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LETTERS STRIKE IT RICH

SOCK IT, TOOMEY

look at Toomey on “economic issues,” which he claims as his wheelhouse. He has consistently supported policies that have left the country in a state of what Paul Krugman calls “the permanent depression.” Toomey’s solution?

Less regulation and lower taxes for the Wall Street bastards who did this to us. Cut unemployment extensions so desperate people will take anything, which helpfully depresses wages and increases profits for Toomey’s Wall Street cohorts.

Of course, he’s also what I call a “pro-birth” Republican: supports laws that would make it impossible for poor women to get birth control and abortions, but votes down the aid programs that might make the term “pro-life” less of a hollow mockery. Gov. Casey, who was a famous pro-lifer, at least put his money where his mouth was.

In the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. But he’s still not seeing with anything like clarity and depth. We can do better than Mr. Wall Street Wingnut.

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Seriously? Your contention is that Toomey is a moderate as compared to the batshit crazy far-right Republican fringe? Let’s

As long as Pat Toomey protects my family from Obamacare, nothing else matters.

Repeal Obamacare now!

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In response to Bill Chenevert’s feature on N.J. rapper Rich Quick: Rich Quick has been putting in work for a long time. Its good to see him getting the recognition he deserves.

APOSOUL via philadelphiaweekly.com I’ve been listening to Quick since I’m With The DJ. He’s got some crazy bars, and he knows how to make a good song. And he’s from Jersey, what more can I ask for?

JAKE via philadelphiaweekly.com Google Rick Quick. Watch on YouTube and you’ll see this emcee from Jersey is here in hip-hop culture to last!

Pigmentation is a thing of past. Salute!

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RIPOFF REPORT

Regarding Sean Burns’ review of Pacific Rim: I must tell you that Pacific Rim is a vast pile of life-choking, useless, unfun, stinking rot.

It’s a blatant Evangelion ripoff with D-bags and D-bag sentiment instead of any of that difficult religion, sex, feelings or pulse

stuff they put in cartoons about big robot suits. Booyah, I walked out.

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Regarding Randy LoBasso’s blog about Pat Toomey and the battle for Pennsylvania’s center:

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6 I PHILLYNOW South Philly Review’s Fifth Annual Pizza Olympics; Jeff Thomas’ All-Volunteer Army; Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival; P.O.D.; and more.

16 I FEATURE How Brian Sims, PA’s first openly gay legislator, is navigating the political waters of a slowly changing state.

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Editor in Chief Stephen H. Segal Senior Editor Nina Hoffmann Managing Editor Anastasia Barbalios Arts & Culture Editor Sheena Lester Senior Writer Tara Murtha Staff Writer Randy LoBasso Columnists Sean Burns, Bill Chenevert, Nicole Finkbiner, Brian Freedman, Craig D. Lindsey, J. Cooper Robb Contributing Photographers J.R. Blackwell, Kyle Cassidy, Jeff Fusco, Karrisa Olsen, Felicia Perretti, Ashley Catharine Smith Editorial Interns Jake Abbate, Lauren Arute, Devin Baird, Nicole Bonaccorso, Manon Braciszewski, Michael Brady, Drew O’Meara, Anthony Trivelli, Max Ufberg Advertising Manager Deidre Simms (ext. 163) Retail Account Executives Brittany Bayer (ext. 159), Ray Cross (ext. 164), Monica Kanninen (ext.

145), Marykate Valdini (ext. 125) Classified Senior Account Executive John Maguire (ext. 126) Classified Account Executives Arnetta Reddy (ext. 100), Susanna Simon (ext. 134) Marketing Coordinator Nicole Leyrer (ext. 116) National Advertising Sales VMG Advertising 1-888-278-9866 Office Manager Danielle Mitchell (ext. 101) Philadelphia Weekly is published Wednesday by Review Publishing Limited Partnership. Distributed in Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery and Chester counties in Pennsylvania and selected other locations in southern New Jersey. Philadelphia Weekly is available free of charge, limited to one copy per reader. Additional copies of the current issue of the Philadelphia Weekly may be obtained only by Philadelphia Weekly’s authorized contractors or Philadelphia Weekly distributors. No person may, without prior written permission of Philadelphia Weekly, take more than one copy of each Philadelphia Weekly issue. Pennsylvania law prohibits any person from inserting printed material of any kind into a newspaper without the consent of the owner or publisher. Mail subscriptions: six months, $30; one year, $55. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the management. The publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertising.

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28 I STAGE Our picks for the onstage standouts in Philadelphia theater this season.

30 I FILM Fantastic performances, top-notch direction give heft to the extraordinary, tragic Fruitvale Station.

32 I MUSIC DJ Apt One is rocking his city with a new compilation and showcase-set at Race Street Pier.

34 I IN 30 SECONDS New LPs from Jay-Z and Mayer Hawthorne; The Newsroom on the idiot box; Belle & Sebastian at the Mann Center; and more.

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Yum and more yum: South Philly Review’s Fifth Annual Pizza Olympics are this week.

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South Philly Review’s Pizza Olympics Who remembers the first time they ate pizza? You’d think something as momentous as initiation into the cult of saucy perfection would carve vivid memories onto the walls of the squishy thing between one’s ears, but I, for one, got nothing. Still, while the genesis of my passion for round flatbread may be unknown, I’m certain the obsession is destructive; I will eat pizza either until I perish, or until there is no more. And quality comes second to gluttony.

That’s why the Fifth Annual Pizza Olympics, brought to us by the fine folks at South Philly Review (PW’s sister publication), is a daunting challenge for all. For the cost of a medium pie, you can devour slices galore from more than 15 pizza parlors—as much as your pants are capable of stretch-accomodating for three hours. The pies being served up will be judged to win gold, silver or bronze medals in categories including crust, sauce, creative toppings, types of pizza and overall favorite. The bad news: Like the real Olympics, the losers will sulk. The good news: The probability they will have greasy fingers and stained aprons is significantly higher. Now, don’t expect a bunch of frou-frou faux pies thrown together to impress foodies—the stuff on offer tonight is the real deal, lovingly made by people with a time-tested passion for the circular and savory. Be prepared to have a good cry when you discover each one is deserving of that sweet, precious medal. (It’s also possible that crying will be from a lack of air reaching your lungs as you wolf down a planetary mass of pizza one piece at a time.) Thankfully, the crew at Penn’s Landing Caterers, where the event takes place, realize with all that doughy goodness, parched palates will require refreshing, so drink specials are on offer throughout the event to those in need—and of age.

There’s no guarantee you’ll find either salvation or a new favorite pizza joint in these yeasty halls.

But leaving happily stuffed and sweating mozzarella is promised. / MICHAEL BRADY Thurs., July 18, 6pm. $15. Penn’s Landing Caterers, 1301 Columbus Blvd. southphillyreview.com

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Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside

This Portland, Ore., based indie-rock act stormed the scene with their debut album in 2011 and have been busy ever since. The raw emotion of their music has fueled them to appear on Letterman, play Bonnaroo, make some famous fans (Jack White and the Avett Brothers) and release their second proper album, Untamed Beast, all in just a few short years. 9pm. $12-$14.

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Screening: Bernadette Corporation

Avant-garde enthusiasts have a chance to see back-to-back screenings of two films by Bernadette Corpora-

tion, a New York-based collective of artists, writers, filmmakers and fashion designers. Philosophical fashion film Hell Frozen Over explores the vapid undertones of mass entertainment, while Get Rid of Yourself delves into the Genoa riots of 2001 and political activism as a whole. 7pm. Free. Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St. 215.898.5911. icaphila.org PERFORMANCE

A Late Night with Late Capitalism: A Variety Show Hosted by members of Philly Socialists, audiences get to explore the effects that capitalism has on the art world through a series of short acts, featuring people like Gino Wong, founder of Red Records, and Robyn Campbell of Weave Magazine. 8pm. $5. Goldilocks Gallery, 723 Chestnut St. goldilocks-gallery.tumblr.com

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11 Critical Home Inspection Traps to be Aware of Weeks Before Listing Your Home for Sale Philadelphia- According to industry experts, there are over 33 physical problems that will come under scrutiny during a home inspection when your home is for sale. A new report has been prepared which identifies the eleven most common problems, and what you should know about them before you list your home for sale.

Whether you own an old home or a brand new one, there are a number of things that can fall short of requirements during home inspection. If not identified and dealt with, any of these 11 items could cost you dearly in terms of repair. That’s why it’s critical that you read this report before you list your home. If you wait until the building inspector flags these issues for you, you will almost certainly experience costly delays in the close of your home sale or, worse, turn prospective buyers away altogether. In most cases, you can make reasonable

pre-inspection yourself if you know what you’re looking for, and knowing what you’re looking for can help you prevent little problems from growing into costly and unmanageable ones.

To help homesellers deal with this issue before their homes are listed, a free report entitled “11 Things You Need To Know To Pass Your Home Inspection” has been compiled which explains the issues involved.

To order a FREE Special Report, visit www.phillysbesthomes.com/ inspection.asp or to hear a brief recorded message about home to order your FREE copy of this report call toll-free (800) 560-2075 and enter 3003.

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This report is courtesy of Larry Levin, Realtor, Coldwell Banker Preferred. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract. Copyright © 2013

Thursday, July 18

In the Name Of

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QFest Premiere: In the Name Of Of the countless titles at Philadephia’s QFest, In The Name Of may shine brighter than most.

There’s camp, and there are documentaries, but it’s the dramas that are tough to get right.

For whatever reason, in queer cinema, it’s so easy for filmmakers to go down the wrong road, ultimately showcasing weak attempts at capturing genuine, heartfelt emotion. That’s really what we’re after when it comes to dramatic stories, right? In The Name Of has more than enough in this regard; it’s the tale of a physically and emotionally tough priest, Father Adam, who comes to the Polish countryside via Warsaw to run a home for troubled boys. He is devout, and he has pure faith, but he also cannot deny that some of these boys—eventually one in particular—are making him feel things he wish he wasn’t.

In the Name Of captures the turmoil within a good man who’s been told his whole life a few things: Priests are to be celibate and quell desire in a godly fashion; living a life of devotion will often yield loneliness, and, above all, wanting to fuck your same-gendered church patrons is a mortal sin. This story’s one in which you can only empathize with a decent human being who’s struggling with all of these tenets telling him he’s monstrous.

Exploring an argument within the Catholic Church that rarely gets portrayed in such a fair, complex way, In the Name Of is one of the best films at QFest. Missing it would be a shame. / BILL CHENEVERT

5pm. $11. Ritz at the Bourse, 400 Ranstead St. 215.440.1181. qfest.com

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Free. Hawthorne Park, 12th and Catherine sts. jazzbridge.org

The Hype! returns to World Cafe Live to host a summer music party featuring the best in all genres of local music. Some confirmed bands include Drown the Silence, Damon Hamilton, James Rouse, Christian Porter, Ginger Coyle, Sarah Flynn and more. 8pm. $9.

World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. philly.worldcafelive.com

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The Hype!’s Summer Rock ‘N Roll Show

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Live Jazz at Hawthorne Park

The recently built Hawthorne Park plays host to a monthly jazz concert, and July’s offering is sure to be one of the best as the Renaissance Quartet and bassist Tyrone Brown take the stage. One of the most respected bassists in jazz music, locallybred Brown has been a fixture on the jazz circuit long enough that he was able to play with the legendary Max Roach. 7pm.

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure

Oh, Pee-Wee Herman. If not for the ‘80s, you’d just be regular old Paul Reubens, funny but creepy actor/comedian. Watch the man-child ride a bicycle onto a Twisted Sister music video shoot while being chased

by Santa Claus as part of the Awesome Fest film screenings. 9pm. Free. Drexel Park, 32nd St. and Powelton Ave. theawesomefest.com DJ S

Philly Loves Guru

In loving memory of Guru, the MC of Gang Starr, Pete Rock, the progenitor of so many great producers and complex, beautiful beats, will be on the tables to raise money for the American Cancer Society. 9pm. $17$20. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. 215.739.9684. johnnybrendas.com

PHILLYNOW Friday, July 19

OUTER LIMITS

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Jeff Thomas’ AllVolunteer Army In an industry that can seem chock-full of singer-songwriters who don the mandatory skinny jeans and torn T-shirt and mimic Bob Dylan, talking to Jeff Thomas is exciting.

The guy is nice. His emergence offers some hope that maybe this industry isn’t just full of hubristic wannabes after all. That’s because Thomas—who sings and plays piano and guitar in Jeff Thomas’ All-Volunteer Army—wants to treat audiences to a good time above all else. “My goal is always to make a show as high-energy and fun and interactive as possible, so people get their money’s worth,” Thomas says. “People aren’t buying CDs anymore, so the show is everything now.”

If his aim is to get people out of their seats, he’s certainly got the right group of musicians. With a full horn section in tow to complement more traditional rock-band instrumentation, Jeff Thomas’ All-Volunteer Army sounds like vintage Ben Folds Five going to lunch with the Talking Heads. In other words, it’s music that’ll make you want to dance. Despite having only formed this past January, the band’s already earned some impressive accolades, including a first-place finish at the Philadelphia Songwriters Awards, winning fans with their cheery melodies and energetic shows. Thomas and his All-Volunteer Army seem poised to stand out from the rest of the pretentious, jaded pack. Sign yourself up for a really good time. / MAX UFBERG 8pm. $13-$15. With Divers + Chelsea Reed and the Fairweather Five. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. philly.worldcafelive.com

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An Evening with David Silva

After selling out 2011’s Festival of Arts, Books and Culture, best-selling author David Silva is making a comeback to this year’s festival to present his newest thriller, The English Girl, recently highlighted as the No. 1 best book on Amazon. Thurs., July 18, 7:30pm. $10. Katz Jewish Community Center, 1301 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill, N.J. 856.424.4444. katzjcc.org MUSIC

“Summer in the City” Concert Series

Enjoy a family-friendly performance by Ju-Tuan, mingle with the community, catch some rays and scoop some free water ice courtesy of Rita’s at the third concert of this month’s free series. Thurs., July 18, 5:30pm.

Free. Cooper Commons Park, Fourth and Clinton sts., Camden, N.J. PART Y

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Unfinished Business: Art in Process

Too often we focus on the finished product. This exhibit explores the processes and means used to create art. Highwire members and guests will display new work and continue last month’s Cheap Art Wall. Through July 28. Highwire Gallery, 2040 Frankford Ave. highwiregallery.com M U SIC

The Pinstripes

Multi-instrumentalist Michael Sarason is the leader of the Pinstripes, a pop/ reggae/soul act that’s been active since 2003. While he has always remained a constant within the band, other

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The Best New Artist Grammy winners return to Philly to tour behind their humongous sophomore album, Some Nights. The album delivered them from obscurity and turned them into an act that can sell 10 million singles, two of which topped the charts for months.

8pm. $29.50-$39.50. With Tegan and Sara. Mann Center, 5201 Parkside Ave. 215.546.7900. manncenter.org

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Secret Cinema: Hollywood Party

The AIDS Law Project holds its 14th annual Summer Movie Party. This year’s feature is Hollywood Party, a 1934 film about an actor who plays jungle inhabitant Schnarzan the Conqueror and a fiasco with some man-eating lions. Enjoy food,

drinks and conversation about supporting the AIDS Law Project, the nation’s only independent public-interest law firm that provides free legal assistance to people with HIV and AIDS. 6pm. $20-$25.

William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. 215.587.9377. aidslawpa.org LG BT

My Dinner with Dito: A How to Be Gay Cabaret

This may be the only time a bearded lady invites you to dinner; how can you say no? London Grill and Paris Wine Bar provide the refreshments while the Bearded Ladies provide the entertainment and an exploration of stereotypes and what it means to be gay. 8pm. $20-$25. Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. wilmatheater.org PAR T Y

PLUNGE: The Official QFest Afterparty

Philly’s LGBTQ community takes over North Shore Beach Club for a night of poolside games, food and drinks celebrating QFest, the LGBT film festival.

9pm. $10. North Shore Beach Club, 1031 Germantown Ave. northshore beachclub.com

Sip and sample plates from dozens of the Main Line’s best, and enjoy live entertainment by Jellyroll, all for the benefit of nonprofit behavioral health organization Devereux, a national network of clinical, therapeutic, educational and employment programs to help children and adults to develop strong emotional and social health.

Thurs., July 18, 6pm. $45-$65. Drexelbrook, 4700 Drexelbrook Dr. Drexel Hill. mainlinetoday.com MUSIC

Lil Wayne

Catch Weezy perform singles like “6 Foot Seven Foot,” “Lollipop” and “A Milli,” as well as tracks off the highly anticipated new compilation album Rich Gang: Flashy Lifestyle. Sat., July 20, 6pm. $29.75-$145. Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J. PERFORMANCE

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Pick up a few life lessons about friendship, acceptance, love and everyday struggles from a cast of potty-mouthed people and puppets in this gut-busting performance.

Always remember: “The Internet is for porn.”

Wed., July 24, 7:30pm. $15-$20. Collingswood Community Theatre, 315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood, N.J. collingswoodcommunity theatre.com

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Area filmmakers and content producers will be showing work at the Walking Fish Theatre throughout the month.

Tonight, view several shorts, as well as Steven Saylor’s Bodies, a murder mystery involving a news reporter, a police photographer and their respective obsessions. 8pm. $7. Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave. walkingfishtheatre.org

members have come and gone quite frequently, leading the outfit to be known as a who’s-who of Cincinnati’s rich music scene. 9:30pm. $10. With The Echo Cellar Rockers and The Snails. Milkboy, 1100 Chestnut St. 215.925.6455. milkboyphilly.com

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Summer Ale Festival at the Philadelphia Zoo

What could be better than an evening dedicated to sampling crisp regional craft beers and devouring delectable local cuisine? Doing it all the while gazing upon exotically colored birds and powerfully majestic big cats, of course! This one-of-a-kind beer tasting event is a must, and although ticket prices range from $35-$95, it includes a souvenir tasting cup, on-site parking, and shuttle service to and from 30th Street Station. 6:30pm. $35-$95. Philadelphia Zoo, 3400 W. Girard Ave. philadelphiazoo.org M U SIC

Citadel

Celebrate the EP release for producer Justin Chapman’s new electro-pop project, Citadel. An example of his pop sensibility can be heard on the track “Weight of the World,” which comes complete with a female vocalist on the chorus and a tune that sounds like you’ve heard it a million times before. 9:30pm. $10-$12. With Cheers Elephant, W.C. Lindsay, and Lucy Stone. Milkboy, 1100 Chestnut St. 215.925.6455. milkboyphilly.com WAL KS & TO U R S

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7th Annual Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival The People’s Emergency Center is an organization that, as a motto, seeks to “nurture families, strengthen neighborhoods and drive change in West Philadelphia.” More specifically, they want to help homeless single mothers via sound programming, emergency shelter and residences, job training and countless other methods of removing barriers to success. What better way is there to support such a necessary agency than through the annual Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival? An all-day affair now in its seventh iteration, free performances start at noon and will run up to 7 p.m., but much earlier—at 10 a.m.—you can start browsing local booths of area artisans and participate in a family health challenge. It’s the free live music that’s the big draw, though, and boy, have they pulled together some rock solid talent this year.

The biggest name is that of Tim Warfield, whose expert sax technique has garnered the man a well-deserved Grammy nod. However, perfectly capturing the nature of the day will be inspiring performances from the city’s youth arts collectives: the Clef Club Youth Ensemble and the West Powelton Steppers. Catch sets from Glenn Bryan, local smooth jazz purveyors Philayva and the motherland-inspired Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble. So, no, it’s not all jazz, and it’s definitely not all sleepy improv runs or meandering solos. There’s sure to be a mix of R&B, dance and world music, plus, it’s all for a great cause. But some free outdoor jazz, lifted up by the community and funneled into philanthropy, doesn’t sound so bad, either. / B.C. 10am. Free. Saunders Park Greene, 39th Street and Powelton Avenue. pec-cares.org

Tired of spending your Saturday nights at a bar in Old City? Well, here’s the perfect chance to see Old City through a historic, and creepy, lens. How else can you meet the ghost of Ben Franklin and learn about Independence Hall?

7:30pm. $22.50. Washington Square, 600 Walnut St. watsonadventures. com/public/location/philadelphia M U SIC

Midsummer Mayhem

Absolutepunk.net, Relentless News and Aesthetic Heart Promotions have gotten together to bring you 2013’s installment of Midsummer Mayhem at the Troc. There will be two stages pumping out music, including acts like Palisades, a post-hardcore band from New Jersey, whose debut album, Outcasts, was just released this May. 6pm. $13-$16. With Palisades, Us, From Outside, The Gift of Ghosts, After

the Glory, Mercy Starts with Me, and Stealing Skies. Trocadero, 1003 Arch St. 215.922.6888. thetroc.com MUSIC

Summer Slam 2013

From the gritty street knowledge of Chic Raw, to the more lighthearted and youthful sound of Tayyib Ali, all the bases are covered with this solid group of Philly-area rappers. 7pm. $20. With Chic Raw, Inner City Hustlers, Dollarboyz, Tayyib Ali and Young Savage.

Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. tlaphilly.com RUN

Electric Run

This has got to be the coolest way to run: taking on a 5k through a electronically-decked-out Fairmount Park, with neon lights and dance beats thumping along the trail to make you feel like you’re living in Avatar. With glowstickdonned runners, bright neon trees and enough strobe lights to make Daft Punk happy, this is going to be fun. 8:45pm. $45-$70. Fairmount Park, 4231 N. Concourse Dr. electricrun.com DANCE

Gold Digger

Dance the night away to garage rock, old school punk and Britpop at the Gold Digger Go-Go Party.

Add in the $2 PBR, and you’re sure to have a night to remember, or one you wish you could. 10pm. $5.

Khyber Pass Pub. 56 S. Second St. khyberpasspub.com

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The Stroehmann Back on My Feet 20in24 Challenge

Running enthusiasts have a bevy of options to choose from with the Stroehmann races, which loop around the 8.4-mile Schuylkill River. With races ranging from the intense Ultra-Marathon to the cool Midnight Madness dash, there’s something here to appeal to everyone. And with proceeds benefiting Back on My Feet, which battles homelessness, you’re running for a good cause. Through July 21. Lloyd Hall, One Boat House Row, Schuylkill River. 20in24.com

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Sunday, July 21 STAG E

AWB Presents Fiddler on the Roof

Acting Without Boundaries is an organization that puts on theater productions comprised of physically disabled actors. A favorite of musical theatre, Fiddler manages to express joy while danger looms ever closer. 4pm. $20. Arden Theatre, 40 N. Second St. 610.922.8240. ardentheatre.org KIDS

Star Wars Day

Bring your kids to see a museum bedecked with Star Wars toys from the past and present. All your favorite characters will be

walking around as well; you can even ask Han who shot first.

11am. $16. Please Touch Museum, 4231 Avenue of the Republic.

215.581.3181. pleasetouchmuseum.org

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Washington Square Community Collection Get into the spirit of giving by supplying some items for children in need. Thomas Jefferson eschewed the afterlife in order to make an appearance, so you know it’s for a good cause. 2pm.

Free. 210 W. Washington Square. cradlestocrayons.org

Monday, July 22

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P.O.D. After catching fire and then fizzling out in the early 2000s, former rap metal crew/current Christian rock band P.O.D. are back with new music. The San Diego-founded outfit’s not rocking the same crowds as they did during the “Alive” years, but the band, whose initials stand for “Payable on Death,” a reference to Jesus dying on the cross, has continually put out albums over the last decade. Their ninth, Murdered Love, hit streets last summer. The LP’s third and latest single, “Beautiful,” is sort of an Uncle Kracker mashup of easy listening and late ‘90s alt-rock that makes you wait for it to break out. The chorus, “Life is beautiful!” isn’t so much catchy as it is inspiring for the right listener.

The four-man force is on tour with Flyleaf, a female-fronted Christian metal group who’ve actually recorded music with P.O.D. frontman Sonny Sandoval—though even through references to spirituality and the link in their music, and the proclamation they “we all share the same faith,” former lead vocalist Lacey Sturm had a hard time admitting that was the case. “It’s hard to say that because people all have a different definition of what that means,” she told Atlantic City Weekly. “If it means that we’re Christians, then yeah, we’re Christians, but if a plumber’s a Christian, does that make him a “Christian plumber?”

If you miss church, but make it to this show, Jesus will probably forgive you. / TESS MUMFORD 7pm. $25. With Flyleaf, Manafest + Stars In Stereo. Theater of Living Arts, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. tlaphilly.com

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Weird Al was at one of his peaks of weirdness in the late ‘80s, culminating in the creation of a movie that was disliked by critics, but loved by audiences.

Don’t you want to see a slightly less spastic Kramer as the host of a television program? Of course you do! 8pm. Free. The Trocadero, 1003 Arch St. 215.922.6888. thetroc.com M U SIC

Lenka

Although she was once the vocalist and keyboardist for Decoder Ring, Lenka’s solo career is mostly comprised of atmospheric pop songs ala Björk. Her latest, Shadows, was recorded while she was pregnant with

her first child, adding an intense intimacy that blends with the more psychedelic sound she’d undertaken to create a unique album that borrows from some respected artists, but never fails to stay current. 8pm. $14. With Satellite. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. philly. worldcafelive.com READING

Dr. Oliver Sacks: Hallucinations

The great mind behind The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat discusses the importance of hallucinations with Anna Dhody, curator at the Mutter Museum.

7:30pm. $15. Central Library, 1901 Vine St. 215.686.5322 freelibrary.org

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Daniel Bergner: What Do Women Want?

New York Times contributor Daniel Bergner has made a nonfiction literary career on human sexuality. His latest, What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire, sort of goes against everything we learned after Mel Gibson electrocuted himself, slipped and fell in a bathroom, then didn’t die. Bergner instead argues that women are biologically more inclined than men to want lots of sex, despite the societal stigma telling us otherwise.

According to an excerpt from the Guardian, Bergner cites a study in which women were subjected to all sorts of porn, plugged with a plethysmograph—“a miniature bulb and light sensor placed inside the vagina”—to see their bodily reactions to different types of people (and species) fornicating. The women were also shown a pair of bonobos—which are apes—having sex on film. The plethysmograph looked to measure, at the most primitive level, the women’s blood flow during certain scenes, as compared to their admissions during oral interviews, and it was all done to see what turns them on. “While they watched, they also held a keypad on which they rated their own feelings of arousal,” Begner writes. “[Physiological and self-reported scores] hardly matched at all.”

Women, the study found, whether gay or straight, were physically aroused by everything they saw. Mentally, not so much—which really does prove that their sex organ is the brain.

Hetero- and homosexual men, on the other hand, reacted more in accordance with their self-reports. Duh—like it’s a secret that their lower head rules the upper.

Interested in knowing more? Come hear Bergner bare all. / RANDY LOBASSO 7:30pm. Free. Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Branch. 1901 Vine St. 215.686.5322. freelibrary.org

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Disney’s Fantasia Live in Concert

The Philadelphia Orchestra originally recorded the music for the wonder-filled Fantasia more than 70 years ago. Hear their musical descendants reclaim the Disney classic as parts of the movie are played in tandem.

8pm. $15-$49.50. Mann Center, 5201 Parkside

Ave. 215.878.0400. manncenter.org LEC TURE

Dr. Patch Adams Speaks

The real Patch, not the completely annoying one from the movie, will hold a discussion about his version of health care today. The good doctor is looking to open a free clinic in Philly. 6:30pm. Free. Geary Auditorium, 245 N. 15th St. paulglover.org/patchvisit.html

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Follow Mott Green, anarchist chocolatier and founder of Grenada Chocolate Company, as he uncovers alternatives to an industry riddled with corporate greed, unfair practices, and tasteless synthetic products.

8pm. $8. International House, 3701 Chestnut St. 215.387.5125. ihousephilly.org

New York Times best-selling author Colum McCann will present his newest work, TransAtlantic, a novel which mixes fact and fiction and spans centuries and continents.

7:30pm. Free. Central Library, 1901 Vine St. 215.686.5322. freelibrary.org

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The New Guy Philadelphia elected Rep. Brian Sims to the state House on the promise that the gay civil-rights activist would work toward practical, bipartisan progress in Harrisburg. Half a year later, how’s it going?

BY RANDY LOBASSO • photos by Kyle Cassidy rlobasso@philadelphiaweekly.com • @RandyLoBasso

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HE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE AFTER 5 P.M. IN PENNSYLVANIA’S STATE CAPITAL IS just how intense the bar scene is. Harrisburg’s a ghost town by day, its modest downtown almost exclusively serving those who work at the Capitol complex. But nighttime is a very different story. Second Street, the central main drag, turns into a swollen frat party, serving not only the 50,000 who populate the city itself, but many of the other -burgs, -towns and -villes that dot the Susquehanna River landscape. Cab drivers regularly make hour-long trips along highways 81, 83 and 76 to bring barflies back to their rural homes.

The second thing you notice about Harrisburg is how gay it is.

Seriously. Stallions, the Brownstone Lounge and 704 Strawberry Café are all prominently displayed gay bars along Harrisburg’s Third Street, directly overlooked from the Capitol lawn. Just as in Philly’s Gayborhood, rainbow flags fly proudly, notwithstanding some of the conservative political rhetoric that comes from meeting rooms and dark hallways just a few hundred yards away. Gay ads line the town’s newspaper back pages, and there’s an LGBT organization housed three blocks away from the main row of lobbyists’ offices, a plaque for everyone from the Teamsters to the Catholic Conference.

Philadelphians are accustomed to thinking of the whole center of the state—what lies between us and Pittsburgh—as an ocean of red-county social conservatism. But the Capitol’s own culture often belies that picture. So on one early Tuesday in May, it’s not surprising that there’s a huge turnout in the Capitol press room, packed with state legislators who’ve come to introduce a set of bills sure to cause a stir: a state nondiscrimination act that, finally, would prohibit employment,

public and business discrimination based on sexual identity or orientation.

Between the names that have signed onto the bills and the men and women who are here for the announcement, this is the largest gathering of lesbian-, gay-, bisexual- and transgender-supporting legislators in the commonwealth’s history. Rep. Dan Frankel, a Democrat from Allegheny County and co-chair of the General Assembly’s LGBT Equality caucus, is joined onstage by a bipartisan cohort of state politicians ready to bring Pennsylvania into the 21st century, including Rep. Mike Fleck, who came out of the closet during the winter session break this year, and who’s one of the few openly gay Republican politicians in the country—and Philadelphia’s freshman Democrat Brian Sims, the first openly gay legislator ever elected to the state House.

This act is the sort of legislation Sims worked to support for years as an activist before taking office himself this past January; seeing progress become tangible, he admits, is more

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emotional for him than he expected. “As a gay man, I know firsthand how important these protections are,” he says, “how fundamental they are to the safety and security that so many Pennsylvanians take for granted.”

Sims has spent the past few months getting acclimated to the Capitol: holding meetings with his Republican colleagues, working with his former colleagues at the LGBT-centric nonprofit Equality Pennsylvania, and sitting on the state government committee opposite its chair, the staunch conservative Daryl Metcalfe.

These two will butt heads before the legislative season ends. In a lesser-reported announcement, Metcalfe will announce an anti-gay-marriage amendment to the state constitution today, too.

But for now, the point is made again and again: Not only have a majority of state senators signed on to the nondiscrimination bill, but the House is getting there—and the people of Pennsylvania are there already. Equality PA’s latest poll shows 72 percent statewide support for a nondiscrimination ordinance.

Later polls will show Pennsylvanians are slowly becoming OK with gay marriage (54 percent of us either “strongly” or “somewhat” favor those rights—an 11 percent increase from just last year). Even Sims, who has been in the Capitol for a mere five months at this point, says he regularly hears whispers from people who work in and around the Capitol campus, telling him to keep pushing for equality while often citing an LGBT sister or brother.

Still, it’s when this morning’s press conference ends that the real fight will begin: getting these bills a vote. Anyone can write a bill. In fact, almost 1,500 have been written this year alone. But getting your colleagues to vote on one, let alone pass it—that takes patience, skill and a little compromise.

Those are the skills Brian Sims has been putting to the test during his first half-year as a state legislator.

A civil-rights attorney and LGBT activist, Sims has found his new political life as a legislator rife with challenges not faced by most other freshman lawmakers across the country. Because while the accelerating social progress of gay acceptance in America is what made his election possible—and why today’s new nondiscrimination bills might actually stand a chance—he’s still an openly gay member of the minority party in a state whose current laws are the most gay-hostile in the entire northeastern United States.

As he’s found, sometimes the only way to accomplish anything politically is to find common ground—whatever that might be—with those who stand against him on a whole lot else.

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aking nice isn’t a new concept for Sims. As a military brat with two officer parents, in childhood he was often forced to build new relationships quickly: Before moving to Downingtown,

Sims on antidiscrimination: “I know firsthand how important these protections are.”

Pa., in 1992, Sims, his parents, sister and two brothers lived in numerous states, including Virginia, New York, Kansas, California and Alaska. A self-described “eighth-grade fat kid” when they arrived in Pennsylvania, he quickly learned that in the hills of Chester County, you play football. Whether you want to or not.

The sport sent Sims’ life in a completely different direction—especially after the Downingtown Whippets won the state championship in December 1996, his senior year. He dreamed of playing after graduation at Cornell or Columbia, but since his parents preferred that he and his siblings attend state schools, he went to Bloomsburg University in northeastern Pennsylvania, where he became a lineman, topping out at 285 pounds, becoming an All-American at the Division II school and serving as captain.

Sims knew his entire life that he wasn’t straight, even though he dated girls in high school. By the time he got to Bloomsburg, his sexuality was evident to other people, too.

“I was his roommate at the time,” says Manny Henrie, a fellow Bloomsburg football alum who lives in York, Pa., “and [Sims being gay] was one of those things that I was observing, kind of. It got me thinking a little bit, and one day before practice, I approached him about it and I said, ‘Hey Brian, not that it bothers me or anything, but are you gay?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, yeah I am.’”

At that moment, all the offhanded gay jokes Henrie then realized he’d made around his friend in the past came back to him. He immediately apologized. “I could be inappropriate at times,” he says. “It was something I felt bad about.”

Virtually all of Sims’ teammates and housemates had similar moments with him. None of them said they had a problem with his sexuality, and Sims remains friends with many of his former teammates even today.

Things came to a head later that season when a Bloomsburg position coach made a gay joke on the field during practice— as coaches are wont to do—at Sims’ ex-

pense, although he hadn’t a clue about Sims’ sexuality. During a drill in which players were down on all fours spinning in circles, the coach barked: “Yeah, this is Sims’ favorite drill!”

As Henrie recalls, the entire team turned on the coach, and Sims himself had to encourage everyone to calm down.

“It was quite the sight,” Henrie says. “A lot of people knew [Sims was gay], and the coach didn’t. But it was—” He pauses. “You just didn’t know what the next step was.

You didn’t know what was going to happen. But there was this massive show of support. Just one of those things you won’t forget.”

After practice, Sims came out to his coach.

The coach said nothing, and ignored him the rest of the day.

The next morning, the coach climbed up on a table before practice to address the team. “Yesterday,” he said, “I said something really fucking stupid. I’ve spent my career teaching you guys what it means to be teammates, and yesterday you guys had to teach me what it means to be a teammate.”

“It was a learning experience, especially for someone like me,” Henrie says. “I lived in a small town. I grew up with very narrow thinking. It personally opened my eyes. I’m not going to lie: I had misconceptions, which was part of that small-town mentality. Brian was an individual, who, just by being Brian, showed me the light.”

After graduating from Bloomsburg, Sims went to Michigan State Law before moving to Philly, where he began to work as a civilrights attorney and LGBT activist, often going on the road to share his coming-out story to high school and college students. He became the board president of a faltering Equality PA in 2009, turning that organization into the lobbying powerhouse it is today. He remains close with the organization’s executive director, Ted Martin, who has successfully lobbied for anti-discrimination ordinances in more than two-dozen municipalities around Pennsylvania.

“Brian has done a tremendous job of bringing the issues a human face. He’s made people understand or at least helped people understand that there’s a real human behind all this,” says Martin. “The fact that Brian can talk to legislators in a legislator-to-legislator, colleague-to-colleague sort of way breaks down all kinds of stereotypes and misconceptions and erases a lot of the discomfort.”

Martin, Sims and Equality PA are also responsible for putting together the 58-member strong LGBT Equality legislative caucus.

And coming from a grassroots organization like Equality PA put Sims in a unique position: Unlike many state legislators, he wasn’t a politician’s protégé. He’d been Rep. Babette Josephs’ treasurer at one time, but as they both explain it, it was an unpaid, in-nameonly position. Rather, he was a suburban kid turned big-city lawyer with experience lobbying in Harrisburg and talking with citizens

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all over the state—the first-ever legislator to come directly from an LGBT advocacy group.

It’s a combination that made his mid-winter transition into Harrisburg politics a dive rather than a dip.

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he first week of the year in the state Capitol is a cold one for freshmen legislators. Lawmakers greet each other under the guise of friendliness with back pats and hat tips, but in the end it’s less about making new pals and more about sizing people up. Sims wasn’t naïve; he knew January is for pleasantries and little else. Amongst his initial fears: Would he be stuck in a box in his colleagues’ minds as just the gay legislator?

The city liberal?

Then he met state Rep. Bryan Cutler, a Republican from Lancaster County, and one of the most reliably conservative-voting members of the Legislature.

“From the beginning, he came up and said hello, he made me feel comfortable, and he said, ‘We need to get together, let’s grab some beers together,’” Sims recalls. “It was sincere and I wanted to do it as well. And we kept running into scheduling issues and whatnot, but eventually and we walked into his office and had a beer—a six-pack, actually.”

From the beginning of his campaign against former Rep. Babette Josephs, Sims had promised the constituents of Pennsylvania’s 182nd District that he’d reach across the aisle—something he claimed his predecessor refused to do. (She, in turn, interpreted Sims’ promises of bipartisanship to mean he’d get steamrolled by the Republican Party on issues like forced ultrasounds for women seeking abortions.)

Upon meeting Cutler, he decided there was no time like the present to fulfill that campaign promise. The two bullshitted for a while, but the conversation eventually turned to politics. Arguing seemed out of the question; there’d be plenty of time for that over the next two years. So Sims and the baby-faced, anti-abortion, pro-gun, tweetsabout-low-taxes-all-the-time Cutler decided to find common ground. Maybe it was firstweek jitters, or maybe it was the guzzled cans of Yuengling, but Sims and Cutler ran straight into that bipartisan Eureka! moment of which all lawmakers dream: They realized there’s something they both detest, and it wasn’t each other. Rather, it’s the popularvote method of picking judges.

“He’s a supporter of merit selection of judges, and so am I,” Sims says. “There are plenty of reasons to support it; he’s got his, I’ve got mine, but I said, ‘You support this and I support this and I’ve supported this before and maybe we can get a bill on this moving.’”

That bill, which would replace the popular election of state judges with selection by a panel who review candidates based on merit, is still in the co-sponsorship memo phase— that’s the memo legislators write in order to get their colleagues on board with the proposed legislation—with Cutler as prime

Sims on bipartisanship: “We describe politics too much in the terminology of war.” sponsor. Sims says he’ll be a co-sponsor of the bill when it’s introduced sometime in the next couple months.

Four pieces of legislation hang on Cutler’s office wall. He was the prime sponsor of each, and all four passed with the help of Democrats. Cutler says he and Sims share a similar legislative method: “I approach the legislative process with the idea that you find whatever common ground you have and you work from that point, and the friendships kind of grow naturally out of that,” he says. “[Merit selection] was an issue we were equally passionate about, and we just struck up a general friendship, and we’re looking for the issues we can look at from there.”

When describing how he can let things like Cutler’s stances on unions, taxes and the rest, go to the wayside, he points to the people in his office at that moment—staffers Anna Aagenes and Mason Lane, himself and a reporter—pausing while Ella Fitzgerald softy sings over speakers plugged into his desktop computer. (Sims keeps a Pandora radio rotation of Fitzgerald, Etta James and Louis Armstrong playing constantly in his office; he can’t stand silence). “The four of us in this room, I’m sure I can name 10 major issues at least one of us disagrees with,” he says. “We’ve got so accustomed to thinking that politicians don’t think like real people.

Every place you’ve ever been—from a family

to a workplace to a team—everybody disagrees about things. The human condition is based on finding things we agree on enough to co-exist together … We describe politics too much in the terminology of war, and it creates that environment. Especially when you’re always talking about battles and body counts and scars and all that. It takes on a life of its own.”

His meeting with Cutler soon led to others. At the Pennsylvania Progressive Summit in early March, Sims told a small gathering of liberals that he had begun setting up meetings with as many of the 40 legislators who supported state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe’s ban on gay marriage last legislative session as he could. His goal was to sit down, face-to-face, and ask a question: Why do I not deserve the same rights as you?

“I can talk to people to a certain extent, but Brian just brings a new aspect to it by being a colleague,” says Ted Martin of Equality PA. “It’s really easy to [reject] an abstract concept; it’s much harder when your colleague is sitting in front of you. And that’s not only Brian— that’s what any LGBT person could do as a legislator. It’s really hard for [opponents] to say crazy, mean-spirited, outrageous things.

That’s absolutely the difference.”

Of course, we’re still talking about politicians here. And some just won’t be moved by trivialities like humanity.

he same day the new anti-discrimination bills were announced, Rep. Daryl Metcalfe announced his own bill: a constitutional amendment to explicitly ban gay marriage. He did so alongside 26 cosponsors—including Bryan Cutler—down from 40 in 2011 for a similar bill (and 87 in 2006). And while Sims noted he didn’t expect the legislation to get through this year, he was forced to admit that confronting a veteran legislator about a deeply held belief, and winning, is easier said than done.

Metcalfe, based out of Cranberry, in Western Pennsylvania, is regularly called the most conservative member of the House, and has the voting record to back it up. But he’s not conservative in the way people think of Ronald Reagan or Pat Toomey being conservative. Rather, he takes right-wing stances to an almost comical, trollish level. On guns, he introduced House Bill 357—named after the .357 Magnum—that would allow the state to block all federal gun laws, which is unconstitutional. On LGBT issues, he’s not just the prime sponsor of the would-be anti-gay marriage amendment: He once said he wants to start a “heterosexual caucus” to counter the LGBT Equality caucus. On women’s rights, he was a co-sponsor of 2011’s trans-vaginal ultrasound bill. The list goes on, and it’s long.

He’s a hero to the state’s hard right—the guy who holds a yearly gun rights rally in Harrisburg, wielding Tea Party rhetoric using the claim that he’s dedicated to fighting liberal fascism.

Legislative aides and staff around the Capitol regularly note that Metcalfe is seen as an extreme ideologue by Democrats and Republicans alike. And while Harrisburg’s sect of radically conservative politicians and activists may be gradually dwindling, they’re as loud as ever—and Metcalfe, as the chairman of the House’s state government committee, through which the nondiscrimination bill may have to pass, is often the one holding down the fort.

The Tea Party Republican had an extremely poor relationship with Sims’ predecessor, Josephs, who also sat on the state government committee and regularly got into verbal spats with the Republican over social issues.

(Metcalfe once even attempted to have her ushered out by security.) But it wasn’t until the final week of the House session in June that Metcalfe publicly bared his teeth, so to speak, at Sims.

The last week of the session had coincided with the Supreme Court’s historic rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 in California, both of which were huge wins for LGBT rights—possibly, Sims notes, the biggest news in LGBT civil rights in his lifetime. So he asked Speaker of the House Sam Smith (R-Jefferson) if he could say a few words on the topic from the House floor.

“I promised him that I was going to be very respectful,” Sims told me over the phone that day. “I wasn’t going to talk about how far Pennsylvania has to go or that the Republi-

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can caucus is an obstacle to equality. I really was just going to speak as a civil-rights attorney about a major civil-rights case.”

But only about “three or four words” into Sims’ speech, Smith cut him off, citing another legislator’s wishes—which had just been registered anonymously, as House rules allow.

Several members of the Democratic caucus then began grabbing microphones to speak about the DOMA verdict themselves— and each was similarly shut down in turn. Ultimately, the speaker gaveled out and ended the session before anyone was able to say anything of substance.

The Democrats on the floor wanted to know who’d been objecting. Smith wouldn’t say. After a bit of ruckus, Daryl Metcalfe began shouting at Sims and the Democrats to quit it. As Sims tells it, Metcalfe yelled out: “If you need a name, use my name.”

Soon afterward, several members of both the Democratic and Republican caucuses came up to Sims and spoke quietly; virtually all of them, he says, were extremely apologetic for what happened. “I was really overwhelmed by the response on both sides of the aisle,” Sims told PW later that day. “That, to me, was the most important part of this. Instantly, Republicans were down on the floor apologizing. All day, Republicans have been coming up to me one by one to apologize to me for the breakdown and lack of decorum.

And to let me know that they are not in the Daryl Metcalfe sort of school.”

Meanwhile, Rep. Maria Donatucci (D-Philadelphia) took to Twitter: “Suppression of speech should have never happened in the Chamber of the House—the very institution that protects our rights.” And Rep. Mike Schlossberg (D-Lehigh) sent out a message to supporters detailing the brouhaha, calling Sims an “incredible fighter for equality” who “has more guts in his pinky than every Republican who tries to shut him up.”

Then Metcalfe raised the stakes, giving WHYY an interview in which he said it was against “God’s law” for Sims to speak on DOMA. “I did not believe,” Metcalfe said, “that, as a member of that body, that I should allow someone to make comments such as he was preparing to make that ultimately were just open rebellion against what the word of God has said, what God has said, and just open rebellion against God’s law.”

The response was quick—albeit, at first, quiet: The LGBT Equality caucus began a new push for co-sponsors of the anti-discrimination bills in the House and Senate; and Sims announced he would be introducing an LGBT marriage equality bill alongside state Rep. Stephen McCarter (D-Montgomery), whom he had met for the first time last year at a fundraiser at Woody’s bar in Philly’s Gayborhood. “Rather than just be pissed off … we empowered members of the LGBT equality caucus to go out and get as much more support behind HB 300 as we could as a result of this,” Sims says.

That’s precisely what’s been happening.

On the Thursday after the tussle, Rep. Rob Matzie (D-Beaver) became the 84th House member to co-sponsor the bill. As this story goes to press, there are 90 sponsors of the House bill, up from 77 when it was first announced. Sims’ and McCarter’s marriage equality bill will act as the House supplement to state Sen. Daylin Leach’s (D-Montgomery) legislation in the Senate.

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n many ways, Sims is the archetypal political success story: an attorney by trade; well connected in the community; young, handsome and dynamic. His passion to discuss any given issue is as intense as the eye contact he’ll make with you—whether or not it’s a topic he’s got a track record with. And yet: Unlike most politicians, his speech pattern doesn’t slow to a drawl when he’s discussing policy or giving a speech to constituents or on the House floor. He doesn’t dumb down for audiences or the camera. He maintains a wonky vocabulary and quick, pungent sentences from vocal tenor vocal chords and lips that never sit still—something MSNBC host

went viral the same afternoon, Sims argued that the legislation was “about advancing an ideology of oppression and suppression,” then said: “Each of us put our hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution.

We did not place our hands on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.”

Unfortunately, he notes today, many of those who voted for the restrictive bill were Democrats. “Thirty-six [House] Democrats voted to ban private insurance companies from offering insurance coverage,” he says. “It was a good lesson in the dichotomy of Harrisburg. We lost a vote that we shouldn’t have lost in 1982, and we lost it in 2013.”

That sort of legislation is where Sims often does draw a line in the sand. “There are still men in this world who don’t consider women to be the equal sex,” he says. “Could I form a close relationship with somebody like that?

No, I don’t think I could. It would make me question their logic on so many other things.

But I think especially when my job is to suspend my frustration on so many other things in order to accomplish things, the truth is, we should be asking legislators who feel

The fact that Sims’ election was a historic one in Pennsylvania—and that he’s come into Harrisburg at a time when LGBT issues have begun sweeping the nation—has sort of hidden the fact that his political philosophy is about much more than being gay.

Chris Matthews joked to him about during a Hardball appearance in March.

The fact that Sims’ election was a historic one in Pennsylvania—and that he’s come into Harrisburg at a time when LGBT issues have begun sweeping the nation—has sort of hidden the fact that his political philosophy is about much more than being gay.

During a late-spring town hall meeting at the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia, residents didn’t seem to care much about his sexual orientation as they were worried about school funding, gun rights issues and liquor stores. The 182nd’s constituents often talked back to and interrupted their state representative, who sat in a chair onstage, holding nothing but a microphone. Though a few heated moments occurred throughout the evening, the event ended with applause, and none of the participants had anything negative to say to this reporter afterwards.

Sims made national headlines (and became a Facebook meme) in April when he opposed nonpartisan legislation that would ban Pennsylvanians from buying insurance plans on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act-set up exchanges in 2014, which provide coverage for abortions.

In a video from the House floor, which

otherwise why they feel otherwise. Why is it that you can’t sit in a room with somebody?

That’s certainly in opposition to the job description.”

He also maintains a controversial stance against privatizing the liquor stores in Pennsylvania, saying that doing so would eliminate 5,000 “great union jobs, with benefits.”

And he argues that the LGBT community could be negatively affected by privatization, as state employees already cannot be discriminated against for sexual orientation or identity, though private workers can. But here’s the thing: when the time came, Sims didn’t actually record a vote on privatization.

“It’s not the world’s easiest vote in this district,” notes his predecessor, former Rep. Babette Josephs. “So, I wonder what he would have done had he been there, and I wonder why he wasn’t there.” Sims says he doesn’t remember exactly why he missed the vote, but had checked with party leadership beforehand, who told him it wasn’t going to come down to one vote, or even a handful of them.

“The point that really needs to be underscored, and Brian would agree, is that the LGBT community is not a one-issue constituency,” says state Sen. Larry Farnese (D-Phila-

delphia), whose senatorial district overlaps with Sims’ House district. “They care about all the same issues that each and everyone one of us in Pennsylvania does. It’s not just about marriage equality or civil unions. They want what everyone wants, and that’s fair treatment across the board… I think that’s something that the representative articulates really well.”

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n the wake of the DOMA dustup with Metcalfe on the House floor, Sims called on Speaker Smith to reprimand Metcalfe for the “God’s will” remarks he made to WHYY. Smith responded that if Sims wants to seek any sort of justice against Metcalfe, he would need to draft a resolution or bring the issue to the Ethics Committee.

“The fact that these people will fight tooth and nail for the Second Amendment and yet fully dismiss my First Amendment rights is a problem,” Sims says. “Republicans and Democrats wanted to let me know that it was horrible form, most of them had never seen anything like that happen on the House floor ever before, and that it was directed at me because of who I am.”

Meanwhile, Metcalfe has been almost universally panned for his behavior in the incident—not that he seems to care. On his Facebook page, he recently changed his avatar to a drawing of universal symbols for a man and woman with their hands held, and even posted a link to an Associated Press story about his and Sims’ ordeal, with the following message to his supporters: “excerpts below are from an Associated Press story about a gay trying to have me censured.”

Sims says now that justice has already been served: Metcalfe’s remarks have made him a laughingstock around the state. That may be true—but trolls live to be fed. And when the Assembly reconvenes in the fall, Sims and the LGBT Equality caucus will still have to deal with the potential reality of Metcalfe holding the nondiscrimination bill hostage in the Republican-controlled state government committee, in a Republican-controlled House, where the Senate and governorship are also held by the GOP. While Republicans like Cutler are willing to sit down and find common ground with Sims on technical legal issues, it’s still hard to imagine that a majority of small-town Pennsylvania legislators will overcome their political inertia quickly enough to get behind the nondiscrimination act—let alone gay marriage—within the next year. Even more to the point: Gov. Corbett’s signing either into law is unlikely.

Nonetheless, Sims says, when the legislative session begins in two months, his plan remains the same: Sit down in the same room with his would-be political enemies, and figure out how to make something work. n

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By Brian Freedman // bfreedman@philadelphiaweekly.com My pregnant wife needed pickles. And when I say “needed,” I mean: This wasn’t a pickled-veggie craving that would simply pass. This was a full-blown, time-sensitive, Threat-Level Midnight demand, and nothing was going to get in her way.

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This is where Strangelove’s finds its greatest success: in its rendering of classics, often with a twist. To that end, fried catfish bites, all creamy and tender inside their crackly carapace, were lovely on their own and even better when dragged through a spicy-tart remoulade. Mushroom torta, constructed on a base of Mexican-style flatbread, proved to be a clever reworking of the more familiar ones that have grown so tired lately. And its topping, like the best of the dishes here, managed to be both restrained and rewarding: arugula, lemon, a truffle vinaigrette and a spread of butter-cooked corn pureed with honey. Even the fried green tomatoes, if their crown of crabmeat ravigote, tomatoes and cucumber was a touch too wet, ultimately won me over with the sheer pleasure of its flavors.

Not everything was as successful. Much as I loved the macque choux and tomato-and-black-eyed-pea salad, the massive rail of crisp-topped pork belly left me wanting more. Some sort of more aggressive spicing or sauce would have given it more personality. Shrimp étouffée was in need of acid, or spice, or both. Frustrating, considering the excellence of the well-developed roux and crawfish stock that sang through it all.

But shortcomings like that were rare, and in general, Chef Paul Martin’s kitchen is hitting its intended targets. The team behind Strangelove’s—Leigh Maida, Brendan Hartranft and Brendan Kelly— have earned the respect of locals for years with their other excellent projects, including Resurrection Ale House and Memphis Tap Room, and their talents are on ample display here. It’s one team that has fully earned all the love it has generated.

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Alongside steak fries as meaty as a ribeye, and dragged through a spicy espelette aioli, this is a worthy entry into the city’s ever-exciting burger wars.

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he July 10 opening of People’s Light & Theatre Company’s rousing production of Michael Frayn’s Noises Off capped off a wonderfully lively 2012-2013 season of theater in Philadelphia and its surrounding areas. Let’s look back at the top shows, performances and designs from a year that, by almost any measure, was a smashing success.

Due in large part to the nation’s still struggling economy, most of the region’s theaters continue trying to do more with less, resulting in stages dominated by small-scale productions. Any play requiring more than five actors is increasingly being deemed too costly, as are works that need elaborate scenic design or special effects. Even plays with an intermission have become a rarity. This isn’t to suggest that large productions were entirely absent; in fact, when companies did pull out all the stops, the results were often thrilling.

Among the ambitious, large-cast productions that delivered the goods were the aforementioned Noises Off; Wilma Theater’s Angels in America, Part II: Perestroika; Mazeppa Productions’ exuberant presentation of the rock musical Spring Awakening; the Arden Theatre Company’s masterful, moving A Little Night Music, and the Walnut Street Theatre’s gloriously nostalgic take on Meredith Willson’s classic musical The Music Man, which even featured a live horse among its gigantic cast. In addition to the locally produced shows, the Kimmel Center’s hugely popular Broadway Series presented a powerful touring production of Les Miserables and the ingeniously theatrical drama War Horse.

In a theater scene as diverse as Philly’s, it can be difficult to associate any particular themes with a single season. But, if the ‘12-‘13 season had one identifying feature, it was the remarkable number of fine performances by actresses. Although most of the great roles in theater history have been written for men, the past year revealed a welcome number of fascinating female characters that local actresses could sink their teeth into. On that list is the previously unheralded Janice Rowland, who gave a heartbreaking portrayal in the tragically timely The Amish Project, the play that examined the 2006 schoolhouse shootings of Amish children in rural Pennsylvania. Portraying seven diverse characters, Rowland’s affecting performance was notable for its ability to empathize with a wide variety of personalities.

In another multi-character offering, Mary Elizabeth Scallen was triumphant playing four roles in the Wilma Theater’s staging of the Tony Kushner masterpiece Angels in America, Part II: Perestroika. Megan Bellwoar and Mary Martello were both sensational in their respective roles as a beleaguered daughter and her cruel mother in Lantern Theater Company’s bravura production of Martin McDonagh’s gruesome dark comedy The Beauty Queen of Leenane. At Philadelphia Theatre Company, the supremely talented Jenni Putney was electrifying in David Ives’ terrific two-character drama Venus in Fur. Finally, local legend Madi Distefano returned to form with a wonderfully flamboyant performance as a gun slinging rebel battling for truth, justice and the American way in Theatre Exile’s rambunctious, raunchy The North Plan.

Although the women shone in the spotlight, there was no shortage of excellent performances by their brethren in arms. Scott Greer gave a fearless performance in the Arden Theatre Company’s daring staging of Endgame, and, in one of the season’s most welcome surprises, Peter DeLaurier, Dan Kern and Mal Whyte formed the season’s top male ensemble in Lantern’s irresistible production of Tom Stoppard’s Heroes.

The production capped a fabulous season for the company, which, against all odds, will be entering its 20th anniversary season.

Led by the savvy artistic director Charles McMahon, Lantern has become known for nurturing young directors, and the strategy has paid off handsomely. Among the directors who learned their craft are the sensationally gifted Kathryn MacMillan, hotshot freelance director David O’ Connor and young gun M. Craig Getting, who took the solo directorial reigns for the first time with his assured staging of Heroes.

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With no Barrymore Awards ceremony to officially recognize excellence from this year—thankfully, Theatre Philadelphia will be reviving the Barrymores for the 2013-2014 season—I’ve put together my own list of the year’s top productions and best individual artistic achievements, culled from the productions we had the privilege to review.

Enjoy, and see you at the theater this fall! 

TOP 10 THEATER PRODUCTIONS OF 2012-13 Heroes (Lantern Theater Company) The Music Man (Walnut Street Theatre) Venus in Fur (Philadelphia Theatre Company) Angels in America Part II: Perestroika (Wilma Theater) The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Lantern Theater Company) Endgame (Arden Theatre Company) A Little Night Music (Arden Theatre Company) The Liar (Lantern Theater Company) Spring Awakening (Mazeppa Productions) The North Plan (Theatre Exile) Best Play Production: The Beauty Queen of Leenane Best Musical Production: A Little Night Music Best Director, Play: Kathryn MacMillan, The Beauty Queen of Leenane Best Director, Musical: Terrence J. Nolen, A Little Night Music Best Actress, Play: Mary Martello, The Beauty Queen of Leenane Best Actor, Play: Peter DeLaurier, Heroes Best Actress, Musical: Grace Gonglewski, A Little Night Music Best Actor, Musical: Jeff Coon, The Music Man Best Supporting Actress, Play: Megan Bellwoar, The Beauty Queen of Leenane Best Supporting Actor, Play: Rufus Collins, Seminar Best Supporting Actress, Musical: Karen Peakes, A Little Night Music Best Supporting Actor, Musical: Michael Doherty, Next to Normal Best Costume Design: Marie Anne Chiment, Much Ado About Nothing Best Scenic Design: Kevin Depinet, Endgame Best Video Design: Jorge Cousineau, Next to Normal Best Sound Design: Whit MacLaughlin, 27 Best Lighting Design: Thom Weaver, A Little Night Music

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A (Last) Day in the Life Fantastic performances, top-notch direction give heft to the extraordinary, tragic Fruitvale Station.

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Quick Hit: Director Ryan Coogler His Fruitvale Station is more humane than its circumstances.

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yan Coogler works as a youth counselor at a Bay Area juvenile hall. The 27-year-old’s also one hell of a filmmaker. His debut feature, Fruitvale Station, tells the harrowing true-life tale of Oscar Grant, who was shot in the back by subway police in the early hours of 2009. Coogler sat down with PW to talk about taking a humane approach to an incendiary story.

PW: I was interested in your choice to avoid the aftermath of the shooting, focusing on the last day of Oscar’s life instead the uproar following his death.

RYAN COOGLER: Looking at the fallout, it was like his humanity got hacked off. He became a symbol. I thought if we made a film about his relationships to the people close to him, it might give some perspective to audiences who don’t know people like Oscar.

You bring us inside a community that isn’t often captured on film.

I was interested in proximity and intimacy. For some reason, human beings, how we handle things is based on proximity. We can function if something bad happens to somebody far away from us. We won’t fall to pieces. But if those relationships are in our zone, it’s like, holy shit—now it’s devastating. How many people have you ever spent the whole day with? Your parents, your spouse, a sibling or a close friend. I wanted the audience to have that intimacy with this guy.

Which is why you shot on film instead of digital?

It feels more intimate, more immediate. I wanted to capture this story on film because Oscar died on digital. Cell phone cameras were how we saw his death, so I thought we should watch his life in a more organic format.

There’s a telling moment when a dog is killed by a speeding driver, just another ignored casualty on the side of the road.

That was an important scene for me, and it’s been divisive. In the Bay Area, a lot of young black males have pitbulls, and in many ways, those dogs are very similar to us. You think about a pitbull; think about what’s said about them in the media all the time. Whenever you see one, it’s for killing a baby or mauling a family, you know what I mean?

But people who have these dogs and know them intimately. They’ll tell you they’re the best dogs. Those dogs represent us. (Sean Burns)

t begins with jittery camera-phone footage. Looks like a subway platform. Several young black men are being restrained by transit police. There’s shouting; commotion. A shot rings out.

The Jan. 1, 2009, shooting of unarmed 22-year-old Oscar Grant in the back by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer was a case that galvanized the population, with unnerving similarities to this past weekend’s Zimmerman verdict. (As the old saying goes, the more things change ...) But Fruitvale Station, the extraordinary debut film from writer-director Ryan Coogler, leaves all that in the future, dialing back a day for a low key, humanist portrait of the last 24 hours of Oscar Grant’s life. It’s a gentle film, with deep reservoirs of empathy and understanding. Also, it’s so terribly sad.

Oscar’s no angel, nor is he a martyr. Played in a brilliant, starmaking turn by Michael B. Jordan (who TV fans know as Friday Night Lights’ quarterback Vince Howard, and, of course, Wallace from The Wire), he’s a bit of a fuck-up just barely holding it together for the sake of his family. He hasn’t told anybody yet that he lost his job at the grocery store for coming in late a few too many times. Sweating bills and the rent, there’s the temptation to go back to selling drugs. But Oscar’s already got a rap-sheet, and another bust would mean a long stay away from his girlfriend, Sophina (Melonie Diaz), and Tatiana (Ariana Neal), the toddler daughter he dotes on.

It’s New Year’s Eve, which means a time for resolutions. It’s also his mother’s birthday, a celebration Oscar’s determined to get right after blowing so many in the past. (We see a brief, revealing flashback to the previous year, which she spent visiting him in prison.) Working with just a handful of scenes, Octavia Spencer is able to eloquently convey this woman’s unconditional love for her son, as well as her weariness with the paths he has chosen.

Fruitvale Station has a loose, hang-out vibe, just following Oscar around for a day in this Oakland community. Coogler is roughly the same age and from the Bay Area, which is probably why every detail in the picture feels so lived-in—and so right. There’s a fantastically off-hand early scene at the supermarket, where Oscar attempts to assist a well-off white woman (The Help’s Ahna O’Reilly) with the finer points of fish-fry techniques. A marvelous dance of emotions play across the actress’ face, initially alarmed at being accosted by an imposing black youth, before melting into friendliness and, eventually, even a slight flirtation. But the first impression still stings. This is all the more admirable for being treated as somewhat common, just a fact of life in Fruitvale Station.

That we already know how it will all end gives the movie’s plotlessness purpose. Every character interaction is freighted with our understanding it may be the last. Day proceeds into night with a tragic inevitability and sinking dread. It’s almost impossible not to squirm when Spencer suggests that Oscar and his friends all take the train instead of driving because it will be safer.

Coogler adopts the camera technique of brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, shooting on gorgeously grainy 16mm film in close proximity to the performers. The deliberately unshowy, European style separates Fruitvale Station from more sensationalistic “hood” movies, keeping the focus firmly on Oscar, quietly trying to make his way through a world with so few, sadly limited options.

On a couple of occasions, Coogler tries to push for poetry—there’s one particularly unfortunate use of slow-motion—and only ends up breaking the film’s rapt, slice-of-life spell.

In nearly every shot of the picture, Jordan is a revelation.

Oscar’s got a boyish charisma, but there’s always the sense of something churning beneath the surface. In his private moments,

Daddy and daughter: Michael B. Jordan (right) gives a piggy-back ride to Ariana Neal in a scene from Fruitvale Station.

we can read the deep-seated anxieties, and once or twice, we see flashes of a truly scary temper. This is a great performance.

Fruitvale Station’s finest scene finds Oscar, Sophina and friends on a crowded, slow-moving BART train when all the passengers realize they’ll still be en route at the stroke of midnight. All aboard begin their own impromptu countdown—one of those great moments experienced all too rarely in city life when everybody realizes we’re all in this together, so we’d better make the best of it. It’s a momentarily joyful glimpse of a community at its best.

And oh, how quickly it all goes to hell.

Closing credit title cards provide a cursory explanation of everything that followed, but they seem largely unnecessary.

Fruitvale Station is most effective as a glimpse of one day in one life. Maybe it wasn’t a remarkable life. But it was a life all the same, stupidly and tragically snuffed out. 

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Letting Brotherly Love Endure DJ Apt One’s putting on his people and rocking his city with a new compilation and showcase set at Race Street Pier.

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ting your child out into the world not knowing if she’ll become a doctor or an axe murder. But it’s fun to have somebody take your ideas and impart their own spin. The best remix anybody has ever done for me was Pumpkin Patch’s remix of a song called “Mustache Love” by a group I’m in called RCMP.

J Apt One wears hats. Sometimes it’s just a Pirates hat, reflecting his Pittsburgh nativity. Other times, it’s as producer, DJ, curator and label chief (and occasional PW contributor). As a quarter of Young Robots, the label he co-founded, and a half of his two groups, Skinny Friedman and RCMP, Michael Fichman is on his grind. And with the help of WXPN, he’s put together a compilation that is totally free to download, with the hope that maybe you’ll like it and potentially buy some vinyl that’ll include new material and fresh remixes. While you listen to it, imagine the loveliness of dancing under the stars on the water’s edge, thanks to “Live and Local,” the DRWC’s initiative to get some live music poppin’ at the beautiful Race Street Pier.

PW caught up with the West Philly DJ to talk about the release of his new compilation, Philadelphia Maneto, named for the city’s motto, which means “let brotherly love endure.” We started there.

Are you hoping this comp gets some attention and critical love? What would that do for Young Robots?

I’m less concerned with what this does for Young Robots than what it does for everybody on the compilation. A lot of these guys are going places, and we have always been interested in trying to provide a first step on the ladder for people. Some of them don’t have very many releases, and in an age where anybody can put music up on Soundcloud, etc., it’s useful to have some music you can point to where you say, ‘Hey, this has been vetted by a respected label; I’m legit’ and turn that into some shows, which is where the money is these days.

That’s one reason that the record is available for free, as well as for sale—we want it to travel as far as possible. If something really takes off, it will sell units as well, but we don’t retain any rights to the artists’ work, so they can take their hit song and use it to best benefit themselves.

PW: So, “Let Brotherly Love Endure,” huh?

DJ APT ONE: I don’t think William Penn had any idea how ironic that would come to be.

This is a compilation that you’re doing with some help in distribution via WXPN, but you initiated the idea? What made you want to tackle such a project?

For over a decade, I’ve seen so many talented artists kind of languish in Philly and Jersey or move elsewhere. I wanted to try to create a showcase for people whose work I have appreciated around here—introduce each act to the audiences of other complimentary acts and try to improve everybody’s exposure. I approached WXPN about helping me expand the reach of the project, and they have been really helpful.

Seems like you and all the bands, DJs and producers on this comp are one happy family. What kind of family are you?

I like to think that it’s a happy family; some folks are people that I have been DJing and making music with for years.

Some are more recent family members. Robert Lux had just moved to N.Y.C. about a year ago, but was DJing at a bowling alley in Philly every week and sent me some of his work with New Jersey legend Todd Edwards. Others, like SAUR, are people who came to my attention because they have been submitting music to the label for years, and finally this was a place where we could put them on.

You’ve got to be poring over hours and hours of music as a DJ and producer, right? What makes a track stand out for you? Or, at least, what was the common criteria that got these tracks on the comp?

I tend to gravitate towards funky and soulful stuff, but I wanted a fairly diverse selection. Billy W does deep house stuff.

Nicos Gun makes Prince-inspired dance pop. NITEWAX brings the jackin’ house flavor, Downtown Club sounds like ESG but with Neko Case-type vocals. SAUR is kinda dubsteppy. But

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the common threads are that A) all of these things are from here and B) all of these things are of quality in their particular genre. Even if it isn’t something I’d play in my sets, it’s something I can listen to and appreciate the quality.

What exactly have you done with these songs? Are they remixes? Are you just fine-tuning them with the artists to create any kind of coherence for the flow of everything?

There are 13 tracks on the compilation; 10 are originals. There are three remixes that I did of original songs that appear on the record. Hopefully, those three originals and three remixes will appear on vinyl; we’re working on that. Some of the tracks are just as the artist submitted them, and some went through a process where I worked with the artist by providing feedback on drafts until we got to the finished product.

The process of the remix is one that’s not foreign to you.

And often, it’s clear, your own work gets remixed by aforementioned family members. What makes a great remix?

Do you enjoy seeing how fellow artists have reconceived your work?

A great remix is really just a great tune that happens to draw from a specific set of source material. Some are 180 degrees different from the original; some are little more than tweaks.

It’s weird having your own work remixed because it’s like let-

What’s the most exciting thing about this project for you?

I pretty much bullied some of my friends into sitting on some very good work they sent me just to be able to showcase it.

The first time I heard Superprince’s “Say It,” I nearly crapped my pants. I made them hold it for almost a year, like, “I need to put this out.” It’s also a great honor to be able to work with Todd Edwards (half of Lux & Edwards). He’s not only a huge legend in the history of house music, but he also has a long history of doing vocals and writing with Daft Punk, so that was very cool too.

Has there been much in the way of DJs spinning on the Race Street Pier? This seems a little unprecedented. Can you talk a bit on how this event came about and what will go down?

Brian Cassidy from Universal Cave mentioned to me that the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation was doing these monthly events on the pier and put me in touch. They are doing local music showcases, so when I mentioned this compilation, it seemed only natural to do something there. The event is one-half Young Robots showcase—featuring Nicos Gun live and DJ sets by Pink Skull and me—and one-half Worldtown Sound System showcase, with DJ sets and live stuff from them as well. Afterwards, we are gonna go party downstairs at Johnny Brenda’s. Shawn Ryan is DJing, and he’s half of Superprince, so like you say, we’re gonna do this with family.

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Free association: Perhaps a few too many references to luxury goods and lifestyles.

For fans of: Nas x Kanye + Biggie, Timbaland/Pharrell/The-Dream, Lambos & Hublots. (Bill Chenevert)

SKYLAR GREY Don’t Look Down (Interscope) Sounds like: She wrote and sang on hits for Eminem, Dre and Lupe Fiasco; now she steps into the spotlight as a singer, with Em exec-producing her Dido-y pop folk moment.

Free association: “C’mon Let Me Ride” is funny, funky and snarly. Girl can curse.

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EDITORS The Weight of Your Love (PIAS America) Sounds like: Birmingham, U.K.’s moody rock heroes are back after four years with their fourth, and it’s an excellent, back-tobasics ambient guitar rock effort.

Free association: If you love Interpol, these guys are practically a cover band.

For fans of: British Sea Power/Kaiser Chiefs/Bloc Party, bass-y male vocals. (B.C.)

CIARA Ciara (Epic) Sounds like: Label scuffles land her back with L.A. Reid, and the 27-year-old sickening dancer/R&B persona delivers more body and sultry, sexy radio jams.

Free association: Yup, “Body Party” was an apt single—a lil’ hood and a lil’ raunchy.

For fans of: Aaliyah/Missy/Beyonce/Keri Hilson, Pussycat Dolls, poppin’ & lockin’.

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Free association: This one’s got some spoton production. Gives it sophistication.

For fans of: Hall & Oates x Steely Dan + Motown, The Chi-Lites, retro everything.

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LETLIVE The Blackest Beautiful (Epitaph) Sounds like: The fourth LP from this L.A. post-hardcore metal quintet is packed full of energy and volume, with a touch of poptainted punk that purists won’t forgive.

Free association: It’s dangerous territory when punk approaches whiney and/or emo.

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THE NEWSROOM Sundays, 10pm, HBO Captive audience: Liberals; TV hate-watchers; people who just love to be talked down to.

Moment of truth: The HBO show everyone loves to hate is back! Aaron Sorkin’s TV news dramedy/lecture returns for a second season, with Sorkin giving his characters mountains of dialogue so he/they can smugly rip apart the Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, Mitt Romney and whatever else needed a bitch-slapping a couple years ago. Jeff Daniels continues to keep this thing respectable as news anchor Will McAvoy, a brilliant jerk who, to quote Sam Jackson in Pulp Fiction, is trying real hard to be the shepherd.

This show is such a sanctimonious clusterfuck, it’s actually quite entertaining to watch.

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Most memorable moment: The epic “Your Cover’s Blown,” from 2004’s Books EP. This six-minute-long kitchen-sink drama starts off as a quirky disco number before erupting into a jangly indie masterpiece in the vein of Felt, but not before making quite a few stops along the way.

Scene stealer: Stuart Murdoch. Yeah, he’s the frontman, so I guess this is obvious, but his Scottish wit transcends the music and makes the gig so intimate that you all but expect to grab a coffee with him afterward.

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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Currently streaming on Netflix.com Captive audience: Female ex-cons; people who’ve always wanted to know what the female version of Oz would look like.

Moment of truth: Weeds creator Jenji Kohan once again deals with ladies who end up on the wrong side of the law with her latest show, based on Piper Kerman’s memoir of the same name. This dramedy stars Taylor Schilling as a soap-making Connecticut gal who goes to a women’s prison, serving a 15-month stretch for carrying drug money for her ex-girlfriend (Laura Prepon). Funny, well-written and quite addictive, this show has something for both sexes. Women will enjoy it for the diverse collection of strong, sympathetic female characters, and men will enjoy it for the nudity and girl-on-girl action.

Emmy or phlegmmy: Emmy. (C.D.L.)

MOONE BOY Currently streaming on Hulu.com Captive audience: Malcolm in the Middle fans; ‘80s nostalgists; people who’ve always wanted an Irish comedian for an imaginary friend.

Moment of truth: If you fell in love with Chris O’Dowd—as so many of us did—when you saw him hilariously investigate his lineage on HBO’s Family Tree, here he is again in another droll, kooky sitcom. This time, he plays someone who doesn’t even exist. He’s the sharp-dressed imaginary friend of a simple 12-year-old lad (David Rawle), trying to keep the boy in check as he grows up in 1980s Ireland. It’s quite quirky and odd, but it’s also rather charming. It’s not every day you find a show that could appeal to kids, parents and stoners who are into overseas cult comedy.

Emmy or phlegmmy: Emmy. (C.D.L.)

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Most memorable moment: Malcolm Holmes’ thunderous drum build-up at the start and Andy McCluskey’s spastic dancing, paired with intense flashing lights by the end, solidified “Maid of Orleans” as the gem of the night.

Scene stealer: Paul Humphreys. He might not get too many chances to sing, but when he does, he really kills it. “(Forever) Live and Die” and “Souvenir” were both done flawlessly, giving merit to the “superstar” title McCluskey lovingly bestowed on his usually quiet cohort. (A.T.)

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Sex doesn’t hold a big interest for me, and porn doesn’t do ANYTHING for me—gay, straight, it’s like watching a sweaty, breathy anatomy class.

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Which means you should be less concerned with pregnancy—your sparkly new concern—and more concerned with that old concern of yours, sexually transmitted infections. The odds that you got that FTM trans boy pregnant are pretty slim; there’s only a 1-in-20 chance that a single act of unprotected penis-in-vagina sex will result in pregnancy. The fact that this guy is on hormone therapy may make him slightly less likely to conceive. But if your cute hookup was having unprotected sex with others— if he wasn’t making a very special exception just for you—then you’re at greater risk of acquiring an STI than you are of acquiring an heir.

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old city/society hill society hill toWers 200-220 LOcuST STreeT Studio, on a high floor with dramatic river and city views to the south, floor-to-ceiling windows, 540 sf $1,400 Corner 1 bedroom, with threetop views of Society Hill, floor-to-ceiling windows, 750 sf $1,700

updated kitchen, fireplace, 1 car parking,1658 sf $2,150

aVenue of the arts center city one 1326 Spruce STreeT Studio, seperate area for kitchen, balcony, lots of closet space, 494 sf $1,275 2 bedroom, 2 baths, split floor plan, balcony, skyline view, washer/dryer, 1209 sf $2,150

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1 bedroom, city views to the north, 514 sf $1,390 1 bedroom plus den, 270 degree city views, 2 baths, 763 sf $1,790 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, generous entertaining space, lots of closets, 1022 sf $2,500

rittenhouse square the lanesBorough 1601 LOcuST STreeT Custom entire floor home with 360 degree city views, chef’s kitchen, designer bathrooms, incredible building details throughout, 3422 sf $10,500

1830 rittenhouse sq.

Brand new 1 bedroom plus den, with high end finishes and appointments and beautifully restored original building details, overlooks Rittenhouse Square, 778 sf $2,950

the dorchester 226 W. rITTeNHOuSe SQ. Studio, 573 sf $1,395 1 bedroom, private terrace, partial Rittenhouse Square views, 609 sf $1,675 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, private terrace, washer/dryer, city views, 1119 sf $2,800

267 south 19th street 3 bedroom walk-up half a block from Rittenhouse Square $1,950

258 south 18th st.

2 bedroom, 2 bathroom custom home one half block from Rittenhouse Square, lots of natural light, hardwood floors, fireplace, designer kitchen and baths $2,395

313 south 18th st.

Junior 1 bedroom, wood floors, new kitchen and bath, $1,350 335 sf

WanamaKer house 2020 WALNuT STreeT Studio, large bay window,

220 W. rittenhouse sq.

1 bedroom, hardwood floors,

open kitchen, high floor, 549 sf

Washington Square views, designer bathroom, 975 sf $2,800

2 bedroom, 2 bathroom,

the WarWicK 1701 LOcuST STreeT Studio, wood floors, marble

$1,490

spacious kitchen, large living/ dining space, 1209 sf

$2,650

Spacious 2 bedroom, 2 baths, generous entertain-

bathroom, open kitchen, 346 sf $1,460 1 bedroom, with walk-in closet, washer/dryer, and sunrise views, 531 sf $2,000

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1955 locust street Brand new studio half a

washer/dryer, 1198 sf

block from Rittenhouse Square with wood floors and high end kitchen and bath, 404 sf $1,400 Brand new 1 bedroom half a block from Rittenhouse Square with wood floors and high end kitchen and bath, 510 sf $1,700

1810 S. rITTeNHOuSe SQ.

Parc rittenhouse 225 S. 18TH STreeT Junior 1 bedroom, wood floors, marble bathroom, washer/dryer, 528 sf $1,975 1 bedroom, marble bathroom, wood floors, excellent closet space, 653 sf $2,250

renovated kitchen with stainless steel appliances, customized closets, skyline views, $2800

the rittenhouse saVoy Studio, overlooks Rittenhouse Square, 415 sf

$1,450

art museum the PhiladelPhian 2401 peNNSyLvANIA Ave Studio with sunrise city views, 567 sf

$1,050

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom on a high floor with large balcony and beautiful city views, 2017 sf

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704 S. PHIlIP (2Nd & bAINbRIdge) 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Deck,c/a,w&d 8-7-13

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open houses

SALE OPEN HOUSES TwiLigHT OPEN HOUSE Thursday JULY 18th 5:30 – 6:30pm Society Hill 110 lombard St $699,900 Plumer & aSSociateS

5:30-7:00pm Queen Village 121 KenilwortH St $859,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

Saturday JULY 20th 12:00-4:00pm bella ViSta 1233-35 bainbridge St. unit H $399,900 coldwell banKer PreFerred

1:00-2:00pm Queen Village 121 KenilwortH St $859,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

Sunday JULY 21st 12:00-12:30pm graduate HoSPital St albanS St. $599.000 coldwell banKer PreFerred bella ViSta/HawtHorne 1213 webSter St. $429,900 coldwell banKer PreFerred

12:00-1:00pm Fitler SQuare 2712 SoutH St. $269,000 coldwell banKer PreFerred Queen Village 778 S. Front St. H $579,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH Queen Village 110 Fitzwater St. $425,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH Queen Village 506 catHarine St. $515,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH waSHington SQuare weSt 1028 irVing St. $325,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH Queen Village 1026 S. 5tH St. $574,999 Prudential, Fox, & roacH nortHern libertieS 406 brown St. $400,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH graduate HoSPital 1606 webSter St. $340,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

Times are Subject to Change.

nortHern libertieS 970 n. randolPH St. $359,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH rittenHouSe SQuare 1710 Pine St. 1,500,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH art muSeum 874 n. Stillman St. $249,900 Prudential, Fox & roacH PennSPort 115 mcclellan St. $259,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH PaSSyunK SQuare 732 annin St. $304,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH bella ViSta 738 S. darien St. $389,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH art muSeum area 917 n. 29tH St. $439,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

12:00-1:30pm Society Hill 108 lombard St. $825,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

12:00-2:00pm bella ViSta 807 carPenter St. $399,900 Plumer & aSSociateS

12:00-2:30pm Queen Village 121 KenilwortH St. $859,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

12:00-4:00pm bella ViSta 1233-35 bainbridge St. unit H $399,900 coldwell banKer PreFerred

1:00-2:00pm art muSeum area 845 n. bambrey St. $350,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

1:30-2:30pm

waSHington SQuare weSt 1023 clinton St. 202 $435,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

graduate HoSPital 2042 carPenter St. $419,900 coldwell banKer PreFerred

Society Hill 609 lombard St. r $369,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH nortHern libertieS 553 n. lawrence St. $349,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

CALL 215.563.

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Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

uniVerSity city 4511 locuSt St. $415,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

nortHern libertieS 615 PoPlar St. $600,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

PaSSyunK SQuare 710 medina St. $329,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

Queen Village 924 S. 2nd St. $299,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

rittenHouSe SQuare 510 S. 17tH St. $565,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

rittenHouSe SQuare 511 S. 18tH St. $475,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

bella ViSta 1022 S. 6tH St. $429,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

Society Hill tHe willingS– 211-25 S. 4tH St. 104 $805,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

bella ViSta 913 S. 7tH St. $450,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

waSHington SQuare weSt 838-40 lombard St. $1,545,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

FiSHtown 113 ricHmond St. $227,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

Queen Village 540 bainbridge St. $879,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

nortHern libertieS 404 Fairmount aVe. $275,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH graduate HoSPital 750 S. 18tH St. $539,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

2:00-2:30pm graduate HoSPital 1631 cHriStian St. $1,100,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

3:00-4:00pm

Society Hill tHe willingS – 211-25 S. 4tH St. #406 $575,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH Queen Village 506 a clymer St. $200,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH SoutH PHiladelPHia 2140 SearS St. $275,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH art muSeum 743 n. 17tH St. $750,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

Queen Village 516 1/2 carPenter St. $357,500 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

PennSPort 515 reed St. $335,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

Queen Village 333 Pemberton St. $689,000 coldwell banKer PreFerred

nortHern libertieS 810 HancocK St. 4 $359,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

Queen Village 720 S. Front St. 339,990 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

art muSeum 720 SHirley St. $375,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

PennSPort 116 alter St. $299,900 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

logan SQuare 119 n. Van Pelt St. $750,000 Prudential, Fox, & roacH

View additional open house listings at: philadelphiaweekly.Com/real-eSTaTe/open-houSe/

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newly listed 3411 capri dr

THREE LEVELS OF LUXURY LIVING!

5 bedrooms - 3.5 baths – Extra Long DrivEway, Lovely, Large & Loaded with Upgrades, Plus approx 2.5 years remaining on tax abatement! - $499,000 3320 South 20th Street - Philadelphia, PA 19145 WWW.CAPOZZIREALESTATE.COM TEL 215.551.5100 • FAX 215.551.5230

121 Kenilworth St.

Closed deliCatessen 3378-80 Frankford Avenue PRIME Commercial location plus double wide 2 Floor Apt. $150,000.

Queen Village

eduCational and Meeting Center sale/lease 2501-2515 S. Marshall Street 15,000 sq. ft on 3 floors. Elevator. Large Auditorium.

Classrooms. Dining Area. $495,000 sale/$4900 Month Lease.

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Warehouse 1634 N Randolph Street

south PhiladelPhia – hoMes 2129 Sigel Street 3 Bedrooms. $39,900.

New Listings

Artisan Rittenhouse 1805 Lombard (10 Homes)

Artisan 1501-1503 Kater

1518 S Hicks Street 3 Bedrooms. In Newbold. $145,000.

$2,500,000

246 Catharine St Beautiful Home. 3/2.5 2 Fp’s + lg garden $650,000

318 Fitzwater Street “The Dragon House”

3 + Den/2.5 H/W & Garden $499,000

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810 S. 2nd St “A”

1118 E. Moyamensing

1000 sq. ft2/1 Prkng, Tx Abmt , lg grdn. $399,900

4/2.5, patio,deck & finished basement $369,000

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3rd & Bainbridge - Live & work from home in this fabulous space. 2 bedrooms +den,1.5 Baths, hardwood floors, Deck + Gallery space on 1st Fl. $3000 427 Queen St- Beautiful 3 story, 2 bedroom, 1 bath trinity, H/W, EIK & garden. $1400 225 Catharine St - Beautiful 3 BR + Den, 4 BA, H/W, Granite ktchn, grdn & 2 car parking. $3500 776 S. 2nd St - Very nice 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Bi level apartment w/ CA + Lg Deck. $1350 810 S. 3rd St –Beautiful large 3 BR + Den home with hardwood floors t/o, yard + parking. $2500 1119 E. Palmer St –N/C 3 BR + Media Rm, 3 BA, H/W t/o, Fp, Lg Garden + 3 car parking. $2500 400 Spring Garden-N.C Commercial Space Available-800 to 1600 Sq Ft. Call for Details

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Acre; 2-Car Attached; updated; $899K, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. rent $3,900/month 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1110 Grandview Terrace, Wayne $525,000 4BD/3.1BA Contemporary at “The Enclave”

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863 N. 27th St., Museum AreaSq. 1830 Addison St.Art Rittenhouse 4Bd/2.1Ba; 1,864 Sq. Ft. $499K 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 922-26 N. 17th Street $525,000 $299K-$314,900

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RITTENHOUSE SQUARE / FITLER SQUARE / AVENUE OF THE ARTS 2400-440 S Broad St #1207 2BR/2BA, 1390 SQ Ft, HW Flrs, Balcony, Sweeping Views, NW-NE-E of CC, Resort like Amenities W/ Pool, Hot tub, Sauna and Steam. SS Gourmet Kitch, Luxury Life Style Incl, inside deeded Parking, Wine Cellar, One year Dev Construction Warranty $950,000 2712 South St 2 bedroom 1 bath home in an excellent location with a ton of charm and a back patio OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY JULY 21, 2013 12-1:00PM $269,000 309-13 Arch St #601 Lovely Loft-Style condo in the Heart of Old City with both Vintage features & Modern Amenites $327,500 126 Market St #4 Beautiful 2BR Unit in the Heart of Old City $419,900 OLD CITY / LOFT DISTRICT / CHINA TOWN

SURROUNDING AREAS Southwest – 5656 Windsor Ave Great Investment Opportunity $31,900 West Phila – 5936 Cedar Ave Well Maintained 3BR home W/Front Porch, HW Flrs, Large Eat in Kitch, nice size BR and large backyard $49,999 West Phila – 7 N 50th St 6BR//3BA single home Complete Shell $55,000 Point Breeze – 2118 McClellan St Recently Renovated home with All New systems, Appliances and windows! $60,000 NE Phila – 1517 Rosalie St 2BR/1Ba house on a small Block, full Finished Basement $67,000 West Phila – 3220 N Etting St 3BR/1BA home Totally Rehabbed, 1.5 Years ago $67,500 Mayfair – 4769 Bleigh Ave REDUCED! 3BR/1BA home in E Mayfair area W/ front patio overlooking a park, Ready for Move In $89,000 Fishtown - 2522 Tilton St 2BR/2BA in Fishtown $89,900 Elmwood Park – 7130 Guyer Ave Renovated Property on Desirable St in SW Phila, Near Public transportation and park $72,500 Folcroft – 1511 Glen Avenue Great Opportunity! Located on a nice and quiet block, Back yardm wood floors, Handicap accessible $90,000 Holmesberg – 8020 Erdrick St 4 Bedroom and 1 Bath Home $109,000 Mill Creek – 923 N 48th St 5BR/2BA Unique Home with 2 Car Driveway Parking, Great Value $109,900 Germantown – 140 W Abottsford Ave Lovely 4BR/1.5BA 1800 + Sq Ft Twin, Ready for you to move In $119,900 Southwest Phila – Well maintained spacious Duplex 2BR on 1 Floor 3BR on 2nd Floor $199,900 Cobbs Creek – 5811 Washington Ave Gracious 4BR/1.5BA W Original Detail and Character $125,000 Overbrook – 921 Marlyn Rd Classic 3BR/1BA rowhome W/Garage, Charming Orig Details and tasteful upgrades on beautiful block $139,900 Greys Ferry- 1257 S 29th St Fully Renovated Move in Cond Close to Graduate Hosp., shopping Center, Supermarket, Public transit $139,900 Mayfair – 3137 Longshore Ave gem in Mayfair, Tree Lined St $144,900 Overbrook Park – 7467 Rhodes St Rehabbed 3BR/2BA home with Family Room and 2 Parking Spaces $159,900 Cheltenham – 1717 W Cheltenham 19027 $155,000 Harrowgate – 3659 Frankford Ave Corner Property kept in Great Shape and situated for great Exposure right on Frankford Ave $169,900 Bridgeburg – 2537 Casimir St Unique Opportunity, 3BR/1.5BA, Finished Basement, Large Rear Deck REDUCED! $169,500 Fox Chase – 7855 Lorna Dr Well Kept home in expansive lot ready for Modern updates, Main floor Master Suite, finished basement $170,000 West Phila – 4049 Baring St REDUCED! 5BR/2.5BA home, Original woodwork, Future Money Earner, Needs TLC $175,000 Point Breeze – 1321 S 18th St Sunny & Spacious Point Breeze home with custom Mural by Philly Artist NoseGo $199,000 North Phila – 1541 N Franklin St Huge 3 Story, 8BR/3BA, Close to Temple $225,000 Manayunk – 107 Vassar St Don’t miss this Charming 3BR/1.5BA home ina super location, huge yard, Great layout, H/W floors tons of Closet space! $218,000 Fishtown – 1815 Memphis St 3BR/2BA home in the Heart of Fishtown $239,900 Frankford – 4720 Oakland St 3 Story, 5 BR/2 Full Bath 2 half bath, High End marble and granite throughout, Completely Renovated $260,000 Greys Ferry – 1241 S Dover St $89,000 West Mt Airy – 118 W Sharpnack St 4BR/2/5BAContemporary New construction home, Full Finished Basement, Roof top Deck $298,900 Temple University – 2040 N Franklin St Great Investment Property Live in one unit and collect rent from the other fully rehabbed 4BR upper unit 1BR plus Partially Fin Basement in lower unit $299,000 Fishtown - 2315 Coral St New Construction, 3BER/2.5BA Modern homes Hardwood Floors, Kitchen with granite counter tops and SS Appliances, Finished Basement $314,900 Fishtown – 1505 Frankford Ave Spacious 2600 Sq Ft Gorgeous 3Br/3.5BA with Giant master Suite, 3rd Fl Deck, Bamboo floors $329,950 Kensington – 2770-80 Jasper St Huge Warehouse $375,000 North Phila – 5205 N Broad St One of a Kind, Cash Cow right on Broad St Semi Detached Twin offering 5 Separate units, All rehabbed with 2 Car Parking $350,000 Fishtown – 2227 Amber New Construction, Ultra Modern 3 Story Home, Roof Top deck $369,900 Passyunk East – 1202 Reed St custom Renovation 4BR/4.5BA, In-Law Suite, 2 Decks, HUGE! $699,900 Overbrook Farms – 6396 Overbrook Unique Arts & Crafts Style home in Lovely Overbrook Farms $725,000 Fishtown- 1451-53 East Columbia Ave Pizza shop long established business with residential property next door being offered in a package $265,000 Elmwood Park- 7130 Guyer Ave Renovated property on desirable street in Southwest Philadelphia near public transportation and park $72,500 Society Hill- 428 Lombard St A charming Bi-Level unit in Historic Society Hill! $300,000 Society Hill- 513 Delancey St A Gorgeous Rehabbed Murray Development Home in one of Center City’s Premier Blocks $1,200,000 Manayunk- 4317 Boone St Modern home with secluded feel in beautiful Manayunk $515,000 Pennypack- 8851 Manchester Ave. A beautifully maintained home in the Pennypack area, with parking! $195,000

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-546-2700 126 Market St #4 Beautiful 2BR Unit in the Heart of Old City 315 New Street #117 A charming condo with the character and detail, ready and waiting for you!

141-45 N 2nd St #2B A lovely condo in the Heart of Old City!

$419,900 $267,000 $399,000

SOCIETY HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 1028-30 Pine St #4 Bright & Spacious 1BR, HW Flrs, C/A Granite, SS, Washer Dryer Large Courtyard, Low Condo fees $307,900 520 Delancey St 1820 Confectioners Mansion with 3 Fireplaces, Original Pine floors, 3BR/3BA, Garden $1,224,999 210 Lombard St #733 Sparkling removation with glorious South facing views. 1BD/1BA, new stainless and granite kitchen.

Parking in bldg for $200/mth $269,000 QUEEN VILLAGE/ BELLA VISTA / GRADUATE HOSPITAL / SOUTH PHILA. 1257 S 29th St Fully Renovated move in Condition, close to Graduate Hospital, Shopping, Supermarket, public transit $139,900 636 Earp St 2BR/1BA Well Maintained home in Italian Market area $ 164,900 226 Monroe St #A Wonderful 1BR/1BA Condo with New Kitchen and Low Condo Fees $217,900 2312 Federal St Recently Renovated 3BR/2.5BA Home , HW Floors, Eat In Kitchen with Island, Fin basement, Roof Deck $255,900 603 Montrose St REDUCED! Unique and well Maintained 2BR/1BA house bordering Queen Village & Bella Vista $295,000 1233-35 Bainbridge St #B Brand New Construction, Atrium, elevator 2 Bedroom $350,000 2516 S 18th St Girard Estates 4BR/2.5BA, Sun Room, yard, Porch, Near Girard Park $379,900 1233-35 Bainbridge St H Brand New Construction, Atrium, elevator, Indoor Heated Garage, Last 2 BR with Parking Left! $409,900 1213 Webster St New 3BR/2BA, New Construction, Exp Brick throughout, roof Deck with CC Skyline Views $429,900 810 6th St #A Gorgeous QV Condo, Amazing 360 Degree Views from your spacious and private roof deck $500,000 2042 Carpenter Impeccable 3 bedroom home enjoys superior finishes, architecture and interior designer inspired OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY JULY 21, 2013 1:30-2:30 $419,900 fabulous kitchen and garden.

1325 Christian St 4BR/2.5BA, Large Semi done basement, Outdoor spacing perfect for BBQ’S $524,999 1518 Bainbridge St This 4 Story home boasts approximately 2800 Sq Ft, Parking, Amenities and lots of Outdoor space $739,000 2111 St Albans St New 2 Bed, 2 Bath with parking, roof deck with CC skyline views, 3rd flr master suite, gorgeous!

OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY JULY 20 AND SUNDAY JULY 21 , 2013 12-12:30PM $599,900 1233-35 Bainbridge Street Unit H Brand New Construction, Atrium, Elevator, Indoor Heated Garage, Last 2 Bed/2Ba with Parking!

OPEN HOUSE SAT JULY 20 AND SUN JULY 21, 2013 12:00-4:00 $399,900 Bella Vista/Hawthorne- 1213 Webster St New 3Bed, 2Bath, Exposed Brick, SS Appliances, Yard, Master Suite, Roof Deck with CC Skyline Views OPEN HOUSE SUNDAYJULY 21, 2013 12-12:30PM $429,900 Queen Village- 333 Pemberton Unique double wide offers 3Bd/2.5 baths, 2 c garage, newly completed kitchen, garden, Meredith school OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY JULY 21, 2013 3:00-4:00 $689,000 NORTHERN LIBERTIES / NORTH PHILADELPHIA 1710 Waterloo St Priced To Sell 1019-25 N 4th St #D Spac 900+ condo, Granite, Stainless Kitch, New Bath, hi Ceilings, Wood Fl, Loft W/D Courtyard 705 Brown St A 2BR/2BA Condo in a gated community 5 years young new construction finished basement

$94,900 $239,900 $375,000

UNIVERSITY CITY / WEST PHILADELPHIA 5748 Hunter St 3BR home located on well maintained block, Ready for you to Move In, Front Porch and back yard 600 S 49th St #2B Attractive, Well designed 2nd floor 2BR/2BA condo in the Cedar Park Area of Univ City 4900 Cedar Ave Reduced: Lovely updated, Well-Designed 2nd floor 2BR/2BA Condo in the Cedar Pk. University City 4217 Regent Square Charming, Updated 4BR/2BA townhome with garden on favorite street near Clark Park, In PAS Fairmount – 1719-25 Cambridge St 3BR/2.5BA new Construction Townhome With Parking, 2 decks, Finished Basement Manayunk – 4213 Houghton St Brand New Single W/Over 2750 Sq Ft, 3BR/2.5BA, Deck, yard, 10 Yr Tax Abatement Fishtown – 2119 E Norris St Beautiful New Construction in the heart of Vibrant Fishtown

$64,900 $265,000 $265,000 $448,500 $369,900 $375,000 $385,000

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