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hy is it so hard to make simple to ride around the city. It is a policy choice, not changes in Philadelphia? an ironclad law, that makes e-scooters “unIn Billy Penn last week, safe.”

Michaela Winberg noted that The safety threat in moving around PhilaPittsburgh can now launch a delphia does not come from bikes and scootpilot program for e-scooters, ers—it comes from careless drivers and poor but doing so remains banned road infrastructure that prioritizes speed. everywhere else in PennsylvaPrioritize pedestrians, public transit, and bike lanes, and the safety issue disappears. nia. While the mayor and Rep. Stephen Kinsey Dozens of cities have accommodated scoothave tried to fix a section of state law that bars any vehicle from the road if the DMV can’t ers in one form or another, it isn’t rocket science. What is needed is for city leaders to register it, the status quo has remained. think a decade or two ahead and imagine how This is moronic. Getting more people on the city could be better. It doesn’t e-scooters and bicycles, and priortake a flashy new stadium or atitizing them over cars, would be a tracting a company the size of Amboon for the city. The air would be azon. Real, concrete improvements better, the streets would be safer, can happen if we reconsider free, and the city would feel as if it were easy parking and instead make it a meant for people, not reckless drivpriority to move around a dense city ers. on two wheels instead of four.

Sure, state law is a problem, but In this case, New York City is city leaders could force a change if beating Philly. In 2020, the city addthey would simply ignore it. ed 35.2 miles of bike lanes and anCall it the Uber approach: Build other 28.6 miles of protected bike the infrastructure (more protected lanes. Philadelphia, from 2017-2020, bike lanes and places for scooters added 10 miles of protected bike to go), create a group of people who lanes and 45 miles of bike lanes. benefit from it, and lobby to change It’s not a bad start, but more can the law. Is it technically illegal? @ANTHONYHENNEN be done—especially if City CounPerhaps for private citizens. But cil gets out of the way. A 2012 law there’s nothing wrong with the city grants them veto power if installing a bike creating more bike lanes. Furthermore, two lane would mean less parking or the loss of a sitting City Councilmembers are under indicttraffic lane. But this approach of case-by-case ment for violating federal law—if City Council wants to break the law, maybe they should do approval makes it harder to create an integrated system of bike lanes. Drivers will alit for the good of the people this time. ways clamor for more parking and more trafThough the mayor supports e-scooters, fic lanes, no matter if these demands make the it’s not unanimous in City Hall. The Streets city worse for pedestrians and cyclists.

Department opposes them due to safety conPhiladelphia doesn’t need to look like Mancerns. We live in a culture obsessed with hattan or Amsterdam. Every street doesn’t safety. Safety is the go-to excuse to stop anyneed a bike lane on it. What is clear, though, thing new. Philadelphia regularly has its is that Philadelphia should embrace its streets overtaken by dirtbikes and ATVs, but strengths, and one of those strengths is its slow-moving, quiet e-scooters are simply too compactness. The priority should be on makunsafe, apparently, to allow. ing it easier to get around the city by foot, by Yet e-scooters would be much safer if the two wheels, or by mass transit. Choosing free city simply built more places for them to ride parking for cars over ease of moving through in. Rather than protecting the sacred cow of the city is suburban thinking that doesn’t fit “easy parking everywhere,” the city could exan urban metropolis. pand bike lanes and e-scooters could be safer

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Philadelphia native Jacqueline City will be returning to New York Fashion Week in September. The 24-year-old disabled fashion designer and CEO of Jacqueline City Apparel suffers from dysautonomia, which at its worst left her bedridden and forced her to lose 50 pounds. Because of her disabilities, City stresses the importance of inclusivity, and her brand has options for women, men, unisex, kids and plus sizes up to a 5X. In 2020, Jacqueline City Apparel made its runway debut just one year after its launch at NYFW as a “New York Fashion Week: Ones to Watch ‘’ and has since been featured in Vogue and on the “Tamron Hall Show” on ABC. City’s international debut will be at Paris Fashion Week in 2022.

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The current number of homicide victims year-to-date under Mayor Jim Kenney and District Attorney Larry Krasner’s leadership. This represents a 34 percent increase over the same time last year and is higher than the annual number of homicides that took place in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

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Book looks at the life and crimes of Vince Fumo

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ayor Kenney has numerous critics to be sure, but one especially vocal critic is his onetime mentor, former Pennsylvania Sen. Vince Fumo.

As Ralph Cipriano reported, Fumo called Kenney, “a liar, hypocrite and pussy.”

“Vince’s animosity toward Kenney, who’s a total failure as mayor, was so great that he actually challenged Kenney to a street fight right out of ‘Rocky,’” Cipriano said.

I recall interviewing the then-powerful South Philadelphia senator for my column in the South Philadelphia American back in the 1990s about his legislative efforts to combat crime. In 2009, Fumo was convicted of the crime of obstruction of justice and other federal offenses and served 61 months in prison.

Cipriano is a veteran muckraking reporter who daily takes to task the mayor, the DA, the police commissioner, and the Philadelphia In-

quirer in his popular blog, Bigtrial.net, which this guy for 40 years. They investigated evI read every day. I recently also read Cipria- ery aspect of his public and private life. And no’s 2017 fascinating book on Fumo, “Target: when they failed to turn up any evidence of The Senator: A Story About Power and Abuse any real crimes, such as bribes or kickbacks, of Power.” The story covers Fumo, criminal they turned failure into success by cobbling together a massive, all-inclusive 137-count injustice, journalism, and Philadelphia history. dictment that basically criminalized politics I asked Cipriano why he wrote the book.

“I covered Vince’s trial, which went on for as usual.

“Vince, the ultimate politician, was basicalfive months, and I thought that the real story of the case had never been told,” Cipriano ex- ly guilty of being a politician. The indictment could have only succeeded if it was broadplained. “Every day of the trial, as well as in cast 24-7 by the useful idiots in the the years before and after the case, press, whose capacity for uncritical the Philadelphia Inquirer printed thinking continues to amaze me.” only the prosecution’s side of the In your view, did he deserve the story. Also, while the Inquirer’s prison sentence he received? reporters subsisted on selective “The bulk of the petty crimes leaks, I was the only reporter who that the feds convicted Fumo of gained access to the entire legal could have been handled adminisarchive from the case, more than tratively, with fines and censures 7,000 pages of documents that and the like, but we would have when stacked up, were nearly four missed out on the government-run feet high. I thought those documorality play sponsored by the ments told an amazing story about feds and the Inquirer. To this day, the feds’ pursuit of one man, a thanks to the Inquirer, people think pursuit that began way back in the that Vince was convicted of extort1970s.” ing Verizon and PECO, which was Why was Fumo called “The never even formally charged by the Vince of Darkness?” government.”

“You’d have to ask John Baer, PAULDAVISONCRIME.COM Why was the Inquirer, a liberal the reporter who coined the newspaper, so against Fumo? phrase,” Cipriano said. “To me, “It’s a mystery because Fumo himself was it evokes ‘The Godfather,’ or Machiavelli’s not only a liberal Democrat, but also the rare ‘The Prince.’ It was Vince’s alter ego, much liberal who knew how to get things done. As like Peter Parker the shy nerd inventing the superhero of Spider-Man after he got bit by somebody who’s half-Italian and worked that radioactive spider. The real Vince was a in the Inquirer newsroom for 11 years, the mystery can only be explained by the newsshy, skinny, spoiled, only-child rich kid who paper’s historic bias and antipathy toward was coddled by both parents, and was picked on by everybody. The ‘Vince of Darkness’ is a Italian-Americans, whom the paper typically created character, but the myth became reali- stereotyped as mobsters and gangsters,” City, certainly in the minds of the reporters, FBI priano said. “The Inquirer hated Rizzo, and when he left the stage, they turned Fumo, who agents and prosecutors who pursued him.” himself hated Rizzo, into a combination of I asked if Fumo’s good outweighed his bad?

“Yes. Vince was far brighter and more cre- Rizzo and Vito Corleone.”

Cipriano said Fumo was happy that the full ative and capable than any of the dim bulbs that we have running the city and state right story was finally told, although some of the now,” Cipriano said. “The feds investigated personal revelations in the book were pain-

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Ralph Cipriano wrote ‘Target: The Senator: A Story About Power and Abuse of Power’ about former state Sen. Vince Fumo. Image | Courtesy of Ralph Cipriano

‘Target: The Senator: A Story About Power and Abuse of Power’ covers former state Sen. Vince Fumo, criminal justice, journalism and Philadelphia history. Image | Courtesy of Ralph Cipriano. ful for him. Cipriano noted that Fumo never ducked a question, but the feds and the Inquirer reporters and editors stonewalled him.

“The real Fumo story turned out to be far more complex, and way more interesting. But I was the only one who went looking for the real story,” Cipriano said.

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

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Scientists are concerned that new COVID-19 variants popping up around the globe will evolve and could thwart the treatments they’ve developed.

Researchers are racing to develop new coronavirus vaccines and treatments, but many of them are running into a problem – a shortage of monkeys. Unless the government acts to preserve our scientists’ access to nonhuman primates, medical advancement could grind to a halt.

Monkeys are essential for biomedical research. They’re the most similar nonhuman models to human research subjects. Rhesus macaques, the species most commonly engaged in medical research, share roughly 93 percent of their DNA with humans.

In the case of COVID-19, scientists were able to glean how the coronavirus attacked the lungs and respiratory system by studying its expression in monkeys.

It’s no wonder the vaccines Moderna, Pfizer/ BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson developed all have their genesis in research in nonhuman primates.

But the pandemic has made nonhuman primates a scarce resource. At the beginning of the outbreak, China, the world’s top source of research monkeys, halted exports. That put many U.S. labs in a difficult spot. China provided more than 60 percent of the nearly 34,000 nonhuman primates that entered the United States in 2019.

China probably won’t resume exports anytime soon, since its own scientists now face a shortfall. Just a few labs in Shanghai alone need nearly 3,000 more monkeys. Experts predict the Chinese shortage will grow 15 percent a year over the next five years.

The message propagated by animal rights activists is that nonhuman primates are not

essential for the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Heeding their propaganda could spell disaster for the health and safety of Americans.

The U.S. government has a few options for addressing the research monkey shortage. It could work with other countries to increase the supply. The promise of more collaboration with U.S. scientists could prompt other countries to export more of them to the United States.

Officials could also pressure airlines to transport more monkeys from abroad. Most have bowed to pressure from animal rights groups and refuse to transport research animals.

Correcting misinformation about animal research would also help.

PETA and other animal activists have been trying to convince the public that research with monkeys is not just useless but inhumane and unethical.

One solution may be to boost funding for primate research in America. Tens of millions of additional dollars represents a rounding error in the federal budget. But that investment would ensure U.S. scientists can quickly respond to future health crises.

The mRNA technology employed by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech and the viral vector technology used by Johnson & Johnson show potential against other diseases like cancer, multiple sclerosis, HIV/AIDS, and even future coronaviruses.

Repurposing these vaccines for other diseases will require additional research in nonhuman primates.

The world looks to the United States as a leader in medical innovation. If our scientists are to continue producing life-saving therapies, America will need to address our shortage of research monkeys.

Matthew R. Bailey is president of the Foundation for Biomedical Research. This piece originally ran in the Detroit News.

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Free community college would help the U.S. “Do we want to give the wealthiest people in America another tax cut,” asked Joe Biden, “or do you want to give every high school graduate the ability to earn a community college degree?”

The president’s question was not rhetorical. He was speaking at an event to promote his American Families Plan, which includes spending that would enable Americans to attend free two-year community college. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal have introduced a similar bill in Congress.

The proposals aren’t short of support: 83 percent of Democrats back free public college and university, as do 39 percent of Republicans.

The announcement elated Biden’s own party, even as it raised Republican objections.

The reaction of both sides was predictable.

Free community college is a pillar of the progressive agenda.

By contrast, Republicans in Congress won’t support the measures because of their significant cost.

This divide is unfortunate. Free community college should be viewed not as a partisan issue, but as an investment that will yield future returns in the form of economic growth. The bottom line: free community college will pay for itself in the long run.

The best jobs require more than a high school diploma. A high school graduate makes $39,000 a year on average, a figure that jumps to $46,000 with an associate degree. That’s almost $300,000 more in earnings over a 40-year career. But nearly 30 percent of Americans over age 25 lack higher education.

Republicans are right that a federal program won’t be cheap. Biden’s plan calls for $109 billion to pay for free, two-year degrees.

But that’s peanuts compared to what America will lose in economic output should our skill levels stagnate. A lack of workers with associate or bachelor degrees will cost America

$1.2 trillion in economic output over the next decade.

The lost output occurs when employers can’t fill jobs that need the specialized training higher education provides. Even with record unemployment last year, employers have 8.1 million jobs left unfilled.

Employers struggle to find workers with the right mix of technical and soft skills.

Some reports show that 83 percent of bosses can’t find the right candidates. Three-quarters believe that applicants don’t have skills they’ll need on the job.

Free community college can help close the skills gap by preparing students for the jobs of the future.

In 2019, community colleges granted a million associate degrees and certificates. Nearly 60 percent of associate degrees and 94 percent of certificates were for health care, IT, business, computer science, and construction trades.

Those skills can help workers succeed outside of the traditional office. Freelance job openings have skyrocketed amid the pandemic, and nearly 70 percent of remote workers say they’re open to such an opportunity. Some of the fastest-growing positions involve accounting, data analytics, and health care.

It’s understandable that fiscal conservatives object to proposals for free four-year degrees. A degree in film studies or liberal arts majors may not give workers tangible skills they’ll need on the job. But investment in community colleges is different. It’s a cost-effective use of federal dollars, a “bridge-loan” that recipients who otherwise wouldn’t go on to higher education will pay back many times over in higher income taxes and increased productivity.

Nearly a dozen states already recognize the benefits of free two-year college. It’s time the federal government jumped on board.

Brent Messenger is vice president of public policy & community engagement at Fiverr.

This piece originally ran in The Hill.

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LEFT: Rise Against’s music has addressed everything from LGBTQ rights, animal rights, voting rights to environmental causes and modern warfare – topics a lot of artists won’t touch.

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he multi-Gold and Platinum rock band Rise Against is touring this summer in support of its new album “Nowhere Generation” and hitting The Mann Center on Aug. 1.

Rise Against continues to ascend to new heights on this latest release – debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock Chart and No. 3 on the Top Current Albums chart, certifying the band’s place as one of the biggest rock bands to emerge from Chicago in the past decade.

“There’s this idea that we all are raised on, believing that your generation will be a continuance of your parents’ generation – if not even a more fruitful era,” said singer/guitarist/lyricist Tim McIlrath. “And it seems like the American Dream isn’t turning out the way it’s supposed to for a lot of people. Young people aren’t quite climbing that ladder the way they were in the past. I feel for this generation and think it’s something that should be recognized.”

Lyrically, much of the band’s upcoming ninth studio album was inspired by listening to his young daughters and a community

of fans, seeing firsthand the generation gap the band is way more than that. Why do growing quicker than ever before while mired you think you’ve been so successful?

I don’t think I could pinpoint our success at in chronic social, economic, and political inany one thing. If I had to attempt an answer, I stability. “Our hope on this record,” McIlrath said, “is to jostle people awake, even if it think we just kept our heads down and made music and played shows. We found ourselves makes you uncomfortable.”

The band – McIlrath, Joe Principe (bass), able to compete with bands in different genres Brandon Barnes (drums), and Zach Blair (lead with our songwriting. We steered clear of draguitar) – sounds those alarms on the album’s ma and kept pushing forward. The world and its problems created an audience hungry for unabashedly outspoken songs that speak to a sea of disenchanted youth about both the songs like ours, and we became the landing struggles and the solutions, while sonically pad for a lot of lost people looking for answers.

Your music has addressed evcontinuing to blur the lines between erything from LGBTQ rights, astute punk rock and melodic-drivanimal rights, voting rights to en pop.

BY EUGENE environmental causes and mod“Nowhere Generation” is Rise ZENYATTA ern warfare. A lot of artists won’t Against’s first release under a new touch issues such as these. Why do agreement with Loma Vista Recordyou embrace them? ings and comes three years after Honestly it was never a conscious decision their 2017 blockbuster “Wolves” that became we made. their fifth straight top 10 record on the BillWe come from a punk and hardcore world board 200 albums chart. where marrying issues of the day with your Tickets for Rise Against’s Aug. 1 appearmusic was par for the course, it was the music ance at The Mann can be found at manncenI was surrounded by and raised on. ter.org.

In an interview with KXXR in MinneapPW recently caught up with McIlrath to olis, you talked about how “Nowhere Gentalk about the band and the album. eration” came from this generation’s new You once said, “When we first started Rise Against, we just wanted to be a dirty challenges that need new solutions. Can punk band, write some songs, play a bowl- you talk a little about those challenges and solutions and how you turned that idea ing alley, and see how many mosh pits we into an album? could get going.” After more than 20 years,

Too many young people feel left behind, slipping through the cracks of society, and unable to get ahead.

Too many of our fans were telling us about how hard they were working while feeling like the finish line keeps moving. These stories were echoing in my head as I sat down to put the lyrics for this album together. A young person’s experience today is something we need to consider as we shape the world around us and ask ourselves if we are going in the right direction.

How did the band weather the pandemic? How excited are you to get back before live audiences?

We all weathered the pandemic in our own ways. I returned to school. There was something comforting about being less engaged with the headlines and more engaged about the lessons we’ve learned throughout history.

Playing live is a part of who I am so I’m excited to return to that place.

What’s the stage show like these days?

What will your fans experience when they show up at The Mann on Aug. 1?

We are in the process of putting it together now, expect it to be physical and loud and memorable.

What are the best ways for fans to stay current with what Rise Against is doing?

We are on all the socials, you can keep up with us there.

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KENNEY’S NEW NORMAL: Slow reaction to no reaction BY: A.D. AMOROSI

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’ve been thinking a lot about this: 10 days ago, when New York Gov. Cuomo declared a statewide – and first-forthe-nation – Gun Violence Disaster Emergency to create a strategy to tackle gun violence, and create a safer state, Philly’s Mayor Jim Kenney did nothing and said nothing. Nope. Nothing. He barely reacted to the news, barring his usual faceless addition to Cuomo’s realistic, yet, progressive conversation, that instead the violence epidemic was led and fed by the long lingering pandemic.

Kenney’s slow reaction times, to say nothing of his no reaction times, have become his new normal since the start of his second term, his supposedly more enlightened, “woke” term. And with all of his cold shouldering, and bad decisions, I have come to realize that Kenney is little more than Bill Green, another of this city’s more faceless mayor. Save for his stance in bringing African American leaders to city government for the first time (a first Black managing director, Wilson Goode, a first Black City Council president, Joe Coleman, a first Black public school superintendent, Constance Clayton), Green pretty much passed the buck, and avoided much of the corruption and stewing violence that was brewing to a boiling-over point. Sound familiar? It shouldn’t, though, and we can’t continue to let Kenney’s lack of response be a happy new normal. Because constant, daily violence and crime won’t get any more resolved under the next Dems who run for mayor (Helen Gym will wear blinders to gun violence, surely) if we don’t nip lethargic Bill-Green-Disease in the bud, now.

Summer of Soul success Some numbers to share for Philadelphia-born-and-bred drummer, band leader, and now, film director Ahmir Thompson’s cinematic debut, “Summer of Soul (Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”. In its first full week (through the 4th of July holiday), and shown on over 750 screens and courtesy Hulu streaming, the “Questlove jawn” documentary earned over $1 million, and is a streaming mega-success: which is good as the social-musical doc on 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival was acquired by Searchlight Pictures for between $12 and $15 million.

Dedicated photographer It is a far different social scene in Philly than when he first started snapping, but kudos to photographer HughE Dillon for his diligence and dedication to capturing it all, and more, for his PhillyChitChat blog – 14 years young. God bless him.

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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, worrying about Delta variants and freaking out about Fauci’s call for a potential third round of vax shots – I reached out this week to Lawrence Mach.

Mach and his partner, Michael Tan,g are Icepack and Masked Philly’s first New York City transplants as their debut Coney Shack – a beloved boroughs Southeast Asian meets Mexican meets American hot dog and taco restaurant started in Brooklyn – is just now venturing into other cities, with Philly being the first. Huzzah.

Mach was actually trying to open Coney Shack in Philly around the time COVID hit, so there wasn’t that timing. What Mach did do, while quarantined, was geared for his home, office and culinary life.

“I started doing little home improvements around the house until I actually wound up redoing the entire flooring scheme for my house,” says Mach.

“With a little know-how from YouTube, it came out looking like it was professionally done. I also bought a new home smoker, learned a handful of new dishes and how to work with different types of proteins in various temperatures of smoking meat.

I created an awesome pork BBQ and mastered the most delicious BBQ pork ribs I ever had. I would love to put those ribs on my menu, soon, if I’m able to squeeze in a smoker at my establishment.”

Mach’s face mask is completely black, and functional – not bright, or designer emboldened – and represents, quite solemnly, in his words, “the dark times of COVID-19 with all of its loss of life and its shuttering of so many businesses.”

With Coney Shack being open now at 38th and Chestnut in U-City, Mach is excited about being in Philly with almost everything being nearly back to post-pandemic normal. “I really want to go to concerts, Broadway shows, bars and lounges, pretty much places where a lot of people can be in one place and have a good time. And of course, come to Coney Shack.”

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Library Company honored This might seem a little corny, but, listen hard: 13th and Locust Street’s Library Company of Philadelphia is the first library in America and one of the coolest, private hangs in downtown Philly – more VIP than a dark, private room at NoTO, and you won’t get gauged by full bottle well vodka princes. Anyway, The Library Company just won the 2021 Leadership in History Award from the American Association for State and Local History for its smart project, Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga. Dag. Now, ask 15th Street’s newly-reopened Down Nightclub what awards it has won lately, or what rare local manuscripts it holds. Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Buffet is back This might not be my usual tony, white linen new restaurant opening crowing, or even the sort of shout out I’d give a new taqueria or a fresh food truck. BUT. Whole Foods South Street, the home to many a holistic hipster and helmet-haired, bike-riding millennial, just got its triple aisle hot and cold buffet back. If you love weird quinoa meatballs like I do, this is our time.

Walnut petition The petition that Philly actor-activist Jenna Pinchbeck started in response to the Walnut Street Theatre’s fucked-up disregard to female, Black, Indigenous, Latino, Asian, MENASA, Multiracial, LGBTQIA2S+, gender non-conforming, disabled and marginalized artists – anybody not White and old – and denied fair opportunity to work at the Walnut because of their race or ethnicity, or those who have been body-shamed, sexually harassed or demeaned while working there (petition here: gopetition. com), may be working. It is rumored that the petition’s call for the removal of WST President and Producing Artistic Director Bernard Havard and Managing Director Mark D. Sylvester is reawakening several one-time, longtime, far more sympathetic theater executives back to the WST fold. Stay tuned.

Ballet name change Also in and of the arts in Philly, did you know the forever titled Pennsylvania Ballet is now called the Philadelphia Ballet? I know.

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MUSIC, DRAG SHOWS AND MORE

From music you’ll want to hear, to comedy, drag shows and more, we’ve rounded up a few events you’ll want to attend.

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Drag Me to the Den

Devil’s Den’s first-ever series of monthly outdoor drag shows, Drag Me to the Den, kicks off on Thursday, July 22 at the sweeping al fresco beer garden with seating at 7:30pm and show starting promptly at 8pm. Each show showcases a different lineup of performers, this go-around featuring four Philadelphia-based and adored Drag Queens and Kings: Hannibal Lickher, Sapphira Cristal, Kali Coutour, and Sir Donyx. Additionally, guests may purchase a la carte delicious pub fare such as Devil’s Den’s Duck Fries, Bacon Mac and Cheese, House-Made Burger, and selection of fan-favorite Mussels. Tickets available on eventbrite.com.

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The film from Good Deed Entertainment opens at Landmark Ritz Five July 16. Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 27 young Angelenos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver – they all weave in and out of each other’s stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still serves good cheeseburgers.

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Indie rocker Lucy Dacus, a lifelong writer and close reader, has long been the former sort. “The past doesn’t change,” Dacus said on a video call during that interminable winter of video calls. “Even if a memory is of a time I didn’t feel safe, there’s safety in looking at it, in its stability.” The new gift from Dacus, “Home Video,” her third album, was built on an interrogation of her coming-of-age years in Richmond, Virginia. Oct. 20-21. Act fast, though, as the 20th is already sold out. - Union Transfer with Shamir. utphilly.com

Cool Cars for Kids

Cool Cars for Kids presents the Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance, the premier classic car competition of elegance in the City of Brotherly Love, on July 17. This year’s concours celebrates the Corvette – “America’s Sports Car.” This all-ages event will be held at the world-famous Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and will feature an invitation-only assembly of Corvettes and other American and European classic and historic automobiles and race cars, as well as a Cool Car Corral, a Corvette Corral, panel discussion with Corvette legends, Youth Judging, kids activities, celebrity guests, and more. For tickets and information, visit philadelphiaconcours.com.

Punch line Philly has a great lineup of comedians scheduled for the coming weeks, including: Phoebe Robinson, July 22 through July 24; Dominique, July 29 through July 31; Corey Holcomb, August 6 through August 8; Chris Distefano, August 19 through August 21; and Godfrey, September 3 through September 5. To purchase tickets to these shows or review the upcoming show schedule, visit PunchLinePhilly.com. Also, follow Punch Line Philly on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @ punchlinephilly.

Christmas in July

Head to Chestnut Hill for “Christmas in July,” a weekend of shopping and restaurant specials along with holiday-themed entertainment. Visitors can enjoy Christmas music provided by a brass quartet and carolers and even catch a glimpse of Santa strolling along Germantown Avenue. While it may not be December, Chestnut Hill is helping spread holiday cheer and offering shoppers a jump start on the holiday shopping season during the two-day celebration of all things Christmas!

Saturday, July 24 to Sunday, July 25, noon to 6 p.m. 7700 to 8700 blocks of Germantown Avenue.

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The Philadelphia Film Society has announced the launch of two new curated film series coming to the PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard and the Philadelphia Film Center. The 20th Anniversary Series at the Drive-In will run July through the fall, and the blockbusters in 4K Series will continue throughout the summer at the Film Center. In honor of the Philadelphia Film Society’s 20th Anniversary, PFS is celebrating films that debuted on the big screen in 2001, and have entertained audiences for two decades, with the 20th Anniversary Series at the Drive-In. Tickets are currently on sale for the July lineup. Visit filmadelphia.org for more information, but here are some of the highlights.

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

July 27 | PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard. A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

New PFS film series INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM

July 15-18 | Philadelphia Film Center. The second of the Lucas/Spielberg Indiana Jones epics is set a year or so before the events in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Indy needs to retrieve a precious gem and several kidnapped young boys on behalf of a remote East Indian village. This time he teams up with a nightclub singer and a 12-year-old boy.

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

July 16-18 | Philadelphia Film Center. Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant, which is believed to still hold the 10 commandments.

Unfortunately, agents of Hitler are also after the Ark. Indy and his ex-flame Marion escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo.

INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE July 17-18 | Philadelphia Film Center. When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father’s footsteps and stop the Nazis.

JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS

July 20 | PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard. A girl group finds themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to deliver subliminal messages through popular music.

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Day Smoking

Presented by Philly Cigar Week in partnership with Courvoisier.

Ladies dress is cigar sexy and fellas as always cigar fly is a must, and don’t forget to wear those custom hats! They will have your favorite cigars and drinks on deck. Saturday, July 31, 2pm. $20. Cavanaugh’s River Deck, 417 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd. eventbrite.com

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SWEAT 2021 MEGA OUTDOOR EVENT (LGBTQIA)

Presented by: The Main Event Philly, SWAY Philly, and Jay La Tay, this is the hottest, sexiest LGBTQ Wet T-Shirt and Hot Body contest to hit the east coast! The winners will receive a $100 Lezcronymz gift card and an official SWEAT 2021 tank plus a free drink! All genders are welcome! Contest hosted by FameSexandMusic of Lezcronymz Teez. Sunday, July 18, 3pm. $25.

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Culture Soldiers is a three-part Concert Series that is dedicated to curating live-performance events showcasing talented artists who are influential, integral and involved in the progression of their communities. In the first installation, they have booked Swvnk, Rae.Dianz and Smoothwaffle (headliner) for an amazing musical experience.

Giveaways will be provided, food will be free and the vibes will be authentic. Saturday, July 24, 7pm. $10-$15. One Art Community Center, 1431-39 North 52nd Street. eventbrite.com

Cheat Codes @ Noto Philly

NOTO is Philadelphia’s premier nightlife experience. A beautiful venue complemented by superior service and unmatched energy. Come experience something not of the ordinary! This will be an experience curated for you to be among the movers, shakers, elites, and the innovators of the Tri-State area. $20. Friday, July 23, 10pm. NOTO Philadelphia, 1209 Vine Street. eventbrite.com

JUTAUN & Joy Ike @ The Gathering Place Philly

It’s an alluring fusion of classic soul, folk, ‘80s classic rock/pop, African and reggae. Based in the South Jersey and Philadelphia area, JUTAUN has gained a lucrative following for their distinct quality of music. Polished and precise, yet buoyed with an airy grace, Joy Ike paints with a broad palette that defies easy categorization. Born to Nigerian immigrants, the singer/songwriter’s music, voice, and writing have drawn comparisons to female musicians such as Nina Simone, Laura Nyro, and Regina Spektor. Saturday, July 31, 6:30pm. $15$50. Greene St. & Manheim St. eventbrite.com

The Interrogation Room

Presented by Crossroads Comedy Theater, The Interrogation Room is a fast-paced improv show where the hosts (Rob Alesiani and Joe Tuzzi) ask the audience to tell a true story about a time they got away with something! Some of Philly’s best improvisers will then create a comedy show inspired by those stories right in front of you.

Saturday, July 17, 10pm. $8-$15. Theatre Exile, 1340 South 13th Street. eventbrite.com

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Happy Hour Historic Food Tour of Old City

Presented by City Food Tours. Looking for a unique way to learn Philadelphia’s history?

Eat and drink your way through it! This happy hour tour takes place in the most historicallysignificant section of Philadelphia: Old City.

Be sure to arrive with an empty belly – the traditional tastes, beverages and history served will leave you stuffed. Between bites, you’ll walk the cobblestone alleyways of the colonials, learn about Philadelphia’s founding and growth, and see what makes our city one of the greatest (and most delicious) in America. July 15, 4:30pm. Independence Hall.

520 Chestnut Street. $74. Eventbrite.com

Sistah Soul Series 2021

A partnership between Delaware River Waterfront Corp, Creative Philadelphia (OACCE), Wawa, and The Women’s Coalition for Empowerment, Inc. presents Sistah Soul Series 2021 – a live musical installment, showcasing Black women vocalists in Greater Philadelphia. 3pm at Spruce Street Harbor Park. Hosted by Creative Cultural Producer/ International Vocal Performer Shekhinah B. representing The Women’s Coalition for Empowerment, Inc., and Spinning House music DJ Tee Alford, WURD-FM/Funky People Radio, Ibiza 92.4FM. Sunday, July 18, 3pm. Spruce Street Harbor Park. 301 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard. Free. eventbrite.com

Rachel Andie & The Fifth Element Farewell Show

Rachel & The Fifth Element – composed of Keaton Thandi, Logan Roth, Mark Nestman, Drew Gerace, and Truong Ta – will play their final Philly show before she moves to New Zealand at the end of August. Following their set will be a spectacular performance from West Philly Orchestra to close out the night – along with a special guest DJ set by Kyon Williams (DJ Troi). Saturday, July 17, 8pm. $12. Milo - The Meeting House, 7165 Germantown Avenue. eventbrite.com

Creatives’ Pier | Open Mic & Artist Showcase

Doors open at 6:45pm to give everyone a chance to check in, drop their names in the various buckets to perform (if you so desire) and find a place to settle in for the night. Make sure to bring your own chair or blanket to be more comfortable for the show. Open Mic Incognito Features Details: If you’re hoping to perform you need to arrive no later than 7:05pm.

They’ll draw the names of the performers at 7:10pm and the first performance will be at 7:15 PM. Tuesday, July 20, 7pm. $10. Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center, 7 Lock Street. eventbrite.com

Study Hall: Comedy Inspired By Lectures!

The Afternoon After: An Outdoor Comedy Event

Presented by Sam Kap, Aaron Bell and WineDive Philly, it’s an outdoor comedy showcase packed with talented standup comedians.

No cover. Two-item minimum.

Reservation required. featuring some of Philly’s best comedians. Sunday, July 18, 3pm. Free. Wine Dive. 1506 South Street. eventbrite.com

Presented by Crossroads Comedy Theater, Study Hall is back live on stage for some in-person lessons and laughs.

Invited guests from different areas of expertise will present a lecture on a topic from their field for discussion after which a cast of some of Philly’s funniest performers will use what they’ve learned (or didn’t) to improvise hilarious scenes right before your eyes. You’ll learn and laugh in one fantastic hour!

Saturday, July 17, 7pm. $12-$15. Theatre Exile, 1340 South 13th Street. eventbrite.com

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THE DUMBEST BELIEFS YOU HAD AS A CHILD Often these columns are prompted by a of my favorites. reader question, other times by things in the “When I asked my mom where the baby news. Today’s inspiration is a delightful Twitcame out, she said something like, ‘a special ter thread. opening between the legs’ and I assumed the “What’s the dumbest beliefs you had as a baby made its way down to the knees or somechild? thing. This info was crucial for me carrying “When I was 4-5 I swore that bird seeds my Cabbage Patch dolls full term (I was 6).” grew birds, thus the name. When my parThis was a common theme: confusion about ents asked me to prove it to them, I the nature of the vagina. planted a pile of bird seeds.

“That the vagina can get “The next day there were loads ‘stretched out’ from too much sex of birds where I planted the seeds, (people still absolutely believe showing I was right.” this).”

People shared a litany of snort“I came away from a middle laugh inducing stories, including school health class with the impresseveral about sexuality. sion that AFAB people have three “My dad did his best to explain holes lined up like a traffic light. I homosexuality to me when I was 6, thought the red light was for peeing, but I had no idea what bisexuality the green light was for poop, and I’d was so when I started crushing on have to aim carefully to impregnate Lara Croft and Spongebob I thought my future wife in her yellow light.”

I was broken and no one could love “Pee comes out of the clit. (Not me because I sincerely thought you me, but I did have to teach an could only be gay or straight.” ex-girlfriend that wasn’t true.)” @TIMAREE_LEIGH And gems like: This reminded me of a time in “I thought since college where I babies grow in a had a very sincere woman’s stomach, discussion with then she would a fellow student have to eat one of who was under the man’s balls to the impression get pregnant. The that she peed, math worked out, menstruated, and since I was the pooped from the younger of two same hole…like children.

What a human cloaca. about families This was an adult with 3+ kids? I woman who had dunno, balls grow been instilled back? Still not with so much sure how to reshame about her move the balls.” genitals that she This led me had simply never to ask my social explored her own network what kind of erroneous beliefs about body. sexuality they had held as kids, whether they There were a lot of misunderstandings were given inaccurate information or if they about genitals in general, it seems. had extrapolated creatively. Below are some “When I was little I didn’t know that there

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“When I asked my mom where the baby came out, she said something like, ‘a special opening between the legs’ and I assumed the baby made its way down to the knees or something. This info was crucial for me carrying my Cabbage Patch dolls full term (I was 6).”

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were different names for genitalia. I thought all genitals were called penises even though they looked different because no one had ever said the words vulva or vagina in front of me.

Didn’t know I was wrong till 4th grade.”

“Blue balls.”

“I thought vaginas were inside out penis…

And I thought penises would be moist….

Lmao.”

That one isn’t entirely without merit, to be fair.

All human genitals are derived from the same types of tissue that have the potential to develop as what we describe as “female” and “male.” The same tissue could the babygrow to be either ‘a speciala clitoris or a sumed theglans penis, for s or some-instance, depende carryinging on a series was 6).” of chemical resion aboutactions. This explains why intercan getsexuality is more much sexcommon than y believepeople think and refutes the idea a middlethat sex is binary. he impres- Parents who have threeare uncomfortffic light. Iable imparting or peeing,the details of sexop, and I’dual reproduction mpregnateleft a lot of their ow light.” children confused clit. (Noton precisely how teach ansex and pregnanrue.)” cy work. a time in “I thought sex where I= two naked peory sincereple lying on top on withof each other on a w studentcouch. Only that.” as under “I remember in mpressionsex-ed they never he peed,actually said that ated, andthe penis enters from thethe vagina at any hole…likepoint. Just that n cloaca.the sperm fertils an adultizes the egg, and who hadthat abstinence instilledwas the only way to prevent that from happeno muching.” about her “A woman gets pregnant when a man pees that shein her vagina.” ply never “Any part of a man touches a girl’s private her ownparts (like, even his toe) and she gets pregnant.” rstandings “My mother thought that you could get pregnant from a public toilet seat. She always that therethought something was going to ‘jump’ onto

SEX WITH TIMAREE her when she used the bathroom.”

“Omg – so the movie ‘Look Who’s Talking’ reference: I used to think that it was impossible for people to not know they were pregnant because the massive light went off in the belly when the sperm and egg met.”

“That having unprotected sex equals a living baby in 9 months. Miscarriages, infertility, the struggle of TTC; never mentioned.”

“So much of sex was fearbased. I remember thinking that if two people had unprotected sex, they could create an STI together… what in the nonsense?!??”

“You can’t get pregnant if you have penile-vaginal sex in a hot tub because heat plus chlorine kills sperm.”

“I had a cousin that insisted you had to ‘make out a lot’ while in labor or else the baby won’t come out.”

And this real humdinger, which I’m sure the writer was relieved to learn was (largely) untrue: “Part of sex was eating each other’s pee and poop.”

But just because we’re older doesn’t mean we have it all figured out. It’s fairly easy for misconceptions about anatomy and sexuality to stick around. Which is precisely why I’m here – to help correct the record.

“A buddy of mine a few weeks ago told me he didn’t want to get a vasectomy because he didn’t want his cum (sic) to change to being completely clear like water.”

And finally, let’s wrap this up with a personal favorite: “Dogs are boys and cats are girls.”

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

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