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PHILLY NOW 8 I NEWS BRIEFS

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LETTERS THE LAST SUPPER

In response to Brian Freedman’s review of his mother’s Thanksgiving dinner: This article was immensely entertaining. It was like having the writer at my house for Thanksgiving. I try to follow Brian’s writings and wine suggestions. He’s has a way of writing that brings you into his world with humor and facts that are terrific and fun.

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Your mother is amazing! You would have been strongly admonished for the stuffing review at my house, where there was no cooking going on. Each Thanksgiving, my family ate at a lovely Italian restaurant in a basement in the city. I truly believed, at least until I met my husband, that everyone ate lamb chops and wedding escarole soup on Thanksgiving. I had never eaten a turkey! I thoroughly enjoyed your review, written to perfection!

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In response to Randy LoBasso’s feature on rumors of voter fraud in Philadelphia: First, why do you quote some obscure website and claim that it represents mainstream Republicans? It’s a straw-man argument.

Second, talk-show hosts have a job to do and Sean Hannity isn’t an RNC rep. His job is to get listeners ginned up so they will listen to commercials. Seems like you are doing the same thing. The evidence you cite, conversations with the Committee of Seventy and City Commissioners Office, seem to support the fact that a candidate receiving 100 percent of the vote in 59 divisions is more than a statistical anomaly. It certainly makes me wonder. Not one person voted for Romney? Is it a rounding issue? It seems VERY odd and doesn’t pass the “smell test.”

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To anyone with any sense, this conspiracy theory is just plain ridiculous. After admitting that he has no real evidence whatsoever, Chambers alleges a sophisticated, clever coverup. If that were really true, don’t you think the fraudsters would have been smart enough to cover their tracks by throwing in a few Romney votes? This whole thing completely fails the test of basic plausibility.

C’mon, THINK, people. It makes no sense to claim that they’re deviously clever and idiotically incompetent at the same time. This guy is just another Republican sore loser, crying because his lame election predictions were completely off base.

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In response to Matt Prigge’s review of the climate-change documentary Chasing Ice: I give a shit if [the protagonist’s] knees hurt, because it brings some life to the issue. When you’re looking for a way to engage people in something as complex and far-reaching as climate change, I’ve found that nothing comes close to Chasing Ice. The movie engages you on a personal level to something that can often feel very impersonal, especially here in the states. If you want something that doesn’t involve a story or a human element, there’s plenty out there. But for most of us, we need a way to relate, and Balog does an incredible job in that regard. While most of us sit around and do nothing after we hear doom-and-gloom messages about climate change, James is out there risking his life to bring clarity to an otherwise unclear issue. For me, the most impactful piece of Balog’s message is about using his talents to do everything he can so he can tell his daughters that he was trying.

So if “delving endlessly into some dude’s personal life” isn’t a way into the audience’s hearts, I don’t know what is.

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PHILLYNOW [Q & A]

Political Columnist John Baer 25 years of reporting on Harrisburg makes a grizzly guy roar.

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orruption, glad-handing, back-stabbing: These are a few of political columnist John Baer’s favorite things. Not that he’s necessarily happy, per se, that Pennsylvania politics is brimming with such seedy characters, or that residents so often get the short end of a very rotten stick, or that conditions are such that he calls the state “The Land of Low Expectations.” What makes him happy is that he is there to cover the ups and downs of Pennsylvania’s public servants and savants.

Baer is one of those old-school columnists who breaks down the news by making each point ring like a gunshot, then slides a sweet little daisy of a last sentence into the muzzle as the smoke clears.

His new book, On the Front Lines of Pennsylvania Politics: 25 Years of Keystone Reporting, is based on his 25 years reporting on Harrisburg for the Philadelphia Daily News. Baer has covered it all, from soup to nuts (that’s Milton Shapp and Gov. Corbett, to me and you).

Along the way, we meet a young politician named Rick Santorum, too far-right for his own good even back then; James Cah-ville coming up through the ranks while managing the campaign of former Gov. Bob Casey; Sen. Pat “it’s not a” Toomey; and sundry insiders under the big top in Harrisburg. PW recently caught up with Baer to get as much on, and then off, the record as we could.

It’s clear you take politics seriously enough to dedicate your life to recording it, yet you obviously enjoy mocking it so.

Were you ever optimistic about Pennsylvania politics?

I think every journalist is basically optimistic, because why else would you spend your time trying to tell people stuff? Anybody who covers politics and government hopes that both of them get better. But along the way, you point out what’s wrong.

How do you walk the tightrope between access and honesty? You’re a ball-breaker who still always manages to get a good quote.

That’s a great question—I hadn’t thought about it in those terms. I think … the answer has to do with the longevity. There are very few people that are new to Pennsylvania.

The people who rise in Pennsylvania politics almost always have been in politics for years before they got to where they end up, and at some point, I’ve interviewed them, put in time with them, got to know them along the way, so that when they get to be governor or

U.S. senator, we already have a relationship, even if they might loathe some of the things I’ve written, they still talk to me. Especially as a columnist, that’s a little dangerous. Every quote that they give me is fewer words than I can say about them. So it’s in their interest.

You’ve brought up longevity. What’s the impact of the shrinkage of traditional political media look like from your point of view?

It’s really dangerous to democracy. I don’t have to tell you how badly the shrinkage has been, even in my newspaper, and the Philadelphia Inquirer, and everywhere. The Capitol newsroom in Pennsylvania is half of what it was in terms of reporters from other newspapers, and the less attention is paid to a culture like Pennsylvania politics, the longer that culture can provide for itself rather than for the people it’s supposed to serve. State government is a powerful force in people’s lives even though it doesn’t get a lot of attention, and the more we take journalism away from it, the worse it will become.

Have you ever gotten so disgusted that you considered giving it up?

I never considered giving it up and doing something different, but the recent [Jerry] Sandusky case was pretty revolting. I remember being viscerally outraged when they announced the details of the presentment against them. Politically, I guess I’d say the 2005 legislative pay grab done in the middle of the night without a word of debate … it was Pennsylvania politics at its worst. It was outright theft. I spent literally the next couple of months searching for every adjective I could find [to define] how horrible what these people were doing was.

Baer growls: “State government is a powerful force in people’s lives even though it doesn’t get a lot of attention, and the more we take journalism away from it, the worse it will become.”

that is just a horrible weekend for anyone my age because it literally is the same people year after year, and you say the same things, but … you do get a sense of what people are thinking of politically because you get them all in one place.

So were you actually surprised by the Sandusky charges? They say rumors circulated the area for years.

Totally surprised. I have friends … who were longtime Penn State season ticket holders, and they follow Penn State football as a religion. After the fact, they admitted hearing rumors in the ’90s about the first incident that was investigated and not prosecuted. But in terms of politics, I had never heard any politicians even suggest it.

the way the governor is presented or, in Corbett’s case, not presented to the public. But … after a sweeping investigation like Corbett conducted as the attorney general, resulting in I think its eight leaders, not just members, there’s a couple of dozen members, but eight legislative leaders, people in positions of real authority, after something like that it has to be some inward-looking saying, “We better not do the kinds of thing were used to doing.” And I’ve experienced it. If you call an incumbent who has been running for office on their legislative office line, they’ll say, “I’ll call you back on my personal cell.” So they at least want to give the appearance of not mixing politics and government—which, in a way, it’s a little hokey. Government is politics.

It’s a stretch to say the two aren’t on parallel tracks.

How has the vibe changed since Corbett came to town?

It is different in many ways. It’s certainly different in the way the governor’s office is run and

So what’s next? Picking out a snazzy tie for the Pennsylvania Society this weekend?

Sadly, yes. Talk about Groundhog Day. I mean,

John Baer’s On the Front Lines of Pennsylvania Politics: 25 Years of Keystone Reporting is available on Amazon and in bookstores.

Wait! The actual book. How did it come together?

About a year ago [around] this time, I would tell a couple of stories and a number of people would say, “You really ought to write a book.” And then when we got into 2012, and I realized, my god, I’ve been with this newspaper 25 years … so the two things just came together. I started looking into old files, and found some [columns] that I forgot that were pretty amusing. (Tara Murtha)

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PHILLYNOW [REEFER MADNESS]

Medical Marijuana Bill to Be Considered in 2013—Maybe forces to testify on behalf of using the stuff to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder.

And polls show that state residents feel pretty positive about the issue.

A 2010 Franklin & Marshall survey showed that 80 percent of Pennsylvanians favored legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes, which is massive bipartisan support in a state where there is often none.

“It’s a tragedy that people are being denied medical marijuana because of irrational wives’ tales and a disregard for sound science,” says Leach, who says it’s “inevitable” that a bill in Pennsylvania eventually passes. (It would still have to get past Gov. Corbett, who views marijuana as a “gateway drug.”)

While only 33 percent of Pennsylvanians in that poll favored full legalization, the number has been steadily rising.

“Discussions have already started with politicians in Harrisburg about crafting a comprehensive legalization bill,” says Chris Goldstein, a local marijuana advocate who serves on the board of directors of the Philly chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws (NORML). “One that would cover medical use, industrial hemp and regulated, recreational cannabis. We expect more info in December and a bill introduction in early 2013.”

“National polling shows a majority of Americans support full legalization,” Goldstein continues. (According to a poll released this week by Public Policy Polling, 58 percent of Americans favor legalization.) “I think that as other states move forward, Pa. residents and politicians will not want to be left behind.” (Randy LoBasso)

“[Romney’s] philosophy was, I’m not working hard enough because I don’t want to … For you to sit there and tell me that I don’t work hard enough when I was working 70 hours a week, taking care of kids, you know, that’s not cool.”

—Belinda Santi, a single mom who waited outside the K’NEX toy factory in Montgomery County on Friday to catch a glimpse of President Obama. The president was there to discuss his plan to avoid falling off the “fiscal cliff.” Story on phillynow.com.

“I’m hoping the Republican leadership gets to see firsthand the struggle that he’s gone through and why they should [support nondiscrimination legislation].”

—State Rep.-elect Brian Sims on the coming-out of state Rep. Mike Fleck, Pennsylvania’s first openly gay Republican lawmaker. Story on phillynow.com.

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ost of your friends who moved to Boulder to “just live for a little while” probably found it redundant when Colorado legalized recreational marijuana last month in a statewide ballot referendum. But they did. And so did Washington state. Which means, who knows, marijuana legalization could come here soon, too, right?

Tradition would say otherwise. Over the last four years, two medical marijuana bills have sat in the Pennsylvania Legislature just waiting to come up for a vote. And they haven’t. Not once. But advocates hope next year will be different.

“We’re sending around the co-sponsorship memo,” says state Sen. Daylin Leach of the new push for legislation.

Leach has been the prime sponsor of a medical marijuana bill for the last two legislative sessions. “Hopefully, we’ll get all those [who co-sponsored the bill last year] to do it again and get new people, as well. It’s becoming clearer that you can be open about supporting medical options for everybody.”

Most recently, in April 2011, Senate Bill 1003 was introduced by Leach and Sens. Larry Farnese, Wayne Fontana and Jim Ferlo to local fanfare but zero national attention. The Committee on Public Health and Welfare refused to hold hearings on it which basically means that Leach & co. need to reintroduce it in the new year.

Marijuana advocates have used every tactic in the book to get Harrisburg on the record with this thing, including—but not exclusively—getting several members of the U.S. armed

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Shampoos Put Pet Owners on High Alert Turns out, many over-the-counter flea and tick products aren’t regulated by the government.

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By Tara Murtha // tmurtha@philadelphiaweekly.com t first, Tara and Brent Endicott figured that Ember, their 11-year-old Jack Russell terrier, was shaking and crying because she was cold after coming out of her flea bath. After all, this was during Hurricane Sandy, when the power was out across the region, including their home in Media.

But Ember’s health went downhill, fast. By the time the storm cleared, it was clear something was very, very wrong with their beloved dog.

In trying to piece together what happened, the Endicotts determined that the trouble had actually begun several days earlier, when Tara noticed Ember had fleas. Even though they take daily 5-mile walks in the woods together, Ember received monthly doses of the flea-preventing Frontline, and fleas had never before been a problem. They applied another dose a few days before Ember was actually due for one, but three days later, the dog still had fleas. Frustrated, Tara went to a chain pet store near her house and purchased Sentry Flea and Tick Shampoo, scrubbed Ember down in the tub, and left for work.

Shortly after, Brent noticed Ember was “acting funny,” kind of needy and whiny. Five days later, after the couple spotted fleas on Ember again, they gave Ember a second flea bath.

“I put her in the tub and started to scrub her with the Sentry shampoo, and she started to cry like a human,” Tara recalls. “It was the most eerie thing I’ve ever heard, and Brent joked that maybe she thought I was trying to drown her. It was freaking us both out.” Ember continued to shiver, even after they pulled her out of the water and wrapped her in a blanket. Her little body was shaking intensely and that night, she refused food.

The next day, she started vomiting. They rushed her to a vet. “I told the vet she was having a reaction to the shampoo,” says Tara.

“The vet right away dismissed it. She said, ‘Absolutely not. Not possible.’” The vet advised the Endicotts that Ember might have cancer or Addison’s disease, which affects an animal’s adrenal glands. “[We] were absolutely shocked,” Tara says. “We had a dog that was 11 years old, never sick and completely healthy.

We gave her a bath and she immediately reacted … It didn’t make sense to us that it had nothing to do with the shampoo.”

Scared and confused, they took Ember home. Tara took video of her dog lying on her side whimpering in her cage and uploaded it to her Facebook page, where it was shared more than 50 times. Soon, she was hearing from strangers who claimed they had similar

experiences using these products. When she searched online, she immediately saw websites dedicated to pet owners claiming that over-the-counter flea and tick products— specifically Sentry, whose products are sold through the parent company Sergeant’s, and Hartz—preceded the sudden onset of inexplicable symptoms or even death.

ConsumerAffairs.com lists 135 complaints about Sentry pet products. A typical post: “Please, if any of you have animals, this is a warning. Do not use Sentry products on your pets. My wife and I are on a limited income, and we tried to save money,” wrote James from Pittsburgh. He wrote that his cat died shortly after application. “I feel horrible about this, as I was the one that made the decision to go less expensive. Please do not use these Sentry aka Sergeant’s products on your pets.

There are many sites online that have horror stories like mine regarding their pets.”

A simple online search churns up many websites full of similar postings by grieving pet owners. But like the Endicotts, most people find these sites only after something goes wrong.

Kelly Lytle, spokeswoman for Sergeant’s/ Sentry, could not comment directly on Ember’s case since she did not speak with the vets who examined her, but said calls about the product are opportunities to educate consumers. “People need to think of these products almost like as medication with a child, and be very specific on dosage and timing,” Lytle says. “They are pesticide products …

They have to be used very specifically to the packaging directions.”

“The bottom line is that any product has the potential of having your animal respond different to it than the way the researcher animals responded,” says Dr. Diane Eigner of the Cat Doctor in Fairmount.

Eigner says that over-the-counter products like Sentry Flea and Tick Shampoo are not labeled clearly, and most consumers don’t understand the risks. “I work with organizations who have tried to work with [these companies] to get labeling that more significantly explains this issue of a possible reaction occurring, and also spelling out very carefully why it should never, ever get near a cat.”

Cats, Eigner says, lack a particular enzyme to metabolize some medications. But many people, like perhaps James of Pittsburgh, see a product for “small dogs” and figure it’s OK to use on their cat.

It’s only in the last few years that consumers

“I told the vet she was having a reaction to the shampoo.

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can bypass a vet’s advice by purchasing products over-the-counter at drug and pet stores.

“I hate walking in to stores to see what I call copycat products,” Eigner says. “Keep in mind they don’t have the same credential researchers working for them as the vet pharmaceutical companies.” And some products use different active ingredients than the kind sold through vets.

The shampoo the Endicotts used on Ember contains Permethrin, an insecticide that is a neurotoxin. An article from the Journal of Pesticide Reform back in 1998 concluded that, “In mammals, Permethrin has complex effects on the nervous system … At relatively high doses, these neuro-toxic symptoms of permethrin include tremors, incoordination, hyperactivity, paralysis, and an increase in body temperature.” Manufacturer spokeswoman Lytle, however, said that Permethrin, the active ingredient in the shampoo used on Ember, was used by several manufacturers, and though she did not have specific numbers at hand, complaints to Sentry about pets getting sick from the flea and tick shampoo were “sig-

nificantly under the industry average.”

Further complicating the issue is that some of these products are regulated by the EPA, but not the FDA. According to several reports, more than 44,000 “potential incidents” associated with these spot-on flea- and tick-control products were reported to the EPA in 2008.

Researching this information while her dog lying quaking with tremors in bed beside her, Tara started to lose it. “I never cried so hard in my life,” she says. “Part of it was that I was suffering of guilt. I kept saying, ‘I did this to her.’ I was a lunatic. I murdered her. That’s how I felt.”

The Endicotts found a second vet through an acquaintance who read their story on Facebook. This time, the vet acknowledged that the shampoo could have been “a trigger.”

Ember was hospitalized overnight. The vet told Tara that they’d call her if they thought she was going to die. She went home terrified.

But no one called. Ember made it through the night and since then, has been slowly recuperating. She’s been diagnosed with Addison’s disease, which the Endicotts’ vet says could have been triggered by the combination of the shampoo and stress from the hurricane. She will take a pill of prednisone for the rest of her life and a corticoid-supplement shot every about once a month—but at least she will have a life worth living. She’s even started her 5-mile walks again.

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CENTER FOR LITERACY

You know what’s cheaper than keeping people on welfare and housing them in prison?

Teaching them to read. While we so often hear mantras about the relationship between education and the economy, we rarely peel that logic back to its most fundamental building block: literacy. More than three out of four people on welfare and 68 percent of people arrested are illiterate, according to the Washington Literary Council. In Philadelphia, more than half the population is considered “low literate.” We are in education and prison population crises in part because we are in a literacy crisis. Enter the Center for Literacy (CFL). The CFL is the nation’s first nonprofit literacy center; over the years since its founding in 1968, it’s evolved from a simple West Philly tutoring program to a fullspectrum center that teaches adults basic literacy and offers a host of related courses such as English as a Second Language, Adult Basic Education, work skills and “family literacy.” The family literacy program is based on the reality that a child’s capacity—and desire—to read is directly influenced by his

or her caretaker. The program uniquely integrates the simultaneous literacy learning of parent and child while teaching direct, howto parenting skills. No special certification is necessary to volunteer to teach, though a bachelor’s degree is required (or enrollment in a program to obtain one). CFL will conduct all training necessary for volunteers, who are asked to make a six-month commitment.

Volunteer: The next set of orientation classes for teachervolunteers for both literacy and English as a Second Language begins Wed., Jan. 9. RSVPs are required. See centerforliteracy.org for details.

More info: Center for Literacy 399 Market St., Suite 201 Philadelphia, Pa. 19106.

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Five weeks after Hurricane Sandy struck the

Jersey coast, lots of our neighbors down the shore are still hurting. Families suffered catastrophic damage to their homes, their cars, their income—Gov. Christie announced two weeks ago that the estimated cost of damage to the state stands at more than $29 billion, and yes, that’s billion with a b. The Red Cross led the charge in charitable response, of course, but there are lots of other regional organizations and benefit events you can support to help the recovery effort.

Here are a few: Community Foodbank Of New Jersey: Coordinating relief efforts with FEMA, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and others, the Community FoodBank distributes more than 100,000 pounds of food daily to families displaced by Sandy. More info: njfoodbank. org Covenant House New Jersey: The state’s largest provider of services to homeless and at-risk adolescents—food, shelter, clothing, crisis care, health care, counseling, mother/ child programs and more. More info: covenanthousenj.org Best Friends Animal Society: This national animal rescue group is giving grants to local organizations on the front lines, including

the Monmouth County SPCA and the Liberty Humane Society. More info: bestfriends.org A Special Evening with Neil Young & Crazy Horse: The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City has lined up this benefit concert tomorrow night, Thurs., Dec. 6. Tickets are $75 and $150; proceeds will go to the Red Cross’ Sandy relief effort. More info: theborgata.com Savor for Sandy: Philadelphia chef Chris Scarduzio of Table 31 has teamed up with Caesars Entertainment to produce a special tasting event on Sun., Dec. 16, showcasing an array of Mediterranean, Mexican, Creole, Asian, American and Philly cuisines. The $100 tickets will benefit the Wish Upon a Hero Foundation’s Sandy relief effort. More info: savorforsandy.eventbrite.com [ ARTS ]

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You can buy tickets now to the organization’s 2013 Salon on the Schuylkill fundraising party—as little as $15 for an evening of art, socializing and open bar on Wed., Jan. 13, at World Cafe Live.

Donations: Fresh Artists is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax deductible.

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The statistics are staggering: One in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused in this country before the age of 18. Here in Philadelphia, there are a number of organizations that provide excellent counseling services to survivors of sexual abuse. But one local organization in particular, the Joseph J. Peters Institute, seeks to do more than treat the aftermath; its bigger mission is to reduce the causes of sexually abusive behaviors with prevention programs designed to stop child sexual abuse before it occurs. This is why, in addition to treating both child and adult survivors, the JJP also treats child and adult offenders. This approach addresses the complete cycle of sexual abuse—not just the aftermath, when the damage has already been done. The JJP’s prevention services specifically educate adults on how to recognize sexual behavior that’s directed toward children, and how to stop it. It’s a crucial strategy, especially when you consider that, according to the JJP, 30 to 50 percent of perpetrators are under the age of 18. So, while most of us would prefer to view sexual predators as animals who need to be locked away for good, the treatment of offenders—and the public’s understanding of what compels people to abuse others—is as much a part of combating sexual abuse

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Donations: The Joseph J. Peters Institute is a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency. Contributions are tax deductible. Private donations can be made directly to the Joseph J. Peters Institute or through the United Way via jjp.org.

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That wasn’t because their marketing department was stuck in a time warp. Rather, the website—which exclusively sells products made by charities around the world, with all profits going to benefit their causes—held an “Un-Sale” of products via Made By Survivors, a nonprofit that employs survivors of slavery and human-rights abuses. But Made

By Survivors is just one of the many charities featured on Charity Gift Market, the brainchild of local social entrepreneurs Lindsey and Andy Markelz, who run the site out of a Camden office. After a beta launch in summer 2011, Charity Gift Market stepped out into the public eye this past spring; according to site stats, they’ve since raised close to $20,000 and helped out more than 200,000 people. The website’s construction allows would-be customers to search by product, by specific charity organization, or by general type of cause. And those causes include health, human trafficking, education, disaster relief, basic needs, adoption and lots more, as the spectrum of participating charities takes users from a Camden IP address to the world—the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia. So if you’re really into both online gift-buying and supporting high-minded community activism, Charity Gift Market may be your one stop for the holidays.

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Trash Bag Clutch What it is: Purses made of 100 percent postconsumer snack-chip bags repurposed and woven into vibrantly colored clutches by a cooperative of artisan-mothers in the remote mountains of Rio Negro and Matazano. Also, a large part of the cash you shell out will end up in the pocket of the woman who actually wove the bag in the remote mountains of Honduras, so all’s right with the world.

Who it’s for: Anyone who doesn’t mind being showered with compliments and answering the question: “Where’d you get that adorable clutch-bag thing? Followed by “Oooh, what’s it made out of?”—every single time you leave your house.

Where to get it: Lost and Found, a treasure hidden in the gallery section of Old City.

133 N. Third St. 215.928.1311. manosdemadres.org (J.F.) Sage and Snap What it is: Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction has carved out a unique niche in the Philly booze world, crafting seriously head-whipping spirits inspired by brews and ingredients that were popular in American colonial days. “Snap,” a ginger-cookie spirit that mixes well with lemon, apple and honey flavors, is Art in the Age’s most overtly holiday-appropriate concoction, but their latest is “Sage,” a savory blend of thyme, rosemary and fennel notes that impresses with both subtlety and power.

Who it’s for: Anyone over 21 who has a taste for exceptional liquor.

Where to get it: Pennsylvania state Wine & Spirit stores. Art in the Age has a locator for specific locations: artintheage.com/ spirit-locator (Stephen H. Segal) Sumptuous Scarves What it is: OK, yes, they’re scarves—but ultra-unique scarves, ones you will not find on anyone else’s neck. Each of them is designed by Alexander Stadler based on his drawings, with inspiration coming from pieces straight out of his personal textile archive. It’s safe to say that these have way more personality than that J. Crew jawn you were eying up. Plus, you get to support local artistry—a win-win for everyone!

Who it’s for: Stylish Philadelphians getting ready for a real winter.

Where to get it: stadler-Kahn, 1724 Sansom St. 267.242.7154. stadler-kahn.com (A.T.)

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Who it’s for: People who understand there’s more to life than books, but not much more.

Where to get it: Joseph Fox Bookshop, 1724 Sansom St. 215.563.4184. foxbookshop.com (Anthony Trivelli)

Authentic Memorabilia Cufflinks What it is: A unique cufflinks collection made from various pieces of real memorabilia. Each pair is different, speaking to different kinds of guys and fitting a wide array of personalities. Some examples: Phillies game balls, Flyers game pucks, SEPTA subway tokens, flooring from the original Spectrum, buffalo nickels and New York Times crossword puzzles.

Who it’s for: Men looking to put a little more flair into their lives or who simply want to jazz up an old suit.

Where to get it: TownHome Jewelry & Boutique, 1616 Walnut St. 215.972.5100. townhomeonline.com (A.T.)

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Springboard Media Gift Card What it is: We admit gift cards are usually sort of whack, implying a certain lack of effort on the giver’s part, but in this case? Think godsend. Springboard is Philly’s answer to any Apple-related computer problem that won’t cost several body parts to fix—unlike the giant Apple Store—specializing in data recovery/transfers, RAM/hard drive upgrades, service loaners, pre-owned machines and just about everything in between. Pesky appointments aren’t a problem here, either, so your issue-addled friend can just walk in, and they’ll be good to go.

Who it’s for: Anyone who is simultaneously on a budget and experiencing problems with their Mac, two traits that can now harmoniously co-exist.

Where to get it: Springboard Media, 2206 Walnut St.; 116 S. 13th St.; 290 Main St., Exton. springboardmedia.com (A.T.) Boho Accessories and Decor What it is: Hand-crafted, bohemian-style necklaces complete with dangling stones and antler tips that won’t hinder your mortgage payments. Have you sworn off giving jewelry as gifts? Get the mossy terrariums a la Jurassic Park in a vase that are often drooled over on Pinterest.

Who it’s for: The up-and-coming college grad who could use a little decoration— home or personal—that isn’t from the clearance isle at Target.

Where to get it: Moon and Arrow, 754 S. Fourth St. 215.469.1448. moonandarrow.com (Jenine Pilla) Monkeyfarts! Wacky Jokes Every Kid Should Know

By David Borgenicht (Quirk Books) What it is: A good old-fashioned hardback book of jokes that no one has to swipe to unlock. It will send your kid on the road to being the next George Carlin—or Dane Cook, depending.

Who it’s for: Your pre-Internet-savvy 5-yearold nephew, the soon-to-be-feminist cousin that shuns the plastic kitchen set—and your kids, so you can read it, too.

Where to get it: Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St. 215.923.2960. giovannisroom.com (J.P.) Cute Retro Womenswear What it is: A fabulous fashion flashback to the time of pin-up chicks with red lips and voluptuous curves that made Playboy the classiest magazine around. The greatest collection of A-line dresses that will transform any girl into the woman she has always admired in those old time movies.

Who it’s for: The old souls on your list and your sassy fiancé who can’t seem to get away from those vintage shops.

Where to get it: Bettie Page Boutique, 1605 Walnut St. 866.4.BETTIE. bettiepageclothing.com (J.P.) Hand-Made Hand Candy What it is: Gorgeous, rustic jewelry inspired by the beautiful hardness of stalactites and the rigid edges of broken crystals. The hand-crafted rings are a bold statement of strength that will last as long as the caves they were modeled after.

Who it’s for: The strong-willed women on your list who aren’t afraid to replace dainty with tough every now and then.

Where to get it: Concrete Polish, 716 N. Third St. 267.324.5201. concretepolishjewels.com (J.P.) The Floatea What it is: The perfect solution for painless, tidy brewing of a single cup of loose tea, the Floatea does away with the inevitable wet messiness of an infuser ball by turning it into a floating buoy! Kudos to Premium Steap for offering it as a $25 holiday gift pack along with two 2-ounce packages of the tea of your choice—especially because Premium Steap has the most consistently delicious selection of loose tea in Philly. Try the

gingerbread or toasted almond rooibos, the cinnamon-spiced pumpkin-pie black tea or the licorice/lemongrass/peppermint blend.

Who it’s for: College students, moms, aunts, teachers, anyone trying to cut back on coffee.

Where to get it: Premium Steap, 111 S. 18th St. 215.568.2920. premiumsteap.com (S.H.S.) Vintage Grandmother-Button Rings What it is: Two-tiered vintage rings, each one uniquely handcrafted out of brass, antique metal, marcasite, vintage plastic, pearl, or art deco glass and wood buttons dating back to as early as 1880 and as late as 1950.

Who it’s for: These brass rings are adjustable to fit any finger, so if you’re planning to pop the question this holiday, and your granny doesn’t want to relinquish any of her jewels just yet, you’re in business. No one can say no to these antique button babies, as they’ve got all the mystique of a family heirloom, but won’t break the bank. Save your hard-earned dollars for the wedding.

Where to get it: Art, design and fashion meet and mesh on Pine Street at J. Lamancuso’s semi-new store, Industry. 1020 Pine St. 215.733.0208. shopindustryphilly.com (Jessica Foley) A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths

By Tony Fletcher (Crown Archetype) What it is: The first major Smiths book in two decades. Despite being the classic “I’ve-been-liking-them-longer-than-you” band, the architects of jangle pop have had surprisingly little exploration with any depth.

One could obviously argue that this cloak of mystery has been crucial in allowing them to remain so iconic, but there isn’t a single soul out there who doesn’t want to know what records Morrissey and Marr listened to during their first meeting.

Couture Hoodie Dress What it is: A super-cute, wear-anywhere kind of dress, perfect all alone or layered.

And hey, they’re calling it “couture,” so we will too.

Who it’s for: Your daughter, who is convinced a sensible sweater will squash her self-expression. Boutique owner/designer Abby Kessler has designed the ideal hoodie sweatshirt dress: a mix of French terrycloth, cotton and spandex. The actual hood is discreetly framed with soft ruffles. From afar, the frock resembles a sleek, appropriatefor-any-occasion black dress; up-close, the ruffled-details will make the most serious young woman flip like she’s five again.

Where to get it: Head down to Old City to Kessler’s and Katie Loftus’ adorably chic Smak Parlour, the pink dollhouse boutique.

219 Market St. 215.625.4551. smakparlour.com (J.F.) Moscow But Dreaming

By Ekaterina Sedia (Prime Books) What it is: Sedia is a Russian-born author of strange, lyrical fantasies who teaches science in Philly’s South Jersey suburbs when she’s not writing fairy tales about feminist wind-up robots and beach houses that drift off to sea. Her latest book collects 21 short fictions featuring ghost stories about beer, adopted children plagued by monsters, the absurdity of Nigerian-style email spam and a tale whose title, “Zombie Lenin,” pretty much says it all.

Who it’s for: Short story lovers, urban fantasy readers, Russian Americans.

Where to get it: Available wherever books are sold. (S.H.S.) Scrabble-esque Drink Coasters What it is: Local designer Bryan Sculthorpe, a.k.a. YardsalePress on Etsy, is responsible for one limited-edition gift that’s currently in the process of selling out at South Philly boutique Nice Things Handmade: wooden coasters in the form of oversized Scrabble-style tiles. Buy the letters of your friends’ initials as unusual monographed gifts! If other holiday shoppers beat you to the punch, Nice Things Handmade has lots more budget-minded artistry to offer as well, like Volta Organics’ all-new line of candles and Paul Carpenter’s Phanatic tote bags and T-shirts.

Who it’s for: Significant others who work a desk job, board game junkies, Facebook pals who won’t stop nudging you to play Words With Friends.

Where to get it: Nice Things Handmade, 1731 E. Passyunk Ave. 267.455.0256. nicethingshandmade.com (S.H.S.) n

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If food blogs are your thing, or even just a casual interest, you know Deb Perelman, author of The Smitten Kitchen. For the past six years, she’s been cooking unpretentious food, snapping beautiful photos and waxing poetic about the difference between summer and winter squash from her tiny kitchen in New York City. Her approach to food and cooking—”There are no bad cooks, only bad recipes”—has won her accolades from The New York Times, NPR and Martha Stewart. Tonight, she talks with Philadelphia Inquirer food editor Maureen Fitzgerald about her beginnings, her new cookbook and her many food philosophies.

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KATHERINE FRASER: “DARKNESS & LIGHT”

Does being alone lead you inward for greater awareness, or does it frighten you? Philly portrait artist Katherine Fraser lives for those moments in life when, say, you’re out walking alone in the snow and, BAM, something simple blows your mind wide open.

You’re caught off guard and just standing there, staring. For her show tonight, Fraser unveils a new body of work, capturing that thoughtful loneliness sometimes paired with colder months. Not that sad, self-indulgent lonesome feeling—more like how “being alone can make us feel most alive and connected to our true nature,” she says. Her candid, dreamlike and almost photographic paintings evoke calm introspection. Capturing subjects in surreal landscapes with dramatic cinematic lighting, the mood of each painting pulls you in and leaves you wondering. Jazz by the Dan Dechellis Trio, snacks, wine and beer provided. SEAN CORBETT 5-10pm. Free. Vox Populi, 319A N. 11th St. katherinefraser.com

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In what will go down in the annals of music trivia as an awfully eerie coincidence, political rappers the Coup scheduled the release of Party Music— an album whose cover depicted group members orchestrating an explosive attack on the World Trade Center—for mid-September 2001. Immediately after the events of 9/11, the Coup delayed the release date and changed the photo, but not before being criticized by members of the media for their biting and sometimes violent lyrics based on frontman Boots Riley’s Marxist beliefs; still, they soldiered on. And after spending the past few years with Street Sweeper Social Club, his sideproject with Tom Morello, Riley returned this year with Sorry to Bother You, the Coup’s sixth album.

Featuring guests such as Killer Mike, Das Racist and Vernon Reid, Sorry to Bother You trades in the Bomb Squad-esque beats of the group’s earlier works for a live band, dishing out track after track of Lenny Kravitz-style funk. BRYAN BIERMAN 9pm. $13. With Japanther, Lushlife + more. Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St. undergroundarts.org [ART]

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Country wasn’t anywhere near cool when X started messing with it, jacking it up on blocks like a vintage T-bird and making it roar. Their 1980 debut LP Los Angeles kicked off a rockabilly revival that melded the urban angst of punk rock with the incendiary riffs, slicked-back pompadours and yodeled harmonies of roadhouse country. A year later, Wild Gift took their cow-punk hybrid mainstream, placing second on the 1981 Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll. After multiple hiatuses, reunions, solo records and other diversions, X is celebrating 35 years as a band, reconvening the original lineup of John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebrake for considerably more than a victory lap. Reverend Horton Heat, who joined the cowpunk party in the mid-1980s, is on hand with his own wild-eyed, lightning-fingered, re-imagination of surf rock and Texas swing. JENNIFER KELLY

You don’t always need to scale the Rocky stairs in order to enjoy art at its finest, especially in a city crawling with creative spirits. The Wind Challenge Exhibition series presented by the Fleisher Memorial aims to introduce broader audiences to the amazing art culture Philadelphia has to offer.

Since its establishment in 1978, the exhibition series has introduced the world to new talent who, otherwise, lack the public exposure they deserve. Artists are chosen from a pool of nearly 250 applicants, and the majority of those selected in the past have gone on to impress not only Philadelphia city-dwellers, but art-lovers around the world. The second round of this year’s exhibition begins tonight and includes a series of “cut-out” landscape photographs, site-generated representations of light and time and cityscapes created by combining real-world structures with computer game-making software. LINDSAY KENNEY

8pm. $22. With Not In the Face. Theater of Living Arts, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. tlaphilly.com

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Do your friends a favor: Give them gifts that don’t suck with the help of the Philly Punx Picnic DIY Holiday Arts Fair. For this First Friday installation upstairs at Tattooed Mom, the PPP presents all things media and print art: photography, vinyl, T-shirts, CDs, DVDs, books, zines, and even VHS tapes will be for sale. DIY-minded artists, screen printers, publishers, and distros, including local independent record label Sit & Spin Records, will be selling their wares. There are two more DIY Holiday Arts Fair events scheduled this month, but no other evening will be focusing on media and print goods—or taking place in a bar. ASHLEY KOLE

Film trailers are called trailers because they used to be shown after the main attraction. This implies that people actually wanted to be advertised to.

Apparently, that’s still true: On the list of mostwatched items on the Internet, advertisements for forthcoming movies rank third. Whatever the appeal, these monstrosities tend to be more fascinating when they’ve aged a bit, revealing a bygone era’s interests, peccadilloes and styles.

The archivists of Secret Cinema once again offer an entire program’s worth of the stuff with “Son of Trailer Trash,” some of which are better pieces of filmmaking than the films they’re selling. After ads for Riot on the Sunset Strip, The Third Sex and Invasion of the Bee Girls, stay put for the forgotten 1976 feature Chesty Anderson, U.S. Navy, a vehicle for Russ Meyer and Shari Eubank also starring the great, insane Timothy Carey. MATT PRIGGE

7pm. Free. Tattooed Mom, 530 South St. phillypunxpicnic.blogspot.com

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a joyous production from director Megan Nicole O’Brien. For those uninitiated into the world of the Wonderettes, the title is the name of a singing group comprised of four gal pals from high school. In Winter, it is 1968, and the group (now 10 years post-graduation) is hired to sing at a hardware store’s Christmas party, where they belt out yuletide classics like “Santa Baby” and “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” Three of the original cast members from Marvelous—Laura Catlaw, Kat Borrelli and Janet Rowley—return, and are joined by newcomer Rachel Camp. J. COOPER ROBB

RACHAEL YAMAGATA

Over the last decade, singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata has released eight albums and EPs (her latest EP, Heavyweight, came out Thanksgiving week), contributed to albums for the likes of Ray LaMontagne, Jason Mraz and Ryan Adams and firmly established herself as one of this generation’s most diverse indie artists. Combining rock (“Starlight”) with piano pop sensibilities (“Even If I Don’t”), Yamagata’s sound is like a more refined Sara Bareilles. And when she tosses in countrytinged soulful stompers (“The Way It Seems to Go”) and piano ballads (“I Don’t Want to Be Your Mother”), you understand more clearly just how talented she is. Heavyweight’s six songs are filled mostly with piano ballads (the title track), acoustic ditties (“Keep Going”) and shuffling numbers that focus on the ups and downs of love and relationships, and though more somber in tone than previous releases, Yamagata’s gravelly-yet-resonant vocals mirror the inner strength she exudes in her songs. BRIAN PALMER

7pm. $15-$31. Theatre Horizon, 401 Dekalb St., Norristown. 267.987.9865.

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The U.K.-born Maxi Priest had plenty of success taking reggae back to its R&B roots, particularly slow-grooving, lover-man soul. He’s notable for his ability to apply his style to a diverse range of rock and traditional pop covers (Robert Palmer, Cat Stevens, Paul Anka), enjoying a string of international hits from 1985-‘96. (He was a much bigger star across the pond.) His output’s slowed of late, with two studio albums and a Christmas LP (last year’s Time of the Year) since the millennium, but his vocal talents remain undiminished. His limber baritone’s still as warm, crisp and clear as an autumn morning wrapped in cashmere and kissed by the sun. CHRIS PARKER

The Smashing Pumpkins have done a better job staying together than most ‘90s-era alternative bands. Despite a death in the group, internal discord, multiple lineup changes and no longer being the superstars they were when Bullet with Butterfly Wings and Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness were ruling the rock charts, they’ve survived and continue to produce music at a steady pace.

This year’s Oceania is their latest, and it’s filled with the same combination of energetic rock (“Quasar”), fuzzy, distorted guitars (“Panopticon”) and appearances by Billy Corgan’s oddly melodic, nasally whine (“Wildflower,” “Oceania”) that have characterized their other releases. Oceania is the latest piece of evidence that Corgan is no longer the same rat in a cage he once proclaimed to be, as much of the vitriolic screaming and biting lyrics have disappeared, but these changes enhance rather than detract from the songs, so it’s more than welcome. B.P.

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8pm. $30-$40. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215.572.7650. keswicktheatre.com [EVENT]

BOOK PAPER SCISSORS

For one afternoon, the Philadelphia Center for Books is asking locals to put down their Kindles and iPads and join them in celebrating old-school and contemporary book arts, printmaking and paper crafts. An array of vendors will be setting up shop inside the Free Library for this annual book fair, selling hundreds of affordable paperbased creations including zines, origami, paper sculptures and jewelry. Meanwhile, guests of all ages have a chance to explore these art forms themselves during one of two free workshops. At 11 a.m., learn the ins and outs of the simple and elegant pamphlet book structure as you make two of your very own books. Then, at 2 p.m., discover the versatility of thaumatropes, a Victorian-era children’s toy that helped pave the way for modern animation. NICOLE FINKBINER 10am. Free. Central Library, 1901 Vine St. 215.686.5322. philadelphiacenterforthebook.org

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Already finished your holiday shopping? Good for you. Hopefully you kept the receipts because chances are, those generic gifts don’t compare to the plethora of handmade, super cool wares you’ll find at Philly’s annual holiday “Knock-Down, DragOut Craft Event.” With more than 60 local art vendors in attendance, everyone on your list should be covered. If you’re shopping for your sister or mom, check out Penelope Rakov’s colorful blown jewelry, the sophisticated yet quirky textiles and wares of Kaye Rachelle Designs or Volta Organics’ selection of all-natural, eco-friendly bath and body products. For the men in your life, consider one of Recycled Rowhouse’s revamped pieces of furniture

or the folklore-inspired books and prints of Huldra Press. This year’s event will also feature two fun new additions: a holiday-themed photo booth and a live print-your-own-wrapping-paper demo from South Philly’s mobile art studio, ColorWheels. Be one of the first 50 shoppers to arrive, and you’ll score a free goodie bag. N.F. 11am. Free. SS Neumann Goretti High School, 1736 S. 10th St. craftybalboa.blogspot.com

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Philly’s favorite celebration of fried potatoes and Hanukkah returns for its 10th year of grease and revelry. The ticket price gets you all-you-canstomach gourmet latkes from local favorites like Bar Ferdinand, Sabrina’s Cafe, Singapore and more, each with their own twist on the classic potato pancake. Music from the West Philly Orchestra will aid in your digestion, and there will be plenty of kid-friendly activities, including a performance from the Music Monkey Jungle. More than 400 people showed up last year, so get your tickets in advance. A.B. 2-4pm. $5-$18. Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St. 215.545.4400. gershmany.org

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WINTER WONDERETTES

11th Hour Theater Company opens its new production Winter Wonderettes not in Philadelphia, but rather at Theater Horizon’s new theater in beautiful downtown Norristown. Penned by Roger Bean, Winter is the sequel to Marvelous Wonderettes, which 11th Hour mounted last summer in

Do the impending holidays have your stomach in knots because last year was the absolute worst X-mas on record? Are you looking for a place to decompress that’s not blasting Bing Crosby’s Mele Kalikimaka? Before getting sucked into the familyX-mas-sweater vortex, climb up to the cozy second story of South Philly’s Dive Bar. Here you will find solace at the monthly installment of Second Stories. Hosted by the magnificent Jamie Fountaine, four of Philly’s hottest tale-spinners—James Bradford, Hilary Rea, Vickie Fernandez and Alanna Kennedy-Gorman—will tell you the nitty, gritty hilariously-heart-wrenching details surrounding the worst Christmas of their lives. There is a slight possibility elves will stop by. So nibble on some Christmas cookies, light up a cigarette (yes, smoking is allowed at the Dive after 7 p.m.), and get ready for some laughs. JESSICA FOLEY 7pm. Free. The Dive Bar, 947 E. Passyunk Ave, 215.465.5505. facebook.com/pages/second-stories [THEATER]

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET

Fifty-six years and one week ago today, the place to be was the storefront studio of Sun Records in Memphis, Tenn. That afternoon marked the one and only meeting between Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. The four gathered for a jam session that is the inspiration of Million Dollar Quartet, a jukebox musical in town for a brief run at the Forrest Theatre.

Brought together by the founder of Sun Records Sam Phillips (who is known as the father of rock ‘n’ roll and serves as the show’s narrator), the 90minute musical isn’t always historically accurate, but when it strays from the facts, it does so in its quest to include all the biggest hits from the four superstars. Included on the impressive song list is Presley’s version of “Hound Dog”, Cash’s classic “Riders in the Sky” and Perkins’ sly “See You Later, Alligator.” In the moments of historic accuracy, Quartet also features the four guys harmonizing on old spirituals like the lovely “Down by the Riverside” before it concludes with the audience inevitably on its feet during Jerry Lee Lewis’ sweaty, key-pounding oldie-but-goodie, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” J.C.R. 7:30pm. $49.50-$97. Through Dec. 16.

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BEER & CUPCAKES The Bike Stop’s habitués are a naughty bunch, but once a year they reveal their nice side. It happens for just a few hours during the Yuletide season, when these leather daddies allow their lair to be transformed into an X-rated version of Santa’s workshop by the hard-working elves at the Mazzoni Center, which provides health care and other services to the local LGBT community.

The goal of this holiday beer bash is raising money to buy winter coats and toys for children affected by HIV/AIDS, most of whom would otherwise receive no Christmas gifts.

Last year’s party raised more than $12,000 for roughly 200 young people, but Mazzoni plans to help even more needy kids this year.

Everyone is invited to enjoy the kinky holiday hijinks—gay and straight, male and female.

All of the money goes toward the cause, so attendees should come expecting to blow a wad of cash on Jell-O shots, homemade cupcakes and gingerbread men with a little something extra between their legs. “Marital aids” and other sexy stocking-stuffers will be raffled off, too. The fun starts early and continues until the kegs are emptied. What happens afterward depends on how bad you’ve been.

SARAH SCHULMAN: ISRAEL/PALESTINE & THE QUEER INTERNATIONAL Author and activist Sarah Schulman’s latest book is a provocative argument against Israel’s recent attempt to market itself as a gay tourist destination. In her opinion, Israel’s generous support for LGBT film festivals, for example, is cynically designed to distract people from acknowledging the terrible misery imposed on Palestinians, a phenomenon she labels “pinkwashing.” On one level, Schulman’s book recounts how her decision to boycott an LGBT conference at Tel Aviv University leads to contact with radical queers in Israel and the West Bank, newfound friends and colleagues with whom she eventually organizes a series of teach-ins across America affectionately dubbed “Al-Tour.” On a more profound level, her skepticism regarding power is bracing.

Schulman not only upends many of her own unquestioned assumptions, she also clarifies the connection between seemingly innocuous acts, like an effusive travel-section article extolling Tel Aviv’s gay-friendly cafes, and imperialism, racial prejudice and class struggle. Rabbi Linda Holtzman of Philadelphia’s Mishkan Shalom synagogue will join Schulman for this conversation.

Fri., Dec. 7, 7pm. Free. The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St. thebikestop.com

Sat., Dec. 8, 5:30pm. Free. Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St. 215.923.2960. queerbooks.com

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HOW THE QUEERS STOLE CHRISTMAKWANZAKAH Instead of watching A Christmas Story again, check out MixTape’s Yuletide extravaganza, which jumbles every winter holiday into one big, hot mess of a performance. DJ Evil V opens the latest installment of this semiregular celebration of transgender arts and culture, spinning dance tracks until the room is nice and toasty. The show begins in earnest when hostess Tammy Faymous appears. The hirsute drag queen with the beautiful voice is known for her witty banter, which will come in handy as she struggles to get handsome drag kings and lip-synching

divas to share the stage. The entertainment includes Icon Ebony Fierce’s glam-queer take on hip-hop, bent burlesque courtesy of the Liberty City Kings, and fancy footwork from dancer Alizeé Elegance. Between sets, organizers will raffle off steamy DVDs featuring trans porn star and educator Buck Angel.

There’s a serious purpose behind the tinsel and Christmas lights: Part of the proceeds go toward defraying the cost of gender-reassignment surgery for a local trans person.

Don your elf costume and help raise some Hanukkah gelt!

Fri., Dec. 14, 9pm. $5. Tabu, 200 S. 12th St. blitztrans.org/mixtape

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ou know the running joke in the old Looney Toons cartoons, the one with Pepé Le Pew swooning over a passing female’s aroma contrails?

That’s kind of what happened to me as I walked toward the front door of Bubba’s Texas BBQ recently. First came the hint of smoke in the air; then a pungent whiff of something more meaty; and finally, when I opened the door, the smell of Texas BBQ in all its heady glory, like a new line of colognes: Caveman, by Calvin Klein.

This is the latest entry into our city’s ever-sprouting crop of smoke- and firecooked meateries, a Lone Star bar with ample TVs, straightforward decor and one serious smoker.

And that, really, is what matters most here: The meat, and the manner in which it’s cooked.

This is the way of all flesh here: a stint, ranging from two to 30 hours, in the one-ton-plus smoker custom-designed by the eponymous Bubba himself, which includes nine doors, a hunger for the hickory, oak, and maple that feeds it, and an almost alchemical ability to turn mere meat into something better suited to poetry and Hallmark cards.

Pit master Robert “Bubba” Kolbasowski, a Texas native, is a stickler for details, and his 21-spice dry rub and homemade BBQ sauce are remarkable testaments to his focus on every aspect of what gets sent out of his kitchen. Fortunately, he uses his sauces judiciously, never over-applying them, which would be the BBQ-crime equivalent to certain other offenses that get prosecuted in the Hague. And in truth, his best meats really need no additional sauce beyond what he adds—just a pile of paper towels and beer, and they’re good to go.

Brisket is the ne plus ultra here. It remains untrimmed until after it’s completed its 24- to 30-hour vacation in the smoker, which allows the fat atop it to slowly melt into the meat itself. A sliced Everest of it, strata upon strata of beefy stupendousness, arrives jiggling like a Jell-O mold. It falls apart with the slightest pressure of the tongue, and disintegrates into a buttery, smokysweet memory within seconds. I actually swooned after my first bite.

Smoked sausage also achieves Himalayan heights. Here, the balance of smoke and spice-heat anchors it, and the tension between the two is pitchperfect. It’s all cocooned in a natural casing that snaps with each bite, and high-

Meat-lover’s paradise: Bubba’s Texas BBQ in Fishtown is not to be skipped.

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lights further the toothy grind of meat inside. Right now it’s being sourced from Kissin Fresh, right in the neighborhood, and the product is excellent.

Ribs, however, were held back by an over-charred carapace. The meat beneath that shell was smoke-pink and tender, but the black layer on top lent each bite not only an overwhelming sense of bitterness but a toughness that stood out even more sharply given the succulence of everything else. The ribs, though, were one of the very few slipups.

On the opposite end of that spectrum were the wings, beguilingly smoke-perfumed, impossibly moist, and tossed in a choice of three sauces (mild, hot or BBQ) that each would be a highlight anywhere in the city.

The other quibbles—the ziti, say, in the mac and cheese was a bit overcooked—were minor given the exuberance of the flavors. That side-dish classic, for example, still won me over with its thick pepper jack- and Monterrey jack-kissed béchamel and three-cheese combo of cheddar, Parmesan and mozzarella, all of it framing the meaty lardons. And there was nothing to balk at when it came to the other sides, either: The collard greens had been cooked down to the point of falling apart, and their earthy funk was expertly countered by a fantastic vinegar-brightened sweetness, as well as pork belly. Kernelstudded cornbread, both sweet and savory at once, proved to be a perfect vessel for sopping up all the commingled juices puddling the plate.

The pricing here doesn’t look cheap

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Even as the temps continue to plummet, I’ll have to roll down my windows every time I drive by this excellent new addition to the city’s growing reputation as a sort of barbecue meatopia. I don’t want to miss that smell, and the promise it holds. n

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Slaw School Graduate Nicole’s journey from veggie-fearing candy-chomper to kitchen-savvy grown-up takes a sweet and savory turn in South Philly.

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By Nicole Finkbiner // nfinkbiner@philadelphiaweekly.com ven though I realize it’s a big dietary no-no, I do most of my eating past 8 p.m., as that’s typically when I make the transition from my laptop (work mode) to my TV (sleep mode).

Earlier in the day, should I happen to snap out of my zombie-like state long enough to notice a craving, I’ll probably just grab whatever “healthy” snack I have stashed away—peanuts, say, or crackers.

But being the generous Italian that he is, Chef Kristian Leuzzi, owner of both Kris and Stogie Joe’s in South Philly, most certainly wasn’t going to let me leave my personalized cooking lesson, or his restaurant, without a solid lunch in my stomach: a braised veal short-rib sandwich with a side of gnocchi.

I don’t know what this man puts in his coffee, but by 11 a.m., boy was Kristian pumped about this sandwich. Talking a mile a minute as we stood in the kitchen and strapped on our aprons, he explained that you can easily substitute veal short ribs with veal shank, beef short ribs or even ox tail—and, like any good braised meat, it can be added to pretty much whatever your heart desires: tacos, soups, pasta, omelets, etc. He then proceeded to stress the importance of being able to “pull the meat right off the bone” at least a dozen times. Eventually, I couldn’t decide whether this was endearing or disturbing.

Since veal normally takes three hours to cook, Kristian, having decided to feature the sandwich as a lunch special that day, had started the process before I arrived, so the batch I’d be working on would be more of a practice run. First, though, he gave me a tour of the restaurant’s exceptionally spacious and orderly kitchen. Everything at Kris is fresh, never frozen, so they have a fridge that’s roughly the size of my bedroom.

Inside, all their secret sauces are neatly contained, labeled and dated. It’s a lot like what I’d imagine Martha Stewart’s fridge looks like.

By the time we got the vegetables and herbs frying, Kristian realized he needed to backtrack a bit to help me process the million different culinary terms he’d already rattled off. Here’s what I was able to take away: “Caramelizing” and “browning” are the same

Special ingredient: Fancy Italian beer goes into Chef Leuzzi’s veal, and also into Nicole.

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thing.* “Deglazing” is not, in fact, the opposite of “glazing”; it basically just means adding a cold liquid—in this case chicken broth—to a hot pan. I’m still a little confused exactly how “braising” is different from “glazing,”** but I know that we braised the veal with a fancy Italian craft beer, one of five varieties patrons can find behind the bar at Kris.

Like wine, this particular brew was unfiltered, perhaps explaining why it didn’t really taste like beer. Or wine. Actually, it was one of the most ambiguous liquids I’ve ever imbibed.

But the beer’s flavor or lack thereof was irrelevant, since ultimately, the main attraction of this dish is Kristian’s Brussels sprout slaw: Brussels sprouts, mayo, apple cider vinegar, garlic, pomegranate, salt and pepper.

As a lifelong believer that sweet and savory never belong in the same sentence, everything about this concoction sounded toxic to me. Apples and Brussels sprouts? Barf. Pomegranate and veal? Barf. Vinegar, cider and mayo?

Double barf. I was already secretly mourning the loss of a perfectly tender slab of veal when I took my first bite.

And before I knew it, I had a mouth full of crow: That slaw was delightful. Instead of assaulting my feeble taste buds, the tart pomegranate and sweet cider tickled them. More importantly, none of the

additional toppings or sauces masked the finger-licking meat. As for the gnocchi Kristian insisted on whipping up last minute, it was a perfect way to cap off the meal.

While I devoured my lunch like a wild hog, Kristian got to boasting about his sons—specifically, the amazing dinner they made him recently. That’s right, at just 12 and 15 years of age, apparently these kids could already slaughter me in a cooking competition. Making the sting even worse: It was only about 10 minutes prior to that I’d learned people eat the seeds of a pomegranate, not the entire rind.

Fortunately, I left the restaurant really contemplating my immature and foolishly picky eating habits. I also think Kristian’s Italian gusto may have started to rub off on me, as I felt the sudden urge to go home and make an elaborate feast full of all sorts of unfamiliar ingredients.

I mean, I never actually followed through, but it’s the thought that counts, right? n * Editor’s note: Well, sort of. ** Editor’s note: Like body lotion is different from sunscreen.

Find Chef Kristian Leuzzi’s recipe, and all the dishes Nicole has learned from Philly chefs so far, online at forkingstupid.com.

YOUR GUIDE TO CENTER CITY’S HOLIDAY EVENTS November 22: 6ABC/Dunkin’ Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade Celebrate the nation’s oldest Thanksgiving Day parade.

6ABC.com November 22 – December 24: Christmas Village at LOVE Park 1500 Arch St. Traditional European foods and homemade gifts and ornaments.

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November 23 – December 31: Macy’s Christmas Light Show 1300 Market St. For an animated light show, head to Macy’s Center City in the historic Wanamaker Building.

This Philly tradition features more than 100,000 LED lights dancing to the rich sounds of the Wanamaker organ with narration by Julie Andrews. Free shows run on the hour after 10AM daily. VisitMacysPhiladelphia.com

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Reading Terminal Market Holiday Railroad 12th & Arch Sts. Kids and adults alike will delight in this 500 sq.ft. model railroad display with almost a third of a mile of track! Closed Christmas Day. ReadingTerminalMarket.org

November 23: Santa Express

9th & Market Sts. Join the Gallery at Market East and SEPTA on a festive holiday caravan featuring Santa and his merry band of characters. The fun-filled parade ends in the Gallery’s Center Court with activities to kickoff the holiday season. For stations and departure times, visit GalleryatMarketEast.com

November 28: Rittenhouse Square

Tree Lighting 5:00PM, Rittenhouse Square, 18th & Walnut Sts. RittenhouseRow.org

December 1: KidsInCenterCity.com

Saturday Playdate Visit with Santa at the Market & Shops at the Comcast Center, 1701 JFK Blvd., 11AM – 1PM. KidsInCenterCity.com

Saturdays, December 1, 8, 15:

Rittenhouse Row Holiday Celebration Saturdays 18th & Walnut Sts. Celebrate with Santa at TD Bank, strolling choirs, holiday surprises and in store specials.

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December 5: City Hall Tree Lighting LOVE Park, 1500 Arch St. Mayor Michael Nutter lights the city’s tree. PhilaChristmas.com December 8 – 30: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker presented by the Pennsylvania Ballet A timeless holiday classic. PABallet.org

December 15: Winterfest at Sister Cities Park 18th St. and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 11AM - 2PM. Enjoy a visit with Santa, Karaoke sing-a-long with Frosty the Snowman, Cookie Decorating with Milk & Honey Café, a Holiday Treasure Hunt, seasonal arts & crafts and festive music provided by the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Young Performers Theater Camp Choir. Don’t forget to bring your own camera. SisterCitiesPark.org

December 31: New Year’s Eve Fireworks Two shows at 6PM and Midnight. Penn’s Landing, Columbus Boulevard and the Delaware River. DelawareRiverEvents.com January 1: 2013 Philadelphia’s Mummers Parade and Fancy Brigade Finale New Year’s Day is about celebrating, and there’s no better place to fête than South Broad St. Parade kicks off at 10AM. VisitPhilly.com

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Comcast Center Holiday Spectacular Comcast Center, 1701 JFK Blvd. In the lobby of Center City’s tallest building, enjoy a high-tech, 15-minute show illuminating the building’s LED wall and set to music. Free shows run on the hour, every hour, except weekdays at 5PM.

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600 Catherine St. 215.238.0615. bluebellybbq.com Cuisine: Multi-regional barbeque.

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. 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. (Cristina Perachio)

BLUE CAT

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

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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.

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U.S., exploring its various food and drink cultures; aside from clever drink names, the experience left him resolved to build a place whose bartenders would serve high-quality well liquors without snooty pretension. For all its colorful quirk, Hop Sing pulls it off brilliantly. (B.F.)

THE INDUSTRY BAR

1401 E. Moyamensing Ave. 215.271.9500. theindustrybar.com Cuisine: Rib-sticking comfort food with style to spare.

The Industry Bar does a lot of things right— especially if by “a lot of things” you mean “appetizing carnivorous dishes.” Pig ears, as flawlessly cooked as any I’ve had, snap like a hearty cracker, exposing the lava-like inner world of cartilage and gelatin. Too much? You can always stick to theclassic hamburger, consisting of LaFrieda’s ground brisket, Cabot’s cheddar and a smear of pickle mayonnaise. Industry’s fair prices are notable as well; you can eat and drink heartily here without breaking the bank, and it’s the kind of place where you want a pint of beer with your meal. (B.F.)

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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.)

HOP SING LAUNDROMAT

1029 Race St. hopsinglaundromat.com Cuisine: Flawless $10 cocktails.

The names of Hop Sing Laundromat’s signature cocktails pay homage, in one way or another, to America. The “Montana Payback” is named after the Battle of Little Bighorn. “A Failed Entertainment” was the working title of Infinite Jest. “Nevermore” is in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. The new craft-cocktail bar’s owner, Lêe, spent months driving around the

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JANE G’S

1930 Chestnut St. 215.563.8800. janegsrestaurant.com Cuisine: Pan-Asian.

Center City’s newest Pan-Asian joint is raising the bar for this part of town. While the dishes are mostly familiar, they’re somehow more memorable, like the beef rendang: rich cubes of beef soaked for hours in coconut milk and finally caramelized to perfection. Or the popcorn rock shrimp; don’t let the small size fool you, these little undersea invertebrates boast a big flavor, with the most well fried carapace I’ve had in a while. The serious consideration of each flavor is very clearly evident in Chef Michael Chan’s work. (B.F.)

LA PETITE DAUPHINE

2029 Walnut St. 267.324.5244. lapetitedauphine.com Cuisine type: French cafe.

With the quaint sophistication of its bamboo floors and warm whitewalls, this little café is the perfect place for a lunch break—or a takeout spot for busy business bees. Right now, the highlights are the coffee-shop offerings, including well-made cappuccinos and excellent pastries. If you’re hungry for something more substantial, go for the smoked salmon sandwich, presented on flaky-crusted brioche triangles with shredded egg whites and yolks and a tangle of red onion. (B.F.)

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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.)

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251 S. 18th St. 215.732.2412. rittenhousetavern.com Cuisine: Fresh and seasonal American fare.

With an attentive staff and a private garden for outdoor seating, the Tavern makes for a lovely night out in the city. The prosciutto-wrapped figs with Gorgonzola and honey offer a salty crunch on the outside and a burst of sweetness from the fig. Another notable dish is the five day-boat sea scallops, their tops seared to perfection, bathing in an amaranth truffle butter sauce with fresh and tender chanterelles and turnips. Don’t ignore the summery desserts like the cherry-graham-cracker tarte, lovingly paired with crunchy pistachio icecream. Cherry and sea-salted fudge squares come complimentary with the check. (C.P.)

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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 ever-expanding base of weekendmorning dining options. (B.F.)

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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, thick-crusted 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.)

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521 Catharine St. 215.351.1550. ulivophila.com Cuisine: Seasonal Italian-Mediterranean BYOB. This is a kitchen that finds its inspiration in Italian and Mediterranean classics, and then proceeds to tweak or chef-ify them into something more modern, more comforting, without losing what’s always made them so beloved in the first place.

Fried polenta was perfect for a blustery winter’s night, each fluffy-centered cornmeal and semolina baton encased in a perfectly golden crust and complicated by both fontina and parmigiano reggiano, as well as an anchovy-spiked salsa rosa.

Tagliatelle was also masterfully crafted, each silky ribbon just rough-sided enough to hold onto a perfect amount of accompanying rosemary-scented pork-leg ragu, all succulent and dense-flavored. Rosemary cake with a lemon-zipped ricotta marching across the plate justified bringing a bottle of good Moscato d’Asti to pop alongside.

Chef Scarpone will likely have exactly what he aims for once again: a friendly, successful BYOB that neighbors can call their own, and that’s worth the drive (and the fight for parking) to visit. (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.)

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he Lantern Theater Company offers up a fanciful, fun production to get you in the holiday spirit with its marvelously amusing staging of The Liar. Adapted by David Ives from Pierre Corneille’s 1643 comedy La Mentuer, a huge hit in its day, Liar is Ives at his wittiest. Ives is best known for his penchant for clever wordplay, and Corneille’s script gives him the opportunity to display his powers of alliteration to full effect. Written in iambic pentameter, Ives doesn’t exercise an ounce of restraint in what he calls his “transplantation” of Corneille’s 17th-century hit about mistaken identity and a young man incapable of telling the truth.

Director Kathryn MacMillan’s wonderfully contemporary production obliterates the fourth wall and involves the audience fully in the proceedings, showing the timelessness of Corneille’s play while using theater’s natural artifice to examine his assertion that truth is an illusion. MacMillan boldly cast her production not with veteran actors, but instead with Philadelphia’s next generation of actors.

They’re not all newcomers, but for the most part, have performed in contemporary plays and not 17th-century linguistic tongue twisters intended to delight a Parisian audience that celebrated witty, poetic rhetoric.

The most shocking casting decision by MacMillan is her choice of Aubie Merrylees to play the elegant Parisian poseur and all-star liar Dorante. A young actor who exploded on the scene at the 2011 Philly Fringe in his exquisitely smart performance as a shy, awkward, geeky teen in Theatre Exile’s The Aliens—which earned him a Barrymore Award nomination—Merrylees again played an innocent as Wilbur in the Arden Theatre Company’s Charlotte’s Web last spring. Prov-

ing that casting against type can yield surprising results, Merrylees is sensational in a portrayal that solidifies his standing as one of Philly’s finest young actors. He’s joined in the merriment by Jake Blouch, who gives an extravagantly funny performance as Dorante’s headstrong friend Alcippe. Like Merrylees, Blouch has made his reputation in contemporary plays, but Blouch’s intensely physical performance compliments Merrylees’ nimbly evasive Dorante perfectly, and their verbal jousting and camaraderie is enchanting.

The Liar’s biggest contribution, however, comes from MacMillan, who digs beneath Ives’ verbal fireworks to reveal a surprisingly smart and romantic play exploring Dorante’s assertion that life is little more than “cosmic fiction,” a fabrication in which we all perform our selected roles. MacMillan choreographs the action magnificently and utilizes Meghan Jones’ smartly designed set pieces to create a myriad of locations on the tiny stage at St. Stephen’s Theater. Relying on the cast’s inventiveness, Maggie Baker’s fabulous period costumes, Shon Causer’s effective lighting, Christopher Colucci’s original music and sound design and—most importantly—the audience’s imagination, the production succeeds in transporting us to the streets of 1643 Paris, an elegant party town where fashion and style are more important than an individual’s moral fortitude.

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ike most interesting collectors, Linda Lee Alter was driven by passion when she began collecting art in the 1980s. Unlike most collectors, however, Alter distinguished her collection by endowing it with a socialjustice mission: She saw it as a wholesale corrective to the woeful under-representation of female artists in museums and galleries.

In 2010, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts became the beneficiary of Alter’s vision when she gifted the academy nearly 500 works by artists that she hoped everyone would get a chance to see. Now, with the opening of The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, Alter’s wish has come true, and we all get a chance to gaze back.

The Female Gaze marks the public’s first opportunity to ogle a selection of more than 200 artworks from the Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women. The show is immense, spanning the entire first floor of the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building and extending to an upstairs gallery dedicated to a selection of prints. In short, it’s the mother lode, a theme borne out quite literally throughout much of the work on view. Indeed, Alice Neel’s gorgeous, minty-green portrait Claudio Bach Pregnant (1975) forms the locus of a network of motherhood-themed pieces, including Anne Agee’s Birthing Class (2001) and Katy Schneider’s Self-Portrait with Olive and Mae (1997) in the same gallery.

Robert Cozzolino, PAFA’s senior curator and curator of modern art, has divided the exhibition thematically, with galleries themed “Self-Portraiture,” “Self-Hood and Community,” “Politics” and “Nature and Ecology.”

“Politics” is undeniably strong, with colorful craft-meets-public complaint contributions

by Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar, Elaine Reichek and Judy Chicago; “Ecology” is weaker, mostly due to its near total separation from any sort of politics at all. It’s a little startling to see only one or two references to nature as anything other than an eternal garden of plenty. The landscape is changing, but aside from small paintings by Helen Miranda Wilson and Mala Iqbal—which tackle themes of waste and pollution—you’d never know it.

In fact, the exhibition categories not only help to highlight the ways in which the collection addresses the historical (and continuing) omission of work by women (and craftsmen or outsider artists, for that matter) in

The body beautiful: Alice Neel’s 1975 painting Claudia Bach Pregnant is among the art on display in The Female Gaze.

museums, but they also serve to reveal some intriguing gaps in the collection itself. The art on view is almost exclusively figurative. Works

by Edna Andrade, Alice Oh, Anna Williams and Neysa Grassi constitute some of the very few instances of abstraction. Another conspicuous absence is that of photography—there is a single photograph from Ana Mendieta’s Silueta series—and film or video. These are curious omissions, since Alter seems to have otherwise relished a certain degree of promiscuity between media.

However, this is by no means a criticism— what Alter likes, you see; what she doesn’t, you don’t. After all, it’s her collection. PAFA has made a great effort to keep this effect intact. Universally-recognized stars are shown next to relative unknowns. This is a fortunate approach, since some B-list works show major upward mobility. For example, you might head upstairs for the Louise Bourgeois prints but find yourself lingering over Arlene Love’s sado-masochistic fantasies.

Particularly gratifying in Cozzolino’s curatorial approach is the veneration he shows for long-term relationships. The exhibition documents numerous instances of Alter’s commitment to certain artists over time. These early allegiances often yield rarely seen pieces, such as a painting by Judith Schaechter or a series of etched glass jars by Kara Walker. Perhaps in a similar way, Philadelphia can now look forward to a long engagement with the artists in Alter’s collection. And who’s to say how such a relationship might evolve? ■ Through April 7. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 128 N. Broad St. 215.972.2060. pafa.org

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By Matt Prigge // mprigge@philadelphiaweekly.com The Asphalt Jungle (1950): Crime doesn’t pay, a maxim that not every crime film truly understands. While the entire noir genre exists to show man’s descent into the dark side, few are as bone dry and weary about it as John Huston’s caper pic, in which a bevy of low-lifes are rounded up for a jewel heist that never has a chance of working.

Headliner Sterling Hayden scored this gig again in Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing, but where Kubrick is detached and mechanical, Huston is slow and depressive, its doomed characters presented in a state of living death.

Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (1954): The French were quick to realize the value of noir, and they spat it back at Americans before we knew its importance ourselves. Before the French New Wave gave it their own twists, Jean-Pierre Melville and Jacques Becker were making imitation Bmovies about old men: The former’s Bob Le Flambeur and the latter’s Grisbi find retirees trying to negotiate their way out of a life that prefers to keep you till the grave.

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The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973): Much of American 1970s cinema was devoted to sucking the pomp out of various genres, and this whole list could run red with Hickey and Boggs, Charley Varrick, The Laughing Policeman, etc. The arguable best zeroes in on low-rent crime, painting its criminals—including aging, doomed gunrunner Robert Mitchum—as working class stiffs simply trying to get by, albeit in the wrong profession.

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The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984): A ‘70s classic in ‘80s clothes, with hot shot Method kids Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts trying their hand at an old man’s game and losing a thumb.

The Ice Harvest (2005): Christmas-related larceny, backstabbing and murder in Nowhere, America. See also: Bad Santa.

Killing Them Softly (2012): The Friends of Eddie Coyle author George V. Higgins died in 1999, leaving a long line of under-read novels that wallow in the miserablism of lives lived above the law and below the poverty line. Here, crooks and killers chat, but they’re never Quentin Tarantino clever: just palookas running their mouths off before they’re forcibly silenced. This is only Higgins’ second film adaptation. There’s oil here. Someone drill. n

The Surprisingly Beguiling Starlet Shines New faces, unexpressed motivations and an unlikely friendship make this marvel of a movie so special.

By Sean Burns // sburns@philadelphiaweekly.com t’s a groaner of a Sundance-y synopsis. Young porn star befriends a cranky 85-year-old woman. Together, they play bingo. I’ll pause for the prerequisite eye-rolling before we continue because Sean Baker’s Starlet almost miraculously transcends this story’s cornball trappings, with a minor-key muted humanism and bruised emotions roiling just beneath the surface. It’s a hushed marvel of a movie.

Dree Hemingway stars as Jane, drifting aimlessly through her early 20s in the San Fernando Valley, often in a semi-stoned fog. She shares a nondescript apartment with a druggy, bitchy co-worker (Stella Maeve) and a low-rent hustler (James Ransone), but Jane’s only real attachment is to her Chihuahua, a male she nonetheless calls Starlet.

Jane buys a thermos at a yard sale, getting into a minor tiff with the brusque elderly lady selling it after making the mistake of saying it might make a pretty vase. The older woman is quite humorously incensed by the idea of using any object for something besides its proper function, and their transaction isn’t exactly friendly.

Then Jane opens the Thermos when she gets home, and discovers $10,000.

Should she give it back? Would you?

Jane stashes the cash in one of her many pairs of thigh-high boots and impulsively decides to befriend this woman before figuring out how to proceed. This involves a lot of stalking around the grocery store and so many suspicious chance meetings that Jane eventually ends up with a face full of pepper spray.

She’s a tough one, this old broad.

Played by Besedka Johnson in a remarkable debut performance, Sadie is not your stereotypical saintly grandmother type. Closed off from the world, all alone in an enormous, cluttered house with an overgrown yard, Sadie is stubbornly set in her ways and hardly about to open up to some willowy young gal in shortshorts. But Jane is nothing if not doggedly persistent, and it’s not like she’s got much to do all day in the first place.

Over the long haul, she grinds down Sadie’s defenses, finally getting permission

Ladies’ night: Besedka Johnson (left) and Dree Hemingway share a scene in the compulsively watchable Starlet.

to accompany her to a comically joyless bingo parlor.

So what’s Jane really up to here? Is she just hanging out with this ornery old crone so she can feel less guilty about keeping the money? What makes Starlet so compulsively watchable is that Baker refuses to telegraph his characters’ motivations, keeping them shrouded in a beguiling air of mystery while the film breezes along in lowercase letter, day-today realism. Baker and cinematographer Radium Cheung conjure a particularly effective aura of sun-drenched, underemployed indolence, with long, wasted days of video games and inertia.

For this approach, Hemingway might be the perfect camera subject. A dead ringer for her mom, Mariel, she effortlessly holds the screen with a captivating, natural authority and legs longer than a Russian novel. She’s got her mother’s mousy voice, but there’s a steely resolve in there too, suggesting a rocky past that’s perhaps better left unexplained.

Baker is extremely careful not to tell us much about these people, their stories revealed through behavior instead of dialogue.

He plays a perplexing slight-of-hand regarding Jane’s profession, keeping it a secret for almost 40 minutes, for reasons that escape me. Whatever the case, a porn shoot has never been rendered

with such dreary banality, just another workday job like any other, with shockingly explicit acts of intimacy going on while people are talking on cell phones and fussing with camera lenses. Baker approaches the industry with a droll emphasis on boring business details, an autograph session at an L.A. expo being a particular highlight of sultry poses and phony smiles.

Jane and Sadie grow closer, but Starlet isn’t about to allow them any conventional heart-to-heart conversations about what this friendship means. It is obviously coming from a place of great philadel iladel elphia wee e loss in both of their lives,ph but both characters are too damaged and protect themselves too dearly to ever say as much out loud. The final shot supplies all the information we require, brilliantly finding a purely visual way to drop a backstory bombshell, and then, of course, they don’t talk about it.

Jane and Sadie don’t need to talk about it. And that’s what makes Starlet so special. ■

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His rhymes are also laced with references to Similac and Benihana, as if eating ironfried Japanese food proves he’s rich now after years of poverty. Kind of like B.I.G.’s “Juicy” lyrics: “Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner” and “Now we sip champagne when we thirst-ay.”

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’m perched on rocks that jut into Lake Michigan, feeling like a Mod, reflective and hopeful, yet equally hopeless, stranded—intentionally—listening to the Who’s Quadrophenia.

In the seminal 1973 rock opera, Jimmy, the English Mod, is a composite of the original band’s four personalities. Conceived and composed in its entirety by Pete Townshend, he’s written, “I wanted everyone who listened to the album to find themselves in it.” I did. I did off that Chicago coastline in the mid-’90s when the band last toured Quadrophenia. I always will.

Quadrophenia found its way under my senior-year high school yearbook picture: “Strike out to reach a mountain. Be so nice on the outside, but inside keep ambition” (“I’ve Had Enough”). I must have been “out of my brain on the 5:15” when I recently helped my father sell a 1971 Vespa, a sort-of Mod GS Scooter. I still struggle to let others see the “real me,” and I still can’t explain why “that uncertain feeling is still here in my brain” (“Cut My Hair”).

For me, for decades, it’s been about Townshend, and not necessarily the Who, his “art installation,” as he’s said of late. His solo work is superb. With the fall arrival of his memoir, Who I Am, and the Who’s Saturday night soldout Quadrophenia and More show at the Wells Fargo Center, I feel my life has come full circle—or at least my life as a writer.

I first saw the Who at Philly’s JFK Stadium in 1982. I was 17. At 16, I decided to write Pete for permission to pen his authorized biography. At 18, I mailed the letter, rejecting even his notion that “All men are bored with other men’s lives” (“Pure and Easy”).

The initial response came from Nicola Joss, his personal assistant. I persisted. The second came from Townshend, saying he wasn’t ready, but wouldn’t be “unnecessarily obtrusive.” Without consent, my project—The Townshend Tale—atrophied. I guess I’ll always have my filing cabinet of research from countless Saturdays at the Free Library.

A sold-out Free Library book signing at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on Oct. 10 drew a typical Who enclave—male, bright, balding, an audience profoundly grateful that Roger Daltrey and Townshend still perform.

Penn was a pilgrimage. One guy wanted to check if Pete’s famous fingers were scarred from his trademark windmills. A woman re-

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counted a 1978 response letter from Pete.

Every fifth fan thanked him for music that “saved my life” and one did for “providing the words and voice for those without a voice.”

The youngest trembled while meeting rock aristocracy, though the eldest, an annoyed library volunteer, managed: “This is mayhem, if you ask me.” I politely retorted, “Relax. It’s rock ‘n’ roll.”

For the signing, I waited to be last so I could share with Pete his framed reply from Jan. 15, 1985. “Even in your rejection, you validated me and my life as a writer,” I told him. “Your letter validated you. You became real.” He’s remained real—and relevant. Few have.

Townshend gave “Mod”—once a look—a transcendent, validating voice. “I Can’t Explain,” his first song for the Who, became that youth movement’s anthem, and subsequently the swagger for every confused, introspective, awkward teenager since.

In reading the memoir, I became Jimmy, though the book disappointed me, just as the band lets Jimmy down in the opera. It’s not because I didn’t write it. Like Jimmy, I learned that my hero isn’t all I hoped he was. I wanted more Meher Baba, his spiritual Indian master.

I wanted more inside-the-band stories, more about what’s influenced him as an artist and less diary, chronology and “Rock Star FuckUp” (one chapter title) A-list material—addiction, adultery, abuse and audio equipment obsession. I wanted to get inside my hero like Quadrophenia does with Jimmy.

I loved the bits about auto-destructive art, the seed of Pete’s legendary guitar smashing.

Its pioneer, Gustav Metzger, saw pop artists as mirrors of their audiences, responsible for

reflecting them. In part, Quadrophenia, which is largely and enigmatically ignored in the book, resulted from Pete’s obsession with selfreflection, mirrors, the sea and still water like his beloved River Thames. He’s always wanted to find himself in the audience, yet the audience searched for itself in the band. Therein explains the difference between the memoir and his perpetually powerful songs: Townshend depends on an audience—always has— but he wrote his book without an outsider, the mirror I could have been.

I doubt the woman who stepped on my bag at Penn, shattering the glass on my framed letter, knew about auto-destructive art, and I wish I would have interpreted it as such when Pete questioned the damage. I promised to make an analogy to Tommy’s “Smash the Mirror.” He grinned, tossed back his head and laughed. More validation.

The smashed mirror resurrects Tommy, the deaf, dumb and blind boy, freeing him—like coming full circle for me. It releases ghosts from Tommy’s past—as Pete attempts in his memoir with his past—and, in tribute, like the Who does this tour by featuring the departed Keith Moon (“Bell Boy”) and John Entwistle (“5:15”) in video oval solos above the stage, seemingly in heaven.

At Penn, I twice shook Townshend’s hand, then he followed me out of the domed auditorium, up a steep set of ancient stairs and likely into heaven as well. He’ll descend again Saturday night. ■ Sat., Dec. 8, 8pm. $36.50-$126.50.

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Diamond in the Ruff (Babygrande Records) Sounds like: Spitting hot fire on his fourth solo effort, the Philly emcee does us proud with ferocious and brutal delivery, wellemployed guests and sick energy.

Free association: Hip-hop born in and of Philadelphia streets, and it’s no joke.

For fans of: Beanie Sigel/Eve/the Roots/Meek Mill x Rick Ross, all things 215.

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Fri., Nov. 30, Union Transfer Overall vibe: Hometown heroes. Title Fight is one of few bands that could sell out a Philly venue and it feels like a family reunion.

Most memorable moment: A fan shouted a song request to Adam Mcilwee, lead vocalist of Tigers Jaw, to which he responded, “Don’t tell me what to do tonight!” unintentionally summing up the spirit of the show.

Scene stealer: Sing-alongs to Title Fight’s OG songs “Symmetry” and “Loud and Clear.” (Caroline Newton)

New City’s Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge

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True (Terrible Records) Sounds like: This dynamite, long EP from Beyoncé’s sister—seven strong, pop-flavored R&B tracks—is a collaboration with long-time songwriting partner Dev Hynes.

Free association: Her first on an indie.

All that Brooklyning’s done her good.

For fans of: Amerie/Janelle Monae x En Vogue, Knowles girls dumping their dad.

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Through Dec. 23, The Adrienne Theatre. newcitystage.org Overall vibe: Santa and his elves manning the box office and the red-velvet seats in the main stage of the Adrienne inject the audience with anticipation of splendor. However, it was unsettling to see children as young as 5 sitting next to me. This play may have the word “Christmas” in the title, but Christopher Durang is lampooning Dickens in the presentational style of the Marx Bros.

Most memorable moment: Mrs. Cratchit’s fancy get-up is a microcosm of all that is wrong with this production. She’s a woman oppressed by poverty, barely avoiding debtor’s prison and raising 20 kids in 19th-century Dickensian London town, but in this production, she’s more oppressed by an elegant plaid lavender gown that looks like it was pulled from the wardrobe department of Macy’s Dickens Village. Her children are crying with hunger, and she doesn’t think to pawn it? Durang’s manically brilliant text is absurd enough.

Scene stealer: Sam Henderson worked as a stagehand from 2005 to 2011, but he’s back on the boards where he belongs as the starving Bob Cratchit, wolfing down Durang’s Christmas Big Mac as if it was a Christmas goose.

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Free association: Must be nice to be in multiple great bands making great records.

For fans of: Dodos/Kurt Vile x Tiger Trap/ Dum Dum Girls, boy-girl indie rock. (B.C.)

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Girl on Fire (RCA) Sounds like: The 31-year-old New Yorker’s fifth is her first as a mom, and it’s totally solid R&B with hip-hop beats and her typically strong, soulful vocals.

Free association: The rest of the record’s not nearly as annoying as the title track.

For fans of: Mary J., Jennifer Hudson x Toni/ Monica/Brandy + Keyshia Cole, N.Y.C. (B.C.)

Mondays, 9pm, HBO Captive audience: People who think Mel Brooks is one of the funniest muhfuckas to ever live, which, I hope, is everyone.

Moment of truth: Mel Brooks fans will undoubtedly be in hog heaven during this hour-long special, where he sits down with BBC creative director Alan Yentob in front of a Westwood, Calif., audience and discusses his life and times. The discussion does leave a lot to be desired, as Yentob hits Brooks with questions that barely touch the surface of his illustrious career. (People who wanna know more about his time co-creating Get Smart better look elsewhere.) Thankfully, Brooks makes up for it by telling amusing anecdotes, which are followed by scenes from his movies, as well as rare performance footage.

Emmy or phlegmmy: Emmy. (Craig D. Lindsey)

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Instrumental Tourist (Software) Sounds like: The veteran Quebecois producer’s team-up with Daniel Lopatin’s a glitchy, airy but often jarring and strange exercise in ambient electronics.

Free association: Some songs take you away, and some you wish would go away.

For fans of: Oneohtrix Point Never x Fennesz/Efterklang, Eno, weird sounds. (B.C.)

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The Odds (Dischord) Sounds like: Longtime punk stalwarts and new parents, the former Fugazi and Warmers couple’s first in six years. Excellent, seasoned, angry, folksy rock.

Free association: The kind of parents that’d be just the right amount of cool.

For fans of: Sleater-Kinney x Damien Jurado, Bob Mould in D.C., Olympia, Wash. (B.C.)

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Sundays, 8pm, ABC Family Captive audience: Karaoke geeks, 12-year-old girls and their gay dads.

Moment of truth: Hey, you wanna throw shit at your TV screen for a couple hours? Well, look no further than this horrid telefilm, the insipid star on top of ABC Family’s “25 Days of Christmas” schedule this year. Tia Mowry stars as a wannabe singer who starts up her own Christmas singing group after she gets turned down for a spot in a legendary holiday troupe (led by a particularly C-wordy Tori Spelling). The movie, which is clichéd and badly conceived even by basic-cable movie standards, is really just an excuse for Mowry and Spelling to appear in musical numbers. Happy birthday, Jesus!

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

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Wednesdays, 9pm, BBC America Captive audience: People who want to go back to a time when they could drink, smoke and harass women freely.

Moment of truth: Currently in its second season, the BBC’s very own swinging period drama, focusing on a struggling, ‘50s-era British TV news program, is some cool, addictive TV. Along with the key players (Dominic West’s prima-donna newsman, Ben Whishaw’s idealistic reporter, Romola Garai’s continuously conflicted producer), Peter Capaldi (The Thick of It) joins the cast this season as the new, no-nonsense news chief. Ultra-stylized to the nines, it may not be as intensely dramatic as Mad Men, but, as far as dramas centered around TV news shows go, it’s 10 times better than The Newsroom.

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

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By Pamela D. Toler, Ph.D (Running Press) In summary: A 448-page companion to the 12-hour History Channel series chronicling human history, published by Philly-based Running Press. With more than 300 illustrations and photographs, Mankind covers the myriad peoples, inventions and migrations of humanity, from Africa to the Ice Age and the dawn of Europe, right up to the 21st century.

Akin to: Two semesters worth of world history college credit.

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Poly of Long Years To enshrine the homosexuality/heterosexuality spectrum as the one sexual motivator around which individuals can choose an identity seems strange to me. I’m a hetero-identified man, but I could be in a homosexual relationship if a situation forced me to choose a partner from outside of my preferred sexual-gender-orientation. (Jail, for example.) It wouldn’t change how I identify, but it would change the relationship I’m in. However, the fact that closeted homosexual men operate in hetero relationships and fuck their wives, or hetero guys fuck other hetero guys in jail or submarines doesn’t make the identities of gay and straight any less valid.

Thinking Straight I believe sexuality exists on spectrums. Not just one spectrum from gay to straight with bi in the middle, but several spectrums. One spectrum is how sexual you are, from those with little to no sex drive to people who have very active sex drives.

There is also, perhaps, a spectrum from monogamous to polyamorous. You say that monogamy and polyamory are things people do, not things people are. However, I feel some people can be innately one or the other. My husband and I decided to have a three-way. My husband could barely keep

his dick hard when fucking our third. He couldn’t get into it until I got involved directly, and even then it didn’t really do much for him. (Believe me, our third was any straight guy’s dream. The only reason he wasn’t into that is because he’s really only into me.) When he’s in love with someone, all he wants is that person. He’s very one-person-andone-person-only oriented. In contrast, although he satisfies me and I love him, I want other partners. I feel that I’m polyamorous innately. I feel I am wired to be like this. I didn’t choose it. Likewise, my husband couldn’t choose to be polyamorous. He can practice polyamory, and he has for my sake, but naturally he’s a monogamous person. I appreciate that you advocate nonmonogamy. I credit you with helping to save my marriage. We married as virgins and were clueless about sex. But my husband and I have a great sex life—and I’m free to pursue people on the side—because we read your column.

I Am How I Am Hetero/poly guy here. I’m part of a live-in quad, and we all raise our kids together, so I’m pretty far down the polyamory rabbit hole. Figured I’d add my two cents to the discussion. I don’t think that polyamory can really be defined as an “orientation,” because that’s an improper way to describe what polyamory is. I can still be attracted to monogamous people, and being poly doesn’t change or alter that fact. I do, however, think that polyamory—or, by contrast, monogamy—can be defined as a sexual identity, and that’s where I think your advice to PP went astray. Consider: A gay man can be attracted to a straight man, correct? Similarly, I can be attracted to people who identify as monogamous. But that attraction doesn’t separate individuals from their identity. Gay men tend to date other gay men and would generally be advised not to go chasing after straight men. In the same way, I try my best to stick to other people who identify as poly. Poly is very much an identity, Dan, and poly people form communities around that identity.

We face some unique challenges (how do you raise kids in this environment? How do you balance time between partners?), while some other life challenges are made easier (four parents makes getting kids to soccer easier). I’m not saying that we need to add a “P” to LGBTQQIA, but I don’t think we can just be written off, either.

Poly Identified Emailer I’m a bisexual, polyamorous 24-year-old woman.

From the very first time I was faced with a cute boy who wanted to date me, I knew that I couldn’t be in a closed/exclusive relationship. I knew it as instinctively as I knew that I found women attractive as well as men. I had never heard of open relationships or polyamory. I was a virgin, so it wasn’t about sex. I didn’t have anyone else on the horizon and I really liked the boy, so it wasn’t about keeping my options open. And yet I knew—I knew— that I couldn’t agree to be his girlfriend without the freedom to date, flirt, sleep with and love other people. Six years later, I started dating someone I think might turn out to be the love of my life. He’s a match for me intellectually, sexually and emotionally. We make each other so happy, it’s silly. Even so, even in the best relationship I can possibly imagine, I know monogamy is not for me. Incredibly, he feels the same way. Maybe there are very few people like me—I think most people fall somewhere in the middle, with probably more oriented toward monogamy than not—but poly people like me exist.

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CONWAY TEAM. PRU, FOX & ROACH, 215.627.6005/215.440.8190 1211 S.3RD ST: Great house. Large Federal Period home in Northern Pennsport. 5BRs, HW floors, high ceilings, great kitchen and bath. $2300.

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RENTAL OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY 12/08/12

12:00-4:00PM Rittenhouse sq the Chatham, 135 s.20th st starting At $1,325/Mo. MiChAel singeR ReAl estAte

SALE OPEN HOUSES SUNDAY 12/09/12 12:00-1:00PM BellA VistA 616 Christian street $469,900 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh olD CitY 15 Appletree $525,000 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh ARt MuseuM AReA 2047 north street $495,000 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh gRADuAte hosPitAl 1905 Webster street $272,000 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh

soCietY hill 32 st. James $535,000 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh

WAshington sq West 420 s. 11th street $865,000 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD

WAshington sq West 838 – 40 lombard street $1,795,000 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh

ARt MuseuM 916 n. 30th street $474,900 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD WAshington sq West 250 s. 13th st., 11f $157,500 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD

gRADuAte hosPitAl 2125 Clymer street $308,900 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh

12:00-2:00PM BellA VistA 770-78 s. 3rd st., e $257,900 PluMeR & AssoCiAtes

MAYFAiR 3138 unruh Avenue $135,000 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD

queen VillAge 525 Fitzwater st., #11 $236,500 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD

Rittenhouse sq 2220 Manning street $345,000 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD

queen VillAge 525 Fitzwater st., #9 $250,000 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD

gRADuAte hosPitAl 2031 Catharine street $389,000 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD

12:00-2:30PM

1:00 - 3:00PM soCietY hill Abbotts square 530 s. 2nd street From $229,000 PluMeR & AssoCiAtes

ARt MuseuM 3031 Cambridge street $224,900 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD ARt MuseuM 936 n. 30th street $350,000 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD

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1:30-2:30PM Rittenhouse squARe 2038 laitmer street $309,900 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh

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ARt MuseuM AReA 524 n. 22nd street $599,900 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh

BellA VistA 1233-35 Bainbridge st., #D $339,000 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD

ARt MuseuM AReA 524 n. 22nd st., A $223,900 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh

BellA VistA 1233-35 Bainbridge st., Ph 4 $649,000 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD

ARt MuseuM AReA 524 n. 22nd st., B $118,900 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh

12:00-5:00PM AVenue oF the ARts 440-440 s Broad st., #1207 $950,000 ColDWell BAnKeR PReFeRReD

ARt MuseuM AReA 524 n. 22nd st., C $247,900 PRuDentiAl, FoX, & RoACh

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VOORHEES/ WOODCREST ACRES Beautifully updated 4BR, 2.5 bath Contemporary w/2 car side garage. LR w/ cathedral ceiling, skylight & custom built-ins. DR & FR w/pass-thru FP. Newer kitchen w/HW floors, cust. cabinetry, granite, island & pantry.1st flr Study. Lg. Master suite w/ cathedral ceiling, skylts & Master Bath w/dbl vanity, sep. shower & whirlpool tub. 2nd flr laundry. Fin. bsmnt w/3 lg. entertainment areas & storage. 2 Tier deck & fenced yard …..Realistically priced at $429,900

MOORESTOWN CHERRY HILL/ Stunning French WILDERNESS Traditional home ACRES Spectaccompletely renoular Contempovated. 4 BR, 4 full rary w/ 5BRs, 4.5 baths & 2 powder baths, 3 car gar rms. 1st Fl Mstr on 1 acre in a Suite w/ cust built quiet cul-de-sac.

-ins & Mstr Bath Great Room w/ w/radiant heat cust limestone marble flrs. 2-story LR. Great Rm w/gas FP. Natural floor & center gas FP. DR, w/marble floor, seats 24.

HW flrs t/o. Joanne Hudson designed Kitchen w/prof Gourmet kitchen w/granite, newer prof. appliances, 3 appls, granite tops & island w/butcher block top. Heated compartments/temp. controlled wine refrigerator & i/g pool & Cabana Hse w/prof. appls & granite counters. center island. Mstr Ste w/sitting area, cathedral ceilings 3 car side garage on pvt drive. 4 zone HVAC, sec sys, & bath completely renovated w/stone floors & 2 walksurround sound & fin lower level. in dressing rms. Fin Lower Level. Pool & multiple pati……..Realistically Price at 2,400,000 os. …...Realistically priced at $1,349,000 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JOSH, NICOLE & STEVEN Now more than ever, EXPERIENCE c ounts… that is why you need to call our Aunt Anne, because she has the EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE to help you in selling or buying a home.

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CHERRY HILL/ WOODS II Beautiful, newly built 2 bed, 2 bath condo.

All new HVAC, kitchen, bathrooms, carpeting and windows. All neutral decor . Large great room perfect for entertaining with door to deck overlooking lush grounds. Gourmet kitchen with granite breakfast bar and all new cabinetry and appliances. Master Suite with large walk in closet and private bath. Nice sized 2nd bedroom with large closet. Laundry room with extra space for storage. …….Realistically priced at $175,000

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ART MUSEUM AREA

$189,900

Gorgeous 2BD/1BA condo unit at Chatham Row Condominiums featuring a granite stainless kitchen, high ceilings, and an incredible abundance of natural light, all located conveniently to center city life.

ART MUSEUM AREA

$199,000

Incredible value lies in these perfectly located 4 lots close to the Art Museum and Fairmount areas; lots measure13 x 33; 12 x 32; 12 x 32; and 12 x 32 and there may be a possibility of combining and building 2 or 3 homes!

QUEEN VILLAGE

$449,900

Beautifully designed new construction 3BD/2.5BA home with roof deck, den, and granite and stainless kitchen, with hardwood floors, high ceilings, and luxurious details throughout!

QUEEN VILLAGE

$444,900

Immaculate new construction 3BD/2.5BA home with roof deck, parking, and granite and stainless kitchen, complete with oak floors, high ceilings, and beautiful natural lighting throughout!

NORTHERN LIBERTIES

$499,900

With more space than one can dream, this 2-story 2BD/3BA penthouse is complete with 2,408 sqft, garage parking, and granite and stainless, also impeccably designed with exposed beams, hardwood and granite floors, and an entire wall of windows , all facing breathtaking views!

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OLD CITY

$525,000

Open and delightful 3BD/2BA home with 2-car garage, gas fireplace, and sleek granite & stainless kitchen, also featuring gorgeous hardwood floors, a large front window, and an incredible master bedroom suite!

AVENUE OF THE ARTS 1331 Webster $315,000 Exquisitely renovated 2BD/1.5BA home with finished basement, granite & stainless kitchen, and fenced rear patio, complete with gorgeous hardwood floors and other magnificent details, all designed by an established and detail-oriented developer!

ART MUSEUM 524 N. 22nd

$599,900

This recently renovated triplex is complete with 3 individual condo units, also for sale separately. Unit A is a 2BD/1BA home with an open kitchen and dramatic balcony overlooking the main living space; Unit B is an art studio with wide open deck and granite and stainless kitchen; Unit C is a bi-level 3BD/1BA home with private outdoor balcony and custom tiled bath.

GRADUATE HOSPITAL 2125 Clymer $308,900 Adorable and beautifully renovated 2BD/1BA home with fun yard, charming fireplace, and stainless kitchen, complete with hardwood floors, high ceilings, and recessed lighting!

2116 Carpenter

$525,000

Contemporary new construction 3BD/2.5BA home with 2 Juliet balconies, finished basement, and a rooftop terrace with wet bar, complete with hardwood floors, custom granite and stainless kitchen, and a playful yard!

BELLA VISTA 810-12 S. Delhi

$319,900

Adorable 2.5 story, 2BD/1BA home with fantastic adjoining lot, original pine floors, and fire place mantle, also beautifully designed with granite and stainless kitchen and a stunning bedroom suite!

QUEEN VILLAGE 610 Catharine

$325,000

Philly life and culture resides in this 2BD/1BA home with exquisite space, hardwood floors, and a wide open stainless tile kitchen, complete with beautiful baths and many lovely details throughout. Also available for rent! $1700/ month unfurnished, $1850/month furnished.

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$874,900

Gorgeous and contemporary 2 bed, 2 bath corner condo unit with 1-car garage parking, balcony deck, grand floor to ceiling windows throughout in York Square Condominiums!

FITLER SQUARE 2520-22 South St

$695,000

Located adjacent to the South Street bridge, this spacious, double wide office building boasts over 5,400sqft and is complete with several bathrooms throughout, basement, and a reception area.

PORT RICHMOND 2821 E. Ontario

QUEEN VILLAGE

$214,900

Warm and bright 1BD/1BA condo unit with large windows all around + new skylight, beautiful hardwood flooring, and fireplace, complete with granite and stainless kitchen.

SOCIETY HILL $850,000

Absolutely stunning and spacious 3BD/2.5BA home with garage, cozy den, all new rooftop deck, and Juliet balcony, expertly designed with a fireplace, detailed wood molding, hardwood floors, 2-story dining area, and custom granite and stainless kitchen.

210 Pine

4th Street. $299,000.

South Philadelphia 707 Mifflin Street Just Renovated. 3 Bedrooms. 1 Full Bath. 2 half baths.

Hardwoods. Stainless Steel Appliances. $194,500.

1701 S 19th Street Triplex - Corner – Three Large Apartments. $159,500.

2225-7-9 Wilder 42 x 50. $79,000.

2431 Manton Street.

Ready for renovation. Near new homes. $29,900.

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1635 S 21st Street

RITTENHOUSE SQUARE $309,900 Luxurious and enchanting 2BD/1.5BA home with decked in rear yard, open living room, and charming kitchen, located on a prime Rittenhouse Square block with little to no traffic.

Pennsport – 10 Year Tax Abatement 1322 S American Street 18 ft. wide. New Home. Master Suite with Deck. 10 ft.

Ceilings. Large Yard. Custom. $449,000.

Graduate Hospital Vicinity 23rd and Ellsworth Large Corner. 3 Floors. Garage. $150,000.

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GRADUATE HOSPITAL 369,900 Immaculate 3BD/2.5BA home with lovely hardwood floors, granite and stainless kitchen, and rear yard, complete with a magnificent master bedroom suite with a bay window with breathtaking views.

$525,000

Funky and vibrant artist style 4BD/1.5BA home overflowing with opportunities and uses! Features include soaring ceilings, exposed brick, and several skylights!

SOCIETY HILL

$535,000

BELLA VISTA

$418,000

BELLA VISTA

$450,0000

HOUSE HUNTING? LOOK NO FURTHER

Breathtaking 2BD/2BA condo unit with a wide open living/dining room and magnificent master bedroom suite, all thoughtfully designed with hardwood floors, large windows, and a stainless tile kitchen, also featuring a common courtyard.

$875,000

Fantastically located 3BD/3BA home featuring 1-year prepaid parking, contemporary kitchen, a red brick patio, and finished basement with bar, also complete with wood burning fireplace, beautiful hardwood floors, and charming crown moldings!

1710 pine

9600 sq. ft. on one floor. 13 ft. Ceilings. Overhead on

Large Shell. 16 x 68. $61,000.

Cozy and charming 2-story, 3BD/1BA home with detached garage and wide open basement perfect for storage, all located on the end of a wonderful block!

108 Lombard

Large Warehouse 1613-27 Germantown Avenue

3 Bedrooms. $39,900.

QUEEN VILLAGE

$94,900

15,000 sq. ft on 3 floors. Elevator. Large Auditorium.

Classrooms. Cafeteria. $495,000 sale/$5500 Month Lease.

1945 Sigel Street

OLD CITY 317 Vine St 201

Educational and Meeting Center Sale or Rent 2501-2515 S. Marshall Street

RITTENHOUSE SQUARE $1,600,000

Grand and handsome, 4BD/3 full + 3 half bath home in impeccable condition with parking, sun deck, roof deck, and finished basement, also featuring hardwood floors, ornate woodwork, and a security system!

1414 S. Penn Sq 41G

$1,650,000

Magnificent and unparalleled , 3BD/3.5BA corner unit condo at the Ritz Carlton offering 1-car parking, banquet for dining, and several custom finishes, beautifully designed with a den and a master bedroom complete with 4 large closets and a marble bath!

Beautiful, move in ready 4BD/2BA home with parking, hardwood floors, large windows featuring a granite kitchen and a decked in patio perfect for entertaining.

Desirable 3BD/3BA condo with parking, common deck, and fireplace, beautifully designed with wood floors, granite and stainless kitchen, and an exquisite master bedroom!

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Perfectly proportioned contemporary 3br, 2b, open flr plan, patio, builtins, Meredith School area

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1847 S CARLISLE ST NEW LISTING! OPEN SUNDAY 12/9, 1:30-2:30 PM

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1832 Green St #F3/R Gorgeous third floor Unit You Need To See! $200,000 3031 Cambridge St Reduced! Totally Rehabbed 3BR/1.5BA Home , Perfect for First time homebuyers!

OPEN HOUSE 12/9/12 FROM 12:00 – 2:30 $224,900 1832 Green St #B/1R Beautiful Condo Unit with Fabulous Finishes! $250,000 875 Taylor St Cute and Chic 2BR/1.5BA with Back yard A must See! $274,900 1919 Chestnut St #818 Corner 2BR/2BA co-op offers wood floors, good closets, newer windows, W/D, Fee incl taxes, util, basic cable $319,000 936 N 30th St Large 3BR/2.5BA, Rehabbed, Large decked rear city Garden OPEN HOUSE $350,000 11600-18 Arch St #1405 Spectacular 1BR/1.5BA plus Den with Amazing Views $420,000 747 N 26th St Beautiful Renovated Victorian Home over 3500 Sq Ft, 4Bf/2.5BA, C/A, Large yard, Steps to the Museum $675,000

2220 Manning St REDUCED Beautiful home located on the prettiest block in Center City in the Rittenhouse/Fitler Sq Area OPEN HOUSE 12/9/12 FROM 12:00 – 2:00 $345,000 212-24 S 24th St #2413 Gorgeous Townhome with a Brand new Cook’s kitchen 3BR/2.5BA with Roof Deck $724,900 400-440 S Broad St #908 Symphony House Luxury 2BR/2BA condo with Lux. Resort amenities, 1 Year free condo dues purchased by 11/30/12 OPEN HOUSE FRI-SUN 12-5:00PM $799,000 2041 Delancey St Gracious Delancey Mansion, High Ceilings, Hardwood Floors, 3 Fireplaces, Parking, 6BR/4BA $2,900,000

Fishtown – 2021 E Dauphin St New Construction, 3BR/3BA, Full Finished basement,10 Yr Tax Abatement, Gourmet Kitchen with Granite Counters and SS Appliances $264,900 1204 S 17th St Ultra Chic New Construction in Graduate Hospital, 3BR/2.5BA Open Floor plan with custom features, Private roof deck , fin Basement and tax abatement $325,000 Bella Vista – 1233-35 Bainbridge St #D New Construction 2BR Condos in 12 Unit boutique building-Private Balconies OPEN HOUSE 12/8 AND 12/9 FROM 12-4:00PM $339,000 426 Moyer St New Construction 3BR/2BA with Bamboo floors, Finished Basement, Roof Deck, Rear Yard $375,000 Graduate Hopsital – 1839 Fitzwater St 1 of 5 New Construction homes with 3BR/3BA, Roof deck, Finished basement, 2 Car garage $979,000 Temple – 2129 N 17th St New Construction! Mixed Use Space with 3 Apt units and Commercial space on first floor, Convenient for Temple Students $385,000 Graduate Hopsital - 1905 League St Kimberly Court – Newest Luxury development in Grad Hosp. Parking, Fab Floor plans, Upgrades Galore $489,000 Art Museum – 916 N 30th St New Construction – 3BR – Art Museum Area! Garage!, Gourmet Kitchen, Rear Yard, Tax Abatement!

OPEN HOUSE $499,000 Bella Vista – 1233-35 Bainbridge St Penhouse in 12 unit Boutique Building – roof Deck Views!

OPEN HOUSE 12/8 AND 12/9 FROM 12-4:00PM $649,000

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$240,000 $339,900 $545,000

SOCIETY HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 250 S 13th St#11F Studio Condo in doorman bldg, centrally located in Midtown Village and Washington Sq West OPEN HOUSE 12/9/12 FROM 12-2:00PM $157,500 250 S 13th St #2G Large 2 Room 1 Bath condo with High ceilings, Huge walk-in closet and great light $165,000 1130-32 Chestnut St #200 Beautiful, Unique Unit in The White Building! $689,900 1011 Clinton St #4 2600 Sq Ft Bi-Level 3BR Condo on one of the most Beautiful blocks in the city $699,000 420 S 11th St 4BR/2.5BA Fully Renovated rowhome, All Modern Upgrades. Includes 1-Year parking, Must See! OPEN HOUSE 12/9/12 FROM 12-2:00PM $865,000 105 Pine St Contemporary, Spacious Society Hill Townhome, Sumptious Master Suite with Garage/ 2 Car parking $899,000 520 Delancey St Society Hill Mansion Built in 1862 with 3BR/2BA and Garden $1,299,000 QUEEN VILLAGE/ BELLA VISTA / GRADUATE HOSPITAL / SOUTH PHILA.

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1039 S Chadwick St Best Price North of Washington! Contemporary high end renovation on a lovely tree lined block $239,900 525 Fitzwater St #9 2BR/1.5BA Gated Townhouse community OPEN HOUSE 12/9 FROM 12-2:00PM $250,000 525 Fitzwater #11 3BR/2BA New Construction, Gated Entry, Gated Parking OPEN HOUSE 12/9 FROM 12-2:00PM $236,500 2232 Pemberton St REDUCED! 2BR/1BA, Freshly painted, Open Kitchen, Lrg Backyard, more info at www.22332pembertonst.com $299,900 2410 Carpenter St Beautiful 2BR/2.5BA townhouse W HW Floors, Private Rear Yard and Foyler $324,900 900 S Schell St 2BR/2BA, Finished Basement, Roof Deck $350,000 935 E Moyamensing Updated Kitchen and 2.5BA $350,000 2031 Catharine St JUST REDUCED! Wonderful home with parking!

OPEN HOUSE 12/9 FROM 12-2:00PM $389,000 730 Fulton St 2BR/2BA, Light Airy Townhouse on Fantastic block, HW floors, Finished Basement, Backyard $394,900 1013 Carpenter St 3BR/2BA, City Living W/Neighborhood feel 3BR/2BA, Parking, Fin Basement, FP, Move In Ready $405,000 2229 Saint Albans Exquisite updated 3 story 4BR/2.5BA on a Wonderful block $429,000 842 S Front St Superb 3 home located in Meredith, 2 Car parking, Exquisit finishes throughout $910,000 123-25 Monroe St Gorgeous Home 4BR/4.5BA double lot, 2 Car Garage, Rear yard, HW Flrs, Granite, Fireplace, Viking Appliances $1,000,000 729-731 S Marshall St 4BRA, Superb Double Wide Home in Bella Vista with 2 Car Garage! $1,100,000 NORTHERN LIBERTIES / NORTH PHILADELPHIA 1229 Day St 3BR/2BA Home in Quiet Convenient Location 930 Randolph St JUST REDUCED! Great block 4BR/2.5BA Family Home, HW Floors, Exp brick 414 Olive St Unique double carriage house 2BR, Den custom gourmet kit, wood fl, Garden, FP, exp Stone, brick beams 1033 N 3rd St Beautiful Northern Liberties Townhome with Attached Garage

$250,000 $314,900 $449,000 $475,000

UNIVERSITY CITY/ WEST PHILADELPHIA 5839 Christian St 3BR/1BA Calling all Investors: Renovation Opportunity on a great Cobbs Creek Block 5228 Pentridge Investment – REDUCED Short Sale 824 S 51st St 3 Units: Super-Solid, Income producing property on appreciating block just off Baltimore Ave 418 N 41st St A Fantastic Triplex in University City 4948 Hazel Ave 5BR/2.5BA—All new Elec, Plumbing, dual-zone HVAC, redesigned and renovated kitchen and more

$23,750 $21,500 $189,000 $280,000 $319,000

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

Kensington – 2744 Kensington Ave Commercial/Multi Unit, 4 Bed Apts in the path of development Temple – 2123 N 22nd St Great Investment/income opportunity! 4 Residential rental units, 1-3 bedroom unit, 1 one BR unit 2 Studios! All units have recently updated Temple – 1921 W Diamond St Great 3 Unit Investment property in Temple University Area! Don’t Miss out, This will go fast Kensington – 2770-80 Jasper Huge Warehouse Temple – 4 Unit Investment property, All Units currently rented! Will Sell Fast- Don’t Miss out!

$34,900 $55,000 $135,000 $395,000 $399,000

SURROUNDING AREAS West Phila - 5842 Windsor Investment Property: REDUCED $22,500 Fishtown – 2231 Coral St Vacant Lot in Fishtown $26,000 Southwest Phila – 2125 S 71st St SHORT SALE $30,000 Chester City – 323 Highland Ave 3BR/1BA house, Great for Investors or homebuyers $45,000 Kensington – 2124 E Somerset Huge 3BR/1.5 BA $69,900 Overbrook – 1660 N Felton St Well Maintained property in Overbrook with original details and Charm $80,000 Fishtown – 1832 Memphis St Attention investors Prime location $84,900 Northwood – 1517 Rosalie St 3BR/1BA rowhoome on small street in NE Phila $85,000 West Oak Lane – 7273 Pittville Ave Spacious Home waiting for your personal touches! HW Floors, Master Bath, Rear Balcony $90,000 West Oak Lane – 7316 Ogontz Ave Beautiful 4BR/2.5BA with Large Yard and Ample storage! $95,000 Overbrook Park – 1370 Kimberly Dr 3BR/1BA Home $108,800 West Oak Lane – 1535 67th St Move right In! Bright 3BR/1.5BA, HW Flrs, Open Kitchen, Sep DR, Freshly Painted, New Carpets, Large basement, Close to public Trans $125,000 Mayfair – 3138 Unruh Ave REDUCED! 3BR/1.5BA with Garage and driveway Parking!

OPEN HOUSE 12/9/12 FROM 12-2:00PM $135,000 Fishtown – 2608 E York St Great Location in Fishtown TLC Needed $139,900 Morrell Park 10763 Helmer Dr Very Well Maintained home, Garage parking, Large rear outdoor space $184,900 Temple – 2210 N Bancroft St Student Housing – 5BR/2.5BA Full Rehab $189,900 East Mt Airy – 6833 Musgrove St Newly Renovated 4BR/2.5BA with Bamboo Floors,SS Appliances, backyard, 2 Blocks from Train $214,900 Point Breeze – 1737 Annin St Fantastic, Recently Rehabbed Townhome in Point Breeze $235,000 Fishtown – 2212 Tulip St New Rehab in prime location! 2BR/1BA, HW floors thru out Must See! $234,999 Fishtown – 1815 Memphis St 3BR2/BA, Master Suite and Upgraded Kichen $249,900 Fishtown – 1619 E Eyre St Elegance on Eyre St - Well Thought out floor plan with expansive rooms, Newly renovated with Style $289,900 Manayunk – 3835 Cresson St Artistic Charm, One of a Kind home in Manayunk $299,900 Fishtown – 2518 E Norris St 3BR/1.5BA, Sweet orig details & just the right of updates for modern living, An Awesome Renovation $319,000 Fishtown – 1125 E Columbia Ave 3 Chic Condo lofts just listed in Historic Candy Factory from $279,000-$329,900 Manayunk – 336 Leverington Ave New 3BR/2.5BA, Decks,Fin Basement, 2 Car Parking, SS Appl, 10 Yr Tax Abatement $339,000 Manayunk – 340 Leverington Ave New 3BR/2.5 BA, Decks, Garage, Full Automation System, 10 Yr Tax Abatement $349,900 Fishtown – 1309 E Berks St Large home in the of Fishtown, 3Br/2.5BA Deck, C/A, Tax Abatement $415,000 West Mt Airy – 612 W Cliveden St 7BR/4BA, Garden & off street parking, Move In Condition $52 4,900 Fishtown – 2666-72 Coral St Pub for Sale, 3 Apartments, Up to 20 Car Parking Lot $749,000

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1 bedroom plus den, 1.5 bathroom (can easily be converted to 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths), custom kitchen, wood and marble floors, generous living space

$550,000

WAnAmAkeR House

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

RiTTenHouse sAvoy

2 bedrooms, 2 baths. penthouse floor, new bathrooms, updated kitchen, wood floors throughout

1,198 sf

1,146 sf

open sundAy 12/9 • 12:00-12:30pm

$539,900

$489,900

220 W. RiTTenHouse sQuARe Completely Renovated , 1 bedroom, open chef’s kitchen, designer bathroom, partial view

THe WARWick pARc RiTTenHouse

penthouse with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, magnificent city skyline views, renovated kitchen and master bathroom 2017 sf $775,000 THe pHilAdelpHiAn 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, all rooms overlook Art museum, updated kitchen, wood floors throughout, 1876 sf $450,000 2601 pARkWAy condominiums 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, Art museum and river views, wood floors throughout, washer/dryer in the unit open sundAy 12/9 • 12:00-12:30pm 910 sf $204,900

society hill BAnk Building

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$450,000 $399,900

1 bedroom, high floor, panoramic city views, lots of natural light, open kitchen 704 sf

$349,900

$379,000

THe lippincoTT

2 bedroom plus den, 3.5 bathroom home with views of Washington square, a designer kitchen, wonderful living/entertaining space and lavish master suite 3510 sf $3,500,000 220 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 4,403 sf $1,800,000 THe lippincoTT 3 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, treetop views of Washington square, open floor plan, gourmet kitchen, high end finishes throughout 2716 sf $1,750,000 THe AyeR 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, balcony, open Bulthaup kitchen, wood floors, designer baths 1662 sf $1,149,900 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 940 sf $269,900

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

socieTy Hill ToWeRs

THe pHilAdelpHiAn

THe WARWick

corner 1 bedroom, furnished, chef’s kitchen, designer bath, 803 sf

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, balcony, penthouse, updated throughout, center city skyline views, 2017 sf

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

$379,900 condo fees: $549 Taxes: $232 monthly cost After Tax to own: $1,846

$775,000

$1,050,000 condo fees: $1,169

condo fees: $1,393

TAxes: $400

TAxes: $710

monTHly AfTeR TAx cosT To oWn: $4,177

monTHly AfTeR TAx cosT To oWn: $4,178

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of Rittenhouse square, no detail left undone 918 sf 1BR, 1BA, hardwood floors, marble BA, custom kitchen 712 sf 1 bedroom, south views, spacious kitchen, hardwood floors, walk-in closet in master bedroom 651 sf

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pieR 5 WAnAmAkeR House

Raw space that can be designed and built into a custom home overlooking independence mall 3,068 sf $1,150,000 Brand new 2 BR + den, 2.5 BA home, lots of natural light, wood flrs, open chef’s kitchen, designer BA, services available 2,025 sf $1,100,000 from adjoining omni Hotel Brand new 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, furnished, all custom finishes, high barrel ceilings, exposed brick 2101 sf $895,000 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 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, bi-level, great closet space, balcony, excellent condition 989 sf $289,900 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, balcony, large kitchen, separate dining area 842 sf $269,900 1BR, high floor, river view, investment opportunity 700 sf $269,900

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

RiTTenHouse plAzA

$1,475,000

3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 270 degree city views, wood floor, chef’s kitchen, marble baths 2000 sf

THe BARclAy

$1,750,000

2 bedrooms, 3 baths, gourmet kitchen, new bathrooms, magnificent hardwood floors, no detail has been left undone.

THe WARWick

Art MuseuM

BAnk Building

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

THe BARclAy

$1,975,000

5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, highly coveted block, formal living space, large master suite, outdoor space open sundAy 12/9 • 1:00-1:30pm

pARc RiTTenHouse

$2,575,000

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

1828 delAncey sTReeT

$3,600,000

entire floor home with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, lavish master suite, custom finishes and features throughout 3,446 sf

THe RiTTenHouse

$319,900 $299,900

THe pHilAdelpHiAn

elevator, outdoor space THe lAnesBoRougH

studio, wood floors, large marble bath, panoramic sunset view 583 sf Junior 1 bedroom, wood floors, marble bath , open kitchen, sunrise city view 531 sf