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Family Portrait: James Claiborne knows his black history and art
HONESTY • INTEGRITY • PROFESSIONALISM
The Flyers recognize two LGBT activists
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Dinner with “The Humans”
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LGBT attorney disbarred in Pennsylvania
Lehigh official signs LGBTinclusive order
By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com
By Brittany M. Wehner brittany@epgn.com
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court this week ordered the disbarment of Robert P. Tuerk, a local LGBT advocate who previously was disbarred as an attorney in Florida. Tuerk was the first out candidate to seek a judgeship on Philadelphia Traffic Court. He also was a member of Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia and served on the Police Liaison Committee. But for several years, Tuerk faced difficulties relating to his law license, stemming from a 1985 arrest for an LGBT-related morals charge in Philadelphia. Tuerk hasn’t been convicted of a crime, and his 1985 charges subsequently were expunged. But in October 2015, Tuerk’s PAGE 12 law license was sus-
The Lehigh County executive signed two administrative orders Wednesday that aim to protect and promote equality. The orders will ensure the county holds vendors accountable to high standards of equal protection under the law as well as expanding the county’s antidiscrimination language for county employees. The first order specifically updates the counties equal employment opportunity clause to align it more with state language. It now includes the terminology “gender identity” and “gender expression,” terms not included prior to the order. “It’s an effort to modernize the county’s employment policies to include protected classes,” said Joshua Siegel, a spokesperson for the Lehigh Office of the County Executive. The Equal Employment Opportunity policy now includes gender identity and expression in the policy, alongside the prohibition of discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, political affiliation and disability. The second administrative order updates the contract compliance process to ensure those who receive contracts from the county are also following a similar standard of ethical behavior. When awarding contracts or grants, county employees cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. “We want to ensure that the county is rewarding firms that have the best employment practices and protect their employees,” Siegel said. “This administration is committed to promoting the prosperity and economic growth of all business and citizens of the county of Lehigh, regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, age, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or disability,” the administrative notice from Lehigh County Executive Phillip Armstrong reads. Armstrong was recently elected the county executive and PAGE 14
LEATHER ART LOVERS: The Black and Blue art exhibit currently on display in the lobby of the William Way LGBT Community Center had a special party Feb. 11 in honor of the artists and the visitors to Philadelphia last weekend. The night before the event was the Mr. and Ms. Leather competition at The Bike Stop. About 50 people attended the rainy-day show. The exhibit wiill be up through Feb. 23. Photo: Scott A. Drake
Lovitz speaks on upcoming NGLCC conference By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com The senior vice president of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) participated in a panel discussion Wednesday at the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau’s annual diversity luncheon. PHL Diversity, a division of PHL CVB, hosted its annual Business Opportunity Luncheon at the Rittenhouse Hotel. NGLCC’s Jonathan D. Lovitz was among the panelists during the networking event. “Action News” co-anchor Nydia Han moderated the discussion, which also included Kevin J. Johnson, the meeting planner for Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and Kenny Roberts, director of corporate affairs for the United States Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce. The panelists spoke on their organization’s respective conferences coming to Philadelphia. Lovitz spoke with PGN prior to the event about the NGLCC’s upcoming conference in Philadelphia, adding he was honored to attend the luncheon.
“Every day in my job, I feel like it is a privilege and an honor that I get to speak for the LGBT business community, and then when I get to join my colleagues and link our resources and our experiences together, it’s something very special and something I don’t take lightly.” The NGLCC International Business & Leadership Conference will be held in Philadelphia for the first time Aug. 14-17. More than 1,300 business professionals and government officials are expected to attend the three-day conference at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott. The event provides educational opportunities, networking and leadership programming for professionals. “It is the largest LGBT business event in the world
and it attracts business owners and corporations from over 15 countries to host cities and we’re thrilled that it’s in Philadelphia,” Lovitz said. “Among the many reasons why we selected Philly is its proven track record on diversity. It’s a city that celebrates different walks of life and puts a premium on bringing communities together.” Lovitz added that, historically, the NGLCC tries to bring people together to affect the most change. “Philadelphia feels like the perfect place to have that conversation.” The point of the conference, he said, is “to assert the economic strength, power and opportunity of the LGBT business community.” “We’re excited for the business owners here to have a chance to PAGE 14
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Resource listings Legal resources • ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215-592-1513; aclupa.org • AIDS Law Project of PA: 215-587-9377; aidslawpa.org • AIDS Law Project of South Jersey: 856-784-8532; aidslawsnj.org/ • Equality PA: equalitypa. org; 215-731-1447
• Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations — Rue Landau: 215-686-4670 • Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-7603686; ppd.lgbt@gmail.com • SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-920-9537
• Office of LGBT Affairs — Amber Hikes: 215-686-0330; amber.hikes@phila.gov
Community centers • The Attic Youth Center; 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331, atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. • LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania; 3907 Spruce
St.; 215-898-5044, center@dolphin.upenn.edu.
• Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center
Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org.
• William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220, www.waygay.org.
Health and HIV testing • Action Wellness: 1216 Arch St.; 215981-0088, actionwellness.org
• AIDS Library:
1233 Locust St.; aidslibrary.org/
• AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800-6626080
• Bebashi-Transition to Hope: 1235 Spring Garden St.; 215769-3561; bebashi.org
• COLOURS: coloursorganization.org, 215832-0100 • Congreso de Latinos Unidos;
216 W. Somerset St.; 215-763-8870
• GALAEI: 149 W. Susquehanna Ave.; 267-457-3912, galaei.org. Spanish/ English
• Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad
St.; 215-685-1821
• Mazzoni Center:
1348 Bainbridge St.; 215-563-0652, mazzonicenter.org
• Philadelphia FIGHT: 1233 Locust St.; 215-985-4448, fight.org
• Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center:
1201 Locust St.; 215985-9206
• Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207
Other • Independence Branch Library Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection: 215-685-1633 • Independence Business Alliance; 215-557-0190, IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com
• LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK • PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833 • Philly Pride Presents: 215-875-9288
Pennsylvania locations (non-Philadelphia) Allentown • Allentown Brew Works, 812 Hamilton St. • Bradbury Sullivan Center, 522 w. Maple St. • Candida, 247 N. 12th St. • Stonewall, 28-30 N. 10th St. • Annville • Lebanon Valley College, Sheridan Ave. • Bethlehem • LGBTQ Services Lehigh U, 25 Trembley Dr. • NOVUSACS, 1565 Linden St. • Bloomsberg • Bloomsberg University LGBTA Center, 400 E. Second St. • Bristol • Bristol News World, 576B Bristol Pike • Center Valley • Penn State Lehigh Valley, 2809 Saucon Valley Rd. • Chester • AIDS Care Group, 2304 Edgemont Ave. • Widener University, 1 University Place • Collegeville • Adult World, 3975 Ridge Pike • Doylestown • Doylestown Bookshop, 16 S. Main St. • Siren Records, 25 E. State St. East Stroudsburg • Rainbow Mountain Resort, 210 Mt. Nebo Road • Easton • La Pazza, 1251 Ferry St. • Gibson • Hillside Campground, 1 Creek Road • Glen Mills • Imago Dei MCC, 1223 Middletown Road • Glenside • Keswick Cycle, 408 N. Easton Road • Harrisburg • 704 Strawberry Cafe, 704 N. Third St. • AIDS Community Alliance, 100 N. Cameron St. • Brownstone Lounge, 412 Forster St. • MCC of the Spirit, 2973 Jefferson St. • Stallions, 706 N. Third St. • Huntingdon • Huntingdon Valley Library, 625 Red Lion Rd. • Kutztown • Kutztown University, 15200 Main St. • Lancaster • Downtown Books, 227 N. Prince St. • Sundown Lounge, 429 N. Mulberry St. • Tally Ho Tavern, 201 W. Orange St. • Lansdale • Gwynedd Vet Hospital, 1615 W. Pointe Pike • Lehighton • Woods Campground, 845 Vaughn Acres Road • Levittown • Levitt Books, 7406 Bristol Pike • Media • Media Theater, 104 E. State St. • Penn State Brandywine, 25 Yearsley Mill Road, Suite 115 • Unitarian Universalist Church, 145 W. Rose Tree Road • New Hope • Cornerstone Gym, 419 York Road • Havana, 105 S. Main St. • John & Peters Place, 96 S. Main St. • Karla’s Restaurant, 5 W. Mechanic St. • La Chateau Exotique, 31A W. Mechanic St.• New Hope Lodge, 400 W. Bridge St. • Raven, 385 W. Bridge St. • St. Philips Church, 10 Chapel Road • Triumph Brewing Co., 400 Union Square Drive • Wishing Well B&B, 114 Old York Road • New Milford • Oneida Campground, 2580 E. Lake Road • Newport • My Buddie’s Place, 2380 Susquehanna Road • Newtown • Bucks Co. Community College, 275 Swamp Road • North Wales • Adult World, 608 Upper State Road • Old Forge • Twelve Penny Saloon, 535 Hickory St. • Phoenixville • Artisans Gallery and Cafe, 234 Bridge St. • Steel City, 203 Bridge St. Quakertown • Adult World, 880 S. West End Blvd. • Reading • Berks Aid Network, 429 Walnut St. • Dan’s at Green Hill, 2444 Morgantown Road • Reading Adult Center, 316 Penn St. • Rosemont • Rosemont Station, Airdale Road & Montrose Ave. • Sharon Hill • Sharon Hill Medical, 907 Chester Pike • Spring City • Spring Hollow Golf Club, 2250 Schuylkill Road • Swarthmore • Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., Parrish Hall • Villanova • Villanova Station, Spring Mill Road near County Line Road • Warminster • Planned Parenthood of Bucks Co., 610 Louis Dr. • Wayne • Central Baptist Church, 106 W. Lancaster Ave. • Stafford Station, Old Eagle School & Crestline roads • Wayne Station, N. Wayne & West Ave. • Wynnwood • Wynnwood Station, Wynnewood & Penn roads • West Chester • Chester County Books, 975 Paoli Pike • Wilkes Barre • Heat, 69-71 N. Main St. • Willow Grove • Barnes & Noble, 102 Park Ave. •
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Two LGBT advocates honored by Philadelphia Flyers By Brittany M. Wehner brittany@epgn.com The Philadelphia Flyers honored two LGBT advocates at a recent game for their dedication and advocacy work in the community. Deja Lynn Alvarez was given the Walmart Community Playmaker award at the Feb. 8 Philadelphia Flyers You Can Play Night. The Walmart Community Playmakers Program gives special recognition to community members who are dedicated to improving other people’s lives. The Flyers also honored You Can Play Northeast Regional Board co-chair Nora Cothren. The co-chair, who could not be reached for comment, grew up in the Philadelphia area. Cothren’s work with You Can Play is dedicated to education, outreach and support for LGBT high-school and college athletes. The You Can Play Project aims to strengthen equality, respect and safety for sports participants, including LGBT fans, coaches and athletes. The Flyers played the Montreal
Canadiens at the Wells Fargo Center, where Cothren and Alvarez were honored. “I’m grateful for it,” said Alvarez, a trans woman. “I’m grateful that the NHL and Philadelphia Flyers are trying to become more diverse and support diversity for the players and the fans. “As we all know, there’s still a lot of work to do for sports and their teams when it comes to LGBTQ diversity. I have always believed when you see someone trying, it is your opportunity to help educate and foster those efforts. That is how you will help to make a change for others.” The Philadelphia Flyers Department of Community Relations posted on Twitter about Alvarez’s award: “Deja works hard for the support and advocacy of transgender citizens of Philadelphia. Thank you for everything you do Deja.” Alvarez, a member of the Mayor’s Commission on LGBT Affairs, was formerly the executive director of the LGBTQ Home For Hope, a local shelter serving the LGBT homeless community. She is also on the board
DEJA LYNN ALVEREZ (RIGHT) WITH THE COMMUNITY PLAYMAKER AWARD JAN. 8 AT THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS YOU CAN PLAY NIGHT. Photo: Scott A. Drake
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Person of the Year in 2016. Alvarez said she was surprised to receive the award, which she was informed about three weeks prior to the game.
“For me, the important part was [that] there’s an opportunity for visibility for trans people amongst a national sport. Overall, it was a good experience,” she said. “I appreciate the NHL and the Philadelphia Flyers for trying to open a door for our community. Transgender people and the LGBTQIA people are sports fans, players, etc. And hopefully, there is someone out there that will see something like this and in some way, it will inspire and help them.” As part of the night’s game, Flyers captain Claude Giroux was the team’s You Can Play ambassador and entertained young fans from Project HOME, an organization working to break homeless and poverty cycles. Giroux held a meet-and-greet following the game. Team members also put “Pride” tape on their hockey sticks to be auctioned off by Flyers charities. The proceeds from the auction will go to the You Can Play Project. The Flyers logo also sported a Pride theme. You Can Play Night is part of the NHL Hockey Everyone Month initiative. n
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Fans flooded the city streets Feb. 8 in celebration of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl victory. Celebrants packed in together along Broad Street as they awaited the big parade while others flocked to the Gayborhood to prepare for the festivities. “The energy is so different. I can’t wait to go outside later and enjoy the day with everyone. To just be part of the crowd is exciting,” said Matt Farrell, 31, of Prospect Park. Farrell, who is gay, was enjoying the company of friends Nicole Pirrella-Patchoski and Peter Patchoski at Woody’s Bar. The three joined throngs of other enthusiastic fans who were watching scenes from the Super Bowl Sunday playback on screens surrounding the bar. Fans dressed in Eagles gear cheered and raised drinks to the victorious team. “It’s really amazing because we can be so divided so often,” Farrell said. “There’s a reason everyone comes together for something like this and everyone will celebrate.” As the countdown to the parade continued, fans and celebrants were lining up to enter the bar while others high-fived passersby traveling to Broad Street. Dawn Yergey, 35, of Northeast Philadelphia, was ecstatic about the day. Yergey was exhibiting her team and Philly spirit on Walnut Street. Yergey, a lesbian, said noted that such a cel-
ebration makes people forget their differences. “It’s important as a city because it unifies a fan base. It doesn’t matter what your beliefs, background, social status [or] skin color [are]. We are all together for that same goal. The only colors that matter are midnight green and white,” Yergey said. Yergey added: “Most of us have never seen our football team win a championship in our lifetimes so it is just that feeling that can’t be replaced, and that non-Eagles fans or outsiders will never understand.” For other fans, the big day was an experience to share with loved ones. Jess Pisasale, 26, and her girlfriend Olivia Marie Kais, 23, were ceelbrating with Ashley Slesser, 26, and her girlfriend DeAnna Zecchin, 24. “I’m very excited to celebrate,” Pisasale said. “This is awesome and I’m so glad I can be here to have this once-in-a-lifetime experience with my girlfriend while repping my hometown.” Slesser echoed that statement, adding that the fans really drive the heart of the city. “It’s so amazing to be a part of something this huge,” Slesser said. “We finally got a win and it’s something to definitely be proud of. We’ll all remember it for the rest of our lives. Nobody has fans like Philly.” Echoes of the chant “E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles!” were heard throughout the city. The parade route kicked off at 11 a.m., making its way from Broad and Pattison Avenue north to the art museum. A celebration continued from 1 p.m. into the afternoon. n
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HRC to host annual fundraising dinner gala By Brittany M. Wehner brittany@epgn.com The Human Rights Campaign is gearing up for ione of its biggest events of the year. The 22nd-annual dinner gala will be held 5-10 p.m. Feb. 24 at Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market St. The event also will feature dinner, dancing, a silent auction and speakers.
“This year’s theme is ‘RISE,’ a universal message that truly captures the momentum of the last year and the historic moment in which we’re living,” said HRC communications director Chris Sgro. HRC is the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil-rights organization working to advance equality. This anticipated event raises money from
ticket sales, the auction and additional donations to support the HRC efforts. “HRC’s Greater Philadelphia Gala is an incredibly important event that raises awareness of our continuing fight for LGBTQ equality,” Sgro said. He added the organization is excited to highlight the expansion of its work in Pennsylvania ahead of the crucial midterm elections. “Pennsylvania is a key priority state for our new HRC Rising initiative — a campaign to accelerate progress in states from coast to coast, resist politics of hate, fight anti-LGBTQ legislation and fuel pro-equality candidates and initiatives in 2018, 2020 and beyond,” Sgro said. HRC is still recruiting volunteers for the day before and the day of the gala. Participants will help set up the ballroom and silent auction and will assist with guest registration. Volunteers are also needed to greet and direct guests. An after-party for volunteers will be held at Voyeur, 1221 St. James St. n For more information, email hrcphillydinnercochair@gmail.com. To purchase tickets, visit https://www.boxofficetickets.com/go/ event?id=323723.
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By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Oral arguments are tentatively scheduled for April in the case of “Jane Doe,” a trans woman who says New Jersey officials are violating her civil rights by refusing to issue a gender-accurate birth certificate unless she undergoes surgery. For several years, Doe has been requesting a birth certificate that accurately reflects her gender. However, New Jersey authorities maintain Doe’s male birth certificate is accurate until she undergoes gender-confirmation surgery. Doe filed suit in 2016, claiming that requiring surgery for a gender-accurate birth certificate is discriminatory and violates her constitutional rights. The defendants are state registrar Vincent T. Arrisi and state health commissioner Cathleen D. Bennett, along with the agencies they head: the New Jersey Office of Vital Statistics and the New Jersey Department of Health, respectively. U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp must decide whether to grant the defendants’ request to dismiss Doe’s case as meritless. Oral arguments are scheduled for 11 a.m. April 6 in Courtroom 5W of the U.S. Court House in Trenton, with Shipp presiding. The proceedings are open to the public. The defendants note in court filings that 20 states require proof of surgery prior to issuing a gender-accurate birth certificate. However, attorneys for Doe counter that several states don’t have surgery requirements, including Pennsylvania, New York, California, Iowa, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. Neither side had a comment for this story. n
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Integrated Planning Council gives annual HIV data report By Brittany M. Wehner brittany@epgn.com The HIV Integrated Planning Council held its general meeting last week to discuss budgeting and present the annual epidemiology report. The Office of HIV Planning provides administrative and planning support to the HIPC and supports the decision-making body that plans for HIV care and prevention services in the Philadelphia area. The Office of HIV Planning also assists with the Positive Committee, a group that supports and enhances participation of individuals living with HIV/AIDS in the community. The group plans and works through educational activities and outreach. The meeting, which was held last Friday, featured Dr. Kathleen Brady, a Philadelphia Public Health Department medical director and epidemiologist. Brady gave a presentation on the most updated HIV/AIDS data to members of the HIPC, including a look at trends and disparities among several populations: the transgender population, transgender individuals having sex with other males, males having sex with other males (MSM), youth, individuals who inject drugs and women of color. Brady said there has been a change in individuals who inject drugs based on data from 2010-16.
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In Philadelphia, 19,113 people were reported to be living with HIV in 2016, plus 4,230 people in the suburbs. Additionally, 3,346 people with HIV were reported to live in South Jersey counties in 2016. The reported total is 26,689 people living with HIV in the Greater Philadelphia area in 2016. “There is still a declining number of new diagnoses [of those diagnosed with HIV]
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for people who inject drugs,” Brady said. “The rate among heterosexuals has gone down by about half in 2010 and 2016.” Also, Brady said most individuals diagnosed with HIV ages 13-24 are either black or Latina. The doctor added that 17.1 percent of trans individuals are unaware of their HIV status. However, males having sex with males are less likely to be aware of a diag-
nosis than anyone else. Among women of color, only 5.8 percent are unaware of their diagnosis. “Women have some issues in terms of linkage to care and this is something we’ve seen over time,” Brady said. “This is not a new issue. Once women get into care, we actually don’t see a lot of disparities. We have a higher awareness.” Brady discussed different focus points in data: HIV diagnoses; the awareness in having an HIV diagnosis; linkage to care, which is individuals getting into care for HIV after diagnosis; staying in HIV care; leaving care; retention and viral suppression; and living with care. Additionally, it is important to decrease stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS. After the presentation, the group held a discussion on budgeting. According to the HPIC, state funding has decreased from last year. There is an anticipated decrease of 2.5 percent in the spending budget for 2018. The budget is pending. The HIV Integrated Planning Council meetings are held at the Office of HIV Planning at 340 N. 12th St. A medication-assisted treatment (MAT) presentation will be given March 8. n For more information on HIPC, visit hivphilly.org.
LGBT Center of Central PA hosts racial-justice panel discussion By Brittany M. Wehner brittany@epgn.com In an effort to highlight experiences of queer people of color and integrate racial justice into the LGBT movement, the LGBT Center of Central PA will host a panel discussion Feb. 20. The panel, “Queering Racial Justice,” will aim to open a dialogue on racism in the LGBT community. “This is an important opportunity for our LGBTQ communities, as well as allies, to engage in the critical conversation of how we acknowledge the racism that exists within our movement and seek to take intentional actions to embed racial justice in all of the work that we do,” said Amanda Arbour, the center’s executive director. LGBT Center of Central PA Board President Heidi Notario will kick off the discussion. Arbour will also
speak on the importance of having white community members engaged in the conversation as well as how the center will carry out the message. The center is led by volunteers who work to hold common ground for the LGBT community and allies in central Pennsylvania through educational and cultural services and community activities. This event will focus on the voices of queer people of color by featuring a panel of individuals with diverse identities and lived experiences, which Notario will facilitate. Four panelists will speak: Keisha McToy, Dre Ceja, Angela Kirkland and Adanjesus Marin. McToy is the manager of operations at Alder Health Services, the only LGBTfocused health-care provider in the central Pennsylvania area.
Ceja is actively involved in local LGBT communities and is the founder of ARTS of PA, which uses art to raise money directly supporting trans and non-binary people who are starting their transitions. Ceja is also the facilitator for the Passageways group at the center. Kirkland is a pro-black and queer activist, as well as writer and spoken-word artist. Marin is a community organizer, leader and director of Make the Road PA, a Latinx organization working for justice through organizing and building community leadership. “We know that queer people of color are systematically excluded from queer spaces, that LGBTQ organizations are predominantly led by white people and that issues vital to the survival of queer people of color are often not prioritized in our movements agenda,” Arbour said.
The panel will explore various questions that will hone in on what racism looks like in the LGBT movement and queer spaces. Discussion also will center on the importance of integrating racial justice into LGBT movement work and what individuals and organizations can do to make that happen. “It is essential that we engage in what can be an uncomfortable conversation about the ways that racism manifests itself in our communities and how we can intentionally seek to address that,” Arbour said. There will also be time for questions and discussion with the audience following the panel. The event is anticipated to conclude at 8 p.m. n Queering Racial Justice will be held 6-8 p.m. at the LGBT Center of Central PA, 1306 N. 3rd St. in Harrisburg. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/1215686848563541/.
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You are not valid Earlier this week, the Department of Education dealt yet another blow to trans students. Around this time last year, the Trump administration withdrew Obama-era Title IX protections allowing students to use restrooms that correspond to their gender identities. At the time, officials said they would look into the legal issues involved and then, months later, the department issued a memo stating it was “permissible” to dismiss a trans student’s restroom case. While these initiatives and memos were problematic on their own, we never got a clear-cut declaration on the implications until Monday. Education Department spokesperson Elizabeth Hill spoke Monday with Buzzfeed News about the specific protections — and lack thereof — under Title IX. “Where students, including transgender students, are penalized or harassed for failing to conform to sex-based stereotypes, that is sex discrimination prohibited by Title IX,” Hill said. “In the case of bathrooms, however, long-standing regulations provide that separating facilities on the basis of sex is not a form of discrimination prohibited by Title IX.” In short: The administration will reject all trans students — and their complaints. While it isn’t shocking that the Department of Education was not moving forward with these matters, it is revolting to hear they are being ignored completely. This point further proves what we knew all along: The administration does not care about trans people and their safety. Furthermore, it shows the intentional erasure of a community that has faced enough marginalization of its own. The Department of Education is ignoring the complaints of trans students — but what it’s really saying is, “Your concerns are not valid and in turn, you are not valid either.” The city of Philadelphia may have the backs of trans students, but our federal government still lacks the tools to give them the support they need. Looks like we’ll have to wait until the 2020 election for even the distinct possibility that things could change. n
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GLAAD’s 2018 Accelerating only able to publish 417 or so colAcceptance report is out and the results umns between Jan. are a bit disappointing. For four years, 20, 2009 and Jan. GLAAD has commissioned a survey of 20, 2017. Must American acceptance and attitudes toward LBGT Americans, seeing annual gains. For have been nothing whatsoever to the first time, support is shrinking. write about. It’s not all doom and gloom, mind you. “Now in the age The report concludes with assurances that of Trump, when “supporting equal rights for LGBTQ peopolitical correctple remains stable and strong with nonness is losing its LGBTQ adults,” putting that support at 79 stranglehold on percent, which is way higher than Trump’s approval rating. America, people are beginning to again With Trump as president, anti-LGBT feel free to assert their strongly-held persentiment has risen. He’s stoked it personal beliefs,” Mainwaring wrote. sonally, after all, and Mike Pence is And that’s true. Shitty people feel much one of the biggest homophobes to ever freer to be openly shitty now that we’ve hold office. The anti-LGBT Trump elevated a person who represents the worst administration officials and judges he’s of America to the highest office in the land. nominated are too numerous to name. Mainwaring is especially concerned that Right-wing bigots are fawning over the the average person tends to overestimate fact that the president is normalizing the number of gays and lesbians in the their demonization of LGBT people. U.S., attributing the misperception to some Transgender people have been trashed kind of liberal brainwashing. especially viciously. “What will Main Street America do when it finally sinks in that it has been proSo, I’m not shocked that overall support pagandized, and that instead of one out of has fallen. We’ve got the most powerful four of their neighbors being gay, less than people in the country supporting antitwo out of 100 are?” he asked. LGBT policies and people. That’s gonna Uh, still treat them have an impact on “The normalization of like human beings? acceptance. But to hear Doug Because last time homosexuality, sameMainwaring of I checked, civil sex marriages and now LifeSiteNews tell rights wasn’t a numit, the GLAAD bers game. It’s as if transgenderism always report proves that Mainwaring thinks people are finally that the 79 percent relied on the power of feeling free to say of Americans who political correctness to “God hates fags” approve of equality again after eight only did so because manufacture consent at years of Obama’s they were afraid that unreal, unsustainable political-correctsome huge gay army ness goons forcing was going to come levels. It is a mirage ... America to pledge for them otherwise. created not by the hearty allegiance to the “And what will gays. happen when Main endorsement of this “The normalizaStreet folks realize country’s majority, but by that gays, always portion of homosexuality, same-sex trayed as exceedingly its silence.” marriages and now fun, funny, and cool transgenderism on TV and in movies always relied on the power of political corare really mean bullies out to destroy your rectness to manufacture consent at unreal, life and livelihood if you refuse to bake unsustainable levels,” wrote Mainwaring them a cake?” he continued. in a Feb. 5 blog post. “It is a mirage ... creWell, they’ll lash out at Ellen ated not by the hearty endorsement of this DeGeneres, I guess, and demand she do country’s majority, but by its silence. In the her funny little dance while the flames of age of Obama, political correctness beared Hell lick her Hush-Puppied heels. its sharp teeth, silencing all who held opinAnd, I’d bet her ratings would still be ions in opposition to any and every part of higher than Trump’s. n LGBT ideology.” D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian Ah, yes. A complete and total silence of LGBT foes fell upon the land when Obama living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow was sworn in. That must be why I, a writer her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski. of a weekly column about LGBT foes, was
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Abuse and sexual harassment in our community The current presidential administrado a better job as well. tion does not understand spousal abuse or We all know it exists. In my memoir, I sexual harassment. Most are saying that wrote about an abusive relationship I was the person at fault stops at the in. Like me, I’m sure you know door of the chief of staff but, others who have experienced no, it stops in the Oval Office harassment or abuse. We need at the desk of President Donald institutions in the community to Trump. help those who seek help: those Former President Harry who are afraid to leave their Truman had a sign on his desk spouse; those who need treatstating, “The buck stops here.” ment; and those seeking a voice. He took responsibility. Trump We can’t solve every issue runs and hides from it like a bad and this is one we’ll have to bully. deal with, like we have with This column isn’t about bullying, trans issues, ageism Trump, but it is about sexual and so many other issues on our harassment and abuse that we agenda. But remember: We’re don’t talk about much in our — in a sense — a new commucommunity. nity, which only began creating Several years ago, PGN did a that offered serMark Segal organizations feature on spousal abuse in the vices in 1969. We have a lot of community. We’re not immune growth ahead of us. to the same problems that heterosexuals Look at how much we’ve already accomhave. And we have it in the same forms. plished in such a short time. We’ll do this. n This includes sexual harassment, spousal abuse and sexual advances in the workMark Segal is the nation’s most-award-winning complace — both in nonprofit and for-profit mentator in LGBT media. His memoir, “And Then organizations. We have been quiet on the I Danced,” is available on Amazon.com, Barnes & subject. How many times have you read Noble or at your favorite bookseller. about it in your LGBT media? We need to
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Represent After more than a decade of people fighting for such, a “Wonder Woman” movie was released in mid-2017. Critics, by and large, loved it, and the film quickly became the fifth-highest-grossing superhero film domestically. For many women, it was a sign that they finally had a place, albeit still in the shadow of other male superheroes. This month, the movie version of “Black Panther” will premiere, finally presenting a big-budget superhero film that centers on the African superhero. The film has already shattered records for superhero films, weeks before its release. Why is this? It’s simple: Representation matters. While such has long been a part of existence for straight, non-transgender Caucasian males, we are finally seeing a shift in popular mass media. It now allows for more female lead characters, more people of color and an overall move toward greater diversity. This shift has not been without backlash, nor are we anywhere near reaching parity between racial, sexual, or other forms of representation on screen. That
said, we can safely say there are kids being raised today who, in this last year, have finally seen heroic characters on screen that represent themselves, rather than seeing yet another Caucasian male in tights and a cape fighting injustice. Being a transgender person means that representation is few and far between. We do have real-life role models — from Christine Jorgensen to Danica Roem — but there remains a dearth of big-name transgender characters in popular culture. What characters do we get to see that represent us in movies or television? We’ve been well-represented by Laverne Cox on “Orange is the New Black” and “Doubt,” as well as Jamie Clayton on “Sense8,” Candis Cayne on “The Magicians” and a few others. But most stories told of transgender people feature non-transgender males playing trans characters, usually with tragic backstories and equally tragic ends. Trans people have usually had to subsist on scraps. Maybe we’ve felt a kinship with Frank N. Furter from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” or the eponymous lead in “Hedwig and the
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Street Talk Should there be a national holiday honoring the LGBT movement? “Yes, I support that. The LGBT community has faced a lot of discrimination. They’ve overcome many Teya Crawford obstacles. student A national Gayborhood holiday would be well-deserved. Also, it will raise awareness about LGBT issues. Everyone should be aware of the LGBT community.”
"Yes, it would be nice recognition for an underserved population. It's long overdue and I would value having the day off to honor my LGBT comrades."
“Yes. But I hope they don’t commercialize it. As a pansexual woman, I don’t go to Pride anymore. It’s Alaska Monaco become so student commercialPassyunk ized, it’s ridiculous. But if an LGBT holiday can be done in a respectful manner, I’m all for it.”
“Sure. Everyone else gets a holiday. Why not the LGBT community? I’m not gay. But I have a lot of respect for the LGBT Mark Winters community. solar-panel installer I’m all for West Philadelphia giving them a day to be honored.”
Angry Inch,” but neither is representative of transgender people, and include some deeply problematic parts within the characters. Yet, for many of us, this was all we saw of ourselves on the silver screen — or at least all we saw beyond the psychopathic, cross-dressing killers like Buffalo Bill in “Silence of the Lambs.” I look back now on what was considered a “good” piece of representation — say, the transsexual character of Bernadette Bassenger from “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,” and see just how little it took to be considered a great portrayal. We’re seeing more and more transgender people both in front of and behind the camera, as well as better-written transgender characters. We’re seeing more and better representation overall, yet there remains precious little on the large or small screen that is truly presenting stories that transgender people can really feel a part of. In a tweet by Shadi Petosky, a trans
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woman most recently known for the groundbreaking and trans-friendly animated series “Danger and Eggs,” she mentioned “Black Panther,” adding that the need for representation is why she would want to see “a Marvel movie full of visible transsexuals.” I’d like to second this. Like I hinted at before, we are often not the lead character. We are the supporting character, and our trans-ness is an aspect the lead can play off of. We’re Roberta Muldoon to Robin Williams’ lead role in “The World According to Garp,” or Rayon to Ron Woodroof in “Dallas Buyers Club.” When we are the lead character, the story is a well-trodden one focusing on our transitions. That is, who we are, how we do it, and all the little things that make up the typical transgender narrative. We’re not usually afforded the right to be anything but the typical transgender story, or have our trans-ness be simply PAGE 12 a part of our lives on
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Obituaries Bobbie Burnett, former Free Library worker, 61 By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Bobbie E. Burnett, a trans woman who filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the city in 2009, died Feb. 3 due to complications from a tractor accident. She was 61 and lived in Martinsville, Va. The accident occurred Jan. 27 on Burnett’s front lawn, said Nancy A. Forrest, her partner of 10 years. She said Burnett was transported to a hospital in Forsyth County, N.C., where she later died. “This was a horrendous accident,” Forrest said. Burnett grew up in New York, lived until she moved to Philadelphia in her 30s. While in New York, Burnett was employed as a baker and photographic technician. “She had a strong work ethic,” Forrest said. In 1991, Burnett started working in the Free Library of Philadelphia system as a library assistant. She retired in 2015. In September 2009, Burnett filed a federal lawsuit against the city, citing perva-
sive anti-trans bias within the Free Library system. The suit was settled for $385,000 in May 2014, said Kristine W. Holt, an attorney for Burnett. “The lawsuit was groundbreaking for what it established,” Holt said. “Bobbie deserves much credit for standing up for herself and taking her abusers to court. She endured an enormous amount of pain and intentional abuse to become her authentic self.” A Free Library spokesperson issued this statement: “We mourn the loss of our for-
mer employee, Bobbie Burnett, and send our condolences to her family.” Forrest said she and Burnett moved to Martinsville in January 2016. Burnett enjoyed many hobbies during her retirement in Virginia, including gardening, camping, reading, sailing, assembling model trains and collecting mechanical items. “She was an avid eBay buyer and seller,” Forrest said. “We’ve had more than 1,000 transactions on eBay. Many of them involved unusual mechanical items. Bobbie also was a history buff and bought a lot of Civil War and World War II books and pictures.” Burnett was a devout Lutheran and religion played an important role in her life, Forrest added. “Bobbie would visit the sick and distribute communion to them. She took an active role in the church both in Philly and in Martinsville.” Burnett also enjoyed traveling. “We went to Seattle to buy a steamboat,” Forrest recalled. “That was a lot of fun but
it was awful cold. I still have the steamboat. We had it on the lake several times. It’s covered for winter storage right now.” The Rev. Fritz Fowler of University Lutheran Church in Philadelphia mourned Burnett’s passing. “Bobbie was a confident person who knew who she was and stood up for herself,” Fowler said. “She cared deeply about the LGBTQ community and especially young adults. She was very generous with her time and resources.” Forrest said Burnette was a football fan and had looked forward to watching the Super Bowl, but died a day before the game. “We were soulmates and I’ll miss her very, very much,” Forrest said. A memorial service is planned for 11:45 a.m. March 11 at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St., first floor. The public is welcome to attend. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. n
Joan Fanelli, lesbian-bar owner and animal lover, 82 By Brittany M. Wehner brittany@epgn.com Joan Fanelli, owner of a former local lesbian bar and Camden governmental employee, died Jan. 10 at age 82. Fanelli, of Swedesboro, N.J., was previously a teacher at Cathedral Academy in Camden and the chief housing inspector for the city of Camden. Fanelli also owned a few different bars for women back in the 1970s, including Sneakers Bar and The Upstairs. “She was an icon in the gay scene,” said
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pended in Pennsylvania for a year and a day after he failed to inform federal-court officials of the arrest. In March 2016, Tuerk’s license to practice law in Florida was suspended due to the Pennsylvania suspension. But Tuerk’s problems were compounded when he allegedly failed to file a sworn affidavit relating to his Florida suspension in a timely matter. In legal documents, Tuerk maintained he filed the affidavit as soon as he realized he was required to do so. But in July 2017, the Florida Supreme Court disbarred Tuerk in the Sunshine State. Despite that disbarment, Tuerk sought reinstatement in Pennsylvania, but those hopes were dashed by the Feb. 12 order. The Pennsylvania Office of Disciplinary Counsel opposed Tuerk’s bid for reinstatement, citing his alleged failure to file necessary tax documents; his alleged advertisements on LinkedIn while suspended; and his alleged “depressed state
Brenda Sims, Fanelli’s longtime friend. “There weren’t a lot of clubs for women. Joan was able to successfully put together a couple. “She was a wonderful person,” Sims said. “I have some very good memories of her. Mostly, it would be her welcoming attitude when you entered her home. If she didn’t know you, she welcomed you in. If she did know you, [she] would [say], ‘Good to see you’ and a hug. She was always there and gave us all a home to go to for entertainment.” Fanelli worked in Camden for years and
of mind.” Tuerk’s 230-page petition for reinstatement in Pennsylvania stated in part: “I have accepted the error of my ways that have caused my suspension and I take full responsibility for the same. I look forward to being reinstated so that I may continue to excel in the legal field, and to continue to assist the underrepresented. I’m also interested in getting involved in the area of ethics.” Tuerk’s petition also confirmed that he recently completed 36 hours of legal-education classes, with at least 12 hours devoted to the area of ethics. According to other documents, “[Tuerk] supports his community through volunteer activities such as landscaping for a historic church, delivering meals to the sick, and performing paralegal work for an innocence nonprofit. To disbar him would be ruinous to his life and detrimental to society.” Tuerk could not be reached for comment. n
performed house investigations for the city. “She took her responsibilities very seriously,” Sims said. “She will be greatly missed, not only by humans. She picked her friends wisely and was just a really, really good person.” Not only was Fanelli a loving person to humans, she also had a soft spot for animals, according to Sims. “She was extremely good with animals and rescuing animals. When she worked for the city of Camden, a lot of what she did was help rescue animals, especially ones running outside.”
Sims also cared for her life partner, Corinne Cronin. “She was there for her no matter what,” Sims said. Fanelli also sponsored a softball team in the 1970s called The Laces. Fanelli is survived by life partner Cronin and cousins Robert West, Eleanor Neihart, Joan Anderson and the late Andrew and John West. Donations in honor of Fanelli can be made to the Voorhees Animal Orphanage. Memorial services will be held privately. n
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screen. Maybe we don’t hail from Wakanda or Themyscira, but surely there has to be a place for us. There have been transgender characters in comics in the past, and there’s nothing stopping writers and artists from including them in the future. Or, if we’re not in a big-budget superhero epic, perhaps we can be in a sci-fi story, or a fantasy tale, or, well, anything that we can be in and presented as ourselves — some story that we can be seen as heroic, and valid, and worthwhile in. Likewise, much of our history is lost and barely known. We could see stories of Hirschfield’s clinic in the 1920s and the trans community that sprung up around it, or a story of Stonewall and the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) born by Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. We could have stories about people with trans backgrounds over the centuries, from the Chevalier d’Eon to the Egyptian Pharaoh, Hatshepsut. What’s more, let’s consider tales that not only focus on trans characters, but center non-white transgender people, or focus on trans men and non-binary presentations. Let’s focus on the wide variety of possible trans identities. Like I said above: Representation matters. In a community where many of us attempt suicide, where we are not understood, where we are bullied, and shunned, and hurt, the notion of seeing characters that we can relate to, that look like us and that share our same needs and desires is vital to our very existence. Maybe we won’t see that transgender-centered Marvel epic any time soon, but there is no better time than now to start working toward it, and seeing a day when it is possible. n Gwen Smith doesn’t own a cape. You’ll find her on the web at www.gwensmith.com.
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News Briefing BBWC cofounders will lead lecture at Bryn Mawr College The co-founders of the Black & Brown Workers Cooperative, a social-justice organization, will lead a lecture at Bryn Mawr College. According to the event’s flyer, BBWC cofounders Shani Akilah and Abdul-Aliy Muhammad “will discuss the intersections of race, gender, gender identity, sexuality, and capitalism within the context of the labor struggle. The psychological and physical impacts of oppressive nonprofit work spaces on Black and Brown bodies will be central to this discussion as this has informed their most notable win — the Mazzoni Center campaign. Speakers will focus on how the struggle for the rights of workers is ultimately a struggle against the violence and trauma of oppressive systems.” The BBWC brought attention to racial tension in Philadelphia’s LGBT commu-
nity and called for the resignations of leaders they said enabled racist institutions. Muhammad declined their HIV medications until Mazzoni CEO Nurit Shein was ousted from the organization. Furthermore, Gayborhood bars, in addition to Mazzoni and Philadelphia FIGHT, have undergone government-mandated implicit-bias training after BBWC’s protests. The lecture, entitled “Black and Brown Workers Cooperative: Owning Your Own Labor” will take place 7-9 p.m. in the Ely Room at Wyndham Alumnae House, 215 N. Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr. The event is free and open to the public but Continuing Education Units are available for a fee. Visit http://bit.ly/2stw4DT for more information and to register.
DVLF now accepting HEROES nominations DVLF, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and its board of directors is seeking the community’s help in selecting nominees for its 11th-annual HEROES Awards Luncheon. Categories include Adult/Individual, Youth (21 and under), Straight Ally, NonProfit, Business and Lifetime Achievement. Self-nominations will not be accepted. Visit https://www.dvlf.org/heroes to sub-
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mit a HERO nominee before the Feb. 23 deadline. The winners will be honored 12:303:30 p.m. April 22 at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia, 433 Chestnut St.
Trans Wellness Conference calls for artists, workshop proposals Representatives from the Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, formerly known as the Trans Health Conference, are seeking artists and workshop proposals for Mazzoni Center’s annual event. For the second-annual cover art contest, trans and gender-nonconforming artists of any age have the opportunity to submit artwork to be published on the conference’s website, program book cover and other materials. The PTWC planning committee will select the winner, who will also receive a cash prize and a vending table for all three days of the conference. Deadline for submissions is March 25. Mazzoni also opened a second contest for ages 12-19 for the first Youth Cover Art Contest. Winners will receive a cash prize ,and their piece will be featured on the website and the signs for Youth Space, Kids Camp and Community Room during all three days of the conference. The deadline for this
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contest is April 1. Interested participants for both contests can email Mazzoni senior events manager Ashley Coleman at acoleman@mazzonicenter.org. Visit http://bit.ly/2BOzgOu for more information. Mazzoni is also seeking proposals for its Professional Track workshop series. Submissions will be accepted through Feb. 28. Visit http://bit.ly/2EmMfEE for more information.
‘Femme Invisibility’ to be focus at networking event Queerality will host its monthly networking event with its current exhibition at the forefront. The exhibit, entitled “Femme Invisibility,” features work from artists Devon Reiffer and Jessica Reitmeyer. Attendees will also enjoy appetizers, an open bar and performances from Zephyra Rivers. T-shirts benefiting The Attic Youth Center and/or Morris Home will also be available. The Networking with a Twist event will take place 5-7 p.m. Feb. 21 at 1042 Pine St. Visit http://bit.ly/2H9kcud to purchase tickets. n — Jeremy Rodriguez
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What’s at stake for LGBT aging in 2018? The past year saw several attempts to enact policies and legislation that would negatively impact LGBT older adults. Many of these efforts are set to continue in 2018, requiring us to be vigilant against any attempts to deny civil rights, benefits and services that older members of our LGBT communities rely upon.
way for the nation’s highest court to weigh in on the legality of religiously based antiLGBT discrimination. In January, the Trump administration announced a new office within the Department of Health and Human Services devoted to religious freedom. The Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom will strengthen the Religious-liberty laws protections for service providers and healthcare professionReligious-liberty laws have als who refuse to serve certain long been used to discriminate people because of moral or reliagainst LGBT communities. gious objections. Broadly, such laws give busiWhat does this all mean for nesses, health-care professionLGBT aging? Emboldening and als, government workers and protecting those who would discriminate against LGBT people other service providers the right create further barriers for to refuse services based on the David Griffith will LGBT older adults accessing provider’s religious or moral services from the aging netbeliefs. A surge in states prowork. Providers in the aging network who posing religious-exemption legislation, receive federal funds, including through a far-reaching Supreme Court case and Medicare or Medicaid, will no longer need recent actions under the Trump administo adhere to nondiscrimination laws and tration put religious-liberty laws front and regulations the government sets forth. center in 2018. A Supreme Court ruling in favor of In December, the Supreme Court heard religious exemptions would create a legal arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. standard in which providers’ religious v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a beliefs would overrule an individual’s right case stemming from a Colorado bakery owner’s refusal to bake a wedding cake for to equal access to services. This is espea gay couple based on the baker’s Christian cially significant when it comes to senior housing and long-term care. A 2016 analbeliefs. The couple filed a complaint that ysis by LeadingAge found that 85 percent they were discriminated against because of nonprofit continuing-care retirement of their sexual orientation, setting off a communities were religiously affiliated. five-year legal battle. The case has made its way to the Supreme Court, paving the
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elevate their profile by being involved in putting this conference on, as well as showing other communities the power of what happens when you give access and opportunities to a community.” Lovitz added he’s excited for the economic possibilities the conference will bring to the city. “We haven’t been in a major urban environment like this with our conference in nearly a decade. So the opportunity for our nearly 1,500 attendees to spend money on local LGBT-owned and friendly businesses is massive.” The senior VP also talked about the importance of diversity. “Diversity is good for business and you see that both on a social and political level,” Lovitz said. “Any time more people are included and given the chance to live, love and work freely, their productivity goes up. Their communities thrive. “I think Philadelphia has done a great job making sure that voices from diverse communities are part of the decision-making process, whether it’s the various advisory councils at City Hall or convenings like this PHL Diversity Luncheon that bring different chambers of commerce together.”
Lovitz and his husband, NBC10 meteorologist Steve Sosna, moved to Philadelphia in early December after living in New York City for more than a decade. And they are “loving it,” Lovitz said. “Living in Center City has all of the benefits of living in Midtown Manhattan at a fraction of the price at a much more enjoyable pace of living,” he added with a laugh. And since he lives in the city, Lovitz is serving as a direct liaison with IBA and city government. “It’s really special,” he said. “I already love my job, and to have the extra layer of ‘conference ambassador’ added to my daily activities while getting involved with city government and city businesses is a real badge of honor for me. I think the city is going to love having our attendees here. I think our attendees are going to fall in love with Philadelphia as quickly as I have.” n The NGLCC International Business & Leadership Conference will be held Aug. 14-17 at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott, 1201 Market St. For more information, visit www.nglcc.org/nglcc18.
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Even before the tax-reform bill was signed in December, many Republicans in Washington were looking ahead to cut Medicare and Medicaid in 2018. The fact that the tax-reform bill is projected to increase the deficit by $1.46 trillion over the next decade, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation, is being used by many Republican legislators as motivation to look to cut costs elsewhere. Medicare and Medicaid are responsible for providing vital services to millions of Americans, especially for individuals who are older, lower-income or living with chronic health conditions. While Medicaid is traditionally thought of as being based on income, Medicaid is actually the largest payer of long-term care services in the United States. Past attempts to cut Medicaid, proposed as part of the Affordable Care Act repeal, would have forced states to cut benefits, cover fewer people or add restrictions on who qualifies for coverage or on what services would be covered. While no legislation has been proposed yet, many pundits predict legislative action on Medicare and Medicaid will come this year, likely as part of wider efforts at “welfare reform” or “entitlement reform.” Any changes to these programs would most deeply impact members of our society who are already vulnerable and marginalized, including people of color, LGBT individuals, people living with HIV/AIDS, seniors and those living in poverty.
This is an election year, giving voters the opportunity to make their voices heard at the polls. In Pennsylvania, November’s election will include a vote for governor, with incumbent Gov. Tom Wolf running against a yet-to-be-determined Republican challenger. A leadership change in the governor’s office would trigger new appointments in key state offices essential to the care of LGBT older Pennsylvanians, including the Department of Aging, Department of Health and Department of Human Services — offices that have all been mostly LGBT-friendly over the past three years. The November elections will also include votes for Congressional representation. Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, who had a perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign’s most recent Equality Index, is running for reelection in a race that is sure to garner national attention. With many challenges arising this year for LGBT aging, electing candidates whose platforms are LGBTinclusive and age-friendly is the best way to push back against legislative efforts that would harm LGBT elders. n
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was inaugurated in January. This is one of Armstrong’s first major acts in his position. Under the administrative order, Armstrong declared that anyone under his jurisdiction is to ensure there is no discrimination when it comes to the awarding, selecting or performance of contracts or grants issued by Lehigh County departments, offices and bureaus. According to Equality Pennsylvania, 44 municipalities in the state have implemented policies to end discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. However, there is no statewide law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Lehigh is one of a few counties to take action. Erie and Allegheny counties have antidiscrimination policies based on gender identity in public and private employment. In Lehigh County, Allentown and Bethlehem are the only municipalities with non-discriminatory laws. Meanwhile, the Lehigh County census demonstrates high numbers of LGBT people, said Adrian Shanker, the executive director of Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center.
David Griffith is the director of programs and outreach for the LGBT Elder Initiative. To learn more, visit www.lgbtelderinitiative.org.
“While the good news is that nondiscrimination is the law in the cities of Allentown or Bethlehem, the need for these administrative notifications is great,” Shanker said. Shanker, who was present at Wednesday’s ceremonial signing of the executive order, cited that 70 percent of Pennsylvanians live in municipalities with no protections on the job or in housing related to their sexual orientation or gender identity. “The messages are clear: If you work for Lehigh County, you will be judged on your job performance, your efficiency, your effectiveness at what you do — not your sexual orientation or your gender identity — and if you are a business or nonprofit that receives county dollars through grants or contracts, you may not discriminate against your employees based on whom they love or how they identify their gender,” he said. “Lehigh has had a huge number of LGBT victories over the years from municipal nondiscrimination to the ban of conversion therapy,” added Shanker. “All of us at the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center are incredibly proud of [Armstrong] and grateful he is taking such a strong stand for equality.” n
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International Toronto police: remains of six found in serial-killer probe Toronto police say they’ve recovered the remains of at least six people from a property connected to alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur. Lead investigator Det. St. Hank Idsinga said Feb. 8 that all the remains were found in planters on the property. McArthur used it as storage in exchange for doing the landscaping. McArthur was arrested Jan. 18 and charged with two counts of murder in connection with the disappearance of Andrew Kinsman and Selim Esen, two men last seen in the “Gay Village” district of Toronto. Not long after that, he was charged with the murders of three more men, and police said they were on a wide search for other possible victims. Idsinga says remains from Kinsman were found at the property. Police expect to issue more charges.
UK ‘disappointed’ at Bermuda’s same-sex marriage ban The U.K. government expressed disappointment Feb. 8 that Bermuda has abolished same-sex marriage, but said it would have been wrong to overturn the decision by the British island territory. Bermuda’s Senate and House of Assembly passed legislation replacing same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships in December, and the island’s U.K.appointed governor, John Rankin, signed it into law Feb. 7. British Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman, James Slack, said Britain was “seriously disappointed” by the decision, which reverses a 2017 court ruling legalizing gay marriage. But he said it would not have been right for Britain to block the move. He said the bill “has been democratically passed by the Parliament of Bermuda, and our relationship with the overseas territories is based on partnership and respect for their right to democratic self-government.” Some opposing politicians criticized the government, saying Britain should have intervened to prevent the change, which they called discriminatory. Labor Party foreign-affairs spokesperson Helen Goodman said the legislation was “shameful” and “turns same-sex couples into second-class
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citizens.” Foreign Office Minister Harriett Baldwin said “after full and careful consideration” the government had decided not to block the legislation. She said Britain’s powers to intervene with laws in its overseas territories “can only be used where there is a legal or constitutional basis for doing so, and even then only in exceptional circumstances.”
Activists: Gay men in Ecuador being beaten and raped to ‘cure’ them Gay people in Ecuador are forced to undergo “conversion therapy” in secret clinics where they are raped and beaten, even though homosexuality is legal, said campaigners calling for courts to deliver justice to end more than a decade of abuse. Scores of unlicensed rehabilitation clinics in the Andean nation offer illegal “treatments” for gay people based on the idea that homosexuality is a mental illness that needs to be “cured,” local rights groups said. “Corrective therapy, in mostly private and clandestine alcohol- and drug-addiction clinics, continues in Ecuador,” said Cayetana Salao, of Taller de Comunicacion Mujer, an LGBT-rights group. “It’s a reality.” Ecuador’s health ministry said no “conversion therapy” was found in more than
60 clinics it has shut since mid-2016 for insanitary conditions or operating without a license. None of the closures were due to humanrights violations, said Maria Jose Espin, head of technical management at the health ministry’s regulatory agency, ACESS. “We frequently verify with our teams that these types of establishments do not exist, where rights violations can take place,” Espin said. “There are no de-homosexualization clinics. They shouldn’t exist,” she said, adding that homosexuality was not a disease. The World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses in 1990 but conversion therapy still takes place across the world, from China to South Africa and the United States. Ecuador, Brazil and Malta are the only countries that have banned the controversial treatment, according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. But hate crimes and human-rights violations against LGBT people have taken place in more than 100 clinics across Ecuador since 2012, said Salao, a project coordinator, as evangelical groups gain influence in the Catholic-majority nation. Ecuador legalized homosexuality in 1997 and allowed same-sex civil unions a decade ago. n — compiled by Larry Nichols
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ast week, we took you inside, and outside, Vancouver’s safe injection site. This week, we let you hear what the stakeholders in the Kensington opioid crisis have to say about this idea. The Doctor. Philadelphia’s health commissioner and co-chair of the city’s opioid task force, Dr. Thomas Farley. "There are many people who are hesitant to go into treatment, despite their addiction, and we don't want them to die.” (npr.org) “‘We are envisioning something that is going to be much more than that. … A site where we’re really engaging people on a constant basis, trying to encourage them to go to treatment and then facilitating that transition.’ The mission of the CUES [Comprehensive User Engagement Site], he said, is broader than just telling people, ‘You can inject here.’ … ‘It reduces the amount of needles on the ground, [and] it
reduces the amount of people who are seen injecting in public. … Both of those make perfect sense, because that behavior is now happening indoors. …. People may have a view that this is somehow going to be a big draw in the neighborhood, that it’s going to be a big change. … Once it’s there…it’s just another storefront.’” (billypenn.com) The Cop. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross. “I did honestly go from so vitally opposed to it, that you couldn’t even begin to describe.” “I made it very
“…I am not a proponent of this. However, I am struggling with these lives being lost.”
clear to everyone who has written about this, I am not a proponent of this. However, I am struggling with these lives being lost. I am also struggling with the notion of how we are ever going to do this. It is illegal, it’s illegal and what are we asking the police officers to do. So, I don’t know if it’ll even get off the ground, to be perfectly honest.” (cbslocal.com) The Politician. Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez,
who represents several North Philadelphia neighborhoods in which the safe injection site would, most likely, be placed. “Those suffering from the disease of addiction need help and a warm place to come in to safely. But they cannot be allowed to control our neighborhoods and negatively impact the lives of the families who have lived here for generations. Now we rush to make headlines as the first American city to open a safe injection site, but we are abdicating our responsibility to address both the health crisis of addiction and the community crisis that these encampments have created in the Barrio. Opening an injection site without a real plan in place will further entrench the crisis in Kensington.” The Prosecutor. District Attorney Larry Krasner. “‘What will we do? We will allow God's work to go on,’ … citing state laws of justification that allow the committing of minor violations in the interest of preventing greater harms. ‘We will make sure that idealistic medical students don't get busted for saving lives and that other people who are trying to stop the spread of disease don't get busted. … My biggest concern moving forward with harm reduction is that government takes forever. When we have three or four people Continued on page 2 Feb. 11-18, 2018
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Safe Injection Sites, Part II Continued from page 1 dying every day, nobody can afford to wait.’” (npr.org) The Voices of Kensington. “‘That place would be an open invitation for people to get high,’ said Nikki Rosario, 35, a newlywed who works as an administrative assistant in the city.” “‘And more people will come here to do it,’ said Victor Rodriguez, 63, a retired accountant on a block whose residents have negotiated to keep drug dealers away, and so don’t want their street identified. ‘Everybody’s scared of that.’” “Jessie Alejandro-Cruz, director of Mothers Mission, a local advocacy group, was checking on the well-being of drug users with her friend Charito Morales,
a nurse and activist. She wants something different for the community than sanctioned places to inject drugs. ‘We’ve suffered enough. Kensington doesn’t deserve this.’” “Ebony Smith’s 5-year-old son has watched his mom dial 911 to report a person overdose on the street, and waited with her for help to arrive. She’s OK with a site in Kensington — if it’s not the only one in the city. ‘We don’t want to get stuck with it,’ she said. ‘The site is cool. It’s good they won’t be outside — you can at least offer them [treatment] options.’” (philly.com) Next week, Part III Our take on safe injection sites.
Deuce Makes History Continued from page 12 me to a good school and a future in basketball.” Turner played half a season for Malvern’s top Inter-Ac football team this year, as well. He played safety and running back but he said he will probably not play again next year in order to concentrate on basketball. Participating as much as possible is indicative of his feelings about his school “I love every part of Malvern,” he said. “The teachers are great, the students are great, the fans are great. Playing basketball there is fun. I am learning so much and I am being pushed every day to be better. It’s a great environment for me.” Turner almost didn’t have this interview though. The 40 points he scored in the first three quarters against Shanahan had his team up
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by double digits throughout the whole game. In fact, Malvern led by 30 points before Shanahan pulled to within three, late in the game, and missed a three-pointer that could have tied it with 13 seconds left. “I think what happened was: I was scoring but the referees started calling the game tightly and a lot of fouls were being called, and we played passively after that. We broke down defensively and they stormed back. We were playing a physical game in the first three quarters. It was definitely a learning experience. It just seemed our guys thought we would just outscore them, but that wasn’t the best approach obviously. I am glad we won the game though. That was a quality opponent.”
History at The Shore Late Philly photographer's images show culture of black Atlantic City resort by Sheila Simmons
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hile on a visit to Philadelphia, Hummelstown resident Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks toured the Art Sanctuary’s exhibit of images by self-taught Philadelphia photographer John W. Mosely. She was most taken with his photographs of Chicken Bone Beach, a place where African-Americans along the Eastern seaboard and beyond flocked to enjoy the waves, live entertainment and summer fashions during Jim Crow era America. One photo included a young Martin Luther King Jr. posing in polka dot swim trunks. Mosely’s photos inspired Woodruff-Brooks to dig deeper into the history and culture of this former destination. The result is “Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City's Missouri Avenue Beach,” released last month by Sunbury Press. The book covers the beach’s heyday from the 1920s to the 1960s, and the histories of the residents who lived near the famed northside Atlantic City attraction. Despite the racial division of the time, the beach “functioned as an African-American resort attracting celebrities, civic leaders, and other races,” a press release on the book notes. “The community’s ability to empower itself economically during segregation is so relevant today, as we deal with this political climate,” said WoodruffBrooks. “I think of it as an example to other minorities in this country and immigrants on how (within the white power structure) to find ways to make it.” She added, “There’s a great jazz entertainment music history that I think the rest of America still doesn’t really know about, in my opinion. Atlantic City was its own little Harlem, their own little Hollywood. In their time, (blacks there) were moving and shaking.” Some of the better-known visitors included Sammy Davis, Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Jackie Robinson, Lena Horne and Sugar Ray Robinson.
“Chicken Bone Beach” by Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks. Photo courtesy of Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks.
The beach took its name from the chicken bones that were often left along the beach, as blacks weren’t allowed to purchase food from nearby restaurants and had to bring their own baskets of food. While some of the book’s photos were donated by the Atlantic City Free Public Library’s Heston Collection, the bulk hailed from the John W. Mosely Collection of Temple University’s Charles Blockson Collection, which contains 300,000 Mosely photos. Tens of thousands are of Chicken Bone Beach. Woodruff-Brooks also collected photos from personal family collections, including one of her own aunt. “There are folks who during my research would say, hey, here’s a picture of me,” the author recounts. Cleveland-born Woodruff-Brooks is a legislative assistant with the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and began the book as a thesis for her recently completed Masters of Arts in American Studies at Pennsylvania State University. “I find it a refreshing piece of history,” she says of the beach and its jet-set social scene. “I hear a lot from readers who will say, I never knew that kind of thing.”
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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 9:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE
Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price. Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The Sheriff reserves the right to reject any certified check, attorney’s check or money order that on its face has an expired use date and is presented for payment of the deposit. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale. The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be set by the City of Philadelphia. In no event will the successful bidder be allowed to settle on the property unless all the Sheriff’s costs are paid notwithstanding the final bid. The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited
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and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadelphia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly. No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine. The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale. All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale. Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila. gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215-6861483 and to its website philadox. phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006 NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION The Sheriff will file in his office, The Land Title Building, 100
South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter. The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions. The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ. Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him. Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia
$113,988.90 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-303 749 S 19th St a/k/a 749 S. 19th St Unit 1 a/k/a Unit A 19146-1841 30th wd. 1,069 Sq. Ft. OPA#888303980 Residential Property Karl A. Michelfelder C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 02020 $178,907.47 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-304 1212 N. 64th St 19151 34th wd. Land: 1,616 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,542 Sq. Ft.; Total: 3,158 Sq. Ft. OPA#344256300 Residential Property Niaja Brown C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01855 $69,663.31 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1803-305 1025 Herbert St 19124 23rd wd. 1,288 Sq. Ft. OPA#234085800 Residential Property Denise Diane George C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01545 $78,771.49 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-306 3871 Manayunk Ave 191285111 21st wd. 1,462 Sq. Ft. OPA#212126400 Residential Property Helen E. Nicholson a/k/a Helen Nicholson C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01416 $171,287.64 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-307 1625 E Cheltenham Ave 62nd wd. 1,991 Sq. Ft. BRT#621086500 Residential Dwelling Maurisa Burton C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 03323 $118,856.88 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1803-308 3009 S Sydenham St 19145 26th wd. 1,260 Sq. Ft. BRT#261236100 Residential Real Estate Gregory Lazer a/k/a Gregory J. Lazer and Stephanie Lazer C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 04448 $321,306.24 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-309 26 S 59th St 3rd wd. 1,152 Sq. Ft. BRT#031125900 Residential Dwelling Erma Louise Holmes C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 04354 $60,826.08 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1803-310 7213 N 21st St 19138 10th wd. 1,770 Sq. Ft. BRT#101175500 Residential Real Estate Geneva Holness Williams C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02510 $116,000.18 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-311 6636 N Opal St 19138-3132 10th wd. 1,152 Sq. Ft. OPA#102047400 Residential Property Tamarah Murphy, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of The Estate of Nola Murphy a/k/a Nola Mae Murphy; Joel Murphy, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Nola Murphy a/k/a Nola Mae Murphy; Marilyn M. Mcneil, in Her Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Nola
Murphy a/k/a Nola Mae Murphy; Shemaiah L. Murphy, in Her Capacity as Heir of Judith Murphy a/k/a Judith E. Murphy, Deceased Heir of Nola Murphy a/k/a Nola Mae Murphy, Deceased; Carshena R. Murphy, in Her Capacity as Heir of Judith Murphy a/k/a Judith E. Murphy, Deceased Heir of Nola Murphy a/k/a Nola Mae Murphy, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Nola Murphy a/k/a Nola Mae Murphy, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Judith Murphy a/k/a Judith E. Murphy, Deceased Heir of Nola Murphy a/k/a Nola Mae Murphy, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 04214 $71,042.92 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-312 7217 Yocum St 19142-1043 40th wd. 1,280 Sq. Ft. BRT#403279700 Residential Real Estate Charlotte Jean Mears a/k/a Charlotte J. Mears, Trustee for Lance Owen Mears and David Michael Mears a/k/a Michael Mears and Charlotte Jean Mears a/k/a Charlotte J. Mears, Individually C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 02737 $37,351.05 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-313 2004 Laveer St a/k/a 2004 W Laveer St 19138 17th wd. 1,135 Sq. Ft. OPA#171297900 Residential Property The Unknown Heirs of Geneva Jones, Deceased, Tamika Jones, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Geneva Jones Deceased and Michael Rhinehardt Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Geneva Jones Deceased C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 03315 $66,091.09 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-314 5747 Reedland St a/k/a 5747 Reedland Ave 19143-6131 40th wd. 864 Sq. Ft. OPA#402192800 Residential Property Patrick Maruggi; Jeana Maruggi C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02686 $94,156.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-315 7514 Fayette St 50th wd. 1,600 Sq. Ft. BRT#501016200 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Vincent Wilder, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00269 $23,621.36 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1803-316 934 S 2nd St 19147 2nd wd. Land Area: 552 Sq. Ft. BRT#021380100 Residential Dwelling Brian C. McLaughlin and Nicole McLaughlin C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 02506 $228,985.93 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C.,
Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1803-317 267 Dimarco Dr 191544340 66th wd. 1,056 Sq. Ft. OPA#662299700 Residential Property Cynthia Jean Roth, in Her Capcity as Executrix and Devisee of The Estate of Jean E. Stephenson a/k/a Jean Stephenson C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01536 $123,348.28 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-318 2008 N Marston St a/k/a 2008 N Marston St 19122/19121 32nd wd. 746 Sq. Ft. BRT#323197000 Residential Dwelling John Vanderhost C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01944 $39,667.06 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1803-319 7414 Thouron Ave 19138 10th wd. 1,593 Sq. Ft. OPA#102492300 Residential Property Willie F. Green C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 02885 $120,694.63 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-320 1742 Scattergood St 19124 62nd wd. 1,104 Sq. Ft. OPA#622126200 Residential Property Loretta Grant C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01278 $65,911.06 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-321 5804 Tulip St 19135-4208 41st wd. 1,728 Sq. Ft. OPA#411420400 Residential Property William Gross C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00016 $101,995.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-322 7662 Brentwood Rd 19151 34th wd. 1,304 Sq. Ft. OPA#343227000 Residential Property James L. Hayes C.P. July Term, 2011 No. 01819 $44,462.66 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-323 4122 E Howell St 19135 62nd wd. 1,339 Sq. Ft. OPA#622174000 Residential Property Shareema Peterkin C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01673 $127,424.19 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-324 4209 Disston St 19135 55th wd. 2,631 Sq. Ft. OPA#552187100 Residential Property Kevin S. Starling C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 01155 $155,386.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-325 2821 Memphis St 25th wd. All That Certain lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, Situate on the Southeasterly side of Memphis St at the distance of 148 ft Northeastwardly from the Northeasterly side of Somerset St in the 25th ward of the City of Philadelphia.Containing in front or
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SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, March 6, 2018 1803-301 5812 Akron St 19149-3402 62nd wd. 1,174 Sq. Ft. OPA#621424300 Residential Property Veronica Rentas C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00553 $113,031.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-302 5401 Rutland St 19124-1127 62nd wd. 1,650 Sq. Ft. OPA#621328000 Residential Property Erick Charles C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00558
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breadth on the said Memphis St 14’2” and extending of that width in length or depth Southeastwardly between lines parallel with the said Somerset St 64’3-3/4” to a certain 3 ft wide alley, which extends Southwestwardly from Auburn St and communicates at its Southwesternmost end with a certain other alley 3 ft wide, which extends Northwestwardly and Southeastwardly from the said Memphis St to Aramingo Ave. PRCL# 25-1-4848-00 ROW 2 STY MASONRY Pennington 189 Management LLC et. al. C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02112 $86,747.41 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1803-326 3544 Shelmire St 19136 64th wd. Land: 1,588 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,416 Sq. Ft.; Total: 3,004 Sq. Ft. BRT#642173800 Residential Property Brian P. Mallon and Colleen M. Wellington C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 02903 $159,717.76 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1803-327 2650 S 68th St 19142 40th wd. 1,264 Sq. Ft. OPA#406100000 Residential Property The Unknown Heirs of John A. Binion, Deceased and Vivian Pine Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of John A. Binion, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01843 $29,487.84 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-328 1005 Borbeck Ave 191112604 63rd wd. 1,041 Sq. Ft. OPA#631259600 Residential Property Alyson M. Piper C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 03378 $124,767.18 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-329 5915 Larchwood Ave 3rd wd. Beginning Point: Situate on the North side of Larchwood Avenue 111 feet 10 inces west from the West side of 59th St OPA#032083600 ROW 2 STY MASONRY Donald Randall Jr. administrator of The Estate of Donald Randall C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 01428 $79,118.92 Patrick J. Wesner 1803-330 7105 Brous Ave 19149 64th wd. 3,737 Sq. Ft. BRT#641060900 Residential Real Estate Elizabeth Ernwood C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 00463 $133,360.62 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-331 1538 Church St 19124 23rd wd. 3,737 Sq. Ft. BRT#232037400 Residential Real Estate James Panetta C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00370 $83,916.06 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-332 5337 Wyalusing Ave 19131 44th wd. Land Area: 1,344 Sq. Ft. BRT#44-2073500 Residential Dwelling Shenneth Reed and Darrell Reed C.P. July Term, 2017 No.
02171 $55,730.29 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1803-333 3208 Belgreen Rd 19154 66th wd. 1,360 Sq. Ft. BRT#663084100 Residential Real Estate Raymond T. Grant and Anne F. Grant C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 02597 $142,586.57 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-334 6149 Spruce St 19139 46th wd. 1,360 Sq. Ft. BRT#031122200 Residential Dwelling Andrew Guyton C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01926 $99,186.58 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1803-335 5512 Devon St 12th wd. 1,087 Sq. Ft. BRT#122260200 Residential Dwelling Janet Kofman and Arkady Kofman C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 01689 $69,038.03 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1803-336 315 New St, Apt 301 19106-1134 5th wd. 1,103 Sq. Ft. OPA#888056602 Residential Property David L. Schellenberg C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 00685 $54,937.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-337 5729 Commerce St 191392428 4th wd. 1,110 Sq. Ft. OPA#042013100 Residential Property Craig Gregory Parker; Catherine E. Parker C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02822 $42,963.64 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-338 2539 S Galloway St 191484715 39th wd. 1,216 Sq. Ft. OPA#392233700 Residential Property Elvis G. Fernandez C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03626 $75,488.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-339 3214 Fordham Rd 191143805 57th wd. 1,164 Sq. Ft. OPA#572099900 Residential Property Nicholas Keck; Jaime Keck C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03625 $163,145.92 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-340 4035 Dungan St 19124-5316 33rd wd. 1,232 Sq. Ft. OPA#332420300 Residential Property Marian Wright, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of The Estate of Milton Wright, Jr; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Milton Wright, Jr, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02028 $114,330.33 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-341 3878 Kipling Pl 66th wd. 2,918 Sq. Ft. BRT#662288000
Residential Dwelling David Cleary and Patricia Cleary C.P. October Term, 2007 No. 03220 $152,759.31 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1803-342 1340 Alter St a/k/a 1340-42 Alter St 19147-4407 2nd wd. 1,088 Sq. Ft. OPA#021170910 Residential Property Lisa Y. Risco, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of The Estate of Ferdinand Risco; Ferdinand L. Risco, Jr., in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Ferdinand Risco; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Ferdinand Risco, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00718 $297,721.84 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-343 5714 Hegerman St 191354103 41st wd. 946 Sq. Ft. OPA#411355100 Residential Property Matthew Robertson C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00735 $75,686.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-344 2859 N Stillman St 19132 38th wd. 917 Sq. Ft. OPA#381079300 Residential Property Dana Garner; Monica H. Garner C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01537 $35,602.28 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-345 2626 N. 9th St 19132 19th wd. 1,344 Sq. Ft. BRT#371135700 Residential Dwelling Steven E. Curtis C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 2128 $39,979.84 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1803-346 2233 Ellsworth St 19146 36th wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#361234900 Residential Property Matthew R. Newlin C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02041 $112,230.66 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-347 1328 Mt. Pleasant a/k/a 1328 E Mount Pleasant Ave 191502029 50th wd. 1,598 Sq. Ft. OPA#502440010 Residential Property William R. Martin, Jr. C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01330 $193,468.27 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-348 7135 Torresdale Ave 19135 65th wd. SEMI/DET 2 STY MASONRY; 1,440 Sq. Ft. BRT#651257400 Residential Dwelling Beth Ann Ellinger C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00499 $158,780.22 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-349 863 Granite St 19124-1728 35th wd. 1,022 Sq. Ft. OPA#351138100 Residential Property Igor Mirgorodsky; Irina Mirgorodsky C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00368 $54,028.90 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP
1803-350 4006 N 12th St 19140 43rd wd. 1,169 Sq. Ft. OPA#433163700 Residential Property The Unknown Heirs of Alice Hubbard, Deceased and Willie Mae Greene Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Alice Hubbard, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 01497 $12,132.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-351 1819 S 28th St 191451701 48th wd. 810 Sq. Ft. OPA#482344600 Residential Property Manisone Keomanivanh C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 00492 $87,835.81 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-352 912 Griffith St 19111 63rd wd. DET 1.5 STY MASONRY+OTHER; 1,140 Sq. Ft. BRT#631264000 Residential Dwelling Jerome I. Cantor C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01938 $223,631.61 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-353 7223 Brous Ave 19149 64th wd. 1,666 Sq. Ft. OPA#641064400 Residential Property Dennis A. Hunter Jr. and Dawn M. Hunter C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02589 $70,576.48 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-354 202 W Duncannon St 19120 42nd wd. 907 Sq. Ft. OPA#422214300 Residential Property Frederick Moore C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01302 $94,140.27 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-355 3327 Guilford St 191364308 64th wd. 1,408 Sq. Ft. OPA#642094300 Residential Property Jennifer A. Bruno C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03549 $160,907.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-356 533 Pierce St 19148-1807 700 Sq. Ft. OPA#011380600 Residential Property Sidiq Shaheed Montgomery C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00950 $66,573.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-357 5659 Loretto Ave 19124 35th wd. 1,432 Sq. Ft. BRT#351402300 Residential Real Estate John Gibbs, Jr. a/k/a John Gibbs C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01532 $62,129.82 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-358 5627 Larchwood Ave 19143 60th wd. 1,178 Sq. Ft. OPA#604140000 Residential Property Arnold Benjamin Perkins, Jr. Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Elaine P. Allen, Deceased and Kristen Scurry Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Elaine P. Allen, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 00676 $73,274.37 KML Law Group, P.C.
1803-359 8523 Cratin Pl 19153 40th wd. 3,240 Sq. Ft. BRT#405183804 Residential Real Estate Shamsiddin Hameen Islam C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 04379 $221,886.00 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-360 843 N 66th St 19151-3331 34th wd. 1,260 Sq. Ft. OPA#344358900 Residential Property Angela M. Robinson C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02033 $129,071.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-361 1747 N 59th St 19151 4th wd. 1,576 Sq. Ft. OPA#043310800 Residential Property Angel M. Slaughter C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02075 $148,475.15 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-362 6022 N 16th St 19141-1908 17th wd. 1,362 Sq. Ft. OPA#172145100 Residential Property Dawn Mcclary C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00736 $67,933.08 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-363 6037 Lansdowne Ave 19151 34th wd. 1,520 Sq. Ft. OPA#342051900 Residential Property Dorothy David and Michael David C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00742 $86,309.26 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-364 3922 K St 19124-5430 33rd wd. 1,536 Sq. Ft. OPA#332309700 Residential Property Thi Nu Le, in Her Capacity as Heir of Vinh Q. Le, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Vinh Q. Le, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03467 $52,671.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-365 4006 Gilham St 19135 55th wd. 975 Sq. Ft. OPA#552128000 Residential Property Nicole M. Bowdler C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04175 $96,493.46 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-366 245 Rochelle Ave 19128 21st wd. 2,007 Sq. Ft. OPA#213013300 Residential Property Aimee Pilgermayer a/k/a Aimee Pilgarmayer; Ben Sheaffer a/k/a Benjamin Shaeffer C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00434 $266,305.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-367 1339 Robbins St 19111 53rd wd. 1,198 Sq. Ft. OPA#531047800 Residential Property Esther Dalturis and John Jeantel C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 03670 $115,716.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-368 6347 Kingsessing Ave 19142 40th wd. 1,095 Sq. Ft. OPA#401258000 Residential
Property Bung Thi Nguyen C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00213 $87,822.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-369 130 W. Albanus St 191203407 42nd wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#422130300 Residential Property Ida Isaac C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00371 $9,960.96 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-370 5328 Master St 19131 44th wd. 1,387 Sq. Ft. BRT#442160200; OPA#442160200 Residential Dwelling Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Edward Watson C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 01535 $93,803.39 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-371 2718 W York St a/k/a 2718 York St 19132 28th wd. 992 Sq. Ft. OPA#281246500 Residential Property The Unknown Heirs of Willie Reed Deceased, Andrew Reed Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Willie Reed Deceased and Joseph Reed Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Willie Reed Deceased C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03551 $29,985.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-372 1842 W. Champlost St 49th wd. 1,415 Sq. Ft. BRT#171203400 Residential Dwelling James E. Williams, Deceased and Arnetha Williams, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07205 $124,356.56 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1803-373 4910 N 15th St 19141 13th wd. 884 Sq. Ft. BRT#132068300; OPA#132068300 Residential Dwelling Robert L Furlow; Beaulah McLaurin C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01532 $68,733.32 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-374 3014 S 15th St 19145 26th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,364 Sq. Ft. BRT#261177400 Residential Dwelling Catherine E. Wenner C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 06023 $192,325.46 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-375 6316 Cottage St 19135 55th wd. 1,451 Sq. Ft. OPA#552388100 Residential Property Eric Donahue C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 01174 $53,775.22 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-376 8439 Bayard St 19150 50th wd. 1,449 Sq. Ft. OPA#501218200 Residential Property Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Geneva Fluid, deceased and
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Sandra Sykes, Known Heir of Geneva Fluid, deceased C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02204 $127,496.48 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-377 4312 N 8th St 19140 43rd wd. 771 Sq. Ft. OPA#433366100 Residential Property Jamillah Copeland C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02262 $63,624.07 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-378 6128 Glenloch St 19135 41st wd. 1,760 Sq. Ft. OPA#411201900 Residential Property Alex Santiago C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 02285 $94,329.10 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-379 2611 S Bialy St 19153 40th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 960 Sq. Ft. BRT#404097000 Residential Dwelling William E. Morris and Sandra E. Morris C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01801 $70,979.66 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-380 130 E Pomona St 191441931 59th wd. 1,408 Sq. Ft. OPA#592152900 Residential Property Kevin R. Gray C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 03307 $84,859.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-381 2622 S Carlisle St 191454620 26th wd. 1,110 Sq. Ft. OPA#261137300 Residential Property Phyllis M. Valentino a/k/a Phyllis M. Castelli C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03996 $106,740.23 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-382 1610 N 30th St 19121 32nd wd. ROW 3 STY MASONRY; 1,815 Sq. Ft. BRT#324190200 Residential Dwelling Adrianne L. Grant, Known Surviving Heir of Ada Crawford, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Ada Crawford, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 03836 $141,446.45 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-383 8307 Rugby St 19150-2809 50th wd. 1,159 Sq. Ft. OPA#502103600 Residential Property Ernest Trice C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02688 $109,757.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-384 5225 Diamond St 52nd wd. 1,749 Sq. Ft. BRT#521153900 Residential Dwelling Robert D. Potts, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02344 $114,371.26 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1803-385 2448 S 6th St 19148 39th wd. 1,292 Sq. Ft. OPA#392353900 Residential Property Joseph F. McMullen, Sr. a/k/a Joseph McMullen C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02584 $19,987.12 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC
1803-386 2814 Nature Rd 19154-1606 66th wd. 1,695 Sq. Ft. OPA#662531800 Residential Property Patrick J. O’Connor; Donna M. O’Connor C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02715 $89,696.98 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-387 7022 Saybrook Ave 19142 40th wd. 1,254 Sq. Ft. OPA#403307500 Residential Property Veronica L. Jenkins C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 00460 $29,580.75 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-388 3015 Memphis St 19134 25th wd. 954 Sq. Ft. OPA#251492600 Residential Property Ariana M. Adam a/k/a Ariana Adam C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02821 $81,699.46 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-389 220 Tree St 19148-3341 39th wd. 928 Sq. Ft. OPA#391089000 Residential Property Janice Farro C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 01142 $222,053.53 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-390 2451 S Camac St 19148 39th wd. 840 Sq. Ft. OPA#394336700 Residential Property Joseph N. DiDonato C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 02743 $151,098.89 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-391 536 N 58th St 19131-4836 4th wd. 1,792 Sq. Ft. OPA#043134100 Residential Property Chanel R. Drayton a/k/a Chanel Drayton C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02010 $76,278.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-392 1922 Annin St 36th wd. 750 Sq. Ft. BRT#361024200 Residential Dwelling Yvonne Lott C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03836 $99,117.00 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1803-393 524 E Penn St 191441406 12th wd. 1,163 Sq. Ft. BRT#12-1141400; OPA#121141400 Residential Dwelling Patricia John C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01357 $98,745.52 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-394 314 Roseberry St 19148 39th wd. 731 Sq. Ft. OPA#392209200 Residential Property Kurt Horstman and Anna Marie Horstman a/k/a Anna Horstman C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00156 $131,453.35 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-395 564 W. Clapier St 22nd wd. 2,411 Sq. Ft. BRT#133061800 Residential Dwelling Joseph D’Angelo, Deceased and Under Ida D’Angelo Deceased C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07222 $159,496.26 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC
1803-396 7180 Andrews Ave 10th wd. 1,699 Sq. Ft. BRT#101145900 Residential Dwelling Ruby Thompson C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07214 $107,854.20 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1803-397 847 Sanger St 35th wd. 1,208 Sq. Ft. BRT#35-1219700 Residential Dwelling Robert Minkiewicz, Kelly Minkiewicz and Richard Schmidt C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 03330 $87,971.43 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1803-398 6312 N. Fairhill St a/k/a 6312 N Fairhill St 42nd wd. 2,605 Sq. Ft. BRT#611119800 Residential Dwelling Dawn Hopson C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02868 $365,100.42 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1803-399 3144 Aramingo Ave 19134 25th wd. 998 Sq. Ft. BRT#23N18-224/251481500; OPA#251481500 Residential Dwelling James Parkhurst; Tricia Parkhurst C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 03168 $153,692.58 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-400 4534 Hale St 19135 41st wd. 1,344 Sq. Ft. OPA#411162200 Residential Property Shana M. Coady C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 02351 $28,253.79 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-401 6041 Colgate St 191116004 35th wd. 938 Sq. Ft. OPA#352279400 Residential Property Dawn Thorne, in Her Capacity as Administratrix of The Estate of Irene V. Thorne; Verdia Thorne, in Her Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Irene V. Thorne; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Irene V. Thorne, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 00054 $108,752.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-402 943 E Russell St 33rd wd. 834 Sq. Ft. BRT#331183100 Residential Dwelling Albert Sepulveda C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 03719 $36,479.62 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1803-403 611 E Comly St a/k/a 611 Comly St 19120 35th wd. 1,021 Sq. Ft. BRT#352149500 Residential Dwelling Ivan Quinones C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02228 $51,883.80 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1803-404 2740 Latona St 19146 36th wd. 651 Sq. Ft. BRT#362062100; OPA#362062100 Residential Dwelling Ester Jefferson, Known Heir of Carthella
Jefferson; James Jefferson, Known Heir of Carthella Jefferson; Thelma Jefferson, Known Heir of Carthella Jefferson; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Carthella Jefferson C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01347 $210,084.52 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-405 501 E Tulpehocken St 19144 22nd wd. 3,077 Sq. Ft. BRT#59-2-1192-00; OPA#592119200 Residential Dwelling Chauntae Hopkins; Darrin K. Hopkins, Sr. C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03505 $182,749.14 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-406 6616 Chew Ave 19119 22nd wd. 1,070 Sq. Ft. BRT#221254600 Residential Real Estate Spencer Evans, Administrator of The Estate of Eartie P. Evans-Coleman, a/k/a Eartie Coleman, a/k/a Eartie Evans C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00612 $99,441.72 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-407 3206 Ancona Rd 19154 66th wd. 2,640 Sq. Ft. BRT#663075500; OPA#663075500 Residential Dwelling Kristy McNamee a/k/a Kristy L. McNamee; Mark J McNamee C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 00533 $185,469.87 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-408 4450 N 12th St 19140 49th wd. 1,372 Sq. Ft. BRT#491456500 Residential Real Estate Alana Bell C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02148 $58,139.47 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-409 6635 Haverford Ave 19151 34th wd. 2,090 Sq. Ft. BRT#34-4-0054-00 Residential Dwelling Tamika McConnaughey C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00868 $111,994.26 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-410 3534 W Crown Ave 19114 66th wd. 3,012 Sq. Ft. OPA#661179100 Residential Property Jeffrey Combs C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 01299 $133,703.32 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-411 1943 Plymouth St 19138 10th wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#101320400 Residential Property Shelley Dixon C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01963 $66,235.95 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-412 1215 N 56th St 19131 4th wd. 1,590 Sq. Ft. OPA#041216800 Residential Property Patricia D. Sample C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02762 $40,087.48 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-413 4014 M St 19124 33rd wd. 1,125 Sq. Ft. OPA#332456900
Residential Property Colette Thomas C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 02321 $57,639.65 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-414 1224 Pratt St 19124 62nd wd. 1,395 Sq. Ft. BRT#621016100 Roger Everett, Jr C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01708 $125,791.86 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-415 1120 E Sharpnack St a/k/a 1120 Sharpnack St 191503109 50th wd. 1,110 Sq. Ft. OPA#502323800 Residential Property Linda C. Koonce, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of The Estate of Marion Koonce a/k/a Marian Koonce; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Marion Koonce a/k/a Marian Koonce, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02503 $91,326.66 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-416 2036 Amber St 191251914 31st wd. 920 Sq. Ft. OPA#311122400 Residential Property Carlos L. Santos, Sr., in His Capacity as Heir of Carmen Santos, Deceased; Carlos L. Santos, Jr., in His Capacity as Heir of Carmen Santos, Deceased; Geraldo Santos, in His Capacity as Heir of Carmen Santos, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Carmen Santos, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02263 $9,392.90 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-417 1805 Emerson St 191522303 56th wd. 1,898 Sq. Ft. OPA#562094300 Residential Property Mark A. Freeman C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01044 $248,442.96 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-418 861 E Thompson St 191253509 18th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#181400700 Residential Property Dorothy Tharp; David C. Tharp C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 03726 $143,011.05 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-419 3252 F St 19134-1833 33rd wd. 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#331285500 Residential Property Matilde Pantoja C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02639 $50,233.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-420 10736 Philcrest Rd 19154 66th wd. 1,801 Sq. Ft. OPA#662072272 Residential Property John A. Zanczuk C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02501 $170,915.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-421 1336 Kimberly Dr 19151
34th wd. 1,603 Sq. Ft. OPA#343296900 Residential Property Tigist Guebreyes C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03984 $135,001.75 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-422 315 New St Unit 109 19106 5th wd. 892 Sq. Ft. OPA#888056516 Residential Property Thomas Conley C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 04350 $317,008.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-423 3599 Nottingham Ln a/k/a 3599 Nottingham Ln Unit F 19114 66th wd. 1,797 Sq. Ft. OPA#661243800 Residential Property The Unknown Heirs of Dolores J. Olewnik, Deceased, Sharon Olewnik, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Dolores J. Olewnik, Deceased, Eugene Olewnik Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Dolores J. Olewnik, Deceased, and Richard Olewnik Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Dolores J. Olewnik, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 03137 $161,993.59 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-424 4111 N 9th St 19140-2203 43rd wd. 1,044 Sq. Ft. OPA#433387400 Residential Property Juan C. Rey C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02641 $43,219.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-425 12501 Medford Rd 191541914 66th wd. 1,360 Sq. Ft. OPA#663256000 Residential Property Harold William Myer a/k/a Harold W. Myer; Raymond K. Myer; Cynthia Lorraine Vitali C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00995 $159,941.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-426 6968 Forrest Ave 19138 10th wd. 1,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#102519300 Residential Property Annette Henry C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07376 $77,790.31 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-427 1702 68th Ave 19126-2606 10th wd. 1,472 Sq. Ft. OPA#101250600 Residential Property Gilbert Branche; Kelle Branche C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01221 $134,716.90 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-428 1341 Tyson Ave 19111 53rd wd. 5,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#532240400 Residential Property Nicholas Trubisky C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02649 $85,962.74 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-429 4662 James St 19137 45th wd. 1,051 Sq. Ft. OPA#453409200 Residential Property William A Graber and Donna M. Graber C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 02490 $55,545.81 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-430 3826 Lawndale St 19124
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33rd wd. 975 Sq. Ft. OPA#332253000 Residential Property Tomasa Diaz-Ruiz and Maria E. Oliveras C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02311 $94,865.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-431 7329 Ogontz Ave 19138 50th wd. 1,888 Sq. Ft. OPA#501308700 Residential Property Andrea Tabron and Earl Tabron C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 00176 $53,904.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-432 4723 Bleigh Ave 19136 65th wd. 973 Sq. Ft. OPA#651022200 Residential Property Guy Alston IV C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 00875 $114,677.38 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-433 707 Medary Ave 191263718 49th wd. 4,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#492078400 Residential Property Willie Mae Hall C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01665 $249,194.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-434 4921 N Carlisle St 19141 13th wd. 1,163 Sq. Ft. OPA#132022800 Residential Property Dana C. Garner a/k/a Dana Garner C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01458 $33,135.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-435 4410 Greenmount Rd 191543709 66th wd. 1,528 Sq. Ft. OPA#662458900 Residential Property Robert F. Laing, Jr a/k/a Robert Laing C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 01184 $211,729.35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-436 300 W Byberry Rd, Apartment 301 19116-1944 58th wd. 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#888582305 Residential Property Patricia E. Paulus C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07618 $115,288.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-437 4209 Pechin St 19128-5021 21st wd. 1,549 Sq. Ft. OPA#212174900 Residential Property Loretta M. Livingston C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07603 $111,809.59 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-438 2444 W Cumberland St 19132-4120 28th wd. 1,626 Sq. Ft. OPA#281266300 Residential Property R Jervay Aluko C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02507 $78,189.56 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-439 227 N Ruby St 19139-1412 44th wd. 1,140 Sq. Ft. OPA#441197400 Residential Property Lorraine Coles C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03457 $20,213.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-440 1102 Haworth St a/k/a 1102 Hayworth St 19124-2506
23rd wd. 1,392 Sq. Ft. OPA#234160800 Residential Property Robin A. Lewis a/k/a Robin Lewis C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00438 $143,668.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-441 4520 Loring St 41st wd. 1,080 Sq. Ft. BRT#412172800 Residential Dwelling Igor Mirgorodsky, Individually and as Power of Attorney for Irina Mirgorodsky and Irina Mirgorodsky C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 03331 $105,867.82 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1803-442 3737-39 President St a/k/a 3737-3739 President St a/k/a 3737 President St 39 66th wd. 9,600 Sq. Ft. BRT#661081800 DET W/B GAR 1.5 STY MAS+O Tara A. Konyves and Jeffery S. Konyves $246,090.44 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1803-443 1444 Creston St 54th wd. 1,257 Sq. Ft. BRT#541007200 ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Ademola A. Babalola C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 01953 $155,325.76 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1803-444 6341 Chester Ave 19142 40th wd. 1,004 Sq. Ft. OPA#401222800 Residential Property Leonard A. Murphy C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03033 $68,423.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-445 6243 Magnolia St 19144 59th wd. 1,488 Sq. Ft. OPA#592250400 Residential Property Kendra Dean C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04373 $102,532.96 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-446 6116 Lensen St 19144 59th wd. 1,358 Sq. Ft. OPA#592275900 Residential Property Lisa D M Smith C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03019 $115,079.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-447 3647 N 13th St 19140 43rd wd. 1,012 Sq. Ft. OPA#432177000 Residential Property Walter Anderson C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00957 $35,113.73 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-448 849 Anchor St 19124 35th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 956 Sq. Ft. BRT#351281600 Residential Dwelling Raquel E. Jordan f/k/a Raquel E. Wells C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 00686 $76,629.81 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-449 6536 N 11th St 19126 49th wd. 4,390 Sq. Ft. OPA#493083600 Residential Property Angie S. Smith-Frazer a/k/a Angie S. Smith Frazer C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 03266 $439,518.31 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP
1803-450 11929 Millbrook Rd 191543701 66th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#662237700 Residential Property Thomas M. Corcoran, Jr C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 03987 $168,429.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-451 241 S 6th St Apt 211 a/k/a 241 S 6th St, Apt 211A a/k/a 241 S 6th St, Unit 211A 19106-3728 5th wd. 777 Sq. Ft. OPA#888051135 Residential Property William Langheim C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01474 $226,664.02 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-452 8020-26 Lowber St 19150 50th wd. 13,687 Sq. Ft. (land area); 2,880 Sq. Ft. (improvement area) BRT#502050800 Subject to Mortgage DET W/D GAR 2.5 STY STONE William B. Saunders, Jr C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 02151 $227,128.72 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1803-453 116 N Millick St 19139 34th wd. 1,016 Sq. Ft. OPA#341121700 Residential Property Stepan Kunitski and Yaroslava Kunitski C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 01539 $78,114.32 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-454 1448 McKinley St 19149 54th wd. 1,524 Sq. Ft. OPA#541070500 Residential Property Clevan A. Murray C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02123 $179,603.40 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-455 245 W Albanus St 19120 42nd wd. 910 Sq. Ft. OPA#422144700 Residential Property Jean Osner Dupin C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03181 $31,646.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-456 1834 W Eleanor St 19141 17th wd. 1,121 Sq. Ft. (land area); 1,150 Sq. Ft. (improvement area) BRT#171011900 Subject to Mortgage ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Barbara A. Riley C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03502 $65,411.66 Kevin J. Cummings, Esquire 1803-457 5243 Westford Rd 19120 42nd wd. 1,496 Sq. Ft. OPA#421408700 Residential Property Sadie Perez C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 03487 $130,157.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-458 2639 S 64th St 19142 40th wd. 1,101 Sq. Ft. BRT#402135000; OPA#402135000 Residential Dwelling Joseph J. King, III, Known Heir of Joseph King also known as Joseph J. King, Jr., also known as Joseph James King, Jr.; Sean P King, Known Heir of Joseph King also known as Joseph J. King, Jr., also known as Joseph
James King, Jr.; Sherri Perkins also known as Sherri A King also known as Sherri Ann King, Individually and as a Known Heir of Joseph King also known as Joseph J. King, Jr., also known as Joseph James King, Jr.; Suzanne C. King, Known Heir of Joseph King also known as Joseph J. King, Jr., also known as Joseph James King, Jr.; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Joseph King also known as Joseph J. King, Jr., also known as Joseph James King, Jr. C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01565 $60,145.26 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-459 1233 Pratt St 19124 62nd wd. 1,777 Sq. Ft. OPA#621020700 Residential Property Lawrence Clark Mensch Jr C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01455 $36,715.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-460 619 E Chelten Ave 59th wd. 3,526 Sq. Ft. BRT#591008000 S/D CONV APT 3 STY MASON Michael Williams C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 02227 $177,989.02 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1803-461 4419 Richmond St 19137 45th wd. 1,156 Sq. Ft. OPA#453318400 Residential Property Jamie M. Haas a/k/a Jamie M. Haas C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00597 $102,379.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-462 163 E 64th Ave 19120 61st wd. 1,936 Sq. Ft. BRT#611338400 Residential Dwelling Barbara J. Terry C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04348 $113,615.71 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1803-463 1527 Swain St 19130 15th wd. 952 Sq. Ft. BRT#152183900 Residential Dwelling Omar Jefferson and Kimberly N. McGlonn-Lucas C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00860 $342,623.90 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1803-464 1138 E Sharpnack St 50th wd. 1,635 Sq. Ft. BRT#502324700 ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Joshua M. Brandt C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00534 $127,587.18 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1803-465 5946 Windsor Ave a/k/a 5946 Windsor St 3rd wd. 1,130 Sq. Ft. BRT#034099500 ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Shakirah Torrance a/k/a Shakirah A. Torrance C.P. September Term, 2016 No.
00080 $107,409.24 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1803-466 45060.72 50th wd. 993 Sq. Ft. (land area); 1,160 Sq. Ft. (improvement area) BRT#371152600 Subject to Mortgage ROW 2 STY MASONRY Roy Covington C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00732 $45,060.72 Kevin J. Cummings, Esquire 1803-467 3523 Sheffield Ave f/k/a 3523 Sheffield St 19136 56th wd. 1,600 Sq. Ft. BRT#642-227600; OPA#642227600 Residential Dwelling Jeanette Conran; Howard Hofner C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03928 $100,608.63 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-468 229 N 52nd St 19139 44th wd. 1,700 Sq. Ft. (land area); 1,816 Sq. Ft. (improvement area) BRT#441129500 Subject to Mortgage SEMI/DET 2 STY MASONRY Herbert E. Bracy C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01225 $74,038.13 Kevin J. Cummings, Esquire 1803-469 5418 Pentridge St 19143 51st wd. 1,140 Sq. Ft. OPA#513231800 Residential Property Joan Greene C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 02581 $35,352.12 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-470 3713 N Percy St 19140 43rd wd. 816 Sq. Ft. (land area); 960 Sq. Ft. (improvement area) BRT#432332700 Subject to Mortgage ROW 2 STY MASONRY John Harris C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03083 $30,526.17 Kevin J. Cummings, Esquire 1803-471 209 W Chestnut Hill Ave 19118 9th wd. Approximately 278,784 sq. ft. of land (approximately 16,581 sq. ft. of improvement area) OPA#092227010; BRT#09-22270-00; BRT#88-6-0855-00; BRT#77-5-1110-00 Subject to Mortgage Commercial building Greylock Holdings, LLC C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 00796 $1,152,554.84 plus interest at the rate of $198.31 per diem from and after August 31, 2015, and costs Michael J. Barrie, Esquire; Jennifer R. Hoover, Esquire; Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan, & Aronoff LLP 1803-472 1459 McKinley St 19149 54th wd. 2,329 Sq. Ft. OPA#541079000 Residential Property Joanne Felder C.P. December Term, 2010 No. 00557 $170,845.42 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1803-473 4746 C St 19120 42nd wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#421355900 Residential Property Safraz Mohamad C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 02901 $19,767.99 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC
1803-474 2635 Sperry St 19152 57th wd. 3,956 Sq. Ft. OPA#571123400 Subject to Mortgage Residential Property James H. Hunsberger, Sr., a/k/a James H. Hunsberger; Donna L. Hunsberger C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 05428 $103,180.58 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1803-475 5427 Sansom St 19139 60th wd. 2,016 Sq. Ft. OPA#603018800 Residential Property Valerie GibbsCummings; Basil Gibbs C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 03474 $91,822.42 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1803-476 3853 N Franklin St 19140 43rd wd. 945 Sq. Ft. OPA#432292000 Residential Property Dennis Brooks C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00533 $65,809.90 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1803-477 204 Lockart Ln 19116 58th wd. 2,807 Sq. Ft. OPA#582137500 Subject to Mortgage Residential Property John B. Priadka C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00167 $244,604.86 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1803-478 4038 M St 19124 33rd wd. 1,125 Sq. Ft. OPA#332458100 Residential Property Jaselly Cintron-Garcia C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03789 $109,207.62 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-479 5531 Westford Rd 19120 42nd wd. 1,080 Sq. Ft. OPA#421415200 Residential Property James Peaks a/k/a James E. Peaks, individually and as Administrator to the Estate of Sandra Paris C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 01197 $69,614.85 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1803-480 8066 Erdrick St 19136 65th wd. 2,643 Sq. Ft. OPA#652206700 Subject to Mortgage Residential Building Danny Alonso C.P. August Term, 2011 No. 00987 $30,704.11 Drew Salaman, Esquire 1803-481 1213 Greeby St 19111 53rd wd. 1,091 Sq. Ft. OPA#531145800 Residential Property Kam Tai Lau a/k/a Kamtai Cheung Lau a/k/a Kam L. Tai a/k/a Kamtai Lau; Wai Man Lau C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02437 $163,596.26 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1803-482 532 E Brinton St 19144 59th wd. 2,951 Sq. Ft. OPA#592171000 Residential Property Monique S. Bennett, a/k/a Monique Bennett; Carl-
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ton J. Bennett a/k/a Carlton Bennett C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02521 $40,927.47 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1803-483 2647 N Stanley St 19132 28th wd. 700 Sq. Ft. BRT#28113300 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Eugene Robinson, Known Heir of Lucy Robinson Werts; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Lucy Robinson Werts C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00907 $42,027.85 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-484 5753 Osage Ave 19143 60th wd. 981 Sq. Ft. OPA#604111700 Residential Property Crystal White C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 00707 $65,441.93 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1803-485 1945 Elston St 19138 10th wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#101338100 Residential Property Elizabeth Mason C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03723 $92,656.98 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-486 2139 Church Ln a/k/a 2139 E. Church Ln 17th wd. 1,062 Sq. Ft. BRT#171250800 ROW 2 STY MASONRY Carolyn L. Sudler, Known Heir of Philip Sudler a/k/a Philip G. Sudler, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 02413 $64,783.66 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1803-487 403 Delphine St 19120 42nd wd. 1,044 Sq. Ft. OPA#422270100 Subject to Mortgage Residential Barbara Mather C.P. March Term, 2011 No. 02693 $54,726.03 Drew Salaman, Esquire 1803-488 6328 Farnsworth St a/k/a 6328 Farnsworth Ave 19149 62nd wd. 1,686 Sq. Ft. OPA#621528100 Residential Property Roberto Montero and Rosy Segura C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 01928 $45,174.48 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-489 5345 Irving St 19139 46th wd. On North Side of Irving St 81 ft 0 in; East of 54th St Front: 16 ft 0 in Depth: 80 ft 0 in OPA#603053800 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Unknown Heirs of Ollie McColley, Deceased and Rudolph McColley, Jr., Solely in his Capacity as Heir of Ollie McColley, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02028 $97,556.74 plus legal interest in the amount of $15,045,52 for a subtotal of $112,602,26 Ron L. Woodman, Esquire 1803-490 5127 Ranstead St 19139 60th wd. 915 Sq. Ft. OPA#602017900 Residential Property Gabriel S. Taylor C.P. July Term, 2017 No.
04025 $9,904.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1803-491 2738 Plum St 19137 45th wd. 996 Sq. Ft. OPA#453077900 Residential Property Shawn Gerbe C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00006 $120,262.25 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-492 417 W Duncannon Ave 42nd wd. 2,214 Sq. Ft. BRT#422225700 Residential Dwelling Michael Bruce Marchiondo, Personal Representative of the Estate of Eugene Marchiondo, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 00673 $25,948.66 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1803-493 598 Alcott St 19120 35th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. BRT#352058200; OPA#352058200 Residential Dwelling Melrose Robinson C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 02195 $81,341.13 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-494 2627 Pratt St assessed as 2625-27 Pratt St 19137 45th wd. 2,366 Sq. Ft. OPA#45-3144500 Residential Property Laura Jean Righter a/k/a Laurajean Righter and Maurice M. Righter C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03899 $117,790.73 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-495 6724 N 17th St 19126 10th wd. 1,490 Sq. Ft. OPA#101052400 Residential Property Kellen D. Redmond a/k/a Kellen Redmond C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 04065 $155,669.99 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-496 909 Ritner St 19148 39th wd. 950 Sq. Ft. OPA#393346000 Subject to Mortgage Residential Property Abraham Carlinski a/k/a Abraham P. Carlinski C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 00943 $54,508.78 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1803-497 1650 Harrison St 19124 AUTO REPAIR SHOP MASONRY BRT#882002860 Erected Thereon Joseph G. Jensen, deceased C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02877 $55,484.76 Robert W. Williams, Esquire 1803-498 299 G Shawmont Ave assessed as, Unit 3C7 19128 21st wd. 1,364 Sq. Ft. OPA#888210579 Residential Property Dara T. Brickhouse, Abdwul Dawson and Green Tree Run Community Two Association C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02850 $167,578.23 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-499 3512 Sussex Ln 66th wd. 2,469 Sq. Ft. BRT#661203700 Residential Dwelling Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Patricia A. Kerner a/k/a Patricia Ann Kerner, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 02332 $121,631.96
Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1803-500 3219 Rawle St 55th wd. 1,706 Sq. Ft. BRT#551185000 Residential Dwelling Luis A. Caseres and Ashley Galinda a/k/a Ashley Galindo C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01420 $139,420.02 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1803-501 32 W Penn St 19144 12th wd. 6,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#124011600 Residential Property Stephanie Williams (mortgagor), Anthony Hinton (real owner) and Pauline Hinton (real owner) C.P. February Term, 2010 No. 02778 $123,811.91 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1803-502 1511 Clearview St 191412303 17th wd. 912 Sq. Ft. OPA#171110200 Residential Property Gabriel Saint Fort C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00387 $39,250.61 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-503 733 S 59th St 19143-2436 3rd wd. 1,365 Sq. Ft. OPA#033188800 Residential Property Edgetine B. Poulson a/k/a Edgetine Poulson C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 02206 $94,746.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-504 7431 Rugby St 19138-1218 10th wd. 1,224 Sq. Ft. OPA#102469300 Residential Property Thomas Pratt C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00391 $107,554.26 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-505 6005 Woodstock St a/k/a 6005 N Woodstock St 19138-2436 17th wd. 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#172-3928-00 Residential Property Larry C. Raye C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02642 $41,890.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-506 9246 Wissinoming St 191144224 65th wd. 1,700 Sq. Ft. OPA#652418220 Residential Property Barbara Ann Golding C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00757 $246,586.23 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-507 1335 Passmore St 191115536 53rd wd. 1,080 Sq. Ft. OPA#53-1-117800 Residential Property Joseph P. George, Individually and in His Capacity as Executor of The Estate of Henry George a/k/a Henry J. George; Michael Schiavo, in His Capacity as Devisee and Beneficiary of The Estate of Henry George a/k/a Henry J. George; Brian George, in His Capacity as Trustee of The Estate of Henry George a/k/a Henry J. George C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00088 $24,375.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-508 2931 Walnut Hill St 19152 57th wd. 1,095 Sq. Ft. OPA#571080500 Residential
Property Michael Castaldi a/k/a Michael M. Castaldi C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02673 $77,487.45 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-509 1116 W Somerset St 191331219 37th wd. 854 Sq. Ft. OPA#372332800 Residential Property Timothy Glenn a/k/a Timothy L. Glenn C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01332 $38,297.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-510 1832 Church Ln 191411320 17th wd. 1,673 Sq. Ft. OPA#171235500 Residential Property Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under John Blanks, Sr a/k/a John A Blanks a/k/a John Andrew Blanks, Sr., Deceased C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02825 $77,072.00 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1803-511 233 E Mount Pleasant Ave 19119 22nd wd. Land: 2,242 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 2,288 Sq. Ft.; Total: 4,530 Sq. Ft. OPA#222147600 Residential Property Debra Bryant, solely as heir to the Estate of Merriel L. Wallace, deceased and Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Merriel Lee Wallace, deceased C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00156 $285,494.62 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1803-512 5230 N Broad St 19141 17th wd. 4,625 Sq. Ft. OPA#871400465 Subject to Mortgage Rare Rose Enterprises, LLC C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 02691 $245,963.26 Ryan M. Paddick, Esquire 1803-513 6437 Emlen St 19119 8th wd. DET 2.5 STY STONE; 4,566 Sq. Ft. BRT#223218000 Residential Dwelling Simone Prussien and Joseph Prussien C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 03670 $322,702.63 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-514 1240 Englewood St 19111 53rd wd. DET W/D GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,726 Sq. Ft. BRT#532351200 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Angel J. Laychock C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02212 $32,964.75 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-515 4913 Chancellor St 19139 60th wd. SEMI/DET 3 STY MASONRY; 2,010 Sq. Ft. BRT#601051900 Residential Dwelling Gordon Jones C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 01989 $200,417.53 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-516 2873 Walnut Hill St 19152 57th wd. 2,569 Sq. Ft. BRT#57-1-0830-00; OPA#571083000 Residential Dwelling Marie M.
O’Gorman, Known Heir of Robert G. O’Gorman; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Robert G. O’Gorman; William O’Gorman, Known Heir of Robert G. O’Gorman C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03558 $171,987.14 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-517 5946 Christian St 19143 3rd wd. 1,695 Sq. Ft. BRT#033065100 Residential Dwelling Rosiland West C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01431 $107,177.24 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-518 7544 Beverly Rd 19138 50th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,360 Sq. Ft. BRT#501366700 Residential Dwelling Ronald Crawford, Administrator of the Estate of Elaine Wright-Holloway a/k/a Elaine Holloway, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00730 $75,152.88 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-519 5734 N 17th St 19141 17th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,576 Sq. Ft. BRT#172205700 Residential Dwelling Susan M. Dixon, Known Surviving Heir of John Minnick, Treeva D. Minnick, Known Surviving Heir of John Minnick, Jonowyn M. Murray, Known Surviving Heir of John Minnick and Unknown Surviving Heirs of John Minnick C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 00785 $111,953.27 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-520 2556 E Ann St 19134 25th wd. 1,699 Sq. Ft. BRT#251063000; OPA#251063000 Residential Dwelling Thomas Convery a/k/a Thomas J. Convery a/k/a Thomas J. Convery, III; Tracy L. Convery C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 02104 $160,456.23 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-521 2335 Wheatsheaf Ln 19137 45th wd. 78,668 Sq. Ft. OPA#884195003 IND WAREHOUSE MASONRY Binh H. Truong C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 001704 $678,157.93 plus interest through the date of the sheriff ’s sale, plus costs William J. Levant, Esquire 1803-522 1384 Dyre St 19124 62nd wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,126 Sq. Ft. BRT#621004000 Residential Dwelling Amritpal Singh Sandher C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 00417 $84,159.11 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1803-523 1254 Elbridge St 53rd wd. 1,116 Sq. Ft. BRT#531090900 Residential Dwelling Joseph P. Lowry, Jr C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03203 $31,546.40 Weber Gallagher Simpson
Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1803-524 3935 Ogden St 19104 24th wd. Sq. Ft. OPA#243145700 Residential Property Alpha Omega Family House and John Morris C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 033552 $7,877.50 Kenny, Burns & McGill 1803-525 2334 N. Fawn St 19133 37th wd. 658 Sq. Ft. OPA#371244900 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling James Holmes a/k/a James W. Holmes C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00800 $46,631.10 Michael Boland, Esq. 1803-526A 3039 N. 26th St 19132 38th wd. 907 Sq. Ft. OPA#381145100 Subject to Mortgage Leroy West C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 007749 $251,515.05 Ryan M. Paddick, Esquire 1803-526B 3446 N. 16th St 19140 38th wd. 1,900 Sq. Ft. OPA#11-22063-00 Subject to Mortgage Leroy West C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 007749 $251,515.05 Ryan M. Paddick, Esquire 1803-527A 5955 Horrocks St 19149 62nd wd. BRT#621355700 Joseph J. Kilian and Barbara Kilian C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07614 $103,080.77 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1803-527B 5955R Horrocks St 19149 62nd wd. BRT#621385000 Joseph J. Kilian and Barbara Kilian C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07614 $103,080.77 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1803-528 1020 Johnston St 19148 39th wd. 1,325 Sq. Ft. BRT#395047300 Residential Real Estate Carlyle A. Sanzone and Eileen N. Sanzone a/k/a Eileen Sanzone C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 03297 $240,089.74 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1803-529A 634 Christian St 2nd wd. 4,820 Sq. Ft. BRT#871600070 Mixed-Use Property Banca Calabrese, LLC C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03333 $3,505,879.62 plus interest in the amount of $642.34 from July 14, 2015 Michael V. Phillips, Esquire 1803-529B 638 Christian St 2nd wd. 4,050 Sq. Ft. BRT#871036550 Mixed-Use Property Joseph Taylor Gatta (50% undivided tenant-in-common interest) C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03333 $3,505,879.62 plus interest in the amount of $642.34 from July 14, 2015 Michael V. Phillips, Esquire 1803-529C 630-632 Christian St 2nd wd. 2,635 Sq. Ft. BRT#884960203 Industrial Warehouse Lawrence A. Gatta C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03333
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$3,505,879.62 plus interest in the amount of $642.34 from July 14, 2015 Michael V. Phillips, Esquire 1803-530A 2629 E Somerset St 25th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. BRT#251018800 Vacant Land Jeffrey D. Massey and Sandra S. Massey C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 00673 $85,700.25 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1803-530B 2810 E Thompson St 25th wd.
690 Sq. Ft. BRT#251252500 Subject to Mortgage Residential Dwelling Jeffrey D. Massey and Sandra S. Massey C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 00673 $85,700.25 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1803-531A 3321 G St 19134 33rd wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. BRT#331331700 Subject to Mortgage Greet Tree Asset Management, LLC C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00091
$183,058.50 Ryan N. Boland; Offit Kurman, P.A. 1803-531B 247 E Lima St 19120 42nd wd. 1,132 Sq. Ft. BRT#421212400 Subject to Mortgage Greet Tree Asset Management, LLC C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00091 $183,058.50 Ryan N. Boland; Offit Kurman, P.A. 1803-532A 2800 Bridge St n/k/a 28002802 Bridge St 19124/19137
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tions claiming right, title, or interest from or under Deborah Flint C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01567 $99,520.66 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1803-532B 2802 Bridge St n/k/a 28002802 Bridge St 19124/19137 45th wd. 1,722 Sq. Ft. BRT#453155100 Residential Dwelling Alexandra Flint, Known Heir of Deborah Flint; Brian Michael Fishman, Administrator of The Estate
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E.A.G.L.E.S Eagles! Philadelphia area citizens take to the streets to celebrate By HughE Dillon Fans celebrate Philadelphia’s Super Bowl LII victory over the New England Patriots in Philadelphia. Thousands of fans partied for hours on Broad Street hugging, high fiving and screaming into the air in exhilaration.
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Cooking Up a Frenzy Hundreds gather for foodie delights By HughE Dillon More than a thousand people attended Philly Magazine's “Philly Cooks,” the annual celebration of the top chefs, restaurants, dishes, and drinks in Philadelphia. On Feb. 1, foodies and friends filled the grand ballroom of the Sheraton Downtown Philadelphia for a night of delicious bites from the city’s top 50 restaurants, as selected by Philly Magazine's editors. There was also spirits, entertainment and selfie booths for the guests to enjoy.
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Tasty Talks Features Daytime DJ and Wife Mac Fund charity controls wild feline populations By HughE Dillon Tasty Talks is a new series of lunchtime talks organized by Michelle Leonard, a Main Line realtor for Century 21. Last week’s event was hosted at Yangming Restaurant in Bryn Mawr and featured a talk by Steve Morrison of WMMR's Preston & Steve. Morrison talked about the various charities he works with, including his wife Clare’s charity The Mac Fund. The Mac Fund is set up in coordination with the Cat Shack Rescue to promote the Trap-Neuter-Return program in local cat colonies. The fund was set up in honor of the Morrison’s cat Mac Morrison.
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euce Turner has made hundreds of buckets in basketball in his life. This includes youth ball, middle school AAU, and his first two years of high school at Malvern Prep. But, he never had a game like he did against Bishop Shanahan on Feb. 3 at the Playby-Play Classic at Harriton. Turner made six three-pointers en route to a career high 48 points, leading his team to a five-point win over the Ea-
“If I had scored 48, and we didn’t win the game, it really wouldn’t have meant that much.” gles. Malvern (16-7) will begin play in the Pennsylvania State Independent Playoffs as a 9-seed. Shanahan (17-4) will be one of the top teams in the PIAA District 1 5A playoffs, which start Feb. 12. “I would have to rank this as my best game ever in my life, because we won,” said Turner. “If I had scored 48, and we didn’t win the game, it really wouldn’t have meant that much. I have never had that many points in a game ever, at any
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level. I have never shot it like that for a whole game. [He shot 18 for 28 with 6 out of 9 three-pointers and 6 for 7 for the foul line.] I think the loss [the night before] that gave the Inter-Ac championship to Haverford School really fueled me. I wasn’t tired. I was just pumped up to play and get that loss out of our system.” Turner’s point total made the rounds on social media and, for the first time this winter, he saw a positive response from basketball gurus about what he has accomplished. The 6-foot-2-inch guard is highly regarded and expected to be a mid- to high-level Division I prospect. Yet, it’s hard to get noticed in a year of super teams and superstars among the junior and senior class, especially with the nation’s best player, Cameron Reddish, playing for Westtown. “I just want to get better, really,” he said. “I know there is a lot of great guard play in my class with A.J. Hoggard at Carroll and Lynn Greer [at Roman Catholic],” he said. “There is so much great basketball in this area; I am honored just to be a part of it all. I am hoping that I can work on my game and improve in the off-season and summer, and, by the next two years I can be considered one of the best players in the area and maybe I’ll be ready for more. Cameron Reddish, man, he’s ready for Duke and [the NBA] now. I am hoping that hard work can get
PW Now Stands For Probable Winners Plymouth Whitemarsh is the top best boys’ basketball story of the area in 2017-2018. The Colonials knocked off Neumann-Goretti in the nightcap of the Play-by-Play Classic, improving the team’s record to 18-0. Both PW and Neumann (14-5) are ranked in LCP’s top 5. The Colonials have met every challenge they have seen this year. Ahmin Williams had 23 points, 3 steals and 3 assists to lead the team to victory. Naheem McLeod, PW’s emerging 7-foot-2-inch star, had 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks. “It’s to the point now where I have to say even I am impressed with the team’s maturity, desire to win, focus and commitment to hard work and overcoming adversity,” said PW coach Jim Donofrio. “We are playing well. The challenge, of course, is keeping this up every game. People are talking about undefeated. But, I have been here before. It’s never easy. Every game will be a grind once the playoffs start. It’s a whole other season. But I love the mindset of this team.” One of the key plays of the game was when Danny Cooper, subbing in for a fouled-out player late in the fourth quarter, dribbled through the Neumann defense in a three-point game. He got it to Williams who made two big foul shots. “That just shows the focus of everyone: making smart plays when it counts,” Donofrio said. “These kids have given us a great ride so far.”
Wood Star Makes it Big Tyree Pickron knows how big Saturday’s Play-by-Play Classic game versus Lincoln was, as he heads into Archbishop Wood’s final home stretch of Catholic League games, before the playoffs start. Pickron, Wood’s all-time leading scorer, and a 6’-4” combo guard, knocked in 21 points and grabbed 7 rebounds, while teammate Seth Pinkney had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks garnering MVP honors. Together, they kept pace, bringing Wood to a hard-fought win over Lincoln. “We are playing well at the right time,” said Pickron. “A lot of good stuff has happened here. I trusted the coaches and my family who supported me coming to Wood. And we won a Catholic League and state title, and now are winning heading into the playoffs. Being the all-time leading scorer here is pretty cool but we know there is a big Catholic League playoff season ahead and that is what I am concentrating on.” Pinkney was probably the difference-maker of the game. His blocks, rebounds, altered shots, and hustle helped put away a pesky Rail Splitter team. “He’s playing great. I am sure he will end up at a great college and I can see him playing in the pros one day,” said Pick- Seth Pinkney of Archbishop Wood (#15) lays up two points during game ron. action. Photo by Sarah J. Glover
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GREG WOOD, MARY MARTELLO, JENNIE EISENHOWER, ALEX KEIPER, AND IBRAHIM MIARI IN “THE HUMANS” AT WALNUT STREET THEATRE
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Award-winning ‘Humans’ makes Philly debut By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com If you need something to bring out the euphoric high of the Eagles winning the Super Bowl, you can take in an emotionally fraught family Thanksgiving with Stephen Karam’s Tony Award-winning play “The Humans,” at the Walnut Street Theatre through March 4. “The Humans” first debuted in 2014 in Chicago, opened off-Broadway in 2015 and moved to Broadway in 2016. The play went on to win multiple accolades, including the Drama Desk Award, the Drama League Award and the Tony Award for Best Play. The darkly comic drama unfolds in real
time on a single set as the Blake family travels from Pennsylvania to celebrate Thanksgiving with the daughter, Brigid, at her crumbling duplex in Lower Manhattan. It is here where financial problems, health issues, aging and family tensions come to a boiling point and threaten to derail the occasion. Jennie Eisenhower plays Aimee, Brigid’s openly gay sister, who is trying to keep the peace while dealing with her own personal abyss of problems. Eisenhower said “The Humans,” while entertaining, isn’t intended to be theatrical escapism. “I think this is a pretty challenging piece for Walnut audiences,” she said. “I think it was an interesting and important addition to
the seasons. It doesn’t offer escapism. It’s definitely a real slice-of-life piece. It’s very, very relevant and deals with a lot of the issues that are plaguing American culture and I think it can be hard and challenging for some audiences to see the mirror held up to themselves. But I think it’s very important and I think there are people who are moved by it and respond well to it. It’s an important piece for people to see.” Eisenhower added there are many heart-warming and funny moments woven throughout the story to occasionally brighten the mood. “If there wasn’t any humor, we’d all combust,” she said. “It’s actually a very funny play and it also explores a lot of topics that
are really hard. I think without the humor, it definitely wouldn’t have the appeal that it winds up having. I think it’s very true to how a modern American family relates. We all have things that are going on with ourselves but we all use humor and lightness to buoy ourselves out of that. That’s what the show does. And my character in particular is the family clown and tries to lighten the mood when things are tough.” Eisenhower said she was drawn to the character of Aimee because, despite the chaos going on in her life, she strives to be the peacemaker for this holiday gathering. “I love Aimee,” she said. “She’s going through a lot of differPAGE 22 ent things in her life.
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there. But overall, I think she’s the shining Every element in her life besides her family is star of the family in terms of her achievefalling apart. She’s lost her partner. She’s very ment.” sick and she’s also lost her job. Those three Like a lot of family gatherings, “The things combined would have a weaker person Humans” doesn’t necessarily leave things on on the floor in a pile. But she’s cracking jokes a warm and fuzzy or a resolute note, which and soothing her family members and really is something Eisenhower said is part of the participating in the evening in this amazing play’s appeal. She added it will certainly way. I just love people who use humor or are leave audiences with something to talk or able to see the light side of things. I really think about long after the curtain drops. relate to that. That’s the way that I deal with “The ending of this play is a controversial stuff. She’s a really special character.” Another aspect of Aimee’s story that Eisenhower appreciated was that she doesn’t fall into the expected dramatic turns of the lesbian character spending the holidays with her somewhat-dysfunctional family. “Yes, Aimee is a lesbian and that is brought to light early EISENHOWER AND KEIPER Photo: Mark Garvin in the piece, but it’s not really a factor in how they relate to her,” part of it and one of the things that is the most she said. “There’s no arguing about her being difficult for the audience,” she said. “It’s not gay. There are no negative comments about your standard comedy where there’s a nice it. The mother, in her own way, is trying to resolution. There’s an ambiguity to the end of be supportive and sympathetic to the fact that the piece and it leaves people sometimes conshe’s broken up with her partner. You really fused and sort of bewildered, and that is part see Aimee as this whole person who happens of the intent of the piece. People won’t leave to be a lesbian. That’s a very appealing thing feeling a resolution about who these people about the role. She’s not playing any stereo- are but, they will leave talking and arguing type and the focus of her journey isn’t on her about it. It really is a thought-provoking piece in that way. sexuality. That’s just a piece of her. “Aimee is the older sibling and she’s more “It’s so amazing when I’m leaving the theof the perfectionist and the achiever. She’s ater and I hear people in the elevator arguing the lawyer and she’s played things by the over whether the Blake family will be OK rules. Brigid is this composer and a little bit financially and relating to their own family more of the millennial sort of trope pursuing stuff. It’s an amazing piece. It’s called ‘The a particular lifestyle. She’s more at odds with Humans’ because of its universality and how her parents about cultural things and atti- much it taps into our modern humanity.” n tudes. She has more tension with the parents throughout the evening. Aimee’s parents are Walnut Street Theatre presents “The Humans” religious and Catholic and Aimee doesn’t at through March 4 on its Mainstage. For more inforall identify that way, so there’s some tension mation or tickets, call 215-574-3550 or visit www. HUMANS from page 21
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James Claiborne, finding the key to his art “We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.” — Jesse Owens, world-record-setting Olympian James Claiborne certainly seems to be living a dream - although, as he will admit, it’s far from any athletic field. As the programming manager at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Clairborne spends his time helping artists in Philadelphia and throughout the country shine their brightest. Shameless plug: He is extending that help to The Women’s Film Festival on March 19 with a special night of films at the museum. I spoke to the affable Claiborne while he was surrounded by some of the amazing artwork collected over the years at AAMP. If you haven’t been there lately, make your way over and stop in the first-floor gift shop for some really wonderful finds. PGN: Where do you hail from? JC: I’m a native Philadelphian. Born and raised in West Oak Lane and I’ve been living in Point Breeze for the last three or four years. I bought a house there in 2014. PGN: What was little Jimmy like? How would your mother describe you? JC: [Laughs] A lot like big James! I like to have fun. I like to laugh. I’m very drawn to creative things and art. I was never much interested in sports. I’m probably the only one in this town that didn’t get wrapped up in the Eagles Super Bowl drama. PGN: [Laughs] Super Bowl drama! Only you would call it that. JC: Yeah, and this is very much how I was as a child. I was more interested in painting and singing and drawing. I would rather be in my room with my crayons than out on a baseball field somewhere. PGN: It sounds like you’re an artistic fella. JC: Well, I had more of a personal practice as a child probably through my 20s, but now I focus more on my career as an art-maker by creating space for others, working with organizations and artists to create capacity for their work rather than my own personal practice. But it’s something that still burns within me. I miss singing. I miss drawing. I miss painting. But it’s all about finding the spark and the capacity and the energy and the drive to want to be back in that space, and I really haven’t had the time. But I do have a longing to express myself more personally through the arts, so maybe I’ll revisit it.
PGN: What was the one piece of art that you gave your mother that she displayed on the mantelpiece … or refrigerator? JC: That’s hard. I know I once made an angel out of a plastic cone with a cotton-ball head and it sat on top of our Christmas tree for years. It’s gone missing and I know she’s been trying to find it. She also really loves a lot of Asian art-Japanese-Chinese and so a few years back, I found a photo that I really liked and recreated the image. I used a Japanese style and drew it by hand as a gift for her. That was about 10 years ago and it still hangs in her house. PGN: Nice. Who was your best friend as a kid? JC: Leonard. He and I hung out a lot at my house and [at] his house, and he went to a lot of family reunions with us. He even traveled with us a little bit, so he was one of my best friends. One of my oldest friends is Rebecca B. We were drawn to each other in middle school. Years later, we found out that we both were gay and, through Facebook, we’ve reconnected and have started hanging out together again. That’s something really special to me.
PGN: That’s great [chuckling] - though I won’t write that your father taught you how to find studs. JC: [Loud laugh] Oh my gosh. No, don’t write that! PGN: Of course not. So where did you go to college? JC: I went to Drexel University and studied business administration. Very boring. I’m glad I escaped it but it comes in handy. PGN: What did you do when you graduated? JC: I’ve always been someone who worked. From the time I was in high school, I worked. I had a job at SmithKline and Beecham, which is now GlaxoSmithKline, during summers in high school. In college, I worked for a risk-management firm while attending school and then when I left Drexel, I worked for Blue Cross for a few years until I found my way into the arts-andculture scene. I spent seven years at the
PGN: Do you have siblings? JC: Yes. I have a sister and a nephew. Both my parents are still living and I have a host of cousins. And plenty of people who feel like family! PGN: And what did your parents do? JC: My mother was a homemaker and my father worked in the union for many years as a sprinkler- and pipe-fitter. He was involved with a lot of the buildings that are up throughout Philadelphia, designing the sprinkler systems that protect those buildings. PGN: That’s quite a feat. It was difficult for a black man to get into the unions back then. JC: I don’t know a lot about it but I’d imagine so. My dad was someone who worked really hard to provide for us. He still has the inclination to provide for and take care of us — to look after me and my sister and help us out. I had a closet system that fell down in my house not long ago and I didn’t know what to do with it, so it sat on the ground for a month. My dad found out and within a week, he was there with plywood and a hammer trying to show me how to anchor it into the wall and how to find the studs. He’s a very hands-on guy; he has the gift and knowledge for fixing things. I’m very grateful for all that he’s done and that he’s still here.
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance doing membership, advocacy and engagement work and that’s when I found my groove. The work since then has been really formative both for my career and for me as a person. PGN: What is your current job? JC: I’m the public programming manager at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. I look at our exhibition offerings and find ways to complement
them through events and programs, film series, conversations, panels, musical performances, receptions, etc. That’s my fulltime job but I like to keep my hands in a couple of different pots, so I also curate shows independently. I just curated a show at the August Wilson Center in Pittsburgh with scholar and photographer Dr. Deborah Willis. I’m excited to announce that show opened on Feb. 15 here at the museum. I also sit on a bunch of nonprofit boards [such as] Art Sanctuary, which is an organization invested in using black art as a tool to educate youth and build community. PGN: I just met the mother and daughter who run the Art Sanctuary at a Leeway event! They were both really lovely people. JC: They are great. I also sit on the board of The Philadelphia Cultural Fund, which of course is the conduit by which the city invests around $3 million to arts and culture groups across the city. PGN: [Laughing] I need to get to know you better! One thing I always appreciated about AAMP is how LGBT-affirming they’ve always been. Often the social world of the black community revolves around churches, which are not always as friendly as they could be, though it’s getting better. But AAMP has always been a welcoming place. JC: Yeah. AAMP has always been inclusive and accepting of all walks of life. As the programming manager here, I’m proud to be a continuation of that. Back in 2014, they did a show called “Legendary” that features photos of the ballroom scene that Gerard Gaskin had been chronicling for decades. I wasn’t here yet and I’d love to build a time machine so I could go back and be the program director for that! But I’m always looking for ideas and programs to continue that and foster that narrative. During our MLK celebration, we screened “Brother Outsider,” the documentary about gay activist Bayard Rustin, and had a really great discussion about his life and what it looks like through a contemporary lens. We’re showing “Looking for Langston” in March, which parallels the London nightclub scene with the Harlem Renaissance. So at PAGE 32
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Cherdonna Shinatra takes the stage at FringeArts By A.D. Amorosi PGN Contributor Jody Kuehner will take drag drama to new levels of socio-feminist change, audience interactivity and intimate personal recollection this month. The Seattle-based dancer/performance artist, who performs in drag as Cherdonna Shinatra, will bring her show “Clock that Mug or Dusted” to FringeArts Feb. 22-24. PGN: Considering your dance formalism, why do you do drag in the first place or use drag for a socially conscious performance-art manner? JK: Lou Henry Hoover and I have worked together in Seattle and the two of us are queer and played with ideas of queerness and gender-play expression in the studio. It came out organically and with research. But it wasn’t this big drag thing we focused on. We circled around it, which I believe is different than how most performers get to it these days. PGN: Because you were coming at it through a choreographic-arts sensibility. JK: Yes — and what an audience felt about her too and how the references touch them. I came at it from a research realm of contemporary dance and high aesthetics and how I would express my femininity. Figuring that out with this character has been pretty life-changing for me in how I express my own sexuality and gender. PGN: What change has been enacted? What is the most personal thing “Cherdonna” has given you? JK: When I started “Cherdonna,” I was more androgynous in my everyday life. I am queer and I believe it came out of a fear of femme invisibility. I actually had a stockpile of high heels in my house before doing drag but I was afraid of not being seen as queer if I wore them; that I wouldn’t be recognized as part of my community. Through “Cherdonna,” though, I can express my femininity. I can wear lipstick and heels. Eight or nine years of that has shifted and figured into my regular life, and now the closets shared between Jody and her blend easier. There’s not a hard line anymore and I am femme-presenting on a day-to-day basis. And I have “Cherdonna” to thank for that. PGN: “Cherdonna” has performed regularly with drag-queen superstar BenDeLaCreme (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”). What is your take on the democratization of drag — the mainstreaming? JK: I have a whole lot of feelings. I love that the phenomenon has made it viable that drag queens can go out and make money and that those who couldn’t find it in the past can do so now — especially
through social media. It has, however, created another empire for male domination. That gets me a little bit. I am insanely supportive of men or men-identifying people to find their femininity — but where is the return? Why is there less value in drag kings? Why are there few female-dominated queer bars? I believe that it is because of patriarchy. The benefits of that popularity are great. It just brings up another deficit for femme people.
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PGN: What does catching someone in the act have to do with the show’s storyline? JK: Because it exists in a moment-to-moment way and, playing with the audience, there is immediacy. We are clocking that. There is a risk to that. There are unknowns that are fun and scary because I do not always know when and if I will connect. I don’t move on in the work, however, until I am satisfied that I have connected. PGN: Why do you use Cris Williamson’s “Waterfall” as part of the soundtrack? JK: Just another touch of my past as a lesbian … I mean I heard her through my mom’s record collection. And my mom is straight and still with my dad but she has that queerness to her. There is nostalgia there as a child and as a queer person. PGN: There are drawing canvases and squirt-bottle paints and birthday cake. How much of this show connects to childhood or innocence? JK: [“Cherdonna”] is showing all of her emotions all of the time. There is a childishness to her. Plus that feels [like] something of a political choice. There is so much hiding that we have to do in the world. That is why audiences connect to this character; that they would do or say the things “Cherdonna” does if they only could. There is some sort of release in being able to do things that are not socially acceptable in real life. As adults, we are taught to not do that, but I have those materials on stage to conjure that feeling in an audience. It’s seen as something childlike, sure. But really it is all just human, an expression of whom we truly are, no matter what age. n For more information or tickets, visit fringearts.com/ event/clock-mug-dusted/.
Theater & Arts Brittney Cooper The author of “Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341. Design in Revolution: A 1960s Odyssey Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of pop art and psychedelia from the civilrights and anti-war movements through Sept. 9, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. The Humans Walnut Street Theatre presents the Tony Awardwinning new play about a family’s holiday turmoil through March 4, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550. Kevin Smith at Home Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition spanning five decades of the Rochester-based artist’s mixedmedia photographs, prints and books Feb. 17-July 8, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Les Ballet Jazz De Montreal NextMove Dance brings the best in international choreographers to the stage for a program highlighted by the Philadelphia premiere of “O Balcao de Amor” by Israeli choreographer Itzik Galili through Feb. 18 at Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St.; 267239-2941.
SO GLAD WE HAD THIS TIME TOGETHER: “The Carol Burnett Show” alum and actress Vicki Lawrence takes to the stage for an evening of hilarity both as herself and as her famous alter ego in “Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A TwoWoman Show” 8 p.m. Feb. 16 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave. For more information or tickets, call 215-5727650.
Marvel Universe Live! Comic-book characters come to life and spring into action Feb. 16-19 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543. Old Masters Now: Celebrating the Johnson Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of European art from the likes of Botticelli, Bosch, Titian, Rembrandt and Monet through Feb. 19, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100. Patricia Urquiola: Between Craft and Industry The work of acclaimed designer Urquiola, who creates cool, innovative objects for the home and office, is on display through March 4 at Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Ready Steady Yeti Go Azuka Theatre presents the worldpremiere drama about a romance that tries to bloom in the
aftermath of a hate crime Feb. 21-March 11 at Proscenium Theatre at The Drake, 302 S. Hicks St.; 215-563-1100.
sculptures and collages through April 18, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.
Really Funny Comedians (Who Happen to Be Women) Bust your gut laughing with a showcase of female comedians 8 p.m. Feb. 21 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-6066555.
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The Revolutionists Theatre Horizon presents a comedy about four badass women trying not to lose their heads in this irreverent, rebellious comedy set during the French Revolution through Feb. 25 at Theatre Horizon, 401 Dekalb St., Norristown; 610283-2230. Varujan Boghosian: Master Manipulator Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition featuring works by the artist and collector who scours antique shops and flea markets for materials to use in his imaginative
G3 2018 Virtuoso guitarists Joe Satriani, John Petrucci (of Dream Theater) and Phil Collen (of Def Leppard) perform 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215893-1999. Gin Blossoms The alternativerock band celebrates the 20th anniversary of its breakthrough album “New Miserable Experience” 8 p.m. Feb. 20 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. K. Michelle The R&B singer performs 8 p.m. Feb. 20 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215-6253681. Y&T The classic-rock band performs 8 p.m. Feb. 20 at Sellersville Theater 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215-2575808.
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Trans actress speaks on being ‘A Fantastic Woman’ By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor
STRIP STAKES: Things heat up in the kitchen when “Chefs: The Sizzling Kitchen Showdown” hits the stage featuring live athletic chefs cooking through a series of escalating culinary challenges — and when they lose, they lose their shirts, 8 p.m. Feb. 23 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave. For more information or tickets, call 215572-7650.
Nora En Pure The EMD producer and DJ performs 11 p.m. Feb. 23 at Coda, 1712 Walnut St.; 267-639-4630.
Nightlife Mimi Imfurst Presents Drag Diva Brunch Mimi Imfurst, Bev, Vinchelle, Sutton Fearce and special guests perform 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 17 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555. Spectre’s Speakeasy Goldi Fox, Maria Topcatt and Anita Manhattan perform in a roaring-’20sthemed drag show 7:30-11 p.m. Feb. 17 at Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215735-0735. Prevention Meets Fashion Condom Fashion Show Take part in an afternoon of music, fun, condom fashions created by local teens and dialogue about sexual health, STIs, HIV/AIDS and more, 3-7 p.m. Feb. 18 at Temple
University, 1515 Market St.; www. eventbrite.com/e/ prevention-meetsfashion-condomfashion-show-tickets -41322703318. Sister Bear Celebrate with a body-positive burlesque show 8 p.m. Feb. 21 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215-592-0656. Starmen Be a rebel at a burlesque glam-rock tribute to David Bowie 9 p.m.midnight Feb. 21 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.
Outta Town Mary J. Blige The R&B star performs Feb. 1617 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? The acclaimed drama starring Johnny Depp and Leonard DiCaprio is screened 1:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228. Gabrielle Stravelli & Billy Stritch The two singers perform songs from “The Great American Songbook,” 8 p.m. Feb. 17 at The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 888596-1027. Boyz II Men The R&B group performs 8 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. n
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Trans actress Daniela Vega gives a remarkable performance as Marina, a trans woman grappling with intolerance following the sudden death of her lover, Orlando (Francisco Reyes), in the Chilean drama “A Fantastic Woman.” The film opens Feb. 16 at Landmark Ritz Five Theater. As Marina meets Orlando’s family, they disrespect her and abuse her mentally, emotionally and physically. She also encounters impertinence from the police, who investigate her in regard to Orlando’s death. Yet, through these difficulties, Marina shows her strength, which is what makes “A Fantastic Woman” so affirming. The actress spoke with PGN via Skype about her Oscar-nominated film.
DV: The film tends to be fantastical in some moments, and I think that lends itself to be dreamlike in some places. But the film goes beyond those moments to be poetic as a whole. The film can’t be labeled in one way, so we are referring to it as a trans-genre film. PGN: There have been great strides for trans visibility both in film and TV but also in society at large. What observations do you have about how this film can improve visibility and acceptance?
PGN: Your performance is notable because it is mostly internal. As Marina, your expressions and body language convey so much emotion. Can you talk about how you portrayed Marina? DV: Marina is crafted based on three main pillars: One is dignity, one is rebelliousness and the last one is resilience. These vital characteristics create many emotional layers that make up the character. They are tied to the infinite questions the film raises — because the film raises questions. It does not provide answers. PGN: Do you feel pressure as a trans actress to “carry” this film, and represent the trans community? DV: No, I don’t feel like an activist. I’m just an artist, working, and what I do is move people through art. I’m an artist, not an activist. PGN: The film depicts the many micro- and macro-aggressions that Marina faces. Folks get her name wrong and treat her without dignity and kindness. What experiences from your life can you say relate to Marina’s encounters? DV: I have experienced violence like many people have. But in this interview, I only want to speak about the film, not my personal life. PGN: How did you work with writer/director Sebastián Lelio on the depiction of the trans character and issues? Were there things you needed to make him aware of? DV: More than anything, with Sebastián, the work we did together was to create a character that would connect with many people. Sebastián is an empathic and measured person. Those characteristics were why I trusted him. PGN: The film has you singing in your first and last scenes. I understand you are an accomplished opera singer. Can you talk about the performances and your fabulous dance sequence? I loved seeing you perform in the film. DV: Sebastián decided to put opera in the movie. I sing opera, and the arias chosen are related to the content of the film. I carry opera in my body. Dance is something I’ve never done before, so that was new. That dance scene was a fun, magical experience! PGN: What can you say about the mix of harsh realism and the magical realism in the film?
DV: The film is more than answering questions. It seeks questions. And some of those questions are what are we doing with our time here? What are we doing for new generations? Are we building a future for them, or leaving things in uncertain hands? Are we destroying it? Are we seeing more acceptance? That’s not for me to answer, but for the audience. PGN: I love the scenes of Marina punching bags or jumping on the car. Can you talk about her aggressive, empowered behavior? DV: Instead of reacting violently towards people, Marina takes it out on objects. This is something we should all do more of. Acts of violence toward people is damaging for the person inflicting it as well as the person receiving it. PGN: What scene or scenes were the most difficult for you? DV: Three scenes were physically and emotionally complex. First, when Marina [meets] Sonia, there is psychological violence. Second, when she is forced to be photographed by the doctor and has to take off her clothes. And third, when she is kidnapped and they put tape on her head because she is rejected. PGN: The film is fantastic. Your performance is fantastic. But in what ways are you, Daniela, “a fantastic woman”? DV: No, I am not a fantastic woman. I am a woman who works, and has dreams and fears like all others. Marina is a fantastic woman, and I am sure there are many other fantastic woman all around the world. n
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In 1996, Cheryl Dunye broke queer-cinema ground with “The Watermelon Woman.” She was the first out AfricanAmerican-lesbian filmmaker to direct — as well as write, edit and star in — a feature film. This scrappy little landmark of independent queer cinema, set and shot in Philadelphia, will screen at the Lightbox Film Center (formerly International House) 7 p.m. Feb. 21. The event is free with a reservation. Duyne stars as Cheryl, a video-store clerk and budding filmmaker, who is fascinated by the (fictional) African-American actress Fae “The Watermelon Woman” Richards (Lisa Marie Bronson) after seeing her play a mammy role in the 1930s film “Plantation Memories.” Cheryl starts a video-documentary project investigating Fae’s history because “black women’s stories have not been told.” In the process, she makes startling discoveries about Fae’s life, work and relationships — as well as her own. “The Watermelon Woman” is a fun and provocative episodic film. The loosely structured narrative creates multiple layers of meaning as Dunye incorporates photographs, archival-film footage, wedding and performance videos, on-the-street interviews (look fast for PGN’s Suzi Nash) and a film-within-a-film. She shoots on location throughout Philadelphia, setting scenes inside TLA video and the Free Library, as well as outside the Ritz Theater and the Philadelphia Museum of Art to create what Dunye calls “urban realism” in her film. (There is also an affectionate shout-out to queer bookstore Giovanni’s Room.) Other scenes are set in Bryn Mawr, Rittenhouse Square, South Philly, Swarthmore and Wynnewood. On screen, Dunye is ingratiating whether she’s talking in direct address to the camera, or dancing on a rooftop with the city
skyline in the background. Her camaraderie with her best friend Tamara (a scene-stealing Valaria Walker) is infectious. Dunye nicely depicts the way best friends behave, as when Tamara tries to set up Cheryl on blind dates, with little success. But she also shows how besties get on each other’s nerves: Cheryl’s obsession with her project splinters their friendship. Likewise, Cheryl’s relationship with Diana (Guinevere Turner), a white customer at the video store who becomes her lover, is also compelling. The women generate considerable sexual tension in their conversations and plenty of heat in the sex scenes. However, “The Watermelon Woman” is about more than just representing African-American lesbian experiences on screen. The film’s theme is history, both African-American and/or queer. In one sequence, Cheryl meets with Lee Edwards (Brian Freeman), a gay man who talks about the heyday of the black-owned and operated theaters in 1920s and ’30s Philadelphia: the Royal, the Dunbar and the Standard. She interviews out academic Camille Paglia, who offers an analysis of portrayals of race, gender and sexuality in culture. And in an amusing scene, Cheryl and her colleague Annie (Shelley Oliver) visit C . L . I . T. , the Center for Lesbian Information a n d Technology, where an archivist (out writer Sarah Schulman) effuses about the collection and admonishes Cheryl for filming the materials. The film also includes a notable sequence where Cheryl has an unpleasant encounter with the police, who erroneously think she
is both male and a thief. It may seem as if Dunye is cramming too many stories and visual styles into her film, but the various narratives and approaches connect and assemble. When Cheryl discovers that Fae had an interracial romance — back in an era when such relationships
were taboo — it mirrors her affair with Diana. Likewise, when Cheryl interviews her mother (played by her own mother, Irene) about Fae, she has little memory of “The Watermelon Woman.” In contrast, other interviewees can recall exact details that led Cheryl down another rabbit hole. Moreover, when a librarian (the late, great gay writer David Rakoff) is unhelpful providing materials on Fae, other sources contain a treasure trove of images and information. Dunye’s point, which comes across beautifully, is that sometimes we have to search deeper into our own history, and sometimes we have to create it ourselves. And sometimes — as is the case when Cheryl confronts a woman who denies Fae’s lesbianism — you have to scare folks with the truth. Dunye’s film is, as she says, ultimately about inspiration, hope and possibility. The filmmaker creates all three with “The Watermelon Woman.” Dunye has paved the way for positive African-American lesbian representation. Her film may be more than two decades old, but it is still significant and highly satisfying. Just as Cheryl looks to the past to understand her present, audiences should watch (or rewatch) “The Watermelon Woman” to look back at where we were and how far we — as well as Dunye and her cast — have come since her groundbreaking film. n
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Winter party dances for 25 years Miami Beach was a very different place 25 years ago. The LGBT community and LGBT visitors put Miami Beach on the international “must-see” map. Winter Party began in 1994 as a one-day event, the first Miami megadance party ever held on the beach. Over the years, the festival has grown and evolved into a weeklong extravaganza. Today, organizers say the festival celebrates the unique spirit of “chosen family” among the LGBT community from around the globe in an international destination. This year, Winter Party Festival is celebrating 25 years with events Feb. 28-March 6. Promoted as a “Party with a Purpose,” the National LGBTQ Task Force has produced the festival for the last 13 years, and it’s an important fundraiser for both the Task Force and the South Florida LGBT community. The Task Force donates a significant portion of the proceeds from Winter Party Festival each year to LGBT-advocacy and community groups in South Florida through a grant-making process administered by the GLBT Community Projects Fund at The Miami Foundation. In July 2017, the Task Force donated a record-breaking $300,000, for a grand total of $2.7 million given back since the Task Force took on the production of the Winter Party Festival. Make no mistake: This is a circuit party, so get ready to dance. Winter Party Festival is showcasing an international lineup of iconic DJs from the United States, Mexico, Canada and Spain for global appeal. In an effort to keep up with high production, Winter Party is moving its Saturday and Sunday-night dance parties to the James L. Knight Center. Both events will be produced in partnership with Masterbeat, a group that specializes in conceptualizing and producing theme events above the ordinary to provide fes-
tival attendees with a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The iconic Sunday dance party on the beach that started it all will remain. #WinterParty25 featured events: • The Art of Shaving Presents VIP Cocktail Reception — 7:30 p.m. March 1 at Nautilus South Beach • Ignite — 10 p.m. March 1 at Score Nightclub, featuring DJ J. Warren and circuit superstar Phil Romano • ArtScape — 7 p.m. March 2 at FIU CARTA in Miami Beach • HEAT – 10 p.m. March 2 at Club Space, featuring DJs Alain Jackinsky, Issac Escalante and Pablo Lopez • Under One Sun Pool Party — noon March 3 at the Kimpton Surfcomber, featuring DJ Joe Gauthreaux • Winter Party Festival Presents Masterbeat Toy Factory — 10 p.m. March 3 at the James L. Knight Center, featuring DJs Oscar Velazquez and Alex Acosta • The 25th Edition Beach Party — noon March 4 at Lummus Park, featuring sets from DJs Grind and ROSABEL for an extended eight-hour beach party • Winter Party Festival and Masterbeat Present Forever Adventure — 10 p.m. March 4 at the James L. Knight Center, featuring Forever Tel Aviv’s DJs Micky Friedman and the return of Sagi Kariv. For tickets and travel packages, visit winterparty.com/ events. The Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel is Winter Party Festival’s only official host hotel. Located in the heart of South Beach. If you need a break from the party scene, check out the nearby Loews, Ritz-Carlton or SLS hotels. n Jeff Guaracino is the author of “The Handbook of LGBT Tourism and Hospitality: A Guide for Business Practice.”
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locations outside Pennsylvania DELAWARE Rehoboth Beach • Canal Side Inn, 34 Sixth St. • Proud Bookstore, 149 Rehoboth Ave. • Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. • Shore Inn, 37239 Rehoboth Ave. • Wilmington • AIDS Delaware, 100 W. 10th St. • Crimson Moon, 1909 S. Sixth St. •
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Asbury Park • Georgie’s, 812 Fifth Ave. • Paradise, 101 Asbury Ave. • Atlantic City • Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, 1 Borgata Way • Oasis, 32 S. Tennessee Ave. • Ocean House, 127 S. Ocean Ave. • Rainbow Room, 30 S. Florida Ave.• Ritz Condo lobby, 2715 Boardwalk • South Jersey AIDS Alliance. 10 Gordon’s Alley • Bordentown • Shoppe 202, 202 Farnsworth Ave. • Brigantine • Laguna Grill, 1400 Ocean Ave. • Camden • Honor Box, PATCO Ferry Ave. Station • Cherry Hill • The Bagel Spot, 600 N. Kings Hwy. • Collingswood • Honor Box, PATCO Collingswood Station • Groove Ground, Haddon Ave. • Egg Harbour City • Red Barn Books, 1204 White Horse Pike • Egg Harbour Twp. • Atlanticare, 6550 Delilah Ave. • Galloway • Pride Alliance Stockton College, 101 Vera King Farris Dr. suite 240 • Gloucester City • Red Barn Books, 600 Rt. 130 South • Haddonfield • Honor Box, PATCO Haddonfield Station, PATCO Woodcrest Station • Hammonton Club Revolution, 19 N. Egg Harbor Rd. • Highland Park • Pride Center of NJ, 85 Raritan Ave. • Lambertville • Buck’s Ice Cream, 25 Bridge St. • St. Andrews Church, 50 York St. Lebanon • LGBT of Hunterdon Co., 126 Petticoat Lane • Lindenwold • Honor Box, PATCO Lindenwold Station East • Honor Box, PATCO Lindenwold Station West • Mountainside • Rivendell Media, 1248 Rt. 22 West • Oaklyn • Sacred Green Earth, 511 Whitehorse Pike • Princeton • LGBT Center, Princeton University, 246 First Campus Center • Vineland • J&J News, 729 N. Main St. • West Berlin • Red Barn Books, 597 Route 73 North • West Cape May • Gables of Cape May, 600 Park Blcd. • Westmont • Honor Box, PATCO Westmont Station •
NEW YORK Blooming Grove • Help Inc., 48 Sylvan Trail • New York City • Lesbian and Gay Services Center, 208 W. 13th St.
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AAMP, we want to explore a range of communities and experiences in black culture and being a black gay man myself, I know that there’s a need for programming that speaks to my peers and friends. We want everyone to see themselves reflected in what we do. For me, personally, I found solace in the church and it was important to me but it could only take me so far. I found that the arts picked me up and embraced me and allowed me to express the fullness of myself. PGN: What was a favorite performance you’ve attended? JC: Oh, I don’t know. I’m just always moved by artists and what folks can do with their minds and their bodies and their voices. The way that they interpret sound and connections or translate history, there’s something beautiful about it. I think the most moving thing that I’ve experienced recently was not one I produced. A very dear friend of mine, jazz-vocalist Laurin Talese, performed an incredible tribute to Nancy Wilson at the Kimmel Center. She did a version of “Someone To Watch Over Me” that was so beautiful. It made you feel loved and connected just listening to it. It made you grateful to be there and to be alive and communing with others experiencing the same moment. PGN: Speaking of moments, I remember that moment the first time I stepped into a gay bar, the feeling of coming home. What was your first community experience? JC: I remember being with my friend Tyrone and another friend from high school. We had just graduated 12th grade and we weren’t quite old enough to get into the clubs but we knew we wanted to be around gay folk, so we would come down to the Gayborhood and would walk around from 13th Street and Locust to Pine, back up around to Walnut. We’d sit on people’s stoops and go sit at what used to be Cosi but back then was X and O or Xando. We all pronounced it differently! I just remember being in that area with loving friends and feeling comfortable in a way that I hadn’t in other places in my life like church. Church was really important to me at the time and I experienced comfort there, but this was a different kind of comfort. This was being in a space that accepted you through and through, and I’ll never forget how beautiful that was to me. PGN: I’m guessing you’re old enough to go in the bars now. JC: Yeah. I’m still not a big club person but my friends would occasionally drag me out in Philly or D.C. to party. I have memories of being in clubs with the music throbbing, though I don’t dance, which can be challenging. There’s an assumption that if you’re in a club and just sitting or standing against the wall
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that you’re not enjoying yourself, but I always was like, Leave the wall flowers alone! Some of us get life just enjoying the vibe! I was always amazed by the pulsing room full of people who were just like me. Those moments of community make you resilient in other places where you’re not so accepted. PGN: First crush? JC: It was a guy I met at Bible camp. I think I was 14. Back then, there were no cellphones or pagers, so I would call him from the payphone at my church. I don’t think I was even fully acknowledging what I was feeling. I just knew I liked to talk to him. Later I found out he was gay, but I had no idea about either of us at the time. PGN: Do you collect anything? JC: I do! Art! [Laughing] It’s like my Jesus. You can’t go wrong with it. PGN: What’s the farthest you’ve traveled? JC: I would say Japan. I travel quite a lot. I was in Paris last year but my favorite trip was the most recent. I was in Havana, Cuba, for my birthday. It was stunning. The best thing was the ability to disconnect. Using your phone is ridiculously expensive, so you rely on making personal connections that we usually don’t anymore. There was no Google Maps. You needed to talk to people and meet people to find your way around. It culminated in a party with my best friends that had come down with me and new friends that I met along the way, all cooking me a birthday dinner in the house we were renting. How special was that? PGN: What was your best dance as a kid? The Running Man? The Worm? JC: I cannot dance! There’s a reason I’m a wallflower. If I get a drink or two in me, I may move my feet a little, but I certainly cannot do any kind of style or choreographed dance. I get on the floor and something just freezes my joints! PGN: What’s your worst fashion faux pas? JC: I don’t think I believe in fashion faux pas. They only exist because people allow them to. PGN: [Laughing] I don’t know, I think I’ve had a few! How about a favorite piece of clothing? JC: I love jewelry. I like to be adorned! I used to work at Visit Philadelphia and when I left, they gave me one of those “love letters from Philadelphia.” It said something like, “James, you’re a man of many hats … and rings … and scarves … Thanks for making me look good. Love, Philadelphia!” It was great. n For more information on the African American Museum in Philadelphia, visit www. aampmuseum.org. To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol.com.
Q Puzzle Don’t Cuss, Call Gus Across
1. “The Death of Friends” author Michael 5. The A in GLARP (abbr.) 9. Fairy story figure 14. How far up it goes (abbr.) 15. Syngman of Korea 16. Dykes on Bikes member, e.g. 17. “Hairspray” handle 18. Bamako’s country 19. With a wideopen mouth 20. Gus Kenworthy displayed this in a Head & Shoulders commercial 23. “The Simpsons” bartender 24. Hard top? 25. Kind of key, for Jerry Herman 27. Town in da Vinci’s land 30. “The Music Man” composer Willson 33. Tammy Faye’s old club
34. Wood that doesn’t need moth balls 36. Tonto’s erection 37. “Pretty in Pink” setting 39. Almodovar’s mister 41. Practice hitting a shirtless man 42. One of Caesar’s stones 44. Dead duck 46. Fruit sugar ending 47. Female impersonator’s pencil application 49. Sex toys, for some 51. The S of WASP 52. Mauna ___ 53. What thespians do with each other 55. Kenworthy is often called this for being vocal about LGBTQ issues 61. Feature of Langston Hughes’ work 63. Sitarist Shankar 64. Nuts 65. Whoopi in “The Color Purple” 66. Ghostbusters
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1. Not even once, to Dickinson 2. Alan of “And the Band Played On” 3. Part of Caesar’s boast 4. Ahead, in da Vinci’s land 5. Powder rooms? 6. Peggy of WOW Cafe 7. Word with gratification or abuse 8. “Hairspray” coproducer with Craig Zadan 9. Cop show about catching some queens? 10. Sham locks 11. First openly gay man to qualify for the Winter Olympics 12. Car that used to be yours 13. Like love, for some
21. Fruit of Peter Pears? 22. k.d. lang’s “The ___ That I Breathe” 26. Sapphic poetry 27. Big name in computers 28. Be unfaithful to your lover 29. One of Kenworthy’s event 30. Bruce Wayne kept his Dick in one 31. Style Tracy Turnblad’s hair 32. Toast opener 35. De Rossi’s wife 38. Kunis of “Black Swan” 40. Dealing with an invitation 43. “___ Going on Seventeen”
45. P’s for Socrates 48. Drama in the land of Samurai 50. YouTube personality Tyler 53. Curve and others 54. Guitarist Atkins 56. “Do What U Want” Lady 57. Shakespeare could have bathed in it 58. Skye on screens 59. Supply-anddemand subj. 60. Diana, who was once a Supreme being? 62. To me, to Hirschfeld
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