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Regarding Tara Murtha’s recent story about the a new bill governing party promoters: I regularly host Argentine tango dance and music events both in the city and the suburbs and I can assure you that if this bill passes there would be no more Tango dancing in the city. Last year, I worked with other promoters to bring Argentine electronic musicians Otros Aires to Philadelphia for a concert. If this bill had been in place, that event would not have happened.

This bill stands to kill numerous cultural activities in this city. Things that fall below the radar, sure, but the exact things that make this city a wonderful place to live, work and play.

After decades of a declining population, the last thing this city needs to do is destroy one of the last and best reasons for anyone to live here.

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The cultural economy of Philadelphia would be absolutely crippled. Unbelievable ignorance of the live-arts community crafted this bill.

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Regarding Matt Prigge’s film review of Princess Ka’iulani: Wow, your review sounds rather jaded and narrow minded. To begrudge a talent like Q’orianka Kilcher’s simply because the film might be mediocre seems misguided to me, but maybe their weren’t enough flying blue monkey aliens to please you.

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Thank you for writing about this ridiculous law, and especially for speaking to some of the independent artists, venue owners and promoters in Philadelphia. They are truly correct that the city does not have the bureaucratic capacity to support the policing of individual events in Philly’s huge live arts scene.

Having worked in the entertainment business in many capacities for over 15 years in Philadelphia, I too can attest that the institution of this law is unnecessary, overzealous and completely impractical. It will only hurt a struggling arts community, that are not doing anything illegal. Artists are not criminals, and parties are not a crime. They are big business, and the city will be taking money out of its own pocket through this bill. Don’t let it pass!

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Grace Note PSPCA owes it to Philly to stay. Then go.

By Tara Murtha tmurtha@philadelphiaweekly The city’s animals could be in big trouble next month. “The PSPCA’s contract is set to expire on June 30,” said Councilman Jack Kelly. “It’s unclear whether the group even wants to continue, and once again we are on the verge of potential disaster as we have no Plan B.” Kelly made that speech in 2009, though it could have easily been made in 2002, or even last week. Right now, Philadelphia’s animals are at the

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“This time, PSPCA has formally asked for an extra $900,000—and the city doesn’t have it.”

mercy of the PSPCA for the third time in less than 10 years.

The first time the PSPCA walked away from the contract, it was over a disagreement about pit-bull policy (the PSPCA generally euthanizes the same type of dogs they make so much hullabaloo about saving on cruelty crusades these days) and money. With no other agency able to handle the job, the city’s Department of Public Health attempted to do the job itself. The department created its own agency called PACCA and staffed it with nepotism hires. This led to an infamous era of animal control defined by corruption and mass animal killings that ended only after the Daily News published ‘House of Horrors’ in 2004, an expose that revealed that 90 percent of animals that entered the door were killed.

Bad apples were weeded out of PACCA, and conditions improved slowly and steadily.

Then, in 2008, PSPCA’s CEO Howard Nelson launched a campaign to win the contract back again. After fighting long and hard (and some say, dirty) to get it, the PSPCA resumed services again and PACCA, no longer in charge of the job they were created expressly to fulfill, disbanded.

The PSPCA proposal is a sight to behold, stocked with swashbuckling campaign promises. On paper, it looked like 2009 would be a relatively good time to be a homeless animal in Philadelphia. Instead, disaster ensued.

Nelson deserted his post after six weeks.

Vaccine delays, shelter outbreaks, unprecedented rates of sick and dying animals and chronic personnel turnover ensued. The organization even got nailed fudging statistics to falsely bolster the save rate.

This time last year, the PSPCA, run for months by a headless hydra of inexperienced volunteer board members, said they needed an additional $1 million to re-up the contract on June 30, because they already spent more

than $500,000 of their own endowment in the first few months on the job.

Then, they hired new CEO Sue Cosby and extended the contract, and critics were both disgusted and relieved. Some were even optimistic. After all, Cosby was a key advisor back in the day for Tara Derby, who led the second administration of PACCA, the one driven out of business by PSPCA’s campaign.

A year later, it’s unclear whether the group wants to continue, and once again we are on the verge of a potential disaster, as we have no Plan B. This time, the PSPCA has formally asked for an extra $900,000—and the city doesn’t have it.

It’s a morbid game of deja vu with a dash of Stockholm Syndrome: Despite the dysfunctional relationship between the PSPCA and Philadelphia, once again the city’s top animal advocates hope like hell the PSPCA will grace us with its poor service a little longer simply because there’s no other choice.

Poor service is better than no service.

For now.

Health Commissioner Don Schwarz says he’s been in constant negotiation with the PSPCA. At a recent meeting of the Animal Advisory Committee, comprised of Philly’s top animal-welfare professionals and advocates, Schwarz briefed the group on the situation.

“We’re hopeful if we don’t have a contract for a year, we’ll have a contract for an extended contract,” he said. “It’s up to the board of the PSPCA. They’ve had real problems … with their investment portfolio.”

On paper, the PSPCA has little reason to renew. It lost a lot of money and faces attempting to execute a job fought for and won by a long-gone ex-CEO, and their endowment has reportedly tanked further because of the economy. For all the drama and promises, the save rate was worse in 2009 than 2008, 46 percent compared to 59 percent in 2008.

And good riddance on principle, too.

Part of the beef against the PSPCA taking the contract in 2008 was that industry standards (and common sense) dictate that the local organization charged with investigating local animal cruelty—like the PSPCA does throughout the state—should not also be charged with animal control, which basically means humanely euthanizing homeless animals. It’s simple checks and balances.

When you hear reports of animals being treated inhumanely at PSPCA, who do you call?

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City considers rehabilitation, not jail for some offenders.

By Randy LoBasso feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com One of the things we took away from last week’s panel on the state of Philly’s prisons is that other cities in the U.S. have successfully lowered their prison populations using tactics other than a get-out-of-jail-free card.

If you haven’t read some of the findings in the recently released “Philadelphia’s Crowded, Costly Jails: The Search for Safe Solutions,” a study by Pew’s Philadelphia Research Initiative, know this: • Seven percent of all our tax dollars go toward the prison system.

• The prison departmental system’s budget has more than doubled in the past 10 years.

• The budget now stands at $240 million.

The report’s authors cite New York City and Washington, D.C. as examples of places doing things we’re not, in order to stay safe and keep fewer people behind bars. Philadelphia ranks fourth in the United States in per-capita prisoners, with 5.72 per 1,000, and from 1998 to 2008, our jail population more than doubled, a feat only surpassed by Pittsburgh.

But all this comparing of our criminal-infested city to others must’ve got District Attorney Seth Williams thinking. It looks like Williams, who ran on a “get smart on crime” platform, has found his answer: imitating a San Francisco program that fights crime with rehabilitation.

At a May 19 public meeting concerning the study, Williams mentioned that he wanted to “replicate” a program currently being used to reduce crime in California. It’s called Back on Track and was developed by San Francisco’s ambitious District Attorney Kamala Harris in 2005.

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Block(ed) Party A few bad apples, an aggravated police force and two overzealous city councilmen are to blame for the recently introduced “promoter bill,” which threatens to choke party planners in bureaucratic red tape and cripple Philly’s nightlife. Councilman

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Bill Greenlee, the bill’s author, says he introduced the now 3-week-old proposal in response to a few wild parties and the cries of an overstretched Police Department.

The councilman cites the Jan. 29 birthday party for 76ers’ guard Andre Iguodala at Table 31 in the Comcast Center as one of many incidents that led to the creation of the legislation.

The event was over-sold by 2,000 tickets and stretched police resources, spurring complaints from officers who felt ill-prepared and who called for change of protocol.

Greenlee also fingered Coo’s Sports Bar & Lounge at Broad and Parrish streets, where, in late February, a shooting broke out, injuring four.

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the promoter bill since its introduction and thinks the term “promoter” is too vague. “It seems like everybody and anybody that’s not the city of Philadelphia—that’s not a political committee or a nonprofit—is considered a promoter.”

Nagle describes “promoter” as an umbrella term that includes a wide range of individuals, such as theater groups, artists, nonprofit organizations and fundraisers. “In the ’60s, rock ’n’ roll would’ve never made it in this city (with this bill),” says Nagle, who intends on taking his business out of Philadelphia if the bill passes.

But Greenlee argues that it’s the parties-gone-wild that pose the biggest threat to the city, not the bill. “I don’t think it’s good for tourists—if they

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and Chicago.

As it currently reads, the bill, which resembles the school-age practice of punishing the lot because of the wrongdoings of a few, would require promoters to submit an application 30 days before an event, and the city reserves the right to repeal that license within 10 days of the event.

Now, the outrage is coming from party promoters and other nightlife insiders who say this widely hated piece of legislation is bad business for tourism and for the cultural landscape of the city.

“I am nervous about the arts and culture, music, everything bringing the city of Philadelphia alive over the last 10 years,” says Brian Nagle, founder and president of Philly2night, an online

Behind the scenes of the hated “promoter bill.”

were down on JFK Boulevard the night a riot broke out outside the Comcast Center. If it can happen at Table 31, it can happen anywhere, and … that’s not good for the city.”

The bill’s co-sponsor, Councilman Darrell Clarke, says the issue came up because “a number of events happened in establishments and some unruly situations.” He adds: “The establishment person was basically absolved of any responsibility.”

It’s all about accountability, according to Clarke. “The establishment person says, ‘I turned my place over to the promoter, so I’m not culpable.’ That’s how it then morphed into a bill dealing with promoters … we realized there were really no regulations established for promoters.”

As PW reported last week, the backlash against the bill has been severe, and now Clarke, whose 5th District includes Silk City, the Walnut Room, Johnny Brenda’s and many other party spots, says that Council is working on narrowing the scope of the bill to only target the most troublesome partythrowers.

But in a city where professional party planners aren’t the only ones promoting events, the definition of “troublesome” could get murky. One example of an unlikely “promoter” is the city’s own Fraternal Order of Police. The FOP regularly rents out its union hall for weddings and events, many of which can get out of hand.

“Conceivably, they could be a promoter,” Clarke says of the FOP. “It’s their establishment, and if there is illegal activity or some code violation, then they would have to be responsible. I don’t think they’re any different from anyone else.”

The bill also threatens to affect PW ’s summer jam series, Concerts in the Park.

If Council passes the bill before its summer break, the bill would go into effect in the fall.

Harris Jerdon, founder of the Party Train, a Philadelphia-based promotions company, says the old way of doing things required event organizers working in good faith.

“It’s everyone’s end-all goal to have a good time and make money with no incidents. But what you’re going to see is people will stop promoting in and around Philadelphia, which is completely bad for the nightlife scene here.”

Jerdon’s other fear is that the legislation, if passed, would make it easy for smaller promoters, many of whom would rather not get tangled in City Hall red tape, to continue to throw events and host parties without the proper paperwork. “They’ll be doing it illegally until they get shut down.” n

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from the police officers who, according to Greenlee, were the first to take issue with Philadelphia promoters.

“The promoters don’t seem to acknowledge there’s any problem,” says Greenlee, whose bill mimics partypromoter measures in San Francisco

events forum that connects consumers with popular venues. “It’s not worth my time to submit an event permit and then find out five days before that it’s been denied. For Philly2night and a lot of promoters, we usually spend—for a smaller event—three to four weeks to do an event. We’re already planning the New Year. There could be as much as $100,000 on the line. If it gets denied … that’s a lot of money to lose and could bankrupt a business.”

Nagle, who works with most major bars and restaurants in the city on a regular basis, says he’s been studying

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be euthanized by the same organization after the cameras click off.

But the bottom line is that Philadelphia needs the PSPCA, and the PSPCA has a responsibility to help Philly transition out of this mess. We need them to stay for a grace period that would give the committee a chance to create a new Plan B that has nothing in common with 2002’s ‘House of Horrors’ Plan B. Then they can go focus on their primary mission of investigating cruelty complaints.

It shouldn’t be that hard a decision.

“I can’t make the board come to a decision,” Schwarz says. “I hope they are struggling to be able to give us an answer that’s not just a one-year answer, but an answer over a period of time so that we have some security here.”

Having no animal control at all would be a crisis beyond measure. What we have going for us is that it would be seriously odious PR for an animalwelfare organization to put the city— the animals, really—in a situation that guarantees the needless deaths of so many dogs and cats. Again. Now that would be cruel. n

ing and other “employment readiness activities,” to stop crime before it becomes a habit. San Francisco’s program started with 49 offenders; it now has 100. Philly hopes to “target 150 offenders per year,” according to Pew Cultural Initiatives and Deputy Director Greg Rowe, whose office is working alongside the D.A.’s Office to find funding and enact the program.

Of the 8,306 average number of prison inmates currently in Philadelphia’s jail system, Pew’s report finds that 25 percent, or about 2,096 offenders, are incarcerated for drug-related offenses.

Of these, first-time offenders will be selected using criteria from the D.A.’s Office and given a chance to participate in the rehabilitation program.

The chosen ones agree to plead guilty, but see no jail time. Further, their rap sheets are expunged upon successful completion of the year-long program.

This helps people, well, get back on track. It’s easier to find a job with a clean record.

If the participants screw up (they only get one chance), they’re kicked out of the program and go directly to sentencing.

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There may be, then, a method to Williams’ madness. While the recidivism rate in San Francisco hovers around 50 percent, the re-offense rate for those going through Back on Track is less than 10 percent. Philly’s recidivism rate is in the 70s and, as mentioned by several members of the four-member panel last week, jail often turns nonviolent offenders violent, rendering the prison system, for many inmates, useless if not destructive. “[Felons] are monitored and get job training,” says Rowe. “If they need drug counseling, they get that. They have a counselor they can regularly go to and other appropriate social services.” Rowe says the program will be funded by a private-public partnership, the participants of which have yet to be named.

But the program isn’t without its faults.

In July 2008, Amanda Kiefer was run down by an SUV driven by Alexander Izaguirre. Izaguirre, an illegal immigrant, had been participating in San Francisco’s Back on Track at the time of the accident. While the program is meant to save the city and state money (its website claims Californians get $5 back for every dollar put into the system, opposed to the tax dollars they lose in

the prison system), it appeared, as of 2009, at least seven illegal immigrants had been found participating in the program, according to a June 2009 story in the San Francisco Chronicle.

The program has also been accused of being “soft on crime,” and recidivist cases like Izaguirre’s are only fanning that flame. However, in spite of its faults, this may be a trend worth jumping on for Williams. His city-wide, hated-by-Abraham marijuana policy was a good start toward, ahem, weeding out the criminaljustice system, and Philly’s Back on Track may be the answer for so many convicted youngsters who’ve been fastballed through the school system only to end up on the streets with second-grade reading skills.

Felony convictions, no matter how long the incarceration, are, in the words of Williams, “an economic death sentence.”

Those coming out of jail often have nowhere to turn other than to a life of crime—unless they want to bag groceries the rest of their lives. For a couple hundred drug offenders each year, this rehabilitation program could potentially change all that.

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an Pehrson rolls up to 1 Shot Coffee, a cafe in Northern Liberties, on two wheels, much like many of his environmentally conscious urban peers. He’s just the type of patron this establishment is accustomed to serving. The 28-year-old computer programmer is cool, calm and collected. And his look—blazer, jeans, sneakers, black-rimmed eyeglasses, hair tussled and neat at the same time—say hipster all the way. Pehrson, who lives in the Art Museum area, appears and acts much like everyone else at the coffeehouse. The fact that there’s a deadly weapon under his shirt seems to have no bearing on the way he carries himself. Truth be told, he wears his gun about as well as he rocks his navy blue blazer.

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The upstate New York native has lived in Pennsylvania for the past decade and says one of his favorite things about the Keystone State is the relative ease with which law-abiding citizens can obtain a license to carry firearms. “It goes across all boundaries that you could possibly imagine,” Pehrson says of gun ownership, and more specifically, of carrying a pistol on a daily basis. “Most of the people I know who own guns are doctors, lawyers, programmers and photographers.”

The rise in gun ownership by urban dwellers has been well-documented over the past few years. In August 2007, the late Steven Wells penned a PW cover story about the diverse crowd of Philadelphians arming themselves for in-home protection. And the numbers continue to rise: It’s no secret that gun sales in this country began skyrocketing the day after Barack Obama became president.

But Pehrson represents a gun-owning demographic not often discussed: Young, professionals packin’ (legal) heat on Philly streets. As Pehrson tells his tale, it’s hard to ignore the fact that there’s a gun under his shirt. When asked to reveal his weapon, he politely declines. “Concealed means concealed,” he says with a smile.

Pehrson didn’t always pack a pistol. Back in 2004, he was looking for a hobby, and his quest led him to the Philadelphia Archery and Gun Club on Ellsworth Street in South Philly. There, he met friendly and knowledgeable staffers who taught him how to properly shoot. He was hooked. “If everybody is more educated, less people are going to get hurt due to accidents,” he says.

Soon, Pehrson was making regular visits to the gun club, carrying his weapon strictly to and from the range. But without a carry license, gun owners who transport their guns must adhere to a host of laws: keeping ammunition separate from the gun while in the vehicle, no stops between home and the range. Pehrson figured it was just easier to get a carry license. As time went on, carrying a gun became a part of his daily life. He even carries his gun to work, and says it’s not an issue for the Center City company that employs him.

Pehrson says that carrying a gun makes him feel safe, and points to one incident in particular that reinforces his decision.

It was late June 2008 about 10 p.m., and Pehrson found himself walking from North Bowl on Second Street in Northern Liberties to his then-girlfriend’s house near Front Street and Girard Avenue. He was followed, he says, and subsequently surrounded by three teens wielding a stun gun—he later found out the boys had been zapping people and robbing them. Pehrson says he drew his firearm, never pointing it at anyone and keeping it angled toward the ground the entire time, and the youths dispersed.

“They realized they weren’t going to get to roll some hipster kid in Northern Liberties,” he says. Pehrson called 911 to document the incident. “What it underscored is this con-

cept that I’m responsible for my own safety.”

Pehrson says he believes statistics show most people who carry a gun for protection never have to draw their weapon, let alone fire it. “I really am probably one of the few people who have had to,” pull his gun in self-defense, he says.

As his love of guns grew, so too did Pehrson’s need to become more involved in the legalities of gun ownership. “I always had in the back of my head that it could be political,” he says.

And political it is: Pennsylvania has been a “shall-issue state,” meaning authorities must award carry licenses to applicants with clean records who meet certain criteria, since 1988. At the time, only five other states had the designation. But while licenses have been available to residents for over 20 years now some Philly residents say police often drag their feet on the applications, making the process more restrictive than allowed by law.

In Philly, there were approximately 5,890 LTCFs issued in 2008 and 5,043 last year, according to Lt. Lisa King of the Gun Permits Unit. There are currently about 23,500 active licenses in the city. LTCFs are good for five years. By comparison, Bucks County issued about 5,618 licenses in 2008 and 5,771 in 2009, according to a spokeswoman at the county’s Sheriff’s Office. There are more than 28,000 active licenses in that county at this time. Considering Philadelphia’s population soars above 1 million, and Bucks County’s hovers around 600,000, the disparity in the numbers of licenses issued raises some questions for those who complain that police are delaying their right to carry.

Pehrson’s thirst for gun owner information led him to conduct extensive research, but the more he searched, the less satisfied he felt. “There were 18 different websites that all said something slightly different,” he says. So in 2006, he started the Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association, pafoa. org, a site that today has 30,000 registered users. “It’s part education, part ... politics,” he says of PAFOA. It was a way to help change people’s views of guns, or at least help them open their minds to the possibility that firearms can be used for good instead of misery, he says. Despite the negativity surrounding guns, Pehrson asks people to be open-minded, and realize that “self-defense is ultimately a personal choice.”

These days, Pehrson meets fellow gun owners in unlikely places, including trips to the bank. (Carrying a firearm in a bank is not prohibited by law in Pennsylvania, although, like any business exercising private-property rights, individual banks can have a policy against it). “I’m depositing a check and I meet another gun owner,” he says. “It’s one of those things—gun owners are everywhere.”

One teller asked him for information about PAFOA, now a registered nonprofit organization. Pehrson handed him a card.

One amazing thing about PAFOA, he says, is membership diversity. While gun owners are often stereotyped as “rednecks,” Pehrson says this couldn’t be further from the truth.

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them to act. First thing was a trip to the range to learn about gun safety and proper shooting techniques. What developed was an obsession. They won’t say how many guns they own, but it’s a lot. Mostly for educational purposes, since Al takes neighbors out to the range for shooting instruction, requests he says seem to be increasing lately. “For me, guns become very academic,” Al says. Based on the number of people who contact him for lessons, Al surmises gun ownership, and in particular those who legally carry on public streets, may be on the rise in Philly.

Surprisingly, Al’s wife says there definitely seem to be more women taking up arms, as is evident by those who have reached out to her husband for shooting lessons. Selfadmittedly afraid of guns in the past, Al’s wife warmed up to the idea after taking a few lessons. “You kind of just have to open your minds,” she says. “You need to practice, get comfortable with it.” She adds: “A lot of times, women are better first-time shooters than men because they actually listen.” Al chuckles in the background.

Al sees a need to carry a gun because of the unforeseeable. “When you carry, it’s not the destination, it’s the journey that’s the reason why you carry,” he says. “You carry because from your home to the office is where everything happens.”

Al says Northern Liberties seems to be a hot spot for burgeoning gun enthusiasts. After a spate of recent home invasions, Al posted invitations for

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Still others are conservatives. There’s the firearm dealer, the teacher and the journalist. The computer programmer, the cop and the stay-at-home-mom.

Then there’s Al, a 33-year-old IT guy, and his wife, a 28-year-old project manager for a corporate company in Center City.

Al can’t be more than 5’6, sports long hair pulled back in a ponytail, struts around in flip-flops and dons thin-rimmed glasses.

And he’s a practicing Buddhist, prayer beads and all. His wife, who requested anonymity, rocks a necklace with handcuff charms, sports a bob haircut, blond with purple streaks, and has the air of punkishness. The mild-mannered couple love living in Northern Liberties, and are otherwise unassuming. They also both carry a firearm for protection on a regular basis. “I always carry wherever I can,” Al says. “She does the same thing.”

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an urban life much like his peers, is another gun owner who constantly has a firearm at his side. Dillon understands how guns can be demonized in a city like Philadelphia, where firearms, especially the handgun, have become a symbol of neverending pain. But he says it’s important not to blame an inanimate object for society’s problems.

“Do you blame the drug on the person who died from an overdose, or do you blame the person who put the drug into their body?” he asks. Dillon says he’s not “pro-gun,” he’s pro self-defense. He likens

and 30s, spent a sunny Sunday afternoon shooting away at paper targets. One young woman who was with a group of male companions appeared uneasy at first—she was jumpy and lacked confidence—it appeared as though this may have been her entry into the shooting world. As for general gun ownership in the city, Dave suspects it’s on the rise for a number of factors. “It’s only a growing movement as far as I’m concerned, with the economy, and the city’s inability to protect people,” he says.

With the rise in armed citizens walking the streets of Philly, one might expect police officers—who see rampant gun violence everyday—to be offended that people are looking to protect themselves.

But a canvassing of city streets shows they’re the first to admit they can’t be everywhere at once. One Northwest Philly bike cop who spoke anonymously says he sees absolutely nothing wrong with a citizen carrying a handgun for protection.

As long as he or she is properly licensed, he says.

During an April rally in front of the Shooter Shop in Kensington, where religious protesters gathered to decry urban gun violence, and specifically call for firearm dealers to sign a code of conduct that would aim to cut down on straw purchasing (the act of someone who can legally buy a gun doing so for a prohibited person), another police officer said

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gun lessons on the neighborhood Internet forum. He received a number of responses.

“Even in the nicest neighborhood, anything can happen,” he says. His wife points out that carrying is insurance in a sense.

The couple make it clear that carrying a gun doesn’t give one the right to quickdraw. There’s a social responsibility to be reserved when tested. “If you’re in a situation, and you have the ability to retreat, that would be my first choice,” Al’s wife says. Al continues: “You don’t have these things because you plan on using them.

We know that the threats are there. It’s better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it ... It’s kind of hard to practice Buddhism when you’re dead.”

Josh Dillon refuses to be a blurb in a yellowing obituary. The 33-year-old Northern Liberties resident, who operates a solar-energy company, and lives

it to the abortion debate; it’s not “pro-abortion,” it’s pro-choice. And he wants the option to pack his piece.

Someone else who enjoys having that option is a 33-year-old Germantown man who has his gun with him 24/7.

“Dave,” who requested anonymity, decided to seek out firearms as a means of protection after being body-checked by a stranger on the street while walking to his job at a Philadelphia university more than a year ago. Today, Dave carries a gun everywhere he goes, though he’s never had to use it. “It’s made me a lot more responsible, quite frankly,” he says.

“I think I’ve grown up a little bit since I started to carry. You kind of think twice when somebody in traffic messes with you.”

Dave says most people assume in a city deemed liberal that it’s hard to find folks who share this protectionist outlook on firearms. But they’re out there.

During a visit to a South Philly gun range some months back, less than a dozen young people, probably in their 20s

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that carrying a gun was a right, and who was he to deny that to average citizens?

Asked for his opinion on everyday folks carrying, he said: “I really don’t think it matters what our feelings are ... you have a right to bear arms.” The officer, Cpt. William Fisher of the Civil Affairs Unit, stressed he was speaking as an individual, and not as a representative of the Police Department.

David Laden, a West Mount Airy resident who has been carrying a gun since the ’90s, claims he was integral in helping to pave the way for Philly residents to obtain carry licenses more easily than they had in the early years of shall-issue legislation. Laden, 67, says he applied, and was subsequently turned down, for a carry license after shall-issue first took effect. So he sued. “After a five-year court battle, my permit was issued, and I like to think my egregious case had something to do with the subsequent change in state law that removed the Philadelphia Police Department’s ability to arbitrarily deny permits to law-abiding citizens,” he says.

Act 17 also had something to do with the change.

Actually, it had everything to do with it. The law led to the creation of Pennsylvania’s Uniform Firearms Act. While addressing licensing, the law also instituted changes to the way firearms are dealt with in the commonwealth. Most notably, the act led to the creation of “preemption.”

To this day, municipalities are forbidden

from enacting their own gun laws. But this hasn’t prevented them from trying to do so, as is evident by Ortiz vs.

Commonwealth.

In 1996, a year after the UFA’s creation, thenCity Councilman Angel Ortiz joined other Council members, and their counterparts in Pittsburgh, in a lawsuit that centered around their respective municipalities’ desire to regulate so-called “assault weapons.” Ortiz and the others lost, and their case is the most commonly cited example of preemption remaining the law of the land in Pennsylvania.

Laden says the case is more relevant than ever, “because the City continues to piss away tax dollars enacting stunt gun laws that can never be enforced,” he writes in an email. Just as the Police Department has been known to make the licensing process more difficult than necessary, it is also known as the issuing authority in Pennsylvania that revokes the largest number of licences.

Jon Mirowitz, an attorney specializing in Pennsylvania gun laws, has drawn the ire of the Police Department more than once. He has sued, numerous times, on behalf of clients who have had their LTCF’s revoked under what they term illegitimate reasons. He’s won some, he’s lost some, but Mirowitz says the fact that he has gotten even one license reinstated shows the department is pulling licenses for questionable reasons at best, illegal ones at worse.

One example is revocation for having a firearm stolen from a vehicle. While some say it’s not the smartest thing to leave a gun unattended in a car, it’s not illegal, Mirowitz says. More importantly, however, it’s not spelled out as a valid reason for license revocation in the Uniform Firearms Act. Police cite a provision in the UFA

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giving them certain leeway where revocation is concerned. “It’s not specifically stated, but it falls under the discretion of ‘good cause,’ and we’ll exercise that discretion,” says Lt. Francis Healy, a special advisor to Commissioner Charles Ramsey.

Meanwhile, soon after the creation of the UFA, Laden says, there was little reporting on the fact that carry licenses were now more easily available in Philly, and virtually no mention in the media of how to go about getting one. So Laden and some friends printed out fliers, (in pre-Internet days), and began passing them around. He also compiled statistics that showed a drastic drop in Philadelphia murder rates between 1990 (503 homicides) and 2001 (309 homicides), which coincided with the issuance of a greater number of carry licenses for private citizens. All of this happened after the Police Department was forced to start issuing LTCFs after years of not complying with shall-issue regulations, the basis for Laden’s lawsuit in the first place.

Laden says he is glad to see the existence of many other gun-rights groups, such as the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Club, of which he is a member, and says it’s always good to see more interest generated, especially among younger people. “That might be the future of activism,” he says referring to Dan Pehrson's PAFOA. Regardless of the specific organization, Laden says the important thing is to make people see firearms in a more positive light, like they were viewed when he was young.

“Times were not always like this,” Laden says of the anti-gun culture, especially in Philadelphia. “Propaganda works. You’re seeing 30 or 40 years of

propaganda and it has an effect.”

Laden says that when he was in college, students kept rifles in dorms, since they would go shooting together for fun. But despite the presence of guns, there were no mass shootings and murder sprees.

“Nobody shot anybody,” he says.

As for carrying, Laden says it’s a right. “I always thought it was normal to carry,” noting his grandfather holstered a revolver while running a local taproom in the 1950s. “Basically, I carry a gun because, unlike Nutter et. al., I can’t carry a cop. ” ■

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Anne-Marie Mulgrew and her eponymous Philly dance company join with DC’s Malcolm Shute and Human Landscape Dance to ... well, you know. They’ll be premiering three new works drawing on multiple choreographic styles and motifs. In “The Big Dance,” a full-company audio-visual extravaganza, Mulgrew envelops herself in some 40 feet of red fabric amidst lifting pairs and spiraling solos. Burn focuses on the aftermath of medical trauma, set to a mashup of Bach and Philip Glass. Human Landscapes gets blustery with “January Night,” a lively piece set to Shute’s award-winning soundtrack, a series of ambient recordings including audio of styrofoam cups rolling on pavement and haunting wintry chimes. In the finale, “Closet Dances,” couples wax kinetic on intimacy and entrapment in relationships. No competition.

No rivalry. Just two companies scuffing up the same stage with abandon. Call it a tale of two cities without all that guillotining. P.M. 3pm. $10-$20. Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St. 215.925.9914. paintedbride.org

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Sushi. Getting celebrities to make fools of themselves. Geometry. Cute stuffed kittehs. What’s the link, you ask? These are all categories in which Asia consistently outperforms America. At the top of the list, of course, would be karaoke, as anyone who’s compared the beer-sloshed frat party at McGillin’s to the tripped-light-fantastic singalong of Yakitori Boy knows. At TAKII 9, whose subtitle “Yume Ga Kanau” translates to “Dreams Come True,” white Philadelphians will likely once again be shamed into cultural submission as “the world’s most extreme Asian culture

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There’s a wild-card category for interested participants hailing from weird (read: suburban or South Jersey) locales. Hosted by our city’s most popular dating blogger, Anna Goldfarb of Shmitten Kitten, the inaugural Mr. America will walk away with cases of Sly Fox and a judging slot at the next Varsity Cheerleaders pole-dancing competition. Audience members will walk away with male fantasies to last a lifetime. The evening will be infused with tunes spun by Making Time darlings Rocktits, and Sly Fox beer will be flowing. We’ve got our fingers crossed for you, Mr.

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hen it comes to black American poets, Nikki Giovanni isn’t a household name like Maya Angelou or Langston Hughes, but she knows just as well why the caged bird sings or how a dream is often deferred. She’s an activist, an essayist and a poet for men and women of every stripe. She’s a poet for children, too, having written several youth-oriented volumes about history, community and hip-hop. She’s investigated the friendship of Lincoln and Douglass (that’s abolitionist and escaped slave Frederick, not Stephen of the Lincoln-Douglas debates), the defiance of Rosa Parks, the demise of Tupac and the rise of Obama. Giovanni boasts heaps of honorary degrees and accolades, including this latest lifetime-achievement award from Art Sanctuary, the hosts of this week’s reading. Stop by and take a listen to her powerful, lucid verse about shared struggles, race, tradition, education and maybe even Tupac. Paul MontGoMEry

No, it’s not a person. It’s a Japanese phrase meaning “selection of dead trees,” and also the moniker chosen by a unique quintet of Japanese and Norwegian improvisers: Tetuzi Akiyama on guitar, Toshimaru Nakamura on no-input mixing board, Martin Taxt on tuba, Eivind Lønning on trumpet and Espen Reinertsen on tenor saxophone and flute. Lønning and Reinertsen have a history as the duo Streifenjunko; Nakamura has roots in the Japanese onkyo or “quiet noise” movement. Their sound is electro-acoustic with an emphasis on the latter: slide guitar, subdued brass and reeds and otherworldly feedback create an open-ended atmosphere, beautiful in spite of its desolation. david r. adlEr

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Once Upon a Nation storytellers (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Memorial Day will also feature games on the lawn at the oft-overlooked Franklin Square, where Stephen Starr’s SquareBurger, mini-golf and a playground and carousel have been open since March. dan Mcquade

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The Twilight Sad Finally a U.K. act with dark brooding guitars to match the lyrical gloom. As their moniker suggests, frontman James Graham’s Scottish brogue is enveloped in foreboding black clouds of stormy six-string throb. The bleak air of Joy Division lingers like sulfur. While the Glasgow quartet possess the kind of temperamental cinematic sweep you’d expect from British Sea Power or South, rather than keyboards it’s subsumed in swells of noisy post-punk guitar reminiscent of Silkworm, Unwound and Band of Susans. The hooks are surprisingly strong and evocative, particularly on last year’s third full-length, Forget the Night Ahead, showcasing their most fully realized effort and their most consistently, convincingly prickly guitar tone. chris ParKer 8pm. $13. With Mono. First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St. 866.468.7619. r5productions.com

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from a guy with an uncomfortable eye on my wallet.

He’s Irish, and speaks in such a thick, drunken brogue (forgive the redundancy) that everything he says is completely unintelligible. Mary tells him not to be a bother, and he clams up.

I take a seat in one of the few booths in the back, so as to not have the smell of Brian’s egg bother anyone too much, or the smell of any of them bother me too much. There’s a shuffleboard bowling game in the very Billy's Chili Pot back end of the bar that doesn’t work (and won’t any time soon), and a HarleyDavidson pinball machine that does.

Hanging on woodpaneled walls are about 30 years of softball plaques commemorating various Billy’s Chili Pot teams over the years, everything from First Place to Thanks for Showing Up. I look around at the old timers nodding off at the bar. Nothing about them suggests they could field a team worth watching, but who knows?

Maybe there’s magic in that crock pot.

Then, suddenly, a very loud THWACK. One of the old men has fallen face-first onto the floor and has been knocked out cold.

My back is turned to him, so I don’t see it.

Instead I catch the expression of concerned horror on my wife’s face. A man this old, this drunk, taking a fall this hard: We all wonder for a hard second whether or not we’ve just heard someone die.

A couple men stumble to his aid like it’s old hat and ask if they should call him a taxi or an ambulance. One of them doesn’t wait for an answer before abandoning his fallen comrade for a game of Harley-Davidson. He drops in some change, and begins playing pinball with the unconscious old man still out cold between his legs.

After a few spooky minutes, the man finally comes to, but doesn’t seem to understand a word being said to him (and not just because it’s the Irishman doing the talking).

He stumbles out into the wilds of the night, nearly falling again before he gets to the exit.

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“What time do you close?”

“We’re a fucking bar. What time do you think we close, jackass?”

Anytime you call Billy’s Chili Pot Inc. on the phone, a drunk customer seems to answer. This makes it difficult to get questions answered about the place. For instance, does Billy’s Chili Pot actually serve chili? I’ve heard it doesn’t. Oh, it does? Twelve kinds, you say? The most popular is Jim Bob’s?

What’s in that? Spice and everything nice, but mostly Jim Bob? What’s that mean? [click] Billy’s is a shitshack a considerable ways up Frankford Avenue, a scary Market-Frankford El ride to the Oxford stop. A trip this far up the El isn’t advisable, and around Billy’s you’ll generally find either people looking to cop serious drugs or seeking to be murdered by someone looking to cop serious drugs.

That sounds like wild hyperbole, but all the proof you’ll need to see it isn’t is to actually get off the El at Oxford, and start looking for the place. It’s like night of the living base heads out here. Women tweaking on meth or high on crack dance in front of cars as they try their best to drive by. Still more folks with itchy skin dart in an out of abandoned storefronts, and appear from out of nowhere right in front of you from behind the large cement columns holding up the El. It’s a goddamn crackhead obstacle course.

As such, you’ll feel a heaping helping of relief once you make your way into Billy’s dingy, smoky inner sanctum. It’s an oasis from the madness outside. An oasis that does indeed sell chili (out of an old crock pot). But not tonight. Tonight they’ve got boiled eggs for 35 cents, which they serve in a Styrofoam bowl with a shaker of salt.

They’re grossly overcooked, all gray and green hard yolks, but my friend Brian eats one and lives to tell about it the next day.

Bartender Mary is sweet enough, possibly because she never has to answer the phone. Pints of Lager are $2 during Phillies games, and the 15 or so old drunks around the bar each look like they have a dozen or so already in them. I buy four for my party, and pay with a twenty. This illicits an “Oooooh!”

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f you missed out on Penn Christmas and you’re not particularly talented at breaking and entering, there’s another option for getting your paws on other people’s stuff: the humble flea market. Thankfully, for once you won’t have to take a bus out to a dusty lot somewhere in the burbs to dig for that coffeemaker, these John Denver LPs or those sweet Reeboks they never reissued; in fact, you’ll be within arm’s reach of the El, a couple of bars and even a magic store, likely selling some of the very same stuff you’ll find laid out on a towel for a bargain-friendly buck in the middle of the Piazza. This is the first of a whole summer of weekly opportunities to accumulate even more stuff that, in all likelihood, will make you deliriously happy for 15 minutes, then get chucked to its final resting place in your basement. Then again, 15 minutes of bliss for a buck isn’t a bad deal. aBdullah saeed

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by Chestnut Hill’s Alex Dremann; it’s unfortunate that the season’s conclusion, the world premiere of Pew Fellow Katharine Clark Gray’s revenge romance 516 (five sixteen), is such a disappointment.

Set at an unnamed university somewhere in the northeast U.S., Annalee (Emilie Krause) is a ghostwriter of sorts, making a living writing papers for students who then submit her work as their own. It’s not the most ethical occupation, but, like all three characters in 516, Annalee isn’t particularly concerned with ethics. She is, however, an expert at her craft; she likes to think of herself as a modern-day Cyrano, with lunkheaded undergrads as lunkheaded Christian, but with that elusive A filling in for the beautiful Roxane.

Annalee’s talents attract opportunistic film student Sigurd (Kevin Meehan), who, unlike most of Annalee’s clients, is neither lazy nor stupid. He has a 4.0 GPA, but also has what he calls “timemanagement” issues. He tells Annalee that he needs every waking moment to work on his thesis and thus has no time for his media-studies assignments, and offers to double her usual pay if she’ll work for him exclusively. Annalee hesitantly agrees and, although she doesn’t typically combine business with pleasure, she is soon sharing Sigurd’s bed as well as writing his papers.

Annale insists on discussing Sigurd’s assignments, and much of the play’s first act is spent with the pair arguing about film trivia and the state of television. Film junkies and/or 18-year-olds itching to leave for Oberlin in the fall may be fascinated by heated debates about David Cronenberg, but for the rest of us it’s dull and does little to serve the plot.

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Queer as Apple Pie Multimedia show is an odd return to normalcy.

By Roberta Fallon feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com

On tour July 11, 2010 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ

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Queer Voice at ICA is a clear sign of how comfortable we’ve become with people, places and things that are queer, a word primarily defined by Merriam-Webster as characterizing things that are “differing in some odd way from what is usual or normal,” but which has come to have a second meaning encompassing nearly everything and everyone deviating from gender and sexual norms.

The show provides both a healthy dose of both genderqueer and queer in the Merchant-Ivory “How odd!” sense.

With more than three hours of rollicking, weird, obscure, hectoring and seductive video and audio material, the show’s a sushi sampler with a cupcake Blondes have more fun: Kalup Linzy plays many roles in his video piece "Conversation wit de chaser. Best to take it slow.

Churen," a soap-opera parody.

Much in the nine-artist show is self-referential, with the creator as Trecartin’s 40-minute “P.opular S.ky star of the piece. Andy Warhol blazed (section ish),” 2009, features a tribe of their trail with his experimental film and heavily made-up, gender-ambiguous audio pieces in which he carried a tape recharacters who tumble around a house, corder and his Polaroid camera and taped a car, a shopping mall and an airplane himself talking with everyone he knew. He talking mostly nonsense at breakneck called the tape recorder his wife. A selecspeed. A plotless chain of events ensues tion of Warhol’s tape recordings plays in a on split screens and in Internet pop-up little silver-walled room as part of Queer bubbles. Trecartin, like Linzy, is the star Voice, but the audio is so muffled it’s all of the show, his weird-eyed and touslebut impossible to hear. It’s a shame, since haired presence standing out in this queer the recordings are not widely available. crowd. Trecartin’s crew talks urgently Headphones, please, and a bench while into the camera, of which they are highly you’re at it! aware. They are hungry for your ears even None of the work seems particularly though a lot of what they say (to say nothmotivated to be your friend or in search ing of what they do) makes no sense. “I’m of viewer approval, although John Kelly’s a stepping stone. I’ve accepted it, have Joni Mitchell impersonation is poignant you?” is a phrase that sounds right out of a and compelling enough to make you want 12-step program, but in Trecartin’s world, to seek him out. Kalup Linzy’s soap-opera all phrases are equal and this one seems parody “Conversations wit de Churen” to be selling like everything else here. The stands out for its lovable characters and anticommercial undertone sinks in more charming, comprehensible plot lines the longer you spend with the piece, and, if regarding the foibles, lives and loves of an you like, you can spend a great deal of time extended African-American family. There is familial tension and backstabbing—much with it, comfortably lounging on one of two of it played out in phone calls between char- metal-framed beds set up in the screening room. acters in settings that look like the artist’s There’s a lot of audio bleed between the apartment. Linzy, a charismatic performer, many simultaneous videos in Queer Voice, plays all the major roles from Grandma to which gives the show a queer audio voice Taiwan, a cross-dresser with a marriage all its own. But the cacophony is nothing proposal from his boyfriend. The seven more than what passes for normal today episodes, which range in length from nine in our multitasking world of watching TV to 41 minutes, are funny and absorbing. while surfing the Web and texting. n Though worlds apart in effect, Linzy’s work has a lot in common with Ryan TrecarQueer Voice tin’s in that both use vocal affectations (falThrough Aug. 1. Institute of Contemporary Art, setto especially) and crossdressing in works 118 S. 36th St. 215.898.7108. icaphila.org that lampoon a small slice of the world.

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Annalee is a professional term paper auteur. When Sigurd hires her to pen his assignments, they become lovers embroiled in a blood-sport romance.

Thru June 6. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 215.316.1361. philadelphiatheatre.com

Sunday in the Park With George

Follows artists as they try to balance work and life, survival and creativity. $29-$48. Thru July 4. Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St. 215.922.1122. ardentheatre.org

I Am My Own Wife

Charlotte survives Nazi Germany living as a transvestite. She braves bombs, soldiers and the Stasi regime to lovingly rescue furniture, clocks and other remnants of lives abandoned. $5-$10. Thru June 13.

Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom St. 215.564.2431. amaryllistheatre.org

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Tackles the exploitation of black recording artists, delving deeply into the heart of racism. $49-$56. Thru June 13. Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Broad and Lombard sts. philadelphiatheatrecompany.org

Leaving

A recently retired Chancellor confronts large questions of truth and power while he struggles to manage his eccentric family. $36-$65. Thru June 20. Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. 215.546.7824. wilmatheater.org

Jewtopia

Two 30-year-old single men make a pact to find Jewtopia. Stereotypes collide, cultures clash and chaos ensues. $15-$18. Thru May 29. Fusion Performing Arts Center, 1931 Olney Ave., Cherry Hill, N.J. tcactstudio.com

Measure For Measure

Shakespeare meets Law & Order in a judicious cutting and modern exploration of the timeless tragicomedy Measure For Measure. $25.

Thru May 30. Quintessence Theatre, 7137 Germantown Ave. quintessencetheatre.org

ART RecepTions/evenTs Philadelphia Art Alliance

Thurs/27, 5:30-7:30pm. Various artists: “Vanitas: Contemporary Reflections.” Fri/27, 5:30-7:30pm. Andrea Gaydos Landau: ”Control Point.”

Thru Aug. 12. 251 S. 18th St. 215.545.4302. philaartalliance.org

Main Line Art Center

Various artists: “2010 Outreach Exhibition: The Space Within.” Carol Saylor: ”The Minds Eye.” Thru June 4. 746 Panmure Rd. mainlineart.org

Gross McCleaf Gallery

Larry Francis: ”Local.” Charles Kaufman: ”One World.” Thru June 16. 127 S. 16th St. 215.665.8138. grossmccleaf.com

NEXUS Foundation

Rebecca Gilbert and Maureen Ciaccio: ”Exhibitions.” Thru June 4.

1400 N. American St. nexusphiladelphia.org Frantz Zephirin: ”Art and Resilience.” Thru June 19. 1400 N. American St. 215.765.1041. indigoarts.com

Manayunk Art Center

Mark Elliot: “As I See It.” Thru June 27. 419 Green Lane. manayunkartcenter.org

Orchard Artworks

Various artists: “Beauties & Their Beads IV.” Thru June 5. 520 Tomlinson Rd. 215.947.9882. orchardartworks.org

Allens Lane Art Center

Sandra Hoffman: ”Eloquence of Nature.” Thru May 31. 122 N. Third St. 215.592.0232. rodgerlapellegalleries.com

Langman Gallery

Elizabeth Fram: ”Translations.” Thru May 31. 2500 Moreland Rd. 215.657.8333. langmangallery.com

Vox Populi

Gabriel Boyce: ”Owning Cats.” Nike Desis: ”Collect Call.” Julianna Foster and Lori Spencer: ”Fair Ophelia.”

Thru May 30. 319 N. 11th St. 215.238.1236. voxpopuligallery.org

3rd Street Gallery

Edwina Brennan: ”New Works.” Ruth Hampton: ”Realistic/Imaginary Photographs.” Thru May 30. 58 N. Second St. 215.625.093. 3rdstreetgallery.com

Mulberry Art Studios

Leslie Graham: ”Atmosphere.” Sam Beitzel.”Compositions I.” Thru May 30. 19 N. Mulberry St. mulberryartstudios.com

JSF Contemporary

Johnathan Eckel: ”Recent Works.”

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Jeff Waring: ”Becoming and Unbecoming.” Thru May 30. 2040 Frankford Ave. 215.426.2685. highwiregallery.com

Various artists: “84th Annual International Competition: Photography.”

Bill Walton: ”Tracings/Transfers/ Copies/Forgeries.” Thru July 24. 1614 Latimer St. 215.735.6090. printcenter.org

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Bridgette Mayer Gallery

Michener Museum

Joe McAleer: “Optic Diamonds.”

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Sande Webster Gallery

Various artists: “Marvels and Ciphers: A Look Inside the Flask.”

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Mark Wallison: ”Illumination.” Barbara Schaff: ”Spontaneous Nature.”

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Projects Gallery

Susan B. Howard: ”Tipping Point.”

Thru May 29. 629 N. Second St. 267.303.9652. projectsgallery.com

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Various artists: “2010 Workshops Exhibition.” Thru May 29. 235 S. Camac St. 215.545.9298. sketchclub.org

Abington Art Center

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Iqbal Hussain: ”The Painter of Imprisioned Souls.” Thru June 5. 305 Cherry St. 215.253.8578. twelvegatesgallery.com

Slought Foundation

Various artists: “An Ordinall of Alchimy.” Darcy Lange: ”Work Studies in School.” Various artists: “Commercial America.” Thru June 12. 4017 Walnut St. 215.701.4627. slought.org

Amberella Gallery

Mark McQuilling: “Forever Two Wheels.” Thru June 9. 1050 N. Hancock St. amberellagallery.wordpress.com

Pentimenti Gallery

Margaret Murphy: ”Cameo.” David Ambrose, Ceclia Biagini and Richard Roth: ”SUPERIMPOSE!” Thru June 19. 145 N. Second St. 215.625.9990. pentimenti.com

Burrison Gallery

Leslie Ehrin: ”Ten Years Painting Tuscany: A Retrospective.” Thru June 25. 3611 Walnut St. upenn.edu

Wexler Gallery

Lisa Tyson Ennis: ”WALLS.” Thru June 26. 201 N. Third St. 215.923.7030. wexlergallery.com

SALT Art Gallery

Chris Clark, Pete Zebley, Morgan Thomas, Denise Fike and Eve Biddle: ”Reawakened Spring.” Thru June 20. 212 Race St. 215.939.7426. saltartgallery.com

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Jane Steinsnyder: ”Pergamon Altered.” Thru June 18. 51 N. Second St. 215.413.3191. gallery51.net

Asian Arts Initiative

Various artists: “The World Through Our Eyes.” Thru June 25. 1219 Vine St. 215.557.0455. asianartsinitiative.org

Gallery Joe

Rob Matthews: ”It fills us. We arrange it.” Thru June 26. 302 Arch St. 215.592.7752. galleryjoe.com

Wexler Gallery

Thomas Hucker and Thomas Huang: ”Untitled.” Thru June 26. 201 N. Third St. 215.923.7030. wexlergallery.com

Institute of Contemporary Art

Lawrence Cromwell: ”Make it Bigger.” Various artists: “Spectrum: Contemporary Color Abstraction.”

Various artists: “NEW: 2010 Members’ Juried Exhibition.” 200 South Madison St., Wilmington, Del. thedcca.org

InLiquid, Crane Hall

Leah Reynolds: ”...Like a Moth to a Flame.” Thru May 30. 1400 N. American St. 215.235.3405. inliquid.com

Da Vinci Art Alliance

Sandi Neiman, Ellen Abraham and Louise Herring: ”Connections.” Thru May 29. 704 Catherine St. 215.829.0466. davinciartalliance.org

LGTripp Gallery

Paul Fabozzi: ”Spectral Variants.”

Seonglan Kim Boyce: ”Seonglan Kim Boyce.” Thru May 29. 47 N. Second St. 215.923.3110. lgtrippgallery.com

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Michelle Post: ”Who and What.” Thru May 28. 50 E. Commerce St., Bridgeton, N.J. 856.575.0090. gallery50.org

Locks Gallery

Various artists: “1968.” Various artists: “New Light.” Thru May 28.

600 Washington Square South. 215.629.1000. locksgallery.com

2424 Studios

Various artists: “Art is Ageless Exhibit.” Thru May 26. 2424 E. York St. 215.925.7676. 2424studios.com

museums Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art

Marcel Wanders: ”Daydreams.” Thru June 13. Main Building, 26th & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. 215.763.8100. philamuseum.org

The Chemical Heritage Foundation

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Museum Various artists: ”Secundum Artem.”

Thru Jan. 31. 600 S. 43rd St. usp.edu/museum

elsewheRe Philadelphia Center for Architecture Various artists: “On this Corner...”

Thru May 31. 1218 Arch St. 215.569.3186. philadelphiacfa.org

City Hall

Various artists: “Currency.” Thru July 23. 4th floor. phila.gov/artincityhall

The Gold Standard Cafe

Edna Santiago: ”Solo Show.” Thru May 31. 4800 Baltimore Ave. 215.727.8247. thegoldstandardcafe.com

Library Company of Philadelphia

“Philadelphia on Stone.” Thru Oct. 15. 1314 Locust St. librarycompany.org

The Philadelphia Foundation

Various artists: “See Change: Photographs from the Leeway Foundation.” Thru Oct. 20. 1234 Market St. 215.563.6417. philafound.org

International House

David S. Kessler: ”Selected Portraits.” Thru July 2. 3701 Chestnut St. 215.895.6533. ihousephilly.org

Leeway Foundation

Various artists: “Shouts From the Wall.” Thru June 25. THe Philadelphia Building, 1315 Walnut St. 215.545.4078. leeway.org

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Leila Daw, Joyce Kozloff, Eve Laramee, and Nickolas Schiller: ”OUTSIDE/INSIDE.” Masaki Kobayashi: ”Capturing Sky.” Thru Aug. 15. 401 S. Broad St. 215.545.4400. gershmany.org

The National Constitution Center

Various artists: “Ancient Rome & America.” Various artists: “Being ‘We the People’: Afghanistan, America and the Minority Imprint.”

Thru Sept. 26. 525 Arch St. 215.409.6700. constitutioncenter.org

Longwood Gardens

“Making Scents: The Art and Passion of Fragrance.” “Spring Blooms at Longwood Gardens.” Thru May 28.

1001 Longwood Rd. longwoodgardens.org

Judith K. Brodsky: ”Memoir of an Assimilated Family.” Thru June 1. 615 N. Broad St. 215.627.6747. rodephshalom.org

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Penn Museum

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Various artists: ”Secrets of the Silk Road.” Various artists: “In Citizen’s Garb: Southern Plains Native Americans, 1889-1891.” 3260 South St. 215.898.4045. penn.museum

Woodmere Art Museum

Various artists: “Kindred Spirits: Woodmere and the Philadelphia Sketch Club.” Various artists: “Philadelphia Story.” Shelley Thornstensen: ”Counterpoint: The Leap From Vision to Print.”

Various artists: “Symbiosis: A Selection of 20th Century Prints

by Philadelphia Artists.” Thru June 27. 9201 Germantown Ave. 215.247.0476. woodmereartmuseum.org

Various artists: “109th Annual Student Exhibition.” Thru June 6. 118-128 N. Broad St. 215.972.7600. pafa.org

University of the Arts

Various artists: “Art to Be Read.”

Various artists: “Free Form.” 201 Mullica Hill Rd., Glassboro, N.J. rowan.edu

Moore College of Art & Design

Various artists: “5 in 1 Annual Student Exhibition.” Thru June 19. 20th and The Parkway. thegalleriesatmoore.org

Drexel University

Various artists: “Ni Una Mas: Not One More, The Juarez Murders.”

Thru July 16. 3401 Filbert St. drexel.edu

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Maira Kalman: ”Various Illuminations (Of A Crazy World).” Various artists: “Video Art: Replay, Part 3.

Ludicrous!” Various artists: “Queer Voice.” Thru Aug. 1. 118 S. 36th St. 215.898.7108. icaphila.org

Various artists: “Icons of Costume: Hollywood’s Golden Era and Beyond.” Thru Sept. 5. 138 S. Pine St. 215.340.9800. michenermuseum.org

Norman Soong: ”Coffee Shop Series in the Real World.” George Shinn: ”Imagined Characters in Surreal Situations.” Thru May 29. 52 N. Second St. 215.627.5310. musegalleryphiladelphia.com

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Winterthur Museum

Various artists: “Lost Gardens of the Brandywine.” Thru July 25. 5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Del. 302.888.4600. winterthur.org

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Andrea Modica: ”Minor League.”

Toshio Shibata: ”Expressway.” Thru June 12. 339 S. 21st St. gallery339.com

Various artists: “Friend or Faux: Imitation and Invention from Innocent to Fradulent.” Thru July 11. 2008-2010 Delancey Place. 215.732.1600. rosenbach.org

Matt Osborn: ”Dead Reckoning.” Erin M. Riley: ”How’s My Driving?” Thru May 30.

1001-13 N. Second St. bambiproject.com

Judy Engle, Alison Stigora, Atsuko Tajima, and Jay Walker: ”Solo Series 2010.” Thru July 25. 515 Meetinghouse Rd. 215.887.4882. abingtonartcenter.org

Various artists: ”Faces.” Thru June 5. 4504 Regent St. gallery13w.com

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No, dudes, the f lash forwards were purgatory. The f lash even an official, original album commemorating it. It’ll sideways were heaven, the reality everyone wanted and be released by Epic on June 1, and its first song, “Sign of the one that made them most content—filled to the a Victory (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Anthem),” rim with loving connections, spinal-cord injuries that is sung by R. Kelly and the Soweto Spiritual Singers. could be cured instantly and vending machines that Shakira is also on the CD. She sings “Waka Waka (The just needed to be unplugged to set free your stuck candy Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song).” Official mascot bar. The island? That represented hell. Because, as song duties go to Pitbull and his track “Game On (The Buddhist teacher Stephen Levine once wrote, hell is wanting to be somewhere different from where you are. Being one place and Back to the Future: The wanting to be somewhere Futeureheads are the best band else. And you’ll remember, you've forgotten exists. in Season 2, Episode 9, “What Kate did,” a bookcase in the home of Kate’s abusive stepfather. On it rests ... a book by Levine!

(I think. They pan by it really quickly and it’s dark.)

Anyway, you’re welcome.

I hope that offers some tiny relief.

Sunday, fans of Lost were left to sit with several unanswered questions after the series finale. For most of them—67 percent, according to a poll done

by Entertainment Tonight (research!)—an overwhelming sense of deep, unwavering dissatisfaction has set in. I’m here to help. I don’t have all the answers. Or, for that matter, any of them. But I can offer something concrete.

Not about Lost , but about music. (What did you expect?) Because every day new questions arise in modern Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Mascot Song.” music, and I can answer them all! In an attempt to Kelly will be on hand to perform “Sign of a Victory restore some sense of order to your life, some smidge of (Song About a Scoreboard)” at the World Cup openblack and white, I do that for you here, now. ing ceremonies in Johannesburg. Shakira will perform “Waka Waka (A Song About Fozzie Bear)” at the Which major label is releasing the official album of closing ceremonies. Pitbull can’t afford a f light over, the 2010 FIFA World Cup? presumably.

I have a friend who saw the Philadelphia Union play the What up-and-coming U.K. soulstress just cast a New York Red Bulls a couple months back. He says his new video from top to bottom with kids from 12-year-old niece’s team could give our Union a run for Degrassi: The Next Generation? their money. “After the game I wanted to give them all V.V. Brown. And it’s so, so sad. It’s the type of dundera plate of orange slices. They were abysmal,” he said to headed play for mass appeal artists from overseas someme after the game. Still, Major League Soccer arrives in times make when seeking an audience on these shores.

Philly just as soccer’s biggest stage, the FIFA World Cup, The song, “Shark in the Water,” is pretty great though. is set to kick off in Africa. Pretty exciting stuff, any way you slice it. (Sorry. For the “kick” and the “slice.”)

Who is opening for legendary asshat moneyThe World Cup, in case you don’t know (read: are grubbers KISS on their Hottest Show On Earth American), is a big fucking deal. So big, in fact, there’s

tour this summer?

You are, that’s who! KISS comes to town Aug. 6 on their Hottest Show On Earth tour (sponsored by Dr. Pepper) and are giving fans the opportunity to compete to be their openers (in a contest sponsored by Guitar Center). Over their 37-year, 80-million-albums-sold career (remember when people just bought anything?), KISS have had a number of openers you may have heard of—Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Rush, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest.

Now, they’re giving you that shot via Guitar Center OnStage, “an unsigned band competition that will provide emerging artists the chance to open for KISS at 22 of the band’s tour stops.” Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley will take pause from being complete cocks long enough to choose the winning band, which will also receive a $10,000 Guitar Center shopping spree. Registration begins June 1 at gconstage.com.

I’m thinking of Philly bands who could fit the bill here and am coming up blank. The unsigned worth crowing about aren’t exactly KISS arena tour opening material.

Birds of Maya, maybe?

That could be interesting. But barring that, nope, can’t think of one.

That said, the following is a completely serious offer: Let’s start a band! We have a long Memorial Weekend to get together and write two or three songs. Totally possible! We’ll make it a Philly project. You bring the guitars, the bass, the drums (no keyboards!) and a ravenous desire to open for KISS (or drop $10,000 on gear), and I’ll use my considerable inf luence and unchecked power as PW music editor to pull strings and curry favor for things I normally wouldn’t dare for fear of pissing away any remaining scintilla of journalistic ethics I may have (free studio time, free video product, what have you). This is KISS, after all. Ethics have no place here.

We can win this fucking thing, people! I figure we need two songs—something sounding like “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC or Black Sabbath’s “The Wizard.”

Interested musicians can drop me a line at the email address by my byline. Serious applicants only!

(This answer brought to you by Philadelphia Weekly’s Concerts in the Park, which kicks off Aug. 11 with Phosphorescent.)

Who is the best band you’ve forgotten about with a new album out?

The Futureheads! Their new album The Chaos is loaded from front to back with speed-ballin’, mad-capped aggro pop-punk glory. They’re in town next Wednesday at the First Unitarian Church (for the first time in four years.) Rediscover them. n

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bred dubstep producer’s debut is an upbeat, Euroflavored guest-littered collection of beats, synths, dance-floor anthems and lounge jams.

Free ASSoCiAtion: Not sure any of these live up to “Cockney Thug.”

For FAnS oF: Caspa, Chromeo meets the Bug.

beatbox and producer extraordinaire drops a sick collection of funky, filthy neo-soul songs full of exciting, catchy, headbobbing moments.

Oh, snap! Beck and Feist show up, but can’t steal the show.

For FAnS oF: Super Collider, Prince and Aphex Twin, UK white soul.

it fresh each time, taking their brand of bluesy two-piece garage rock to different places. This one’s a bit more upbeat and radio-friendly.

folk-minded man rock with Joe Pernice’s gentle voice out front.

Free ASSoCiAtion: Hear it wafting from your local County Fair, along with the smell of cow poop.

For FAnS oF: Guster, Wallflowers, Counting Crows, sensitivity.

Your daily recommended allowance of tambourines, whistles and handclaps; rejoice.

For FAnS oF: Silver Jews, White Stripes, Rapture.

feisty power rock (bordering on punk) from a band of Brit friends who listened to a lot of Buzzcocks when they were kids.

There are no breaks here.

Fast-paced, fist-pump rock start to finish.

For FAnS oF: The Jam, Wire, the Clash, harder Franz Ferdinand.

Review the Reviews: Free Energy

By Michael Alan Goldberg

famoose alums’ debut LP is a sprawling, moody masterpiece of modern rock that’s not emo or whiny, nor trendy or retro; it’s just right.

Ready for their close-up at WXPN—lovely, soft adult rock.

For FAnS oF: Steely Dan, Robin Thicke sings for the Verve.

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own Theotis Joe is a stylish, smart and beat-savvy emcee with a caramel voice and smooth delivery on his soulful R&Bflavored LP. Free ASSoCiAtion: The collabs with Latebloom are solid and funktastic.

For FAnS oF: The Roots meet Air, Raphael Saadiq feels up Robyn.

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“When I saw the Onion review it kinda blew my mind because I’ve been a fan of the Onion since I was in high school. So whatever they write about us, I’ll be happy. They have really good music writing, actually. So that’s cool.”

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“[James Murphy]’s taken the Minnesota band formerly known as Hockey Night and turned them into a kind of tongue-in-cheek Journey. Everyone involved is no doubt feeling very smug thinking about how Brooklyn hipsters in trucker caps will fall for it.” NME I t sounds like this guy has bought into the whole press about James Murphy and DFA and thinks it’s all hipster stuff. I’m afraid of hipsters—people who look really cool freak me out because I think they’re gonna be mean. DFA is a haven for nerds. I would be

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” I will say this—on the next record I’ll definitely take the singing more seriously. When we recorded with James, he has an espresso machine at the DFA offices, and I would have espresso before recording and also another one while recording. And espresso is not good for your vocal cords, it dries you out. Oftentimes I’d be beating my brains out trying to sing on these songs. But I’m trying to become a better singer, to be totally honest. I know that’s not very cool, but I’ll try to take it more seriously. I think the Pavement thing is true.

I think there’s other talk-speak singers that I’m inspired by before Stephen Malkmus— Jonathan Richman, Joan Jett, Lou Reed. But yeah, anyway, no more espresso!” n

I n February we spoke to legendary artist Gil Scott-Heron—“the black Bob Dylan,” the “Godfather of Rap”—at length in advance of his four-show stint at tiny Tin Angel. It was entirely snowed out (damn you, Snowpocalypse!!), and Scott-Heron makes up the dates this week. The following are some pithy highlights from our chat, which you can read in its entirety at philadelphiaweekly.com On when he’ll record again: ”A lot of people tell me that they like my records, but they don’t buy them! So how the fuck would I know?”

Do you feel like you were put here to make music? ”No, I was put here because my mother and father loved each other. That’s how you have babies.”

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“Straight up rock that goes right at you and punches you in the face and doesn’t stop being awesome. All the way through.

The guitars get right in your ears and won’t get out and take over your mind like Kahn’s[sic] ear worms. The bass gets right down, hits you in the gut and kicks you in the behind.” Chris B., Amazon.com user

menting on Amazon.com. It sounds like he has some anger problems [laughs], and he’s using our record as a scapegoat for his violent tendencies. I’m glad it’s inspiring physical action. I dunno if punching people in the face is the most constructive thing, though.”

“The only clue that this record came out in 2010 is the lead vocals: Paul Sprangers sings with a laconic ease that wouldn’t have existed before Pavement. His lazy phrasing and slightly pitchchallenged style don’t wreck the illusion, though, they just add a human element in a way that a singer full of chest hair and bravado could never have done.” Allmusic. com

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“Even on tracks that, on the surface, might seem a bit hokey, Free Energy succeeds with loose enthusiasm and unbridled confidence; yes, Free Energy sounds like a Thin Lizzy song, but authentically so. It’s all of the sunny, uncomplicated fun of classic glam-rock, with none of the silliness.” The Onion A.V. Club

MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG

rock revivalists Free Energy have exploded nationally this year thanks to their recently released debut album, Stuck on Nothing (produced

by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem/DFA Records fame), and a welldeserved reputation for a killer live show. We caught up with frontman Paul Sprangers over the phone from the quintet’s tour stop in Leeds, England, for a “Review the Reviews” session, wherein we read excerpts from recent reviews and get the reaction of the reviewed.

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Wednesday 26 53 Stations

8pm and 9:45pm. $5-$10. Chris’ Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St. 215.568.3131. chrisjazzcafe.com

Jason Brown

6pm. With Mike Pracher. Sullivan’s Steakhouse, 5525 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Del. 302.479.7970. sullivansteakhouse.com

Thursday 27 Alexandra Day

5pm and 7pm. Free. Chris’ Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St. 215.568.3131. chrisjazzcafe.com

Don Glandon

6pm. With Micah Jones and Fred Biondi. Sullivan’s Steakhouse, 5525 Concord Pike, Wilmington. sullivansteakhouse.com

Friday 28 The JT Project

8pm and 11:30pm. $15. Chris’ Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St. 215.568.3131. chrisjazzcafe. com

Jason Brown

6pm. With Chris Slone. Sullivan’s Steakhouse, 5525 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Del. 302.479.7970. sullivansteakhouse.com

saTurday 29 Dave Manley & His Trio

11:30pm. $10. Chris’ Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St. 215.568.3131. chrisjazzcafe.com

Don Glandon

6pm. With Micah Jones. Sullivan’s Steakhouse, 5525 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Del. 302.479.7970. sullivansteakhouse.com

rock pop Wednesday 26 Keith Destefano & Puzzlebox

8:30pm. $8. With the Living Sample, Out da Basement and Joe Jordan.

Trocodero, 1003 Arch St. thetroc.com

Since the Collapse

9pm. $7. With Anabiosis and Loner Eroded. The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave. 267.671.9298. iourecords/thefire

Grant Hart

9pm. $10. With Taggart and Gasoline Heart. The Manhattan Room, 15 W. Girard Ave. 215.739.5577. themanhattanroom.com

Via Motive

9:30pm. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475. tritonebar.com

Ritual

8pm. $8. With Jawphaker. North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. northstarbar.com

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Greg Laswell

9pm. $8. With Space Sluts, Mega Fauna and Gorgeous. The Khyber, 56 S. Second St. 215.238.5888. thekhyber.com

Rockers

Friday 28

8:30pm. $12. With Jimmy Gnecco and Brian Wright. Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St. 215.928.0770. tinangel.com 9:30pm. With Mighty Paradocs.

Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475. tritonebar.com

Michael McDermott

Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes

7:30pm. $125. With Colin Gilmore. Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St. tinangel.com

Thinking Machines

9pm. $10. With the Sound Outs and Razorblade Skin. The Manhattan Room, 15 W. Girard Ave. themanhattanroom.com

8pm. $10. With Jay D Clark Band and Hippocampus. North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. 215.787.0488. northstarbar.com 8pm. $8. With Stegasaur, Circle the City and Patterns. The Khyber, 56 S. Second St. 215.238.5888. thekhyber.com

Thursday 27 Eyes on the Prize

6pm. $7. With Neighborhoods, Knee Deep and Sinking and James Corbi.

The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave. 267.671.9298. iourecords/thefire

The Movement

9pm. $8. With FlightSkool and Glen Landing. Trocodero, 1003 Arch St. 215.922.5483. thetroc.com

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Steph Hayes & the Good Problems

10:30pm. $8. With Chris Cubeta & the Liars Club. Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St. 215.928.0770. tinangel.com

Blood Feathers

9pm. $10. With the Black Hollies and Dressed like Stolen Cars. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. johnnybrendas.com

Gil Scott-Heron 7pm and 9:30pm. $25. Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St. 215.928.0770. tinangel.com

The Creatures of the Golden Dawn

9:30pm. With the Improbables and the Tulanes. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475. tritonebar.com

The New Music Series

9pm. $9. With the Warhawks, Crazy Man Crazy and Davis Howley. North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. northstarbar.com

The Besnard Lakes

9:30pm. $10-$12. With Land of Talk and Holopaw. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. johnnybrendas.com

Steve-Onpoint

8pm. $8. With South Broad, DJ Ha and Aquil. The Khyber, 56 S. Second St. 215.238.5888. thekhyber.com

sunday 30 The Restarts

8pm. $10. With Star Fucking Hipsters, Guilt Trip and Population Zero.

The Manhattan Room, 15 W. Girard Ave. 215.739.5577. themanhattanroom.com

Gil Scott-Heron 6pm and 8:30pm. $25. Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St. 215.928.0770. tinangel.com

The Wallace Brothers Band

8pm. With Siora. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475. tritonebar.com

The Stereo Flys

10pm. With the Goodnight Process.

Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475. tritonebar.com

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Tiger Jaw

The Philadelphia Orchestra

7pm. $5. With Kite Party and Omar, Glocca Morra. The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave. 267.671.9298. iourecords/thefire

The New Music Series

9pm. $9. With The Art of Self Defense and Adamo Drive. North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. 215.787.0488. northstarbar. com

Broad Street Blues

8pm. $8. With C.O.D. Trio and Train to Nowhere. The Khyber, 56 S. Second St. 215.238.5888. thekhyber.com

hip-hop/r & b Friday 28 Hip-Hop Showcase

9pm. $10. With Vision and Mic Q. The Khyber, 56 S. Second St. 215.238.5888. thekhyber.com

Yellow Tubmarine

9pm. $10. With the Groovement, TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb and the Interventions. North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. 215.787.0488. northstarbar.com

classical/choral

saTurday 29

Holy Fuck

9pm. $12. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. 215.739.9684. johnnybrendas.com

Thursday 27

Ikonika

The Danvilles

The Philadelphia Orchestra

10pm. $5. With Natty Boh Peep.

The Manhattan Room, 15 W. Girard Ave. 215.739.5577. themanhattanroom.com

8pm. $8. With No Lover, Nikki and the Weeps and Our Fair City. The Khyber, 56 S. Second St. thekhyber.com

2pm. $10-$130. Mozart and Rachmaninoff. Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St. 215.893.1999. philorch.org

8pm. $10-$130. Mozart and Rachmaninoff. Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St. 215.893.1999. philorch.org

saTurday 28 The Philadelphia Orchestra

8pm. $10-$130. Mozart and Rachmaninoff. Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St. 215.893.1999. philorch.org

sunday 29 The Philadelphia Orchestra

11:30am. $7-$46. Family: Carnival of the Animals. Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St. 215.893.1999. philorch.org

world/etc Wednesday 26 Arabic Classical Music: Concert Series $10. 7:30pm. Trinity Center for Urban Life, 22nd and Spruce sts. trinitycentercity.org/

saTurday 29 Tanghetto

9pm. $20-40. 2424 Studios, 2424 E. York St. 2424studios.com/

Kinobe

11:30am. $10. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com

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In a pinch, kebabs, calf’s liver and $3 drinks in G-Ho.

By Adam Erace aerace@philadelphiaweekly.com

For more on Philly's food scene, visit blogalicious-adam.blogspot.com.

Divan 918 S. 22nd St. 215.545.5790.

Cuisine: Turkish.

Hours: Lunch and dinner daily, noon-11pm.

Prices: $3.95-$32.

Atmosphere: Warm, attractive G-Ho rehab.

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Service: Especially nice, but not especially attentive.

Food: Great for the last minute, but worthy enough for first choice.

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Divan, the classy kebab house on the corner of 22nd and Carpenter. I’d passed it earlier that day, as I’d done so many times in its four years of existence. It’s one of those places I’m always meaning to get to.

If you live in the neighborhood, chances are you know Divan. If not, maybe you’ve seen one of its TV spots, which is as homemade as the stuffed grape leaves, but a Clio winner compared to production efforts by other local businesses. In lieu of talking penguins and riffs on the Budweiser “wassup” campaign, Divan entices viewers with shots of its fetching brick exterior ringed in clean black awnings and sidewalk seats, doner kebab being expertly carved and of course its proprietor, Ilker Ugur, whose saturnine good looks have earned him plenty of fans (my mom among them). Ugur, a native

May 26 - June 1, 2010

The dinner hour was slipping away, and I needed somewhere to eat.

Plan A had been Thoreau, the high-minded vegetarian place on Spring Garden that threw a royal wrench in the works by announcing its closing that same day.

Plan B: Noble, for barkeep Christian Gaal’s happy hour and snacks from new chef Brinn Sinnot. But about 794 people had the same idea. I stood on the Sansom Street sidewalk, hunched over a yellow PW box (poetically, perhaps), gripping my iPhone like a life preserver in a tide of disorderly Penn seniors on Walnut Walk, sweating.

Where to eat ...

Where to eat ...

Where to eat ...

Three or so hours of indecision later, I remembered

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Great balls of fryer: Divan's falafel and hummus are the best we've come across in Philadelphia.

of Istanbul, delivers the commercial’s kicker with serious conviction and a bit of braggadocio: “Come discover why Turkish food isn’t one of the best cuisines in the world. It is the best food in the world.”

Confidence, apparently, is not in short supply at Divan.

Pita, though, that’s another case. A solitary, lightly grilled triangle came cocked like a funny hat atop the mixed, hot-appetizer plate, a starter that could feed four, featuring, in ascending order of greatness: A tasty but wet spinach pie a bit like leaves after a rainstorm; sauteed baby shrimp with tiny mushrooms; flaky, feta-filled phyllo cigars; featherweight fried calamari; fried nuggets of calf’s liver dusted with citrusy sumac; and the best falafel I’ve ever come across in Philly. There was nice hummus, too, with the whipped texture of chocolate mousse, but no pita with which to scoop it up.

We asked for more, but our likable waiter forgot. No hard feelings, though: Dude was kept busy by a large party that had come in expressly to plunder Divan’s liquor cabinet at $3 a drink, a yes-you-heard-thatright special in effect all day, every day. There’s also a seven-days-a-week happy hour that’ll net you 30 percent off your entire bill if you dine before 5 p.m.

But where Divan giveth, Divan taketh away. There’s a corkage policy on Friday and Saturday if you want to BYO, which is reasonable, and in the style of Jersey’s finest gas stations, a 10 percent surcharge if you’re paying with a credit card, which is not. All the wheelin’ and dealin’ distracts from Divan’s main selling point: the food, which is honest-to-goodness good.

Chef Sadi Cetiner is particularly gifted in the meat department. Piled over a hill of fluffy rice, the shavings of spit-roasted doner were dry, but all other selections carnivorous blew me away. You could drown in the meaty juices locked inside the shish kebab’s smoky, skewer-grilled cubes of chicken and lamb. The lamb adana kebabs massaged with Turkish pepper paste delivered the same tender experience, accented with a glimmer of heat, and beef joined the fray in the succulent, savory kofte, mint-flecked patties of ground beef and lamb. (Could you imagine them on a burger bun? Delicious sacrilege!) The meatless manti, dainty dumplings filled with buttons of spinach and cloaked in garlicky strained yogurt, were equally flavorful and pacified the vegetarian at a table stacked with skewered meats.

The food ascends from the basement on a nifty old dumbwaiter, but the desserts might as well come down from heaven. I sank into the crock of smooth rice pudding crossed with crushed pistachios. The kazandibi, the Turkish “bottom of the pot” custard, was like creme brulee crossed with Rice Krispie Treats cereal, a very good thing in my book, an ending to a Plan C I’d be happy to make Plan A any day of the week. n

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Friday Saturday Sunday 2 61 S. 21st St. 215.546.4232. frisatsun.com $$$ CC AS

Good Karma Cafe

3 31 S. 22nd St. 215.546.1479. thegoodkarmacafe.com $

The Happy Rooster

1 18 S. 16th St. 215.963.9311. thehappyrooster.com $$ CC AS BR

Ladder 15

1 528 Sansom St. 215.964.9755. ladder15philly.com $$ CC AS

CHINESE

Valentino on the Square

SEAFOOD 1 708 Lombard St. 215. 545.9600. fishphilly.com $$$ CC

Mandarin Palace

267 S. 19th St. 215.772.1905. $$ CC BR

1835 Chestnut St. 215.557.6280. $$ CC BYOB

JAPANESE

Square on Square

Fuji Mountain

1 905 Chestnut St. 215.568.0088. squareonsquare.com $$ CC BR BYOB

Susanna Foo

1 512 Walnut St. 215.545.2666. susannafoo.com $$$ CC AS BR

Su Xing House

2 030 Chestnut St. 215.751.0939. fujimt.com $$ CC AS

Mizu Sushi Bar

1 33 S. 20th St. 215.563.3100. mizusushibar.com $$ CC

Moshi-Moshi Japanese

108 S. 18th St. 215.496.9950. $$ CC AS

fish.

Devon Seafood

2 225 S. 18th St. 215.546.5940. devonseafood.com $$$ CC AS BR

Oyster House

1 516 Sansom St. 215.567.7683. oysterhousephilly.com $$ CC AS

Phillips Seafood

1 508 Sansom St. 215.564.1419. suxinghouse.com $ CC

Shiroi Hana

1 7th and Race sts. 215.448.2700. phillipsseafood.com $$ CC AS

2 201 South St. 215.732.7878. thel2restaurant.com $$ CC AS

EASTERN EUROPEAN

$$ CC AS

Seafood Unlimited

Little Pete’s

3 05 S. 16th St. 215.546.0204. warsawcafe.thekalon.com $$ CC AS

L2 Restaurant and Bar

219 S. 17th St. 215.545.5508. $ CC BR AS

Marathon on the Square

1 9th and Spruce sts. 215.731.0800. marathongrill.com $$ CC AS BR

Matyson

Warsaw Cafe

FRENCH Bistro St. Tropez

2 400 Market St., fourth fl. 215.569.9269. bistrosttropez.com $$ CC AS

3 7 S. 19th St. 215.564.2925. matyson.com $$$ CC BYOB ★

Brasserie Perrier at Boyd’s

Meritage Philadelphia

Lacroix at the Rittenhouse

5 00 S. 20th St. 215.985.1922. meritagephiladelphia.com $$$ CC AS

Morton’s the Steakhouse 1 411 Walnut St. 215.557.0724. mortons.com $$$ CC AS

1 818 Chestnut St. 215.564.1801. georgesperrier.com $$$ CC AS

2 10 W. Rittenhouse Sq. 215.790.2533. lacroixrestaurant.com $$$ CC AS BR

Le Bec-Fin

1 523 Walnut St. 215.567.1000. lebec-fin.com $$$ CC AS

222 S. 15th St. 215.735.4444. shiroihana.com

Sushi on the Square

2 70 S. 20th St. 215.732.9012. seafoodunlimited.com $$ CC AS

Tampopo

SOUL FOOD

233 S. 20th St. 215.988.0510. $$ CC BYOB

Race Street Cafe $$ CC AS BR

3 6 Chestnut St. 215.413.1918. eulogybar.com $$ CC AS

Red Sky Restaurant

Lucy’s Hat Shop

2 24 Market St. 215.925.8080. redskylounge.com $$ CC AS

Sugar Mom’s

Tangerine

$ CC AS

ASIAN FUSION

2 32 Market St. 215.627.5116. tangerinerestaurant.com $$$ CC AS

2214 South St. 215.546.4811. $ CC

Haru

Tokyo Lunchbox

SPANISH

241 Chestnut St. harusushi.com $$ CC AS

STEAKHOUSE Marmont Steakhouse

$ CC BYOB

Cafe Apamate

Swanky Bubbles

Vango

$ CC BYOB BR

CARIBBEAN

TURKISH

1705 Chestnut St. 215.564.3306.

1 16 S. 18th St. 215.568.1020. vangoloungeandskybar.com $ CC

1620 South St. cafeapamate.com

Tinto Restaurant

Zama

1 14 S. 20th St. 215.665.9150. tintorestaurant.com $$ AS CC ★

JEWISH

My Thai

1 28 S. 19th St. 215.568.1027. zamarestaurant.com $$ CC AS

Rachael’s Nosheri

THAI 2200 South St. 215.985.1878.

CHINESE Joe’s Peking Duck House

108 Chestnut St. 215.922.0880.

2034 Chestnut St. 215.569.1200.

TURKISH

1 601 Sansom St. 215.564.1080. phillypitapit.com $ CC BR

IRISH

Miran

Prime Rib

1 600 Arch St. 267.541.1700. tirnanogphilly.com $$ CC AS

MEDITERRANEAN

Black Sheep

1 14 S. 18th St. 215.568.3050. byblosphilly.com $$ CC AS BR

1 701 Locust St. 215.772.1701. theprimerib.com $$$ CC AS

Public House

2 Logan Sq. 215.587.9040. publichousephilly.com $$$ CC AS

Pumpkin

1 713 South St. 215.545.4448. pumpkinphilly.com $$$ BYOB

Rouge

205 S. 18th St. 215.732.6622. $$$ CC AS BR

Smiths Restaurant

3 9-41 S. 19th St. 267.546.2669. smiths-restaurant.com $ CC AS

Smith & Wollensky

R ittenhouse Hotel, 210 W. Rittenhouse Sq. smithandwollensky.com 215.545.1700. $$$ CC AS

Snackbar

2 35 S. 20th St. 215.545.5655. phillysnackbar.com $$ CC AS BR

Square 1682

1 21 S. 17th St. 215.563.5008. square1682.com $$$ CC AS BR 1 801 Lombard St. 215.732.5006. tangiercafe.com$$ CC AS

Tavern 17

2 20 S. 17th St. 215.790.1799. tavern17restaurant.com $$$ CC AS BR

Tria

1 23 S. 18th St. 215.972.TRIA. and 1137 S. Spruce St. 215.629.9250 triacafe.com $ CC AS ★

21st Street Gourmet

119 S. 21st St. 215.563.9099. $ CC BR

Twenty Manning

2 61 S. 20th St. 215.731.0900. twentymanning.com $$ CC AS 1 18 S. 20th St. 215.665.1088. villagewhiskey.com $$ CC AS

CARIBBEAN/LATIN Alma de Cuba

1 623 Walnut St. 215.988.1799. almadecubarestaurant.com $$$ CC AS

Chima Brazilian Steakhouse

1 901 John F. Kennedy Blvd. 215.525.3233. chima.cc cc $$$ CC AS

Rum Bar

ITALIAN Bellini Grill

2 20 S. 16th St. 215.545.1191. bellinigrill.com $$ CC BYOB

Bistro La Baia

1 700 Lombard St. 215.546.0496. bistrolabaia.com $$ BYOB

Los Catrines & Tequila’s

2 56 S. 20th St. 215.546.3935. dangeloristorante.com $$$ CC AS

Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse 1 11 S. 17th St. 215.563.4810. davios.com $$$ CC AS

Ernesto’s 1521 Cafe

1 521 Spruce St. 215.546.1521. ernestos1521.com $$ CC AS

Il Portico

1 519 Walnut St. 215.561.2822. il-portico.com $$$ CC AS

La Viola

253 S. 16th St. 215.735.8630. $$ BYOB

Le Castagne

1 920 Chestnut St. 215.751.9913. lecastagne.com $$ CC AS

Mama Palma’s

2229 Spruce St. 215.735.7357. $ AS

Melograno

236 Market St. 215.627.0588. $$ CC AS

S eventh and Fitzwater sts.

215.629.0428. $

Dolce

Fuel

1408 South St. 215.985.9335. $$ CC AS

Old City/Riverfront

Mexican Post

2 17 Chestnut St. 215.625.2450. amadarestaurant.com

Pico de Gallo

D’Angelo’s Ristorante

Amici Noi

Mi Lah

AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL

$$ CC BYOB

227 S. 20th St. 215.496.9677. $$ BYOB

1301 S. 11th St. 215.339.9613 $ BR

1 602 Locust St 215.546.0181. tequilasphilly.com $$ CC AS

261 S. 17th St. 215.790.0103. brazinophilly.com

Caffe Casta Diva

ITALIAN

Govinda’s Gourmet Vegetarian

1 601 Cherry St. 215.568.2667. mexicanpost.com $$ CC AS

Branzino

VEGETARIAN

Hot Tamales

2 63 S. 15th St. 215.545.4102. josepistolas.com $$ CC AS

1501 South St. 215.772.3003. $ AS

PUB FARE The Bards

Amada

$$$ CC AS ★

Beneluxx

3 3 S. Third St. 267.318.7269. beneluxx.com $$ CC AS

Bistro 7

2 013 Walnut St. 215.569.9585. bardsirishbar.com $$ CC AS BR

7 N. Third St. 215.931.1560. $$ CC BR BYOB ★

Cavanaughs Rittenhouse

417 N. Columbus Blvd. 215.629.7403.

Cavanaugh’s River Deck

1 823 Sansom St. 215.665.9500. cavsrittenhouse.com $$ CC AS

$$ CC AS

Good Dog Bar and Restaurant

123 Chestnut St. 215.629.1100. $$ CC,AS

1 917 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.468.3835. fuelphilly.com $ CC

La Famiglia

Hawthornes BierCafe

La Locanda del Ghiottone

James

La Veranda

$$$ AS,CC, ★

Panorama

1501 Snyder Ave. 215.467.6644. $

8 S. Front St. 215.922.2803. lafamiglia.com $$$ CC AS 130 N. Third St. 215.829.1465. $$ BYOB Pier 3, Penn’s Landing. 215.351.1898. $$$ CC AS Pennsview Hotel, 14 N. Front St. 215.922.7800. pennsviewhotel.com $$$ CC AS

Pizzicato

248-50 Market St. 215.629.5527. $$ CC AS

Positano Coast

1 100 Fitzwater St. 215.627.3012. hawthornescafe.com $$ CC BR AS 824 S. Eighth St. 215.629.4980.

Melrose Diner

Morning Glory Diner

735 S. 10th St. 215.413.3999 $ BR ★

Sabrina’s Cafe

910 Christian St. 215.574.1599

2 12 Walnut St. 215.238.0499. lambertis.com $$ AS

$$ CC BR BYOB

Radicchio Cafe

314 York Ave. 215.627.6850. $$ CC

2 201 Christian St. 215.732.3429. thesidecarbar.com $ AS

Serrano

South Philly Bar and Grille

Sidecar Bar & Grille

1 235-37 Passyunk Ave. 215.334.3300. southphillybar.com $$ AS

34 S. Front St. 215.592.7661. $$ CC AS

232 Arch St. 215.629.2337. $$ BYOB ★

JAPANESE

1126 Ninth St. 267.761.9154

Grace Tavern

City Tavern

Kisso

ASIAN FUSION

2229 Grays Ferry Ave. 215.893.9580.

Spasso

205 N. Fourth St. 215.922.1770.

$ CC AS

138 S. Second St. 215.413.1443. citytavern.com $$$ CC AS

$$ CC BYOB

Liberty Bar

The Continental

Mizu Sushi

2 204 Market St. 215.496.9797.

2204libertybar.com $ CC AS

Misconduct Tavern

1 511 Locust St. 215.732.5797. misconduct-tavern.com $$ CC AS

Monk’s Cafe

138 Market St. 215.923.6069. continentalmartinibar.com $$ CC AS BR

Farmicia

1 5 S. Third St. 215.627.6274. farmiciarestaurant.com

Pub & Kitchen

306 Market St. 215.625.9425. forkrestaurant.com $$$ CC AS ★

1 946 Lombard St. 215.545.0350. thepubandkitchen.com $$ CC AS BR

Porcini

Roosevelt’s Pub

Salento

Fork

Moshulu

220 Market St. 215.283.0996. $$ CC

Uzu Sushi 104 Market St. 267.639.3447. $$ CC ★

Zento

138 Chestnut Street. 215.925.9998. $$ CC BYOB ★

KOREAN Meju

213 Chestnut St. 215.238.9403. $$ BYOB

2222 Walnut St. 215.569.8879. $$ CC AS

4 01 S. Columbus Blvd. 215.923.2500. moshulu.com $$$ CC AS BR

MEXICAN/SOUTHWESTERN

Sidecar Bar

Octo

104 Chestnut St. 215.923.5233. $ CC AS

2 201 Christian St. 215.732.3429. thesidecarbar.com $ CC AS BR

Ten Stone

2 063 South St. 215.735.9939. tenstone.com $ CC AS BR

2 21 N. Columbus Blvd. 215.923.6286. octophilly.com $$ CC AS

Q BBQ & Tequila

2 07 Chestnut St. 215.625.8605. qoldcity.com $$ CC AS

Mexican Post

PUB FARE Buffalo Billards

118 Chestnut St. 215.574.7665. $ CC AS

Teri’s $ CC

International Smokeless Barbeque 6 00 Washington Ave. 215.599.8844. $ CC

FAST BITES Black N Brew

1523 E. Passyunk Ave. 267.639.6070. blackbrew.net $

Geno’s

1 218 S. Ninth St. 215.389.0659. genosteak.com $

John’s Roast Pork

1 4 E. Snyder Ave. 215.463.1951. johnsroastpork. com $ CC

Pat’s King of Steaks

1235 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.468.1546. $

Shank & Evelyn’s Luncheonette 932 S. 10th St. 215.6291093 $

Tony Luke’s

3 9 Oregon Ave. 215.551.5725. tonylukes.com $

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1 506 Spruce St. 215.790.0171. trattoriaprimadonna.com $$ CC AS BYOB

Fitzwater Café

Chloe

Pietro’s Coal Oven Pizzeria

Trattoria Prima Donna

Carman’s Country Kitchen

2 24 S. 15th St. 215.985.9600. gooddogbar.com $$ CC AS ★

$$ CC AS BR

2 216 Walnut St. 215.568.1314. salentorestaurant.com $$$ CC BYOB

241 Chestnut St. 215.238.6900. dolcerestaurant.com $$$ CC AS

AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL

20 S. Second St. 215.928.0770. $$ CC AS

2 64 S. 16th St. 215.545.7005. monkscafe.com $$ CC AS

2048 Sansom St. 215.751.1175. $$ CC BYOB

1 14 Chestnut St. 215.925.1444. karmarestaurant.com $$ CC AS

Cebu

2201 Spruce St. 215.875.8116. $$$ CC 1 714 Walnut St. 215.735.8090. pietrospizza.com $$ CC AS

35 S. Second St. cafespice.com $$ CC AS

Karma

9 18 S. 22nd St. 215.545.5790. divanturkishkitchen.com $$ CC BYOB

MEXICAN/SOUTHWESTERN

Jose Pistola’s

Cafe Spice

Divan Turkish Kitchen

2 18 S. 16th St. 215.732.8888. milahvegetarian.com $ CC

1 805 John F. Kennedy Blvd.

215.557.9009. $

312 Market St. 215.928.2987. $$$ AS CC BR

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2 005 Walnut St. 215.751.0404. rum-bar.com $$ CC AS BR

1 500 Locust St. 215.893.9700. fadoirishpub.com $$ CC AS BR

FRENCH

South Philadelphia/ Bella Vista/ Italian Market

May 26 - June 1, 2010

Village Whiskey

Fado Irish Pub

Byblos

$$ CC AS

228 Vine St. 215.592.1212. $$ CC AS BR

P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY

Tangier Cafe

2 47 S. 17th St. 215.545.9473. theblacksheeppub.com $$ CC AS BR

$$ CC BYOB ★

Konak

1 0 S. Second St. 215.627.0666. cubalibrerestaurant.com $$ CC AS BR

INDIAN

2028 Chesnut St. 215.568.7058.

2 22 Market St. 215.923.1100. marmont.net $$ CC AS

Cuba Libre

$ CC BYOB

1608 Sansom St. 215.557.9830.

Smile

$$ CC AS

10 S. Front St. 215.928.1200. swankybubbles.com $$$ CC AS

$ CC AS

Tir na nÓg

312 Race St. 215.925.5115. dinardos.com

Phoebe’s

1 405 Locust St. 215.735.7700. estiarestaurant.com $$$ CC AS BR

Pita Pit

1 17 Chestnut St. 215.625.0855. triumphbrewing.com $$ CC AS

1 04 S. 21st St. 215.557.9593. tampoporestaurant.com $ CC

Patou

Estia

Triumph Brewing Company

DiNardo’s Famous Crabs

325 Chestnut St. 215.574.9440. buddakan.com $$$ CC AS

Thai Chef & Noodle Fusion

2 00 S. Broad St. 215.546.7256. thepalm.com $$$ CC AS

225 Church St. 215.925.8219.

SEAFOOD

Buddakan

Giwa

2227 Pine St. 215.985.3680. $$ CC AS BYOB

1 23 Chestnut St. 215.733.0300. ploughstars.com $$ CC AS BR

301 Chestnut St. 215.923.3711. \$$ CC AS BR

KOREAN

The Palm

Dmitri’s

Plough and the Stars

Society Hill Restaurant and Bar

105 S. 22nd St. 215.564.6976. $$ CC

GREEK

$ CC AS

48 S. Second St. 215.925.2317. sassafras.com $$ CC AS

$$ CC AS

1 516 Sansom St. 215.569.9525. noddinghead.com $$ CC AS BR

247 Market St. 215.413.1433.

Sassafras Cafe

1 9th and Sansom sts. 215.568.9565. rachaelsnosheri.com $ CC BR

Nodding Head

Eulogy Belgian Tavern

208 Race St. 215.627.6181.

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MIDDLE EASTERN

Bibou

Bitar’s

ITALIAN

OTHER

August

Hardena

1754 Hicks St. 215.271.9442.

CAJUN

Bomb Bomb

$ ★

Cafe Nola

1009 S. Eighth St. 215.965.8290. biboubyob.com $$$ BYOB

1247 S. 13th St. 215.468.5926. $$ 1026 Wolf St. 215.463.1311. bombbomb-restaurant.com $$ CC AS

947 Federal St. 215.755.1121. bitars.com $ CC

PUB FARE

Caffe Valentine

Devil’s Den

Wharton St. and Moyamensing Ave. 215.336.3033. $$ CC AS

1148 S. 11th St. 215.339.0855. devilsdenphilly.com

Celebre’s

$$ CC AS BR

1536 Packer Ave. 215.467.3255. $$ CC AS

Criniti’s

2611 S. Broad St. 215.465.7750. $$ CC AS

Cucina Forte

768 S. Eighth St. 215.238.0778

Pub on Passyunk East 1501 E. Passynuk Ave. 215.755.5125. $$ CC AS

1601 1601 South St. 215.218.3840. $$ CC AS

Dante and Luigi’s

South Philadelphia Tap Room

762 S. 10th St. 215.922.9501.

1509 Mifflin St. 215.271.7787.

$$$ AS

$$ CC AS BR

Karina’s Ristorante

1520 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.218.0455. $$ BYOB

Kristian’s

1100 Federal St. 215.468.0104. $$$ CC AS

La Fourno Trattoria

636 South St. 215.627.9000. $ CC AS

L’angolo Ristorante Italiano 1415 Porter St. 215.389.4252. $$ BYOB

Ma Ma Yolanda’s

928 South St. 215.592.8180. supperphilly.com $$$ CC AS

Ugly American

1100 S. Front St. 215.336.1100. $$ CC BR AS

414 S. Second St. 215.574.1687. $$ CC AS

CARIBBEAN Reef Restaurant and Lounge 605 S. Third St. 215.629.0102. $$ CC AS

Caribbean Delight

1124 South St. 215.829.1030. $$ CC BYOB

$$ CC AS

FAST BITES Jim’s Steaks

Steaks on South

308 South St. 215.922.78880. $

Anastasi Seafood

FRENCH

SOUL FOOD

623 S. Sixth St. 215.925.8000. bistrolaminette.com $$$ CC AS BR

Beau Monde

1101 S. Ninth St. 215.462.0550. $$ CC AS

Warmdaddy’s

1 400 Columbus Blvd. warmdaddys.com. $$ CC AS

THAI Cafe de Laos

$$ CC AS

VIETNAMESE

1117 S. 11th St. 215.467.1546. $$ CC BYOB

Bistrot La Minette

624 S. Sixth St. 215.592.0656. creperie-beaumonde.com $$ CC AS BR BYOB ★

Cochon BYOB

801 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.923.7675. cochonbyob.com $$$ BYOB

1637 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.463.6884. mammamaria.info $$$ CC

Nam Phuong

FUSION

Marra’s

CC AS

775 S. Front St. 215.271.9300

Pho 75

$$ CC

$$ AS ★

1122 Washington Ave. 215.271.5866. $$

GERMAN

Mio Sogno

Pho Bale and Restaurant

Brauhaus Schmitz

$$ CC AS

$$ CC BYOB

Mr. Martino

Pho Ha

1734 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.463.9249.

2650 S. 15th St. 215.467.3317.

1100-1120 Washington Ave. 215.468.0410. $

935 Washington Ave. 267.304.3906.

$$ BYOB

610 Washington Ave. 215.599.0264. phillychinatown.com/phoha $ CC

Paradiso

Saigon

1646 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.755.0663.

1627 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.271.2066. paradisophilly.com $$$

Pesto

1915 S. Broad St. 215.336.8380. $$$ CC BYOB

Ralph’s

760 S. Ninth St. 215.627.6011. ralphsrestaurant.com $$ AS

Saloon

935 Washington Ave. 215.925.9656. $ AS

South Street/Queen Village AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL

Slice

Black Angus

Tre Scalini

$$$ CC AS

1118 S. 10th St. 215.463.0868. $ CC 1915 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.551.3870.

$$ CC BYOB

Vesuvio

736 S. Eighth St. 215.922.8380. $$ CC AS BR

Victor Cafe

1303 Dickinson St. 215.468.3040.

119 South St. 267.687.4977. blackangus.com

Bridget Foy’s

Second and South sts. 215.922.1813. bridgetfoys.com $$ CC AS BR

Chick’s

614 S. Seventh St. 215.625.3700. chickscafe.com $$ CC AS

King of Clubs

718 South St. 267.909.8814. brauhausschmitz.com $$$ CC AS

GREEK Dmitri’s

795 S. Third St. 215.625.0556. $$ BYOB ★

South Street Souvlaki

509 South St. 215.925.3026. $$ CC AS BR

INDIAN Lovash

236 South St. 215.925.3882. $ CC BYOB

ITALIAN

757 S. Front St. 215.271.1684. $$$ CC AS

Gnocchi

613 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.592.8300. $$ BYOB

Hosteria da Elio

615 S. Third St 215.925.0930.

1201 S. Ninth St. 215.551.9920. $ CC BYOB

Molcajete Mixto Restaurant 746 Christian St. 215.413.0171. molcajetemixto.com $$ CC BYOB

214 South St. 215.592.9777.

$$ CC AS

Tiramisu

Percy Street Barbeque

$$ CC AS

$$ CC AS

Salt & Pepper

746 S. Sixth St. 215.238.1920. $$

South Street Diner

140 South St. 215.627.5258.

$$ CC

528 S. Fifth St. 215.925.3335.

JAPANESE Hikaru

$ CC BYOB

Geechee Girl Rice Cafe

Xochitl

408 S. Second St. 215.238.7280. xochitlphilly.com $$ CC AS ★

6825 Germantown Ave. 215.843.8113. geecheegirlricecafe.com $$ BR

Mt. Pleasant Café

$$ CC AS ★

Famous Fourth Street Delicatessen 700 S. Fourth St. 215.922.3274. $ C

234-236 N. 10th St. 215.829.4383.

North by Northwest

Golden Phoenix

Roller’s at Flying Fish

Imperial Inn

609 S. Third St. 215.922.2202. $ BYOB

603 S. Fourth St. 215.922.3553.

Cedars

616 S. Second St. 215.925.4950. $$ CC AS

BR BYOB

7165 Germantown Ave. 215.248.1000. nxnwphl.com $$ CC AS 8142 Germantown Ave. 215.247.0707. rollersrestaurants.com $$ AS BR

Sadiki’s

$$ CC AS BYOB

911 Race St. 215.629.4988. $ CC AS

142 N. 10th St. 215.627.5588. $$ CC AS

Jade Harbor

942 Race St. 215.928.0451. $

MOROCCAN

7152 Ogontz Ave. 215.276.0170. sadikis.com $$ CC AS

Fez

Solaris Grille

1026-28 Race St. 215.592.7227.

Trolley Car Diner

Lan Zhou Hand Drawn Noodle House

620 S. Second St. 215.925.5367. $$ CC AS

Marrakesh

517 S. Leithgow St. 215.925.5929. $$$ AS

8201 Germantown Ave. 215.242.3400. solarisgrille.com $$ CC AS BR

Joy Tsin Lau $$ CC AS BR

7619 Germantown Ave. 215.753.1500. trolleycardiner.com $ CC AS BR

927 Race St. 215.923.1550. $ ★

122-124 Lombard St. 215.922.2515. $$ CC AS

Umbria

PUB FARE

219 N. 11th St. 215.925.7266. leehowfook.com $$ CCBYOB ★

$$$ BYOB

Artful Dodger

Valley Green Inn

Ocean Harbor

OTHER Le Champignon De Tokio

400-402 S. Second St. 215.922.1790. $$ CC AS

Dark Horse

421 S. Second St. 215.928.9307. $ CC AS BR

Downey’s

Front and South sts. 215.625.9500. $$ CC AS BR

For Pete’s Sake

900 S. Front St. forpetessakepub.com $ CC AS

Irish Times

7131 Germantown Ave. 215.242.6470.

Wissahickon Creek and Springfield aves.

215.247.1730. valleygreeninn.com $$ CC AS BR

Le How Fook Tea House

1023 Race St. 215.574.1398. $$ CC AS

Pho Xe Lua

907 Race St. 215.627.8883.

ASIAN FUSION

Rising Tide

Cin Cin

Sang Kee

7838 Germantown Ave. 215.242.8800. cincinrestaurant.com $$ CC AS

House of Jin

234-6 W. Chelten Ave. 215.848.7700.

$ CC AS

939 Race St. 215.925.0266. $ CC AS 238 N. Ninth St. 215.925.7532. phillychinatown.com $$ AS BYOB

Shiao Lan Kung 930 Race St. 215.928.0282. $ BYOB ★

Second and Bainbridge sts. $$ CC AS

$$ CC AS

O’Neals

CARIBBEAN

South East Chinese Restaurant

$ CC AS

Little Jamaica

Szechuan Tasty House

New Wave Café

$ CC AS

611 S. Third St. 215.574.9495.

24 E. Mt. Airy Ave. 215.247.9900.

1000 Arch St. 215.629.1888. $$ CC 902 Arch St. 215.925.2839. $

CHINESE

Tai Lake

Tattooed Mom

Panda Garden

SEAFOOD

275 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave. 215.753.9040. pandagardenphilly.com $ CC

INDONESIAN

782-784 S. Third St. 215.922.8484. $$ CC AS 530 South St. 215.238.9880. $ AS CC

Hoof & Fin

617 S. Third St. 215.925.3070. $$ CC

Snockey’s Oyster and Crab House 1020 S. Second St. 215.339.9578. $$ CC AS

THAI Pad Thai

606 S. Second St. 215.592.1168. $$ CC AS

VEGETARIAN

Yu Hsiang Garden

7630 Germantown Ave. 215.248.4929. yuhsiang garden.com $$ CC AS

ITALIAN

507 S. Sixth St. 215.829.4448. $ CC BYOB

Chestnut Hill/Mt. Airy/Germantown AFRICAN Dahlak

6555 Greene St. 215.848.4550. $ CC

THAI 925 Arch St. 215.922.7135. $ CC AS

Cherry Street

1010 Cherry St. 215.923.3663. phillychinatown.com $$ CC BYOB

Harmony Vegetarian

7152 Germantown Ave. 215.242.4910. bitars.com $ CC

135 N. Ninth St. 215.627.4520. $$ CC BYOB

PUB FARE

129 N. 11th St. 215.413.2290. $ CC AS

Kingdom of Vegetarians

Campbell’s Place

Singapore Chinese

$$ AS

VIETNAMESE

8337 Germantown Ave. 215.242.2066.

McMenamin’s

7170 Germantown Ave. 215.247.9920. $$ CC AS

McNally’s Tavern

8634 Germantown Ave. 215.247.9736. mcnallystavern.com $$ CC AS ★

24 E. Mount Airy Ave. 215.247.8400. blackoliverestaurant.com $ CC

Black Olive

Chinatown

8501 Germantown Ave. 215.247.6887.

224 W. Germantown Pike. 610.279.4748. capones.wp.net $ CC AS

1725 Snyder Ave. 215.829.1400. $$ CC BYOB

VEGETARIAN

Toto’s Pizza

AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL

$$ CC BYOB

Indonesia

$ CC BYOB

VEGETARIAN

Capone’s

1009 Arch St. 215.592.8288. $$ CC BYOB

Siam Cuisine

8513 Germantown Ave. 215.248.4557.

$$ CC AS

Banana Leaf

Pianta

5547 Germantown Ave. 215.849.0788. dahlakrestaurant.com $ CC

Cafette

134 N. 10th St. 215.922.0698.

ASIAN FUSION Ray’s Cafe & Teahouse

141 N. Ninth St. 215.922.5122. rayscafe.com $ CC BYOB

1006 Race St. 215.922.3288. $ CC BYOB

Vietnam Palace

222 N. 11th St. 215.592.9596. $ CC AS

Vietnam Restaurant

221 N. 11th St. 215.592.1163. eatatvietnam.com $ CC AS ★

Fairmount/Art Museum AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL Back Home Cafe

1515 Fairmount Ave. 215.232.6311. $ CC AS BR

Belgian Cafe

2047 Green St. 215.235.3500. thebelgiancafe.com $$ CC AS

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JEWISH

CHINESE

Alhambra Cafe

Cake

Southwark

112 N. Ninth St. 215.829.8939. phillychinatown.com $$ CC AS

MIDDLE EASTERN

Maki House

240 South St. 215.351.0868.

Rangoon

311 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave. 610.399.0900. $$ CC

8136 Ardleigh St. 215.242.4220. cafette.com $ CC BR BYOB ★

$ CC BYOB

701 S. Fourth St. 215.238.1888.

148 South St. 215.922.3190.

$$ CC AS

607 S. Second St. 215.627.7110.

$ CC BR BYOB

908 Washington Ave. 215.465.1440.

BURMESE

7136 Germantown Ave. 215.242.6666. earthbreadbrwery.cpm $$ CC AS

213 N. 11th St. 215.923.8088.

May 26 - June 1, 2010

La Lupe

Earth Bread + Brewery

Las Bugambilias

Bitar’s

Latest Dish

900 S. Ninth St. 215.625.8510.

$ CC AS BR

Gianna’s Grille

Core de Roma

$ CC AS

$$$ CC AS

$$ CC BYOB

$ CC

1651 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.755.3550.

AS BR

344 South St. 215.923.6180.

MEDITERRANEAN

Villa di Roma

613 S. Fourth St. 215.629.0565.

Yakitori Boy

7402 Germantown Ave. 215.248.4365. $$ CC

719 S. Fourth St. 215.922.1146. $$ CC BYOB BR

$$ BYOB

Cantina Los Caballitos

Cresheim Cottage Cafe

518 S. Third St. 215.922.3282.

Frederick’s

101 N. 11th St. 215.922.2688.

Copabanana

Essene Cafe

1315 Bambridge St. 215.546.5461.

MEXICAN

MEXICAN/SOUTHWESTERN

Ava

$$ CC AS

936 S. Ninth St. 215.592.1295. $$ AS

$$ CC AS

P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY

750 S. Seventh St. 215.627.1811. saloonrestaurant.net. $ $$ CC AS

Sauté

Tazia

$ CC AS

$ CC BYOB

622 S. Second St. 215.925.5367.

Chestnut Hill Grill

8229 Germantown Ave. 215.247.7570. chesnuthillgrill.com $$ CC AS

Mustard Greens

$$ CC AS BR ★

SEAFOOD

318 S. Fifth St. 215.627.1001.

Alyan’s

937 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.389.6694.

Royal Tavern

Zeke’s Fifth Street Deli

CHINESE

400 South St. 215.928.1911. $ CC BYOB BR

746 S. Eighth St. 215.592.0195.

Mamma Maria

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Bishop’s Collar

2349 Fairmount Ave. 215.765.1616. bishopscollar.com $

Bridgid’s

726 N. 24th St. 215.232.3232. $$ CC AS

Capriccio Café & Espresso Bar 110 N. 16th St. 215.735.9797. capricciocafe.com $ CC

Jack’s Firehouse

2130 Fairmount Ave. 215.232.9000. jacksfirehouse.com $$ CC AS BR

The Flying Saucer

2545 Brown St. theflyingsaucer.net $ CC

The Institute

549 N. 12th St. 215.765.8515. institutebar.com $$ CC AS

Kite and Key

THAI

4100 Main St. 215.482.2666. madrivermanayunk.com $$ AS

Manayunk/ Roxborough/ East Falls

Ugly Moose

2626 Brown St. 215.232.8746. $$ CC BYOB

AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL Cooper’s Brick Oven Wine Bar 4367 Main St. 215.483.2750. jakesrestaurant.com $$ AS

1836 Callowhill St. 215.568.1818. thekiteandkey.com $$ CC AS

Derek’s

London Grill

$$ CC AS BR

2301 Fairmount Ave. 215.978.4545. londongrill.com $$ CC AS BR

McCrossen’s Tavern

529 N. 20th St. 215.854.0923. mccrossens.com $$ CC AS

Museum Restaurant

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St. and Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. 215.684.7990. $$

4411 Main St. 215.483.9400.

Hidden River Cafe

3572 Indian Queen Ln. 215.843.0955. hiddenrivercafe.com $$ BR BYOB

Holy Smoke Bar

473 Leverington Ave. 215.482.7500. holysmokephilly.com $$ AS BR

Jake’s

CC AS BR

4365 Main St. 215.483.0444. jakesrestaurant.com

Rembrandt’s

$$$ CC AS BR ★

741 N. 23rd St. 215.763.2228. rembrandts.com $$ CC AS BR

Rose Tattoo Cafe

1847 Callowhill St. 215.569.8939. rosetattoocafe.com $$$ CC AS

Sabrina’s Cafe and Spencer’s Too 1804 Callowhill St. 215.636.9061. $$ CC BYOB

St. Stephen’s Green

Mad River

Trio

Mugshots

110 Cotton St. 215.482.3964. manayunkbrewery.com $$ CC

Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant

4120 Main St. 215.482.8220. mugshotscoffeehouse.com $$ CC AS BR

Old Eagle Tavern

443 Shurs Ln. 215.482.BREW. theuglymoose.com $ AS

THAI Chabaa Thai Bistro

4371 Main St. 215.483.1931. chabaathai.com $$ CC BR BYOB ★

Mango Moon

4161 Main St. 215.487.1230. mymangomoon.com $$ CC AS

Northeast Philadelphia AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL Chickies & Pete’s

11000 Roosevelt Blvd. 215.856.4890. chickiesandpetes.com $ CC AS

Country Club Restaurant and Pastry Shop

1717 Cottman Ave. 215.722.0500. ccdiner.com $$ CC AS BR

Manila Bay

El Balconcito

$$ CC AS

Freddy and Tony’s

6724 Castor Ave. 215.722.7877.

SOUL FOOD

Pura Vida

$ CC

Sazon

2246 W. Allegheny Ave. 215.225.1550.

Northern Liberties/ North Philadelphia AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL

Umai Umai

533 N. 22nd St. 215.988.0707. $$$ CC BYOB

2 Rector St. 215.508.3360. bourbonblue.com $$ CC AS BR

FUSION

FRENCH

Arbol Café

Terrace Street Bistro

209 Poplar St. 215.923.3150. arbolcafe.com $$ BYOB

GREEK Zorba’s

2230 Fairmount Ave. 215.978.5990. $$ CC BYOB

ITALIAN Illuminare Ristorante P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY

2321 Fairmount Ave. 215.765.0202. illuminaire2321.com $$ CC AS BR

3989 Terrace St. 215.508.2775. $$$

Winnie’s Le Bus

Osteria

640 N. Broad St. 215.763.0920. osteriaphilly.com $$$ CC AS ★

MEDITERRANEAN Aya’s Café

$ BYOB

Paris Cafe

$$ CC AS

Tierra Colombiana

100 Spring Garden St. 215.625.2800.

Higher Grounds

2129 Arch St. 215.567.1555. ayascafe.net. $$ CC BYOB

Figs

May 26- June 1, 2010

2501 Meredith St. 215.978.8440. $$ CC BR BYOB

PUB FARE

Mercer Café

Ida Mae’s Bruncherie

CC BR BYOB

$ BR

Rylei

North Third

2619 E. Westmoreland St. 215.426.2153. $$

Lucky 7 Tavern

631 N. Third St. 215.922.3745. $ BR 800 N. Fourth St. 215.925.1150. $ 529 E. Girard Ave. 215.425.0905.

2302 E. Norris St. 215.426.4209.

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Ron’s Ribs

Jehovah Manhattan Restaurant

1539 Cecil B. Moore Ave. 215.732.3561. ronsribs.com $

$$ CC BYOB

Silk City Diner & Lounge

2200 N. 17th St. 215.232.7730.

CHINESE Szechuan East

744 Red Lion Rd. 215.464.4455. $$ CC AS

EASTERN EUROPEAN Golden Gates

11058 Rennard St. 215.677.9337.

15005 Bustleton Ave. 215.673.3800.

New Wave Café

2620 E. Allegheny Ave. 215.634.3224.

3173 Richmond St. 215.634.3954. $

Stolovaya

9846 Bustleton Ave. 215.698.2584. $ CC

Tashkent

435 Spring Garden St. 215.592.8838. silkcityphilly.com $ BR CC ★

Sulimay’s

632 E. Girard Ave. 215.423.1773. $ BR BYOB

The Hinge

2652 E. Somerset St. 215.425.6614. hingecafe.com $$

60 S. 38th St. 215.662.0818. $ CC AS BYOB BR

$$ CC AS BR

Tandoor India

Bonk’s Bar

3467 Richmond St. 215.634.9927. $ AS

Buckhead Saloon

461 N. Third St. 215.925.8170. $$ CC AS

Draught Horse

1431 Cecil B. Moore Ave. 215.235.1010.

Tiffin

710 W. Girard Ave. 215.922.1297. $$ CC

ITALIAN

Liberties

705 N. Second St. 215.238.0660.

Mad Mex 3401 Walnut St. 215.382.2221. madmex.com $ CC AS

Standard Tap

Zocalo

Thoreau

1033 Spring Garden St. 215.232.9001. thoreaurestaurant.com $$$ CC

West Philadelphia/ University City

701 N. Third St. 215.627.6573.

Abyssinia

Rustica

229 S. 45th St. 215.387.2424.

Modo Mio

$$ CC AS BYOB BR

Dahlak

161 W. Girard Ave. 215.203.8707. modomiorestaurant.com $

4708 Baltimore Ave. 215.726.6464.

Tacconelli’s

Fatou and Fama

Kawabata

MEXICAN/SOUTHWESTERN

$$ CC AS

2604 E. Somerset St. 215.425.4983. $

MEXICAN/SOUTHWESTERN

JAPANESE

4002 Chestnut St. 18th and Christian sts.

215.386.0700. $$ CC BYOB

Paloma

Kissen Tempura Bar

6516 Castor Ave. 215.533.0356.

604 N. Second St. 215.413.1606.

Gojjo

$$ CC AS

$$$ CC BYOB

OTHER

LATIN/SOUTH AMERICAN

Picanha

Bar Ferdinand

4550 Mitchell St. 215.483.3947. $$ CC AS 4330 Main St. 215.508.3333. $ CC

PUB FARE Dawson Street Pub

Dawson and Cresson sts. 215.482.5677. dawsonstreetpub.com $ AS

2455 Grant Ave. 215.969.8225.

6501 Castor Ave. 215.743.4647. picanhagrill.com $$$ CC BYOB

1030 N. Second St. 215.923.1313. barferdinand.com $$ AS CC ★

Distrito

1001 N. Second St. 215.923.4600. swifthalfpub.com $$ CC AS

$ BYOB

$$$ CC AS

MEXICAN/SOUTHWESTERN 3945 Chesnut St. 215.222.1657. $$$ CC AS

$$ CC

$ CC BYOB

3602 Chestnut St. 215.895.3490 $ CC AS

Swift Half

ITALIAN

903 N. Second St. 215.627.1393.

Penne Restaurant and Wine Bar

$$ CC AS

AFRICAN

7955 Oxford Ave. 215.725.6000. moonstruckrestaurant.com

820 S. 47th St. 215.727.8247. $$ CC AS BR

Pizza Rustica

1201 Frankford Ave. 215.739.9684. johnnybrendas.com $ AS ★

Il Cantuccio

Moonstruck

Abbraccio

3600 Sansom St. 215.823.6236. $ CC AS

VEGETARIAN

250 E. Girard Ave. 215.426.2277. ektaindiancuisine.com $ CC

ITALIAN

Johnny Brenda’s

Ken Shin

Ekta Indian Cuisine

106 S. 40th St. 215.222.7122. $ CC BYOB

$$ CC AS

901 N. Second St. 215.238.0630. standardtap.com $$ CC AS BR ★

INDIAN

4004 Chestnut St. 215.386.1941. newdelhiweb.com $ CC AS BR

Sitar India

CHINESE 301 Spring Garden St. 215.925.8887. kenshindiner.com $$ CC

New Delhi

637 N. Third St. 215.627.6711.

CC AS BR

Machismo Burrito Bar

501 N. 13th St. 215.238.1818. theprohibitiontaproom.com

CARIBBEAN

4201 Chestnut St. 215.386.8081. $ CC BYOB

Abbaye

JAPANESE

McKenna’s Tavern

Prohibition Taproom

1050 N. Hancock St. 215.964.9009. pytphilly.com $$ CC AS

Koo Zee Doo

Zesty’s

Adobe Cafe

$ AS

7500 State Rd. 215.287.1356. sweetlucys.com $

LATIN/SOUTH AMERICAN

747 N. 25th St. 215.232.7736. luckyseventavern.com $$ AS 24th and Brown sts. 215.978.9897.

7144 Frankford Ave. 215.335.0414.

842 Red Lion Rd. 215.464.0106.

4382 Main St. 215.483.6226. zestys.com $$

124 S. 41st St. 215.382.2577. $ CC BR

PUB FARE

Hikaru

MEDITERRANEAN

3432 Sansom St. 215.386.5000. $$ CC AS

$$ CC BR BYOB

Syrenka

4141 Main St. 215.508.0336. $$ AS

4535 N. Fifth St. 215.324.6086.

FRENCH

$ CC

7373 Frankford Ave. 215.624.8886.

Bella Trattoria

Sapphire

6045 Baltimore Ave. 215.472.8553. $ CC BYOB

Caribbean Cuisine

Mayfair Diner

$ AS

4348 Main St. 215.487.3500. $$ CC AS

Las Cazuelas

614 N. Second St. 215.923.8080. koozeedoo.com $$ CC

ITALIAN

JAPANESE

CARIBBEAN

Hot Potato Cafe

$$ CC AS

4341 Main St. 215.482.1999. $$ AS BR

4000 Chestnut St. 215.382.0818. $$ CC BYOB

1040 N. Second St. 215.925.1100. bbqburritobar.com. $$ CC AS

Kabobeesh

Kildare’s Pub

$$ CC BYOB

Nan

Honey’s Sit ’n’ Eat

6235 Frankford Ave. 215.624.2969. greylodge.com $ AS★

Kleopatra

Il Tartufo

2025 Fairmount Ave. 215.769.0316.

ASIAN

INDIAN

IRISH

L’oca

3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com $$ CC AS BR

PORTUGUESE

The Grey Lodge Pub

$ CC BYOB

4258 Main St. 215.482.5556. bellatrattoria.com $$ CC AS

Cantina Dos Segundos

World Cafe Live

$$ CC AS

4266 Main St. 215.487.2663. lebusmanayunk.com $$ CC AS BR

4417 Main St. 215.482.7242. kildarespub.com $$ AS

MEXICAN/SOUTHWESTERN

3420 Sansom St. 215.386.9224. $$ CC AS BR ★

La Terrasse

PYT

Bourbon Blue

$$ CC

1301 N. Fifth St. 215.235.2294.

Sweet Lucy’s

ASIAN FUSION

501 Fairmount Ave. 215.928.9200.

Delilah’s

Tommy Gunn’s BBQ

CAJUN

White Dog Cafe

Lafayette Bistro

5148 Locust St. 215.220.8623. $

Taco Riendo

Urban Saloon

1 Boathouse Row. 215.236.9000. thewaterworksrestaurant.com $$$ CC AS

4443 Spruce St. 215.222.9590. $$ CC BR BYOB

$$ CC

1001 N. Second St. 267.239.5775.

$$ CC BYOB

4439 Main St. 215.483.9222. ushotelbar-grill.com $$ CC AS BR

Rx

Darling's

$ CC AS BR

U.S. Bar and Grill

3131 Walnut St. 215.222.1608. $ CC

426 W. Girard Ave. 215.351.9144. lascazuelas.net. $$ CC BR BYOB

$ AS CC

Waterworks

Picnic

MEDITERRANEAN

El Camino Real

2723 E Cumberland St. 215.425.2501. bistrojuliana.com $ AS

501 S. 45th St. 215.222.3699. $$ CC BYOB

Soleil de Minuit

$$ CC

Bistro Juliana

Marigold Kitchen

941 Spring Garden St. 215.763.2500. sazonrestaurant.com $$ CC BR BYOB

931 N. Second St. 215.625.0500. cantinadossegundos.com $$ AS

1009 N. Bodine St. 215.627.4068.

17th and Green sts. 215.769.5000.

$$ CC AS

527 Fairmount Ave. 215.922.6433. $

A Full Plate

801 N. Third St. 215.413.3666. norththird.com $$ CC AS BR ★

4901 Ridge Ave. 215.508.1030. $ CC BYOB

201 W. Allegheny Ave. 215.634.3889. $

Joyce’s

177 Markle St. 215.483.5535. oldeagletavern.com

2120 Fairmount Ave. 215.232.5359

658 E. Godfrey St. 215.342.2340. $

$ AS CC

4540 Baltimore Ave. 215.386.1444. $ CC AS

AMERICAN/CONTINENTAL Izzy and Zoe’s 224 S. 40th St. 215.382.2EAT. $ CC BR

3600 Lancaster Ave. 215.895.0139. $$ CC AS

MIDDLE EASTERN Hummus 3931 Walnut St. 215.222.5300. $ CC

Saad’s Halal Restaurant 45th and Walnut sts. 215.222.7223. $$ CC BR

PUB FARE Cavanaugh’s 119 S. 39th St. 215.386.4889. $$ CC AS

Dock Street Beer 701 S. 50th St. 215.726.2337. dockstreetbeer.com $ CC AS

New Deck Tavern 3408 Sansom St. 215.386.4600. newdecktavern.com $$ CC AS

Sláinte Pub and Grill 3000 Market St. 215.222.7400. $ CC AS $ $$ $$$ CC AS

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By Matt Prigge mprigge@philadelphiaweekly.com Deluge (1933): If it’s true moviegoers go to movies to sublimate desires—sex, violence, or just ogling the rich and attractive—then what the hell is the appeal of watching mass destruction? Given the BP spill and resulting misery, how many today would go see a movie depicting similar devastation? Yet movies have always provided that very thrill. Early special effects helped scarily depict the earthquake that topples New York in this ‘30s sci-fi, though, as with future endeavors, we mostly see buildings collapsing from a distance, rarely people dying up close. Because that would be horrible.

San Francisco (1936): This time it’s the city’s 1906 earthquake (happy 30th!), which occurs, the film suggests, all so saloonkeeper Clark Gable will clean up and find God. And it works! The 3,000 dead didn’t die in vain!

The Day the Earth Caught on Fire (1961): The earth’s axis shifts, which this British film—notable for its documentary style—claims would merely set it ablaze. Phew!

Krakatoa, East of Java (1969): This recreation of another real event—the 1883 destruction of the South Pacific island by volcano—as a 70mm blockbuster doesn’t always strive for accuracy: Krakatoa is in fact WEST of Java.

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“Lousy times make lousy people,” mutters a character in George A. Romero’s sixth installment of his deathless (har-har) zombie series. As we’ve been taught time and again since Romero’s immortal 1968 Night of the Living Dead, flesh-eating monsters might be scary, but the real horror lies in what happens when human beings are left to their own selfish devices after society’s systems of order collapse.

Survival of the Dead isn’t much of a picture, honestly.

It’s poorly acted and sketchily plotted, and boasts some of the worst cowboy costumes since Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer’s Carol Burnett Show neckerchiefs in Tombstone.

But it’s got some smart ideas at its core, and I can’t Zombie jamboree: In Survival of the Dead, Romero's pathetic undead are less dangerous than live humans. think of any other sixth sequel that feels so fresh, or is of baldly allegorical point about American so willing to keep moving in odd direcserter Sgt. ‘Nicotine’ Crocket (Alan Van history. tions, exploring new possibilities within a Sprang, acting like a cut-rate, directWhich might be why I had such a good tired genre as well as delivering the same to-video Clooney) reprises his role from time, Survival ’s obvious flaws be damned. old trashy treats.

Romero’s Diary of the Dead as a take-noprisoners pillager. Backed by a compulRomero’s picture belongs to a stubbornly In case you’ve defied the past 42 years, sively masturbating lesbian sharpshooter unironic tradition of transparent political six movies and countless knockoffs and (Athena Karkanis) and myriad ethnic cari- commentary that’s lost on modern audiforgotten the premise, a vaguely explained catures, the Sarge accidentally stumbles ences. (The guy is 70, speaking in oldradiation leak has caused the dead to walk school vernacular and proudly working into an age-old feud between warring the earth, shuffling and moaning while from a different playbook than Saw audiIrish-descended clans on Delaware’s ficsnacking on human flesh. But Romero’s ences are used to.) At its best, the film feels tional Plum Island. zombies are quite different from the like the work of a delirious, out-of-touch Kenneth Welsh (better known to Twin Olympic-sprinter killing machines you’ll Peaks fans as the diabolical Windom man who nonetheless has some angry find in have evolved in postmodern Living Dead riffs like Zombieland and 28 Days Earle) breaks out his worst leprechaun things to say about where he thinks the Later. His undead are quieter creations— accent as a cutthroat patriarch, who has world is headed. And hey, get off my lawn! moaning in sadness and moving at a snail’s spent most of his lifetime battling the Then, of course, there are the zombies. By pace. There’s something deeply pathetic riotously monikered cattle baron Seamus this point in the series they’ve become hapand slightly comical about these sad-sack Muldoon (Richard Fitzpatrick). Seamus less figures of pathos, and Romero keeps slow-motion villains. The gross indignity Muldoon, by the way, is possibly the only dropping unsubtle hints that these onceof death is exaggerated if you have to walk name funnier than Nicotine Crocket in terrifying monsters should no longer be around after, decomposing and brain-dead. the entire history of cinema. And so, it’s feared, but pitied. His affection clearly now Survival is interesting because it’s the the Hatfields vs. the McCoys—except there lies with the undead, and it’s our miserable, first Romero picture in which the zombies are all sorts of undead lurking around to violent, irrational grudge-holding human take a backseat. Largely inconsequential to complicate matters. race that turns out to be the real plague. n the development of the plot, these whining Our warring Irishmen wear a variety of undead pop up time and again mainly to laughably dated Western costumes, firing Grade: C+ get shot in the head for comic relief—lurch- rusty six-shooters and speaking in such Director: George Romero ing into the background of ending dialogue bizarre, corny monologues that Survival Starring: Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh occasionally feels like one of those goofy scenes, then being put to rest in the most Running time: 90 minutes old Star Trek episodes in which Kirk and creatively graphic ways imaginable.

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Knowing (2009): Roland Emmerich, who brought disaster movies back with Independence Day, recently tried to make the ne plus ultra disaster movie with 2012. But (spoiler!) he wussed out: He only destroyed most of the world.

Knowing, a sneaky, queasy Left Behindish tract, incinerated the whole planet— and its many allegedly wicked sinners—in one divine fireball, with extra attention to New York City. Apparently, it only took eight years for that to be cool again. n

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For a mega-industry that does just fine on its own, it seems unnecessary for Bollywood to branch out beyond the borders of nation and UHF channels. Luckily, most prior attempts to do have died miserably. No one bothered with the Bollywood/Hollywood

(well, Canadian, actually) crossover Bride and Prejudice, which utterly failed to preempt the Keira Knightley Pride & Prejudice or Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Don’t fix what ain’t broke, as the saying goes. Or, if you’re set on fixing it anyway, make only slight adjustments.

Opening in 2,300 theaters worldwide—an Indian record, though still well shy of Sex and the City 2 numbers—Kites was filmed in the American Southwest, scales way back on the musical numbers, slims down the length to something more manageable (though still too long) and cranks up the needless explosion-heavy car chases. (An even-more-gutted-for-Yanks “remix” overseen by no less than Brett Ratter will open in some markets, though not in Philly. Alas.) But Kites keeps most every other Bollywood trademark: purple filmmaking, purpler emotions, crazy Tyler Perry tonal shifts and a story at once 100% derivative and pure.

Hrithik Roshan plays J., a Vegas transplant and con man who falls for Mexican hottie Natasha (Barbara Mori). Unfortunately, she’s betrothed to Tony (Nick Brown), the psychotic son of a casino owner. The two don’t share a language (except the language of love, natch), and a couple reels of slow-motion, slack-jawed gawking later, they’re barreling southward, eluding Tony and gang.

The reference points are largely junk American. Very famous bits from Bad Boys 2 and Thelma & Louise get shamelessly pilfered in their entirety, and a scene from Casino winds up spliced with Reservoir Dogs’ ear-severing. But the flow remains stubbornly Bollywood—familiar bits energetically remixed into something fresh and, more importantly, fun. It’s nothing new for other countries’ populist fare to steal from Hollywood. But Kites does it on our own territory, and it manages to does it better than us. (Or at least weirder: one car chase concludes with our heroes escaping by hot-air balloon.)

The romance and action (not to mention comedy) elements are in almost perfect balance; it doesn’t seem unnatural when our two lovebirds switch from moony glances to automotive mayhem. Compare this with, just to cite two recent examples, The Bounty Hunter or Date Night—assembly-line products where the thrills distracted from the comedy (or attempts at, anyway).

Saying something’s better than a Jennifer Aniston vehicle may be damning it with the very faintest of praise. But as we’re ankledeep in one of the dreariest-looking summer seasons on record, it’s worth pointing out that some countries do inane blockbusters better. n

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I can’t believe I’ve now sat through four Shrek movies and I don’t even have any fucking kids to excuse all those wasted hours. Christ, the things I do for you people!

But seriously, folks, Shrek Forever After (or possibly Shrek: The Final Chapter; due to last-minute marketing decisions, nobody seems quite sure what the actual title is anymore) is such a desultory, half-assed slog that I longed for the manic, dated, too-eagerto-please pop-culture references that stood in for jokes in previous awful Shrek pictures.

Making fun of Ricky Martin years after he faded into obscurity was embarrassing, but at least it felt like they were trying. Clueless, but trying.

With its bare-bones animation—the empty backgrounds stink of direct-to-DVD sequel— Shrek Forever After attempts to reboot the series with an It’s A Wonderful Life scenario.

Mike Myers’ charmless, crudely sketched ogre gets fed up with all the burping, farting and shitting of his malformed babies, wishing for the simpler, more solitary existence of his old undomesticated life.

Dastardly Rumplestiltskin (voiced by in-

house techie Walt Dorn, allowing you to hear cost-cutting measures in full effect) strikes him a deal, turning our titular green monster into Jimmy Stewart after he was never born.

Shrek wanders around a blighted, dystopic Far, Far Away where he has to meet everybody all over again. It’s an implicit acknowledgment that there’s nowhere else to go with these characters, so the only way to fill 90 minutes is to start the entire series over from scratch.

Antonio Banderas’ Puss in Boots is now wicked fat, which is pretty much the only joke. Eddie Murphy’s Donkey—once the highlight of these pictures—sings random soul songs but has nothing funny to say. Cameron Diaz’s Princess Fiona has quite ludicrously been turned into one of those sword-wielding warrior princesses who anachronistically pop up in crap like Robin Hood a lot these days as a sop to female audiences. There are a great many prolonged battle sequences, but no wit or invention.

The final insult is that Shrek Forever After is one of the first features being rolled out in IMAX 3-D under theater owners’ new draconian pricing system. After Avatar’s absurd success, the once-exclusive IMAX loosened its standards; now pretty much any decentsized screen can call itself such, running 2K digital projectors boasting resolution standards less impressive than my Dad’s television instead of the old 70mm film. Comedian Aziz Ansari is on point in calling it LIE-MAX. Theater owners are jumping on board, as this “added value” allows them to gouge gullible consumers for almost $20 per ticket.

It’ll cost about a C-note to take your family to see Shrek Forever After. That feels like more than was spent on the film itself.

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Good (or, at least, debatably not terrible) films have been made from trading cards (Mars Attacks!), from board games (Clue), from albums (Pink Floyd’s The Wall), from comically unadaptable tomes (Tristram Shandy) and, potentially, from the life of Mort Zuckerman (the forthcoming Aaron Sorkin-penned, David Fincher-directed, Jesse Eisenberg-starring The Social Network). So why not from a recurring sketch that lasts just over a minute and ends, each time, with its lead character and gang being blown to smithereens?

Worse ideas have been green-lit, many also based on Saturday Night Live sketches.

The key to the funnier-than-it-should-bebut-still-not-that-funny MacGruber’s semisuccess is a lack of fidelity to the source material. The title character manages to survive the film’s 89 minutes, while the parody net is cast wider, encompassing not just MacGyver but the whole of action cinema.

Mulletted improviser of gadgets MacGruber (Will Forte) even gets a backstory: His betrothed (Maya Rudolph) was blown into bloody bits at the altar by baddie Dieter von Cunth (Val Kilmer), driving him to fake his death and hide among the Ecuadoran salt of the earth. When von Cunth (the H is silent) acquires nuclear weapons, MacG is lured out of retirement (by Powers Boothe, for extra verisimilitude), partly to exact revenge, but mostly to foist his considerable pathologies onto partner Kristen Wiig and straight man/ brow-furrowing skeptic Ryan Phillippe.

The action film is not exactly wanting for satire, particularly the ‘80s breed; Chuck Norris’ far-right weekly columns tend to be funnier than anything in MacGruber (or, for that matter, Pineapple Express). But for those raised in that curious age when “cool” was defined by unironic mega-machismo and towering ‘staches, the endless taking of wind from its lead character’s sails rarely fails to kill. MacGruber is an arrogant some-

time-nudist with psychosexual hangups who brays like a pissed donkey during sex, deems his successes “classic MacGruber” and has shit taste in music. (My favorite running gag: Shitkicker rock blares on the soundtrack, then drops, revealing that our hero is really listening to Toto, ‘80s Doobie Brothers, etc.)

And rather than keeping cucumber cool, he spends most of the film brooding somewhat secretly over a minor slight shouted from a passing car, culminating in a notebook more deranged than the ones in Se7en.

Belittling the ‘80s action star is a full-time job, and it provides Forte and fellow SNL staffers with enough material to keep the yuks consistent, even if the product as a whole suffers from a certain slacker ethos.

How you underutilize a ponytailed Val Kilmer is beyond me.

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15th/Spruce: Spacious, Bright 1Bdrm in Brownstone, Beautiful Moldings/Details, Decorative Fireplaces, Breakfast Bar, HW Flrs, 19 Ft Ceilings, Laundry. $1050/Mo. Avail Aug. 215-735-8030. #220402 15th/Spruce: Beautiful Art Deco High-rise 1Bdrm Apt, Desk Attendant, HW Flrs, Updated Kitch, Onsite Laundry, Intercom Entry, Amazing Location! From $1080/Mo. 866-939-6587.

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15XX PORTER: NICE 1BR, 2nd fl. QUIET AREA No dog. $675 & $475. 610-909-9025 16TH & FITZWATER: Small 1BR apt, HW floor, cer. shower stall, AC. $650+ utils. Call BCH 215-545-1144 16th PINE, LARGE, BRIGHT, HRDWD, NEW KIT, WD/STRG JUNE $1195+el 215-733-0480 17TH PINE: NEW KITCHEN & WINDOWS, BRIGHT, HRDWD, CRTYRD, WD/STRG JUL $1100+el 215-733-0480 18TH SPRUCE: NEW KITCHEN, BRIGHT, HRDWD, LRG BDRM, WD/STRG JUL $1025/ INC HT 215-733-0480 20XX PINE, DECK, SUNNY, NEW KIT, HRDWD, WD/STRG JUL $1275+ (215)733-0480 21ST & SPRING GARDEN Beaut 1BR, HWF, Garden & more. Incl heat. $995. PMG, 215545-7007x303 22ND CHESTNUT: COURTYARD, GOOD CLOSETS, HRDWD, NEW KIT, WD/STRG JUNE $1200+el 215-733-0480 250 S 13th 3C $1900/mo 1BD/1BA condo, high ceilings, hwf, new kitchen, large closets, 1 car parking. CALL LYNDA KREVITZ PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-521-1565 3XX S. 15TH: HRDWD, NEW KIT, AC, WD/ STRG JUNE $1099/incl ht/wtr. 215-733-0480 4TH & SPRUCE 1BR, 1BA apt. in quaint historic bldg. Available June. $1100. 215-7353020 www.toriproperties.com 50 S 16th #4204 $36501BD+den, 2 full baths, top-of-the-line kitchen, hwf, health club, pool. CALL LYNDA KREVITZ PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-521-1565 8TH & CATHERINE STS. 2nd flr. apt., modern Eat-in-Kitchen, carpets thru-out, No Pets. $895+ utilities. 856-464-9594 8TH & MORRIS 2nd flr., $600/mo.+utils. No Pets. 1st,last,1mo. security. 215-271-6658.

ART MUSEUM, 7XX N. 25TH LARGE 1br., WALK-IN/closet, hw./flrs. $850/INCLDS HEAT. 215-236-4937 ART MUSEUM: RENOVATED, SMALL, HRDWD/fl, E-Z PARKING. $625+. 215-7785156, 215-531-3856 ART MUSEUM AREA: 22xx Green St. 1 bedroom. Hardwood floors, WD in building.

Available 07/01. $1030, includes hot water. No pets. 215.561.5564 ART MUSEUM 21/Parrish Lg 1BR, Fab EIK, All amens. incl heat. $950+. PMG, 215-545-7007 x302 DORCHESTER, LOCUST/19TH: JUNIOR 1BDRM, HIGH FLOOR $1485 INCLDS/utils. 6/1.

Pine R.E, 1503 Pine. 215-735-8896, website: www.pinere.com ITALIAN MKT. AREA 1bedrm., $850/mo.+utils.

Washer/Dryer, A/C. Call 267-334-6111 Manayunk/Roxborough: ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED! LARGE 1BDRM, Patio/Balc, Central Air, Prkg, Laundry, Oversized Closets, Modern Kitchen w/DW/GD, Pool, Gym Membership, Cats Welcome. From $1035/Mo. 215-482-4246. lic# 215101

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2 Bedroom 1 Bath apartment, Unique floor plan. Must see to appreciate. Great closet space, PET FRIENDLY - Small Dogs accepted. $2,000.00 per month (includes Heat & Water).

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733 Melon Pl. D $996/mo Beautiful 2BD/1BA, hardwood floors, granite counters, open LR/DR. CALL MIKE MCCANN PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-8345 8XX MONTROSE, BELLA VISTA: BI-LVL, EIK, 1.5BATHS, CA, HRDWD, DW, GD, WD, STRG Avail 8/1. $1300 S&S Properties.

267-402-8017 9TH SPRUCE: WD/in APT, BRIGHT, HRDWD, CA, NEW KIT, BI-LVL, JULY $1600+ 215733-0480 ART MUSEUM: 21st/Cherry Lg 1st fl 2BR, Rec renvtd, full bsmt/strg, backyard. WD. No pets. Avail 06/01. $1650+. First/Last/Sec. Incl heat/HW. 856-672-0338 Art Museum Area, Must See Newly Renovated 2-3BR Apt., Awesome!, Modern Track Lighting, Granite Countertops, Oak Hardwood Floors, Central Air, Washer/ Dryer in Apt., Marble Bathroom Floors, Deck, Video Intercom, No Pets, See YOUTUBE Video at GasHeart.com, Open House Thursdays 7:00pm-7:30pm, 1615 Brown Street, 215-485-1015, $1250/month ART MUSEUM AREA: Newly renovated 2BRs w/EIK, CA, DW, GD, Micro. Gas heat. $1100+.

(215)778-6263 ART MUSEUM AREA, 23rd GREEN: RENOVATED. HRDWD, DW, TILE BA. WD/ Hookup, GARAGE. $1300+ George Gay R.E. 215-563-6724 BELLA VISTA, HUGE 2BD, 2BATHS, ROOF DECK, HRDWD, DW, GD, CA, WD, STRG Avail 7/1. $1600 S&S Properties. 267-402-8017 Manayunk/Roxborough: Charming 2Bdrm, Bright, Oversize Closets, 1.5 Baths Available, All New Carpets Throughout, Intercom Entry, Onsite Prkg, AC, Updated Kitchen/Bathrm.

Heat/Water/Gas Incl. From $1020/Mo. 215-4820788. lic# 218586 Manayunk/Roxborough: Lrg 2bdrm, Renovated Kitchen/Bathrm, Patio/Balc Laundry, Gym, Pool, Tennis/ Basketball Crts, Free Shuttle to Main Street Manayunk, Pets Welcome. From $1220/Mo. 888-538-9667. Ask about how you can receive FREE Furniture for 1 Year! EXECUTIVE SHORT TERM FURNISHED SUITES AVAILABLE. lic# 218436 OLD CITY, 2BDRMS, 2BA, 2PATIOS, FRPL, STAINLESS APPLS., HRWD/fl, CA, DW, GD, BUILT-IN MICRO WD. Avail 6/1. $1900. S&S Properties. 267-402-8017 QUEEN VILLAGE: 2BR home w/CA, Wood lam flrs, WD, fin bsmt. $1500+. CALL: 215-922-3910. mcolaizzo@comcast.net

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June /July occupancy. $2375 266 S 23RD ST: Newly renovated, very lrg. 2BR, 1BA bi-level w/storage/ laundry, S/S, W/D, H/W. June occupancy. $1900 FITLER SQUARE: Newer 2BR 2BA Loft type apts w/every amenity in lovely boutique building. Parking available.

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Nice 2BD/1BAunit. with den, new floors, new kitchen, tons units and one 1 bedroom Good investment merly day care center, zoned-R10, over 5000 sq ft.

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JUST SOLD 2208 Carpenter $320,000 $379,900 SOUTH PHILLY Lovely 3BD/2BA, deck, skyline views, central air, 1031 S Randolph $339,900 241-43 Chestnut F $859,000 2312 Ellsworth $199,900 1227 Mercy Street $209,900 Large, very beautiful His- floors, kitchen hardwood with granite and Street stainless Nicely renovated 3BD/2BA, sundeck, yard, hardwood 610 Greenwich $34,900 Amazing 2BD/2BA, heated floors, 3 sided fireplace, floors, nice granite counters, easy parking, Nicely renovated, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, patio Charming 3 bedroom, 1 kitchen, bath home with finished custom kitchen, one of a kind! toric Girard Estatesappliances. twin Vacant lot measuring 14 X 48.

Great developgreat value. with 4 bedrooms, 1.5 front home, bamboo flooring, new windows, high 726 baths, S 24th OLD CITY basement, central air, and nice rear yard! ment opportunity! $359,900 3BD/2BA high-end renovated home, finished 210 Church #1 $645,000 $539,000 610 Percy #2 finished basement,Gorgeous 2-zoned ceilings, central air 2628 S 10th $209,900 basement, large rear yard, hardwood floors, stone & tile Beautiful 3BD/3.3BA, oak flooring, huge EIK, oversized Currently a dentist’s office with a 2BD living space 1324 S. Cleveland $39,900 c/a, sunroom, newbaths, Andertons of light! windows. on the second floor, finished basement, new kitchen, Lovely 3BR, 1.5BA, mrbl foyer, spac. W/ cust 833 Mountain Street $289,900 fireplace.

2 story, shell, great opportunity for custom renoson and Pella windows, crpt & wndw treat t/o, mod kitch.

2405 Kimball $369,900 815 S Darien $679,900 Great 3 bedroom, 1 bath home with hardwood vation! original woodwork,Beautiful plus 3BD/2.5BA, NORTHERN LIBERTIES/ FISHTOWN finished basement, custom New construction, 3BD/3.5BA, 10 year tax abatement, 2848 S.$119,900 Camacgarage, Street 733 Melon D kitchen and baths, nice rear yard, beautiful finishes. yard, family room, roof $219,900 deck. floors, and many original details on lovely block! front porch and lawn!

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2144 Webster Vacant lot measuring $379,900 QUEEN VILLAGE Bella Vista Rittenhouse Square$189,900 14 X 72.

Great develop208 Moore Street units. Good income potential!

New construction, 3BD/2.5BA eco-friendly home, 317-19 Monroe #6 $299,900 $549,900 $579,900 1133 E Susquehanna $189,900 Great 1BD/1BA unit with private deck, formal dining Very nice 2 bedroom, 1 bath home with renovatfinished basement, bamboo floors, still time to choose ment opportunity!

Beautiful 3BD/2.5BA, finished basement, Lovely 3BD/2BA, garage parking, Absolutely charming 2BD/1BA, outdoor wood Street 810space, Watkins $259,900 finishes! area, hardwood floors. floors, lots of storage space! roof deck, 1 year prepaid parking, master front garden, Jacuzzi-style tub, stained living/dining room, all new kitchen with 1212 Durfor Street $149,900 Charming home729 with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, new $559,000 RITTENHOUSE SQ/FITLER SQ S 2nd suite, custom baths, gorgeous kitchen. finished basement with full bath.

1019-25 N 4th #1025B $239,000 Nice 3 BR, 1 BA, AS-IS, w/w crpt, A/C, EIK, picture cherry floors, lovely kitchen with stainless steel 1420 Locust 10H $245,900 Beautiful 3BD/1.5BA townhouse condo with garage less steel appliances, hardwood floors, new Great 1BD/1BA tri-level condo, bamboo floors, new Inviting 1BD/1BA,window, updated kitchen, plentyBA, of light, wood wide open living space, roof deck, exposed Berber Carpet and central air on desirable block! appliances, andparking, nice rear yard! full tiled yard, gaskitchen, stv, great master locale. suite, finished basement. flooring, U-shaped kitchen. brick.

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4,207 2120 2120 1,262 570

AVENUE OF THE ARTS Bi-level penthouse, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, large high-end kitchen 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, hardwood floors, highWE floor, balcony, upgraded baths YOURS TOO! SOLD! CAN SELL 2 bedroom 1.5 bath corner unit, courtyard view One bedroom, one bath, upgraded kitchen and bath, Juliet balcony, W/D 1 bedroom, 1 bath, seperate dining area, wood floors, excellentSELL closet spaceYOURS TOO! SOLD! WE CAN 1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors, opem gourmet kitchen, bay windows bring excellent light, large living area 1 bedroom, 1 bath, panoramic southern views, Juliet balcony, renovated bath and kitchen

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Total Square Footage

1,437 863 1,019 705 875 966 705 Total Square Footage

3bedroom+den, 3.5 baths, marble foyer, formal dining rm, sunny eat-in kitchen, 10’ ceilings, moldings, oak herring bone floors, 3 gas fireplaces Tri-level penthouse with 1600 sq ft of terrace space, being sold unfinished, private elevator access 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, herringbone wood floors, EIK, crown molding and other custom finishes throughout, Rittenhouse Square views 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 270 degree views including Rittenhouse Square, chefs kitchen, upgraded throughout 2 br + den, 3.5 bath, spec. SOLD! views, gourmetWE EIK, cust. finishes SELL YOURS TOO! CAN 3 bedrooms plus den, 3 baths, Juliet balconies over Rittenhouse Square, hardwood floors, marble baths, brand new 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, panoramic Rittenhouse Square view, eat-in-kitchen, spacious master suite, original details 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, Rittenhouse SquareWE views from all rooms, custom Daroff Designs upgraded kitchen SOLD! CAN SELL YOURS TOO! 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, hardwood floors, 270 desgree views, open kichen, marble baths, custom closets, W/D 3BR, 3BA, Bamboo flrs., spac. Kit w/custom wood cabinetry, granite countertops, marble baths, 3 exposures, gym and hotel services 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, largeSOLD! private balcony, open kitchen withSELL upgraded appliances and details WE CAN YOURS TOO! New construction, Santos mahogany wood floors, sub-zero refrigerator, new marble baths, square views Bi-level penthouse, 2 bedrooms + den, 2.5 baths, southern exposure SOLD! WE CAN SELL YOURS TOO! 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, new construction, panoramic city views, high end features and finishes throughout Unique combined home with 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, completely renovated with custom finishes, wood floors 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, balcony over Ritt Sq, completely renovated w/high end finishes, W/D. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, woodSOLD! floors, balconyWE over Rittenhouse abundant natural light,TOO! new W/D CAN Square, SELL YOURS 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, open upgraded kitchen, designer baths One bedroom + den, one and a half baths, hardwood floors, marble baths, custom details throughout 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, balcony, excellent light, upgraded kitchen and baths 1BR, 1.5 ba, EIK, ex. closet space, sunset view Two bedrooms, two baths, hardwood floors, old world charm with modern features Two bedrooms, two baths, hardwood floors, building offers 24 hour doorman and gym, located on Rittenhouse Square 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, original wood floors, excellent closet space, W/D, formal dining room 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, high floor with city views, stainless steel appliances SOLD! WE CAN SELL YOURS TOO! 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, oak wood floors, highlyWE upgraded kitchen, pristine condition SOLD! CAN SELL YOURS TOO! Deluxe one bedroom, largeSOLD! balcony, separate dining room, high floor with YOURS unobstructed cityTOO! views WE CAN SELL One bedroom, one bath, hardwood floors, marble bath, custom kitchen Junior 1 bedroom, 1 bath, open kitchen with granite countertops and SS appliances, wood floors, marble bath

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2 bedroom, 2.5 bath, hi ceilings, exposed brick room,SELL custom hardwood floors, views of Independence National Park SOLD! WEin living CAN YOURS TOO! 2 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, hardwood floors, high-end open kitchen, designer bathrooms 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, den, special combined unit,CAN great entertaining space, river and city views SOLD! WE SELL YOURS TOO! Unique opportunity to create your own residence. Enjoy amenities from adjacent Omni Hotel Two bedrooms, 2 baths, corner unit with river andCAN city views,SELL excellent details throughout TOO! SOLD! WE YOURS Wonderful opportunity to create your own residence, luxury building w/ many amenities, unfinished space Two bedrooms, one bath, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows Corner 1 bedroom, southeast view, wood floors in living room, updated kitchen One bedroom, high floor, river view, investment opportunity One bedroom, high floor, river view, excellent investment opportunity SOLD! WE CAN SELL YOURS TOO! Studio, high floor with unobstructed river views, custom closets, wood floors, track lighting, electric blinds

3,155 2,117 2,718 2,017 1,200 2,127 1,133 775 700 700 522

WASHINGTON SQUARE

Total Square Footage

Amazing 2BR + den, 2.5BA,SOLD! 2 story penthouse, custom finishesSELL throughout, Ligne Roset decorated, large balconies on both floors WE CAN YOURS TOO! Penthouse, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, EIK, wrap around balcony, floor-to-ceiling windows, wood floors, fireplace 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, balcony, renovated kitchen and baths, custom details throughout 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors, upgraded kitchen and baths, granite wet bar 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, open updated kitchen and baths, balcony with river views 1 bedroom, 1 bath, alcove, highly upgraded with wood floors and custom kitchen, W/D, balcony 2 bedrrooms, 2 baths, balcony, high floor, balcony, high floor with unobstructed city and river views 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, laundry room, excellent condition 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, excellent value Junior one bedroom, wood floors, upgradedWE kitchen CAN and bath, balcony SOLD! SELL YOURS TOO! 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, unobstructed southern views, great condition

2,702 2,810 1,818 1,977 1,818 1,118 1,200 928 928 778 778

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Bi-level penthouse, 2 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, large balconies, chef’sSELL kitchen, panoramic city and river views SOLD! WE CAN YOURS TOO! 1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors, balcony, high end finishes in kitchen and bath

3,635 924

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$475,000 $339,900 $309,900 $289,000 $263,900 $263,900 $259,900 Price

$2,900,000 $2,750,000 $2,395,000 $1,975,000 $1,695,000 $1,595,000 $1,595,000 $1,495,000 $1,290,000 $1,350,000 $950,000 $895,000 $825,000 $795,000 $799,900 $789,900 $769,000 $699,900 $644,900 $639,900 $599,000 $595,000 $550,000 $519,000 $499,000 $494,900 $425,000 $425,000 $349,900 Price

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Monthly After Tax Cost

$186,019 $116,418 $100,419 $40,240 27,582

$8,434 $5,235 $4,697 $2,100 $1,234

$441,365 $279,623 $249,041 $104,442 62,474

$10,299 $6,525 $5,811 $2,437 1,458

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$65,578 $50,718 $52,547 $42,808 $39,111 $40,309 $88,861

$143,483 $115,182 $129,242 $93,556 $91,708 $93,139 $87,544

$3,348 $2,688 $3,016 $2,183 $2,140 $2,173 $2,049

$262,402 $377,859 $320,490 $278,829 $248,227 $219,093 $232,152 $262,057 $174,122 $181,323 $132,825 $180,007 $114,782 $114,292 $118,964 $119,715 $110,008 $103,090 $91,789 $98,201 $99,540 $91,967 $79,315 $79,127 $76,238 $70,590 $62,008 $53,426 $49,239

$974,357 $853,245 $707,490 $632,859 $525,910 $468,543 $529,528 $518,223 $373,141 $371,644 $293,447 $379,163 $256,862 $266,296 $256,375 $265,150 $245,039 $235,610 $213,455 $210,128 $228,813 $203,203 $180,094 $175,675 $167,963 $147,092 $136,070 $106,710 $99,127

$22,735 $19,909 $16,508 $14,767 $12,271 $10,933 $12,356 $12,092 $8,707 $8,672 $6,847 $8,847 $5,993 $6,214 $5,982 $6,187 $5,718 $5,498 $4,981 $4,903 $5,339 $4,741 $4,202 $4,099 $3,919 $3,432 $3,175 $2,490 $2,313

$4,348 $4,586 $3,545 $3,009 $2,400 $2,017 $2,579 $2,357 $1,757 $1,795 $1,205 $1,850 $1,166 $1,043 $1,215 $1,262 $1,015 $923 $946 $843 $1,076 $962 $831 $664 $735 $667 $588 $486 $399

Monthly After Tax Cost

$2,824 $2,248 $2,491 $1,802 $1,831 $1,835 $1,761 Monthly After Tax Cost

$18,387 $14,792 $12,963 $11,758 $9,871 $8,916 $9,776 $9,735 $6,949 $6,877 $5,642 $8,847 $4,827 $5,171 $4,7672 $4,925 $4,702 $4,574 $4,034 $4,060 $4,263 $3,779 $3,371 $3,435 $3,184 $2,08 $2,587 $2,003 $1,914

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

Monthly After Tax Cost

$306,441 $128,466 $141,690 $119,775 $76,336 $79,423 $61,727 $48,143 $41,910 $41,012 $29,599

$12,556 $5,253 $6,510 $5,042 $3,198 $3,797 $2,716 $2,024 $1,884 $1,632 $1,336

$696,771 $281,166 $330,808 $269,585 $166,066 $202,717 $141,361 $103,454 $100,158 $93,294 $67,507

$16,258 $6,561 $7,719 $6,290 $3,875 $4,730 $3,298 $2,414 $2,337 $2,177 $1,575

$3,702 $1,308 $1,208 $1,249 $677 $934 $582 $390 $453 $345 $239

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

Monthly After Tax Cost

$201,065 $197,226 $127,528 $125,319 $114,547 $74,297 $72,256 $42,151 $42,151 $44,769 $42,166

$8,458 $7,605 $5,040 $5,059 $4,595 $2,857 $3,046 $1,734 $1,734 $1,828 $1,795

$465,089 $418,785 $267,452 $269,695 $243,280 $149,025 $156,620 $89,666 $89,666 $95,974 $91,499

$10,852 $9,772 $6,241 $6,293 $5,677 $3,477 $3,654 $2,092 $2,092 $2,239 $2,134

$2,394 $2,167 $1,201 $1,234 $1,082 $620 $609 $358 $358 $411 $339

Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

$11,078 $2,119

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Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing

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