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Family Portrait: Tia Sharpe has the power to survive PAGE 25

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Suicide-prevention network seeking LGBT data

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Krasner supports transparency in Morris case

Police: Inmate who killed three gay men dead of suicide

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By Adriana Fraser adriana@epgn.com State police confirmed the death of the murderer of three gay men as a suicide after he was found unresponsive in his cell at a state-corrections facility in Frackville June 15. Trooper David Beohm, a state police spokesperson, confirmed the suicide of Arnold Mulholland to PGN following an investigation. “The death was ruled a suicide. We investigate all our incidents thoroughly. In doing so, we are assured that we have the right conclusion,” Beohm said. He declined to disclose how Mulholland killed himself. Mulholland was serving three consecutive life sentences at SCI Mahanoy State Correctional Institution. He pled guilty to first-degree murder in 1990 in the killings of Tracy Griffin, Alexander Munchweiler and David Johnson. Mulholland claimed he killed his first victim, Griffin, because Griffin raped his then-girlfriend. The girlfriend denied any rape in her statement to police, telling them instead that Mulholland killed Griffin. PGN reported in May 1989 that Mulholland was arrested the same month as a suspect in Griffin’s murder. He was subsequently charged with murder, robbery, theft, receiving stolen property and possession of instruments of crime. He then was suspected of being connected to the murders of the two other men. PAGE 9

Radical lesbian feminists plan to take over the world using queer pornography in “The Misandrists” PAGE 22

PENCE-IVE PROTESTERS: Members of the LGBT community, including several flag-bearers from Whosoever MCC, gathered with nearly 1,000 people rallying in protest of Vice President Pence’s appearance at a fundraiser June 20 at Rittenhouse Square. A number of Latinx speakers derided the administration’s program of separating immigrant children from their families during the hourslong event that included musicians, organized and spontaneous chants and a march around Rittenhouse Square. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Catholic agency seeks injunction in LGBT foster-care dispute By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Attorneys for Catholic Social Services urged a federal judge this week to issue a preliminary injunction that would halt the city’s freeze on foster-child referrals to CSS that went into effect March 15, because CSS won’t accept same-sex couples as foster parents. On June 18 and 19, U.S. District Judge Petrese B. Tucker heard a total of eight hours of testimony about the dispute. CSS attorneys insist “needy children and foster parents across Philadelphia” would suffer “irreparable harm” if Tucker doesn’t issue an injunction. More testimony was scheduled for June 21. The city has about 6,000 foster-care children in its custody and contracts with 30 agencies to provide foster services. CSS provides services for 107 children. In May, CSS filed suit against the city, alleging state and federal violations of

CSS’ free-speech and religious-freedom rights. On June 7, CSS requested a preliminary injunction to halt the city’s referral freeze. CSS is represented by Becket, a D.C.-based law firm specializing in religious-freedom cases. On June 19, during a preliminary-injunction hearing, CSS Secretary James Amato testified that the agency would will end its foster-care program within the next several months if the city’s referral freeze isn’t lifted. He said about a dozen CSS workers will lose their jobs. He emphasized that CSS cannot accept same-sex couples as foster parents because of CSS’ religious beliefs regarding marriage. He also said city officials expressed disagreement with those beliefs when they discussed the foster-care dispute with him. For the period of July 1, 2017, to April 30, 2018, the city paid CSS $1.68 million for providing foster-care services, according to city records. But Amato said CSS subsidized the program PAGE 15 to the tune of $3.8

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner met with trans attorney Julie Chovanes for an hour last week and expressed support for transparency in the Nizah Morris homicide case. PGN was present during the meeting, which was mainly off the record. Chovanes, executive director of Trans Help Inc., filed a state Right-to-Know Law request in April for all Morris records at the District Attorney’s Office. The law allows citizens to request public records from agencies. “So far, I am extremely encouraged by District Attorney Krasner’s approach,” Chovanes told PGN after the meeting. “He has shown an excellent grasp of the issues involved. He’s also acknowledged a need to recognize the victim’s family’s — and the public’s — right to know all we can about this horrific incident.” Morris was a transgender woman found by a passerby with a fatal head wound 15 years ago, shortly after the victim received a “courtesy ride” from Philadelphia police. Her homicide remains unsolved. After the June 13 meeting, Ben Waxman, a spokesperson for Krasner, said: “We are committed to achieving justice for all victims and NIZAH MORRIS hope to be as transparent as possible in this case. Beyond that, we don’t have any public comment at this time.” Babette Josephs, chair of the Justice for Nizah (J4N) committee and a longtime Pennsylvania state representative, didn’t attend the meeting, but praised Krasner for supporting transparency. “Larry Krasner has always shown himself to be a man of integrity,” said Josephs. “I’m not surprised he’s expressing support for transparency in the Morris case. Nizah’s family and friends — along with the general public — deserve to know what happened to her. If Mr. Krasner can help bring us closer to that goal, we should all be grateful.” The full extent of the D.A.’s holdings in the Morris case remains publicly unknown. It also remains to be seen whether Krasner will decide to release all Morris records given the existence of statutes limiting public access to records relating to a criminal investigation. The incident took place during the PAGE 9

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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

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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

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Gov. Wolf vows to veto proposed anti-LGBT legislation By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epn.com Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has vowed to veto a Republican-sponsored bill pending in the state legislature that could nullify numerous LGBT-inclusive ordinances. “Gov. Wolf would veto this bill because it would roll back years of progress in protecting LGBTQ Pennsylvanians, women and workers,” said Wolf spokesperson J.J. Abbott in a June 15 email about H.B. 861. “Pennsylvania should be expanding nondiscrimination protections to every citizen, not destroying the hard work to make our commonwealth more fair and equitable.” H.B. 861, which is pending in the state House of Representatives Labor & Industry Committee, seeks to prevent local municipalities from enacting ordinances that regulate terms and conditions of employment within businesses located in their respective areas. The bill addresses only those ordinances enacted by municipalities after Jan. 1, 2015. The Labor & Industry Committee held an informational hearing on the bill June 13. State Rep. Maria P. Donatucci (D-Philadelphia), a member of the committee, said in a statement that in Philadelphia, the nondiscrimination ordinance is grandfathered and would remain in effect, even if the state bill passes. But, she noted, “any nondiscrimination ordinance across the state enacted after January 2015 would be null

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and void. It would eliminate Philadelphia’s sick-leave law, as well as prevent any local labor laws and the banning of questions on employment applications regarding job [and salary] history for women. This is a very slippery slope.” A spokesperson for state Rep. Seth M. Grove, a Republican representing parts of Erie County who introduced the legislation, declined to comment for this story. Adrian Shanker, executive director of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, blasted H.B. 861. “We should allow municipalities to pass the laws that are needed to protect LGBT people from discrimination,” Shanker told PGN. Marianne Bellesorte, vice president for advocacy at Pathways PA, which fights for lower-income people, said local control belongs in the hands of local government. “H.B. 861 would overturn more than 40 local laws across the state, including nondiscrimination ordinances, pay equity and paid sick- and safe-days laws that have been in effect for up to three years,” Bellesorte said in a June 14 email. “Additionally, this law would stop more municipalities from passing their own nondiscrimination laws in the future.” The current legislative session ends June 30 and sources said H.B. 861 is not expected to be released from committee before then. n

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ROLLING WITH PRIDE: Jimmi Shrode (left) and April Murdock were among the LGBT representatives attending Disability Pride June 16 in the City Hall courtyard. The event began at the National Constitution Center, followed by a parade along Market Street to City Hall. Shrode emceed the festival from the courtyard stage and Murdock shared her experiences as a recently disabled transgender woman. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Mombian columnist Dana Rudolph offers an alphabet of Pride, and it’s not the LGBTQ that you’re thinking of.

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RIDING WITH PRIDE: South Street newcomer Revel Ride spun into action during Pride month with weekend spin classes created to raise money for local LGBT nonprofits. Revel Ride donates 50 percent of all money raised through the rides and Pride apparel sales. Over the weekend of June 16-17, participants raised about $1,150 for Mazzoni Center. To sign up for the final Pride Ride on June 30 or to purchase Pride items, go to revel-ride.com/pride. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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Suicide-prevention workshop stresses need for LGBT data By Adriana Fraser adriana@epgn.com Mazzoni Center hosted a “More Than Sad” workshop to address the increasingly urgent need for LGBTQ-specific data to be collected and included in suicide-prevention research. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2016 that suicide is the 10th-leading cause of death in the United States and one of three leading causes on the rise. The CDC also reported the same year that LGBTQ youth were almost five times as likely to have attempted suicide compared with heterosexual youth. The three-hour workshop was open to the public and sponsored by the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention to increase teachers’ and parents’ knowledge and understanding of suicidal behavior in young people. Tia Sharpe, LGBTQ outreach coordinator at the AFSP, cited an immediate need for LGBTQ-specific programming within the agency. “Data isn’t being collected that is specific to gender-identity sexual orientation when it comes to suicide-prevention research,” Sharpe said. “Current suicide and prevention trainings aren’t focusing enough on the gender spectrum and the sexual-orientation spectrum. There’s not even a mention of the nonbinary community. That’s a very high-risk population within the community and we need more prevention education for trans and gen-

der-nonconforming people.” Shelly Leaphart-Williams, training coordinator and speaker for the AFSP, said that the agency training is more general and that it is expanding its research on suicide prevention. “The current training materials are generalized and not very specific to every identity. In the last year, the foundation has conducted more research to update the material to be more reflective of today’s youth,” Leaphart-Williams said. “There is a delay in research because there are so many populations that need to be accounted for. We’re working to collect data from more specific populations so that our prevention methods are more accurate.” Mazzoni Center education director Elizabeth Khan said that collecting more data from LGBTQ youth could save more lives. “This content is extremely important. It would be even more helpful if the information was more intentional with addressing LGBTQ youth experiences with suicide and suicide attempts,” she said. “The research should be more inclusive to the community because it paints a bigger, more nuanced picture of why these young people have suicidal thoughts and ideation.” The workshop is an extension of Mazzoni Center’s annual Trans Wellness Conference, taking place Aug. 2-4. The training is focused on risk factors for teen suicide, including mental-health conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder and eating disorders, among others. n

Wednesday, June 27 | 6:00 p.m. Mark the anniversary of this symbol of LGBTQ pride, created by Gilbert Baker and collaborators in 1978. Hear remarks by Office of LGBT Affairs executive director Amber Hikes and curator Michelle Millar Fisher, witness a flag-raising ceremony accompanied by Philadelphia Voices of Pride, and get creative at our art-making stations.

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News Briefing Equality exhibit at Liberty Bell Center The William Way LGBT Community Center is bringing back a popular exhibit series on equality at the Liberty Bell Center through Labor Day. The “Speaking Out For Equality” was designed as a scaled-down traveling exhibit. Its focus is the connection between the Liberty Bell at Independence Hall and the Annual Reminder demonstrations held at the site by gay and lesbian activists every July 4 between 1965 and 1969. After Labor

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Day, the exhibit will be available for travel to other venues around the country. A supplemental online exhibit called “Speaking Out For Equality: Gay Rights and Courts” includes defining social issues and court cases that have affected the pursuit of LGBTQ rights in the Unites States. John Anderies, director of William Way’s archives, said that these are important additions to American history. “William Way has been collecting LGBT history for years and having them on display at the Liberty Bell cements our history within in this country.”

The event is open to all members of the LGBT community, as well as family, friends and organizations. Billy Bean, Major League Baseball’s first ambassador for inclusion, said in a statement that the sport is leading the way in being more inclusive for all. “We have such a great buy-in with the message of inclusion and acceptance around the league,” Bean said. “I couldn’t be prouder of baseball — we’re really leading the way.” The Phillies are one of 22 baseball teams hosting Pride-themed games this month.

Third annual Phillies Pride night

Screening of rare gay silent film

The Phillies celebrate Pride with the third annual Pride Night celebration at Citizens Bank Park June 28 at exactly 7:05 p.m. as the Phillies host the Washington Nationals.

qFLIX Philadelphia will screen the silent film “Different From the Others” June 30, 4:00p.m. at Greek Hall in Macy’s Center City. “Different From the Others” is a short

film made in 1919 in Germany and is considered one of the first gay-themed films in the history of cinema. The screening will also feature curated LGBTQ selections from the International Youth Silent Film Festival. Admission is $10. In 1919, director Richard Oswald and gay activist psychologist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld created the film to expose Paragraph 175 of Germany’s penal code sentencing thousands of accused German homosexual men to jail terms for “unnatural vice between men.” Paragraph 175 was enacted in 1871. Morgan Norris, a frequent fan of qFlix Philadelphia screenings, said that this will be the first time she’s seen an LGBT film. “I had no idea there were gay silent films. We get to witness a piece of LGBT history that not many people know about while seeing how cinema has changed in the last century.” n — compiled by Adriana Fraser

LGBTQ families celebrate Pride with new arts festival By Adriana Fraser adriana@epgn.com Philadelphia Family Pride is expanding its annual Pride celebration from a small picnic to a large-scale arts festival in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs and the Mt. Airy Art Garage. This year’s celebration will be held June 23 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the newly renovated Lovett Library Park. Evan Thornburg, deputy director for the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs, presented the idea to Philadelphia Family Pride. “I’ve known about the picnic for years and knew that we could help it to be a bigger celebration,” Thornburg said. “I grew up in a two-dad household and for a long time, I thought that we were the only queer family around. We need more spaces to celebrate LGBTQ families so that they can see themselves reflected within the community.” Stephanie Haynes, executive director of Philadelphia Family Pride, said the festival is expected to be the organization’s largest event of the year. “The Mayor’s Office has fully supported what we do and encouraged us to make it a bigger celebration. This is the first time that we’re collaborating with so many other organizations in the community to spotlight LGBTQ families,” Haynes said. “Our past picnics had up to 50 attendees, and this year we’re expecting a much-larger turnout thanks to our collaborative efforts.” Philadelphia Family Pride is a community for LGBTQ prospective parents and families to engage in social events, educa-

tion and advocacy. Every year, the organization hosts a picnic during Pride month in celebration of LGBTQ families. This year, the picnic will include art exhibits, crafts, live music, food trucks and family-specific entertainment such as face-painting, balloon animals and a juggling performance. Mayor Jim Kenney and members of City Council will deliver speeches to open the event. The festival will also feature resource tables hosted by eight other LGBTQ organizations: William Way LGBT Community Center, 50 Shades of Purple Against Bullying, PFLAG, ACLU Pennsylvania, Human Rights Campaign, Sister Space, LGBT Elder Initiative and Action Wellness. The Mt. Airy Art Garage, a community art center, is providing the music and art. Artists will display and sell a wide range of work including fine art, photography, handmade soaps, hand-blown glass and woodwork. Nearly half of the artists participating identify as LGBTQ. The Anna Crusis Choir and Jan Jeffries’ drumming group Music Over Matter will perform live. Linda Slodki, president and cofounder of Mt. Airy Art Garage, said that the festival is unlike any celebration Mt. Airy has ever seen. “Mt. Airy has a large queer-family population and we have yet to have something of this magnitude for LGBTQ families in the area,” Slodki said. “We’re welcoming all to come to this festival to see that queer families are just like every other family type. We also want to provide a platform for the LGBTQ artists within our community as well.” n

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An alphabet of Pride Pride Month is 30 days long, but the our truths, or to take steps towards being energy and inspiration we gain from it can able to do so. last all year. Here, then, are some of the Patience: A virtue, yes, and a vital ingredient of raising children as well things I hope we LGBTQ parents as achieving other goals. It can all experience during this season of rainbows to sustain us should not be confused with simin times to come. ply waiting for things to happen; Advocacy: Pride started as however, sometimes patience a protest, so let’s make sure to means being willing to take capture some of that spirit again. repeated action. Whether it’s carrying a sign in Queerness: Yes, some of us a parade, calling an elected offimay have moved to the suburbs cial or collecting signatures for and put up the picket fence, but a cause, let’s advocate for ourlet us not forget the counter-culselves and our children. ture overtones of “queer.” Let’s Bravery: Because being ourremember it’s OK to march selves takes courage every day. to our own drummers at least Community: Pride is rooted Dana Rudolph once in a while. Being accepted in community, in people coming doesn’t always mean fitting in. together over a common cause Resourcefulness: As LGBTQ because they care about each other. Our parents, we have long found ways to be LGBTQ community also overlaps with other resourceful — protecting our families with communities of which we are part and which what legal ties we could, say, or by writing nourish other parts of us. Let us be thankful our own books that show families like ours. for all of them. May that spirit continue to inform us. Dancing: Even if it’s by yourself. Feel the Sunshine: Because no one likes a rainy music, literal or figurative, and let it move you. parade — but if we get one, may we find Emotion: Pride is both event and emotion. sunshine in our hearts. Let us not forget to feel it, no matter how Transformation: Whether it be coming else we celebrate. out, transitioning, finding a new job or starting Friends: Community is grand, but it is the a new relationship, life is an ever-changing closer bonds of friendship that help knit it series of metamorphoses. May we allow ourtogether. selves to change and be sympathetic to others Glitter: Not everything needs to have a who are changing or struggling to do so. reason. Sometimes it’s enough just to sparkle. Understanding: May we have it for others History: Yes, we have a whole separate even as we help them understand who we are. month dedicated to LGBTQ history, but Victory: Over the laundry, over our kids’ there’s no reason to confine the recognition bedtimes or over bias and political challenges. of our past to October. Pride has its origins May we also remember that victory doesn’t in a specific historic event and the movement always mean someone else has to lose. around it. That’s worth knowing and celeWonder: Sometimes it pays just to step brating even as we head into the future. back and marvel: at our children, our signifIntersectionality: All our identities are plu- icant others or the progress our community ral. Let us honor the ways in which they inter- has made over the past decades — despite sect and blend to make each of us who we are. recent setbacks. Joy: May we all find joy in our families, eXcitement: (Cut me some slack here. It our friends and the communities of which was either this or Xylophones.) Pride should we are part. be exciting. Life should be exciting. Not Kids: May we engage our children in the every moment, perhaps (see above under delight of Pride, whether this means taking “N”), but enough to give us that spark to them to a march, explaining why we celekeep going. brate, or (if they are too young for that), fesYouth: Regardless of the age of our own tooning their strollers with rainbows. kids, may we take pride in the awesomeness Learning: Let us use the occasion to learn of today’s LGBTQ youth and youth with something new about an aspect of our comLGBTQ parents. Many are out and proud munity, the history of Pride, or about another about themselves and their families in ways person in our lives. we adults could only dream of. And many Meaning: Pride has many meanings. are standing up and speaking out on causes Unchecked, it can lead to hubris; harnessed, from LGBTQ equality to gun control. I think it may give a person needed self-confidence. the future is in good hands. We may feel pride in ourselves, our chilZeal: May we seize the day, the month dren, our community or others. Whatever its and the whole year. May our enthusiasm for meaning for us, may we also acknowledge our families propel us into new and joyous the meanings it may have for others and the discoveries. things in which they take pride. Wherever and however you celebrate Naps: All this celebration can be tirPride, may it be a happy and moving one for ing. Let us give ourselves time to rest and you and your family. n recharge too. (And may those of us with Dana Rudolph is the founder and publisher of Mombian young children get them to sleep when they (mombian.com), a GLAAD Media Award-winning blog should.) and resource directory for LGBTQ parents. Openness: May Pride inspire us to live

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early-morning hours of Dec. 22, 2002, outside Key West Bar, where Morris had been attending a Christmas party. Morris was intoxicated and a 911 call was placed on her behalf. Officers Elizabeth Skala and Kenneth Novak were dispatched to investigate. Skala arrived at the location first and offered to take Morris home. However, Morris lived at 50th and Walnut streets in West Philadelphia and Skala never transported her there. Instead, Skala transported Morris about three blocks — to the area of 15th and Walnut streets, the officer told investigators. Unanswered questions about the Morris case linger, including why Skala didn’t transport Morris all the way to her West Philadelphia residence, Novak’s whereabouts during the “courtesy ride” and why neither officer responded to Morris at 16th and Walnut streets — where she was discovered by a passerby lying unconscious after a head injury.

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Computer-Aided Dispatch Record Nizah Morris Courtesy-Ride Incident

MULHOLLAND from page 1

Mulholland’s girlfriend testified against him during a preliminary hearing in 1989. A police investigation revealed that Mulholland was known to frequent a popular male-hustler hangout. The girlfriend said he promised gay men sex for $20 and that, after being invited into their homes, he would rob and kill them. In his state-

At 3:09 a.m. on Dec. 22, 2002, the Nizah Morris courtesy-ride incident begins outside the old Key West Bar, located at Chancellor and South Juniper Streets.

At 3:14 a.m., Ofﬁcer Elizabeth Skala (Car 64) informs a dispatcher there’s a drunk female (“DK FEMALE”). Ofﬁcer Skala also tells a dispatcher to place paramedics back into service for future assignments. (“RESCUE RESUMED”)

At 3:30 a.m. the Morris courtesy-ride assignment is “preempted” for reasons never publicly disclosed. (“PREEMPT”)

At 4:03 a.m., the courtesy-ride incident is cleared by Ofﬁcer Skala as unfounded. (“UNF”) Unfounded codes are reserved for incidents that are “groundless” and don’t require any police action. Authorities have never explained why the incident was given an unfounded code.

Morris dispatch record never explained Over the years, local authorities have released numerous Morris documents in a piecemeal manner. Some raise more questions than they answer. One such document is a computer-aided dispatch record for the courtesy-ride incident. The CAD record document transmissions over the city’s 911 system between a 911 caller, a dispatcher and Novak (Car 68) and Skala (Car 64). A 3:09 a.m. entry documents the initial 911 call regarding a female “[down] on the [highway] [possibly] on drugs.” “RER” stands for rescue en route, meaning paramedics have been dispatched. The 3:10 entry documents the time Novak and Skala were dispatched to investigate the situation. The next two entries document that the officers accepted their assignments. The 3:13 entry documents that Skala arrived at Key West and found a “DK” female. “DK” is police jargon for a drunk person. Skala also informs the dispatcher that medics can be “resumed,” meaning they weren’t needed to assess Morris’ condition. At 3:16, Novak informs the dispatcher that he’s back “IN-SERVICE,” meaning he’s resuming his normal patrol duties. At 3:30 a.m., the 911 call is preempted, as documented by a “PREEMPT” code. Local authorities haven’t explained what caused the 911 call to be preempted. At 3:32, the call is placed on hold, as documented by the “HELD” code. At 4:02, Skala is placed

back on the call and at 4:03 a.m., she closes 2006. She had no explanation for the the call as unfounded (“UNF”). “PREEMPT,” “HELD” and “UNF” codes. Based on 911 recordings obtained by According to a hearing transcript, when PGN, when Skala closed the initial 911 then-PAC Commissioner Adam J. Rodgers call at 4:03 a.m., it was 38 minutes after asked Skala: “Can you explain what prea passerby placed empt means?” another 911 call on If left unchallenged, Skala replied: “I Morris’ behalf at have no idea.” 16th and Walnut, Fletman’s ruling is the first On May 24, PGN where Morris was judicial declaration that the asked the police lying unconscious department’s pubwith a bleeding D.A.’s Office has nine pages lic-affairs office for head wound. an explanation of of 911 recordings relatUnfounded codes the unfounded disare reserved for ing to the Morris incident, position code on calls where there which she characterized as the Morris dispatch are no grounds for record. A spokesa responding officer a “murder.” person told PGN to to take any action. submit the request Police directives state that an unfounded to the city Law Department, which didn’t code is reserved for “[a] report of a criminal respond as of presstime. offense or a complaint or incident, which upon an initial inquiry by the responding Judge rules D.A.’s Office has Morris officer(s), proves to be totally groundless in 911 recordings that no evidence, complaint, or witness(es) Common Pleas Judge Abbe F. Fletman exists to reasonably believe that a criminal offense was attempted or had occurred or a last week reversed a 2017 determination complaint or incident exists. An assignment by the state Office of Open Records that is never ‘unfounded’ when the responding the D.A.’s Office doesn’t have any Morris officer(s) takes police action at a particular 911 recordings in its “possession, custody or control.” Fletman said the D.A.’s location.” Skala was shown a copy of the dispatch Office actually has a nine-page transcript record when she publicly testified before the of Morris 911 recordings provided to the Police Advisory Commission in December office by PGN in 2009.

If left unchallenged, Fletman’s ruling is the first judicial declaration that the D.A.’s Office has nine pages of 911 recordings relating to the Morris incident, which she characterized as a “murder.” PGN created the transcript from cassette tapes given to the paper by a private citizen shortly after Morris died. But several key 911 transmissions appear to be missing from the tapes. In 2008, PGN gave a copy of the transcript to the city Law Department to help reconstitute the police department’s Morris homicide file, which was lost in 2003. In an 11-page opinion, Fletman noted that Assistant District Attorney Douglas M. Weck Jr. swore in an attestation that the D.A.’s Office doesn’t have any Morris 911 records in its possession, custody or control. Weck’s attestation resulted in the state Office of Open Records committing an error in 2017 by determining the non-existence of Morris 911 recordings at the D.A.’s Office, Fletman ruled. But Fletman said the D.A.’s Office wasn’t required to provide a copy of the transcript to PGN because the paper’s open-records request is limited in scope to 911 recordings the D.A.’s Office received from police. She also said the paper shouldn’t file additional requests for Morris 911 recordings at the D.A.’s Office, noting that it already filed four such requests since 2006. n

ment to police in 1989, Mulholland described gays as “sick.” Mulholland was charged in June 1989 with murdering Munchweiler and Johnson. Officer Nanette Kober described Munchweiler’s home to PGN after responding to the paramedic’s call when his body was found: “The apartment was completely disheveled. There was blood all over

without the possibility of parole. “We decided not to risk the death penalty and decided to negotiate a plea for life,” De Marco told PGN when Mulholland was sentenced. Griffin, Munchweiler and Johnson were among eight gay men who were murdered in Philadelphia in the spring and summer of 1989. n

the floor and a body of a white male lying face up with a pair of scissors protruding from his chest.” PGN reported in 1990 that the guilty plea was the result of negations between then-Assistant District Attorney Barber Christie and Perry De Marco, Mulholland’s attorney. Mulholland was subsequently handed three life sentences

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D’Anne Witkowski

Jeff Amyx

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The suicide epidemic Suicide in the United States is on the rise — in some states, exponentially. Nationwide, suicide rates have risen by 25 percent from 1999 to 2016, according to a report from the CDC this month. In Pennsylvania, suicides increased by 34 percent. This may be news for the heterosexual community, but we already know that roughly 40 percent of transgender people attempt suicide; of them, 92 percent attempt it before age 25. These statistics came out in 2015, courtesy of the UN Transgender Survey. We also know from the Trevor Project that LGBTQ youth attempt suicide at almost four times the rate of heterosexuals. Some reasons for these dire numbers include bullying, rejection by loved ones, addiction and, of course, discrimination. Last weekend, Mazzoni Center held a workshop on suicide in the trans community. What came out of it was something of a surprise: the urgent call for LGBTQ data to be included in suicide-prevention research. The current model for suicide prevention does not take sexual or gender identity into consideration. Given the statistics for LGBTQ suicide, this means a high-risk population is essentially invisible in the prevention research. That is at least in part because sexual identity is not a protected class. Race, religion, color, national origin and physical and mental abilities are all protected from discrimination, but sexual identity is not. It is less a question of providing special protections for minorities than simply creating an equal playing field, where everyone can be counted and everyone has the same access to resources. In terms of suicide prevention, it means being seen as a vulnerable class of people with its own needs and priorities that merit the same attention by researchers as everyone else. n

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By the time you read this, we might be message could at war with Canada or Trump may have really use a splash of color to make it invited Kim Jong Un for a sleepover in pop. the Lincoln bedroom. Anything could And speaking happen. We’re literally living in the most of color, there’s dangerous reality show ever televised. a smaller red and And the most hateful people are feeling white sign hung more emboldened than ever. from the bottom Which brings me to Jeff Amyx, owner of the Sodomites and proprietor of Amyx Hardware and banner that reads, Roofing Supplies in Washburn, Tenn., “Now mixing and his crudely scrawled “No gays paint.” It is very confusing. I mean, allowed” sign in his store window. He if the only sign above it was the one originally hung the sign up after the reading “Amyx Hardware and Roofing Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couSupplies,” then the meaning of the paint ples could get legally married. Though sign would be clear: This is a hardware some news reports have claimed that store and we mix paint. But the paint Amyx put the sign “back up” following sign being separated from the store sign the court’s “gay-cake” ruling, it’s actuby the sodomites banner, to which it ally never clear that he ever took the is also attached, muddies the context. original sign down. It’s possible that he So I find myself wondering, What are just doubled down on his message by the gays doing with paint? Does this adding more signage. have something to do with the rainbow? There are many things that bother me about this sign, but one thing that is sim- There’s a prohibition about mixing in Leviticus, but isn’t it about mixing fabply not being commented upon enough rics? In other words, there is a real lack is its ugliness. I mean, yes, it’s figuraof message continuity. tively ugly. But I’m talking literal here. Keep in mind, I have never been to this But the effort is there. Clearly, the store. For one thing, it is in Tennessee sodomites banner took some planning and I am not. For another, well, the and money, while the “No gays allowed” owner is clearly a hateful person. But I sign is a slapdash embarrassment. have the magic of Also worth Also worth noting is the interwebs. noting is that, So from what according to Sarah that, according to Sarah I’ve seen in photos, Huckabee Sanders, Huckabee Sanders, Trump is Trump is just fine the antigay sign is taped on the glass with shop owners just fine with shop owners on the store’s front putting up signs door surrounded by putting up signs refusing refusing gays. other signs, some is, of course, gays. This is, of course, not This of which are pronot the first time fessionally done Trump has given the first time Trump has (like the gramhis nod of approval given his nod of approval to to something matically troubled “SMILE your on something totally lacking in totally lacking in Camera” sign). quality or grace. quality or grace. The sign is a plain But to be fair to white sheet of Amyx, the nearoffice-size paper with “No gays allowed” est Hobby Lobby to his store looks to hand-written in black marker. The letters be about 30 miles away, according to Google Maps. That said, it’s a hardare unevenly spaced and the width of the marker strokes lack uniformity; defi- ware store. It sells paint, brushes, rulers, duct tape (which comes in all sorts of nitely no points for presentation. colors and patterns these days), adheCompare this with the banner hangsives, lighting and fasteners of all kinds. ing below his store’s roadside sign Anything you could conceivably need to that reads, “God destroyed all the SODOMITES for an EXAMPLE. 2nd make an impressive sign was available Peter 2:6.” This banner was clearly done to him at cost. In other words, Amyx had by some kind of professional sign-makeverything he needed to #BeBest, but he ing entity, though the color scheme didn’t. — red writing on white background — And Jesus wept. n leaves a lot to be desired. It’s of the same colors and font used in the Amyx store D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian sign right above it. While I can appreciliving in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow ate the stylistic continuity, the antigay her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski.

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A wasted photo op If you don’t like politics, or could care Center. less about HRC, you shouldn’t read this When are they going to go where they column. might be able to do some good — places HRC came to Philadelphia this week. where the local LGBT community never HRC, sometimes called Human Rights sees a high-profile event, places where Champagne Fund due to its high-priced we need stronger LGBT voter registradinners that only the well-heeled can tion and get-out-the-vote campaigns, afford, came to town and had an event to such as Scranton, Hazleton, Johnstown endorse Gov. Tom Wolf for re-election. or Altoona? The base in places like Wolf should be supported and endorsed Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and by the entire LGBT commuAllentown are already in resist nity; he’s been a great ally. mode. They are already orgaHRC’s event was immacunized and don’t need HRC. Of lately planned with young peocourse there are those elites in ple behind the podium, HRC our community who do like to logos everywhere and speakers get in a tux or gown and sashay including the brightest rising around the ballroom at their LGBT star of Pennsylvania fabulous dinners. But the hard elected officials, Malcolm political work is done locally Kenyatta, the first OUT person by organizations like Liberty of color (nominated and will City Democratic Club and by be elected in November) to the national organizations like the state House. Victory Fund. HRC’s decision to involve Now, I understand it’s easier itself in Pennsylvania politics for HRC to come into a place and spend a little of that money that has been out, proud and it has taken over the years from Mark Segal organized for years, but groups those dinners might seem comlike Liberty City Democratic mendable. The one thing I’ll Club in Philadelphia hand to HRC: They know how to set up a have already done the heavy lifting. photo op. Sounds good, right? The probRegistration drives, collecting signatures, lem is, they did it in Philadelphia. poll-watching, scoring the candidate, And I bet you most likely didn’t even raising funds for endorsed candidates — know it happened. Note, it didn’t appear they’ve done the heavy lifting. You cannot in the Inquirer, Daily News, PhillyVoice, add to that great work. Look at the numany TV news show (even social media bers from the last election: LGBT wards was light), or even this publication. That’s had the highest numbers. the fault of HRC, not the Wolf campaign. So why is HRC playing it safe and only But that is not the real oversight. going to the big cities? Are they shilling Any one of you, my brilliant readers, for their future fundraisers? Seems so, who knows the slimmest of informasince they only seem to concentrate on tion about politics knows that the LGBT the urban areas where they can grow their vote is strong in urban areas such as dinners and bring in funding. Philadelphia, but not as well-organized So I called HRC and asked about their in the suburbs and rural areas. In Philly, Philadelphia dinners. They refused to give there is always LGBT news; in rural me any information about the dinners, but areas, very rarely. Simple point: Why did tell me about their plan to organize waste your major endorsement/P.R. here? primarily in eastern PA, an area where That’s Politics 101. In a rural area, the their help secures their dinners more than LGBT community will be empowered and an election. Word on the street is that they maybe even help them to organize, rather have been declining. If this is true, please than have a major event in a city that has don’t use and waste one of the most been the bastion of LGBT rights in the important elections in our lifetime as a state for 50 years and where the media photo op for your fundraising. are used to LGBT events. A mainstream The reality is, PA is a large state. It has newspaper in Altoona or Johnstown is not. been a leader in LGBT rights for almost That is the real work that is needed. 50 years — ask the people who are curPhiladelphia, which is at the top of rently planning a museum-quality exhibit HRC’s municipal (city) index, doesn’t on LGBT rights through the years. The need a high-profile event to get out the only parts of PA not organized is rural LGBT vote. This should have been somePA. With the funds available to HRC, that where in the state where LGBT people is where they should be working if they have never seen a governor be endorsed wish to be an addition to our state rather by an LGBT organization. Their next stop than a distraction. n was Allentown, another safe place with a Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s mostmajor OUT LGBT community thanks to award-winning commentator in LGBT media. You Adrian Shanker, who has created a strong can follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ community thanks to the cornerstone of MarkSegalPGN or Twitter at https://twitter.com/ the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community PhilaGayNews.

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Street Talk Should Pride parades revert back to being protest marches and demonstrations? “I would love to see Pride become more resistance-centered. I think it’s important to celebrate ourselves. But it’s also Izzy Castaldi important to actor understand Brooklyn, N.Y. that much more work needs to be done for the marginalized people within the LGBT community — including trans people of color. We need to let people know we’re not OK with the current state of affairs.”

"Yes. I'm disappointed with the current Pride organization. There should be fewer cops, fewer corporate sponsors, Ryan Grewal fewer people student trying to sell Gayborhood us shit. Pride started as a riot. We should still have that sense of urgency and resistance."

“You can have both [pride and protest]. People deserve to have a day of fun. But I also feel Pride Rebecca Kirk parades are pensions assistant an appropri- Leeds, England ate place to protest and raise awareness. With all the people in attendance, it’s an ideal opportunity to shed light on important issues.”

“Yes, considering there’s a ton of injustice happening. I say it should be shifted a bit to directly address some of the wrong- Benjamin Woods doing being graduate student committed York, England against the LGBT community. If there’s just singing, dancing and celebrating, you’re lulling people into apathy.”

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Pride is more than performance It’s Pride month, and this means a whole lot of people will take or have taken to the streets across the world, festooned in their best rainbow gear. We’ll march, and party, and do all those things we’ll do at Pride. It will be crazy and chaotic, and we will be the big messy community we are, in all our glory. Increasingly, too, this means that corporations will hop on the bandwagon, ready to support us for a handful of days, hoping to lure our dollars into their coffers. Over the years, I’ve had the dubious pleasure to see the involvement of corporations grow from the days of a handful of Internet startups

hawking free logo-emblazoned cups and Frisbees to the big players of today rolling out Pride fashion lines and glitzy ads. Now, I don’t feel that corporations don’t deserve a place at the table, though a lot of it feels incredibly hamfisted and more than a little sleazy. Then again, that’s how I feel most times a company tries to shoehorn its products into holidays and such. For example, once again Target has set up a Pride selection at its stores, replete with gay Pride and other materials. They even have some trans-specific goods. I’m actually glad for that, conPAGE 14 sidering that maybe

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Brunch pop-up raises money for LGBTQ organizations By Adriana Fraser adriana@epgn.com A local pop-up brunch is raising money for organizations committed to LGBTQ social-justice work with a potluck fundraiser June 24 at the Asian Arts Initiative. Philly Queer Brunch is a monthly community-led social event that supports more than 20 LGBTQ and allied organizations, including The Attic Youth Center, Galaei, Philly Dyke March, the March to End Rape Culture, the LGBT Center of Central Pennsylvania, the Philly Childcare Collective and the Community Bail Fund. The collective travels throughout the city hosting potluck-styled fundraiser brunches open to

the public. PQB is comprised of local organizers who wanted to find a way to support LGTBQ groups while providing a space for the community to come together, said co-organizer Lindsey Nice. “PQB was created to center the voices and experiences of queer and trans women and nonbinary and gender-nonconforming folks,” Nice said. “We wanted to provide financial support to organizations fighting on the behalf of the community. Aside from that, we also wanted to create a space welcoming and accessible to all for fun, food and, more importantly, community-building. We want to provide an inclusive space for anyone looking for a relaxing socializing event.”

Proceeds from this month’s brunch will go to Girls Rock Philly, a youth-centered music organization dedicated to building an intergenerational community of girls, women and transgender and gender-nonconforming people. Melanie Hsu, Girls Rock Philly’s community organizing director, said that PQB’s fundraising efforts are redefining the meaning of community. “We are so honored to receiving support from Philly Queer Brunch. They’re supporting and uplifting our work so that we can continue to empower girls, women and trans women and gender-nonconforming people through leadership,” Hsu said. “The word ‘community’ became a buzzword in the nonprofit

world so it often feels disingenuous when mentioned. PQB provides a new sense of community and support with what they do.” The brunch features collaborative creative projects such as rally posters, holiday cards, zines and other activities recommended by attendees. Guests fill out a feedback survey following the brunch with suggestions on what should be included at future events. The brunch is free, and will take place from noon-3 p.m. Organizers provide the brunch, but guests are encouraged to bring food or drinks (no alcohol). A cash donation of $5-$15 is suggested but not required. Guests can also donate online to the featured organizations. n

Let’s Talk About Sex(ually Transmitted Infections), part 2 Happy Pride Month, Philly. I hope everyone enjoyed the parade and festivities (and did so safely). With that in mind, let’s talk about sex, again. Last month I addressed an important and rapidly increasing STI. Although syphilis is on the rise in Philadelphia, it is still much less common than several other infections. So today we will talk about the most common: chlamydia. First, the good news: Despite nationally rising rates, the annual number of reported chlamydia infections has been fairly stable in Philadelphia over the last few years, and at times even showed signs of decreasing slightly. Don’t get too comfortable — we are still talking about Shanin a lot of infections, and we may be seeing another upswing. For perspective, just under 20,000 local cases of chlamydia were reported in 2016, up about 800 from the year before. These cases are significantly higher in females than males, and close to five-times higher for ages 15-29 than other ages combined. The infection, caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria, can be spread through any variation of sexual activity involving the vagina, penis, anus or mouth. Barrier protection (condoms, dental dams, etc.) can help when used correctly, and

with all sexual contact. Because chlamydia is susceptible to doxycycline, the “doxy PrEP” as pre-exposure prophylaxis for syphilis may also help to prevent some cases of chlamydia, although that is not currently an indication on its own. Most people do not have symptoms when infected with chlamydia, but some develop symptoms even several weeks after infection. In the genitals, symptoms may include vaginal or penile discharge or urinary symptoms. Easy bleeding from the cervix or swelling of one testicle can also occur. In the vagina, the bacteria initially infect the cervix and can spread up to the uterus and ovaries, Gross, causing a disorder called Pelvic D.O. Inflammatory Disease (PID), which can present with abdominal or pelvic pain but can also be asymptomatic and go unnoticed. Untreated PID can permanently damage the tubes and ovaries, leading to infertility or increased risk of tubal (ectopic) pregnancy. In rare cases, PID can progress to cause an inflammation around the liver and abdomen (a.k.a. Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome). Infections in the throat (pharynx) usually have no symptoms and are often found incidentally when oral screening is performed. Rectal infections occasionally

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cause discharge, bleeding and/or pain. Infections during pregnancy can result in early delivery, and eye or lung infections in newborns. Diagnosis is simple and much more “user-friendly” today than some may remember. Since the infection often causes no symptoms, proactive screening (rather than only testing when symptoms present) is important. One comment about testing: It is important to mention that some of these official recommendations were designed for the population at large, with the understanding that healthcare providers tailor their screening recommendations to fit the risks of their patients. Some generalizations about a population aren’t perfect, but are designed to raise awareness. For example, recommendations are frequently directed to “MSM” (men having sex with men). This is not intended to assume all MSM to be cisgender males having sex (often assumed to be anal intercourse) with other cisgender males, but rather to help identify a segment of our community where infection rates are higher. Fortunately, there is a growing understanding that we need to discuss a sexual practice itself (anal intercourse or oral/anal contact, etc.) rather than the cohort group alone. This will eventually lead to a much more inclusive and empowering approach to LGBTQ+ sexual health. The CDC recommends chlamydia screening at least annually for sexually active (or pregnant) women under age 25,

sexually active MSM and sexually active people living with HIV. The recommendations for MSM also recommend screening possible sites of infection (urethra/rectum) “regardless of condom use.” Official recommendations do not include routine screening for all males, however they do suggest considering screening based on prevalence of infection. The infection is prevalent enough in our community that Mazzoni Center providers typically offer screening for all sexually active patients, and we screen any orifice they use for sex (generally urine test or vaginal self-swab, throat swab and patient- or provider-performed rectal swab). Prompt treatment of the patient and all sex partners can usually be completed with a single dose of azithromycin (often given as two or four pills) or doxycycline (twice a day for seven days). Other antibiotics are sometimes used as alternatives. Retesting for cure is not usually needed (except in certain high-stakes situations such as pregnancy), but it is critical to abstain from sex for seven days after treatment is finished (including all partners) to prevent reinfection. n Shanin Gross, D.O., is assistant medical director at Mazzoni Center. She is also a clinical associate professor of family medicine at Jefferson University, and currently serves as co-chair of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine’s LGBT Health group. To learn more about Mazzoni Center’s free and confidential walk-in HIV and STI testing, visit https://www.mazzonicenter.org/health-care/community-health/walk-hivand-std-testing.

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some young LGBTQ person might see this stuff and feel like they can be accepted in this culture at large, even in these challenging times. That’s a really good thing. At the same time, I can question why Target can’t get the idea that red comes first when they set up their rainbow flagstyle packaging. Nevertheless, I’m not going to get too hot under the collar over such things. If a company wants to create something with the LGBT community in mind, or spread a message of love and acceptance for all of us, then who am I to criticize that? Yet it isn’t so simple. Recently, users of Instagram discovered that they were getting “shadowbanned.” That is, their content was looking to be just as it should be, but none of their photos or videos were showing up when searched. As it turned out, Instagram has opted to shadowban certain specific hashtags from search, flagging them as being possibly pornographic. Unfortunately,

this included a lot of LGBTQ-specific hashtags. The irony, of course, is that while this is going on, Instagram also rolled out rainbow-colored hashtags for certain terms for Pride month. So you could have #LGBT in rainbow tones, but #gay could result in a shadowban. Things, of course, get more complicated on Instagram when one talks about trans bodies. For example, the site doesn’t allow the baring of what it refers to as “female nipples.” A user by the name of Rain Dove — who doesn’t identify as female or male — had their topless photo playing basketball with a friend removed for violating this guideline. This, of course, is often an issue in online spaces, as so many choose to let algorithms do the work without those same algorithms understanding nuance and liminal spaces. A similar issue has cropped up with YouTube, which has been caught demonetizing and otherwise penalizing transgender users of the platform — all the while releasing its own #ProudToCreate

hashtag and accompanying video. Trans YouTube user Chase Ross recently came forth showing that his videos have been demonetized, age-restricted and such because of the trans content of his work. He went so far as to film his upload process, showing that the video was marked as “not available for most advertisers” when he added the word “transgender” to the clip’s title. Even more insidious, some YouTube content creators have even seen antiLGBTQ ads show up ahead of their content. Once again, YouTube blames the algorithms, saying via spokesperson, “Sometimes our systems get it wrong.” The worst example this year, however, would have to go to cosmetics creator Ipsy. It was attempting to release a video with a message of hope for LGBTQ people, only to start the video with one of its models touting her attraction to women, speaking of a “spectrum” between transgender women and “authentic cisgender women” — as if to say that transgender women are not,

themselves, authentic. Ipsy, perhaps knowing that it could not blame this on an algorithm, apologized and removed the video. The model herself also apologized. Like I said before, I’m glad that so many companies are stepping up and trying to show their support. I appreciate it even more when they specifically go out of their way to include transgender people. At the same time, their tone-deafness towards LGBTQ in general and transgender issues specifically rankles me. It feels a bit like — oh, bars offering specials on “Irish Car Bombs” and “Black and Tans” for St. Patrick’s Day, or perhaps people running around in sombreros and fake mustaches for Cinco de Mayo. What it really comes down to, for me, is an issue of actions over words. It’s great to claim to be supportive, but unless you back it up with concrete actions of support, the words are simply words: They hold no meaning. n Gwen Smith wishes her readers a safe and happy Pride. You’ll find her on the web at www.gwensmith.com.

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June 18, they testified they’d be reluctant to transition to a different agency if CSS’ contract with the city ends. “I don’t know what I would do,” Busch said. “What choice do I have?” Fulton said she would be “devastated” if her relationship with CSS ends. Paul emphasized that CSS is like a “family” to her and that she’s unfamiliar with other foster-care agencies. On June 18, Kimberly Ali, deputy commissioner of the city’s Department of Human Services, testified that if the city’s foster-care contract with CSS ends, every effort would be made to ensure a smooth transition for the 107 children currently served by CSS. “We want to minimize and avoid disruptions,” Ali said. She also testified that a prospective foster parent should be trained and certified by a foster-care agency of their choice. She emphatically rejected sugges-

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tions by CSS attorney Stephanie to supporting all Philadelphians H. Barclay that it’s appropriate for regardless of sexual orientaa foster-care agency to refer a pro- tion or gender identity. We work spective foster parent to another closely with the Philadelphia agency, where they’ll find a “bet- Commission on Human Relations ter fit.” to provide assistance and inforWhen Barclay suggested in mation to Philadelphia residents a question to Ali that the city’s who believe they’ve experienced Office of LGBT Affairs limits its discrimination.” services solely to LGBT individAnother CSS attorney, Lori uals, Ali replied that she didn’t H. Windham, blasted Mayor Jim know that to be true. Kenney for allegedly denigratAmber Hikes, ing the reliexecutive direcbeliefs of “Giving an exception gious tor of the city’s Catholics. She Office of LGBT to discriminate isn’t pointed to a Affairs, issued 2014 tweet by this statement in the best interests Kenney, who on June 19: of a child.” was not mayor “While the at the time, that mission of the stated: “The Office of LGBT Affairs is to fos- Arch [Archbishop Chaput] don’t ter equal working and living con- care about people. It’s about ditions for lesbian, gay, bisexual, image and money. Pope Francis transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) needs to kick some ass here!” people and to advocate for City attorney Eleanor N. Ewing LGBTQ issues in all areas of City told the judge that city officials government, we are committed respect CSS’ religious beliefs and

the work it performs on behalf of at-risk youths. But she said all city subcontractors must abide by the city’s antibias rules. “No exceptions are being given [to the other 29 foster-care agencies] to allow discrimination,” Ewing said. “Giving an exception to discriminate isn’t in the best interests of a child.” There’s no crisis in the city’s foster-care system, Ewing added. “The children are OK,” she told the judge. “There are no children who aren’t being placed appropriately.” In a related matter, city officials announced this week that a similar dispute with Bethany Christian Services appears to be resolved amicably, and that Bethany is expected to continue providing foster-care services for about 100 children in city custody in a nondiscriminatory manner. A spokesperson for Bethany had no comment for this story. n

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Jail Bait As prison population falls, council should think twice about money grab on prison budget

here are few public-private partnerships that have had a greater impact upon our criminal justice system than the MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge. In 2015, with an initial five-year, $100 million investment by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, “jurisdictions [were] selected through a competitive process to receive financial and technical support in their efforts to rethink justice systems and implement data-driven strategies to safely reduce jail populations. … A total of 191 applications were submitted from jurisdictions spanning 45 states and territories; 20 were selected to participate in the Challenge Network to develop comprehensive plans for creating fairer, more effective justice systems.” Philadelphia was one of the awardees. In the last two years alone, the city’s inmate population has dropped 28% from 7,400 to 5,359. That’s the good news for Philadelphia, which still has the highest incarceration rate of any large jurisdiction in the country. But, with the good news comes political opportunism. The political syllogism runs like this: If the prison population has been reduced by 28% and the overall annual prison budget is $250 million then there should be over $50 million saved; money that can be used to plug the looming

Let’s be careful about what standard we hold the city’s budgeting process to.

we’d be out of business operating in this way.” We applaud Councilwoman Bass for seeking ways to reduce city costs rather than blindly accepting yet another tax increase, but if this city were a business, council members would not get free cars. So, let’s be careful about what standard we hold the city’s budgeting process to.

Cost per prisoner metric does not allow for other shortfalls in prison budget.

school budget deficit. This is how Cindy Bass put it according to philly.com: “I just can’t understand why the prison population’s going down and we’re not seeing some of the savings we should be seeing. If we were a business,

What council must remember is that the award did not come without strings. Here’s what the foundation said about Philadelphia in announcing its award: “Philadelphia was awarded $3.5 million from the Safety and Justice Challenge in 2016 to invest in

… a range of strategies that will limit jail admissions, reduce case processing times, increase pretrial supervision and services, and reduce its reliance on cash bail. The city will also create new opportunities for the diversion of individuals who can safely return to the community awaiting trial. In addition, the city will develop a data diagnostic process to better track racial and ethnic disparities.” Those strings come with costs. Philly. com reported on Philadelphia Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney schooling city council members about these costs late last month: “[The department] reinvested a portion of that savings in necessary programs including hepatitis C testing, the creation of a new behavioral health transition unit, and medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction. … $7.64 million to be reinvested in initiatives related to extending the work that began under the MacArthur grant — including a mental-health initiative called Stepping Up, a pilot for Community Resource Centers, expanded diversion programs and, notably, funding to make up for the loss of the 30 percent fee the city takes out from money bail. Julie Wertheimer, chief of staff for criminal justice, said that was in anticipation of either eliminating the fee or terminating the use of money bail altogether.” Council member Allan Domb is right to question why the budgeted medical costs were set to increase, when the prison population is falling so precipitously. But Domb is wrong to dummy the discussion down to the cost per inmate “balloon[ing] from Continued on page 2 June 17-24, 2018

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Jail Bait Continued from page 1 $43,902 to $66,661 in two years.” When one of every five prisoners is in a detox and 70% of the $10 million prison pharmacy bill goes to HIV medications, one begins to see that dramatically reducing this area of the prison budget does not come without real costs to the prisoners and the city. Then there’s the $100,000 a month the city pays for its one hemophiliac. Commissioner Carney in her testimony before council did recognize $11 million in savings from the reduction in prison population.

And surely more will be realized when Graterford prison finally closes down, but council should be wary about seeing the value of reducing our prison population as a solution to our budget deficits. Prison commissioner Carney and the MacArthur Foundation rightly recognize that long-term solutions to prison population requires more than the elimination of cash bail; it requires investment in job training and medical care that cannot and should not be reflected in simplistic calculations of price per prisoner.

Lower Merion Basketball Adds Nine Continued from page 12 hip. The last two years were kind of crazy, with us playing in two state championship games and winning it all our senior years. I remember one day, after the season, looking up at the 1000-point scorers banner and I saw Garrett had 30 more points than me in his career. I started to think, how did that happen? There must have been some games freshman year coach [Gregg] Downer could have put me in, even for a little at the end, when I could have got four, five or six more points. So, I remembered that and wanted something to get back at Garrett. So, when he went to St. Joe’s and I went to Temple, it was kind of lopsided — with us winning most games — and I could give it back to him. But for real, he is my brother. We are only not together because our careers have taken us different places. It feels great to go in the Hall of Fame together.” Another emotional story

from the ceremony came from Alai Nuualiitia. Coming from a broken household, the 6-foot-7inch forward went on to earn a memorable call-up to the 1996 state champion Aces that featured Bryant. “I blocked him [Bryant] once in practice after I was called up from the junior varsity and he said, ‘you will never do that again.’ That was a real learning lesson for me,” recalled Nuualiitia. “But I have to thank coach Downer who saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself. These coaches pounded self-confidence in me with amazing drills and life lessons, and I developed a strong inside game. This game allowed me to go to Brown and score [1337 points] and travel all over the world playing the game professionally. I can’t thank Lower Merion enough for what it has meant to me and to coach Downer, who I love.”

Making of a Mural

The Ed Bradley mural in West Philadelphia was dedicated on June 16, honoring the former CBS News “60 Minutes” correspondent. Photo by Sarah J. Glover.

Dedication to journalist Ed Bradley follows path of its own by Sheila Simmons

he creation of the mural of Ed Bradley that overlooks a grassy lot next to 949 Belmont Avenue has been as much a journey as the life of the iconic journalist himself, who died, age 65, in 2006 of complications of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. It started out as the suggestion of Bradley’s fellow Cheney University of Pennsylvania graduate, LeRoy McCarthy, to compliment the honorary naming of a stretch of City Avenue “Ed Bradley Way.” That was in 2015. Since then, Bradley’s sister-in-law, artist Ernel Martinez, was selected to paint the mural. She did so in collaboration with students from three different schools: Rudolph Blankenburg Elementary; St. Ignatius School, which Bradley attended; and Mastery Charter School’s Mann Elementary campus, where Bradley began his initial career of teaching. The school students traveled to New York to join in on painting the project with staff from CBS, the network where Bradley anchored the Sunday Night News and, for 26 years, served as a correspondent for the revered TV news magazine “60 Minutes.” Bradley’s mural also involved paint days with the Fine Arts Department of Cheyney University and the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, where participants, brushes in hand, painted individual 6-by-6-foot squares that would be assembled to make up the mural. Cheri Gregg, a former president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, explains in a video of the occasion, taped by PABJ member De-

nise James, “The ultimate way of paying homage to somebody from Philadelphia is giving them their own mural, and he is so deserving.” Rain forced a postponement of the mural’s original dedication date, but, on June 16th, and with co-sponsorship by CBS Corp., The Ed Bradley Family Foundation and Lomax Family Foundation, it was unveiled. Bradley’s image joined the legions of largerthan-life creations that help enliven Philadelphia’s urban landscape. Martinez’s design features a foreground portrait of Bradley, with soft, trusting eyes. The background features a collage of scenes from his life including: reporting from war-torn Cambodia, walking alongside heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, and hunching over a radio broadcast microphone for Philadelphia’s WDAS radio. Bradley would become the first African-American television correspondent to cover the White House. “The mural is very centered and focused on his professional legacy as an iconic American journalist,” artist Martinez noted on PABJ’s video. But, as is generally the case with Philadelphia murals, and as Mural Arts of Philadelphia Executive Director Jane Golden likes to remind people, the murals are a biography of Philadelphia, identifying who matters and why. For Bradley and his hometown, it was the perseverance to overcome his tough roots in “The Bottom” section of Philadelphia to rise to the top of his field, to be a pioneer for African-Americans in the news industry and to be a beacon of truth and trust.

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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, July 10, 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

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Sq. Ft. OPA#391094400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angela Quinn C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 02511 $118,034.84 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1807-322 2330 78th Ave 19150 50th wd. 1,920 Sq. Ft. BRT#501434200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Mary Woods; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Queen Woods C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 01893 $109,740.80 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-323 2638 S 67th St 19142 40th wd. 1,107 Sq. Ft. OPA#406063500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Felix Corona-Arias, a/k/a Felix A. Corona-Arias, a/k/a Felix Antonio CoronaArias, a/k/a Felix Corona C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 01112 $75,458.61 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1807-324 1425 N 18th St 19121 29th wd. 1,815 Sq. Ft. BRT#471290210 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Isa Hundley and Theresa Hammond C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 2894 $30,375.01 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP; Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1807-325 342 N 52nd St 19139 44th wd. 2,400 Sq. Ft. OPA#441355600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Polosky C.P. May Term, 2009 No. 00306 $214,816.70 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1807-326 471 E Howell St 19120 35th wd. 2,813 Sq. Ft. OPA#352135100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louis Gregoire, a/k/a Louis J. Gregoire C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02893 $114,163.02 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1807-327 1412 Wharton St 191464824 36th wd. 1,740 Sq. Ft. OPA#365340100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thelma Wright C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 02236 $290,479.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-328 2731 Elbridge St 191492936 62nd wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#621304600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gus Bogiatzis, in His Capacity as Heir of Angeliki Bogiatzis, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms,

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SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, July 10, 2018 1807-301 5339 Pine St 19143 60th wd. 1,264 Sq. Ft. OPA#603085500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Venita Glover C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00861 $143,707.02 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-302 1306 N 76th St a/k/a 1306 N Seventy-Sixth St 19151 34th wd. 1,602 Sq. Ft. OPA#343305100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline Bell C.P. July Term, 2017 No.

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or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Angeliki Bogiatzis, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 01445 $139,005.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-329 2233 S Garnet St 19145 26th wd. 700 Sq. Ft. OPA#262131400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Catherine R. Cremona C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03985 $117,514.92 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-330 4737 Meridian St 19136 65th wd. 1,056 Sq. Ft. OPA#651163000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jerry Hodges C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04502 $92,161.54 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-331 2129 Stenton Ave 19138 10th wd. 1,155 Sq. Ft. OPA#102338500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kori J. Womack C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01004 $99,632.69 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-332 4303 Fairhill St 19140 43rd wd. 720 Sq. Ft. OPA#433249100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Oscar Velez C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02165 $40,437.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-333 109 W Nedro Ave 19120 61st wd. 1,037 Sq. Ft. OPA#612107200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Roger Walker and Lisa R Walker C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 03503 $40,246.97 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-334 546 N 63rd St 19151 34th wd. 1,810 Sq. Ft. OPA#343051200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paul Watkins C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 01955 $60,834.54 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-335 4640 Mulberry St 19124 23rd wd. 1,716 Sq. Ft. OPA#232309560 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Emanuel Daniels C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01842 $54,205.78 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-336 2644 S 61st St 19142-3514 40th wd. 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#402068400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Samuel Edwards, in His Capacity as Heir of Jerona A. Edwards a/k/a Jerona Edwards, Deceased; Troy Edwards, in His Capacity as Heir of Jerona A. Edwards a/k/a Jerona Edwards, Deceased; Ricardo Edwards, in His Capacity as Heir of Jerona A. Edwards a/k/a Jerona Edwards, Deceased; Marva Edwards, in Her Capacity as Heir of Jerona A. Edwards a/k/a Jerona Edwards, Deceased; James Edwards, in His Capacity as Heir of Jerona A. Edwards a/k/a Jerona Edwards, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors,

assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Jerona A. Edwards, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01107 $28,472.15 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-337 6115 Irving St 19139 3rd wd. 880 Sq. Ft. OPA#031104900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gwendolyn N. Peace C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00257 $72,556.60 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-338 2156 Brighton St 19149 54th wd. 1,801 Sq. Ft. OPA#542094200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shamell Samuel-Bassett C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03247 $47,895.40 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-339 7126 N Broad St 191261726 10th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#101006600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Arnold Wynn C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 01576 $95,002.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-340 382 Milne St a/k/a 382 W Milne St 19144-4206 13th wd. 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#133004400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kim Stewart C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03609 $35,206.69 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-341 6239 Reedland St 191422909 40th wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#402201300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kenneth M. Manning a/k/a Kenneth Manning; Olga E. Manning a/k/a Olga Manning C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02768 $29,870.08 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-342 6636 N Bouvier St 19126 10th wd. 1,262 Sq. Ft. OPA#101075000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert W. Perkins, Jr a/k/a Robert Perkins, Jr C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 00832 $104,539.50 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-343 4753 Hartel Ave 191363306 65th wd. 1,088 Sq. Ft. OPA#651198800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph C. Grandinetti C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 03398 $104,539.50 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-344 2058 Albright St 19134 45th wd. 1,162 Sq. Ft. OPA#452184000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pedro Correa C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03190 $71,298.53 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1807-345 5440 Windsor Ave assessed as 5440 Windsor St 19143 51st wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#514079100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sharon Carriker C.P. October Term, 2017

No. 00981 $69,564.23 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1807-346 726 Brighton St 191114028 53rd wd. 1,551 Sq. Ft. OPA#532243800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robia Slayton and Michael Slayton C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03630 $98,495.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-347 6445 Torresdale Ave 191353320 41st wd. 1,260 Sq. Ft. OPA#411319400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Miguel Deyne, Jr a/k/a Miguel A. Deyne, Jr., Deceased C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 01233 $159,923.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-348 7027 Saybrook Ave a/k/a 7027 Saybrook 19142-1123 40th wd. 1,140 Sq. Ft. OPA#403299500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kenneth M. Manning and Olga E. Manning C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 04332 $21,677.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-349 3120 N Carlisle St 191322313 11th wd. 962 Sq. Ft. OPA#111151700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bernadette Stout C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00718 $37,708.23 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-350 1616 W Diamond St a/k/a 1616 Diamond St 191212313 32nd wd. 1,647 Sq. Ft. OPA#321038010 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Danny C. Taylor C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 04217 $226,581.98 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-351 207 S 49th St 19139-4304 46th wd. 2,040 Sq. Ft. OPA#461223700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paul Jefferson, in His Capacity as Heir of Clementine Jefferson, Deceased; Pearl Talley, in Her Capacity as Heir of Clementine Jefferson, Deceased; Matthew Jefferson, in His Capacity as Heir of Clementine Jefferson, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Clementine Jefferson, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01841 $126,947.09 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-352 2000 Laveer St 19138-3038 50th wd. 1,217 Sq. Ft. BRT#171297700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Robert Monroe Patterson, Known Heir of Clarence M. Monroe, Sr.; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations

claiming right, title, or interest from or under Clarence M. Monroe, Sr. C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03383 $35,285.60 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-353 6612 Leeds St 19151 34th wd. 1,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#344030900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William B. Johnson and Melissa Rose C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01992 $63,919.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-354 7330 Drexel Rd 19151 34th wd. 1,485 Sq. Ft. BRT#344144200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Tamika Patton C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01251 $146,325.08 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-355 902 Bridge St 35th wd. 930 Sq. Ft. BRT#351147200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stephanie Lundy C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00232 $106,267.58 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1807-356 1111 S Randolph St 19147 2nd wd. 760 Sq. Ft. BRT#021433100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW CONV/APT 3 STY MASON Phin Do C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02596 $474,913.72 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1807-357 3425 Old York Rd 19140 43rd wd. Land: 1,515 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,736 Sq. Ft.; Total: 3,251 Sq. Ft. OPA#431138300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David Patterson and Gloretta Patterson C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00112 $26,961.98 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1807-358 7367 Rugby St 19138 10th wd. 1,323 Sq. Ft. BRT#10-24663-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Saunja Johnson a/k/a Saunja M. Johnson C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 00735 $69,764.91 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-359 5721 Pemberton St 19143 46th wd. 1,128 Sq. Ft. BRT#463062700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Gregory Joseph Gibson C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 02089 $67,910.27 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-360 4217 N. 6th St 19140 43rd wd. Land: 1,035 Sq. Ft.; 1,138 Sq. Ft. BRT#433264800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Zenaida Merced C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07630 $39,956.75 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-361 3025 Redner St 19121 29th wd. 843 Sq. Ft. OPA#292220600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charles Kane C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02989 $155,393.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-362 3421 N 22nd St 19140 11th wd. 1,632 Sq. Ft. BRT#112306000

IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Eric Little and Tracey Horton C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01707 $81,180.16 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-363 612 N 23rd St 19130 15th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#151169400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John M. Willis C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 01703 $65,310.11 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-364 99 W Sedgwick St 19119 22nd wd. 1,669 Sq. Ft. BRT#223143400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Allan J. Bradley a/k/a Allan Bradley and Juanita Bradley f/k/a Juanita Pfaff a/k/a Juanita J. Bradley C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07371 $178,037.94 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-365 915 Pratt St 19124-0000 35th wd. 930 Sq. Ft. OPA#351118500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edwin Pace C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 02263 $92,799.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-366 7634 Burholme Ave 19111 63rd wd. 2,775 Sq. Ft. OPA#631009300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sandra Riley and Sean Riley C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 02090 $197,069.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-367 5423 Upland Way 19131 52nd wd. 5,164 Sq. Ft. BRT#522000400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE All Known and Unknown Heirs to the Estate of Lucius McCrea C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00973 $71,724.78 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-368 5417 N Fairhill St 19120 61st wd. 2,012 Sq. Ft. OPA#612302600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicole L. Barbry-Gocking and Erskine Earl Gocking C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07739 $92,946.88 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-369 2053 N Wanamaker St 191313020 52nd wd. 1,238 Sq. Ft. BRT#522228700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE All Known and Unknown Heirs to the Estate of Lucius McCrea C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01000 $82,105.88 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-370 1508 W Seybert St 19121 47th wd. 729 Sq. Ft. OPA#471077000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lesley Nasir and Tarik Nasir C.P. August Term, 2008 No. 03061 $87,304.43 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-371 120 W Sharpnack St 19119 22nd wd. 1,997 Sq. Ft.

OPA#223037300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Colin Bollers, Johan Bollers and Shamane J. Cave a/k/a Shamane Cave C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02887 $222,403.03 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-372 185 W Louden St 19120 42nd wd. 988 Sq. Ft. OPA#422092100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elsa Rodriguez C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 02109 $63,135.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-373 1912 Reilly Rd 19115 58th wd. 8,400 Sq. Ft. OPA#581091205 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lena Panich C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 05375 $450,693.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-374 5718 Pentridge St 19143 51st wd. Land: 900 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,024 Sq. Ft.; Total: 1,924 Sq. Ft. OPA#513239000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Emmerson A. Alleyne and Joan J. Alleyne C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 04121 $40,055.76 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1807-375 9860 Verree Rd 19115 58th wd. 6,000 Sq. Ft. BRT#581249400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michael W. Furlow C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01411 $9,798.46 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1807-376 30 N. Robinson St 19139 34th wd. 996 Sq. Ft. BRT#341179500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown heirs, successors, assigns and all persons, firms or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Claude Anderson C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 01679 $37,737.10 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-377 3 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd, Unit 429 5th wd. 1,300 Sq. Ft. OPA#888061612 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNIT Swaminathan Rathriakumar C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 002966 $15,780.99 Elliot H. Berton, Esquire 1807-378 5612 Baynton St 19144 12th wd. 5,921 Sq. Ft. BRT#122148800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stephen W Gerrick C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 00053 $43,878.06 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-379 3521 Oakmont St 19136 64th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,568 Sq. Ft. BRT#642195500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles M. Coyne a/k/a Charles P. Coyne, Coleen P. Coyne and United States of

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America, c/o United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 04127 $34,467.11 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1807-380 2220 Morris St 36th wd. 2,640 Sq. Ft. OPA#364084400 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASON Rae Lambright, individually, as Administratrix for the Estate of Rachel Lambright, and as Trustee for Jamill’ah Lambright C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02614 $58,520.69 + $1,041.60 (interest from March 20, 2018, until sale, July 10, 2018 - $9.30 per diem) Jill M. Fein, Esquire; Hill Wallack LLP 1807-381 5046 Copley Rd 19144 13th wd. 1,791 Sq. Ft. OPA#133166400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Steven E. Sykes, a/k/a Steven Eric Sykes, a/k/a Steven S. Sykes; Red Door International LLC C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02500 $52,977.20 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1807-382 1717S 7th St 19148 1st wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,216 Sq. Ft. BRT#012173700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Migdalia H. Hernandez, Known Surviving Heir of Juan Hernandez and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Juan Hernandez C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00543 $165,396.39 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1807-383 7240 Hegerman St 191351211 65th wd. 1,119 Sq. Ft. OPA#651280900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Jackowski C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00543 $78,631.84 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-384 5030 Chestnut St 46th wd. 2,217 Sq. Ft. BRT#602030200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Helen V. Hill a/k/a Helen P. Hill, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 03538 $145,211.71 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-385 5133 Oxford Ave 191242521 62nd wd. 1,516 Sq. Ft. OPA#621310900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eric Jones C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01572 $132,570.15 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-386 2419 N 20th St 19132-3720 16th wd. 1,424 Sq. Ft. OPA#162135300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kemberley D. Camp C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 02876 $46,350.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-387 3215 N Newkirk St 19129 38th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,192 Sq. Ft. BRT#381265300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Annie P.

Lemar, Known Surviving Heir of Beatrice Wyche, Michael D. Wyche, Known Surviving Heir of Beatric Wyche, Denise M. Wyche, Known Surviving Heir of Beatrice Wyche, Angela W. Thomas, Known Surviving Heir of Beatrice Wyche, Donna M. Wyche, Known Surviving Heir of Beatrice Wyche, Willie F. Wyche, Known Surviving Heir of Beatrice Wyche and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Beatrice Wyche C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02979 $70,700.06 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1807-388 3246 W Huntingdon St 191322915 28th wd. 1,560 Sq. Ft. OPA#282364000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nathaniel E. Douglas, III, in His Capacity as Executor and Devisee of The Estate of Daryl Douglas C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 04333 $43,827.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-389 3519 Vinton Rd 66th wd. 2,000 Sq. Ft. BRT#663130000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gerard F. Smith, Jr C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 00983 $219,457.19 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-390 1330 S. Lindenwood St 40th wd. 1,170 Sq. Ft. BRT#511221200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Thomas A. Jones a/k/a Thomas A. Jones, Jr C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01618 $42,041.43 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-391 1137 Herbert St 191242932 23rd wd. 1,288 Sq. Ft. OPA#234088300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cierra Moon, in Her Capacity as Heir of Mosadi Hobson, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Mosadi Hobson, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 03594 $107,941.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-392 3033 Page St 32nd wd. 1,166 Sq. Ft. BRT#323096700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Donnie Grace C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 04198 $74,782.70 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-393 5419 Marvine St a/k/a 5419 N Marvin St 19141 49th wd. 1,230 Sq. Ft. OPA#493087400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sean Fisher, as Administrator to the Estate of Tressa Fisher C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 00391 $47,449.37 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1807-394 2285 Bryn Mawr Ave 52nd wd. (formerly part of 34th wd.) 37,500 Sq. Ft. BRT#521266700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tarani A. Johnson C.P. April Term, 2010

No. 01188 $392,000.00 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-395 3049 N Sydenham St 191322330 11th wd. 1,134 Sq. Ft. OPA#111180000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gia N. Scott C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02300 $34,315.29 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-396 2829 S Simpson St 40th wd. 1,520 Sq. Ft. BRT#406001245 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Madeline Haigh C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 00228 $65,451.00 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-397 1828 Bainbridge St 30th wd. 1,398 Sq. Ft. BRT#301060100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mitchell R. Epps, Jr. C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 02662 $900,743.28 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-398 446 Olive St 19123-2824 5th wd. 1,650 Sq. Ft. OPA#056150300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bennu Realty Group, LLC C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00817 $476,776.59 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-399 2436 E Hazzard St 191253113 31st wd. 1,176 Sq. Ft. OPA#314114000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas Nolan C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00953 $151,714.50 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-400 6260 Cottage St 55th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. BRT#552386800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING SALVATORE M DE PALMA A/K/A SALVATORE M DEPALMA C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 03317 $46,837.29 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-401 6013 Agusta St 19149-3229 53rd wd. 1,138 Sq. Ft. OPA#531258200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shantel Lomax a/k/a Shantel A. Lomax C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03785 $165,568.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-402 1329 W Ruscomb St 19141 49th wd. 2,051 Sq. Ft. BRT#491140600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sonya F. Wood C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02583 $120,967.44 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1807-403 5431 Beaumont Ave 51st wd. 1,089 Sq. Ft. BRT#513277300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mary E. Carney, as Co-Administratrix of The Estate of Frances L. West, Deceased and Russell T. West, as Co-Administrator of The Estate of Frances L. West, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2017 No.

02227 $56,217.40 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-404 8049 Leon St 19136 64th wd. 1,144 Sq. Ft. OPA#642045700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Albert Quaintance, Executor of the Estate of Theresa P. Quaintance, a/k/a Theresa Quaintance C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 01191 $53,122.82 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1807-405 5621 Whitby Ave 19143 51st wd. 1,280 Sq. Ft. BRT#513122200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tina Jimperson C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 02796 $66,453.17 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1807-406 7241 Vandike St 19135 65th wd. 3,300 Sq. Ft. BRT#65-12760-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles Danza, Personal Representative of The Estate of Robert Medoro a/k/a Robert P. Medoro a/k/a Robert Paul Medoro; Christopher Morgan, Known Heir of Robert Medoro a/k/a Robert P. Medoro a/k/a Robert Paul Medoro; Estate of Robert Medoro a/k/a Robert P. Medoro a/k/a Robert Paul Medoro; Frances Medoro, Known Heir of Robert Medoro a/k/a Robert P. Medoro a/k/a Robert Paul Medoro; Jamie Badagliacco, Known Heir of Robert Medoro a/k/a Robert P. Medoro a/k/a Robert Paul Medoro; Robert Medoro a/k/a Robert Adare Medoro Known Heir of Robert Medoro a/k/a Robert P. Medoro a/k/a Robert Paul Medoro; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Robert Medoro a/k/a Robert P. Medoro a/k/a Robert Paul Medoro C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 02965 $93,488.35 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-407 381 Livezey St 19128 21st wd. 5,300 Sq. Ft. OPA#212340400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas A. DiGiacomo, III; Heather L. DiGiacomo C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02879 $194,962.38 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1807-408 212 S 59th St 19139 3rd wd. 1,040 Sq. Ft. BRT#031129100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Karen M. McCrea a/k/a Karen M. Davis C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01008 $56,801.01 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-409 2213 N Delhi St 19133 37th wd. 1,074 Sq. Ft. BRT#371137800 IMPROVE-

MENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Leon Pinkney C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 03675 $41,882.95 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-410 135 W Washington Ln 19144 22nd wd. 1,128 Sq. Ft. BRT#593089200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Ahmad Alamin a/k/a Ahmad Al-Amin C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 00317 $273,574.01 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-411 9849 Haldeman Ave 19115 58th wd. 2,936 Sq. Ft. BRT#58-1345800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Pola Michaels, Known Heir of Ria Dora Segalow a/k/a Dora Segalow; Ricky Segalow, known heir of Ria Dora Segalow a/k/a Dora Segalow; Ria Dora Segalow a/k/a Dora Segalow, Last Record Owner; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Ria Dora Segalow a/k/a Dora Segalow C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03075 $207,518.31 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-412 1818 Pennington Rd 191512017 34th wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#343332400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vincent Harcourt Rawlins C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00571 $114,247.61 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-413 5655 Upland Way 19131 52nd wd. 1,434 Sq. Ft. BRT#522005200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE All Known and Unknown Heirs to the Estate of Lucius McCrea C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00990 $66,470.19 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-414 605 Edison Ave B, a/k/a 605 Edison Ave #605B, a/k/a 605 Edison Ave Unit 605B 191161259 58th wd. 1,040 Sq. Ft. OPA#888581350 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David Poli C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00104 $138,123.00 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-415 4339 Bleigh Ave 19136 41st wd. 2,158 Sq. Ft. BRT#412156600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Deborah S. Pegg C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02344 $171,706.50 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-416 7020 Gillespie St 191351804 55th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#552439300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elizabeth Buchter a/k/a Beth Lowry, in Her Capacity as heir of Robert L. Buchter, Deceased; Thomas Buchter a/k/a Tom Buchter, in His Capacity as Heir of Robert L. Buchter, Deceased; Richard

Buchter a/k/a Rich Lange, in His Capacity as Heir of Robert L. Buchter, Deceased; Claire Buchter a/k/a Claire Sweeney, in Her Capacity as Heir of Robert L. Buchter, Deceased; Robert Buchter, Jr a/k/a Bob Buchter, in His Capacity as Heir of Robert L. Buchter, Deceased; Minor Defendant 1, in their Capacity as Heir of Robert L. Buchter, Deceased; Minor Defendant 2, in their Capacity as Heir of Robert L. Buchter, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Robert L. Buchter, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03550 $41,460.02 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-417 5937 Washington Ave 3rd wd. 2,700.63 Sq. Ft. BRT#03-31058-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Eric M. Norman C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 03904 $57,522.75 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-418 4652 Bergen St 19136 65th wd. 3,804 Sq. Ft. OPA#652086400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Piskorski C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03143 $141,098.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-419 7528 Fayette St 19150 50th wd. 1,600 Sq. Ft. OPA#501016900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Karen L. Lett a/k/a Karen Lett C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 00310 $119,212.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-420 210 Locust St Apt 9C 5th wd. OPA#888052115 IMPROVEMENTS: RES CONDO 5+STY MAS+OTH Maureen Flanigan C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02745 $106,053.75 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1807-421 7350 Woodcrest Ave 19151 34th wd. 1,491 Sq. Ft. OPA#344117000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sandra J. Jordan C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02250 $67,941.26 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-422 6282 Large St 19149 54th wd. 1,789 Sq. Ft. OPA#541178900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rhonda A. Anthony and Graham J. Wilkins C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 00124 $134,175.05 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-423 852 Brill St 1,068 Sq. Ft. BRT#351174000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph Kenneth Arnold C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01870 $28,129.71 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1807-424 1533 W Butler St 19140 13th wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#131084400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith A. King C.P.

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June Term, 2013 No. 01874 $23,304.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-425 8049 Leon St 19136 64th wd. 1,372 Sq. Ft. OPA#642045700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Albert Quaintance as Executor of the Estate of Theresa P. Quaintance Deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 02145 $14,085.16 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-426 6337 Burbridge St 19144 59th wd. 3,625 Sq. Ft. OPA#593161800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yvette De Carol Hamilton and Calvin Taylor Jr. C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01970 $172,007.68 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-427 6128 Lensen St 19144 59th wd. 1,528 Sq. Ft. BRT#592276500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Shelly K. Chappell C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00946 $184,151.05 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-428 6734 Ditman St 19135 41st wd. 1,530 Sq. Ft. OPA#412348000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eliu Nieves a/k/a Elui Nieves and Isabell Ortiz a/k/a Isabel Ortiz C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01084 $130,252.97 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-429 1318-1320 W. Cumberland St 19132 37th wd. 2,135 (Land Area Sq. Ft.); 3,838 (Improvement Area Sq. Ft.) OPA#881426800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: HEALTH FAC PERS CARE MAS Shields Personal Care LLC C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00810 $331,166.31 Scott M. Klein, Esq. 1807-430 4662 James St 19137 45th wd. 1,051 Sq. Ft. OPA#453409200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William A Graber and Donna M. Graber C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 02490 $55,545.81 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-431 6571 Windsor St 19142 40th wd. 1,600 Sq. Ft. OPA#403080600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gregorio Virola C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 00653 $106,882.30 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-432 6623 Edmund St 19135 41st wd. 1,364 Sq. Ft. OPA#411414700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Hettie Mansfield C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03034 $84,646.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-433 3823 N Smedley St 19140 13th wd. 1,240 Sq. Ft. OPA#131188400 IMPROVE-

MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elizabeth Singletary and Hilda Singletary C.P. November Term, 2003 No. 00209 $51,285.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-434 7960 Bayard St 19150 50th wd. 1,425 Sq. Ft. OPA#501202900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Camara J. Thorpe C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02059 $141,208.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-435 460 N Dearborn St a/k/a 460 Dearborn St 19139 44th wd. 788 Sq. Ft. OPA#441349500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Monica Shaw C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 01435 $43,594.73 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-436 2943 Lardner St 19149-3507 62nd wd. 1,136 Sq. Ft. OPA#621193700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kristen Rachel Nields, in Her Capacity as Administratrix CTA and Devisee of The Estate of William Cooney a/k/a William J. Cooney C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01839 $118,086.18 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-437 822 Brighton St 191114127 53rd wd. 1,551 Sq. Ft. OPA#532245800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gina Frederique; Kevin Compton C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04335 $157,839.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-438 4626 Reach St 19120 42nd wd. 1,206 Sq. Ft. OPA#421596200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ivelisse Lahoz C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00058 $64,677.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-439 2029 Knorr St 19149 54th wd. 2,116 Sq. Ft. OPA#542008800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Fermin Latorre Jr. C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01574 $57,673.61 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-440 1967 Beyer Ave 19115 56th wd. S/D W/B FAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,400 Sq. Ft. BRT#562307100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Amanda L. Cooney and John F. Cooney a/k/a John S. Cooney C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00388 $178,470.31 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1807-441 616 E Johnson St 19138 22nd wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,260 Sq. Ft. BRT#221010900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jerome T. Washington C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 00752 $81,150.00 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1807-442 4538 Hale St 19135 41st wd. 1,341 Sq. Ft. OPA#411162400

IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Therese Walls C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 02204 $97,107.61 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-443 6148 Erdrick St 19135 55th wd. 2,008 Sq. Ft. OPA#552258700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christina M. Brown a/k/a Christina Brown C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 01437 $122,182.45 KML Law Group, P.C. 1807-444 1036 S 54th St 19143 51st wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1,344 Sq. Ft. BRT#513126200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Daniel S. Toe, Sr. and Lula M. WilsonToe C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00852 $78,867.59 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1807-445 4729 Worth St 19134 23rd wd. 1,520 Sq. Ft. OPA#232406300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marta Rivera C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03243 $78,905.42 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1807-446 615 Flamingo St 19128 21st wd. 1,307 Sq. Ft. BRT#214061400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Marvin E. Shefsky C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 01962 $176,810.27 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1807-447 3915 Lawndale St 19124 33rd wd. 1,142 Sq. Ft. OPA#332269400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jessica Torrales C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 00964 $112,462.07 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1807-448 3825 Arendell Ave 19114 57th wd. 3,796 Sq. Ft. OPA#57-2143700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sharon V. Woods C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00597 $205,737.25 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1807-449 6307 Elmhurst St 19111 53rd wd. 1,460 Sq. Ft. OPA#531219900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lorriane A. Sproul C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03768 $157,383.58 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1807-450 6210 Callowhill St 34th wd. 1,127 Sq. Ft. BRT#341046500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Janet S. Fountain C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02714 $116,016.68 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1807-451 5009 Ogden St 44th wd. 1,100 Sq. Ft. BRT#442023000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Thomas E. Murphy C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01022 $62,049.69 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC

1807-452 1641 N. 26th St 29th wd. 918 Sq. Ft. BRT#32-4-1027-00; PRCL# 13 N 11-319 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Macie Widamen, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 03511 $37,246.19 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-453 1239 N 54th St 44th wd. 1,536 Sq. Ft. BRT#73 N 12-120; BRT#44-2-3565-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lula P. Butler a/k/a Lulu P. Butler C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02502 $59,020.16 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-454 56 N Farson St 19139 44th wd. 773 Sq. Ft. BRT#441075900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tammi N. Washington-Hall, Known Heir of Lorriane A. Washington; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Lorriane A. Washington C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 02124 $56,045.97 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-455 7803 Fairfield St 19152 64th wd. 5,807 Sq. Ft. OPA#641020300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Terrence T. Lappe and Kimberly A. Lappe C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 01813 $64,207.48 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1807-456 111 S 15th St 308 a/k/a 111 S 15th St Unit P308 8th wd. 0 Sq. Ft. BRT#888087492 IMPROVEMENTS: RES CONDO 5+ STY MASONRY Kevin Jones a/k/a Kevin K. Jones C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02570 $434,135.92 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1807-457 907 S 58th St 46th wd. 1,256 Sq. Ft. BRT#463286100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Jamar Hill and Raymond E. Hill, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00624 $48,712.60 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1807-458 4837 Fairmount Ave 44th wd. 1,305 Sq. Ft. BRT#441230100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Anthony Nix and Linda Nix C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00093 $58,873.59 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1807-459 6259 Cottage St 19135 41st wd. 1,444 Sq. Ft. BRT#552406600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns, Representatives, Devisees and All Persons, Firms, and Associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Michael Caruso a/k/a Michael R. Caruso C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04346 $83,305.18 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire

1807-460 6710 Anderson St 19119 22nd wd. 9,972 Sq. Ft. BRT#22-22530-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING James White, III, Personal Representative of The Estate of Barbara Selby; Estate of Barbara Selby; Sicily Selby Smith, Known Heir of Barbara Selby; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns and all persons, firms or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Barbara Selby C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 03160 $199,662.69 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-461 9029 Convent Ave 19136 10th wd. 1,955 Sq. Ft. BRT#572224900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Kevin K. Kealey and Michelle L. Kealey C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 01954 $193,856.10 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-462 643 N 57th St 19131-4805 4th wd. 1,350 Sq. Ft. OPA#043086300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline Fox a/k/a Jacqueline S. Fox C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02029 $86,188.92 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-463 1943 Plymouth St 19138 10th wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#101320400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shelley Dixon C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01963 $66,235.95 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1807-464 7601 Crittenden St #F9 19118 9th wd. 1,566 Sq. Ft. OPA#888200588 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rosilyn M. Thomas C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 00061 $101,372.03 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1807-465 183 W Roselyn St 19120 61st wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,140 Sq. Ft. BRT#612188600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carl Reginald Johnson, Administrator of the Estate of Irvin Govens C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 00537 $97,222.06 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1807-466 254 E. Comly St 19120 35th wd. Land: 2,057 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,258 Sq. Ft.; Total: 3,315 Sq. Ft. OPA#352139500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rashida Thompson C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 02932 $117,696.11 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1807-467 3152 Barnett St 19149 55th wd. Land: 1,519 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,200 Sq. Ft.; Total: 2,719 Sq. Ft. OPA#551010300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Janet Busch and William J. Busch C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 01987 $77,285.54 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1807-468 7032 Walker St 19135 41st wd. 2,250 Sq. Ft. OPA#552320000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 2 STY MASONRY Laniece Hale-Blackwell and Jeffrey Blackwell C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 550 $90,923.52, plus interest through the date of the sheriff ’s sale, plus costs William J. Levant, Esquire 1807-469 1721 Dallas Rd 19126 10th wd. 1,344 Sq. Ft. OPA#101289600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Amir Williams; Nafeesa Abdul Malik, a/k/a Nafeesa A. Malik, a/k/a Nafeesa Malik C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01254 $156,750.54 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1807-470 1921 Tasker St 19145 1,180 Sq. Ft. OPA#363061900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Nicholla Anderson C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03511 $57,479.29 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-471 4607 Frankford Ave 19124 23rd wd. 2,140 Sq. Ft. OPA#871111800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW W/OFFICE OR STORE 3 STORY MASON Kevin Phelan C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04893 $138,144.60 Jennifer D. Gould, Esq.; Stark & Stark, PC 1807-472 2328 S 20th St 19145 26th wd. 1,364 Sq. Ft. OPA#262160000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William Schmidt, a/k/a William A. Schmidt; Kristin Schmidt, a/k/a Kristin A. Schmidt C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 04054 $179,383.49 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1807-473 1235 S 21st St 36th wd. 1,206 Sq. Ft. OPA#361209300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gloria S. Trower C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 2482 $47,745.58 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1807-474 3471 Eden St 19114 57th wd. 3,373.5 Sq. Ft. BRT#572163143 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING William B. Jenkins a/k/a William Jenkins and June M. Jenkins C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03164 $55,880.38 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire

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1807-475 4120 N 6th St 19140-2510 43rd wd. 1,090 Sq. Ft. OPA#433271400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Beverly Thomison-Sadia a/k/a Beverly Thomison a/k/a Beverley Thomison Sadia C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 03375 $54,336.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-476 637 N Frazier St 191314810 4th wd. 1,434 Sq. Ft. OPA#043063300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kai Comer C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 02735 $87,426.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-477 1710 N Peach St 19131 52nd wd. 1,219 Sq. Ft. BRT#521342000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michael C Nze C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01129 $64,586.61 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-478 1837 Glenifer St 191411077 17th wd. 1,108 Sq. Ft. OPA#171018700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gina Ayers, in Her Capacity as Heir of Ronald Neal, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Ronald Neal, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03777 $74,362.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-479 3529 N 19th St 19140 11th wd. 1,874 Sq. Ft. BRT#112270300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING James Lewis C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00095 $119,930.96 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-480 460 Van Kirk St 19120-1121 35th wd. Improvement Area: 1,376 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 1,920 Sq. Ft. OPA#352094400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Olegario Azcona, deceased, Daisy Fontanez Azcona, in her capacity as known heir, devise and/or distribute of the Estate of Olegario Azcona, deceased, Alejandro Azcona, in his capacity as known heir, devise and/or distribute of the Estate of Olegario Azcona, deceased, and Miguel Azcona, in his capacity as known heir, devise and/or distribute of the Estate of Olegario Azcona, deceased C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00582 $110,530.14 Brett L. Messinger, Ryan A. Gower, & Paul J. Fanelli 1807-481 11833 Brandon Rd 19154 66th wd. 4,275 Sq. Ft. BRT#66-2032200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Craig Woods a/k/a Craig S.

Woods; Linda Borden a/k/a Linda M. Woods C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 02761 $197,608.33 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-482 1054 Alcott St 19149 35th wd. Improvement Area: 1,192 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 1,058 Sq. Ft. OPA#352061800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Traci Benn C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03446 $119,523.84 Brett L. Messinger, Ryan A. Gower, & Paul J. Fanelli 1807-483 1256 Elbridge St 191115509 53rd wd. 1,116 Sq. Ft. OPA#531091000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theresa M. Horner; Kenneth A. Horner C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 01930 $85,744.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-484 6211 Ogontz Ave 191411412 17th wd. 1,386 Sq. Ft. OPA#172242700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Viola Martin C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03179 $36,947.97 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-485 8030 Rodney St 19150 50th wd. S/D W/B GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,452 Sq. Ft. BRT#502039400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Herbert Mannings and Denise M. Scott a/k/a Denise M. Scott-Fisher C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02041 $300,449.21 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1807-486 5530 Catharine St 19143 46th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,486 Sq. Ft. BRT#463105200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sharon Kay Allston, Known Surviving Heir of Amy M. Allston and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Amy M. Allston C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00635 $86,870.42 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1807-487 7172 Glenloch St 19135 41st wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,350 Sq. Ft. BRT#412332400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lamin Bangura and Kadiatu Bangura C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03046 $180,196.23 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1807-488 1819 Nedro Ave a/k/a 1819 W. Nedro Ave 19141 17th wd. 1,446 Sq. Ft. BRT#171171500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Micha L. Wilson C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02928 $123,880.72 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-489 2314 Emerald St 19125 31st wd. Land: 720 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,380 Sq.

Ft.; Total: 2,100 Sq. Ft. OPA#311068000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Debra J. Gardner and Eliot B. Karol C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 00106 $129,561.24 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1807-490 6457 N. Smedley St 19126 RESIDENTIAL ROW 2 STY MASONRY BRT#172160300 IMPROVEMENTS: ERECTED THEREON Brenda M. Mitchell and Alvin J. Mitchell C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03203 $51,998.63 Robert W. Williams, Esquire 1807-491 3453 Jasper St 19134-2001 45th wd. 1,145 Sq. Ft. OPA#452364800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cheryl Anne Heston, in Her Capacity as Heir of Joseph J. Heston Jr., a/k/a Joseph James Heston, Jr., Deceased; Joseph James Heston, III, in His Capacity as Heir of Joseph J. Heston, Jr. a/k/a Joseph James Heston, Jr., Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Joseph J. Heston, Jr a/k/a Joseph James Heston, Jr. Deceased C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 03390 $21,343.98 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-492 6562 Limekiln Pike 191383103 10th wd. 1,196 Sq. Ft. OPA#102063600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Catherine Brown C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02802 $99,539.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-493 6155 Wheeler St 19142 40th wd. 1,216 Sq. Ft. OPA#402171700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Frances Lyles C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03775 $19,432.78 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1807-494 1243 S 24th St 19146 36th wd. 1,298 Sq. Ft. more or less BRT#361367400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR RENT ATS Properties, LLC C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 00936 $75,621.64 Scott P. Shectman, Esquire; Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP 1807-495 1405 71st Ave f/k/a 1405 W 71st St 19126 10th wd. 2,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#101278800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tameka Marshall-Holmes a/k/a Tamika Holmes C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 00723 $122,113.61 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1807-496 325 Lodge Rd 19128 21st wd. 3,528 Sq. Ft.

OPA#212338775 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kathleen A. Turner and Jamison P. Turner C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 03282 $260,196.57 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1807-497 9335 Campus Ln 19114 57th wd. 6,000 Sq. Ft. OPA#572289500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stacey Justine Strauss C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02993 $104,430.82 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1807-498 14 E Sharpnack St 19119 22nd wd. Land: 1,315 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,396 Sq. Ft.; Total: 2,711 Sq. Ft. OPA#221105100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY June Green a/k/a June Green, Trustee for Ramona Green, Latitia Green, Gretchen Green, Raymond Green and Lory Green C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03202 $17,187.85 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1807-499 2053 Federal St 36th wd. 21 feet 7 inches by 64 feet 5 and 3/4 inches OPA#361035300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: THREE STORY MASONRY BUILDING Christopher Kling C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02883 $161,850.57 Jay E. Kivitz, Esq. 1807-500 901 N. Penn St, Unit F-201 5th wd. 0 Sq. Ft. BRT#888062310 IMPROVEMENTS: RES CONDO 5+ STY MASONRY Tobi Simone C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02840 $248,783.34 plus $24.72 per day from 2/16/2018 Laurence A. Mester; Mester & Schwartz, P.C. 1807-501 6577 N Woodstock St 10th wd. Beginning Point: Intersection of the South side of 66th Avenue North and the East side of Woodstock Street OPA#102078800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Leslie Kimble C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 02583 $114,454.62 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1807-502 8112 Thouron Ave 50th wd. Beginning Point: at a point on the Southwesterly side of Thouron Avenue (70 feet wide) at the distance of 245 feet 9 1/2 inches Southwestwardly measured along the said side of Thouron Avenue from the Southeasterly side of Mt. Pleasant Ave (60 feet wide) IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY HOME I.C. Hydrick, now deceased, Beverly McCalla, solely in her capacity as heir of I.C. Hydrick, deceased and Jalonda Sharp, as coadministrator of the Estate of Valarie Sharp, deceased and Lawrence Sharp, as

co-administrator of the Estate of Valarie Sharp, deceased and Kevin A. Walker, solely in his capacity as heir of I.C. Hydrick, deceased C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04854 $111,055.02 Makenna E. Porch 1807-503 2433 S 74th St 40th wd. 1,159 Sq. Ft. BRT#404129800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Paul L. Jones C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 02902 $88,880.56 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1807-504 5406 Saul St 19124 62nd wd. Land: 1,553 Sq. Ft.; 1,338 Sq. Ft. BRT#621453800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Robert J. Swanlund and Sharon Swanlund C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 002739 $62,623.67 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1807-505 4087 1/2 Lancaster Ave 19104 6th wd. BRT#871066300 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL & APARTMENT(S) C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 03972 $78,649.79 Brian H. Smith, Esquire 1807-506 515 E Cheltenham Ave 19120-1701 35th wd. 1,298 Sq. Ft. OPA#352005200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patrick Fetus C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 01321 $93,390.88 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-507 501 E Haines St 191441214 59th wd. 2,223 Sq. Ft. OPA#592008000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sarah ReidWright; Oral Wright C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00570 $89,798.73 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-508 9921 Bustleton Ave, Unit X3 19115 58th wd. 654 Sq. Ft. BRT#160N12-207; OPA#888580930 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Donald Olah C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 04105 $69,706.76 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1807-509 6614 N 17th St 19126-2733 10th wd. 1,352 Sq. Ft. OPA#101049800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vivenne Shackleford, in Her Capacity as Heir of Geraldine WrightHenry a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright-Henry, Deceased; Arlick Wright, in His Capacity as Heir of Geraldine Wright-Henry a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright-Henry, Deceased; Georgette Hughes, in Her Capacity as Heir of Geraldine Wright-Henry a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright-Henry, Deceased; Junelle Wright, in Her

Capacity as Heir of Geraldine Wright-Henry a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright-Henry, Deceased; Lorraine Mcleod, in Her Capacity as Heir of Geraldine Wright-Henry a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright-Henry, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Geraldine Wright-Henry a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright a/k/a Geraldine D. Wright-Henry, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 03153 $112,697.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-510A 8036 Fairview St 191362202 64th wd. 1,850 Sq. Ft. OPA#642013400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Farrell; Regina Ann Farrell a/k/a Regina Farrell; Loretta P. Farrell C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 04007 $229,288.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-510B 8040 Fairview St 191362202 64th wd. 1,850 Sq. Ft. OPA#642013500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Farrell; Regina Ann Farrell a/k/a Regina Farrell; Loretta P. Farrell C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 04007 $229,288.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1807-511 1756 S 60th St 19142 3rd wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,538 Sq. Ft. BRT#034139400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING James A. Ubotee C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 02561 $155,009.93 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1807-512 3750 Clarendon Ave, #214 10th wd. Condominium OPA#8886670 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM Anne Pannepresso a/k/a Anne Panepresso C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 05465 $9,117.21 Jay E. Kivitz, Esq. 1807-513 244-48 N. 3rd St, Units 2C and 2D 5th wd. Condominium Unit OPA#888053468 - Unit 2C; OPA#999053469 - Unit 2D Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT Carolyn C. Brandhorst C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 4249 $5,665.67 Jay E. Kivitz, Esq. 1807-514 51 E Durham St 22nd wd. 931 Sq. Ft. BRT#222161200 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Davina A. Gould C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 03468 $141,935.66 Milstead & Associates, LLC

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Hats Off to MS Society Benefit Classic Baltimore horse race featured in NoLibs By HughE Dillon On May 19, fashionable fans of horse racing wore their derby best and attended the 6th Annual Preakness at the Piazza. Attendees enjoyed cocktails, light bites, dancing and participated in a silent auction to raise additional funds to benefit the National MS Society. Despite the drizzle, the crowd gathered outside to watch the running of the 143rd Preakness Stakes on a projection screen high above the plaza.

1. Amanda White, Chelsey Scalese, Kristen Rodgers and Natalie Egenolf. 2. Kristin Rodgers announces best dressed as Alex Holley and Howard Eskin look on. 3. Paul and Beasley Reece. 4. Matt Zubak, Kirsti Paolini and Thomas Knox. 5. Howard Teicher, Abbe Teicher, Audrey Savino and Mike Savino. 6. Anthony Adams and Achilles. Photos by HughE Dillon.

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Winning Cocktails Support Winning Life Suits and Sazeracs contest raises funds for Career Wardrobe By HughE Dillon Henry A. Davidsen: Master Tailors & Image Consultants recently hosted the 3rd Annual Suits & Sazeracs contest at Hotel Palomar. The spirited cocktail competition and charitable fundraiser benefited the local nonprofit Career Wardrobe. Guests were encouraged to wear derby-inspired outfits to the New Orleans themed party. Bluebird Distilling, Square 1682, and Lucky Dog Studio all presented entries at the annual event. The winning cocktail was crafted by Kelly Derrig of Cook And Shaker. Her creation, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be Still My Beating Heart,â&#x20AC;? featured Bluebird rye whiskey, honey, and basil.

1. Loren Kagen, Taylor Campitelli, Nicole Kagen and Stefani Schwartz. 2. Sheri Cole and Beth Moore. 3. Abbe Stern and Jackson Duncan. 4. Jenna Gyger, Loren Kagan, Nicole Requena and Greg Jaspan. 5. Brian Lipstein and Kristen Maxey. 6. Kelly Derrig and Ashley Tankersley. Photos by HughE Dillon.

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Fighting Cancer Under the Stars Families and researchers were honored for their amazing activities against cancer By HughE Dillon Last month, the Cancer Support Community of Greater Philadelphia celebrated its “25th Anniversary Evening in the Park Gala” on the grounds of its headquarters at the Suzanne Morgan Center at Ridgeland in Fairmount Park. Guests enjoyed fabulous food and cocktails by Joshua’s Catering, a live auction led by Jeff Hammond, and a silent auction, all to benefit CSCGP. Co-chairs for the event were Linda Dooney and Nicole Dresnin Schaeffer. The Pallozzi family received the organization’s Courage Award. The Ann Silverman award was bestowed on Dr. Carl June and the members of the June Lab from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Cellular Immunotherapies. They are being honored for their outstanding meritorious service working with cancer survivors and their strong commitment to the Community’s mission.

1. Amy Pallozzi, Justin Pallozzi, Anne Pallozzi and James Pallozzi. 2. Steve Cohn, Ivy Cohn and Billy Brett. 3. Michelle and Mark Haslam. 4. Kelly A. Harris, Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia, Ralph Zuccarini, Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia and Donna Zuccarini. 5. Sandy and Kevin McCloskey. 6. Chris Daly and Michelle Leonard. Photos by HughE Dillon.

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MANNA Supporters Guac This Way Sixth annual benefit draws creative chefs to Morgan’s Pier By HughE Dillon Cantina Dos Segundos, Conshohocken Brewing Company, Jose Pistola’s, La Calaca Feliz, Los Camaradas, Morgan's Pier, Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar, Red Owl Tavern, Revolution Taco and Square 1682 Restaurant all competed against each other during MANNA’s 6th Annual Guac Off at Morgan’s Pier on Thursday, May 24. Winners were crowned in two categories, People's Choice and Judge's Choice. All proceeds from the sold out event went to support Manna’s mission of delivering nourishment to those suffering life-threatening illness.

1. Guacamole judges Gary, Alex and Robert. 2. Rob Saxon, Brittany Lynn, Mandy Blumenthal and Carol Goldstein. 3. Sandy poses in an avocado. 4. Jose Pistola’s served a shrimp guacamole to win the people’s choice prize. 5. Paladar, winners for best guacamole. 6. Kory Aversa, Jennifer Logue and Thanuja Hamilton. Photos by HughE Dillon.

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Lower Merion Basketball Adds Nine to Its Hall of Fame Former coaches drop everything to attend the ceremony By Jeremy Treatman

emple coach Fran Dunphy wouldn’t miss it; former 76ers and St. Joseph’s University coach Jim Lynam drove 30 miles to make a video about it; and current St. Joseph’s coach Phil Martelli rescheduled a meeting to accommodate an interview request for that video. What exactly are we talking about here? Simply, the third Lower Merion Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. It was held at the high school on June 9 and attended by 125 friends and fans. In all, nine former players were inducted to the Hall, bringing the total to 21, with Kobe Bryant being, of course, the most celebrated. So, why the fuss for the three aforementioned esteemed members of the Philadelphia basketball community? Three of the nine inductees have played for coaches Dunphy, Lynam and Martelli. Inductee Ryan Brooks starred at Lower Merion and led the Aces to a state championship in 2006 before starting for three

seasons at Temple for Dunphy. Brooks still plays overseas in Germany and will be entering his ninth pro season in 2018-2019. Inductee Howie Lassoff, who passed away in 2013 from cancer, was represented by his mother and brothers at the event. He played for Lynam at American University from 1975-1978 and later became an icon in Israel, starring for 13 years. Inductee Garrett Williamson co-starred on the 2006 Lower Merion team with Brooks and also starred for Martelli at St. Joseph’s University. Williamson is still playing professionally and has won two championships in the National Basketball League of Canada. “It was an honor to attend,” said Dunphy. “Ryan Brooks was probably the lowest maintenance — actually he was no maintenance at all — player I have ever had. I never had to worry about him. He did all his work on and off the court without ever being asked. I was lucky enough to have Ryan be my first recruit at Temple. I wanted to sur-

prise him tonight and it was great to see him honored by Lower Merion. He is one of the most special players I ever coached.” The night also celebrated the Aces amazing history. Lower Merion has won six PIAA state championships, second only to Chester among public schools statewide. The other honorees represented those championships and other times of high success. They were Don Evans (Class of 1943), Guy Stewart (Class of 1965), Tommy McDaniel (Class of 1968), Brad Long (Class of 1972), Alai Nuualiitia (Class of 1996), and Dan Capkin (Class of 2005). Seven of the honorees gave emotional speeches, remembering their days playing with the Aces. Lassoff’s mom, Hilda, spoke glowingly about her son’s career in the states and abroad. Sadly, Brad Long is institutionalized with an untreatable mental illness and was unable to attend. His brother Gregg — himself a Lower Merion Hall of Famer — assured the audience that Brad was aware and

The Lower Merion High School Basketball Hall of Fame inductees pose for a group photo. Photo by Sarah J. Glover.

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understood the honor. He brought letters Brad wrote while in high school. “I can’t wait to play Radnor,” read Brad’s emotional sibling. “I think we can beat them next year. I have been scoring about 20 points a game, but I know I can get 30 if some people pass me the ball more.” Guy Stewart, 75, said he was touched by his selection and the introduction given by son Guy, Jr., a teammate of Kobe Bryant’s. “I never thought this day would happen,” said Stewart. “I was a three-year starter and could do a lot of things on the court, we didn’t have as good a team as some of the teams in the other honorees’ eras but I think I went from a guy who wasn’t sure he could make the team to a starter who had a big impact on the game. I think I had an all-around game and could make shots from the outside and inside and pass and defend pretty well. We didn’t really play above the rim back then, but we were athletic and made room to get our shots off.” One of the evening’s biggest ovations went to Don Evans, Jr., who told stories about his father Don, a two-time state champion in 1942 and 1943. “I once ran into a guy who played basketball at Farrell, which is a team my dad’s team beat for one of the titles, from the Western part of the state,” Don, Jr. recounted. “He said, ‘I didn’t like your father and I didn’t like Lower Merion. We just couldn’t stop him and he broke our fans’ hearts. He was a tough son of a bitch.’” “It’s funny,” added the younger Evans. “I always felt my mother was the mean one.” For many in the auditorium, which sits above the Kobe Bryant gym, their memories were more fresh of Brooks and Williamson who each introduced one another as they were honored. “Garrett played ninth grade basketball, while me and Pete Lucas were fortunate enough to have been on the varsity as freshmen,” said Brooks. “We didn’t really bond until the 10th grade when we were on the varsity together and started to push each other and realize that, athletically, we were the only ones who could compete with one another. We became more than friends, we were brothers: two guys attached at the Continued on page 2

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the world of drag.” While he was growing up across the plains of Michigan, Jarboe wasn’t a “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” kid; more of a “Lamb Chop” and “Sesame Street” guy. “Rogers has more power for me as an adult, both as a composer, and as a writer and performer. Watching the PBS shows now, I see how deeply thoughtful he was, how measured and how creative.” What drew Jarboe into Mister Rogers was the music — the songs that the classically trained pianist and writer concocted for his two neighborhoods: one real, and one imagined. “I am always reframing, resurrecting and subverting nostalgia, particularly musical nostalgia. The wonderful thing about working with Mister Rogers as a jumping-off point is how much heart he brings into the room. Most audiences deeply love him and are made vulnerable in a rare way when he is invoked.“ The show features the music of Bearded Ladies composer Heath Allen, the guidance of dramaturgist and associate artistic director Sally Ollove and director Suli Holum. “Suli encouraged me to place that approach right next to my own of whimsy,

spontaneity and naughtiness,”Jarboe said. He might be slipping into Rogers’ comfy sweaters (“Rebecca Kanach, my costume designer, is a genius,”) but Jarboe is also imagining “what putting on his values, tone and manner now looks like and feels like. If Mister Rogers advocated that we feel what we are feeling, and that all feelings are meant to be felt even if they are not meant to be acted on, what does it meant to feel what we are feeling now as adults living at a time of so much irony? Maybe we all need a bit of Mister Rogers drag at this point in history?” Under the banner of Rogers’ no-childleft-behind catchphrase “You Can Never Go Down The Drain,” Jarboe said that Americans are collectively going down a metaphorical drain. “We are full of fear and unable to hear each other. I love that Fred used ‘never going down the drain’ as a message of hope and comfort. In our current context, the phrase strikes me as deeply ironic and earnest at the same time.” For the record, where Jarboe stands politically in 2018 on LGBTQ rights, trans concerns and wedding cakes comes down to his usual position: He stands with the misfit and the misfits’ misfit. “I am a radical

faerie, an aspiring witch. My current political tactics include listening, surrounding myself with people who are more radical than I am and getting queerer every day as a protest and comfort mechanism.” Is there anything for kids once the Bearded Ladies are “down the drain?” Jarboe said yes, but that it also depends on what kind of parent you are. “I think it is a show that would be fine for 13 and up. But kids are always smarter and more sophisticated than we let them be. There’s some swearing and a lot of sexuality in the show, but nothing to be afraid of unless you are one of those parents.” With “You Can Never Go Down The Drain,” filled with what Jarboe called “gay romps into the land of make-believe and some earnest questions about irony,” what audiences will see are massive costumes, jazz trios, live fish and lots of drag. “It is a show about whether and in what way do we need irony right now as a political or social approach. You will hopefully learn more about the kinds of drag you are doing every day to get through your long life. What audiences — gay and straight — will get is a good time, a bit of healing and a strong drink.” n

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An entertaining parody of radical queer politics By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor

“The Raspberry Reich,” which was a parody of the Baader-Meinhof gang. In fact, “The Misandrists” pays homage to Ulrike Meinhof, as when a character shrewdly states, “There is no point explaining the right thing to the wrong people.” But LaBruce is also riffing on “The Beguiled” and nunsploitation movies, among other cultural touchstones. “I wanted to reinvestigate things that I studied in university, such as protest literature and movements. I was going back to those roots, but I wanted to make it entertaining as well, so I made it a genre film and put in cinematic references. “It is a tricky balance,” he acknowledged about finding the right tone and consistency for his films, which are — for the uninitiated — often quite shocking. “In my films, I critique a particular subject. Someone once said I have a light touch on heavy subjects. Part of it is camp, and the best camp is done with a straight face, not nodding and winking, but playing it seriously all the way through.” The humor in “The Misandrists” is deadpan and wickedly funny. There is satiric feminist speak where Big Mother talks about her “(wo)manifesto” and ends a prayer with “A-(wo)men.” LaBruce said that the sisters’ prayer in the film, “Blessed be the goddess of all worlds that has not made me a man,” is turning the tables on a Jewish prayer. “That’s a cathartic, fun thing for the audience — especially women.”

The clichés of lesbian-feminist culture are also skewered in “The Misandrists,” especially Queer Canadian filmmaker Bruce La Bruce in a shocking scene after explained recently that he titled his new film Volker is discovered in the “The Misandrists” because many people don’t FLA headquarters. It’s best know what ‘misandrist’ means. to leave viewers to dis Here’s a context clue: The erotic comecover what exactly happens, dy-thriller, which opens June 22 at the but the vivid, visceral epiLandmark Ritz at the Bourse, concerns the sode will echo unforgettaFemale Liberation Army, a separatist strongble scenes such as the “gut hold of radical lesbian feminists who hate men fuck” in LaBruce’s “Otto: and plan to use queer pornography to take over Or Up with Dead People,” the world. or the “stump fuck” in his It is an appropriately radical and political classic “Hustler White.” response in this era of #MeToo, and LaBruce LaBruce justified these acknowledged that the attitudes on display in VICTOIRE LALY, KITA UPDIKE AND SERENITY ROSA “extreme scenes” in his cinthe film should resonate with queer viewers. Photo: Cartilage Films ema thusly: “It’s taking your “The Misandrists” is set largely in a girl’s was homophobia. So, I was an outsider among thesis and really extending school that doubles as the FLA’s headquarters. it to that logical conclusion, that moment that outsiders. But in the gay community, I was Big Mother (Susanne Sachsse) trains her girls lays bare whatever fetish or revolutionary ten- punk and I was an outsider because my politics for world domination. Several factors, however, dency I’m talking about. It’s a test for the audi- were more radical. might disrupt their plans. One subplot features ence as well. How far can I take them with me? “There’s conformity among radical or outlovers Isolde (Kita Updike) and Helga (Lina My films are cult-y and each has their different sider groups. The trick with that is to still Bembe) discovering Volker (Til Schindler), cult. My early films gave me permission to be have some provisional membership with those a wounded criminal they hide in the school’s queer and a freak and to express my sexuality.” radical groups to participate in them. But you basement. Another storyline concerns an under The filmmaker traced his penchant to shock have to be nimble and alert to aspects of those cover cop infiltrating the school and a third groups — racism, sexism, gay misogyny. We people with sexuality back to his punk days. complication involves the discovery that one of “I was a queer punk, so I was involved in a were vigilant and fought against that in the the female students — surprise! — has a penis. radical youth movement. A lot of it was anar- 1980s. You take what’s strategically useful and LaBruce films “The Misandrists” with his chist, and yet there were a lot of rules and, in fight against what goes against your beliefs.” tongue planted firmly in cheek. This feature certain quarters of the punk movement, there LaBruce is especially sensitive to how culis a companion piece of sorts to his 2004 film, ture today is policing language, desire and sexuality. “The Misandrists,” in particular, aims to subvert and critique patriarchy in a playful way. And the film features many penises to make points not only about masculine supremacy but also about trans visibility. “I’ve heard some lesbian viewers are not happy with the penises [in the film] but look at the context: It’s about essentialism. To show penises reinforces the idea that girls are so disgusted with men, it sets up this idea of revulsion. The penis is being used not for sexual purposes in the film, but as a diversionary tactic.” For example, LaBruce has two FLA members watching an over-the-top gay-porn film featuring a great (albeit disturbing) visual gag that is sure to provoke a response from viewers. But “The Misandrists” also includes a slow-motion pillow fight featuring scantily clad female students as well as a lesbian orgy that mocks schoolgirl-porn films. Audiences who appreciated LaBruce’s distinctive, disruptive style of cinema will enjoy “The Misandrists.” In addition, La Bruce’s film’s politics have meaning and impact for the current socio-political situation. 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The view from up here: Let the games begin By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com A least one or twice a month, I get asked to write about my experiences as a standup comic in the paper, and I always refuse. But I’m making an exception just this once … or twice. So, if you don’t know, when I’m not in the trenches here at the paper, I’m a professional standup comic (my stage name is Larry XL … I’m tall). I love doing it and journalism doesn’t really afford one a livable income these days. So among journalism, standup comedy, Uber/Lyft driving, selling the occasional pint of blood and raiding ships in brazen acts of piracy in international waters, I keep the lights on and gas in the tank. I’m a straight ally and a POC who performs all over the country and in Canada to a variety of audiences. Some comedians don’t have that luxury (or burden, depending on your world view). As a result, I view the world mostly from the fuzzy glare of lights from the stage or through the windshield of my car, which has more than a quarter-million miles on the odometer. Some people seem to think this makes my life so interesting and I have all this accumulated wisdom that I should write more about. Meh … I don’t really see it that way. It’s mostly a never-ending mental slideshow of hotel rooms, interstates, stages (of various size and quality) and cups of coffee (also of various size and quality), punctuated by some moments of desperate reflection and horrific clarity along the way. It’s not that intriguing, but who am I to let an empty space that needs to be filled in the paper tell me otherwise? I’ll let you be the judge. I generally perform anywhere for anyone who will have me on a show. Besides comedy clubs and casinos, I’ve performed at sports bars, gay bars, military bases, synagogues, swingers’ weekends and everything in between. Performing in the United States, a good chunk of the gigs I do are in Trump Country (i.e., mostly white, straight, blue-collar, Ford F-150owning, Affliction-T-shirt-wearing, whiskey/ Budweiser-drinking men and chardonnay/Coors Light-drinking women, happy to live and work two-four hours from the nearest major city). While I do some political humor and social commentary in small doses in my act, when it comes to these gigs, I bench a lot of those jokes. You have to pick your spots and, honestly, it’s not worth it deep in what could be hostile territory. I’m also an avid gamer (board games, role-playing games, etc.) and a fan of most things nerdy and geeky in my free time. This year I was asked to put together a comedy show for a gaming convention in Columbus, Ohio (the champagne of Ohio cities, in my opinion).

When I get a chance to put together a comedy show anywhere, I try to make the lineup diverse because a lot of times the shows are just too much or all of one thing — which is almost always straight white guys. So at the very least, I like to have a woman or another person of color on the bill, just so there is some variety. In this case, I instantly knew whom I wanted among the comics at this gamer-oriented show — a comedian and friend from Baltimore who is also a raging gamer fan, Violet Gray. Violet hasn’t always been Violet. When I met her, she was Dorian, still a gamer geek and a comedian but, from all outward appearances, male. Violet is gender-nonconforming. Coming from the Baltimore/Washington D.C. comedy area, pretty much everybody on the scene accepted her name and identity change without question, hangups or fanfare, which is the way it should be. If someone is your friend and you respect them, you accept who they are and their choices — whether it be a name or identity change. It’s not that hard of a leap to make. Comics are one thing. Audiences are another. VIOLET GRAY Gaming conventions usually draw an openminded and accepting audience, but you never really know, especially in red states. It’s always strange and disconcerting when you find out the fans of things like sci-fi or fantasy franchises such as “Star Wars” and “Dungeons & Dragons” get bent out of shape over characters of color or sexualities other than straight. I’m sorry, but the idea of racism in space really pisses me off. And the idea of racism and homophobia in imaginary lands where faeries, dragons, trolls, giants and unicorns are accepted and celebrated is even more asinine. In the case of this event, it probably helps that for the last few years, Columbus’ Pride Festival happens the same weekend of the game convention and the parade runs right by the convention center, thereby infusing the attendance of the convention with LGBT participants. Anyway, Violet took the stage last Saturday night and went over like gangbusters with the audience, giving them hilarious takes on her adventures as a gender-nonconforming person of color inside and outside gamer and geek circles. Hopefully someday I can talk her into writing something or being featured in PGN. Until then, if you have a chance, check out Violet Gray live if you are down in the Baltimore/D.C. area, or listen to her podcast Laugh Finder, where she and other comedians roll the dice in role-playing games. For more information visit http://lfp.fakingitradio.com/ or on Twitter @VioletSilver. OK, that’s enough out of me for now. Maybe next month, I’ll talk your ears off about performing in Canada. n

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Tia Sharpe: Opening up and reaching out The statistics are sobering. In the U.S., suicide is the 10th-leading cause of death. LGBTQ youth are almost five times as likely to have attempted suicide compared to heterosexual youth. Forty percent of transgender adults report a suicide attempt. More than 90 percent of them attempted suicide before the age of 25. The recent high-profile suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain have brought the topic back into focus but a number of dedicated organizations has been battling the problem for decades. One of them is the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Established in 1987 by a small group of individuals — each of whom had lost someone to suicide — the founding families joined with scientists to create a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy. I ran into the AFSP’s LGBT outreach coordinator, Tia Sharpe, at Pridefest. We had a chat about her quest to remove the stigma of mental health, and to be the role model she never had. PGN: I understand you’re a small-town gal. TS: Yes, originally I’m from the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, a little town called Tamaqua. It’s in the coal region, tucked between the Poconos and Allentown. The closest movie theater was about 25 minutes away, so not a lot going on there. PGN: Tell me the family structure. TS: I grew up in a single-parent household. My mom raised me and my brother. He’s a bit older than me — I’m 28 and he’s going to be 35 soon. We were very close, but I’m closest to my mom and to my grandmother, whom we were living with at the time. PGN: You grew up in a strong feminine culture. TS: Yes, and I’m so thankful for that. It absolutely made me who I am today. PGN: Did you go on to college? TS: I started to go to community college in Tamaqua, but it was like grade 13 of high school, so I took a break to decide what my true calling was. I just started going back to school to study psychology. I work at Starbucks and they pay for you to finish your undergrad education. PGN: That’s great! How did you get involved with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention? TS: I have lived experience and what that means is that when I was 16, I had an attempt to end my life. I’ve struggled with depression since I was very young, and when I was 16, not to say I didn’t struggle afterwards, but at 16 I had an attempt and after that I began counseling to manage my depression. It was eye-opening for a lot of reasons. I’d heard about the “Out of the Darkness” walk and

when I moved to Philly, I wanted to participate. I raised the bare minimum to participate and went with my mom. It blew my mind. It was the “aha moment” — that this was what I was supposed to be doing. This was the feeling I wanted to create for other people. PGN: How did the depression manifest itself when you were very young? Did people around you realize it? TS: There were obvious signs. I did some self-harm. I was cutting myself and that would be a clear sign that there was some distress. That conversation was always hard. I’d be in the school nurse’s office and it raised a lot of eyebrows. My mom kept me going. PGN: Was that before or after the attempt? TS: Both, actually, and I’ve tried to narrow it down to one event that was the straw that broke the camel’s back, but there was just a lot of stuff: abuse in the family with my father. My father’s mother died when I was 16 and that set off even more of a depression. Add coming out in a small town and it was a pretty difficult time. It’s never only one reason — it’s usually a series of different events that comes together.

a friendship and I became her secretary. I became part of the board and there, I pitched the idea of having an LGBTQ+ outreach coordinator. PGN: What’s something you want people to know? TS: Depression and anxiety are something that I still struggle with; it has not gone away, but I have learned how to manage them. PGN: What’s the hardest part of what you do? TS: Talking to the families of suicide loss. It’s heartbreaking, but when you go to the “Out of Darkness” walk, it’s so healing and there’s such a sense of community and support that you know it can help people get through the hardest times. PGN: Do you think that the number of high-profile people coming out about mental- health issues and even the recent suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain have brought the issue out of the darkness a little?

PGN: How did you come out even to yourself? TS: I decided to help out with the swim team, and there was this girl who had already come out. One day on the bus, she kissed me and I was like, Whoa! This thing feels right. I’d dated guys before, but I never really got it. After that I was like, oh, this is why I never wanted to sit around talking about boys.

PGN: Tell me about your role in AFSP. TS: I was at an event and overheard someone speaking about how crappy the roads were in Manayunk, and jumped into the conversation. I didn’t know it but she was the area director for the organization. I told her that I really wanted to get involved — I’d staple papers, make calls, whatever was needed. We formed

PGN: I had a friend who took her life, and it was one of those cases where she was the last person I would have expected to do it. She was always upbeat and gregarious. TS: Right, that was eye-opening for so many people. They look at people like Kate Spade and Robin Williams and think they have so much going. How were they so sad and we didn’t know it? I saw a post that said, “Depression doesn’t care what you do.” It doesn’t matter if you’re Anthony Bourdain or a worker at McDonald’s. Of course with a celebrity, you’re only going to see one side of them, which is part of that stigma, because if they’re battling cancer or even drug addiction it’s lauded, but mental health is still a taboo subject. Let’s hope that we can use this as a call to action. PGN: What touches you when you’re doing your work? TS: I’ve had some amazing experiences with people who come up and thank us just for being there and raising awareness. It’s such a personal experience. It’s incredible how many people are willing to share their stories with a total stranger, but I’m happy to provide the platform for them to do so.

PGN: So swim girl read you before you knew yourself! TS: Yes! And I was like, Now it all makes sense. Before that, I thought there was something wrong with me — didn’t know why all my friends were having these boy crushes and I wasn’t. PGN: How did you learn about homosexuality? TS: Well, it was a combination of what I saw on TV and what I learned from hearing negative things from the majority of people in such a small town. “We hate gay people” wasn’t a really good introduction, so it was a tough place to be gay or be out. My mother wasn’t the most accepting at first, either, but she’s come around and was just at Pride with me. My niece who came out at 16 came too. It was a great day.

the bigger problem would be to let the fear of it stop people from having a dialogue about suicide. I’m more concerned about giving information to people on the “how,” which is why you’re not supposed to report on the method, but they do anyway. The past few incidents are not going make anyone who wasn’t contemplating it before go out and do something, but it does serve as a reminder of how important it is to talk about this and get educated on the subject.

TS: Yes, it’s something we’ve been trying to focus on for a long time. The light that comes out of the tragedy is that it helps start the conversation. PGN: Is there concern about people emulating the behavior, I think there’s a term for it …? TS: Fear of contagion. Any time there’s a high-profile suicide, or attempt, it can get somewhat glamorized in the media, but I feel it isn’t as big an issue as people think. I think

PGN: I’m sure you have. TS: I tell my nieces and mom that I want to be the role model that I never had: an out-and-proud LGBTQ person who is strong and has made it, even through the hardships. I was 16 years old when I tried to end my life. I am now 28 and inspired by my 16- and 17-year-old nieces, both of whom I would have never had the pleasure of witnessing, grow into the compassionate and dedicated young women that they are today if I had completed my suicide attempt 12 years ago. So if anyone is reading this in crisis, hear this: Stay. There are so many reasons to stay. n To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol.com.

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Life’s a ballroom: Trans actor dishes on groundbreaking ‘Pose’ By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com “Pose,” the new dance musical drama created by Ryan Murphy (“Glee,” “American Horror Story”) and Steven Canals, is quickly becoming one of the most-talked-about and acclaimed new series of the summer. The series is set in the late 1980s amid the burgeoning ball culture that served as an artistic and creative sanctuary for cast-out black and Latino gay and transgender youth with nowhere else to go alongside the rise of the affluent luxury executive-suite-andtie culture that would ultimately dominate Manhattan. “Pose” features the largest transgender cast ever assembled for a scripted series, with five trans women of color starring in recurring roles. Actor and activist Angelica Ross, who has appeared on “Claws” and Transparent,” stars as Candy Abundance. The show, set in an era 30 years removed from today, is still relevant, she said. “We’re at a time where people are digging their heels into their identity,” Ross said. “‘Pose’ is a show that is sort of a buffering zone where we can meet. It has these two worlds: Wall Street and the kids from the streets, and it shows what happens when those two worlds collide. There can be a place where we are all true to ourselves and be who we are and be proud.” Ross said her character is new to the ballroom scene, and trying to figure out the rules and where she fits in that charged and highly competitive scene. “As you see in the ball scenes, the categories keep expanding and it’s about learning which categories you can win. Seeing their struggle is going to bring up that conversation of how we can come to a place where we recognize everybody needs to be loved and everybody deserves to feel like they belong somewhere.” Ross said she became part of the later ballroom scene, immersing herself in it when she began to identify as transgender. “I had my first ball in 1998 or 1999. I remember being so terrified. It was in a small bar with a pool table and the ball happened around the pool table. I don’t know what the categories were, but I learned some incredible lessons. Sometimes it wasn’t always about who was the prettiest. It was about who could sell it and who had the most confidence. There was this one queen, Vaja, who passed away years ago, but she taught me so much. During the ball, she would walk the runway in an outfit constructed from Aldi plastic bags, but it was high fashion. She was like Grace Jones. She was bald and confident and striking. I learned that you can sell almost anything if you are confident.” Usually when the small or big screen tries to tell the masses stories about pivotal moments in LGBTQ history, they

wind up either whitewashing the story (see “Stonewall”) and/or cast straight actors in the roles of gay or trans characters. Ross said that, from the beginning, Murphy and Steven knew they had to rely on transgender talent in front of and behind the camera to tell these stories. “A lot of times when folks think they are helping our community and do advocacy

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by creating media, that impulse initially is nice,” she said. “But I’ve learned the concept that if you are dong something about a community, you have to include them from the start. The show was written by a AfroLatino gay male (Canals) but we needed trans people in the writing room and directing and obviously trans people playing trans roles. When we feel like something is a detriment to our community, we know how to shut it down. If the clothes are not done well, you best believe there was going to be some opposition and rightfully so. I think that everyone is going to feel that they can enjoy this and expect the show to get more inclusive and better over the season.” While there is a lot of drama and strife in the stories that “Pose” tells, there is also a lot of fun to be had for the actors involved, whether it is vamping and vogueing in colorful outfits to great music or inhabiting the characters living on the fringes of society — and sometimes, the law. “While we’re all struggling, we’re also teasing our hair and mopping the most fabulous outfits,” Ross said of the ballroom characters. “And when I say ‘mopping,’ I mean stealing. We tell the truth about the criminal activity. It’s real overt but it’s understood we’re dealing with a marginalized population that doesn’t have access to jobs and employment, and they’re struggling. So they’re trying to pull together what they can. The fun of stealing things and breaking glass at the Brooklyn museum was insane. Running from cops, it’s a hoot. There’s even a scene where we rob the Salvation Army Santa Claus. It’s so great to be working with people you can trust and they keep letting me act a fool. They keep leaning into it and it keeps getting wilder and wilder.” n

“Pose” airs 9p.m. Sundays on FX. For more information visit www.fxnetworks.com/shows/pose.

Theater & Arts Agnes Martin: The Untroubled Mind/Works from the Daniel W. Dietrich II Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents paintings and drawings exploring the ideas that shaped Martin’s minimalist art, through Oct. 14, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100. Biting Wit and Brazen Folly: British Satirical Prints, 1780s–1830s Philadelphia Museum of Art presents the appeal of caricature in Georgian England and the ways in which those images teased and provoked audiences, through Aug. 22, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Christian Finnegan The comedian seen on “Chappelle’s Show” and Comedy Central performs 8:30 and 10 p.m. June 23 at Good Good Comedy Theatre, 215 N. 11th St.; 215-399-1279.

COMEDY IN THE ‘CROSS’-HAIRS: Grammy Awardnominated comedian, actor and writer David Cross brings his “Oh Come On” Tour, with his unapologetic and biting brand of comedy, 8 p.m. June 23 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St. For more information or tickets, call 215-309-0150.

by a genie, through July 1 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999. Experiments in Motion: Photographs from the Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a photographic exhibition where artists stop, extend and rearrange time for their own creative ends, through Aug. 19, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100.

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.

Face to Face: Portraits of Artists Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring how photographers helped craft the public personas of their creative subjects in this stunning collection of rare photographs from the museum’s collection, June 26Oct. 14, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Disney’s Aladdin Broadway Philadelphia presents the stage adaptation of the beloved animated film about a poor boy whose life is transformed

Jean Shin: Collections Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition by contemporary artist Shin (American,

born in South Korea in 1971) in which she transforms everyday objects into dynamic works about connection and belonging, through July 15, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Keith Smith at Home Philadelphia Museum of Art presents five decades of the Rochester-based artist’s mixed-media photographs, prints and books, through July 8, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Rachel Rose: Wil-o-Wisp/The Future Fields Commission Philadelphia Museum of Art presents contemporary video installations that ruminate on our image-saturated culture and histories of the past, through Aug. 19, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Ryan Hamilton The comedian seen on Comedy Central performs through June 23 at the Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555.

Weeding Out The Stones Some comedians get high and take the stage while the audience tries to figure out which one of them could pass a random drug test at work, 8:30 p.m. June 29 at Good Good Comedy Theatre, 215 N. 11th St.; 215-399-1279.

Music Jukebox Heroes Tour Classic rockers Foreigner, Whitesnake and Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience perform 7 p.m. June 23 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 856365-1300. Dr. Dog The Philly-based psychedelic rock band performs 6:30 p.m. June 23 at Festival Pier, 601 N. Columbus Blvd.; 215-922-1011. John Fogerty and ZZ Top The classic rock bands perform 7 p.m. June 24 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd.; 856365-1300.

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Code Orange The Grammynominated metal band performs 6:30 p.m. June 24 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100. Paramore The rock band performs 7 p.m. June 24 at Festival Pier, 601 N. Columbus Blvd.; 215-922-1011. Last Summer on Earth Tour Barenaked Ladies, Better Than Ezra and KT Tunstall perform 7 p.m. June 26 at Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave.; 215-546-7900. Chris Stapleton The country rock singer-songwriter performs 7 p.m. June 29 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 856-365-1300.

Nightlife Miss Amateur Drag Attack Pageant The biggest amateur drag event in Philly kicks off 8 p.m. June 22 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

Family Pride Picnic & Arts Festival In celebration of Philadelphia’s 30th anniversary of Pride the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs, Philadelphia Family Pride, and the Mt. Airy Art Garage are partnering to host the free festival, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. June 23 at Lovell Memorial Library, 6945 Germantown Ave.; https:// libwww.freelibrary. org/calendar/ event/77843. Mimi Imfurst Presents Drag Diva Brunch Mimi Imfurst, Bev, Vinchelle, Sutton Fearce and special guests perform 11 a.m.-2 p.m. June 23 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215606-6555. White Feminist The Wilma Theater presents Lee Minora’s solo show as host Becky presides with the hard-hitting, serious questions only a daytime talk-show host can ask, 8 p.m. June 25, 265 S. Broad St.; 215-546-7824.

Phillies Pride Night The LGBT community and America’s favorite sport converge, 7 p.m. June 28 at Citizens Bank Park, 1 Citizens Bank Way; 215463-1000. Happy Bear The weekly bearthemed happy hour runs 5-9 p.m. June 29 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

Outta Town Sebastian Maniscalco The comedian performs June 22-24 and June 29July 1 at Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Blue Velvet The David Lynch-

directed noir thriller is screened 9:45 p.m. June 22 at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228. Jaws The blockbuster thriller is screened 4 p.m. June 23 at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-1228. Poison, Cheap Trick & Pop Evil The rock bands perform 7 p.m. June 24 at PPL Center, 701 Hamilton St., Allentown; 610224-4625.

Reviewing a restaurant can be an enlightening, revelatory and artful culinary experience. Or it’s just a glimpse into the perfunctory necessity of feeding people. I’ll let you figure out which one it was this time. Uptown Beer Garden, 1735 Market St., recently opened for the season, this year with both an expanded bar space and a bigger food and cocktail menu. The ground-level space is surrounded by looming skyscrapers on all sides and populated with skinny trees, string lights, picnic tables and numerous stations where one can purchase an adult beverage. Once quitting time hits and if the weather allows, the place quickly fills up with affluent college students and young urban professionals looking to drink and mingle, with ambience and the need for nutritional sustenance being far-more-distant concerns. Let’s get the food stuff out of the way — only because when we visited, we hardly saw anybody eating. The few places one could sit and focus on eating were taken up by the drinkers, which is a shame, because the food we did try was solid as far as concrete, open-air social cattle chutes go. The Village Gyro ($9) was grilled to perfection with tzatziki and lemon juice brightening it up. The Uptown Burger ($10) was juicy and tasty with a nicely

aged gouda cheese rounding it out. This is where the food journey began and ended because, in all honesty, eating here is like trying to enjoy food at a fraternity/sorority mixer. The staff here is as friendly and as helpful as can be expected while dealing with a massive influx of happy-hour drinkers and college students pre-gaming their blood-alcohol levels for the evening. And really, who wants to elbow their way into a tightly packed inland lake of humanity to secure a helping of nachos or a Bavarian pretzel if it means coming back to find your corner of the picnic table has been colonized in your absence? And by the way, that the DJ was blasting “The Beat Goes On” by The Whispers in the midst of it was the baffling highlight of the evening. But I digress. If you are over the age of 30 and knocking back microbrews with mostly straight young 20-somethings in the shadows of corporate towers isn’t your thing, the charms and allure of a place like this evaporate with astonishing speed. The food, while hitting the spot and served up with efficient aplomb, does little to make you want to prolong your stay if this place isn’t your social comfort zone. Uptown Beer Garden has the kind of location, foot traffic and target market to keep it packed and successful for many summers to come, but from an aesthetic and culinary standpoint, it’s a very young person’s (drinking) game. n

Michael Che The comedian seen on “Saturday Night Live” performs 9 p.m. June 29 at Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. n

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