, and tell us what they’re doing to reach out to the vaccine-hesitant. Social responsibility is a two-lane street: If someone has done their part by getting vaccinated, they should not be beaten over the head with a mask mandate. They’re not a public health threat. More and more, that threat is coming from city leaders themselves, who love the power and control they’ve gained during the pandemic. Like security theater after 9/11, the actions they take don’t solve a lot of problems, but it helps remind the public who wears the boot.

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The current number of homicide victims year-to-date under Mayor Jim Kenney and District Attorney Larry Krasner’s leadership. This represents a 26 percent increase over the same time last year and is higher than the annual number of homicides that took place in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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SPIES IN PHILLY

hen one thinks of spy stories, one usually thinks of foreign cites such as Hong Kong or Berlin, but espionage is being committed right here in Philadelphia. Economic espionage occurs in Philadelphia as the city and surrounding suburbs are home to major corporations, major universities, and major defense contractors. Technologically advanced firms, small innovative companies, as well as chemical, critical manufacturing, energy, and public health organizations, are also targeted. Our adversaries, such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and other foreign powers and entities, are actively stealing trade secrets, intellectual property, and research data from the Philadelphia region. Having performed security work as a young sailor aboard an aircraft carrier during the Vietnam War, and later as a Defense Department civilian employee at the South Philly Quartermaster and the naval base in Northeast Philadelphia, I’m trained and experienced in protecting military classified information. I learned from the many FBI, CIA, DIA and NSA briefings and seminars I attended over the years that our adversaries are relentless and ruthless in their quest to obtain not only military secrets, but also business secrets such as the plans to build the proverbial better mousetrap. The FBI defines economic espionage as a

Economic espionage targets trade secrets

and others. And because much of today’s spyforeign power-sponsored or coordinated ining is accomplished by data theft from comtelligence activity directed at the U.S. governputer networks, espionage is quickly becomment or U.S. corporations, establishments, ing cyber-based.” or persons, designed to unlawfully or clanThe FBI defines trade secrets, commonly destinely influence sensitive economic policy referred to as proprietary informadecisions or to unlawfully obtain tion, as all forms and types of finansensitive financial, trade, or ecocial, business, scientific, technical, nomic policy information; proprieconomic or engineering informaetary economic information; or tion, including patterns, plans, comcritical technologies. This theft, pilations, program devices, formuthrough open and clandestine las, designs, prototypes, methods, methods, can provide foreign entechniques, processes, procedures, tities with vital proprietary ecoprograms, or codes, whether tannomic information at a fraction of gible or intangible, and whether the true cost of its research and or how stored, complied, or memodevelopment. rialized physically, electronically, “Spies might seem like a throwgraphically, photographically or in back to earlier days of world wars writing, which the owner has takand cold wars, but they are more en reasonable measures to protect, prolific than ever – and they are and which have an independent targeting our nation’s most valueconomic value from not being genable secrets,” the FBI stated in an erally known to the public. advisory. “The threat is not just PAULDAVISONCRIME.COM The FBI warns academia that the more traditional spies passforeign adversaries are increasing U.S. secrets to foreign governingly taking advantage of them by ments, either to make money or secretly misdirecting funding and research advance their ideological agendas. It is also for their own gains. The FBI encourages students and scientists and plenty of others universities to take steps to protect their stustealing the valuable trade secrets of Ameridents from intimidation or control by foreign can universities and businesses – the ingenuity that drives our economy – and providing governments and to give them ways to report such incidents. them to other countries. It is nefarious actors I recall interviewing FBI Special Agent sending controlled technologies overseas that Barbara Verica on “Inside Government,” a help build bombs and weapons of mass depublic affairs Sunday morning radio program struction designed to hurt and kill Americans

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that aired on WMGK 102 FM and WPEN 950 AM some years back. I asked her if the Philadelphia area was subject to hostile intelligence operations. “Absolutely. Anywhere you have this amount of research and development going on, you will always have a foreign intelligence entity out there trying to get that information,” Verica said. “Pure R&D is intellectual property, and it is absolutely a target here. “R&D eventually becomes our manufacturing and production base. It’s an idea, generally, and sometimes you can’t place a dollar amount on it until you actually put it into production and find out its market value. But if you look at how much we invest in R&D in this country, it’s 10 times more than any other nation, but we are not 10 times richer than other nations.” According to the FBI, the cost of stealing U.S. intellectual property is enormous and has an impact on everyday people. It has an impact on American businesses, American jobs, and American consumers. Intellectual property theft results in estimated losses between $550 billion to $1 trillion per year. Economic espionage is a threat to our economic security and our national security. As Verica noted, government, academia, and businesses in the Philadelphia area and across the nation need to guard against economic espionage. Paul Davis’ Crime Beat column appears here each week. You can contact him via pauldavisoncrime.com.

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‘Mister Larry’s Looney Funhouse’ is where ‘Adult Swim’ meets ‘Twilight Zone’

niscent of Pee Wee Herman and Barney the Dinosaur. The show starts off great, but it takes a dark turn, as Art’aud wanted the album to have an “Adult Swim” meets “Twilight Zone” feel to it. The album deals with life, death and everything in between, and was inspired by losses in Art’aud’s life, especially his cousin, who Nazeer Art’aud combines was murdered in West Philadelphia in August music, art and theater in 2019. His cousin was only a few years older his latest project, ‘Mister Lar- than Art’aud so it made him think of his own ry’s Looney Funhouse.’ Image | mortality and how life can end at any minute. PW recently caught up with Art’aud to talk Mojo Creative about his new project. Talk a little about how you first became interested in music. How has Philadelphia azeer Art’aud is an indie hip and the local music scene influenced you? hop artist, born and raised in I became interested in music at a very Philadelphia, who has been young age. Growing up, I was surrounded by rapping for over 20 years. His the blues, Motown and gospel music mostly. latest project, “Mister LarThen one day my Uncle Junie introduced me ry’s Looney Funhouse,” was to Biggie Smalls, and that changed recently released on everything. Mainly, because I always streaming platforms. wanted to sing or play the guitar, but I Art’aud’s biggest BY EUGENE never had the opportunity or resourcinfluences in music ZENYATTA es to do these things; rap was differhave been Notorious ent. This was a musical outlet that B.I.G. and Kanye West, and he has also didn’t require resources, just putting been a stand-up comic for three and a the time and practice into honing your craft. half years. You’ll find elements of his music and And I started writing poetry first so it was a comedy – and much more – in this latest project. pretty smooth transition. With “Mister Larry’s Looney Funhouse,” The Philadelphia music scene has influArt’aud wanted to combine every aspect of his enced me greatly. This city is just filled with life which is music, comedy and theater. The also much musical talent, some of which will, bum focuses on the protagonist, Lawrence Funsadly, never get the recognition they deserve. hauser, aka Mister Larry, a wacky cartoonish So if I get the opportunity to make it to a children’s TV show host. The character is remi-

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bigger stage, I would love to work with local Philly artists to shine some light on them and the amazing work that they do. But at a young age, I remember walking to the store and just seeing rap cyphers and battles take place. Just a bunch of young hungry MCs going at it; this was a dope site to witness. The Philly musicians who influenced my sound the most are Boyz II Men, Hall & Oates, Santigold, State Property, The Roots, and more recently, Tierra Whack. “Mister Larry’s Looney Funhouse” combines music, theater and comedy – something you’ve said hasn’t been done much in the hip-hop community. How did you come up with the concept? How do you think it turned out? The idea actually came later within the process of creating the album. I started recording the songs first, and the idea was to create this sort of personal time capsule but with music; which is why the songs are all named after some of my favorite movies and television shows. But after recording the third song, I began to realize that I needed a way to connect these songs because otherwise the album wouldn’t make sense. Then my theater side kicked in and was like “let’s make a show!” And I figured the best way to capture the nostalgic feeling I wanted to create with this time capsule was to make it a children’s show. Also, children’s shows are weird so I knew that format would give me the room to be as ridiculous and outlandish as I needed to be while creating this aspect of the album.

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But the main problem was children’s shows are happy, and I hate happy endings, so I decided to add a horror/Twilight Zone-esque aspect to it to catch listeners off guard. The album is also just meant to be a journey through life and how it moves fast. The album starts off focused on children, then quickly transitioning into teenage years and the pressures of sex, then adulthood and paying bills, and then ultimately death. I wish I could’ve done more with the album, but that’s just the artist in me; you always want to do more. But ultimately, I’m very happy with the final product. How can people get the album? People can purchase the album from my bandcamp website: nazeerartaud.bandcamp. com. And the album is also available on all music streaming apps (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc.). What’s ahead for you now that the album has dropped? Are you back to appearing before live audiences? Any more projects in the works? I want to continue with this format, so I’m currently brainstorming my next project

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idea. I have a few ideas in mind but nothing set in stone. My next live show is Aug. 14 at Ortlieb’s. The title of the show is Nazeer Art’aud & Friends, which is a concert series I plan on doing monthly or maybe every other month. These will be shows I put together with some of my favorite musicians in the city. I’ve also created a Spotify playlist of the same name that includes music from my favorite local artist. People should check it out and support your local artists. Also, I plan on doing a live theatrical version of “Mister Larry’s Looney Funhouse” so people should also be on the lookout for that. What are the best ways for people to stay current with what you’re doing? The best way for people to stay current with what I’m doing is to follow my Instagram and Twitter accounts, which are both @nazeerartaud. Also, follow my Spotify artist page and that will notify you every time I release new music. And this the website to all my stuff: linktr. ee/nazeerartaud.

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She keeps going back to Philly Job Corps – here’s why When I tell my students I was in their shoes 23 years ago, they don’t believe me. But I was. When I was a teenager, things in my life began to get hard – really hard. My mother had a massive stroke a week before I turned 17, leaving me to be her only caregiver. I dropped out of high school to work and care for her as best as I could. I went from being a teenager who looked to my mother for everything, to becoming the main source of support in our home. I had to grow up very quickly. Since I couldn’t complete high school, I decided that Job Corps was a good fit for me. I let my experience there mold me into who I am today. I am grateful that I did, or else I wouldn’t have been able to survive. I want the youth to know that no matter how bad their circumstances might be, Job Corps can help them turn their lives around. I did two programs at Job Corps. I was enrolled in business clerical (now clerical occupations) and carpentry. For most people, these trades are completely different. But for me, they’re not. My mother worked in a clerical position and my father was a contractor. I liked being social and enjoyed using the technology in the clerical program, but I also liked the hands-on approach that carpentry offered. It was the combination of both that allowed me to learn about my parents’ professions, as well as find out about my own strengths and weaknesses. I also learned how to budget and how to cope with the stresses of life. Job Corps truly taught me everything I needed to know to succeed in life. Later in my adult years, life kicked me down again. My father, who lived on the Turks and Caicos Islands, passed away in 2018. When I returned from the funeral, I received

an email from my employer telling me that I had been laid off. I applied for unemployment, only for it to be contested over and over again. I frantically searched for jobs, but to no avail. The bills kept piling up, and I eventually lost my home. I remember seeing an ad for a guidance counselor position at the Philadelphia Job Corps Center, which is now run by Management & Training Corporation. I love working in any capacity, and since I attended that center as a teenager, I applied. A few days after I lost my home, I got a call saying that I got the job. Although my situation was very challenging, I was excited to give back to the center that had given me so much when I needed it the most. I am now the transition readiness specialist and student government advisor at Philly Job Corps, and I love helping students as they move into the workforce. I encourage them to remember that just because their path might not be as straight as someone else’s, it doesn’t mean their path is any less valuable. I love seeing my students have little victories that encourage them to keep going no matter their circumstances. I have learned that Job Corps is my safe space. I have always found solace from peers, instructors, and now co-workers. It has been amazing to teach students that they can be successful, no matter what the world tells them. Job Corps is more than just getting technical training and a GED. On top of education, you learn a variety of life skills and how to be yourself. It has helped me get through my darkest times, so I encourage anyone who might need some extra support to enroll and see how Job Corps can change their life.

Felicia Jones is the transition readiness specialist at the Philadelphia Job Corps Center. She has been with the center since 2018.

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THE SHOUT OUT

It’s almost time for kids to return to school.

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INSTAGRAM HOT SPOTS

Looking for just the right spot for your next Insta post? Here are a few of our suggestions, but if you have more, send a photo to news@philadelphiaweekly.com and we’ll share it with everyone else. And visit us online at philadelphiaweekly.com to view all of these photos.

Irwin’s

Spice up your feed with a view of the city you can’t get anywhere else, except at Irwin’s. Their rooftop provides the most magnificent backdrop of the city that’ll be sure to take your pictures to the next level. Pro tip: Come at night for a star-dusted photo experience. 800 Mifflin St. | irwinsupstairs.com

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Steak 48

Talk about making an entrance! The grand staircase located in Steak 48 will have you feeling like royalty. The staircase’s LED-lit pathway offers white box-like lighting that’ll help give you professional-looking lighting for pictures. From the dangling chandelier above to the path to the tall ceilings, this staircase is one you’ll want to document. 260 S Broad St. | steak48.com

The Wayward

Très magnifique! Luxury meets exquisite cocktails in The Wayward’s Happy Hour seating area located in the restaurant’s home base of The Canopy hotel. From its bright, cheerful couches to the chic patterned floors to the designer bag-filled wall, this seating area has no bad side for photographing. 1170 Ludlow St. | thewayward. com

Talula’s Garden

Looking to capture the perfect dinner picture? The twinkling lights at Talula’s Garden provide a warm Instagram-worthy glow that’ll be sure to offer you the opportunity to capture the perfect family photo moment. 210 W Washington Square | talulasgarden.com

Luk Fu

Fire it up. We want all the photos! Located in the Live! Casino Hotel, Luk Fu’s indoor restaurant seating provides Insta worthy content from their neon signs you’ll want to document. We wouldn’t mind being photobombed by these playful neon signs! Must be 21+ to enter. 900 Packer Ave. | philadelphia.livecasinohotel.com

Louie Louie

From the ‘70s straight to your Insta Story. Louie Louie is a ‘70s-inspired French bistro that’ll have you saying ooh la la with every photo snap! Capture your ‘70s night out while seated in their retro meets elegance booth seating. 3611 Walnut Street | louielouie.restaurant

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Wilco

Wilco is playing the Mann Center on Sunday, Aug. 22. They’re touring in support of their most recent album, “Ode to Joy,” out now on dBpm Records. “Ode to Joy” comes three-plus years after the release of the “world-weary, wheezy – and wonderfully warm” (“The Guardian”) “Schmilco,” and encourages the act of finding joy in a dark political climate. Tickets: manncenter.org

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Rock music, art, dancing and more Opera is back

After a successful, inaugural virtual season, the Academy of Vocal Arts has announced their 2021/2022 live opera season. The opera season will open at the Kimmel Center with “A Celebration of Opera!” a medley of opera acts and ensembles, including “Rigoletto,” “La bohème,” “The Tales of Hoffmann,” “Fidelio,” and “The Barber of Seville.” This Nov. 12 performance evening also includes an opening night gala, which will also be held at the Kimmel Center. In the winter, audiences can look forward to “Mignon” by Thomas and “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky. The season will conclude with Puccini’s beloved “La bohème.” avaopera.org

Scantron, XIXIX and Luke Rinz Human Robot Brewing Summertime Music Series presents an epic evening of indie rock under the setting sun at North Central Philly’s premier (and safely distanced) outdoor venue, Sunflower Philly. The threeact bill consists of local high-energy garage rock favs Scantron, the newest “it” project from artist/producer Will Brown, XIXIX, and the superb Luke Rinz on Aug. 19. Doors at 5pm, and it’s 21+ unless accompanied by the attendee’s actual parent or guardian. 1725 N. 5th St. humanrobotbeer.com

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Philly Summer Tablao

Artsi and Pasión y Arte present a summer evening of flamenco on Cherry Street Pier. This special evening presents an outdoor tablao performance at Cherry Street Pier, featuring five artists that include a singer, guitarist and three dancers. Tablaos are exciting improvisational flamenco performances that take place in casual venues, much like what occurs at a jazz club or at a poetry reading. Saturday, Aug. 21, 7pm | Tickets: $35 | Cherry Street Pier, 121 N. Columbus Blvd. | phillysummer-tablao.eventbrite.com

Flora & Fauna art exhibit

For August on view at Black Moth Gallery is “Flora & Fauna” featuring works by Julia Johnson. Johnson’s sculptural paper works are elegant, organic forms hand cut, heated, painted and precisely placed. The pieces are made with synthetic paper, manipulated into hardened, bony forms. You will not want to miss out on experiencing these one of a kind works in person. blackmothtattooandgallery.com

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Pop Up Gardens

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has announced new weekly plant-themed events coming to its two Pop Up Gardens at South Street and in Manayunk. On select dates starting in early August, plant lovers, gardeners, and those who enjoy good food, drinks and sunshine can take part in a variety of fun, weekly events. Whether starting a terrarium, trading plants or making your own beeswax wraps, the PHS Pop Up Gardens will be a great place to celebrate the outdoors this summer and fall. For all the details, visit phsonline.org/events.

Grab a cocktail at a historical landmark, check out some great plants or take in a play at these events coming your way soon.

Get tipsy at Betsy’s house, and more fun ahead Downstream

The Science History Institute will present Downstream, a new exhibition that will take visitors on a watery journey of history and science, exploring more than 200 years of water analysis and water protection in the United States. The temporary exhibition, which will open Sept. 14, will be one of the first major additions to the Institute’s museum since reopening to the public on July 1. Downstream will feature installments depicting the process of water filtration, historical fights against waterborne illness, new innovations in ocean-cleaning technology, and more. sciencehistory.org

Shakespeare in the park

The second of Shakespeare in Clark Park’s summer trilogy, “Peril’s Island,” premieres in Kensington’s Harrowgate Park Aug. 13 - 15. Directed by Sam Tower, with lead writer Alexandra Espinoza, this dance theater performance is filled with pirates, scooters, jokes and more. The show begins at 6pm nightly, with timed entry and reservations available for free to the public. Shakespeareinclarkpark.org

Tipsy History

The Betsy Ross House has announced that Tipsy History is returning Sept. 10, 17 and 24. Details will be available soon, but this popular, ticketed event has a new theme and will be led by Martha Washington, herself. Enjoy cocktails at the Victoria Freehouse. Spooky tours for October are also in the works. Historicphiladelphia.org

Haha For Hire Comedy Showcase

Voix Lounge presents Haha For Hire’s weekly showcase, live every Friday night. Join the group of stand-up comedians from Philadelphia who look like they met waiting in line at the DMV every Friday at Voix for happy hour followed by a live stand-up comedy showcase. Start your night with food, drinks and questions about internet money. End it with live stand-up comedy. Aug. 13 at 7:30 pm. 2825 Cottman Ave. hahaforhire.com

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c’mon. I’m buying the first round. iving proof that Amazon is evDaBaby dumped erywhere just exploded like a Looks like Philly also just cancelled DaBaBezos-retro rocket into my favorite place – the area where I grew by for being a homophobic, misogynistic, and up – Eastwick, or better still, now unapologetic (he took down his lame, swampy old Southwest Philadellast chance Instagram apology) jerkoff. The phia, now that Jeff purchased the Aug. 13 show at The Mann Center, the Can’t decades-long vacant, 140,000-plus square-foot Wait Live: A Concert for Jobs, Climate and warehouse and campus space of the old GenCare pulled original headliner, DaBaby. In his eral Electric plant at 69th and Elmwood. The place – Ne-Yo, for a show set to feature SaweetGE hot spot was once a hub of industrial, fiie, Wyclef Jean, Mavis Staples, Beach Bunny nancial and social activity in ye olde Southand more presenting information regarding west, an area whose star credits include me, the legislative fight around climate action, and the first Talluto’s, me, Kenn Kweder, places centered around communities that have borne like Trap Rock and Tinnicum in which to bury the brunt of climate change and environmenmob mistakes, Jamaladeen Tacuma, tal racism. and me. Again. Lovitz in state race It should be noted too that SEPTA Yes. Jon Lovitz is running for PA BY A.D. actually tried to take that same GE AMOROSI State Rep’s 182nd District. No, he is landmass by force, by eminent domain NOT the same guy who did “Opera for its new storage/maintenance space Man” on “Saturday Night Live.” But he until someone in the courts reminded them did take the old Love Park statue symbol for a of the whole burying them-up-to-the-ears in logo for his race (clever, actually), so he’s got slate treatment for which Trap Rock was besome theatrical flair. Two points. loved. So fuck SEPTA two times – the second Two restaurants close being the one where the bus-and-trolley show Pour out a 40 and a bottle of Chianti: two of offered a little under $6 million, which quite Philly’s landmark Italian restaurants, Moonfrankly, is peanuts for that sizable space. I struck and LaBuca are outta here. Where do I could have ponied up $6 million. (No word on get my langostinos now that La Buca is gone? what Amazon paid, but we do know that it will Oh, the humanity. offer more jobs than SEPTA had at the ready). Flood damage patience For 2021-2022, expect Amazon – with its four And now a word to those restaurants other locations in Philadelphia and its “last around 5th and 6th between Bainbridge and mile” delivery warehouses – to best Amy GuttSouth hit horribly by the flood: I know times mann’s U of P takeover of West Philly when it are tough, and that you want to/need to get comes to mass and money. back to business and making money. But can PLUS, a note to my Southwest brethren: you nag on just a tick more? Between the careful for the whiff of larvicide that Philly’s stench of the sewage and the old water (to say Health Department is spraying for so-called nothing of the area’s usual stink, made worse mosquitoes that are West Nile Virus-positive. by record heat this week), all the pipes and I don’t think Kenney wants Southwest to have generators, all the water-logged shit piled in nice things, so he might be trying a buggy, the streets, nestled up against all the construcsneak attack. Who knows? tion and utilities trucks and equipment, it Truly a trash app looks and feels like a hurricane disaster zone. Along with the city spending money to get PLEASE WAIT just a minute more. your streets swept, the locally-based MilkSupport Philly Culture United Crate.Tech company and refuse blogger TerSupporting this city’s various and multirill Haigler (“Ya Fav Trashman”) have joined ple arts scenes is crucial, so paying into the forces for an app, Glitter, where you can spot Philly Culture United organization is a solid and report a trash build-up in your area and jam and a good thing. One way to do it, and get pay someone to clean it. There’s a price ($140 something back for your quick cash: the Philly a month for a Clean Block Subscription”), but, Summer Road Trip compilation from the

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Philly Holiday Album group with local acts such as Stereo League and Miss Cantaloupe doing their thing in the name of spy-sounding, seasonal pop and hop. Check in at phillycultureunited.com. Stadium food Oh, Lincoln Financial Field just opened for the Eagles season, which is nice. And there’s a slew of new menu offerings (I’m certainly not going for the game) to be found in Philip’s Steaks, Pierogi Place and Love & Honey Fried Chicken. Still, what the Linc doesn’t hold that Citizens Bank Park does, proudly, is a Greg Luzled DaBa- inski’s Bull’s nistic, and BBQ and its his lame, foot-long “Bull rkoff. The Dog” kielbasa the Can’t on a bun. Now entermate and that’s aby. In his tainment. re Saweet- Masked Zak ch Bunny Philly: regarding Berkman ction, and In Icepack’s and have borne too-long vironmen- overly complex and continuing saga of asking ng for PA mask-donlocal No, he is ning d “Opera celebrities e.” But he what they’ve mbol for a been up to, beo he’s got yond the pale, during C-19 – from lockdown nti: two of to the current nts, Moon- re-opening, Where do I present-day a is gone? unmasking and re-masking, worrying Delta estaurants about ridge and variants, freakImage | Courtesy of Zak Berkman now times ing out about eed to get Fauci’s call for y. But can a potential third round of vax shots and new tween the mandates being held off by jackass Gov. Wolf ter (to say – I reached out this week to Zak Berkman, the ade worse current producing director at People’s Light pipes and Theater, and the upcoming artistic director it piled in and chief executive officer come 2022 when construc- Abigail Adams steps down. ipment, it Busy guy, right? Before the current rush to aster zone. a new season and new gig, Berkman was home playing with and jamming good with his kids, as well as dealing with his own decks. “While nd multi- my two sons discovered their passion for g into the acoustic guitar and electric bass, respectively, is a solid I finally entered the 21st Century of music reit, and get cording,” says Berkman. “I got my feet wet in the Philly Digital Performer and GarageBand and have from the rediscovered my love of songwriting. No more

cassette tape Fostex multitrack recorders for me.” (Note to all, A.D. will probably never give up his Fostex). Where masks are concerned, and vaxes the thing, Berkman wears his face covering with pride. “The mask I’m wearing supports the (Wallingford-Swarthmore District) Strath Haven High School marching band. Both of my sons have been active with the music, theater, and arts programs at their schools, which were hugely challenged by the pandemic. I was hugely impressed by all they were still able to do, in-person and online. For scientific reasons and the social science involved, I’m very pro mask and vax. I’m not surprised they have become a flashpoint for our society. The struggle between individual rights and the collective good is part of our nation’s DNA. But I’m a theater-maker. I believe the greatest beauty, magic, and truth emerge through collaboration, interdependency, and trust. The mask and the vax are an acknowledgement of how much we should care for each other and not just ourselves. And, hey, where would theater be without masks?” Damn good point, Mr. Berkman. As for his future with People’s Light, not only is he gearing up for this weekend’s drivein concerts, Berkman is prepping for the holiday season. “I just adapted and composed a new version of Dickens’ Christmas Carol that People’s Light will premiere this November. I’m in the midst of finishing a new draft, while People’s Light wraps up an exciting summer with our family-friendly Folk Tales on the Glen series, a variety of education programs, and our series of outdoor concerts including two drivein performances with Jill Sobule on Aug. 13-14 (peopleslight.org).”

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ugust Burns Red is celebrating 10 years of their landmark album “Leveler” with an anniversary tour that will hit the Franklin Music Hall Sept. 9. Also appearing are Fit For A King, Erra, and Like Moths To Flames. Get your tickets at axs.com. The band was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2016 for Best Metal Performance for the song “Identity” from its 2015 release “Found in Far Away Places,” and again in 2018 for “Invisible Enemy” from “Phantom Anthem.” ABR recently released “Leveler: 10th Anniversary Edition,” a re-recording of its fourth album, which was originally released in 2011, with special guests, new guitar solos, alternate tunings, and more. The band’s current lineup consists of lead guitarist John Benjamin “JB” Brubaker, rhythm guitarist Brent Rambler, drummer Matt Greiner, lead vocalist Jake Luhrs, and bassist Dustin Davidson. PW recently caught up with Rambler to talk about the album and getting back before live audiences. You guys have been together since the early to mid 2000s. How has the band and its music changed over the years? Why do you think you’ve enjoyed so much success and consistency? The band has changed a lot since we first started, obviously. Many of us were very

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BURNING UP THE STAGE August Burns Red to hit Franklin Music Hall Sept. 9 we have because we hit metal core new to our instruments when the BY: EUGENE at the right time. Our sound was difband formed and even into our first ZENYATTA ferent enough that it caught people’s EP/full length. Our song writing ear and then we really just built our was probably a little ambitious for own niche within the genre. We are our level of skill. Now we’ve all matured as players and as people, so things feel lucky enough that all of our fans have stuck a little bit more organized, as far as writing with us along the way, but we also try to do a lot to keep our fanbase happy. goes. How did the band spend its downtime I think we’ve enjoyed the level of success

during the pandemic? We chose to not really take any downtime during the pandemic. We started our own webstore, which we were able to use to present three different live streams through. We also released a full-length album right at the start of the pandemic, and then we continued to release covers and other original songs over the past 12 months. We didn’t want to fade away at all so we did everything we could to keep ABR at the front of people’s minds. Talk a little about the upcoming tour that kicks off at Franklin Music Hall on Sept. 9. How excited are you to be back on stage again? We are unbelievably excited to kick off the tour in Philly. It’s our hometown show on this tour, and we wouldn’t want to have our first show back in any other place. I think there’s going to be a lot of emotions swirling around the whole venue when the set starts so I’m both nervous and excited as humanly possible. You recently released “Leveler: 10th Anniversary Edition.” How is it different from the first “Leveler,” and how can people get it? The record is quite different from the original. For starters, every single song is in a different tuning. We also added guitar solos, changed up the drums a bit, and the record is full of awesome guest spots. People can listen to it on any streaming service or they can buy a physical copy through our webstore at augustburnsredmerch.com. How about new music? Are you working

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BODY MODS “My body modification is a form of my sexated with having sex earlier. Other studies uality for certain,” says Amanda, a former have found that while modded-up folks might body piercer. “Allowing another person to have sex earlier and hold more open-minded permanently alter my body is a form of subattitudes toward sex in general, they are NOT mission (with consent) and was a great remore likely to be sexual minorities or survilease to heal emotional pain and to recapture vors of abuse, nor are they more likely to ena sense of sexuality lost after the ending of a gage in risky sexual activity. partnership. “I’d say tattoos and body mods helped iden“After a breakup or on a partnerless Valentify more open-minded alternative folks,” says tine’s Day I’d opt for pain in the form of a tatRachel, who says she has sat for over 52 hours too or piercing to purge myself of heartbreak of tattoos over her life. “But since societal by giving the emotional pain a physical form norms have changed, I don’t think that rings and ending,” she says, adding “the pain/pleaas true anymore unless you happen to be in a sure aspect is addictive and intoxicating.” more conservative part of the country.” Almost all of Amanda’s ink is located “in Rachel is a fan of both body modifications sexual places – or are placed to accentuate feand kink. That convergence is common – givmale curves.” And while the aestheten there’s some overlap, not the ics of her body art are intended least of which is an endorphin to elicit the desire of others, she rush. She says that there’s a adds that “My hood piercing is degree of similarity between 100% sexual and for me – not a getting penetrated by a needle partner.” and engaging in BDSM. “I have Body modifications can be noticed a similar pain/pleasure found in every culture and are dynamic, but without the sexuoften used to demarcate passage al charge. Pain from the ink, the into adulthood and group affilsoothing feeling when there’s a iation, according to the “Encypause and the artist does a Vaseclopedia of Body Adornment.” line wipe mid process and the fiWhether it’s a tattoo, piercing, nal wipe and wrap.” scar, silicone injection, body Theorists have also pointed hair removal, lip plate or teeth out BDSM is in and of itself a whitening, a body mod tells a form of resistance and subverstory of who we are as social besion from mainstream culture. @TIMAREE_LEIGH ings. Kinky practices and fetish As Michel Thevoz play allow people said, “‘’There is no to get away from body but the painted genital-focused, orbody.’’ gasm-oriented, hetEvery aesthetic erocentric ideas of choice we make can sexuality. be read as an indicaRachel claritor (to ourselves and fies, “It’s definitely to others) about who different than the we are and what we sub space from a value. For generBDSM scene or play ations, body mods time….It’s not the like tattooing and same level of intipiercings were inmacy. It’s a small terpreted in Amerpower exchange no ican culture as transgressive, a means of re- doubt as you’re trusting someone to modify bellion and reclamation of the body. As such, your person.” they’ve been a part of queer, kinky, and trans Fellow kinkster Wilma finds convergence in sub-cultures, a visible way of showing that a her love of body mods and of BDSM. “One of person chooses not to assimilate to bourgeois my piercings was done as part of a collaring mainstream culture. ceremony,” she says, referring to a commitWhat does the research say about sexual bement celebration practiced by some Doms and haviors of people with tattoos and piercings? subs. “While it’s also a pretty major aesthetic Several studies have found that, among young thing, having it done was very much part of people, the presence of body mods is associa BDSM thing. Also, obviously, it was done

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with informed consent of everyone involved, I didn’t just randomly go to a piercer and involve them in a scene.” This distinction is significant for many people who enjoy both getting body mods and playing with kink. The professionalism of a tattoo artist or er studiespiercer that required olks mightis en-mindedfor a safe y are NOTand hygienor survi-ic business kely to en-is going to mean there’s lped iden-a degree of olks,” saysformality r 52 hoursand less of a e societalsense of emothat ringstional closeto be in aness. ry.” Some folks dificationswith these mon – giv-dual interests p, not thehave taken endorphinto tattooing there’s aeach other betweenas a form of a needlephysical intiM. “I havemacy. In the n/pleasuremost gruethe sexu-some, exhe ink, thetreme cases there’s aof BDSM like es a Vase-the practice and the fi-of Feris Tergo, a domio pointednatrix might of itself aenlist the nd subver-assistance of m culture.a professionnd fetishal tattooer w peopleor piercer way fromduring the used, or-scene. Acnted, het-cording to ideas of Mistress Sophia, Feris clari-Tergo is Latdefinitelyin and transthan thelates roughly e from ato “the most ne or playbrutal” and not thein such a l of inti-scene she a small“orchestrates hange nounrelenting to modifytours of torture intended to violate the body’s integrity and leave indelible physical and psyergence inchological marks.” M. “One of She says of these scenes, “The project is like collaringa ritual but not just a pain ritual – it’s about a commit-trust, connection, and enjoying letting yourDoms andself go. Everyone is purely themselves, thinkr aestheticing about nothing other than what is happench part of ing in the moment. It’s satisfying to be in the was donemoment, to forget all your problems and just

SEX WITH TIMAREE enjoy. It’s not about the pain, it’s about feeling alive and letting yourself go.” But not everyone enjoys the pain component of a body modification. For some, tattoos can be a means of reclaiming the body after assault or intimate partner violence. Some artists even offer their services for free to survivors, to cover up scars or other remnants of abuse. For many, it’s purely about the aesthetics, whether for themselves, partners or finding like-minded others. In some instances, these permanent adornments are an important part of conveying identity. “I came out June 6th as nonbinary trans, but before that I came out to myself about 4.5 years ago,” says Bri from Philly. “Around 6 months later, I started HRT [hormone replacement therapy] and started stretching my ears. I know this isn’t inherently gendered to most but, for me it was. I also started getting tattooed after I came out publicly.” They added, “I’m glad I waited to get tattooed because I probably would have felt pressure to get a bunch of masculine-looking tattoos. I’m really glad I’m not covered head to toe in tribal armbands right now.” Have a question for Dr. Timaree? Send an email to asktimaree@philadelphiaweekly.com.

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Legal Notice STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR- 10 -1241 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Taneesha L. Jackson & Tracey Epps DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN: 2011, 2013, 2017 TO DEFENDANT: Tracey Epps YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 23, 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Kenneth Murphy, II Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Kenneth Murphy, II, SC Bar # 101817, 3366 Rivers Ave. N. Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625

Public Notice AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 78.2’) on the building at 4111 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA (20210779). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties.

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AT&T Mobility Services, LLC (AT&T) proposes the modification of an existing AT&T facility installed atop an existing 97’ building (112’ overall) at 201 W. Evergreen Ave. in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA (Job #52348). In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement, AT&T is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. If you would like to provide specific information regarding potential effects that the proposed undertaking might have to properties that are listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and located within 1/2 mile of the site, please submit the comments (with Job #52348) to: Ramaker, Contractor for AT&T, 855 Community Dr, Sauk City, WI 53583 or via e-mail to history@ramaker.com within 30 days of this notice.

Legal Notice FAMILY COURT FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE NOTICE OF FAMILY COURT ACTION TO: Dejuion Jordan, Respondent Petitioner, Shaniah Ford has filed a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS petition (Petition #T005725) against you in the Family Court of the State of Delaware for Kent County on August 4, 2021. If you do not file an answer with the Family Court within 20 days after publication of this notice, exclusive of the date of publication, this action will be heard in Family Court without further notice.

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