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Fri., Jan. 23, 8pm and 10:30pm. $52-$62. Tower Theater, 69th and Ludlow streets, Upper Darby. 215.922.1011. thetowerphilly.com

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Caryn Babaian: Nature in Chalk

Biology professor/artist Caryn Babaian’s dramatic drawings focus on the rich complexity and beauty of living systems within the natural world. She incorporates traditional Hindu and Buddhist mandalas and other spiritual symbols in her representation of the universe. Through

May 31. $13.95-$15.95. Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway. 215.299.1000. ansp.org COMEDY

John Leguizamo

The Emmy award-winning producer/actor comes to Philly with a special one-man performance highlighting his hugely popular comedy and uncensored and uninhibited dialogue. 7pm and 9:15pm. $30-

$38. Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St. heliumcomedy.com

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One Book, One Philadelphia Kickoff Event New York Times bestselling novelist Christina Baker Kline discusses her inspirations and reads from Orphan Train—this year’s One Book, One Philadelphia selection, which invites the whole city to join one big book club. The program also features original music inspired by Orphan Train, composed by TJ Cole of the Curtis Institute of Music.

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Overindulge in savory three-course meals and half-priced appetizers at restaurants all across the city. More than 130 venues—including Abe Fisher, Barbuzzo, Dandelion, Opa, Supper and Tashan—offer three-course dinners for only $35; many participating restaurants are also offering a three-course lunch for $20. Through Jan. 30. $20-$35. Various

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Thomas Jefferson’s Mail

Historian and author Dr. Barbara B. Oberg reviews the multifaceted legacy of the late president by uncovering both the personal letters he wrote and those he received. The letter’s reveal Jefferson’s aspirations for the new America and his public inﬂuence as a government official, historian, philosopher and plantation owner. 5:30pm. Free. Benjamin

Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut St. 215.440.3400. amphilsoc.org

Heroes and Icons

The Drexel Dance Ensemble Winter Concert features a mix of student choreography and professional work in a tribute performance to various celebrities, pop-culture icons and personal heroes. Special pieces by guest artist Eun-Jun Choi and fashion icon Roberto Cappucci will join seven selected student works in the ensemble. 8pm. $5-$10. Through

Jan. 24. Mandell Theater, 33rd and Chestnut sts. 215.895.2787. danceboxoffice.com C OMEDY

Damon Wayans

The hilarious actor/writer and In Living Color alum heads to Philly with his selfdeprecating impressions and observational humor. 7:30pm. $40. Through Jan. 24.

Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St. 215.496.9001. heliumcomedy.com STAG E

Doubt: A Parable

Set in the 1960s, Doubt tells the story of Bronx Catholic school principal Sister Aloysius, an intense and severe woman who begins to grow suspicious of the popular and progressive Father Flynn. Shrouded in mystery and skepticism, the Tony Award-winning play sets the stage for a clash of power, tradition and faith. 7pm. $22-$56. Through Feb.

15. Lantern Theater Company, 10th and Ludlow sts. 215.829.0395. lanterntheater.org

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Chicago-based dance company Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak transcends space and time through creative performances that tell stories of universal relevance. The company’s latest creation, The Delicate Hour, explores the ensuing phases of friendship and love in an in-depth investigation of contemplative nature and intrinsic impulse. 7:30pm. $15-$20. Temple University, Conwell Dance Theater,

Mixing a wildly stimulating combination of illustration and mixed media, Philly-based artist NoseGo (Yis Goodwin) showcases his work in his first solo show in over two years. The energetic combination of fine and contemporary art delivers vibrant creations and mythical creatures as they evolve from the unknown to the familiar. Goodwin plays with the idea of “judging a book by its cover” and flips it on its head to reflect the discovery of identity and what role others and the community plays in the progression of finding one’s self. Through

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Philadelphia Home Show

Check out the latest products, ideas and advice for home improvement and décor at the annual Philadelphia Home Show. Hundreds of celebrity and guest experts will help local consumers tackle their toughest remodeling projects and teach you the in’s and out’s of living seasonally and growing sustainably with tons of window, flooring, cabinet and roofing supplies to refresh your home. 10am.

$10-$13. Through Jan. 25. Pennsylvania Convention Center, 12th and Arch sts. 215.418.2003. phillyhomeshow.com DAN CE

Amy Lynn Barr: Dance

Local choreographer and dancer Amy Lynn Barr’s dramatic memoir is told through a compilation of five solo contemporary dance performances. Barr’s performance explores what it really means to experience life and the meaning of all that surrounds us.

March 1. Free. Arch Enemy Arts, 109 Arch St. 215.717.7774. archenemyarts.com

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Two of the country’s best-known Elvis impersonators take the stage to honor and celebrate the late King of Rock & Roll’s birthday. Scot Bruce, as young Elvis, and Mike Albert, as Las Vegas Elvis, perform the King’s mega hits backed by The Big “E” Band. 2pm. $34.50-$39.50. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave. 215.572.7650. keswicktheatre.com

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The Da Vinci Art Alliance hosts a silent auction and sale of its members’ original fine art, all for under $200. The fundraiser also features raffles of gift certificates, museum memberships and more. 5pm. Free. Da Vinci Art

Alliance, 704 Catharine St. 215.829.0466. davinciartalliance.org EV EN T

Jerry Blavat’s Early Days of Rock & Roll

A cast of musical legends join Jerry Blavat in this one-night performance of the early rock & roll sound that helped make way for Motown, all backed by a live 30-piece orchestra. Get off your feet before and after the show for some dancing at the Commonwealth Plaza. 8pm.

$41-$81. Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215.893.1999. kimmelcenter.org H EALTH

Garces Foundation Community Health Day

At the first of four Community Health Days this year, the Garces Foundation offers free dental and medical care to the city’s uninsured and underserved immigrant community. Services provided include oral exams, x-rays, dental cleanings and fillings in addition to cholesterol and glucose screenings, breast cancer health education and HIV screenings. 9am. Free. Garces Dental Group, 212 Race St. 215.923.1233.

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Under Fire: Journalists in Combat

As part of the Wilma Theater’s production of Body of an American, catch a screening of Martyn Burke’s documentary, Under Fire: Journalists in Combat, which gives various first-hand accounts of the journalists who risk their lives covering war zones around the world. 4:30pm. Free. Wilma

Theater, 265 S. Broad St. 215.893.9456. wilmatheater.org MUS IC

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Academy of Music 158th Anniversary Concert & Ball

Brian Sanders’ JUNK presents its fifth annual Snowball fundraiser, this year focusing on themes from the cult classic film, The Fifth Element. The inventive dance company will be performing an aerial dance show along with the music of New York’s Multipass, featuring Nicole Atkins, including a best dressed contest for The Fifth Element attire or alien, raffles, food and more. 8:30pm. $25-$125. Trocadero

The city’s annual white-tie gala celebrates the Academy of Music’s 158th birthday with a night of music, food and dancing. Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino will be the special guest of the evening, featured alongside the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin, and accompanied by 18-year-old violinist Simone Porter. 7:30pm. $100-$150. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.

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Mauckingbird Theatre Company’s queer adaptations of classic stage performances continues with a celebration of pianist/songwriter Cole Porter. Directed by Brandon McShaffrey, the revue features arrangements sung by Luke Brahdt, Michelle Eugene, John McCarthy, Nicole Renna, Jenna Rogalski and Philip Anthony Wilson. $15-

In honor of the recent tragedy at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Leonard Gontarek hosts an open poetry reading at Green Line Cafe, where attendees may present humorous or satirical poems “in the spirit of Charlie Hebdo.” Guests may read their own work or that of other artists. 2pm. Free. Green Line Café, 4426

Relâche in Residence

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The second installment of Relâche’s three-part residence features a brand new score by Philadelphia composer Mike Stambaugh as live accompaniment to the 1918 silent film, The Eyes of the Mummy. Concertgoers can arrive early for a free guided tour of the Museum’s mummy-themed galleries. 2pm. $5-$15. Penn Museum,

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University of Pennsylvania’s Thomas Sugrue digs through American history and sociology to pinpoint Obama’s evolving understanding of race and racial inequality throughout his presidency. From the president’s early days in Chicago to the current issues in Ferguson, Sugrue’s lecture will give insights into Obama’s struggles, motivations and responses. 7pm.

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The Academy of Vocal Arts invites guests to a free preview of La Bohème, Puccini’s romantic story of starcrossed, starving artists in love in the 19th century. Performed by AVA’s own resident artists under the stage direction of David Gately. 5:30pm. Academy of Vo-

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Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout. The heady malts and warming alcohol of dark beers go well with the cold weather. The folks at Brooklyn know that; they’re pioneers when it comes to brewing big American stouts during the winter, led by Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout. Despite its name, this beer doesn’t contain a single ounce of chocolate, but you’d never know by the taste. The nose is rich with dark malts and alcohol, and yes, the taste follows through on those expectations. Go get some at Two Stones Pub Kennet Square.

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Carton of Milk. Winter or no, sometimes the “big” part of big & dark winter drinking is not in the booze but in the flavor. Take Carton of Milk, by New Jersey’s Carton Brewing: This is a low alcohol milk stout that puts roasted malt and milky smooth sweetness into a package that has less alcohol than a Coors Light. This beer is not the sort that assaults your taste buds like they owe it money, but it’s not meant to be; it blends pleasant roasts and creamy sweetness into a package that is absurdly easy to drink. And at 4 percent ABV, you can drink it all day long. Grab some at The Cambridge.

Corsendonk Christmas Ale. Big and dark and boozy doesn’t just have to mean stouts; this time of year, a Belgian dark ale goes down equally nice. Throw in some festive holiday spices, and you’ve got something made for the season. A classic choice is Corsendonk’s Christmas Ale. Smelling like freshly baked black bread and tasting like spiced bread, dark fruits and mild ginger candy turned to liquid, this Christmas ale is packed with more surprises than your stocking was. You’ll get some alcohol warmth from the 8.1 percent ABV, while mild tartness in the finish allows this to pair nicely with sweet dishes. On tap at Monks, the Belgian Café, The Cambridge and The Pour House Exton.

Captain lawrence Smoked Porter.

Be careful: You start with the usual dark-beer suspects—imperial stouts—and before you know it, you’re in love with beers that taste like campfire smoke. New York’s Captain Lawrence is one of the East Coast’s best breweries, and this beer displays why. The aroma of hot fudge and smoky bacon bits will leave you wondering if what you’re about to drink actually qualifies as a beer, but once it clicks, it clicks. With tastes of smoked chocolate brownies, bitter cocoa and touches of tobacco, this beer is a wild ride. It’s all over Philly for a limited time, including at Alla Spina, Kennett, Sancho Pistolas, Fountain Porter and other locations. | ERIC SAN JUAN

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Food for Thought Denny Waxman’s seven steps to healthy, mindful eating can—and will—change your life. By SHEENA lESTER @sheenalester

anuary’s almost over, and if you’re anything like me, the donuts, fatty meats and Cheetos you’d promised to delete from your diet at the end of 2014 have somehow crept back onto your meal and snacktime menus. It’s not too late to avoid the selfloathing gleaned from yet another unmet vow: Globally renowned macrobiotics expert and author Denny Waxman, who founded South Philly’s natural-foods store Essene, and whose effective teaching and counseling have helped restore health to countless severely-ill clients for nearly 30 years, has some easily digestable advice to get you on the path to nourishing your body with what it needs to thrive. Waxman’s latest offering, The Complete Macrobiotic Diet: 7 Steps to Feel Fabulous, Look Vi-

brant and Think Clearly, is wonderfully accessible and encouraging, full of easy-to-follow recipes by his teacher-chef wife, Susan, and thankfully free of preachy, judgement-riddled polemics that can trip up even the strongest of wills. Below, Waxman offers a primer on his approach to macrobiotic eating as outlined in his book, just in time to prevent you from completely falling off that New Year’s healthy-new-you resolution horse. (Check out the couple’s full interview online at PhiladelphiaWeekly.com.)

1. Take time for your meals every day. “That sets the tone, because in order to make healthy food choices, you need to connect with your food—not watching TV or listening to the radio or doing anything else. In order to have a conversa-

tion and to communicate, we have to be together. It’s really the same with food. Sitting down and taking time for your meals is really the most important thing, and it’s the one thing that’s disappearing. The single most-important thing, if you want to be healthy, is take time for at least one meal a day. The one meal you want carved in stone is lunch. Take time for your lunch. It does wonders for your health every day.”

2. Set your daily schedule to have regularity of your meal times. “They’re discovering now the range of when you eat is important, but our digestive system is only active at certain times to receive nourishment: in the morning, around midday and early evening. Other than that, your digestive system is not really there to receive nour-

ishment. You probably have some older relatives who were fastidious about their meals, and they had to be 5 or 5:30pm everyday. The later you eat, the longer it takes to digest your food. The earlier you eat, the faster you digest. From 5 to 7pm, you’re still okay. But 8 or 9pm, it takes much longer.”

3. Eat two or three complete, nutritiously balanced meals every day. “What does a healthy meal need? We were taught that its animal and dairy protein, but that’s mythology. Plant protein is superior in every way. It’s direct nourishment. You’re not depending on a cow, a pig or a chicken to process it for you. You’re getting it direct. The next most important thing is to plan our meals around grains and vegetables, followed by soups. If someone says, ‘Well, meat is too important,’ then put your meat on your brown rice, on your polenta if you want or your pasta. At least get your grain in there. If we eat grains and beans ourselves, today we’d have enough food to feed every person on this planet, but when we feed them to animals, we don’t. So, whether you’re thinking about us individually, or the environment or the planet, starting to eat the grains and beans ourselves is the most important step forward.”

4. Make your daily life active. “Exercise and activity became confused. I like to ask people in my lectures this question: When do you think people were healthier? In the past, when we were naturally active from day-to-day, or now that we’re highly exercise-conscious? If you’ve been around long enough, you can see the change. People used to be outside. Kids were outside. The adults were out. Everybody was outside, and everyone was active. Now we’re not active, so we’ve substituted exercise for activity. People will say, ‘Well, Denny is against exercise.’ No, I’m not. I’m for activity. Natural activity—walking and taking the stairs and cleaning your house. Cart things around. And then, if you want to

go to the gym after, then go. But don’t miss the activity. Kids learn better when they play. They benefit in every way. We keep putting all this effort into our education system, and we should send our kids out to play.”

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5. Create a more natural environment. “The most important things are natural ventilation from opening doors and windows. Now rooms are becoming vehemently sealed. That’s not good. We need to let in fresh air and have green plants, plenty of green plants—the more, the better, because they filter the air. They allow you to feel refreshed.”

6. Make your macrobiotic practice work. “One, if you keep a food diary or a log of your food and activity, it’s the best learning tool there is because it forces you to be objective. Just simple notes: I ate this, I ate that, I drank this, I snacked, I walked. Then, two, always go back to the format. Always go back to sitting down, eating at regular times. Don’t put your concentration on what you eat. Put your concentration on how you eat, mindful eating, your approach to eating. That’s really what keeps us on track.”

7. Cultivate the spirit of health. “Health is really a spiritual quality. The macrobiotic definition of health is that spiritual health— which means endless appreciation for all of life—guides mental and emotional health: to be calm and peaceful, to have a sense of joy and to have a good memory. Mental and emotional health guide physical health. It doesn’t work in the opposite direction. We see health as an enduring spiritual quality. That’s what produces lasting health. And the other things are to try to be accurate, try to be open and curious about life. Create a support network. Those things combined really produce a different degree of health than people are enjoying now.” n

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Same Sex Wedding Expo

Since marriage equality became legal in Pennsylvania last May, countless couples around Philadelphia have joyfully moved to make official on paper what was already reality in their lives—and that’s meant throwing some serious weddings. For instance: Tom Tracy and Elliott Wilson, pictured above cutting their wedding cake at Top of the Tower in Center City; and Steve Seminellia and Joe Parisi, pictured below in Old City outside historic Christ Church, where they held their ceremony in October. Couples of various genders looking to plan their own special occasions have a unique opportunity this weekend, when the Pennsylvania Convention Center hosts the Same Sex Wedding Expo from noon to 4pm on Sun., Jan. 25. The event brings together more than 50 local service providers to exhibit their offerings, from venues like the Jewish History Museum and World Cafe Live to dessert-makers like Little Baby’s Ice Cream. Admission to the expo is free, but reservations are required; make them online at marriageequalityexpo.com. —S.H.S.

Follow Denny Waxman on Twitter: @dennywaxman

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Shake Shack has been in the national news lately as it gears up to go public. It’s been generating plenty of local buzz, too, of a very different sort: In just its second collaborative brew for a specific city, Shake Shack has teamed with Victory Brewing Company to craft Shack Frost Ale, which has been available since Jan. 1 at all three Philly Shake Shack locations. I recently tasted the weizenbock, and thoroughly enjoyed it, finding it almost dangerously easy to drink—a gulpable wheat ale boasting aromas of banana, honey, nutmeg and clove, and a velvety texture that carries flavors of pizzelles and spice. The finish is pleasantly yeasty and dry, which makes it perfect for enjoying alongside one of the Shack’s burgers. At $5.25 a pint, it’s a great deal, too. Get it now: It’s a limited release, and once it’s gone, that’s it. —BRiAN FREEDMAN

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Lia Ices Jan. 21 at Boot & Saddle. The Conn.-bred, NYUeducated chanteuse has a Lana Del Rey flavor without anyone conjuring it up for her. bootandsaddlephilly.com

Marilyn Manson Jan. 23 at Electric Factory. These days, the Antichrist Superstar sounds way more Bowiemeets-Xiu Xiu. The Pale Emperor should be one of the year’s highlights. electricfactory.info

Pig Iron Theatre’s Benefit Cabaret: Pigonometry Jan. 23 at Trocadero Theatre. Johnny Showcase’s sensual suggestiveness, the mesmerizing Murmuration, showstopper Ms. Martha Graham Cracker and more. thetroc.com Israel Nash + Birdie Busch Jan. 23 at Johnny Brenda’s. Nash’s folksy Americana is solid, but we just love Miss Busch. She’s a perennial favorite for a reason.

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Billy Idol Jan. 24 at The Tower. Scoff all you want, hipster brats, but this jawn’s sold out, his ‘14 autobiography’s a great read—and dude’s still got all his hair.

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The York Street Hustle Jan. 24 at Kung Fu Necktie. Cheap date alert! Six bucks gets you in to dance to this tried-and-true local Motown-Detroit grooves gang at Philly Soul Syndicate’s Boogaloo. kungfunecktie.com

The Besnard Lakes Jan. 25 at Underground Arts. Ultracool Canadians Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas bring their amazing band’s shoegazey atmospherics to a crowd that knows quality when they hear it. undergroundarts.org Kasim Sulton Jan. 25 at Tin Angel. The longtime Utopia bassist and Todd Rundgren collaborator’s played with some of most acclaimed rock and pop outfits ever to hit a studio or stage. tinangel.com Zola Jesus Jan. 27 at Union Transfer. Missing Ben Howard at UT earlier this week? This badass babe makes for fabulous consolation. utphilly.com

Vince Gill + Lyle Lovett Jan. 27 at Keswick Theatre. Dubbed “Songs and Stories,” this union of country music giants includes separate solo sets and the two playing together. keswicketheatre.com

here are a few classic dudes of semi-modern music whose footsteps are all over Hamilton Leithauser’s debut solo LP after 14 years of lead-singing his throat out for The Walkmen, and they are this guy’s holy trinity: Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra. With their inspiration and legacies in mind, Leithauser put out Black Hours this past June, released on Ribbon Music—and that’s not bad company to be in, either: John Maus, Laura Marling, Lower Dens, Black Dice. Oh, and The Walkmen cut some massive records themselves, especially the 2008 and ‘10 back-to-back wham-bam of You & Me and Lisbon. However, it’s on “The Rat,” from 2004’s Bows + Arrows, the band’s sophomore LP, that the world was fully introduced to Leithauser’s heralded, special blend of yell-singing. Listening to “The Rat,” you’d be amazed he can still speak a decade later. How on Earth does he keep those pipes healthy? “For the last like 12 years, I’ve done literally zero,” he says. “I quit smoking in maybe 2005 or something. I never quit drinking. I try to avoid beer. Beer is especially bad for your voice.” Leihauser went to Boston for college, but once there, it became clear: “That was the first time I wanted to do music more seriously. That was the first time I tried really hard.” It became abundantly clearer that New York would be his next home when he traveled there to gig and realized it ruled for bands. Back then, he was in a band called The Recoys, and some friends and cousins were in a band called Jonathan Fire*Eater; everyone was in NYC and, thus, The Walkmen were born. Fast-forward nearly 15 years, and the deep, baritone-voiced frontman and multi-talented studio craftsman’s taking a pay cut to play cozier rooms. “I’m a much smaller act than I was a year ago, and there’s a big difference in how I have to operate because of costs and seeing how it works,” Leithauser says, noting that sometimes he’s not sure how much longer he can do it with how rapidly the industry’s changing. “People who aren’t familiar with it would

be shocked to show how the money works. The state of the music industry has changed so much since the Internet started.” The Walkmen love Philadelphia—two, sometimes three, members of the band live here, and they used to have a practice space at 9th and Girard. Leithauser isn’t so sure New York’s home forever. Where would he go? “I think about that question,” he says, “every single day.” n

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Check the Technique: Hip-Hop’s Golden Age

f you’re a bona fide hip-hop head, the two hours you’ll spend in these three gents’ learned company may just be the most informative, insightful experience you’ll have this entire year. Longtime music scribe and author Brian Coleman, whose Check the Technique, Volume 2: More Liner Notes for HipHop Junkies, released last fall, has been delighting true-school fans as much as his 2007 edition, will chew the fat with legendary Philly emcee Schoolly D in an intimate chat moderated by the always-onpoint Tayyib Smith of Little Giant Creative. For his second jammie, Coleman, who dissected Schoolly’s 1986 LP Saturday Night! The Album in his first Technique tome (along with a couple other Philly-based artists’ seminal records), interviewed over 80 rap artists, producers and DJs to explore the details behind 325 tracks, so the stories he’ll tell will be as classic as the music he’s so passionate about. Books’ll be available for purchase and signing, but RSVPs are a must for entry. | Mon., Jan. 26, 6pm. Free. Pipeline

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Two Days, One Night (Directors/Writers: Luc

and Jean-Pierre Dardenne) The plot of the Dardennes brothers’ Two Days, One Night has the simplicity of a passion play and all the tension of an incipient panic attack. On Friday, Sandra (Marion Cotillard) is fired from her factory job–amid tightening purse strings, the workers have voted to keep yearly bonuses instead. But the owner agrees to hold another vote on Monday morning, which gives Sandra the weekend to visit her colleagues and request, one by one, that they consider her on the next vote. It would be a mortifying progression, made worse by Sandra’s barely-controlled depression, but Cotillard is incandescent in the role, playing Sandra with as much fierceness as despair. The rest of the film is deliberately low-key, shot with casual immediacy: it’s enough drama just for the camera to follow her as she stalks through the streets with her lanky, rolled-shoulder gait, brokenly shakes pills into her hand and tries to find her self-respect through conversations as tense and awkward as you’d imagine. Times are tough, and Sandra’s pleading for her job to people who often can’t spare the money. It’s a look at class and modern economics that carefully skirts preachiness but doesn’t shy away from the stress of making ends meet. But though there are moments of agony and frustration, the Dardennes have a delicate and sympathetic touch that keeps the simple from becoming simplistic. And as Sandra makes the rounds, she finds pockets of kindness and slowly rediscovers herself: Every smile’s a revelation, every crying jag achingly understandable, and her turmoil makes the movie feel as much a thriller as a family drama. That internal arc earned Cotillard an Oscar nomination last week, and it’s easy to see why. She’s the casually transfixing center of this mesmerizing pilgrimage. | G.V.

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Leviathan (Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev / Writers: Oleg Negin and A. Zvyagintsev) It’s early in the year, but I suspect it’s still not a stretch to say that the geography in Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan features some of the most quietly evocative landscapes of the year. And well it should: In a movie that deals so intimately with the passionate corruption of humanity and the beautiful disinterest of the land. Leviathan recently took home the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film and is an Academy Award nominee in the same category—and at times, it seems worth it for the landscapes alone. Cinematographer Mikhail Krichman imbues every shot of the land with light and dark, colors and grays, like life moving across it. There’s even life within the beastly bones on the beach. There’s certainly more beauty in the stones than in the people, though they’re equally unyielding—which is one of Leviathan’s chief concerns. The script (co-written by Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin) is as grim as the stone at everyone’s feet. Loosely based on the Biblical figure Naboth, a farmer who was doomed to disaster as soon as his land became coveted by the king, Leviathan gives us a suitable melodrama, thanks to an excellent ensemble cast led by two opposing forces: rough drunkard Kolia (Aleksei Serebryakov) and scheming mayor Vadim (Roman Madyanov). Not that “opposing” means “equal,” since one crumbling family man and one well-connected mayor operate in nearly alien spheres of influence. The mayor has all the loopholes of church and state behind him; Kolia has only the loyalty of his friends. The machinations that follow on both sides inject this often-bleak drama with moments of sly humor and mystery amid overlapping observations on religion, politics and class. It’s not an easy journey, but it’s a deeply-felt one, and a morality play bleak enough to suit the land around it. | G.V.

Ava DuVernay, director of Selma, with her eyes on the prize.

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An Honor to Be Nominated Calling Selma a token Best Picture nomination has made the Oscar hierarchy bristle, but it’s awfully hard to see it as anything else. by Genevieve Valentine @GLValentine

he machinations behind the Academy Award nominations are a strange combination of recognizable politics, industry glad-handing and secret handshakes. However, though the processes of the Academy are as secretive as ever, audiences have wised up—and can read annual patterns like so many tea leaves. And this year has revealed some sad truths about Hollywood, with the whitest ballot since 1998 and most male ballot in several years. Each branch nominates its peers—only cinematographers nominate cinematographers—with everyone allowed to vote for Best Picture, so it’s not unheard of to find some movies missing slots for major awards: 2012’s Argo was suspiciously absent a Best Director nomination, but the movie won Best Picture, and Affleck got his moment anyway. And of course there are always internal politics that affect nominations in each category: A Writers’ Guild dispute could mean excluding a Best Screenplay candidate or a recent Oscar win could put an actor in the time-out box until a flashy enough role puts him back on the roster. (Unless it’s Leonardo DiCaprio, who they’ll nominate even if he’s not in anything just so they can avoid giving it to him.) But it does seem like a particularly pointed collection of coincidences that kept Selma off the ballot for anything other than Best Picture or Best Song. Its actors don’t even appear in the supporting categories, that refuge of the ensemble cast. Its screenplay, famously rewritten by Ava DuVernay, doesn’t appear on the ballot. Neither does DuVernay appear under Best Director—the ninth woman to direct a Best Picture nominee without getting a nomination herself. And while it’s possible this is just a series of coincidences, the other nine Best Picture hopefuls are accompanied by nods for directing, acting, cinematography and/or screenplay. Calling Selma a token nomination has made the Academy bristle, but it’s awfully hard to see it as any-

thing else. “It’s up for Best Picture; what more can you ask?” is a great shield to hide behind. Of course, DuVernay has the triple jinx this year: she’s a woman, of color, and her film didn’t center on a white man. In fact, Selma is the only movie of the Best Picture nominees that doesn’t. It’s no secret that most films centered on women are considered less prestigious by the Academy, both in terms of studio financial support and in awards recognition for Best Picture— and every few years, when one Hollywood pundit or another suggests combining the Actor and Actress categories, that year’s ballot proves that if women didn’t have a space of their own, they’d get nothing at all. Of the Best Actress nominees this year, only one comes from a movie nominated for Best Picture. And while nominating a standout performance is often a way of acknowledging a film that leaned heavily on its actors, or one otherwise out of the running (say, Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night), four out of five is an eyebrow-raising majority. A woman, it seems, can be great in her story, but that story isn’t enough to get nominated. It’s even worse for women screenwriters, of which absolutely zero appear this year. Ditto for cinematography. There is one editor—the deserving Sandra Adair, for the chronological behemoth Boyhood— but overall, the numbers aren’t encouraging. It will be interesting to see how the Oscars go, whether the awards will be doled out with that signature Academy parceling or one secret favorite will sweep. (I still remember Andrew Lloyd Webber joking “Thank God The English Patient didn’t have a song” in 1997, when that movie snagged the entire table’s worth of statues.) But it’s awfully hard to dole out to the deserving when they have only one shot at the brass ring the way Selma and the majority of the Best Actress category does. And while Hollywood’s known for oddball taste in who gets the actual award, it sure would be an honor to be nominated. n

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hut off a man’s phone and he can still hear his push notifications. That’s the bizarre thing about our technology-integrated society: In the absence of our doodads, we still imagine them pinging and buzzing in our pants. Such was the case recently when my phone was shut off for non-payment of the bill. Like a phantom, I heard it calling to me, and my thigh felt the pangs of the loss of data. Moments after I cracked open my laptop to tell my editor to find me on email for the next few hours, my best friend pinged me on Facebook. “Your phone off?” he asked. “Yes, but,” I responded, explaining that there was a very good reason for my phone being shut off and that I was going to pay it in a few hours. I didn’t particularly want to admit that I had to wait on someone to pay me money they owed me so I could pay my own phone bill. I mean, I’m 30 years old. I’m supposed to, if not own a car or a house, at least have $60 somewhere—anywhere. The fact is, though, I don’t have $60 somewhere or anywhere. Like a lot of hardworking Americans, I have no money. After paying rent and buy groceries, and after ensuring I’m walking around without holes in my shoes, I’m left with little else. Considering that economists say the buying power of the average American is at its lowest level in decades, this isn’t too surprising. The most frustrating part about this for me is that I’ve built myself up from literal homelessness. During that period of my life, I had nothing. Gradually, as I pulled my life together and started working my ass off, I earned back all the trappings of everyday American life—which includes, in addition to the apartment and the phone, the class insecurity and the staring into the abyss of existence, wondering what the point really is. Because you’d think things would feel more stable now. You’d think that working hard and playing by the rules would count for something, anything. And, okay, yes— I don’t minimize the fact that my basic needs are taken care of now: I have a warm house, food, a career, the Internet! Some days, I even eat out. But, like it or not, as I accumulate more things, more activities, more hobbies, more friends, more clothes, more everything, I also start to accumulate more expenses—and more wants. How do the wants pile up so quickly? It disturbs me that I’ve gotten so literally fat and figuratively soft. There was a time when I slept outside and was happy to wake up unmolested. Now, if my Internet connection slows down, I panic. And if my phone is shut off, even for a few hours, I’m ashamed. The shame of being middle class and having no money is different from the shame of being homeless. I’m not sure it’s less, though. Today, identifying as middle class has less to do with income and more to do with culture—with the act of participation in America’s familiar, everyday luxuries and tribulations: updating Facebook, getting clothes at Target instead of Goodwill. We’re nowhere near Skid Row, but we’re nowhere near Rittenhouse Square, either. Or maybe we are somewhere near Rittenhouse Square, but for that extravagance, we pay rent that’s two or three week’s pay

and eat disgusting freeze-dried noodles on the regular. Being this type of middle class is a tradeoff, after all. You can either have a nice apartment in a nice neighborhood and nothing, or you can live like a king in the cut. The choice is yours. I make choices that land me in the middle of both worlds, with a prepaid data account and a Center City adjacent address. I’m not alone. When I posted recently to ask how many of my circle were living paycheck-to-paycheck, dozens of people immediately responded. Even baristas at the Center City cafe I frequent enthusiastically and spontaneously volunteered themselves. “What are you writing about today?” one of them asked as I began to plug my MacBook in. (My computer was, of course, purchased refurbished, not new.) “Living paycheck-to-paycheck,” I responded. She immediately brightened up. “Oh, I can tell you about that!” Then her colleague turned around. “Me too,” he said. I looked around, and another patron had turned to face us, too, his eyes bright with solidarity. This got me thinking: If we’re all living on shoestring budgets, why—in the absence of a sympathetic invitation—are we so reluctant to discuss it?

“You have to plan for the ‘What-ifs’ of life,” financial guru Suze Orman says matter-of-factly on her website. “Keep saving until you have at least eight months to one year of an emergency fund.” She says you can easily accomplish this feat by living on half your take-home salary and saving the rest. I can’t even pay my phone bill, and I’m supposed to half my salary? Now I feel even more like a loser! Wait, I tell myself: Remember all those newfound kindred spirits. Is Orman’s advice even practical for those of us whose income has us constantly scrounging? “No, not at all,” says Alison Evans. She lives in Lansdale, works full-time and has a part-time job on the side. Like a lot of millennials, she rents a home with someone else and attributes her lack of savings to student loans. “With rent, utilities, groceries and school loans, saving half of my paycheck would be impossible.”

She makes sure to nail those student loan payments, though, even though they’re holding her back from saving any money. “I want a house one day,” she explains, “and good credit.” Jef Tomas, 22, is one of the baristas at the cafe I frequent. He lives in Center City, and despite working fulltime, he has trouble saving money. “It’s a combination of things,” Tomas says. He agrees with Evans that “the largest [expense] is probably student loans—and rent.” So he wouldn’t be able to live on half his income, either? “No,” he laughs. “In my neighborhood, that would at most buy me a thing of eggs and half a gallon of milk. [She’s] clearly sitting on more money than me!” While he admits Center City life means a pricier rent than the very cheapest Philly has to offer, Tomas insists it’s more than that. “It’s the cost of being alive and healthy,” he shrugs, explaining that he prefers to sustain his metabolic processes by consuming actual food, which costs actual money, rather than with a diet of dollar-menu crap, which can cost one’s long-term physical well-being. Then there’s Walter Kowal. “I usually pay my rent first to secure a roof over my head,” the 52-year-old Pennsport resident tells me. He rents a room and he works two jobs, one full-time and one part-time. After rent, he says, “I typically pay whatever the next crucial, necessary payment is”—he pauses— “like my cell phone, so it doesn’t get turned off.” (I probably should have talked to him a week ago.) Kowal’s been getting back on his feet after a long period of unemployment, and the financial hit he took was severe. A great deal of his earnings, he says, goes toward paying down debts he accumulated during those two years of joblessness. “There is no way I could save half my paycheck,” he laughs. “It’s extremely hard for me to manage my debt and pay my bills [as is].” Sorry, Suze—three strikes and you’re out. I like you as a person, but I call bullshit on your advice to the low-income earner. It’s not news that people are struggling. What’s interesting, though, considering how widespread American financial insecurity really is, is that we rarely want to talk about our personal situations. People accustomed to thinking of ourselves as middle class are particularly disinclined to publicly acknowledge how we’re barely scraping by. By maintaining that old-fashioned etiquette, maybe we’ve allowed our insecurities to fester unnecessarily, to grow in the dark. Because the more that I talked to everyone—the more I realized I was in the majority, not the minority—the less I felt like a loser. I got my phone turned back on later that day, and promptly texted the friend who’d previously hit me up on Facebook. “I’m back on the grid,” I thumbed happily. And then I stopped and considered what I’d just said. Back on the grid. Was I really so thankful to have climbed back inside a finite network of middle-class behavioral lines? And how many of us here are ever going to make it from the grid we’re in now to one where the lines aren’t so damned close together? n

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I’m a straight 18-year-old girl in my first sexual relationship. Things are a little awkward, and I could chalk it up to inexperience, but here’s what I feel conflicted about: I have a vore fetish. It was a fascination for me as a young child and became a sexual thing around the time I hit puberty. I’m wondering now whether this is something I need to get off. It works well when I’m on my own, but I always thought “regular stuff” would work too once I was actually getting some. I’ve told my boyfriend about it, and he’s more than willing to role-play with me. But these fantasies are in-my-head-only, as they rarely feature human beings (think anthropomorphic monsters and dragons), so I don’t know if I could actually do this. Maybe we just need to hold out a little until we know what we’re doing and regular stuff will cut it after all? I have a mounting suspicion that it won’t, and I’m having trouble coming to terms with what seems to be a really warped, messedup fetish. Am I doomed to solo sex forever? (Vore Only Really Excites) A quick dip into

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Wikipedia for readers who aren’t familiar with the term “vore:” “Vorarephilia (often shortened to vore) is a paraphilia wherein an individual’s sexual arousal occurs in response to a fantasy of themselves, another person or an object eating or being eaten… The fantasy sometimes involves the victim being swallowed whole, though on some occasions the victims are chewed up, and may or may not include digestion.” Makes you wonder how many of the people who were furious with the Discovery Channel after that guy wasn’t “eaten alive” by a snake were secretly vore fetishists. Anyway, VORE, you’re not the only person on earth whose sexual fantasies revolve around or are completely dominated by something impossible or unrealizable. The lady centaur fetishist is not and never will be a lady centaur; the guy into giant women has not met and will not ever meet a 50-foot-tall woman on the subway; you are not and never will be a monster capable of swallowing another monster whole. While most people with unrealizable fetishes or fantasies enjoy “regular stuff” all by itself, a great many do not. The latter type—kinksters who can’t get off to regular stuff—allow their impossible/ unrealizable fantasies to play out in their heads while they enjoy the intimacy and physical sensations of non–vore/centaur/ giantess stuff. Most aren’t “checked out” during sex: They’re enjoying regular stuff and irregular stuff simultaneously—they’re fully present, getting into and getting off on their partners, all while their impossible/ unrealizable fantasies play on a loop in their heads, sometimes in the background, sometimes in the foreground. So while you may be “doomed” to go through life with this fetish, VORE, you are not doomed to solo sex. You can have your fantasies and partnered sex too. But I don’t think you’ve been at this sex stuff long enough to conclude that you’re incapable of enjoying regular stuff on its own. Everyone has their go-to fantasies, and years of solo masturbation can carve a deep groove

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337 Manton St. 3BR, 2 1/2 BA. $359,900

760-62 South 8th Street

$379,000

Unique Mid-Century Modern home in Bella Vista! This 19 foot wide home features a spacious living room, separate dining area, updated kitchen, private brick patio, master bedroom with walk in closet, 2nd bedroom, tiled full bath and a finished basement finished with a 1/2 bath.

250 South 13th Street 8B

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$339,900

This 2 bedroom residence has wonderful city views in many directions, and one of the best floor plans in the building! A cozy vestibule entry and spacious hall gallery present a sense of formality while the expansive rooms provide an open and airy feel. The eat-in kitchen is both gorgeous and cheerful with an east facing morning window.

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SATURDAY, 1/24/15 12:00-3:00PM Art Museum Area 1707 Green Street $299,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach

SUNDAY, 1/25/15 12:00-1:00PM Queen Village 922 E Moyamensing Avenue $379,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach Fishtown 2319 Mercer Street $369,900 BHHS, Fox & Roach Graduate Hospital 1812 Fitzwater Street $499,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach Queen Village 114 Kenilworth Street $689,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach Queen Village 115 Catharine Street $1,125,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach Pennsport 118 Emily Street $219,900 BHHS, Fox & Roach

Queen Village 102 Fitzwater Street $599,900 BHHS, Fox & Roach Washington Square West 250 S.13th Street, 8B $339,900 BHHS, Fox & Roach Graduate Hospital 2330 Saint Albans Street $850,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Rittenhouse Square 1730 Pine Street, 4 $310,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

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Northern Liberties 913 N. Lawrence Street $549,900 BHHS Fox & Roach Spring Arts 1205 Mount Vernon Street, 1 $319,900 BHHS Fox & Roach

Bella Vista 715 S. Jessup Street $850,000 Elfant Wissahickon

12:00-3:00PM Art Museum Area 1707 Green St., #1707 H $299,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach

Rittenhouse Square 2127 Tryon Street $479,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

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Graduate Hospital 2520 Kimball Street $399,900 BHHS Fox & Roach Graduate Hospital 1927 Christian Street, A $199,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

Rittenhouse Square 1707 Pine Street $854,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach

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Point Breeze 2334 Reed Street $275,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

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Point Breeze 1721 Latona Street $350,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

Queen Village 758 S Front Street $599,900 BHHS, Fox & Roach

Graduate Hospital 921 S.18th Street $425,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

Queen Village 102 Fitzwater Street $599,900 BHHS, Fox & Roach

Passyunk Square 646 Wharton Street $287,500 BHHS Fox & Roach

Queen Village 115 Catharine Street $1,125,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach

Passyunk Square 832 Wharton Street $339,999 BHHS Fox & Roach

Queen Village 836 S Front Street $699,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach

East of Broad 517 Wharton Street $375,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

Queen Village 922 E. Moyamensing Avenue $379,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach

Washington Square West 809 Addison Street, B $459,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Pennsport 1812 S. 4th Street

Queen Village 114 Kenilworth Street $689,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach Powelton Village 428 N. Sloan Street $350,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

$409,900 Washington Square West 1220 Panama Street $350,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Washington Square West 1220 Panama Street $350,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

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1:30-2:30PM Washington Square West 1030-32 Spruce Street, 102 $575,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Northern Liberties 115 Brown Street, B $375,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Fishtown 1206 E. Fletcher $399,999 BHHS Fox & Roach Graduate Hospital 1705 Montrose Street $250,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Graduate Hospital 2414 Kimball Street $349,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Graduate Hospital 1420 Pemberton Street $1,199,899 BHHS Fox & Roach Point Breeze 2115 Manton Street $239,900 BHHS Fox & Roach Graduate Hospital 800 S. 19th Street $989,900 BHHS Fox & Roach Point Breeze 2026 Manton $367,500 BHHS Fox & Roach Pennsport 1109 S. Bodine Street $219,900 BHHS Fox & Roach Bella Vista 612 Clymer Street $875,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

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Queen Village 115 Catharine Street $1,125,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach Queen Village 758 S Front Street $599,900 BHHS, Fox & Roach Queen Village 102 Fitzwater Street $599,900 BHHS, Fox & Roach Old City 335 N. Front Street, A $450,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Washington Square West 1008-20 Spruce Street, 54 $299,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Washington Square West 1020 Spruce Street, 54 $299,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Fishtown 2029 E. Huntingdon Street $369,900 BHHS Fox & Roach Art Museum Area 859 N. 27th Street $475,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

Bella Vista 700 Montrose Street $365,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

Queen Village 702 S. 3rd Street $675,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

Society Hill 245 S. 7th Street $789,900 BHHS Fox & Roach

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$150,000

Professional Office/Commercial Space for sale at The Philadelphian! This 1st floor unit is just over 700 sq ft of space is split into a storage area, full bath, waiting room/reception, 2 private offices each with a lovely museum/tree top view & a large storage closet/ 3rd office area.

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Art Museum Area 1731 Wallace Street , 202 $245,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

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Fishtown 2227 Tulip Street $258,000 BHHS, Fox & Roach

Society Hill 508 S. 3rd Street $470,000 BHHS Fox & Roach

Whitman 340 Wolf Street $239,900 BHHS Fox & Roach

$229,000

An extraordinary renovation is found in this 3 bedroom / 1.5 bathroom townhouse. A handsome brick façade gives way to a well designed home with beautiful hardwood floors throughout, brand new kitchen, central air and security system too!

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PennsPort Vicinity Price reduced 435 Snyder Ave Custom Renovation, New Front, Two Master Suites, Granite, Stainless, Now $265,000 east Passyunk Vicinity, Price reduced 635 Sigel Street Renovated 3 Bedrooms, Central Air, Finished Basement, $157,400 temPle HosPital Vicinity – triPlex 1833 W. tiogA Newly Renovated Triplex, Three 2 Bedroom Apts, High Ceilings, Hardwood Floors, Washer / Dryer $318,000 store & aPartments 5246 ½ MArket Street In busy Commercial Area, Shell $109,000 large WareHouse nortHern liberties Vic. 1613-1627 gerMAntoWn Ave Approximately 9,500Sq Ft on one floor, High Ceilings, Overhead Door on 4th Street, $599,900 soutHWest PHiladelPHia 5524 AngorA terrAce 3 Bedrooms, Porch Front, Gas Heat, FHA, VA Accepted $54,900 soutH PHiladelPHia 521 MorriS Street Large 3 Bedrooms, Finished Basement, $169,900 1818 So. 24th Street 3 Bedrooms, Porch Front, Hardwood Floors. $59,000 ridley Park Farms- custom corner 1200 JefferSon Ave Large Brick Corner, Two Car Garage, 2 1/2 Bathrooms, Just Renovated, Large Kitchen with Marble Countertops, Three Bedrooms, Two Studies, Three Floors, Large Family Room, FHA, VA. Accepted $319,000 commercial ProPerty in cHester 31 e. 5th Street 2 Floors, Lot size 51x120 Ft, $35,000

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1615-17 SPRUCE ST RITTENHOUSE SQ Open Sunday 1/25 1-3 PM

Condo with +/-3300sf of masterly designed living space, 3br, 2.5b, cook’s kitchen, patio, beautiful garden, new price!

237 S 3RD ST SOCIETY HILL

Classic I.M. Pei townhouse, 3br, 3.5b, f/p, built-ins, garden, plus deeded parking

$975,000 Call Maryellen Cammisa

620 S AMERICAN ST QUEEN VILLAGE

Dramatic Cecil Baker designed home, 5br, 3b, 3 story atrium, chef’s kitchen, garden, 1 yr paid parking

$939,000 Call Maryellen Cammisa

$1,390,000 Call Scott Neifeld 1206 PANAMA ST WASHINGTON SQ WEST

Beautiful artistic renovation, 3br, 3b, cherry flrs, gas f/p, 2 outdoor spaces, garage parking

$789,000 Call Izzy Sigman

2116 LOCUST ST NEW LISTING!

Pristine property with ground floor office suited for architecture/design firm and bi-level 2br, 2b living space above. Incredible renovated 3rd floor master suite with deck

$920,000 Call Scott Neifeld 517 FITZWATER ST Open Sunday 1/25 12-1:30 PM

New renovation, 4br, 2.5b, +/-2544sf, h/w flrs on all levels, marble kitchen & baths, 500sf roof deck, back yard, tax abatement pending

314-22 N 12th St #606 THE OLD SHOE FACTORY 1br, loft condo, +/-730sf, southern exposure with great view

$229,000 Call Ellen Carasick

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Mixed use duplex. Main floor bright office/retail space with high visibility. Bi-level 3br, den, 2.5b residence above. Strong investment opportunity

$569,000 Call Leon Aksman

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$850,000

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$479,000

Situated on a gorgeous tree-lined block, this handsome abode offers a gorgeous brick façade and planters and shrubbery along with a private patio/entryway. This charming home has an updated kitchen with white cabinetry, granite counters, stainless appliances with SubZero refrigerator, island counter and that’s just the beginning!

$595,000

Stunning 3BD/3BA 3+story home! 1-car garage, soaring ceilings, wood-burning fireplace, tons of storage space, spectacular main bedroom suite with walk-in closets and walk-out terrace, a den/office area with sliding doors to a gorgeous rooftop terrace are just the beginnings of this magnificent home! Must see!

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$459,000

Gorgeous bi-level 2BD/2BA condo townhome with parking, a deck, cherry wood floor throughout and so much more! The open updated kitchen boasts stainless steel appliances, granite counters and ample cabinetry, the living and dining room boasts vaulted ceilings and exposed brick. Come see for yourself!

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$339,000

Completely updated 2BD/2BA condo with parking in the pet friendly Pier 3! This beauty is located right on the waterfront with fantastic views, a private patio, 1-car parking, beautiful wood floors, an electric fireplace, updated granite and stainless steel kitchen & a master suite with a contemporary bath!

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Located on the 18th floor, this elegant 3BD/2.5BA condo is the epitome of luxury living! Completely renovated and just completed in 2015, this never been live in condo has a modernized floor plan perfect for the 21st century along with tons of charm and rich history. 2,140sqft of living space, an absolutely to-die-for kitchen and so much more…you have to see it to believe it!

End Unit- Interior end street corner 5 BR- 3.5 BA, 3 levels of luxury living, loaded with lovely upgrades that are included in sale price! Listed at $529,000. See tour video on our website

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Rittenhouse squaRe

3BD/2.5BA perfectly restored home with a den, rear yard offering potential parking, beautiful hardwood flooring throughout, custom kitchen and baths, all located on a garden block with brick sidewalks in prime Graduate Hospital! Every inch of this home on this historic block is just lovely!