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The Edge of Fall

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Ridiculousness embodied: The Fringe production of Ivona, Princess of Burgundia evokes a certain Phillyminded spirit, albeit in an esoteric sort of way.

The three weeks of Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe marks our cultural transition from summer into fall every year. And so this issue of PW wraps up our festival coverage in the regular weekly stage and art columns just as our annual Fall Guide arrives to swallow 20-some pages worth of newspaper, looking ahead at what the arts & entertainment world has to offer us next.

Starting on page 13, you’ll find a collection of fall forecasts by PW contributors both familiar (like film correspondent Matt Prigge and art critic Katherine Rochester) and new (such as Kishwer Vikaas, known to local podcast audiences as the cohost of Talkadelphia). Whether you’re looking for concerts, art, lectures, film or just a night out with good beer, we hope you’ll find stuff worth doing.

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very city is a work in progress, Philly no more or less so than most. Watch the city’s movements over a long period of time and you’ll start to see patterns emerge, rhythms in the chaos: Scaffolding comes down tidily from one side of a freshly clean City Hall, and a decrepit industrial site is demolished in a cloud of dust a little ways up North Broad. The newly renovated South Street Bridge lights up like a futuristic technoscape, and a westbound lane gets shut down on the Schuylkill.

That’s one of the reasons I love the Philly Fringe: It echoes the endlessly unfinished urban noodling that surrounds us.

Sure, the Live Arts Festival half of the city’s annual September performance extravaganza features the slick, polished, spectacular productions—the acrobatic circus troupes, the translations of overseas art superstars and whatnot. But the Philly Fringe half, where small local troupes of all flavors throw down their most urgent artistic impulses, is where the adventure happens, for good and ill.

I’ve caught three Fringe shows so far this year. Not one of them would I describe as “finished”—just like the city. Every single one of them, I would describe as a tremendously worthwhile experience.

Take Ivona, Princess of Burgundia, produced by the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, which spins the absurdist fable of a circa18th-century European court whose foppish prince meets a sullen, silent, scowling peasant girl dubbed ugly by all who encounter her.

Horrifiedly captivated by the idea of a young woman whose face and soul both seem frozen in a permanent expression of “Fuck you, everybody,” the prince declares on the spot that he must have her as his bride—apparently in a fit of realization that “Fuck you, everybody” is actually a lot more viscerally satisfying than following the accepted rules of society.

Both the play itself (by Polish dramatist Witold Gombrowicz) and the IRC’s production (running through Sept. 23 at the Walnut Street Theatre) are a little stiff and more than a little unsettling; an hour and a half spent watching powerful aristocrats do their damnedest to emotionally savage an ultimately helpless girl is rough, no matter the moral of the story. Yet there’s a strange sort of spiritual affirmation that somehow bubbles up from it all, in part because it’s hard not to see Ivona as a sort of Georgian-period Sweet Dee Reynolds from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, sufficiently smarter than everyone around her to know that they’re a bunch of assholes, yet not so heroically equipped as to be able to do anything about it.

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I really disagree heartily with your comments about the music: really? No joy? None of the vigor? Alec MacLaughlin’s virtuosic playing seemed to me to channel the joy, anger and violent inhibition of 27, turning the songs into a lamentation, a swirling, screaming, growled, guttural dirge that triumphantly wrestled with its own infiniteness. The music was not meant to (nor could it ever be) an exact replication of the actual songs—the same goes for the performers. (Their resemblance was plenty to understand the suggestion. I can’t believe you critiqued that.) To me, they (performers and music alike) all seemed to be representations, ghostly imprints of what was… and a thrashing scream against what could’ve been.

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In response to Brian Freedman’s article about the Jose Garces dining experience in Atlantic City: I hostessed for a Garces place a few years back. Everyone, from the dishwasher to the bar manager, was treated with respect from Chef Jose or senior staff. And I can’t say enough about Revel. I thought it was fantastic ... the first A.C. place (not even Borgata) that I truly enjoyed.

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In response to Bryan Bierman’s open letter to Jay-Z and Made in America attendees about not representing Philly: Best move in that vein had to be during the 2001 NBA Finals when Destiny’s Child (including a certain spouse of Jay-Z) came on during half-time in Philly and one of them was stupidly dressed in a LAKERS jersey. She got booed, deservedly so, since this wasn’t the Super Bowl in some neutral site. Rumor has it the idiotic stylist who came up with the moronic idea was fired on the spot, but could not be confirmed. But, I have never been so proud of Philly fans, representing, with ‘Don’t bring that SHIT in here!’

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This is a Fringe gem: Inimami (aka a mega-tsunami) is a post-apocalyptic drama that blends puppets, aerialists and live music.

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The 33rd Ward leader doesn’t just ‘help people get elected.’ onna Aument, 64, sits on the floor in the living room of her home on Willard Street in Kensington, a metal brush in her hand, as her 2-year-old Bouvier des Flandres named Baby Girl stands before her. The Democratic leader of the 33rd Ward was hoping to finish brushing the dog before talking politics, but she eventually hands the brush off to her husband Steve, who’s sitting on the couch.

Most of the family’s neighbors don’t really know what Aument does as a ward leader.

That’s probably because people who have held that title were never actually intended to do much.

“What we were primarily supposed to [do] was to help get people elected into office that we think will do a good job,” says Aument, who worked at the city’s Board of Revision of Taxes for 30 years before the department was shut down by the Nutter administration back in 2010. But in the 1950s, she watched her father, a committeeman who lived at Fifth and Cumberland in the 19th Ward, do more than just tell his neighbors who to vote for.

“Always, people were coming to my father for favors,” the mother of four and grandmother of four recalls. But they weren’t the favors of old-school corruption. It was more about speaking for those who didn’t know who to call for help. “Like, there was always a light out,” Aument says. “So he would call the councilman’s office and say, ‘Hey, the light at 2444 N. Green St. is out. The neighbors are

complaining. Could you make sure a light crew comes and fixes the light?’”

Aument carries on this tradition and has a system in the 33rd Ward in which her committee members—there are two for each of the 24 divisions in the ward—let her know what needs to be done in the community. Then, she makes sure the city follows through.

She sees herself as simply a facilitator for the city, “’cause you know how the bureaucracy is,” she says, rolling her eyes.

“Some [ward leaders] don’t get involved,” she says. (Nor are they paid.) “I don’t see it that way. I never promise anything, [but] I’ve got a nice, loud voice.”

She’s used it plenty in her 10 years as a ward leader. Recently, with the help of state Rep. John Taylor’s office, she and members of the community planted 200 new trees across the ward at places like the Juniata Older Adult Center in Juniata Park.

And in January 2012, she helped the community fight back against the city’s six-year effort to close Philly’s oldest ice rink at the Scanlon Recreation Center in Juniata. She and her oldest daughter, Marnie AumentLoughrey, got a copy of the city budget and went through it, line by line, to find the $1.5 million needed for the renovation and yearround upkeep of the rink. They also brought the Ed Snyder Youth Hockey Foundation in to teach kids how to skate and play hockey.

Aument also works with two community groups, Juniata Civic and Kensington Inde-

pendent, and attends all their meetings so she can keep up with neighborhood concerns.

She concedes that all this work she does with and for the neighborhood does help her people get elected. “As long as I’m doing my best for the neighborhood, they’ve been pretty good voting our way,” Aument says.

And that leads to some interesting outcomes.

In the 2008 Democratic primary, she got the 33rd Ward to carry Hillary Clinton, which other ward leaders “said I would never do” because they thought the minorities in the community would vote for Barack Obama.

In addition to being a well-connected community leader, Aument takes care of a full house; she and her husband Steve care for their grandson Jeremy, his girlfriend Lauren

and their son Aiden. She’s got a lot of unfinished chores today: Her clean pots are still sitting on the table, ready to be put away, and a bathroom leak blew out one of their lights.

She and Steve, married since she was 17 and he was 22, have a lot of expenses, and now find themselves “in the doughnut”—the period of time between the end of Medicare coverage and January, when the coverage kicks back in.

This month, when she and Steve went to the pharmacy for their prescriptions, she shelled out $300. If she had her way, she says, she’d revamp Medicare so that senior citizens had eye, dental and prescription coverage. “We’ve got seniors eating dog food. It’s wrong.”

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The GOP Fights a Losing Battle in PA oth Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign and several big-money conservative super PACs stopped running ads in Pennsylvania earlier this month, all but assuring President Obama’s victory in November. But if you look closely, there are still traces of outside money coming into Pennsylvania to help sway the election in the Republican’s favor. Case in point: a billboard plastered up between the Bridge Street and Cottman Avenue exits off I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia. Entertainingly, it reads: “Obama supports gay marriage and abortion. Do you? Vote Republican.”

The GOP is nothing if not consistent.

The billboard was put up by the Republican Union Political Action Committee, a super PAC made up of two former Republican operatives and Jamie Brazil, a former senior consultant to both Bill and Hillary Clinton.

The PAC claims its goal is to stop unions (or, “Obama’s union forces,” as they’ve been called) and Obama himself from cashing in on a second term. The PAC, which formed in April and has stacked similar billboards all

over Pennsylvania’s roadways (most notably the PA Turnpike and I-95), spent $950,000 to do all this after receiving a single $1 million donation from an anonymous donor, according to opensecrets.org, a nonpartisan nonprofit that tracks money in politics.

Meanwhile, Brazil, a Catholic, says Catholics aren’t happy with the Obama

this year. It’s been too long, the thinking goes, since Democrats have stood up for working-class Catholics and their social values.

The only problem: It’s not going to work. According to a 2011 statewide poll conducted by Susquehanna Polling and Research, at least 60 percent of Pennsylvanians in each region of the commonwealth supported legislation that would have banned discrimination based upon sexual orientation. In Philadelphia, 74 percent supported the bill. While regional polls do not exist regarding gay marriage, a December 2011 Muhlenberg poll found gay marriage support in Pennsylvania at 52 percent. When Pennsylvanians were asked about which candidate is “closest to your views on value issues such as abortion and presidency. (He also claimed Republican gay marriage” in a June 2012 Franklin and Marshall poll, 47 percent pointed to Obama, while 37 percent John McCain would win the commonsaid Romney. The Republican has been consistently wealth by three points back in 2008.) behind in the polls since campaign season began.

He, like many politicos sad about the Which essentially means weird billboards like this end of the Clinton era—they were called PUMAs (Party Unity, My Ass!) for a while one are all the state’s Republicans have left. You’ve in 2008—thinks Catholic Democrats will gotta feel bad for that anonymous donor. (Randy LoBasso / Photo by James Schubauer) come out in force against the president

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2. Animal Kingdom

What Is It: A 48-page anthology of comicstyle artwork and five stories. There’s something about black-and-white artwork and a good collection of stories that just gets the >> Connections With Strangers

creative juices flowing.

Who’s Behind It: Jacob Mazer The Amount to Be Raised: $2,000 Steinberg’s Take: “With a modest funding goal, it has a chance. The big comics-related Kickstarter campaigns have tapped into artists’ existing, enthusiastic fan bases. Those fans will pay for prints and need to be persuaded to chip in.”

3. Blotter: A Film Noir on Acid

What Is It: A short film noir about a Philadelphia detective who gets dosed with LSD while trying to identify a serial killer. Project founder Karl Weimar has the necessary equipment and is raising money to feed his cast and crew as well as to secure rights to the song “I Found a Star on the Ground” by the Flaming Lips.

Who’s Behind It: Karl Weimar The Amount to Be Raised: $1,200 Steinberg’s Take: “Very cool premise for a movie if it’s done the right way. He seems attached to the music he’s chosen, but we’re pledging for a film to be made, and ideally our cash goes onto the screen rather than soundtrack rights.”

4. Volcano, My Love

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What Is It: A show combining dance, theater and video tells the story of a man who wakes up on an exotic island and encounters mermaids and other things. It had its inaugural performance at Temple’s Conwell Dance Theater. The money will fund things like the artist salaries, costume design, and theater rental among other things.

Who’s Behind It: Keila Cordova The Amount to Be Raised: $7,700 Steinberg’s Take: “Local performance projects are tough because they don’t produce ideal items to send to backers. Starting at $100 for performance tickets may discourage casually interested backers. Definitely needs to tap into the dance community for support.”

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What Is It: An art installation that will cover the walls of Paragidm Gallery + Studio in 15,000 buttons. Although it’s not quite clear what it will look like when completed, it sounds like it could be really freaking cool.

Who’s Behind It: MacKenzie Pikaart The Amount to Be Raised: $1,500 Steinberg’s Take: “It’s cool for an artist to deal in abstraction, but people will either get this or not. I don’t have a super clear idea of what it’s going to look like, so it doesn’t have that visceral ‘I want that!’ factor. Saying how much of the project she is funding herself helps.” (R.E.L.)

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ou’ve got a great idea for an R2-D2 statue or a belt buckle that turns a smartphone into a digital billboard you can wear, but you can’t get any further than a few sketches and maybe a prototype without generous financial support from some kind soul. If only someone would believe in your project.

If this is you, you may have heard of Kickstarter, the crowd-funding site for creative projects that need financial support to really get off the ground. Figuring you could never pull off a successful fundraiser yourself, Kickstarter lets you solicit donations to fund your project. Interested backers make pledges, and pay up only if the goal you set is reached.

Now, Don Steinberg, a local journalist who has covered business for The Wall Street Journal and The Philadelphia Inquirer, has written The Kickstarter Handbook: Real-Life Crowdfunding Success Stories. It is the ultimate guide to using Kickstarter to make your creative dream a reality. One of the coolest parts of Kickstarter, Steinberg says, is “that you can actually raise money from all over the world.”

As long as you’re not trying to fund Cousin Mindy’s drive to college or gather money for your local library (since Kickstarter prohibits fundraising for charities), “any idea is conceivable,” Steinberg says. Among some of the biggest projects he’s seen are things like watches, which he takes as proof that Kickstarter is a great resource for funding quirky projects that wouldn’t have massmarket appeal. (And, apparently, watches no longer have mass-market appeal.) “A lot of the stuff is stuff people don’t need but they think is cool,” he says, citing watches as one of the things he’s seen do very well but that no one really needs anymore.

So what does it take to run a successful Kickstarter campaign? “The key is not underestimating the amount of time that goes into this,” Steinberg says. “You can’t just set it and forget it. People I talked to have been overwhelmed by the amount of work that goes into a successful campaign.”

And given how awkward it can be asking your family and friends as well as strangers to support your project, “you really have to be passionate,” he adds.

Here are five Philly-based Kickstarter projects that Steinberg has been kind enough to weigh in on for us.

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et’s face it: The time for summer lovin’ is over. But hey, who needs to fall in love when there’s so much to love in fall? Autumn in Philly means Junot Díaz at the Free Library. It means the Bathtub Beer Fest at the Constitution Center—not to mention Next to Normal at the Arden, Yemen Blues at the Painted Bride, kink education from The Sensual Life, and new albums from a host of local bands.

So grab a sweater, toss these dates in your calendar, and let’s get busy!

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To the Beat of a Different Drum Roots, jazz, rock, soul and avant-garde sounds conquer the city in our FALL CONCERTS preview.

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By David R. Adler // feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com here are living jazz legends, young pacesetters, killer improvisers and experimentalists of all stripes playing in Philly this fall. Seems that even at a time of downsized budgets, troubled venues and all the rest, you just can’t stop the music.

For top local talent, the best place to start is Jazz in the Neighborhood, an initiative of the nonprofit Jazz Bridge, which will present concerts from October through May 2013 in Old City, Cheltenham, Kennett Square, Media and Collingswood, NJ. The downtown shows will feature saxophone greats Larry McKenna and Bobby Zankel, pianists Jim Ridl and Tom Lawton, trumpeter Terell Stafford and more. There’s also a big night planned at the Painted Bride on Oct. 20: Philly Jazz: Fresh Cut from the Vine, a showcase for 10 inspired local players, will be co-led by bassist Jason Fraticelli, trumpeter Josh Lawrence and drummer Anwar Marshall. Meanwhile, check weeknight listings at Chris’s Jazz Café and Time Restaurant for other solid pros and up-and-comers, appearing regularly.

The Bad Plus, easily one of the most influential bands of the last decade, returns to Chris’s for a two-night stand on Sept. 28-29.

This trio—composed of pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King—has reinvented everything from Stravinsky to Aphex Twin to the Bee Gees, yet their sterling original compositions are just as central to their appeal. Medeski, Martin & Wood, another trio with something of a crossover indie draw, will take the stage at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside on Oct. 2. Of course, both groups owe a considerable debt to a master pianist such as Kenny Barron, who’ll appear at the Annenberg Center on Oct. 20 with the young and world-renowned Philly native Johnathan Blake on drums. And bassist Ben Williams, one of Blake’s notable peers, takes a break from touring the world with Pat Metheny’s Unity Band to play Chris’s on Oct. 27 with his own group.

You’ll want to reserve Nov. 9 for piano luminary Chick Corea, who’ll appear with vibraphonist and longtime associate Gary Burton in support of the new duo release Hot House; the Harlem String Quartet will join as well.

The following weekend, Nov. 16-17, belongs to trumpeter Dave Douglas, one of the great chameleonic artists of our time, with a talentrich quintet playing music from the haunting new disc Be Still.

POP CONCERTS

Bad to the bone: Renowned jazz trio The Bad Plus bring their innovation to Chris’s Jazz Cafe this month.

These shows follow an Oct. 7 appearance by bassist Michael Formanek and his quartet with alto veteran Tim Berne, pianist Craig Taborn and drummer Gerald Cleaver. Formanek and crew will celebrate the release of their ECM stunner Small Places at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Ars Nova Workshop, Philly’s indispensable avant-garde concert presenter, is hosting the Formanek show, as well as visits from the Willem Breuker Kollektief, the Ab Baars/Ig Henneman Duo and Belgian master free-jazz pianist Fred Van Hove, who’ll make a rare solo appearance.

Roots and regional music, anyone? Guitar great Bill Frisell, steeped in jazz, Americana and most recently the music of John Lennon, will give a solo concert at World Café Live on Oct. 5, no doubt delving into his extensive bag of electronics and otherworldly sound processing. At the Keswick on Oct. 25, there’ll be a Banjo Summit, featuring bluegrassrooted innovators such as Béla Fleck, Tony Trischka, Noam Pikelny of the Punch Brothers and more. Shifting across continents to the Painted Bride, don’t miss tabla master and world-music pioneer Zakir Hussain in an Oct. 6 duo collaboration with rising star bansuri (wood flute) player Rakesh Chaurasia. Also at the Bride on Nov. 11 will be Yemen Blues, a globalist groove-troupe led by Israeli-born

vocalist/gimbrist Ravid Kahalani, featuring young jazz heavyweights such as Omer Avital and Avi Lebovich.

For all you avant-gardists: In addition to the Ars Nova Workshop slate, the Painted Bride devotes Sept. 28 to Burnt Sugar (The Arkestra Chamber), an experimental groove project led by sought-after music scholar, public intellectual and conductor Greg Tate.

Fire Museum Records continues its highly intriguing series at the Highwire Gallery Oct. 19 with shows by West Coast multi-reedist Vinny Golia and multi-instrumentalist and polymath Alan Sondheim on Nov. 17. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, working with the Bowerbird organization, has a pretty wild John Cage series planned for late October through January. Trombonist Dan Blacksberg and guitarist Nick Millevoi, together known as Archer Spade, have launched a performance series with events transpiring on Oct. 13 and 20. And last but not least, the Rip Rig series, at West Philly’s Café Clave, has events scheduled for Oct. 21 and Nov. 4, featuring the likes of Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Edward Watkins, Julius Masri and Jack Wright. “Music with various amounts of uncertainty,” goes the Rip Rig tagline. Not a bad description for the fall season as a whole. ■

SEPT. 23: Ed Sheeran, River Stage at Great Plaza, 7pm. Nobunny, Kung Fu Necktie, 8pm.

Letitia Sadier, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm.

SEPT. 24: Wild Nothing, Union Transfer, 8pm.

Hot Snakes, Underground Arts, 8:30pm.

SEPT. 25: Gypsyblood, Kung Fu Necktie, 8pm.

SEPT. 26: Down, Electric Factory, 8pm.

SEPT. 27: Afghan Whigs, Electric Factory, 8:30pm. Miguel, Theater of Living Arts, 9:30pm.

Damian Lazarus, Underground Arts, 10pm.

Grimes, Union Transfer, 8pm. TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm.

SEPT. 28: Minus The Bear, Electric Factory, 8:30pm. Skeletonwitch, Barbary, 7:30pm.

Weedeater, North Star Bar, 9pm. Turning Violet Violet, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm.

SEPT. 29: Zammuto, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm.

Two Door Cinema Club, Electric Factory, 8pm.

SEPT. 30: Mice Parade, Kung Fu Necktie, 8pm.

The Antlers , Union Transfer, 8pm.

OCT. 1: Big Business, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm.

Dollyrots, Kung Fu Necktie, 8pm.

OCT. 2: Godspeed, Union Transfer, 8pm.

Crystal Castles, Electric Factory, 8pm. Post Sun Times, Kung Fu Necktie, 8pm.

OCT. 3: Polica, Union Transfer, 8pm. Animal Collective, The Mann, 6pm. Ben Harper, Merriam Theater, 8pm.

OCT. 4: The Ataris, North Star Bar, 8pm. The Ravonettes, Union Transfer, 8pm. Rasputina, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm.

OCT. 5: Propaghandi, Union Transfer, 8pm. The Disco Biscuits, The Mann, 3pm. Elle Varner and Ryan Leslie, Theater of Living Arts, 8pm.

OCT. 6: Divers, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm. Blue October, Theater of Living Arts, 7pm. The Walkmen, Electric Factory, 8:30pm. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Underground Arts, 9pm.

OCT. 7: The King’s Men, Liacouras Center, 6pm.

Matt and Kim, Electric Factory, 8pm.

OCT. 8: Barbara Streisand, Wells Fargo Center, 8pm. Das Racist, Union Transfer, 8pm.

OCT. 9: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, First Unitarian Church, 8pm. Night Beds, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm.

OCT. 10: Waka Flocka Flame, Theater of Living Arts, 7pm. Holly Golighty, The Fire, 9pm. Tilly and the Wall, First Unitarian Church, 8pm.

Menomena, Union Transfer, 7:30pm.

OCT. 11: Cobra Skulls, The Fire, 7pm. The Moutain Goats, Theater of Living Arts, 7pm.

Public Image Limited, Electric Factory, 8:30pm.

Jens Lekman, Union Transfer, 8pm. Perfume Genius, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm.

OCT. 12: Calexico, Union Transfer, 8pm. Rush,

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Great Expectations PW’s busiest record reviewer handicaps the FALL ALBUMS field.

By Bill Chenevert // feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com ne of the most mind-numbing experiences of all time is reading all 150plus comments on Rolling Stones’ fall music preview, “The 24 Albums You Need To Hear.”

RS has always had a boner for snore-inducing oldheads like Bob Dylan, David Byrne and Neil Young, and those are, incidentally, the bands most-approved by commenters decrying the End of Music. Turns out the most exciting records this fall will be dropped by youngbloods that, it seems, RS readers think isn’t even music. Oh, well. There are tons of good records hitting the streets over the next few months, and we’ve broken it down into a few categories and nominated some winners in each for your convenience. Happy fall listening!

and Little Dragon) and 2010’s Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty was the jam.

Honorable mention: Kanye West/G.O.O.D Music, Cruel Summer (Sept. 18); Kreayshawn, Somethin’ ‘Bout Kreay (Sept. 18); Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d. city (Oct. 22); A$AP Rocky, LongLiveA$AP (Oct. 31)

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CRAP ROCK

Boy, are there some weird ones comin’ at us.

Green Day’s giving us a trilogy with a finale in 2013, but before the year’s over we’ll get !Uno! and !Dos!. We’ll see about that. Aerosmith, who take this crown, insists on titling their new one Music From Another Dimension.

And the Wallflowers are still a band? Yup. Honorable mention: The Killers, Battle Born (Sept. 18); No Doubt, Push and Shove (Sept. 25); Muse, The 2nd Law (Oct. 2)

Definitely a strong batch here, too; might just be a tie. How excited are you for some fresh Nelly Furtado? She hasn’t given us anything (in English) since 2006’s Loose. But the quirky, lazy and outrageous talents Martha Wainwright and Beth Orton are finally putting out new ones. Wainwright’s 2008 I Know You’re Married But I Have Feelings Too is just plain perfect, and also the last thing she’s given us (in English). Plus, there’s also Corin Tucker’s newest as the Corin Tucker Band— and Brandy. It’s still probably Ms. Furtado, though. When was the last time you danced to “Maneater?” Too long ago.

Honorable mention: Ellie Goulding, Halcyon (Oct. 9); Meshell Ndegeocello, Pour un ame souveraine (Oct. 9); Bat for Lashes, The Haunted Man (Oct. 23); Alicia Keys, Girl on Fire (Nov. 27)

HIP-HOP

Some vets should be delivering some serious discs in November: Big Boi is a clear winner in terms of how exciting it should be, but 50 Cent, Ghostface Killah and Lupe Fiasco will have something to say about that. BB’s got some serious guests helping out (Phantogram

a few killer contenders: Dinosaur Jr.’s brand new I Bet on Sky will be boss, and so will a new and much-anticipated Soundgarden effort, King Animal, due Nov. 13. They’ve got the original lineup back together and, hopefully, there’ll be a dozen new “Black Hole Sun”-type tracks. And it’d be a bit of a stretch to put them in our Philly Folks category, but New Jersey natives Titus Andronicus should knock our socks off with their third, Local Business, out on Oct. 23.

Honorable mention: Black Moth Super Rainbow, Cobra Juicy (Oct. 9), Coheed And Cambria, The Afterman: Ascension (Oct. 9); Ty Segall, Twins (Oct. 9); And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Lost Songs (Oct. 23)

STRONG WOMEN

PHILLY FOLKS

Basically, all five of these should prove winners. But first and foremost, it’s P!nk; The Truth About Love hit streets Tuesday. She almost stole the title for Song of the Summer with her last-minute entry of “Blow Me (One Last Kiss),” and she just gets better with age. TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb have Manufacturing Joy due at the month’s end, and Meek Mill and Major Lazer will represent around Halloween with new ones. Plus the surprise local reps of 2010, Sun Airway, are ready to give us another dreamscape to dwell in. An excellent showing.

the beefiest categories, and the titans of it are also probably the winner here: Grizzly Bear.

Their new one, Shields, is great: complex, rich, dense and satisfying. Excellent imitators, Tame Impala, should give us something good with Lonerism. And it should be interesting to listen to all of the new Band of Horses and Flying Lotus. An A.C. Newman record (he of New Pornographers fame) might blow minds more than any of today’s acquiescent bro bands, though.

Honorable mention: Mumford & Sons, Babel (Sept. 25); Jason Collett, Reckon (Sept. 25); Matt & Kim, Lightning (Oct. 2); The Mountain Goats, Transcendental Youth (Oct. 2), Why?, Mumps, etc.

(Oct. 9); Andrew Bird, Hands of Glory (Oct. 30)

INDIE/BROOKLYN

Seems like these two words are a little interchangeable these days. But this is also one of

STONER THRASH

The category that’ll easily be the loudest has

OH, REALLY? This category is just all kinds of strange. There are just too many random records coming out not to get a little shout. Like Pinback. They’ve got one called Information Retrieved comin’ out Oct. 16, their fifth proper LP and first in five years. Two weird girls who we refuse to put in the Strong Women category will try to out-sing each other: Taylor Swift and Christina Aguilera (Xtina’s got this), plus the old gals Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion will give us new ones. Speaking of old folks, guess who else seems to be honestly titling their new record GRRR!? Yeah, the Rolling Stones.

Baby, get out your red lips t-shirt for Nov. 13.

Honorable mention: Anita Baker, Only Forever (Sept. 25); Mika, The Origin Of Love (Oct. 16); Papa Roach, The Connection (Oct. 2); Diamond Rings, Free Dimensional (Oct. 23); One Direction, Take Me Home (Nov. 13) ■

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On Stage, Something for Everybody Broadway hits, political humor and musicals galore are what’s in store for FALL THEATER.

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By J. Cooper Robb // feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com he Wilma begins its new season where it left off with the 2011-12 campaign, continuing Tony Kushner’s epic “Gay Fantasia on National Themes” with their production of Angels in America Part II: Perestroika. The entire cast from director Blanka Zizka’s spring production of Angels’ first part, Millennium Approaches—recently recognized with seven Barrymore Award nominations—returns for Perestroika, which advances the story of a diverse group of New Yorkers trying to survive in the Big Apple during the early years of the AIDS epidemic. If you missed Part I, the Wilma will be staging Angels in America in its entirety on select dates, which, 20 years after Perestroika debuted, remains one of theater’s most potent experiences. (Sept.19-Oct. 21) The Arden Theatre Company begins its 25th anniversary season with director Terrence J. Nolen’s production of the hit Broadway musical Next to Normal. An unsentimental investigation of the impact mental illness has on one suburban American family, the musical covers a wide range of emotions in composer/lyricist Tom Kitt’s evocative and supremely catchy rock score. Conceived by Nolen and video and scenic designer Jorge Cousineau, who previously co-conceived the Arden’s unique staging of Sunday in the Park with George, the new production capably utilizes Cousineau’s skills to visually represent the inner thoughts and feelings of Normal’s emotionally damaged but courageous characters. (Sept. 27-Nov. 4) Political junkies can get their fix with 1812 Productions’ absurdly funny This is the Week That Is: The Election Special. The annual production, which features a revised script every night, is usually performed during the holidays. Every four years, however, the company transforms the variety show-style production into a political satire that lampoons the presidential race. This year’s version includes an election pageant, complete with swimwear and talent competitions, and some candidate crooning in a sketch titled American Presidential Idol. Every year, the production plays to sold-out houses at Plays and Players Theater, so find your photo ID, and get your tickets early for this box-office smash. (Sept. 27-Nov. 4) Philadelphia Theatre Company pulls out all the stops with the world premiere of the ambitious new Stars of David, a musical stage adaptation of Abigail Pogrebin’s celebrated

Gaffes equal laughs: Dave Jadico (left) and Reuben Mitchell bring the hilarity as former Gov. Mitt Romney and President Obama in 1812 Productions’ This is the Week That Is: The Election Special. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

book Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk about Being Jewish. The show features some of contemporary theater’s greatest composer/lyricists, who translate the interviews of famous Jews—including comic legend Joan Rivers, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Leonard Nimoy and Tony Kushner—collected in Pogrebin’s book into song. Among the composers contributing their talents are Marc Shaiman (Hairspray), William Finn (Falsettos), Tom Kitt (Next to Normal) and the recentlydeceased great, Marvin Hamlisch. (Oct. 17Nov. 18).

Barrymore Award winning director Ozzie Jones makes his debut with First World Theatre Festival when Jones helms the company’s production of Glenn Alan’s Don’t Sing No More Blues for Me at CEC’s Meeting House Theater in West Philly. The first play in

Alan’s spiritual blues trilogy, Sing focuses on a young black man who attends the funeral of a mother he never knew. Set in a barbershop in a small town where secrets are hard to keep, the play explores black male achievement and the impact the choices we make have on our family and the community at large. (Oct. 18-28) October 24 marks the return of the imaginative company Gas & Electric Arts, which opens its season with the regional premiere of the unusual drama Behind the Eye. Performed on the tiny stage at Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, the play focuses on the globetrotting, trend-setting Lee Miller, who left a life of modeling to become the muse of artist Man Ray and an iconic figure in the surrealism movement. Directed by Lisa Jo Epstein, the stylish production features original

music by Melissa Dunphy and stars Kittson O’ Neill as the enigmatic Miller. (Oct. 24-Nov. 18) Azuka Theatre has established itself as the place to go for theater that uses off-beat characters and whimsical situations to explore serious and topical issues. This Halloween, the company continues their mission to bring 20 30-year-old adults to the theater with the unique comedy Pookie Goes Grenading.

Written by the promising young dramatist J.C. Lee, the story follows a gang of high school misfits intent on making a shocking realistic film that includes blowing up a police station and torching the school auditorium. After kidnapping their guidance counselor, the radical filmmakers find themselves the targets of a nationwide manhunt in Lee’s satire about filmmakers who will go to any length to create their art. (Oct. 31-Nov 18). ■

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The Fab Five

From museum exhibits to gallery exclusives, here’s a glimpse at five irresistible events going down on the FALL ART scene.

By Katherine Rochester // krochester@philadelphiaweekly.com

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Open Air Public art is rarely subtle, but Rafael LozanoHemmer’s Open Air project takes visibility to a whole new level: You’ll be able to see his roving searchlights from up to 10 miles away in any direction. (See feature story on page 52.)

It’s like laser tag in the sky, and we all get to play. Bend a beam of futuristic light to your will not by pulling a trigger but by pushing a button. With a click of the mouse, you can visit the project website, record a message, receive sufficient votes—and voila! You (briefly) command 24 robotic searchlights that will move according to the human inflection of your voice. (Sept. 20 through Oct. 14, 8 to 11pm. Association for Public Art, Benjamin Franklin Parkway. openairphilly.net)

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Excursus III: Ooga Booga It’s a fashion boutique. It’s a publishing imprint. It’s a music venue. It’s a store called Ooga Booga. Shop-of-all-trades founder Wendy Yao kicks off the third artist-in-residency of Excursus, the Institute of Contemporary Art’s exhibition series that gives artists, designers and publishers a free pass to create projects inspired by the museum’s archive. She brings her ravenously eclectic sensibility all the way from Los Angeles to Philadelphia. Yao and her collaborators will produce a series of events, workshops and pop-up exhibitions, starting with a musical performance by Freakapuss on opening night. (Sept. 26 through Dec. 16.

Opening reception and performance: Sept. 26, 6pm. Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St. 215.898.5911. excursus.icaphila.org)

The Way Things Are

Don’t let the title fool you. The Way Things Are is deceptively clinical short-hand for the whimsical, mysterious and theatrical contingency of objects by artists Ulla von Brandenburg, Florence Doléac and Virgil Marti in this poised exhibition that explores elements of decorative design in contemporary art. Be sure to stop by Anne Agee’s exhibition of intricately crafted ceramics and hand-stenciled

wallpaper in the first floor gallery for a more exuberant take on similar intersections between the performative and the decorative in visual art. (Sept. 21 through Oct. 27. Reception: Oct. 5, 5:30pm. Locks Gallery, 600 Washington Square South. 215.629.1000. locksgallery.com)

ensemBle baBel presents John Cage’s One 4

Sometimes all you have to do is ask. That’s what young Swiss percussionist Fritz Hauser did after moving to New York and meeting American composer-artist John Cage.

In 1990, Hauser asked Cage to write a solo work for percussion, and Cage, before he died two years later, responded with One 4, a score composed specifically for the precocious young musician. Hauser took the gift in the right spirit; see Hauser and the ensemBle baBel septet perform a series of variations on the seven-minute One 4 in an evening dedicated to experimentation with layering, improvisation and dialogue. (Oct. 20, 7:30pm.

AUX, 319 N. 11th St., 3rd floor. 215.238.1236. voxpopuligallery.org/aux)

Dancing Around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg and Duchamp Speaking of composer John Cage: How about situating him in his historical and prehistorical milieu? That’s precisely the purview of Dancing Around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg and Duchamp, an exhibition that considers Cage and his tight-knit crew of multi-media collaborators vis a vis their relationship to the single most important artist in the pioneering American avant-garde. Live performances of dance and music will accompany the multitude of over 80 artworks that set four of America’s most influential artists in conversation with Marcel Duchamp, the man who inspired their use of chance and everyday materials, and whose ideas helped them explore the divisions between art and everyday life. (Oct. 30 through Jan. 21, 2013. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

215.763.8100. philamuseum.org) ■

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By Kishwer Vikaas // feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com ant to learn how to exercise your First Amendment right to free press by writing for a newspaper? Aside from the obvious approach—come intern for PW!—tonight, you’ve got the chance to hear several experienced and newly minted pros discuss Careers in Journalism and New Media at the Kelly Writer’s House. This panel of Penn grads are living the journalist’s dream and, each in their own way, helping to redefine journalism, including Columbia University journalism professor and former Philadelphia magazine editor Stephen Fried and Melody Kramer, former associate producer (a.k.a. social-media goddess) at NPR’s Fresh Air. (Sept. 19. 5pm. Free. 3805 Locust Walk. University of Pennsylvania. Kelly Writer’s House. writing.upenn.edu/wh) If you thought slavery ended in 1863 with Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation of Emancipation, you’re going to have to correct yourself. Sam Pollard’s documentary film Slavery

By Another Name, based on Douglas Blackmon’s 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, tells the story of eight decades of post-Civil War forced labor in America. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival; now it’s presented in Philadelphia by Scribe Video Center’s Producers’ Forum, where filmmaker Pollard will be on hand to participate in a discussion about this forgotten era of “neoslavery.” (Sept. 20. 7pm. $5-$10. Ibrahim Theater of the International House. 3701 Chestnut St. 215.387.5125. peacedayphilly.org) You could sit around all day grumbling about Pennsylvania’s new voter ID laws, or you could join the group of geeks that have begun discussing how to invent a path toward full electoral enfranchisement. Last weekend, software developer Azavea and the Knight-Mozilla OpenNews initiative cohosted a seminar titled Hacks for Democracy: Hacking Elections and Politics in the United States—and over the next two and a half weeks, that discussion will continue through several follow-up meetings as civic hackers, election officials, journalists, data analysts and designers talk about ways to use technology to increase voter engagement. Do you have an idea for an app that would help make voting easier? How about ways to increase data transparency from City Council? Bring your brain over to Hacks for Democracy and make your voice heard. And don’t forget to use the hashtag #hacks4d while tweeting. (Sept. 24

More than movement: Choreographer Ananya Chatterjea will bring her activist spirit to the Defining Ourselves panel Oct. 7. (Photo by Paul Virtucio)

and Oct. 1 at 6pm; Oct. 5 at 5:30pm. $5. Azavea, 340 N. 12th St., Suite 402. azavea.com) Five years ago, Junot Díaz published his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Diaz, a full 16 years after his debut short-story collection. Thankfully for rabid Junot fans everywhere, writer’s block has eased its cruel grip, and he’s back with his second collection of short fiction, This Is How You Lose Her. For the third time, Díaz brings back the character of Yunior, a Dominican American who lives in New Jersey and never can seem to get out of trouble with the girls.

In the book, Díaz traces Yunior’s slow drop into chronic infidelity, from cheating on a girlfriend to sleeping with over 50 women while being engaged to a fiancée. But who better to hear about cheating than from Díaz himself, who may be one of the few authors as good a speaker as he is a writer. He’ll speak at the Free Library, along with Temple’s own Samuel R. Delany, the novelist and memoirist who’s beloved as a pioneer of both science fiction and LGBT writing. (Sept. 29. 7:30pm. $7$15. 1901 Vine Street. Central Library of Philadelphia. freelibrary.org) Baseball may be the great American pastime, but it’s also a hotbed for racial politics, as examined in a recent book by Temple religion professor Rebecca Alvert, Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball. In a discussion titled The American Idea on Sports And Race, Alvert and Larry Lester, a co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and author of The Negro Leagues Book, discuss the history of race and baseball. (Oct. 2. 3:30pm.

Free. 1210 Polett Walk. Paley Library. Temple University. Main Campus. 215.204.0744. sites. temple.edu/libraryprograms) Artist/writer/life coach Monica Day is set to helm the workshop Your Essensual Life: From the Moment to the Page, geared toward helping you express your sensuality and eroticism in writings or drawings, all in a freeing—not THAT freeing—atmosphere.

(Wed. Oct. 3, 7pm. $15. Pig Iron Theatre, 1417 N. Second St. 215.901.1327. thesensuallife.com) Pretty in Pink actor Andrew McCarthy ditches his Brat Pack reputation for a brand new label: travel writer. Whodathunk? He joins WHYY’s Patrick Stoner in an event hosted by the Geographical Society of Philadelphia to discuss his new travel memoir, The Longest continued on page 24 >>

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For all, Junot: Celebrated novelist Junot Diaz speaks at the Free Library Sept. 29.

Way Home: One Man’s Quest for the Courage to Settle Down. (Oct. 3. 7:30pm. $7-$15. 1901 Vine Street. Central Library of Philadelphia. geographicalsociety.org) Choreographer Ananya Chatterjea can dance, but that’s not all she does. The Minnesota-based social activist and educator joins Asian Arts Initiative and other local artists for Defining Ourselves: Performance at the Intersections of Art and Social Change, a roundtable discussion after a performance featuring her dance company, Ananya Dance Theatre. Also performing is Philadelphiabased artist Germaine Ingram, who sponsors the event. Dancing and a discussion about the ways and means of artistic practice for social change? What could be more provocative? (Oct. 7. 2-4:30pm. Free with advanced reservation. Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine Street, Philadelphia PA. 215.557.0455. asianartsinitiative.org) If you’ve watched Contagion or any of the end-of-days series that seem to be rampant these days—The Walking Dead, anyone?— you’ll probably want to take a break from your post-apocalyptic hoarding and head to the Academy of Natural Sciences to hear from

David Quammen, author of Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic and contributing writer for National Geographic.

If you need a little help predicting the next pandemic, Quammen has some theories you might just want to hear. (Oct. 16. 6:30-8pm. $5.

The Academy of Natural Sciences. 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. 215.299.1000. spillover. eventbrite.com) So it turns out that in addition to whiling away time picking fights with Internet trolls on Twitter, @SalmanRushdie has also been busying himself with some nonfiction: the recently released Joseph Anton: A Memoir. In 1989, the then-young British author received a phone call from a journalist asking him about Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death. Within a day, Rushdie was ushered to a life underground where he lived under the alias Joseph Anton. (Joseph Conrad, meet Anton Chekhov.) Now Rushdie’s ready to tell all, and in case you were wondering, yes, he does write in the third person.

And no, it’s not as annoying as you may think.

Oct. 30. 7:30pm. $7-$15. 1901 Vine St. Central (Oct. freelibrary.org) ■ Library of Philadelphia. freelibrary.org)

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By Eugene Holley Jr. // feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com t’s that time of year again when—theoretically, anyway—we finish up our trashy beach novels and start to look for more substantial fiction and non-fiction autumnal offerings to warm us for the coming winter.

Whether you’re stowing your reading material on a bookshelf or an app, these new and upcoming titles promise to add colorful narratives of all kinds to your library.

Quirk Books, one of the city’s finest homegrown publishing companies, starts the season off with Ben Winters’ The Last Policeman, a novel set in a dystopian future where a detective’s dead set on solving a murder, never mind that the world is about to get deep-sixed by a killer asteroid in six months. So what’s his motivation? Meanwhile, pride is the motivation behind Paul Vitagliano’s Born This Way: Real Stories of Growing Up Gay, an anthology of over 100 profiles detailing the multiplicities of growing up in the LBGTQ community.

In historical nonfiction: DNA famously outed our third president as the “fondling father” of his slave mistress Sally Hemings’ children.

Now author Thomas J. Craughwell uncovers Thomas Jefferson’s Creme Brulee: How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America, recounting how in 1794, Jefferson and another Hemings, Sally’s brother James, traveled to France to study crop cultivation and came back with pasta, French fries, champagne, macaroni and cheese. All hail the foodie-inchief! Don’t feel bad if you didn’t know that bit of presidential history: Denise Kiernan’s and Joseph D’Agnese’s Stuff Every American Should Know, a hip little book full of U.S. trivia, should make up for some of the stuff you forgot in history class.

Philly’s other pop publishing juggernaut, Running Press, brings us Pamela Toler’s Mankind: The Story of All of Us, the illustrated companion to the History Channel’s forthcoming 12-part global history series for a globalized world. Also global: basketball, a sport whose players hail from every continent except Antarctica. Our own Dr. J. adorns the cover of NBA List Jam by former Sixers executive Pat Williams and sportswriter Michael Connelly, with contributors including Sixers coach Doug Collins. The book’s 125 fun lists break down a wide range of topics,

Book bonanza: Quirk’s fall literary list spans modern gay culture, pre-apocalyptic fiction and Revolutionary culinary history.

ranging from “Best Comebacks” and “Worst Collapses” to “Oddest Hairdos” and “Greatest Players from the Big 5.”

New York’s Latino population has gotten lots of ink over the years; now it’s Philly’s turn, as Hernan Guaracao—the founder and CEO of Al Dia News Media—and photographer David Cruz illuminate 200 Hundred Years of Latino History in Philadelphia (Temple University Press). Their narrative spotlights such historical figures as the 19th-century Cuban émigré Father Félix Varela, who published the city’s first Spanish-language newspaper, along with hundreds of candid snapshots.

The vibrant foodstuffs of Philly’s neighborhoods are on display in Chef April White’s delicious book, Philadelphia Chef’s Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the City of Brotherly Love (Lyons Press). White, the former restaurant reviewer for Philadelphia magazine, shows there’s more to this town than cheesesteaks; featuring Jason Varney’s visually succulent photographs, the cookbook contains 70 recipes from more than 50 of the city’s vivid and varied chefs across a spectrum of African-American, Jewish, Italian, Hispanic

and Asian restaurants. Whether your favorite gastro-crib is Morimoto, Talula’s Garden or Honey’s Sit ’n Eat, White’s compendium is determined to fill you up.

Author Solomon Jones, a former Philadelphia Daily News and PW columnist, paints literary characters who put a soulful spin on the sweet flypaper of life. His new crime-noir detective novel The Dead Man’s Wife (Minotaur Books), the third installment of his Detective Mike Coletti series, is a Philly-centric, Afro-middle-class whodunit, featuring a female cop-turned-defense-attorney with a toney research-scientist husband. Hubby turns up dead after lawyer suffers a blackout; she bails, and her old boo Coletti comes to the rescue. Before you can say Walter Mosely, Jones delivers more dark and twisty turns than the Schuylkill Expressway during a late-autumn rush hour.

Then there’s Tony Danza, who’s played many roles in his life, from boxer to actor. In his heartfelt memoir, I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High (Crown Archetype), he recounts his toughest role to

date: as an English teacher in Philly’s largest school in 2009, for the A&E reality show Teach.

Danza chronicles the rough-and-tumble, dayto-day struggle of educating a student population that encompasses many ethnicities, attitudes and languages. Instead of joining the “fire all the teachers” mantra, he emerges from the experience with a newfound respect for the art of the classroom and the educators who helped make him the man he is today.

One American author sure to be in Danza’s syllabus is Edgar Allan Poe. The new book Edgar Allan Poe’s Philadelphia (History Press) is an expansion of local blogger and literary scholar Ed Pettit’s controversial assertion that Poe, who lived in Philadelphia from 1838 to 1844 while writing masterpieces like “The Fall of the House of Usher,” should be buried here, not in Baltimore. (Hey, for years, B-more has laid claim to Billie Holiday, who was born in Philly, so we’re due for some payback.)

Thankfully, we have a true native son in philosopher/educator Alain Locke, who godfathered the Harlem Renaissance with his 1925

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anthology The New Negro. With the exception of W.E. B. Du Bois, Locke was the nation’s most influential African-American intellectual polymath—as scholar, biographer and editor Charles Molesworth lays out in a superb new collection, The Works of Alain Locke (Oxford University Press). It’s an impressive potpourri of Locke’s writings covering the full flower of his passions and prose: literary and cultural criticism, race theory, travel writing, the visual arts, education, multiculturalism. If it was hip, modern and African-American, Mr. Locke had it on lockdown decades ago. Before Locke, of course, there was Booker T. Washington: to some, a black leader who stressed manual labor over politics; to others, an Uncle Tom. The new volume Character Building (Transaction Publishers) collects Washington’s folksy aphorisms, originally published 100 years ago, that speak on timeless subjects such as good grooming, manners and the importance of education.

The same murky waters of race, power and politics that Locke and Washington navigated in their day, of course, chart the historical course that led to Barack Obama’s presidency— a journey that also prominently features a second Washington. Gary Rivlin’s Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency (Temple University Press) comprehensively combs the political minefields that Harold Washington, Chicago’s first African-American mayor, had to negotiate, such as building coalitions with the city’s ethnic groups, communities and business interests—lessons that a young, Afro-Hawaiian student learned and parlayed all the way to the White House. ■

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Prigge’s Eleven RZA’s martial-arts fantasy. The return of Bond. PW’s film guy has some sure-bet FALL MOVIES to recommend.

By Matt Prigge // mprigge@philadelphiaweekly.com et’s assume you don’t need another article reminding you of a forthcoming picture about hairy-footed twats (The Hobbit, due Dec. 14) or another shockingly solid film de Ben Affleck (Argo, out Oct. 12) or even Steven Spielberg’s lumbering contribution to the year’s Honest Abe cinema (Lincoln, due Nov. 9). You know by now Tim Burton has remade his early short Frankenweenie for entirely non-moneymaking reasons (out Oct. 5), Liam Neeson is back in a sequel mysteriously not entitled Taken Again (due Oct. 5), and Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski siblings have turned novelist David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas into everything-is-connected mincemeat (in theaters Oct. 26). Any or all of these may not wind up worthy of sarcasm, but the following 11 are, in this writer’s wizened estimation, a surer bet. (Note: The dates are super-tentative, and one or two may never hit Philadelphia— so stay tuned, cinephiles.)

Looper

The absurdly talented Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom) consulted Shane Carruth of the mindfucking time travel indie Primer while prepping for his own mindfucking time travel opus, this one with guns and a blonde Emily Blunt. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a mafia assassin from the year 2044 who discovers that one of his hits is his future self, played by Bruce Willis, of course. (Sept. 28)

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Photographic Memory

Any new, wry cine-diary from auto-documentarian Ross McElwee (Sherman’s March) is worth rejoicing. This one finds him struggling to connect with his Internet-brainwashed son. (Oct. 12)

The Man With the Iron Fists

Noted martial arts film fanatic RZA finally gets to make his own. With Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu, natch. (Nov. 2)

The Loneliest Planet

Gael Garcia Bernal and Hani Furstenberg play young backpackers in the Caucasus Mountains, and there’s a crazy twist I’ve somehow managed to avoid since it wowed at Toronto last year. From Julia Loktev, of the terrorist indie stunner Day Night Day Night. (Nov. 2)

Skyfall

Some of us watch Casino Royale every Thanksgiving. And following the most boring Bond ever—thanks again, director Marc Forster, you total ass—even one by Sam Mendes can only be an improvement. (Nov. 9)

In Another Country

South Korea’s Hong Sang-soo has made a

dozen Rohmer-esque pictures (the best: Turning Gate, Woman on the Beach, Night and Day), only a few of which have scored stateside release. This one finds him in France with Isabelle Huppert, so you have no excuse. (Nov. 9)

The Comedy

This year has already seen a Tim and Eric movie in Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie. But their other Sundance ‘12 player, from director Rick Alverson, sounds way more insane: Tim plays a lazy, rich asshole who spends the movie being grotesquely obnoxious to the supporting cast, which includes Eric and James Murphy.

Audiences walked out in droves. Sounds like a Top Ten lock to me. (Nov. 16)

Fan of fury: Lucy Liu kicks serious tail in RZA’s The Man With the Iron Fists, out Nov. 2.

Holy Motors

Following a rocky two decades, one-time French enfant terrible Leos Carax (Lovers on the Bridge) suddenly got the best reviews of his life when this bugfuck whatsit stormed Cannes. Legitimately insane Carax regular Denis Lavant plays a shape-shifting creature who—shades of Cosmopolis—travels to bizarro pitstops by limo, sometimes with Kylie Minogue. Trust me: Everyone—or everyone save the Nanni Moretti-led Cannes jury— adores this thing. (Nov. 23)

Zero Dark Thirty

Conservatives bitched when this docudrama on the assassination of Osama bin Laden was originally slated for a pre-election release, thereby inflating the credibility of the presidential nominee who ordered his death.

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Hot in here: Philly’s own Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy, out Oct. 5, stars (from left) Zac Ephron, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack and Matthew McConaughey.

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NICHOLE CANUSO DANCE COMPANY at the APS Museum Fringe Wed. Sept. 5, 6:30pm Fri. Sept. 7, 6:30pm Wed. Sept. 19, 6pm Fri. Sept 21, 6pm Post-Fringe Fri. Oct. 5, 4:30pm Sat. Oct. 20, 5pm Sat. Nov. 17, 3:30pm Sat Dec. 8, 3:30pm

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uestion: How does Frankford Avenue celebrate Oktoberfest? Answer: With an Oktoberfest Street Festival and Ceremonial Keg Tap. Starting at noon on Sept.

22, a full day and night of revelry will occupy the strip between Girard Avenue and Shackamaxon Street, as Great Lakes Brewing Co., Hofbrau and Spaten/Franziskaner all set up decorated tents and beer trucks. Host venue Frankford Hall, meanwhile, will serve up the food: Bavarian pretzels, rotisserie chicken and all the wursts.

Question: Is Yuengling really going to give everyone in Philly a free beer? Answer: It sure sounds like it. Sept. 28 has been dubbed National Drink Beer Day, and at precisely 6:30 p.m., Dick Yuengling is scheduled to appear on Comcast SportsNet to raise a glass to us all in a Phillywide Lager Toast. Check out yuengling.com for a list of 250 local bars that will be giving you a free bottle to hoist in response.

Question: Does it seem a little weird to use a children’s cartoon to promote an alcoholic event? Answer: Maybe—and yet. The Institute Bar is hosting its fourth annual Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin Beer Festival on Oct. 6, turning the sidewalk at 12th and Green streets into a Linus-esque patch of orangehued tastiness, starting the day with a $15 pumpkin brunch at 9 a.m. before opening up at 11 a.m. for a long-into-the-night showcase of 50 different pumpkin beers and ciders.

And, of course, pie.

Question: What the hell do vampires have

to do with beer, food, autumn or Philly? Answer: The city’s most erudite drinking night, the monthly Science on Tap happy-hour lecture series hosted at National Mechanics in Old City, has scheduled local Dracula scholar Kathy Haas of the Rosenbach Museum & Library to hold forth on The Science of Vampires at 6 p.m. on Oct. 8, exploring the biological realities that lie beneath Bram Stoker’s most famous literary creation. Eat, drink, listen and be merry—or, at least, be relieved that no fang-toothed humanoid carnivore is drinking in turn from the viscous tap of your jugular.

Question: Is PW going to feed you well once again this November? Answer: You know it!

Our sixth annual Taste of Philly event returns to the Crystal Tea Room on Nov. 14, offering up a glorious sampling of the menus of some 35 local restaurants for just $35. Last year’s event sold out to a packed room of 1,100 hungry readers—so stay tuned at philadelphiaweekly.com for the latest details.

Question: Is there a way to make the National Constitution Center’s upcoming fall exhibit, American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, even niftier? Answer: How about if Philly Beer Week takes over the center on Nov. 15 and holds a Bathtub Beer Fest, re-creating authentic period brews served straight from the tub, Prohibition-style? The $45 ticket price covers three hours of beverage sampling, admission to the exhibit, and an appearance by exhibit co-creator Daniel Okrent, author of the book Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. ■

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Marky Ramone’s Blitzkreig, North Star Bar, 9pm.

OCT. 13: Swan, Union Transfer, 8pm. Sloan, Underground Arts, 9pm. Prowler, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm.

OCT. 15: Twerps, Kung Fu Necktie, 8pm.

OCT. 16: The Wombats, Theater of Living Arts, 7pm. Beach House, Union Transfer, 8pm. Admiral, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm.

OCT. 17: Ben Sollee, Theater of Living Arts, 7pm.

OCT. 18: Holy Other, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm. Into It. Over It., First Unitarian Church, 7pm.

OCT. 19: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, North Star Bar, 9pm. Generationals, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm. Electric Wonderland, Electric Factory, 8pm.

The AP Tour, Theater of Living Arts, 5:30pm. Off!, First Unitarian Church, 7:30pm.

OCT. 20: Youth of Today, Broad Street Ministry,

4pm. The Front Bottoms, North Star Bar, 7pm.

Alanis Morisette, Electric Factory, 8:30pm.

OCT. 21: Kimbra, Theater of Living Arts, 7pm. Sea Wolf, North Star Bar, 8pm.

OCT. 22: Divine Fits, Union Transfer, 8pm. Com Truise, Theater of Living Arts, 7pm. Opossum, Kung Fu Necktie, 8pm.

OCT. 23: The Sea and Cake, Union Transfer, 8pm.

Three Days Grace, Theater of Living Arts, 7pm.

Rockie Fresh, Barbary, 8pm.

OCT. 24: Bear in Heaven, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm.

OCT. 25: AC Newman, First Unitarian Church, 8pm. Cat Power, Electric Factory, 8:30pm. Trey Songz, Wells Fargo Center, 6pm.

OCT. 26: The Funk Art, North Star Bar, 9pm. Milo Greene, Johnny Brenda’s, 8pm. Citizen Cope, Electric Factory, 8:30pm. Yonder Mountain String Band, Theater of Living Arts, 7:30pm. (Randy LoBasso)

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by the Hurt Locker team—director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal—and features among SEAL Team Six no less than Andy Dwyer. (Dec. 19)

Amour

The title for Michael Haneke’s latest provocation (and Palme d’Or-winner) translates as “love” and, shockingly, he allegedly (sort of ) means it. Jean-Louis Trintignant plays an elder tending to his wife (Emmanuelle Riva) as her body decays, washing her ass and other gross but necessary acts. And that, my friends, is love. (Dec. 19)

Django Unchained

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds followup again rewrites history, though it would have probably been better if its murderous slave played by Jamie Foxx didn’t have to answer to a white master (Christoph Waltz).

But as ever, let’s trust QT’s instincts. He knows what he’s doing. (Dec. 25)

Also probably worthwhile: Fish Tank’s Andrea Arnold roughs up Wuthering Heights (Oct. 5). Playwright-turned-filmmaker Martin McDonagh follows up In Bruges with the super-sized Seven Psychopaths (Oct. 12). Brad Pitt and his Assassination of Jesse James filmmaker Andrew Dominik reteam for Killing Them Softly (Oct. 19). Technofile Robert Zemeckis concentrates on the magic of Denzel Washington with Flight (Oct. 31). Sean Penn has Robert Smith hair in This Must Be the Place,

by Il Divo’s Paolo Sorrentino (Nov. 9). Director Joe Wright and Keira Knightley again jet up classic lit, this time Anna Karenina (Nov. 21).

Judd Apatow cast Albert Brooks as the dad in This is 40 (Dec. 21). But even that can’t be funnier than either Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy (Oct. 5), featuring Nicole Kidman-peeing-onZac Efron action, or Atlas Shrugged: Part II (Oct. 12), whose very existence thumbs its nose at the free market that rejected Part I, which is the season’s best and biggest joke. ■

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THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW

Anarchic comedian Eric Andre brings his anti-talk show from Adult Swim to a live audience this week.

Expect anything and everything: Andre physically destroys the stage during every show. And that’s just his opener. He and his polar opposite co-host—the zero-energy Hannibal Buress—then create an awesomely bizarre alt-variety show with a punk-rock feel, somehow set in a world of cableaccess ineptitude in which you can get away with murder every night. Between conversations with pseudo-celebrities, “fake” celebrities and actual weirdos, Andre may sing a song to the president, hold an eating contest or tap-dance with a chicken taped to his face. Cut between these segments is footage of Andre terrifying members of the public in his preferred ways: suddenly emerging from trash cans, robbing coffee shops in an absurd cat-burglar outfit or doing bong-rips outside police stations. It’s actually quite impossible to describe, but imagine Wayne’s World hosted by black people, with fewer catchphrases and more interviews with deranged hobos. TOM COWELL 8pm. $12. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. utphilly.com [MUSIC]

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SEPTEMBER

SUN 23 [FRINGE]

SEQUENCE 8

There are very few productions at the Live Arts & Philly Fringe Festival that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Parents who want to introduce their kids to the wonders of groundbreaking performing arts have an opportunity when Montreal-based urban circus group 7 Fingers returns to the fest with their new work Sequence 8. Unlike the more famous Canadian circus troupe Cirque du Soleil, 7 Fingers is more concerned with expressing the performers’ personality than creating a spectacle-driven work with colorful costumes and eye-popping special effects. Sequence 8 emphasizes the performers’ shared humanity with routines that rely on collaboration and human contact. Highlights include a staircase constructed with human bodies and a jaw-dropping display of juggling dexterity by a hunky shirtless performer using simple wooden blocks. Combing dance choreography, extravagant gymnastics and high-flying circus acts, Sequence 8 is festival fun that can be enjoyed by the entire family. J.C.R. 2pm. $18-$55. Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St. 215.413.1318. livearts-fringe.org

He may be the offspring of reggae royalty, but Bob Marley’s second-born son has achieved a great deal of success in his own right. Stephen Robert Nesta “Ragamuffin” Marley made his reputation with his older bro’s group Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, but the eight-time Grammy winner has made credible career for himself as a solo artist and producer. He just won the Grammy for Best Reggae Album for his latest work Revelation Pt. 1–The Root of Life, and has been his brother Damian’s most constant collaborator, producing several of his LPs. Though he’s obviously most closely associated with roots reggae, Marley has proven his musical versatility, working with Snoop, Melanie Fiona, Buju Banton, the Fugees, Erykah Badu, Maya Azucena, Capleton, Dead Prez and others. He inherited his father’s spiritual and political consciousness as well; his single “Made in Africa” featuring Wale and the cast of Fela pays homage to African contributions to the world. And tonight’s opening act roster includes dance-hall don Spragga Benz, effectively pushing it into fullon can’t-miss status.

TONYA PENDLETON

8pm. $25-$27. With Spragga Benz, Jo Mersa, Ghetto Youths Crew + Solomonic Sounds. The Trocadero, 1003 Arch St. 215.922.6888. thetroc.com

SEPTEMBER

THUR 20 [LECTURE]

THE CHANGING PATTERNS OF PHILADELPHIA ENGLISH

If you didn’t grow up in Philly, admit it: Sometimes, our unique accent can sound a little weird. A wry

observer once quipped it “sounds like an Irishman impersonating Jack Nicholson.” Ever wondered why? University of Pennsylvania professor Bill Labov, one of the most respected scholars in the history of linguistics, will tell you everything you need to know. This is the lecture to attend if you want to solve our proud dialect’s most enduring mysteries. Like, why do we pronounce “Philadelphia” more like “Fulluffya”? What is this “wooter” stuff your waitress wants to get you? And why does our football team somehow rhyme with “giggles”? Zero prior knowledge of linguistics is needed to enjoy the talk, and you’ll be a Philly accent expert as fast as you can ask, “Yo! Yiz wanna hoagie?” T.C. 7pm. Free. Tyler School of Art at Temple University, 2001 N. 13th St. billlabov.eventbrite.com [COMEDY]

THE BUCKET CURE

Neurosis has always been somewhat of a blessing for comedic writers. It’s the mental challenge that every writer would love to possess and will even somewhat exaggerate for affect. The obsession with obsession is well-founded, however, for us, the audience. We didn’t fall in love with Woody Allen for his social confidence and rationality, after all. The Bucket Cure aims to shine a light on the most captivating of neuroses: the phobia. The three-act play examines phobias from every angle, withdrawing with some pretty absurd humor and a side of educational programming. Act 1, “The Date with Death,” examines what the Grim Reaper himself might be afraid of. Act 2, “The Fringe Phobia,” has the GiggleMill players ponder what would happen if speed-dating were an honest practice and littered with Tourette’s, and Act 3, “The Bucket Cure,” educates the audience on emetophobia, the fear of vomit. ABIGAIL BRULEY 8-9:15pm. $10. Moonstone Arts Center, 110-A S. 13th St. 215.413.1318. littlesundanceproductions.yolasite.com [EVENT]

SHALE GAS OUTRAGE

While the Shale Gas Insight 2012 is occurring inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, protesters will rally outside to voice their anger. Hosted by Protecting Our Waters, the demonstration seeks to remind many of the risks posed to air, water, food and climate by tapping into shale gas supplies. A press conference will begin at 10 a.m., leading to the rally at noon. Speakers include Gasland director Josh Fox, journalist Bill McKibben and author Sandra Steingraber. An interfaith service and informal networking event are scheduled for the evening to continue the momentum of the day and unite those involved. Still feeling the rage? A morning conference on Friday about health and gas drilling, held at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia building, will provide more information about hydraulic fracturing, the process of extracting gas from rock formations underground. ASHLEY KOLE Noon. Free. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Arch and 13th sts. shalegasoutrage.org [MUSIC]

MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES

Nashville singer-songwriter Matthew Perryman Jones is making his mark on 2012 with his latest release, Land of the Living, a stunning collection of folk, rock

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CALENDAR I SEPT. 19–25 and Americana tracks that’s among the year’s best.

Jones’ brilliance is nakedly apparent on Living, where he seamlessly weaves myriad genres, themes and emotions together, resulting in songs that are simultaneously cohesive and varied. The hypnotic dream rock of “Cancion de la Noche” is spellbinding from the opening note, and the title track purposefully, gracefully goes from Americana ballad to boiling rock number to easygoing pop before fading out with an ethereal, Enya-like vocal. Jones sings with overflowing passion or subdued introspection depending on the mood, and his lyrics run the gamut from love to loss to finding your purpose in life. Profound without being pretentious, Jones and his songs will leave an impression on you. BRIAN PALMER 8pm. $12. Matthew Mayfield + Callaghan.

World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com [EVENT]

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THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY

Over the last two years, states across the country, including Pennsylvania, have seen an unprecedented spike in laws designed to restrict access to abortion.

With so much going on, it can be intimidating for newbies and nonpoliticos to figure out how to get involved. Now there are no more excuses: The Engagement Party is a stylish, friendly hang where you can learn what’s happening and simple ways to push back. “I want people across race, gender, socioeconomic and even party lines to realize that women’s issues are everyone’s issues,” says Tracey Olkus, party host and a stylist by trade. “Voting is not only for old people, and being involved in making positive change is hot!” Sponsored by the Women’s Medical Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union, the evening will feature a screening of the documentary Motherless: A Legacy of Loss from Illegal Abortion; a policy update from WMF Director Susan Schewel; a talk by Rita Poley, whose deft use of social media helped stop the merger of Abington Health and Holy Redeemer; and introductory socialmedia training. Full disclosure: I’ll be there talking about reproductive policy and how to shame dastardly politicians online. Come say hello. Light fare will be provided, but feel free to bring some drinks. TARA MURTHA 7-9pm. Free. Loft near 27th St. and Girard Ave. prochoiceactivisttrainingandengagement. eventbrite.com

SEPTEMBER

FRI 21

[FRINGE]

RED, BLACK & GREEN: A BLUES

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts gets in on the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival with its presentation of the multi-disciplinary work red, black & GREEN: a blues. A mix of theater, dance, spoken word and gospel music, the piece is the brainchild of poet innovator Marc Bamuthi Joseph.

Performed on a set of row houses constructed entirely with repurposed materials, the piece seeks to define the meaning of sustainability in urban America. Featuring an ensemble cast that includes performers from the full spectrum of performing arts, the show uses movement, songs and monologues to tell a collection of personal stories that explore the impact violence, poverty and “racial consciousness” has on urban communities. Preceding the performance tonight is a mini poetry slam featuring Philly Youth Poetry Movement.

J. COOPER ROBB

7:30pm. $10-$35. Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St. 215.898.3900. pennpresents.org [MUSIC]

PETER GABRIEL

As a great sage once said, “The world don’t move to the beat of just one drum; what might be right for you may not be right for some.” Now, don’t get us wrong, we’re all for freedom of choice, but there’s a few things that are just non-negotiable.

Before you start dating a special person, ask ‘em if they like Peter Gabriel’s 1986 hit “Sledgehammer.” If they say no, cut the cord immediately.

“Sledgehammer” is one of the greatest pop songs ever made, and if they can’t see that, then trust us, they’re not worthy. Released on his 1986 classic So, the song (and album) solidified the ex-Genesis frontman’s megastar status. In honor of the new 25th anniversary re-release—it’s actually been 26 years, but we digress—Gabriel is performing the entire LP live with many of the same musicians who helped make it. Nobody at the show isn’t going to love “Sledgehammer,” so find somebody new there. BRYAN BIERMAN 8pm. $39.50-$150. Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St. 215.336.3600. wellsfargocenterphilly.com

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SEPTEMBER

MICHELLE SHOCKED

It’s been more than a quarter century since Michelle Shocked’s raucous, home-recorded Texas Campfire Tapes set off an unlikely major label bidding war, and just about that long since the rueful “Anchorage” held sway on adult alternative radio stations everywhere. After 1991’s Arkansas Traveler, Shocked slipped out of the mainstream, but she has continued to tour and record. Political from the start—the cover of Short Sharp Shocked showed her being hauled off by police at the 1984 Democratic National Convention—she has lately become one of the Occupy movement’s most fervent supporters, even getting arrested again last fall at an Occupy protest. Her hallmarks—passion for justice, down-home charm and rollicking folk ballads for the Everyman—remain as strong, and as necessary, as ever. JENNIFER KELLY 8pm. $25. Tin Angel. 20 S. Second St. 215.928.0770. tinangel.com

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MT. AIRY ART GARAGE’S 3RD ANNUAL ART AUCTION GALA

While listening to the smooth sounds of the Passage Jazz Band and noshing on food from Reading Terminal Market’s Hershel’s East Side Deli, guests are invited to peruse and bid on an eclectic mix of artwork, as Mt. Airy Garage’s annual silent auction showcases the works of more than 45 professional and emerging artists from Northwest Philly. Featured artists include Robert Finch (paintings/prints), Kathy Robinson (decorative fiber arts), Melvin Chappell (photography), Ellen Benson (recycled mixedmedia) and Gary Reed (Hawaiian landscape art). A selection of crafts, jewelry and gift certificates will

also be up for grabs. All proceeds from the annual event will help the Mt. Airy Art Garage complete construction on its working artist studios, communal spaces that the garage hopes will foster creativity, celebration and collaboration. NICOLE FINKBINER

6pm. $30-$35. Mt. Airy Art Garage, 11 W. Mt. Airy Ave. 215.242.5074. mtairyartgarage.org [FRINGE]

HOT PEPPER, AIR CONDITIONER AND THE FAREWELL SPEECH

Toshiki Okada may hail from Japan, but American audiences should find the characters in his triptych of short plays Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner and The Farewell Speech more familiar than foreign. One of the world’s most unique playwrights/directors, Okada’s plays are performed in a signature physical style in which everyday gestures seem startling, and movements are as communicative as words. Performed by Okada’s acclaimed theater company, cheltfish, Hot Pepper exposes the empty lives of office workers in contemporary Japan. Set in a depressingly sterile office environment, the play finds workers planning a farewell party for an unseen colleague who has just been laid off. In the absurdly funny Air Conditioning, Okada presents a woman who is complaining to a disinterested but aggressive man about the room temperature. In the final installment, The Farewell Speech, we finally meet the laid-off worker from Hot Pepper as she delivers a soliloquy about her last day on the job. Hot Pepper is an opportunity to experience the playwright performed in his native language (the production is in Japanese with English supertitles). J.C.R. 7pm. $18-$35. Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St. 215.413.1318. livearts-fringe.org

Once a month from September to November, Shooting Wall’s Fall 2012 film series will screen a mixture of completely independent and risktaking short and feature-length films for your viewing pleasure. Tonight’s first screening in the series features two films: Vacant Guillotine Blues and Episodes from an Investigation. Blues is a short film by Joe Kramer that combines a mariachi band, a coffin, a group of sirens and Jesus Christ in an anachronistic spaghetti western. Episodes is a narrative film by Joshua Martin that splices three story lines together in order to explore key theories on the past, present and future of cinema. ANTHONY TRIVELLI

7pm. Free. PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St. 267.519.9651. philamoca.org

SEPTEMBER

TUES 25 [EVENT]

CANDY CLASS

Shane Candies claims the title of America’s oldest candy store, with an unbroken line of confectioners slinging sugary treats out of 110 Market St., stretching back to 1863. Tonight, brothers and new owners Ryan and Eric Berley will leave their beautiful store for the evening and lead a class teaching you all about 19th- and early 20th-century candy. Participants can indulge their inner Wonka as they pull taffy, learn lozenge lore and cast candy from antique metal molds. You might want to send your dentist an apologetic text before you attend, because each participant will go home with a “clear toy” of rock hard candy cast from molten sugar. T.C. 7pm-8:30pm. Free. Tyler School of Art at Temple University. 2001 N. 13th St. berleycandyclass-srch.eventbrite.com

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PHS FALL GARDEN FESTIVAL

After an excessively scalding summer, autumn in Philadelphia has really never seemed better.

During this all-day festival, the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society will celebrate the new season with food, giveaways and two harvest contests.

In hopes of impressing a group of expert judges, local growers will flaunt their most overgrown fruits, veggies and pumpkins, as well as their most beautiful fall flower and produce arrangements. Over at the marketplace, guests can shop from a selection of plants, gardening accessories, tools, home decor keepsakes and crafts while the PHS/Meadowbrook store will have its usual array of tropical indoor and plants and vegetables.

Co-hosts of the The Chew Cara Hall and Daphne Oz will also be in attendance leading live cooking and home-entertaining demonstrations and a Q&A session. N.F. 9am. Free. Philadelphia Navy Yard, 4747 S. Broad St. 215.988.8800. phsonline.org

SEPTEMBER

MON 24 [FILM]

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TWIN SHADOW

There’s a widespread infatuation with the past in much of modern music, particularly the ‘80s.

And while this might be worrisome (read Simon Reynolds’ excellent Retromania for a detailed look at this subject), when something’s truly great, it’s timeless, be it pop music or any art form.

Regardless of what vintage equipment is used or how much Spandau Ballet DNA it’s mixed with, a good song is always going to be a good song; this is where George Lewis Jr., the one-man band behind Twin Shadow, resides. After fronting the punky Mad Man Films and releasing a bluesy solo album under his real name, Lewis began work as Twin Shadow, writing and performing the debut album Forget on his own. There was clearly a debt to Prince, the Smiths and many other Reagan era influences, but you can’t fake good hooks. The record appeared on many of 2010’s best-of lists, and this year’s follow-up Confess looks to do the same. BRYAN BIERMAN 8:30pm. $15. With Niki & The Dove. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. 215.232.2100. utphilly.com

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ou know the whole “homemade comfort food with a fancy twist” shtick that’s so popular? Blue Belly BBQ, the new Bella Vista barbecue joint, has a new take on it: The twist is that there is no fancy twist—they just do real barbecue. All kinds of real barbecue, that is.

Brooklyn-born Chef Gene Giuffi makes it clear right from the restaurant’s name that this won’t be a Deep-South-only approach to the cuisine, as “blue belly” is a Civil War-era Southerner’s nickname for a Yankee soldier.

Like Giuffi’s upscale pork palace across the street, Cochon, Blue Belly BBQ is small and cozy. The pungent open kitchen makes the neighborhood smell like burning wood and savory meat. You can BYO, sit at the counter or wooden benches and watch the beauty of BBQ slow cook while you eat, or take out and make your own picnic at home. (Even large orders take less than 20 minutes to prepare, so wait and order only when you’re ready to pick up—that way the food won’t need to be reheated.)

The menu at Blue Belly takes us on a barbecue flavor odyssey through Korea, St. Louis, Jamaica, Mexico and more. For all that, it’s a simple and affordable lineup, broken up into sandwiches, smoked meats and sides: It’s all so easy to navigate and makes grabbing a quick sandwich on the way home from work very simple.

The sandwiches all bring their own style, sure to satisfy various cravings of the BBQ spectrum. The lamb barbacoa, a Mexican BBQ tradition, is a smoky, slowcooked treat. The pulled jerk chicken was a bit dried out, but the accompanying citrus aioli was so tasty, I didn’t mind. And the flavor of the pork on the slow-roasted pig sandwich—definitely a dish those squeamish about fat should skip—is amplified by the tart pickled fennel salad and sinus clearing mustard sauce.

Standing at the pinnacle of the sandwich menu is the Korean beef sandwich; the meat is tender, juicy and full of sweet and savory flavor. Delightfully sour kimchi mixes with sweet pear ginger vinaigrette, threatening to reinvent your concept of what’s fundamental to the palate. It’s all topped with crispy shallots and sprinkled with sesame seeds that add an extra pop of nutty flavor.

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that come “on the bone,” like the 1/2 Lancaster chicken and St. Louis spare ribs, are the dishes to order. Each smoked meat comes with your choice of three sides, and Blue Belly gives you some diverse and surprising choices that you won’t see on other BBQ menus in the city. For example, they forego hush puppies for corn cakes, which are sort of a cross between hush puppies and latkes—and in addition to braised greens, they also have Brussels sprouts. The mac and cheese and beans are disappointingly bland, but the rest of the sides nail it with fresh simplicity.

Whether you’re a seasoned barbecue grill master or never understood what

all the fuss (and mess) was about, Blue Belly’s diverse multi-regional approach and simplicity will impress. Treat yourself to one last summer picnic. ■

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1410 Mt. Vernon St. 215.600.0017. allaspinaphilly.com Cuisine: Italian gastropub.

Defying expectations is the name of the game at Alla Spina, where Marc Vetri’s widely acclaimed hospitality gets a lowbrow makeunder to match the cuisine. Pig tails are fried, rendering the considerable fat succulent and the strands of meat both crisp and redolent with piggy goodness—think crunchy bacon and fatty pork belly, twisted together around a bone not unlike a chicken wing. Awash in fennel agrodolce and topped with the filmiest hint of fennel fronds, they are best eaten with your fingers, a lip-smacking treat that manages to be at once sweet, sour, salty and rich. (Leah Blewett)

Blue Cat

1921 Fairmount Ave. bluecatrestaurant.com Cuisine: Latin-inspired comfort food.

Blue Cat’s airy, friendly atmosphere, casual and competent service, and comfortable pan-Latin food bring new freshness and life to its Fairmount neighborhood. Salmon filet, beneath a gorgeous crust from the cast-iron skillet, is a simple, delicate dish, topped with a mango salsa as straightforward as it is bright. Chacarero, a riff on the Chilean sandwich, is piled high with avocado, string beans, red pepper and grilled chicken; this is a sandwich that’s as filling as it is unexpectedly good for you. (Brian Freedman)

Ela

627 S. Third St. 267.687.8512.

Cuisine: Modern, creative American.

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American Sardine Bar 1800 Federal St. 215.334.2336. americansardinebar.com Cuisine: American comfort.

Eating here is a two-faced experience, both forward-looking and retro, a throwback to a time when comfort trumped detail, but of-the-moment in its occasional willingness to leap-frog convention and play in the sandbox of more modern flavor combinations. How else to explain the Frosted Flake-crusted and fried PB and J? It’s with the simpler constructs that ASB is at its most charming. Grilled cheese embodied the holy trinity of sensations for this Norman Rockwell construct. The bread had been perfectly crisped up in copious amounts of butter, the cheese tucked inside stretched from the teeth with each bite as if performing for a commercial, and the tomatoes, even out of season, brought enough acid to balance out the fattiness. Quintessential beer food. More than anything, though, what matters most here is how well the food works with the real centerpiece, the real reason most people will likely end up stopping by repeatedly: to enjoy a few beers with a bite to eat. (B.F.)

This ambitious restaurant in the former Ansill space in Queen Village is well on its way to becoming one of the city’s most interesting, rewarding destinations. The skate arrived curled up like some sort of loose nautilus shell, its butter-browned flank a visual reference to the addictive whole-grain mustard crisps off to the side. A massive portion of thick, subtly gamy duck magret, the center glistening like a ruby, found its counterpart in a silky puree of smoked butternut squash.

Cichonski’s banh cam—the beloved glutinous rice and mung bean spheres of Vietnam—are made his own with the addition of truffle and rosemary for aromatics, white beans instead of mung, and mashed potato flakes for texture. The result is reminiscent of an oversized, gnocchi-like orb encased in a lace-thin carapace, a fresh, successfully idiosyncratic homage. Get in while you can. I have a feeling, in another few months, once the national press “discovers” it, landing a table will be a justifiably difficult endeavor.

(B.F.)

El Loco Pez

2401 E. Norris St. 267.886.8061. locopez.com Cuisine: Mexican-American done right.

El Loco Pez seems to be a nice middle ground where all people can feel comfortable. It’s a bar with a sense of inclusion, humor ... and damn good tacos and drinks.

Carne asada was the most familiar, the short ribs tender and deeply seasoned with cumin, as well as Worcestershire and soy. Taco al pastor is nearly halfway between dinner and dessert, the distinct whiff of cinnamon and clove in the tender chunks of pork combine with the pineapple in ways that are distinctly reminiscent of an old-school pineapple upside-down cake. Order two of these. The menu encourages overconsumption. On the

drink tip: The margarita at El Loco Pez is a balanced gem, neither teeth-suckingly tart nor cavity-causing sweet. For something more adventurous, check out the Monte Carlo, whose sweetly perfumed hibiscus water is balanced out by an in-house infusion of tequila and chipotle. Simple food prepared with confidence and care, and served in an atmosphere that’s welcoming and un-selfconsciously cool. (B.F.)

The Pickled Heron 2218 Frankford Ave. 215.634.5666. thepickledheron.com Cuisine: Contemporary American by way of France.

The Pickled Heron turns out a seared foie gras that ranks among my favorites in town, expertly cooked to buttery tenderness without a hint of over-searing and served over a golden raisin and black pepper jam that is both a sweet foil and a thoughtful complement to the faintly metallic character of the foie. Caramelized brioche underneath it all adds crunch and heft. Seared scallops are tender clouds drifting on sunchoke puree and a scattering of toothsome fava beans, the entire dish brightened by a judicious squeeze of lemon. (L.B.)

M Kee

1002 Race St. 215.238.8883 Cuisine: Wide-ranging Chinese.

M Kee is the kind of place you root for: The service couldn’t be nicer or more accommodating, and the restaurant itself, with its cheery orange accents and uniforms, is welcoming. The highlights are probably what you’d expect—they’re hanging right in the window. Excellently named “roast pig” is just that: Tender rectangles of remarkably “porky” pork, each resting beneath a layer of cracker-crisp skin that’s a beautifully deep shade of mahogany. Order too much of this and bring it home. It’ll make an amazing next-day snack. (B.F.)

the meatiness of it. Karai miso sizzles with a pleasant, tingling heat. The broth itself, a creamy miso tonkotsu, glows sunset-toned, and the sweet-earthy black garlic sauce atop the pork belly provides an excellent counterpart. All of these are wonderfully successful meals-in-a-bowl; if you work in the area, it’s a great under-$10 lunchtime option. Or dinner.

Or night-out snack. (B.F.)

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521 Catharine St. 215.351.1550. ulivophila.com Cuisine: Contemporary, casual American, focusing on domestic (and local) ingredients.

Executive Chef George Sabatino plays with sourness, sweetness and perfume with an alchemist’s sense of fine-tuning. Beets are punched up with coriander and bay leaf; cauliflower makes a remarkable partner for raisins and turmeric. If you’re in the mood for a de facto pickle back to wash down your whiskey, this is the place to do it, especially considering Stateside’s generous whiskey offerings. It’s with these more comforting dishes that Stateside is at its best. Pork liver terrine is a chunky, funky wonder, the gaminess of the organ both unabashed and primal in the best sense. Bone marrow and truffle sausage is the kind of dish that would give any self-respecting doctor nightmares.

Follow the same logic as the rest of the meal: Small portions and big flavors are the focal points. Don’t fight the temptation. Stateside seems custom-made for eating a little too much, drinking a little too much, and regretting none of it. (B.F.) Seasonal ItalianMediterranean BYOB.

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Ramen has the potential to be one of the more deeply comforting and affordable meals around and Nom Nom Ramen, on 18th Street just off of Market, is doing a nice job of promoting it. Shio is arguably the standard-bearer here. It’s built on the base of a tonkotsu broth, amped up with salt and white soy sauce, that benefits from having been simmered with pork bone. Shoyu is more savory still—the addition of soy sauce highlights the darker flavors of the broth,

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929 Walnut St. 215.413.3600. squarepegrestaurant.com Cuisine: American classics with a twist.

Square Peg’s Sunday brunch menu offers enough tweaks to keep things interesting.

Grilled cheese is stuffed with mac ’n’ cheese; it’s a gluttonous, satisfyingly uncomplicated dish, successfully mixing the gooey and the crisp. An omelet is filled with a smoked goat cheese that highlights the sweetness of the eggs themselves. The breakfast sandwich is a massive, fat torpedo, the eggs just drippy enough, the chihuahua cheese melting throughout, the homemade chorizo sizzling with a low-level spice that’s more implied than realized; porkiness is the focus here. All in all, an appealing addition to our everexpanding base of weekend-morning dining options. (B.F.)

Tapestry

700 S. Fifth St. 215.923.1620. tapestryphilly.com Cuisine: American casual.

At Tapestry, you really can’t go wrong with a brew and almost anything fried. Order a Ballast Point Piper Down Scottish-style ale from California and tear into a plate of fried chicken, a salty, dizzyingly crispy, thickcrusted plateful that’s among the better versions in the city right now. The vegetarian chili is also a standout: the pinto, cannellini, red kidney and black beans are all relatively toothsome despite the fact that they’re canned, and the sweetness of paprika and cooked-down tomatoes lend it contrast. The burger, though nothing unique, nonetheless acquitted itself admirably; the 80-20 chuck is ground fresh at Rivera’s and Nydick’s Agiato in Manayunk. Pizzas are generally a solid go-to as well with their leopard-spotted and yeasty crusts. With a few tweaks here and there, Tapestry will reach its potential and do the very pleasant space justice. In the meantime, stop by, check out the new brews and tear into that fried chicken. (B.F.)

Shake Shack

2000 Sansom St. 215.809.1742. shakeshack.com Cuisine: Burgers, dogs, shakes, custards.

The signature Shack Burger is grilled and topped with a melted slice of cheese, crisp leaf lettuce, tomatoes that are red almost beyond expectation and Shack Sauce, a creamy pinkish concoction that recalls the tang of Thousand Island dressing with none of the bitterness or bite. Crinkle-cut fries are crisp and 14-carat golden, with or without their

signature cheddar-American blend cheese sauce—a treat that makes our hometown cheese, Whiz, look like the processed, unnatural mess that it is. Custards are spectacularly creamy and rich, and even the iced tea-lemonade “Fifty/Fifty” is notably on point: tart, bitter, refreshing and without the cloying sweetness of most versions. (L.B.)

Nomad Pizza

611 S. Seventh St. 215.238.0900. nomadpizzaco.com Cuisine: Considerate, well-constructed pizza.

This is as neighborhoody and pleasant as it gets, a charming oasis from the craziness of South Street a block away, and a great entry to the city’s ever-expanding pizza-stakes. All of the pizzas are framed by a dough that’s crafted in-house. Straightforward margherita di buffala pizza benefited from the palatefilling milkiness of the cheese. Against the simple, elegant San Marzano sauce and gentle dusting of sea salt and pepper, this pizza worked on a deeply primal level. (B.F.)

Vedge

1221 Locust St. 215.320.7500 Cuisine: Ambitious, creative vegan.

Vedge, which resides in the stunning space once occupied by Deux Cheminées, does more to bridge the chasm between the artificially distant worlds of the omnivore and the vegan than any restaurant I’ve ever visited. Grilled gochujang tofu boasts three (three!) separate rounds of marinating and arrives in a shallow pool of smoked miso dashi, crowned by a translucent lace of yuba “cracklin,” and accompanied by an edamame puree: soy beans four ways, each of them remarkable. Roasted golden beats are layered on pumpernickel with smoked tofu, avocado, capers and a cucumber dill sauce to perfectly embody the satisfying richness of a smoked salmon sandwich. (B.F.)

Vernick Food & Drink

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Cuisine: Internationally inspired American bistro. vernickphilly.com One of the most exciting new entries into Philadelphia’s ever-expanding restaurant scene, Vernick presents food that’s inventive yet rooted, global in inspiration yet American at its core. Start with red and gold beets dressed up with a red-wine vinaigrette, squares of nutty-sharp Moliterno cheese and sweet pistachios candied with fennel seeds.

Move on to pork blade medallions; mustard greens and marmalade; flavorful potato ravioli. Finish with an impossibly moist carrot cake whose cream-cheese-and-fromageblanc-vanilla icing is as addictive as anything in the city. (B.F.)

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The Edge of Our Bodies Through Sept. 23. $20. Studio X, 1340 S. 13th St. 215.218.4022. livearts-fringe.org t the wildly unpredictable Live Arts Festival-Philly Fringe, the one company you can count on to present a show worth your time and money is Theatre Exile, which continues its winning streak at the Fringe with an involving production of Adam Rapp’s The Edge of Our Bodies.

First presented at the prestigious Humana Festival for New Plays in 2011, Edge’s sole character is 16-year-old Bernadette, played by the excellent Nicole Erb. A student at a prestigious New England boarding school, we first meet “Bernie” on the stage of the school’s small black box theater where she’s played the role of Claire in a production of Jean Genet’s The Maids. The audience has left the theater, and Bernie is alone on the set of Genet’s play. To our surprise, she takes out her diary and begins to read about her recent trip from Whitney’s Connecticut campus to New York City.

Rapp’s main attribute as a writer is his ability to create vivid imagery, and his descriptive writing immediately draws us to Bernie’s tale. With exquisite detail, she describes her train trip to New York and her visit to the home of her 19-year-old boyfriend, Michael. Michael isn’t there, but his father, Wayne, is. Wayne is suffering from prostate cancer, and though Bernie describes Wayne’s appearance with almost clinically objectivity—her diary is curiously devoid of emotion or self-assessments—we can feel Wayne’s all-consuming pain. After leaving him, she makes her way to a small bar, where she encounters a middle-age man from New Jersey with whom she will have a strangely intimate and unexpected encounter in a hotel room.

To his credit, there is no attempt by talented director Matt Pfeiffer to enhance Rapp’s play by the usual means. The sound and lighting design is barely noticeable, and there is no music to evoke or sustain a particular mood. The story is realized only through Rapp’s words, Erb’s voice and our imagination.

Although Edge’s minimalism makes it seem more like a reading than a typical

Telling tales: Nicole Erb in The Edge of Our Bodies. (Photo by Paola Nogueras)

play, the difference is that most plays aren’t meant to read. Edge is, however, and the world Rapp creates through language and the sound of the actor’s voice feels both real and complete. Michael— who his father describes as a “tenacious narcissist” who is obsessed with his own perfect, hairless chest—is as fully realized in our imagination as he would be if he were portrayed by a living, breathing actor. The same is true for the play’s other characters, with the exception of Bernie. Instead of sharing her own thoughts and feelings, what we know about Bernie comes only through her explained interaction with others.

The only moments in Edge that don’t work are when Bernie suddenly departs from her story and performs brief scenes from Genet’s Maids. Instead of adding another layer of interest to Bernie’s story, those acted-out scenes—which concern two sisters who hatch an elaborate scheme plan to poison their cruel employer and have no clear connection to Bernie’s story—are unwelcome disruptions.

Othello, Desdemona & Iago Walk into a Bar Through Sept 23. $15. The Trestle Inn, 339 N. 11th St. 215.413.1318. livearts-fringe.org ven at the Fringe, where the strange is commonplace, ad hoc theatre project’s Othello, Desdemona &

Iago Walk Into a Bar at the popular whisky go-go bar The Trestle Inn is truly bizarre. Directed, produced and co-written

by Mark Kennedy, the play is part of the growing trend of presenting theater in a drinking spot, but unfortunately in this case, the venue is far more interesting than the production.

Although Othello, Desdemona & Iago Walk Into a Bar isn’t technically a sitespecific affair, Kennedy’s production is informed by the Trestle Inn’s long history as a fabulously seedy stripper spot. The proceedings begin with main characters Othello (Akeem Davis), Desdemona (Meredith Sonnen) and Iago (Emily Letts) dancing into the small playing area that is squeezed in between the tables at the Inn. “It’s a special night. A special fucking night,” Iago gleefully proclaims. And just in case anyone in the audience is still expecting a conventional telling of Shakespeare’s tragedy after Iago’s outburst, Davis’ Othello informs us that if we came to the show expecting “to see Mandingo kill a white woman,” we will be sorely disappointed.

Soon, Desdemona is topless, save for her tassels, and Iago is knocking back shots of vodka and performing bad card tricks for Othello’s amusement.

In between the drinking, dancing and karaoke exuberantly performed by Desdemona, we get a hint of Shakespeare’s original play—a silent black and white film provides some relatively humorous exposition—and the ending strikes a surprisingly serious tone.

Kennedy wants to explore topics about race, the objectification of women and the disconnect between body and soul, but he also wants a production that will entertain the happy-hour crowd at one of the city’s hippest watering holes.

A burlesque version of Shakespeare’s Othello isn’t a bad idea, but weak writing and poor execution waters down a clever concept. ■ For more Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe show reviews, visit the PW Style blog on PhiladelphiaWeekly.com.

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s one-of-a-kind public art show Open Air will excite even the most staid Philadelphians.

By Nicole Finkbiner // nfinkbiner@philadelphiaweekly.com et’s face it: Most Philadelphians—like most people—have never stepped foot inside an art gallery. They don’t care about what new exhibition is opening at the Art Museum or the Barnes. They think our murals and public sculptures are weird looking. They don’t know a single local artist. They have no idea what First Friday is. And they most certainly aren’t reading this column.

Fortunately, all of this means little to worldrenowned installation artist Rafael LozanoHemmer, who has chosen this city to be the host of his greatest masterpiece yet: an interactive public light experience that combines mobile technology and 24 of the most powerful search lights in the world.

It’s called Open Air, and regardless of whether or not Philadelphians like it, understand it or appreciate it, they will be the ones with the ability to control it. “We wanted to make something that is free, inclusive and would empower Philadelphians,” Lozano-Hemmer said of the project in a press conference last month.

After noticing how dead the Ben Franklin Parkway becomes at night, Lozano-Hemmer—best known for Vectorial Elevation, the large-scale installation he created for the 2012 Vancouver Winter Olympics—was inspired to make it the focal point of his project in hopes of breathing new life into the area. Basically, Open Air offers locals an opportunity to connect to the public space in a very intimate way while also simultaneously challenging their perceptions of “art.”

Here’s how it all works: People can record a 30-second message using the free “Open Air Philly” iPhone app or on the project’s website (openairphilly.net). The frequency and amplitude of their message—as well as their GPS location—will be used to create a unique light formation in the sky. The app will notify participants when their message is about to go live— those on the Parkway will be bumped to the top of the list—and these light sculptures will be visible anywhere within a 10-mile radius of the Parkway each night from 8 to 11 p.m.

If this sounds really complicated, it’s because it is. Until the app is officially launched on Thursday and those lights beam up into the night sky, it’s hard to imagine what the experience will actually be like, especially since no one has ever experienced it before.

With Philly being the birthplace of American democracy, Lozano-Hemmer has opted to keep all the messages completely uncensored. The hope is, of course, that when given a platform, locals will use their best discretion.

Get lit: An artist’s rendering of Open Air on the Parkway.

So while the occasional inebriated mumblings and “Fire Andy Reid” rants are inevitable, you can also expect plenty of thought-provoking commentary, hilarious jokes, inspirational poems and maybe even a marriage proposal.

It also helps the that recordings are not anonymous and will be automatically archived on the Open Air Web site, where other users can rate them, flag them, leave comments and see an image of the light sculpture they produced. One can only hope that when this is all said and done, Lozano-Hemmer will weed through the messages and release a “best of” compilation.

In addition to a listening station at Sister Cities Park, Eakins Oval will serve as the official project information center, where locals can borrow iPhones, hang out in a lounge area and enjoy nightly events sponsored by various local community and cultural organizations.

Commissioned by the Association for Public Art and presented in conjunction with both the Live Arts Festival and DesignPhiladelphia, Open Air will be unveiled this Thursday with an opening celebration along the closed inner drive of the Parkway. The event will feature virtuoso voice performances, local food trucks, a live countdown and a presentation by LozanoHemmer himself. The messages with the highest ratings online will be the first to activate the searchlights.

And if it can get locals excited about art, even if only for a few minutes, then perhaps there’s hope. ■ Opening Sept. 20, through Oct. 14. 7:30-11pm.

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By Matt Prigge // mprigge@philadelphiaweekly.com Baraka (1992): Technology evolves, but the appeal of the old, at least with a precious few, remains. The immersive, high-resolution widescreen format colloquially known as Todd-AO—named for the company that produced it, which still exists, but now mostly works in sound—was launched around the same time as CinemaScope in the mid-’50s.

Oklahoma! was the first produced in its version of the 65mm format, and others included South Pacific, Cleopatra and The Sound of Music. It faded around the ‘70s, but Ron Fricke, when making this Koyaanisqatsi-esque visual poem, brought it back. Fricke’s recent Samsara was shot on regular 65mm, but more on that later down the list.

Lumiérre and Company (1995): For the centennial of film itself, 41 directors—among them Theo Angelopoulos, Michael Haneke, Abbas Kiarostami, Spike Lee and Jacques Rivette—were given an assignment: shoot a 52-second film with an antique Cinématographe, one of the first film cameras. Some are interesting, some are slight, but the one by David Lynch is a corker.

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Elephant (2003): The “Academy ratio” (1.37:1) is roughly the size of old TVs and was, up until CinemaScope, the dominant shape of the projected film frame. Some modern films perversely bring it back, as did Gus Van Sant with both Elephant and Paranoid Park, Kelly Reichardt with Meek’s Cutoff and Andrea Arnold’s new Wuthering Heights.

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The Good German (2006): Digital convertee Steven Soderbergh has of late talked ill of shooting on film. He didn’t feel that way when he made this laborious homage to WWII-era cinema, shot 1945-style: all back lots and modified L.A. locations, no radio microphones, only incandescent lighting and old, enormous, heavy cameras.

The Master (2012): Todd-AO 65mm is no more, but regular 65mm every now and then rears its gorgeous, high-resolution head. Paul Thomas Anderson’s muchanticipated latest was shot in 65mm, and some can see it projected that way. (But not Philadelphia!) Ditto Samsara, The New World, Atlantis, The Lost Continent, Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet, Little Buddha and Far and Away.

Computer Chess (2013): Andrew Bujalski, whose “mumblecore” indies are shot on glorious 16mm, finally goes video with his upcoming fourth feature. Then again, it’s not just video—it’s modified video cameras from the ‘80s. n

Clint Eastwood’s Back, and Here Comes Trouble The uneven Trouble with the Curve hardly deserves someone as good as Dirty Harry. But we’ll take it.

By Sean Burns // sburns@philadelphiaweekly.com et’s just try and forget Clint Eastwood’s depressing ramblings and his argument with a chair at the Republican National Convention. Instead, let’s move on to the opening scene of Trouble with the Curve, in which the beloved octogenarian screen icon makes a far more dignified entrance, arguing with his dick.

There’s a startling amount of screen time spent watching Eastwood stand over the toilet bowl attempting to pee, muttering under his breath at every halting trickle, finally staring downward and cursing his member: “Well, at least I outlived you, you son of a bitch.”

And in that moment, all was forgiven.

Even J. Edgar.

Cary Grant retired too early because he thought people didn’t want to see Cary Grant get old. Other stars disfigure themselves with ghastly plastic surgery, and then they join The Expendables.

Eastwood is perhaps alone in the way he has embraced the mileage worn over six decades onscreen, only coming into his own as an actor in the latter third of his career, when he could finally play men fallen half-a-step behind, haunted by regret and fully aware that the clock is running out. Eastwood proudly wears his pants pulled high above his waistline.

He is never less than delightful in Trouble with the Curve, an otherwise lousy movie helmed by his longtime assistant director Robert Lorenz. Eastwood stars as Gus Lobel, a crotchety old baseball scout trying to cling to his job with the Atlanta Braves despite the fact that he’s quite obviously going blind. There’s nobody better at being a curmudgeon, growling and cussing before displaying stray moments of unexpected delicacy—like when he pours half a beer into a glass and rests it on the headstone during a visit to his wife’s grave. Gus drinks his own half from the bottle.

In case you didn’t see that Brad Pitt movie last year, the game of baseball has changed. Matthew Lillard is an oafish villain with a laptop computer in the front office, claiming he has algorithms that can do Gus’ job with 10 times the efficiency. A cuddly John Goodman is

Get off his lawn: The crotchety but lovable Clint Eastwood is back to being, well, crotchety and lovable in Trouble With the Curve.

on hand to provide moral support for Eastwood’s old guard, but mostly he just seems to be around so we can watch a couple of sublimely relaxed pros bust each other’s balls.

Gus’ semi-estranged daughter Mickey (named for Mantle, natch) steps in to try and do what she can. Played by Amy Adams, she’s never quite believable and yet never not adorable as a baseball-obsessed tomboy who channeled her sad, lonely childhood into corporate lawyerdom and emotional unavailability.

A credulity-stretching road-trip to North Carolina ensues, and there’s really not all that much going on in Randy Brown’s determinedly low-stakes screenplay. Well, at least not much besides the pleasure of watching the lead performances, rounded out here by Justin Timberlake as a former pitching protégé of Gus’ who blew out his shoulder. There’s a crazy generational dissonance watching Eastwood pal around with Timberlake. But it quickly dissolves when you see the conspiratorial glint in both their eyes, taking enormous enjoyment out of riding Mickey’s last nerve.

Trouble with the Curve doesn’t just remind you what a great screen presence Clint Eastwood is; it makes you appreciate him even more as a director because Lorenz does such a terrible job. Eastwood can often get away with scripts this shoddy thanks to his elegant compositions, deep shadows and sparse

musical scores providing a constant melancholy undertow. He even makes Paul Haggis screenplays into good movies.

But perhaps not wanting to seem too influenced by his mentor, Lorenz garishly over-lights the picture, with haphazard framing and slo-mo money shots highlighted in bold by a deafening soundtrack that should be placed on trial for putting the audience in an illegal chokehold.

That ambling, quiet pace Eastwood usually excels at here translates to lumpy and distended, thanks to all the needless histrionics. Trouble with the Curve is the first picture Eastwood has acted in without directing since 1993’s In the Line of Fire, and it feels like a favor to an old friend.

Yet still, I somehow sort of enjoyed it anyways, if only for the chance to spend a little more time with my favorite movie star. I think we all saw Gran Torino as Eastwood’s rather brazenly self-conscious retirement speech from his acting career. He’s back here, in a film that hardly deserves him. But that’s better than nothing. ■

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Dredd

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Reviewed by Sean Burns

Reviewed by Matt Prigge

Reviewed by Matt Prigge

Reviewed by Sean Burns

A far cry from the 1995 groaner starring Sylvester Stallone and Rob Schneider, this splattery, better-than-it-has-any-right-to-be adaptation of John Wagner’s U.K. comic book 2000 AD stars the lower half of Karl Urban’s face as a monosyllabic lawman in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. (Um, is there any other kind?)

Mega-City One spans most of the Northeast corridor in an uninterrupted sprawl of 200-story high-rise housing projects. Crime runs so rampant that the meager police force has been empowered to act as judge, jury and executioner, even while only physically capable of responding to 6 percent of their calls. Urban’s Judge Dredd is the toughest of the bunch, a sneering justice machine who never once takes off his helmet for the entire running time.

Teamed with Olivia Thirlby’s psychic rookie, Dredd and his new partner quickly find themselves locked down in a towering slum run by the vicious MaMa, played by Lena Headley, channeling Sandra Bernhard on a very bad day. A cat-and-mouse game of audacious bloodletting ensues, displaying vast ingenuity when it comes to sundry ways of dismembering the human body.

Weirdly pedigreed for such a down-anddirty B-picture, Dredd was scripted by novelist Alex Garland and shot by groundbreaking digital videographer Antony Dod Mantle. It’s a good deal wittier than expected from a movie that consists mostly of people getting shot in the face. (I was quite fond of the automated corpse-disposal units mopping up a mess while assuring folks that the food-court will reopen in six to eight minutes.) Urban’s performance is particularly droll, his eyes obscured by doofy-looking headgear, working strictly with a scowl and often hilariously rigid body language. He makes that Robocop reboot that’s in the works seem awfully unnecessary.

There’s a perverse integrity to Dredd’s relentless nastiness. You’ll keep waiting for them to try and soften up the character, or maybe just stop blowing people’s heads off.

No dice. Thirlby, doing a passable Milla Jovovich imitation, is on hand to supply the inevitable crisis of conscience, ever so slightly acknowledging that this is all just a queasy fascist police brutality empowerment fantasy. But as far as such things go, it’s kind of a hoot. ■

Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s follow-up to Persepolis is neither as memorable nor as urgent a tale, but it’s a much better film.

Where Persepolis felt like a gruesomely edited version of Satrapi’s books, made for people who don’t want to read (and don’t want to read comics), Chicken With Plums—based on her 2004 comic—is more self-contained, less sprawling, and therefore a comfier fit for the abbreviated movie form.

The focus is on the eight final days of one Nasser Ali (Mathieu Amalric), an acclaimed violinist in 1950s Tehran. His violin has been broken and, unable to find a suitable replacement—and rather a bit of a diva—he decides to end his life. The narrative playfully jumps to his funeral early on, to show he means business, then jumps back to dwell on him as he lies confined to his bed. The leapfrogging continues with his memories, painting a picture not only of his life and his eccentric— and typically tragicomic—musings, but also of the bygone era of tony Iran in the middle of the last century.

The tone is mordant and dreamy, the structure filled with deviations and detours.

Nasser Ali’s attempt to summon Socrates and offer pithy final thoughts to his young children proves loopily disastrous, while a memory of Sofia Loren summons a dream where he’s enveloped by cartoonishly elephantine cleavage. Chicken also encourages more from Satrapi and Paronnaud as still-nascent filmmakers. Persepolis was boxed into its sketchy B&W animation esthetic. Chicken is live-action, yet, oddly, a more visual film, with blatantly artificial sets, painterly backgrounds, lush camerawork and, inevitably, sudden fits of animation.

The trade-off is, alas, the overall narrative, which eventually hits a structural snag. In the final stretch, the tone changes, and there abruptly arises a tragic romance angle, concerning the love of Nasser Ali’s life (Golshifteh Farahani), whose father forbade their marriage. Chicken pushes this revelation to the final act, treating it like a twist—and, unfortunately, therefore robbing us of what would have been a more emotional and trenchant look at the effects of love thwarted. There’s enough off-hand insights and goodies to atone for this conceptual hiccup, although one wonders if the story perhaps worked better on paper. ■

The terrific character actor Todd Louiso— Chad the Nanny in Jerry Maguire; the anemic, awkward record store clerk Dick in High Fidelity—is also a director, a factoid that has till now been said with a heavy sigh. Under his belt lies Love Liza, a grim grief drama not even saved by Philip Seymour Hoffman, as well as The Mark Pease Experience, a notorious star-studded bomb whose opening weekend per-screen average was a shocking $300. (For the record, he also made a not-bad adaptation of Tom Stoppard’s The Fifteen Minute Hamlet in 1995, also with Hoffman, a friend.)

Hello I Must Be Going, Louiso’s third feature, is almost calculatedly safe: a standard romantic dramedy with a grating guitar indie song soundtrack that seems to have been included as per some sick law. That, however, is Hello’s one grating flaw. The reasons for the film’s mostly deserved buzz aren’t because it executes convention well, but because of the idiosyncratic ways director and star (and in some cases screenwriter) muck with convention. Melanie Lynskey plays Amy, a thirtysomething recent divorcee whose extended depression drives her parents (Blythe Danner and John Rubinstein) to scoop her up and deposit her in their Connecticut manse.

It’s not long before Amy, bored and restless, finds herself unexpectedly snogging then shagging Jeremy (Christopher Abbott), the 19-year-old son of a family friend.

There are more than a couple traces of Bridesmaids in Sarah Koskoff ’s script, which can sometimes revel in Amy’s descent into depressive madness. (A scene where she screams aloud about hitting bottom is followed by one where she guzzles margaritas with catty women she knew in high school.)

Luckily, Hello is a case study in how acting can mollify dodgy material. Lynskey, a talented actress who hasn’t had this meaty a role since she was the co-star of Heavenly Creatures at 16, jumps at the opportunity, giving what is chiefly a visual performance: She works mostly in finely calibrated facial expressions, which convey more than the words she’s been given to say. It’s a rich, expressive performance, and Abbott is nearly as good, managing a dashing confidence that never makes his character feel merely precocious. They both come off like actual people, breathing life into a production that might, with lesser talent, have been simply stock. ■

Screenwriter David Ayer is such a manly man’s man that it’s hard not to wonder if he’s over-compensating for something. Looking at Training Day, Harsh Times, Dark Blue and Street Kings, the Ayer formula is pretty obvious by now: Give a bunch of macho blow-hards some badges, billy-clubs and a license to beat the crap out of people while bellowing racial slurs and epic arias of profanity. There’s a self-conscious theatricality to Ayer’s bluster.

The best films about violent men have always walked the line between critiquing violent behavior and getting off on it. Ayer tends to stick with the latter.

End of Watch is Ayer’s third directorial effort, and it unfortunately attempts to yoke his patented hard-boiled cop routine to that everwearying found-footage craze. The gimmick here is that beat cop Jake Gyllenhaal is taking a night class in documentary filmmaking, so he and partner Michael Pena wear buttonhole video cameras in their uniform pockets, and the whole movie jerks around in a hand-held, fish-eyed angle, low resolution blur. Trying to follow the action made me so nauseous, I had to take a break halfway through and go walk around the lobby for a few minutes just to keep from throwing up.

Gyllenhaal and Pena have a relaxed rapport behind the wheel of a squad car, even if the baby-faced former is never remotely credible as a steroidal knucklehead. For once, there’s an absence of police corruption; Ayer’s positively flooding with love for these cops, portrayed here as hard-working family men who talk a bit of smack and get rough sometimes, but don’t really mean anything by it. Indeed, at first it looks like End of Watch might be using the caught-on-video gimmick to convey the simple ins and outs of an LAPD patrolman’s daily grind.

No such luck, as plot convolutions quickly arrive. Stupid ones, too. Grandiose cartel baddies carry gold-plated AK-47s, conveniently videotaping their crimes for no other reason than that the movie needs us to see them. Absurdly improbable set-pieces and massively over-scaled shoot-outs ensue, with the jagged YouTube aesthetic only underlining the phoniness of all these Hollywood clichés.

And I’m still wondering who we’re supposed to assume was holding the camera during Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick’s sex scene. ■

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The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best Reviewed by Matt Prigge The two stars of the alliteratively titled musical indie The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best are handily split into types: Jim (Michael Weston) is the ostensibly funny one, Alex (Ryan O’Nan) the obnoxiously sensitive one.

Similarly, the film itself is evenly divided: a silly, occasionally even, mildly amusing first half followed by a sappy second, when the fun stops and shit, you know, gets real.

O’Nan’s Alex is a flailing emo singersongwriter whose songs are, as he routinely humblebrags, “depressing.” Out of nowhere comes Jim, who punches Alex repeatedly in the face before suggesting they team up as a duo, with Jim complementing Alex’s feel-bad songs with toy instruments that do, honestly, make them sound better. In the tradition of comic pairs where only one is funny, Weston gets the best bits while O’Nan, because he wrote and directed in addition to co-starring, gets to make out with the hot chick (Arielle Kebbel), whose character sees in Alex a deep soul because O’Nan’s film is, in effect, naked wish fulfillment.

Brooklyn Brothers, when it works at all, works when it’s funny, or at least trying to be, minus a gag that means to demonstrate how far the penniless Alex has fallen by making him play music for mentally deficient kids. Weston’s manic attempt at a lovable sociopath prove welcome opposite the dour O’Nan, although O’Nan, as screenwriter, is responsible for the reasonably loopy plotting that gets Alex and Jim on the road.

The whole enterprise aims to replace the hole left by the finale of the Flight of the Conchords show. Except that Conchords never traded the absurdist tone for an empowering/emotional one, nor killed off one of the character’s family members for easy pathos.

Once the film briefly breaks up the band and switches its tone over to buzzkill Alex, all that’s left is a subplot wherein a devoutly religious family gets lectured on how repressed they are because no filmmaker ever thought to do that before. Random familiar faces— Christopher McDonald, Wilmer Valderrama, Andrew McCarthy, even Melissa Leo—swing by for seconds, like shiny, distracting objects, but the tiresome O’Nan makes sure it’s ultimately his show. ■

The Master Reviewed by Matt Prigge The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s absurdly dense new period epic, was initially sold as a takedown of religion, with Philip Seymour Hoffman playing Lancaster Dodd, the enigmatic leader of a Scientology-like cult. The end product turns out to have little to say on the subject. One could presume Anderson’s friendship with Tom Cruise made him back off, but the more likely answer is that heavy thinking simply isn’t his bag. He’s an instinctual filmmaker who uses big ideas to fuel big cinematic moments and organizes his films eccentrically: He claimed to have based Magnolia’s structure not on another film, but on The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life.”

In that sense, Anderson is less like Lancaster than The Master’s actual protagonist, Freddie (Joaquin Phoenix). Recently home from WWII, Freddie is a relentlessly horny and violently tempered drifter and boozer who mumbles out of the left side of his mouth and can mix refreshing if brutal cocktails from anything at hand. (Say, paint thinner—he’s the MacGyver of hooch.) Freddie has an innate hatred of the “proper life,” and if he can be locked down, by a job or a girl or a charismatic cult leader, it’s only for a spell. It’s during one of his aimless jags that he happens upon Lancaster, and what follows is part attempted brainwashing—with Lancaster trying to tame this animal, as per his religion’s language—and part love story. Lancaster is drawn to Freddie’s feral lifestyle, and the amount of time he hangs with his slovenly new bro enrages his killjoy wife (Amy Adams)—just like in You, Me and Dupree or Ted. The impulsive, jagged way The Master has been constructed makes it relentlessly compelling, although sussing out its meaning proves dodgy. It could be read as a reflection on sex (Freddie) and religion (Lancaster) battling it out for the future of the country, at a time (post-war) when it was impressionable.

But that seems reductive. It’s more rich and enjoyable anyway as an unpredictable narrative, as a film conceived cinematically—and in 70mm—and as one of those closed loop character studies, like Taxi Driver or Un Coeur en Hiver, where the protagonist refuses change.

And it’s hugely rewarding as a showcase for Phoenix, who’s somehow more crazed and committed than he was in I’m Still Here. ■

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Nicki Bluhm Blooms The West Coast darling heads east with her band, the Gramblers, to dazzle at the Tin Angel.

By Tara Murtha // tmurtha@philadelphiaweekly.com

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Michael Kiwanuka Everything about British singer-song writer-musician Michael Kiwanuka screams throwback: his unfussy, bohemian dress; the ‘70s-home-movie vibe of his dreamy, color-drenched videos and, of course, his expertly crafted songs that channel the spirit voices of Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye, music bursting with passion yet free of gimmick or glitter. That’s what shines brightest, his easy smile coming in a close second.

Months after dazzling audiences as the opening act for the second U.K. leg of the Adele Live tour last summer, Kiwanuka topped this year’s BBC’s “Sound of” poll, mirroring Adele’s 2008 win and besting a talent roster that included Frank Ocean, Azealia Banks, Skrillex and Niki & The Dove. Critics aside, fans in 14 countries have declared the 24-year-old North Londoner a hit, and—wouldn’t you know it?—the U.S. of A. is on the late freight. Hopefully, that’ll change with his acclaimed studio debut Home Again, released in May, and continued praise from contemporaries like Ed Sheeran and John Mayer. A Facebook post from actress Nicole Kidman less than a month ago proclaims “Can’t stop listening to Michael Kiwanuka!” Yeah? Get in line, sister.

Her addiction is understandable. Produced and mixed by A Band of Bees’ Paul Butler, Home Again begins with a bit of a musical tease for the uninitiated: “Tell Me a Tale,” where shimmers of Afrobeat undergird Kiwanuka’s melodic pleas, fluctuating from Fela Kuti-esque rhythms and fluttering hornflute combos to plaintive refrains akin to Bill Withers at top form. What it promises in deft arrangement and sheer musicianship makes the rest of a damn good album practically a letdown. But the LP’s title cut and debut single made a decent showing on U.K.’s singles chart, ably showcasing Kiwanuka’s guitarist chops alongside his gift for crafting lyrics that simultaneously ground listeners and send ‘em soaring.

Kiwanuka’s latest was recently nominated, with 11 of his British peers, for the Mercury Prize for Album of the Year, facing competition that includes works from Plan B, Richard Hawley, Jessie Ware and Ben Howard. It’s doubtful the humble artist is pressed, only thankful. But we’ll keep our fingers crossed on his behalf, if for no other reason than to honor those to whom he pays such beautiful tribute. (Kenya Beverly) Thurs., Sept. 20, 7pm. $16.50. With Marcus Foster + Foy Vance. Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St. 215.922.6888. thetroc.com

fter spending a few years transforming herself from a down-home horse lover to the first lady of San Francisco’s music scene and now an Internet meme in the million-click club, Nicki Bluhm is heading east for a debut Philadelphia performance. But you probably know her from one of the viral Van Sessions cover song videos posted on your Facebook feed.

A dark-eyed lady almost always photographed with a golden halo seemingly made of sunsets and pure ‘70s AM morning radio vibes, Bluhm has a music-scene Cinderella story: A few years ago, when she was still living near San Diego, caring for horses and considering becoming a teacher, Bluhm—not a girl, but not yet a Bluhm—was spotted singing at a party by Tim Bluhm of Cali cult band the Mother Hips. In short order, they met, married and made music. She released Toby’s Song in 2008, and then Driftwood in 2011, which has reviewers describing her sound in shades of Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt and Grace Slick.

PW caught up with Bluhm on the phone the day before she took off for her first national tour and chatted while she walked around the mall.

Hey, Nicki! You’re having quite a year, with three different bands: There’s yours—the Gramblers—there’s Brokedown in Bakersfield, and an album of duets with your husband Tim Bluhm. Then there’s your first national tour, modeling for the Gap and the viral Van Sessions videos. That’s a lot all at once. What’s it feel like?

It’s cool. I’m at the mall right now getting lastminute stuff, and I’m walking by the Gap, and my face is there, all big. I took a picture to send to my husband, and the mall security was making fun of me. I was like, “No, I promise it’s me!

I’m just trying to show my husband!”

Is that the first time you saw it?

We actually were in Paris when it came out, so it was on the main shopping street in Paris.

It’s been cool. I’ve definitely seen it in places, but it’s always fun when you see it on the big scale.

Is it making things different at home?

Are you starting to get recognized on the street?

No. You can’t really tell that it’s me because my

head is turned to the side. People are definitely talking about it, though. It’s been in the magazines, like Vogue and InStyle, and I think it was just in a bunch of fashion magazines. That’s cool—because my name is in it also. That’s the best part of the whole campaign, the name association. Obviously, that’s what you want.

How do you see the East and West Coast scenes as being alike or different?

I don’t really know a whole lot about the East Coast music scene. The closest I came to it probably was when my husband was on tour with Mickey Hart, the Grateful Dead drummer.

I met him out there for a little tour, so I was able to check out at least the Grateful Dead scene, which was not that different than the West Coast Dead scene [laughs]. But I’m definitely more of West Coast girl.

So, between the Gramblers, your main band, and Brokedown in Bakersfield, you’re hanging out with dudes a lot. How do you like being the girl among the boys all the time?

I love it. I have two older brothers, so I’m pretty used to being around boys. In some ways, it’s a little bit easier emotionally. It’s kind of less emotional, although boys definitely do have their own version of drama, which has been an interesting thing to observe and be a part of.

But I love boys, and the boys in my band are super funny, and everybody keeps it pretty light and is just all in, 100 percent, and really stoked to be doing what we’re doing. Everyone’s really appreciative of how busy we are, and it’s all just really good vibes.

When you started out and met your husband, you were playing guitar and singing covers, but you hadn’t written any songs yet. How did you go about writing and finding inspiration?

The first song I ever wrote is called “Toby’s Song,” and it ended up being the title track of my first record. Tim just really encouraged me to start writing my own stuff. I’m pretty good about taking assignments, so it was a really good push for me to motivate myself and try it, and I ended up really liking it. I love writing songs now. It’s really therapeutic and cathartic.

It gets easier and easier the more you do it. I’ve been writing for about six years, and I keep trying to come up with good stuff.

Shop girl: Do you recognize this face? Nicki Bluhm’s all over Gap ads these days. (Photo by Noa Azoulay-Sclater)

The Van Sessions are a cool way to spend time on the road. Are you planning on making more of them while out on this tour?

[Laughs] We don’t do a whole lot of planning.

We kind of do it as we go. But we’ll definitely be doing Van Sessions, for sure.

Of course, the super-viral video was a Hall & Oates cover, and you’re coming to H&O country. Are you playing any of the Van Session covers live?

We were kind of going back and forth about whether we wanted to do it and were like, you know what? If lots of people are stoked on it and people want to hear it, we’re not opposed to playing them live. We obviously want to get our original music out, that’s our first and foremost intention, and that’s what’s most important to us. But we also realize people want to have fun and dance. So we don’t always do it at live shows, but we have, yeah.

I’ll tell you that playing the Hall & Oates cover here will be like walking into the room with bacon in your pocket if you want dogs to like you.

Oh, yeah. We’ll do it for sure! n Fri., Sept. 21, 7:30pm. $10. With Sean Rowe.

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Philadelphia Feastival 2012

Grizzly Bear

Shields (Warp Records) Sounds Like: An excellent follow-up to the already stellar catalog built on by Veckatimest, it’s a lazy, sunny amble through subtly complex harmonies and melodies.

Free Association: A few of these songs are the best I’ve heard all year. Critic’s pick!

For Fans Of: Fleet Foxes x Sparklehorse, Here We Go Magic, good bands pulling through. (Bill Chenevert)

Pier 9, Wednesday, Sept. 12 Overall vibe: High society meets bohemia: a boisterous mix of artsy-fartsy types, the culinary community and status-conscious notables whose fat wallets help maintain the stellar output of the former two.

Most memorable moment: Chef Mike Solomonov and auction host Ed Rendell throwing in a come-to-your-house-BBQ helmed by the two of ‘em as an item for bidding.

Scene stealer: Tie between Live Arts Fest-Philly Fringe founder Nick Stuccio’s unflappable cool and all that Spanx-splitting grub. Trust, this fundraiser’s aptly named. (Kenya Beverly)

>> Ed Rendell at the Feastival

Calexico

Algiers (ANTI Records) Sounds Like: The Southwestern folksy rock collective’s ode to New Orleans was recorded in the Big Easy, but still retains their eerie and slightly dark Arizona charm.

Free Association: Most of this record would make for a great True Blood soundtrack.

For Fans Of: Johnny Cash, Espers/The Dears/Lambchop/M. Ward. (B.C.)

Pet Shop Boys

Elysium (Astralwerks) Sounds Like: Sad to say, but their 11th studio album has some serious moments of awful, but a few tracks have that timeless, synthy, London-lounge-music PSB sound.

Free Association: There’s an excellent song called “Requiem in denim and leopardskin.”

For Fans Of: Erasure x Depeche Mode, Scissor Sisters + Kraftwerk, camp, sequins. (B.C.)

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Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra Theatre Is Evil (8 Ft. Records) Sounds Like: The Dresden Dolls frontwoman’s new project is loud and arty, with her trademark blend of dark cabaret and theatricality, but a little more hard rock this time.

Free Association: Theater kids into makeup must look at this woman like she’s a hero.

For Fans Of: Tori Amos and the Banshees, Legendary Pink Dots, burlesque. (B.C.)

Aimee Mann

Charmer (SuperEgo Records) Sounds Like: Still making great records at 52, and this one’s no exception. Here, she’s electrified and lively on a classy set of smart songs about love, loyalty and rejection.

Free Association: She’s always nailed subtle and quiet, but it’s nice to hear her get loud.

For Fans Of: Suzanne Vega x Badfinger, Liz Phair + Squeeze, Magnolia/Portlandia. (B.C.)

The Helio Sequence

Negotiations (Sub Pop) Sounds Like: The Portland duo’s brightest accomplishment yet. It’s pensive, ambient pop that’s got an electronic edge with spacey, dreamy atmospherics and pretty vocals.

Free Association: It’s great when bands evolve and let themselves go through phases.

For Fans Of: My Morning Jacket x Crystal Stilts, Young Magic + Spiritualized, twopieces. (B.C.)

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Boardwalk Empire

Sunday, 9pm, on HBO Captive audience: Sopranos fans, Scorsese/gangster film nerds, people who want to see Steve Buscemi’s kisser on a regular basis.

Moment of truth: The third season of the flawed yet exquisitely made 1920s gangland drama returned, with Buscemi’s bootlegging, Atlantic City politico keeping friends close and enemies dead. Bobby Cannavale shows up as the newest, violently oversensitive mobster in town. Michael K. Williams doesn’t appear until this Sunday’s episode. At least it was amazing to look at.

Emmy or phlegmmy: Emmy. This’ll definitely win a shitload of Creative Arts statuettes next year. (Craig D. Lindsey)

Iyanla, Fix My Life

Saturday and Sunday, 10pm, on OWN Captive audience: Black women and the middle-aged, white women who listen to them.

Moment of truth: Iyanla Vanzant, Oprah Winfrey’s original, marginally qualified, go-to relationship expert (sorry, Steve Harvey!), began her new show spending two nights knocking some sense into the head of tempestuous Basketball Wives star Evelyn Lozada, who almost got knocked out this summer by ex-husband Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson. However, considering the thirsty-ass shamelessness both the show and the women exhibited, I was pretty much done by the first night, beloved.

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

Breaking Amish

Sunday, 10pm, on TLC Captive audience: The latest TLC reality show follows five young Amish and Mennonite adults as they leave their Pennsylvania (and Ohio) homes to explore the allure of the Big Apple.

Moment of truth: Right from the start, we wonder: Wait, if this shit is legit, how are these camera crews even allowed in the stars’ family homes? “Reality,” my ass.

Emmy or phlegmmy: Phlegmmy. Whoever decided to use Jersey Shore as a template for a crass exposé of horny young Amish kids is one hell of a cynical bastard. They are kind of hot, though. (Stephen H. Segal)

ON THE MENU

Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant

8400 Germantown Ave. (and nine other locales) Here’s the dish: Hand-Cut Carolina Sweet Potato Fries Description: Big, bright orange sticks of savory sweetness accompanied by a trio of sauces: smoked paprika aioli, habanero-lime dipping sauce and bourbon-vanilla cream.

Yum or yuck? Bourbon. Vanilla. Cream. If this isn’t the most transcendently joyous fry/dip pairing in the history of fry/dip pairings, please, tell us. We’ll be over here. At Iron Hill. (S.H.S.)

ON THE PAGE

Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers’ Movement Edited by Zoe Ida Bradbury, et al. (Storey Publishing) In summary: Four dozen first-person ruminations from 21st-century American farmers, ranging from “Moral Clarity through Chicken-Killing” to “I Figured We’d Buy a Small Piece of Land.”

Akin to: Grid Magazine x Best Food Writing, a sort of chicken soup for the organic soul.

Author fun fact: The essay “Farming in the Web of Interconnectedness” is by Pennsylvania native Sarajane Snyder, who had to leave this state to find her Zen. (S.H.S.)

The Battle of Blood & Ink

By Jared Axelrod and Steve Walker (Tor Books) In summary: Debut steampunk graphic novel from Philly author Axelrod follows young fugitive journalist Ashe through her explorations of the flying city Amperstam.

Akin to: Girl Genius x Flash Gordon + a smattering of Doctor Who. Author fun fact: Axelrod is as devoted to costume play as he is to writing; check out his pics online in full dress as a steampunk Superman. (S.H.S.)

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By Dan Savage // mail@savagelove.net Healthy straight male here. The problem is twofold: My girlfriend doesn’t like come in her mouth and she feels that doggy-style is objectifying to women. Therefore, we don’t do either. She says she wants to get more comfortable and try these things. But they never seem to happen—and when I bring them up, it turns into a touchy discussion.

These are #1 and #2, respectively, on my list of favorite things to do in the bedroom, and I’m not OK with not doing them indefinitely. The sex is otherwise great, but I do think there’s a double standard at work here. She had an ex who refused to go down on her. When I said, “He needed to man up and take one for the team, even if he didn’t like it,” she readily agreed with me. So why can’t she “take one for the team” and swallow my come? I would feel bad if she were doing something she wasn’t comfortable with, but it disappoints me when she takes my dick out of her mouth and points it at my stomach when I start to come. I think she has a double standard.

Really Anxious Not Doing Yearnings P.S. We’ve been dating only about three months, so I understand there is plenty of time for her to get more comfortable. I love being with her, I can’t get enough of her, and I can see this becoming a lifelong relationship. But I don’t want to have to miss out on my bedroom favorites for the rest of my life.

room favorites, you’ll be too emotionally invested in the relationship to dump her.

I’m a female in my mid-20s who loves to give head.

The problem is, I think I’m giving head too soon and guys don’t see me as relationship material.

I’ve been in only one relationship that was longer than a casual hookup, and that particular ex was a she-comes-first/worship-the-pussy kinda guy.

(I didn’t get to touch his dick until we were about a month in!) Most of the straight girls I hang out with believe that a guy needs to earn getting his dick sucked. My gay friends don’t see the problem.

My straight guy friends chuckle and say “depends” when I ask if I’m blowing a guy too soon. I really enjoy sucking dick, so once I’m horny, it’s so hard to resist the impulse. How soon is too soon? Do you think that I would actually benefit by stopping this pattern?

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Generally, BLOW, I believe a person should do what she likes—and if you like giving head, give head. And if getting head scares a boy off, well, he was the wrong boy for you. (I’m having a hard time picturing a guy who wouldn’t want to date a woman who enjoys giving head—are there many guys like that out there?)

But there’s a simple way to find out if the guys you’re meeting make date/dump distinctions between girls who blow ’em right away and girls who make ’em wait: Stop sucking guys off on the first date and see if they stick around longer.

You goofed in your reply to WTT. Instead of getting information from sex-shop owners, why didn’t you get information from a mental health expert?

We’re talking about a 14-year-old who is emotionally fragile as she struggles through the years of defining self and understanding her own sexuality! Here’s what you should’ve told WTT: “Back off. See a therapist. Get a boyfriend. Get a hobby.

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Sorry, RANDY, but where you see a double standard on the girlfriend’s part, I see only whining on yours.

Swallowing is extra credit. It’s not a course requirement. I say this as someone who gives and receives blowjobs: If someone sucks your dick until you come, you got your damn blowjob. What a blower does with the blowee’s come after the blowjob is over—spit, swallow, spread it on toast—is the blower’s call to make.

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And maybe if you’re patient, RANDY, your girlfriend will come around and your #1 and #2 favorite sex things will enter into regular rotation.

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$579,900

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$219,900

Gorgeous full floor condo. This unit offers a brilliantly designed floor plan featuring an expansive living room with spacious dining area, study, 2 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, powder room, balcony & 200 sq ft terrace. A virtual doorman, deeded parking & remaining years on tax abatement makes this a fabulous new home option!

Newly renovated 3-story home on a gorgeous Bella Vista block features a sunny LR with h/w floors, modern EIK overlooking a sizeable rear patio garden, 2 spacious bedrooms, stone and ceramic tile bath and excellent closet space. This home is in pristine condition and is simply awaiting a new owner.

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UNIVERSITY CITY / WEST PHILADELPHIA

1900 JFK Blvd #1615 REDUCED! Rarely Available 2BR/1BA CO-OP in the Penn Center House

$99,500

w a rd 1919 Chestnut St #2323 Rarely available! Studio co-op with Parking and pool (fees)

Wi n n e r s $139,000

2937 W Harper St Reduced! Renovated 2 Bedroom with Hardwood floors, Exp Brick and Roof Deck 627 N 18th St #102 Historical Carriage House 2 Bedroom Condo, Courtyard

$200,000

OPEN HOUSE $247,000

875 N Taylor St 2BR/1BA Townhome, Newly renovated kitchen, Hardwood Floors

$279,900

1704 Wallace St #102 2BR/2BA upgraded bi-level condo with backyard

4935 Reno St Shell, Great Opportunity for an investor

$21,000

5228 Pentridge Investment – REDUCED Short Sale

$29,900

824 S 51st St 3 Units: Super-Solid income-producing property on appreciating block just off Baltimore Ave

Powelton Village – 3800 Spring Garden St Turnkey Investment: University City Triplex with Separately Metered units that are updated $349,000

OPEN HOUSE $299,000

2620 Poplar St REDUCED! Duplex Consisting of 1BR/2BA Nicely updated, Convenient to all

$299,000

2001 Hamilton St #P101 Spacious 1BR/2BA + Den, Penthouse, U-Shaped Kitchen, 24 Hr Concierge, Pool, Tennis Court, Gym

$299,900

1510 Mt Vernon St Lovely 4BR/3.5BA in Fantastic Art Museum Location!!!

$450,000

853 N 23rd St 4BR, Private Patio, Lovely Hardwood flooring, and Great Classic Features

$479,999

4702 Springfield Ave Beautiful Queen Anne Victorian: Wide entry Hall, Much original Detail, Eat-In Kitchen, Garden, C/A OPEN HOUSE $425,000 NEW CONSTRUCTION Fishtown – 157 Richmond St New Construction with Parking, Hardwood Floors, Granite Counter-tops, Energy Efficient Windows $199,000

-546-2700 602 N 21st St Incredible 3 Story 3BR/2.5BA home with finished basement and Large Patio

$499,000

1734 Blair St 3BR/2.5 BA with Yard in Fishtown New Construction

RITTENHOUSE SQUARE / FITLER SQUARE / AVENUE OF THE ARTS

1733 Rodman St JUST REDUCED! 3BR/2.5BA home on a quiet block in Rittenhouse Sq Area

Den. 95% Sold. From

OPEN HOUSE $359,000

1233-35 Bainbridge New Construction, 2BR Condos in 12 Unit Boutique Bld, Private Balconies OPEN HOUSE SEPT 22ND AND 23RD FROM 12-4:000PM $379,000

440 S Broad St OPEN FRI SAT,SUN 12-5PM or by Appointment Only One 1BR left and a select few of 2BR’s and 2BR’s with $499,900-900,000

426 Moyer St New Construction 3BR/2BA with Bamboo floors, Finished Basement, Roof Deck, Rear Yard

$399,900

Bella Vista – Penthouse in 12 Unit Boutique Building, Breathtaking roof deck Views Open House Sept 22nd and 23rd from 12-4:00PM$649,000

OLD CITY / LOFT DISTRICT / CHINATOWN

COMMERCIAL/INVESTMENT

229 Chestnut St #3 Modern, Large 1 Bedroom Condo Featuring an open floor plan, 10Ft ceilings, lots of light

$249,000

University City 920 S Saint Bernard St 6BR/3BA, HW Floors, FP, Open Floor Plan, Great Investment Opportunity

$499,900 (SURROUNDING AREAS)

250 S 13th St #2G Large 2 Room 1 Bath condo with High ceilings, Huge walk-in closet and great light

$165,000

250 S 13th St #4F REDUCED! 1BR/1BA condo with high ceiling, Hardwood floors, Large closet and great light

$239,000

250 S 13th St #11D Spacious 2BR/2BA condo with LR, DR, Newly renovated kitchen, Lots of light, High Ceilings

$405,000

730 Rodman St A Light filled Home with Hardwood flooring, Exposed Brick, Fireplace and Parking

$475,000

Point Breeze – 1421 S 19th St 1,120 SQ Ft Deep Lot.. Zoned for Residential, near Grad Hospital and University City

105 Pine St Contemporary, Spacious Society Hill Townhome, Sumptious Master Suite with Garage/ 2 Car parking

$949,000

West Phila - 5842 Windsor Investment Property:

OPEN HOUSE $236,500

1923 Pemberton St REDUCED! 2BR/1BA ON DESIRABLE Grad Hosp. block, Right home to rehab and a great place to live 1515 Carpenter St #A New Construction 3BR/3BA condo with Roof Deck

Grays Ferry – 1307 S 32nd St 868 SQ Ft Lot in Gray’s Ferry (Near Wharton). Zoned for R10 (now RM1)

$251,900

OPEN HOUSE $325,000

$12,000

West Phila – 1330 N Hobart Investment Opportunity –

REDUCED! $14,900

Kensington – 2810 D St Investment Opportunity! Huge 3 Story Commercial property for Sale

Southwest Phila - 2125 S 71st St

QUEEN VILLAGE/ BELLA VISTA / GRADUATE HOSPITAL / SOUTH PHILA. 525 Fitzwater #11 3BR/2BA New Construction, Gated Entry, Gated Parking

$84,900

Kensington – 2770-80 Jasper Huge Warehouse

SOCIETY HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST

7 8 P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K L Y I S E P T E M B E R 1 9 - 2 5 , 2 0 1 2 I P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K L Y. C O M

$249,000

Spring Arts – 1217 Mt Vernon St #2 3BR/3BA new Construction, Gated Entry, Gated parking

OPEN HOUSE $479,900

$189,000

$34,900 $39,000 REDUCED $29,900 SHORT SALE $40,900

Southwest Phila – 2644 S 67th St 3BR/1BA, Freshly painted home on a nice quiet block

$57,500

Kensington – 2124 E Somerset Huge 3BR/1.5BA

$69,900

Elmwood – 6159 Wheeler St 3BR/1BA Home In SW Phila

$90,000

Port Richmond – 2570 E Ann St Awesome end unti 3BR/1BA rowhome in Port Richmond,

758 S Hicks St Granite, SS Kitchen, Brick paved Patio, 3rd Floor deck, Gas Cooking, Fireplace

$329,000

Check out www.2570eann.com for Pics and details

$124,900

935 E Moyamensing REDUCED! A Queen Village Gem

$350,000

East Germantown – 630 E Chelten Ave Multi-Unit (2) 2BRUnits with separate entrances, Side yard

$135,000

845 S American St one Car Parking, Entirely Renovated, New Balcony, bamboo Flooring with Great Light

$369,900

Fishtown – 2161 E Letterly St Charming, Spacious, Modern with Original Details, 2BR/1BA, Garden, HW Floors and More

$185,000

1013 Carpenter St. 2 BR/2BA. Rear private parking, full finished basement

$419,000

Fishtown – 2440 Cumberland Large 4BR home in Fishtown

$188,900

1808 Christian St 3BR/2 Full BA 2 half bath in Graduate hospital area

OPEN HOUSE $575,000

1507 Bainbridge St A Luxurious, Newer Townhome In Graduate Hospital

$650,000

NORTHERN LIBERTIES / NORTH PHILADELPHIA

Fishtown – 157 Richmond St New Construction with Parking, Hardwood Floors, Granite Counter-tops, Energy Efficient Windows $199,000 Somerton – 13053 Dorothy Dr 3BR/2.5BA with garage with all of the extras in place – Finished basement, landscaped rear yard OPEN HOUSE $245,000 Temple University – 2243 N 15th St Fantastic Turnkey Opportunity on Temple University Campus

930 Randolph St 3BR/2BA, C/A, S/S Kitchen, Green outdoor Space, New Paint & Carpet, Nearly 2000 Sq Ft

$324,900

1124 E Oxford St Custom Built 3 Story 1998 Sq Ft 4BR/3BA home, Yard, Master Suite/Bath

$415,000

411 Brown St #R Private Gated Community, One car Secured Deeded Parking, 3/BR/2.5BA, Large Kitchen, French Doors, Master Suite with Cathedral Ceilings

$425,000

224 W George St A Gorgeous Townhome in Northern Liberties with Garage!

$485,000

$289,900

Fishtown – 1121 Shackamaxon St New Construction 3BR/2.5BA, Parking, Roof deck, Gourmet kitchen, Open layout OPEN HOUSE $449,900 Fishtown – 1342 E Berks St #C Rare Green Newer Construction home with Parking! Check out www.1342eberks.com for pics and details

$449,900

West Mt Airy – 612 W Cliveden St 7BR/4BA, Garden + Off Street Parking, Move In Condition

$534,900

King of Prussia – 305 Hughes Rd REDUCED! 4BR/2BA Split-Level, garden, Parking, 3 Acre wooded setting

$569,000

Fishtown – 2666-72 Coral St REDUCED! Pub for sale 3 Apartments, up to 20 Car Garage Parking Lot

$749,000

*Please see the oPen house time for this ProPerty in the oPen house Directory.

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CENTER CITY LUXURY CONDOMINIUMS FOR SALE! ART MUSEUM / logAn SqUARE

RiTTEnhoUSE SqUARE COnT.

PhiLaDeLPhiaN

The WarWick Parc riTTeNhOuSe

1 bedroom, cornerunit, wood floors, lots of natural light

972 sf

$135,000

DOrcheSTer The WarWick

1 bedroom, balcony, seperate dining area, large bedroom, north and west views 848 sf Junior 1 bedroom, wood floors, marble bath , open kitchen, sunrise city view 531 sf

Park riTTeNhOuSe

AvEnUE of ThE ARTS acaDeMY hOuSe

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, high floor, eat-in-kitchen, generous entertaining space 1314 sf

$357,500

acaDeMY hOuSe

1 Br, excellent natural light, wood floors Throughout, french balcony, south views from all rooms 724 sf

$269,900

OPeN SuNDaY 9/23 • 1:00-1:30PM

RiTTEnhoUSE SqUARE 2031 DeLaNceY STreeT

The riTTeNhOuSe

1Br, 1Ba, hardwood floors, marble Ba, custom kitchen 712 sf $399,900 1 bedroom, corner unit with south and east views, hardwood floors, marble bathroom, galley kitchen 686 sf $389,900 1 bedroom, south views, spacious kitchen, hardwood floors, walk-in closet in master bedroom 651 sf $379,000 1 bedroom, high floor, panoramic city views, lots of natural light, open kitchen 704 sf $349,900 Studio, generous living/sleeping space, open kitchen, large bathroom appointed in marble 578 sf $345,000 Junior 1 bedroom, open kitchen, wood floors, walk-in closet in bedroom, marble bathroom 528 sf $319,900 583 sf $319,900 Studio, wood floors, large marble bath, panoramic sunset view

WaNaMaker hOuSe Parc riTTeNhOuSe Parc riTTeNhOuSe

Dramatic 5 story town home, completely renovated throughout, beautifully restored original details, garage,

SociETy hill

elevator, outdoor space

BaNk BuiLDiNg

6160 sf

$3,600,000

BaNk BuiLDiNg BarcLaY

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

The riTTeNhOuSe

3,293 sf

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

1828 DeLaNceY STreeT

1,709 sf

2000 sf

$1,050,000

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

Parc riTTeNhOuSe

$1,475,000

3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 270 degree city views, wood floor, chef’s kitchen, marble baths OPeN SuNDaY 9/23 • 1:45-2:15PM

The BarcLaY

$1,750,000

3 bedrooms, 3 baths, all rooms overlook rittenhouse Square, 2 sets of Juliet balconies, lavish master suite, brand new OPeN SuNDaY 9/23 • 2:30-3:00PM

The WarWick

$1,975,000

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5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, highly coveted block, formal living space, large master suite, outdoor space 4560sf

Parc riTTeNhOuSe

BaNk BuiLDiNg

$2,900,000

$610,000

1 bedroom plus den, 2 baths appointed in marble, wood floors, open kitchen, balcony $600,000

DOrcheSTer

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, south view with lots of natural light, balcony, spacious living room area, 1281 sf

$550,000

WaNaMaker hOuSe

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

$539,900

1,198 sf

220 W. riTTeNhOuSe SQuare Completely renovated , 1 bedroom, open chef’s kitchen, designer bathroom, partial view of rittenhouse Square, no detail left undone

918 sf

SOcieTY hiLL TOWerS Corner 1 bedroom, completely renovated throughout, chef’s kitchen, designer bath, 803 sf

$379,900 condo Fees: $549 Taxes: $232 Monthly cost after Tax to Own: $1,846

SOcieTY hiLL TOWerS

raw space that can be designed and built into a custom home overlooking independence Mall 3,068 sf $1,150,000 Brand new 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, furnished, all custom finishes, high barrel ceilings, exposed brick, 2101 sf $1,100,000 Brand new 2 Br + den, 2.5 Ba home, lots of natural light, wood flrs, open chef’s kitchen, designer Ba, services available 2,025 sf $1,100,000 from adjoining OMNi hotel 3 Br,3 Baths, completely renovated, hardwoodfloors, river and city views 1866sf $779,900 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, magnificent city and river views, lots of natural, open chef’s kitchen, brand new master bath 1515 sf $599,900 2 Br, 1 Ba, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows 1,200 sf $399,000 corner 1 bedroom, totally furnished, renovated throughout with custom finishes and features, magnificent city views 803 sf $379,900 1Br, high floor, river view, investment opportunity 700 sf $269,900

wAShingTon SqUARE 220 W. WaShiNgTON SQuare entire floor 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home, Washington Square views, custom finishes and features throughout 3,720sf sf $1,995,000 iNDePeNDeNce PLace Bi-level penthouse, 2Br. 2.5Ba, 2 kitchens, impeccably finished throughout, amazing river and city views 4,500 sf $1,800,000 The LiPPiNcOTT 2 bedroom plus den, 2.5 bathroom residence overlooking Washington Square, open floor plan, high end finishes throughout, parking space in building included 2716 sf $1,275,000 2 bedrooms plus den, 2 baths, large balcony with panoramic southern views, open iNDePeNDeNce PLace 1937 sf $790,000 kitchen STrickLaND rOW 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, bi-level, wood floors, open kitchen, 857 sf $299,900 iNDePeNDeNce PLace 1Br, 1Ba, wood floors throughout, upgraded kitchen and Ba, custom closets, balcony 928 sf $269,900

wATERfRonT Pier 5

$450,000

3 bedrooms, 3 baths, bridge and river views, updated kitchen, generous entertaining space, deck 2229 sf $325,000

iNDePeNDeNce PLace

The WarWick

2 bedrooms plus den, large balcony, lots of natural light, open floor plan, 1937 sf

3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 270 degree city views, like-new condition, 2000 sf

$790,000

$1,050,000

condo Fees: $826

Condo Fees: $1,169

Taxes: $732

Taxes: $400

Monthly cost after Tax to Own: $3,724

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $4,917

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1237 sf

SOcieTY hiLL TOWerS

$359,900 $299,900