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Kindred spirits The green-thinking owners of a cabinetmaking/mill shop donate their scrap wood to Christmas tree vendors, who use it to keep warm as the temperatures drop.

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hristmas tree vendors sprout up on street corners this time of year, many keeping warm as the temperatures dip by lighting makeshift fires in metal trash barrels. Normally, the workers scrounge up whatever wood they can, but the owners of a Newbold business are making things easier by donating their scrap wood as just another extension of their green philosophy. For the first time last year, Carmana Designs, a custom cabinetmaking and mill shop owned by Carmen and Anna Maria See TREES page 12

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Most of the Asian students who boycotted Southern after attacks at the school have returned following a meeting with district officials Tuesday. By Amanda L. Snyder R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r

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The boys’ basketball team from 10th and Moore traded in the cold weather for a week under the Hawaiian sun and games against unfamiliar squads. By Bill Gelman................Page 43

About 30 Asian students were part of Southern’s dismissal yesterday. Just last week, students supported those testifying before the School Reform Commission on violence at the school. S ta f f P h o t o s b y G r e g B e z a n i s

wo weeks ago, about 25 Asian students were attacked due to a lack of action by South Philadelphia High administrators — and it was not the first time, according to students at the 2101 S. Broad St. school. The result of the unrest between Asian students and their African-American classmates, who they say are the ones that have attacked them most recently, and the lack of protective, proactive measures by Southern officials, led to the Asian students boycotting classes for eight school days. The students ended their walk-

out Tuesday evening after meeting with school officials at a continued session of the Human Relations Commission meeting that began Monday and are slowly returning to class. In order to involve more students and start a dialogue with school organizations, about 30 still-boycotting pupils agreed to return to Southern yesterday after a “frank and occasionally pointed exchange” with Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, the students said in a statement. “Through our trials and struggles, we pushed the school to hear us,” the students said. “We have made change by standing See BACK TO SCHOOL page 13

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Right the wrongs To the Editor: The senseless attacks on Asian students at South Philly High School is but a symptom of an ever-growing problem: Young people being raised with no sense of right and wrong, no sense of respect for others (“Better safe than sorry,” Dec. 10). I am glad these brave Asian students are not caving in to the banter of empty promises and too-late apologies. The problem has been festering for years. The school has simply turned a blind eye too long and now has to be held accountable. How to handle the problem? First, the parents of the students committing criminal assault need to be called into account for their lack of parenting. Secondly, these attacks most certainly are criminal, no matter where they occurred. Charge the students with assault and run them through the justice system as adults. Thirdly, transfer the students to schools where they are in the minority. Let them get a sense of the fear and pain they have dished out. As for the school officials, it is obvious they are totally inept and illequipped to provide a safe environment for all students. Replace them with those who care. Most importantly, to the Asian community: My heart goes out to each and every one. Your entire community has been singled out for vicious attacks stemming from blatant ignorance. You deserve better. Your children deserve better. The school system failed you and should be ashamed both as a system and as individuals. S. Patterson South Philadelphia

Forever man’s best friend An Open Letter to Tom Cardella: I just finished your story (“Tuddy,” Dec. 10). I cannot tell you how much it touched me. I cried like a baby to the point I had to set aside the paper three times before I finished. If you do not have a pet, you may not be able to understand the sorrow you feel when your pet is longer there. My wife Maria and I have two Yorkshire terriers, one will be 11, the other is 9 months. We have lost four in

the past. We tend to remember the good and the sad times. They are part of the family, they are a part of our lives. My wife and I will say a prayer for Tuddy and for you and your family. The love you had and still keep in your heart can be seen through your words. I, too, believe in an afterlife where we all will be reunited with loved ones and, of course, our pets. How would it be heaven if our little pals were not there? Neil Raimo South Philadelphia

Money where your mouth is To the Editor: I live at Juniper Street and Passyunk Avenue and what they have done to the island on the east side of Broad and McKean streets is incredibly stupid and a huge waste of money. Many residents have been complaining because of the lack of parking due to the onslaught of new restaurants that have opened on Passyunk and their patrons taking up all the spots. I have spent many a night driving around, often for 40 minutes or more, to find a spot. I guess by removing the turn from McKean on to Passyunk means they wanted to stop that source of a shortcut when one is driving around looking for parking. But to enlarge the island? They could have made a way to park at least four more cars — two on Passyunk, two on McKean — instead they’ve made it worse. I have been told the turn from McKean on to Passyunk was eliminated because people would fly around that corner and there have been accidents. Why not a speed bump then, instead of wasting a lot of money on what they made, complete with landscaping and trees (but curiously missing a handicap ramp)? If one is in a wheelchair and on Passyunk going towards Broad from 13th, you can get on but you can’t get off if you are trying to get to Broad. Surely, the money could have been better spent. Or at least better planned with some consideration of the people that have to live around here. I was born and raised here, but with the crime, lack of parking and insane things this City does sometimes, I can’t wait to leave.

You know what would be nice? If the restaurants had a ticket night. If a resident gets a parking ticket (the Parking Authority slobbers around until 9 p.m. or so) then you can go to the restaurant, show them your ticket or tickets and get a free meal. After all, the money I put out in tickets is taking away from what I can spend at the supermarket. Kathleen Furey South Philadelphia

Earth angels To the Editor: My husband was in a car accident on Sept. 13 at Seventh and Federal streets. His car was totaled and he was taken to the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Trauma Unit by ambulance after firemen cut him out of the car. I just wanted to thank the very kind people who came out and sat with him and made sure he was OK until the firemen got there. I want to especially thank them for sitting with my husband and getting a towel for his head. Without the help of these people, my husband would have had an even more traumatic situation than he already did. Sandra Schuriger Bridesburg Comment on these letters or topics at www.southphillyreview.com/opinion.

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Shots in their direction Two siblings who were shot at told police they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure if they were the intended targets in the 6:12 p.m. Saturday incident. The brothers, ages 35 and 36, were walking on the 600 block of Dudley Street when they spotted a man firing a handgun in their direction; the duo immediately escaped the area on foot, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detectives said. Bullets struck neither man, but a 1998 Dodge Stratus and 2001 Ford Windstar parked on the block both sustained minor damage and police picked up various ballistics evidence at the scene. Detectives interviewed residents on the block to no avail and the victims did not get a good enough look at the shooter to provide a description. To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.

Sliced across the stomach A man who returned home from a West Philly tavern was greeted by his irate part-

ner who allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife and cut him, police said. Almeena Haynes, aka Ronyell Haynes, 29, from the 1800 block of South Corlies Street, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and possession of an instrument of crime. After the 25-year-old came home at about 4 a.m. Saturday, the two got into an argument, during which the victim tried to calm down his better half, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detectives said. As things escalated, Haynes is accused of going into the kitchen to procure a large knife, which she repeatedly swung at the victim, cutting him across the left side of his stomach. After the alleged attack, the suspect fled the dwelling only to be apprehended at 5:30 a.m. on the 2800 block of Morris Street. Medic 37 took the wounded party to Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he needed several stitches to seal the wound.

Bullet to the shoulder A 35-year-old took a bullet to his right shoulder after he heard about three gunshots while walking on the 2700 block of Tasker Street in Point Breeze. Shots rang out after the man passed a group of male teens at 27th and Tasker who he thinks might be responsible for the 1:30 p.m. Friday incident, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detectives said. The victim drove himself to HUP, where he was listed in good condition. To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.

Tag-team robbery Two teens armed with guns, and with their faces concealed, told a man to exit his car and turn over his belongings Sunday night. The victim complied and was unharmed, but he lost his vehicle, T-Mobile cellphone and wallet containing $140, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detectives said. It was about 11:40 p.m. when the 30-

Police Report year-old parked his 1998 Chevy Lumina on the 2800 block of South Fairhill Street. Before he could get out, the duo walked up to the driver’s side and pointed their weapons at him, Tolliver said. After the victim surrendered his goods, including the car, the two told him to turn around and walk away while they took off east on Fairhill in his wheels. Police did not release a value for the stolen auto, but said the suspects were described as black and about age 16 to 18; one was about 160 pounds, 5-foot-8 and wearing a light colored hoodie and dark jeans; the other was about 5-foot-5, 135 pounds and had on a dark hoody and dark pants. To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.

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Three masked men approached a teen from behind, with one sticking a gun in his back and ordering him to give up everything or he would blow his head off. The victim immediately surrendered his cellphone and wallet, containing a debit card, in the 1:30 p.m. Monday mugging on the 2200 block of Federal Street in Point Breeze, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detectives said. The 18-year-old was unharmed in the incident. The offenders, who took off on foot in an unknown direction after the attack, were each clad in black. To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.

Going after the bike A 35-year-old was ambushed by about seven kids that were about age 11 who tried to push her off her bike and steal it. At about 6:10 p.m. Monday, the victim was pedaling on the 1600 block of Dickinson Street in Point Breeze when the bullies converged and began punching her, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detectives said. The offenders swiped the woman’s backpack containing her work clothes, work ID and personal paperwork, along with the bike, and escaped on foot in an unknown direction. Despite scrapes to her legs, the victim did not seek medical attention. To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013. SPR Comment at www.southphillyreview.com/news.

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A 25-year-old was robbed by a knifewielding assailant as she walked west on the 2100 block of Fitzwater Street Friday. The offender approached the woman from behind, put her in a bear hug and pressed a knife to her throat, telling her to give up her money, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detectives said. The perpetrator then pushed the woman to the ground and told her to remove any cash from her pocketbook. With about $32 in hand, the offender took off on foot in an unknown direction. The victim sustained a minor scratch to her left hand when she hit the ground, but did not require hospital attention in the 4 p.m. incident. The mugger was described as male, black, in his late 20s, 5-foot-10 with a thin build, dark complexion and a short beard; he had on a dark-colored leather jacket, dark-colored pants and a red baseball cap. To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013

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tant we give them a voice.” The organization that teaches anti-gun education seeks partners to promote its message through mentoring, job training and conflict resolution, he said, but that night it targeted those in attendance. “We want to inspire not only one student in the audience but all of them,” he said.

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streets included Common Pleas Court Judge Paula Patrick; “True to the Game” author Teri Woods; the Philadelphia Youth Commission’s Jamira Burley, whose older brother was murdered in his sleep; District Attorney-elect Seth Williams; and Temple Law student Kevin Harden Jr., who was shot five times in 2006. The No. 1 cause of death among AfricanAmericans under age 35 is homicide and, regardless of race, Philadelphia leads the nation in deaths by handguns, Williams said. However, everyone needs to work together to find solutions to the problem instead of placing blame, he added. “We got some people living in worse situations — one brother is a criminal, the other one is a saint — so we just can’t keep blaming everybody for everything,” he told the crowd. “It’s about personal responsibility.” Every day, Judge Patrick sees kids come into her criminal court. Last week, an 18year-old was sentenced to 25 to 50 years for

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MEMBERS OF PROJECT Positive Energy Activates Constant Elevation (P.E.A.C.E.) kicked off the night and ended it with “Peace and Love” by 410{D&J}, which included Prep Charter senior Da’Me Harris and Southern junior Justin Robinson. The two hoped to influence the audience with their positive song, Harris, of 27th and Dickinson streets, said. “It’s definitely senseless violence,” he said, “as I’m sure there are two times the people doing positive things.” State Sens. Anthony H. Williams and Larry Farnese made remarks prior to the start of the Town Hall, which was moderated by Hill. Panelists who shared their take on what was happening on city

Students and adults line up to ask questions of the Peace Not Guns Youth Town Hall Meeting panel. At left, state Rep. Kenyatta Johnson, standing, right, tells the crowd how state Sen. Anthony H. Williams, standing, left, helped steer him in the right direction.

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mani Johnson is just 11, but she wanted to know what it would take to be accepted into Masterman High School and Columbia University to pursue her dream of becoming governor. North Philadelphia native Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, a Fox News political contributor, who joined Columbia’s faculty in the fall as an associate professor, offered some sound advice. “To be willing to make decisions at times when people are going to tell you you’re doing the wrong thing because the same people who make fun of you for working hard and getting A’s are going to be calling you once you succeed,” the Metro newspaper columnist said. “Once you’re governor, it’s going to be the same people calling you asking for favors.” The Laboratory Charter School fifth-grader still has 19 years until she is eligible to lead the state, but the Peace Not Guns Youth Town Hall Meeting at South Philadelphia High School last week set out to motivate children just like Johnson. “It’s nice and inspiring and it makes me feel good on how to go on and pursue a better person and inspire myself to be who I want to be,” the 18th-and-Dickinsonstreets native who now resides in West Philadelphia said after the event. Last year, 145 of the city’s 333 homicides involved ages 17 to 25. State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson, who launched the violence prevention program Peace Not Guns about 11 years ago, invited successful African-Americans with local ties to encourage the younger generation to follow in their footsteps by first foregoing violence. At the majority of community forums, adults do the speaking, but Dec. 10 was all about the next generation, Johnson said. Although the speakers did make remarks at first, they fielded questions from the predominantly young crowd toward the end of the evening. “Very rarely do we have the young people talking about it from their perspective,” Johnson said. “It’s very, very impor-

shooting two narcotics officers, she said. “It really breaks my heart,” the North Carolina native who now resides in Philadelphia said. Patrick encouraged the children to avoid throwing their lives away with violence, as more than 90 percent of cases brought before her involve African-Americans, she said. “You have to have values and you have to value something,” she said. “If you don’t value anything, then you could care less about your life let alone anyone else’s.” Ignorance also plays a role, the Youth Commission’s Burley, who became the first of her 16 siblings to graduate from high school, said. “We see videos perpetuating this lifestyle of a rapper or a gangster and it’s showing our young people that’s the only thing they can be when, in all reality, they can make a difference in their community,” the 21-year-old who is a junior at Temple University said. The message could wind up making the biggest difference in the school at 2101 S. Broad St., where the event was held. “This is really helping a lot,” Southern’s Robinson, of 24th and Moore streets, said of the event, adding, “This is perfect timing.” Two other Southern students addressed the panel, referencing fights that occurred earlier this month that are believed to have been hate crimes and caused Asian-American students to refuse to attend classes. The Human Relations Commission and district officials discussed the violence at its Dec. 14 meeting. Senior Therese Hudgins hopes to see all races come together, while sophomore James Colson asked the panel what could be done to prevent violence in the school. “A whole lot of times you see people creating solutions for the effects of violence, but not the prevention,” Burley, an Overbrook High alum who co-founded the school’s Panther Peace Core, said. Burley’s efforts to work with her high school classmates to calm the violence helped motivate Colson to approach Principal Lagreta Brown about forming an anti-violence organization at Southern. “Prevent it,” Colson, of 20th and Ritner streets, said. “Get it done and over with.” SPR

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Vona, began dropping off scrap wood that was lying around their shop in the former Abbotts’ Dairies, 17th and McKean streets, to tree merchants. “It makes me feel really good that we’re keeping this stuff out of the landfill. We’re re-purposing it,” Anna Maria said. “We’re giving warmth and cheer. Everybody loves to see those fires this time of year.” LAST YEAR’S THE roughly nine recipients included lots where merchant Victor Rescigno set up shop at Front Street and Snyder Avenue; Ninth Street and Oregon Avenue; 24th Street and Passyunk Avenue; and 21st Street and Oregon. Carmen also made deliveries in his Newbold neighborhood, like to the tree lot at 10th and McKean streets and Broad and McKean. Earlier this week, Carmen and several employees were preparing to do it all again by loading up his truck and cruising local streets seeking vendors like Rescigno in need of firewood. “My husband was kind of like Santa Claus to all those businesses and they greatly appreciated it,” his wife said of last year’s efforts. Monday afternoon, Rescigno, who has only one location outside Fireside Tavern at Sixth Street and Oregon this year, got a delivery. Tough economic times forced the seller to close all of his other locations, he said. “The economy is really, really bad and it’s definitely hurting my business. I guess people want to eat before they buy a Christmas tree. The economy is really taking a licking on everybody,” he said. Instead of relying on friends to drop off firewood or rustling up whatever odd bits he can find, once again Rescigno will maintain some level of comfort in the inclement weather as he staffs his spot 24/7 until he closes up midnight Christmas Eve. “It keeps us warm and it’s green. We’re recycling wood for heat. This is actually top-notch wood to make his cabinets, so it’s hard, good wood that burns and maintains a lot of heat,” the businessman said. Donated scraps are 1- to 2-inches wide and about 5- to 12-feet long that Carmen, a nationally known, award-winning designer and craftsman who launched his business in 1981, usually breaks up into smaller strips for easy burning. Comprised of oak, poplar, cherry, mahogany and maple, the pieces are generally moulding scraps. “We only give hardwoods, no fiberboard,” Anna Maria said, explaining the latter runs the risk of releasing the toxin formaldehyde if burned. Owning a 30,000-square-foot shop with dozens of clients makes for not only loads of scrap wood but sawdust, too. In keep-

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ing with their green ways, the Vonas have several novel uses for the remains. For nine years, they have been supplying the Philadelphia Carriage Co., a horse-and-buggy operation that gives tours of Old City, with the remnants to clean out stalls. Anna Maria got the idea to call the company after a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo, where she saw sawdust in some animal cages, she said. The idea to donate the sawdust came to her in the middle of the night. She awoke with the idea, she said. “We’re getting rid of sawdust when someone could be using it. I didn’t want to

keep paying to get rid of this and I thought someone has to be able to use this stuff,” she said, adding it was costing $150 a month for the pick-up. The relationship with the carriage company is a win-win for both parties, Anna Maria said. “They love it. They were paying for sawdust and we were paying to get rid of it, so it worked out great.” This summer, the Vonas posted an appeal to gardeners on the Web site craigslist to come and collect free, long, thin sticks perfect for tomato stakes. “We cut them up for people and make them pointy so they go into the ground,” Carmen said, adding, with lots of wood leftover from the summer, they decided to again drop off wood to tree vendors. The couple’s green ways are simply an extension of their personal life. “When it comes to throwing paper away, I don’t. Every shred of paper is re-purposed. We recycle everything. A lot of blueprints come in and I cut them down to scrap paper. Something that comes in the mail, if it is blank, we use it again,” Carmen said, adding even residue from their paper shredder becomes packing material. The Vonas’ greening efforts date back some 29 years — before the en vogue term even was coined. When the couple moved from Packer Park to the 1900 block of Chadwick Street in ’82 after Carmen’s parents died, Anna

Maria recalls the area being pretty blighted with abandoned cars, prostitutes and drug users everywhere and trash strewn about the streets. A couple of years after moving in, the two decided to spruce up the place by planting trees, removing graffiti from walls and cleaning up the debris. In time, they hosted neighborhood Green Up Days, not knowing decades later greening would become an international movement. With efforts spearheaded by the Vonas, the 1900 block of Chadwick won many City awards in the late ’80s and ’90s, including the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Greenest City Block in ’03. March ’06, the couple partook of the society’s TreeVitalize program and planted five hawthornes on McKean starting at the corner of 17th. Through the urban greening initiative, any resident who wants a tree need just fill out an application and request one as part of the organization’s commitment to restoring the tree canopy in Philadelphia and beyond. Around Thanksgiving, the Vonas’ tree-planting continued with about 54 additions to the Newbold area, again through TreeVitalize. The couple views their scrap wood donations to tree vendors as simply another extension of their beliefs, and the merchants on the receiving end couldn’t be more grateful. “It’s a real plus for us. Carmen is doing a good thing. Especially this week, it’s supposed to be really freezing,” Rescigno said. SPR Contact Staff Writer Lorraine Gennaro at lgennaro@southphillyreview.com or ext. 124. Comment at www.southphillyreview.com/news.

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fter seeking a two-year extension from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to set up shop on the waterfront, Foxwoods, which is required to have at least 1,500 slot machines operating by May 29, 2011, filed a motion seeking a three-month extension to submit its plans to the board. When the two last met Aug. 28 to extend the license to build the casino, the board asked that Foxwoods present a written plan by Oct. 16; submit all construction drawings and a timeline for all phases of the facility by Dec. 1; finalize all financing by March 1; and update the board with monthly progress reports, according to board, which announced nine conditions in all during the summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To date, Foxwoods has only submitted a letter saying they still have no plans, permits, or financing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but that they want more time to build a temporary facility,â&#x20AC;? 1st District State Sen. Larry Farnese, whose district the Delaware riverfront casino is in, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Foxwoods keeps showing up for class and claiming the dog ate my homework. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done nothing except hire increasingly expensive lawyers.â&#x20AC;? The motion filed Nov. 30 sets to extend the two conditions with Dec. 1 deadline as the remaining have been or are expected to be completed on time. The architectural renderings and timeline have not been completed and are awaiting a lock-in of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the most critical hurdleâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the financers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whose pending commitment will dictate the plans, according to the motion filed by Foxwoodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lawyers. Pending legislation allowing table games stalled the plans, as well, and could alter the design and possible investor contributions, according to the motion. Foxwoods has reached out to 15 potential investors that are â&#x20AC;&#x153;unable to make a final commitment without having an understand-

ing as to what the final form of the proposed legislations will be,â&#x20AC;? the motion stated. The Senate bill allowing table games passed 29-20 in the Senate Oct. 9. The last action in the House was Oct. 14, when it was referred to the Gaming Oversight Committee. Area politicians, including Farnese and state Reps. Babette Josephs and Michael Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, are opposed to the extension. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If there was ever a case of putting the cart before the horse, this is it,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, who serves on the oversight committee, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The intent of the slots gaming law was to provide wage tax relief to Philadelphians and property tax relief to homeowners, to save the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horse racing industry and to boost economic development, not to protect the failed proposal of a gaming applicant. Foxwoods was granted a license to operate slots, not table games, and it should not be rewarded for failing to comply with the law.â&#x20AC;? The board gave one of two city licenses to Foxwoods three years ago with the other going to SugarHouse, which is set to open an interim casino next year. After almost a year of neighborhood resistance, Gov. Ed Rendell and Mayor Michael Nutter urged Foxwoods to consider a location at Eighth and Market streets in September â&#x20AC;&#x2122;08. Foxwoods agreed and, Aug. 28, asked the board to extend its license that expired in May and approve the move. The board unanimously approved the former, but only if the slots stayed in the originally approved Columbus Boulevard and Reed Street site. Now Foxwoods hopes to push back submitting plans for that location until March 1 to coincide with the funding deadline. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This most recent action by Foxwoods is only the latest in a disturbing trend of selfentitlement,â&#x20AC;? Josephs said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The casino investors think they can do what they want, when they want, where they want, all at the expense of the state and surrounding neighborhoods. Foxwoods should have to follow the rules like everyone else.â&#x20AC;? SPR

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together. We are proud of what we have done. If something happens again after all this, we know that we have strong wills and we will stand together again.” Ackerman, the students, Southern Student Ambassadors, parents and community leaders participated in the meeting where Mayor Michael Nutter dropped by, School District of Philadelphia Chief Communications Officer Evelyn Sample-Oates said, adding the students were greeted by Ackerman and their peers on their return to class. “It was a very welcoming return with the students that were there,” Sample-Oates said. Students have slowly come back throughout this week with the remainder expected to attend classes for the first time yesterday, which was a half-day, but the issue has not gone away. “The struggle will go on until all the demands are met,” the students said in a statement. “We won’t give up … We hope that the school can change their attitude for the benefit of all students.” Friday, Cecilia Chen, an attorney for the New York-based Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, announced the latter would file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice against the district for violating the students’ 14th Amendment that requires states to provide equal protection to all people within their jurisdictions. Prior to district officials meeting Monday with the city’s Human Relations Commission, Southern administrators announced measures Friday to make the student body

into “one big family,” Principal Lagreta Brown said, adding administrators also began contacting the injured students to schedule visits with their families. These measures include the installation of 63 security cameras, 21 which were put in over the weekend, and increasing Philadelphia, SEPTA and school police presence with a total of 16 on-site school officers for a total of five more. Five school officers were replaced last week, as was the school’s sergeant, and multilingual school officer Sgt. Robert Samuels was brought in, Ackerman said. Samuels, who speaks fluent Cantonese, knows the culture, as well, as he lived in Hong Kong for seven years. “We wanted to make sure that there was staff here able to address some of the issues that have been raised,” Ackerman said. “Not only from the students and the families who have been boycotting, but from the students and staff who are here and have asked for some changes.” The school will add more counselors and translators, while retired Principal Ozzie Wright will help implement a new safety plan. The Home and School Association will be reinstated and the Rams Head Think Tank established to develop ways to address diversity. Students will continue to converse through the Peer Mediation Program, faculty will teach diversity and counselors will guide discussions on preventing conflict and violence. Staff also will continue to meet to bolster expectations in terms of conduct towards others. “We’re trying to overcome this,” senior Amina Velazquez, who is a Student Ambassador, said. “We even have students who are trying to learn other languages

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BACK TO SCHOOL continued from previous page just so that we can make them feel safer.” The school held the Justice Department’s Student Problem Identification and Resolution of Issues Together (SPIRIT) program, which has been in the works since September, Tuesday and Wednesday to identify and resolve racial conflict and the district has hired U.S. District Judge James T. Giles, of the Center City law firm Pepper Hamilton, to begin an independent investigation in the matter. The probe started Monday. The cost of the additions were not yet known, Ackerman said. “For me, cost is not the issue,” she said. “If what we need to do is to provide more resources to South Philadelphia to stabilize the situation so that everyone feels safe, then that’s what we are going to do.” MORE THAN 100 Asian students from Southern, as well as other schools, marched from 11th and Vine streets to the School Reform Commission’s meeting at 440 N. Broad St. Dec. 9 while chanting, “Stop school violence.” Once there, 16

community leaders and Southern students testified on the issue. “We know that what happened at South Philadelphia last week is only a symptom of a more serious problem that has its roots in racism, not only in our schools, but in the larger community,” Ackerman said last week in her first public comments about the incident. Ackerman announced the formation of the 50-member Task Force for Racial and Cultural Harmony made up of students, parents and community leaders. Its work began Monday. Earlier this month was not the first time Asian students had been targeted at Southern, senior Wei Chen told the commission through a translator. In October 2008, about six pupils were beaten outside the institution, prompting Chen to create the Chinese American Student Association. “At that time, the school board met with us,” Wei Chen, the association’s president, testified. “Their only response was, ‘We will keep our eye on this issue,’ but my opinion was that I feel that we should have more security guards at the school and, that time, a representative from the school board said, ‘We will try, but it’s not going

to be possible.’” Wei Chen does not blame any specific ethnic group for the attacks, noting he has many African-American friends, but the staff could have “changed their attitudes” and the attacks would not have happened, he said. “The hurt that they experienced was not just physical, it was also mental and it changed the way they think about their new country,” he said of the victims. Chaofel Zheng, the association’s vice president, told of how he and his friends were attacked on the way to lunch when a security guard opened a stairwell door, which allowed a group of classmates to charge up the steps to the second floor, which only serves English as a Second Language students. The Asian students were led by a security guard to the lunchroom after the attack, where there was more chaos, he said. With that, he testified, they decided to go home, but were attacked from behind until a teacher broke it up. The incidents continued outside the building, Duyngoc Truong, who was jumped by a group of 20 as she walked home from school, said. As she and her friends approached Broad Street and Sny-

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any look to increase the spirit of giving throughout the area during the holidays, but the truth of the matter is, people need a helping hand year-round. Shawn Lawler, of Third and Gladstone streets, is determined to spread good vibes up and down local streets as fast as possible. “What we do is we go on the block and we set up water slides and a moon bounce. We have a street fair, raffle for the kids. We give out prizes from the Sixers, Flyers, wherever I get donations from,” Lawler said. The long-time resident had been a delinquent since his teen years. Happily, the story took a sharp U-turn in 2003 when — though it was not his first trip to jail — a man spreading the Word of the Lord reached into Lawler’s heart and made a permanent change. “I started doing this because the Lord Jesus put it in my spirit. It’s unbelievable how Jesus Christ is,” Lawler said. “I want to give back to South Philly.” Give back he has, including four block fairs: May 16 on the 300 block of Gladstone; June 27 on the 2500 block of American Street; Aug. 22 on the 300 block of Winton Street; and Oct. 31 on the 2600 block of Sheridan Street. “We’re building a relationship with the people on the street. We are there for seven hours and, if they need help or counseling, we can talk to them,” Lawler, who is aided by volunteers and local vendors, said. “Drug addicts, we can take them off the street, we got places for that. GED, job firms, we place them in contact with the access center.”

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Lifestyles Lawler keeps tabs on the many people he makes contact with, including one homeless-man-turned-cinematographer he met. “When I did one of the outreaches they wanted me to come back to the block,” Lawler said. “I have to move. We have to reach more people.” Though three of the prior fairs were threatened by inclement weather, someone was looking out for Lawler and the events went off without a hitch. The coming cold months will keep block events on hold until the warmer weather rolls around, but Lawler will not be idle. “I’m gonna have an event, but it’s not gonna be a street block thing ’cause it’s cold out there,” Lawler said. “I’m having a Jesus birthday party on Dec. 22 at a barbershop. We will talk about Christmas and pray for people and just see people. “It will be on the corner of Third and Tree. It’s going to be about 7 p.m. until whenever.” The coming new year brings the promise of more time for Lawler to reach out and touch more lives. “I can have one every two weeks, hit as many people as I can,” Lawler said of plans to take over area blocks with increasing frequency in ’10. “Next year, it’s gonna be a real good mission.”

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LAWLER LIVES ACROSS the street from his childhood home with his two daughters, ages 14 and 16. But it was not always this way. “I almost lost the kids twice to DHS [Department of Human Services]. Now I have full custody,” the proud father said. His battle began at 14 when the South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St., student began experimenting with cocaine. However, Lawler recalls stealing from local stores before he ever dabbled in drugs. “My dad had a job. He worked for Oscar Mayer. It was just the way I was,” Lawler said of his upbringing. Cocaine usage gave way to a plethora of other drugs, as well as dealing and crime. And, as is often the case, hanging with a crowd into that scene brought dangerous situations. “Actually, in 1989, I was a professional car thief. I used to go hunting day and night,” Lawler said. His lifestyle brought him to death’s door when an argument left him with three stab wounds to his heart. The trauma, which he survived with no lasting impact, wasn’t enough to keep him on the straight and narrow. Sept. 1, ’01, became the day of reckoning. “I stabbed someone and I was suppose to do 15 years. I got out in five months,” Lawler said. Lawler attributes the miraculous circumstances of the case to intervention by a higher power — the very same one he

devotes every minute of his life to now. “I haven’t been back to jail, been clean right now for three years. [I was using] everything. I was up to six packs of cigarettes a day,” Lawler, who encourages his daughters to follow his newly directed life, said. The once welfare- and Supplemental Security Income-dependent Lawler now holds down a job with the city’s Department of Licenses & Inspections boarding up houses. Currently focused on the Northeast, he has been working for the anti-blight initiative Community Life Improvement Program (CLIP) cutting trees and grass — ironically spending time near a prison he once only saw from the inside. “I was in there in 1989, in there for a couple months. I want to set these guys on fire, with the Holy Ghost fire,” Lawler, who has spent time speaking with current inmates, said. The focus right now is on his hometown — a space Lawler feels is inundated with narcotics. “People are awesome,” Lawler said. “People in prison, they’re lost, they need hope.” Luckily, Lawler gets a helping hand by many in the area. “Brooks, they have blessed me so much. I fed a couple hundred people,” Lawler said of the wholesale meat distributor at 3445 S. Front St. “They gave me hamburgers, hot dogs, macaroni salad. I told them what I was doing and I’m trying to help out people and anything left over we are going to give everything away.” Brooks Provisions is joined by the Philly Soft Pretzel Factory and United Check Cashing — both at Third and Oregon Avenue — in their charitable efforts. “I don’t ask them for any money. I say whatever you can do, whatever the Lord puts in your heart,” Lawler said. Future plans include instituting weekly Bible study on blocks that host daylong fairs. Lawler also hopes to put his lifetime struggle in book form in the near future, to try and reach people beyond local borders, with ideas about a documentary percolating, as well. In line with keeping his daughters on the right track, Lawler has aspirations of turning the tide on the streets of Philadelphia “Basically, I just want to make people happy, to help people out ’cause it’s not just about drugs — people are depressed and everything. I was depressed …” Lawler said. “We are trying to get glory in South Philly … It’s going to be great.” SPR

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Seasonal questions

There is a myth floating around out there it is better to give than to receive. No one really believes that. If you went just one et’s see if I have this right. Christmas where you gave your friends I am not allowed to use “Happy and family nice gifts and they gave you Holidays” because I might offend nothing, but remarked, “It is better to give some Christians who insist I wish you a than to receive,” you would have a right to “Merry Christmas.” Incidentally, why is it be ticked off. All of us prefer, if we have never a “Happy Christmas?” Do you ever to Christmas shop, that it be for ourselves. hear anyone use the word “merry” any We know what we want for Christmas betother time of the year? I do know an ac- ter than anyone else, so why aren’t we just countant named Murray, but that’s as close buying gifts for ourselves? as I get. I’m just not a big fan of the word I don’t understand the tradition of send“merry.” Why not a “Merry New Year?” ing Christmas cards to people you never What happens if I wish a “Merry Christ- think about the rest of the year. It’s not as mas” to a Jew, a Muslim or an atheist? if sending a card is such a personal way Can any of them possibly to keep in touch. After have a “Merry Christall, the greeting is writThere is only one thing ten by a low-paid writer mas?” Maybe we ought worse than getting a at Hallmark. We sign to work on extending our name on this con“Merry Christmas” to incard from someone clude everyone and have whose name you just can’t trived greeting and send it off to an aunt in Mia plan to convert all of place, and it’s getting not, N.D., and it makes them. That might not be pictures of their kids. us feel good about oura bad idea. A grand conselves. We might as version would certainly boost Christmas sales in this bad econo- well use a name stamp to sign it. Or how my. Instead of another stimulus package, about a fill-in-the-blanks card? Another we could convert all of the non-Christians thing: Why is it strangers send you photos of their kids with their Christmas cards? and force them to buy Christmas gifts. Do we force non-Christians to partici- There is only one thing worse than getting pate in pollyannas? I firmly believe the a card from someone whose name you Bill of Rights ought to include Freedom just can’t place, and it’s getting pictures from Joining Pollyannas. What is the of their kids. My wife posts these on our point of pollyannas and what the hell does refrigerator like it’s some milk carton and pollyanna mean anyway? Who started these kids are missing. If you are going this practice? Did one of the Wise Men to send me photos at Christmas, I prefer a say, “Hey instead of bringing gifts to the bikini shot of Heidi Klum. Having said that, why is it people you manger, why not a pollyanna?” Does anysee every day send you Christmas cards? one ever get a useful gift from it? Maybe Why is it your wife sends you one when we could use a countrywide pollyanna she can just roll over in the middle of the to avoid another economic stimulus. We night and wish you a “Merry Christmas?” could have the grand drawing on ESPN I know if this practice stopped, Hallmark like the Bowl Selection Show. “Hey, guess would suffer and low-paid greeting writers what? I picked someone named Winifred would probably get laid off, but isn’t that in Lynn, Mass., and she wants a bowling why the president just extended unemployball for a pollyanna gift.” ment compensation an extra 13 weeks? I am often asked what it is I want for Nothing is very realistic at Christmas. Christmas. Since my wife already donated Every TV show has its obligatory happy me a kidney in May, I have trouble fig- ending. It is always snowing and even uring out whether I really need anything Detroit is made to look like a Currier & else. Maybe I ought to ask for a backup Ives painting. Do you really associate kidney. The next time a relative asks what beer with Clydesdales romping through I want for Christmas, I am going to ask the snow? Do I need Budweiser to put the them to donate a backup kidney. Is that beer in Christmas? Can’t Budweiser be over the pollyanna limit? Maybe I ought summed up in one phrase — “Bad beer, to reply, “Just get me a bad-looking tie, nice horses?” SPR one with little Santas all over it, or a scarf that sheds red lint. Or maybe a half-gallon Comment at www.southphillyreview.com/lifestyles. of figgy pudding.”

Coveting his brother’s wife further complicates the relationship between siblings Sam (Tobey Maguire, left) and Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal).

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District 9 R Available Tuesday Produced by Peter Jackson and directed by exciting new talent Neill Blomkamp, who earned a Golden Globe nod for Best Screenplay along with partner Terri Tatchell, “District 9” is a sci-fi film for the ages, transcendent in style, story and execution. Turning the alien invasion premise on its ear, it introduces a race of extraterrestrial beasts as an ostracized minority in South Africa, laying the ground work for real-world parallels and a seamless visual blend of slum landscapes and stunning CG effects. Part fascinating mockumentary, part character study, part suspense thriller, part shoot ’em up action film, it’s unmissable. SPR

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rothers” proves a great cast plus a great director doesn’t necessarily equal a great movie. Revered Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan (“My Left Foot”) draws (expected) dynamite performances from principals Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal, but his latest feels like a patchwork of recycled material, and not just because it’s a remake of the 2004 Danish film, “Brødre.” With the war in Afghanistan as a central component, “Brothers” has timeliness on its side, but from the photography to the familial strife, it’s relentlessly nondescript. However well-played, scenes in which ex-con Tommy Cahill (Gyllenhaal) struggles with his father’s (Sam Shepard) favoritism toward older brother and U.S. Marine Sam (Maguire) could have been plucked from countless other films. And when a quiet romance starts brewing between Tommy and Sam’s wife, Grace (Portman), after Sam is believed to have been killed in action, there are no surprises to be found, not even when Sam turns up alive, physically and emotionally scarred by overseas woes. As a contemporary war-themed film, “Brothers,” written by David Benioff, is only mildly affecting, dwarfed by recent triumphs like “The Hurt Locker,” which strengthened a related tale with uncompromising truth and frightening depth. As a love-triangle drama, it’s hardly vital, despite some fervid emotional peaks and a juxtaposition of simultaneous scenarios that ably tests viewer allegiances. As is typical of Sheridan’s films, the chief virtue here is the acting. Portman displays an excellent command of her dramatic range in a role that requires abrupt, profound responses. Maguire, ultimately frail

and unhinged, makes his buoyant “SpiderMan” persona a distant memory and earned a Golden Globe nod for the effort. Though challenged the least, Gyllenhaal subtly intensifies a potentially lightweight character. The best performance, however, comes from Bailee Madison, who’s phenomenal as Sam and Grace’s eldest daughter, a girl torn between father and father figure. Yet, “Brothers” doesn’t share the notability of its actors’ work. Add it to your to-see list, but place it at the bottom.

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R Highlights this week Alliance Francaise de Philadelphie showcases French landscape paintings through Dec. 23. 1420 Walnut St. 215-735-5283. “Wimpel! Wrapped Wishes” runs Dec. 17-Feb. 21. Opening reception and panel discussion are 6-7 p.m. Dec. 17. Latke/vodka Hanukkah party and buffet is 7 p.m. Congregation Rodeph Shalom, 615 N. Broad St. 215-627-6747. Free clothing and items giveaway takes place 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 18-19. Bring your own bags. Mount Hebron Baptist Church, 1415-19 Wharton St. 215-217-1991. Big Mess Cabaret plays on 9 p.m. Dec. 18-19. Tickets: $20. Trocadero, 1003 Arch St. 215-922-6888. www. thetroc.com. “Hapa Happy: Celebrating All That Is Mixed and Multi” happens 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18. Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St. 215-557-0455. www.asianartsinitiative.org.

Sheri-Lynn DeMaris signs copies of her book and DVD “Macro Magic for Kids and Parents” noon-2 p.m. Dec. 19. Essene Market & Cafe, 719 S. Fourth St. 215-922-1146. www.essenemarket.com.

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Jonatha Brooke: 8 p.m. March 25. Tickets: $40. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-222-1400. www. worldcafelive.com. Mike Snow: 9 p.m. March 25. Tickets: $18-$21. Theater of the Living Arts, 334 South St. 877-598-8696. www.livenation.com. Michael Bublé: 8 p.m. March 26. Tickets: $49.50-$95. Wachovia Center, 3601 S. Broad St. 800-298-4200. www.comcasttix.com. Los Lobos and Leo Kottke: 8 p.m. March 27. Tickets: $42.50. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215-572-7650. www. keswicktheatre.com. Norah Jones: 8 p.m. April 3. Tower Theater, 69th and Ludlow streets, Upper Darby. 877-598-8696. www. ticketmaster.com. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: 8 p.m. April 6. Theater of the Living Arts, 334 South St. 877-598-8696. www.livenation.com. Fab Faux: 8 p.m. April 10. Tickets: $46.50-$66.50. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215-5727650. www.keswicktheatre.com. Colin Hay: 8 p.m. April 14. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-2221400. www.worldcafelive.com. Edie Carey: 11 p.m. April 17. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-2221400. www.worldcafelive.com. Carlon: 7:30 p.m. April 21. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-2221400. www.worldcafelive.com. One Night of Queen: 8 p.m. April 22. Tickets: $32.50. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215572-7650. www.keswicktheatre.com. Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood: 8 p.m. April 23. Tickets: $38.50-$48.50. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215-5727650. www.keswicktheatre.com. Cowboy Junkies: 7:30 p.m. April 24. Tickets: $40-$50. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-222-1400. www.worldcafelive.com. Joe Bonamassa: 8 p.m. April 24. Tickets: $27.50-$40. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215572-7650. www.keswicktheatre.com. Bill Cosby: 4 and 8 p.m. May 1. Tickets: $49-$67. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215572-7650. www.keswicktheatre.com. Johnny Mathis: 7:30 p.m. May 2. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215893-1999. www.academyofmusic.org. Mark Knopﬂer: 8 p.m. May 7. Tickets: $39-$85. Tower Theatre, 69th and Ludlow streets, Upper Darby. 877-598-8696. www.livenation.com. Pat Metheny: 8 p.m. May 18. Tickets: $52.50. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215-5727650. www.keswicktheatre.com. Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer: 8 p.m. May 27. Tickets: $38.50. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215-5727650. www.keswicktheatre.com.

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Mighty Writers hosts Sportswriting with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Annette John-Hall, shown, for ages 14 to 18 from 6-7:30 p.m. Dec. 21. 1501 Christian St. 267-239-0899. www.mightywriters. U2: 8 p.m. July 12. Tickets: $33.50$253.50. Lincoln Financial Field. 877-598-8696. www.livenation.com. ZOSO: 8 p.m. July 15. Tickets: $25. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215-572-7650. www. keswicktheatre.com. Dion: 7:30 p.m. July 28. Tickets: $39.50-$49.50. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215-5727650. www.keswicktheatre.com.

Museums/Exhibits/ Galleries >Academy of Natural Sciences: “George Washington Carver,” through Feb. 28; Animal Logic: Richard Barnes, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20; Looking at Animals, March 13-May 16; Creatures of the Abyss, June 5-Sept. 6. 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. 215-299-1000. www.ansp.org. >African American Museum: “Audacious Freedom: African Americans in Philadelphia, 1776-1876,” ongoing; “Walkin’ with Walker: Narrative Photography of Barkley L. Hendricks,” through Jan. 3. 701 Arch St. 215-5740380. www.aampmuseum.org. Alma Vision Gallery: 806 E. Passyunk Ave. 215-413-1685. >American Swedish Historical Museum: “Nudes by Anders Zorn” and “Material Matters: Samples from the Textile Collection,” both through spring; “Printscapes: Impressions of Nature,” Jan. 17-May 2. 1900 Pattison Ave. 215389-1776. www.americanswedish.org.

American Philosophical Society: 104 S. Fifth St. 215-440-3400. www. amphilsoc.org. Art Institute of Philadelphia: 1622 Chestnut St. www.artinstitutegallery.com. >Asian Arts Initiative: “We Are Tiger Dragon People: Photographs and Pop-Up Art Books by Colette Fu,” through Dec. 23. 1219 Vine St. 215-5570455. www.asianartsinitiative.org. AxD Gallery: 265 S. 10th St. 215627-6250. www.a-x-d.com. Burrison Gallery: 3611 Walnut St. 215-898-5994. >Bridgette Mayer Gallery: “Meditations on Collage,” through Dec. 23. 709 Walnut St. 215-413-8893. www. mayerartconsultants.com. >Center for Emerging Visual Artists: “Gathering Place,” through Dec. 17. 1521 Locust St. 215-5467775. www.cfeva.org. >Chemical Heritage Foundation: “sLowlife,” through Dec. 31. 315 Chestnut St. 215-925-2222. www.chemheritage.org. Clay Studio: 137-39 N. Second St. 215-925-3453. www.theclaystudio.org. Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia: 1616 Latimer St. 610-06493174. www.cosclub.org. Da Vinci Art Alliance: “50 Years of Realism to 5 Years of Abstraction,” Jan. 3-31. Opening reception is 4-8 p.m. Jan. 3. 704 Catharine St. www. davinciartalliance.org. Dupree Gallery: 703 S. Sixth St. 215-413-3884. www.dupreestudiosinc.com. Falling Cow Gallery: 732 S. Fourth St. 215-627-4625. www.fallingcow.org. >Franklin Institute: “Body Worlds and the Brain,” through Feb. 21; “Cleopatra: The Search for the Last

Queen of Egypt,” June 5-Jan. 2, 2011. 20th St. and the Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. 215-448-1200. www.fi.edu. >Independence Seaport Museum: “Skin & Bones: Tattoos in the Life of the American Sailor,” through Feb. 7. 211 S. Columbus Blvd. 215413-8655. www.phillyseaport.org. Ice Box Gallery: Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American St. 215-2323203. www.cranearts.com. Institute of Contemporary Art: “Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World),” Jan. 15-June 6. Opening reception is 6-8 p.m. Jan. 14. “Video Art: Replay, Everyday Imaginary,” Jan. 15-March 21. Opening reception is 6-8 p.m. Jan. 14. “Video Art: Replay, Part 3,” April 23-Aug. 1. 118 S. 36th St. 215-5739975. www.icaphila.org. >James Oliver Gallery: “Borders,” through Jan. 10. 723 Chestnut St. 267-918-7432. www.jamesolivergallery.com. Khmer Art Gallery: 319 N. 11th St. 215-922-5600. www.khmerartgallery.com. Laurel Hill Cemetery: Gen. Meade’s Birthday Celebration and Champagne Toast, noon Dec. 31. 3822 Ridge Ave. 215-228-8200. www. thelaurelhillcemetery.org. Mario Lanza Museum: 712 Montrose St. 215-238-9691. www. mario-lanza-institute.org. >Mew Gallery: “The Bacon Show,” through Dec. 17. 906 Christian St. 215-625-2424. www.mewgallery.org. >Midwives Collective and Gallery: Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition, through Dec. 30. 1241 Carpenter St. www.midwivescollective.com. Mummers Museum: Second St. and Washington Ave. 215-336-3050. Muse Gallery: “Horses,” Jan. 1-30. Receptions are 5-8:30 p.m. Jan. 1 and 9.52 N. Second St. 215-627-5310. www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com. Mutter Museum: 19 S. 22nd St. 215-563-3737. www.muttermuseum.com. >National Constitution Center: “Diana: A Celebration,” through Dec. 31. 525 Arch St. 215-409-6700. www.constitutioncenter.org. National Liberty Museum: 321 Chestnut St. 215-925-2800. www. libertymuseum.org. Newman Galleries: 1625 Walnut St. www.newmangalleries.net. >Nexus/foundation: “Supergirl!,” through Feb. 5. 1400 N. American St. 215-684-1946. www.nexusphiladelphia.org. Old City Jewish Art Gallery: 119 N. Third St. 215-923-1222. www. jewishartcenter.com. >Open Lens Gallery: “Lost Futures: Journeys Into The Jewish Diaspora,” through Jan. 15. Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St. www. gershmany.org. >Painted Bride Arts Center: “Shelter,” through Dec. 31. 230 Vine St. www.firstpersonarts.org.

>Philadelphia Art Alliance: “State of the Union: Contemporary Craft in Dialogue,” through Jan. 3. 251 S. 18th St. 215-545-4302. www. philartalliance.org. >Philadelphia Folklore Project: “Tatreez: Palestinian Women’s Embroidery in Philadelphia,” through Dec. 31; Storytelling Workshop: Cultivating Wisdom in Hard Times, Jan. 13 and Feb. 24. 735 S. 50th St. 215-7261106. www.folkloreproject.org. >Philadelphia Museum of Art: “Common Ground: Eight Philadelphia Photographers in the 1960s and 1970s,” through Jan. 31; “Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms,” through March 7; “Notations/Bruce Nauman: Days and Giorni,” through April 4; “Marcel Wanders: Daydreams,” through June 13; “Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal” through July 25; “Arts of Bengal: Wives, Mothers, Goddesses,” through July; “Picasso and the AvantGarde in Paris,” Feb. 24-April 25; “Late Renoir,” June 17-Sept. 6. 26th St. and the Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. 215-7638100. www.philamuseum.org. Philadelphia Sketch Club: “Society of Illustrators, New York,” Jan. 4-30. 235 S. Camac St. 215-5459298. www.sketchclub.org. Philadelphia Zoo: Animals in Art and Culture camp for all ages, Dec. 28-30; Great Backyard Bird Count Guided Walks, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Feb. 13; Lovin’ on the Wild Side, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb 13-14; Family Overnight: Who’s Awake in Winter?, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 2710 a.m. Feb. 28; Reader’s Club for ages 2-6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 28; Bunny Hop, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 27-28. 34th St. and Girard Ave. 215-2435336. www.philadelphiazoo.org. >Plastic Club Art Gallery: “Red, White and Green,” through Dec. 31; new members’ show, Jan. 10-31. Opening reception is 2-5 p.m. Jan. 10. 247 S. Camac St. 215-545-9324. www.plasticclub.org. >Please Touch Museum: “The Building Show,” through Jan. 25; Exploring Trees Inside and Out, Jan. 23-May 2; Scat Cat’s Junior Jazz Jamboree, Feb. 1-26; Rhythm Romp, March 5-7; “There’s Something Under My Bed,” March 5-May 9; Puppet Play Date, March 21. 4231 Avenue of the Republic. 215-963-0667. www. pleasetouchmuseum.org. Polish American Cultural Center Museum: 308 Walnut St. 215-9221700. www.polishamericancenter.com. >Print Center: Post-auction sale, through Dec. 22. Special viewing is 4-7:30 p.m. Dec. 18. “Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious,” Jan. 29-April 11. 1614 Latimer St. 215735-6090. www.printcenter.org. Projects Gallery: 629 N. Second St. 267-303-9652. www.projectsgallery.com. >Rosenbach Museum & Library: “Too Many Thoughts to Chew: A Sendak Stew,” through Jan. 17; “Moore Adventures in Wonderland,” through June 6; “Friend or Faux: Imitation and Invention from Innocent to Fraudulent,” through July 11. 2008-2010 Delancey Place. 215-7321600. www.rosenbach.org.

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W h a t ’s H a p p e n i n g Rosenfeld Gallery: 113 Arch St. 215-922-1376. www.therosenfeldgallery.com. Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery: 333 S. Broad St. 215-717-6480. www. uarts.edu. >Salsita Studio and Gallery: Works by Don Hughes and Mikey Madnez, through Jan. 23. 1624 South St. 267-687-6886. www. salsitadancestudio.com. Sam Quinn Gallery: 4501 Spruce St. 267-408-5769. www.samquinn.com. >Smile Gallery: “Asian Vision,” through Jan. 5. 105 S. 22nd St. 215564-2502. Sub Octo Gallery: “Val Cushing,” March 29-April 25. 2202 Alter St. 215-893-8812. www.octostudio.com. >University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology: “His Golden Touch: The Gordion Drawings of Piet de Jong,” through Jan. 10; “Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya,” through Jan. 31; “Righteous Dopefiend: Homelessness, Addiction and Poverty in Urban America” and “The Goodlands: Young Photographers Inspiring Hope in North Philadelphia,” both through May; “Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania,” through July 11. 3260 South St. 215-898-4000. www.museum.upenn.edu. >Vox Populi: “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “Demo,” “Aloof Hills (Episode 1: Family Meeting),” “if/then,” “Proof Against The Prying,” and “Ballroom,” through Jan. 3; gallery talk with Lucy Gallum, 3 p.m. Jan. 3. 319 N. 11th St. 215-238-1236. www. voxpopuligallery.org. Wentworth Gallery: Jane Seymour showcases her artwork, 7-9 p.m. Feb. 12 and 5-8 p.m. Feb. 13. Court at King of Prussia, 160 N. Gulph Road. 610-337-8988 or 800-732-6140. Wood Turning Center: 501 Vine St. 215-923-8000. www.woodturningcenter.org.

Special events Jerry Blavat Oldies Night is 7 p.m.-midnight Jan. 23. Tickets: $40. Stella Maris, 2929 S. 10th St. Carol Tempesta, 215-463-3410. Elizabeth Gilbert headlines a fundraiser for the Spells Writing Center Feb. 18. Tickets: $50-$125. Loews Hotel, 1200 Market St. www. phillyspells.org.

Theater/Dance/Opera >N Crowd: 8 p.m. Fridays. Tickets: $10. The Actors Center, 257 N. Third St. www.phillyncrowd.com. >Little Shop of Horrors: Through Dec. 20. Tickets: $27-$30. Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St. 267-987-9865. www.11thhourtheatre company.org.

>Rabbit Hole: Through Dec. 20. Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St. 215-922-1122. www. ardentheatre.org. >Scapin: Through Jan. 3. Tickets: $20-$35. St. Stephen’s Theater, 10th and Ludlow streets. 215-829-0395. www.lanterntheater.org. >Red, White and Tuna: Through Jan. 3. Walnut Street Theatre Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. www.walnutstreettheatre.org. >The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon: Through Jan. 3. Tickets: $15-$27. Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St. 215-8931999. www.enchantmenttheatre.org. >This Is The Week That Is: Through Jan. 3. Tickets: $20$35. Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey St. 215-592-9560. www.1812productions.org. >Oliver!: Through Jan. 10. Tickets: $10-$75. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St., 215-574-3550. www. walnutstreettheatre.org. >Peter Pan: Through Jan. 24. Tickets: $16-$32. Arden Theater, 40 N. Second St. 215-922-1122. www. ardentheatre.org. >Flashpoint DNA, Dynamic New Art: Through May 3. Tickets: $35$45. Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom St. 215-665-9720. World of Jewtopia: Dec. 24-27. Tickets: $44.50-$52.50. Innovation Studio, 260 S. Broad St. 215-8931999. www.kimmelcenter.org. Becky Shaw: Dec. 30-Jan. 31. Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. 215546-7824. www.wilmatheater.org. Wicked: Jan. 6-24. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. www.academyofmusic.org. The Irish and How They Got That Way: Jan. 7-April 14. Tickets: $35-$47. Innovation Studio, 260 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. www.kimmelcenter.org. Tru: Jan. 8-31. Tickets: $15-$20. Adrienne Theatre Second Stage, 2030 Sansom St. 215-923-8909. www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org. The Threshing Floor: Jan. 8-31. Tickets: $15-$20. Adrienne Theatre Second Stage, 2030 Sansom St. 215-923-8909. www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org. Blue Door: Jan. 14-March 21. Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St. 215-922-1122. www.ardentheatre.org. The Prince: Jan. 19-Feb 7. Walnut Street Theatre Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. www.walnutstreettheatre.org. The Eclectic Society: Jan. 19-March 7. Tickets: $10-$60. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. www.walnutstreettheatre.org.

Golden Age: Jan. 22-Feb. 21. Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. 215-985-0420. www.philadelphiatheatrecompany.org. Rain, A Tribute to The Beatles: Feb. 2-7. Tickets: $35-$85. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-8931999. www.academyofmusic.org. The Breath of Life: Feb. 4-28. Tickets: $10-$35. St. Stephen’s Theater, 10th and Ludlow streets. 215829-0395. www.lanterntheater.org. If You Give a Pig a Pancake: Feb. 6. Tickets: $10-$14. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 215-5743550. www.walnutstreettheatre.org. The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber: Feb. 9-14. Tickets: $20-$80. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. www. academyofmusic.org. Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue: Feb. 23-March 14. Walnut Street Theatre Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. www. walnutstreettheatre.org. Romeo and Juliet: Feb. 25-April 11. Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St. 215-922-1122. www. ardentheatre.org. Annie: Feb. 26-28. Tickets: $20-$70. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. www.academyofmusic.org. Language Rooms: March 3-April 4. Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. 215546-7824. www.wilmatheater.org. Pennsylvania Ballet: “The Four Temperaments,” “Carmina Burana” and “Rodeo,” March 4-13. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-5517000. www.paballet.org. Peking Acrobats: March 7-10. Tickets: $17.50-$27.50. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215572-7650. www.keswicktheatre.com. Groovaloo, The Hip Hop Sensation: March 9-14. Tickets: $25-$59.50. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. www. academyofmusic.org. Pennsylvania Ballet: “The Crossed Line,” “In the Night” and “The Concert,” March 10-14. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-551-7000. www.paballet.org. Fallen Angels: March 16-May 7. Tickets: $10-$60. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. www.walnutstreettheatre.org. Mauritius: March 19-April 18. Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. 215-985-0420. www.philadelphiatheatrecompany.org. The Gnadiges Fraulein (Gracious Lady): March 19-April 3. Tickets: $20. Second Stage at the Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom St. 215-285-0472. www.idiopathicridiculopathyconsortium.org. Philadelphia Young Playwrights’ “Away He Flew” and “Monster Butterﬂy:” 11 a.m. March 20. Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St. 215-665-9226. www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org.

The Lion King: March 23-April 24. Tickets: $23-$95. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. www. academyofmusic.org. How I Became a Pirate: March 26-27, April 3 and 8-10. Tickets: $10-$14. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. www. walnutstreettheatre.org. Travels With My Aunt: March 30-April 18. Walnut Street Theatre Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. www. walnutstreettheatre.org. Henry IV, Part I: April 1-May 2. Tickets: $10-$35. St. Stephen’s Theater, 10th and Ludlow streets. 215829-0395. www.lanterntheater.org. Cirque Du Soleil’s Ovo: April 8May 2. Tickets: $24.50-$112. Big Top at The Avenue of the Arts, Broad St. and Washington Ave. 800-450-1480. www.cirquedusoleil.com. Philadelphia Young Playwrights’ “Temple High” and “Falling Apart:” 11 a.m. April 10. Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St. 215-665-9226. www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: April 14-May 30. Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St. 215-9221122. www.ardentheatre.org. Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake): April 15-May 8. Tickets: $35-$45. Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom St. 215-665-9720. www. flashpointtheatre.org. Girls Night: The Musical: April 20-May 23. Tickets: $49. Innovation Studio, 260 S. Broad St. 215-8931999. www.kimmelcenter.org. August, Osage County: April 27May 2. Tickets: $34-$126.50. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-8931999. www.academyofmusic.org. The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!): May 4-June 27. Walnut Street Theatre Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. www.walnutstreettheatre.org. Pennsylvania Ballet: “Square Dance,” “Afternoon of a Faun,” “Requiem for a Rose” and “In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated,” May 5-9. Merriam Theater, 240 S. Broad St. 215-551-7000. www.paballet.org. Lord of the Dance: May 14-16. Tickets: $20-$70. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. www. academyofmusic.org. Fiddler on the Roof: May 18-July 18. Tickets: $10-$70. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St., 215-5743550. www.walnutstreettheatre.org. The Screwtape Letters: May 19-30. Tickets: $25-$35. St. Stephen’s Theater, 10th and Ludlow streets. 215829-0395. www.lanterntheater.org. Leaving: May 19-June 20. Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. 215-5467824. www.wilmatheater.org. Philadelphia Young Playwrights’ “Sent to Me Was You” and “Apollo 64:” 11 a.m. May 21. Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St. 215-665-9226. www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: May 21-June 20. Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. 215-985-0420. www. philadelphiatheatrecompany.org. Sunday in the Park with George: May 27-July 4. Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St. 215-922-1122. www.ardentheatre.org. Pennsylvania Ballet: “Romeo and Juliet,” June 4-12. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-551-7000. www. paballet.org. Jigsaw Jones: June 5. Tickets: $10-$14. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St., 215-574-3550. www. walnutstreettheatre.org. Avenue Q: June 18-20. Tickets: $25-$100. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. www. academyofmusic.org. Dreamgirls: June 22-27. Tickets: $25-$100. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. www. academyofmusic.org. Grease: 8 p.m. July 11. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-8931999. www.academyofmusic.org.

Tours >Decadent Gourmet Tour: 3 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays with cheeses, chocolates and teas. Tickets: $29. Meet inside Di Bruno Bros., 1730 Chestnut St. 800-979-3370. www. cityfoodtours.com. >Wine, Chocolate & Tea Tour: 6 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays. Tickets: $55. Meets inside Tbar, 117 S. 12th St. 800979-3370. www.cityfoodtours.com. >Artisanal Beer, Cheese & Prosciutto Tasting: 3:30 p.m. the first, third and fifth Saturday of the month. Tickets: $45. Meet inside Old City Cheese, 160 N. Third St. 800979-3370. www.cityfoodtours.com. >Flavors of Philly Tour: 1:30-4 p.m. Mondays-Sundays with cheesesteaks, soft pretzels, hoagies and more. Tickets: $29-$39. 800-9793370. www.cityfoodtours.com. Theater Tours: Participants receive the script and/or readings and discuss the materials with a theater docent. After each show, there is a roundtable discussion with an artist from the show. Cost: $64. Productions are: “Gnadiges Fraulein, March 19-April 3;” “Nerve;” “516,” and “Sunday in the Park with George,” May 27-July 4. www.pdc1.org.

COMMUNITY Civic associations/ Town Watches Avenue of the States Association serves S. Broad St., Washington to Oregon avenues, 13th to 15th streets. aveofstates@yahoo.com.

Bella Vista Town Watch serves Sixth to 11th streets, South St. to Washington Ave. 215-627-0057. www.bvtw.org. Bella Vista United Civic Association serves South St. to Washington Ave., Sixth to 11th streets. 267-872-4686. www.bvuca.org. CCP Townwatch serves Eighth to 13th streets, Snyder Ave. to Ritner St. Meetings held the second Wednesday of the month. Jason, 215-271-2424. Columbus Square Park Advisory Council holds meetings 7 p.m. the third Thursday of the month. 12th and Wharton streets. www.columbussquarepark.org. Dickinson Narrows Civic Association holds meetings 7 p.m. the third Monday of the month. George Washington Elementary, Fifth and Federal streets. Dickinson Square Town Watch serves Front to Sixth streets, Reed to Mifflin streets. Diane Doiel, 215336-2451. East Passyunk Crossing Civic Association and Town Watch serves Broad to Eighth streets, Tasker St. to Snyder Ave. Meetings are 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month. St. Agnes Continuing Care Center, Broad and McKean streets. 215-339-0400. www.epcrossing.org. >Friends of Dickinson Square Park general meeting is 7 p.m. the third Thursday of the month; Winter Solstice Celebration, 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 19. Dickinson Square Park, Fourth and Tasker streets. 215-6851885. info@dickinsonsquare.org. GEAR (Girard Estate Area Residents) serves 17th to 22nd streets, Wolf St. to Oregon Ave. 215-334-6673. Grays Ferry Community Council covers 27th and Wharton streets to Moore St. to 34th St. and 24th and Moore streets to Passyunk and Penrose avenues. 1501 S. 29th St. 215336-5005. www.graysferrycc.org. Guerin Residents Organizing Urban Pride (GROUP) meets 7 p.m. the last Monday of the month. 16th and Jackson streets. www. group_mngr@yahoo.com. Hawthorne Cultural Center holds meetings 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month. 1200 Carpenter St. 215-685-1848. Hawthorne Empowerment Coalition serves 11th to Broad streets, South St. to Washington Ave. 215-735-1225. www.hecphilly.org. Lower Moyamensing Civic Association services Snyder to Oregon avenues and Broad to Eighth streets. Town Watch walks every other Monday, except Dec. www. lomophilly.org. Neighborhood Stakeholders Advisory Committee holds meetings 6-7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month. United Communities, 2029 S. Eighth St. Keith Watkins, 215-468-1645 ext. 226.

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W h a t ’s H a p p e n i n g Newbold Neighbors Association meets 6:30-7:30 p.m. the last Tuesday of the month. South Philadelphia Library, Broad and Morris streets. www.newboldneighbors.org. Packer Park Civic Association: 215-336-4373. Passyunk Square Civic Association serves Washington to Tasker, Sixth to Broad streets. General meetings are 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at South Philadelphia Older Adult Center, Passyunk Ave. and Dickinson St. Gold Star Park Clean Up is 10 a.m.-noon the second to last Saturday of the month. www.passyunk.org. Pennsport Civic Association meets 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month. EOM, 138 Moore St. 215-462-9764. Point Breeze Civic Association offers a tutoring program for ages 7-12 in reading, math and English. 1518 S. 22nd St. 215-755-6628.

Queen Village Neighbors Association serves Lombard St. to Washington Ave., Delaware River to Sixth Street. 215-339-0975. Southeast Community Association Town Watch serves Front to Sixth streets, Tasker to Wolf streets. Raymond Glenn Baranowski, 215271-6548. Southend Town Watch serves Broad to 20th streets, Oregon Ave. to Walt Whitman Bridge entrance. South Fourth Street Town Watch serves Fourth Street from McKean to Jackson streets. 215-389-8864. South Philadelphia Community Center Town Watch serves I-76 to Snyder Ave., Broad to Eighth streets. South of South Neighborhood Association serves the area from Broad St. to the Schuylkill River, South St. to Washington Ave. Meetings are the second Wednesday of the month. www.southofsouth.org.

>Presepio: Representation of the Christmas nativity scene runs 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Dec. 24. Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catharine St. 215-9223456. www.fleisher.org. >Dickens Village: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. through Dec. 24. Macy’s, 801 Market St. 215-241-9000. www.macys.com. >Deck the Halls! Annual Members’ Show and Sale: Through Dec. 27. Da Vinci Art Alliance, 704 Catharine St. 215-829-0466. www.davinciartalliance.org. >AxD Gallery: “Naughty,” through Dec. 31. 265 S. 10th St. 215-627-6250. www.a-x-d.com. >“The Nutcracker:” Through Dec. 31. Academy of Music, Broad and Locust streets. 215-893-1999 www. paballet.org. >Holiday Light Show: 10 a.m. and every hour on the hour through Dec. 31. Macy’s, 801 Market St. 215241-9000. www.macys.com. >Christmas Village: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. through Dec. 31; Christmas Eve, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Dilworth Plaza, City Hall, 1400 John F. Kennedy Blvd. >Comcast Holiday Spectacular: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily through Jan. 1 at the top of each hour except 5 p.m. weekdays. Comcast Center, 1701 John F. Kennedy Blvd. >Holiday Festival of Lights: Noon through Jan. 2. Camden Children’s Garden, 3 Riverside Dr. Camden, N.J. 856-365-TREE. www.camdenchildrensgarden.org. >Reading Terminal Holiday Railroad: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. through Jan. 3. Reading Terminal Market, 12th and Market streets. 215-922-2317. www.readingterminalmarket.org. >Enchanted Colonial Village: Through Jan. 3. Please Touch Museum, 4231 Avenue of the Republic. 215-581-3181. www.pleasetouchmuseum.org. >“Gifted:” Holiday exhibition through Jan. 3. Clay Studio, 137-139 N. Second St. 215-925-3453. www. theclaystudio.org. >Fishmas: Through Jan. 4. Adventure Aquarium, 1 Riverside Drive, Camden, N.J. 856-365-3300. www. njaquarium.org. >A Longwood Christmas: Through Jan. 10. Tickets: $6-$16. 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square. 610-388-1000. www.longwoodgardens.org. >Carols in Color: Dec. 17-20. Tickets: $25-$28. New Freedom Theatre, 1346 N. Broad St. 800-8383006. www.freedomtheatre.org. >Donatucci Sr. Library: Preschool holiday storytime, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 17. 1935 Shunk St. 215685-1755.

Stadium Community Council Inc. serves Broad Street east to 13th Street and Packer Avenue to Geary. 215-271-8454. United Communities Southeast Philadelphia serves east of Broad St. 2029 S. Eighth St. 215-467-8700. West Passyunk Point Neighborhood Association meets 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month. Cafe con Chocolate, 2100 S. Norwood St. 215-498-6891. westpassyunkpoint@hotmail.com. Wharton Neighbors Civic Association serves Tasker to McKean streets, Eighth to 13th streets. 215205-9023. Whitman Council Inc. holds board meetings 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month. Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, 2329 S. Third St. 215-468-4056.

Whitman Council and Pennsport Civic Association meets at EOM, 138 Moore St. Registration required. 215-468-4056. 215-462-9764.

Community and senior centers Barratt-Nabuurs Center: 2738 Dickinson St. 336-1158. Christian Street YMCA: 1724 Christian St. 215-735-5800. Community Outreach Services Center: 1941 Christian St. 215-7325922.

Dixon House: 1920 S. 20th St. 215336-3511. Gershman Y: 401 S. Broad St. 215545-4400. www.pjff.org. JCCs Stiffel Senior Center: Thrift shop sells used clothing 10 a.m.-noon Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. 604 Porter St. 215-468-3500. Kings Ferry Square: 3125 Reed St. 215-334-7170. Marconi Seniors Program: 2407 S. Broad St. 215-218-0800. Philadelphia Senior Center: Digital photography class, 1 p.m. Mondays; diabetes support group, 1 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month; Silver Sneakers fitness classes, 2 p.m. Tuesdays; T’ai chi, 1 p.m. Mondays; Rev Up, 10 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays; yoga, 11 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. 509 S. Broad St. 215-5465879. www.philaseniorcenter.org.

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Point Breeze Family Center: McDaniel Elementary, Room 102, 22nd and Moore streets. 215-952-0625. Point Breeze Federation Inc.: 1248 S. 21st St. 215-334-2666. Point Breeze Performing Arts Center: 1717 Point Breeze Ave. 215465-1187. Point Breeze Satellite Center: 2100 Dickinson St. 215-684-4891. St. Charles Senior Community Center: 1941 Christian St. 215-7909530. Samuel S. Fels Community Center: Free exercise program Tuesday and Thursday mornings. 2407 S. Broad St. 215-218-0800. Single Parents Society holds senior dances Fridays, 8-11 p.m. 1430 S. Passyunk Ave. 215-4652298.

Winterfest Beer Tasting: Stouts, Porters, Winter Seasonals and Special Holiday Brews: 1 p.m. Dec. 27. Tickets: $40. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-222-1400. www.worldcafelive.com. Soulful Sunday with Dyana Williams Holiday Party: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 27. Tickets: $21. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-222-1400. www.worldcafelive.com. New Year’s Eve Celebration: Noon Dec. 31 with lunch at 12:15 p.m. Cost: $10. Philadelphia Senior with as Christm Soulful ’s Downing >Will Af>Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration: 6-9 p.m. Dec. 17. Center, 509 S. Broad St. 215-546-5879, ext. 209. TheKeswick $45. Tickets: 19. Dec. p.m. Maysa: 8 rican American Museum, 701 Arch St. 215-574-0380. 7650. 215-572. Kids Ring in 2010 Early: Noon and 1 p.m. Dec. atre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside www.aampmuseum.org. 31. Please Touch Museum, 4231 Avenue of the Retre.com. wickthea www.kes >Philadelphia Orchestra: “The Glorious Sounds public. 215-581-3181. www.pleasetouchmuseum.org. Dec. >Winter Solstice Celebration: 7-8:30 p.m. of Christmas,” 7 p.m. Dec. 17-19. Kimmel Center, into release to g New Year’s Eve at Longwood Gardens: 1:30 somethin and candle a Bring 19. Broad and Spruce streets. 215-893-1999. www.kim Ave. nsing and 10 p.m. Dec. 31. 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Moyame Park, the fire. Dickinson Square melcenter.org. 485. Square. 610-388-1000. www.longwoodgardens.org. 215-551-7 streets. Morris and Tasker between >2nd Annual Holiday Show: 9 p.m. Dec. 17 with New Year’s Eve on the Battleship New Jersey: Noon-4 >Procrastinators’ Holiday Art Bazaar: Kaboom, NH, Five, Illanoise HH Spady and more. 6 p.m. Dec. 31-10 a.m. Jan. 1 sleepover. Benefits the www. St. Christian 906 Gallery, Mew 20. Dec. p.m. 888. 215-922-6 Tickets: $10. Trocadero, 1003 Arch St. ship’s restoration and educational efforts. 2500 S. ry.org. mewgalle www.thetroc.com. Broadway, Camden, N.J. 856-966-1652. www.battle>Blue Christmas Service: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20. New >Holiday POPS: Dec. 18-20 with Lauren Kennedy, shipnewjersey.org. Greenwich Light Baptist Church, 121 W. Oregon Ave. POPS Festival Chorus, the African Episcopal Church Ring in 2010: 6 p.m. Dec. 31. Cost: $7-$12. Inde215-467-9259. of St. Thomas Gospel Choir, Philadelphia Boys Choir pendence Seaport Museum, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. >Fireside Party: 12:15 p.m. Dec. 22. Philadelphia and organist Peter Conte. Kimmel Center, 300 S. 215-413-8655. www.phillyseaport.org. Senior Center, 509 S. Broad St. 215-546-5879, ext. Broad St. 215-790-5800. www.phillypops.org. New Year’s Eve Fireworks Display: 6 p.m. and 209. www.philaseniorcenter.org. >Holiday Dinner: Noon Dec. 18 with a concert at midnight Dec. 31. Penn’s Landing. 215-928-8801. 11 a.m. Cost: $2. Philadelphia Senior Center, 509 S. >Ronnie Spector’s Christmas Party: 7:30 p.m. www.pennslandingcorp.com. Broad St. 215-546-5789, ext. 209. www.philaseniorDec. 22. Tickets: $40-$50. World Cafe Live, 3025 South Philadelphia Older Adult Center’s New center.org. Walnut St. 215-222-1400. www.worldcafelive.com. Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance: 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Dec. >Straight No Chaser Holiday Concert: 8 p.m. >Joel Rakes Christmas Show: 8 p.m. Dec. 22. 31. Tickets: $95-$100. Swan Catering, 2015 S. Water Dec. 18. Tickets: $25-$32. Keswick Theatre, 291 Tickets: $9. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215St. Lena or Fred, 215-952-0547. N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215-572-7650. www. 222-1400. www.worldcafelive.com. Philadelphia Orchestra New Year’s Eve Conkeswicktheatre.com. cert: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Kimmel Center, Broad and >Disney on Ice “Let’s Celebrate!:” Dec. 23-Jan. >Breakfast with Santa: 9-10:30 a.m. Dec. 19-20. Spruce streets. 215-893-1999. www.kimmelcenter.org. 3. Tickets: $13-$85. Wachovia Center, 3601 S. Broad St. Cost: $15-$18. Hard Rock Cafe, 1113-31 Market St. 800-298-4200. www.ComcastTIX.com. New Year’s Eve with Davy Knowles and Back 215-238-0639. Door Slam: 10 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $40-$75. World Candlelight Christmas Eve Service: 7 p.m. Dec. Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-222-1400. www. >South Street Winter Solstice Celebration: 1-8 24 with clothing giveaway and dinner. Chosen Genor 0459 215-382worldcafelive.com. Ave. d p.m. Dec. 19 with music, dance performances, arts eration COGIC, 5217 Woodlan activities, shopping and restaurant discounts. www. New Year’s Eve Party on Ice: 11 p.m.-1 a.m. Dec. 267-560-9161. phillymagicgardens.org. 31. Blue Cross RiverRink, 531 N. Columbus Blvd. 215p.m. a.m.-2 “Being Jewish at Christmas:” 10 925-RINK. www.riverrink.com. >Christmas on Logan Square: Philadelphia Dec. 25. National Museum of American Jewish 215St. Fifth N. Singers perform 5 p.m. Dec. 19. Tickets: $32-$43. St. 55 East, Mall Mummers’ Parade: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Jan. 1. Paence History, Independ Clement’s Church, 20th and Cherry streets. 215-751rade starts at Broad and Walnut streets, proceeding 923-3811. www.nmajh.org. 9494 www.philadelphiasingers.org. north to City Hall. www.mummers.com. 26-Jan. Dec. p.m. Noon-4 Kwanzaa Celebration: nes: Greenge Mr. with Santas the of g p>Runnin Mummers Fest and the Fancy Brigade Finale: 1. Gallery at Market East, 901 Market St. www.aam 6 p.m. Dec. 19. Tickets: $20-$30. Electric Factory, 421 Noon and 5 p.m. Jan. 1. Pennsylvania Convention .org. museum Center, 12th and Arch streets. N. Seventh St. 215-336-2000. www.ticketmaster.com. Mistletoe Jam 3: 7:20 p.m. Dec. 26 with Ike, www.electricfactory.info. Kwanzaa Celebration: 4 p.m. Jan. 1. African MLM’s. The and Roses p Pawnsho Jealousy Curve, >Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale: 8 p.m. Dec. American Museum, 701 Arch St. 215-574-0380.www. St. Tickets: $18-$23. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut 19. Tickets: $30-$40. Church of the Holy Trinity, 1904 aampmuseum.org. 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South Philadelphia Older Adult Center: Socials every Wednesday, 7-10 p.m., with live music and refreshments. Cost: $7. 1430 Passyunk Ave. 215-952-0547. Tolentine Community Center: 1025-33 Mifflin St. 215-389-0717. United Communities Houston Community Center: Emergency energy assistance, ESL and computer classes. Free clothing giveaway 1:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Emergency food cupboard. Houston Center, 2029 S. Eighth St. 215-467-8700. United Communities Southwark House: Bingo , 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Thursdays; karate classes for ages 14 and up, 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. 101 Ellsworth St. 215673-1484. www.ska.org. Wharton Street Recreation Center: 2300 Wharton St. 215-685-1888. Wilson Park Senior Center: 2508 Jackson St. 215-684-4895.

Programs Employing People seeks volunteers to help disabled classes as well as literacy tutors. Broad and Federal streets. 215-952-4292. marnie. whelan@pepservices.org. Saints in Training, offered by Neumann-Goretti, is a free enrichment program for fifth- to eighth-graders who want to excel in academics and become more involved in school activities. 215465-8437, ext. 250. Salvatore Terruso Lodge Sons of Italy meets 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month. The Prudential Building, 20th St. and Oregon Ave. Rich Vinci, 215-389-7799. Triangle Park needs volunteers for watering and cleaning sessions 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Meet at Sixth and Christian streets. 215-704-7466. 215-5745050. www.friendsoftrianglepark.org. parkwebadmin@gmail.com.

Club, 4 p.m. Fridays; arts and crafts, 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays; and Teen Gaming Club, 4 p.m. Thursdays. Hours: Noon-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; closed Sundays and Mondays. 1935 Shunk St. 215-685-1755. Fumo Family Library Branch: 2437 S. Broad St. 215-685-1758. Queen Memorial Library: 1201 S. 23rd St. 215-685-1899. Santore Library: Smoking cessation six-week course, 1 p.m. Mondays. 932 S. Seventh St. 215-686-1766. South Philadelphia Library: ESL classes, 12:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. 1700 S. Broad St. 215685-1866. Whitman Library: 200 Snyder Ave. 215-685-1754.

Mummers Hog Island N.Y.A. holds preteen dances 7 p.m. Fridays. Donation: $7. 2116 S. Third St.

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Libraries Central Library: Children’s Prints Exhibit, Feb. 15-March 12. 1901 Vine St. 215-686-5322. libwww. freelibrary.org. >Donatucci Sr. Library: Pre-school holiday storytime, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 17; computer tutorials for adults and seniors, noon Thursdays; LEAP After-School Program, 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays; homework and computer assistance, 3-5 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; yoga for adults and seniors, 6:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays; Chess and Board Game

Recreation centers and playgrounds Marian Anderson: Better Days offers HIV/AIDS counseling, contraception, teen workshops and more. 17th and Fitzwater streets. 215-685-6594. Barry: 18th and Bigler streets. 215685-1886. Burke: Second and Jackson streets. Capitolo: After-school program for ages 6-13 3:30-6 p.m. MondayFriday. Cost: $10/week. Ninth and Federal streets. 215-685-1883.

Taggart Elementary for all students, Feb. 6. Sharon or Hollie, taggartreunion83@comcast.net. St. Richard’s, classes of 1950-60, 6:30-11 p.m. May 1. St. Richard’s School Hall. John Gipprich, 866689-5063 or GippIV@aol.com; Carmela Germana Karns, 215-538-8895 or ckarns3@verizon.net. Stella Maris, class of 1982, planning for spring. Joanne Pezzano, 267-847-1642 or jopezzano@aol. com; Donna DiBruno, Donna.DiBruno@dla.mil; or Tracy Nawrocki, TLN232Z@yahoo.com. Bishop Neumann and St. Maria Goretti high schools, class of 1978, planning a reunion. Domenic Reda, 215-520-0316. www.neumann78.wordpress.com. Our Lady of Mount Carmel eighth-grade class of 1979, planning a reunion. Peg Dingler-Wilson, 856468-3003 or wilsx4@comcast.net. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, class of June 1961, planning a reunion. maggie2st@yahoo.com.

Support groups Alcoholics Anonymous, South Philadelphia Chapter, meets 7:308:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 7-8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays. DiSilvestro Playground, 15th and Morris streets. Al-Anon meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at St. John’s Evangelist Church, Third and Reed streets; 7:30 p.m. Fridays at 1605 E. Moyamensing Ave.; and 11:15 a.m. Saturdays at Episcopal Church of the Crucifixion, Eighth and Bainbridge streets. 215-222-5244. Alzheimer’s Association holds a support group for families of people with Alzheimer’s 2-4 p.m. the third Saturday of each month. St. Agnes Continuing Care Center, 1900 S. Broad St. 800-272-3900. Codependents Anonymous meets at Methodist Hospital, 2301 S. Broad St., 6:30 p.m. Sundays. 215-333-7775. Debtors Anonymous meets 7 p.m. Thursdays. William Way Center, 1315 Spruce St. Susan, 610-203-3200. Gamblers Anonymous meets 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Methodist Hospital, Broad and Ritner streets. NARANON for families and friends of addicts meets 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Nicholas of Tolentine, 910 Watkins St. 215-808-7422.

Travel St. Maria Goretti High School graduates for a three-night cruise in January. Mary Ann, ezebrowski@cfl. rr.com or 386-789-0748.

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ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships is looking for volunteers to lead enrichment activities for children one hour a week. 215545-2727. info@phillyasap.org. Center for Literacy offers multilevel ESL classes for adults 9-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Francis Scott Key Elementary School, Eighth and Wolf streets. 215-474-1235. Job Corps STARS Initiative is looking for volunteers to tutor students two hours a week. Darvin, 267-386-2890. Point Breeze Education Center offers “The Point Breeze Charm and Etiquette program” for ages 8-13 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesdays. 1518 S. 22nd St. 215-755-6628.

Reunions

Philadelphia Multiple Myeloma Networking Group meets 1:303:30 p.m. the second Saturday of the month (except August). Ralston House, 3615 Chestnut St. 215-9471730. sklein16@verizon.net. Smoking cessation is 4-5 p.m. or 6-7 p.m. the first two Tuesdays and Thursdays of the month. Pennsylvania Hospital, 800 Spruce St. www. pennmedicine.org. Philadelphia Access Center holds Jobs for Life, a biblically based job training program; and Moms’ Group, a biblically based study with free childcare. 1832 S. 11th St. 215-389-1985. Pennsylvania Recovery Organization–Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT) hosts a family program to help individuals and family recognize and address an addiction problem in a spouse, parent, child or other loved one. 6:30-8:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the month. 444 N. Third St. 800221-6333. www.proact.org. Recovery International for those with stress, anger, sadness, fear or depression meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 2:30 p.m. Saturdays. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 1831 Bainbridge St. 215-732-2787. www. recovery-inc.com. Supportive Older Women’s Network for ages 60 and over meets 1 p.m. Mondays. JCCs Stiffel Senior Center, 604 Porter St. 215-468-3500. Mercy LIFE (Living Independently For Elders) for caregivers for ages 55 and over meets 6-7:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month. 215-339-4157. Substance Abuse Program meets 9 a.m.-noon and 11 a.m.-2:15 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 1021 S. 21st St. 215-790-9942. Voice It Sistah for HIV-positive women meets 11 a.m. the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Similar sessions held during coffee hour noon-1 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays. YOACAP, 1207 Chestnut St. 215-851-1898. Women in Transition for women hurt by a partner or coping with addiction counsels 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday or 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. 215751-1111. www.helpwomen.org.

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New Greenwich Light Baptist Church is open for prayer noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays. 121 W. Oregon Ave. The Lighthouse gives away clothes and food 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays. 30th and Wharton streets. 215-463-2434. Mount Enon Baptist Church holds a free lunch program 12:30 p.m. the third and fourth Wednesdays of the month. 500 Snyder Ave. 215-334-2844. Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church hosts a book club 7 p.m. the last Monday of the month. 916 S. Swanson St. 267-304-3424.

Lemon Ball with American Idol Jordin Sparks is 7 p.m.-midnight Jan. 9. Tickets: $250. Proceeds benefit the battle against childhood cancer. Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market St. www. alexslemonade.org. Red Ball, hosted by The American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, is 8 p.m.-midnight March 6. Tickets: $175-$275. Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park. 215-299-5491. www.theredball.org. Legal Clinic for the Disabled offers free legal advice and representation for low-income people with physical disabilities. Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, 1513 Race St. 215-587-3350. Intercultural Family Services Inc./PHACE provides free HIV counseling and testing, contraception and workshops. 2317 S. 23rd St. 215-468-4673.

Child Care Information Services offers funding and services to help parents find, select and pay for childcare and school-age programs. 1500 S. Columbus Blvd. 215-271-0570. Community Labor Reﬁnery Tracking Committee works on environmental and health issues related to living near the Sunoco Refinery. Meets the second Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. Mercy Wellness Center, 2821 Island Ave. 215-640-8800. Diversiﬁed Community Services/Point Breeze Family Center offers information/referral services, counseling, parenting and education/computer classes. Dixon House, 1920 S. 20th St. 215-336-3511. Face Your Giants Rap Sessions features group meetings to discuss life experiences and develop relationships 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays. 2144 S. Broad St. 267-582-1667. Prancing Paws Animal Rescue is dedicated to saving street cats and kittens. ppar.rescuegroups.org. pparcats@gmail.com.

Chew: 19th St. and Washington Ave. 215-685-6596. Columbus-DiProspero: 12th and Wharton streets. 215-685-1890. Dickinson Square: Fourth and Tasker streets. 215-685-1885. DiSilvestro: After-school program for ages 5-12 3-6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Cost: $25/month. 1701 S. 15th St. 215-685-1598. Ford P.A.L.: Seventh St. and Snyder Ave. 215-685-1897. Guerin: Pinochle, 12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; Ballet, tap and jazz/hip-hop lessons, 5 p.m. Thursdays; After-school program 3-6 p.m. weekdays for ages 5-10; Girl Scouts meet 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays; Ceramics are 7:30 p.m. Mondays. 16th and Jackson streets. 215-685-1894. Hawthorne Cultural Center: Linedancersize, 6:15-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays and kung fu classes 10 a.m.-noon Saturdays; after-school program for ages 5-12 3-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Cost: $5/week; drawing, and painting classes 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturdays. Free. Students must provide their own supplies and will be given a list. 1200 Carpenter St. 215-685-1848. hawthornerec@yahoo.com. Herron: American and Reed streets. 215-685-1884. Murphy: Aerobic classes 7-8 p.m. Thursdays. Cost: $6; Ceramic classes for adults, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Cost: $2; sculpture/ceramics classes for ages 12-18, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays; Murphy Recreation Center holds an after-school program 3-6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays for ages 6-12. Cost: $7/week. 300 Shunk St. 215685-1874. www.murphyrec.com. Palumbo: 10th and Fitzwater streets. 215-686-1783. Ridgway: Broad and Christian streets. 215-685-1594. Sacks: Fourth St. and Washington Ave. 215-685-1889. Seger: 10th and Lombard streets. 215-686-1760. Shot Tower: Front and Carpenter streets. 215-685-1592. Starr Garden: Yoga for Everyone, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays; Chess Club for ages 5-12, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Fridays; Capture the Flag Games, 3:30-5 p.m. Thursdays; Children’s Film Workshops for ages 7-10, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays; Children’s art classes 10 a.m.-noon every other Saturday; and Intro to French classes for adults, 7-8 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays. Cost: $35. Indoor Soccer at McCall School Gym, 6-7 p.m. Jan. 4-March 17. Mondays, 5-6 year olds and Wednesdays, 7-8 year olds. 60044 Lombard St. 215-686-1782. Tolentine: After-school programs for ages 5-13 Monday-Friday. Van service as well as full- or half-day coverage available. 11th and Mifflin streets. 215-389-0717. Weccacoe: Fourth and Catharine streets. 215-685-1887.

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Connie’s Semi-Homemade Cinnamon Buns INGREDIENTS:

2 loaves of frozen bread dough, thawed according to package directions 1 stick of butter, plus some to grease the pan Raisins and pecan halves, to taste 1 cup of dark brown sugar 1 small box of butterscotch pudding 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon 2 tablespoons of milk

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and place on top of the raisins and nuts. Melt the stick of butter in a saucepan. Stir in the sugar, pudding and cinnamon until smooth. Stir in the milk. Remove from the heat and pour over the dough. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight, or until the buns have doubled in size. When ready to cook, uncover and bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes, or until the dough is golden brown. Remove from the oven and turn upside down on a large serving tray.

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outhwark Restaurant & Bar, 704 S. Fourth St., and James, 824 S. Eighth St., were each named a World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) Humane Restaurant on the group’s EatHumane.org that features more than 150 restaurant. Southwark sources its ingredients from local farmers and co-ops, while James focuses on local, seasonal produce, humanely raised meats, wild seafood and artisan cheeses. WSPA selected 15 cities by region, metro population and popularity as a destination. Its experts scoured menus and spoke with chefs to verify the accuracy of the information. To apply to be in the database, email restaurants@wspausa.org. SPR Dinner is on us Earn a gift certiﬁcate to a local restaurant by sending your recipes to: Recipes Review Newspapers, 12th and Porter streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 19148 or Fax: 215-336-1112 or E-mail: editor@ southphillyreview.com

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American/Continental 1601 Restaurant/Wine Bar: 1601 S. 10th St., 215-218-3840, www.1601cafe.com, $$ Carman’s Country Kitchen: 1301 S. 11th St., 215-339-9613, $ Fuel: 1917 E. Passyunk Ave. 215468-FUEL, $$ Royal Tavern: 937 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-389-6694, $ Sabrina’s Café: 910-12 Christian St., 215-574-1599, $$ South Philly Bar & Grill: 1235-37 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-334-3300, $

Asian International Smokeless Barbeque: 600 Washington Ave., 215-599-8844, www.smokelessbbq.com, $

Coffee/Café/Sweets Anthony’s Coffee House: 903 S. Ninth St., www.italiancoffeehouse. com/anthonysitaliancoffee, 215627-2586, $

Fast Break

Sarcone’s Deli: 734 S. Ninth St., 215-922-1717, $

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dining out Shank’s and Evelyn’s: 932 S. 10th St., 215-629-1093, $ Vincenzo’s Deli: 1626 S. Ninth St., 215-463-6811, $

French Beau Monde: 624 S. Sixth St., 215-592-0656, www.creperie-beaumonde.com, $

Italian Cent’Anni: 770 S. Seventh St., 215925-5558, $$ Cucina Forte: 768 S. Eighth St., 215-238-0778, $$ Dante and Luigi’s: 762 S. 10th St., 215-922-9501, www.danteandluigis. com, $$ Karina’s Restaurant: 1520 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-218-0455, $$ Kristian’s Ristorante: 1100 Federal St., 215-468-0104, www.kristiansrestaurant.com, $$ La Fourno: 636 South St., 215-6279000, www.lafourno.com, $$ La Stanza: 2001 W. Oregon Ave., 215-271-0801, $$

Mexican The Adobe Cafe: 1919 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-551-2243, $$ Restaurant La Lupe: 1201 S. Ninth St., 215-551-9920, $$ Taqueria La Veracruzana: 908 Washington Ave., 215-465-1440, $$

Nam Phuong Restaurant: 1100-20 Washington Ave., 215-468-0410, www.namphuongphilly.com, $$ Pho 75: 1122 Washington Ave., 215271-5866, $ Broad Street East

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Chinese

Middle Eastern Bitar’s: 947 Federal St., 215-7551121, www.bitars.com, $

Seafood Anastasi’s: Ninth St. and Washington Ave., 215-462-0550, www. phillyitalianmarket.com/market/anastasi_seafood, $$ Little Fish: 600 Catharine St., 215-4133464, www.littlefishphilly.com, $$

Vietnamese

McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon: Citizens Bank Park, One Citizens Bank Way, 215-952-0300, www. mcfaddensphilly.com, $

Chinese

JC Chinese Restaurant: 748 Morris St., 215-334-1056, $$

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Bomb Bomb Bar-B-Que Grill & Italian Restaurant: 1026 Wolf St., 215-463-1311, $$ Caffe Valentino: 1245-49 S. Third St., 215-336-3033, $$ Johnnie’s: 12th and Wolf streets, 215334-8006, $ La Cucina Varallo: 1635 S. 10th St., 215-952-0504, $$ Pastaria at Franco & Luigi’s: 13th and Tasker streets, 215-755-8900, www.francoandluigis.com, $$ Ralph & Rickey’s: Seventh St. and Oregon Ave., 215-271-6622, $ Ristorante Pesto: 1915 S. Broad St., 215-336-8380, www.ristorantepesto.com, $$

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Mamma Maria: 1637 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-463-6884, www.mammamaria.info, $$$ Marra’s: 1734 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-463-9249, www.marras1.com, $$ Mezza Luna: 763 S. Eighth St., 215-627-4705, $$ Ralph’s: 760 S. Ninth St., 215-6276011, www.ralphsrestaurant.com, $$ Saloon: 750 S. Seventh St., 215-6271811, www.saloonrestaurant.net, $$$ Vesuvio Ristorante Bar: 736-38 S. Eighth St., 215-922-8380, www. vesuvio-online.com, $$ Victor Cafe: 1303 Dickinson St., 215468-3040, www.victorcafe.com, $$ Villa Di Roma: 936 S. Ninth St., 215-592-1295, $$

Key Food Pizza: 1846 S. 12th St., 215-551-7111, $ Nick’s Charcoal Pit: 1242 S. Snyder Ave., 215-271-3750, $ Simonetta’s: 2510 S. Broad St., 267-324-5758, $

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Day By Day By Phyllis Stein-Novack R e s ta u r a n t R e v i e w e r

eekend brunch is as American as the banjo, baseball and jazz. Sunday is the day of choice for those of us who do not want to pull out pots, mixing bowls and skillets for something as simple as bacon and eggs or challah French toast. For the past few years, a number of Center City restaurants have been offering brunch on Saturdays. This is a wise idea. Brunch venues reflect your state of mind and pocketbook. For special occasions, I enjoy the Fountain Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel and XIX (Nineteen) at the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue. For the past few years, I have not been able to get into Honey’s Sit ’n Eat because of the long wait, but learned the secret to securing a table at Sabrina’s, 910 Christian St. (You call ahead and a host puts your name on the list with an estimated time to dine.) My friend Joan is a chef in San Francisco. She and her fiancé Rafael, who was born in France and is an MBA candidate at Wharton, called me and invited me to brunch at Day By Day. She kept raving about the place and I realized I have not been to this Center City institution in many years. Day By Day is owned and operated by Robin Barg. She opened the restaurant 28 years ago. Her daughter Molly is an accomplished baker and joined her mother in assuring that the many loyal patrons were kept happy with new dishes and interesting twists on classic brunch and lunch fare. I met my friends and we were fortunate to land the last table. Robin greeted me, Coffee/Café/Sweets

Caffe Chicco: 2532 S. Broad St., 215-334-3100, $

Fast Break Brunic’s Luncheonette: 17th and McKean streets, 215-755-7645, $ Celebre’s Pizza: 1536 Packer Ave., 215-467-3255, $ Millie’s Luncheonette & Ice Cream: 15th and Shunk streets, 215-467-8553, $ Moe’s Hot Dog House: 2617 Grays Ferry Ave., 215-465-6637, $ Simonetta’s Italian Hoagies: 2510 S. Broad St., 267-324-5758, $ Southview Pizza: 367 Durfor St., 215-467-2050, $ Talk of the Town: 3020 S. Broad St., 215-551-7277, $ Texas Weiners: 1426 Snyder Ave., 215-465-8635, www.texasweiners. com, $

but I doubt she knew I was going to review the restaurant. Steaming mugs of rich, dark-roasted La Colombe coffee warmed us up immediately. The menu is one of the most unique in town. Prices are moderate and the service is professional and friendly. Potato pancakes benedict ($11.50) received high marks all around. The chefs prepared crispy, lacy potato latkes until they were golden brown. Both latkes were topped with slices of smoked salmon, a perfectly poached egg and creamy, homemade hollandaise sauce. The reasoning behind removing the English muffin and Canadian bacon made sense. I’ve been to events where mini-potato latkes have been topped with smoked salmon. The chefs at Day By Day respect the egg. It is one of the most difficult ingredients to work with. Turn your back for a moment and the result could be brown, rubbery eggs or poached ones where the yolk is too hard. Those in my benedict were the finest I’ve eaten in a restaurant. The puffed apple pancake ($7.50) was a dish from my childhood. My Austrianborn grandmother would make a large crepe in a cast-iron skillet and top it with warm cinnamon apples. Joan was surprised when she saw her meal; it was thin and light. The in-season, local apples retained a slight crunch. If cooked too long, the result would have been applesauce. Rafael chose scrambled eggs with spinach and feta ($8). A large mound of creamy, fluffy, golden eggs were flecked Italian

Criniti Pizzeria and Ristorante: 2601 S. Broad St., 215-465-7750, $$ Barrel’s Fine Food: 1725 Wolf St., 215-389-6010, www.barrelsfinefood.com, $ Italian Bistro: 211 S. Broad St., 215-731-0700, $$ L’Angolo: 1415 Porter St., 215389-4252, $$ La Stanza: 2001 Oregon Ave., 215271-0801, $$ Medora’s Mecca: 3100 S. 13th St., 215-336-1655, $$ Popi’s: 3120 S. 20th St., 215-7557180, www.popisrestaurant.com, $$ Royal Villa Cafe: 1700 Jackson St., 215-462-4488, $$ Scannicchio’s: 2500 S. Broad St., 215-468-3900, www.scannicchio. com, $$

Brunch on Saturdays is an inspired idea that Day By Day embraces with moderate prices and one-of-a-kind dishes. S ta f f P h o t o b y S a b r i n a J a c o t

with bits of fresh spinach and melted, slightly tangy feta. Do you know how difficult it is to achieve the scrambled eggs I just described? To quote Gail Simmons of “Top Chef,” “there is nothing worse than brown, rubbery scrambled eggs.” The platter came with hot roasted potatoes and pumpernickel toast. You get a choice of bread, by the way. All of the brunches came with grapes and melon slices. Barg brought us three mini-muffins to sample. “Molly didn’t bake them but they are good,” she said. The tart cranberry walnut reflected the season. Blueberries were featured in another and the last was classic corn. We agreed the muffins were not too sweet. I lathered the corn muffin with butter and enjoyed.

Tony D’s Italian Bar and Restaurant: 3540 Wharton St., 215-463-6424, $$

Turkish Dining Divan Turkish Kitchen: 918 S. 22nd St., 215-545-5790, divanturkishkitchen.com, $$ Cafe Fulya: 727 S. Second St., 267909-9937, www.cafefulya.com, $$. Pennspor t

American/Continental International House of Pancakes: 3 Snyder Ave., 215-339-5095, www.ihop.com, $$

Fast Break New York New York Pizzeria: 1400 Columbus Blvd., 215-463-6205, $ Southview Pizza: 367 Durfor St., 215-467-2050, $ Tony Luke’s: 39 Oregon Ave., 215551-5725, www.tonylukes.com, $

Barg began her catering career 30 years ago. She still caters weddings and events, but obviously has done everything right when it comes to running her restaurant. The chefs use top-quality ingredients and create dishes with eye appeal that are full of flavor. In today’s economic times, restaurant patrons seek value for money. Day By Day does just that. Three tips of the toque to Day By Day. SPR

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Greek/Middle Eastern

Dmitri’s: 795 S. Third St., 215625-0556, $$

International

New Wave Cafe: 784 S. Third St., 215922-8484, www.newwavecafe.com, $$ The Irish Times: 629 S. Second St., 215-923-1103, $$

Italian

Ava: 518 S. Third St., 215-9223282, www.avarestaurant.com, $$$ Frederick’s Italian Cuisine: 757 S. Front St., 215-271-3733, $$$

Creole/Cajun

La Creole Restaurant & Tavern: 775 S. Front St., 215-467-5044, www.louisianacreole.com, $

Seafood

Anthony’s Saloon: 2351 S. Front St., 215-468-5222, $$ Snockey’s Oyster House: Second St. and Washington Ave. 215-3399578, www.snockeys.com, $$

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Diners

Diner on the Plaza: 43 Snyder Ave., 215-755-7899, $$ Melrose Diner: 1501 Snyder Ave., 215-467-6644, $ Morning Glory Diner: 10th and Fitzwater streets, 215-413-3999, $ Oregon Diner: 302 Oregon Ave., 215-462-5566, $$ Penrose Diner: 20th St. and Penrose Ave., 215-465-1097, $$ South Street Diner: 140 South St., 215-627-5258, $ SPR

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The Mayor of the Market died last week, but his memory will live on in the kitchens of his customers. By Phyllis Stein-Novack Food Columnist

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Directions: Pour the cream into a large bowl. Using a handheld electric mixer, whip until soft peaks form. Blend in the horseradish. Place in a serving bowl. Serves eight. Note from Phyllis: You can use a small colander or sieve to drain the horseradish.

■ Steak Diane ■ Ingredients: 2 6- to 8-ounce boneless rib steaks, pounded thin, brought to room temperature 1 tablespoon of canola oil 3 tablespoons of butter 4 tablespoons each of brandy or Cognac and dry red wine Directions: Heat the oil and butter over high in a large skillet. Sear the steaks for about two minutes on each side. Add the brandy or Cognac and carefully ignite. Shake the skillet until the flames die down. Remove the meat to a warm platter. Boil the wine in the skillet. Lower to a simmer and, using a wooden spoon, scrape up the brown bits on the bottom. You can add a tablespoon of butter for a richer flavor. Serves two. Note from Phyllis: This recipe can be easily doubled.

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Ingredients: 1 5- to 6-pound filet of beef, brought to ■ Rack of Lamb ■ room temperature Kosher salt and freshly ground black Ingredients: pepper, to taste 1 rack of lamb, or 8 chops, Frenched and brought to room temperature Directions: Kosher salt and freshly ground black Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. pepper, to taste Rub the beef all over with the salt and Directions: pepper. Place in a shallow roasting pan. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Roast for 45 minutes for rare. Allow the Rub the lamb all over with the salt and beef to rest for about 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with the horseradish sauce. pepper. Place, fat side up, in a shallow roasting pan. Serves eight. Roast for about 45 minutes for mediumNote from Phyllis: Anything other than rare. Carve between each chop with an elecrare for this cut is a crime. tric knife, if possible. Serves two. Horseradish Sauce Note from Phyllis: The recipe can be Ingredients: easily doubled. SPR 1 pint of whipping cream 1 jar of horseradish, drained well Comment at www.southphillyreview.com/food.

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was saddened to learn of the death of Harry G. Ochs Jr. last week at age 80. For more than half a century, Harry owned and operated Harry G. Ochs & Sons in the Reading Terminal Market, 51 N. 12th St. I did not know he was born Harry G. Finocchio in South Philadelphia. As a teenager, he was a butcher’s apprentice at the legendary shop and changed his name when he bought it. Much of what I know about beef came from Harry. It is ironic he left us during the holiday season, a time when families get together in the kitchen to prepare special meals. I bought my first filet of beef from Harry. Whenever the urge to prepare jambalaya or paella would come over me, I’d head to Harry’s for the homemade spicy Andouille sausages that give these dishes such a hearty kick. Harry’s loyal customers ran the gamut

from District Attorney Lynne Abraham to men and women from all parts of the tri-state area. Whenever my friend Susan planned a trip to the south of France to visit her daughter and son-in-law, she called Harry, who would prepare two big briskets for the journey across the pond. They were tightly wrapped in several layers of butcher’s paper and placed in a flat box filled with dry ice. During the trip, Susan’s eyes never left Harry’s precious cargo. She placed the box under the seat in front of her. Harry was the unofficial Mayor of the Market. Twenty years ago, as head of the merchants’ association, he was at the helm to save the market from the wrecking ball when the Pennsylvania Convention Center was being built at 1101 Arch St. It’s safe to say Harry worked at the market longer than any other current merchant. He always wore his newsboy-like cap and a big smile. In 2004, the 1100 block of Filbert Street was renamed Harry Ochs Way. The city is filled with everyday but special people who take the time to teach you and talk with you. Harry was special to me. Here are recipes for holiday beef and lamb in honor of Harry. Keep the side dishes simply. Roasted potatoes and a green vegetable of your choice make fine accompaniments.

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It’s been ten long years since you passed on to a better place, but your spirit is still with us, every day. Your undying devotion to your family and trademark wit continues to leave a lasting impression. So much has happened since your passing and those closest to you miss you more than ever. You were and always will be an exemplary friend and father.

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