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evin Trimell Jones’ job may be complicated, often frustrating, and entirely consuming, but his goal is simple and clear. “I’m trying to help end HIV,” says the research coordinator and ethnographer (one who analyzes human culture/ society) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Division.

The 35-year-old is part of what he calls a “small army” of professionals at universities and hospitals across the city working to eradicate a disease that, despite advances in medicine designed to combat it, continues to plague America more than three decades after its discovery.

Though he’s not hovering over test tubes in a lab, Jones performs another vital function: locating and encouraging people to participate in Penn Medicine research studies aimed at developing both behavioral and biomedical strategies for preventing HIV. At the moment, Jones is trying to recruit individuals for an upcoming HIV vaccine trial study happening at Penn and a handful of other sites around the country. He’s especially reaching out to gay black men in Philadelphia—a community that continues to be particularly ravaged by the disease—with the aim of ensuring that any potential vaccine would be effective for all racial and ethnic groups.

“We’ve known since the early days that the rates were disproportionately affecting black people,” says Jones.

“We’re still seeing young people becoming infected, particularly young black males, and there’s not enough people that care about this issue.”

The numbers are sobering and alarming. Philadelphia’s rate of new HIV infection is nearly five times the national average. According to the most recent figures issued by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (including cases reported through June 2011), 63 percent of the approximately 19,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in the city are black—comparatively, 20 percent are white and 14 percent Hispanic. About 1 in every 50 African-Americans in Philadelphia is HIV-positive.

Medical breakthroughs have altered the HIV landscape to where a diagnosis isn’t necessarily a swift death sentence. But, as Jones notes, residents of

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poverty-stricken black neighborhoods often can’t afford those pricey medications. And there are scant resources for HIV education and prevention campaigns in those areas.

Growing up black and gay in Saginaw, Mich., then in Detroit, Jones was quick to recognize such grim realities in his own backyard.

By the time he got to the University of Michigan, he was focused on socialjustice issues through lenses of race, gender and sexuality, and during his graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts he researched identity development among gay black men while concurrently doing volunteer HIV prevention work.

Following school, and looking for an area more multicultural than Amherst to live and study, Jones relocated to Philly in 2003 and instantly fell in love with the city and its vibrant gay community. “It wasn’t until I came here that I really embraced a gay identity,” he says, adding that “the ethnographer in me also had an

interest in observing a really diverse city and figuring out people’s patterns and behavior.”

After joining Penn Medicine in 2004, Jones grew adept at finding HIV research subjects throughout the city, and not just in gay-centric venues. For one study, he spent considerable time and risk going into abandoned buildings in North Philly to track down intravenous drug users who might be willing to participate.

“Research isn’t something where you can automatically expect people are gonna come to it for the good that it does for society,” says Jones. “You have to seek people out. It helps to be an ethnographer, to know how to observe people and environments to know the right times to talk to people and how to talk to people.”

Convincing people to sign up for HIV-research studies, particularly vaccine trials, can be tricky. Especially in the black community, where thoughts frequently turn to the disgraceful 40-year Tuskegee syphilis experiment, in which the U.S. government deceived hundreds of poor black men in Alabama into believing they were being treated with medication. Or the abusive medical experiments conducted on inmates at Holmesburg Prison in Northeast Philly from the 1950s to the 1970s. “Many of those [former inmates] and their families still live in the area, so people are very aware of what happened,” Jones says. “It’s important in my job to build relationships and talk about the systems we’ve put in place that provide for peoples’ safety.” He adds that it’s often difficult to dispel the myth that experimental HIV vaccines contain the HIV virus.

But surmounting such hurdles is crucial. “The reason we have the HIV meds we have now is because many people rolled up their sleeves and participated in clinical trials,” says Jones.

“There were people taking a chance and participating in something that even though they might not see the benefit of it, future generations would.

If I can play some small role in that— in eradicating this epidemic—that’s what I need to do.” n For more information about Penn Medicine’s current HIV vaccine trials, go to med.upenn. edu/hiv or call 866.HIV.PENN.

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uzz Bissinger is almost as well-known for being angry as he is for being a critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prizewinning author who captures stunning snapshots of glory and failure in flashes of brilliant prose. A caricature on the sports blog Deadspin shows sweat flying furiously from his brow, forehead in a knot, leaning back like a sling-shot ready to rocket.

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Google his name together with the word asshole. You’ll get more than 25,000 results. (It’s OK, he knows it. He Googles himself all the time.)

He’s also known for having the personality of a landmine: cross him, and he’ll explode, whether you’re a faceless Twitter avatar or the most powerful man in town.

Ask Ed Rendell. Our former governor and Philly mayor was the subject of Bissinger’s 1998 inside-politics book, A Prayer for the City. “I probably fared better than 99 percent of [Bissinger’s subjects],” Rendell muses, “and I still get pissed off at him constantly … It doesn’t matter if you’re his friend or foe. Buzz will get around to ripping you.”

When not taking aim at politicians, 57-year-old Bissinger can often be found infuriating sports fans, bloggers and almost everyone else. The last big incident— as of press time—was a nonapology he offered on the heels of cracking a tasteless joke about Jeremy Lin and Michael Vick opening a restaurant together. (Hint: The punch line involved dog food.)

“I said what I wrote was going to be offensive. It probably was,” Bissinger explained on CNN in February. “I don’t think it rises to the level, frankly, of calling him a gook or a kike.”

His disdain for other people is so pungent that he invented a new, now Internetnotorious term to express it: “douche juice.” Douche juice, for the uninitiated, is something a loathsome person can be, or a move such a person can make, as in “don’t be a douche juice” or “Is he going to pull a douche juice?”

But ask anyone who knows him personally, and they’ll tell you that when you peel away the layers of his swashbuckling persona, push past the prickly machismo that makes him strut around his quaint little neighborhood of Chestnut Hill sporting black leather pants and knuckles stacked with snake- and skull-shaped metal, the real Buzz Bissinger is a tender, sensitive soul. Here’s a guy who recently cried while watching We Bought A Zoo, starring Matt Damon as a widower who discovers his wife left him a note advising him to follow his heart and the money to do it. “This is

so embarrassing, I can’t believe I’m telling you this,” he says. “They buy a zoo and this tiger is sick. And I really do love animals.

At first, they think they can save the tiger.

But they can’t. The tiger has to die.”

Does that sound strange? That a sappy, grieving-family melodrama has the power to turn Mr. Tough-Guy Writer to mush?

Rendell says you better believe it. “To be honest, you don’t see it very often,” he says.

“But the place it does manifest is with his children.”

Bill Marimow, the former editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer who just returned to his post there this month, agrees. “To see Buzz with his children is to realize that he is a devoted, dedicated and caring father,” says Marimow, who worked with Bissinger at the Inquirer in the 1980s. “All of that belies his public image, but I think what you see publicly is the intensity and the passion and the righteous indignation, which I think is the product of idealism.”

Lately, Bissinger’s been giving readers revealing glimpses into his private, sensitive side. Last month, Slate published a moving piece he wrote about his childhood as part of a forthcoming anthology of memoirs centered on Central Park. The same week, digital publishing company Byliner released a personal essay, After Friday Night Lights: When the Games Ended, Real Life Began. An Unlikely Love Story, a mediation on his real-life relationship with Boobie Miles, the main character in Friday Night Lights, Bissinger’s 1990 best-seller.

But it’s in his new book, Father’s Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son, out next week, that Bissinger gets the most up close and personal. Father’s Day is a memoir exploring his relationship with his son Zach.

Zach is a twin. As Bissinger wrote, Zach and his brother, Gerry, now 28 years old, were born on a suffocating August day in Philadelphia in 1983. Thirteen and a half weeks premature, Gerry weighed only one pound, 14 ounces. Zach, born weighing three ounces less, was stuck behind for three fateful minutes.

“I first saw him through the window of a hospital operation room,” writes Bissinger.

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“Doctors and nurses surrounded him in a tight circle. He was a bloody quiver in their hands … They held him with their arms high and outstretched almost as if they were offering him as a sacrifice to Hippocrates. They held him ever so gently as if he might break into a thousand pieces or just crumble into dust. His skin was almost translucent. His arms could snap in two like a wishbone … They knew the odds of his survival were very low.”

Gerry struggled, but escaped the trauma of his birth without significant permanent physical or mental damage. He was sent home at two and a half months, plump and happy. But with lungs less developed than Gerry’s, Zach could not pull air into his tiny body quickly enough to ward off damage to his brain. He lived in the hospital until he was almost 8 months old, then stayed tethered to oxygen machines for another year and a half at home.

“I also knew that if he survived,” writes Bissinger, “he would not remotely be the son I imagined. Which is a nicer way of saying he would not remotely be the son I wanted.”

Everyone already knows that Buzz Bissinger, usually ranting about sports or politics to someone, somewhere, is an angry guy. But it turns out that sports and politics aren’t actually the sore spot. Not really. Sports and politics are just metaphors for life.

It’s life that hurts.

Zach loves Marimow, maybe even more than the journalists at 400 N. Broad St. who eagerly await his return. To them, the rehiring of Marimow symbolizes the paper’s commitment to tough, investigative journalism despite industry meltdown.

To Zach, it means he’ll soon get to see one of his good friends at work the two days a week he delivers mail and water jugs at the Daily News, which shares a building with the Inky. The other three days, he works bagging groceries. Zach lights up when talking about life at the Daily News. He loves it, he says, because he always wanted to work there.

“Are you excited Marimow is coming back?” asks Buzz.

“Yes. Dad, you know him. You’ll see him when he comes back.”

“Yeah, he and I are good buds,” responds Buzz. “He’s a nice man.”

“He’s driving back today,” says Zach.

“Today he starts driving.”

question. The question might be, ‘When is your anniversary?’ … It might be, ‘Today, where are you now?’ Literally, I hear from Zach every day, and I welcome it.”

As Bissinger writes in Father’s Day, Zach maintains a robust correspondence with a countless list of friends and co-workers, many of whom he thanks in the book’s acknowledgements, which he dictated to his father. Sometimes, Zach will abruptly drop one of his digital pen pals without explanation and, hurt, the rejected correspondent will turn to Buzz for an explanation. But Buzz doesn’t know what to say. Like the calendaring or his sudden desire for a snazzy pocket square to tuck into his blazer pocket or the way he wryly busts Buzz’s balls, it’s just one of the many things about Zach that Buzz doesn’t fully understand.

It’s this unknowing that is the wellspring of Bissinger’s palpable sorrow. “It is strange to love someone so much who is

“I don’t think there’s enough honesty in the world. What’s the point of writing any memoir unless you’re totally honest?” asks Bissinger, sitting across the table from Zach in a noisy bistro on a recent rainy night in his Chestnut Hill neighborhood.

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“A lot of wonderful books have been written by parents who have kids with disabilities, and I think they’re reluctant to express frustration or pain or anger or disappointment because people will interpret it as saying, ‘Wow, you don’t love your kid.’

Well, that’s not true.”

Bissinger has three sons: Zach and Gerry from his first marriage and Caleb, 19, from his second marriage. He doesn’t share any biological children with his current wife, Lisa Smith (or “wife number three” as he charmingly refers to her on Twitter).

Zach’s disability can’t be tidily diagnosed but can be easily seen. “Why sugarcoat it?

My son is mentally retarded. Because of three fucking minutes,” writes Bissinger.

He also exhibits some aspects of autism.

His body sometimes jerks with fidgety ticks and he makes involuntary noises. He has the comprehension skills of a secondor third-grader but is a savant who can tell you the day of the week of any date in history and can memorize all the maps he loves to collect. He’s a handsome, friendly guy who immediately makes you hope that he likes you and fear that he doesn’t.

The waitress drops off the dinner plates.

“Looks good, Zach!” Bissinger enthuses.

Talk turns to Bill Marimow’s return.

Family matters: Author Buzz Bissinger with his 28-year-old twin sons, Gerry (left) and Zach.

Bissinger calls his latest novel, Father’s Day, a “love letter” to Zach.

Buzz looks at his son quizzically. “How do you know all this?”

“He told me in an email.”

“I sent him an email, and he never answered me. And he answered you?”

“Yeah.”

“How often do you email him?”

Zach plays it cool. “Not much.”

“How often?” Pause. “Zach. Every day?”

Pause.

Smiling, Bissinger reaches across the table, curls a finger into Zach’s hand and playfully wags it back and forth.

“Zaaaaaaaaaaaach?”

“A couple.”

“A couple! A couple times a day ?”

“No, not a couple. Maybe once a week.”

“Starting in 2006, I would hear from Zach almost every single day,” clarifies Marimow in a call from a pit stop on his way back to Philadelphia. “Usually it was a cordial email that would usually pose a

still so fundamentally mysterious to you after all these years,” he writes. “‘Strange’ is a lousy word, meaning nothing. It is the most terrible pain of my life.”

Bissinger writes about his fantasies of crawling inside Zach’s brain, re-attaching wires to make connections that will spark.

Though he has dedicated his life to figuring out how Zach’s brain works so that he can develop the best learning strategies for him, he admits the pressure sometimes makes him, like on that day the twins were born, want to run away.

“I run out of guilt. I run because he was robbed and I feel I was robbed. I run because of my shame. I am not proud to feel or say this. But I think these things, not all the time, but too many times, which only increases the cycle of my shame.”

In the last 10 years, Bissinger had been seeing Zach, who lives with his mother in New Jersey, mostly on weekends. Enough

of the weekend routine, he thought. They needed to bond. He needed to get as close to crawling inside Zach’s brain as possible.

They needed, he decided, a great American road trip.

“I love being on the road,” says Bissinger.

“You’re in a car driving through New Mexico and Arizona, you’re spending a lot of time talking to each other whether you like it or not.”

In July 2007, they set out on what Bissinger admitted was the “worst possible path” for a two-week cross-country road trip. The itinerary was chosen for Zach, who wanted to see cities he remembers, while Bissinger loathes revisiting the past. Zach couldn’t wait to get to Odessa, Texas, the setting of Friday Night Lights, where he fondly recalls attending Permian Panther football games as a 5-year-old in pajamas and red cowboy boots. Bissinger, on the other hand, had to cancel scheduled appearances under threat of physical attack courtesy of townies who were bitter that he portrayed them as racists. (For a time, locals wore T-shirts emblazoned with “Buzz off, Bissinger.”) Buzz would just as soon not think about Hollywood, either, where he suffered a devastating professional failure when he didn’t cut the mustard as a screenwriter for NYPD Blue.

Bissinger didn’t need to get out of the car to drive into the dark heart of his shortcomings as both father and a son.

“All of my life, I had yearned for conversation with my son,” writes Bissinger, who then takes the opportunity of long, flat heartland roads to launch a series of charm offensives on Zach, drilling him on his thoughts on life and sex. Together, they suffer the paradox of intimacy everywhere: Like a Chinese finger-trap, the harder Bissinger struggles to force a bonding breakthrough, the tighter they are bound to the distance between them. Everything is conflict, and it is tiring, and Bissinger feels old and sees mirrors and parallels everywhere.

Recalling the day the twins were born brings him back to the hospital when his own father lay dying as Bissinger watched a Seinfeld rerun down the hall. Then there’s Gerry, a teacher pursuing a Ph.D who lives with his girlfriend in the city.

Bissinger calls him an inverted mirror for Zach, who will in some ways remain perpetually behind his big brother, waiting in the dark to emerge whole.

Buzz Bissinger has built a distinguished career out of re-assembling the shards of broken dreams.

In Friday Night Lights, Bissinger’s focus was on James “Boobie” Miles, the star quarterback of the Permian Panthers, the high school football team that was poised to win the Texas state championship in a town that lived and breathed the game.

But Boobie Miles was sidelined after suffering a freak accident during the preseason scrimmage and he never made it onto the field.

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“It’s so far out of my wheelhouse,” says Bissinger. “People are so used to me writing about sports and narrative nonfiction.

Are people going to respond to it, or are people going to say, ‘What is this? Why is he doing this?’”

Larry Platt, friend and editor of the Daily News, recalls Bissinger talking about the idea for the book over lunch in the summer of 2010. Bissinger was brooding. After their meeting, Platt sent him an email, as a friend and fellow journalist, urging him to just do it already.

“It would be good for readers,” Platt recalls writing. “Macho, angry Buzz Bissinger writing a heartfelt (but not sentimental) relationship book is instructive …

It’s the literary equivalent of Nixon going to China. You can reach people because you’re who you are. You’ve got the street cred to be sensitive.”

Meanwhile, Bissinger had written 100 pages and threw them out. (“They sucked.”) Finally, his editor threatened to cancel the project if he didn’t submit a manuscript in six months.

Under the gun, he finally finished sifting through the shards of his own dreams that had shattered when his ex-wife’s water broke more than three months early.

Feeling along the painful edges, he began painstakingly assembling the pieces to form a portrait that transforms what he

calls the most terrible pain of his life into a celebration of his son.

True to Bissinger’s oeuvre, Father’s Day is an epic tale of tragedy and triumph, rendered with crisp, vibrant prose. Also true to his style, his pen remains a scalpel.

He is nothing if not an equal-opportunity eviscerator, flaying himself open and letting all the bile, the tears, the dark shameful goo of his guts hang out there for the world to see. When he’s done, he’s as guileless as a biology classroom skeleton.

While parents of children with disabilities may appreciate his brutal honesty, he knows he’ll be savaged by people sitting in the cheap seats.

“The way the world is, every day someone is saying something about me.

Often it’s good, sometimes it’s bad, you’re fat, you’re short, you’re pink, you’re this, you’re that, you’re an idiot, you can’t write, you’re a one-hit wonder. I mean, who gives a shit?

“And I criticize people, so I don’t worry about that. People can say about me what they want. And most people have said wonderful things about me, but some don’t like me because I’m very outspoken and say what I feel, and that’s just the way I am.”

So, would Zach take the road trip again?

“I probably would.”

“Would you fly? asks Bissinger. “Be honest.”

Zach sheepishly admits he’d rather fly.

“Fly!” Bissinger exclaims with embellished exasperation. “What’s the point?”

It’s absurd and ironic, of course, and Bissinger laughs—really laughs—and his whole face changes.

“It’d be nice to say I solved everything, but I haven’t. I’m still on many pharmaceuticals for depression and anxiety and I still see a therapist every week,” he says.

“The general sense of the book seems to be that Zach is terrific and I’m the one who needs a lot of work.”

Bissinger’s not at all certain that the book will be a big seller. Certainly, it’s not the book anyone was expecting. “But I’m glad I did something different. It’s good when writers do something different. And it’s a love letter to my son, and he deserves it.”

Zach’s been quiet for a while. Bissinger turns to him.

“Don’t you, Zach?”

“Yes.” “What did I just say?”

“A love letter to my son.”

“Who am I talking about?”

“About me.”

“About you.”

“Yeah.”

“Do you know how much I love you?”

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gave the author fodder for a best-selling book that sold about 2 million copies and was translated into a film and TV series.

And the paradigm for classic Bissinger stories, dredging the gulf between expectation and reality, was set.

In A Prayer for the City, the broken dream was Philadelphia. Bissinger profiled Ed Rendell in his first term as mayor of the city where the American dream was born—as it was succumbing to high crime rates, widespread poverty, failing schools and budget deficit.

(Let’s just skip over Shooting Stars, co-written with basketball player LeBron James. Bissinger openly refers to the book as a “turdasaurus” and admits he wrote it for the money to sack away for Zach’s future.)

While chasing all these books, Vanity Fair articles and columns at the Daily Beast, Bissinger kept returning to the idea of Father’s Day. “It’s a story that in one shape or form or another I thought about telling for almost 20 years,” he says. Some delays were practical, about contracts and money and time.

Others were not.

Bissinger struggled with the ethics of what was fair to reveal about his son. “If he reads the book, there are many parts of it he won’t understand. I knew that going in, and I grappled a lot with how much to expose not only about him, but about my feelings toward him.”

Buzz Bissinger will read from and discuss Father’s Day at the Central Library branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia on Wed., May 16, at 7:30pm.

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Promising local dramatist Josh McIlvain’s latest work, Carter’s Play, makes its world premiere tonight at the White Space. Carter’s Play is McIlvaine’s most ambitious work (following several one-act comedies), and the first full-length play produced by his SmokeyScout Productions. Structured as a play-within-aplay, the story focuses on a scheming, obsessive playwright/director who manipulates those around him (actors, friends, family, etc.) in order to realize his vision for his new play, an autobiographical melodrama that re-imagines the circumstances around his own failed marriage. McIlvaine (who co-directs the production with John Rosenberg) says his new comedy, starring intense local actor Mark Cairns as a desperate theater owner, is about how the past informs the present. J. cooPEr robb 8pm. $20. Through May 19. The White Space, 1417 N. Second St. smokeyscout.com

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Norwegian Arms At first blush, there is nothing much to like about the self-described “weirdo-folk duo” of rural Pennsylvania’s Norwegian Arms. First off, duh, they call themselves a “weirdo-folk duo.” Also, they bang on Tupperware and strum mandolins with a glee that suggests they just heard R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion” for the first time. The members of the band are named Keith Birthday and Dr. Awkward.

Bleech. But patience is, indeed, a virtue, and after you give ’em a few listens, Norwegian Arms start to grow on you. What helps are the group’s beautiful and moving lyrics, which they yodel at top volume. “She always sees two different flavors/ And those are sour bones wrapped right up in sugar sweet.” See? That’s poetry right there. Give ’em a shot. You won’t regret it. gabriEllE chEPurny 9pm. $8. With Ecce Shnak. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St. 215.291.4919. kungfunecktie.com

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(his)Story: a Generation of Documentation Queer, gender nonidentified activist and videographer Helyx Chase’s latest work “(his)Story: a Generation of Documentation” responds to the corporatization of media by reclaiming queer communities’ voices in telling their own stories. Chase’s degree from Hampshire college is in video, social justice, youth empowerment and global power dynamics. What one can only assume to be a self-designed major has grown into a self-designed career highlighting and promoting overlooked voices through video. The five-channel video installation features an interactive television set which invites participants to choose and view clips from community storytelling projects. allyn gaEsTEl

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Spiritualized Jason Pierce’s latest, Sweet Heart Sweet Light, took shape during a spate of trackfor-track live performances of the landmark Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space. Much has happened in the 15-year interim—Pierce’s near-fatal illness in 2005; the birth of daughter Poppy (who sings on “Headin’ for the Top Now”), and the comings and goings of erstwhile band members. Yet much is the same, too, in Spiritualized’s racks of pedals, walls of guitar sound and curious melding of gospel transport and rock ‘n roll grit. In concert, vamping, VU-ish “Hey Jane” segues easily into well-worn favorite “Lord I Let It Rain on Me,” the years bridged by blown out effects, stirring crescendos and hypnotic repetition. JEnnifEr kElly 8pm. $26. With Nikki Lane. TLA, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. tlaphilly.com

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Author Jennifer Weiner once told the Huffington Post, “It’s a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it’s literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it’s romance, or a beach book.” Her books, including New York Times bestseller In Her Shoes, seek to take chick lit to a deeper level. Today, she talks about her latest, Then Came You, which surrounds the

Lancaster Avenue between 38th and 40th streets has become Philly’s newest gallery row. This week, Art on the Avenue Gallery brings us disTURBIA, a show that seeks to show the dark side of urban living. Romanian artist Raluca Ungureanu’s work aims at engaging the viewer in a dialogue about the rootlessness and alienation that comes from moving from the country to a big city. Born and raised in the mythic forests of Bucovina,

Raluca has lived and worked as an artist and landscape architect in Europe and the U.S. Her sculptures have been exhibited widely in Vienna and Berlin, and she has produced large corporate metal structures covering plazas and intersections in Bucharest and Romania.

Her newest work showcases the dysfunctional elements of New York and Philadelphia, but also how these cities can sustain and nourish us. Emma EisEnbErg 6pm. Free. Through June 2. Art on the Avenue Gallery, 3808 Lancaster Ave. 215.662.1074. artonave.org

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In the Pocket The Hooters might not make as much noise around these parts as they did in their ’80s heyday, but drummer David Uosikkinen has been making his own racket of late with his In the Pocket project. With a rotating cast of local-hero musicians joining Uosikkinen, ITP’s been on a mission to record and perform some of Philly’s “essential songs”— tracks originally written by Philadelphians and/or recorded here, including well-known ditties from Robert Hazard, the Dovells, Todd Rundgren and, yes, the Hooters. It’s all to benefit Philly’s Settlement Music School, which provides lessons and activities for anyone, regardless of financial circumstances. Along with Uosikkinen, tonight’s ITP lineup includes Tommy Conwell, Ben Arnold, Jeffrey Gaines, members of Beru Revue and Soul Survivors, and others, with proceeds going to SMS. Admission is $20; $45 gets you an early dinner and a meet-and-greet with the band. michaEl alan goldbErg 9pm. $20-$45. Brownies 23 East, 23 E. Lancaster Ave. 610.649.8389. brownies23east.com

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Strapping Fieldhands Suppose you find yourself in a late-night, beer-soaked debate concerning the best rock bands from Philadelphia. If the Strapping Fieldhands don’t make the short list, then it’s time to find a new bar and some new drinking buddies. They’re the free-wheeling psychedelic-tinged garage act that made a lasting mark with a string of essential records on the Siltbreeze and Shangri-Las labels and showstealing performances on tour with indie-rock royalty in the ’90s. They may have burned brighter than anybody in this town back then, but the Fieldhands are far from faded away.

Their best work may even be ahead of them.

They’ve spent the last year in their basement studio, committing new tunes to tape and struggling to keep pace with frontman Bob Malloy’s furiously prolific offerings. Add those unheard classics to an extensive back catalog spiked with hits, and you’ve got one helluva setlist. RIchIe chARleS 8pm. $8-$10. Johnny Brendas, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. r5productions.com

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Though frequently overshadowed by his bandmates Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo has had a noteworthy solo career apart from Sonic Youth. In addition to collaborations with free-jazz icon William Hooker, sax-damager Mats Gustafsson, avantharpist Zeena Parkins and turntabilist Christian Marclay, he has released many small-run solo albums, like Dirty Windows and Amarillo Ramp. Unlike Sonic Youth’s music, which successfully resists absolute noisy chaos by gripping (somewhat) recognizable pop railings, Ranaldo’s solo work eagerly plunges headfirst into madness with brain-punching feedback and his Beat-inspired poetry. Between the Times and the Tides, his new Matador album, is less abrasive, more reflective. With appearances by Sonic Youth members Steve Shelley and Jim O’Rourke, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline and keyboardist John Medeski, it’s a collection of 10 dashboard-pounding rock ’n’ roll road songs about strange towns, stranger faces, dope-induced rainbows and the wonderfully uncertain pursuit of enlightenment and love. ellIOtt ShARp

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There will also be live music from local bands, vegan/vegetarian friendly food and interactive art demos like sculpting/mold making with the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym and recycled crafts with NL Arts. N.F. 11am. Free. Also on Sat., May 12. Penn’s Landing, Columbus Blvd. at Chestnut St. artstarcraftbazaar.com

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for more than a minute (Awakening is his third album), and is mostly known back home for his pop-rock balladeering.

For his new album, he got together with producer and former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler (who produced Brit retro-soul songstress Duffy’s excellent debut album, Rockferry) to inject some stirring soulfulness. The album’s standout tracks (“In My Dreams,” “Beautiful Life,”“Person I Should Have Been”) see Morrison sounding more like Sam Cooke than just another white boy with an acoustic guitar. Of course, time will only tell if American audiences will gobble up his music like they did Adele’s— or dismiss him as Gavin DeGraw with an English accent. c.D.l.

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Paul Krugman Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman doesn’t shy away from dramatic descriptions. His latest book (of the 23 he’s written or edited) is titled End this Depression Now! The New York Times columnist argues that the current economic downturn is in fact a depression. He thinks Americans have accepted the dismal economy as “the new normal” when he argues it doesn’t have to be this way. If we acknowledge that we are in a depression, he says, we can look to history for the cure. Hear him talk tonight about how we can prevent the second Great Depression. AllYN gAeStel

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ex-positive queer feminist Hanne Blank uncovered numerous curious details about heterosexuality while researching her new book, Straight.

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Praise Alla Marc Vetri’s Alla Spina successfully marries Italy, inspired bar snacks and craft beer.

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f there’s blame to be laid here, it lands squarely at the feet of Marc Vetri (and Chef de Cuisine Damon Menapace): Alla Spina turned me into a man.

These are not the pigtails of a youthful maiden skipping through a meadow (though my male friends swear pigtails are right up there with sundresses for summertime turn-ons).

Rather, they are a rear end more delectable than J.Lo’s or Kim Kardashian’s: literally, the tail of a pig.

Menapace brines, then fries the bony little buggers, rendering the considerable fat succulent and the strands of meat both crisp and redolent with piggy goodness—think crunchy bacon and fatty pork belly, twisted together around a bone not unlike a chicken wing. Awash in fennel agrodolce and topped with the filmiest hint of fennel fronds, they are best eaten with your fingers, a lip-smacking treat that manages to be at once sweet, sour, salty and rich. It would be safe to call them the most crave-able plate I’ve encountered in the city this year.

Yes, Alla Spina made me a man— because ever since my first meal there, I have been lusting after pigtails with a hunger I can only describe as masculine.

The menu’s charms don’t end there, which is a good thing given the size and scope, ranging from $6 “sotto aceti” house-cured pickles to a $75 whole roasted pig’s head for four.

Those pickles, though bright and pungent, are almost unnecessary; most plates are so balanced that there’s no need to add additional vinegary bite.

They do serve nicely alongside the pig pot pie, a puff pastry-topped casserole of meaty nuggets and creamy gravy that benefits from the snap and crunch of vegetables (recently, ramps, pearl onions and bell peppers).

Beef fat fries evoke the subtlest whisper of a perfect burger, curious in a French fry but enough to keep my companion and me going back for more. Grilled zucchini is served cut in half length-wise, preserving the heft of the vegetable where most presentations render it limp. This one has no trouble standing up to the accompanying lemon olive oil and fresh sprigs of basil and oregano—it’s a satisfying small plate that defies what a vegetable can be as a bar snack.

Defying expectations is the name of the game at Alla Spina, where Vetri’s widely acclaimed hospitality gets a

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lowbrow make-under to match the cuisine. Table service can be standoffish, and the menu’s bold claim that “all of our managers/servers/bartenders have passed or are studying for their cicerone certification” is more confusing than comforting. (They’re studying? So they ... failed the first time?) Still, the basics are on point— water glasses are full, napkins are folded and plates are cleared quickly and efficiently.

And it’s tough to quibble while nibbling on the superb prosciutto cotto, served with fresh fava beans and aromatic pesto alongside toasted bread that is firm but not tough, paired with any of the restaurant’s numerous draught and bottled-beer selections.

Although the beer list trends toward unusual offerings, the bartenders are well-versed in their wares and quick to offer guidance—and gratis tastes—to help guide you to the right beverage.

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orange- and coriander-steeped wheat beer that was a perfect foil for the mackerel crudo, picking up the citrus of the Meyer lemon without overwhelming the delectably mild character of the perfectly cut fish, gleaming with olive oil and sea salt like shards of rose quartz.

The menu occasionally errs, usually for lack of seasoning. The bufala ricotta mac ’n’ cheese is creamy but lacks bite, and the Tuscan kale with shaved pecorino eats like iceberg, crunchy but ultimately bland, a feat for such a full-flavored green.

Still, with a seat at the bar, a cold beer in hand and a plate of those pig tails arriving fresh and hot from Menapace’s gleaming open kitchen, it’s difficult to imagine a more affable beer bar or Italian joint in a city that is virtually overrun with both. Thank you, Marc Vetri, for making a man out of me—and a destination out of North Broad Street. n

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Food: Largely shareable, with Italian superstar Marc Vetri’s takes on beer-friendly bar snacks and pork-centric plates.

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sentences and loaded with innuendoes, implications, double entendres and a host of bygone words like “assignation” (a covert romantic rendezvous) and “reticule” (a small purse). Director Jennifer Childs refers to the play’s language as “verbal gymnastics.” It’s an apt description, but while the dialogue has a pleasantly musical quality as well as a feminine muscularity, it lacks the primal savagery that makes Mamet’s best plays so scintillating.

The more basic problem, however, is that the play gives these women of leisure very little to do ; Childs has to invent stage business to keep Anna and Claire from standing around like well-clad statues. With its emphasis on language and lack of movement, Marriage is reminiscent of a closet drama, a style of theater favored by the ancient Greeks in which a play is intended for recitation instead of production.

A playwright certainly doesn’t need men to make a great play. But this playwright, it seems, does. Mamet’s best works focus on men whose identity is inseparable from their occupation— and as Anna and Claire have no occupations for Mamet to work with, he struggles to give them a clear sense of identity. Only Anna’s servant, Catherine (Caroline Dooner), displays a firm sense of self.

Childs has a keen sense of comic timing, and both Gonglewski and O’Donnell give strong performances. In combination with SickoraKleckner’s colorful and bold costumes, Adam Riggar’s gorgeous set gives the production strong visual appeal. Yet despite the best efforts of director, designers and cast, Boston Marriage never succeeds in communicating anything meaningful. Instead of an important play about women’s passion and independence, what we’re left with is a pale imitation of the works of the great Oscar Wilde, that’s neither as clever nor humorous as the real deal. n

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hen David Mamet was at the peak of his playwriting powers in the 1980s, his rapid-fire, profanity-laced, testosterone-fueled dialogue was so distinctive that it became known as “Mamet speak.” For a decade, his plays exploring the male psyche earned him the reputation as America’s top playwright, with Glengarry Glen Ross winning a Pulitzer Prize. His success included film as well: His screenplay for The Verdict garnered an Academy Award nomination, and Mamet continued his exploration of men married to their work in the box-office smash The Untouchables.

Boston Marriage is different. Not only is the story set in the genteel 1890s, it explicitly mimics the style of the Victorian era’s own greatest playwright, Oscar Wilde. Penned in 1999, it’s a calculated departure from Mamet’s previous work, not only lacking his usual aggressive alpha males but devoid of males onstage entirely—though they’re certainly discussed as being depraved, good-for-nothing vermin. It’s a curious comedy, though an unsatisfying one, but this staging by 1812 Productions is strong.

The three-character play takes place in the urban residence belonging to Anna (played by a delightfully extravagant Suzanne O’Donnell).

The well-appointed drawing room suggests that Anna is a lady of considerable means, but looks are misleading: Despite her luxurious surroundings and elegant gowns—costumer Alisa Sickora-Kleckner’s work here is a show unto itself—Anna’s wealth is not entirely her own.

She confides to her close friend Claire (Grace Gonglewski), that she is the beneficiary of a “protector,” a wealthy man who, in exchange for Anna’s affection, has given her an emerald necklace the size of a golf ball. Surprised at her friend’s new dalliance, Claire, who has a new flame of her own, jealously inquires if the gentleman is aware of Anna’s “reputation.” It is our first hint that Claire and Anna are more than just friends.

What their relationship was, or is, isn’t made explicit—but then, everything in Marriage is discussed under a veil of decorum and deceit.

Even the play’s title is a kind of code. A “Boston marriage” was a 19th-century term used to describe two single women living together; depending on its usage, it was also a euphemism for a lesbian commitment. That’s Victorian society at work, always insisting that etiquette trump clarity: If someone’s indiscretion absolutely had to be mentioned out loud, even between close acquaintances, it should never be explained directly but rather as obliquely as possible.

The necklace figures prominently in the plot, but the story never really grabs us. In fact, there’s very little action in Mamet’s experiment with drawing-room comedy. What there is, rather, is a lot of talking. Speaking in language so obscure it makes wartime codes seem obvious, Mamet seems fascinated with recreating the late-19th-century art of conversation. The dialogue is filled with long, winding, twisting

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Director of Public Prowork for a long time. I gramming Sean Kelley’s know it sounds like a suggestion that she make a disingenuous copout giant stained-glass window for the 57-by-57 to say this,” she adds sheepishly, “but I work inch transom located at the end of cellblock very intuitively.” She starts by doodling 11. “My first thought was he was out of his faces, then selects the one most suited to the mind. It’s enormous!” Schaecter recalled. So, eventual figure she has in mind. It’s a relanaturally, she agreed to do it. tively spontaneous approach—unorthodox As the second largest window she’s ever in an industry in which tradition still reigns made, the “Battle of Carnival and Lent,” supreme. Schaecter describes the stained(named after a painting by the Dutch master glass community as “very doctrinaire,” a Brueghel), is a dense tangle of struggling figplace where “any diversion from traditional ures draped in richly patterned garments. To technique is frowned upon.” But that’s never the uninitiated observer, it looks exquisitely kept Schaecter’s technical and formal innovadetailed and flawlessly rendered; but not tions in check. according to Schaecter, who is self-avowed Her windows for Eastern State diverge perfectionist: “I can be such a killjoy with significantly from traditional designs. Birds my perfectionism, but this was good for me. and weather are both big themes. “I’m sure If they’re not perfect, who’s going to know?” that anyone in a prison who has a window One look at those delicately furrowed brows just becomes obsessed with looking out that and deftly drooped lips, and I can confidently window,” muses Schaecter, whose imagery say: absolutely no one. n borrows from well-known myths that revolve Through November. Free with $12 admission. around protagonists left to the savage mercy Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount of nature. Prometheus is plagued by ravenous Ave. 215.236.3300. easternstate.org crows in cellblock 8; Icarus molts his feathers in cellblock 11; and rain, wind and tears lash Coming Up… each character while the windows themselves May 11, 7pm: Secret Cinema presents Blind Date stream colored light onto the heads of spectaat the International House, 3701 Chestnut St. tors below.

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A group of rich, uninteresting boomers search for a dog in Darling Companion.

By Sean Burns sburns@philadelphiaweekly.com

Joe (1970): When it comes to vigilante justice, the right gets all the fun. While Paul Kersey and Dirty Harry placate conservative wet dreams about shooting first and never asking questions, the left makes somber killjoys like The Ox-Bow Incident and In the Bedroom. At best, liberals offer satire.

That was the intention behind this early Cannon Films cheapie, which stars Peter Boyle as a blue-collar racist/homophobe/bigot who goes on a hippie-killing spree—but not before partaking in their drugs and sex. But “Joe”-types didn’t get the joke: They turned the film into a surprise hit, much to the horror of Boyle, who subsequently turned down violent movie roles, including The French Connection’s Popeye Doyle.

Ms. 45 (1981): Abel Ferrara’s exploitation classic is a devastating Death Wish parody: After being raped twice in the same afternoon (!), a woman (Zöe Lund) turns into a nighttime stalker. But her targets aren’t creeps. They’re men. All men.

Fighting Back (1982): The late ’70s/early ’80s were a time when movie cities—if not always cities themselves—were crime- and gang-polluted Boschian hellscapes. From this emerged Lewis Teague’s whatif, in which a Philadelphia deli owner (Tom Skerritt) tries to take back the streets. Though easily read as mere vigilante fodder, it’s also easily read as a hilarious critique of same: Skerritt is a hothead who at one point roughs up a peaceful multi-ethnic bar, and the violent war he foments amounts to white Italians vs. black people and the poor. In the last scene, it’s suggested that what makes a vigilante isn’t societal concern. It’s a homicidal impulse.

Death Sentence (2007): Surprise: Brian Garfield’s novel, Death Wish, was an anti-vigilante tract. In response to the film that turned his work inside out, he penned this 1975 “sequel,” in which a father’s vengeful actions only make everything worse.

Saw VI (2009): In which Jigsaw targets the heartless staff of a health-insurance company. Thanks, Jigsaw!

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God Bless America (2011): Though it’s more nuanced than it may appear (subtly characterizing our trigger-happy, far-right, pundit-killing anti-heroes as psycho hypocrites), kudos to surprise terrific filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait for making a vigilante movie that veers (mostly) left. So this is what it feels like to be right. n

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erhaps the least consequential film ever made, writer-director Lawrence Kasdan’s first film since 2003’s howling camp classic Dreamcatcher gathers a bunch of uninteresting, aging boomers in a bubble of unquestioned wealth and privilege, then sets them off wandering around an expansive Rocky Mountain summer resort looking for a lost dog. For an hour and a half.

Kasdan’s genre chops are unimpeachable. He belongs in the screenwriter’s hall of fame just for Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Empire Strikes Back. You can also throw in Body Heat, Silverado, and I’ll even confess to having a soft spot for The Bodyguard. (Hey, I grew up with two little sisters, we watched that one a lot.)

Alas, Kasdan has also taken on the mantle of “The Voice Of His Generation.” You can probably blame The Big Chill—a movie for which time has done few favors, but was quite a big deal in the ’80s. It seems like every decade or so, Kasdan re-teams with Kevin Kline to do one of these navel-gazing ensemble pieces that’s intended to strike some sort of chord with graying white folks who don’t worry about money but still listen to ’60s music when they want to feel hip.

His last effort in this vein was 1992’s Grand Canyon, an often unintentionally hilarious portrait of yuppies attempting to make heads or tails of the L.A. riots.

(Paul Haggis probably watched it a hundred times in a row before sitting down to write Crash.) The characters were clueless, but at least questioningly so.

No such questions trouble Darling Companion, a movie that feels almost perversely proud of its lack of incident or theme, and one so appallingly, shoddily slapped together you’ll be forgiven for wondering how any executive decided it was in releasable condition.

Diane Keaton gives her most grating performance as an overly mannered mother suffering from empty-nest syndrome when her daughter (Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss) marries a handsome veterinarian. In the unwieldy prologue, Keaton rescues an injured pooch from the side of the freeway, names the dog “Freeway” and then proceeds to talk or think about absolutely nothing else for the rest of her life. You can’t really blame her, as she’s married to Kline, a stuffy, emotionally aloof surgeon so impressed with himself that nobody else need bother.

Dianne Wiest plays the mushy spinster sister, always unlucky in love and mother to Kline’s assistant (touslehaired Mark Duplass)—who shadows

Oh, Darling: Diane Keaton rescues an injured pooch from the road, only to then lose him in the woods.

the old man aching for approval. On this particular wedding weekend, Wiest has brought along her new squeeze, Russell (Richard Jenkins). Jenkins plays him as a brash, overly familiar fellow whose main offense in the eyes of all these awful people is that he doesn’t come from money. (The most horrifying thing about this subplot is that you have to watch Richard Jenkins finger-bang Dianne Wiest.)

And then Kline goes and loses that fucking dog in the woods.

Search parties must be organized, and lucky for everybody we’ve got the wise ethnic housekeeper Carmen (played by Munich’s Ayelet Zurer,) who claims to have psychic visions thanks to her gypsy heritage. In the grand tradition of sage, selfless brown people in the history of movies about white assholes, she pairs up all the folks who “really need to talk” and sends them on adventures together, so they can work out their petty, meaningless grudges while shouting “Freeway!” in front of postcard scenery.

A word about that scenery: It looks dreadful. Shot on digital video by Michael McDonough, I would call Darling Companion amateur hour but that would be an insult to amateurs. There’s a constant fog on Keaton’s close-ups, a time-tested cinematography technique to flatter aging actresses, but instead of using filters or lighting tricks, McDonough just shoots her out of focus.

You spend half the time confused as to why Keaton is so blurry while the lamp she’s standing in front of remains sharp.

I thrilled to the expository dialogue chunk that was dubbed over a shot of Kline and Sam Shepard (hamming it up as a crotchety sheriff) in a car. Only problem is that anyone with eyes can see their lips aren’t moving, and the man

Darling Companion Grade: F Director: Lawrence Kasdan Starring: Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Dianne Wiest driving that car is most certainly NOT Sam Shepard. (It’s an extra wearing sunglasses, so I guess we’re not supposed to notice.)

Light sources are a constant consternation. One argument in the forest cuts back and forth between Kline and Keaton, but the sun is clearly behind each of them—despite their facing opposite directions. This is the kind of stuff that flunks you out of freshman year in film school. I kept waiting for a throwaway explanation that the movie actually takes place on Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tattoine, where the two suns make mischief with camera settings.

But I guess that’s fitting because Darling Companion might as well take place in another universe altogether, one in which a bunch of pampered, insulated folks with no concerns beyond their own self-interest listen exclusively to adult contemporary covers of old Van Morrison songs, can ground a commercial airliner at their entitled whims and treat a lost dog like something worse than 9/11.

The Big Chill and Grand Canyon at least looked slightly askance at boomers with their heads stuck up their own asses. Darling Companion reveals that theirs—and Kasdan’s—stayed there. n

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Grade: C Review by Matt Prigge

Bobcat Goldthwait’s scabrous media satire plays like a sick and twisted wishfulfillment fantasy for folks fed up with a modern culture that rewards crassness and stupidity. But while Goldthwait’s bile is cathartic, it also feels a bit cheap.

Joel Murray (brother of Bill) plays a put-upon cubicle drone who spends hours every night flipping channels, constantly appalled by all the raunchy reality shows and bloviating cable-news hosts. Indeed, God Bless America’s finest sequence is a barrage of vidiocy so dead-on, it just might be transcribed directly from what’s on the air. So when diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, Travis Bickle does what any sane man would: He starts blowing them all away.

Murray finds an unlikely sidekick in precocious Tara Lynne Barr, a bloodthirsty teenager who immediately suggests they shoot Diablo Cody next. The two head out on a cross-country killing spree, taking potshots at Tea Party activists, a Bill O’Reilly clone and—most gratifyingly—people who talk during movies.

I laughed a lot during God Bless America. There’s a terrific, soulful performance from Murray—last seen pissing his pants

There are two books ritualistically quoted in the twisty, low-budget ghetto thriller Changing the Game: the Bible and Machiavelli’s The Prince. These twin tomes would seem to offer contradictory life paths: one, a holy direction toward goodness and salvation; the other, a coldly practical avenue that rewards conniving selfishness. Rel Dowdell’s ramshackle sophomore feature (after 2000’s rohypnol saga Train Ride) combines them into one master ethos anyway, with a protagonist who, once he belatedly realizes his true potential, slyly plays multiple cretins against one another so that he can be reborn a man of God. If the destination is one of purity, it appears, it doesn’t matter how one gets there.

The intellectual sloppiness at least fits the rest of the film, another indie trying to live well outside its budgetary limitations. The tale spins on the actualization of Darrell Barnes (Sean Riggs), a North Philadelphian who escapes the mean streets by chasing a Wharton MBA into a star job at a dubious firm—in essence, trading one dangerous existence for another. This doesn’t escape his loving grandmother, played by Irma P. Hall, on hand to browbeat her child (and the audience) with godly words.

Tony Todd, the mega-ham best known for Candyman, is the film’s other recognizable thespian, given free rein to weird up a stiff production as both an amusingly smug FBI agent and a hooker-beating pimp who rants about dogs pissing on blood stains and other nonsequiturs you’ll want to jot down.

One doesn’t want to be too hard on a genuine independent picture, particularly one that pays lip service to the vagaries of low income urban life. Changing the Game means well, even taking into consideration its dubious debt toward Machiavelli.

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in the office as Mad Men’s doomed Freddy Rumsen. He anchors Goldthwait’s preachy monologues in genuine disappointment, and his despair makes a nice match with Barr’s over-caffeinated pixie.

What’s unfortunately missing from the picture is any sense of complexity or escalation, which comes as a surprise because Goldthwait’s 2009 World’s Greatest Dad tackled similar themes with much thornier

results. The police don’t seem to have much interest in our serial killers, and the age-inappropriate sparks between Murray and Barr are snuffed by the screenplay just as fast as the actors can strike them. Nothing really goes anywhere, and Goldthwait never really gets around to addressing the question of whether or not shooting people “for being rude” isn’t itself an act of rather supreme rudeness. n

charming client even coerces Alicja into a nude sing-a-long.

These graphic passages—which may be products of Anne’s fertile mind, giving life to scenes she knows only through words— are intercut with Anne’s cloistered, moneyed home life. If only these were awarded the same dimension and variety as those of prostitutes. When not discussing fellatio and anal sex, Anne is forever slaving over high-end food and listening to classical music. Her husband is cold, aloof, caring only about dinner parties; her teen son is a hookey-playing pile of indignity; her young

son is hooked on video games.

Like prostitution, the life of the bourgeois has a fixed, negative movie type, no matter how deserved that may be. Elles toggles relentlessly between genuine mystery and a reassertion of old stereotypes—between immersing us in the world of prostitution and shooting the rich like ducks in a barrel.

We watch as Binoche, albeit in typically fantastic form, realizes the evils of her lifestyle—as though a reporter has never had the opportunity to chat with those who have less than her. As such, Elles is halffascinating, half-tired bullshit. n

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The predominant attitude toward onscreen prostitution, let alone sex, is one of grimness. The two young call girls presumably referred to in the title of Elles—a pan-Euro production boasting a Polish filmmaker and a French mega-star—remind us (as though we had forgotten) that this is a cruel and unattractive profession.

But there are more sides than that one, and the intriguing thing about Malgorzata Szumowska’s fragmented art-drama is the way it portrays the aspects of hired love that films, particularly films like this, never portray.

Juliette Binoche plays Anne, a bougie reporter for Elle investigating a trend wherein Parisian university students fund their studies through sex. Her “in” to this world are her chats with Charlotte (Anaïs Demoustier), bubbly and with an unsuspecting boyfriend, and Alicja (Joanna Kulig), a less amused Polish emigré with an unsuspecting domineering mother. Both remain blasé about their side jobs and, initially it seems, with good cause: Their johns are, with exceptions, mostly sad middle-aged men who we see at their most vulnerable, i.e., mid-orgasm or, in one case, near-orgasm-but-just-not-quite. One

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nigga/ I’d send a hundred grand, but that’s a decent watch, nigga.” ENJOY FROST-BREWED COORS LIGHT RESPONSIBLY. Another line, later in the song: “She had a miscarriage, I couldn’t cry though/ Cuz you and I know she was only my side ho.” TASTE THE ROCKIES! One could argue these lines aren’t cold so much as sociopathic. But over the last week or so, I’ve asked many a hip-hop-listening friend for the coldest line they’ve ever heard, and most are of a similar nature. There were lots of boasts from Kanye, many about his balls, but I happen to think his coldest came on “My Chain Heavy” when he rapped, “It’s Don Cheadle time, get extra black on ’em!” (So cold.)

There was some stone-cold assassin shit from Mobb Deep’s Prodigy, and a couple “Is that a real line?” lines from Geto Boys’ Scarface. The song “Cold World” by Wu Tang Clan’s the Genius was suggested, too, as “coldest song ever.” It’s a bleak tale about life after a nuclear winter whose chorus, “Babies cryin’, brothers dyin’ and brothers gettin’ knocked/ Shit is deep on the block and you got me locked down in this cold, cold world,” makes me want to do a keg stand.

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They want someone “whose rhymes can’t be beat, whose stage presence totally destroys, and whose style is truly original,” which just sounds like they’re looking for a really good rapper and performer. Not necessarily a “cold” one. But maybe that’s a good thing. Because the coldest rappers—as that description is traditionally used— are lyrical assassins, guys who rap lines so cold they make you question whether or not they have a heart beating inside their chests. These are the guys that, during rap battles, make the crowd looking on cup their fists to their mouths and shout “OHHHH” after they’ve chopped the competition down to a nub with a you-crossed-theline rhyme about the other rapper’s mother or the size of their cock or what have you. Cold rhymes aren’t pretty. And the coldest certainly wouldn’t help sell beer.

For example, the two coldestest lines ever recorded come from Rick Ross on the same song, “Live Fast, Die Young.” Both are disgusting, lack even a suggestion of compassion, and make you wince when you hear them.

They send a chill up your spine. Both will stop you cold in your tracks.

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Ice Cube used to be a proud and feared rapper. He and NWA helped invent gangsta rap, and in so doing, gave voice to a culture.

Now, he’s shilling for a beer only sorority girls and assholes drink because ... his name just happens to be Ice Cube. And Coors Light’s whole marketing angle, of course, is that it’s “the coldest beer”—the snow-capped mountains on the can turn blue when it’s real cold. It’s frost-brewed! Brrr.

Genius! (Some future ideas for when Cube’s contract is up: Ice T. Vanilla Ice. Snow. Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role as Mr. Freeze. The cast of A&E’s Ice Road Truckers. Hire me!)

A guy’s gotta make a living, so it’s hard to be too upset with Cube here.

It’s an unquestionably impressive feat to go from scaring white Amerikkka half to death in the first act of your life, and then star in its children’s movies and sell it beer in the second. But there is something a little sad about the death of angry Cube. No one in pop culture has perfected the furrowed brow/angry scowl like he has, and now Coors has harnessed that perfection, tamed it and exploited it for profit.

Coors Light and Ice Cube have teamed up for something they’re calling the Coors Light “Search for the Coldest” Competition. “Hosted by Ice Cube, we’re looking for the coldest undiscovered MC in the nation,” the contest’s site, Ourstage.com, says.

If you think you can “freeze out the rest of the competition,” Cube and Coors implore you to upload an original track before midnight of May 15 onto one of the site’s regional competition channels, where it will be judged by fans and special judges DJ Khaled and DJ Drama. Philly was just added to the list of regional channels, and area rappers can upload their original, ice-cold, frost-brewed track, and then hope to be among the field after it’s narrowed to eight finalists. Those finalists will compete at the “Search for the Coldest” Finale in New York City. The winner will

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But not every pooch can be unscrewed, FML, and your pooch looks eternally screwed to me.

It wasn’t your gender issues or kinks or anxieties that screwed that pooch. You don’t have to apologize for your gender issues. You were working through some serious shit.

What you can be faulted for, FML, is your thoughtlessness, your inconsideration and your neglect. You were so wrapped up in your own drama that you could barely perceive, to say nothing of meet, your girlfriend’s reasonable sexual and emotional needs.

We don’t have to be perfectly healthy or issue-free before entering into a relationship, of course. If that were the standard, no one would ever be in a relationship. However, we do have to be in relatively good working order, and you were not. Your girlfriend wasn’t looking for an issue-free guy; no such animal exists. But she wanted a guy who could have his issues and still make an effort to meet her needs. And your poor, neglected, taken-for-granted girlfriend stuck it out for three long years, hoping you might turn into that kind of guy-with-issues, before finally calling it quits.

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AVAIL JUNE! $1125/mo+. MSRE, 215925-RENT(7368), www.MichaelSingerRealEstate.com 15th/Spruce: Large 1BD in sought after location. Beautiful art-deco d e t a i l s , Fro n t D e s k At te n d a n t , HW Floors, Onsite Laundry, New K i tc h e n s Ava i l , Wo n d e r f u l C i ty Views. From $1130/mo. 215-735-8030.

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1811-19 Chestnut, #503-$1800/ mo 1BD/1BA unit, with c/a, hdwd flrs, granite & stainless kitchen, w/d. CALL LYNDA KREVITZ, PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-521-1565 21XX SOUTH ST 1br, bi-level w/office avail 6/1 Call Don 10:30AM-7:00PM 215-450-8176 C.C., AVE OF ARTS: ULTRA MOD. Mrble BA/Jac. 2ND/FL, WD, CA, HW, Deck. $895+. 215-463-7374 O L D C I T Y ( 1 0 4 C h e s t n u t/2 n d Fl) Lg. 1 Bedrm, 1 Bath, Approx.

1300 s/f, tall windows, view of BF Bridge, high ceiling, carpeted, c/a, gas heat, d/w, g/d, w/d. $1160+/Mo. 215-627-4414 Old City: Located in a great location in the heart of Old City, these a p a r t m e n ts fea tu re a s p a c i o u s living/dining area, full kitchen, GD, DW, W/D, and WW carpeting.

P r i ce s ra n g e f ro m $ 1 330 - $ 1 4 8 0 per month. Call 215-360-5761 to make an appt RITTENHOUSE SQUARE: Lrg 1BD in Beautiful Brownstone Seconds to the Square, Renovated Kitchen w/ Breakfast Bar, New Bathrm, HW floors, High Ceilings, A/C, Intercom Entry. $1295/Mo. Avail August. 215735-8030. lic# 216850 Rittenhouse Modern Apt 1bd, 1ba, h/w, w/d, c/h/aRoof deck, $1200/+utlCall: 215 336 8920 THE CHATHAM (20th & WALNUT) Spacious Studios & 1BR in High-rise, Doorman bldg w/Mag Western & Southern exposure, View of Rittenhouse Sq, HW floors, Laundry on site, High floor, Prof managed. AVAIL JUNE, ALL UTILS INCL. FROM $1275/ mo. MSRE, 215-925-RENT(7368), www.

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two bedroom 9TH & SPRING GARDEN 2ND FLR., MOD. ALL APPLS.,A/C, NEWLY RENOV. $1200/MO.+. 610-304-0087.

15TH & SPRUCE: Large/Bright 2BR in Historic Brownstone. HW floors, Decorative Fireplace, Lrg Closets, High Ceilings, Lrg Windows. Onsite Laundry, Intercom Entry. Avail July. $1550/mo.

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Avail July. 215-627-4414 OLD CITY (6 S.Front St.) 2BR or Office combo. Overlooks BF Bridge & Del River. High ceiling, WD, DW, GD, CA, Gas heat, Tiled bath & Kit. $1195/mo+. 215-627-4414 OLD CITY: SPACIOUS, BRIGHT 2BA, BI-LV CAC, HRWD, HI/CLGS UPDATED KIT/ BA, WD/apt. June $1595+ 215-733-0480 www.CentraAssociates.com Old City: Located in a great location in the heart of Old City, these apartments feature 2 baths, a large living room, spacious dining area, full kitchen, W/D, DW, GD, WW carpeting and a very nice view of the city.

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CORNER 9TH & SPRING GARDEN Office/Store,1100-1200/sq.ft.Great Locat!$1500mo+ 610-304-0087

THE WELLINGTON at Rittenhouse Sq. Exclusively ... on the Square, Studio’s, 1, 2 & 3 BRs. Magnificent Square Views. All utils incld - Spacious built-in closets - Laundry facilities - AC - DW - GD - Cable hook-up - 24hr Doorman. 215-567-7810

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three + bedrooms 12XX S.NEWKIRK ST. 2 BDR, 1 Bath, Back yard access. $750+ utilis. $2250 to Move-in. 215-739-1021 10TH & SNYDER APARTMENT, 4BDRS,2ND FLR.,Lg.Tile BATH,CARPET, $1200/ MO.+. 610-304-0087.

17TH CHESNUT: GORGEOUS INCREDIBLE, MODERN, LGE BI-LVL, 3BDRMS, 3.5BATHS C/AC, ALL AMENITIES WD/fl. Avl 6/1. $3000+ George Gay RE, 215-563-6724 530 W.Girard, #4 - $2400/mo 3BD/3BA, den, chef’s kitchen, roof deck. CALL RICH FRAVEL, PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-416-2701 W H I T M A N PA R K-3 X X DA LY S T Lg . 3 b e d r m . , E- I - K . $ 1 0 9 5/m o. + .

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12XX S.NEWKIRK ST. 2 BDR, 1 Bath, Back yard access. $750+ utilis. $2250 to Move-in. 215-739-1021

3 R D & W H A RTO N M o d e r n 2 b r. , c/a, d/w, g/d, Sep utils $775/mo 215-990-7054

ART MUSEUM: 26xx Parrish 3BR, 2.5BA TH, Garage, Rear yard, CA, WD. $1900/mo+ Utils. 267-939-4959

22XX S BROAD ST Former Dr’s office etc available. Move-in-condition.

Negotiable lease terms for motivated, Docter, lawyer, Indian chief. Call Don 10:30AM-7PM 215-450-8176

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Parking sPace 26TH and SOUTH Garage parking. $250/mo. 215-636-0100 9TH & SPRUCE ENCLOSED SPOT! Great location. $195.00 PMG 215545-7007

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THE IMPERIAL (BROAD & JUNIPER/ SPRUCE) Sunny Studio w/Prvt entr, HW flrs, A/C, Laundry in bldg. AVAIL JULY! $735. MSRE, 215-925-RENT(7368), www.

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Museum quality Colonial restoration, 6br, 5b, den, basement, original detail, garden, 2 car parking

$1,695,000

$2,495,000

$3,949,000

Call Karen Joslin

130 SPRUCE ST 35A PENN’S LANDING SQ

1201 MT VERNON ST

2610 PARRISH ST ART MUSEUM OPEN SUNDAY 5/13, 1:30-2:30 PM 3br, 2.5b, garage front, beautiful garden, pristine!

Call Karen Joslin

$429,900

716 FULTON ST BELLA VISTA

11-15 N 2ND ST#202 CHURCHVIEW NEW LISTINGS!

Call Scott Neifeld

Call Jody Volpe

Totally upgraded 2br, 2b, exquisite kitchen & baths, patio, pool, deeded parking, move in!

New construction, 3br, 2.5b, h/w flrs, finished basement, tax abatement

$389,000

Call Maryellen Cammisa

2br, h/w flrs, c/a back yard, skylight, Meredith School area

$349,500

Call Cecile Steinriede

$560,000

Call Izzy Sigman

OPEN THURSDAY 5/10, 5:30-7:00 PM OPEN SUNDAY 5/13, 3:00-4:00 PM

#202 Loft style 1br,1b condo, hi ceilings, h/w flrs, 15’ of windows overlooking the park

$335,000

#201 Spacious 1br,1b condo, large windows, park view

SALE

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GRADUATE QUEEN VILLAGE HOSPITAL RITTENHOUSE 1014 S 22nd Street 3 Story Victorian Row SQUARE $449,000 Duplex Just Renovated!

MLS 6035344 1 Bedroom 1 Bath $335,000 $339,000 MLS 5965620 MLS 5787044

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3 Bedrooms State of the2artBaths Loft Condominium $239,000

$319,000

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215 922 4200 EAST OAK LANE QUEEN VILLAGE FISHTOWN

6708 6thPlan Street Duplex Open N Floor

$325,000 $369,000 3 Bedrooms 2.5 Baths $329,900 MLS 5992005 5965611 MLS 5784384

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UNIVERSITY CITY Sunny Townhouse Sunny Townhouse 3FERN Baths ROCK2.52.5Baths 3 Bedrooms Bedrooms

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WELL SOMEFabulous huge multi unit building Concordia Place - Lovely pristine hm w/ sq. ft, 2 bdrms, 2 bths, hrdwd flrs t/o, with two 1 bdrm apartments. Hrdwd flrs, 246 Catharine St with 3 units.

One, 1 bdrm unit, one 221 Carpenter 2 bdrms,St2 bths, hrdwd flrs, fp, deck & exposed brick, windows surround, wood TIMES DREAMS COME good closet space, large deck, gas Beautifulunit Home.

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318 Fitzwater Street “The Dragon House”

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245 Monroe Street

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127 Monroe Fab upscale Builder’s Hm

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502 Delancey 4+Off/3 F & 3/2 Deck + 2 1/2 BA + Deck 3 Car + Parking RED $499,000 Prng $1,350,000 on

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1 Christian #49 3/2.5 Garden + 1 car Pkng $499,500

2107 Bainbridge Incredible 3 + media/2.5 Deck & Garden $749,000

REDUCED $469,000 776 S. 2nd St - Very nice 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Bi level apartment w/ CA + Lg Deck. $1350 810 S. 3rd St –Beautiful large 3 BR + Den home with hardwood floors t/o, yard + parking. $2500 1119 E. Palmer St –N/C 3 BR + Media Rm, 3 BA, H/W t/o, Fp, Lg Garden + 3 car parking. $2500 400 Spring Garden-N.C Commercial Space Available-800 to 1600 Sq Ft. Call for Details

pending

1101 S. 2nd Street Coming Soon Phase 3. Beautiful N/C w/ 3 bdrms, 2.5 bths, hrdwd flrs, deck & garage. $499,000

pending

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1235-47 Crease Street - Great Investment opportunity, 8200 sf.

Warehouse (90x100) $349,900

pending

335 Christian

128 Pemberton St

Multi 5/4 + Deck & Garden $649,900

512-16 S. Front St. Investment Opportunity - Commercial - 7820 Sq. Ft., River Views, Terrific Space & Location. $1,900,000

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great rentals

208 Watkins Street Beautiful large open & spacious

2417 Delancey Street-Custom Designer home! Pristine, attention to details,

1352 South Street Unit 214

large yard. 294,900

fp’s,hrdwd flrs & lovely garden. $729,000.

Fabulous 1 bdrm condo, 1200 sq. ft, open & dramatic, 15ft ceilings, hrdwd flrs t/o, stain-

318 Bainbridge Street A

Beautiful restored Brownstone, 1700 sq. ft, 3 bdrms, 2 bths, hrdwd flrs, CA, Washer/Dryer,

1321 S. 2nd Street

426 Federal Street 3 story, 4 bdrm home on nice block, large eat-in kitchen, laundry room & side yard. Needs some TLC. $199,900

2001 Catharine St.

Beautiful corner property w/ garage, 2700

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215.627.6005

sold

pending

129 Manton Street

Incredibly well kept 3 bdrm, 1.5 bth hm w/ semi-finished basement, side and rear yard. $279,900

2107 Bainbridge A true WOW house, ultra modern, to die for kitchen & 2.5 spa bths, 3 bdrms, & media rm, deck & garden $665,000

pending

abatement. $625,000

216 Christian Street F- Beautiful like new Courtyard hm w/ 2 cr prkg, 3 full suites, Office, 3.5 bths, hrdwd flrs t/o, fab. LR w/ fp & 13’ceilings, 2800 sq. ft, lovely grdn & large deck. $699,000

Terrific 3 BR/1BA home w/hrdwd flrs & central air. REDUCED $325,000

1210 S. 3rd Street Beautiful 4 bdrm, 2 bth hm with high ceilings, hrdwd flrs, tile, granite and outdoor space. REDUCED $350,000

830 S. 2nd Street Magnificent gated crtyd hm w/prkg, 4 bdrms, den & family rm, hrdwd flrs, 2 fp’s, 2 juliet balconies, garden & roof top patio. $799,900

725 Kimball Street

Society Hill Office 530 W a ln ut St. Sui te # 26 0 Phi la de lp hi a, P A 19 10 6

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1020 S. 2nd Street 3rd Flr.

Very nice 2 bdrm, 2 bth apartment w/ hrdwd flrs, granite kitchen, central air and washer dryer. $1700

318 Bainbridge Street C

Beautiful restored Brownstone, lovely 2 bdrm bi-level unit with 2 bths, CA, hrdwd flrs & large garden. $2650

714-22 Bainbridge Street

Great unit, 1322 sq. ft, 2 bdrms, 2 bths, w/d, hrdwd flrs, large deck & garage. $2000

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132 Manton Street - Lovely 3 story hm w/ 2 bdrms + den, 1.5 bths,

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732 S. 3rd St - Meredith School District, 3 great outdoor spaces, 2 fp’s, hrdwd flrs t/o, 3 bdrms + den/family rm, great kitchen &2.5 bths, lovely garden courtyard & 2 fab. decks. $575,000

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113 N. Bread Street # 2B -

The National Terrific Designer Unit, beautiful details, 3 bdrms, 2 bths, hrdwd flrs, deck & prkg. $449,900

Between 6th & 7th off of Fitzwater 3 Lots $350,000

4 /3.5 2 Car Parking RED $549,900

720 S. Front Street River Views + great real roof garden. Truly a Jewel!

2 bdrms + den, beautiful kitchen & bath. REDUCED $349,900

753-757 S. Marshall St

2136 W. Passyunk Girard Estate Area 1st Floor Commercial space (Dr’s Office) + 2 bdrm apartment w/ separate entrance, 2228 sq. ft & shared driveway. $269,900

623 S 6th 3 Condos 1/1 + Deck, TA From $299,000 1 SOLD

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719 S. Philip Street 795 S. 3rd Street Great house with deeded parking, Prominent corner property with 3bdrms + sitting rm., 2.5 bths, renowned Dimitri’s Restaurant as 1st flr tenant + two 1 large bedroom hrdwd. flrs, fp, private deck & garden apartments. $599,000 $575,000

714-22 Bainbridge St -13 Condos with Garage Parking - 2/2- Gardens & Decks. FROM $379,900

3rd Bread & Bainbridge & work from home in this space. 2 bedrooms +den,1.5 Baths, 113 St. “The- Live National” 335fabulous Christian 624 Kenilworth Street Terrific house w/deeded prkg in hardwood floors, Deck Gallery 1st Mansion Fl. $3000home with 2 car Unit 7F- 1,000sf, Great +unit with space onFab. Meredith School District, 3+ den, terrifc balcony &3parking.

427 views, Queen2/2 St-+Beautiful story, 2 bedroom, 1 bath trinity, & garden. $1400 parking, 4bdrms, 3.5H/W, bths,EIK garden, 2 1/4bths, fp & lrg garden. $445,000 details, details $749,000 225 Catharine St - Beautiful 3 BR + Den, 4 BA,details, H/W, Granite ktchn, grdn & 2 car parking. $3500

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1923-1925-2021-2023 Parrish N/C 3 to 4 BR TA From $469,000

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1 Christian St #22

Great Rental

sold

133 Salter Street Fab. N/C

pending 125 Ellsworth—Phase III Pennspoint 3 to 4 + den /2.5 Gar TA From $499,000

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825 S. 2nd St

228 West Washington Square

New York Upper East Side lifestyle at Philadelphia prices. Cosmopolitan, Classic Townhouse directly on Society Hills Wash. Square Park. 4 bdrms, + family rm + library, 6 bths, elevator, garden, deck and parking.

sold

111 Federal Street - Beautiful home, 2800 sq ft, 3 bdrms + den, 2.5 bths, garden, deck, garage & basement, tax abatement. $525,000

Large, extra wide 20x77 corner property, Builders home, 3/2.5, hrdwd flrs, 2 fp’s, media rm, terrace, deck, garden & garage $414,999

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206 Gaskill Street - Off of Lombard between 2nd & 3rd Award Winning Liberty Ct. 2900+ sq. ft., 4 bdrms + den, 2.5 bths, fp, 3 decks, garden & garage. $1,199,000

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extra wide rarely offered Foster Wilson Designed Home on the Golden Mile in the Meredith catchment. 3 bdrms, 2.5 bths, hrdwd & tile flrs t/o wd burning fp, finished basement, lrg landscaped garden & patio + 1 cr garage. $899,000

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OPEN FRI SAT,SUN 12-5PM From $499,900-900,000 1207 S Broad St Restored Brownstone mansion, 4BR/4.5BA, formal LR &DR, Newer Kitchen, Multi parking and garden $619,900 251 S 25th Street Diamond Residence – Elegant Modern Home on the Park – All New Construction –215-582-7909 $1,975,000 OLD CITY /LOFT DISTRICT/CHINATOWN 309-13 Arch St #402 1br/1ba 2 LOFTED SPACES IN POPULAR Hoopskirt lofts, Low fees and abatement thru 2017 319 Vine St #109 One Bedroom luxury condo @ York Square, Granite, SS Kitchen with Breakfast bar, Huge walk in closet 309-313 Arch St #507 1BR/2BA, tax abatement, lots of light, HW floors, open layout and Parking behind the building 6-10 S Strawberry St #4 Awesome 2BR/2BA condo in historic old city visit http://www.6-10sstrawberry.com for pictures and details 1215-21 Wood St #3 2BR/2BA with 2 Car Parking, Convenient to Temple University 112 Elfreths Aly Historic one of a kind home on cobble St, 3BR/2BA, yard, Fireplace

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NEW CONSTRUCTION 2643 Tulip St 3BR/2.5BA, HW Floors, and Walk out balcony $179,000 525 Fitzwater #4 Abbotts Court.com 2BR/1.5BA, Gated Courtyard, Gourmet Kitchens, hardwood floors, Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:30PM OPEN HOUSE $229-253K 650 N 8thSt 2BR/2.5BA Modern kitchen 2 car parking in gated lot $269,900 1514 Christian St Unit B Large 2BR/2BA $299,000 1514 Christian St Unit A Large 2BR/2.5 home in Graduate Hospital $325,000 1217 Mount Vernon St #2 Modern 3 Story 3BR/3BA with Private Parking, 10-Yr abatement Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:30PM OPEN HOUSE $380,000 1007 S Fairhill St Brand new Construction 3BR/2.5BA Home in Queen Village, HW Floors, Deluxe Kitchen Sunday 5/13/12 from 2-3:00PM OPEN HOUSE $400,000 4417 Saint David’s St New Construction townhomes just a short walk away from downtown Manayunk with amazing Features $450,000 1928 Kimball St New Construction 3BR/3BA, Roof Top Deck, Center City Views, Garage and 10 Year Tax Abatement Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:3 OPEN HOUSE

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SOCIETY HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 250 S 13th St 2G Large 2 Rom 1 bath condo with hight ceiling, huge walk-in closet and great light Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:30 OPEN HOUSE $175,000 250 S 13th St 4F 1BR/1BA condo with High ceilings, Hardwood floors, Large closet and great light Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:30PM OPEN HOUSE $267,900 250 S 13th St 3E Large fully renovated 1BR/1BA Corner condo with high ceilings, lots of windows and great light $269,000 1318 Addison St Fully renovated 2BR/1BA, dedicated street parking, HW floors, fireplace, deck, patio $277,900 250 S 13th St #6B 2BR/1BA Condo with Hi Ceilings, HW Floors, Walk-in closets, Great Light Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:30 OPEN HOUSE $335,000 250 S 13th St #4F 1BR/1BA with Hi Ceilings, HW floors, Large closet and great light Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:30 OPEN HOUSE $267,900 540 Cypress St Quaint completely upgraded 2BR/1.5 BA on cobblestone Street $374,900 1111 Locust St #2G High Ceilings, Huge Kitchen, Lrg Living space, Parking available Open House Every Thursday 5-6:00PM OPEN HOUSE $379,999 250 S 13th #10D 2BR/2BA, Corner unit with lots of light, HW Floors, High Ceilings and PARKING $389,900 250 S 13th St 11D Spacious 2BR/2BA with living room, Dining room, Newly renovated kitchen, lots of light and high ceilings Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:30PM OPEN HOUSE $440,000 736-38 Pine St #J 3BR/2BA Bi-Level condo in restored Victorian Mansion with Parking, 3 Yrs tax abate $575,000 238 Spruce St Georgian style 3BR/3BA home blending historic charm with modern comfort $690,000 241 S. 6th St. #2002 2br/2ba, Den, Beautifully renovated, move-in condition 1,788SF $699,000 220 Locust St. 6B REDUCED! 3B/3B, Spectacular River Views $879,000 250 S 13th St 14B 3BR/2BA Penthouse with Large Landscaped terrace with extraordinary Views Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:30PM OPEN HOUSE $899,000 1111 Locust St #10F Corner Penthouse Views of River, Maple flooring, 2 terraces, tall windows $1,046,000 Open House Every Thursday 5-6:00PM 507 S Philip St 4BR/3.5BA, garage, 4 stories, elevator, 3 decks $1,119,000 520 Delancey St Rarely offered Stately wide Mansion on one of the most coveted blocks in town 3200 Sq Ft with 3 Bedrooms Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:00PM OPEN HOUSE $1,349,000

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QUEEN VILLAGE/ BELLA VISTA / GRADUATE HOSPITAL / SOUTH PHILA. 1516 Catharine St #5 Awesome Value: Perfect alternative to renting, or a turnkey investment, Great condo in a Great Location $125,000 228 Catharine St #3 2BR/1BA in Meredith Catchment, Visit Http://www.228.catharine.com for details $149,900 2214 Catharine St Solid House Needs Rehab, Great Block, Selling As Is $215,000 1721 Webster St Tree Lined Block, Hardwood floors, Fireplace, Patio space $249,900 708 S Perth St B Unique Property with Large Back patio, remodeled Kitchen and bathroom $275,000 770 S Front St #109 Modern 2BR/2BA located in a secure courtyard offers a modern kitchen, C/A and more $299,900 1514 Christian St #B New Construction with Large 2BR/2BA Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-1:00PM OPEN HOUSE $299,000 727-29 S 7th St #2F Spacious 2BR/!BA Newly painted and upgraded, HW Flrs, High Ceiling, Lg Deck $264,900 422 Dickinson St Brand New massive and gorgeous renovation, 3BR/2.5BA, Private rear garden Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:30 OPEN HOUSE $299,900 735 Montrose St Charming 3BR Featuring Large rear Patio on one the best blocks $340,000 613 S 26th St Spacious 3BR/1BA home offering great layout, Large kitchen, C/A and Patio for Entertaining $349,900 617 Reed St #200 Fully renovated 2BR Condo 1 Car garage, Extra storage, Must See! $399,900 1839 Christian St 5 yr old home 3/BR/2.5BA, Great layout and tax abatement $415,000 232 Queen St #C Sunny 2BR/2.5BA with Parking, Roof Deck, SS appl in a courtyard, Close to parks & Shopping $415,000 1125 Christian St Gorgeous, Spacious, Large Backyard, Large Bedrooms, Granite and Marble Baths Saturday, May 12th 2-4PM OPEN HOUSE $405,000 1018 S 19th St Pristine, 3BR/3.5BA Ready to Move-in! Roof-Top Deck, Garage, Finished Basement Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:30PM OPEN HOUSE $495,000 1432 Catharine St New Construction, 4BR/4.5BA with 2 Car Parking, Roof deck, Amazing Master suite and more $609,000 750 S Marvine St Gorgeous 4BR/3.5BA, Completely Renovated with Roof-Top Deck and Gated Parking !

Sunday 5/13/12 from 12-2:30PM OPEN HOUSE $ 649,750 760 S 2nd St 4BR/3.5BA, 2 Car Parking, Terrace, Roofdeck, 2 fireplaces, HW Floors, Custom details and built-ins $849,900 2401-25 Washington Ave Very Large Corner Lot on North side of Washington Ave close to CHOP $2,190,000 425 W George St 4BR/1BA renovated in 2005, Great price for Northern Liberties $264,000 813-817 N. 5th St #202 Amazing 1900sq ft 2 bedroom plus office loft condo with parking! $284,000 1025 Mount Vernon St Huge recently renovated 6-7 BR with CA and HW Floors blocks from Spring Arts Point $295,000 NORTHERN LIBERTIES/NORTH PHILADELPHIA 425 W George St 4BR/1BA renovated in 2005, Great price for Northern Liberties 813-817 N. 5th St #202 Amazing 1900sq ft 2 bedroom plus office loft condo with parking!

1025 Mount Vernon St Huge recently renovated 6-7 BR with CA and HW Floors blocks from Spring Arts Point

$264,000 $284,000 $295,000

COMMERCIAL/INVESTMENT 1300-1302 Spruce St 4000+ SF, Commercial Retail Space. Ideal Use: Bank, Restaurant, Professional Offices – Add’tl 2000 + SF Basement (2) Car Parking $40SF 6011-13 Market St DBL Wide Commercial Reduced $299,000 1609 E Passyunk Commercial property on the Square, Rare Opportunity $435,000 1246-56 S 17th St Over 17,000 SF of Prime Real Estate Ripe for Development $650,000 301 MacDade Blvd Auto Repairs Business including all Equipment, Great visibility on busy MacDade Blvd $695,000 305 Cherry St Rare Commercial opportunity in Old City $799,900 SURROUNDING AREAS Kensington – 1544 Adams Ave Solid Property, good Potential for rental $20,000 Fishtown – 2231 Coral St Vacant Lot $26,000 West Phila – 5709 Malcolm St Investment Opportunity and short Sale Reduced $30,000 Kensington – 2823 N Mutter St Great Investment: Well maintained 2BR with newer furnace, roof and updated electric and plumbing $30,000 Point Breeze – 2220 Manton St Lot on excellent block in the Point Breeze neighborhood, Skyline View! $34,900 West Phila – 926 N Fallon St 4BR/1BA Not a Short Sale, Not Bank-Owned – A nice home in move in condition $37,900 West Phila – 6049 Irving 3BR/1BA meticulously maintained home, recently updated throughout, A Must See! $59,900 West Phila- 231 N 52nd St Large house, spacious kitchen, separate dining room, high ceilings $60,000 Kensington – 110 Thompson St Lot $65,000 North Phila – 1826 W Thompson St Opportunity to develop on nice size lot $65,000 Southwest Phila – 2644 S 67th St Great Sized 2BR/1BA home on quiet block $66,000 Fishtown - 2116 E Lehigh Reduced! Tenant Occupied, Great Investment $70,500 Delaware Co – 216 Mulberry St DBL Wide Corner property with Parking $94,900 Fishtown - 2342 E Harold St Newly renovated, 2BR1BA, Extended kitchen $109,000 Overbrook Park – 6548 Harlan St Beautiful 3BR/2BA home with lovely front Yard $154,900 Southbrook Park- 1922 S 28th St 3BR renovated home with front yard, finished basement, central air rear deck and driveway $159,900 Manayunk – 108 Kalos St 2BR/1.5BA, Great Block, Large Kitchen With Island, Deck and Finished Basement Saturday May 12th 12-2PM OPEN $169,900 West Phila – 110 N 49th St Triplex, Great Option for owner-occupant looking for tenants to cover mortgage $175,000 Fishtown – 2462 Emerald St New, Totally Renovated 2BR/1BA Certified Energy Efficient Home $184,900 Point Breeze – 1443 S Bancroft Totally renovated 2BR/1BA Home Sunday 5/13/12 from 1:30-2:30 OPEN HOUSE $189,900 Abington – 2833 Miriam Ave Four Bedroom home in great Roslyn neighborhood, Needs TLC but priced to sell $215,000 Fishtown – 1129 E Palmer St 3BR/2.5BA, HW Floors, Modern Kitchen, Large Master bedroom and rear yard $239,900 Fishtown – 1301 N Front St D 2BR/2BA at Thompson St Lofts, Orig Ireonwork, Wxp Brick & beams, fireplace, Spa-like baths $259,000 Manayunk – 4143 Main St St Fantastic location for any business, Commercial Space and 2 apartments with large open Space, Great Deal $259,900 Temple University – 1633 N 20th St Gorgeous remodeled Multi-Unit Cash flow opportunity near Temple University over $3,300 month rental income $265,000 Lower Merion – 523 Putnam Rd 3BR/2.5BA, Impeccably Maintained, Granite, Eat in Island Kitchen, HW Floors, SS and More $569,000 Fishtown – 159-61 Richmond St 4 Car Garage complement all the unique characteristics of this Awesome home $650,000 Fishtown – 2666-72 Coral St Pub with 3 apts, up to 20 Car parking lot $895,000 Fishtown – 1301 N Front St D 2BR/2BA at Thompson St Lofts, Orig Ireonwork, Wxp Brick & beams, fireplace, Spa-like baths $259,000 Temple University – 1633 N 20th St Gorgeous remodeled Multi-Unit Cash flow opportunity near Temple University over $3,300 month rental income $265,000 Quakertown - Haycock/Lake Nockamixon Area – 2141 Mountain View Dr Gorgeous 8 Yr old 4 BR home nestled on private wooded 10.5 acre lot very close to Lake Nockamixon $499,900 Fishtown – 159-61 Richmond St 4 Car Garage complement all the unique characteristics of this Awesome home $650,000 Fishtown – 2666-72 Coral St Pub with 3 apts, up to 20 Car parking lot $895,000

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ART MUSEUM / logAn SqUARE river’s edge

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Townhome style condo with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, beautifully appointed chef’s kichen, designer master bathroom, roof deck

The PhiLadeLPhiaN

The PhiLadeLPhiaN

1778 sf

$379,900

1900 riTTeNhouse The WarWick Parc riTTeNhouse

1Br, balcony, wood floors, updated kitchen and bath, custom walk-in closet in bedroom

studio, open renovated kitchen, private balcony, Fairmount views

1,397 sf

$199,900

570 sf

$159,900

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2 Br plus den, 2 Ba, south views from all rooms, updated kitchen and master bath 1,451 sf

$525,000

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$479,900

BaNk BuiLdiNg

academy house

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$269,900

BaNk BuiLdiNg

academy house

Junior 1 Br, high floor, western city views

$229,000

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624 sf

RiTTEnhoUSE SqUARE 3 Br + den, 3.5Ba, marble foyer, formal dining rm, sunny eat-in kitchen, 10’ ceilings, moldings, oak herring bone floors, 3 gas fireplaces

3,293 sf

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1Br, high floor, river view, investment opportunity

$2,295,000

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The BarcLay

$1,475,000 hoPkiNsoN house

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$1,090,000

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, corner unit with lots of light, updated kitchen, beautiful hardwood floors throughout 1,050 sf

$610,000

1,198 sf

$539,900

hoPkiNsoN house iNdePeNdeNce PLace iNdePeNdeNce PLace hoPkiNsoN house

WaNamaker house

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, eat-in kitchen, large bay windows with city views

700 sf

$269,900

wAShingTon SqUARE

3 bedrooms, 3 baths, all rooms overlook rittenhouse square, 2 sets of Juliet balconies, lavish master suite, brand new 1,709 sf

The WarWick

$235,000

$2,900,000

Bi-level penthouse with dramatic sunset views of the city, lavish entire flat master suite, great entertaining space 4,455 sf

Parc riTTeNhouse

$329,900 $319,900 $300,000

raw space that can be designed and built into a custom home overlooking independence mall 3,068 sf $1,150,000 Brand new 2 Br + den, 2.5 Ba home, lots of natural light, wood flrs, open chef’s kitchen, designer Ba, services available from adjoining omNi hotel 2,025 sf $1,100,000 opportunity to create a custom home in a luxury, boutique condominium building on independence mall 2,017 sf $575,000 2 Br, 1 Ba, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows 1,200 sf $399,000 completely renovated corner 1 bedroom, wood floors throughout, city and bridge view, open custom kitchen 775 sf $309,900 1 bedroom, open kitchen, wood floors, unobstructed river views from all rooms 712 sf $269,900

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The riTTeNhouse

studio, generous living/sleeping space, open kitchen, large bathroom appointed in marble 578 sf studio, wood floors, large marble bath, panoramic sunset view 583 sf 1 Br, wood floors throughout, bay windows in all rooms, excellent condition 704 sf studio on penthouse floor with high ceilings, open kitchen, wood floors and marble bathroom 410 sf

SociETy hill

academy house

BarcLay

1Br, 1Ba, Juliet balcony, upgraded kitchen and Ba, lots of light, separate dining room, hardwood floors 1,085 sf $479,900 1Br, 1Ba, hardwood floors, marble Ba, custom kitchen 712 sf $399,900 1Br, large kitchen, marble bathroom, wood floors 637 sf $359,900

Bi-level penthouse, 2Br. 2.5Ba, 2 kitchens, impeccably finished throughout, amazing river and city views 4,500 sf $2,295,000 2 Br plus den, 2 baths, panoramic river and city views, updated kitchen, lavish master bath, wood floors throughout 1961 sf $875,000 2Br, 2Ba, beautifully renovated throughout with open kitchen and designer bath, wood floors, balcony 1,387 sf $699,900 1 bedroom, open chef’s kitchen, designer bathroom, wood floors, great storage space, balcony with river and south city views 778 sf $325,000 1 bedroom, 2 baths, balcony overlooking Washington square, brand new appliances in the kitchen, custom built-ins throughout 843 sf $309,900 1Br, 1Ba, balcony, laundry room, excellent condition 928 sf $299,900 1Br, 1Ba, wood floors throughout, upgraded kitchen and Ba, custom closets, balcony 928 sf $269,900 studio, high flour, southview, separate dressing area 415 sf $209,900

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The WarWick 1701 LocusT sTreeT

Corner 1 bedroom, completely renovated throughout with custom finishes, city views, 775 sf

3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, high floor with magnificent city vistas, 1524 sf

3 bedrooms plus den, 3.5 baths, north and south views, like-new condition, 2421 sf

$479,900

$1,090,000

condo Fees $1,099

Condo Fees: $1,416

condo Fees $534

Taxes $374

Taxes: $484

Taxes $228

monthly cost after Tax to own $2,848

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $5,151

monthly cost after Tax to own $1,902

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