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PHILADELPHIA? GREAT CONTENT he lack of accountability in the column this week.

Mayor’s office, in the chambers of After 6abc contacted the Philadelphia PoCity Hall, the District Attorney’s lice Department, authorities said they would office, and Philadelphia Police open an investigation. While it’s nice to see a Department’s headquarters has rebuke of officer apathy, it shouldn’t take the created a status quo that leaves no threat of local news media giving PPD some one happy. bad PR to get the police to do their job.

The police don’t bother to arrest The responsibility goes beyond the police, though. The disoriented man who vandalized criminals, knowing that the DA won’t press charges. A 24-hour catch-and-release strategy the Mac Mart was not mentally well; jailing him for a day before releasing him won’t do doesn’t stop crime. The mentally ill struggle much. Where are his resources? What is the on the streets until they break a window and city doing to help him, and thousands of othmaybe spend the night in jail. Then they’re ers like him? It is not compassionback out again with no support sysate to leave the mentally ill on the tem. streets, letting them harm themThe drug addicted and down-onselves or others. their-luck swamp neighborhoods The people in power are not using like Kensington, where they slowtheir power in the right way. This ly waste away as the city ignores failure puts fear into local business them. Residents navigate streets owners and the general public, from and parks filled with used needles, walking home alone to using public human refuse, and trash. transit to being alone anywhere in Criminals harass, assault, and the city. add stress to the daily lives of too If Philadelphia lets this happen many people in this city. Conviction in Rittenhouse Square, just imagine rates are so low partially because how much worse it is in other parts witnesses are hesitant to come forof the city. When the police and City ward. Even on the off chance that Council shamelessly ignore the desomeone is punished for a shooting @ANTHONYHENNEN cline of public order in rich neighor a murder, witnesses have little borhoods, neglected neighborhoods faith that the police will keep them or their neighborhood safe. So why bother? have little hope of getting help with their Too many people in the city feel the police has- problems.

The costs of disorder are getting pushed sle them more than help them. onto businesses and private citizens. The MayLocal businesses have noticed this lack of or, the District Attorney, and City Council will to govern in City Hall. Some are counting down until their lease ends so they can get would rather snipe at each other in news reout. Others accept that they are responsible ports than actually make a plan – together – to make Philadelphia a better place to live. for creating a sense of order on their street.

Are they funded by suburbanites who want Even in ritzy neighborhoods, the police new neighbors, or are they simply this provinhave done little to maintain order.

On August 23, a window at the Mac Mart, cial and incompetent?

Expectations are set so low for the political a mac ‘n cheese restaurant near Rittenhouse Square, was cracked after a disoriented man leaders of this city. Yet politicians still disappoint. If they can’t do their jobs and avoid fedthrew a large perfume bottle at it.

The owner followed the man and found a eral indictment, they should resign. Surely it’s not too much to ask that the police do the bare policeman, telling the officer what happened.

After the man admitted to the vandalism, the minimum to arrest vandals, the city provide police officer shrugged it off, saying that noth- social services to help the mentally ill, and the Mayor and City Council find a way to maining could be done. Crime Beat’s Paul Davis goes into more detail on this incident in his tain public order.

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The Bourse Food Hall is teaming up with Art Star, a local boutique selling handmade and artists goods with a brick and mortar at The Bourse, to host The Art Star CRAP Bazaar, a seconds sale benefitting two nonprofits on Sept. 18 and Sept. 19 from 11am - 5pm. The annual fundraising event will be held in the retail space located to the left of The Bourse Food Hall’s Fifth Street entrance and will feature 20 crafters and their “seconds” – items that didn’t quite make the cut, samples, one-offs, etc.

– at discounted prices. All sales are final, and 25 percent of profits will be donated to ACLU of Pennsylvania and The Village of The Arts and Humanities.

Learn more at theboursephilly.com.

Dolce Italian, which offers elevated, yet approachable Italian cuisine, has opened at 1439 Chestnut St. on the ground floor of the new W Hotel Philadelphia. Led by executive chef Terry White, Dolce Italian is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, serving authentic and seasonally inspired Italian dishes.

Breakfast highlights include the Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, Savory Croissant and Egg White Frittata paired with a bold Cappuccino or Latte. For lunch, the Risotto Al Frutti di Mare and Eggplant Parmigiana are among the favorites. And, in the evening, signature plates like Veal Milanese, Whole Branzino and Veal Ossobucco Tortelli headline the menu.

Visit Dolceitalianrestaurant.com for details.

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Running for its 14th season, Christmas Village in Philadelphia will transform LOVE Park and City Hall into an authentic German Christmas market.

The event will run from Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve with a Preview Weekend Nov. 20 and 21. Over 80 vendors offer their unique giftware and delicious European food specialties.

Always a must-see: the famous German vendor Käthe Wohlfahrt, which features genuine German ornaments and Christmas gifts. Get all of the details at philachristmas.com.

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Catch all the blues music you can handle later this month when GA-20 joins JD Simo Sept.

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GA-20’s latest album just topped Billboard’s Blues Albums Chart

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A-20’s acclaimed new LP “GA- the band is named), creating powerfully raw, 20 Does Hound Dog Taylor: driving music that is at once traditional and Try It…You Might Like It!” is refreshingly modern. The band’s dynamic a tribute record to the late Chi- self-penned songs sound and feel as fresh and cago blues great Hound Dog real as the old blues they love and perform, Taylor. It was just released last including songs by Otis Rush, J.B. Lenoir, month and recently landed at Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Wells and especially the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s their favorite, Hound Dog Taylor. According Blues Albums Chart. to Stubbs, “Not enough people know You can check out the sounds for just how cool Hound Dog Taylor BY: EUGENE yourself when GA-20 and JD Simo was.”

ZENYATTA headline a show at 118 North in Stubbs is a 12-year veteran (and Wayne on Sept. 29. For tickets and still a member) of blues master info, visit 118northwayne.com.

Charlie Musselwhite’s touring band.

Since first forming in 2018, the high-energy He’s performed with James Cotton and John electric blues trio – guitarist Matt Stubbs, gui- Hammond, among many others. Faherty tarist/vocalist Pat Faherty, and drummer Tim played rock and metal guitar until he was bitCarmandrawn – have drawn inspiration for ten by the blues bug. The two met in Boston, their primal, original music from late 1950s/ and their mutual love of traditional electric early 1960s blues, R&B and rock ‘n’ roll. They blues, R&B, and rock ‘n’ roll led them to write, use rare and vintage gear (including at times perform and eventually record their modern the famed Gibson GA-20 amplifier for which vision of this life-altering music. Upon form-

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PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM @PHILLYWEEKLY ing in 2018, GA-20 quickly began to draw a following, and the band soon signed with acclaimed soul/R&B label Colemine Records, releasing their debut, “Lonely Soul,” in 2019 to widespread critical and popular acclaim. The album premiered in the No. 2 position on the Billboard Blues Chart. Their EP “Live Vol. 1” seemingly came out of nowhere to debut at #1 a year later.

PW recently caught up with Stubbs to talk about the new album and upcoming show.

GA-20 started in 2018 and drew inspiration from music from decades earlier – including naming the band after the famed, vintage Gibson GA-20 amplifier. What drew you – and continues to draw you – to this sound?

Going back to when I was a kid, my father was a musician and great music lover, and he led me down the path of rock ‘n’ roll and blues especially. It’s just always spoken to me. When Pat and I decided to form the band, we both felt a desire to pay homage in a way to the traditional, early blues artists who influenced us.

But we also wanted to avoid simply sounding like a throwback band, and wanted to bring our own approach and sound, current without being “modern” blues. We feel there is space for that in the blues scene today.

Who are some of today’s artists you’re listening to?

Within the blues genre I’ve been listening to Jontavious Willis, Cedric Burnside, and CW Stoneking. Those are absolutely artists to check out if you dig blues. In other genres, and we all listen to a really wide range of stuff from jazz to metal, I’ve personally been spending a lot of time playing Ty Segall, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Caroline Rose, Colter Wall, Nick Shoulders, Sierra Ferrell, and Durand Jones & The Indications.

Talk a little about your new album, “GA20 Does Hound Dog Taylor: Try It…You Might Like It!” How did it come together?

How can people get it?

GA-20 already had a new full-length LP ready to go when the pandemic shut everything down in 2020. We wanted to be able to tour behind it, so we brainstormed a project to work on that we could put out ahead of that record. We are all huge Hound Dog fans and it was the 50th anniversary of Hound Dog’s first release and the founding of Alligator Records.

As luck would have it, Bruce Iglauer (founder of Alligator) coincidentally reached out about working together and this idea was born.

Our label, Colemine Records, joined forces with Alligator and we couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out. It was a bit of a passion project, and our hope was that the love and respect for Hound Dog, Brewer Phillips and Ted Harvey comes through. “Try It… You Might Like It!” is available for purchase, stream or download on our website (ga20band. com), local indie retailers and wherever you buy great music.

What are some of the highlights from the band’s first three years? What goals do you

have for the future?

It’s a sad fact that about half of our time as a band has been hijacked by the pandemic, but having our debut album “Lonely Soul” debut at #2 on the Billboard Blues Chart and then our follow up EP “Live Vol. 1” debut at No. 1 was a huge highlight for us. We’re super excited about putting out some records and getting out on the road. We love to play live for people and we set out to reach as many new fans as we can.

You’re embarking on an extensive tour through January. How excited are you to be back in front of live audiences? What will your fans see when they show up at your show on Sept. 29?

We’ve done a little spattering of shows this summer and it feels great to be playing live again. Can’t wait to get out on the road! We’re super excited not only to play live, but also to meet so many of the fans we’ve been interacting with online during the past year and a half. And hopefully to make a lot of new ones.

Also, we’ll be out with our buddy JD Simo and his band, and that should be a damn good time. Our show tends to be a high-energy affair with what we hope is a great representation of our love of blues and the tradition of friends and lovers enjoying live music.

What are the best ways for your fans to stay current with what you’re doing?

Follow us on our socials! We’re pretty active on Instagram and Facebook so you can always catch us there. Our website also features current show info, updates, videos and pics, and a link to our webstore for music, T-shirts and whatnot. We also have a good, old-fashioned email sign-up on our site and at live shows so we can stay in touch – only about the important stuff, we promise!

GA-20’s latest album just hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Blues Albums Chart.

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‘I just want to feel safe’

LEFT IMAGE: Marti Lieberman, left, and her sister Pamela Lorden are pictured in front of the Mac Mart, which was recently damaged when a man threw a perfume bottle at a window. When Lieberman reported the incident to police, she says they told her there was nothing they could do.

Image | Courtesy of Marti Lieberman RIGHT IMAGE: A window at the Mac Mart was broken recently when a man threw a bottle of perfume.

An owner of the mac and cheese restaurant says such incidents are hurting small businesses in the city.

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Vandalism frustrates Center City restaurant owner

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he Broken Windows Theory, a police model developed by James Wilson and George Kelling in 1982, suggests that visible signs of vandalism, public urination and other minor crimes create an environment that foments further, more serious crime. The theory was popular in the 1990s in New York City and then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani stated their enforcement of minor crimes led to their historic crime drop.

This type of community policing is not much practiced these days in Philadelphia.

Which brings me to a case of an actual incident of a broken window in a Center City restaurant.

I watched a news segment on 6abc with Dann Cuellar about the broken window and I reached out to Marti Lieberman, the co-owner and co-operator, along with her husband and sister, of Mac Mart, a mac and cheese specialty restaurant. I asked her about the incident.

“On the evening of Aug. 23, a disoriented gentleman, clearly a homeless individual, sat outside at one of our tables,” Lieberman recalled. “He was resting his head down on the table and then he lifted his head up and threw a red perfume bottle at our window. He stood up to retrieve it and then sat back down. We

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had two customers eating outside to the right She explained and gave him the name and birthday of the man. of him and they immediately got up and left.”

The officer asked Lieberman how much the Lieberman told an employee to call the porepair would cost, so she called her contraclice and lock the door after she left the restaurant. Lieberman followed the man, standing tor. She told the officer that the window repair would cost about $3,500. The officer off at a distance. The man walked replied that above a certain dollar into a Target store and Lieberman value of damage, detectives will inalso walked in, knowing there was vestigate it. always a police officer standing at The incident left Lieberman feelthe front of the store. ing both outraged and uneasy. “l told the officer that this gen“This isn’t the first time an intleman right here threw a red percident has happened,” Lieberman fume bottle at my store, cracking said. the window. The man acknowlShe noted that there have been edged it, but said he just cracked other minor incidents with the the window and the whole window homeless. She feels for them, but was not ruined,” Lieberman said. she said she lacks the resources to “The officer told me he could not help them all. She also mentioned do anything. I’m sorry, what? I said that there had been a physical althis man is admitting it, and I have tercation between people in front surveillance video, and you can’t do of her restaurant three weeks prianything?” or to the broken window incident.

Unless he saw it happen, the offiPAULDAVISONCRIME.COM In the melee, their property was cer told Lieberman, he could not do damaged, but police told her little anything. could be done.

Lieberman said the man had on a hospi“Another time, in the middle of COVID, tal band, and he gave the officer his name and birthday, which Lieberman copied. She we had three girls come up to our window and spit all over my door and door handle. I walked back to her store and found two police officers there. One asked her what happened. locked myself inside the store. I had every-

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thing on surveillance and again, the cops said they could go look for them, but most likely, they could not do anything. This was before the vaccine, so what if one of these girls had COVID and spit on me or my pregnant sister, and we got sick or died? This is a bigger issue.

It is really scary.”

Liberman said she never told anyone other than the police about the other incidents, but the broken window was a breaking point for her. “We are already struggling enough as a small business, and it is terrifying as a female-owned business with a mostly female staff, to have all these issues,” Lieberman said.

“A lot of people don’t want to come downtown anymore because of this. It is really damaging to small businesses.”

She posted her broken window story on social media, and within two hours they had more than 2,000 people sharing it and liking it, and that caught the attention of 6abc News.

“We are a small business that wants to stay in Philadelphia, but it is getting harder to appreciate Philadelphia when it feels like the city is revolting against us with crime and a lack of brotherly love back,” Liberman said. “I just want to feel safe in my city.”

Paul Davis’ Crime Beat column appears here each week. He can be contacted via pauldavisoncrime.com.

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NEON, BALLET AND MORE

From neon to ballet to theater, here are some events that will get your fall entertainment schedule off to a great start.

Inis Nua Theatre Company

Inis Nua Theatre Company presents its much-anticipated 18th season with a return to in-person productions, featuring three mainstage plays and a poignant reading series about Healing and Hope. Inis Nua Theatre Company has the unique mission to present contemporary plays from Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales for a Philadelphia audience. Inis Nua mines the shared cultural histories of these countries for an American audience, introducing fresh new voices from abroad who tackle social, political, and interpersonal issues that we see reflected in our own country. For info on three upcoming plays, visit inisnuatheatre.org.

Ariadne Slept Here

‘Sunset o639 Hours’

Tickets for BalletX’s “Sunset, o639 Hours” are now on sale.

Choreographed by Matthew Neenan, the critically-acclaimed full-length ballet interprets the dramatic true story of aviation pioneer Capt. Edwin Musick and his fateful 1938 airmail flight across the Pacific. Six performances are scheduled as part of BalletX’s Fall Series Sept. 9-12 at The Suzanne Roberts Theatre. balletx.org

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Ariadne Slept Here refers to the complex myth of Ariadne, known both for her threads and puzzles as well as for her resilience and that powerful sleep, most often depicted in the art world and the classics.

Rachel Blythe Udell creates embroidery collages from heirloom clothing, yarn, reclaimed fabrics, and other materials. Bonnie MacAllister renders in figurative embroidery, handspun threads, globally sourced farm wools and fibers, and recycled textiles. The Plastic Club.

Oct. 3 at 2pm. plasticclub.org

Philadelphia: City of Breweries

The Neon Museum of Philadelphia invites you to soak up Philly beer history with its new exhibit, Philadelphia: City of Breweries, which draws from Larry Handy’s incredible breweriana collection, as well as videos and more from local beer historians, brewers, and bar owners. After drinking it all in, hop over to Sor Ynez, NextFab’s Mexican restaurant, where you can cash in museum tickets for discounted drafts. The exhibit runs through Oct. 10. neonmuseumofphiladelphia.com

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Irish Heritage Theatre

The Irish Heritage Theatre is back with its first offering of the season, Dermot Bolger’s moving and nuanced solo play, “The Holy Ground.” The play was recorded live and is meant to be a performance on screen, which the audience can stream from the safety of their own homes. It will be streamed through Broadway on Demand (irishheritagetheatre.org) from Sept. 22-26.

Fall for the Arts Festival

Each year, Chestnut Hill welcomes autumn with The Chestnut Hill Fall for the Arts Festival. Visitors can enjoy a day of art, music, culinary delights and boutique shopping as Germantown Avenue, between Willow Grove and Rex Avenue, is transformed into an outdoor arts and crafts marketplace with over 100 vendors. A fabulous array of artistic choices will be on display including oils, watercolors, etchings, photography, sculpture, pottery, wood crafts, jewelry and accessories. Admission to the festival is free. Sept.

26. Rain date is Oct. 3. chestnuthillpa.com

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Uhuru Book Fair & Flea Market

Join the fun on Sept. 18 in Clark Park for the 7th Annual One Africa! One Nation! Uhuru Book Fair & Flea Market. This free, all-day program will feature live music poetry, spoken word, local authors, music, food, and over 100 marketplace vendors. The Uhuru Book Fair & Flea Market is an education and economic development project of the African People’s Education and Defense Fund. uhurufleamarket.blogspot.com

From checking out an art show to catching a dance performance, don’t sleep on these activities coming up soon.

Lots more to do while the weather is great Jennifer Blaine

Jennifer Blaine, Philadelphia’s acclaimed solo performer, comedienne and playwright, will present two new FringeArts shows at Mister John’s Music. Blaine will return to her legacy as a solo performer with “Package Deal” (Sept.

17 and 18), and will host a cabaret “Invitation to Play” (Sept. 11) that features an array of singers performing songs from her new musical “Mannequin.” Blaine has performed with the likes of Chris Rock and George Carlin, and has brought her smart, irreverent humor to premier venues and festivals nationwide. jenniferblaine.com

Clay Fest Preview

Join Jennifer Zwilling, curator of artistic programming at The Clay Studio, along with artists George Rodriguez and Cesar Viveros for a preview of The Clay Studio’s annual public event, Clay Fest, set to take place Sept. 18. This year, Clay Fest will take place in front of The Clay Studio’s nearly completed new building at 1425 N. American St. Join the Zoom call to ask questions and listen to the discussion. Sept. 16 at noon. theclaystudio.org

KYL/D performance at The Rail Park

Continuing its collaboration with The Friends of the Rail Park, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers presents a new site specific work at the Rail Park on Sept. 24 from 6:15-7pm. The performance is part of the company’s ongoing investigation of chi – connecting to oneself, one’s community and the larger world through dance. KYL/D’s 10 member ensemble of dance artists, described by audiences as “a balm for the soul” will interweave diverse experiences of dance, music, and guided movements for audiences to experience, witness and join in on. For more information visit, therailpark.org

Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show

Some 143 artists from around the country return to Rittenhouse Square Sept. 17-19 for one of the nation’s best juried fine art shows. The Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show announced its triumphant return to the park in Center City, after a year of presenting fine art shows online for art patrons. Visit rittenhousesquareart.com for all of the details.

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Lamb of God

On Wednesday, Sept. 15, the must-see Lamb of God co-headline tour with Megadeath, The Metal Tour Of The Year, will arrive at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden. Joining them will be special guests Trivium and Hatebreed. Tickets and VIP packages for this most epic metal extravaganza are on-sale now from LiveNation.com. Lamb of God propelled heavy metal into the new millennium two decades ago with the prophetically titled “New American Gospel.” They followed with 2003’s “As the Palaces Burn,” which made the Rolling Stone list of the Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.

Concert stages around the area are heating up once again. Here are a few shows you’ll want to catch.

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Amigo The Devil

Isaiah Rashad

Firefly Festival

Islands

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Amigo The Devil (aka Danny Kiranos) will be performing at Underground Arts on Sept.

25 in a long-awaited celebration of his new album “Born Against.” A master of the macabre, Amigo the Devil expands his repertoire with romantic, philosophic and emotional narratives without sacrificing the genre-bending style that garnered him critical praise and a passionate, rapidlygrowing cult following. Tickets: seetickets. us

Indigo De Souza

Indigo De Souza has released her album “Any Shape You Take” and has shared three new singles “Kill Me,” “Hold U” and “Real Pain.” She will be stopping in Philadelphia at PhilaMOCA on Sept. 22 for her fall tour. Philamoca.org

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Firefly Festival has released the set times for this year’s four-day event. The beloved East Coast music festival, in conjunction with AEG Presents, kicks off with headliner Billie Eilish on Sept. 23, followed by The Killers on Sept. 24, Tame Impala on Sept.

25, and Lizzo closing out the weekend on Sept. 26. Tickets and details: fireflyfestival. com

Isaiah Rashad is coming to Philadelphia on Sept. 9 where he’ll be playing at the Fillmore for his national Lil Sunny’s Awesome Vacation tour in support of his critically acclaimed album “The House Is Burning” on Top Dawg Entertainment.

“The House Is Burning” marks Rashad’s triumphant return to the spotlight after five years boasting a cast of all-star appearances from SZA, Jay Rock, 6LACK, Smino, Kenny Beats, and more. thefillmorephilly.com

Islands will play Underground Arts on Sept. 22 in support of their recent album, “Islomania,” which came out back in June on Royal Mountain Records. Their first record in five years following their retirement in 2016, it was met with a barrage of love from places like Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Under The Radar, The Line Of Best Fit, BrooklynVegan, Consequence, Uproxx and more. seetickets.us

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Phoebe Bridgers

Phoebe Bridgers will be at Skyline Stage at the Mann on Sept. 22.

After her breakout year, the tour is her first set of shows since November 2019. manncenter.org

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Sweet, sweet music Dar Williams

When Dar Williams starts discussing her latest album, “I’ll Meet You Here,” she’s not yet sure she can identify its through line; a thread that might connect its 10 songs together. But as she delves into the collection, releasing Oct. 1 on BMG’s recently launched Renew label, she mentions her attempt to turn her yard into a meadow. Unfortunately, the wildflower seeds she scattered on the grass around her home, in New York’s Hudson Valley, didn’t take. Now she just has an unruly lawn. Catch her on stage Oct. 9 at Sellersville Theater 1894. St94.com

Kacey Musgraves

Kacey Musgraves has announced special North American headlining tour dates in support of her new record and film “star-crossed.” The limited, 15-city tour titled “star-crossed: unveiled” is promoted by AEG Presents and is set to make a stop at Wells Fargo Center on Jan. 26. King Princess and MUNA are confirmed as support artists for the scheduled tour dates. Tickets to the Philadelphia show go on sale Sept.

9 at 10am through WellsFargoCenterPhilly.com.

Wild Rivers

Indie trio Wild Rivers will bring their live show to The Foundry on Oct. 4 with special guest Jillian Jacqueline. Fresh off the release of the catchy and crisp single “Weatherman” from their upcoming full-length album, Wild Rivers is taking their exquisite harmonies, breezy rhythms and sing-along melodies on the road for a full U.S. tour. Tickets: concerts. livenation.com

Nitro Nitra and Ghetto Songbird Two female powerhouse rock singers on one stage!

Wilmington’s Nitro Nitra and Philly’s Ghetto Songbird take the stage at City Winery on Oct. 1 for a dual headliner event.

Catch these rising stars while you still can. Each will be playing a one-hour set with their full bands. citywinery.com

Riddy Arman

Montana-based singer-songwriter Riddy Arman is set to release her self-titled debut album – due out Sept. 10 via La Honda Records and Thirty Tigers – and will soon embark on an east coast tour with labelmate Colter Wall, followed by a newly announced headlining tour later this fall. Catch Arman and Wall at Union Transfer on Sept. 12. utphilly.com

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The modern American kitchen located at the intersection of 17 and Sansom streets boasts a premier staple amongst the bevy of delicious brunch offerings with the Wagyu Burger ($18) composed of a double bacon cheeseburger, cooper sharp, hickory bacon, and served with fries – available for just $8 during brunch service from 9am – 2pm in honor of National Cheeseburger Day. 121 South 17th Street | 215.563.5008 | square1682.com

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Old City’s contemporary French bar and restaurant helmed by Chef Christopher Kearse boasts an ever-evolving menu of Frenchforward dishes that rotate by the month, with one constant – the famous Burger Royale ($16), which consists of two smashed patties oozing in raclette and their top secret “comeback sauce,” served with panisse fries. 233 Chestnut Street | 215.644.9395 | forsythiaphilly.com

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The South Philly gastropub has a food menu brimming with artfully crafted traditional pub fare, and its House-Made Burger is no exception to that list. Foodies can expect a classic cheeseburger to enjoy on National Cheeseburger Day, composed of an 8 oz. house-made beef patty, American cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and onion, served on a brioche roll, for $13.

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Grubhouse at The Bourse

Old City’s modern artisanal food hall offers its signature Hangover Burger ($10), composed of one-third pound LaFrieda beef with pork roll, American cheese, fried egg, and chipotle sauce to top off the masterpiece of a sandwich. Available for takeaway and delivery via Grubhub, Doordash, and Caviar. 111 S Independence Mall E | 215.625.0300 | theboursephilly. com

Pub on Passyunk East (POPE)

POPE offers the signature P.O.P.E. Burger ($13.50) crafted with an 8 oz. Black Angus burger, fried green tomato, grilled red onion, aged cheddar cheese, and basil mayo, served with a side of French fries.

Additionally, a veg-friendly, equally as tasty option is the Veggie P.O.P.E. Burger ($12) composed of Kasha patty with fried green tomato, grilled red onion, aged cheddar cheese, and basil mayo. 1904 E. Passyunk Avenue | visiteastpassyunk.com

The Twisted Tail

The popular Southern-inspired restaurant and bar on Headhouse Square puts a twist on the classic cheeseburger with The Twisted Burger ($14) crafted with bacon, blue cheese, and bourbon BBQ sauce, available on the popular brunch menu. 509 S. 2nd Street | 215.558.2471 | thetwistedtail.com

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Antibiotics have made modern medicine possible. Without them, surgeries and other routine medical procedures would be incredibly risky to conduct. In fact, antibiotics are so prevalent throughout society – Americans fill over 260 million antibiotics prescriptions annually at the pharmacy – that it’s tough to fathom a world without them.

But we may have to start fathoming.

Bacteria and fungi are developing immunity to our current arsenal of antibiotics. Every time a patient takes these drugs – whether for strep throat or to prevent post-surgery infections – some bacteria may survive and multiply into stronger, more resistant strains.

Without more research and development spending that yields a constant stream of new antibiotics, millions could die in the years ahead.

The threat is already circulating among us.

Each year, more than 35,000 Americans die from a drug resistant infection. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis believe the true annual death toll may exceed 162,000.

All Americans – including healthy young people – are at risk from these “superbugs.”

Children, cancer patients, and people over the age of 60 are at even greater risk, though. Patients with chronic conditions are also particularly vulnerable.

Antimicrobial resistance was especially apparent during the height of the pandemic.

A recent study found that 50 percent of those who died from COVID-19 had acquired a secondary bacterial infection in their last days of life.

It’s critical we have medicines capable of treating bacterial infections. When old antibiotics become ineffective, we need new, cutting-edge drugs to replace them. Yet the high-risk nature of antibiotic R&D can deter even the most hopeful investor from funding much-needed projects.

Antibiotics are only used for about a week and should only be prescribed when absolutely necessary. As a result, firms typically sell relatively few doses of antibiotics. Since more regularly prescribed medicines are more likely to return investors their money, companies do not invest time and capital in developing drugs for pathogens that are rare today – but pose a grave threat to public health in the future.

Researchers warn that without new antibiotics, drug-resistant infections could kill 10 million people annually by 2050.

Thankfully, bipartisan minds in Congress recognized the need for new antibiotics and proposed a method to reinvigorate antibiotic research and development. Named after the famed microbiologist Louis Pasteur, the Pasteur Act would adjust the incentive structure for antibiotics research.

The bill would implement a “Netflix-style” payment model for antibiotics in which the government pays firms a fixed fee for access to their treatments. Antibiotic developers’ revenue wouldn’t depend solely on sales volume – though developers would still be free to sell the medicines to hospitals and insurers.

The Pasteur Act also prevents overprescribing by establishing a new grant system to support antibiotic stewardship programs in hospitals. These programs seek to improve doctors’ antibiotic prescribing habits by investing in education, accountability, reporting and tracking of antibiotic usage and resistance.

As founders and CEOs of research organizations focused on antibiotic development, we are committed to saving patients’ lives.

We sometimes find ourselves competing for the same investor dollars. However, we stand firmly together on this important issue – because the solution is clear. If passed, the PasteurAct will boost antibiotic innovation and support the backbone of modern medicine.

Christopher J. Burns, Ph.D., is co-founder, president, and CEO of Venatorx Pharmaceuticals. Ankit Mahadevia is co-founder and CEO of Spero Therapeutics.

This piece originally ran in the Boston Herald.

The area was hit last week with the remnants of Hurricane Ida, leaving a path of destruction.

Your turn: How would you rate the city’s response to the damage caused by the heavy rain?

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ere’s your all-purpose, buzzing like bees, as we speak. post-Labor Day, post-Ida, fulLa Salle goes remote ly-functioning-but-masked, For those going back, live, to real school in vaxxed, standing as far away real time, and braving death, you have to be from you as possible, welcome ashamed of La Salle University, which, as of back to school, welcome back Tuesday, announced that it would temporarily to Fringe Fest, welgo to an all-remote learning position come to the end of unamid the Delta V/ COVID-19 outbreak. employment checks Especially since the rise in current BY: A.D AMOROSI C-19 cases is coming almost entirely and PPD money and welcome back from its students who hung, playto all things, sweet and sour, autuming hackysack, at Phish in AC, or the nal, sunny and stormy A.D. Amorosi Icepack column. If you’re new to town (and I Green Day show at CPB where they moshed ask as I always do “Why come here?”), or went and breathed all over each other. Yuck.

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ICEPACK time of pandemic woe and unemployment benefit ends – thanks Joe – than watching professionally wealthy New Jerseyan George E. Norcross III’s purchase of a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence for $4 million last week. This, from the same guy who made certain that almost two-thirds of $1.6 billion in tax incentives in Camden – very, very poor and blighted Camden – that he pushed for, right before the pandemic, went to his insurance business, his lobbyist brother, Phil, and their political cronies. Happy Labor Day. New music It’s almost fall, and so begins the winter of his discontent and solitude that is Philly’s finest songwriter, Tim Showalter, and his awesome, brawny, brainy Strand of Oaks. Yes, he’s got a brand new, heart-pinging single, with “Somewhere in Chicago” out this week to precede his fine, new, kinda-Springsteenian-but-better album, “In Heaven,” all while gearing up for Camden’s XPoNential Music Fest, Sept. 17 through 19.

New brew Yes. I agree. Cramming foamy espresso into craft brew, especially if the whole deal is local, is a worthy idea. So goes the legend of Front Street in Fishtown’s The Lab at Evil Genius Beer Company’s exclusive concoction, a vanilla cappuccino craft beer – Project Vanilla Shteam Machine – sold through 58 Sheetz Pennsylvania shops and restaurants, as well as Sept. 9’s Evil Genius Beer Company 10th Anniversary Beer Food Truck Festival.

Payback Speaking of booze in Fishtown, the owners of a place I do not know and do not want to know, Bottle Bar East, is reportedly paying back its 70-plus employees $246,457.99 in back wages, PLUS a similar amount in damages (so $492,915.98 in total), after federal investigators determined that the BBE violated requirements of the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act. Meaning Bottle Bar East bosses probably stole wages and pocketed tips from bartenders, chefs, servers and dishwashers, and now have to pay it all back…PLUS. Herreras and the Phils Now that the fightin’ Phillies have finally found a ball-whacking leadoff hitter in Venezuelan born centerfielder Odúbel Herrera – the same Herrera that asshole elder baller Mike Schmidt once stupidly dissed for creating a “language barrier” between himself and English-speaking players – may I make mention of how the Phils have a great history with Herreras? Namely, Juan Francisco “Pancho” Herrera, the Cuban-born, tree-tall first baseman who managed to become the first Afro-Latino to play for the Phillies back in 1958.

Though he passed in 2005 in Miami, Pancho was elected to the International League Hall of Fame in 2008, and is still awaiting his flow-

ers from the United States’ Baseball Hall of Fame. So, all Herreras rule when it comes to Phillies baseball.

Star gazing Who did we spy in and around Jay-Z/RocNation/Live Nation’s pleasant-as-all-get-out, not-at-all sloppy Made in America weekend at the Art Museum? Two Sixers, Matisse Thybulle and this year’s first-round draft pick, Jaden Springer, hung out. So did two Eagles, Dallas Goedert and Avonte Maddox. And while I didn’t personally see Mayor Jim Kenney (masked and unmasked was the word) as did others in attendance at MIA, I can’t help but recall the last time I spied Kenney hanging at Jay-Z’s annual soiree: wearing shorts and a rainbow tie-dyed Bob Marley shirt in VIP during his pre-woke days. Ah, memories. And while we were super surprised that Adam Sandler didn’t stop by the Made in America fest (or, for that matter, neither did Hova and his missus, Beyonce, who usually stops by the annual fest to get her Sept. 4 birthday flowers from Philly’s ever-loving crowds), the good word is that Philly rap royalty Beanie Segal and Freeway visited Sandler on-set during a day on the Sandman’s b-ball flick for Netflix, “Hustle,” filming all-around-town. We hear that Beans and Free made it into the movie – is that because they are buds with the movie’s Philly-based director, Jeremiah Zagar (“We the Animals” fame), or if, like The Weeknd in “Uncut Gems,” Sandler keeps cool ties with the hip hop/R&B community and casts the best in his films. And remember, Beans and Free have film credits from making their own movies back-in-the-day, such as “State Property,” so don’t call it a comeback.

Masked Philly: Laura Fay In Icepack’s way too-long and now way overly complex and continuing saga of asking mask-donning local celebrities what they’ve been up to, beyond the pale, during C-19 – from lockdown to the current reopening, present-day unmasking and re-masking, worrying about Delta variants, freaking out about Fauci’s call for a potential third round of vax shots mere five months after the last, and new mask and vax card mandates – I reached out this week to Laura Fay. Fay is just now the new owner of the Up to Eleven in Downtown Ardmore, but many of us know her as one of the founders of the Separatist Beer Project on East Passyunk Avenue.

She’s not with Separatist anymore – but that’s a credit worth repeating.

The pandemic made Fay’s life stand still, as it did for all creatives. Well, and everybody else. “Being unable to go out made me realize how much I loved and missed creating new concepts and working in hospitality spaces where people can congregate and enjoy time with one another.” So what Fay did was plot

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“One idea I came up with was a coffee/e-bike shop called Up To Eleven that I now actually just opened in Ardmore.”

Fay’s favorite mask is a dark purple number from Petit Pli. “It really taps into my love for all things aesthetic with its unique pleated, super cool design, which is also part of its smart functionality. Also, it was gifted to me by my boyfriend whom I met during the pandemic. Never in my life would I have thought a mask would be such an exciting gift from somebody special, but the pandemic has made me learn to never say never.”

When Fay can finally take her mask all the way off, she first wants to go to Johnny Brendas, and see some live music. “I miss being in a crowded room with an awesome band, good drinks and a great vibe.” Then she wants to celebrate how the planet united to “kick COVID’s butt,” and go on an exotic trip to Bangkok or Mexico City. Until then, Fay is looking forward to riding her bike more, (“which was another thing I got into during the pandemic, a good way to be outside, socialize and exercise at the same time) and put into action the hospitality project concepts that she dreamt up.

“The extreme isolation that I felt during the pandemic has made me appreciate places where we all can enjoy each other’s company, and it has motivated me more than ever to create them.”

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020 was a year like no other.

And Algiers apparently saw it coming.

Algiers, the Atlanta-born-andraised quartet released its prescient third studio album “There Is No Year” in January of last year on Matador Records. The band will be playing at Johnny Brenda’s on Sept. 12. For tickets and info, visit eventbrite.com.

It is difficult to conceive of a more aptly titled project released in 2020 (and pre-pandemic, no less) that also happens to be a meditation on the anxieties and uncertainties that people feel day-to-day. Its message resonates more strongly than ever nearly two years after its conception in the throes of an enduring global pandemic.

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Fisher, whose voice and words provide the backbone of the band’s third effort, sourced his lyrics entirely from an epic poem, “Misophonia,” composed during his search for meaning amidst a protracted personal period of anxiety and lack.

“What I wanted to do is create a negative space wherein I can exist and engage but at the same time not be so exposed,” Fisher said.

PW caught up with Tesche to talk about the album and upcoming show.

Franklin, Ryan and you grew up together in Atlanta and formed the band about nine years ago. Who were some of your earliest influences? Who are you listening to now?

We grew up listening to a pretty wide array of things. Our common overlap was Nina Simone and Motown. Later, we bonded over the sounds of southern rap like Goodie M.O.B. and Outkast and things like Fugazi and Suicide.

It’s funny, we just finished recording our next record and a lot of it is a return to those influences that we first connected over. This record was really inspired by Ryan and Franklin’s connection over rap music and the cross pollination that certain scenes would have,

LEFT: Algiers dropped its prescient album ‘There Is No Year’ just prior to the pandemic hitting last year.

Image | Christian Högstedt like the late ‘70s early ‘80s crossover between proto-rap, punk and the downtown loft jazz scenes.

Personally I’ve most recently been deep into the latest The Bug record, “Fire.”

Your third studio album, “There Is No Year,” dropped in January of last year – just prior to the pandemic. How did that album differ from your first two? Did you feel a bit prophetic given everything that happened just after it was released?

Yes, that was strange wasn’t it? Our record borrowed the title from our friend Blake Butler’s 2011 novel and came out in the first weeks of 2020. I was a bit surprised people didn’t point that out more. We felt like some of the thematics in Frank’s lyrics were in line with ideas that Blake laid out and the title was a tribute to Blake, he’s a brilliant writer and lifelong friend.

I think with every record we’re trying to reinvent ourselves and try things that we ha-

ven’t before. That record we were focusing on particular moods and ideas. Every record comes together in a different way and has its own chaos element that makes it. There are elements that carry over from the first two records for sure.

What are some of the band’s highlights over the past nine years? What are some of the goals you’re still looking to accomplish?

Well, truth be told, we’ve only been a regularly functioning touring and recording band for about five or six years now. Before that, we would write and exchange music as friends when we could, but it was never fully actualized until we began playing out live. We self released a seven-inch in 2012, and that eventually led to us signing to Matador and playing our first shows in 2015.

I think we’re always just focused on making true genuine music and art that expresses ourselves and is a reflection of the world

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Algiers toured extensively prior to the pandemic. How excited are you now to get back before live audiences? What will your fans see when they show up at Johnny Brenda’s on Sept. 12?

That’s a good question. I’m not sure. It’s an integral part of what we do that we haven’t really been able to engage with in so long that I’ve almost forgotten what it feels like. And we were so road worn by the time the pandemic set in, that it did give us a break at the right time to refocus and regroup and work on some new music and reconnect with family and things. We’re all looking forward to this run, and it’s going to take a second perhaps to get our sea legs back. We should be back to full steam by the time we run through JBs, so hopefully we can put on a great show. It’s weird to think about, but we actually haven’t toured the U.S. in a long time. The pandemic only prolonged the holdover.

What’s ahead for Algiers? More new music? More shows?

We’ve just finished tracking our next record and we’re all very excited about it. This tour is serving as a period of reflection for us to go back and listen to everything we’ve recorded this past summer before finalizing it in the weeks after we return. Future shows will be built around when that comes out. The future looks bright.

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cording to the site’s own rules, the photos Q: A couple weeks back, some friends and myself were joking about the website Wikifeet uploaded must be of celebs over 18 and can’t depict nudity. Specifically, photos must have and how easy it is for those with foot fetishes “everyone reasonably covered when picto access these photos. It then dawned on me: tures were taken. Censoring adult content one of Wikifeet’s notable (and I use that term is not allowed. Underage subjects must be loosely) features is celebrity feet, and it got me wondering how many of these public figures completely cropped out.”

There’s no rule listed that all the models actually consented to their feet being on a foot must be female, but in all my searching, fetish website?

I’ve seen countless YouTubers do their best to they were exclusively feminine presenting.

They are also overwhelminghide their bare feet because they don’t want to be on Wikifeet, but ly thin and light skinned, with sometimes, slip-ups happen and a heavy representation of Euthey wind up on the website. Am ropeans, despite the fact WikiI the only one that thinks sites feet is blocked in the European like Wikifeet should shut down Union due to an EU Copyright their “celebrity” part of the Directive. website and should cater more Another thing I noticed is to people who consent to having that I had never heard of many their photos online for the parof these so-called celebs. Kailticular fetish? ee Donovan? Yanina Latorre? I I have to admit that while have no doubt they are influenI was conceptually familtial in their respective circles, iar with Wikifeet, the selfbut it seems a generous asserdubbed “collaborative cetion that all the feet depicted lebrity feet site,” that I had are of people too famous to be @TIMAREE_LEIGH not extensively perused it reached for approval. myself beWhat counts fore receiving as a celeb is this question. decidedly arWhat I knew albitrary – the ready was that person depicted it featured an must have an absurdly large IMDB page – a collection of result of the foot images and original founder that, outside of not being aware its community of any other of foot fetishmetric when he ists, that it’s largely considered a joke on the started the site in 2008. But IMDB is simply internet. an indicator that a person has been involved What I did not know – and was wildly un- in the production of a movie, TV show or even prepared for – was how janky and 2007-era its soundtrack. internet its design would be. For a site that When journalist Laura Basset reached out boasts over 3 million visitors per month (in to the fan who was posting pics of her feet to 2017, when the stat was last reported), and is the site, he even admitted creating IMDB proinarguably the largest online celeb foot forum, files for women whose photos he wanted to it looks a lot like Craigslist…. But with feet. Or upload. perhaps more accurately: it looks like the kind The practice of distributing photos withof low-rent porn site that one reaches by acciout the consent of the people depicted is not dentally hitting a pop-up ad. unique to Wikifeet – it’s not even the only site Anyway, to your query about consent. Ac- that is foot-centric to do so. Foot fetish sites

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are replete with images of everyday people – sourced from Instagram and other social media – as well as stolen from porn and other modeling.

After photos of his feet were uploaded to a foot fetish website against his will, writer Hussein Kesvani looked into having his tootsies copywritten. He interviewed a woman who had sold foot pics to a random man, only to find them being resold on Patreon. She spent weeks trying desperately to get the images taken down, to no avail.

It is possible to copyright your entire nude body in the US – the upside being that you can sue for a significant amount of money if your nudes are stolen and shared. The process to receive justice involves a lot of time, energy and bureaucracy, but it might be worth it for anyone who has posed for artsy photos – whether professionally or with an ex.

The unfortunate truth is that while there are many hardworking content creators willingly posting photos of themselves for the enjoyment of viewers, social and financial discrimination against them is rampant, and too many porn consumers would just as soon

wank off to the idea that an image was taken without consent. Despite some slow movement in a progressive direction, it’s still entirely legal to post upskirt photos taken of random women, for instance.

Many Wikifeet fans find their pastime entirely wholesome – and there’s certainly nothing wrong with being aroused by feet – but the site is definitely an exemplar of a larger cultural issue of women’s bodies being seen as public property. Not only are the photos posted without the expressed consent of the models, but they are rated and marked with salivating, adolescent commentary.

While I don’t condemn interest in feet or the sharing of saucy, arousing images, I would urge everyone online to consider whether they are engaging in an act of sharing erotic fun or if they are removing the agency of a person in order to objectify them – whether you’re on Wikifeet or elsewhere.

For the millionth time, if you want to be an ethical perv: pay for your porn.

Have a question for Dr. Timaree? Send an email to asktimaree@philadelphiaweekly.com.

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