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erhaps the one undeniable thing Even now, the institution is applying for federal about 2020 is that it hasn’t dis- contracts to serve immigrant and refugee chilcriminated by any sense of the dren who have been taken from their parents by word. the Trump administration.

Between COVID-19 affecting “We should no longer pay a single cent to Philadelphia’s senior and immuan institution that has perpetrated a culture nocompromised population the of sexual abuse across its facilities. Enough is hardest, a budget deficit that has enough.

“I have no confidence that we can guarantee our entire city feeling the pinch, a ravaged the safety and protection of children in Deverefood, arts and entertainment scene due to protection orders, a protest that showed people’s ux’s care, given their feeble excuses and disregard of systemic abuses. As such, I, along with true colors and now a summer of violence members of City Council’s Committee on Chilfinding kids barely out of diapers riddled dren and Youth, issue the following demands: with bullet holes, I didn’t think it was possible The City of Philadelphia must permathings could get much worse. nently close intake and end its contract But a statement from city Councilmember with Devereux.

Helen Gym late last week proved me wrong.

The City must immediately About a year ago, I introduced you remove all Philadelphia youth to a few teens who spent time in from Devereux’s facilities and harrowing situations inside juvecare. nile institutions, speaking of abuse The City should immediately of a physical, mental and even sexset up a hotline to accept any ual nature. This story arrived on complaints from current or forthe heels of Council already prommer Devereaux families or staff ising to create a task force to ensure members. that these kids, regardless of why For children in day prothey’re sent away, can at least start grams, all City agencies, into be in an environment where the cluding the School District of opportunity to get the tools to get a Philadelphia, must immedibrighter future were available. ately contact families and offer Apparently, this is not happenalternative placement for their ing. Instead, our kids are getting children. raped in these institutions, beaten @SPRTSWTR “Year after year, histories of abuse and more while our taxpayer dolare revealed at residential facility lars fund these fucked up instituafter residential facility. We can no tions.

Below is what Gym wrote, but I’d also love longer pretend that these acts of abuse are isolated—they are systemic. We must take a transto know what you, our readers, think. Shoot formative approach to these facilities. When me an email at voices@philadelphiaweekly. com and let’s start a conversation on what City Council reconvenes in September, I will more needs to be done to protect our kids in be introducing bills for municipal licensing and for the establishment of an independent this proposed City of Brotherly Love. ombudsman office charged with receiving and “I am sickened and outraged by today’s re- investigating complaints from youth, or their family members, of physical, sexual and menport revealing decades of rape and abuse at Detal abuse of children while they are living instivereux, and I will be taking immediate action tutions for care or detention. on the City level.

“Finally, I want to re-emphasize that we “We have been here too many times—from Wordsworth to VisionQuest to Glen Mills and are here in this situation because the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has failed to take the list goes on. For decades, Devereux has proaction. These facilities are licensed and authovided excuse after excuse for why it can’t keep children from being sexually abused, hurt, and rized by the state; they are getting carte blanche to disregard horrific abuses because the state traumatized. The organization has allowed is not exercising its authority or its oversight generations of our most vulnerable children— children living with disabilities, children who powers. The fact that the City of Philadelphia have been sexually abused, and pregnant and must step in to protect our children by replicating what the state should be doing is an outparenting teens—to be traumatized while raking in millions of dollars in public money from rage. We can no longer wait for the state to get its act together.

Philadelphia, from counties across the Com“City Council will be taking action, and I monwealth of Pennsylvania, and beyond.

“The City of Philadelphia is paying $7.5 want every child and parent and guardian to million this year to an organization that has know I will not stop until every Philadelphia child is safe from Devereux and other facilities shown a callous disregard for the humanity that exploit and abuse children in their care.” and dignity of our children who need us most.

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VACANT PHA HOUSES. TWO HOMELESS CAMPS.

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rom early June to mid-August, Philunhoused on both eviction dates. adelphia’s homeless population Optics of the police fighting created two protest encampments protesters and ripping down that function as complex commuhomeless people’s tents nities for the unhoused. The enwould not have looked good campments provide stability for for a city already protestresidents, headquarters for donaing against excessive police tions and protection from outside force and a “progressive” mayor who has let down much of his base. The city’s service agitators, as well as the city’s dreaded “service days strip homeless people of the few days.” belongings that they may have. Ser“I’ve had my stuff thrown out on service days,” said Jonnell Flowers,

BY JASON vice days often leave the homeless with even less than they previously a resident at the James Talib Dean Camp. “Service days are when the po- N. PETERS had, relegating them from sleeping in a tent on grass to the city’s pavement. lice and the trash people throw all of The specifics of homelessness are our stuff away.” Jonnell and her huswhere the harshest realities are unearthed. band Leonard’s house burned down and they “It’s so hard to get a job without a house. were two of the first residents at the encampNo mailing address, nowhere to shower. How ment on 22nd and the Parkway. do I pay bills or get welfare? I can’t even get So far, the camps have survived two city threats to clear out the residents, but the fu- an Obama phone,” Leonard Flowers said. Access to unemployment, welfare or even the ture is anything but certain.

COVID-19 stimulus checks are inaccessible to On July 10, Philadelphia Police, along with many homeless people who arguably need aspark rangers, warned residents of the JTD sistance most.

Camp they were to be evicted on July 17.

Philadelphia’s encampments grew from Eviction day came and went, but the camps remained intact. The city also tried on Aug. just five tents in early June to nearly 300 tents across two camps in mid-August. The second 17 to evict the encampment on just 24 hours notice, but then balked again. Following the encampment, Camp Teddy, was established outside of the PHA’s brand new $45 million city’s second failed eviction attempt, there is headquarters to draw attention to the Philaan “emergency hearing” slated for Thursday, delphia Housing Authority’s role in the housAug. 20 at which encampment residents will ing crisis. Philadelphia has sold more than testify.

2,300 properties for $1 since 2000, and half reProtesters and supporters of the encampmain vacant. ment came out in hundreds to support the

A row of tents at the JTD Camp on the Parkway is pictured. The fate of homeless camps that sprang up around the city is still up in the air, pending a court hearing scheduled for today. Image | Jason N. Peters “They are operating more like a private developer selling properties and trying to build commercial real estate. They want to do everything but their job, which is to house people,” says Jennifer Bennetch, who was homeless from 2003-2010 and is the founder of #OccupyPHA about the Philadelphia Housing Authority. Bennetch has a “list of 500 viable vacant PHA houses in Philly, the city says they’re not viable,” she continues. “I know the people who lived in those houses, those houses are fine.” #Occupy PHA, Workers Revolutionary Collective, and the Black and Brown Workers Cooperative have been assisting the unhoused community in Philadelphia. In July, those three groups, Bennetch included, helped to move homeless people into vacant houses.

“When families were reaching out to me

saying there was no space in the shelter and they had nowhere to go, I just thought about the Moms for Housing, so we started moving people into these vacant houses back in March,” Bennetch said.

“Before people say ‘no one owes unhoused people anything,’ as long as the CEO of the Housing Authority is making $300,000 and working with multi-million dollar budgets, they do owe us something,” continued Bennetch.

In a WHYY op-ed, CEO of the PHA, Kelvin Jeremiah, dismissed the idea of giving Philadelphia’s homeless population access to vacant properties. Jeremiah went as far as to claim that homelessness is not the PHA’s SEE HOMELESS, PAGE 8

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“It is the City of Philadelphia – not PHA – that receives federal funds for providing transitional and homeless housing.” Jeremiah continues to explain that, “PHA’s actions are restrained by budget limitations, which is why the waitlist for housing has been closed for years while the backlog is addressed.”

When asked for comment on the PHA’s vacant houses, Councilman Derek Green echoed Jeremiah’s assertion that homeless people cannot “jump the line” to housing over the

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extremely backed up waiting list. Neither the City Council, nor the PHA seem to have any solutions for the residents of Philadelphia’s homeless encampments.

“Give us an apartment building, we will fix it up ourselves so we can get these people off the streets. The city has buildings they’re selfishly holding onto when they could be out here helping us,” said Jonnell Flowers. “It’s a simple solution to a long overdo problem.”

The residents of the JTD Camp and Camp Teddy are forced to endure the intense heat and torrential rain without proper shelter.

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ine never going indoors. A few hundred homeless people have successfully created an infrastructure that provides safety and community for one another as they fight toward a greater goal.

In addition, the role of the coronavirus cannot be downplayed in reference to the camps. Many shelters had to cut back their intake, and, beyond that, many of Philly’s homeless do not feel safe in the city’s shelters. The strange effect of COVID-19 on the homeless population nationwide is still barely understood, and experts in Boston and San Francisco have noticed many of the unhoused remaining asymptomatic.

“I was supposed to go to Massachusetts, but my uncle has the coronavirus, so I’m trying to get up there whenever I can,” explained homeless 18-year-old Sean Doyle. “I’m out here because my mom kicked me out the day before my 18th birthday, she just told me I’m evicted.” Doyle walked 95 miles from Milford, Del., to Philadelphia and is now a resident at the JTD Camp.

In response to COVID-19, Mayor Jim Kenney’s new budget cut the funding for Philadelphia Homeless Services by 21 percent for 2021, swiping nearly $13 million from their budget.

In the face of COVID-19, Atlanta moved 250 unhoused citizens into a hotel, and Seattle reallocated $13 million to aiding the homeless through the coronavirus crisis. During that same span of time, Philadelphia spent $260,000 on a hotel it never used, and the homeless residents of Philadelphia banded together to shelter themselves.

The true number of homeless people in Philadelphia is unknown. According to the Philadelphia Office of Homelessness, the homeless population in Philly is 5,735. However, the metric that the Office of Homelessness uses to calculate that number is flawed at best.

It operates a single “Point in Time Count” that “is an annual count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night in January.” A more sincere figure from the Office of Homelessness would be its number of people served, of whom there were 17,766 in 2019.

Many of the encampment residents are in need of medical attention just as much as housing. Teddy, whom Camp Teddy is named after, had a heart attack this August but remains unhoused. Beast, a 60-year-old resident of the JTD Camp, monitors his diabetes and keeps insulin stocked for himself. Dialysis, pregnancy, drug addiction, mental health is-

sues, and the general anxiety that comes from poverty remain side plots to the current living conditions the unhoused face.

Everyone agrees that there is a homeless problem, but no one agrees on what to do about it. In Philadelphia, the PHA blames the city, the city blames the budget, and then thousands of people sleep on the streets unsure of what the next day will hold.

Solving the issue of homelessness is difficult, not because there “is no money for it” but rather because land ownership is the foundation for wealth and power in America.

If the government gives up a slice of wealth and power to its most impoverished people for nothing in return, it would undermine the entire basis of the economic system we live in.

America destroyed its own welfare state to disincentivize its citizens from bottoming out of the economic system.

In a capitalist system some people have to be homeless, the threat of losing it all keeps the working class from quitting their jobs. The fear of a worse life allows for the machine to keep churning, no matter how good or bad your situation is. The options have always been clear: The government can give up some power and capital to benefit its citizens or it can allow its people to sleep in the street. Up until now, Philadelphia and every other city have chosen the latter.

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Being Homeless This is a poem written by a resident of the James Talib Dean Homeless Encampment who goes by the name “Beast.” His name is the opposite of his temperament.

Beast is a kind, soft-spoken 60-year-old whose speaking voice is reminiscent of Louis Armstrong. This poem was originally gifted to a volunteer named Dominique, but when Jason N. Peters went to interview residents of the encampment, Beast agreed to let him read it, transcribe it and pitch it to Philly Weekly.

I’ve recently lost my house, I now live in the streets.

I have nowhere to go, no place to rest or sleep.

I walk the nights alone on a forlorn path, I hope to find a place of solace, but there is no way for this weary person.

I once had a home where I found a measure of peace, But now there is solitude to be found with no place to call my own.

I pace up & down a hopeless lane with no light to ease my pain.

I cry for something to help find my way.

It’s morning – I’ll start my endless journey, again, hoping to find a final end.

Help is out for me somewhere but I can’t find it, see it, or recognize it.

It eludes me time and time again.

Maybe my trek will end.

Watching others being content with life, while mine is filled with strife.

Is there any end to this plight?

Life is supposed to be a moment of passing time, but for me there is a faceless clock that marks my future.

I can’t relive my past, for now I have no present.

Tomorrow never comes when you don’t have an end.

Yesterdays blend into one chain, there’s no telling what comes next.

Yes I am Homeless, but will I be this way for the rest of my life?

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The sun is setting on President Trump’s term With rapidly falling poll numbers and a pandemic that has been slowly eating away at the economy, which was once one of President Trump’s strongest selling points, his presidency may be approaching its dying days, and while he may attempt to exude unflinching confidence in interviews, desperation to gin up votes and win back the disaffected has to be creeping in.

The evidence was not just plastered on his dejected face the night after a meager crowd of 6,200 people — most of them wearing no mask, of course — assembled for his rally in Tulsa. It was evident in his scaremongering over what he deemed will be “the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history,” as he screamed out on Twitter.

He has made unsubstantiated claims about mail-in voter fraud and even more outlandish, counterfeit ballots from other countries somehow working their way to our shores and past polling officials, who obviously have safeguards in place to make sure those who vote are actual American citizens.

Trump has refused to say that he would concede the election if Biden was victorious.

He has suggested that the election should be delayed, an idea that was flatly squashed by many of his fellow Republicans. He even implied that “the people” might demand that he remain in the Oval Office beyond eight years if he beats Biden.

All of this leads to the peculiarly timed hiring of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who recently orchestrated what has been called a “Friday night massacre” to reconfigure the leadership at the U.S. Postal Service amid concerns about how the agency will handle an anticipated influx of mail-in ballots this year.

As part of the shakeup, DeJoy, a major Trump donor, “reassigned or displaced” 23 executives, according to The Washington Post.

Even before the restructuring, the new postmaster general drew criticism for his attempts to shave spending and rein in the post office’s years-long financial troubles, which could have led to disruptions in mail-in ballot deliveries during state primaries. Facing intense public criticism, DeJoy recently announced that he was suspending additional cost-cutting measures until after the election in order to “avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail.” Traditionally, the office of postmaster general draws little to no political

attention whatsoever and has been a nonpartisan position. This year, however, is much different, given Trump’s preemptive claims about election fraud, seemingly laying the groundwork for his eventual contention of the election results should he lose.

The appointment of DeJoy is suspicious, to say the least, and could be another marker pointing to Trump’s growing anxiety, installing one of his more ardent supporters in a year when mail-in ballots are expected to see a sharp increase. Trump, while at the same time hurling suspicions at Democrats about supposed dirty election tactics, has unwittingly turned the suspicion on himself.

Let’s say that Trump actually did hire DeJoy to try to subtly guide the election in his favor by disrupting the mail-in voting process, as multiple commentators have suggested.

Even if he was willing to take the fall for the president in some grandiose scheme to covertly use the Postal Service as a vehicle to do Trump’s bidding, the president would not escape scot-free.

In fact, if Biden wins on Nov. 3, Trump and Co., with or without any election malfeasance, may be facing years of additional legal scrutiny related to his impeachment by the House of Representatives and many other scandals and potentially illegal behavior.

Trump has apparently had a grand old time in the White House – golfing, raging on Twitter, bickering with the media, lying to his constituents, bringing international shame to the country and hocking beans and chocolate wafers from the Oval Office – but sadly for him, he may not live long enough, at 74 years old, to outrun all the investigations and indictments that could descend on 725 5th Ave., New York, NY, once he leaves office.

I would say this is just the tragic tale of an old man who may spend his remaining years in public disgrace, but had he shown a scintilla of compassion, honesty and integrity at any point during these past four years, many of his current woes could have been avoided.

As it stands, however, the sun is setting on “The Donald,” and when night descends, the historical record will not be kind.

It will show an unprecedented legacy of incompetence, corruption and nepotism that has dimmed our democracy and hobbled our troubled nation at a time when we can ill-afford to go backward.

Jeremy Styron worked in the newspaper industry as a reporter, editor and op-ed columnist for 11 years. He is a writer living in Philadelphia.

He can be reached at jeremystyron@gmail.com.

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Philadelphia schools will reopen early next month – virtually – and students will continue to learn from home until at least mid-November.

Your turn: What are your thoughts on the schools’ reopening plan? Should students go back to school from the jump, or possibly stay out all year?

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Acts of transphobia must end in state Dr. Rachel Levine is the current Pennsylvania secretary of health. Dr. Levine has been disrespected in the media and by individuals because she is a transgender woman. The disrespect toward Dr. Levine has been demonstrated by the misuse of her chosen pronouns in the media and in interviews.

During a press call, a radio host from Pittsburgh repeatedly called Dr. Levine “sir” during the call. In addition, Gov. Wolf has stated that Dr. Levine has experienced some of the “most vile and toxic transphobia our

Commission has seen in our commonwealth in recent years (Time, 2020).”

Wake up, Pennsylvania! Now is the time to act. If you witness acts of transphobia, then step in and make it known that it is wrong.

If you personally demonstrate acts of transphobia, then sit down and reflect on how you could take all that negative energy inside you and do something good with it. I encourage you to research workshops where you can educate yourself on issues that the LGBTQ+ community faces on a daily basis.

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The sound and the fury of Philadelphia fans Although COVID-19 has kept Philadelphia sports fans out of the Wells Fargo Center and Citizens Bank Park, a group called the Phandemic Krew found a way to make their voices heard at Phillies games. With air horns and cowbells, this passionate group of fans meets at the corner of 10th Street and Phillies Drive during game days. With ladders set up along the fence, fans try to catch a glimpse of the game. Television sets inside Ashburn Alley are also on so fans outside can watch the games through the fence.

The Phandemic Krew was started by two diehard Phillies Image | Jason Love fans – Brett and Oscar – who make sure everyone wears a mask and does not leave trash behind after the game.

They even have a banner to hang up during

the games along with an inflatable Phillie Phanatic. The fans keep up the energy in a fun way throughout all nine innings. These Phillies fans even seemed to have gotten under the skin of the Yankees manager Aaron Boone.

On the Sunday afternoon I attended, it was a fluid crowd of anywhere between 50 to 75 people. My son Ian and I met up with some friends. We brought our coolers and chairs. It is sort of like tailgating but directly outside the ballpark. At one point, Ian climbed a ladder to watch a bit of the game.

Even though the Phillies lost, it was a fun time.

If you are in South Philadelphia during a Phillies game, make sure to stop down by Citizens Bank Park to blast an air horn or two with the Phandemic Krew.

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f I remember correctly, now would based credit card startup. Created by Cambe the time for back-to-school spe- pus Apartments real estate magnate David cials to start, the sales, the driving Adelman (who threw in the first $1.5 mil), from, and moving in, days. This is the local credit card company, Cred.ai, was funded to the tunes of $18 million by pals normally a life-defining moment: such as Legend, 76ers past (Andre Iguodamaking friends to drink with (sure, let’s include grade school and high la) and present (Ben Simmons) for a no-fee Unicorn Visa card for college kids schoolers in the boozing), finding idejust starting out their credit reports. als and polemics with which to bond.

Adelman gets them housed, gets Like, for instance, our dumb freshBY A.D. men friends at Villanova, who just AMOROSI them credit – he owns these fucking kids. Smart. couldn’t socially distance from each New arts leaders other long enough when it came to It’s new executive director week. starting school in the burbs. (I actually went to Villanova for my first year at Philly’s theater scene’s marketing-promocollege. If those kids were in as much of a tions org, Theatre Philadelphia, got a new hurry to get in as I was to get out, I see why boss in Theatre in the X co-founder LaNeshe Miller-White (she’ll keep her gig at the X in this frenzied mess went viral).

Anyway. Now, what? All you’re hearing West Philly), while University City’s Instifrom your parents is how you should go to tute of Contemporary Art (ICA) snagged a college virtually to keep free from the dan- new director, Zoë Ryan, from the Art Instigers of C-19. Isn’t this, though, the same tute of Chicago. Miller-White (who’ll appear as next week’s Masked Philly inductee) is on thing parents always do when any kid goes off to school: keep you safe from drugs, the job presently, while Ryan begins her ICA sex, sexy drugs, fatty foods and weird fash- gig Nov. 5. There is a sad joke in exchanging Chicago for Philly, the lesser of two evils, ion accessories? And why does no one in a position of control ward teens away from but welcome nonetheless.

What’s up in the Gayborhood? the stupidity of ridiculous-looking college What’s up with Tredici Enoteca in the games like Hackey Sack?

Gayborhood? Not to be confused with EnoPoint is: I know a pandemic is a damn fine reason to do nothing but Zoom school- teca Tredici in the Bryn Mawr Village Shopping Center, the quaint, wine-driven, ing, but don’t let your parents push you into tapas-y Midtown Village Tredici was not it. They’ll always want to keep you from yet open when the block popped its top on MDMA, unprotected sex and pork rinds – yet, Hackey Sack is OK. Man, I’ll never fig- closed, cross street dining for the weekend (that’s Chesnut to Locust on 13th with Juniure that out. per between Chestnut and Sansom along for Credit for kids the ride until midnights). The Schulson-TiSpeaking of back-to-school: As if it wasn’t enough that U-of-P alum John Legend is nari team’s tables for Double Knot are curdoing double news duty (another baby with rently taking up the Tredici sidewalk, and wife Chrissy Teigen, headlining the DNC’s I’m hearing that the 114 S. 13th Street location might get a change in name and conofficial Biden-Harris coronation) he’s part cept soon. OK. I’ll miss the vino. That said, of a name-brand group backing a Philly-

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we know that Mayor Kenney let Old City’s 2nd by his friends, “a ton of which happen to be Street do the traffic-free zone for eaters, and musicians,” he said. “They had time on their now Mid-Gaybor-Town-Hood-Village, but why hands. I’m reliable with getting things done on stop there? time. That’s kept me the most sane.”

Currently said mixes include work on the HBO fall spectacular new Godmodule album, the Group of GentleBefore getting back to his Off-Broadway debut, on stage and behind the laptop with “12 men in Isolation sonic chain letter with floating collaborators contributing at will, and Years a Slave” author John Ridley on their co-written “Black No More” for The New another big name record that remains a secret Group (its 2020-2021 season showing this au- until September release. “People with home tumn was moved due to C-19), The Roots’ Tar- studios began working harder during the pandemic.” ik Trotter signed up to join Oprah Winfrey, What Anonymous misses most about being Angela Bassett, and Courtney B. Vance in an in lockdown is those walks and weekly conHBO fall spectacular: a filmed adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ best-selling book, “Between cert attendance. “Friends made up for it with streaming shows from the Between the World home, that was cool at and Me.” Trotter also took first,” he said. “It’s nice part in Coates’ 2018 Apolseeing people’s homes, lo Theater production especially if their bathof the same name, so he rooms are clean.” knows the drill.

And Anonymous enSaleka Shyamalan joys wearing the mask, or While we wait for her masks as he has friends in old man to Philly-film his fashion design, including as-yet-to-be-titled thriller his father. “My dad surfor Universal (he did state prisingly has not given July 23, 2021, would be its me one of his designs, but, release date), the ShyaI do have like 10 others malan family focuses on that I – like Ray Milland Night’s daughter Saleka in ‘Lost Weekend’ (NICE – an R&B singer/songREFERENCE, says A.D.) – writer with real chops, keep scattered around the who I saw first at Ardhouse.” Anonymous too is more Music Hall opening vigilant about the mask. for Andra Day. Saleka’s He wears one when the debut single/music vidpostman calls. He crosses eo launching at August’s the street if, on the few end, “Clarity,” was lensed occasions he does leave at Ortlieb’s in NoLibs by the house, someone else her sister Ishana Shyaisn’t wearing one. “I’ve malan. “Clarity” is both reached that point where of their first music videos, I don’t have time to go off and we’ll look for Ishana’s on anyone, or get into a television debut with the fist fight. I walk away.” direction of an episode of As he took pandemics M.’s “Servant 2” for Ap- Image | Courtesy Rodney Anonymous classes in college (“maybe ple+TV which just ceased I just know about 1665”), Anonymous figures local shooting at July’s end. Boo. it will be a while until we take off the masks.

New restaurant When they come off, he’ll start “taking those An out-of-the-blue restaurant drop comes long walks again, from one end of town to Friday as SET – the NYC-based Asian-flavored high-end comfort food with a twist concept – the other.” In the meantime, he and The Dead opens in NoLibs at the space formerly occu- Milkmen release a 7-inch single for Philly’s pied by the famed Bar Ferdinand (1030 N. 2nd) charity-based The Giving Groove label (Girls Rock Philly, a youth-centric music-org dediat the corner of Liberties Walk and 2nd. Think cated to building an intergenerational combrunch with Vietnamese Buttered Skirt Steak munity of girls, women and trans and gender and dinner snacks like Banh Mi Lemongrass non-conforming people, is the beneficiary), Chicken Tacos. a cover of Heaven 17’s “(We Don’t Need This) Masked Philly: Rodney Anonymous In Icepack’s continuing saga of asking Fascist Groove Thang,” with the B-side featuring a new original “A Complicated Faith.” mask-donning local celebrities and what they’ve been up to beyond the pale during That just happens to come out tomorrow, Aug. C-19, I reached out to Rodney Anonymous, the 21, so buy it, and give generously. Until then: still-local firestarter of notorious punk rock “Look, I’m a fan of ‘The Diary of a Plague Year,’ said Anonymous. “I know that it’s betavatars, The Dead Milkmen. ter to just stay in and go nowhere than to risk Anonymous, a Philly figure usually accesdying. Nothing out there is worth it.” sible at local concerts and long walks through the city, has been busy during the pandemic @ADAMOROSI remixing and playing keyboards on records

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Kirby Sybert recently released his solo LP debut, “Happy People Make Happy Things.”

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sive studio. aving grown up in Central Pennsylvania, In addition to fronting his own band, SyKirby Sybert found himself in New York bert often pops up in other bands around City for a short stint before settling in PhilPhiladelphia primarily playing guitar, keys adelphia, where he discovered a scene filled and sometimes finding himself behind the with musicians and creatives who fully emdrum kit. He has spent the last several years braced him. touring with Mo Lowda and The Humble – “This city has really opened me up to at first as a photographer and videographer being an artist and has allowed me to and currently as a guitar player. continue that artistic journey,” PW recently caught up with Sybert to he said. “It’s got such a vibrant talk about his debut album and the music scene in all parts Philly music scene. of the city, and I’m You grew up in Central Pennthankful to be a part BY EUGENE of the little sliver my- ZENYATTA sylvania, left for New York, and then moved to Philly. How has the self and my friends move to the city impacted your cahave carved out. Afreer? Why is Philly the place you chose to ter moving, I really started settle in? integrating myself in the Growing up in a small town in rural PA scene and playing a lot of gave me the roots and work ethic to do what shows with a lot of peoI do today. I wouldn’t have changed my upple.” bringing ‘cause it was necessary to create Recently, he released who I am now, and I love looking back on his solo LP debut, “Hapmy childhood and early adult life and the py People Make Happy town that made me who I am.

Things.” He sings, plays The move to Philly has totally changed guitar, keys and drums my ability to continue my pursuit as an in addition to recording artist. Coming from New York City, I was and producing a large longing to be a part of a community, which portion of the album in probably stems from my upbringing and his Philadelphia bedbeing in a town where everybody knows evroom. It is a return to erybody. NYC is so transient that it’s hard to the simplicity and joy establish or be a part of a real music scene of creating something unless you’ve been doing it for a while or on one’s own and makyou’re already established. I saw in Philly ing it sound fantastic these pockets of amazing talent and people despite a fancy, expen-

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Philly has a small-town vibe in a big city. You have this ability to create your art without having to break your back for it, which in my experience isn’t as readily available in cities like NYC or LA or even these days Nashville. Having that freedom really allows me to create as much as I do.

This year has been a weird one, but I’m still finding pockets where I’m able to create and be a part of something, despite not being able to tour and travel as much as I normally do.

Your solo LP debut, “Happy People Make Happy Things,” was released on Aug. 7. Talk a little about how the album came together.

I had been creating music with a few different projects and was in the studio a lot of the time not creating something that fully felt me. I decided to start just making songs in my room and recording them to get back into the recording process, alone, which I really enjoy. These songs stemmed from that process of just getting back to the basics of recording.

I wanted to write about my experiences with the industry and with my experience of love, not in the sense of lust or partnership, but more in the familial sense. A lot of this album revolves around those themes Kirby Sybert is happy he settled in Philly – a town he and themes of change and growth. describes as having ‘a small-town vibe in a big city.’

I know we can definitely feel that in Image | Skyler Jenkins our world right now.

I then took most of the tracks to my good buddy Joshua Aaron Friedman to mosphere and mixed the stuff I recorded and beef up the sounds a bit. He’s done work with it elevated the track so much. I think it really a bunch of Philly bands like Low Cut Connie, sets the stage for the album so I had to put it as Cosmic Guilt and, formerly, The Lawsuits. He track No. 1. also mixed a record of a band I used to be in, I had finished writing “Winds of Change” The Vibe Tribe. So we sat down and mixed with Jordan Caiola of Mo Lowda and the and added a bunch to the tracks. We also Humble, who I play guitar for when we’re started stuff from the ground up. Tracks like touring, in Austin, Texas, while we were on “My Maker” and “Without You” we tracked the road in 2019. When we got back to Philly, together at the studio he works out of, Hi5 Stuwe recorded it with Jeff Lucci, who also plays in Mo Lowda, at his studio Bangford. We set dios, from beginning to end. I had written and recorded “Ease Fulfilment” all in one night, out to make it feel classic but have some modern twists to it, like the synth solo in the short which doesn’t happen often in my process but bridge section. So there are different recordwhen it does those tracks always seem to resonate. With that one, I sent it to Carl Bahner, ing vibes throughout the record but I feel like who does a lot of mixing and remixing work it all feels cohesive in its themes and sounds.

You’ve said the road has always been a out of Lancaster. I wanted to work on somebig influence on who you are, but touring thing with him for the longest time and I felt like that track would be the perfect project. now is pretty much shut down for every band and musician. How have you been So I sent it to him and he added a bunch of at-

spending your down time? Are you eager to get back on the road once all of this passes?

We normally spend five to six months on the road, so it takes up most the year traveling to markets that we play. It’s been kind of surreal not doing that ‘cause we’ve been on that schedule for years now.

Since the shutdown, I’ve been doing a lot of reconnecting with nature, camping, hiking, etc. It’s been really nice to be outside and slow down a bit. I’ve been writing more songs to hopefully be the follow up to “Happy People.”

I’ve started the recording process with those tunes, similar to the process on this record, but definitely in a different direction. I’m trying to make people dance with this next one.

Other than that, I’ve been hanging with my lady, writing and chilling. Trying to be in the present moment and not think too far ahead ‘cause no one really knows what’s happen-

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ing with everything. I think “eager” would be an understatement to wanting to be back on the road.

Social media, streaming, the internet as a whole have changed the way artists not only get their music to fans, but also interact with them. How has technology affected your career? Do you enjoy social media and interacting with fans, or can it be a bit of a chore at times?

I’m very fortunate to be able to create a lot of my content for social media after being in the film/video world for most of my career. It helps me really put my stamp on what I put out on the socials.

Social media has definitely helped spread the word of what I do and create and has connected me with really great people all over the world.

I’ll find myself having conversations with people in Argentina or Norway about my music, and that’s a really surreal thing to me. It’s wild that you can digitally meet someone because of something you created that resonated with them.

As for it being a chore, I think anything you do for long enough can feel like that, but you have to keep it interesting for yourself. I’ve definitely tried to keep it interesting and evolve my style over the years. I just hope what I put out there affects people in a positive way and helps them to pursue what makes them feel whole and purpose filled. Just like the people I look up to have done for me.

What’s ahead for you? New music? New appearances after the pandemic passes? What’s the best way for your fans to keep up with what you’re doing?

I’m not really sure what’s ahead.

I know that I’m going to continue to create. I know I’m going to be putting out a follow up record to “Happy People Make Happy Things.” I’ve been doing a live stream where I have people call in and I’ll sample something they say, or we’ll chat about life and then I’ll make a song out of it. That’s Tuesday’s at 9:30pm EST on Facebook/YouTube/Twitch/Instagram.

It’s been nice to have something regular where I can connect with people who follow what I do. Hopefully, when this whole thing ends, we’ll resume the road-dogging and play the places we love to play around the country and the world.

But until then, I’m just gonna keep creating and making stuff that resonates with me, hopefully the people out there will feel it too.

We are all in this together.

You can follow me @kirbysybert on Instagram and Twitter and Kirby Sybert on facebook. I hope to connect with you soon!

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‘THE KNIGHTS OF GRATERFORD’ Film to tell the story of Graterford Prison band Power of Attorney

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etired drill instructor and filmmaker Jesse James Jackson Jr. and his Jersey Style Films company are producing “The Knights of Graterford,” a movie inspired by Graterford Prison band Power of Attorney. The band made history in the 1970s as a group of inmates came together to create powerful music.

Now Jackson is looking to tell the band’s story on the big screen.

PW recently caught up with Jackson to talk about filmmaking and his interest in POA’s story.

Talk a little about how you got involved in film production.

What attracted you to the craft.

I worked and lived in New York in the mid-1980s when Studio 54 and Roseland were the hot spots to party. I worked for a group of young white guys who formed a communication company that did “Uplink Broadcasting” for major TV networks and sporting events.

In the early 1990s, I attended the defunct Art Institute of Philadelphia to study in the Audio and Film program. After a few semesters there, I eventually left and found some ads in a film magazine about a film school in England (The London Film Acad-

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emy) and in Canada (Vancouver Film School). I eventually chose to attend film school in British Columbia, Canada.

So, to put this all into context from working and living in NYC to going to school in Philadelphia and entering another country to attend an international film school and graduating, I came back to the east coast and formed a film production company with a business partner, Nathan File, a former drill instructor and robotics engineer. We became very well known in Camden when we shot a film called “The Bishop” about a young man coming back from the war and trying to navigate his way through the city after an explosion of a new form of the drug that ravishes the city. We thought it was a home run, but it was one of a few projects that never happened because of something or another.

In the meantime, I worked on many music videos, commercials and other peers’ projects, but all this was just a build up of people we knew we needed later on down the road.

When did you become interested in producing “The Knights of Graterford”? Why did you want to tell the story of

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The time was 2016, and my music supervisor was Perry Jenkins, who back in the 1980s was part of a musical group known as “Galaxxy,” which was signed to Pop Arts Record Label in Philadelphia. Perry knew one of the members of an obscure band known as Power of Attorney who had passed along to him an old, black, tattered composition notebook. I was on my way to catch a flight to Seattle. I wanted to buy a house and open another film production office on the west coast. Perry came up to me and asked me to take a read of this notebook and tell me what I thought.

The book tells a story of an obscure group of men behind bars at the notorious Graterford Penitentiary. This band navigated the correctional institutional system to become a funk band and perform outside of their prison and then return afterward. It fascinated me to read how this story weaves and interlaces a narrative of Philadelphia’s music scene juxtaposed against the backdrop of structural racism and incarceration that took place during the turbulent times of the early ‘70s. The story is so thought-provoking and compelling I couldn’t put this notebook down for the whole five-hour flight.

The things that they were allowed to do and how they were used by the penal institution during the time of prison reform ... they were the first to be granted and allowed the ability to walk the fine line of freedom and incarceration. There were no other groups or bands coming from a penitentiary that could ever duplicate the accomplishments of Power of Attorney.

I realized at that time this book is gold. I needed to write a screenplay, copyright it and create a motion picture about these events. I call this story “The Knights of Graterford.”

Do you think POA’s story is especially important to tell these days when Black Lives Matter and the issue of racial equality are at the forefront of public discussion?

Will the message of the movie speak to some of the social issues we’re all discussing today?

The most intriguing thing for me about this story was their circumstances. These guys could walk out of prison but never had whispered or attempted to escape. After what I’d read, the psychology of those imprisoned convicts who felt they had it better being prisoners who live like rock stars, then being full inmates or even living outside the prison as free men. The things they were allowed to do and how they were used by their correctional institution during the time of prison reform.

This may be more of what the Black Lives Matter movement encompasses: One of the primary goals of the movement for Black Lives is to promote a democracy that is more representative of black communities in America. At the time in the early 1970s in Philadelphia, many of the incarcerated were a direct focus of the Rizzo administration’s brutality to fight against crime and most definitely a crime in the Black communities. As I re-

searched further into writing “The Knights of Graterford,” I found there were many police-involved shootings and beatings that caused riots before and after the civil rights acts of the ‘60s in Philadelphia, which is a direct result of systemic racism in policing policies.

I bet if you had to compare back in the early 1970s the criminal incarceration rate of black men to white men who had been convicted for the same crimes, you’ll find a disparity between their sentences. Even today there would be a difference in sentencing between the two groups when it comes to the same crime. It again proves that there was no equality in the law, Black men were more likely to be given longer prison terms than white men. Black Lives even matter when it comes to prison sentence guidelines.

I think “The Knights of Graterford” is an important case study of incarceration and rehabilitation and how music itself separates this band from the everyday convict. In the last couple of months, I’ve had to do some rewrites to the screenplay to demonstrate how we jump from the present into the past and back to the present to justify how much police cruelty has not changed for each generation, only the cloth that the police officer wears.

Where are you at in terms of making the movie? Is production moving along? Have you run into any challenges?

In 2019, after raising some money, we attempted to shoot part of this film here in Philadelphia, and there have been many ups and downs and missed opportunities. I’ve been commuting back and forth from Seattle to Philadelphia for over three years to get this film produced. My business partner, Wali Hamid, helped to secure a production office on Bainbridge Street in South Philadelphia.

I’ve invested all of my resources in this film project, my time and energy into meetings with potential investors, conference calls with people, who one day say they would love to be a part of this production, then on the next, they disappear. At this stage in my life, I saw it all and it does not bother me that I go through this, it’s a part of the business.

The pandemic and the George Floyd moment caught everyone off guard, and I had to change gears to get this production back into some kind of working order. This is definitely a challenge in this film environment, and it’s hard enough to be Black and a filmmaker in Philadelphia at the same time. I don’t think there is a good enough infrastructure in this city for Black quality production period. It’s a cutthroat industry here and everywhere, but more so for Black filmmakers and their stories.

The strategies we are using now have to deal with music production. The music supervisor, Perry Jenkins, along with producers Bill Jolly, Dave Poe, George McKnight Jr., and Ray Watkins, are in the studio as we speak preparing the soundtrack to “Knights of Graterford.” This soundtrack is a funk-focused, Philadelphia early 1970s driven recording,

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Filmmaker Jesse James Jackson Jr. is working on ‘The Knights of Graterford,’ a movie inspired by Graterford Prison band Power of Attorney.

Image | Jesse James Jackson Jr. with a flare and kick of Philadelphia-flavored culture embedded in its arrangements. The first release will be entitled “Here Comes the Knights.”

There are many challenges in putting this film together here in Philadelphia. The fact that we don’t have major Hollywood money connections that any white production would have when they come into town. I have to just play the cards that I’m dealt and try and keep this project above water.

What are your hopes for “The Knights of Graterford”? What impact do you see the movie having on not only the film scene but also society?

My hopes are to highlight the long-gone Philadelphia sound that represented soul music that was once universal. Doing a period film about the 1970s Philadelphia renaissance is something that has not been done in this city. “The Knights of Graterford” can be somewhat compared to “The Dirty Dozen” where a team of soldiers is trained and then parachute across enemy lines to assassinate German personnel at a French chateau. The soldiers, recruited from murderers, rapists, and criminals on death row, are promised commuted sentences. In spite of their history, the 12 men prove a spirited and courageous unit.

The comparison is that “The Knights of Graterford” is a group of condemned men who’re serving major prison sentences for their heinous crimes who were chosen for their specialties. These guys would risk their lives for the opportunity to be free, but they could never forget they were convicts. This is a film of how this group of Black men fashioned themselves into this funk band that eventually got a record deal that semi put them on the map.

This is a true Philadelphia story and films with musical themes do well at the box office.

Somewhere America has to start to recondition itself to take a chance on something that they would not usually take a chance on.

Hollywood productions have a window of opportunity to now look at what real America is all about. We’ve all been conditioned to believe that Tarzan in Africa was the king of the jungle, we always believed that the cowboys where the good guys and the Indians were bad.

Black America is America no matter how much white America hates us. There is going to have to be some reconditioning sooner or later to recognize how deep in the structured racism is embedded. Accept the change, ‘cause it’s coming.

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How we’re checking out Philly’s beer gardens It’s summer, so we all could use a trip to a beer garden. Visit Philly just came up with a long list of great spots to check out. Here are our favorites, but go to visitphilly.com for the whole list. And remember: It’s 2020.

Things change daily. Be sure to contact the beer garden before you go to check times, reservation requirements, safety precautions, etc.

Morgan’s Pier

Morgan’s Pier draws people for barbecue and seasonal favorites in a casual setting with close-up views of the Delaware River and Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The expansive outdoor space holds wooden picnic tables, umbrellas, twinkling lights and Linden trees.

Diners and imbibers come for dozens of draft and canned beer options and food executed by chef Joe Adair. For 2020, note that reservations are required. 221 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd. | morganspier.com

Independence Beer Garden

Located across from the Liberty Bell Center, the aptly named Independence Beer Garden brings 20,000 square feet of outdoor drinking and eating space to America’s most historic square mile.

The seasonal beer garden serves up an all-American food and drink menu, while outdoor chairs, lights and pergolas add to the atmosphere. Reservations are recommended. 100 S. Independence Mall West | Phlbeergarden.com

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Bok Bar

Frankford Hall

Drury Beer Garden

Harper’s Garden

In the warm-weather months, the rooftop of South Philadelphia’s former Bok High School turns into a spacious rooftop bar with unreal skyline views, a variety of drinks, fun programming and bites from bigname rotating food partners like Kalaya and Mission Taqueria. Those who want to snag those epic sightlines in 2020 need to make a reservation before visiting.

800 Mifflin St. | Bok-bar.com

The Drury Beer Garden expands for 2020, with courtyard and ”streetery” seating available for those looking for yummy food (octopus ceviche, anyone?), a variety of beers, fancy desserts (via a pop-up collab with Craftsman Row Saloon), and creative specialty beverages like All About the Benjamins, Baby, a Jim Beam Black-based cocktail that comes with an edible $100 bill. Opa, 1311 Sansom St. | Drurybeergarden.com

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Stephen Starr’s Frankford Hall offers ample outside seating, exposed brick walls and reclaimed industrial materials, creating a casual, laid-back and socially distanced place to chill out. Classic German foods are available, as is a hefty beer menu that includes everything from traditional German beers to craft specialties available by the half-liter or liter. 1210 Frankford Ave. | Frankfordhall.com

Harper’s Garden, a venture by the beer-garden experts behind Parks on Tap and Morgan’s Pier, provides guests seated in its verdant outdoor veranda with a serene experience just a few blocks from Rittenhouse Square. Note that reservations are required to visit in 2020. 31 S. 18th St. | Harpersgardenphilly.com

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Emily Drinker is an award-winning singersongwriter from Philadelphia. She blends folk, soul, and pop with a ukulele, backing band, and soulful three-part harmonies through live looping. Polished and precise, yet buoyed with an airy grace. Joy Ike paints with a broad palette that defies easy categorization. Born to Nigerian immigrants, the singer-songwriter's music, voice, and writing have drawn comparisons to female musicians such as Nina Simone, Laura Nyro and Regina Spektor. Valentina Sounds is an Italian born/Philadelphia based singersongwriter. Valentina's music is a fusion of catchy melodies and pop tunes perfectly blended with a background in jazz vocals and a love for composition. Saturday, Sept. 26 | 6pm

The Living Room at 35 East, the listening room in Ardmore, has announced the continuation of The Living Room Outdoor Concert Series with four outdoor concerts in September. Visit thelivingroomat35east.com for all of the details, but here’s who you’ll hear – along with a few other updates.

How we’re enjoying The Living Room Outdoor Concert Series An Evening with Jim Boggia

For more than 20 years, Jim Boggia has been winning over fans, critics, contemporaries and luminaries alike with his uncompromising devotion to the sort of winsomely nostalgic, emotionally direct songcraft that’s impervious to age. His sonically intelligent retro-pop manifesto informs three studio albums and he’s worked with a startling array of artists, including Aimee Mann, Joan Osborne, David Byrne, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, Bernadette Peters, NRBQ’s Big Al Anderson, famed Beach Boys lyricist Tony Asher, MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, Attractions drummer Pete Thomas and countless others. Saturday, Sept. 5 | 6pm

The details

The concerts will continue to be held at a large, private location. Customer seating areas are pre-assigned with a minimum of six feet between each site. Masks are required in all public areas on the property. Customers are asked to bring their own food and beverages. All special instructions and ticketing information are posted on the website.

Trevor Gordon Hall with Adam Monaco

Rated one of the top 30 guitarists in the world under 30 years of age by Acoustic Guitar magazine, Trevor Gordon Hall is an instrumentalist from Philadelphia whose style ranges from edgy, driving rhythms to delicate, melodic themes. Adam Monaco makes songs for the human spirit. His music is lush and colorfully melodic. Lyrically, his work is personal, deep, sometimes funny, but often evocative. Delivered with such thoughtful introspection that some have called him the “Soul-Whisperer.” Saturday, Sept. 12 | 6pm

The Boutique and more shows

Want something new? The website features The Living Room Boutique. Now you can order your favorite Living Room–branded T-shirts, baseball caps and stickers and also Laura Mann T-shirts. Merchandise is also available for sale at events. The Living Room also plans to host indoor concerts this fall and are in the process of securing a location that suits its needs and that will allow for social distancing.

The Fractals

The Fractals are one of the Philadelphia area's most unique and interesting bands.

Guess what happens when a trio of three-martini lunches staggers toward a ragged copy of "Respect For Acting," stumbling over bell-bottoms into plasticine porters, hissing like 8-tracks, knocking over emo kids with Flying Vees ... The Fractals, that’s what happens, and they have been happening for over 10 years.

Saturday, Sept. 19 | 6pm

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Museum of Art, Rodin

The Philadelphia Museum of Art will reopen to the public on Sunday, Sept. 6, following a nearly six-month closure. The Rodin Museum will also be reopening on this date. Admission to the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be Pay-What-You-Wish on opening day, which will follow three members-only days (Sept. 3, 4, 5).

Both museums will operate with reduced hours and visitors are strongly advised to reserve admission tickets in advance online. Temporary exhibitions have been extended, including Fault Lines: Contemporary Abstraction by Artists from South Asia (though Oct. 25); A Collector’s Vision: Highlights from Dietrich American Collection (through Nov. 15); Horace Pippin: From War to Peace (through December); and Marisa Merz (through July 2021). philamuseum.org

It’s 2020, so every week things change. Places reopen.

Events are held online. Special happenings change where they take place. Here are a few updates we’ve heard about.

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The Moth’s Regional GrandSLAM

Stratus Rooftop Lounge, located atop the Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia, reopened recently amid a bevy of health and safety precautions, including strictly limited capacity and socialdistanced tables arranged in an open-air environment. It’s also following an extensive renovation begun in January. Stratus, for now, will be open on Fridays and Saturdays from 8pm to 2am for outdoor dinner service only. COVID precautions are extensive so check the website and call ahead for details. 215-925-2889 | 433 Chestnut St. | www.stratuslounge.com

Franklin Square Summer Splash

Franklin Square Summer Splash opened last week, and there’s too much going on there to list here, but some highlights are: Through Labor Day, the Franklin Square Fountain Show will run performances on an expanded schedule every 30 minutes from noon – 9pm daily. The African American Museum in Philadelphia is partnering with Franklin Square and Keepers of the Culture to offer Griot Tale Fridays. A Griot is an African oral historian that passes on their culture through the practice of storytelling.

Perfect for children ages 5-12. The Yoga Garden offers a full range of classes from beginner to experienced. www. historicphiladelphia.org

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The Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show, the oldest outdoor art show in the nation, will bring the healing power of art to all with a virtual event Sept. 10-13. The 93-year-old tradition of annually sharing original fine art in Rittenhouse Square of Center City will be transformed to an online art exhibition. The virtual format will allow art patrons to visit the show while social-distancing, and moreover, to reap the invigorating, inspiring and empowering effects that art can have on the viewer. The show will feature the work of 101 juryselected professional artists from all over the U.S. and Canada. Artwork will be available for purchase. www.rittenhousesquareart.com

Join Jennifer Zwilling, curator of artistic programs at The Clay Studio, for a Lunch and Learn on Thursday, Aug. 20 to celebrate the opening of “100 Years 100 Women,” an exhibition on display at The Clay Studio. “100 Years 100 Women” is an exhibition consisting of 100 commemorative plates, honoring heroic and inspiring women, from 50 different artists. The exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women in the United States the right to vote, while acknowledging the work that remains in the pursuit of equal rights for all women. Join the Zoom call to hear from the artists, and ask a question, live! theclaystudio.org

This will be The Moth’s first-ever, multi-city Eastern GrandSLAM Showdown with storytellers from eight StorySLAM cities – including Philly – competing for the crown. Cheer on our city’s contender in a battle of wits and words – fierce, hilarious, heartbreaking and all points between.

Aug. 24 | 7:15pm on Zoom | $15 per household | themoth.org

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Why Buy Black?

This a panel discussion about how to create equity in the entrepreneur ecosystem.

According to the Economy League, only 2.5 percent of all employer firms were nonHispanic, Black-owned. Additionally, Black female-owned businesses receive less than 1 percent of venture funding nationally. How do we drive equity in the entrepreneur ecosystem post-COVID when Black-owned businesses have been the hardest hit? Presented by Venture Café Philadelphia. Thursday, Aug. 20 | 4:30– 5:30pm | Free

As the city continues to emerge from the coronavirus closures, there still are a lot of great things happening online. Here are a few upcoming events we are excited about. Visit eventbrite.com for all of the details.

Virtual events we’re looking forward to attending The N-Quisition: A Battle of Wits

The N-Quisition is a new format inspired by classic panel quiz shows like “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!” “To Tell the Truth” and “What’s My Line?” Play along at home with members of the N Crowd as they test the bounds of their quick wits in this livestream panel show. This is a free show, but purchasing a $5 ticket helps to maintain the services the group needs to produce the online show. Follow on Twitch to get notified when they go live. Presented by The N Crowd.

Friday, Aug. 28 | 7 – 8:30pm

Virtual LifeSharing Day

Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (IDS) Interim Director Charlotte Wroton will welcome everyone to an educational, networking and fun event. Voting Commissioner Lisa Deeley will share how we can all let our voices be heard on Election Day. Learn why everyone needs to wear a mask for safety to protect ourselves and others from COVID-19. Enjoy music, dancing, a scavenger hunt, travel info and much more.

Presented by Networks for Training and Development, Inc. Friday, Aug. 28 | 1 – 2:30pm

The Wadsworth Constant

Check out improvised absurdist one-act plays by Portland’s Kristen Schier and Philadelphia’s Nick Gillette. Professional idiocy in a world of amateur idiots. Absurd theater cum digital cinema word salad.

Improvised and mainlined straight off the tap of the electric muse. Drawing from the theatrical traditions of Albee, Ionesco and Beckett, two veteran improvisors launch themselves into a newly generated world of absurdity and existentialist themes. Since its inception in 2014, the Wadsworth Constant has continued to astound and delight audiences from coast to coast.

Friday, Aug. 28 | 9 – 10pm | $5-$15

50 Years of Kulu Mele Dance & Culture

This discussion digs into Kulu Mele’s history and new resources on Philadelphia culture and history.

Explore the relevance of excellent Black pasts, presents and futures with Kulu Mele’s Dorothy and John Wilkie in a conversation hosted by Chris Rogers of the Paul Robeson House and freelance journalist John Morrison. Presented by Paul Robeson House & Museum / West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.

Saturday, Aug. 29 | 3:30 – 5pm. Free but donations are encouraged.

Voter Engagement

Attend an online event sharing techniques and strategies for successful neighborhoodbased activities among committee persons, block captains, civic and community organizations, and volunteers working for voter engagement across Philadelphia block by block in every neighborhood and division.

The program will address effective COVID safe actions, including voting safely from home. Hosted by 22nd Ward Open Caucus.

Tuesday, Aug. 25 | 7– 8pm | Free

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REGGIE CC townhome

$4,267 / 4br - 2050ft2 - Stupendous Center City Townhome for Rent. 300 Alexander Court. This is a 4 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath, approximately 2050 Sq. Ft. Discover the definition of exceptional living at The Alexander. Here, at our high-rise Philadelphia apartments, you will find the perfect blend of modern design and enduring style. The Alexander will feature luxurious homes with unique configurations and unmatched amenities, all in a smoke-free environment. Enjoy upscale urban living from the rooftop deck, the lavish courtyard or by simply letting our on-site concierge assist with making your everyday a little more extraordinary. Live in a walkable, petfriendly residential neighborhood near museums and parks.

Classic, warm, and inviting – find your future at The Alexander.

Views of Center City Philadelphia from select apartments.

Spacious studio-, one-, two-, and three- bedroom apartment homes available. Custom cabinetry in Kitchens. Walk-In Closets. Oversized windows for extra light. In-home washers and dryers. Wood-Like Flooring throughout apartment home.

Stainless steel appliances and quartz countertops in Kitchens.

Picturesque terraces and balconies in select apartments.

Open-concept floor plans. Community Amenities. Package Receiving. Lavish Community Clubroom with Demonstration Kitchen. Smoke Free Building. Pet Grooming Station.

Storage available. Valet Laundry Service Available. Public Art Landscaping. Roof Terrace with Observation Deck. Refreshing, Spa-Inspired Indoor Pool. Bike Storage with Mechanic Station.

Access controlled garage parking. Penthouse and Townhomes available. TV Lounge. On-Site Management. Children’s Play Room. Pet Friendly. On-Site Underground Parking Garage.

Fitness Center with Cardio Equipment. 24-hour Concierge.

2nd Floor landscaped terrace with BBQ Grilling Stations. Call Now: (215) 596-4234 x 59.

Luxury residences

$6,000 / 3br - Gorgeous Luxury Residences in the Heart of Center City. 150 S. Independence Mall W. At the Ledger, you will step into history when you enter the spectacular Art Deco lobby while enjoying fully renovated modern light-filled residences. The Ledger is located directly across Independence Square Park and a few minutes from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. The Ledger will have over eight floors of curated residences ranging from studios to – three bedrooms, offering soaring, coffered ceilings and oversized windows featuring spectacular views of Independence Hall and Independence Mall, the Delaware River, and the beautiful Philadelphia skyline. The Ledger’s residences are thoughtfully designed to evoke tranquility for all residents – and serve as your city sanctuary whether you commute to the office or work from home. Select features include unparalleled Center City location, stunning park and skyline views, beautiful new kitchens and baths, a washer/ dryer in every unit, and luxury hotel quality amenities. The Ledger is currently offering introductory pricing of 2 months of free rent with new 14-month leases. (Offer varies by lease term and unit, and are subject to change. Exclusions and other conditions apply, please inquire for details.) Please visit www. ledgerphilly.com for floor plans. Call (833) LEDGER1 (833533-4371) to book your virtual or in-person today.

Great price

$1,490 / 1br - 563ft2 - One Month Free!! Great Price~1 Bedroom~1 Bath~Center City (1411 Walnut St.) Sq Footage: 563sf. Bedrooms: 1 Bed. Bathrooms: 1 Bath. Lease Duration: 1 Year. Deposit: $500. Pets Policy: Cats & Dogs OK. Laundry: Shared. Living room. Range / Oven. Refrigerator. Microwave.

Heat: forced air. Central A/C. Double pane / Storm windows.

Cable-ready. Hardwood floor. pmcpropertygroup.com/ properties.

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Rittenhouse Square

$1,225 / 1br - Spacious Rittenhouse Square One Bedroom w/ Eat-in Kitchen, Center City. 20th & Chestnut Streets.

Handsome Spacious Rittenhouse Square One Bedroom Apartment - $1,225 per month, Heat and Hot water included.

Available for Lease Date starting October 1st or Before. www.

RobinApartments.com.

Next to City Hall

$2,320 / 1br - 805ft2 - 1 BR APARTMENT NEXT TO CITY HALLROOFTOP, CLUBROOM, FITNESS CENTER. 1338 Chestnut St. Be a part of it all at Griffin – masterfully renovated apartments located along the Avenue of the Arts in the heart of Center City. With all-new finishes and features, complemented by a smart collection of amenities, Griffin is your canvas for artful Philadelphia living. Features: Stainless steel appliances. Wood cabinets. Designer backsplashes. Mecho-style blinds. Quartz countertops. Engineered hardwood flooring. Washers and dryers. Keyless entry. Spectacular city views. Freestanding kitchen islands. Carpeted bedrooms. Modern kitchens.

Luxurious bathrooms with quartz countertops and glass showers. Community Amenities: Concierge service. Billiards.

Prominent Avenue of the Arts address. Onsite bike storage.

Outdoor kitchen. Historic character. Panoramic views. Private conference space. Indoor-outdoor rooftop clubroom. Onsite management team. 24-hour maintenance. State-of-the-art fitness center open 24/7. Golf simulator. 24-hour front desk.

Fire pit. Catering facility. Valet laundry. Resident business lounge. Shuffleboard. Walking distance to dozens of Center City shops, restaurants, and cultural institutions. Call Now: (833) 695-9442.

Charming studio

$875 Charming Rittenhouse Square Studio, Center City (21st and Chestnut St.) Heart of Center City Philadelphia – Just one block from Rittenhouse Square, Cable & Internet-ready, Good Sunlight, Laundry Facilities available, Within UP & Drexel Shuttle District, Walking distance to University City - UP & Drexel & Hahnemann Hospital, Maintenance included, One cat allowed, Packages accepted at RE office for your convenience, Robin Apartments management graded A+ by University of Pennsylvania student survey eight years in a row, Leasing October 1st or before. Apartments can be viewed BY APPOINTMENT M-F 9:00 - 5:00, For additional information and viewing please call 215-567-3325.

The Adelphia

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$1,595 / 2br - 2 Bedroom Apartment in Center City High Rise.

1229 Chestnut St. Designed by prominent American architect Horace Trumbauer, the Adelphia House is a renovated Philadelphia landmark offering a grand two-story lobby with detailed tile floors and beautiful plaster work. Known for its popular restaurants and nightlife spots, Midtown Philadelphia is a fun and exciting place to live. Just steps away from some of Philadelphia’s best culinary experiences, you will revel in the hustle and bustle of Center City life! FEATURES: 24-hr front desk attendant. Controlled access. AMENITIES: PMC Lifestyle™ Program. Elevator. On-site laundry. On-site maintenance. Fully-equipped fitness center. Cat friendly.

SERVICES: Online resident portal featuring rent payments and work order entry for your convenience. NEIGHBORHOOD: Local attractions include Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Franklin Institute, Walnut Street shopping, and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Local universities include Drexel University, University of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Jefferson University. Rittenhouse Square Park Farmer’s Market, Parc, Rouge, Dandelion, Garces Trading Company, El Vez, and Sampan offer exceptional dining within a few blocks.

Easy access to Market East SEPTA station and SEPTA bus routes, routes I-95 and 76. pmcpropertygroup.com.

CC one-bedroom

$995 / 1br - 400ft2 - One bedroom apartment in Center City (1306 Pine St.) Nice one bedroom apartment in clean, safe Center City area. Close to everything. Hardwood floor, tiled kitchen and bathroom. High ceilings. Both bedroom and living room have ceiling fans. Heat, gas and water are included. Unit is on 1st floor. Laundry in the basement. No Pets. Available Sept. 1. Need $40 for credit check. Need first month, last month and security deposit to move in. Please text only to 609-247-3918.

Modern amenities

$1,710 / 1br - 700ft2 - 1 Free Month!! 1 Bedroom~ Midtown Center City~Modern Amenities (220 S. 16th St.). Sq Footage: 684sqft. Bedrooms: 1 Bed. Bathrooms: 1 Bath. Lease Duration: 1 Year. Deposit: $500. Pets Policy: Cats & Dogs OK. Laundry: In-Unit. Living room. Range / Oven. Refrigerator.

Microwave. Heat: forced air. Central A/C. Double pane / Storm windows. Cable-ready. Hardwood floor. pmcpropertygroup. com/properties.

Midtown CC

$1,625 / 2br - 2 Bedroom~Midtown Center City (201 S. 13th).

Bedrooms: 2 Bed. Bathrooms: 1 Bath. Lease Duration: 1 Year.

Deposit: $500. Pets Policy: Cats & Dogs OK. Laundry: Shared.

Floor: 2nd. Range / Oven. Refrigerator. Heat: baseboard heating. Hardwood floor. Pmcpropertygroup.com.

Extremely spacious

$2,290 / 2br - Extremely Spacious 2BR/2BA apartment in Center city available NOW! (16th and Spruce St). Bedrooms: 2 Bed. Bathrooms: 2 Bath. Lease Duration: 1 Year. Deposit: $2,495. Pets Policy: Cats are allowed with $25 monthly fee (2 cats max), sorry no dogs. Laundry: In the unit. Beautiful 2BR/2BA apartment in Rittenhouse square available NOW! The apartment features full kitchen including microwave, dishwasher, garbage disposal and gas stove. Please note: Hardwood floor throughout. Central A/C and heat. Big size living room. W/D in the unit. Tons of natural light. The living room and bedroom’s windows are facing west. Good size of both bedrooms. Each bedroom has its own bathroom. Good size closets. The apartment is located on the 1st floor. Elevator in the building. Cats are allowed with $25 monthly fee per cat, 2 cats max. Sorry no dogs (unless they are emotional/service ones). Coded entrance. Cooking gas and water are included in monthly rent. Tenants are responsible for electric. Only two months are required to move in (First month and Security deposit). Free Gym in the building! Free street parking with a parking permit. A parking permit costs $35-40 a year. Walking distance to local bars, restaurants, grocery stores, shopping area. Close to UPenn, Jefferson. Within 12 min walking to Suburban train station. The listed price, $2,290, reflects the free month. CALL or TEXT NOW (267) 884-5045.

Dog park

$3,360 / 2br - 1066ft2 - 2 BR APARTMENT CENTER CITYROOFTOP, CLUBROOM, DOG PARK, GYM, LOUNGE. 1338 Chestnut St. Stainless steel appliances. Keyless entry. Quartz countertops. Luxurious bathrooms with quartz countertops and glass showers. Designer backsplashes. Modern kitchens.

Spectacular city views. Onsite bike storage. Historic character.

Shuffleboard. Walking distance to dozens of Center City shops, restaurants, and cultural institutions. Indoor-outdoor rooftop clubroom. Golf simulator. Catering facility. Fire pit.

24-hour maintenance. Prominent Avenue of the Arts address.

Panoramic views. Billiards. 24-hour front desk. Concierge service. Onsite management team. Resident business lounge.

Valet laundry. Outdoor kitchen. State-of-the-art fitness center open 24/7. Private conference space. Call Now: (833) 695-9442.

Newly renovated

$1,050 Newly Renovated Center City Studio. 1229 Chestnut St. Designed by prominent American architect Horace Trumbauer, the Adelphia House is a renovated Philadelphia landmark offering a grand two-story lobby with detailed tile floors and beautiful plaster work. Known for its popular restaurants and nightlife spots, Midtown Philadelphia is a fun and exciting place to live. Just steps away from some of Philadelphia’s best culinary experiences, you will revel in the hustle and bustle of Center City life! FEATURES: 24-hr front desk attendant. Controlled access. AMENITIES: PMC Lifestyle™ Program. Elevator. On-site laundry. On-site maintenance. Fully-equipped fitness center. Cat friendly.

SERVICES: Online resident portal featuring rent payments and work order entry for your convenience. NEIGHBORHOOD: Local attractions include Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Franklin Institute, Walnut Street shopping, and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Local universities include Drexel University, University of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Jefferson University. Rittenhouse Square Park Farmer’s Market, Parc, Rouge, Dandelion, Garces Trading Company, El Vez, and Sampan offer exceptional dining within a few blocks.

Easy access to Market East SEPTA station and SEPTA bus routes, routes I-95 and 76. Pmcpropertygroup.com.

Spacious one-bedroom

$2,205 / 1br - 835ft2 - Spacious 1 BED 1 BATH in the heart of Center City (2 Free Months). 117 N. 15th Street. Dishwasher.

Garbage Disposal. Microwave. In-Unit Washer/Dryer. Pet Friendly (Restrictions Apply). MetroFit Gym & Indoor Basketball Court. Elegant Community Center. Caterers Kitchen. Conference Room. On Site Maintenance. 24/7 Lobby Attendant. Easy Access to All Modes of Transportation.

Metropolitan-living.com.

Super clean

$950 / 1br - 500ft2 - Center City of South Phila (1520 S. Broad St.) Super clean 1 bedroom apt for rent, new floor, new kitchen, new bathroom, washer and dryer on site, please call to make appointment. Philly Real Estate. 267-242-3525

Washington Square

$1,300 / 1br - Center City...Where Location, Community and Entertainment Meets!! (Washington Square West). 13th Street near Chancellor Street. One Bedroom Apartment AVAILABLE NOW! Apartment features upgraded kitchen and bathroom, large windows and 9 ft. ceilings. Ask about our NO SECURITY DEPOSIT program!! Cats are welcome (add’l fee)! All apartments are rented unfurnished. Chancellor Apartments is a convenient high rise apartment community in an amazing location in Center City. We are close to most major schools and universities, public transportation, historical attractions, shopping, restaurants and theaters. Center City at its best! Rent includes: heat, hot/cold water, 24-hour front desk attendant, free bike storage room, package acceptance service, 24-hour emergency maintenance service, on-site smart card laundry plus card access system and BuildingLink resident services portal access for all residents. The Chancellor boasts several different studio and one bedroom floor plans. Apartments feature high ceilings, large bright windows, ceiling fans in most units, hardwood floors and breathtaking views of the Philadelphia skyline and Delaware River. Many apartments have large walk-in closets, too! We have partnered with Optimal Sport Health Club to offer a generous discounted gym membership (we pay your initiation fee!). There are several off street parking lots and garages in the area, too! 215-735-8404.

Avenue of the Arts

$1,600 / 1br - Center City/Avenue of The Arts/ (Avenue Of The Art’s/Rittenhouse Sq/ Brownstone Mansion) 4023 LOCUST ST. One (1) Bedroom- 1 Bathroom Brownstone Mansion. $1600 Per Month Plus Electric and Gas- Gas Heat, Central Air, Intercom System on each floor. Pet Free and Smoke Free Building. Your New Home Features: Hardwood floors thoughout Entire Apartment. Washer and Dryer In Unit. Kitchen with Stainless Steel Appliances- Self Cleaning Oven- Microwave.

Spacious 1 Bedroom with Large Closet space and Tons of Natural Sunlight. Walk-in Closets. Full Ceramic Tile bathroom.

Privacy provided by the Video-Phone-Intercom from both floors to building enterance! 1522 Pine Street - Your New Home! -- Simply Must Be Seen- Terms are Flexible - A One Year Multi Year Lease is Available. Enjoy the inviting Center City and Rittenhouse Square Area. Live in this restored, newly renovated 1860s Victorian Brownstone Mansion near Rittenhouse Square, Avenue of The Arts, Center City and the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts. Walk to all Center City Offices & City Hall. Subway and Bus’s within one Block! Paid Parking available at your Front Door. 215-386-4200.

Philly’s best block

$1,300 / 600ft2 - Rittenhouse Square/Center City (2011 Delancey St.) Large Studio available on Philadelphia’s Best Block. High Ceilings, Hardwood floors, eat in Kitchen which INCLUDES ALL UTILITIES!!!!!! Coin Op Laundry in building.

Convenient location to shopping, dining and entertainment.

Call Dan 610-517-2921.

Adorable studio

$1,195 Adorable Studio Condo w/ All Utilities Included - Center City. 1324 Locust St 704. Studio condo in the Arts Building.

Rent includes all utilities & Cable TV. This is a corner unit with tons of windows – very sunny/bright with great views of the Center City skyline. ALL UTILITIES are included in your rent, even Cable TV channels 1-100 + Free HBO! Building amenities include 24/7 front desk attendant/security, Fitness Center, Internet terminals in lobby, Bike storage, large laundry facilities, Salon/Barbershop on site and more. About The Neighborhood: An ideal Center City location, The Arts Condo building is right in the heart of Midtown surrounded by the city’s best restaurants, cafes, theaters, galleries and other entertainment. Many grocery options. Walkable to almost everything. The Broad Street subway line is a half block away; City Hall just two blocks away, and a PATCO train stop right across the street. Stainless Steel Appliances. Near Public Transportation. Laundry In-Building. Hardwood Floors. All Utilities Included. Jg-realestate.com.

Convenient

$1,895 / 2br - 950ft2 - Center City When You Need It, Suburbs When You Want It (633 W. Rittenhouse Street). Enjoy the convenience of living minutes away from Center City, Philadelphia, without the hassle of city life. Rittenhouse Hill is located one block away from the train station and easy access to everything Philadelphia has to offer! Call Now & Ask About Our Specials. (610) 488-4023.

Charming bilevel

$1,596 / 705ft2 - Charming Bilevel in Center City - 2 Free Months. 317 N Broad. Exceptionally High Ceilings. Wood Flooring. Granite Countertops. Stainless Steel Appliances.

Dishwasher. Garbage Disposal. Microwave. Washer/Dryer.

Walk in Closet. Pet Friendly (Restrictions Apply). Fitness Room.

Study. Conference Room. Work Stations with Printer Access.

On Site Maintenance. 24/7 Lobby Attendant. Parking Fee (Subject to Availability). Two Months Free Rent is reflected in the Rental Price Shown/ 12 Month Lease. Packard-living.com.

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