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rushing across the street to the CVS to ask the same question. Surgical masks may have hile shopping in my helped during the 1918 ﬂu neighborhood Rite epidemic but with the coronaAid the other day, virus (WN-CoV) they are not I heard a man in line ask for supposed to amount to much. a surgical mask. The cashier Nevertheless, they work as held up his hands in exaspera- a psychological deterrent tion and replied that the store because people, all of us, feel was out of surgical masks. that we have to do something. What to do? The potential cus- When a virus is airborne tomer left the store in a huﬀ, there’s little one can do to cir-

cumnavigate it unless one had access to live inside a plastic bubble. At the beginning of the AIDS crisis, there were a lot of questions about contagion. The wildest theories regarding AIDS never cited airborne “contact” as a cause although many believed that human sweat, any type of kissing, saliva — even so far as to use a spoon or fork previously used

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by someone infected — could cause one to contract AIDS. There was even a theory that March 4, 2020 mosquitoes could carry the virus if they bit an infected person and then bit a non-injected person. Dentists were especially intrusive when they would ask their patients, “Have you been tested for AIDS?” Before the issuing of explicit safe sex guidelines, everything was a guessing game. In a city like Philadelphia or any city for that matter, protecting yourself from coronavirus would be nearly impossible. Anyone who rides SEPTA, shops, walks the streets of Center City, goes to the theater, concerts, church, or eats in restaurants, would be at risk. Suran ongoing, city-wide survey gical masks and gloves would of historic and cultural assets. be mere theatrical props. The It will also have completed a Broad Street subway and the pilot survey based on that plan Market-Frankford line would in one city neighborhood. become living incubators. In its April 2019 final report Staying home from work to Mayor Kenney’s Historic avoid the commuting crowds Preservation Task Force recwould not be an option for ommended an ongoing effort most people. Round-the-clock, to document and preserve self-imposed isolation in your X would be historic and cultural resources. house or apartment ...the only solution. This project. It is said, is the The ideal safe place during a first step to implement that plague would be a lone counrecommendation. According to MOC, the Wil- try house on top of a mountain far from the maddened liam Penn Foundation will crowd. If a catastrophic event provide a $250,000 grant to ever visited the planet, be it support the project. To ensure that preservation plague or war, cities would be Page x continued on page 4 the most affected. Panic and hunger would lead to home X of hungry invasions as hordes ... city people would caravan out into the country and find those mountain top safe places. One internet search I made concerning the virus revealed that some think the virus is a man-made, “gift” from

Philadelphia takes first steps toward City-wide historic and cultural resources survey $250,000 from William Penn Foundation will support the work By Haywood Brewster Staﬀ Reporter

ow should a city recognize centuries of history and culture? We are informed by the Mayor’s Oﬃce of Communications (MOC) that Philadelphia is about to ﬁnd out. Accordingly, next month the Department of Planning and Development will begin a project to explore that question. When the project ends, we are told, in December 2022 the City will have a plan for

To ensure that preservation will be community-driven, the project will create a strategy that invites communities to inform the criteria by which assets and methodologies for preservation are identiﬁed.

Philadelphia lawyers enter the fray representing business and property owners whose rights, they say, will be impacted with the opening of “Safe Injection Sites” By Haywood Brewster Staﬀ Reporter

a safe injection site in South Philadelphia operated by the non-profit Safehouse at Conritz & Bianculli, a law stitution Health Plaza at Broad firm with offices in and McKean streets. Center City, and NorthAccording to a release east and South Philadelphia, from the firm, “The plans fell has made it public that it is through after backlash from working to protect the busiresidents and local politicians, nesses and property owners in but that doesn’t mean a safe the neighborhoods where The injection site or sites might not City of Philadelphia intends to be approved somewhere else allow the opening of safe injec- within the City in the future.” tion sites for the use of illegal “Under the Fifth Amenddrugs. ment of the United States ConThe City of Philadelphia stitution, action by The City of recently considered allowing continued on page 4

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Photos from my wonderful visit to the Flower Show

he 2020 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show, “Riviera Holiday,” is bringing designers and visitors to the Mediterranean Riviera now through March 8th, 2020 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center 12th and Arch Streets. The world’s leading floral and garden designers immerse visitors in the sights, scents, and tastes of the region. Citrus trees and sweeps of lavender will form a vision of Riviera life as visitors wander along intimate pathways to a whole new crop of experiences, garden displays, and artistic design. The

Show includes acres of lush garden landscapes with five new designers including James and Helen Basson of Scape Design, and Laurélie de la Salle of Laurélie Paysages, both from Nice, France, and feature an enormous variety of Mediterranean plants. The image of the painter creating a lovely painting of fresh flowers is Judy of the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators as visitors watch. All photos were taken by Caroline Christian, photographer

Hours of the 2020 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show: Monday–Friday, March 2 - 6: 6:10am – 9pm Saturday, March 7: 8 am – 9 pm Sunday, March 8: 8am – 6pm Last entry each day is 30 minutes prior to close.

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Crime Statistics & Crime Report Updates. If you have any crimes to report, please send them to N.C. at newsdesk@pressreview.net by press time, Monday at noon. Note: this crime report does not cover the entire boundaries for each police district. Instead, it reflects statistics in or near our circulation areas. The following crimes occurred between Thursday, Feb. 20th to Wednesday, Feb. 26th.

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3rd DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 3rd District, please call South Detective Division at 215-686-3013. Reporting 3rd District crimes from South St. to Mifflin St. and Delaware Ave. to Broad St.

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Arrest: 200 Kenilworth St; 200 Morris St. Assault: 1600 S. 3rd St; 500 Reed St; S. 9th & Tasker Sts; 1200 Fitzwater St; 1400 South St. Burglary: 1500 S. 2nd St; 1400 South St. Robbery: 700 Ellsworth St. Theft: 400 South St; 1100 Carpenter St; 900 Ellsworth St; 700 Alter St; 300 Dickinson St; 100 Wilder St; 100 Greenwich St; 1700 S. 11th St; 1700 S. 2nd St; 1800 S. Broad St; 700 Hoffman St. Vandalism: 200 Christian St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1500 S. 4th St. 6th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 6th District, please call 215-6863060. Reporting 6th District crimes from Spring Garden St. to South St. and Front St. to Broad St. Assault: 300 Chestnut St; 800 Walnut St; 1300 Walnut St; 1400 Walnut St. (2 incidents). Burglary: 1500 South St. Robbery: 300 Race St. Theft: 1300 Race St; 200 Race St; 1000 Cuthbert St; 1300 Market St; 1100 Walnut St; 800 Walnut St; 500 Walnut St; 200 S. 12th St. (2 incidents), 400 South St. Vandalism: 1200 Walnut St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 200 N. Camac St. 9th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 9th District, please call 215-686-3090. Reporting 9th District crimes from Fairmount Ave. to Lombard St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River. Arrest: 16th & Market Sts. Assault: 1800 Market; 200 S. 17th St; 1400 Walnut St. (2 incidents). Theft: 2300 Green St; 2100 Spring St; 1300 Race St. (2 incidents), 1900 Market St; 8th & Market St; 1300 Market St; 1200 Market St; S. 19th & Market Sts; 1600 Chestnut St; 1400 Chestnut St; 100 S. 19th St; 1700 Walnut St. (2 incidents), 200 S. Sydenham St; 200 S. 15th St; 200 S. Broad St. Vandalism: 200 S. 15th St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1700 Chestnut St; 1800 Walnut St; 1800 Rittenhouse Sq. 12th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 12th District, please call 215-686-1320. Reporting 12th District crimes within Southwest Philly bounded by Baltimore at 50th St. to Bartram Dr. at 60th St. Arrest: 5600 Thomas Ave; 1200 S. Ruby St; 6000 Greenway Ave; 6200 Elmwood St. Assault: 1100 S. 56th St; 1400 S. Allison St; S. 55th St. & Kingsessing Ave;

1900 S. Ithan St; 2600 S. 58th St; 6500 Greenway Ave. Burglary: 4900 Florence Ave; 1000 S. Ithan St. Shooting: 5500 Kingsessing Ave. Theft: 700 S. 50th St; 1000 S. Ithan St; S. 56th & Broomall St; 5500 Broomall St; 5300 Willows Ave; 700 S. 50th St; 4700 Springfield Ave; 1700 Cobbs Creek Pkwy; 5900 Windsor St; 5200 Grays Ave; 5500 Linmore Ave. Vandalism: 5400 Chester Ave; 5500 Woodland Ave. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 4900 Warrington Ave; 1200 S. 49 St; 5700 Kingsessing Ave. 16th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 16th District, please call 215-6863160. Reporting 16th District crimes from Girard Ave. to Market St. and from the Schuylkill River to 52nd Street. Arrest: 800 N. 44th St. Assault: 4100 Cambridge St; 3800 Brown St. Burglary: 3900 Reno St. Robbery: 3000 Lancaster Ave. Theft: 4900 Ogden St; 800 N. Preston St; 52nd & Market Sts; 400 Busti St; 4000 Baring St; 400 N. 40th St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 3800 W. Girard Ave; 700 N. Dekalb St; 4100 Lancaster Ave. (2 incidents), N. Preston St. & Lancaster Ave; 600 N. 41st St; 100 N. 48th St. 17th DISTRICT: To report a crime to the 17th Police District, please call 215-686-3170. Reporting 17th District crimes from South St. to Mifflin St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River. Arrest: 1500 Washington Ave; 3000 Dickinson St; 3300 Tasker St; S. 23rd & Mifflin St. Assault: 1700 S. Natrona St. Burglary: 3100 Grays Ferry Ave; 2200 Latona St; 1300 S. 16th St; 1500 S. Etting St; 1700 S. Natrona St; 1900 Hoffman St. Theft: 2400 Bainbridge St; 00 Academy Cir; 1100 S. 31st St; 2300 Federal St; 1800 Latona St; 1800 Titan St; 1900 Wharton St; 1300 S. Bouvier St; 1500 S. Hicks St; 1900 Fernon St; 1800 Mountain St; 2700 Moore St. Vandalism: 1600 S. 26th St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions,

and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1600 Washington Ave; 1200 S. 16th St; 2800 Wharton St. 18th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 18th Police District, please call 215-6863180. Reporting 18th District crimes from Market St. to Woodland Ave. and 30th St. to Cobbs Creek Pkwy. Arrest: 60th & Markets St; 5500 Pine St; S. 48th & Pine Sts; 5700 Thomas Ave; 1200 S. Ruby St. Assault: 5500 Chancellor St; 800 S. Cecil St; 6100 Cobbs Creek; 1200 S. 56th St. Burglary: 4900 Florence Ave. Robbery: 5600 Chestnut St; 5700 Walnut St; 400 S. 47th St. Theft: 4700 Sansom St; 100 S. 46th St; 4000 Chestnut St; 200 S. Melville St; 200 S. Saint Bernard St; S. 48th & Pine Sts; 5100 Cedar Ave; 5400 Norfolk St; 1200 S. 56th St; 5100 Springfield Ave. Vandalism: 53rd & Market Sts. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): S. 52nd & Locust Sts; S. 45th St & Springfield Ave; 1000 S. 46th St; 4900 Warrington Ave. 19th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 19th Police District, please call 215-6863190. Reporting 19th District crimes from City Ave. to Market St. and 52nd St. to 77th St. Arrest: 6200 Lansdowne Ave; 5800 Lancaster Ave; 1500 N. Redfield St; 5800 Vine St; 100 Renfield St; 5900 Market St. Assault: 6600 Malvern Ave; 6700 Lebanon Ave. (2 incidents); 6300 Vine St; 200 N. Daggett St; 1300 N. 76th St. Burglary: 7400 Brockton Rd. Robbery: 6400 Diamond Rd; 6100 W. Oxford St; 1400 N. 61st St. Theft: 800 Wynnewood Rd; 6500 Landsdowne Ave; 600 N. 67th St; 400 N. 60th St; 300 N. 63rd St; N. Dewey & Market Sts; 5800 Market St. Vandalism: 7300 Brentwood Rd. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 6300 Lansdown Ave (2 incidents); 700 N. 64th St; 7400 Drexel Rd; 1300 Farrington Rd; 6000 Vine St; Salford & Market St; 6000 Haverford Ave; N. 59th & W. Thompson Sts; 1300 N. Wanamaker St; 5700 Thompson St; N. 57th St. & W. Girard Ave; 5700 Hunter St.

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart

Report details 13.2 percent spending increase between FY17 and FY19 By Haywood Brewster Staff Reporter

ast week, as part of its proclaimed commitment to transparency, the Office of the City Controller released an analysis of the City of Philadelphia’s General Fund spending trends in anticipation of the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget. The report discusses broader trends in actual spending from FY06 to FY19 and provides a more detailed analysis of major spending drivers from FY17 through FY19. “As the City’s revenues have increased, so has its spending. Spending has increased 13 percent over the last two fiscal years. Ultimately, each investment the City makes is a choice. At the end of the day, residents should see a return on this investment, whether in an increase or improvement in services or outcomes for the people of our city,” said City Controller Re-

becca Rhynhart. “This is particularly important during a time when the City continues to benefit from increased revenue generation, but faces critical challenges, like increasing rates of gun violence, a much too-high poverty rate, the opioid epidemic, and a local tax structure that boasts some of the highest wage and business tax rates in the country,” she maintained. Spending Trends The report reveals the ever since the City’s postGreat Recession spending low in FY12, General Fund spending has increased by more than $1 billion. A substantial portion of that increase occurred over the last two fiscal years, growing by an average annual rate of 7.1 percent each fiscal year. Payroll costs consistently make up about two-thirds of all General Fund spending. Overall, General Fund positions increased by 1,800 over the post-Recession employee low in FY11. Spending on purchase of services (contracts and leases with outside vendors) has increased.

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However, its share of overall spending has decreased. The shares of total spending for contributions and indemnities, payments to other funds, and debt service have all had large relative increases since 2006. Spending on materials and equipment decreased after the Great Recession and still has not recovered to preRecession levels. Major Spending Drivers Since FY17 According to the Report, from FY17 through FY19, spending increased by 13.2 percent, which it indicated was the sharpest increase in spending in recent years. The majority of the increased spending was, it said, in the following areas: • Payroll costs, excluding pensions (+$170 million); • City contributions to the Municipal Pension

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at home from something “regular,” as opposed continued from page 1 to something that may put you in a mass grave, which is what happened one world government to many Philadelphia globalists, the so-called victims of the Spanish Illuminati who want to reduce the world’s popu- ﬂu. For all our impressive lation. Fewer people are technology, our skyscrapeasier to control than ers, phones, computers, more people. In this cars, jets, and rockets to instance, less is more in the moon and elsewhere, terms of power. The fact is, the corona- we as a planet are still virus is so overwhelming no better than medieval Europe when it comes it hurts to contemplate to death from plague. any sort of worst-case scenario. It’s as immense Plague still has the power to demolish our smart, as the Cuban Missile crisis in 1962 when, as a sophisticated world. Themes of an endyoung grammar school time plague have long kid, my parents told fascinated writers. our family that there From Daniel Defoe’s A was a good chance we Journal of the Plague wouldn’t wake up the Year, Albert Camus’ the following morning. We Plague, Jack London’s were encouraged to say The Scarlet Plague, Poe’s our prayers and be prepared. I recall the exhila- The Masque of the Red ration on waking up the Death, Graham Greene’s next day to hear that the A Burnt-Out Case to Margaret Atwood’s The crisis had passed. Handmaid’s Tale, we are In general, when it fascinated by stories of comes to death nobody humankind in the grip expects to be felled in of something it cannot a plane crash, a car accontrol. cident, a hit and run, or I heard a professional from random city guntalk about the virus in shots. Most of us hold onto the notion of dying connection with body “regular,” in a hospital or hair, especially beards

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on men, which I admit sounds like a sci-fi thing. The person in question stated that beards would act as a kind of magnetweb for the virus, a kind of negative dream catcher as the virus floats airborne all around us. If this hypothesis has any truth to it, imagine federal, state and city edicts ordering men everywhere, even those most devoted to the curated millennial look, to shave their faces right now. A hydrogen bomb of sorts would be ignited once the coronavirus hits the city’s homeless population. At that point, the rapid-fire multiplications would skyrocket. A pandemic would end partisan political bickering. Suddenly no-

body would care whether you were for Trump, Biden, or Bernie Sanders. “They all caught it and they’re all dead anyway,” people would say. “The new virus is thought to have originated in a crowded so-called ‘wet market’ in Wuhan, selling marmots, birds, dogs, pigs, badgers, rabbits, bats, snakes, wolf pups, cicadas, scorpions, bamboo rats, squirrels, foxes, salamanders, turtles, crocodiles and civet cats,” writes Dr. Justine Butler in The Plant Based News. There’s no way to escape the truth of this. To call any reference to China as the place of origin “racist,” as some have done, is idiotic skullduggery.

One also cannot discount the National Institute of Health’s 2018 report that the “Most dangerous infectious agents that kill humans originate in Africa. Also, the diﬃculties with morbidity surveillance in Africa are well known. In the context of the multiple epidemics that have been recognized over the past decade, numerous assessments of surveillance systems have revealed problems essentially across the board. Poverty and poor healthcare exacerbate health problems. African countries rank among the lowest in per-capita spending on health and the availability of physicians.” We can surmise how

the world will change if coronavirus goes viral. What would be the point of fashion, the Academy Awards, press night at the Wilma, an evening out at the Ritz, a concert at the Kimmel, a protest in City Hall courtyard, or dinner at the Union League? Imagining a devastated world isn’t easy. Like little lambs behind a barnyard fence, we wait for the farmers of science and technology to come up with a way to curtail what may or may not be coming, to us. Some of that technological savvy, and come up with a vaccine to quickly stop this thing in its tracks.

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the City’s eﬀorts to engage residents directly in this important step toward preserving our city’s unique histories and cultures.”

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ies, such as Vancouver, Canada. Fritz & Bianculli says it intends to pursue all actions available to those affected. We are told that professionals in the respective fields, business and property owners in and around the areas of safe injection sites can expect the following, at a minimum: • Plunging property values • Loss of business income • Increased cost of insurance • Cost associated with hiring of private security • Cost associated with removal of infectious waste “There is no evidence that either the City or the supporters of opening safe injection sites have given any consideration to the negative consequences the nearby residents will face,” added Fritz. “Other cities where safe injection sites have opened have led to exorbitant costs to the nearby residents. However, because those cities are in foreign countries, their residents did not have the Fifth Amendment rights afforded to the citizens of Philadelphia. Residents have to know their rights.” The costs to citizens impacted are said to be expected to exceed $ billions of dollars into the future.

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will be community-driven, the project will create a strategy that invites communities to inform the criteria by which assets and methodologies for preservation are identified. “Philadelphia’s historic and cultural assets belong to all of us,” said Mayor Jim Kenney. “That’s why I’m especially pleased that the work to survey these assets will include our residents. I’m grateful to the William Penn Foundation for continuing to support our preservation efforts.” “By shining a spotlight on the cultural as well as the historic dimensions of preservation, we hope this effort will be one means of responding to the risk of cultural displacement in our city’s rapidly changing neighborhoods,” said Shawn McCaney, Executive Director of the William Penn Foundation. “We are pleased to support

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Philadelphia that negatively impacts a person or business’s interests MOC states that the may entitle those impactgrant will enable the ed to be justly compenCity to create a survey sated by the City,” said plan to determine: Fritz & Bianculli partner, • Where the City should Brian Fritz, Esq. survey and how it “This is commonly should begin called a ‘governmental • What the City should taking’ and we are worksurvey and how • What to document and ing to protect our clients and fellow residents of preserve • How to create a system Philadelphia in case the City decides to continue that acknowledges tangible and intangible to pursue these safe injecassets tion sites.” The Landlords who In addition, MOC lease to groups like maintains that the com- Safehouse, as well as, pleted plan will: Safehouse itself, may also • Lead to strategic and face civil liability for the equitable designations and documentation to damages that residents and businesses experiprotect resources ence as a result of the • Identify means to enconsequences that folgage the public • Recommend appropri- low injection sites. These damages have been well ate staﬀ and resource levels documented in other cit• Tie together work across City departThe City has already ments implemented other Task Force recommendations. City Council passed these and Mayor Kenney signed legislation to assist preservation through zoning changes. Council and the Mayor also OUR BRAND NEW APP for your SMARTPHONE and TABLET! enacted an ordinance to combat speculative demolition in Neighborhood Conservation Overlay districts. The William Penn Foundation also provided funding to support the work of the Task Force.

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Celebrate Pennsylvania’s birthday with the display of William Penn’s Charter, Black History documents, and free admission to PA Trails of History sites and visit www.statemuNorth St, Harrisburg, museums seumpa.org. The State PA 17120. Phone: 717Museum of Pennsylvania is located at 300

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he Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) will celebrate the commonwealth’s 339th birthday on Charter Day, Sunday, March 8, with a rare display of William Penn’s original 1681 charter. In honor of the 150th anniversary of the passage of the 15th Amendment, the Pennsylvania State Archives will also exhibit two rarely seen documents: Pennsylvania’s Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery (1780) and the state’s ratification of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1869), which ensured the right of American men to vote, regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” Pennsylvania was created when England’s King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn in 1681. Once each year, the Pennsylvania State Archives exhibit the original document [1] for a limited time at The State Museum of Pennsylvania. The 339-year-old Charter is written on parchment using iron gall ink. The State Archives preserves the document in a highsecurity vault, shielding it from strong light and environmental fluctuations. Admission to The State Museum is free on Charter Day, Sunday, March 8 only, and includes visits to the Planetarium, the Curiosity Connection, and galleries. Free, timed tickets are required for the Planetarium and the Curiosity Connection. A limited number of tickets are available at the front desk and offered on a first-come-firstserved basis. Additionally, at The State Museum, Professor Patricia Likos Ricci will Present, “Charting the Holy Experiment: Violet Oakley’s Murals,” a discussion on painter Violet Oakley’s first commission for the Pennsylvania

State Capitol, a series of murals in the Governor’s Reception Room, painted 1902–1906. Oakley’s theme, “The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual” focused on William Penn’s decision to use the land granted to him to create a society with religious freedom in the New World. Oakley studied the history of the Quakers and the life of Penn in London and Oxford to prepare her mural series, which chronicles the struggle for religious freedom in England from the 16th century to Penn’s voyage to Pennsylvania in 1682. Oakley was the ﬁrst woman in America to receive a government mural commission. Professor Ricci served as special advisor to The State Museum’s exhibit Picturing a More Perfect Union: Violet Oakley’s Mural Studies for the Pennsylvania Senate Chamber, 1911–1919, which features more than 50 of Oakley’s original studies for the Senate Chamber murals from The State Museum’s collections. The exhibit runs through April 26. The program is scheduled for 2:00 PM in the First Floor Gallery. The Pennsylvania Charter, along with Pennsylvania’s Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery and the state’s ratiﬁcation of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will remain

on display at the museum until 1:00 PM on Friday, March 13, when the documents will be returned to the vault for another year. In addition to programming at The State Museum, many historic sites and museums along the Pennsylvania Trails of History will offer free admission on Sunday, March 8. Participating historic sites and museums include: • Brandywine Battlefield Park [2], Chadds Ford • Bushy Run Battlefield [3], Jeannette • Conrad Weiser Homestead [4], Womelsdorf • Cornwall Iron Furnace [5], Cornwall • Daniel Boone Homestead [6], Birdsboro • Drake Well Museum [7], Titusville • Eckley Miners’ Village [8], Weatherly • Ephrata Cloister [9], Ephrata • Erie Maritime Museum & Flagship Niagara [10], Erie • Fort Pitt Museum [11], Pittsburgh • Graeme Park [12], Horsham • Hope Lodge [13], Ft. Washington • Joseph Priestley House [14], Northumberland • Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum [15], Lancaster • Old Economy Village [16], Ambridge • Pennsbury Manor [17], Morrisville • Pennsylvania Anthra-

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RCAP,” Rep. George Dunbar, R-Westmoreland, said during a House Appropriations Committee meeting Monday. “RCAP was not designed for schools, and it’s very specific about what it’s designed for. Nobody wants to send kids to schools with asbestos and lead, let’s not kid ourselves, but let’s find a proper way of doing this.” Department of Education Secretary Pedro Rivera said Wolf chose RCAP because of its ability to distribute funds fast. Approximately 175 buildings in the Philadelphia school district alone contain asbestos and six more have already closed. In September, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers announced that a veteran educator had been diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer caused by inhaling asbestos fibers. “Because there is a dire need, we should act quickly,” Rivera said. “I can absolutely say that $1 billion is only a start.” Republicans pressed

The House Appropriations Committee questions Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Pedro Rivera on March 2, 20202, about the governor’s $1 billion plan to ﬁx toxic schools. Image courtesy of the House Republican Caucus

Rivera for more information about how the state planned to distribute the grants, few of which he could answer definitively. He said the plan and the department’s evaluation of needy districts remain in their early phases. “I think this is an extremely difficult situation to describe,” he said. “You think when you go into these toxic buildings, you can see it, but it could be as simple as a crack in a chalkboard.” Rep. Martina White, RPhiladelphia, said there’s little excuse for lacking specifics on how to address the decades-old problem.

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“These are problems that have been ignored for the past 50 years, and now it’s 2020 and we are still trying to figure out if this billion dollars is the real number?” she said. “Our [Philadelphia] mayor has spent $1 billion over the past four years, and the allocation is a big concern since there is a big need. You’re telling us you’re going to spend a billion, but you haven’t even told me how many years you’re going to spend it over.” Committee Minority Chairman Matt Bradford, D-Montgomery, pushed back against Republicans’ hesitance and said he sees few other solutions outside of borrowing. “We know our kids are going into schools that have been affirmatively closed because of lead, asbestos and mold,” he said. “So while we can quibble about whether the first authorization should be for $1 billion or $100 million, we need to get the ball rolling.” Majority Chairman Stan Saylor, R-York, said the Legislature can both fix toxic schools and question how some buildings fell into such disrepair in the first place, bristling at the implication that his party’s questions signal an unwillingness to help. “I’m not willing to give anybody a pass for their incompetence,” he said. “Nobody is saying we shouldn’t fix the problem on this side of the aisle, but somebody should be held accountable.” Christen Smith follows Pennsylvania’s General Assembly for The Center Square. She is an award-winning reporter with more than a decade of experience covering state and national policy issues for niche publications and local newsrooms alike.

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Pennsylvania Ballet’s world premiere of Angel Corella’s restaging of “La Bayadere” brings dance history to the Academy of Music with stunning costumes and decor, the brilliant Minkus music and a huge cast in starring roles, among them (above), Oksana Maslova and Zeecheng Liang in Royal India., March 5 - 15. Photo: Claire McAdams

zuka Theatre’s world premiere of local playwright Douglas Williams’s “Ship” continues through March. 15 staged by Kevin Glaccum with a cast of three, Annie Fang, Alison Ormsby, and Michael A. Stahler in the tale of Nell, fresh out of rehab and returning to her hometown of Mystic, CT with high hopes of a new life, a humorous dark comedy. Playwright Williams is a Temple graduate. Pay What You Wish at The Proscenium Theatre at The Drake, 302 Hicks St. 90 minutes without intermission. Ages 13 and up. For tickets and information on pre-show happy hours call 215-5631100. ♫ The Please Touch Museum’s new attraction is “XOXO, an Exhibit about Love and Forgiveness”, exploring these complex emotions through words, movement, art-making, performance and play, an interactive presentation. Through May 10 at 4231 Ave. of the Republic in Fairmount Park. 215-5813181. ♫ Curtis Opera Theatre presents Benjamin Britten’s endearingly funny “Albert Herring” in which the shy titular shop clerk is named May King and ﬁnds that his loveless life is under

scrutiny and he decides to spend a night of gentle debauchery out on the town shocking the cast of impishly satirized townsfolk. March 5, 6, 7 at 7:30 p.m., March 8 at 2:30 p.m. Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce. 215893-7902. ♫ Dynamic conductor Marin Alsop returns to Verizon Hall on March 5 at 7:30 p.m. to lead the Phila. Orch. in highlights from the Gershwins’ “Porgy and Bess” starring baritone Lester Lynch and soprano Angel Blue in their PO debuts. Repeated on March 6 at 2 p.m., March 7 at 8 p.m. Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce. 215893-1999. ♫ The Philly POPS pay tribute to a rock star “Phil Collins” March 6 to 8, with Stuart Chafetz on the Verizon Hall podium and guest vocalists Aaron Finley and Brook Wood featuring Collins’ music and “Genesis”. Kimmel Center, Broad, and Spruce. 215-8931999. ♫ Friday Night Jazz @ Woodmere Art Museum presented by Lifeline Music Coalition and the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble are into their tenth year of great weekend performances and are back at it on March 6 featuring the “Vocal Acrobatics of Al Jarreau”. 6 p.m. Chest-

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Celebrate our Upcoming 32nd Year with us! Distinguished historian of print Michael illuminates the first humanitarian A FUNDRAISING APPEAL Suarez mass-media campaign to abolish the Britappy New Year 2020 from the th ish slave trade in 90 Rosenbach Lectures University City Review in West Philadelphia and the at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Free Press

in Center City!

As we enter our 32nd year of publishing free community newspapers, we are reaching out to you, our readers and advertisers, to offer our many thanks for your enduring support and interest. We are happy that we have been successful in being able to deliver free local news, as well as, feature stories and local advertising on a weekly basis for all of these years. It has truly been a great feat, along with, as we like to say, “a touch of madness.” But, above all, it’s been a labor of love of which we are proud! It is truly gratifying to have met and worked with so many wonderful people, many of whom are now good friends. As we go forward, we will be looking to you for your continued support, not only as cheer leaders and readers, but also as donors.

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hen did the first humanitarian mass Photo of first staff media campaign begin, $15,000, extended and what did it accomIn 1998, we celebrated through the end of March 2020, in order to plish? Who were the soour tenth anniversary cial media influencers of with a fundraising party achieve our goals. Althe time? In what forms at the Woodlands Cem- though we are not a was this message transetery and we were able non-profit institution, ported through print? we have functioned as to raise over $10,000 Can echoes of this cama community resource, that helped carry us forpaign still be heard togiving voice to neighward at that time. day? Rare Book School at borhood interests and Now, 21 years later, the University of Virginia we are entering a period concerns. Please help is pleased to announce us to preserve your comdedicated to improving that Michael Suarez, will munity newspapers. our sustainability. We deliver the 90th annual A. are preparing financially With appreciation and S. W. Rosenbach Lectures and organizationally for on gratitude, the future. Our goals are March 16, 17, and to increase our stable of Robert Christian, Edi- 19 at the University of writers, to increase our Pennsylvania. “Printprint and digital distri- tor and Publisher and ing Abolition: How the Claudia Christian, Asbution, to stabilize our Fight to Ban the British cash flow, and to create sociate Publisher Slave Trade was won, a Digital 32-year ComP.S. Look for upcom- 1783-1807” will offer munity History Public a fresh perspective on ing information about Archive. We are again British abolition, richly asking for your financial our 32nd year celebrainformed by political tion in March 2020! support. prints and personal To this end, we correspondence, newshave set about to raise papers and pamphlets, account books and committee minutes, parName: liamentary reports and private diaries. Through Address: this series of highly illustrated lectures, Suarez will trace the production Method of contribution: and distribution of abo Check (Please make checks out to either Philadelphia Free Press or University litionist print, revealing City Review, and mail to 218 South 45th Street, Phila., PA 19104. Phone the hidden networks that 215.222.2374) variously sustained the  Credit Card first humanitarian mass media campaign. CreatName on credit card: ing ties to the humanitarian campaigns of our Address: time, Suarez considers forced migration, human trafficking, and modernday slavery, and what Credit Card Number: the drive to stop Britain’s shameful trade can teach Expiration date: Security Code: us today. About Michael SuBilling Address: If it is different from your address arez: In addition to serving as Executive Director of Rare Book School and University Professor at the University of Virginia, Suarez is a Jesuit priest. The Editor-inChief of Oxford Scholarly Editions Online, he recently completed his term as a Distinguished Presidential Fellow of the Council on Library and

You can also go to GoFundMe.com and search for “Keeping Community Papers Alive in Philadelphia”.

Michael F. Suarez, S.J. has served as Director of Rare Book School, Professor of English, University Professor, and Honorary Curator of Special Collections at the University of Virginia since 2009.

Information Resources in Washington, DC, and was nominated by President Obama to the National Council on the Humanities. In 2015, he delivered the Lyell Lectures in Bibliography and Book History at Oxford University. Since 2008, three of Suarez’s publications have been named Books of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement. The Sunday Telegraph (London) said his Oxford Companion to the Book was “colossal... a paradise for book lovers,” while the Wall Street Journal called it “a fount of knowledge where the Internet is but a slot machine.” About Rare Book School: Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia, is a non-profit institute that engages in advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials. Each year, the School offers continuing education opportunities for adult students to study with leading scholars and professionals in the fields of bibliography, librarianship, book history, manuscript studies, and the digital humanities. The School’s courses run at UVA and at the Morgan Library and Museum; the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library; the Thomas J. Watson Library at The Metropoli-

tan Museum of Art; the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library; the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the Lillian Goldman Law Library, and Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University; the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania; the Library Company of Philadelphia; the Free Library of Philadelphia; Amherst College; Indiana University Bloomington; the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library; the Harvard-Yenching Library, and the Houghton Library at Harvard University. About the A. S. W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography: Begun in 1931, the Rosenbach Lectures are the oldest and most prestigious series of book-historical lectures in the United States. Over the years, lecture topics have ranged from medieval manuscripts to reading in the digital age. Among recent lecturers are Paul Needham (Princeton), Ann Blair (Harvard), William Zachs (Edinburgh), and Mary J. Carruthers (NYU). See https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/ exhibits-events/rosenbach2020 Robin Goldstein is the Director of Communications and Outreach, Rare Book School at the University of Virginia

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and FY19. Over this period, total City employees continued from page 3 paid from the General Fund increased by 589. (Please note, an additionFund (+$87 million); al 356 employees were • Contributions to the added in the first twoSchool District (+$77 quarters of FY20, bringmillion); • Payments to the Capi- ing the total number of tal Fund (+$72 million); new employees to 945 • Payments to the Hous- since FY17.) Despite adding these employees, the ing Trust Fund (+$29 City’s overtime spending million); per employee was higher • Debt service obligain FY18 and FY19 than in tions (+$19 million); FY17. Overall spending and • Mayor’s Office of Edu- on personal services (all cation contracts (+$15 payroll costs for City employees) accounted for million). Increased spending on about half of the overall growth in spending. payroll, excluding penNot included in the list sion costs, increased by above is, according to 8 percent between FY17

Controller’s an increase of about $88 million in non-payroll spending spread across several departments, including spending in Public Property ($14 million), Streets ($9.3 million), the Office of Innovation and Technology ($8.6 million), Human Services ($8.2 million), the Managing Director’s Office ($7.7 million), Office of Homeless Services ($6.6 million), the Finance department ($6.3 million), and Licenses and Inspections ($3.5 million). The report noted that within this spending: Streets department’s increase reflects the rising

costs of waste removal and recycling services, as well as spending on materials and equipment for street resurfacing efforts; Finance’s increase includes additional contributions to the Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID), and the Philadelphia Housing Authority; the bulk of the spending increase in the Managing Director’s Office, $5 million of the $7.7 million, is on legal services through contracts with the Defender Association of Philadelphia and Community Legal Ser-

vices; about one-third of Public Property’s spending increase is for the increase in state-mandated funding for SEPTA, and IT-related professional services spending nearly doubled since FY17. Controller Rhynhart added, “The goal of this report is to improve transparency around the City’s spending priorities. By helping the public understand what their tax dollars are funding, we push for greater accountability and ensure the efficient and effective operation of City government.” The report also highlights a significant reduc-

tion in spending by the Department of Prisons. Since FY17, Prisons reduced its staff by 226 positions and overall payroll spending by $10 million. Prison spending on contracts also decreased over this period by $18 million. These decreases are largely attributable to the decrease in the prison population and the closing of the House of Corrections. To read the full report go to https:// controller.phila.gov/ philadelphia-audits/ analysis-of-city-spending-trends/

Black Health Matters’ precision Oncology pushed to educate thousands about prostate cancer and clinical trial participation

(L-R): George A. Johnson, MD – Urologist • Kevin Jones, Philadelphia Project Manager BHM • Lynn Ridley, BSN - Health and Wellness Ministry Leader, HCBC • Assoc. Pastor Demetrius Miller - Holy Cross Baptist Church (HCBC) • Dr. Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins, Social Epidemiologist • Roslyn Daniels, President & Founder Black Health Matters (BHM)

lack Health Matters, the nation’s leading integrated platform on African American health, hosted an educational workshop February 29, 2020 at Holy Cross Baptist Church, Men’s Ministry Church Recreation Center, 190004 North 63rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19151 for roughly 100 men. The focus was to raise awareness of prostate health, prostate cancer and clinical trials. This initiative

is a part of Precision Oncology, which was launched in July 2019 at Kappa Alpha Psi’s 84th Grand Chapter meeting in Philadelphia. This educational program is funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb. To learn more about Black Health Matters, feel free to visit www. blackhealthmatters. com or follow us on social media.

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ALMANAC WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH LA-21 Community Meeting When: 5:30 to 6pm Networking and coffee; 6 – 7:30pm discussion Where: Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 3909 Lancaster Ave. UPenn Museum..Spit Spreads Death: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 in Philadelphia . When 6:00–7:00 pm Where: 3260 South Street, Philadelphia; 215-898-4000 As the nation grows worrisome about the Coronavirus, there are lessons that can be learned from pandemics of the past. When the flu hit Philadelphia in 1918, it killed more than 16,000 people in less than two months. Robert D. Hicks, Director of the Mütter Museum, will discuss this historic tragedy during the Penn Museum’s Great Lecture Series: Great Catastrophes. $10.

Mar 04 ers and service providers including the Philadelphia Airport, City of Philadelphia, Resources for Human Development, Philabundance, SEPTA, PGW, Temple University, ShopRite, and more. Where: Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 5732 Race St. South Philly State Rep. Meet-&-Greet When: 6:30pm – 9:30pm Where: Second Street Brewing, 1939 South Bancroft St. Please join GRASP as we host candidates running for all PA State Rep positions in South Philadelphia - these districts include the 175th, 182nd, 184th, 185th, and 186th. If you don’t know what district you live in, then please check with the city at philadelphiavotes.com Tickets for donation: https://grassrootsphilly.ticketleap.com/

LA-21 Breakfast conversation regarding 2020 Census When: 9:30 am Where: Free Breakfast at Urban Eatery, 3400 LanTHURSDAY, MARCH 5TH caster Ave. 267-736-8163, Spring Recital at the Acad- la21philly.org emy of Vocal Arts FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH When: 730pm Where: AVA’s Helen Corn- East Passyunk Avenue Resing Warden Theater, 1920 taurant Week (Feb. 24th – Spruce St. Last day March 6th) Tickets are on sale through By East Passyunk Avenue Busithe AVA website https:// ness Improvement District my.avaopera.org/ At 25 Restaurants Along EPAor by calling 215-735-1685 BID “Forgotten Opera Excerpts Price points $15, $25 and by Jules Massenet (1842– $35 for 3-course meals 1912)” This year’s line-up includes seven new eateries along The District Attorney’s Philadelphia’s restaurant Office (DAO) will host its row, including highly anticimonthly One Stop Job pated debuts from new hot and Resource Hub (The spots like Townsend Wine Hub) at Mount Carmel Bap- Bar, Flannel, June BYOB and tist Church this Thursday. Rivertwice. From BYOBs to The Hub, which is part of James Beard nominees, East the DAO’s community ser- Passyunk Restaurant Week vice mission, provides Phil- is the chance to experience adelphians with access to a diversity of dining styles on dozens of employers, trau- one of the “Top Ten Foodie ma-informed professionals, Streets in America.” victim services, housing op- More details: www.easttions, and social services. passyunkrestaurantweek. The Hub is held on the first com Thursday of every month in rotating sections of the city. F.A.N. Gallery Locations are determined Shushana Rucker, Everyday on the basis of input from Scenes Opening Reception community stakeholders, When: 5 – 8 pm; show runs law enforcement partners, through March 28, 2020 crime incident data, and oc- Where: 221 Arch Street; currences of gun violence. 215922-5155 When: 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Who:State Senator Vincent SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH Hughes, State RepresentaVolunteer Clean Up Day at tive Morgan Cephas, Counthe Woodlands cilmember Curtis Jones, Jr. (4th District), Council- When: 9am -11am member Kendra Brooks Where: The Woodlands at (At-Large), Councilmember 4000 Woodland Avenue Katherine Gilmore Rich- Spend the morning doing ardson (At-Large), Coun- winter maintenance around cilmember Isaiah Thomas the grounds of The Wood(At-Large), G. Lamar Stew- lands. A few hours of outart, Director of Community door tidying make a huge Engagement, DAO, Phila- difference in the overall apdelphia DAO staff, Employ- pearance of the 54 acres, and every little bit helps. Tools

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Evil Genius Beer Company 3rd Birthday for The Lab (Outdoor Block Party) When: Noon to 10:00pm Where: At Evil Genius Beer Company, Outside 1727 N. Front Street, Fishtown Free to attend, food and drink pay-as-you-go Come out and celebrate with Turtle Power! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles themed party will feature a special batch of the Evil Genius exclusive brew, Grapefruit Pale Ale “Turtle Power” which has not been available for over a year. There will be 90s memorabilia, TMNT cutouts, decor, local vendors, face painting, axe throwing and other surprises. As always, this event is dog friendly. Of course, there will be plenty of beer, be sure to bring your ID if you plan on drinking, and food provided by both the Evil Genius kitchen and partner vendors. For more info, visit http:// e v i l g e n i u s b e e r. c o m / events/.

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UPenn Museum Purim: Party Like a Queen When: 6:00–10:00 pm Where: 3260 South Street; 215-898-4000 Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a joyous holiday that recounts the protection of Jewish peoples from a threatened massacre during the Persian period, but today is often considered a feminist holiday. This year, the Penn Museum celebrates with Purim: Party Like a Queen, featuring a Yaaaassss Queen scavenger hunt, music, a photo booth, pop-up drag queen performances, and a costume contest hosted by Mr. Philadelphia Leather (2019). It’s also a chance to give back through a donation drive for the Gloria Casarez Residence, an LGBTQ+ youngadult community housing space, which has requested donations of body soap, toilet paper, toothpaste, and other essentials. $12.

FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH

Cedar Park Transit Committee Meeting When:7pm – 8pm Where: Calvary United Methodist Church, 801 S. 48th St. More info online: http:// www.cedarparkneighbors. org/ Contact: contact@cedarparkneighbors.org

97-Year-Old Philadelphia Area Artist Shows Paintings & Etchings When: 6pm – 9pm Where: Twenty-Two Art Gallery - 236 S. 22nd Street About the Artist: http:// philipcohnartist.com For more info: email : info@ twenty-twogallery.com or call 215.772.1911

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UPenn Museum Queens, Warriors, and Archaeologists: Women of the Penn Museum Tour When: 6:00–7:00 pm Where: 3260 South Street; 215-898-4000 Shining a spotlight on women in archaeology and anthropology who were often invisible in the past, this tour traces the stories of women who have excavated ancient sites and translated undeciphered scripts. As a part of the Museum’s celebration of Women’s History Month, this tour will also be offered on Saturday, March 21 at 11:00 am. $20.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11TH CCRA Board Meeting When: 6pm Where: BEX, 1 Commerce Sq., 2005 Market St Center City Residents Association – Monthly Board Meeting (every 2nd Tuesday) – This meeting is on

Destination: ART, Our Annual Gala University City Arts League When: 6pm – 10pm Where: Houston Hall - University of Pennsylvania, 3417 Spruce St. Buy tickets before FEB 28TH for a discounted ticket of $75. Reg. Admission $90. Details: Join us at the University of Pennsylvania for the UCAL’s annual gala! This year we honor Leah Douglas, Director of Guest Experience at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), who makes all of the wonderful art on display at the airport happen. Since 1998, Leah has curated and organized more than 300 exhibits that have featured artwork by Philadelphia area artists and arts institutions. Her groundbreaking work testifies to PHL as a destination and institution supporting local talent. Register Online: go to http:// www.ucartsleague.org/ -

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the general membership at a meeting held each year in April. More info online: http:// www.cedarparkneighbors. org/ Workshop #3: ¿Me escuchas? Contact: contact@cedarpark/ Can you hear me? Listening neighbors.org to Indigenous Erasure When: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH Where: South Philadelphia Li- Cedar Park Zone Meeting brary (1700 S. Broad St.) When: 7pm -9pm Join the Counter Narrative So- Where: Calvary United Methciety (CNS) and collaborators odist Church, 801 S. 48th St. for a workshop series explor- More info online: http:// ing the impacts and listening www.cedarparkneighbors. to experiences of pan-Indige- org/ nous erasure here in Philadel- Contact: contact@cedarparkphia. Workshops will be facili- neighbors.org tated by TRINITY NORWOOD, MABEL NEGRETE (CNS) and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH PRISCILLA BELL. Museum ConWorkshops are free to the UPenn Mexico public; feel free to register for exiones! When: 6:30–8:30 pm one or all sessions. RSVP: https://libwww. Where: 3260 South Street; freelibrary.org /calendar/ 215-898-4000 event/95331 - SEE LINK on for 2001 offers 20th- and 21stcentury Mexican classical RSVP Call 215-814-3514 for more performances featuring marimbas (the national instruinfo. ment of Guatemala), spirited Volunteering Untapped winds, strings, and percussion. Orchestra 2001 will perCleanup Event When: 8:30 am - 11:15 am form “Xochipilli” (Aztec music) Where: Clark Park 4300-4398 by master composer Carlos Chávez; “Rios: Papaloapan” Baltimore Ave Email for more info: chance- by Gabriela Ortiz, Mexico’s leading composer; Silvestre fl@gmail.com See more calendar events: Revueltas’ “Ocho por Rahttp://www.friendsofclark- dio,” which incorporates folk influences like mariachi; and park.org/ Francisco Cortés-Álvarez’s “Transcending Walls.” Starting MONDAY, MARCH 16TH at 5:15 pm before the perforPVCA Members Meeting mance or during intermission, (Powelton Village Civic Asso- attendees can take a brief tour ciation) of the new Mexico and CenWhen: 7:30pm – 9:00pm tral America Gallery. $25 all Where: Metropolitan Baptist ages. Cash bar available. Church, 3500 Baring St. More info: www.poweltonvilFRIDAY, MARCH 20TH lage.org Mailing address: Powelton Frieda Art Exhibition – OpenVillage Civic Association, P.O. ing Cocktail Box 7616, Philadelphia PA When: 6pm – 8:30pm Where: 320 Walnut St. 19101. The PVCA consists of volun- Join the artists whose artwork teers who contribute their will grace our walls for the time for the betterment of new FRIEDA art exhibition the community, and we are a “green” Opening cocktail and Registered Civic Organization reception Friday. Light bite(RCO) empowered to consider size food & drinks will be requests for zoning variances served. in our neighborhood. We are Space is limited. If you are a partner in the Mantua Pow- interested in joining please elton Alliance, which seeks to RSVP by March 17 maintain affordability in Pow- RSVP: hello@friedaforgenelton Village and its adjoining erations.com or call: 215-6001291 neighborhoods. Cedar Park Neighbors Board Meeting When: 7pm – 9pm Where: Calvary United Methodist Church, 801 S. 48th St. All neighbors are welcome to join the association, to support neighborhood programming and vote and/or run for board positions in annual elections. Memberships start at $7. Cedar Park Neighbors is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of five officers and up to 16 directorsat-large. They are elected by

TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH CCRA Zoning Committee Meeting When: 7pm Where: BEX, 1 Commerce Sq., 2005 Market St The Zoning committee meets every 4th Tuesday of each month. The meet is open to the public. The agenda will be available for review 1 week 3 days prior to the meeting. For more info: email: centercity@centercityresidents.org or call 215.546.6719

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