Philly Weekly 3-30-2016

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PIFA ART TAKES OVER THE CITY

Knitting Peace

Circus meets something otherworldly

Cirkus Cirkör Apr 8–10

Rivers of Sound Amir ElSaffar World Music Apr 9

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Paper Planet Interactive Family Apr 9–23

Attack Point Dance/Choral Apr 10

Architecture in Motion Dance Apr 13 & 14

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Join producer and screenwriter Josh Singer and actor Neal Huff from the Academy Awardwinning movie, Spotlight, for a discussion about the film. Spotlight tells the story of the Boston Globe team that exposed the Roman Catholic Church’s cover-up of the sexual abuse of children by priests. 4:30pm. Free. Annen-

The return of PIFA

14 Food & dRINK “American Wino”

16 ART School of Art

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berg Center, 3680 Walnut Street. sas.upenn.edu

Kenn Kweder, folk hero

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20 TIMAREE’S Body

Radio Times on the Road

Wrestling at Chikara

21 SAvAgE LovE Oral fixations 22 REAL ESTATE 25 CLASSIFIEd

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Host of NPR’s Radio Times, Marty Moss-Coane stops by the Reading Terminal for a conversation about Philadelphia’s rise as a great food city. The show will feature Aliza Green, a pioneer of farm-to-table cooking; Michael Pasquarello, who has helped define the bar-meetsrestaurant movement; Keven Parker, of Soul Food Café; and Ellen Yin, of Fork. 7pm. $20-$90.

Reading Terminal, 12th and Arch Sts. readingterminalmarket.org

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Philly Farm & Food Fest

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ince the first Philly Farm and Food Fest (PF3) in 2011, the event keeps on growing. It is one of the country’s biggest and best single-day food festivals and a perfect way to kick off the spring planting season and commit to a full year of healthful, sustainable eating.

The Fest focuses on local farmers, artisans, and regional experts in the agricultural and processing fields and is a collaborative project of Fair Food and Kitchen Table Consultants.

New this year is the Curd Convention—an all day Cheese Festival-within-a-festival. Featuring three of Philly’s cheese all-stars; hosted by Aimee Olexy, founder of Talula’s Garden, Daily and Table, Emilio Mignucci, third generation owner of Di Bruno Bros., and Tenaya Darlington, aka Madame Fromage. There will be six delicious events throughout the day for cheese lovers. Also new this year is the PF3 Kitchen, where guests will be able to join butchers, makers, chefs, and farmers as they share their trade secrets and best recipes for cooking with local and fresh ingredients. The Kitchen will include a tutorial from

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fest presenter Chipotle Mexican Grill on proper knife techniques and a how to for making its famous guac. Java lovers and caffeine addicts can enjoy the Coffee Collective featuring some of Philly’s biggest names in roasting, including La Colombe, Rival Bros Coffee Roasters, One Village Coffee and more!

For kids, the Fest is bringing back the crowdpleasing alpacas, along with piglets, chickens and a goat for the little ones to meet and pet.

Families can also attend a gardening demonstration, tea time and the Rock and Roll Food and Farm Fest Party.

Other crowd favorite attractions also return, including the Local Libations Lounge that features local brewers, distillers and winemakers, and the CSA Pop-Up Shop where a host of local community supported agriculture farms will showcase their 2016 offerings. —ABIgAIL dUREy

Sun., April 10, 11am-4pm. PA Convention Center, 101 Arch St. phillyfarmfest.org

Restaurant Festival

Huge fest featuring hand-crafted food and drinks from more than 50 local chefs and vendors. Top chefs and city staples including Revolution Taco, Insomnia Cookies, Bru, Chickie and Pete’s, Milkboy, Fat Jack’s BBQ, Chima and more will be in attendance, blowing up your taste buds with their carefully crafted menus and culinary expertise. 6pm.

$45-$60. Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Blvd. restaurantfestival.com STAgE

Composing our Lives

Enjoy the stories of the gifted young musicians of the Curtis Institute of Music followed by a specially selected musical score that relates to each tale.

Standup storytelling and classical music collide at this onenight-only event. 8pm. $5-$10.

World Cafe Live, 3035 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com

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He Who Gets Slapped

When a man with a dark secret from his past, joins a French circus made up of clowns, trapeze artists, lion-tamers and ringmasters, he becomes a clown whose happy makeup hides his unknown sadness. The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, in partnership with the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, will keep the audience laughing during this dark comedy. 8pm. $15-$25. Through

April 16. Broad Street Ministry, 315 S. Broad St. philartistscollective.org P E R FO R M A N C E

Martha Graham Cracker: Rite of Spring

Well known queen of drag, Martha Graham Cracker will perform a balls-tothe-wall drag cabaret. Come watch and listen to her amazing vocals (as well as her stellar band) as she takes you on a raucous, joyous, uninhibited ride around her world. 8pm. FringeArts, 140

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Meredith Rainey Dance

Meredith Rainey, local choreographer and former Pennsylvania Ballet soloist, is returning to the stage. (In)Visible, a new collaboration with Jorge Cousineau and Tania Isaac mixes playful satire with flowing movement while it examines individual and collective ideas of identity as it pertains to culture, sexuality and race. Inspired by Rainey’s own life of paradoxes. 7:30pm.

hiladelphia Wine Week is back again this year from April 3-10—eight days of wine tasting all around the city. The annual event has more than 50 participants in the Center City area. Visit Philadelphia Wine Week’s website for a full list of participants, which include a.bar, Bistro Romano, Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar, Heritage, Johnny Brenda’s, Opa, Pinot, SOUTH, and Tria. The diverse range of participants enables the public to choose their price range, and wine specials.

The eight day event begins on Sunday with the Opening Corks Kick Off Party at Stratus Rooftop Lounge. The Lounge ,perched 11 stories above it’s neighbor, Independence Hall, provides a unique view for the start of Wine Week. The opening event is ticketed but is already sold-out due to high demand.

However, Philadelphia Wine Week also has a variety of weeklong and daily events going on at different restaurants and locations over the next eight days.

If you geek out when it comes to cellars filled with bottles of wine, head to Osteria for Flight Nights, where a sommelier will be offering guests absolute favorites from their cellar that are usually only available by the bottle. If you’re on a budget, Alla Spina is pouring sherry, vermouth, madeira, cider

and house red and white wine for $7. If you want to pair your selections with food, head to Positano Coast by Aldo Lamberti, where they are offering $1 Oysters and a $20 Perrier-Jouet Champagne Flight special.

Philadelphia Wine Week’s website has further details and dates on all the weeklong and daily events. It is recommended to call a location ahead of time for reservations, details, or if needed ticketing options. phillywineweek.org

$30. Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. pennpresents.org BENEFIT

Donors Are Heroes

Help raise awareness about organ and tissue donations while you party. Proceeds go directly toward attaining the Gift of Life Donor Program’s mission; to raise public awareness about the importance of becoming an organ and tissue donor and to dispel the myths surrounding the process. 8pm. $150-

$250. Hyatt At The Bellevue, 200 S. Broad St. donorsareheroestheparty.com

N. Columbus Blvd. fringearts.com A RT EXHIBIT

Philadelphia Art Book Fair

Featuring a range of exhibitors from photography and art book publishers, small and large, to individual artists and institutions. With book signings from William Earle Williams (A Stirring Song Sung Heroic), Stuart Rome (Signs and Wonders), Stephanie Bursese (Belt and Brace), and more. Noon-8pm. The

Annex on Filbert, 830 Filbert St. phlartbookfair.com

Norman Lewis

A key figure in American art and the Harlem Renaissance, Lewis explored multiple styles and techniques over the course of his career. PAFA honors the life of the American painting with Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis, Stone & Metal and Seachange: Abstrac­ tion in Norman Lewis’s Time. Through

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SATURDAY, APRIL 2 SPORTS

Philadelphia Ladies of Wrestling

shows, activity stations, and crafts. 11am. Academy of

Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pwky. ansp.org PART Y

$10-$39. Lantern Theater Company, 923 Ludlow St. lanterntheater.org BENEFIT

These badass Philly ladies aim to inspire confidence, strength, and independence to all women. Join P.L.O.W. for what the ladies are calling “A Politically Incorrect Crowdfunder Launch Party.” Featuring live music, dancing, drinks and a political debate. 7pm. $10. 2300

International Pillow Fight Day

Be The Match Walk & Run

Arena, 2300 S Swanson St. plow-wrestling.com

Square Park, 600 Walnut St.

8:30am-1:30pm. $15-$35. The Navy Yard, 4747 South Broad St Building 101 Suite 120. bethematch.org

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An array of local area restaurants and businesses will be serving their best brunch bites. Guests will samples dishes and vote for who they think is the Best of Chefs.

What killed the video store? What brought about the demise of physical media? This “2016 Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival Best Documentary” winner looks at how the rise and fall of home video and other physical media, affected independent film and cult movies, more about appreciating what was lost, than saying farewell. 8pm. Viva Video, 16 Lancaster

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Red Ball

One of Philadelphia’s best black-tie charity galas is back, for a night of dancing, live entertainment, a silent auction, and more. All funds benefit Red Cross House— Center for Disaster Recovery and local disaster relief.

8pm. $175-$225. Lincoln Financial Field SCA Club, 1 Lincoln Financial Field Way. PERFORMANCE

Chinese Opera

Under the direction of Ms. Shuyuan Li and the musical direction of Mr. Zhenguo Liu, the Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society will perform several pieces; solo, instrumental groups and several short plays. 2pm. Free.

BYOP—bring your own pillow—to this playful day of fluffy fighting, and maybe even get a nice work out while you’re at it. Make sure to bring soft, featherless pillows with clean pillow cases. 3pm. Free. Washington

Best of the Chef’s: Brunch Edition

11am-1pm. $40-$130. WHYY Studios, 150 N. 6th St. whyy.org FUNDRAISER

Philadelphia Fight for Air Climb

Invite your family and friends and join American Lung Association’s race up 50 flights of stairs in one of Philadelphia’s skyscrapers to raise awareness of lung disease.

Complimentary food and awards will be given at City Tap House’s after party. 7am-11:30am. $25. 3 Logan

Square, 1717 Arch St. lung.org

Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine St. freelibrary.org STAGE KIDS

Animal Superhero Weekend

Many superhero names and abilities were inspired by animals, including Spider-man and Catwoman.

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As You Like It

One of Shakespeare’s most performed comedies follows Rosalind, a heroine fleeing death from the Court into the mysterious Forest of Arden. She disguises herself as a boy and discovers a whole new world until she’s love-struck by a man named Orlando. Through April 17.

Family friendly and open to all ages, the run helps raise funds to assist patients with uninsured treatment costs and support continued marrow transplant research.

VHS Massacre

Ave. cinedelphiafilmfestival.com STAGE

The Nether

Director Seth Rozin and co-founder of InterAct Theatre brings playwright Jennifer Haley’s disturbing play to life through a grim-looking future of uncomfortable and heinous acts. These acts take place in a virtual universe, the Nether, formally known as the Internet. The Nether is an addictive world which questions every moral fiber in your body. Rozin has been named Best Director twice by the Philadelphia Inquirer so it’s a guarantee he’ll make your skin crawl in this not-forall-ages performance. Through April 17. $15-$50.

InterAct Theatre, 1512 Spruce St. interacttheatre.org

SUNDAY, APRIL 3 CONVENTION

Three Stooges Convention

Enjoy a three day weekend celebrating the mirth, merriment and mayhem of The Three Stooges. Will Sasso and Chris Diamantopoulos, who played Curly and Moe in the 2012 movie will be participating in a panel with writer/actor Mike Cerrone. Other celebrity guests include TV and film icon Adam West and Nancy Kovack. April 1-3. $30-$75. Radi-

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son Philadelphia Northeast, 2400 Old Lincoln Highway. threestoogescon.com STAGE

David Cross: Making America Great Again!

The well-known comedian is most famous for his stand-up HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show and his role as Tobias Funke in the cult sitcom Arrested Development. He has also been named one of the Top 100 Stand-Up Comedians of All Time by Comedy Central.

8pm. $39.50. Merriam Theater, 1500 Walnut St. kimmelcenter.org

MONDAY, APRIL 4 STAGE

Tongue & Groove: Secrets

Join Tongue & Groove as they read off anonymous secrets submitted by the audience. The acclaimed improv group creates a montage of hilarious and heartfelt scenes and monologues based on the secrets they read. 7:30pm. $6-$18. The Drake Proscenium Theatre,

1512 Spruce St. tongue-groove.com

TUESDAY, APRIL 5 TALK

Harold Jordan: Stopping the Criminalization of Youth

Senior Policy Advocate at the ACLU of Pennsylvania Harold Jordan discusses the significant rise in the number of out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, and referrals of students to the police, and the “school-to-prison pipeline.” 6pm. Eastern State Penitentiary,

2027 Fairmount Ave. easternstate.org AUTHOR

James McBride: Kill Em’ and Leave

McBride will speak about his newest book, which sheds light on the “Godfather of Soul,” James Brown. 7:30pm. Free. Central Library, 1901 Vine St. freelibrary.org

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 AUTHOR

Geek Parenting: Raising Kids on Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Comics

What can Joffrey, Jor-El, Maleficent and the McFlys teach us about raising a family? Join authors Stephen H. Segal and Valya Lupescu for an evening of fangeek “real talk” to celebrate the launch of their new book, Geek Parenting.

7pm. Free. Central Library, 1901 Vine St. freelibrary.org

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Doctor Faustus

Knowledge may be power, but what good is knowing everything without a soul. The renowned scholar, Doctor Faustus gets frustrated with the limits of natural sciences and makes a deal with the devil. He exchanges his soul for 24 years on earth with infinite knowledge and the devil’s servant. Through April 24.

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PIFA 2016

fter a two year hiatus, the third installment of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) is finally back. Mark your calendars for April 8, the beginning of the 16-day showcase of arts, international performances, installations and over 60 events in all. The theme of “We Are What We Make” is prominent throughout the performances offered at this year’s event.

“The Festival will explore how our humanity is shaped, changed, inspired, and challenged by the world we create, all displayed through a variety of performing and visual arts.”

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MORNING Drop the kids off with your go-to babysitter to experience the morning of hands-on fun. Paper Planet, hosted by Polyglot Theatre and available April 9-23, is a forest of tall cardboard trees where everyone is invited to create something out of paper. The art work is then attached to the forest to ultimately engage, explore and invent the “Paper Planet” via the audience. Sticking with the forest theme, next up is STAND, a giant public installation of a forest made up of armatures from reclaimed wood. Visitors are urged to join in and participate in applying thousands of pounds of clay all over the trees to build a forest. Don’t worry about missing it. It’ll be here throughout the entirety of the festival.

Wash your hands and prepare yourself for a Concerto in Sea Major—it’s as cool as it sounds. The concert is performed in water by the French trio, Aquacoustique. Making their American premiere, the show uses recycled objects to create aqua-instruments. Snorkels become flutes, cans turn into saxophones and even the water itself is used as a musical channel. Keep your eye out because they’ll be playing in select water fountains throughout Philadelphia on April 15-17.

But of course the ultimate morning event is the PIFA Street Fair on the last day of the festival! Make sure to wear comfortable walking shoes because

you’ll be out for hours looking at artisan crafts, exhibits, vendors, street performers, food, musicians and the list goes on and on. The street fair is nine blocks of heavenly-filled discovery and entertainment. Starting at 11 a.m. on April 23, the street fair is an all-day exhibit of what PIFA is truly about.

AFTERNOON Start the afternoon right by indulging in some classic jazz. Bobby Zankel, composer/bandleader/saxophonist, leads his band, Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, in their world premiere of Vision Song:

Our Hearts, Our Future, Our Voices

on April 9-10. The inspiration behind his new work are the “thoughts, feelings, and dreams of what middle-school-aged children believe the world will be like— ecologically, technologically, socially— when they are adults.” Who wouldn’t want to take in this show? Take yourself back to your younger days.

If you’re not feeling jazzy check out

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the free art event The City We Make on April 10. It will consist of two panel discussions and a keynote conversation focusing on how art enriches public spaces and the role it plays in society. The first panel discussion, “Global Practice,” will focus on public art festivals/exhibitions and how they are evolving around the world. “City as Context,” the second discussion, will give the audience a sense of how artists explore the conditions of the cities they work in. Panelists are some of the leading artists and curators from around the world including Mary Jane Jacob, Tilde Björfors, Neil Butler and Eduardo Bernal. The keynote conversation “The City We Make” will discuss the growth of art in Philadelphia and how it intersects with daily life. Panelists for the keynote conversation are Jay Wahl (Kimmel Center Artistic Director), Jane Golden (Mural Arts Program founder) and Harry Philbrick (Former Director of the Museum at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts).

NIGHT The nighttime is when PIFA puts on the majority of its events, and arguably, some of its best. Be sure to capture the grand return of the festival with Article 13.

Article 13 is a “memorial to the thousands of migrants who have disappeared and at the same time it gives back human face, flesh and identity to the anonymous ones lost in search of a better world.” The sand and fire demonstration, accounts given by migrants and non-traditional presentation of data shows the true condition of migrants today.

Performances of all kinds are on full display during the night so take your pick. Knitting Peace, Attack Point, Architecture in Motion, My Soul’s Shadow and many more performance-based shows.

My Soul’s Shadow deals with shadow projections and puppet installations based on the poetry of Federico Garcia.

Or maybe you’re in the mood for dancing. Global Artistry aims to preserve African-American dance traditions while breaking cultural barriers. Knitting Peace offers a harrowing display of dangerous but exhilarating stunts by five world class trapeze artists. The insanely athletic acrobatics are possible by using an installation created almost entirely of recycled yarn. Knitting Peace seeks to answer the question of why people knit and if knitting is our way to peace. There is literally something for everyone at PIFA’s night time events.

Listen to poetry by award-winning poet Edwin Torres. Mi Voca Su Voca tells the story of Torres’ life through autobiographical poems which extends to identity, language and sound as well.

The spoken word of Torres tells about his growing up as Puerto Rican in New York City, fatherhood and other themes. His one-man performance delivers a powerful message to all audience members.

All events will be curated by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and held on their campus as well as other locations throughout the city. Make sure to check out their website (pifa.org) for dates, times and tickets to all events as they may vary. —NOE GARCIA

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Definitely the engineering and rigging. Since the building has a glass roof, there are no existing hanging points...which proves to be a challenge when the whole thing wants to be suspended in air! So we had to find places in the building to attach to, in order to create a whole tension cable system from which to suspend the tree.

How will it differ from your previous PIFA installation?

I think the main difference between this year’s installation and 2011 (besides the obvious thematic difference) is that the object itself actually transforms. With the Eiffel Tower, the lights and sound transformed the tower and gave it life, whereas this year, the tree physically ‘grows’ from one state to another, albeit coupled with music and lights.

What was involved in the design process?

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he Kimmel Center’s Plaza once again will host a vertically impressive installation which will have most of Philly arching their necks up to gaze upon the centerpiece of the PIFA festival, the original, interactive piece The Kinetic Tree by 2015 MacArthur Genius set designer Mimi Lien. The modernist tree sculpture will “grow” and transform twice daily. We chatted with Lien for some behind-the-scenes info on what it took to grow such a massive piece of art.

What are the biggest challenges to this year’s plaza installation?

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The Kinetic Tree

I began the design process approximately one year ago—I drew up my proposal in April 2015, and began sketching in earnest in June. The process of developing the design concept was actually intrinsic to the work itself—the theme of materials, and my choice to use a raw material, suggested the notion of being very transparent about both the design process, how it is built, and how the object actually works. Knowing that the piece needed to be a kinetic sculpture, I

Knitting Peace

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wedish contemporary circus troupe Cirkus Cirkör (as seen on our cover) brings the American premiere of “Knitting Peace” to PIFA 2016. The internationally renowned group poses the question “Is it possible to knit peace?”—all the while hanging high in the air, suspended by just knitted structures. PW emailed members Aino Ihanainen and Alexander Weibel Weibel before they arrive stateside for their American premiere.

How did you become involved in acrobatics?

Aino Ihanainen: I started at the age of 10 in a youth circus in my hometown in Finland. I had a friend that was training there and I really wanted to join also, so I trained all summer long in my backyard doing cartwheels and handstands for the audition and I got in!

Alexander Weibel Weibel: I started for real at the age of 22 after quitting my engineering studies and joining the circus school in Madrid.

chose to collaborate with a mechanical engineer from the very beginning of the process, because I wanted the engineering to be visible—to be a featured part of the visual experience.

How did it evolve throughout the process?

One of the biggest evolutions during the process was a shift from the tree being mechanically-powered to being human-powered. Though it was catalyzed by a budget conversation, we quickly began to embrace this idea, and it was actually more directly tied into the festival theme, ‘We are what we make.’ Suddenly the story became about a cyclical relationship between humans and nature—humans building a representation of a tree, and then conversely, humans using that tree to build civilization.

What can visitors can expect to see?

The tree rests during the day in an ordered, static state—a highly engineered sculpture of an organic object. A group of humans gather and work together, pulling ropes and raising branches, allowing the structure to reach a more organic state—a re-creation of a natural landscape. During the second ‘performance’ of each day, the workers emerge again, harness the tree structure and, with a more industrialized rhythm akin to cranes building a skyscraper, build the ‘architectural’ version of the tree.

What are your feelings going into it now that it’s so close to being unveiled?

As we move into rehearsals with the performers, and tech rehearsals to deploy the sound and lights, I really feel a strong sense of the piece taking on life. It’s very exciting. Since I work mostly as a set designer, I go through this process of folding in performers, lights, and sound all the time in the theater—but somehow this feels quite different. I think because it is such a public structure, and will be seen even by people who don’t intend to see it but are just passing by throughout the day, it lives in the space in a different way. In the theater, when the audience isn’t there, the set is dormant. Here, I suppose the tree will never really be dormant, once it is unveiled. n

I had a strong background in martial arts and had always dreamt of doing acrobatics. From day one at that school I knew I had found what I was looking for.

How many hours do you practice/rehearsal each day?

Aino: It depends. Usually my handstand training takes about 2 hours, but on show days, training is mostly just warming up, going through the technique and preparing for the show.

Alex: It varies very much from time to time and depends on if we are on tour or at home.

On tour training is often quite difficult because of the access to the theater, the lack of safety equipment or just the risk of getting injured right before a show. A normal training day on tour is not more than a couple hours before the show (including the warm up), while a normal training day off tour can be up to 8 hours. There isn’t really a “standard” day, we adapt.

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Aino: I was never afraid when I was younger. I loved to climb trees and rooftops, but lately I have had some moments of awareness in high places. Maybe it’s normal when getting older. I think that fear of heights also runs in my family, but I want to fight against it. In “Knitting Peace” I put myself in high places in order to challenge myself.

Alex: I am not especially afraid of heights as long as I feel safe. I used to do a lot of mountain climbing and loved to be up there. Trusting the materials you work with and trusting yourself is a process that takes time and that must be learned step by step.

In my work I try not to take too many risks because one small mistake can make a difference even if it does not lead to a fall or crash. All the trust built up during years and years can just vanish in a second, making you have to start over again.

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What would you like visitors to take away from the performance?

Aino: I’m hoping it will give people inspira-

tion and ideas, things to think about. Even if it’s hard to think that we could change the whole world maybe we can make small differences, starting with our own lives. And what comes to knitting, it’s a wonderful way to find your inner peace.

Alex: “Knitting Peace” doesn’t have a clear story or a clear message we want to tell the audience. The idea is that we can provoke certain images or feelings in the audience that they will be able to relate to their own personal lives and in that way make it a unique experience for everybody. I personally would want people to go home happy, inspired and glad that they decided to go to the theater that day. To knit peace is maybe a utopia, but if everybody does just a little the world can be a much nicer place.

PIFA PUBBIN’ While sauntering the various PIFA events you’re going to get hungry and thirsty.

Check out these local bars when you’re parched, because after all, PIFA is one big art party that demands celebrating!

Bar Volvér: Classy, chic and modern. Bar Volvér offers more than 30 wines by the glass, hand-crafted cocktails and a la carte dishes. Tuna tartare, lamb burgers and no reservations are required. Heck it’s in the Kimmel, how can you not visit?

Valanni: Touted by many as having the “Best Happy Hour,” Valanni offers a plethora of discounted drinks and half off tapas and is only a few blocks from the Kimmel, the hub of PIFA performances. Wine, specialty cocktails and all Smirnoff flavors for $5.

R2L: Chef/owner Daniel Stern puts a culinary twist on traditional foods 500 feet above Center City. The elegant setting gives breathtaking views and even better food and is the perfect way to cap off a PIFA evening.

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Have you ever knitted? Has this performance inspired you?

Aino: I have been knitting for years and was the person that brought knitting into this project. I love the meditative feeling of it. I have made some of the scenography in the show and I am also knitting on stage. Part of my work has been finding physical ways of knitting and combining it with circus, for example using the body as knitting needles to create big patterns.

Alex: I started knitting due to this production and got hooked. Aino taught me the basics and has since then been supervising my knitting projects. I have made all kinds of hats, scarves and gloves that I have given away as presents to family members and friends. I have also taught many people to knit since then and still love it. n

Varga Bar: Over a dozen All-American craft beers on tap and bar snacks like steamed mussels, kobe beef sliders and cheese fries.

This pin-up themed bar is perfect for latenight snackers.

Garces Trading Co.: Choose from four different types of charcuterie and cheese while sipping on discounted cocktails. We suggest late night noshing here after taking in Knitting Peace (April 8-10) or Architecture in Motion (April 13 & 14) at the Merriam Theater.

The Franklin: Smack in the middle between The Perelman Theater and The Barnes and Rodin Museum, here you can indulge in between performances with the Franklin’s seasonal three course tasting menu inspired

by Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. The Golden Ticket, The Everlasting Gobstopper and the Fizzy Lifting Drink will make you believe in a world of pure imagination.

Sbraga: So conveniently close on the Avenue of the Arts and so good, pair Sbraga’s signature small plates of bold flavors with their colorful cocktails, it’s like making nightlife into an art form.

PIFA Signature Cocktails While you’re taking in the international art of PIFA, how about celebrating with a drink? Local bars and bartenders, inspired by the month-long arts festival will be creating PIFA-inspired cocktails for your

enjoyment. Visit Valanni, Garces Trading Company, Varga Bar, R2L and Bar Volvér to indulge in specially-crafted PIFA drinks. Follow @PhillyWeekly to find out about the hand-crafted recipes and see pics of the cocktail creations. PW will host a Twitter poll at the end of the festival to find out which drink was the most popular.

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singles at the one-of-a-kind performance of “Concerto in Sea Major” by Aquacoustique.

Straight Singles Meetup: 04.15 @ 5:30 p.m. at Independence National Historic Park’s Magnolia Garden Fountain (on Locust between 4th and 5th Streets) LGBTQ Singles Meetup: 04.16 @ 3 p.m. at the Rodin Museum Fountain, 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway

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FOOD & DRINK

| By Brian Freedman @WineUpdate

Drinking With Friends

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ur resident food critic Brian Freedman sent us an email a few weeks back stating, “A Philly-born friend of mine, Dan Dunn, who now lives in LA, has a great book coming out in April called American Wino.

I read an advanced copy and loved it.” Since Brian is a wine aficionado in his own right, we thought these two buddies would make great vino conversation together. It started out about wine, but, as you’ll read, their convo took many turns outside your standard vineyard talk...

BF: So American Wino drops a week from this Tuesday, how long was this book in the making?

DD: In the spring of 2014 I had just finished ghostwriting a book for the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia guys. I wrote a book called The Seven Secrets to Awakening the Highly Effective Four Hour Giant Today…

BF: One of the great titles in history by the way.

DD: Yes! The gang writes a self-help book. So I finished that and I had just gone through a breakup and I was having some wine at my house and then I had more wine, and a little bit more wine after that and I thought, “What am I gonna do next?” You know, with my life. And so I thought, “Well, I’ll just keep drinking wine.” And this idea popped into my head that I’m going to have all the wine in America.

And I remember very, very distinctly that phrase “All the wine in America” and I Googled “Wine in America.” And that’s when I discovered that wine is made in every state in the U.S., which I thought was crazy.

BF: Including Alaska and Hawaii?

DD: Yeah, including Alaska and Hawaii. The state with the fewest wineries is Wyoming, which has four wineries and I went to two of them. So I got this idea and I ran it by my editor at Harper-Collins and she said, “Well I like it, but there needs to be more to it.” And she was right. And I came back to her and said, “What if I take this trip around the country and at the end of it, I do a seminar as the leading wine expert in America. She said, “Great idea, where you going to do it?” I said, “Pebble Beach Food and Wine.” She said, “Have you ran it by them?” And I said, “Yes, they love the idea.” But I hadn’t run it by them. (laughs) So we did the deal, I called Pebble Beach and thankfully they agreed to let me do it. So yeah, hopped in the car and drove around for three months, 15,000 miles. I drove to not every state, but every region of the country and it was amazing. It was a great, great trip and I needed it. A lot of it has to do with my brother, Brian, also a Philly guy. He drowned in 2010 and I think when I got out on the road, I sort of took him with me. I took a jar of his ashes with me, a mason jar, and I think it was exactly what I needed to sort of come to terms with what happened.

BF: Was that an intention of yours even before you started

up about the breakup, but as I went along, you know when you’re on the road for that long, by yourself, you get in touch with all sorts of feelings. It sort of revealed itself to me. ‘This is sort of like a road trip with my brother.’ And I started thinking about him and all those feelings I had and started to process them. The road is where I sort of stirred it all up and then when I got back, it just all came out and it’s in the book. I feel like my brother would have liked this book. That’s really what I’m most proud of, it’s a nice tribute to him.

BF: Has your family had a chance to take a look at it yet?

DD: No. I’m doing that signing in Philadelphia at Barnes and Noble (April 8, 7pm. 1805 Walnut St.) and I think that will probably be the first time. And that’s something I sort of wrestled with through the whole process. I talk about things in there that are very personal and I think it will dredge up some painful memories for my family, but I did talk to them about it. I asked them if it was okay and my dad said sure. I’m very interested to see how they react to it.

BF: So this trip back East, there’s more to it than just your run-of-the-mill book signing?

DD: Yeah. So next week I’m going to Pebble Beach, I’m going back, I’m doing another seminar, “American Wino 2: This Time It’s Personal.” So coming back East, a year later, now the book’s done, now everyone’s going to see the book.

That will be a lot of fun. I think last year I was stressed out about going to Pebble Beach. I was like “Oh god, I gotta do this seminar. What if I make an ass out of myself?” This year it feels like fun. Philly plays a role in the book. There’s a chapter set in Philadelphia. My mom and my dad both feature prominently in that chapter. Every time I go back to Philadelphia, I love it, I love the town, I love being from there. But I have a lot of demons there and they show up every time I come home. But I can’t wait to get back there.

Like today I’m watching Villanova. I went to Temple, but that’s the beauty of Philadelphia, we travel well.

BF: Yeah, we’re everywhere.

DD: When I started this trip, I watched an Eagles game at a bar in Napa and there were 25 Eagles fans and Dick Vermeil has a tasting room there so we all went over after the game to Vermeil’s. That’s how you celebrate an Eagles game in Napa, by drinking wine.

BF: Especially if it’s a victory. The last few years, I tend to mark the occasion with whiskey.

DD: That’s my favorite thing, anytime the Philly teams come by. Philly is in my bones, in my soul, I’m always going to be a Philly guy.

BF: No, you can’t get away from it. Nor should you.

DD: Most of the stuff I do, that Philly sensibility comes

this trip or was it a really beneficial side benefit of the trip?

through.

DD: To be honest with you, when Brian died, as I chronicle

BF: Did that have any baring about how you perceived

in the book, I met a girl on the plane back from Philadelphia. I had come home for the funeral in Philly, and on the plane ride back, I met a girl. I wasn’t trying to meet a girl, it just happened.

BF: I’ve seen you operate though, it happens.

DD: We ended up together. I was shattered, damaged, and there she was and she really helped me get through this.

Elizabeth is her name in the book, not her real name, but I leaned on her, a lot, for years. And I don’t know if I fully ever dealt with the grief or guilt that I felt, all the feelings that I had relating to my brother’s death. And then she and I broke up. So when I went on the trip, to answer your question, I think it was more about her initially. I was torn

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these far flung places you visited?

DD: Well I never would’ve imagined any of the things I’ve done. I grew up in Northeast Philly, I went to Father Judge.

You know I moved to Aspen, I had never even heard of Aspen! I ended up working with Hunter S. Thompson, who was my literary hero and Playboy and my own radio show and books, I never thought any of that was possible. But part of being from Philly, I had no frame of reference for stuff like this. But being from Philly is one of the reasons I succeeded, because I’m not taking any shit. When you grow up in Frankford, you can’t help but be grounded, because someone’s going to ground you. It’s such an asset because people vibe to that, because we have a reputation for being

angry, tough people.

People dig Philly people.

You say you’re from Philly, people like you.

BF: There’s a sense of respect, we’re not N.Y.C., we’re not D.C. There’s an underdog thing we’ve got going for us.

DD: Absolutely, and I think we’re genuine, for better or for worse.

That’s the thing I love most, no bullshit, I grew up in a place where it wasn’t tolerated.

BF: That lack of any buillshit or pretense comes through in the book. I keep on going back to the part when you talk about purchasing a 30-pound bronze ram’s head?

DD: (Laughs) Yeah BF: And then these internal deliberations about what are you going to name it, right? I love that, that kind of honesty and that kind of vulnerability in wine writing is rare.

DD: Yeah and I don’t look at it as a wine book. I’ve described it as Eat, Pray, Love meets Sideways meets On the Road.

I skew more Democratic, like a lot of people in Philadelphia, but with wine, it didn’t matter. When I was out on the road some of the best times I had were in Louisiana, Texas, Montana, places normally I wouldn’t have felt comfortable I felt completely at home. Because wine is sort of the great uniter. That really was the great joy of that trip.

BF: I’ve always found that wine is the great equalizer. It doesn’t matter where you are, who you’re with. You open up a decent bottle of wine and share a couple of glasses and you’re friends—unless you’re sharing that glass with Donald Trump, in which case, go to hell Donald Trump.

DD: (laughs) There’s a funny thing in that, I went to Monticello down in Charlottesville, Virginia, which you know is the birthplace of wine in the U.S. And 15 minutes away there are two wineries, one is owned by Donald Trump and the other by Dave Matthews and they are directly across the street from each other. So I went there, and back then I had no idea Trump was going to turn into what he’s now become. I’m doing Adam Carolla’s show next week and I’m bringing Dave Matthew’s wine and I tried to get Trump’s and they wrote me back that they’re getting inundated with media requests so they can’t do it at this time.

BF: Then as an homage you should just sit there gnawing on a Trump steak as you’re drinking Dave Matthews wine.

DD: Or maybe I’ll enroll in Trump University. 

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by JACQUELINE RUPP @PhillyJackie

Photos by JohN bENdEL

School of Art 4

Years/40Walls is photographer John Bendel’s interactive website gallery of photos he’s taken of the city’s abandoned Spring Garden School No. 1, located on Melon Street in West Poplar. The photographs were taken in July 2011, August 2013, and December 2015 and show the progression of graffiti and vandalism over a window of time. We talked to Bendel to find out more about his adventures inside the school and the photographs that he came away with.

What first brought you to the Spring Garden school?

A Philadelphia explorer called Radical Ed told me about it.

What were your thoughts the first time you photographed the school?

In 2009 it was just another abandoned building to explore and shoot. There was not much graffiti in the place and I was not as drawn by paint as I would become—at Spring Garden and elsewhere.

What rooms specifically did you focus on photographing?

Rooms with paint on the walls and light to shoot by.

That eliminated the basement, but not much else. The classrooms were more engaging than other rooms, probably because of the blackboards that seemed to invite taggers and artists. They framed much of the work even when it flowed out of the rectangle. The classrooms inspired snarky comments. One tagger wrote, “I 16 | Philly Weekly | March 31 - April 6, 2016 | phillyweekly.com

didn’t go to high school, I went to school high.” On the blackboard of one trashed room, another wrote, “This is why we can’t have nice things.” Yet another wrote, “Fresh out of jails and institutions.” One guy obviously in a sharing mood wrote, “I got bumps on my dick!”

What were the challenges to photographing these abandoned rooms?

At Spring Garden, it was finding solid footing for the tripod. That’s not easy in some rooms littered with strewn textbooks, fallen ceiling tiles, and God knows what some of the other squishy stuff was. Light is always a challenge in old buildings, but each classroom at Spring Garden has a wall of windows. That made it a good place to work.

What changes did you notice over the years you photographed?

Spring Garden School was what we alternative tourists call a walk-in. No climbing, no crawling, no squeezing.

You just opened the unlocked door and walked in. On my first visit early on a Sunday morning in 2009, it was the back door on the east end of the school.

Graffiti artists and taggers hadn’t done much work in the place, but scrappers had. The guerrilla recyclers had removed or were un-installing wiring and pipes. They were particularly tough on the bathrooms, they essentially pulverized in the process. When the school’s most profitable materials were gone, scrappers pulled up flooring and even removed electrical fixtures. The city eventually took notice and padlocked the back door.

The highly visible front door on North 12th Street was already padlocked. But the same treatment didn’t work on the back door. That’s because you could barely see it from the street; a one-story auxiliary building blocked the view. Scrappers could use power tools and probably even explosives back there and not be noticed. A padlock was no challenge at all.

Soon, the city’s first padlock had to be replaced by chains and a heavier padlock. They in turn were replaced by even heavier chains and massive padlocks.

Then the city blocked the door with metal barricade bars. Finally, in 2011 or thereabouts, the city got serious. They welded heavy steel beams across the door, closing it for good. The city had won the Battle of the Back Door. The Battle of the Windows was about to begin.

Through the early 2010s, it was a game of cat and mouse—or plywood vs. crowbar—along the south side of the school. From Parrish Street you could clearly see which window was serving as the main entrance on any given day. Besides gaping open, the grand entry window would have a pallet leaning on the wall beneath it. An industrial pallet, of course, is an urban swashbuckler’s impromptu ladder. For a while, a truck tire served the same purpose. Then the city brought out the welders and installed heavy metal screening. The basement entrance that has been alternately open and locked at various stages was recently welded shut in an elaborate fashion that seemed to be making a statement to would be visitors—enough, keep out. That’s where things stand now.

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Did you ever run into other artists or other people in the school?

Twice. On a Sunday in September 2014 two North Jersey guys with cameras appeared on the roof.

We chatted and posed for a group shot. Again late last year, two Philadelphia explorers came in the now-welded-shut basement door just as I was approaching it to leave. I was invisible to them in the darkness from where I intoned, “Good morning, gentlemen.” When they recovered, we went upstairs for a group shot. Other than that, I’ve always been alone in Spring Garden—as far as I know. That contrasted with the old Edison High on Lehigh and North 7th where you were never alone. That place is gone now.

Were you concerned with the building’s structural integrity or the trash that you would encounter?

Trash, yes. Structure, no. Spring Garden School seems to be structurally sound, especially compared to other empty buildings with rotting floors, deteriorating staircases, and collapsing roofs.

What type of graffiti is in your photos? Did you learn more about it over time?

First, please understand this is not about shooting other people’s work. Yes, their work is part of mine, like one song sample is part of another.

I’m interested in a larger whole—the doors, the windows, the fixtures, and all the other paint.

It’s always more interesting if a piece of graffiti has been painted or tagged over, when intention intersects with heedlessness and even malice.

Can’t say I learned much about graffiti. Once I got to spend a couple of hours with an artist, but that was more of a tour than a lesson. You do come to recognize certain tags that appear around the city and the region. I would love to know who these guys are and spend some time with them. But if you’re not part of their community they’re hard to find. Of course you can’t help noticing that some painters are better than others, sometimes far better.

What would you like to see happen with this building?

It was well designed and built to be a neighborhood school. It would be great to see it serve as one again. But I’m sure there are many practical reasons why that can’t happen. The city is closing schools at this point, isn’t it?

Do you think these photos reflect something good or bad? Do you feel sadness or happiness being in this space?

Both and both. The building itself and its intended function are good, so are those blasts of creativity on the flaking walls. They are vandalism by definition, but much more art than crime.

The violent destruction, the nihilistic trashing are something else.

Any lingering aura of happiness arises from the energetic, colorful paint. The hallways and classrooms evoke sadness for the kids who grew up here, at least some of them with dreams, and the crushing realities they ultimately lived. This was not a school for rich kids. n

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by A.D. AMoroSI @ADAmorosi

Folk Hero, Kweder

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hen Philadelphia’s John Hutelmyer was in college at Temple University, he interned in California on a feature length documentary “about a successful band” for director Jared Leto (under the nom de plume “Bartholomew Cubbins”). Though he won’t say it out loud, the film was 2012’s colorful Artifact and its documentary’s subject was Leto’s slick but incendiary, platinum plated, alt-rock act with his brother, 30 Seconds to Mars, and the band’s headaches with their (then) record label.

“It was with that film that I realized that I could actually do something like that on my own,” says Hutelmyer. “I knew it would be hard, and that there would be much to learn, but from that internship, I truly realized that anyone can just go out and make something if they really try.” (That does not sound like a ringing endorsement for Leto, but, hey).

The result of Hutelmyer’s next round of hard work—a literate, harrowing, yet comic documentary about Philly folk rock hero Kenn Kweder, Adventures of a Secret Kidd: The Mass Hallucination of Kenn Kweder— premiered, Fri., March 25 at International House in University City with several screenings, Q/A sessions and, last but not least, an acoustic showcase by the film’s titular Southwest Philly-raised singer-writer who put songs such as “Heroin,” “The Ballad of Manute Bol,” and “The Girl with the Dylan Flowers” on the local map.

“We have been at the Kweder film for three years in our spare time between full time jobs, side jobs, school, marriages, etc., and the entire time we have been learning as we went along,” says Hutelmyer, noting that he made Adventures of a Secret Kidd with codirector Robert Nicolaides and camera person/cinematographer Carman Spoto. “We are really proud of the final results.”

For the uninitiated—say, dummies or sober college teens who have never been to a bar in the Tri-State area—Kweder has long been a Philadelphia institution and, of course, a rock star. Yes, it says so on his business card. Long before there was a Meek Mill, The Roots, G. Love, The Hooters, Cinderella or other Philly musical names of note, there was Kweder; a smart, caustically funny lyricist with a glam-to-folk music sense of inventiveness and an always-effortless loquaciousness that played itself out nightly (even daily as he is known to do several gigs a day).

Making his bones at (now) long-closed, live music watering holes in the 1970s such as the Bijou Café, J.C. Dobbs and Doc Watsons (but no punk palaces, punk being the bane of Kenn’s existence as played out in his documentary) to the present day of university saloons everywhere, if a mic is available, Kweder is there. Stories of desire, drinking, woe and want sung in a forceful warbling voice made him a survivalist troubadour who continues crafting his own unique

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For his part, Kweder submitted tons of raw footage for consideration to the directors from his 30-plus years of performing (“which fans of mine gave me through the years”) and let the filmmakers go. “Warts, yes. Truth, yes; up and down and sideways,” says Kweder of the process that found his past dissected into the successes and failures of life and business (famously, he was set to be signed by Arista when the notion of artistic compromise got in the way and up his nose) and his bad relationship with punk Philadelphia. “The lowest point of my career would be in the period 1979 till 1984 where I was viciously bashed incessantly by folks in Philly that represented the punk “movement.” I was considered an over-thehill pariah by all of them. They made my life miserable. Relentless hatred toward me. Relentless. I could not believe it. To this day if I cross paths with any of them, they still give me the evil eye.”

That the highs outweigh the lows (wins such as working with top-notch producers such as Chris Larkin, Ben Vaughn and Al Fichera; his big band Elvis gigs where he dressed as The King) through the present day is what makes Adventures of a Secret Kidd: The Mass Hallucination of Kenn Kweder more than just a victory lap. “Never stop,” says Kweder of his current situation where he plays eight days a week. “I gotta be in some sort of present tense artistic equation. Otherwise I have no meaning.”

Neither would the film of his life, as staying alive, living well and flourishing is the best revenge for Kenn Kweder. n

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Wrestling at Chikara

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don’t know from personal experience what it feels like to snort a pound of cocaine, but I assume it’s similar to how I felt after my first class at Chikara Wrestling Factory. Leaving the gym, the world looked like a vast playground of monkey bars and rope ladders, ready to be conquered. After only a couple hours of tumbles, leaps and throwing myself to the mat, I felt every inch of my body. And only most of it hurt.

The adventure started when a tiny, beautiful girl named Anya pulled up outside my apartment in a black car. Her long hair was braided into a ponytail, her nails both feminine and sharp. She wore colored contacts for the overall aesthetic of an anime character who has escaped into the three dimensional world. She was my ride to the gym.

With a Flyleaf Pandora station playing in the background, we headed through rush hour traffic to North Philly. Anya had fallen in love with wrestling. She made it clear that her gender was not a barrier to her training— nor even a relevant detail. The guys didn’t treat her any differently, she wasn’t given any more or less leeway by the instructors.

Sometimes for partner drills, it made sense to pair her with another small person, she explained, but that was more often a short dude, rather than another woman.

We were the only women in the ice cold gym when we arrived. It was a half hour before class was scheduled to begin—time for interval training that would serve as our warmup. A weirdo who finds that sort of thing to be fun, I was excited. Burpees, froggers, tricep pushups: the kind of things that if you don’t know what they are, you’d probably hate them. It was the last time I felt competent or successful for the rest of the class.

Our workshop is led by Ophidian the Cobra, an internationally renowned professional wrestler. He speaks quickly and repeatedly reiterates that we shouldn’t fear failure. We’re going to learn things counter to training we might have had in martial arts or yoga. We’re going to be challenging our brains as much as our bodies. We’re not going to be good at everything, maybe it’ll take years to become even moderately OK. There are about a dozen of us, mostly noobs to the sport. Gathered inside the ring, we take turns doing drills. Ophidian models

the move first, making everything look as natural and easy as a mid-afternoon yawn.

Rather than repeat the same move over and over, we have one shot at a particular tumble. As someone who never nails anything on the first try, I find this terrifying.

I’m awful at initial attempts. If I had kids, the youngest one would be president of a company, but the eldest would probably be a serial killer.

We go in succession, each person attempting somersaults, leaps and throwing ourselves around the ring. Again and again I become the annoying kid who brings the steady tempo to a screeching halt. Faced with the task of diving over a man who is squatting and then tumbling to stand, I am paralyzed with anxiety. “Tyler,” I tell the man, “I love you and I’m sorry” as I fling myself forward, hoping I don’t concuss him in the process.

I do well on the floor work that requires core and leg strength, but spectacularly fail at anything that requires me to go upside down. I am able to crabwalk across the ring with a grown man on me, but seem incapable of landing flat on my back, opting to bang my head or tailbone instead. I had tried some moves and found them easy. On others, I had marvelously blown it. Wondering what would happen next kept me enthralled, like watching Breaking Bad for the first time.

Some of the guys had athletic backgrounds that made them look like ringers, but all of us had areas of… potential growth.

It was as much about a shared willingness to look like a flailing mess in front of strangers as it was a form of exercise.

There’s something deeply liberating about publicly failing and surviving. It’d been a long time since I dared to do something with zero assurance of success. Supported by a room full of people who were equally vulnerable, the risk was thrilling, intoxicating even.

Afterward, Anya and I rode back to the city. I was beyond fired up. I thought about the other students and how, even though I only knew their first names, I had witnessed a critical piece of their indomitable spirits.

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“Uninhibited: About Sex”

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was honored to speak at JCCSF— Jewish Community Center of San Francisco—last week as a part of their “Uninhibited: About Sex” lecture series. The audience submitted questions on cards, which were ably put to me

by Jourdan Abel, who was wearing a wonderful uterus-themed sweater. (Check out my Instagram account—@dansavage—to see!) Here are some of the questions submitted by the uninhibited JCCSF audience that Abel and I didn’t manage to get to during our conversation.

I had the best sex of my life with my ex.

He fucked me hard, had a huge cock, and made me eat his come with a spoon. I loved it. Needless to say, we were incompatible in other ways. My current BF is vanilla. Very.

Vanilla. When I masturbate, I think about my ex and can’t help but wish my current guy would make me slurp his come up from a utensil. We are very compatible in other (non-sex) ways. Am I doomed to fantasize about my ex?

You are—unless you open up to your current BF about what’s missing in your sex life and/or get his permission to get your hard-fucking/spoon-feeding needs met elsewhere.

How do you combat homophobic remarks in a culture that condones and promotes homophobic tendencies?

You combat homophobia—and misogyny, its big sister—one terrified middleschooler at a time. Bearing in mind, of course, that “terrified middle-schooler” is a state of mind, not an age bracket.

Got any advice for a bi girl, formerly submissive, who wants to start dominating men?

Move to San Francisco—oh, wait. You’re already in San Francisco. Leave the house—get involved in local kink orgs, if you aren’t already involved, check out local sex-positive events (bawdystorytelling.com is a great place to start), and let people know what you’re looking for.

There’s no shortage of submissive guys in the Bay Area, and no shortage of dominant women up for mentoring women who are curious about topping.

In gay male relationships, what can you say about the psychological boundary between being Alpha in the world and beta in bed?

The boundary between Alpha In World/ Beta In Bed is pretty fucking porous—it’s not studded with guard towers, barbed

wire, and death strips, à la the Berlin Wall. (Google it, kids.) That boundary only exists in our heads. And once we get that fact through our thick heads, not only do we discover that the Alpha/beta boundary is easily crossed, we quickly learn that crossing it repeatedly—brutally and joyfully violating it at will—is a total blast.

What do you do when you can’t make your partner come?

Me? I hand him back his dick and go get myself some ice cream—but you shouldn’t do what I do when you can’t make your partner come. Here’s what you should do: Keep trying, ask your partner what they need, and encourage them, if need be, to “finish themselves off” (without pouting, without laying a guilt trip on them about how they’ve made you feel inadequate, and without treating them like they’re broken). Cheerfully offer to hold ’em or play with their tits or eat their ass while they finish themselves off—or, hell, offer to go get ’em ice cream. Whatever helps!

Porn is so accessible today. How has it affected society?

One positive effect (among many): Porn’s wider accessibility forced us to stop pretending there’s one kind of sex—heterosexual, man-on-top—that absolutely everyone is interested in. Thanks to the Interwebs, we can track what people are actually searching for (it’s not all hetero), where they’re searching for it (a shoutout to the great state of Utah, which has the highest porn consumption rates per capita in the nation!), and how long they’re lingering over it (long enough to finish themselves off).

One negative effect (among many): The ubiquity of porn coupled with the general lousiness of sex education—in the United States and Canada—has resulted in porn doing something it isn’t designed to do and consequently does not do well. And that would be, of course, educating young people about sex. If we don’t want porn doing that, and we don’t, we need to create comprehensive sex ed programs that cover everything—hetero sex, queer sex, partnered sex, solo sex, gender identity, consent, kinks, and how to be a thoughtful, informed, and critical consumer of porn. n

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