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FROM THE EDITOR

Vicious cycles KERITH GABRIEL

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or a time before my mother just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take it anymore, I grew up in a pretty interesting pocket of North Philadelphia.

Not quite Hunting Park and a little shy of Nicetown, back then my part of town was anything but nice, but it was still home.

Being a child of the 1990s, I can remember while a student at John G. Whittier Elementary on ClearďŹ eld Street, an institution whose building is now up for sale courtesy of a cashstrapped school district, I remember playing wall ball in a schoolyard surrounded by crack cocaine vials and tiny baggies. When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 10-11 years old, you have no idea what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking at, you just know that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dirty and you probably shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pick it up.

This was in the height of the crack epidemic, a drug that stole more lives and created more junkies arguably than any in history. It crippled predominantly black communities and mine was no different. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something about seeing those little vials all over the street, some with orange caps, some red, some blue that sadly becomes an indelible childhood memory.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m one of the lucky ones. My mother, working a pair of jobs and desperate to not have her children fall into the shit she witnessed with clearer eyes that ours put two cents together and moved us out to the pristine conďŹ nes of the Main Line, far from visible drug use and strewn litter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but also to both my sister and I far from any sense of diversity too.

But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a column for another day and to be honest, my sister and I are both indebted to our mother for taking that leap by herself.

Only today as a grown man with a child of my own do I truly grasp just how hard that had to have been.

I fast forward to today and in a move back to the city I love into what I am repeatedly told is an â&#x20AC;&#x153;up-and-coming neighborhood,â&#x20AC;? instead of vials and baggies strewn about, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hypodermic needles left by a new crop of junkies crippled by opioid addiction. I

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watched a kid probably no older than I was just last week on his way to school kicking one out of his path as he walked down the street. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a situation so severe, that an activist group called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Need a Little Helpâ&#x20AC;? has started its own initiative in collecting, jarring and delivering the used syringes to city ofďŹ cials.

City Councilwoman Maria Quinones Sanchez has vowed to keep a jar she received on her desk for the duration of the four-year term to show sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s committed to the ďŹ ght to curb opioid and heroin addiction. I speciďŹ cally remember these words from Sanchez in a June story from PW writer Andrea Cantor: â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The drug epidemic] is one of the things that is the most frustrating as an elected ofďŹ cial. You watch things spiral out of control, which is where we are now and realize that we have to systematically ďŹ gure out all the pieces that need to come together for us to demonstrate to folks that we care.â&#x20AC;?

Frustrating is an understatement.

I want my child to grow up in an â&#x20AC;&#x153;up-andcoming neighborhood.â&#x20AC;? I want him to be immersed in diversity, to go to city schools and get a great education. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m committed to this city and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to move back.

But I also donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want my kid playing around drug paraphernalia like his dad once did. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want him kicking dirty needles down the street. If there is going to be a commitment from residents to remain in the city, they need to feel the love from the ofďŹ cials they elected.

The love canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just be felt in whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deemed the pockets that matter. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m willing to wager there are hardly any kids kicking needles out of the way in Society Hill, Queen Village or Rittenhouse. The once forgotten, oftblighted section that is Fishtown-Kensington has transformed into a boom town for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real estate market, generating muchneeded dollars and bringing in residents that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have even considered the section a decade earlier.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to show the love. One simple way to do it? Start a routine street sweep of the neighborhood. Could be bi-weekly, could even be monthly, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small gesture to the residents of many of Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;up-andcomingâ&#x20AC;? hoods to show your appreciation.

No oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asking you, city ofďŹ cial, to don a cape and save us all from the opioid epidemic.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just asking that you take the small step in cleaning it up so that our kids donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to kick it out of the way. Q

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on a conservancy kick this week as you can see from our cover, so it is a perfect time to announce that Jamie Gauthier was ofďŹ cially named the executive director of the Fairmount Park Conservancy. After serving as acting executive director, FPCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board of directors tabbed the Penn grad as its new head honcho. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about the implementation of greener public spaces and has proved she has the pull in City Hall to get it done, so as a pub that wants more places to chill in Philly, we applaud this move by the FPC. Q

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people are assholes even in the rain too, huh?

SEPTA fixed the most annoying thing about its Key

Okay, good to know.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wet and visibly upset man to a PPA attendant placing an expired meter citation on his luxury sedan. In the PPAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feeble defense, this attendant was slightly more rain soaked than the well-dressed man. Then again, she was getting paid to be drenched which arguably nullifies the previous statement.

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Every week thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something new to behold and admire about Carson Wentz. The Eagles star QB outdid himself again in the Birdsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;blowout win over the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday.Wentz completed 21 out of 30 pass attempts, totalling 304 yards and four touchdowns. It was a new personal record â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not bad for the 21st game of his NFL career. Q

It was absolutely infuriating. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d use the SEPTA Key kiosk at Berks Station to buy a couple of one-way ticket tickets. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d use one to get to West Philly. But then, when you tried to use the other ticket at 46th Street platform, it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work! The one-way â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quick Tripâ&#x20AC;? tickets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a huge part of the ongoing digital replacement for the antiquated token system â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would only work from the station you bought them at. After hearing thousands of complaints, SEPTA has ofďŹ cially ďŹ xed the bug.

Customers can now purchase one-way rides as well as round-trip passes. Small victories! Q

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1,000 out of 6,000

Roughly one in six Philly police ofďŹ cers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 15 percent of our men and women in blue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have moved to the suburbs ever since the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residency rules were changed ďŹ ve years ago, according to a recent Inquirer report. Why? OfďŹ cers interviewed on condition of anonymity said it came down to schools, cleanliness and crime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As soon as I hit that border,â&#x20AC;? one ofďŹ cer said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on vacation.â&#x20AC;? Notably missing: the race of ofďŹ cersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; who are opting for pristine suburban life. Q

Branding fail Pro-tip for developers: Neighborhood rebranding isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good business branding. Period. Just ask John â&#x20AC;&#x153;Newboldâ&#x20AC;? Longacre how that costbenefit analysis worked out for him in Point Breeze. But alas, the market is piping hot and, as blogger Philadelinquency brought to our attention, real estate agents like Christian Baker at Coldwell Preferred will find endlessly grating ways to pimp out the hood to monied newcomers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stonewall Heights,â&#x20AC;? which looks and feels like it belongs to a 1-star British tattoo parlor, is Bakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nom de gentrification for not one but three (!) already existing neighborhoods â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Norris Square, South Kensington and part of Fairhill. Look, he even incorporated a map and a malarkey historical designation into the crap design. Sad. Whether for or against neighborhood change, let us join together and stonewall this very bad brand. Q

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;And you have zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; This one comes from a bombshell report in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette detailing a text message exchange between vocal pro-lifer U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy and his mistress. Murphy responded to the text by claiming that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell his staff to stop posting pro-life stuff on their pages.

Murphy is expected to resign from Congress later this month.

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NEWS northern Pennsylvania, which PW will not republish here, a caller used the hotline to report domestic abuse and marriage fraud conducted by his spouse. Cell phone numbers, addresses and workplaces for both the caller and the spouse had not been redacted from the incident report.

In another entry from Philadelphia, a complainant phoned the hotline to report an undocumented Dominican immigrant who, the caller alleged, was operating a drug front in Northeast Philadelphia.

The accused individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, workplace and phone number, as well as personal information about his relatives, were also exposed on the document.

Contacted by a PW reporter, ICE ofďŹ cials said that the document would be removed.

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Whistleblowers who thought they were providing confidential information to immigration services were mistaken after a call log was published by the organization.

On the other line

ICE doxxed Philly residents who called new â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;snitching hotlineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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n its ofďŹ cial governmental website, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement published a call log containing highly sensitive information about undocumented immigrants as well as those who anonymously lodged complaints about them. Among the thousands of doxxed callers, ďŹ ve came from the Philadelphia region.

The call log stems from a newly established Trump administration program: a conďŹ dential tip hotline known as the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, or VOICE. Launched in April, the hotlineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purpose is ostensibly to â&#x20AC;&#x153;provide proactive, timely, adequate, and professional services to victims of crimes committed by removable aliens,â&#x20AC;? though critics have maintained that it exists to further marginalize immigrants by encouraging neighbors to â&#x20AC;&#x153;snitchâ&#x20AC;? on them authorities. to federal 2&72%(5

Moreover, records recently obtained by Splinter News through the Freedom of Information Act request outlined a wide range of complaints made through the 6-month-old hotline. The bulk of the callers reportedly phoned in about aliens â&#x20AC;&#x201C; extraterrestrial aliens, that is â&#x20AC;&#x201C; while hundreds of other calls referenced undocumented persons both known and unknown to ICE ofďŹ cials.

Government agencies generally redact any identifying personal information from records before handing them over to the public. Alarmingly, however, reporters learned that some of these call logs from the VOICE hotline were published in raw form on the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online FOIA library.

Hosted on ICEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own website was an unredacted spreadsheet with detailed entries that left names, home addresses, workplaces, license plates and cell phone numbers of callers completely exposed.

A Philly Weekly reporter was able to locate the unprotected spreadsheet with ease. In one entry from

â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the VOICE program was announced, we knew it would lead to increased surveillance and targeting of everyone who was perceived as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;foreignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;different,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Sundrop Carter, director of Pennsylvania Immigration Citizenship Coalition, an immigrant advocacy group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead of putting resources into legitimate, and much-needed victim services, ICE is promoting racial proďŹ ling and fear mongering,â&#x20AC;? she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This program must be ended, and ICE should be subject to greater oversight and accountability for its actions.â&#x20AC;?

The number of complaints on the VOICE hotline is also a fraction of those immigrant rights groups receive about ICE ofďŹ cers on a regular basis, says Caitlin Barry, an immigration professor at Villanova

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead of putting resources into legitimate, and much-needed victim services, ICE is promoting racial profiling and fear mongering. This program must be ended, and ICE should be subject to greater oversight and accountability for its actions.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sundrop Carter, director of Pennsylvania Immigration Citizenship Coalition, an immigrant advocacy group

â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the agency receives evi- University. dence suggesting that non-releasâ&#x20AC;&#x153;This morning, I received a call able information is unintentionally from a client living in central PA available, immediate actions are who saw a community member taken to ensure proper mitigation taken from the local grocery store both to correct and to prevent fur- by ICE at gunpoint, and who is now ther disclosures,â&#x20AC;? ICE ofďŹ cials said. terriďŹ ed for his family,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As such, we have removed this in- â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are afraid to leave their formation from ICE.gov and we are houses, to drive in their cars, to seek currently reviewing the contents of medical attention or visit their chilthe ICE FOIA Library to ensure its drenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schools. This administration compliance with the Freedom of In- is cultivating a police state that will formation Act and other applicable encourage more violence and will laws.â&#x20AC;? actively prevent our neighbors from But the damage had already been accessing the resources they need to done to both parties. be healthy and engaged community Some who had called the hotline members.â&#x20AC;? were alarmed to learn their comAdvocates also noted the spike in plaints and identifying personal reported hate crimes and bias inciinformation had been left exposed dents against immigrants â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the on the internet, Splinter News re- Philly area, according to the Philaported. delphia Commission on Human Both the leak and the omission Relations, is no exception. Q raise questions of the validity of the VOICE hotline, as well as its stated TWITTER: @MAXMMARIN purpose.

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Philadelphia School District CFO Uri Monson speaks to a crowd from the Philadelphia Education Fund on the fiscal future of city schools.

The true cost of education Teachers have a contract, but at what cost to a cash strapped school district?

BY SCOTT HIMELEIN

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ri Monson walked down the stairs of his home one Saturday morning.

As chief ďŹ nancial ofďŹ cer for the cash-starved Philadelphia School District, this Saturday morning offered a rare moment out of the course of a long week to not have to think about work.

However as he arrived down the stairs his son was there to meet him with a copy of a newspaper. The headline read: Teachers, Philly schools reach tentative contract agreement Monsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son looked at him and asked quizzically, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dad, does this mean youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be home more now?â&#x20AC;?

Ever since Monson signed on with the district in 2015, his primary initiative has been to agree to a teacher contract, particularly after four and a half years of a song and dance between the district and a restless union in the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a distraction to everyone in the city,â&#x20AC;? Monson said in a recent sit-down with PW. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Within those four and a half years, those teachers werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eligible for raises or bonuses.â&#x20AC;?

The deliberations predated Monsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time with the district.

With the unrest that began in 2012, and ended ultimately, with Monson placing a deal in principle between the district and the PFT on June 16.

The contract allowed teachers to ďŹ nally receive several lump sum payments and percentage bumps in salary. It is considered retroactive pay to make up for the lack of raises while working without a contract. The teachers will also have to contribute a small percentage of their salary toward their health coverage.

As for the childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inquiry, Monson admits he has more free time since terms were agreed to. But headlines still swirl. The district is now in a $979 million deďŹ cit. Some believe a ďŹ scal cliff approaches. The contract added around $270 million to the deďŹ cit according to Monson. School Reform Commission

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member Bill Green, the only member to vote against the teachers contract, said its contribution to the deďŹ cit could lead to personnel layoffs by 2019.

Philadelphia City Councilwoman Helen Gym believes the issues with the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ nancial health would remain with or without the ratiďŹ ed contract. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The state is purposefully starving Philadelphia public schools,â&#x20AC;? Gym said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bill Green is being disingenuous if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blaming the teachers contract for ďŹ nancial challenges. He hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t secured any level of support or signiďŹ cant relief from Harrisburg even though heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a state representative.â&#x20AC;?

One recent study from the Education Law Center concludes that the state of Philadelphia ranks 46th out of 50 states in funding education. The report claims the state is â&#x20AC;&#x153;overly-reliantâ&#x20AC;? on cities for education funding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The situation is untenable without the teacher contract,â&#x20AC;?

Gym continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The year before the contract was signed, we had hundreds of teachers vacancies. They were quitting and we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hire any back. It was impacting teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives.â&#x20AC;?

There are horror stories of course.

Last summer, 2,500 students in kindergarten through seventh grade were sent to summer school because they lacked a teacher for more than two-thirds of the year. Some high school students were forced into credit recovery programs just to fulďŹ ll requirements to graduate. Ismael Jimenez is a teacher at Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, and has seen the material impact of the ďŹ scal deďŹ cit and the subsequent tightening belt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You receive a box of paper and supplies at the beginning of classes every year. Then that turned into a box of paper.

Then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now two reams of paper a month,â&#x20AC;? Jimenez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a slow bleed in the resources you receive. Teachers have to go out of their own way.â&#x20AC;?

He said teacher morale has declined with the cuts. They had begun to expect less and less. Jimenez used to teach at Ger-

mantown High School, until it closed in 2013 and Jimenez was laid off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have three children. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what I was going to do,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The School Reform Commission voted to enforce those layoffs. The ďŹ ve-member board was delegated to make decisions regarding the School District of Philadelphia in 2001, with three members proposed by the governor, and two by the mayor.

Feather Houstoun hated making the hard cuts, calling them â&#x20AC;&#x153;excruciatingly painful.â&#x20AC;?

She had been put on the School Reform Commission in 2010 by Gov. Tom Corbett. She can still remember budget sessions with people screaming at her, tearful parents afraid that a school was about to close and outraged teachers who werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to get their beneďŹ ts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is hard stuff,â&#x20AC;? Houstoun said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough money and we had to do stuff that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good for kids, teachers or families, but we had to do it.â&#x20AC;?

Today, making cuts still is not off the board.

Monson didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beat around the bush on the idea of layoffs: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to say weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re laying this many people off or cutting that, but there should be no question in anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind if push comes to shove weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do what we have to do.â&#x20AC;?

Some teachers feel the SRC is part of the school districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ nancial problem and that control should be restored back to a city level. At a recent SRC meeting, members of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our City, Our Schoolsâ&#x20AC;? organization called for the board to disband, citing Gov. Tom Wolf himself calling for the disbandment during his 2014 campaign and Mayor Jim Kenney emphasizing local control in his campaign in 2015. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every other school in Pennsylvania has an elected school board, said Jimenez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not having a school board that is accountable to the city is problematic to me. Something like a school closing [suddenly] becomes outside of anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s control. Another aspect is nothing has improved since 2001.

Things havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t improved after 16 years.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in violation of their duties,â&#x20AC;? added Gym. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The No. 1 reason we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a teacher contract is [because] weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been taken over by the state for 16 years. It was forced upon us. It was a hijacking of the ďŹ fth-largest school system in the United States.â&#x20AC;?

But Houstoun doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the issue being the SRC, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were all district people in the SRC. We were all Philadelphia citizens. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like we were an alien force. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just how a lot of people perceived it.â&#x20AC;?

Instead, the key to the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ nancial struggles in Houstounâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes is by generating sustainable revenues.

One way? Improving its credibility.

Monson and other sources close to the District admitted its credit moving forward is an important component to its overall ďŹ nancial health. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most important thing,â&#x20AC;? said Monson, the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s steward of its money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a structural deďŹ cit so one-time money wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help.â&#x20AC;?

However, there is one piece of good news that arrived from an unlikely place: Moodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

The credit rating agency recently upgraded the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revenue bonds credit rating for the ďŹ rst time since 2010. It cited the School District of Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;structural balance and operating surplusesâ&#x20AC;? in its positive report. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a welcome sign for a district seeking for sustainable funds wherever it can get them.

All in an effort to prevent anymore cuts which at the end of the day come at the expense of the most important thing: the student body. Q TWITTER: @SCOTTHIMELEIN

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r. Wesley Muhammad bills himself as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the lecture that Facebook and YouTube banned.â&#x20AC;? As of Thursday morning, he can add â&#x20AC;&#x153;South Philadelphia high schoolâ&#x20AC;? to that list.

The Nation of Islam minister and controversial black intellectual was promptly uninvited to speak at a conference being held at Universal Audenried Charter High School this week.

Why, you ask? Reportedly because event organizers discovered what Dr. Muhammad would actually be talking about.

On Wednesday evening, a promotional ďŹ&#x201A;ier circulated rapidly around Philly social media advertising Muhammadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lecture, â&#x20AC;&#x153;How to Make A Homosexual: The ScientiďŹ c Assault on Black America.â&#x20AC;? Muhammad, who shared the ďŹ&#x201A;ier with more than 30,000 followers on social media, is known for espousing a range of anti-LBGTQ conspiracy theories, most prominently that the U.S. government is engaged in a ploy to turn black men gay through potent marijuana.

His appearance, originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 7 at Universal Audenried Charter High School, was billed as part of the 23rd Annual International Locks Conference, a black-focused health and beauty expo.

Conference organizers could not be reached, and the Philadelphia School District did not respond to requests for comment.

However, Mayor Jim Kenney said he was glad the Muhammadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appearance had been nixed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a completely inappropriate speaker and a very hateful message, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad that school has taken steps to address it,â&#x20AC;? Kenney said, through a spokesperson.

Philadelphia magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s G Philly blog, which ďŹ rst broke the news, noted that organizers of the Locks Conference were unaware of the ďŹ&#x201A;ier and that Muhammadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anti-gay lecture was â&#x20AC;&#x153;not the original topic agreed upon with Dr. Muhammad.â&#x20AC;?

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One Nation of Islam speaker believes that smoking marijuana opens the gateway to homosexuality in black males and is going to lengths to explain why.

On his Facebook and Instagram pages Thursday morning, Muhammad responded to the revoked invitation with characteristically addled verve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfortunate. Nevertheless, I continue to support the Locks Convention and pray that our people support it,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So it is clear that the two most powerful lobbies in America - the Jewish and the Homosexual - are hellbent on the information in this lecture, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;How To Make A [sic] Homosexualmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; NEVER makes it to the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awareness. You should ask yourself, Why?â&#x20AC;?

It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the ďŹ rst time Muhammad has responded to a snubbing by doubling down.

In August, BETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website published an article that was critical of Muhammadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appearance on The Breakfast Club, a syndicated radio show that has been called â&#x20AC;&#x153;the vanguard of black culture.â&#x20AC;? The Nation of Islam minister shared a screenshot of the article across several social media channels, with a rebuttal: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homophobic? Nah BET. Nobody is afraid of homosexuals. We are just exposing the scientiďŹ c wickedness behind the current Black Homosexual phenomenon.â&#x20AC;?

Audenried High School is run by Universal Companies, music scion Kenny Gambleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rm that operates seven charter schools for more than 4,700 students in the city.

Muhammad posted that his appearance has been rescheduled for the same day at a mosque in Wilmington. Q TWITTER: @MAXMMARIN

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Lined up despite a driving rain, scores of people took part in the high heel race at Outfest.

Dancinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in the rain Despite weather, Outfest goes all out in Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gayborhood section

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ot rain or even the Eaglesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game could stop members of the LGBT+ community from showing their pride at Outfest Sunday in Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gayborhood.

Recognized as the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest celebration of National Coming Out Day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 27th annual Outfest on Oct. 8 was no exception. The day brought out around 40,000 glitter covered, rainbow rocking, and drag dressed people.

As if the outďŹ ts werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough fun, the event included a long lineup of live entertainment, vendors, carnival games and foods, as well as groups and organizations.

The epic block party also held a number of

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whimsical contests like high heel racing and an eating contest with penis-shaped bagels.

Yes, you read that right. â&#x20AC;&#x153;National Coming Out Day started in 1987. In 1990, Philadelphia was really the ďŹ rst city to start an event. So now we are not only the ďŹ rst, we are also the biggest,â&#x20AC;? said Chuck Volz, senior advisor of Philly Pride and an organizer of the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just gets bigger every year. I think there are 172 participating vendors or groups, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like 20 more than we ever had.â&#x20AC;?

Tables ranged from politically motivated groups to gay choir, health-screening booths to vintage sales. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the biggest networking day for all groups in the Gayborhood. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like lifeblood

to them and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we do it, afďŹ rmed Voltz, who has been coming to Outfest since 1994. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[A large majority] of the groups that participate are local community groups so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what is so great about it.â&#x20AC;?

The Philadelphia chapter of the Human Rights Campaign, the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest LGBT

civil rights advocacy group, was one such grassroots organization tabling for new recruits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here in Philly, and around the country, we are doing fascinating programs and running a foundation to help put boots on the ground and build community in all of our cities and towns,â&#x20AC;? explained Liz Balcom, a volunteer with the nonproďŹ t. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have certainly seen a lot of people come and stop by our tent. I think right now with the climate, people are feeling that is important to show up and show out. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a happy day to be here with everyone.â&#x20AC;?

Sarina DiBinca, executive director of Siloam Wellness, a local wellness center for people living with HIV/AIDS, was also at Outfest, reminding those of the work that needs to be done for the LGBT+ community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is about getting the awareness out, that if you do have HIV, there is a place for you to go thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a safe haven with no stigma, and loving open arms for all,â&#x20AC;? said DiBinca, who heard ďŹ rsthand accounts of stigma-based discrimination against those with HIV/AIDS, from not being hugged to being given plastic at the Thanksgiving table while everyone else uses house cutlery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can go to the doctor and be on the right meds and have your viral load in check,â&#x20AC;? she continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if you feel terrible about yourself, you are still going to be sick, because your emotional wellness plays a part. Clinics send their patients to us for that collaborative effort between the wellness and the illness.â&#x20AC;?

While the day included tables that underscored serious realities, the reality of the day was love and acceptance. In comparison to Philly Prideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other large event, Juneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pride Parade, Voltz argued that Outfest is more locally focused. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a much more comfortable environment. Every business does something special. It has got a much more intimate feel, even though it is signiďŹ cantly more people,â&#x20AC;? explained Voltz, who happens to be a self-described conservative.

As to be expected, there was a small counter-protest with signs preaching biblical scripture and cautions against sin and depravity.

Across from a man preaching anti-LGBT messages over a megaphone was the University of Lutheran Church table that maintained a much different philosophy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;God is a God of inclusive love. God cares about every single person, and human sexuality is a gift. Your gender identity and who you are attracted to does not determine Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love for you,â&#x20AC;? challenged Pastor Fritz Fowler, was not only celebrating his third Outfest, but also his one-year anniversary to his husband.

As to the counter protest, Pastor Fowler could only apologize: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it is really important to say Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry. That hate speech coming from them is not representative of all Christianity. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s representative of a very small portion of Christianity.â&#x20AC;? Q TWITTER: @ANDREACANTOR9

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NEWS Did you ever expect Green Philly to become what it is, from a humble beginning as a blog to now one of the pre-eminent resources for sustainable efforts in Philadelphia?

[Laughs] No, and in fact I would say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a total accident. My website really started because I was in my ďŹ rst year out of college and I was [working] in marketing, but I had really no clue what I wanted to do in the world. I actually didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have this huge environmental push, beyond thinking recycling was really important, but it started really because my employer at the time was taking away our recycling bins and throwing them into the trash can and it infuriated me! We had one in every cubicle and I actually took the time to separate everything and then they just go and tossed them? Yeah, I mean I got a little upset.

So Green Philly started because someone took away your ability to recycle?

I know that sounds silly, but yes! My employer was in Malvern and so I used to carpool like an hour or more on I-76 and I remember having the conversation with her and being like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;can you believe they threw our recycling bins in the trash?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Also, the [impetus] to start a blog came from these guys I knew that had a Philly sports blog and had like 100,000 followers and so I thought if they can do it, we can totally do it, really how hard can a blog be? And that was really the birth of Green Philly.

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When it comes to Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continued growth in becoming a more earth conscious, sustainable city, Green Philly editor-in-chief Julie Hancher says the future looks bright.

So did you start this on your own? Were there other irate colleagues just like you who wanted to take action?

I actually started it with a friend and former co-worker, but she moved to New York and now she lives in Cleveland and because of the distance slowly ďŹ zzled out in about 2010 because it was getting harder and harder. But it was the perfect storm of producing conferences and webinars and email marketing [at my daytime job] and in my free time really being obsessed with making this website grow that I just spent so much of my time trying to make it something people would want to read.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a labor of love that has gotten her recognized as a go-to-re- So what do you consider yourself? A joursource for almost anything and everything dealing with sustain- nalist? A marketer? An activist? All three? able efforts, recognition she and Green Philly bestow upon other Hmm. [Laughs] I have a hard time putmovers and shakers in the window with Green Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual ting a label on it myself. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difďŹ cult because some people think of me more as a SustainPHL awards. journalist and some think of me more as a creator,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; but I think we have a misWe caught up with Hancher at her earth conscious WeWork â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;content sion which is sustainability so I consider mydigs recently to chat all things green, the names joining in the self whatever is the best way to effectively deliver a message. Our format is a lot more fight and why straws get under her skin. ďŹ&#x201A;exible because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a blog. Look, I have no

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ou want to press Julie Hancherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s buttons?

Offer her a straw.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably one of a few ways to get a rise out of the co-founder and chief content creator of the popular Green Philly blog, a monster go-to-presence in the city for all things sustainability. There are others in Philly doing a phenomenal job, but where Hancher, 33, differs is that most of the efforts for Green Philly are done by her and just a handful of ever-rotating interns.

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formal training in any of this, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read a bunch of books on the subject of recycling and composting buying locally and looking at just how huge the bigger picture is. It really allows us too to tell the story of people doing some really great work in their community, so not sure what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called, but I do think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important.

Why Philadelphia? And why are you so passionate about making Philly as green as possible?

Ironically, in 2008 is when we started the website. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the same year the city started its Greenworks [initiative] by Mayor Michael

like bike share that merge the intersection of big business and nonproďŹ ts is something that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing more collaborations of and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exciting. I think the Zero Waste Initiative [started by Nic Esposito] is really inspiring, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also people taking more pride in where they live. As infrastructure continues to change the city skyline, a lot of the people moving into these neighborhoods are making an effort to keep it clean, plant trees, organize community clean-ups. Again, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s those little things that are happening that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even a few years ago thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really exciting to watch and that we recognize with our SustainPHL awards, really looking at the people doing their own thing to make Philly better.

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Sustainability is one of those things where everything is gradual. Changing the mindset of people just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change overnight. I think it does take â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;baby stepsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in some regard because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more approachable way to do things. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; JULIE HANCHER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, GREEN PHILLY

Nutter so it actually gave us a ton of content to work with. When we started this, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d write more about national topics but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doing as well...I live here and it affects the community at-large, pollution and waste is as much of a homegrown issue as it is a worldwide issue so we wanted to shed light on the positive and the negative thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening right here. Trust me, there is a lot to worry about right here at home.

When you take off the sustainability superhero costume, what else do you enjoy doing?

I love traveling. I love seeing different parts of the country and then write about them. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really cool to see other cities and other parts of the country and detail what similarities if any they have with Philly. I just went to Glacier National Park [in Montana] and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now my new favorite place in the entire world, I mean like bucket list level awesome.

With all the lobbyists, lawyers and red tape that surrounds actually getting true change Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some of the craziest questions or to happen, does it ever get frustrating at all requests people hit you up with on the blog? the baby steps that have to be taken to get One could only imagine the comment secone thing done? tion...

Sustainability is one of those things where everything is gradual. Changing the mindset of people just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change overnight. I think it does take â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;baby stepsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in some regard because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more approachable way to do things. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re living in a generation where people are more aware. They are recycling, they are working for conscious companies, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a mission to get people to get little things, like single use water bottles, or stop using as much plastics. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less about trying to make big change occur overnight, and just make people more consciously aware of what they do every single day.

What else is coming down the pike that happening in Philadelphia from a sustainability standpoint that we should get excited about?

I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing more and more people questioning how they can do better and a lot of those people are business leaders. Things

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I have an email in my inbox right now from someone asking where they can recycle 8-track tapes? [Laughs] Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s literally an email that I have to go research because I honestly have no idea, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make for another great column. I get a lot of how do I recycle, where do I drop off, can you come pick this up for me? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not the Streets Department. I think though, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really cool thing because this was started because I wanted to help people so even though some of these questions are sometimes so ridiculous, it is a learning experience. People coming to me with questions is still pretty cool to me and as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown I have more and more resources to get the answer. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we started this to help in anyway we can. Q Read the full version of our conversation with Julie Hancher on philadelphiaweekly.com TWITTER: @SPRTSWTR

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At just 24 years of age, Danielle Seipp has quietly positioned herself as one of the finest pastry chefs in Philadelphia.

After dinner delight Osteria head pastry chef Danielle Seipp is as sweet as the delicacies she creates

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o say that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a large pedigree behind Osteria would be an understatement.

When it opened its doors in 2007, the restaurant was the second in the growing Vetri Family empire.

In the 10 years that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been serving food inspired by the traditional osterias in Northern Italy, it has earned three bells from the Philadelphia Inquirer and a James Beard Award for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic for head chef Jeff Michaud.

Michaud may serve as the face, but the players behind the scenes are another great story. For instance, the past two years have found Danielle Seipp holding it down as Osteriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head pastry chef. Seipp, 24, was hired after staging - the food worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version of an internship - for six months at the age of 19, while still in culinary school.

Although she hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dined at Osteria prior to staging, she knew about it through school and fell in love with its particular style of Italian food. For Seipp, it was a learning experience as she was more familiar with French and German food making but as she went on, she noticed the crossovers and similarities between the cuisines.

Seipp worked her way up from a pastry cook to sous chef to her current position as head pastry chef. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ďŹ rst pastry chef theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had in-house. One of the

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initial challenges of joining the Osteria team was learning the extensive menu as not many establishments have such an ample pastry menu. There are two staple desserts and a rotation of three to ďŹ ve seasonal items, including gelatos and ice creams.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a full bread service - which includes ďŹ ve different breads - so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an enormous amount of prep that goes into everything. She says, she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get scared, and she welcomes new challenges. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I try not to get overwhelmed by things because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when you make mistakes.â&#x20AC;?

The development of the dessert menu starts with seasonality and seeing what fruits are available at a particular moment in time, choosing what ďŹ&#x201A;avor combi-

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know when I got sous chef nations Seipp ďŹ nds most appealing and then deciding what item she that was kind of like an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;oh shit!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wants to make with a particular ďŹ&#x201A;a- moment where I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure if I vor combination in mind; it all ties was ready, but you just have to into Osteriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major emphasis on be like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No, I got this!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; [For me, I sourcing and establishing relation- like to create] personal challenges, like making a dessert special evships with local farms.

When switching up the menu she ery week so that way you feel like says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard sometimes with pas- youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got it. Eventually, you do get try because apples wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get nice so it. Oh, and always say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yes, Chef,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; you have to try with a not so nice even if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting yelled at just apple. We usually plan a month say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yes!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t argue, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take it out in advance, and depending how personal. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just to make you betshort a season something is, we ter. Just know that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna be might swap it right away, or do it mistakes, things happen but everything can be remade for the most all at once.â&#x20AC;?

On the people side, there was part.â&#x20AC;? learning and adjusting to managing When not in the kitchen, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll people and dealing with a language try to get to get time off on the same barrier in the kitchen. days as her boyfriend, chef Jesse â&#x20AC;&#x153;A challenging thing is realiz- Grossman, Michaudâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right hand ing that people learn differently,â&#x20AC;? man at Osteria. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll cook at Seipp said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So you try to show home, hang out and go bar hopping. someone something and that might Tria is a favorite of theirs, they also not be how enjoy spendthey [most ing time outeffectively] doors at the learn it. So Wissahickon. you just have â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to keep trydefinitely ing because days where how my brain I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even thinks isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wanna think [always] how about work their [brain] but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m althinks. I have ways buyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Danielle Seipp, head pastry chef, Osteria ing this one [pasbooks try cook], and reading Syra, who only speaks Spanish; so books. I feel like eating out all the thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a language barrier, but the time; [itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way to] just get inspired. two of us work it out. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just act Another thing that I like to do is to out what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to say and center my vacations around a food weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get it, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always hard.â&#x20AC;? city thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool, and spend a week One of her favorite parts of her there and see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on and job was learning how to make pa- maybe stage some places, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nettone, the Italian sweet bread loaf more fun for me. Chicago was awethatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditionally served around some, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been back like four times, the holidays. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a three-day, ex- I love it there. While I was there I tremely labor-intensive and ďŹ nicky staged at Floriole, a bakery, they process to make one bread. But ev- do the most beautiful laminated ery December, the creation of big doughs, like croissants, puffed batches for purchase gives Seipp an dough. I also staged at Mindyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hot overwhelming sense of pride.

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For those who are looking to One of the most fun food cities follow in her footsteps Seipp ad- that she recommends is New Orvised, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take every opportunity, if leans. it means staying late or coming in Overall she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sick job, an extra day, or coming in early, be- itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really fun, lots of energy, always cause you learn something from it, on my feet, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very hands-on, I and shows your boss that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask for anything else. I it and want it. Also donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid love art, I have an art background, to ask for those things, because and this [job] is very practical, and sometimes you need to be like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so many more variations in want to do more. I wanna take on stuff that I can go ďŹ nd a job. The more responsibilities.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And most of fact that I get to combine my love of the time theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be like all right letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food and art deďŹ nitely crushes it.â&#x20AC;?Q do this!â&#x20AC;?

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MUSIC It was more than bright lights that captivated a near-capacity crowd on Oct. 6 when Glass Animals made a second stop in a little over a year at the Fillmore.

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UK psychedelic pop-rock quartet Glass Animals drop another gem at Fishtownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fillmore

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aybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the pineapple.

Or the palm trees. Or the random on-stage television.

Actually, it was most likely the overwhelming stench of dank weed that aided in mesmerizing a near-capacity crowd at The Fillmore when British indie rock group Glass Animals made a pit stop in Fishtown last Friday. The band was touring to support the release of its second album, How to be a Human Being, but it was songs from its ďŹ rst album Zaba that sent the crowd into collective rapture.

If it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the dual melodies coming from keyboarding duo of Drew MacFarlane and Edmund Singer that captivated the crowd it was deďŹ nitely the insane amount of energy for every song exuded from lead singer Dave Bayley. The one thing that was also eye-catching was a consistent mix of songs from Zaba and HTBAHB that made fans sing along and listen intrinsically to Hayley.

The stop was the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ fth on a multi-city world tour that continues through June 2018, with scheduled stops in Mexico and Australia. While most of their tunes consisted of a real pop, rock vibe it was the indelible sounds of songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toesâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gooeyâ&#x20AC;? off its sophomore album that still felt like a virtual back massage even though the group has had both in a steady rotation since their inaugural drop in 2014. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These guys are the real deal,â&#x20AC;? said Alyssa McNesby, a Bella Vista native who had seen them play two nights earlier at NYCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Radio City Music Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My friends and I wanted to catch them

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Glass Animals does have a pretty interesting way of playing a setlist that has a timely mix of songs slated to raise or lower your heart rate at perhaps the perfect time. Slowed by the melodies of MacFarlane and Singer, the tempo can instantly take a turn with the combo of Bayley and drummer Joe Seaward intensifying the BPM. It was a show that felt intimate, a testament in part to the design of The Fillmore, which has continued to be one of just a handful of venues along the corridor of Fishtownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s East Allen Street, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually worth making the trek to.

A venue with solid acoustics and an inviting layout, that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the second time in a little over a year in which the quartet from Oxford, England, pit stopped in Philadelphia to play a show at The Fillmore. On both occasions (last stop prior to Oct. 6 was a Sept. 26, 2016, show) fans received their moneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth too as the group surprised with a pair of encore singles. During Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s go-around after it was made to believe that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gooeyâ&#x20AC;? was slated as the ďŹ nal act of the evening, Bayley and Co. emerged one more time to drop two more singles.

Mesmerizing, inviting and entertaining, the latest stop in Philadelphia from Glass Animals was yet again, truly one to remember.

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Ikebe Shakedown | Oct. 19 If you like jazz, funk and big band sound all wrapped into a ball, then Ikebe Shakedown is a must-see for two reasons. The first is the sound that this seven-piece band emotes that sounds like a mix between a scene in the popular Oceanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series and something youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d play while youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re donning a tuxedo or a fancy cocktail dress. Ikebe is touring in support of its upcoming album The Way Home on Oct. 20 and its song Supermoon is arguably one of its finest singles on the entire LP. | 8pm. $12-14. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. worldcafelive.com/event Pickwick | Oct. 19 Fresh off the release of a new record entitled LoveJoys, this psychedelic Seattle collective delivers a sound that is part sad rock, part funk but all really captivating in their own right. Recently, Paste Magazine referred to the group as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a seamless soundworld of fearless exploration.â&#x20AC;? After taking a listen, we have no choice but to wholeheartedly concur. | 9pm (doors open at 8pm). $12. Johnny Brendaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1201 N. Frankford Ave. johnnybrendas.com

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Baauer | Oct. 20 A fusion of hip-hop, bass and EDM, Baauer has created his own unique sound that has impressed the likes of various artists, most notably teaming up with Jay-Z in 2013 for the track â&#x20AC;&#x153;Higher,â&#x20AC;?which reached the top of the Billboard charts. Baauer is a long way from that one banger, touring with a series of sound that has made him one of the heavyweights in the EDM world. | 8:30pm. $25. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. utphilly. com/event

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Anime | Oct. 25 Perhaps one of the most diverse rappers in terms of beats and melodies, the Ethopian heritage of this Portland lyricist has separated him from the clutter of mainstream garbage, but has put his name on the map as a force. His hit singleâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Carolineâ&#x20AC;?has gone viral on online streams like Spotify, Soundcloud and VEVO and helped him to ink a record deal with Republic in 2016. Now on tour, expect to hear why this up-and-comer may have already arrived as one of the genreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best kept secrets. | 8pm. $22. Theater of the Living Arts, 334 South St. venue.tlaphilly.com

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Alt-J | Oct. 30 The English indie rockers that continue to grow in popularity head to Philly for one night dropping their infectious sound: a unique blend of alt-rock, dubstep and pop. Little unknown fact about these guys who started out in 2008 under then band name FILMS: they switched to the the name Alt-J after the delta symbol that appears on a Mac keyboard if one presses â&#x20AC;&#x153;Altâ&#x20AC;? and then â&#x20AC;&#x153;J.â&#x20AC;?Almost appropriate given these dudes are anything but PC. Shameless dad joke for the win. | 8 p.m. The Fillmore, 29 E. Allen St. thefillmorephilly.com

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 FALL PARTY

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 DRINKS

Oktoberfest at Dilworth Park

Guten tag! Celebrate the `German festival with beers and live music. Not a beer fan? No worries. The beer garden will also have cocktails so you can get your drink on while enjoying the festivities. | 5-9pm. Free admission.

Dilworth Park, 1 S. 15th St. centercityphila. org/parks/dilworth-park

CRAFTS

Paint a Pilsner with a Cat!

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get crafty with cats. Paint a pilsner while you play with adoptable cats and kittens. Bring your own beverage, and have a paws-itively fur-tastic time! | 6:30pm. $35. Le Cat CafĂŠ, 2713 W. Girard Ave. drinkablearts. com/event

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was, the importance of this annual event still looms as according the organizers, 30,000 people in the Greater Philadelphia Region currently live with the HIV disease. The funds you raise will go toward those impacted by the disease, especially to those who require immediate ďŹ nancial assistance to live day-by-day.

It is not just about getting to the ďŹ nish line. It is about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getting to Zeroâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; zero new infections, zero deaths, and zero stigma.

Sunday, Oct. 15. 6:30am check-in for 5K run. 7:30 check-in for walk. $50 registration fee for 5K run, and $50 suggested fundraising amount for walk. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. aidswalkphilly.org

MUSIC

Guns Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Roses

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Cry,â&#x20AC;? because your â&#x20AC;&#x153;Patienceâ&#x20AC;? has paid off! Guns Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rosesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not In This Lifetimeâ&#x20AC;ŚTourâ&#x20AC;? is coming to Philly! Rock out, and listen to your favorite songs of the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Welcome to the Jungleâ&#x20AC;? of great music and energizing performances! | 7:30pm. Prices vary. Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St. wellsfargocenterphilly.com/ events/

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 MARKET

Chinatown Night Market Yè ShÏ

Bring empty bellies for tons of amazing foods down in Chinatown. Come for music, entertainment, and of course, Asian-inspired

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ANDREA CANTOR delectables! | 7-11pm. Free admission. 10th Street between Arch and Vine Streets and Race Street between 9th and 11th Streets. yeshinightmarket.com

YOGA

Octoberfest Glow Yoga

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get lit with yoga! Glow sticks and glow paint will be provided. All you need is a mat. Keep the fun going after the class with an Octoberfest party in the beer garden with live music. Who says ďŹ tness canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be fun? | 6:307:30pm. $15 advance tickets. $20 walk up.

Dilworth Park, 1 S. 15th St. PhillyGlowYoga. com

MUSIC FESTIVAL

Red Bull Sound Select Presents: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;3 Days in Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

As the saying goes, good things come

Does the call of fall draw out your basic self? Is this the season of pumpkin spice lattes and nothing else? Well, then this themed party is for you. Learn about and sample pumpkin beer, make a pumpkin cocktail, brew your own pumpkin spice latte, and paint a pumpkin. Attendees will receive a handmade pumpkin soap. | 6-9pm. $30. The Common Room, 1509 N. Front St. eventbrite.com/e/ basic-witch-pumpkin

MARKET

Made in Philadelphia Fall Market

Get ready to shop until you drop, all the while supporting your Philly local crafters.

The market will feature art, photos, accessories and jewelry, skincare, glassware, wood craft, and more. Who know what treasures you will ďŹ nd! | 11am-8pm. Free admission.

Dilworth Park, 1 S. 15th St. centercityphila. org/parks/dilworth-park

ART PERFORMANCES

Arts at Night: Friday the 13th Edition

Why only appreciate art in the day? Bring out your inner night owl, and get ready for an evening of enchantment with performances by: The Peek-A-Boo Revue, Lelu Lenore, RenĂŠe Rebelle, Lilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Steph, Lux Arati, Sanbrooka Productions, Secret Circus, and Philly Foxes. Food and drink will be available for purchase. | 6-11pm. Free admission. The Schmidtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Commons, 1001 N. 2nd St. theschmidtscommons.com

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 FESTIVAL

Fishtown RiverCity Festival

Take advantage of your Saturday afternoon, and spend it with community in Fishtown. Come for family activities, foods and drinks, and live entertainment. The 10th Fishtown RiverCity Festival starts off with a 5K run throughout the town. | Noon-6pm. Penn Treaty Park, 1301 N. Beach St. rivercityfestival.org

BLOKTOBERFEST

MARKET

Vegan Harvest Mini Flea

Do you not eat animal products? Tired of seeing burgers and other meats at markets?

Then get pumped for this all-vegan marketplace! Tattooed Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second ďŹ&#x201A;oor will be decked out with vegan vendors so come ready to shop and eat. | 1-5pm. Free admission. Tattooed Mom, 530 South St. eventbrite.com/e/ vegan-harvest

FESTIVAL

Fall Festival

Forget the lazy Sunday. Leave the house, and enjoy the day with 40-Plus craft beers. If you are a serious drinker, there is a $20 drink bracelet that gets you six craft beers of your choice. Musical entertainment will be provided by the talented Lost in Paris. Get ready to fall in love with fall. | 1-7pm. Free admission.

The Schmidtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Commons, 1001 N. 2nd St. cliqueticket.com/events/80

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 Get ready for a mega block party with Bloktoberfest. Walk around South Street, and enjoy a great lineup of live music, activities, bites from food trucks and restaurants, and more. The beer will be ďŹ&#x201A;owing, and proceeds from the brews will be donated back into the community. | Noon-8pm. Free admission.

South St. West. bloktoberfest.com

MOVIE

HollyWoodlands Double Feature: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ghostbustersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Poltergeistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?â&#x20AC;? Get back into the fall mood with a double feature of the original â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghostbustersâ&#x20AC;? followed by the horror staple, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Poltergeist.â&#x20AC;? Bring your own blanket or chair as well as some smores supplies for the ďŹ re pit. The night will also have paranormal electronic music investigators who will be doing some outrageous experiments. | 6-10:30pm. $10 suggested donation. The Woodlands, 4000 Woodland Ave. woodlandsphila.org/events

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 SOCCER MATCH

The Army-Navy Cup

Support your troops through soccer. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the U.S. Military Academy versus the U.S. Naval Academy, and only one can win in this patriotic game. So come on out and root for land or sea. | 2pm. Prices vary. Talen Energy Stadium, 1 Stadium Drive. philadelphiaunion.com

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AWARD CEREMONY

Liberty Medal Gala at National Constitution Center

Watch U.S. Sen. John McCain receive this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Liberty Medal. Thurgood Marshall, Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai have been just a couple of past recipients of this prestigious award that began in 1988. If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t attend this historic event in person, it will be broadcast live on 6ABC. | 7pm. Prices vary. National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St. constitutioncenter.org/liberty-medal/

MOVIE

Family Movie Night: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hocus Pocusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Your three favorite witches are back! How will a group of youngsters and a cat stop them from becoming immortal and stealing all of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children? Bring the whole family to watch the 1993 cult classic. The night will include themed activities and crafts, giveaways, and free popcorn to watch the movie. Come hungry, because there will be a themed kids menu. | 5pm. $3. XFINITY Live!

Philadelphia, 1100 Pattison Ave. xďŹ nitylive. com/family

showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 seasons and brushing up on all things â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friends.â&#x20AC;? | 8-10pm. Free admission.

The Callback Bar at Punch Line Philly, 33 E Laurel St. punchlinephilly.com

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 MOVIE

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Baby Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

OK you speed demons, this action-packed and star-studded movie is heading your way.

Come watch the 2017 ďŹ lm about a getaway driver who is lured into a heist. The ďŹ lm starts at 8pm, but come before 7pm and get a free beer and play classic games. After the movie there will be trivia, prizes and rafďŹ&#x201A;es. Enjoy drink specials and food. | 6:30 doors open. $3. The Trocadero, 1003 Arch St. thetroc. com

ENTERTAINMENT

Open Mic Night

Think you got the chops to take the stage?

All are welcome, whether a novice who wants to take a crack at the mic or an expert who wants to polish their craft. Too nervous this time around? No worries. The Raven Lounge has an open mic every Tuesday. | 9pm. Free.

The Raven Lounge, 1718 Sansom St. ravenlounge.com

CAUSES

Clean Cars 5th Birthday Party

FALL

Pumpkin Paint Night

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that time again to shift into Halloween high-gear. Fell those fall vibes by painting pumpkins. This is a free form paint session so there will be no instructor. The one with best decorated pumpkin at the end of the night wins a spooktacular treat. Your ticket includes a pumpkin and paint. The event will also include $5 fall themed cocktails like warm apple cider and seasonal margaritas.

Hang out with your newly painted pumpkin for acoustic music at 8pm. | 5pm. Tavern on Broad, 200 S. Broad St. buyblitztickets.com

DRINKS

Oktoberfest Beer Garden

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re searching for a way to get over hump day, look no further. Come for local craft brews and German bites, such as a large Bavarian pretzel or a bratwurst. The Great Stair Hall Balcony will be turned into an Oktoberfest Beer Garden every Wednesday throughout October. | 5-8:30pm. Prices vary.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. philamuseum.org

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celebrate the green in our life. No, not money! Nature. Five years ago, former President Obama instituted 2017-2025 standards to lower carbon emissions and to help ďŹ ght global warming. To show the current administration that climate progress is important, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throw a birthday bash for the 5-year-old policy! The birthday party will have electric vehicles, organizations that promote a sustainable future, and cake! | Noon. 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd. pennenvironment.org

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 YOGA

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Trivia

Did you always want friends like, well â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friendsâ&#x20AC;?? Be like Ross and show off your knowledge of the hit television show. This will be the most epic ďŹ ve-round trivia showdown, at least since Monica and Rachel lost their apartment to Joey and Chandler. Start prepping for the game night by binging the

cool experience. Forget the regular, old gym, and take a yoga lesson at the historic Eastern State Penitentiary. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it this week?

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Poly wants DAN SAVAGE Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a 25-year-old woman currently in a poly relationship with a married man roughly 20 years my senior. This has by far been the best relationship Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had. However, something has me a bit on edge. We went on a trip with friends to a brewery with a great restaurant. It was an amazing place, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure his wife would enjoy it. He mentioned the place to her, and her response was NO, she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go there because she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to have â&#x20AC;&#x153;sloppy seconds.â&#x20AC;? It made me feel dirty. Additionally, the way he brushed this off means this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the ďŹ rst time. I go out of my way to show him places I think they would like to go together. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if my feelings are just hurtâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as childish as I think it isâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reminder of my very low place in their hierarchy. I hesitate to bring this up, because when I have needs or concerns, they label me as difďŹ cult or needy. Is this part of a bigger trend Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m missing? Should I do anything to address this or just continue to stay out of their business and go where I wish with my partner? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Treated With Outrage Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m having a hard time reconciling these two statements, TWO: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This has by far been the best relationship Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever hadâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;when I have needs or concerns, they label me as difďŹ cult or needy.â&#x20AC;? I suppose itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible all your past relationships have been so bad that your best-relationship-ever bar is set tragically low.

But taking a partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs and concerns seriously is one of the hallmarks of a good relationship, to say nothing of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;best relationship ever.â&#x20AC;?

That saidâ&#x20AC;Ś I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know you or how you are. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entirely possible that you share your needs and concerns in a way that comes across asâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or actually isâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;needy and difďŹ cult.

Our experience of interpersonal relationships,

like our experience of anything and everything else, is subjective. One personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reasonable expression of needs/concerns is another personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotionally manipulative drama. I would need to depose your boyfriend and his wife, TWO, to make a determination and issue a ruling.

That saidâ&#x20AC;Ś Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really bad sign that your boyfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife compared eating in a restaurant you visited with him to fucking a hole that someone else just fucked, i.e., â&#x20AC;&#x153;sloppy seconds.â&#x20AC;? It has me wondering whether your boyfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife is really into the poly thing.

Some people are poly under duress (PUD), i.e., they agreed to open up a marriage or relationship not because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what they want, but because they were given an ultimatum: Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re open/poly or weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re over. In a PUD best-case scenario, the PUD partner sees that their fears were overblown, discovers that poly/open works for them, embraces openness/polyamory, and is no longer a PUD. But PUDs who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come around (or havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come around yet) will engage in small acts of sabotage to signal their unhappinessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;their perfectly understandable unhappiness. They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be open/poly in the ďŹ rst place and are determined to prove that open/poly was a mistake and/or punish their ultimatum-issuing partner.

The most common form of PUD sabotage?

Making their primary partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secondary partner(s) feel uncomfortable and unwelcome.

That saidâ&#x20AC;Ś As you (probably) know (but if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about to ďŹ nd out), poly relationships have all kinds of (sometimes incredibly arbitrary but also incredibly important) rules. If one of their rules is â&#x20AC;&#x153;My wife doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to hear from or about my girlfriend,â&#x20AC;?

TWO, then your restaurant recommendations are going to fall ďŹ&#x201A;at. Being poly means navigating rules (and sometimes asking to renegotiate those rules) and juggling multiple peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feelings, needs, and concerns.

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Top to bottom new 3 BR home features a tasteful and updated style. Charm, character, and original features have been re-purposed and reinvented, including original 5 panel doors and classic updates on vanities. This home offers 3/4â&#x20AC;? wood ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039;ÇŁĘ° ÂśÇ&#x2039; Ĺ&#x2DC;Ă&#x17E;Çźs OŸČ&#x2013;Ĺ&#x2DC;ÇźsÇ&#x2039;ÇŁ Ĺ&#x2DC;_ ǣĨɴĜĂ&#x17E;ÂśĂ&#x152;Çź É Ă&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC;_ŸÉ

$274,900

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Bright and sunny, move-in ready home featuring Es Č&#x2013;ÇźĂ&#x17E;ÂŻČ&#x2013;Äś Ă&#x152; Ç&#x2039;_É Ĺ¸Ĺ¸_ ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039;ÇŁ ÇźĂ&#x152;Ç&#x2039;ŸČ&#x2013;ÂśĂ&#x152;ŸČ&#x2013;ǟʰ Ă&#x152;Ă&#x17E;ÂśĂ&#x152; OsĂ&#x17E;ÄśĂ&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC;œǣʰ Ĺ&#x2DC; ŸƟsĹ&#x2DC; OŸĹ&#x2DC;OsƟǟ ĘŠÇ&#x2039;ÇŁÇź ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039; ƟĜ Ĺ&#x2DC;Ę° Ĺ&#x2DC;_ ĘŠĹ&#x2DC;Ă&#x17E;ÇŁĂ&#x152;s_ E ÇŁsĹ&#x17D;sĹ&#x2DC;ǟʳ ÇťĂ&#x152;s ĨĂ&#x17E;ÇźOĂ&#x152;sĹ&#x2DC; ŸƟsĹ&#x2DC;ÇŁ ŸĹ&#x2DC;ǟŸ ÇźĂ&#x152;s Ćź ÇźĂ&#x17E;Ÿʰ ĆźsÇ&#x2039;fect for outdoor entertaining. 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

$275,000

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$449,900

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BACK ON THE MARKET FRANCISVILLE ǢǟɴĜĂ&#x17E;ÇŁĂ&#x152; EĂ&#x17E;Ë&#x161;ÄśsÉ&#x161;sÄś OŸĹ&#x2DC;_Ÿ ÂŻs ÇźČ&#x2013;Ç&#x2039;Ă&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC;Âś Ÿ Ĩ ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039;ÇŁĘ° Ĺ&#x2DC; sɎƟŸǣs_ EÇ&#x2039;Ă&#x17E;OĨ É ÄśÄśĘ° Ĺ&#x2DC; ŸƟsĹ&#x2DC; ĨĂ&#x17E;ÇźOĂ&#x152;sĹ&#x2DC; É Ă&#x17E;ÇźĂ&#x152; granite counters, transom windows, and lots of storage space. Enjoy the low mainteĹ&#x2DC; Ĺ&#x2DC;Os ÂŻsĹ&#x2DC;Os_Ë&#x161;Ă&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC; E OĨɴ Ç&#x2039;_Ęł ËĄ Ds_Ç&#x2039;ŸŸĹ&#x17D;ÇŁĘ° Ë E ÇźĂ&#x152;

$239,000

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$249,000

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Wonderful 2 bedroom townhome featuring an ŸƟsĹ&#x2DC; OŸĹ&#x2DC;OsƟǟ Ë ÇŁÇź ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039; É Ă&#x17E;ÇźĂ&#x152; Ă&#x152; Ç&#x2039;_É Ĺ¸Ĺ¸_ ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039;ÇŁĘ° OÇ&#x2039;Ĺ¸É Ĺ&#x2DC; Ĺ&#x17D;ŸĜ_Ă&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC;œǣʰ Ĺ&#x2DC; ŸÇ&#x2039;Ĺ&#x2DC; Ĺ&#x17D;sĹ&#x2DC;Çź Äś ĘŠÇ&#x2039;sƟĜ OsĘ° Ĺ&#x2DC;_ Ĺ&#x2DC; sɎƟŸǣs_ EÇ&#x2039;Ă&#x17E;OĨ É ÄśÄśĘł ÇťĂ&#x152;s ĨĂ&#x17E;ÇźOĂ&#x152;sĹ&#x2DC; Ă&#x152; ÇŁ Ĺ&#x17D; ƟĜs O EĂ&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC;sÇźÇ&#x2039;É´Ę° OsÇ&#x2039; Ĺ&#x17D;Ă&#x17E;O ÇźĂ&#x17E;Äśs ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039;ÇŁ Ĺ&#x2DC;_ Âľr ƟƟĜĂ&#x17E; Ĺ&#x2DC;Oes, and opens onto a spacious rear garden/patio

$259,000

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