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n the aftermath of what is arguably the best sports moment to ever happen to this city, there are scores of people who still canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite believe it.

Days after the Eagles defeated the Patriots 41-33 to win the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst Super Bowl title, talk to people and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll say that there is still a bit of disbelief, that the years of getting so close but falling short still haze the reality that this year the team reached the top of the mountain and planted our ďŹ&#x201A;ag.

Despite the 24-7 Eagles coverage since the win, the mad dash for Super Bowl champion merchandise and the fact parade details have ďŹ nally been out, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a blur. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it, I mean I got to be honest it still hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t set in,â&#x20AC;? said Kirsten Madison, 28, one of the thousands who transcended upon South Broad Sunday night to take in the moment in a scene that if you were there, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just say, is something youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never forget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been waiting for so long, but I think of people like my dad and my [older brother] who are die-hards and are just besides themselves at home. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so surreal, like we ďŹ nally fucking did it. So awesome.â&#x20AC;?

Despite all the jubilation that took place all over South Broad and across the Greater Philadelphia Region, the shock and awe from this team, a team that had Pro Bowl caliber players out for the season, a second-

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year coach who never held a head coaching spot in the NFL and touted a QB replaced by a quality and relative unknown who became a Super Bowl MVP. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the stuff of movies, really and a movie that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come to Philly for a long time.

I remember when the Phillies won in 2008.

I remember the happiness when Villanova won a national championship.

Both pale in comparison to this moment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That shit was great but it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold a candle to this,â&#x20AC;? said â&#x20AC;&#x153;another fanâ&#x20AC;? among the crowd Sunday night, who talked to me but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to give his name since seconds earlier he was getting pulled down off the light pole by cops. In fact, his buddy is the one gracing this very cover. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone in Philly is an Eagles fan, this one means so much more than the other ones. Not to doubt our other sports teams as people would still be happy to see the Sixers win and the Flyers win, but to me and I know to a lot of people it just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t compare.â&#x20AC;?

So when will reality set in?

For many, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ďŹ nally sink in when the team passes them by on buses waving the Vince Lombardi Trophy in the air as they stroll down Broad or when the team thanks fans for their love and adoration on the steps of the Art Museum later that day. Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll sink in next year, when our Birds will have the X on their back from 31 other NFL teams as they defend the title.

Honestly, I hope not. I hope the shock and awe never go away, and that this feeling of â&#x20AC;&#x153;holy shit, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re world champs,â&#x20AC;? lasts for a long, long time.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the fortunate ones of so many Eagles fans who got to witness history.

Enjoy responsibly, Philly. Q TWITTER: @SPRTSWTR

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those â&#x20AC;&#x153;remember whenâ&#x20AC;? moments.

The night you watched Tom Brady hurl a Hail Mary to the end zone and watched that same football fall to the turf, thus assuring the Eagles their first Super Bowl title.

For a majority, it meant going berserk in the confines of your own home, cheering, crying and hugging out the elation of ending Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NFL world championship drought.

However, for thousands of Philadelphians all across the region it meant descending upon major intersections and causing mayhem. From climbing light poles on Broad and Walnut to chanting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Dick Nickâ&#x20AC;? on Frankford and Cottman to climbing the two-story high gates of City Hall, Philly expressed its love and devotion for a football team bordering on extended family as only Philly could.

For the first time, Philadelphia will host a parade for a Super Bowl champion Eagles team up Broad Street, but to the scores of you who got the party started Sunday night, consider this a mini photo album of a lasting memory. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; KERITH GABRIEL | @SPRTSWTR

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CULTURE

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This little cutie poops green, which, according to her father, is a sign she was destined to be an Eagles fan.

Baby birds

Meet the next gen of Eagles fans and why weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re jealous of their insta-success

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magine living in a world where the Eagles never lose?

Cumulus clouds paint Eagles wings in the sky. Street poles are always greasy. And newborn babies poop green.

Colin Ashmore, a Manayunk resident who has owned season tickets for 13 years, is only half-joking when he describes his 2-week old daughter, Olivia Marie, as a good luck charm.

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And the proof may be in the diapers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell if she bleeds green yet, but she poops green,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I look at her and think, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You were around for two weeks and you get to see a Super Bowl. I had to wait 34 years, so sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starting life out on a good note.â&#x20AC;?

Many of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest dads are starting to come to grips that their football team â&#x20AC;&#x201C; those lovable losers eating ice cream and wearing creepy dog masks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are now Super Bowl champions.

Carlo Tedesco is a Philly transplant now living in the football wasteland that is the Washington, D.C. area. With the Eagles win, his life and perhaps his entire being is now forever complete. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marriage, check. Kid, check. Eagles winning the Super Bowl? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my whole bucket list,â&#x20AC;? says the Eagles diehard of 38 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seriously now, I can die happy.â&#x20AC;?

Tedesco has been serenading his daughter, Olivia Eileen, with the Eagles ďŹ ght song every day since her birth seven months ago. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ďŹ rst thing she hears when she wakes up and the last thing she hears when she goes to bed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She smiles at me through the whole song,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enamored with football. She gets upset, gets a kind of annoyed look on her face, when we block the TV.â&#x20AC;?

This shared love for family and football are at an alltime high in an underdog city starved for a championship.

Nick Foles got choked up with emotion recently when a reporter asked him to talk about his improbable journey to Minneapolis. Fighting back tears, welling up inside his eyelids like heavy rains on the Schuylkill River, Folesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mind wandered to his newborn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now to be a father, that changes everything. It takes the pressure away because I get to go home to her every night. No matter what happens â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no matter if I play a horrible game, she loves me.

She has no idea...â&#x20AC;?

Ashmore can relate wholeheartedly. He sings the ďŹ ght song to his daughter every day, calling it her â&#x20AC;&#x153;ďŹ rst lullabye.â&#x20AC;? He adds another wrinkle at bedtime, a tradition that further exempliďŹ es the unbridled passion that many ignorant outsiders have been calling into question. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I whisper â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dallas sucksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to her at night,â&#x20AC;? Ashmore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to teach her that she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a choice in this thing, subliminal messaging is going to be drilled in there.â&#x20AC;?

There is a slightly different dynamic in the Tedesco household. You see, Carloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

wife, Lauren, was born and raised a Giants fan. And, despite her unholy allegiance to that â&#x20AC;&#x153;other teamâ&#x20AC;? up the turnpike, Olivia Eileen will be raised an Eagles fan. This is serious business, after all.

When Laurenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cousin sent them a Giants outďŹ t, Carlo hastily picked up the phone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told him, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You just wasted your money because my daughter isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wearing it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Much has been made in recent weeks about what it means to be an Eagles fan.

Vikings fans have called us uncivilized. Patriots broadcasters have referred to us as animals. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand the intense cauldron that boils over from decades of ďŹ nishing second.

But this year, there was a surprising calm among the fan base, a feeling that this was ďŹ nally our year. Ashmore and Tedesco truly believe their baby girls are good luck charmsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; and hopefully harbingers of future rings to come. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s setting up that way,â&#x20AC;? Ashmore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been in that delivery room, now I know what it feels like to be a father, but I [didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t] know what it felt like to be a Super Bowl champion. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited to experience that.â&#x20AC;?

Joe Darrah, a Northeast Philly native who hosts a local sports podcast, credits what he calls the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carson Wentz Baby Boomâ&#x20AC;? for all this newfound positivity. He watched the Super Bowl with his threemonth-old son, Joey. Recently Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, Jen, sent a video of their son singing the Eagles ďŹ ght song to a local news station. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think he is lucky to be born at a time when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much joy about this season, and it adds to the joy that has surrounded him from birth,â&#x20AC;? says Darrah. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joey was born two days before the Redskins Monday Night game, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve watched most games with him.â&#x20AC;?

Little Bubby Dude â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Darrahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nickname for his son â&#x20AC;&#x201C; adorned a Wentz onesie and kelly green socks for the big game. Similarly, Olivia Ei-

leen dressed in an Eagles onesie with a pink bow on her tiny head; and Olivia Marie dressed in the cute Eagles onesie and ballerina slippers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but the midnight green, not pink onesie â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that her mom, Holly, bought for her.

When the time is right, after all that green and white confetti has long been swept back into the Philly sewers, all three men will ďŹ ll their offspring in on all the heartbreak and pain that got them to this moment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You deďŹ nitely have to tell the tale because [all that losing] makes us what we are,â&#x20AC;?

Ashmore says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It hardens you, but it makes you a stronger person. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always get what you want but sometimes you get what you need.â&#x20AC;?

Besides, learning the franchiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tragic history might make them appreciate all the winning on the horizon. This Eagles team, with a healthy Wentz, is set up to be a powerhouse for years to come.

There is no Odysseus, without the Odyssey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Losing sucks, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want her to have to go through all the heartbreak and misery,â&#x20AC;? Tedesco says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I will make sure she knows about it and try to relate to her about why she should appreciate all the winning.â&#x20AC;?

As for attending the victory parade down Broad Street with their children, there are varying opinions among them on how to handle that.

Darrah says he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take Joey, for fear of â&#x20AC;&#x153;[having a stroke] due to happiness.â&#x20AC;?

Tedesco doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the option, since Olivia Eileen was born premature and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be near the germ-laden crowd of nearly 4 million expected to invade Center City.

And Ashmore...well, he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want his daughter to wait 34 years like he did. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting bundled up in a kangaroo pouch strap and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Philadelphia and you never know if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen again.â&#x20AC;? Q TWITTER: @MIKE_GREGER

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POLITICS

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If rumors are true, state Rep. Joanna McClinton will announce her bid for a seat held for years by U.S. Rep. Bob Brady.

Stepping up to the political plate With Bob Brady out, sources claim state Rep. Joanna McClinton wants in

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bombshell announcement on Wednesday that U.S. Rep. Bob Brady would not seek another term in the 1st Congressional District has ginned up speculation that even more contenders would enter an already crowded Democratic primary.

Sources say state Rep. Joanna McClinton is registering a Congressional PAC and will announce her candidacy within a matter of days. McClinton, a two-term legislator whose district covers Southwest Philly and parts of Delaware County, would be the ďŹ rst elected ofďŹ cial to enter the race.

She will face off against former Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Nina Ahmad, pastor Michele Lawrence and former trafďŹ c court judge Willie Singletary, who have all already declared.

Former Bright Hope Baptist minister Kevin Johnson also announced his bid just a day ago. And Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Rich Lazer, perennial candidate Lindy Li, and nonproďŹ t director Omar Woodard have all previously said they were looking to take a shot at the district.

The feeding frenzy for Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat is being complicated by the impending redraw of the state congressional maps, but political observers are conďŹ dent the Delaware County portion of the district will remain largely intact â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if true, that would favor a bi-county incumbent like McClinton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Joanna McClinton decides to run, she would be the

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overwhelming favorite to win,â&#x20AC;? said Mustafa Rashed, a political consultant who has worked on a number of campaigns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;year of the woman,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extremely qualiďŹ ed and checks all the boxes: an attorney by training, a current elected ofďŹ cial with a track record who represents parts of Delaware County, African American â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the right age to grow into seniority in D.C.â&#x20AC;?

A former public defender, McClinton served as chief counsel to state Sen. Anthony Williams before her successful initial bid for ofďŹ ce. When former state Rep. Ron Waters was forced to step down from the 191st District in 2015 over a bribery scandal, McClinton ran for the vacated seat and won with Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; support, and easily coasted to reelection the following year.

Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abrupt retirement sent the rumor mill spinning in Philadelphia, with a nonstop parade of names being ďŹ&#x201A;oated by political insiders to replace the 10-term congressman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including ďŹ gures like City Council members Maria QuiĂąones-SĂĄnchez and state Sen. Larry Farnese.

Farnese declined to comment when reached by phone. SĂĄnchez denied the rumors, adding she hoped any successor to Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s district â&#x20AC;&#x201C; assuming it is not radically redrawn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; would represent its numerous minority and low-income residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 1st Congressional District is a majority-minority district, home to nearly 130,000 Latinos,â&#x20AC;? she wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is one of the poorest congressional districts in the country and needs an experienced and proven leader. The residents of this district deserve a substantive, competitive campaign, and I hope to hear from all candidates how they will prioritize the needs of our most vulnerable populations.â&#x20AC;? Q

Clarke to take reins of DCC advisory role Councilman plans to assert influence in party following Brady decision

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hiladelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke, a powerful ďŹ gure in Philadelphia politics, will take on an ambiguous advisory role inside the Democratic City Committee as rumors swirl that he is seeking to gain more inďŹ&#x201A;uence over the local party.

U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, who doubles as head of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Democratic party, stunned both the public and close conďŹ dants last week when he abruptly announced he would not seek another term in ofďŹ ce.

However, he also indicated he intended to stay on as chair of the DCC, at least for now.

Brady will have to seek another term as party chieftain in June.

But political insiders say Clarke â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whose past political ambitions included a ďŹ zzled

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City Council President Darrell Clarke is expected to take a new post within the Democratic City Committee. mayoral bid â&#x20AC;&#x201C; could be interested in succeeding Brady as chair.

Clarke did not respond to requests for comment about the appointment, but several sources close to the council president described his new role in vague terms, saying Clarke would reportedly serve as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;advisor on government affairsâ&#x20AC;? to Brady on the DCC. Clarke, a former ward leader who left his post years ago, joined party ofďŹ ceholders Wednesday for Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s announcement. One ward leader described his presence at the emergency meeting as â&#x20AC;&#x153;very unusual,â&#x20AC;? but saw reasoning behind it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brady has to look strong, and right now he looks weak,â&#x20AC;? said Greg Paulmier, leader of the 8th Ward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Darrell needs Bob â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Bob needs Darrell to hold on to the party.â&#x20AC;?

What, exactly, Clarkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new duties would entail was not clear.

Clarkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s allies said privately the new arrangement was a precursor to him eventually running for chair. But others saw the new gig as a mere consolation prize after Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s snap decision to hang on to the chairmanship after his retirement from Congress.

While more than a dozen of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 69 ward leaders hold other elected posts, Brady has long been the sole ofďŹ ceholder in the DCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top leadership, ďŹ&#x201A;anking himself with trusted allies. In the past, he has given ambitious Democrats lesser roles within the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s internal structure.

Clarkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s move also coincides with another reckoning within the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Democratic apparatus.

Past elections have dealt defeats to party-backed candidates, drawing the aging committee structureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s power into question.

Meanwhile, new political advocacy groups like Philadelphia 3.0 and Reclaim Philadelphia have been urging reform-minded candidates to run for both vacant and tenured posts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; some of which can be won with only a few votes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in hopes of replacing long-standing committee people and ward leaders. Ward sources said Brady and others are concerned about maintaining the committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relevance and sway over city politics.

An inďŹ&#x201A;ux of new blood could bring about a â&#x20AC;&#x153;seismic changeâ&#x20AC;? that is â&#x20AC;&#x153;probably long overdue,â&#x20AC;? said David Thornburgh, executive director of Committee of Seventy, a nonpartisan watchdog group. The group has been hosting informational sessions for aspiring candidates ahead of the May primary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the story of politics,â&#x20AC;? Thornburgh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The next generation is going to knock on the door and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What about me?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a healthy thing, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to be without tension.â&#x20AC;? Q TWITTER: @RW_BRIGGS & @MAXMMARIN

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Theatre

PHOTO: SHAWN MAY/QUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP

Frank X and Johnnie Hobbs Jr. share the stage for the first time as Estragon and Vladimir in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waiting for Godot.â&#x20AC;?

The show always goes on On stage in Mount Airy, Samuel Beckettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absurdist masterpiece stays true to form â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and proves that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always timely

BY MAX MARIN â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go and see â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Waiting for Godot,'â&#x20AC;? British critic Harold Hobson wrote in the Sunday Times in 1955. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At worst you will discover a curiosity, a four-leaved clover, a black tulip; at the best something will securely lodge in the corner of your mind for as long as you live.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not exactly a hot take in the world theater today. But rightly or wrongly, Hobsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early review has been credited with saving the life of Samuel Beckettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absurdist tragicomedy. And it seems ďŹ tting to understand the life of a play that almost died before it could be truly born â&#x20AC;&#x201C; more so for a play that is about, among more speciďŹ c things, life itself.

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Were it not for Hobson, perhaps Quintessence Theatre Group may not have opened its faithful restaging of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Godotâ&#x20AC;? at Mount Airyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sedgwick Theater last weekend. Upon its initial release, Beckettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opus was met with heckling crowds and reviews that condemned it as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;boringâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;tediousâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretentious allegory.â&#x20AC;? Hobson raised our eyes to its beauty.

For the unacquainted, do not worry about spoilers. Spoilers imply plots. Plots require things happening. And 65 years after its European debut, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Godotâ&#x20AC;? emphatically remains what one of its many critics called a two-act play in which nothing happens, twice.

Barrymore Award-winning actors Frank X and Johnnie Hobbs Jr. deliver ďŹ nely tuned performances as Estragon and Vladimir, the un-

deroccupied duo of tramps who wait for a man named Godot who never comes. They capture much of what audiences have come to love about Beckettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bizarre anti-quest â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the slapstick antics, the comic rapport, the spontaneous existential howls, and, yes, the hopelessness.

In the faded opulence of the Sedgwick Theater, a former art deco movie palace, director Ken Marini stays loyal to Beckettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minimalist set of instructions (â&#x20AC;&#x153;A country road. A tree.â&#x20AC;?) and also to its wiley, exasperated language.

Quintessenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ear for the spirit of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Godotâ&#x20AC;? does not come as a surprise. The 8-yearold troupe has distinguished itself in Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theater scene as a classical preservationist.

But perhaps especially in these preening times, their staging should not be taken for granted, either.

Over the decades, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Godotâ&#x20AC;? has received more makeovers than a Madonna song.

Vladimir and Estragon have been relocated to seedy slums, nuclear wastelands and even post-hurricane New Orleans. The open allegory of the play invites audiences to substitute Godot for the anxieties of any historical moment: Godot as liberation in Nazi-occupied Europe, as FEMA during a natural disaster, as God in our gravest moments of doubt.

Some of these interpretations have been more effective than others. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hardly the ďŹ rst to point out that the play is often needlessly muddied by special accents.

And yet I can imagine the temptation of staging â&#x20AC;&#x153;Godotâ&#x20AC;? at the Mar-a-Lago, or on the U.S.-Mexico border, or on the White House lawn. How ďŹ tting would it have been to dress Pozzo, the slave-driving circusringer whom our heroes mistake for their savior Godot, as a Cheeto-colored Donald Trump? But also, how predictable in a time when much of the country seems to be gasping for fresh air? Since I saw the show Saturday evening, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Godotâ&#x20AC;? has had me thinking nonstop about our American political moment â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require any extra prodding from creative directors.

Hobbes and X deliver exuberant performances. Their being African-American lends weight to the charactersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; poverty as well as the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motifs of corporal abuse. But Quintessence is not the ďŹ rst to cast the roles â&#x20AC;&#x201C; written by an Irish expatriate to France â&#x20AC;&#x201C; outside of their former boundaries, nor does it appear to be reaching for a statement here.

Come, and you will laugh along with Vladimir and Estragonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggle for existence.

Come and you will despair with them, too.

Here, in its rawest form, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Godotâ&#x20AC;? continues to prove its power to lodge itself into our minds for as long as we live. Q Quintessence Theatre Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waiting for Godotâ&#x20AC;? | Sedgwick Theater. 7137 Germantown Ave. Feb. 3 - 18. $15-$50. quintessencetheatre.org TWITTER: @MAXMMARIN

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IMAGE: JEFFREY STOCKBRIDGE

In less than six months, two inmates have died inside Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, the city's largest jail for male inmates.

Dead after arrival

Why are inmates dying inside this Philadelphia jail?

BY COURTENAY HARRIS BOND

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n less than six months, two people have died inside Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest correctional facility â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at least one from accidental drug intoxication.

The latest is 36-year-old George Coley, III, who was found unresponsive in his jail cell inside Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on Jan. 26. His death remains under investigation by both the Philadelphia Department of Prisons and the Philadelphia Police Department, as both await an autopsy and an ofďŹ cial toxicology report from the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's OfďŹ ce.

All of this has provided limited information, but Philly Weekly has learned Coley had been in custody at CFCF since Jan. 25 and was found unresponsive in his cell the next day.

Coley, who records show was booked for theft and had prior run-ins dating back to 2000, follows the Oct. 31 death of Ed Zaleski, 53, found dead in his jail cell â&#x20AC;&#x201C; alone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from a drug overdose.

While Zaleski struggled for years with substance-use dis-

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order, his obituary describes him as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;avid power boater, a loyal friend and a great guy, who was the most fun-loving person you would ever meet.â&#x20AC;? He had four children and held a variety of jobs, from acting as a projects manager in a pollution-control company to working in the towing business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Ed wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t addicted, he was a great man,â&#x20AC;? said Robert Lynch, an attorney representing the mother of two of Zaleskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children in a suit against the city, the Philadelphia Department of Prisons and the health-care contractor Corizon Health, alleging Zaleski did not receive proper medical treatment behind bars.

According to the Philadelphia Medical Examinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s autopsy report, Zaleski died of â&#x20AC;&#x153;accidental drug intoxication.â&#x20AC;? This was just hours after he was picked up on an outstanding warrant for shoplifting video games from Walmart and taken to Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jail.

When Zaleskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ex-girlfriend â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be named to protect her childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s privacy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; learned through the medical examinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ ce that Zaleski had shot four bags of heroin before his arrest and had notiďŹ ed CFCF staff of his condition, she hired Lynch.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their job to get him some medical treatment,â&#x20AC;? Lynch said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead they put him in a cell alone, and he went unwatched, unevaluated for hours.â&#x20AC;?

When he was found shortly after 7 a.m. on Halloween, Zaleski was dead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak about his condition when he came to the system,â&#x20AC;? said Philadelphia Department of Prisons spokeswoman Shawn Hawes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Generally, when inmates are processed in, one of the ďŹ rst questions they are asked is if they are ill or if they have an immediate medical need. If they say they do, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re normally bumped up in our medical screening process.â&#x20AC;?

Hawes said she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if Zaleski alerted intake staff that he was on drugs or suffering from withdrawal. She said she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comment further because the case was under investigation.

Approximately 75 percent of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jail population have substance-use disorders, and, of those, approximately 20 percent are opioid users, said Bruce Herdman, chief of medical operations for Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Prisons. Of the 28,000 admissions a year, medical staff at the department of prisons puts 8,000 people on one of three nationally-recognized detox protocols. About 6,000 of those inmates receive the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale protocol, Herdman said.

Why COWS was not used with Zaleski, and/or why he did not receive medical attention when he showed signs of distress or possible overdose, is unclear.

In a sort of grim twist of fate, Zaleskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death comes at a time when the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jails have started a new program to distribute the overdose reversal medication Narcan upon release to inmates with a history of opioid abuse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge increase for risk of death after being discharged because the patients have detoxed, and their tolerance has decreased,â&#x20AC;? said Casey Thompson, CFCF

assistant health services administrator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So they go home, and they use the same amount that they would have used when they got here, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dying. So this is to help prevent deaths.â&#x20AC;?

The department of prisons receives the Narcan from the Philadelphia Department of Health and the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services through a state grant that funded 8,000 kits in 2017 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the majority of which are going to the jails. The department of prisons had handed out a few hundred kits with two nasal spray doses of Narcan to inmates upon release as of December, Herdman said.

Public service announcements air daily on the jailsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; closed-circuit televisions, explaining why people are at a higher risk for overdose when they leave custody, what an overdose looks like, how to get Narcan, and how to administer it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The city of Philadelphia and the prison system has given out Narcan for fear that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re [inmates] going to go back out and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to use right away,â&#x20AC;?

Lynch added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yet when they come in, when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re scooped up off the street on a nonsense minor theft charge, they do nothing but put them in a cell by themselves.â&#x20AC;?

The department of prisons is also taking part in a University of Pennsylvania study examining the efďŹ cacy of giving inmates naltrexone shots upon release to help prevent relapse into opioid abuse.

Naltrexone, also known under the brand names Vivitrol and Revia, is administered once a month, helps reduce cravings, and can only be given to people who have detoxed completely from opioids.

More than 300 inmates have volunteered for the study in which it is randomized whether they get the shot right before or right after leaving custody. Dr. George Woody, a University of Pennsylvania psychiatrist who is heading the study, said he

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The Hard Numbers:

Drugs and Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prison system 1 Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on State Road is the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest jail for male inmates.

75 Percentage of inmates among the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jail population that suffer from substance-abuse issues according to Bruce Herdman, medical examiner for the Philadelphia Department of Prisons.

IMAGE: JEFFREY STOCKBRIDGE

The irony in the October substance abuse death of inmate Ed Zaleski was that around the same time city jails started a new program to distribute Narcan to inmates with a history of opioid abuse. expects to publish the results in about a year-and-a-half. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Addiction is a scourge for people, and the devastation that it inďŹ&#x201A;icts on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives and the crimes that are committed as a result of their need to sustain their addiction are horrendous,â&#x20AC;? Herdman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So if we can ďŹ nd ways to help people stay on a medication as in medication-assisted treatment, reduce their rate of crime, and increase their ability to hold a job and not recidivate, that would be a great contribution.â&#x20AC;?

Inmates who are already on methadone or suboxone programs when they are processed are maintained on these medications through an outside group, which comes to the jails. Pregnant women who are addicted to opioids upon entering Riverside Correctional Facility, the female jail, are mandated to start methadone to prevent their newborn infants from going through withdrawal. Herdman is also hoping soon to implement medication-assisted treatment within the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jails for all inmates with opioid-use disorders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was the recommendation of the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s [Opioid] Task Force,â&#x20AC;? Herdman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have that worked out yet. But that is a possibility.â&#x20AC;?

None of these efforts, however, helped Zaleski, whose death remains unexplained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If he was on the street, he wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been given better care by another heroin addict,â&#x20AC;? Lynch said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If he walked into the hospital and said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d shot four bags of heroin, they wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve given him immediate attention.â&#x20AC;? Q TWITTER: @CHARRISBOND

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20 Of that 75 percent, approximately 20 percent are direct opioid abusers, again according to the Philadelphia Department of Prisons.

300 The number of inmates who have volunteered for a University of Pennsylvania study that examines the efficacy of giving inmates naltrexone (Vivitrol, Revia) shots upon release to help prevent relapse into opioid abuse.

28,000 Number of admissions to Philadelphia city jails each year.

8,000 Number from that 28,000 the medical staff from the Department of Prisons place on one of three nationally-recognized detox protocols while housed in a city jail. That same number is the amount of Narcan the Philadelphia Department of Health and the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services supplied to city jails in 2017, courtesy of a state grant. Q

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DRINKS

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THEATER

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Time Rememberedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

by Jean Anouilh

For a night at the theater, come see a preview of French dramatist and playwright Jean Anouilhâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time Remembered.â&#x20AC;? The hilarious, fairy-tale like play centers on a lovesick prince, his eccentric aunt and the lengths she will go to save him. The show runs through March 4. | 7:30pm. $15 plus fees. The Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5, 825 Walnut St. walnutstreettheatre.org/season

FOOD

the scene What to do in & around the city

Philadelphia Theater Week

T

rue thespians, casual theatergoers and Philly adventurers, at last Philadelphia Theater Week has arrived!

Save the paycheck, and still see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in the Philly theater scene at a discounted rate. Attend productions, readings and interactive events. Catch beloved musicals, classic plays, new creations and experimental theater.

Kick off 10 days of arts on Feb. 8 from 5-7pm at Yards Brewing Company. Learn about the 80 plus participating events, upcoming productions and more!

Who needs Broadway when you have Philly?

Feb. 8-18. Free, $15, or $30. Times vary. Throughout the city.theatrephiladelphia.org

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ANDREA CANTOR | @ANDREAJCANTOR

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 ART

Paint Your Heart Night at Bleu Martini

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get crafty for Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. Choose the style of glass and paint color. Materials and help will be provided. Just think how romantic it will be when you are sipping wine from your hand-painted heart glass. | 7-9pm. $30. Bleu Martini, 24 S. 2nd St. drinkablearts.com

MUSIC

Joanna Teters

Get over hump day by catching Joanna

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Teters on her â&#x20AC;&#x153;Warmer When It Rainsâ&#x20AC;? tour. Lose yourself into soul, R&B and reggae sounds. Joining the stage are bandmates: bassist Ben Carr, guitarist Ted Morcaldi, drummer Zane West and keyboardist Noah Barker. | 8pm. $10. Johnny Brendaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. johnnybrendas.com

COMEDY

Hollywood Couples & Their Cocktails: A Story of Drinks and Drama

Glam it up with sibling authors AndrĂŠ & Tenaya Darlington of â&#x20AC;&#x153;TCM's Movie Night Menus.â&#x20AC;? Enjoy paired drinks as the authors guide you through a â&#x20AC;&#x153;spiritedâ&#x20AC;? history of Hollywood. The evening includes appetizers, ďŹ lm clips, Q&A with the authors and a ďŹ&#x201A;ight of handcrafted drinks. | Price varies. 7pm.

Black Box at Prince Theater, 1412 Chestnut St. ďŹ lmadelphia.org

COMEDY

Northern Comedies

Come for laughs, stay for laughs. The Northern Comedies monthly show has paired local and national comics for an evening of fun jokes and story-telling. Hosted by Michelle Biloon, who has appeared in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Comedy Bang Bangâ&#x20AC;? podcast, â&#x20AC;&#x153;2 Dope Queens,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doug Loves Movies,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chelsea Latelyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.â&#x20AC;? The night features Trey Galyon, Jess Salomon, Eman El Husseini, Setoiyo, Mike Rainey, Erin Dohony and Dorian Vasquez. | 9-11pm.

Bardot Cafe, 447 Poplar St. www.northerncomedies.com/

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 BOOK TALK

Philly All-Pro Comedy Showcase Parkway 100: Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to the weekend fast enough? They do say laughter is the best medicine. The only Lots to Love About the Parkway thing that is not funny is how cheap these tickets are! For only $8 you can watch eight of Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top comics. Crack up all while supporting your local comic scene. | 8pm. $8.

Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St. punchlinephilly.com

Not sure what to get for Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day? How about Irene Levy Bakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s "100 Things to Do in Philadelphia Before You Die"? In honor of Parkway 100, come for a reception, book talk and signing, and leave with a whole bucket list of amazing things to do in the city.

For the Love of Curry, an Indian Cooking Demo

Come hungry and ready to learn how to make tasty Indian food with Seema Vaidyanathan. Originally a home cook trained by her mother, Seema is widely inďŹ&#x201A;uenced by the different regional cuisines of India. Seema will expose your taste buds to the hidden delicacies of simple traditional south Indian cuisines of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka states. | 6:30-8:30pm. $5. Weavers Way Co-Op, 559 Carpenter Lane. weaversway.coop/event

DRINKS

I Choo Choo Choose You â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Beer Release!

Brewed with almost 100-pounds of candy hearts, this love potion will surely get you into the Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day mood. I Choo-ChooChoose You is a 6.5 percent multi-grain candy heart and hibiscus New England-style IPA. Give your taste buds some love with this aromatic, bright purple IPA with layered notes of strawberries, peaches, and lemon zest. | 4-10pm. Free admission. Evil Genius, 1727 N. Front St. evil-genius-beer-company. ticketleap.com

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LITERATURE

Bibliococktails: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Picture of Dorian Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

The man who stayed young as his portrait aged. Come for a night themed around the classic novel, Oscar Wildeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Picture of Dorian Gray.â&#x20AC;? Drink themed cocktails and enjoy activities, such as readings, music and games. | 6-8pm. $30. $15 for member. Rosenbach, 2008-2010 Delancey Place. rosenbach. org/events

ART

Print Love-In (adult session)

A night of tasty libations, make and take printmaking stations, rafďŹ&#x201A;es and retro cover band Dr. Love & The Love Supervisors.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll end the evening with your own valentines, block-printed tote bags and vintagestyle pennants. | 7-10pm. $15, performance only. $25, performance and printmaking.

Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catharine St. ďŹ&#x201A;eisher.org/

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 CAUSES

Feeding the Homeless Do some good this Saturday, and join D.O.P.E. help those less fortunate. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in donating, bring some of the following suggestions between 7:30-7:45pm. for sorting: soup, sandwiches (no pork, no peanut butter), waters, hot cocoa, hot tea and money (for additional supplies). | 8-10pm. Free. Dilworth Park, 1 S. 15th St. eventbrite.com/e

TASTING

Hand Crafted Drinking Chocolate Tasting

Calling all chocolate lovers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ok, so everyoneâ&#x20AC;Ś Warm up this winter with a drinking chocolate tasting. Use a handmade ceramic mug to keep, and try luxuriously rich drinking chocolates with Kevin Paschall, chocolate maker at Franklin Fountain and Shane Confectionery.

Learn about the tradition of chocolate making and the different varieties used. | 6:30-8:30pm. $40. $35 for members. The Clay Studio, 137139 N. 2nd St. theclaystudio.org

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 ART EXPO

TOUR

Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ghost Tour â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Love Never Dies

Love is a classic ingredient in a good ghost story, so it goes without saying the City of Brotherly Love has a number of ghastly tales. This Valentine's Day, discover haunting love stories and the ghosts they leave behind on the ninth annual Valentine's Ghost Tour of Philadelphia. The candlelight walking tour includes stops at haunted burial grounds and historic sites, as well as a tour inside a Society Hill mansion. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to PhilaLandmarks, the nonproďŹ t that maintains these historic sites. | 7pm. $22. Powel House, 244 S. 3rd St. ghosttour.net/hauntedphiladelphia

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 FOOD & DRINK

Sweets & Stouts

Before dishing out the cash on Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, save some bucks, and still enjoy sweets with your sweetie. Taste complementary dessert samples from Franklin Fountain, Garces Group and Chickie's & Pete's, as well as complimentary beer and wine tastings. | 2-6pm.

Free. Blue Cross RiverRink, 101 S. Columbus Blvd. delawareriverwaterfront.com/places/ blue-cross-riverrink-winterfest

CAUSES

Puppies & Patriots

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help a paws-itvely good cause today, and support our veterans. Come to nonproďŹ t Team Fosterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual fundraiser to provide service dogs to veterans. Give all of the 8-week-old pups from Team Foster Heroes Litter a cuddle and smooch at the Puppy Kissing Both. For coming out, enjoy an hour open bar from 5:30-6:30pm with drink specials the rest of the night. | 5:30-9pm. $25. Field House, 1150 Filbert St. teamfoster.org

WALKING TOUR

Til Death Do Us Part: Love Stories of Laurel Hill Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention

Love the ink? Come to the 20th Annual Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention for tattooing, art and sideshows. The tattoo expo will run through Feb. 11. | 2pm-Midnight. $22. $45 three day pass. Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St. villainarts.com

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'Sake to Meâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Sushi Cooking Class

Roll on over to roll some sushi. Learn to create sushi rolls, hand rolls, pickle ginger, and a miso soup along with a sriracha and wasabi mayo. Participants also get a glass of sake to enjoy with their hand rolls. | 6pm. $99. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cultivate Food, 4658 Umbria St. lcfcatering2. wixsite.com/lcf-catering/manayunk

Celebrate the â&#x20AC;&#x153;spiritâ&#x20AC;? of Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Inspired by a woman whose heart â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and only her heart â&#x20AC;&#x201D; lies buried beneath the cemeteryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earth, come hear her love story and others. Remember, love is eternal. The afternoon will ďŹ nish with a toasty, ďŹ reside reception with wine and hors dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres. | 1-3pm. $20. Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Ave. thelaurelhillcemetery.org/events

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Visionary Valentines Gift Market Wake-N-Bake Off 2018 Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be that person who gets their better half a present the night before Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. Find something special for your special someone at this market, featuring art, jewelry, collectibles and more from local vendors.

Hey, while youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at it, show some self-love, and treat yourself to something nice as well. | Noon-8pm. Free admission. Philadelphia Visionary Arts Gallery, 765 S. 4th St. visartsgallery.com

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 THEATER

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Waiting for Godotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Well, the one thing you no longer have to wait for is the show! Catch Samuel Beckettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tragicomedy in two acts about two men waiting for Godot. What they don't know is when, where, or why they are to meet him.

This performance will have a pre-show tea and discussion at 1pm. The show is running through Feb. 18. | 3pm. Prices vary. The Sedgwick Theater, 7137 Germantown Ave. quintessencetheatre.org

ART

Culinary wizards, home cooks, professional chefs, and newcomers compete in a sweet n' savory cook off using the main ingredient â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Terrapin beer! Contestants must create a sweet or savory dish with Wake n' Bake, Moo Hoo, Hopsecutioner, and/or Watermelon Gose. Judges will choose two winners with prizes going to the best sweet and best savory dish! Guests will receive a WakeN-Bake mug, one Terrapin draught, samples from each contestant, two tickets to vote, and Terrapin swag. | Noon-3pm. $25. City Tap House Logan Square, 100 N. 18th St. logan. citytap.com

CAUSES

Yoga with Cats

Get into cat pose with actual cats! Take a yoga class with the extra stress relief of adorable and adoptable kitties roaming around.

All levels are welcome. Just remember to bring your own mat. All proceeds beneďŹ t the PSPCA's life-saving mission. | 9-10am. $15 plus fees. PSPCA, 1546 Frankford Ave. eventbrite.com/e

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 THEATER

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Waitressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

For a night as sweet as pie, come see the Broadway hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waitressâ&#x20AC;? in Philly! Inspired by Adrienne Shellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s same-titled ďŹ lm, watch as Jenna tries to escape her loveless marriage and small-town life through a pie baking contest. With lyrics by six-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles, this show will be sure to captivate all your senses. The show runs through Feb. 18. | 7:30pm. Price varies. Forrest Theatre, 1114 Walnut St. forrest-theatre.com/waitress.html

FITNESS

DANCE

FESTIVAL

Salsa Mondays

Mardi Gras

Shake a tail feather at Vangoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Latin Night.

Take a dance lesson with Master Jay, and then show off your new moves with DJ Faraway. The night will be complete with drinks, food and hookah. | 9pm. Free admission.

Vango Lounge & Skybar, 116 S. 18th St. vangoloungeandskybar.com

Break out the masks and beads, and party it out for Mardi Gras! Enjoy an open bar, buffet and drink specials, New Orleans-inspired dishes, photo booth, Mardi Gras accessories, prizes and more. Dance it out to live music with DJ Q-Ball. | 7pm-2am. $25 for two-hour open bar and buffet. $35 for three-hour open bar and buffet. Bourbon Blue, 2 Rector St. upcomingevents.com/e/mardi-gras

MOVIES

Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Couples Sets

Ok, you love birds, stop your squabbles over whose painting is better, and create an art piece together! Each person paints half the image on their own canvas, and the image is complete when the canvases are hung together. No experience needed at this BYOB event. | 6-8pm. $35. Painting with a Twist, 8500 Henry Ave. paintingwithatwist.com

COMEDY

Jeff Dunham: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Passively Aggressiveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Get ready to laugh your keister off with the very funny Jeff Dunham and his puppets. Wellknow for his ventriloquism, the comedian has appeared on a number of television shows, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late Show with David Letterman,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Comedy Central Presents,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.â&#x20AC;? | 3-6pm. $51.50.

Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St. wellsfargocenterphilly.com

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Philadelphia Psychotronic Film Society Meeting

Calling all movie buffs. Come for free screenings of cult/weirdo/B-movie fare. BYOB and watch a ďŹ&#x201A;ick with other ďŹ lm lovers. After signing into three meetings, you will receive enamel pin of the Philadelphia Psychotronic Film Society Logo. | 7:30-9:30pm. Free.

PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St. facebook.com/ events/1091156131020170/

SPEED DATING

NE Philly Pre-Valentine's Day Speed Dating ages 20s-30s

Wish you had a special someone for Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day? Come down for a chance at love with other 20s and 30s Philly singles.

Relax with a drink and meet someone new. | 7-9pm. $25 online when using coupon code "Coupon" at checkout. Reale's Restaurant & Bar, 7233 Frankford Ave. eventbrite.com/e/ ne-philly-pre-valentines

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

CAUSES

Monday Evening Run

Keep up with those New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolutions! Run a ďŹ ve-mile loop to the Delaware River and back through Old City. Pace and distance vary so all levels are welcome. | 7pm.

Free. William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. phillyfr.org

BEAUTY

Galentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Girls Night Out

Who says you have to throw down the cash to get an amazing blowout? Just in time for Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, grab your gals, and learn how to get amazing salon quality blowouts at home. Find out about the must-have products, and get tips and tricks on ďŹ nding and applying a ďŹ&#x201A;awless red lipstick. | 6-9pm. $5 in advance. $10 at the door. Chroma Hair Salon, 108 Market St. chromasalonphilly.com

Galentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day

Grab your gal pals and join the Young Advocates of Philly to support Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania! Find out ways to get involved with PPSP and the Young Advocates. Enjoy some happy hourpriced snacks and drinks, and send some special â&#x20AC;&#x153;valentinesâ&#x20AC;? to politicians. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry all friends and allies are welcome, not just the â&#x20AC;&#x153;ladies celebrating ladies!â&#x20AC;? $1 from every drink purchased will be donated to Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania. | 5-7pm. $5. Smokinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Betty's, 116 S. 11th St. ppsp.ticketleap.com/galentines-day-2018/

ART

Anti-Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arts & Crafts

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Couples will receive a rose, a box of chocolate and a souvenir picture. Dunkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Donuts will be providing heart-shaped donuts for guests to snack on. | 7-10:30pm. $25. Blue Cross RiverRink, 101 S. Columbus Blvd. ticketďŹ&#x201A;y. com/purchase

FOOD & DRINK

Handmade Chocolate and Craft Beer Tasting for Valentine's Day

Chocolate and wine? No! Chocolate and beer! For a special Valentine's Day treat, come to this chocolate and beer tasting! MaryEllen, the chocolatier from Made by ME, and Nick, the brewer behind Chestnut Hill Brewing Company, will be walking you through four chocolate and beer pairings. | 7-8:30pm. $20 plus fees. Chestnut Hill Brewing Company, 8221 Germantown Ave. eventbrite.com/e/ handmade-chocolate

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

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Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Murder Mystery Dinner

GARDEN CRAFTS

Valentine Flowers to Wear (Adults)

Be the queen of Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day by making a ďŹ&#x201A;oral headpiece. Join PHS: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and create crowns and boutonnieres that would make cupid proud. | 5:30-6:30pm. Free with registration. Dilworth Park, 1 S. 15th St. phsonline.org/wintergarden Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collage cards using paper, stencils, stamps, and all of the sarcasm. A variety of collage ephemera and images will be available for use. Feel free to bring along your favorite heinous, hilarious or healing quotes, images or song lyrics for your sassy sentiments. Art will also be available for sale. | 6-10pm. Free.

Tattooed Mom, 530 South St. tattooedmomphilly.com

SKATE

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Enjoy a Valentine's Day three-corpse dinner! Have dinner and drinks, while solving a romantic, comedic murder mystery in the private dining room. Tickets include dinner, beer and wine, and the interactive show. | 7-10pm. $108 Red Owl Tavern, 433 Chestnut St. eventbrite.com/e/valentines-day

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 FOOD & DRINK

Sultry and Celebratory Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Beer + Chocolate Pairing

You know what they say about chocolate being better thanâ&#x20AC;Ś Indulge in a fun and sexy beer and gourmet chocolate pairing. Enjoy a ďŹ ve-course guided tasting that includes a background on the intertwining origins of both fermented edibles and handmade chocolates. There will also be trivia and prizes! | 7-9pm. $45. $80 for couples ticket. Alchemist Society, 1100 N. Front St. alchemistsociety. ticketleap.com

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The Rootsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dice Raw hopes fans of Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre Week will get hyped about his second Theatre performance.

Stage presents Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Theatre Week meets Dice Rawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second go-round on the stage

BY A.D. AMOROSI

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hen Theatre Philadelphia decided to create its ďŹ rst-ever Philly Theatre Week, the organization and keeper of the coveted Barrymore Awards knew that it had to be ambitious in its planning and execution.

So after taking cues from hyper-hyped local events such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Philly Beer Week, Center City Restaurant Week and Philly Tech Week,â&#x20AC;? according to executive director Leigh Goldenberg, the event running Feb. 8-18 hopes to

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celebrate this cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lively stage scene, create a buzz around that collective, and market its amenability to those who may not recognize all the work Theatre Philadelphia puts in.

Along with pairing off with local theatres whose shows are already in production (e.g., The Wilma and Passing Strange or EgoPo Productions and the Lydie Breeze Trilogy) and offering special festival-speciďŹ c ticket discounts, Theatre Philadelphia worked with Theatre companies to fashion unique events for the fest, such as staged readings and panel discussions.

There are more than a few opportunities to eat and drink in the name of Theatre Philadelphia such as the Opening Night Kickoff Party at Yardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewing Company (5-7 p.m., Feb. 8). A stage production such as Iron Age Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collaboration with Theatre in the X at the Community Education Center tells a story of the Black Panther Party during Black History Month, and connects it to this ďŹ rst Philly Theatre Week.

Then there is Karl Jenkins â&#x20AC;&#x201D; aka Dice Raw, an occasional mouthpiece for The Roots â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who makes an appearance during Black History Month and Philly Theatre Week with his second, self-penned Theatre piece, Henry â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boxâ&#x20AC;? Brown: a Hip Hop Musical.

Running inside Bonnell Auditorium at the Community College of Philadelphia, the riveting rap musical stars its co-author Jenkins and tackles the myths and truths of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boxâ&#x20AC;?

Brown â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the legendary Virginia-based slave who â&#x20AC;&#x201C; upon losing his wife â&#x20AC;&#x201C; found a way to quell his frustration at being enslaved. He mailed himself in a box to Philadelphia and subsequent freedom. From there, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boxâ&#x20AC;?

Brown came alive and became prominent for

his writing and his on-stage antics as a hypnotist, dancer, magician and singer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started writing Box during The Last Jimmy,â&#x20AC;&#x153; says Jenkins, referring to his 2015 play dealing with Jim Crow laws, the unfairness of black-male incarceration and presentday forms of enslavement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s narrative is very enlightening: coming from Virginia to Philly, the love story with his wife and having her moved to another plantation. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of meat on that bone.â&#x20AC;?

Despite the success of The Last Jimmy (along with selling out several Theatre runs in Philly, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performed it in LA and Miami), Jenkins says few were interested in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boxâ&#x20AC;?

Brown musical. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a lot of Theatresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cup of tea. They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it would have an audience. I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say who said this, but I was told a historical Theatre musical wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ďŹ&#x201A;y, that black people didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to hear about black history â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not during Black History Month or with the heightened awareness of Black Lives Matter.â&#x20AC;?

Luckily, Jenkins persisted with his hip-hop musical.

The rapper-lyricist-turned-playwright has created an incendiary, engaging â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even charming â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Theatre piece, not only about freedom, but art and re-deďŹ ning oneself; how in an era of myth-making, some men can blaze their own path and reveal their soft side while doing so. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A song such as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Autumn Windâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; does that,â&#x20AC;? says the writer and actor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own written â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;narrativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; he described this moment in a frightening manner: slave masters came and took the children away from their mothers. The metaphor being the mothers were the trees and the kids were the leaves and the slaves masters were the wind sweeping everything up in their wake. I remember playing that song for a room of people before we mounted the show. They began to cry. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how I GOT that I had something here.â&#x20AC;?

With two plays under his belt and a third one in the ofďŹ ng, it might seem as if Jenkins is a master multitasker between music and theatre. First, that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t true as he has an album and an accompanying book â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Narrative â&#x20AC;&#x201C; due this spring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And besides, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel necessarily a part of the hip-hop scene or the Theatre scene,â&#x20AC;? says Jenkins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe that The Roots truly did either â&#x20AC;&#x201C; feel a part â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to be honest with you.

What we did was different than the rest of Philly hip-hop which was usually so gangsta and over criminalized. As far as the Theatre scene goes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they reached out when the idea is good and I think they dig what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing. For Philly Theatre Week I just hope the reviews arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t horrible so that people want to see the show.â&#x20AC;? Q Philly Theatre Week | Feb. 8-18. $30. Location and times vary. theatrephiladelphia. org.

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FOR SALE

2040 REED ST. Two to choose from , Gorgeous

1921 S CAMAC ST. Prime East Passyunk location,

2318 S. 3RD ST. Rare opportunity to own a

brand new construction homes with custom features master suites and roof decks, $449,900

walking distance to all your favorite restaurants and cafes, move in ready !!

Asking $349,900

beautiful 3 bedroom home located in a highly desirable area of Whitman. Asking $299,900

2417 S. LAWRENCE ST. A wonderful modern upgraded

1632 S. CAMAC ST. 3 Bed Home, located in the

3 bed home, with open porch, H/W ďŹ&#x201A;rs, upgraded kitchen and new heating system.

Asking $199,900

heart of East Passyunk. Make this home your with some updating at an excellent value.

Asking $279,900.

3172 HALSEY PL Packer Pack Cul De Sac, 3 bed

2214 S DARIEN ST Cozy 2 bed home ,with new

sunken liv rm style house with lg yard, needs work asking $309,900

carpeting, nice quiet side st, priced to sell at $154,900

227 FEDERAL Prime Pennsport location, are you looking for a project to handle? 3 bed home w/ large lot in need of renovation asking only $269,900

1508 N. 4TH ST. Olde Kensington, Huge 3 story home w/ 6 bedrooms, lg rear yd loads of potential, make this your dream home.

Asking $299,900.

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2423 S. PHILIP ST. Modern 3 bed home located

in the heart of Whitman, new C/A, lovely tree lined street, just bring your furniture. $239,900

359 TREE ST Beautiful brand new 2 bed totally renovated home w/quartz countertops, SS appliances and much more. $285,000

3Waterfront N COLUMBUS BLVD. living beautiful 2

2601 DICKINSON Commercial Property in Grays

bed 2 bath condo completely renovated, with parking and private outside deck asking $349,000.

Ferry, Laundromat and 2 bedroom apartment. Asking $299,900.

2600 S. SARTAIN ST. Spacious corner 3 bed property

SOLD

updated all T/O with central air, high ceilings plenty of closets , close to public transportation.

Asking $259,900

942 SIGEL ST. Very affordable beautifully remodeled home located in the very desirable East Passyunk section of South Phila. H/W ďŹ&#x201A;rs, exposed brick, priced at $249,900.

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1110 LOMBARD STREET # 13 WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2/11 FROM 12:00 TO 1:00

A Lovely 1000 Sq ft 2 Story 2 Bedroom garden Unit (1110 Lombard St #13). For easy access enter off 1100 Rodman St closest to 11th St enter thru a wrought iron gate (push Gate open) #13 is the 2nd gate as you enter the brick walkway. This Unit features both a Private Entrance and Private Garden. Enter a Dramatic 2 Story Foyer Space which opens directly into the Living Room which features Exposed Brick Wall, Wood Burning Fireplace, Mechanical Closet + a Dining Area. The Kitchen is very well equipped with Lovely Cabinets, Granite Counter-tops & Back-splash, Under cabinet lighting and Stainless-Steel Appliances. Aside of the Kitchen is a Utility Closet with Mechanicals, Laundry and Some Storage Space. Second Floor: Straight Stairs to the Hall area with a Closet and Very Nice Full Tile Bath. The Main Bedroom is in the Rear, Quiet & Peaceful, with a Closet + an Open & Dramatic 2 Story Entry Way Window. There is an additional Front Bedroom with a Closet and 2 Windows overlooking the TerriďŹ c Seger Park. This is a Lovely 2 Bedroom Pristine Move Right in Garden Unit. Hardwood Floors Throughout, Gas Heat, Central Air & Fireplace. Everything you would need. Plus, a Nest & Ring System. The Location - - Washington Square West is Super. Close and Walk-able to everything - Parks, restaurants, Coffee Shop, Theaters and Public Transportation. $385,000

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: I cannot say enough good things about Kathy, Patrick and their team. I have bought and sold a handful of homes through Kathy and Patrick and they have gone above and beyond. I really had to do very little - which made the difference for me. I tell everyone I know that if they plan to buy or sell, go to Kathy and Patrick..

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Master bedroom suite has a luxurious bath and plenty of closet space. Full finished basement. Great outside for entertaining.

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