Philadelphia Weekly 11-08-2017

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We sit down with Curb comic JB Smoove ahead of a trip to Philadelphia.

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NOVEMBER 8 - 15, 2017

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Lots to see and do this week in Philadelphia. We provide you with a detailed rundown.

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FROM THE EDITOR

Shooting the breeze KERITH GABRIEL

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hink about this for a second: while you were somewhere watching the Eagles put on another display that would ensure youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have much to talk about at work on Monday, a man walked into a Texas church, walked down the middle of the aisle, turned around to face the congregation revealing an assault riďŹ&#x201A;e and opened ďŹ re.

In the aftermath, 26 people lost their lives, including an 18-month-old child. The gunman? A man with a history of violence that featured cases of domestic and child abuse and assault. Still this man was able to obtain a riďŹ&#x201A;e and open ďŹ re on innocent people in a house of worship, a place thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supposed to be the safest place to be.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a topic that again has spurred the debate of gun control, but politicians, including this nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s President, would rather discuss recognizing issues surrounding mental health over gun control, as if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a page from a manual on how not to upset the NRA and lose millions in contribution funding. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s somehow become normal to hear of a mass shooting, digest it and move on. Think about it, how often do you still think of the 500-plus people who were killed or injured in Las Vegas?

That happened last month.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a situation that until it affects you sadly causes an out-of-sight, out-of-mind mentality.

A situation where momentary shock gives way to the obscurity of events in our daily life, so we process and move on. After all, it is what it is, right? We grieve, give our â&#x20AC;&#x153;thoughts and prayers,â&#x20AC;? make bracelets and T-shirts and use kooky hashtags like #BostonStrong and #VegasStrong and #TexasStrong to show solidarity, but in the end it does become out-of-sight, out-of-mind.

Move on, until the next attack.

Standard operating procedure.

Do you know that Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event in Sutherland Springs is the 10th mass shooting in Texas alone since 2009? 10. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think in a state that helped boost Donald Trump into the presidency would urge their fearless leader to look at events like not one but two fatal shootings at a military base, two mass ďŹ rings upon cops in Dallas, or a shootout at a college campus not as a mental health issue but as a serious prob-

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lem with gun control in America.

It literally blows my mind who we live in a country where there is a ďŹ&#x201A;ood of ďŹ rearms readily available for purchase to anyone that can afford them. Vegas showed us there is no limit to the number a single human being can purchase. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not talking pistols either, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking military-grade weaponry capable of taking out a large contingent of people in one sitting.

How is that OK? How is it simply deemed par for the course? You know, when the Second Amendment was instituted â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in 1791, mind you â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it took minutes to load a musket.

Plenty of time to decide if you wanted to shoot a person because you were pissed off at them.

And besides, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t commit a mass shooting with a musket.

This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the 18th century anymore. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no logical reason why these repeated events shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spur not just debate but enact a leader, a real leader to impose a ban on the type of gun a citizen can purchase. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be a start.

There is no reason anyone should be allowed to own the type of riďŹ&#x201A;e the Sutherland Springs shooter was able to obtain.

And spare me the â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for huntingâ&#x20AC;? excuse.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a good shot, then you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a riďŹ&#x201A;e capable of spraying bullets. If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t kill a deer with a single shot riďŹ&#x201A;e, perhaps itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to take up another hobby.

So now, the blame game will occur and is already happening as the shooter, a disgraced Air Force airman, was only able to purchase his weapon after a clerical error from the Air Force failed to disclose his violent past in background check databases. This will become a how could that have happened situation (which honestly is somewhat fair) instead of stand where enough is enough and some serious amendments to the amendment happen.

Last month, there was a really interesting article in The Atlantic that examined the swift reaction Australia took after a mass shooting that killed 35 people in 1996. In what took a month to implement, the government banned both automatic and semiautomatic weapons, and instituted a buyback program that got 600,000 civilian-owned ďŹ rearms off its streets.

There hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been a large scale shooting in that country since.

But in America, our politicians deem events like Sutherland Springs as an inquiry into how mental health is viewed instead of coming up with solutions to get guns off the streets. Hate to say it, but when you take a step back and ponder, that notion should tell you one inalienable truth: to them, in this country, your life really doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter. Q

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MEEKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DEFENSE:

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m human. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not perfectâ&#x20AC;Ś Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m asking for mercy. You gave me the ladder to do what I have to do to prevail in my struggle. I made it this far, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really go back and start over.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rapper Meek Millâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plea to Common Pleas Court Judge Genece E. Brinkley prior to his sentencing, as reported by the Inquirer.

COURTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S REPLY TO MEEK:

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I gave you break after break, and you EDVLFDOO\ MXVW WKXPEHG your nose at this court.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Common Pleas Court Judge Genece E. Brinkley to a surprised 30-year-old Meek Mill before sentencing him to 2-4 years in prison.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;SOMEBODY SAVE MEâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somebody save me,â&#x20AC;? Philly rapper Meek Mill pleads in the chorus of his latest hit single, which was released in September. But listening to that refrain â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as well as the songâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s numerous references to incarceration â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is a bittersweet experience for fans today. Last week, a Philadelphia judge sentenced Mill to a minimum of two years in state prison for parole violations stemming back to a decade-old drug and gun case. Meekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s court saga and his clash with the probation system and the role of respectability politics is one that likely wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be fully understood for years. For now, like those who were in the courtroom that day, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only time for a little gasp. Q CRIME & PUNISHMENT:

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The number of insensitive and some racially charged comments Philadelphia Police OfďŹ cer Kristine Gillespie-Amato left in a Facebook tirade after the announcement that the statue of Frank Rizzo would be removed from the front of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Municipal Building. In this tirade, Gillespie-Amato held no punches calling a black woman a â&#x20AC;&#x153;ghetto ass,â&#x20AC;? but afďŹ rmed sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a racist because her â&#x20AC;&#x153;grandsons are half blackâ&#x20AC;? which you know...totally makes up for it. The posts lived on a Facebook group called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vintage Philadelphia.â&#x20AC;? Vintage Philadelphia. Sounds about right. Oh, and regarding this matter? The police department is reportedly â&#x20AC;&#x153;looking into it.â&#x20AC;? Q 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

Reading Terminal Market...online?

Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famously old-school Reading Terminal Market is getting a new-school bump. Market managers have amped up their website, which now even features online shopping! No, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have DiNicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or San Kee Peking Duck delivered with the service. Think more along the lines of groceries and other market retail items. Hit up readingterminalmarket.shop to check it out. According to Billy Penn, RTM online shopping is in the beta stage. If successful, the market would consider it a permanent expansion. Q

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OK, Pennsylvaniaâ&#x20AC;Ś According to a recent report from WalletHub, Pennsylvania has moved out of the top 20 ranking for fattest cities in America. Despite our ridiculous restaurant scene, it appears more of you are hitting the gym and not the grub as the Keystone State dropped to No. 25 on the list. The criteria looked at the prevalence of obesity in each state in addition to the evaluation of inactivity and overweight people in each state. The fattest state in the nation? Mississippi. The state where all the skinny-minnies reside? Colorado. Q

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I walk in that bitch, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Charlie.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather live Charlie in the hallway before I read the role, if I go to the bathroom Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m washing my hands, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Charlie. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a disconnect if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not who theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for when you enter a room. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same way I view my stand-up. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect Leon, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect JB. My job is to leave the audience in tears and I have my own way of doing that based on the situation.

Come on, man. I always get the girl. [Laughs], naw actually I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember, but I probably got her. I probably did, yeah.

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time I was ever on stage was in 1986 at a dating game competition on campus at my college, I was one of the bachelors and while I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doing stand-up, I just had this feeling being in front of all those people and giving answers that were cracking the crowd up that maybe I have a career in this. That propelled me into the stand-up world and I started taking improv classes and realized that I could do this.

B Smoove continues to change his game.

Literally.

The Virginia-born comedian turned actor doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go into a single act with the same bit, in fact itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all improv based on the feeling he gets from the audience. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same approach he takes into his role as Leon Black, on the hilariously cringeworthy HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm where Smoove has asked and answered some of lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest questions ďŹ lled with expletives that roll off the tongue, but somehow worked expertly with the delivery.

Smoove is having quite the year. Fresh off a movie, and being a part of the ninth season of Curb, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s written a book called â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Book of Leon: Philosophy of a Foolâ&#x20AC;? Leon Black explaining the shit that comes from the mouth of a character that has his

own cult following. Next up for Smoove is a trip to our region for a one-night, stand-up special at the Valley Forge Casino Resort on Nov. 17.

But before he takes the stage, he took a call from PW to chat Leon Black, Larry David and life as a comedian â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and how it take sall of it one gig at a time.

When did you have that â&#x20AC;&#x153;holy shit, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m crushing this comedy thingâ&#x20AC;? moment?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m to 30 years in the business at this point so as far as peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst vision of me was my standup life and not my on-camera life which, let me tell you, were two completely different things. I quit my day job the day my daughter was born. That was in 1993, so for me it was this notion that the stand-up life was something I wanted to do was in me. I started it in the late 1980s and the ďŹ rst

I grew up on [Richard] Pryor, man, I loved Pryor. I loved [Bill] Cosby, George Carlin. And then you have the comedic actors like Peter Sellers and Andy Kaufman, I just loved their daring approach to comedy. I loved the variety of all those guys and I look at myself as a mix of all of these guys. You never know which JB is going to show up and I love to give people that out of left ďŹ eld, never know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen type of comedy. I do give most of my acts in improv form. I think every audience is different and deserves a different performance. Plus I like entertaining myself [when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m up on stage], so I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enter with a plan whenever Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m up there.

You have a distinct voice and way to deliver a line, so how do you mix it up so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique everytime and so people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just see you as Leon from Curb?

Anytime I go on an audition or Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going into a show, I always like to come out as the character. I read the script description of the character and from the ďŹ rst minute you meet me Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m that character. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not walking into any situation as JB, if the script calls for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Charlie,â&#x20AC;? when

Actually, I had an inkling that it might come back but really none of us knew. [Executive show producer and main character] Larry [David] is so damn Larry all the time that who knows with him. You never know what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thinking. He took that time off [in between seasons 8-9] and did a play, a movie and doing the Bernie Sanders stuff [on Saturday Night Live], so I think for him, it was about getting some things out of the way that he wanted to accomplish before thinking about coming back. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy he made this decision. I love this character, so to have another season as Leon [Black] is a blessing.

Do you think a show like Curb has a shelf life?

TV is like boxing man, where even though a guy or in this case a show â&#x20AC;&#x201C; has talent â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to stay too long. [When we ďŹ rst started Curb], Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have conversations with Larry and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say â&#x20AC;&#x153;look you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to stay too long or leave to early because people are going to anticipate the show coming back and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to bug you to the point of being annoying but stay too long and shit starts getting played out.â&#x20AC;? But I also told him to ďŹ gure out the right number so the box set looks good on the shelf. Q JB Smoove | Nov. 17. 9pm. The Venue at Valley Forge Casino, 1160 First Ave., King of Prussia. vfcasino.com/events/j-b-smoove/ TWITTER: @SPRTSWTR

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The city and its secrets A new book, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;takes a tour of Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forgotten past

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hat is the difference between the Wanamaker organ and the Macyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s light show, between the Divine Lorraine and racial harmony, and between the Holmesburg Prison and Zoe Strauss? What distinguishes Philadelphia from New York, Los Angeles and Detroit?

Rather than beginning with questions, Nathaniel Popkin and Peter Woodall set off in their new book with an elusive answer: Philadelphia is the hidden city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the best way to begin an argument,â&#x20AC;? Woodall says, jokingly, one morning over coffee. He and Popkin, cofounders of the website Hidden City Daily, fell in love with the post-industrial charm of Philly in the 1980s, and have since made careers exploring the unsung mini-histories of its rise and decline.

While their inspirations ranged from Luc Santeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essays on New York to Rebecca Solnitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mixed-media atlas of San Francisco, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden Cityâ&#x20AC;? sits in a modest category of its own.

It is quite unlike any other contemporary book about Philadelphia. The two-part essay unfolds alongside 110 photos by architectural photographer Joseph Elliot, together detailing how the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best (and least) known spaces interact in the past and present.

The story opens in 1916, a time when the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population was roughly the same size as it would be a century later. As is well-known now, the rapid industrialization and population growth that propelled Philadelphia into the 20th century would leave as quickly as it came. Popkin and Woodall look into the physical spaces that were left behind in an investigation that feels equal parts journalistic and literary. Woodall and Popkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s references run the gamut from archival neighborhood research to modern depictions of Philadelphia in ďŹ lms like â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fifth Element.â&#x20AC;?

In tracing a history, however, the book maintains emphasis on how these spaces â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wayne Mills, for example â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are being utilized by people today. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The tension between past and present is rich,â&#x20AC;? Popkin says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a living thing we are a part of.â&#x20AC;?

Popkin adds he was hoping to bring readers into the â&#x20AC;&#x153;inaccessible soulâ&#x20AC;? of the city. Whether successful or not, local and national readers will nonetheless have an alternative theory of American urbanism and Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique place in it. Q TWITTER: @MAXMMARIN

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MUSIC fore the election with â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Trump Card,â&#x20AC;? and people werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paying enough attention.

Since that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work, since no one listened to me, we have to talk about him now. Every moment this Administration goes forward makes it crucial to discuss. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sadly evergreen. The problems that come with living under continual crisis makes it difďŹ cult to cope, and I address that in â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Not Normal.â&#x20AC;?

You grew up as an East Coast guy in Northern Maine. What allure did Trump hold in your youth?

He was a buffoonish caricature of a billionaire, a classic Mr. Moneybags, but in a way that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t impact my life much. That was the [1980â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s]. When [NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Apprenticeâ&#x20AC;? came around, that was when I thought of him with any depth.

In â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Trump Card,â&#x20AC;? you draw a direct line between former candidate Trump and the villainous Roy Cohn. Who are your new villains?

COURTESY MIKE DAISEY

Mike Daiseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brash, hold-no-punches form of theater may not be everyone â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s cup of tea, but it will makes us all think twice.

No apologies here Monologist Mike Daisey takes no prisoners in latest pair of performance pieces

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eave it to storyteller Mike Daisey â&#x20AC;&#x201C; quite possibly Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most whimsically incisive monologist since Spalding Gray â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to premiere not one, but two extemporaneously-performed pieces on the anniversary of the Trump election.

Daisey will drop â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Is Not Normalâ&#x20AC;?

(Nov. 9-11), and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The End of Journalismâ&#x20AC;?

(Nov. 10-11), at Philadelphia Theatre Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Suzanne Roberts play-space.

The makeup of â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Is Not Normalâ&#x20AC;? follows Daiseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fever dream of 2016â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Trump Card,â&#x20AC;? with its warnings of confusing rhetoric and potential fascism/nationalism.

The latter in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The End of Journalismâ&#x20AC;? explores the death throes as journalism in both Daiseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and at times in real life â&#x20AC;&#x201C; comically chokes on the layered onion skins of fake and real news.

Consider the ďŹ rst is a warming and the second a eulogy, as each features its own vil-

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lains, and few heroes. Yes, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s irony in that Daisey got raked over the coals in 2012 when NPRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;This American Lifeâ&#x20AC;? aired, then retracted his â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobsâ&#x20AC;? bit on Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manufacturing practices in China after it was discovered he had embellished and fabricated elements of the piece (to which Daisey apologized for the incident).

Since his Rimbaud-esque season in Hell, Daisey has moved on and now seemingly has more bite to his bitching than ever before.

When did â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Not Normalâ&#x20AC;? come alive in your head? Could it have been the night of the election?

No, that was too horrible.

Other than that pesky anniversary, why is now the best time to consider Trump?

Well, nowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not THE best time, that was when I was talking about him for months be-

Roy Cohn is still with us in the new Trump piece. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;The End of Journalism,â&#x20AC;? a character examined in the same fashion I do with Cohn is Roger Ailes. He is personally responsible, more than anyone else, for the state of our political situation because of his decision to weaponize Fox News as something to mythologize objective journalism.

You had issues booking â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Trump Cardâ&#x20AC;? into theaters last year. Beyond playing Philadelphia Theater Company, do you see the same problems, potentially, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Not Normal?â&#x20AC;?

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see a great shift in arts organizations and their ability to engage with the material.

If anything though there is great interest in pieces that are nakedly political. As someone who has been making extremely engaged political work for decades â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good. I was always doing that work, regardless of the tastes of the industry as a whole. Issues of our sovereignty and normalizing events around us connect to human psychological traits that were here long before â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and will be, long after â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Administration. And â&#x20AC;&#x153;The End of Journalismâ&#x20AC;? took well over 100 years to happen, how a certain way of thinking stops, and the transformation into the next phase.

Real finger-on-the-pulse stuff.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always had that knack. I also think though that it is timeless, because Trump did not come out of nowhere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Trump Cardâ&#x20AC;? took pains to paint the portrait of how the Republican Party has been long radicalizing and conjuring up the specter of racism and white nationalism. They believed they could keep it under control. Now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re

watching Bannon and such working toward winning primaries. They fully understand that they raised something they now could not control.

You got a bit of bad rap for your â&#x20AC;&#x153;Steve Jobsâ&#x20AC;? thing compared to what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing now with the blurred lines of fake news and real news. What say you?

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spend much time thinking about that now. Fundamentally, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m more concerned about where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going. The obsessions of an age indicate the neuroses of their time. In an interview after the events of what I went through, David Sedaris was asked what my imbroglio meant. He answered: the death of print media. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an anxiety about retaining authority, that when you feel authority slipping away that makes you apt to look for places to exert that power. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the media-at-large taking Fox News to task because they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Fox News is too large; its ratings too big to go up against. Because one assumes if they were that mad at me â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a person making theater â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that journalistic sins committed would result in a punishment 1,000 times worse than mine. But it is not.

So, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re saying that media at-large only gossip about their error and treachery?

And still have lunch with them, but will never take action. This extends to its own house, too. Journalismâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fall stems from its reluctance to clean its own house; even great journalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; particularly great journalism.

Because no one can admit weakness?

I apologized deeply and fully, took graduate-level journalism courses, got to know more journalists than I already knew. I would like to compare THAT to the New York Times handling of Judith Miller. The Times is paying for that now...even though good thinking liberals still trust the Times after being wrong on the largest issues of the last 15 years. Where was mainstream media when the ďŹ nancial collapse happened? When we went into endless war with Iraq and Afghanistan? They were cheering it on, making it happen. I am responsible for what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done, and sleep well at night. The people at the New York Times have to sleep with the fact that they helped encourage a war that killed a million Iraqis.

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Yo, did you see that? upcoming holiday season

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rom A Christmas Story to Die Hard 2, holiday ďŹ lms are an American institution. Whether our hearts expand around Christmas or weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking to escape family time, early winter movies are part of our culture.

This season, we balance familiar franchises (Thor: Ragnarok, Justice League, The Last Jedi, Black Panther) with biopics (I, Tonya, The Greatest Showman, The Post) as protagonists, from superheroes to P.T. Barnum, look into themselves to overcome challenges.

Tying these movies together are themes of self-discovery, â&#x20AC;&#x201C; expression, and â&#x20AC;&#x201C; love, which is also an interesting interpretation of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current cultural state.

Authenticity, whether Thorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new humor or Tonya Hardingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s candid fall, triumphs typical Hollywood love-story narcissism. The epitome of this ethos is Ferdinand the Bull (Ferdinand), and fragments of his revamped story can be seen in most major ďŹ lms this season.

Justice League (Nov. 17)

itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bullshit,â&#x20AC;? says the trailerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Long Island accent. Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie), the psycho ice-skater America loved to hate, is back in the biopic of the season.

The star of the fall ďŹ lm festivals (Toronto, Philadelphia), I, Tonya is the equal-partshorrifying-and-hilarious story of Nancy Kerriganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knee in the lead-up to the 1994 Winter Olympics. Peeling back layers of tabloid truth, director Craig Gillespie shows humanity in the darkness of Hardingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core.

Look for I, Tonya in Oscars discussions.

Wonder (Nov. 17) Auggie Pullman (Jacob Tremblay) is a ďŹ fthgrade boy with a facial difference, just trying to make it through middle school. But with Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson for parents, anything is possible. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anything like the book by author Steve Conrad, it will be heart wrenching. Wonder is directed by Stephen Chbosky, who wrote The Perks of Being a WallďŹ&#x201A;ower and directed the movie version.

Both were critically acclaimed, so success would seem likely. With last-minute delays earlier this year, the bar is high for his latest work.

Call Me By Your Name (Nov. 24) A likely favorite, Call Me By Your Name is a summer romance sure to touch the heart as its gay storyline transcends stereotype with intimate passion and easy beauty. A hearty teenager (TimothĂŠe Chalamet) slowly loses himself in his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s American guest (Armie Hammer) over the course of a Northern Italian summer. The love opens his eyes to the world and himself. The 24- year-old guest, however, is also his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research assistant.

Based on the novel by AndrĂŠ Aciman, director Luca Guadagnino (Melissa P.) is a master of sensuality at peak performance. Already acclaimed at Sundance and Venice, Call Me By Your Name looks to deepen the gay romance canon with its psychologically relaxed but emotionally intense style.

Ferdinand (Dec. 15) A big-hearted bull escapes his ďŹ ghting fate in the family-oriented feel-good of the season.

Imagining a beautifully animated Spain, director Carlos Saldanha (Rio, Ice Age) pits freedom against tradition as Ferdinand (John Cena) embraces himself to ďŹ nd home. Based on the Munro Leafâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, Ferdinand depicts the ethos thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inspired countless works, from The Blind Side to Dr. Strange. For this reason alone, I think the animated ďŹ&#x201A;ick will be worth the watch.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec. 15) The newest Star Wars is the most anticipated movie of the year. From Daisy Ridleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Rey) November Vogue cover to the 34 million times-viewed trailer, the world is anxiously awaiting the fate of this galaxy far, far away. In The Last Jedi, Rey discovers her powers and takes the hand of Kylo Ren (!!!) who she hopes â&#x20AC;&#x153;will show me my place in all this.â&#x20AC;? Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Rogue One, Breaking Badâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ nal season), this could be the franchiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bleakest blockbuster, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think people will care. If Johnson delivers like he did two years ago, look for The Last Jedi to be big.

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plans to show the other side of Tonya Harding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the haters always say, Tonya, tell the truth. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no such thing as truth I mean

Washington Post publisher Kay Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) battle the government in the declassiďŹ cation and public release of the Pentagon Papers. Directed by Steven Spielberg, The Post brings to life the scandal of the half- century that was Watergate, and the bravery that uncovered it. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d go just to see Streep and Hanks on screen together. Aptly timed, The Post, hotly anticipated by critics and politicians alike, is a torch in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fake news darkness.

Black Panther (Feb. 16)

Marshall, will blaze the screen again in this superhero classic.

Superman may be gone, but a slew of other notable DC superheroes will join forces to save the planet in Justice League.

You remember for her infamous mix-up with fel-

The Post (Jan. 12)

The Greatest Showman (Dec. 25)

I, Tonya (Dec. 8)

In keeping with the superhero theme of 2017, the spirit of the late Superman lives on in Justice League as Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, and Cyborg unite, under director Zack Synder (Superman, 300), to save Earth from alien-invader Steppenwolf.

With an all-star cast (Ben AfďŹ&#x201A;eck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Khal Drogo, Claire Underwood), at its worst, Justice League will crush the box ofďŹ ce, guaranteeing that this movie will be talked about.

Jackman) and the story of his circus is nothing less than the invention of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imagination. Starring Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Zendaya, The Greatest Showman is this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movie-musical, and already has the magical makings of La La Land (yes, my hopes are high; yes, I love Zac Efron). Debuting Michael Gracey as director (but, really, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hugh Jackmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passion project) with songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen), the stars could align for The Greatest Showman.

Which would be prophetic, given the ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s believe-in-yourself-to-succeed motif. Although it might give you the circus itch, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make plans to attend. Ringling, Barnum, and Bailey Bros. ended operations last May.

This true story featuring P.T. Barnum plans to inspire and prove that dedication doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a shelf life.

In 1871, a man, whose clock company had recently bankrupted him, started a â&#x20AC;&#x153;traveling museum, menagerie, caravan, and hippodrome.â&#x20AC;? His name was P.T. Barnum (Hugh

Trouble is brewing in Wakanda, a secret nation hidden in Africa. King Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Challa (Chadwick Boseman) must work with the CIA to prevent Erik Killmonger (Michael Jordan) from starting a world war. With Lupita Nyongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;o heading the femme fatale squad and Forest Whitaker as â&#x20AC;&#x153;King Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Challaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Obi Wan Kenobi,â&#x20AC;? 2018â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most exciting ďŹ lm looks to deliver. The timing, with Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contemporary rise, is also apt. Written and directed

by Ryan Coogler (Creed), Black Panther has been on radars since 1992, when Wesley Snipes ďŹ rst mentioned its development. With stunning 3D and aforementioned star power, the wait seems to have been worth it. Q

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Audiences prepare for another year of great films and discussion at the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, which opens Nov. 9.

Around for the long haul Asian American Film Festival prepares to celebrate 10 years in Philadelphia

BY A.D. AMOROSI

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hat the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival returns for its 10th year (Nov. 9-19), says as much for audiences (5,000 plus in 2016), as it does its curators and ďŹ lmmakers (36 plus documentary and narrative features, to say nothing of shorts).

From its opening night screening of the rarely-viewed 1919 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dragon Painterâ&#x20AC;? Hollywood-made silent feature with a live score by Bay Area musician Goh Nakamura, to the 2016 documentary, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Far Western,â&#x20AC;? about the transplant of American country music, PAAFF continues to look poetically at a diverse continuum of the Asian American experience, with Philadelphia cinema-makers occasionally in the mix. â&#x20AC;&#x153;PAAFF is helping to get more eyes on my ďŹ lm which means more people become aware, and hopefully more

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people care, and get involved in some way shape or form in the ďŹ ght for social justice,â&#x20AC;? said Sahra V. Nguyen, the director behind â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deported,â&#x20AC;? a highlight documentary in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like all things in life, the longer we do this, the better and more sophisticated our programs become,â&#x20AC;? said PAAFF director Rob Buscher.

There are events throughout the year: screenings, campus-corporate talks and networking events for local ďŹ lmmakers.

Focusing on 2017â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PAAFF, Buscher states the current political climate has created an openly hostile attitude toward non-whites and people perceived to be immigrants by certain elements in society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With that, we decided to explore themes related to this throughout PAAFF,â&#x20AC;? said Buscher. An academic conference at the University of Pennsylvania will capture the concept of Art as

Activism through discussions and presentations with ďŹ lmmakers, academics and activists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Much of our documentary program also reďŹ&#x201A;ects this, ranging from the stories of environmental activism by indigenous Malaysians to the plight of Micronesians serving in the U.S. military, ineligible for certain Veteran Affairs beneďŹ ts due to immigration status.â&#x20AC;?

In Nguyenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, she wanted to explore and expose the subject of deportation and advocacy, speciďŹ cally from the perspective of the Southeast Asian community. Filming in Philadelphia, Nguyen worked closely with the 1Love Movement and 1Love Cambodia to tell the immigrant story of ďŹ ve deportees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a ďŹ lmmaker and journalist, my intent was to ďŹ nd and share the truth,â&#x20AC;? she stated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems that the immigrants from Southeast Asia are rarely included in the mainstream conversation on im-

migration, so I wanted to document the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective to add to the conversation.â&#x20AC;?

Another theme for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival is, in Buscherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words, celebrating the past with the hopes of changing the future with a commemoration of the Asian communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history in the American ďŹ lm industry.

Bringing up â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dragon Painter,â&#x20AC;? the curator recalled that Japanese immigrant actor Sessue Hayakawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Haworth Picture Company â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was, and is, the only Hollywood studio owned by an Asian-American, and was intended to counter â&#x20AC;&#x153;Orientalist stereotypes of the era by providing what Hayakawa considered to be an authentic representation of his culture.â&#x20AC;?

Along with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dragon Painterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? live score, PAAFF offers up many slices of diverse music such as live Filipino-American bluegrass duo Rick and Chris Marcera playing after â&#x20AC;&#x153;Far Western,â&#x20AC;? and Korean American rap duo Year of the Ox performing after the â&#x20AC;&#x153;4 Pillarsâ&#x20AC;? shorts program about Asian American communities and hip-hop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our communities are more alike than any other minority given the issues around language access and threat of deportation for some ďŹ rst generation immigrants in both groups,â&#x20AC;? said Buscher of this fest, and his close partnership with the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amongst second-or thirdgeneration Americans of either Latino or Asian descent, there tends to be an assumption by mainstream society that our ethnicities denote foreignness, something that has become rather dangerous in our increasingly xenophobic political climate.

Both communities are left out of the historically black-white binary discussion of race relations in the U.S., though I would argue that Latinos are somewhat more integrated into that conversation than Asian Americans today.â&#x20AC;?

Buscher adds that while Latinos and Asians are made up of many diverse ethnic cultures of origin, Latinos share a common language. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With 50-plus unique language groups in the Asian American and PaciďŹ c Islander community, this prevents many in our immigrant generation from identifying as part of a Pan-Asian community.â&#x20AC;?

Buscher believes this generationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ lmmakers enjoyed a greater-than-usual mobility between the U.S. and countries of their immigrant parents or grandparents and therefore have a greater knowledge of their ancestral cultures of origin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Using my Japanese-American mother as an example, her generation were not taught Japanese by their parents due to fears over anti-Japanese sentiment in the wake of WWII,â&#x20AC;? said the curator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would argue that any ďŹ lmmaker who experienced life in two or more cultures will create a more complete picture, regardless of subject. If there is any one quality we are looking for in a ďŹ lm it is that, since our festival is designed to be accessible to AAPI communities and non-Asian audiences alike.â&#x20AC;?

Ask Buscher what makes an Asian-American auteurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work worthy of the fest, and the simple answer of his and any ethnic niche fest is that PAAFFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s searches for ďŹ lms that strike a balance between compelling and relevant content that also possess a high degree of artistic merit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say with a few rare exceptions like Wayne Wang (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joy Luck Club,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chan is Missingâ&#x20AC;?), this concept is still being deďŹ ned,â&#x20AC;? said Buscher. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consider that the Asian-American independent ďŹ lm movement only began in the late 1960s and even then produced few quality narrative feature ďŹ lms until the early 1980s. We are in the very early stages of this movement, and that is part of what makes it so exciting.â&#x20AC;? Q Philadelphia Asian-American Film Festival | Nov. 9-19.

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BY THE NUMBERS A look at some of the key numbers in a continued effort to make Philadelphia the home of Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second headquarters:

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Number of weeks of the campaign which ran between the week of Oct. 23 and ends on Nov. 26.

Number in the billions of dollars in investment winning Amazon will attract annually. Thus spurning the reports of a wanted tax cuts for the company but whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crying?

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Mass transit in Seattle now features billboards highlighting all that Philly has to offer as part of a campaign to woo supply giant Amazon to build its new headquarters here.

Dollars and sense?

Inside the finances of Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s woo-fest to become Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second home

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n its bid to become home to the next Amazon headquarters, Philadelphia crafted a sparkling sales pitch replete with videos, interactive maps, testimonies from business leaders and a lengthy written proposal.

The bid, marketed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Philly Delivers,â&#x20AC;? is unlike any the city had previously made to curry favor with a corporation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come cheap.

So far, Philly agencies have spent nearly a quarter-million dollars on the campaignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s various incentivizing efforts.

Total price tag? $245,000.

Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation contracted with six local businesses to put together the bidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slick digital and written components, according to Jessica Calter, PIDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president of marketing communications. In all, it spent $160,000, funded by a mix of public and private dollars.

Visit Philly also reportedly spent $85,000 on bus wraps and a social media campaign in Seattle, the site of Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corporate head-

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quarters. Running through the end of November, the ad blitz doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mention HQ2, as the new headquarters is commonly referred to, or Amazon speciďŹ cally, but the goal is clear: keep Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s virtues in Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sightline.

Visit Philly is funded by the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hotel tax and various foundation grants. For PIDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part, Calter said that the money came from the Economic Stimulus Program â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;a revolving fund initially capitalized with City fundsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as well as grants from the Knight Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We focused dollars on the marketing assets that will be used beyond this effort,â&#x20AC;? Calter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are conďŹ dent this was money well spent on a project that speaks of Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth not just to Amazon but to all businesses looking to relocate or grow here.â&#x20AC;?

The reception to Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bid has been mostly positive. Win or lose, advocates say the effort brought Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business community together and showed the city can make a convincing pitch on the national stage. But critics have derided Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whole experi-

ment, arguing that it essentially extorted local governments, even those with little competitive standing, into promising public resources and grovelling at the feet of a corporate giant.

Is a cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dignity worth sacriďŹ cing for the estimated 50,000 jobs and massive economic stimulus that would come with a new Amazon HQ? It depends on whom you ask.

Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was one of 238 bids the retail juggernaut received. Even going by Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own prerequisites, however, most of the municipalities that submitted bids are a longshot.

Nonetheless, the bids came eagerly from every corner of the country, and initial news reports suggest that the participating municipalities collectively spent millions on the competition.

Albany, New York, spent $100,000 on its pitch, according to news reports. But these dollar amounts pale next to some of the oldfashioned ďŹ nancial incentives offered up to the tech giant. Newark, New Jersey, promised Amazon $7 billion in a host of city and state tax breaks to open up shop there.

Among the more desperate pleas for Jeff Bezosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attention: Stonecrest, Georgia, proposed to de-annex 345 acres of land to create a new city called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amazon,â&#x20AC;? and install the billionaire CEO as its mayor. In a more bizarre solicitation, Tucson, Arizona, expressed its interest in the form of a 21-foot saguaro cactus sent to the tech giantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seattle headquarters.

Amazon turned the cactus down. Q TWITTER: @MAXMMARIN

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Number of days roughly from implementation to execution for Visit Philly to make Philadelphia ever-present in Seattle near Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corporate headquarters.

The number of people in-house from creative, digital, social and advertising teams that work on the Visit Philly's Seattle campaign.

Number of wrapped Seattle mass transit vehicles wrapped with pro-Philly imagery.

Number of other prospective cities and towns Philadelphia beat to the punch to strategically market in Philadelphia.

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Number of proposed jobs Amazon could potentially bring to the town that wins the bid.

$85,000

Amount spent by Visit Philadelphia in a month long campaign to wrap mass transit vehicles and fuel a digital social media campaign targeted to the Seattle market. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; KERITH GABRIEL | @SPRTSWTR

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Visit Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Janie Tsang, Dana Schmidt and Cara Schneider led the charge in getting the jump on effective advertising in Seattle to subtly suggest Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth to Amazon officials.

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Nov. 26, also coincide with a robust targeted paid social media campaign that uses entirely user-generated imagery sourced from Phillybased photographers (both amateur and professional) to promote the city on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and other sites. In addition, each post coincides with content to highlight the pillars in the campaign targets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would naturally be sharing that kind of news about the city anyway, so it just made sense to support this advertising campaign The entire process from implementation to [on social media],â&#x20AC;? said Dana Schmidt, Visit execution and delivery?

Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of social media. To Schmidtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Less than a week. point, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a marketing â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is entirely to the tactic the tourism board credit of our creative team,â&#x20AC;? already drops dough for, noted Visit Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior wrapping train steps in advertising manager, Janie NYCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Penn Station and Tsang, who oversaw much donning digital billboards of the delivery of materials in Washington, D.C. and was the liaison between But in this particular the city and King County case?

Transit, Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about delivering mass transit system. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We content that really helped did all of this in-house, and to keep Philadelphia on top from the start the direction of mind without being obthat was taken we collecvious,â&#x20AC;? Schmidt continued. tively thought was a smart â&#x20AC;&#x201C; CARA SCHNEIDER, DIRECTOR OF MEDIA â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been really great to do way to tell Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RELATIONS FOR VISIT PHILADELPHIA these and see that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re story and put us on the map not hitting them over the in a unique way.â&#x20AC;? head and saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;this is for In all, Visit Philadelphia spent a reported you, Amazon.â&#x20AC;? $85,000 funded by the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hotel tax to And the right way of going about doing wrap buses, trolleys and other mass transit in that? the key neighborhoods near Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main â&#x20AC;&#x153;By literally not writing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jeff Bezosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Amheadquarters. The wraps, which will run until azonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or shipping bananas or mailing a cac-

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hen the dust settles on what has been the ridiculous ride to win Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next home, know that Philadelphia did all it could to win the rights.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a concerted effort. Between city ofďŹ cials and organizations like the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, the Philadelphia Visitors and Conventions Bureau and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, a $245,000 package was spent to entice Amazon to consider Philly ďŹ rst.

But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been the execution of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary tourism organization, Visit Philadelphia, that has subtly killed the game with wrapping much of Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mass transit vehicles in pro-Philly advertising. But instead of copy that makes its motive extremely obvious, the ads â&#x20AC;&#x201C; created entirely in-house at Visit Philly â&#x20AC;&#x201C; focus on the quality of life and diversity the city has to offer with content pillars that include Philadelphia as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;City of Green Love,â&#x20AC;? the â&#x20AC;&#x153;City of Independent Loveâ&#x20AC;? and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;City of Colorful Love.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to be on the right side of eager, which is confident but not desperate.â&#x20AC;?

tus,â&#x20AC;? joked director of media relations Cara Schneider, who has been with Visit Philly for more than 10 years and has seen the ebbs, ďŹ&#x201A;ows and now rise of the city as both a tourist and event destination seeing major events like the arrival of the Pope, both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and most recently the NFL Draft all choose Philly over other states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Press secretary to Mayor Jim Kenney] Lauren Hitt said it best, really.

During a meeting she said that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;we want to be on the right side of eager,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; which is conďŹ dent, but not desperate, so the ads were lifestyle-focused but not speaking to Amazon directly.â&#x20AC;?

Perhaps the biggest kicker of all of this is that at the time of this report, Philadelphia appeared to be the only city that thought utilizing prime Seattle ad space as a marketing mechanism to promote was a good idea. A request for comment from Kings County Transit went unreturned, but it also appears Philly is the only city holding down the transit game in the Emerald City.

Instead, the show of affection has appeared more comedic than strategic. As aforementioned, Tucson, Arizona, ofďŹ cials mailed a 21-foot saguaro cactus to Amazon HQ while Stonecrest, Georgia, has already vowed to change its town name to Amazon if it wins. Charlotte, North Carolina proclaimed Oct. 18 a state holiday using the hashtag #CLTisPrime Day coinciding with multiple cities that have tried to woo with their own kooky social contests. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There could be other digital campaigns to be fair, but we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see that from our end,â&#x20AC;? said Schmidt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would assume other cities have tried, but not to this scale.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we ďŹ rst took a look at this in Seattle, we did ask the question if any other competitors were looking at some of the same stuff that we were because that would play a lot into our decision-making,â&#x20AC;? Tsang said, working with Intersection, a company that sells transit ads and is also working with the city on a contract to deliver citywide wi-ďŹ access. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see any that was beyond just regional tourism advertising.â&#x20AC;?

Whether or not Philadelphia becomes Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next home, the trio collectively call the campaign a game changer, one Schneider claims is already serving as a case study in other cities. For Philadelphia to get the jump on 237 other eager hopefuls in a marketing campaign currently serving a dual purpose isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just savvy, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good for the future of business.

In that, they take solace. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Philly might not win because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for,â&#x20AC;? said Schneider. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no doubt that we are a serious contender. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take that. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be great to be a bride, but we did really good work here and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be hard to convince anyone that this is a really valuable exercise, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be ďŹ ne with being a bridesmaid too.â&#x20AC;? Q TWITTER: @SPRTSWTR

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tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a go for the install of 100 kiosks that will deliver free-wiďŹ , phone charging and other informational service throughout parts of Philadelphia.

Actually, from a contractual standpoint itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a go since 2015, but like Rome, planning and implementing secure citywide wireless access wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t built in a day.

The process, called LinkPHL recently received approval from the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art Commission for the install that plans to act not just as a wi-ďŹ hub, but as a phone charging station, digital advertising display and an information booth for both Philadelphians and visitors alike.

According to Mike Dunn, a spokesperson with the Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OfďŹ ce of Communications, approximately 80 kiosks will be installed in sections of Center City and University City with an additional 20 sprinkled throughout parts of Philadelphia. Dunn added that deployment of the kiosks is expected in early 2018 with a 12-month completion time.

The contract was awarded to a Manhattanbased company called Intersection, which specializes in promoting digital media through smart cities technology. Intersection, which already had a contract with the city for other digital displays (think the digital displays at many transit stations in Philadelphia, like Suburban Station), had the contract to bring a design like LinkPHL here since 2014, after receiving approval from City Council.

Intersection, which has created and already implemented this technology in New York and London, claims via its website to have installed 1,300 Links in NYC since launching in 2016 and noted that more than 2.7 million people have registered to use its services.

So why the delay in Philly? Technically, there was no delay as Dunn explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The contract took effect in [2014], and that contract calls for Intersection to develop [and] install Arts Information Kiosks that display arts, culture and public information,â&#x20AC;? Dunn told PW via email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The City and Intersection since developed this detailed proposal, which was submitted to the Art Commission for its review, which in turn took several months. In short, there was no delay. We have approached this in a diligent and thoughtful manner, and that takes time.â&#x20AC;?

So what types of service can be expected at one of these portals? OK, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve mentioned the secure wi-ďŹ , but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to also

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Free-standing wi-fi kiosks like the one seen here will be the norm by this time next year throughout sections all across Philadelphia. note that LinkPHL boasts 1GB speed, which is almost 100 times faster than data plans on mobile devices. Additionally, the information portal is a fully-functional touchscreen display, planned to house the latest news on whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in the city.

Much of that information will be provided by advertisers and advertising dollars, making LinkPHL completely free for the user and for the city, which, according to a release, will see at minimum a $450,000 annual kickback through the life of the contract with Intersection after the Links are fully installed. In turn, the City claims the proceeds will be used to fund public services.

Is there a bit of a Big Brother approach to using this system? As of now, that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be veriďŹ ed, but know that LinkPHL is a part of the SmartCityPHL initiative which was created to use technology to keep closer eye on how the city operates. LinkPHL runs on a dedicated ďŹ ber that will provide real time information to whomeverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the other end monitoring. However, the plan is to use the hubs as an operational response tool to issues around the city, more than an dedicated eye in the sky. â&#x20AC;&#x153;LinkPHLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capabilities, including dedicated ďŹ ber running to each structure, will provide the capacity and capability to share real-time information in a way that will help the City of Philadelphia develop smarter solutions to city issues and gain operational efďŹ ciencies that beneďŹ t taxpayers,â&#x20AC;? said Christine DerenickLopez, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief administrative ofďŹ cer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[As a whole], SmartCityPHL wants to harness technology to change the way the city operates, in everything from internet connectivity to street lighting, crime prevention, meter reading, parking, and public safety.â&#x20AC;? Q TWITTER: @SPRTSWTR

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GAMES Do you feel closer to the Dunder-MifďŹ&#x201A;in staff than your own work ofďŹ ce? Do you feel the urge to say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what she saidâ&#x20AC;? anytime something vaguely sexual has been said?

Then this is the perfect themed trivia event to show off your knowledge of the hit TV comedy. | 8pm. Free admission. The Grey Lodge Pub, 6235 Frankford Ave. greylodge.com

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I am a Woman. I am a Veteran

Support your women veterans. Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds, in partnership with Women Veterans Center, honors women veterans across Philadelphia. Enjoy drinks, light hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ors dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres, and great music. Bring donations of nonperishable goods and feminine hygiene products for the Women Veterans Center. | 5:30-7:30pm. Free. WeWork Walnut St., 1430 Walnut St., Suite 200 vmcenter.org

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Harry Potter Trivia Books 3 & 4

Hop on your broom or into your ďŹ&#x201A;ying car for an enchanting evening of magical trivia. Be a Hermione Grainger, and put your knowledge to the test of spells, potions, creatures, characters, and more from books three and four of J.K. Rowlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bestselling series.

Ace your O.W.L.s for a chance to win a $50 gift card for ďŹ rst place, and $25 gift card for second place. Teams can be made up of ďŹ ve players or less. | 8:30pm. Free. Sona Pub & Kitchen. sonapub.com

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 MARKET

Twilight Market

Come for local crafts, farm to table eats, and good vibes. The market will include live music, local food and drink, workshops, and craft vendors. Bring your own beer and wine, and get into the community spirit. | 4-8pm.

Free. Greensgrow Farms, 2501 E. Cumberland St. greensgrow.org

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What to do in & around the city

Dilworth Park Wintergarden

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o you have Olympic-worthy skills on the ice?

Or are you just happy if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fall on your butt? Either way, get pumped for the return of the Rothman Ice Rink returning for its fourth season outside City Hall on Nov. 10.

But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all! In addition to a rink where you can skate to your heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s content, Dilworth Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wintergarden offers great food and drink and all the holiday merriment one can think of.

After tearing up the ice at the rink, warm up with seasonal cocktails, beer, and food at the adjacent Rothman Institute Cabin. Take a turn in Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garden Capital Maze that displays more than 30 public gardens, arboreta, and historic landscapes. View the seasonal plants under twinkling lights, and learn how to grow your own during free gardening workshops.

The ice rink, cabin, and garden will have their grand reopening on Nov. 10, with other features added in the coming weeks. Starting Nov. 18 through Jan. 1, shop at the Made in Philadelphia Holiday Market. Also, beginning Nov. 20 through Jan. 1, bring the little ones to experience the Deck the Hall Light Show. Q Nov. 10-Feb. 28. Times vary. Prices vary. $3 for kids 10 and under and $5 general admission for skating, $10 skate rentals. Dilworth Park, 1 S. 15th St. centercityphila.org/parks/ dilworth-park

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Movie Night: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Starship Troopersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been 20 years, but the 1997 intergalactic ďŹ lm is still out of this world! Come watch the cult classic as you drink a brew. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s man versus bug. Who will win? | 7-9pm. Free. Beer Love, 714 S. 4th St. beerlovephilly.com

HIKING

Nighttime History Hike

Ever go on a nighttime hike? How about one in a cemetery? Well, Laurel Hill Cemetery offers the opportunity to do both. In this hike, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll learn the history of Laurel Hill, visit the gravestones of some notable people buried there â&#x20AC;&#x201C; some of whom may have even been buried alive. No, seriously. Best part is that all proceeds beneďŹ t the Lower Merion Conservancy. | Select nights through Nov. 16, 6-8pm. $20 ($10 for members). Laurel Hill Cemetery, 225 Belmont Ave., Bala Cynwyd. westlaurelhill.com/events

Electrical Spectacle Holiday Light Show

The upcoming holidays are looking bright!

The show will be complete with 50,000 lights, a 12-foot tall kite centerpiece in homage to Benjamin Franklin, and holiday music. Come for food, shopping, activities, and of course the lights! | Nov. 9-Dec. 31. Free. Franklin Square, 200 N. 6th St. historicphiladelphia. org

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DRINKS

Pints for Pups

Has it been a â&#x20AC;&#x153;ruffâ&#x20AC;? week? Come and relax with a few drinks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all for a good cause too!

BeneďŹ tting Citizens for a No Kill Philadelphia, drink and participate in outdoor games.

The event will include Bumble giveaways, and the ďŹ rst 20 guests who show their Bumble app will receive a pint on the house! | 6-8pm. Free admission. Evil Genius Beer Company, 1727 N. Front St. evilgeniusbeer.com

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 CRAFTS

Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get crafty. The event will showcase 195 national artists and 25 guest artists from Korea. Come for the juried art extravaganza and sale.

Who knows what you might ďŹ nd! The 41st annual Craft Show will run from Nov. 9-12. | 11am-6pm. Prices vary. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit Hall F, 1101 Arch St. pmacraftshow.org

Protest The Capital Grille in Philly

Know where your food comes from. Join The Humane Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protest against the animal welfare policies of Darden, the parent company of Olive Garden, The Capital Grille, and other restaurants. Come dressed in business clothes to blend in, and protest outside the restaurant. Competitors like TGI Fridays, BJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurants, Shake Shack, and several others have all made commitments to humane food policy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so why hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Darden? | 6-7pm. Free. The Capital Grille, 1338-46 Chestnut St. thehumaneleague.org

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 DANCE

East Passyunk Community Center Hoedown!

Ready for some dosey-doe? Grab your cowboy hat and boots, and head on over to the hoedown. Let the live music guide your square dancing. Enter basket rafďŹ&#x201A;es, and enjoy food and drink. | 7-11pm. $20 in advance. $25 at the door. 1025 MifďŹ&#x201A;in St. eventbrite. com/e/east-passyunk

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Bibliococktails: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bram Stokerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Draculaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Forget â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilightâ&#x20AC;?! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about the original vampire story â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dracula.â&#x20AC;? In honor of Bram Stokerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 140th birthday, come for an evening that celebrates great literature. Drink

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themed cocktails, as you talk about one of the greatest masterpieces in gothic literature. | 6-8pm. The Rosenbach, 2008-2010 Delancey Pl. $15 for members. $30 for general admission. rosenbach.org/events

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ANNIVERSARY EVENT

Camp-In at The Franklin Institute AIDS Library 30th Anniversary Celebration and Exhibit Opening

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been 30 years since AIDS Library opened their doors, and that deserves celebration! The nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst lending library for literature with HIV/AIDS content will be hosting an event honoring the milestone. Enjoy hors dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres and drinks as you view the opening of a new exhibit, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Still Fighting for our Lives.â&#x20AC;? Registration is appreciated. | 5:30-8pm. Free. William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce Street. eventbrite.com/e/aids-library

PUB CRAWL

Haunted Pub Crawl

Halloween may be over, but the past still haunts Philadelphia. For the ďŹ rst half hour, take the walking tour to see the sites of witch trials, the graves of our Founding Fathers, the mass graves under colonial structures, and more. Then the second hour is for paranormal pub visits, where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll receive a complimentary drink and snack at each location. The night will be ďŹ lled with special, ghost stories, and spooky trivia games. | 6pm. $55 plus fee. Independence Visitor Center, 599 Market St. grimphilly.com

Summer camp may be over, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean the sleepover fun has to be over. Are your little ones obsessed with The Franklin Institute? Come as a group or family, and camp-in at the science hub. The night will include live science shows, hands-on workshops, stargazing in the rooftop observatory, and time to explore all 11 permanent exhibits. The event is designed for kids ages 6-13 and their parents. | 6:15pm-9:30am. $39.50 for members. $49.50 for non-members. The Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St. ďŹ .edu/camp-in

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 FOOD FESTIVAL

Philadelphia Wing Festival

It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much better than a plate of wings. But what about a whole festival to the chicken goodness? The day will include over 20 of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best restaurants and food trucks with more than 60 plus styles of wings to choose from! Hot, sweet, BBQ, fried, smoked, and grilled â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this food festival has it all for $1 a jumbo wing. To complement your wings, indulge yourself with drinks, desserts, and live music. | Noon-6pm. Prices vary. 2300 Arena, 2300 S. Swanson St. upcomingevents.com/e/philadelphia-wing-festival

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 FOOD

19th Century Food Tasting and Demo

History buffs, let your taste buds travel back in time to the 19th century. Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Victorian food expert, Becky Diamond will explain food customs and recipes from the 1800s. Taste an array of chocolate desserts from chocolate cake to puffs. 1:30-3:30pm. $25 for members. $30 general admission. Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken St. ebenezermaxwellmansion.org

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 MUSIC

Movie Theme Song Monday

Is your favorite part of watching movies listening to the music? Get up on stage, and sing your favorite movie songs. Enjoy some Hollywoodesque drinks, like martinis shaken not stirred, and break out your classic cinematic songs. | 9pm-1am. Free admission. Dawson Street Pub, 100 Dawson St. dawsonstreetpub.com

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FOOD

Kitchen Science: Cookie Lab

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 CAUSES

Philadelphia Walk to End Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Do something worthwhile this Saturday. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walk to end Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Walk the bases at Citizens Bank Park to raise funds and awareness about this progressive disease of the mind. Preregister, join a team, or walk as an individual. | 9am-1pm. Free. Citizens Bank Park, 1 Citizens Bank Way. act.alz.org

Are you a cookie monster when it comes to snacking? Find out how to make the scientiďŹ cally perfect chocolate chip cookie.

Led by R2Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pastry chef, Peter Scarola, and the Franklin Instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resident food scientist, Shanna Caster, learn about the science of baking. Participants will enter the cookie lab to bake, dissect, and taste. | 1-2:30pm. $15. Free Library of Philadelphia Culinary Literacy Center, 1901 Vine St. eventbrite. com/e/kitchen-science-cookie-lab

COMEDY BAR CRAWL

porn pics! | 11am-2pm. $59 plus fees. Location will be emailed upon ticket purchase. phillyfoodtours.com

MOVIE

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Free Improv Jam

Think you have the funny bone? Whether a novice or expert at improv, sign up and work your ability to think on your feet. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it this week? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry, PHIT Comedy offers a free improv session every Sunday. | 8:30-9:30pm. PHIT Comedy, 2030 Sansom St. phitcomedy. ticketleap.com/sundays-free-improv-jamjul-23-2017/

Drag Queen Quizzo

Ready for a fabulous quizzo night? Hosted

by Quiz Mistress Brittany Lynn, put your trivia skills to the test in a night of questions. Win prizes, and have a lively night of good old trivia and drag! | 6-7:30pm. Fumo Family Library Branch, 2437 S. Broad St.

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MOVIE

Philly Fall Crawl

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fall in love with fall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; well, hopefully not drunk fall! Join more than 1,300 crawlers to drink at Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best watering holes for the ďŹ fth annual Philly Fall Crawl. Your ticket includes an event shirt, discounted drink and food specials, giveaways, scavenger hunt and more. | Noon-8pm. $20 advanced tickets. $25 tickets at the door. Check in at The Irish Pub, 20th & Walnut. upcomingevents.com

FOOD TOUR

Chestnut Hill Food Tour: Explore an Iconic Philly Neighborhood

OK foodies, this tour is for you! Take a tour of Chestnut Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food scene, and enjoy a cheese and wine pairing, beer tasting, and two desserts. Get ready to take some food

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Goonies Never Say Die

Centerpiece Film: Bombshell â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Hedy Lamarr Story

Calling all ďŹ lm buffs! Come watch the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centerpiece Film about actress Hedy Lamarr. In the 2017 documentary, learn about her harrowing tale of scandal, abuse, invention, beauty and brains. The ďŹ lm will be followed by a vintage Hollywood inspired reception. | 7:30pm. $25.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Controlâ&#x20AC;? yourself, because the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nastyâ&#x20AC;? singer, Janet Jackson is coming to Philly. Come be a part of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rhythm Nation,â&#x20AC;? and catch the iconic singer on her State of the World tour. Start the week off right with great singing and performance to match. | 8pm. Prices vary. Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St. wellsfargocenterphilly. com/

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Join the Franklin Institute for a cup of tea and science. Learn how food and science interact through hands-on activities, conversations, and interactive demonstrations. Enjoy bizarre lite bites, surprising sips, and curious concoctions. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to â&#x20AC;&#x153;spill the teaâ&#x20AC;? on science. | 7-9pm. $30 for general public. $25 for members. The Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St. tickets.ďŹ .edu

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Get the popcorn and movie candy essentials on the ready. Watch three classic movies that celebrate Asian American ďŹ lm: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daughter of Shanghai,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phantom of Chinatown,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Piccadilly.â&#x20AC;? The classic movie night is a part of the Philadelphia Asian Film Festival, which runs from Nov. 9-Nov. 19. The event is free, but remember to RSVP! | 5-10pm.

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The Daddy Files Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a 40-year-old bi man. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been with my 33-year-old bi-wife for three years and married for one. When we ďŹ rst met, she made it clear that she was in a long-term (more than three years) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daddyâ&#x20AC;? relationship with an older man. I ďŹ gured out six months later that her â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daddyâ&#x20AC;? was her boss and business partner. He is married, and his wife does not know. I struggled with their relationship, since I identify as open but not poly. Eight months later, she ended things with him because it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;logically rightâ&#x20AC;? for us (her words). But she cheated with him four times over the course of two years. In all other aspects, our relationship is the greatest one Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had. I do not doubt her love for me. My wife has met her biological father only a couple of times and her stepfather died when she was 16â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the same year she went to work for her â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daddy.â&#x20AC;? Their non-work relationship started 10 years later, when she was 26. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a complex relationship, and he is not going anywhere, as they now own a business together. While I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think cheating has to be a relationship-ender, dishonesty always has been for me. The ďŹ nal complication: I have a cuckold fetish. I believe it might be possible to meet everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs, so long as everyone is honest. I will admit that, in the heat of passion, my wife and I have talked about her having â&#x20AC;&#x153;two daddies.â&#x20AC;? Do I consider allowing this, so long as everyone is honest? Is mixing business and personal matters going to blow up in our faces? Do I ignore the part of my brain that wants this guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife to know? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Distressed About Deceitful Dynamics Involving Entangled Spouse

I have a sugar baby who is a mature postop trans woman. She is very attractive but also very high maintenance. (She has OCD.) I pay her $300 per anal sex event; I help with bills, food, etc.; and I spend every weekend with her. I probably spend $15,000 a year on her.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy most of the time (the sex is great), but does this arrangement sound fair? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Daddy Asking Dan

Divide the money youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re spending annually ($15,000) by the number of weeks in the year (52), DAD, and your anal-sex-event-packed weekends are only costing you $288.46 a pop.

Seeing as most sex workers charge 10 to 20 times as much for a full weekend, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spending too much. (If this arrangement is unfair to anyone, DAD, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfair to your sugar baby.) Now, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re only pulling in You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need my permission to consider 30K a year, spending half your pre-tax wages this arrangementâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;allowing the wife to have on a sugar baby is unsustainable. But if that two daddiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re clearly already 15K represents a small percentage of your considering it. (Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve moved on to the bar- annual income, DAD, you should give your gaining and/or writing-letters-to-sex-advice- sugar baby a raise. Q columnists stage of consideration, the ďŹ nal THEREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MORE SAVAGE LOVE! stage before acceptance.)

Read more at PHILLYWEEKLY.COM What you want, DADDIES, is my permisAsk a question: MAIL@SAVAGELOVE.NET sion to do this, not just to think about it. Per-

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mission granted. Could it all come to shit?

Anything and everything could come to shit.

But your wife has been fucking this guy the entire time youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been together, and you nevertheless regard this relationship as the greatest one youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had. It stands to reason that if things were great when she was honest with you about fucking her boss (at the start) and remained great despite being dishonest with you about fucking her boss (the last two years), you three are in a good position to make this work now that everything is out in the open.

As for your other concerns: Most of the poly people I know started out as either monogamous or â&#x20AC;&#x153;open but not polyâ&#x20AC;? (people evolve), we ďŹ nd out about secret workplace romances only when they blow up (skewed samples make for skewed perceptions), and you need more info about the other manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife before you issue an ultimatum or pick up the phone yourself (their marriage could be loving but companionate, he could be staying in a loveless marriage for good reasons, they could have agreed to a DADT arrangement regarding affairs). But again, DADDIES, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking if something that seems to be working in practice might actually work in practice.

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