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A Q&A WITH SETH WILLIAMS,

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hen Seth Williams was district attorney, crime was down – much lower than it is today.

He is credited with bringing charges against the Catholic Church and exposing pedophile priests. He put away serial killer abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell for murdering infants after they were born, and he succeeded in securing a conviction for the “Rittenhouse Rapist,” Milton Garcia, among other things.

Not long after, though, he found himself on the other side of the law. He spent three years behind bars after pleading guilty to bribery and admitted to two other charges against him, which included extortion and fraud.

Today, Williams is trying hard to redeem himself. This is who he says he is today.

Q: You claim to be a new man now. You spent almost three years behind bars and have been out of jail for a year. What did you learn from your time spent in prison?

A: My first five months, I was in solitary confinement. I was all alone in a 7 ft. by 12 ft. concrete and steel cell…I lost my reputation. I lost my elected office. I lost my pensions. I lost my military career. I lost my law license. I lost my house, my liberty – most importantly, time with my daughters and loved ones and family and friends. But what I really learned from that is when God was all I had, God was all I needed. And it was just an amazing journey. I tell folks that I lost so much, but in hindsight, I really gained a lot – as crazy as that might seem.

So this began a very spiritual journey being alone. Don’t get me wrong – it’s very difficult and challenging. The United Nations, Amnesty International, the Obama Department of Justice all say that any more than 10 days of solitary confinement is deleterious to your mental health. But I developed friendships – screaming through the wall and under the door and through the plumbing vents with inmates in adjacent cells. And so, I really began to learn a lot about myself…

the current district attorney, but I think it is a Q: What do you have to say to the people false choice for us to believe we have to either who elected you who depended on you to upreform the broken criminal justice system all hold the law? Do you feel like you let them its systemic racism or classism and how it’s down?

A: I believe I hurt no one more than I hurt difficult or poor people of any color – white, Black, Brown – it’s a false choice between remy daughters. I can never apologize to them forming the criminal justice system and enenough and it will be the rest of my life trysuring public safety. No! We have to do both. ing to rebuild my relationship with them for Q: Let me ask you about this. Who are all that they lost. I’m very grateful that Philadelphia made me their district attorney – the you supporting in the D.A’s race between very first African-American district attorney Larry Krasner, Carlos Vega or Chuck Peruto? in the Commonwealth’s history. So, to all the A: I know all three of them. I don’t know people I did let down, I can only say that I’m if me saying one thing or the other sorry and I ask for their forgiveness. hurts or helps anyone. I find it ironTo the people that I did help, I wish ic now that despite the fact that I I could have helped more. To the have a felony conviction, captains people that I couldn’t help, I wish I of various police districts contact could have done something, and for me and meet with me to ask me all the people who were supportive my ideas about what they can do to of me, I can’t thank them enough. reduce gun violence because they Q: Let’s talk a little bit about don’t feel they currently have a our current D.A., Larry Krasner, partnership. and his approach to prosecuting Q: You’re often credited in crimes. I read in an interview your early days, and as the first that you felt that locking people Black D.A. in the history of Pennup wasn’t necessarily the best ansylvania, as helping to reduce swer to preventing crime. What gun violence and get guns off the do you mean by that? Serious streets, something that is an epicrimes don’t deserve serious pen@ RUFFTUFFDH demic here in Philadelphia. What alties? What’s your alternative? would you say has been your A: I began to believe we needed to proudest achievement during your time in be smart on crime as an assistant district atoffice and, subsequently, your biggest retorney, but I never really thought about criminology…I tried to reform the criminal justice gret?

A: My biggest regret is that I should have system as much I could when I ran for district not accepted some of those gifts from friends. attorney the first time…We had to have partnerships between the D.A.’s office, police, I was living beyond my means. I had gotten divorced. I was trying to stay in the house and clergy, faith-based organizations, community-based organizations working together. And keep my daughters in private school – trying to keep them with the life that they had beI had a great partnership with Commissioner come accustomed to. I had bills, and friends Ramsey. We created GunStat, we created foof mine helped me out. I should have reported cused-deterrence. We saw the homicide rate go from the highs in the 60s and 70s and 80s go all of them in accordance with the city’s ethics rules. to all-time lows in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. Now, My greatest accomplishment, other than it’s astronomically high, again. my daughters, is creating the reforms we iniThey got rid of community-based prosecutiated at the D.A.’s office – community-based tion, they got rid of focused-deterrence. I don’t prosecution – making the district attorney’s want to get into any kind of name-calling with

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office work in partnership with people to address the community-based needs…We were very successful in proving statistically the outcomes of the D.A.’s office holding more cases for court; [how to] treat non-violent, first-time offenders, and allow us to use our resources towards what I thought was the greatest problem of the time which was gun violence.

Q: So what is next for you in life? Where can we find you these days?

A: My friend gave me a job at The Hairston Foundation, where I was trying to help employ more returning citizens. But now I have a wonderful opportunity. I was named to be the program director of the HJH vocational training center here in Philadelphia. In 1977, a guy named Herb Hoelter founded NCIA, the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives. So, instead of sending people to prison, it gives courts and judges and prosecutors alternatives.

That blossomed into programs, institutions... In 2017, they founded a vocational training center to give chronically underemployed and unemployed veterans and returning citizens vocational training. HVAC, culinary arts, getting their CDL – commercial driver’s licenses – getting their FAA certification to be drone pilots... You know the top 10 jobs in America now didn’t exist 10 years ago?

So, I’ll be the director in creating this program in Philadelphia.. .I’m going to be teaching them the workforce readiness skills that they need to not only get a job, but more importantly, to thrive and remain in the workforce. And not go back to jail. So, I’m really excited about this.

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YOUR MIND Did you know you can go to school just 10 miles outside of Philly to study weed and walk away with a degree in Cannabis Studies?

The Pennsylvania Institute of Technology in Media offers twoyear online programs in cannabis business, health therapy, and horticulture. So, the next time you find yourself stoned AF and lacking all motivation in life, just think – you could be the next Steve Jobs.

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PERUSE YOUR POT PLEASURES Next week, weed enthusiasts are invited to the fifth installment of Northwest Learning Hub’s Cannabis Night Market. Vendors will offer a wide variety of CBD, hemp and Delta-8 infused products ranging from cooking sauces to baked goods to skin care products and more. Shop, indulge, network and #destigmatize cannabis, as the hashtag goes. You can also enter to win a huge goodie bag of green treats provided by each vendor. The night market will be held Friday, April 23 from 5 to 9 p.m. at 6730 Germantown Ave. in Mount Airy.

Beyond/Hello in Center City has a wide range of cannabis products on its menu, from premium flower to tincture – and advertises an on-site pharmacist to help with consultations. What we like about this place is its immediate patient resources and invitation to be part of a rewards program that allows you to earn points for shopping and get personalized deals on future purchases.

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Now that medical marijuana is legal in Pennsylvania, dispensaries are popping up like springtime buds. Here are a few we found reputable:

Herbology on Passyunk Avenue is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. all week long (they close at 5 p.m. on weekends). Its website is easy to navigate, with features like a “cannabis vocabulary” tab, recommendations for use and consumption and even “cooking with cannabis” recipes.

Dan McDonough, Jr. Chairman & Publisher

Restore Integrative Wellness Center on Frankford Avenue in Fishtown was Philly’s first medical marijuana dispensary. It features all kinds of promotions and discounts for veterans, seniors, new patients and industry workers. Restore offers consultations by phone with licensed medical professionals, cannabis in flower form, vape, extract, tincture, capsules and more. Whether you like your bud fruity and herbaceous or woody with clove infusion, you should be able to find it all here.

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Ethos boasts a five-star review on potguide. com, and they want everyone to know their main focus is on the “three E’s: expertise, empowerment and experience.” Located right at 8th and Locust, this Center City pot destination has all the popular strains of indica and sativa and even some rarer hybrids.

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BASEBALL, BOXING AND MURDER The tragic story of the Philadelphia A’s mascot

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ournalist Lincoln Steffens said famously in 1903 that Philadelphia was corrupt and contented. Another journalist recently visited the city to research the prohibition era and came to basically the same conclusion, calling Philadelphia, “Elegantly wasted.”

Allen Abel, an award-winning journalist and author, visited Philadelphia to research a book about a young, deformed man who was the Philadelphia Athletics’ good luck charm and mascot. Hughie McLoon traveled through the nexus of Philly sports, law enforcement and organized crime.

I read Abel’s fascinating book, “The Short Life of Hughie McLoon: Baseball, Magic and Murder,” and I reached out to him.

“I first heard about the ‘lucky’ hunchbacked baseball and boxing mascots of the early 1900s about 20 years ago from a television documentary editor I worked with in Toronto who was a baseball history buff and fascinated by baseball’s ‘Age of Magic,’” Abel said.

“Then a writer and historian from Downingtown named Parry Desmond graciously sent me a thick packet of newspaper clippings that included one incredible headline from the Philadelphia Bulletin of Aug. 9, 1928: ‘HUNCHBACK MASCOT MURDERED BY SAWED-OFF GUNS.’ What writer wouldn’t be hooked by a story like that?”

Sports teams back then hired hunchback boys for luck, so Connie Mack, the legendary

Allen Abel’s book, ‘The Short Life of Hughie McLoon: Baseball, Magic and Murder,’ tells the story of the Philadelphia Athletics’ mascot who traveled through the nexus of Philly sports, law enforcement and organized crime. Image | Courtesy of Allen Abel

Abel said McLoon left no diary or letters Philadelphia Athletics’ manager, hired McLoon when he was 13 years old and only 58 and only a few interviews, but his murder was front-page news for weeks. He said 15,000 peopounds.

Abel said that, beginning in 2003 and for ple line up in muggy summer weather to view more than 15 years afterward, he traveled to his 50-inch corpse.

“McLoon was an Irish kid from Philadelphia whenever he could to South Philadelphia who fell off a research McLoon’s amazing and seesaw when he was 3 and whose tragic story. back never grew straight after “My main research period was that. His father died when he was 2018-19, when I spent about six 5, and he spent his brief life seeking weeks in Philadelphia, tracing the protection of prominent men: Hughie’s long-faded footprints The flamboyant ‘Dancing Judge’ from his birth at Reed and South Edward Carney; boxers like lightLeithgow to the gangland rub-out weight champ Benny Leonard and at Cuthbert and 10th and finally to heavyweight Jack Dempsey; boothis grave at Holy Cross Cemetery leg kingpin Max ‘Boo Boo’ Hoff. in Yeadon that reads, ‘Former MasEven Smedley Darlington Butler, cot of Athletics,’” Abel said. the Marine Corps general brought “As a native New Yorker, Philain to wring the booze out of the delphia, to me, was a quaint little drunkest city in America during village where people put mustard Prohibition, hired Hughie to sniff on pretzels and ate something misout illegal hooch at society balls spelled ‘Tastykake.’ But covering PAULDAVISONCRIME.COM at the Ritz-Carlton and the Bellevbaseball and hockey for a decade ue-Stratford. Everybody knew him. brought me here dozens of times, Everybody loved him, and then he so the city’s bizarre traditions got shot a dozen times.” gradually became more familiar. My political Abel also covers how WWI and the 1918 reporting brought me to town for the Democratic National Convention in 2016, and I did a Spanish Flu affected Philadelphia, and he presents an interesting cast of historical figlong feature on Joe Frazier’s Philadelphia after he passed away, so I did discover that there ures from baseball, boxing and crime.

“When the national press began turning was more to the city than the Spectrum and booze-soaked Philadelphia into a laughingthe Oregon Diner.”

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stock, Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick and the city’s shrinking legion of still-sober aristocrats proposed that General Butler, ‘the fighting Quaker,’ could shut down the saloons, purge the most corrupt police squad in the country, and restore temperance and solemnity to William Penn’s Greene Country Towne,” Abel said. ”He couldn’t. As the Philadelphia Record reported, ‘He was 100 percent honest.’ That was a little more than the mayor had counted on.”

On the other side, Abel called “Boo Boo” Hoff the “du Pont of distillers, the Henry Ford of mass-production moonshine.”

“He controlled thousands of speakeasies, hundreds of corrupt cops, and platoons of street toughs and itchy trigger men, yet he was able to hide for a decade behind the cover of a humble boxing promoter with a straw boater and a shy smile. The murder of beloved little McLoon, who handled some of Hoff’s fighters, started an earthquake that eventually brought down Boo Boo’s illegal oligarchy – he ended up owning a milk bar and trying to pass counterfeit 20s at 30th Street Station.”

McLoon’s young life ended in 1928 when he left a speakeasy with two other men and was shot and killed. The murder remains unsolved.

Paul Davis’ Crime Beat column appears here each week. He can be contacted via pauldavisoncrime.com.

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WEEDADELPHIA!

We celebrate 4/20 with a look at the highs (and some bummers) of Philly’s surprisingly long and influential history with cannabis

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t may not rank with the likes To mark the day – and with pot legalof July 4 and Thanksgiving (at ization in New Jersey already giving least not yet), but when it comes new meaning to the phrase “Garden to secular observances, there’s State,” and Pennsylvania possibly inchno denying 4/20 is a thing. ing its way toward sanctioning weed’s For the few of you who may use and sale – it’s only fitting we take a still be unfamiliar with the sig- look at Philadelphia’s surprisingly innificance of April 20, volved history with the plant. it has, for several decades, So twist one up and hop on been embraced by cannabis the “cannabus” for a look at

BY CHUCK devotees across the country what might be called “WeedaDARROW as the day to celebrate – to delphia.” borrow from a “Reefer MadBlame it on Billy ness”-era movie poster – the It turns out that, technicalweed with roots in Hell. ly, there has been marijuana in PhilaThere are several popular origin delphia pretty much as long as there’s stories connected to this “high holi- been a Philadelphia. day,” but the most plausible is that it Religious freedom may have motivatstems (sorry) from five California ed William Penn to establish his New teens who, in the early 1970s, would World colony, but the guy who today meet daily on the grounds of their keeps an eye on his turf from atop City high school at 4:20 p.m., when most Hall was also a capitalist who greatof the extracurricular activities were ly valued hemp, the cannabis-derived finished for the day, to share a joint or substance that for more than a century two. One of the stoners later landed a was ubiquitous in American industry job as a roadie for Grateful Dead bassist as a source material for rope, clothing Phil Lesh, and the use of the term sub- and numerous other items, from parchsequently caught on among the legion ment to sails (it does not get you high). of “Deadheads.”

As such, he encouraged farmers from

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a region in Germany who were experts in growing it to settle in what would ultimately be called Pennsylvania. And according to the Facebook page of the Keystone Cannabis Coalition, one of the first measures passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly was “An act for the encouraging of raising hemp in Pennsylvania.” The body subsequently codified hemp as currency valued at four pence per pound.

Alas, there is no proof that Penn ever used the plant for expanding his mind in addition to using it to expand his bottom line.

Founding fathers: Fact or fiction?

It’s generally acknowledged that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and others who gathered at Fifth and Chestnut streets in the spring and summer of 1776 to forge a new nation were hemp farmers. And it’s certainly cool to imagine George, Tom and other delegates, after a long day of debating independence, availing themselves of some herbal refreshments before retiring for an evening of food, drink and bawdy jokes at the City Tavern. But those mellow-harshers known as historians seem to be in agreement that, at the very least, there is no record of the Founding Fathers enjoying the psychotropic benefits of their crops.

Overall, that’s not hard to accept. But one might be a little skeptical concerning Philly’s phavorite phounding phather, Ben Franklin.

While there appears to be no credible evidence that the Benster ever copped a buzz, it certainly wouldn’t be surprising if he had: After all, his is a reputation as someone with more than a passing acquaintance with a variety of hedonistic pursuits, and he is venerated for having an almost-supernatural scientific and intellectual curiosity. In addition, he owned a company that made paper from hemp, so he was hardly unfamiliar with cannabis.

As such, it seems a bit illogical that he would have abstained. On the other hand, who knows?

His apparent apathy toward smoking pot may have been the product of a preference for opium, a popular mind-altering substance of the era, or even nitrous oxide, which was first synthesized in

1772 by chemist Joseph Priestly, a London friend of Franklin’s with numerous Philly connections.

Hashing out a place in history Of all the Philadelphia-cannabis connections, this has to be the hippest – and most difficult around which to wrap one’s brain: North America was introduced to hashish at, of all locations, the Parkside section of Fairmount Park.

Hashish – or as it’s usually called, “hash” – is marijuana’s much stronger sibling. A highly concentrated form of cannabis, hash’s origins date back to the late-900s/early-1000s (A.D.) in the Middle East: The word “assassin” is widely believed to be derived from “hashish,” as the drug was provided to ancient warriors to prepare them for their murderous missions.

In 1876, there was no legal prohibition against the consumption of cannabis, which is why that year’s Centennial Exposition, the grandest international soiree the city has ever thrown, warmly welcomed the contribution of Turkey’s Sultan Abdul Hamid: The Turkish pavilion was a hangout at which visitors could smoke hash in a relaxed, exotic setting.

Such was the pavilion’s popularity that it spawned a new industry which, for a period of time, enjoyed widespread popularity: Cafes that catered to those who enjoyed smoking or eating hash. That concept may have ultimately faded from view, but hash certainly didn’t (suffice it to say it was, if memory serves, the most common form of weed at a certain Philly high school in the early 1970s).

And to think it all started in the vicinity of 52nd Street and Parkside Avenue.

A full Spectrum of potheads Philadelphia has had its tokers through the decades, but they tended to be relatively few in number and centered in minority and lower-class communities. Weed – or “Mezz” as it was known in those circles after New York-basedclarinetist-turned-pot-dealer-to-the-stars Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow – was also part and parcel of the local jazz world. But the Baby Boomer-fueled social upheaval of the 1960s brought mari-

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juana to the white middle-class. And nowhere was that more evident than at the rock concerts staged at several local venues from the late 1960s well into the ’70s and beyond.

Foremost among them was the now-legendary Spectrum, the sports arena that opened in 1967 on the site that today houses the Xfinity Live! entertainment complex.

It’s unlikely this was actually the case, but it certainly seemed at the time that everyone who attended shows at the long-gone South Philly auditorium was sparking up as they grooved to the likes of Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, The Who and Yes. Decades later, Roger Barone, who as a member of the Spectrum stage crew from 1973-’78 attended scores of shows, still remembers weed’s overwhelming presence at the concerts.

“Easily the most memorable marijuana moment was the cloud that hovered over the floor seats filling the lower level of the arena,” recalls Barone, whose many concert photos can be seen on “The Philadelphia Spectrum – A Tribute to Classic Rock Concerts,” the 7,000-plus-member Facebook page he created.

“It was as much a part of the show as the band was, especially because it allowed those ‘Super Trooper’ spotlights to be seen through the haze [like] light beams from Heaven.”

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420, FROM PAGE 7 One small step for stonerkind That whirring sound that was heard throughout the city on Sept. 14, 2014, was no doubt caused by the vociferous anti-drug warrior Frank Rizzo spinning in his grave.

That was the day Philadelphia decriminalized possession of 30 grams (a little more than an ounce) or less of pot, reducing it to a civil violation punishable by a $25 fine.

Then-Mayor Michael Nutter signed the bill – whose passage was spearheaded by current Mayor (and then-councilman) Jim Kenney – with a heaping helping of regret.

According to the Inquirer’s account of the signing, Nutter made sure to get on the record that he didn’t condone getting high and that he considered it a “poor personal choice.”

A little more than five years later, Nutter joined the New Jersey-based medical-marijuana producer, Green Leaf Medical, as a senior advisor and consultant.

Citing official arrest records, a February 2020 report in the Inky noted that the number of weed busts in the city declined from 2,887 in 2014 to 858 in 2015 to 621 in 2018.

Busted!

The change in policy certainly benefited at least one prominent citizen.

In October 2016, one-time-mayoral-candidate-turned-documentarian Sam Katz was caught with a small-but-unspecified amount of grass at Philadelphia International Airport prior to boarding a flight to Florida.

Thanks to decriminalization, the most severe consequences he faced were missing his plane and the likely humiliation the bust created for him when news of the incident – which included him being handcuffed by Philadelphia police according to Philly Voice – hit local media.

Katz admitted to the website that carrying the reefer in his suitcase (he said he was unaware it was there) was “dumb.”

Good medicine Another advance occurred in April 2016 when Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed medical marijuana into law.

It took 22 months for the first dispensaries to open. When they did, 17 conditions, including autism, cancer and HIV/AIDS were covered. Today, 23 conditions qualify state residents for medicinal weed. Currently, Philadelphia, has 13 licensed dispensaries.

Let my people blaze!

In Philadelphia, the position of lead guide to the promised land of full legalization has long been filled by N.A. Poe. Poe (real name: Richard Tamaccio Jr.) has been described as a weed activist, comic and muti-media artist.

He is also the owner of Poe’s Sandwich Joint in North Philly. For years, he has agitated for legalization, primarily in the form

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of organizing public puffing events at such locations as City Hall and Independence Hall.

In April 2017, Poe was arrested for organizing a massive pot party that included sales at a South Philly warehouse. He ultimately pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver marijuana and conspiracy and was sentenced to four years probation, 100 hours of community service and a $2,500 fine.

Phinally?

With New Jersey and New York having approved recreational adult use, common sense suggests the Keystone State pretty much has no choice but to follow suit. Gov. Wolf, who once opposed it, is now championing the cause, and, in line with multiple national surveys, a poll conducted last month by Franklin & Marshall College showed 59 percent of Pennsylvanians favor state-sanctioned use of cannabis.

To that end, State Senators Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) and Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) have introduced a legalization bill.

However, because common sense and Harrisburg historically have been all but total strangers, nothing is guaranteed.

But given our city’s long and intimate relationship with marijuana, it’s probably only a matter of time before we’ll be welcoming visitors to “Weedadelphia.”

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THE SHOUT OUT Various bills that would lead to recreational use of marijuana have been introduced in the legislature.

Your turn: Do you support the legalization of cannabis?

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CHERRY BLOSSOM SEASON Washington, D.C. may be known for its cherry blossoms, but Philly is no shrinking violet when it comes to the seasonal offering of this springtime flower.

Keith Zotti captured these still in bloom last week at the Centennial Arboretum in Fairmount Park. Check them out while you still can. Have a photo for the Big Pic? Email it to news@philadelphiaweekly.com or tag us on social at #PWBigPic.

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A PLACE OF PEACE Meet up-and-coming Philly artist Mike Brown

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Mike Brown has been making music since 2017, but only started releasing it to the public this year.

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ike Brown is an up-and-coming artist out of Philadelphia.

He started recording his own songs in 2017, but it wasn’t until this year that he began releasing them to the public.

Brown grew up in Hatboro-Horsham, but spent a lot of time in the Olney area due to his dad’s businesses. He went to college at the United States Naval Academy where he played Division 1 basketball. After graduation, he spent a couple years in the Navy in San Diego before moving back home to Philly and starting his music career.

PW recently caught up with Brown to talk about his music and the impact Philadelphia has had on his career.

PW: Let’s go back to the beginning. When did you first realize that music was going to be a big part of your life? Who were some of your earliest influences?

MB: When I think back, there isn’t a single time in my life when music wasn’t extremely important to me. I think growing up with a Jamaican father, it’s next to impossible not to be heavily into music. My dad introduced my sisters and me to so many different sounds at such a young age, which really helped shape my artistic mind. I can also vividly remember my eldest sister getting the “8 Mile” and “Nellyville” CDs and me begging her to let me borrow them. Then I would pretend I was Nelly and put a piece of white tape on my face and rap battle my dad.

But seriously – I think, for me, like most people, music has always been a place of peace.

Drake is, without a doubt, my biggest influence. Anyone who knows me can tell you that.

But, early on, it was guys like Eminem, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent and Biggie who made me want to be a rapper. Those guys were like superheroes to me.

PW: In your bio, you said that Philly has greatly influenced your music. How so? How does the city find its way into your music?

MB: Philly [has] such a vibe. Just the other day, I was driving past the Philadelphia Art Museum and saw a mile-long line to take pictures with the Rocky Statue. It was a subtle reminder like “Oh yeah that’s right, Philly is a national attraction.” You can just feel the energy in the air. Our people are passionate and tough and wavy – all characteristics that can be found in my sound. I spent so much time in the city growing up that it’s one of those things you don’t notice is happening at the time, but when you look back, it’s so obvious.

That’s how it feels when I think about how Philly has influenced my music. That’s why I take every opportunity to shout out Philly.

Whether it’s in my lyrics or in my music videos, I always try and put the city on full display.

I’m proud of where I’m from and I will always represent to the best of my ability.

PW: Are there any Philly artists you’re listening to now or that you’d like to collaborate with in the future?

MB: Without a doubt, Meek. I’ve been listening to him since I was in middle school. So,

MUSIC to be able to work with him would be a dream come true. I also would love to get some work in with Lil’ Dicky. I’ve been blown away by those two and their ability to take their product and insert themselves into other sections of the entertainment industry. I know those are the big dogs in the city, but those are the two that I would want to collaborate with the most.

PW: You just started releasing your music to the public this year. Talk a little about your music. How would you describe it?

How can people find it?

MB: I think the best way to describe my music is ‘smooth.’ That’s the feedback I get most often when people talk about my music. I think I have a voice that is easy on the ears, and when you pair that with the different flows I use I think the final product is something silky smooth.

Being from Philly gives me an advantage.

I come from a place that produced The Roots, Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Will Smith…And the list goes on. I’ve also spent my entire life listening to guys like Drake, Miguel, Bob Marley; all people that, in their own way, have an uncanny ability to glide over any instrumental. I think the combination of all of that has greatly shaped my style. My music is available on all of the streaming services. Just type in “MIKEBROWN” and get on the wave.

PW: What projects are you working on now? More studio work? Are you prepping for live shows?

MB: Right now, my two main focuses are to keep making music and to continue to get my name out there. I’m in the best head space I’ve ever been in and I think I’m really starting to catch my stride as both a writer and artist. I’m also very fortunate to have linked up with Obsidian Studios. They are – hands down – one of the best studios in the city and welcomed me in with open arms when I first started to do studio recordings. They are the real deal with wickedly talented engineers and sharp shooting videographers. So, definitely more studio work and more music videos! As we continue to return to normal life, I’m looking forward to doing some live performances and getting onto a stage.

PW: Look ahead five years. Where would you like your career to be then?

MB: I have big aspirations. In five years, I want to have put all my people in a position to win and provide them with the means to pursue their passions and achieve whatever their higher purpose is. I want to also see my music turn into an organization that has its hands in many different things.

Other than that, I’m all about the music and connecting with people. Five years from now, I see myself continuing to put out high-quality music and doing my part to push this culture forward.

PW: What are the best ways for fans to stay current with what you’re doing?

MB: Follow my social media pages @mikebrown_4l. I’ve also got a website in the works, so keep an eye out for that as well. Check me out on Spotify and Apple Music!

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All the news that’s fit to toke

Impossible about Pat’s and Geno’s is… ince we’re focusing (or not quite beNew album ing able to focus, knowwhatimsaying?) on all things weed for the 4/20 Before April 2021, the last classic of stoner holiday, I would like to state that I psychedelia tied to Philadelphia, the last lowrote this particular Icepack dab- cal true weed head plus epic, was The Goats’ bing hash oil. Not only did I smoke “Tricks of the Shade” from the Ruffhouse hash oil, I infused my morning avlabel in 1992, (the same year that Joe Nicolo ocado with it and ate that, as well as rubbing and Chris Schwartz’s hip hop label released some oil into my fingertips, so that, as I typed, DMX’s single debut, “Born Loser” and its my laptop and I merged, and felt the same famed “I had to scrap with a pit because I tried burning tingle, together. Yeah, I go to take his bone” lyric. Rest in peace, that extra mile for you, people. Also, kind sir). Over last weekend, howevI better wipe my keyboard down right er, Philly’s own Zack Schwartz, Rivka

BY A.D. now. That was just stupid. So, what Ravede, and Corey Wichlin – collecAMOROSI was I saying? Anyway, every Icepack tively, Spirit of the Beehive – dropped item this week is tinged with what their spookily psilocybin-laced fourth reggae master Pato Banton lyric-ized, (and best) album “Entertainment, “the sensimillyaaaaaaaaa,” in the Death.” I haven’t yet spoken to the hope that you too will appreciate this Icepack Beehive about their incessant and literally high, rather than not. At least this time out. buzzing, tripping, schmoking new sounds, Welcome Keystone Shops but, just know that I’m looking for you.

The first bit of Philly weed news comes by Beaver crooks way of Florida, and its Trulieve Cannabis Inc. This week’s “Are You Fucking High?”

The big money Tallahassee , FL team just exAward goes to the assclowns who stole the tended its tentacles into Pennsylvania as of beaver statue at Rose Valley Road and Traylast week, readying to purchase a dispensary more Lane in Rose Valley Borough. The Allicense from Anna Holdings so to run three bert Laessle sculpture of the semi-aquatic local upcoming pot retail stores (the Keystone genus Castor is a 95-year-old marker for the Shops) before the end of the year.

Great Minquas Path, stretching from the How much was the PA marijuana deal Susquehanna River in Lancaster County to worth? $60 million for the license, to start. the Schuylkill in Philadelphia, and was stolen Nice work if you can get it. before the weekend, and the state police are New place to cure munchies looking for the beaver crooks. Laessle was, By the way, Pennsylvania, if you’re going to legendarily, an instructor at the Pennsylvania get more weed, you’re going to get way more Academy of the Fine Arts, crafted the “Billy” munchies. Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop and goat sculpture in Rittenhouse Square, as well its January 2021 acquisition of the chicken-y as the Philly Zoo’s “Penguins” statue. If you good Wing Zone – currently planning world beaver thieves are reading this, put down the domination with 30 new Capriotti’s units and pipe and bring it back.

30 Wing Zone locations across the U.S. – just Philly phielding got locals to drink the Kool Aid. It has one Also in the “Are You Fucking High?” collocation in the multi-ghost-kitchen space on umn, but not for the win, of course, is spring13th and Girard during the pandemic and antime’s version of the Philadelphia Phillies other opening in Royersford next month. OK, who would have to be stoned out of their evCapriotti’s does cheesesteaks, and though you er-loving gourds to miss balls as they did in might be thinking, “Don’t WE own the patent the last 10 days. Know how when you smoke on cheesesteaks?” it is important to note that just a little too much and you do that goofy, Cap cheesesteaks can also be made with Imloosey goosey five-fingered wave in front of possible™ plant-based meat. The only thing your face? This is what I imagine the Phils

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Copyright issues In the “No way, I’m not THAT stoned: That really is a big sneaker” department is South Philly musician and art-making bros Steven & Billy Dufala’s long, skinny, decade-old, faux sculptural sneakers (Special Air Mission 28000) exhibited at Philly’s Fleisher/ Ollman Gallery VS rapper TOMM¥ €A$H’s four-foot-long, recently-released Superstar collaboration with Adidas Originals. While Steven Dufala is currently busy articulating the design for Theatre Exile’s version of Zoo Motel this month In collaboration with Image | Courtesy of Asher Roth Thaddeus Phillips starting April 15, Dufala’s intellectual property lawyers are calling bullshit on Adidas, CA$H and all manner of copyright issues. You can’t discuss a sensitive subject as such, meant for the courts, but, my WPPM/Theater in the Round radio interview with Steven can be heard on soundcloud.com.

Masked Philly: Asher Roth In Icepack’s continuing saga of asking mask-donning local celebrities what they’ve been up to beyond the pale during COVID-19’s pandemic, I reached out this week to Asher Roth. Philadelphia’s Roth is a legend when it comes to marijuana’s pop cultural mythology and its idealized reality. A forever pro-pot activist and an icon of stoner rap, Roth’s single debut was a 2009 hit, “I Love College,” as was his first LP, Asleep in the Bread Aisle, on Universal/Schoolboy Records; the latter launched by Roth’s original manager Scooter Braun. Icepack readers last week recall that the object of Taylor Swift’s loathing, Braun, just did a mega merger between his Ithaca Holdings and BTS’ label HYBE with shares divided-up between his original clients such as Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, J. Balvin and Roth, who got a sweet, near-$100,000 pay-out. (No, Roth is not at liberty to discuss the deal, beyond saying that Braun’s shared-stock-thank-you is “generous but complicated.”)

What Roth can discuss is stuff he’s mastered during the pandemic’s lull, such as “learning chess, betting on baseball, brushing up on my history and gearing up for our third season of Sunflower Philly,” the bucolic garden/arts space/community hub he co-created

along Cecil B. Moore. (I joked with him if he could only bet on chess, then we’d really have something).

“I’ve just started working on The Greenhouse Effect mixtape created purely by fan, follower and friend submissions,” he said.

“I’ll release an a capella on Wednesdays on the RetroHashDiscord. Producers from allskill levels will then download the a capella and create a composition around it. They submit their final work the corresponding Sunday. Then Sunday afternoon we gather on Twitch, discuss our favorite submissions, give feedback and choose the best one for the final mixtape. It’s my first foray into digital collaboration and has been a lot of fun.”

Roth is also running a 4/20 sale at his RetroHash.com, for 20 percent off, most notably his new album, “Flowers on the Weekend” vinyl, from 4/20-4/30.

Roth’s mask, created by Vianna Fahmie and her mother for Sunflower Philly, is a wearable he doesn’t mind donning.

“Especially in the city. When biking and maneuvering through the streets that are overloaded with construction, it’s advantageous for many reasons. I agree with its safety, and while the summer might not be as pleasant, it certainly was a welcome face layer in the winter.

My only beef is they don’t go well with glasses.”

Roth can’t wait to drink beer, eat French fries and maybe even tour when the mask-wearing is relaxed (“Even though, personally, I feel as if masks will continue to be part of our societal fabric. I imagine masks being worn at shows, on public transportation, in airports, gyms etc. for the foreseeable future.”)

“Also Sunflower Philly is heading into its third season, meaning we’ll be running our community development programming here in our outdoor space in N. Philly from April ‘til October. Our first event was held around the first day of spring; a massive success but also indicated how ready city-goers are to be active and mask-less. I think it’s important we continue to take responsibility for ourselves and others and mask up when in public,” he said.

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‘PHILLY D.A.’ Philadelphia native Ted Passon’s “Philly D.A.” takes a behind-the-scenes look at the city’s district attorney’s office under the leadership of Larry Krasner. Image | Courtesy of Ted Passon

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hilly D.A.” is a do- about “Philly D.A.” PW: How did you first become cuseries directed interested in documenting Larry and produced by Krasner’s run for DA and then his Philly native Ted Passon that cen- term in office? Are Krasner’s justice ters around a sto- reforms something you support perry the city knows sonally?

Ted: I’ve been interested in justice well: Civil rights attorney Larry Krasner leads a band issues for many years. I’ve had loved of activists who set out to end mass ones in prison and also in law enforcement jobs. As I got older, incarceration by taking these issues just became over the agency at its cenmore and more complicated ter: The district attorney’s

BY EUGENE to me. I had heard Krasner’s office. Embedded behind name for years. He had repclosed doors, the show ZENYATTA resented different friends of watches an unprecedented mine who were arrested at criminal justice experiment protests, and just knowing unfold to ask: Can outsiders his reputation and how diametrically reform a system from within?

The series is scheduled for broad- opposed it was to the traditional idea cast on PBS over an eight-week period of the district attorney, it seemed like an interesting moment to document. beginning April 20, a time span that overlaps with the primary election for If nothing else, his run was creating the office of district attorney. Accord- a conversation about the role of the ing to officials with the show, WHYY district attorney, and challenging assumptions about it, in a way that has decided to delay broadcast of this program until after the Novem- didn’t seem like it had ever happened before. Of course, when he won, we ber municipal elections to avoid any potential influence on the campaign realized that the story was about to process. PBS will be streaming the get much bigger.

Yoni: My last film, “Menashe,” was program nationally through its video set in the ultra-orthodox community player at video.pbs.org.

PW recently caught up with Pas- of Brooklyn, and I’ve always been fasson and co-director Yoni Brook to talk cinated with closed societies. We re-

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PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM @PHILLYWEEKLY alized that the district attorney’s office was a public institution that was essentially a closed society. David Rogers from the ACLU refers to them as the “black box” of the criminal justice system, and so we realized this was an opportunity to take people inside a typically opaque American institution, which has a huge impact on society. We presented the idea of continuing the story inside the office to Krasner and his team. We needed complete editorial independence and the ability to show their positive steps and missteps.

They agreed, and we started showing up on day one.

In terms of our personal opinions of Krasner’s reforms, we did our best to keep them out of the series. We really want the audience to make up their own minds and hold our elected officials to account. Throughout the series we present the voices of people who oppose Krasner’s reforms.

What Krasner’s reforms should be, and how they’re implemented, are questions we’re keeping open in the series.

PW: You told Deadline earlier this year that, when you heard Krasner was running for DA, you thought there was no way he was going to win. Then, of course, he won. Were there any other surprises? Did you encounter any challenges filming inside the DA’s office or did everything go fairly smoothly?

Ted: There were lots of challenges to filming inside the district attorney’s office. By law, there are some things we just couldn’t film. One of the simplest challenges was simply finding out what was going on day to day.

We were constantly bugging people asking what was going on and trying to make sure we didn’t miss key moments. By trying to create an observational series, if we missed something then that was it – we couldn’t include it. So, we were basically running around with intense FOMO for about two years. We spent lots of time just meeting people and getting to know them and explaining what we were doing: Trying to create a record of this historical moment. Most people aren’t aware how independent film works. It’s a pretty precarious and often counterintuitive way to make something. It’s a model closer to an artistic endeavour, trying to scrape together funds and donations, than a business. In order to even apply for grants or pitch to broadcasters, you need to spend lots of time filming and editing on your own dime. I co-run a production company, which is conveniently located a block from the DA’s office, and the company put up much of the initial seed money until we could raise money for the project. It took us over a year of applying for grants before we started bringing in any funding. Then it was another

year before we landed at PBS after most of our shooting was completed.

Yoni: We also spent lots of time trying to talk to people inside the office who didn’t like what Krasner was doing. It was incredibly important to us to find those voices. It was a very divided office and it was crucial for the story to be able to see that reality. In the beginning, people would speak to us off camera about their concerns but of course that doesn’t amount to much in a documentary.

It’s not a small ask to try to get someone to go on record as publicly disagreeing with their boss. We interviewed people who were eventually willing to trust us with their voice, and we think the series greatly benefits as a result.

It’s a brave act to put yourself on camera, especially when you have no say in how it will be edited so we are very grateful to everyone who participated.

PW: You started producing “Philly D.A.” in 2017 with Larry Krasner’s campaign and election. How did the project change over the years, given the increased calls for criminal justice reform we’ve seen recently?

Ted: It was interesting for us to see the country change during the time that we were filming. When we first started pitching to networks, we would get questioned about whether the public was going to be interested in a story about criminal justice reform issues, and we never get that question anymore. It’s certainly interesting to see how quickly the mainstream conversation has changed.

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series, and thankfully, PBS and Independent Lens agreed with us.

PW: What are your thoughts now that the series is complete and ready to be released on PBS? Is there more work to be done in terms of criminal justice reform? Do you think the series will help to perpetuate such conversations?

Ted: We really are excited to have a wide audience get to finally see the series! We were happy with the range of stories we were able to cover, and hope the series can function as a conversation starter and encourage people to be engaged in their criminal justice system whether as voters or activists.

In terms of more work to be done in criminal justice reform, that seems to go without saying.

We were hard pressed to find anyone who thought the system didn’t need to improve in some way, shape or form, but of course, the disagreement is in what way. I Philly native Ted Passon worked with co-director Yoni Brook think one big takeaway from the to ensure all voices, even those who opposed Larry Krasner’s experience was how ineffective reforms, were included in the docuseries that will be available the criminal justice system really April 20 on PBS’ video player. Image | Courtesy of Ted Passon has always been in terms of creating safety. All sides seem to agree Sundance, and later at Berlin, this winter. that public safety has rarely, if ever, hit an acHow do you feel the series turned out? Did ceptable threshold. It’s been interesting to see, you accomplish what you set out to do in since 2017, that there has been some bi-parti2017? san agreement on the idea that the way we Ted: When you’re as close to the project as choose to invest money into the justice system we are, it’s hard not to focus on all of the othneeds to be re-prioritized. Dollars that go to er stories you wish you could have included increasing quality of life like education and and the ideas you wish you could have delved housing seem to have a bigger return in terms into more deeply. Eight hours seems like a lot of public safety. of time, but in many ways we just scratched Storytelling plays a big role in how we think the surface. I think one of the aspects of the about crime as a society, and those stories are series that may surprise people is how much usually framed around simplistic ideas about our focus ebbs and flows from Krasner during people. It was important for us to create a the series. story that showed human beings as nuanced Yoni: When we began filming in the DA’s and multi-faceted because ultimately, crime office, we thought we were making a feature and justice are not issues of “evil people” and film. We were following many stories with the “good people,” but it is absolutely an issue of assumption that one or two of them would humans with needs that are not being met. end up as the film. However, we realized that Hopefully, this is just one of many conversanone of the individual stories we were followtions that the series can help foster. ing could on their own illustrate the breadth Our hope is that this moment in history is and scope of our subject matter. The district one when the nation will become more enattorney has a lot of power and discretion, but gaged in the criminal justice system than it it’s not an island. You can’t understand the has previously, and we’re happy if we have limitations and pressures on the DA without contributed to that. talking to local activists and organizers. We Yoni: One of the most exciting things about needed to hear the perspective of police offi- this docuseries is that it will shape the concers. We needed to hear from public defendversations about the criminal legal system ers, and judges – so the scope kept widening. nationally. PBS and public media is free, and It was important to us to include the voices so our Philadelphia story will reach all corof people whose lives were impacted by the ners of our country. Historically, DA elections decisions made in the office – from victims to are low-turnout. No matter where people fall people who are system impacted, for example on the political spectrum, we hope they learn by being incarcerated or on supervision. For who their DA is, what policies they promote, all of these reasons, we realized that the best turn out to vote, and after they’re in office, way to tell the story would be as a multi-part continue to hold them to account.

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Spring into these upcoming events

From restaurant reopenings to artist meets and more, spring events are heating up in Philly. Here are some of our favorites.

Communicating the Museum During COVID-19

Royal Boucherie

Old City’s lively neighborhood bistro reopened on April 8 with new Executive Chef Matt Buehler at the helm, formerly of Vetri Cucina, as well as a new seasonal menu and sidewalk seating, and its outdoor, off-street, second-floor patio in bloom.

Guests can look forward to an enhanced raw bar program including lobster cocktail, shrimp cocktail, East and West Coast oysters, and towering seafood plateaus. 52 S. 2nd Street. royalboucherie.com

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How do you communicate a museum in a way that is inclusive, inspiring and educational? How can arts and culture continue to serve the public in environments grappling with and recovering from COVID-19?

Join Jo Tiongson-Perez, director of marketing and communications at the Penn Museum, for an inside look at how museum stories are brought to life – from strategy and launch to analytics and pivoting in our new normal. Drop by this virtual short talk followed by live conversation. Free to registered guests. April 27 at 5:30pm. penn.museum

Meet the Artist: Tom Judd

Artist Tom Judd will be at the Woodmere on Sunday, April 18, from 1-4pm to talk with visitors about the exhibition “History in Motion: Tom Judd’s Subway Mural.” The exhibition features preparatory studies and photographs of the artist’s permanent mural installation, Portal to Discovery, at the 5th Street/ Independence Mall Station. Portal to Discovery presents historical figures such as the founding fathers, abolitionists, Native American leaders, and colonial military leaders who contributed to the founding of the United States. This event is in-person and free. woodmereartmuseum.org

Night Tours: Summer Twilight

Explore Eastern State Penitentiary’s historic cell blocks as the sun goes down. Admission to Night Tours: Summer Twilight includes all daytime programming – “The Voices of Eastern State” Audio Tour; awardwinning exhibits; artist installations – and more.

Eastern State partners with Philadelphia’s Triple Bottom Brewing Company to offer a selection of Triple Bottom beer for purchase, including the all-new Purpose Pale Ale. Night Tours: Summer Twilight runs Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings from May 7 through Sept. 4. Tickets start at $19 and must be purchased online in advance. EasternState.org/ NightTours.

Virtual Cook-A-Long with Amy von Sydow Green Tired of your same old go-to salad ingredients? Amy will share tips and tricks to spruce up your spring salad. Follow along while she makes a fresh and green inspired salad with shaved asparagus, prosciutto chips, and a lemon shallot dressing. Presented by the American Swedish Historical Museum. April 25 at 2pm. americanswedish.org

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East Market restaurants

Earth Day is coming up soon. Historical sites are reopening and expanding hours. Restaurants have new deals to check out.

Don’t think there’s nothing to do these days.

Two restaurants in East Market, Center City’s urban lifestyle destination, should be on your radar as outdoor dining destinations. In addition to serving dinner, The Wayward, East Market’s popular French rooted American brasserie, is offering brunch on Saturdays and Sundays starting at 10am in their picturesque outdoor dining space. Iron Hill Brewery is also welcoming guests to their outdoor dining space to enjoy their award-winning craft beer and handcrafted foods such as tacos, hearth baked pizzas, pan seared scallops and fish and chips from Monday through Sunday beginning at noon. Thewayward.com. eastmarket.com/businesses/iron-hill-brewery

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Get ready to have fun with these exciting events Earth Day Live!

On this day, more than 1 billion people from almost 200 countries will unite to improve our planet. Join the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education for a highly interactive event to share Earth Day actions: Ask questions of Saleem Chapman, the city’s climate resilience coordinator; enjoy eco-poetry; learn our city’s special history with Earth Day; and guess the top five environmental pop songs of all time – while hearing a climate change quartet. You’ll also meet our impossibly cute Nature Preschoolers, who help unveil the new Earth Day Forest. April 22 at 7pm. schuylkillcenter. org

Betsy Ross House

The Betsy Ross House’s hours are expanding. The House will be open for self-guided and audio tours 10am to 5pm Thursdays through Mondays. Betsy will be greeting guests in the courtyard and telling her fascinating life story. Guests will continue to be admitted to the courtyard in reduced numbers to allow for social distancing. Masks are required for guests and are being worn by all staff members and performers. For contact-free admission, advance tickets may be purchased at historicphiladelphia.org.

Sabrina’s Café

The locally grown group of popular breakfast, lunch and brunch restaurants is celebrating its 20th anniversary with original food menu items from 2001 with proceeds benefiting a local charity, available at all open locations on Thursday, April 22. As a celebration of two decades in business, Sabrina’s Café will offer several original menu items from 2001 for one day only on April 22 with throwback pricing for those particular dishes.

Sabrina’s Café will then match that price, and all proceeds garnered will be donated to local charity Project Home, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that provides housing, opportunities for employment, education and medical care for homeless and low-income persons in Philadelphia.

The event will be available at all open Sabrina’s Café’s locations for dine-in only. sabrinascafe.com

STEM Education Fair

Join Philly Colleges highlighting STEM programs for the new to career or working professionals who want to advance to win, April 20 (undergraduate programs) and April 22 (graduate programs), 11am -1pm each day, all online. Registration is free, go to eventbrite.com for more information.

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Sound of Metal

During a series of adrenaline-fueled onenight gigs, itinerant punk-metal drummer Ruben (Riz Ahmed) begins to experience intermittent hearing loss. When a specialist tells him his condition will rapidly worsen, he thinks his music career – and with it his life – is over. Utilizing startling, innovative sound design techniques, director Darius Marder takes audiences inside Ruben’s experience to vividly recreate his journey into a rarely examined world. Sunday, April 18 | 8:15pm

The Philadelphia Film Society is celebrating the wonderful year in film during the Best Picture Showcase at the PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard. The PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard is the only place in the area where audiences can see nominated films on the big screen. While a few showings have already occurred, there’s still time to catch some of this year’s best films. Guests will enjoy all the films from the safety of their own cars with the Vehicle Pass ($100 per car | $90 per car PFS members), on sale now. Vehicle Pass includes admission for up to six occupants.

Go to Filmadelphia.org/Best-Picture-Weekend for details.

Best Picture Showcase The Father

Anthony is 80, mischievous, living defiantly alone and rejecting the caregivers that his daughter, Anne, encouragingly introduces. Yet help is also becoming a necessity for Anne; she can’t make daily visits anymore and Anthony’s grip on reality is unravelling.

As we experience the ebb and flow of his memory, how much of his own identity and past can Anthony cling to? How does Anne cope as she grieves the loss of her father, while he still lives and breathes before her? Thursday, April 15 | 8:15pm

Judas and the Black Messiah Mank

1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane for Orson Welles. Thursday, April 22 | 8:15pm

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Fred Hampton was 21 years old when he was assassinated by the FBI, which coerced a petty criminal named William O’Neal to help them silence him and the Black Panther Party. But they could not kill Hampton’s legacy and, 50 years later, his words still echo…louder than ever.

Saturday, April 17 | 8:15pm

Nomadland

Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modernday nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, the movie features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West. Friday, April 16 | 8:15 PM

Don’t forget the party

The PFS is hosting the 8th Annual Oscars® Party & Screening at Cira Green, Philadelphia’s Park in the Sky (129 South 30th Street) on Sunday, April 25.

Traditionally held at the Philadelphia Film Center, this year’s change of venue allows for an outdoor experience, giving guests the opportunity to celebrate the Oscars with fellow cinephiles while practicing safe social distancing. Go to filmadelphia.org for details.

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The arena has announced a series of full-capacity concerts set for later this year and early 2022. Tickets to the upcoming shows will be available to purchase at WellsFargoCenterPhilly.com on each show’s respective on-sale date. Here’s a look at what’s ahead.

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Andrea Bocelli

The Italian opera tenor will grace the stage in the Big House on Dec. 8. Here’s your chance to see this legend, who has sold tens of millions of albums over the years. Tickets are set to go on sale May 3 at 10am.

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The former Favorite Country Male Artist is scheduled to appear Jan. 13, 2022. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale April 16 at 10am, so don’t put off jumping online to reserve your seats.

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You can see one or both of Pink Floyd’s cofounder’s shows scheduled to take place Aug. 5 and 6. The catch is that this is a rescheduled show and the tickets sold for the previous shows are valid for these. So check the secondary markets or call a buddy who already has tickets in hand.

Eric Church

Tickets to see the country crooner, who has been named Entertainer of the Year, are scheduled to go on sale May 7 at 10am. Get them and then count down the days until his Oct. 9 gig.

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Q: My 4-year-old won’t stop touching his penis, for decades, and you are going to break this patincluding at daycare. It’s been going on for awhile. tern. Fortunately, you have the support of many I haven’t told him it’s wrong or puncompassionate professionals who are ished him for it, just told him he has ready to help! to go to his room or bathroom and I reached out to two local sexuality close the door if he wants to do that educators who specialize in working because I don’t want to see it. But I’m with kids and asked their advice for not sure if that’s the right move. Is folks with young children. this normal? Am I doing something “If you feel uncomfortable (whethwrong? er about genitals or any other sexualiIt’s always fascinating to me ty or body topic), that’s great to notice when a state tries to mandate that and talk about with other adults,” sexuality education in schools says Isy Abraham-Raveson, co-foundshould be opt-in, like what is curer and director of education at YES!, rently proposed in Idaho. The imwhich was recently profiled in Philly plication of such laws is that children Weekly. should learn about sex at home, from They add, “In order to support the their parents. children we love, most of us will need @TIMAREE_LEIGH Parents are absolutely the first to process and unlearn a lot of how line in sex education, but just beadults interacted with us when we cause someone is a parent does not mean they feel were young around sexuality and bodies.” Abraequipped. Thanks to the 1996 welfare reform act, ham-Raveson adds, “It’s important to show them most people who that it’s normal and are now parenting good to talk about small kids did not bodies, because receive scientificalbodies are normal ly accurate sex eduand good.” cation themselves.

“Talk about Never mind that genitals the same teaching a subject as you would any requires a different other part of their skill set – the avbody,” says sexolerage adult would ogist Dr. Lyndsay probably not pass Mercier. a basic test of sex“We don’t avoid ual anatomy, much teaching our chilless comfortably dren about their articulate more nuknees or elbows anced facets, like or make up cutesy consent or gender. names for them; All that is to say: You are not alone in feeling their genitals should be no different. Talk to your confused. This is the intergenerational curse of child using proper terminology for their genitals. discomfort that many in America have suffered For example, use words like, penis,’ “testicles,’

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“vulva’ and ‘vagina.’”

Mercier, who is also a parent, says, “If your child knows the right words for their body parts, they will be better prepared to describe to you any problems they may be having – such as pain, an injury, a rash, or even abuse. Additionally, talking to your kids openly about their genitals reinforces the idea that their body parts aren’t shameful, and will make them feel comfortable enough to come to you when they have questions or concerns.”

And what is the expert take on a toddler who plays with their genitals a lot?

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SEX WITH TIMAREE ment on it. Usually, it’s the adults that are paying so much attention and feel worried, and the kids are just living their lives.”

When it comes to talking about sex in general, Mercier says “If they are old enough or curious enough to ask questions about a topic, they are ready to learn the answer.

Even before they start asking questions, be on the lookout for teachable moments.”

She suggests keeping descriptions simple for younger kids, getting into details of anatomy as they grow up. She adds, “This is a great time to also talk about consent, and about how they are the boss of their own body.”

“Just remember to talk about them from a kid perspective, not an adult perspective,” says Abraham-Raveson.

“For many adults, masturbation is related to sexual fantasy, partnered sex, porn, etc. But for kids, it’s self-exploration, self-soothing, self-pleasure, and all of those things are age appropriate.”

Resources to learn more about sexuality education for kids: Advocates for Youth advocatesforyouth.org Scarlet Teen scarleteen.com Planned Parenthood Sex Education plannedparenthood. org/learn/for-educators List of Best Books for Parents of Young Kids: talkwithyourkids.org/lets-talkabout/6-books-aboutsex-toddler-teen.html SIECUS Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education K-12: siecus.org/resources/the-guidelines/ Have a question for Timaree? Send an email to asktimaree@philadelphiaweekly.com.

“You can try gently redirecting their attention to another activity if they are touching themselves at an inappropriate time, but for the most part, it is probably just a passing curiosity that will eventually subside.”

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                                                                                            

                                                                

                                                               

                                                                                 

                                                                                            

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