Philadelphia Weekly 5-10-2017

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MAY 10 - 17, 2017

KINGDOM OF MARY

Philly playwright stages surreal Quaker comedy.

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OUTDOOR

SPRUCE ST. SEASON

The Harbor Park reopens this week.

Get excited.

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CALENDAR

RACE FOR PHILADEL

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To be or not to be â&#x20AC;Ś a police officer?

CREDIT: MARIA YOUNG

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the check billionaire George Soros cut to support civil rights attorney Larry Krasner in the district attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race, the largest outside expenditure to date in the crowded race. Soros dumped the money into Philadelphia Justice and Public Safety, an independent political action committee, which has been paying for pro-Krasner ads. If you see Krasner on television or receive a piece of mail promoting his candidacy, you can bet the Soros PAC is behind it.

Pennsylvania is far from the worst place to start. A new WalletHub survey ranked it the 13th best state to be a cop in the U.S., which was calculated using a variety of factors, including employment opportunities, job hazards and quality of life. Even better? Head to New Jersey, which ranked seventh best in the country.

Dancing with a star

Legendary choreographer and Golden Globe winner Debbie Allen paid a special visit to two Philly schools this week as an artist in residence.

Allen, who has taught dance moves to superstars from Michael Jackson to Mariah Carey, offered two 90-minute sessions to dance students at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts and String Theory Charter School.

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GOP congressmen stand with Obamacare Of the 13 Republican congressmen in Pennsylvania â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as online news outlet Billy Penn reported, yes, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all men â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only four voted against the move to repeal Obamacare with the American Health Care Act last week. Naturally, the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five Democratic congressman voted against the GOP bill. But as Billy Penn notes, four Republican legislators (Rep. Charlie Dent, Rep. Patrick Meehan, Rep. Ryan Costello and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick) voted against it. Why? All four represent â&#x20AC;&#x153;purpleâ&#x20AC;? districts in southeastern Pennsylvania that voted big Hillary Clinton in the presidential election.

Thumbs up Thumbs up to all the moms in Philly this week, and throughout history. Another thumbs up to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for its clever social media game. Be nice to your mothers this week, folks.

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Vote for a new district attorney Election Day is on Tuesday, May 16, and Philadelphians are voting for a new district attorney to replace the embattled incumbent Seth Williams. There are seven candidates in the running and they each have a somewhat different approach on criminal justice reform and the role of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top prosecutor. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a low turnout election, which means that every vote matters. Go to philadelphiavotes.com to ďŹ nd your polling place. Set aside some time to learn a little bit about the candidates. Talk to friends and neighbors.

Get out the vote.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We decided to call 911 instantly, because the kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health was paramount.â&#x20AC;?

Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner had a minor flip-out moment on the campaign trail. At a luncheon speech at a country club near York, Wagner became irate with a video tracker who works for a liberal-leaning opposition-research group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about to see your senator in action,â&#x20AC;? Wagner told the crowd before confiscating the poor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Part of an alleged deleted text from one of the trackerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s camera. In a second fraternity brothers at Beta Theta Pi, the Penn video, the tracker alleged that State fraternity whose drinking ritual led to the Wagner had assaulted him. death of a 19-year-old freshman student. Ready Wagner said he was trespass- to feel sick? Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the full quote: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If need be, ing. Was he? Probably. But just tell them what I told you guys, found him does it make Wagner looks behind [a bar] the next morning at around 10 like a cool-headed dude who a.m., and he was freezing-cold, but we decided can run the fifth most populous to call 911 instantly, because the kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health was state in the country? Not really. paramount.â&#x20AC;?

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ART

Philadelphia photographer Shawn Theodore discusses his exhibit at the African American Museum of Philadelphia, with members of Oh, Snap!

Picture Power Photography and empowerment collide with Oh, Snap!

BY KERITH GABRIEL

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ori Waselchuk saw the need.

A need for more women to be behind a camera, telling a great story through the lens.

An award-winning photographer known for documenting the prisoner-run hospice program at Louisiana State Penitentiary, Waselchuk is sharing her vast knowledge to host a monthly women-only photography series called Oh, Snap! The sessions are meant to be a haven for women of all ages to ask questions, learn from other professional photographers, but mainly feel as though they have another outlet to have their voices heard.

Waselchuk caught up with PW to chat about her new endeavor and how empowerment arrives from a camera and conversation.

Where did the idea of Oh, Snap! come about?

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a series of community meetings and in many of those meetings we met with a lot of great women that were interested. [It was] mothers and sisters and grandmothers that were all interested in photography, but there just seemed to be a bit of hesitation; so I decided I was going to start a womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photography group with the women that participated in the Philly Block Project. It took some breathing room in the project space, but once we got that we just started doing it and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really provided this wonderful space to explore photography and learn from some really great photographers. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this really great mix of women who want to know more, to professional photographers that want to share.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the feedback youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve received so far from the women who are attending?

empowerment? Or, suppose the better question is where do you see there being a correlation?

I think the best feedback so far is that for every woman that has attended their ďŹ rst meeting theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come back.

The group is growing very slowly, but the women that come like being able to ask questions about photography. I do think to that the questions [that have been asked] and the comfort level [to which the photographers are responding] have been great and allowed for really interesting discussions. No question is a silly one and I think from that the women [that attend] appreciate what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do.

I think anytime you get people to think creatively that is brick in the foundation of empowerment. Creativity opens your own mind and heart to new ideas and new relationships, so I do think that if you can spark or inspire creative impulse then or just at least admire others, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way to see yourself differently.

On May 20, photographer Collette Fu will be your next speaker. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a widely known photographer with a wealth of experience. What do you think sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to provide?

Well, Collette is a friend of mine, but I knew that she would like this group because she likes to be in places where she can feel comfortable. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure she would [have the time to] do it, because she is very high proďŹ le, so I am elated that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taking time out. One of the things thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be great about this [speaker] is weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll actually get to make something. Collette makes these great books, these pageby-page wonders and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually going to allow us to de-mystify it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always wondered how she comes up with her designs on these pages, so personally for me, this is an exciting one. With it being a small group of around 12 ladies, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a chance to Why is this specifically a women-only get in and really understand endeavor?

To make it women-only takes how this goes on. away some of the competitive edge and makes it more open which is Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the number of the group the key. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been heartened that currently? a lot of the photographers whose Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting anywhere work I admire want to present to from about 8-12 women. this really wide-eyed eclectic group of women.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the correlation between

What is the involvement of the Penn Treaty Special Services District with this program?

They sponsor all of our free community programming at [Philadelphia Photo Arts Center], so far the beauty of our classes is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a very low budget deal as we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paying for tons of equipment or space or for the artist to present, so the funding really comes to support PPACâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arts community and also it supports all the free classes for people living in the [River Wards] community.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still gaining traction but long term, what do you hope Oh, Snap! becomes?

I want it to continue to feel like a very comfortable and supportive space for women to come and learn about photography. [Laughs] But we have room for more women and I really want to meet more who want to add photography as a skill set. I also want it to be a haven for young, female photographers to come and showcase their work, with a different kind of audience. My goal has always been to make sure that everybody has the access to showcase their creative side and learn about othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; creativity.

You can only accomplish that by getting together and engaging in creative and artistic conversation. Q TWITTER: @SPRTSWTR

POINT AND SHOOT Oh, Snap! was created by Philadelphia Photo Arts Center in response to the outpouring of interest among local women to come together, share stories and learn about photography in a safe, non-judgmental space.

Self-identifying women from the neighborhood and the larger community are welcomed to attend. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to sign-up. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to pay. You come when you can. The group meets on the third Saturday of every month from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a snapshot of a few upcoming events. For more information, contact organizer Lori Waselchuk at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center at lori@philaphotoarts.org May 20: Colette Fu

Internationally renowned artist Colette Fu will showcase the pop-up books that have made her a sensation. She will also host a demonstration on how she creates these designs.

June 17: Teen Photo Exhibition

Young photographers will showcase their art in studio for a gallery presentation in addition to a conversation and discussion on their work, the impetus, the subject and gaining chops as a young photographer.

July 15: Art Museum trip

The trip will convene inside Lenfest Hall at the Philadelphia Art Museum to view and discuss the photo exhibition called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Another Way of Telling: Women Photographers from Collectionâ&#x20AC;? with PMA curator Amanda Bock.

August 18: Genevieve Coutroubis

Photographer-artist Genevieve Coutroubis will discuss how to keep perspective and stay fresh on long term projects. Fitting from Coutroubis, who has been documenting her travels to Greece since 1995.

September 16: Nature Photography

Join Oh, Snap! on a trip to the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education to photograph the 360-acre nature reserve and view the Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s indoor-outdoor art exhibits.

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FROM THE EDITOR

Health SCARE Going haywire in wake of Obamacare repeal KERITH GABRIEL

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ast week, Republicans came one step closer to their goal of repealing the Affordable Care Act, also known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obamacare,â&#x20AC;? after a revised bill for the proposed American Health Care Act (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trumpcareâ&#x20AC;?) passed 217-213 in the House of Representatives.

The bill now moves to Republicandominated Senate. If passed into law, it would affect the health care and ďŹ nances of millions of Americans, speciďŹ cally those in middle to low-income tax brackets, while providing tax breaks and other amenities to the upper class.

The big scare of this revision of Trumpcare still carries a lot of the same fears as the original bill that was scuttled in its ďŹ rst go-round. It would still deliver a gut-punch for people with pre-existing conditions by reducing the amount of federal assistance lower income families would receive, but perhaps the greatest threat is the complete federal defunding of Planned Parenthood.

Even scarier is that, according to multiple news outlets, the House quickly passed the bill with some members later admitting that they did not understand or even know at this time the long-term effect as it pertains to cost, quality of care and the number of Americans ultimately affected.

The sight of watching Republicans glad hand each other, high ďŹ ve and give President Donald Trump a congratulatory pat on the back made my stomach turn. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re one step closer to fucking over the lives of an estimated 24 million Americans and the immediate reaction is to high ďŹ ve each other?

Wow. It was refreshing though to see that many people across the region shared the same fury I had after the May 4 decision.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sampling of the effect the news made here in the Greater Philadelphia Region. Q

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Proof of love In advance of Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, a Torresdale mother is proving her love to her son

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TO ENTER TO WIN AN ADMIT-TWO PASS TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING, VISIT PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM/CONTESTS RATED PG-13 FOR THEMATIC ELEMENTS AND BRIEF SENSUALITY. Please note: Passes are limited and will be distributed on a ďŹ rst come, ďŹ rst served basis while supplies last. No phone calls, please. Limit one pass per person. Each pass admits two. Seating is not guaranteed. Arrive early. Theater is not responsible for overbooking. This screening will be monitored for unauthorized recording. By attending, you agree not to bring any audio or video recording device into the theater (audio recording devices for credentialed press excepted) and consent to a physical search of your belongings and person. Any attempted use of recording devices will result in immediate removal from the theater, forfeiture, and may subject you to criminal and civil liability. Please allow additional time for heightened security. You can assist us by leaving all non-essential bags at home or in your vehicle.

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hiladelphia weather has been a major tease so far.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had near 90-degree days and then a day later you were forced to break that winter coat back out. But pretty soon, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be back to warm temperatures on a consistent basis and the opportunity to hit pop-ups like Spruce Street Harbor Park all summer long.

Recently, the Delaware Waterfront Commission provided a sneak peek at whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in-store when SSHPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s promenade re-opens on May 12. All it did for us was provide a pleasant reminder at just how awesome last summer was at SSHP. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a look at ďŹ ve things weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited about coming back and new shit you should look forward to as we head into another (hopefully) great summer in Philadelphia.

The hammocks, the teak chairs, the rope bridges over the water. On a nice day, there may not be a better place to relax with a good book, hang with some friends and a few beers or simply just people watch than SSHP. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve added more hammocks right by the Columbus Blvd. and Dock St. entrance for your relaxation pleasure too and as always you just can go to the DWRCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homepage and reserve a hammock lounge for you and your homies, too. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re welcome.

2. Beer selection at The Barge The beer selection is really good. In fact, dare we say The Barge and its beer list rival any of the pop-up beer gardens youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ďŹ nd in the city. We should also note that The Barge added two new margarita ďŹ&#x201A;avors, but to be honest theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all made with generic mix and they were all pretty shitty. Our suggestion? Skip the sweet stuff and head straight for the suds.

5. Franklin Fountain ice cream You know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good, so we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to tell you that, but what we love is the healthy scoops you get for not that much dinero. Not a cone person? Try a root beer ďŹ&#x201A;oat or your choice of vanilla, mint chocolate chip or black raspberry sitting atop a warm ďŹ&#x201A;uffy wafďŹ&#x201A;e. So good. So freaking good.

4. The new Chickieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Peteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s container There isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t anything Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crab fry empire doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a hand in now. And yes, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re equally as hot and the cheese is equally as think coming out of a container. This is Chickieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Peteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst time on the SSHP strip, but not itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last.

1. Distrito tacos Not only are they good, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve added even better ones. The pollo taco is a staple; but this season, the University City taqueria (3945 Chestnut St.) has added a shrimp taco and esquites (basically banginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ass corn on the cob), the latter created with a chipotle mayo base, chiles, fresh cheese and lime.

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NEWS

Where Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 66 wards are leaning on Election Day, according to ward leaders and other sources close to the endorsement process.

Race for the Wards

In the crowded Democratic primary for district attorney, your local ward leader and committee people will play an outsized role in selecting a victor. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who has the edge.

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ith no top-down endorsement from Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Democratic City Committee, the seven Democratic district attorney candidates have spent untold hours in the past several weeks conducting interviews, currying favor and cutting checks to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ward leaders and committee people in an effort to emerge victorious from the May 16 primary.

If you live in Philly proper, you live in one of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 66 geographical units called wards. Each of these is made up of divisions, which are run by committee people from each party. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the ones working your local polling place on Election Day, often handing out little pieces of paper called â&#x20AC;&#x153;sample ballotsâ&#x20AC;? that offer undecided voters a template for the voting booth.

Through hundreds of phone calls and comment requests, sources close to each ward told PW which way 61 of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 66 wards were leaning in the race. All told, a few names will appear more often than others on those coveted sample ballots.

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Jack Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, a former assistant district attorney with heavy backing from labor unions, leads the pack with more than 11 wards, most of them consolidated in Northeast and South Philadelphia, pushing his name on Election Day. Next is the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former managing director, Rich Negrin, who has the support of at least nine wards spread throughout the city.

Ditto for real estate investor Michael Untermeyer, who has an added edge via support in wards that are splitting their endorsements between him and other candidates.

Quality can be a better friend than quantity, however. The number of registered Democrats in each ward ranges from 5,000 to 25,000. More importantly, voter turnout in those wards sits anywhere from 10 to 50 percent,

depending on the election. Large wards with a high percentage of guaranteed voters are the biggest prize.

Civil rights attorney Larry Krasner also carries at least nine wards into the primary, but two of those hail from the politically powerful and voter-rich Northwest Coalition. At least eight wards have also pledged for prosecutor Joe Khan, including the high-turnout 9th Ward and the large 21st Ward. Defense attorney Tariq El-Shabazz may have only half a dozen or so wards, but one of them, Germantownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 22nd Ward, routinely boasts a strong showing at the polls from its 15,000 registered Democrats. Only one candidate, former Municipal Court Judge Teresa Carr Deni, failed to secure a ward endorsement at the time of this report.

At least eight wards are splitting their nod or offering no endorsement at all.

Many wards invited candidates to interview with their committee people, who then vote internally about who to push on Election Day. But sources say that division among committee people is not uncommon, even in wards with majority endorsements. City Councilman Bill Greenlee, who steers the 15th ward, said that the majority of his committee people voted to support Negrin, but he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t penalize those who are fervent Khan supporters from pushing his name on sample ballots in their divisions.

Another ďŹ ve wards have yet to deliver an endorsement.

Even with such fractured support, there are some discernible trends among the data.

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ward support stems from predominantly working-class and white areas of the city where the building trades unions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; eight of which are backing him â&#x20AC;&#x201C; carry a lot of clout. He and Untermeyer split favor throughout Northeast Philadelphia. The River Wards are largely pushing for Khan. And a cadre of ďŹ ve progressive wards that internally refer to themselves as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;reading and writing wardsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a reference to their higher per capita educational attainment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have split between Khan and Krasner.

The supposed â&#x20AC;&#x153;racial mathâ&#x20AC;? of Philadelphia elections ďŹ gures less clearly.

Three predominantly Latino wards in the city have pledged their support to Negrin, whose parents ďŹ&#x201A;ed to the United States from Cuba, but another went with Khan, whose father immigrated here from Pakistan. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s predominantly black wards lean toward El-Shabazz, the only African American contender in the race, but many of them are backing older white candidates such as Krasner and Untermeyer.

To be sure, voters are inďŹ&#x201A;uenced by a matrix of factors. But veteran political analyst Larry Ceisler says no candidate can discount ward-level support in a low-turnout, off-year election such as the upcoming primary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is really a different type of race,â&#x20AC;?

Ceisler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no incumbent. The fact that there are independent expenditures. The fact that this is a DAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race where issues have been brought up that really were not discussed before. But at the same time, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lowturnout race where ward leaders and committee people can be very effective.â&#x20AC;?

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to physically manifest this beautiful place, which Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only seen in my dreams. Or, I guess, in Edward Hicks paintings,â&#x20AC;? she says of recalling the work of Philadelphia folk painter and early Quaker adopter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I grew up with a print of The Peaceable Kingdom hanging in my grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house, stared at it as a kid â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes were really sad.â&#x20AC;?

Tuomanen didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know it at the time, but Hicks was painting his epic series while Quakerism was going through a schism, a time when his movement was in trouble and unsure of how to stay uniďŹ ed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scholars examine the expressions of the animals and the symbolism of the painting in terms of the timeline of that schism; I got to talk to archivists at the Friends Historical Library in the lead-up to this play about the parallel evolution of the paintings and the history of Friends.

So even if I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know it when I wrote the play, Hicks communicated his anxiety about unraveling utopia well enough for it to enter my child brain, and be remembered in my adult brain years later,â&#x20AC;? Tuomanen said.

Not a religious woman per se, Tuomanen attends Quaker gatherings at Arch St. Meeting more out of a feeling of community and its genuine curiosity: to be around people looking to do better and b asking questions regarding that higher narrative. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a gift to sit with other people in a sense of not knowing, and to seek comfort and guidance from each other in silent worship,â&#x20AC;? she says.

The newness of silent worship is vastly different from the noisy holiness of her youth where spirituality was all about music, particularly singing choir music. The music of Randall Thompsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oratorio Peaceable Kingdom, excerpted in the play, was especially moving to the playwright as an octet of singers portrays a sort-of Greek chorus of trees â&#x20AC;&#x153;which juxtaposes the more loving parts of Isaiah (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ye shall have a song and gladness of heartâ&#x20AC;?) with the scary parts (â&#x20AC;&#x153;They come from a far country... to destroy the whole land... children shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their homes spoiled and their wives ravishedâ&#x20AC;?).

The juxtaposition is the heart of Peaceable Kingdom â&#x20AC;&#x201C; William Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire to embolden Philadelphia as the exception to the so-called bellicose White-Man-TakesAll model. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This text, and this piece of music, allows what is beautiful and what is horriďŹ c about Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experiment to exist simul-

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hen dealing in all-things Mary Tuomanen, know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re embracing a restless continuum of roles, positions, theories and dares.

Naming and numbering all the Philly actress-playwright-director has tackled in a handful of years is tedious, save for pointing out sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famously been an anarchist punk rock kid in Local Girls at Azuka Theatre, played Andy Warhol in the Bearded Ladies cabaret-opera Andy: A Popera with Opera Philadelphia, bounced on her heels as Puck/Philostrate in the Ardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shakespeare romp A Midsummer Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dream, braved the electric chair in the title role for EgoPoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version of the 1928 expressionist play, Machinal, and acted the politicized gamine (the Jean Seberg of Saint Joan fame) in her own Hello!

Sadness! at FringeArts.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all that, and then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tuomanenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self-penned Peaceable Kingdom, a dark, sensualist surreal comedy about the reimagined Quaker settlement of Pennsylvania and a longing for true 0$<

st Church Neighborh Utopia at Christ Neighborhood hilly p House in May (through the Philly playwright collective Orbiter 3).

Here, dream animals, Pennsylvania cofounder/City Hall topper William Penn and Lenni-Lenape nation chief Tamanend come alive in Existentialist/Abstract Expressionist fashion courtesy Tuomanenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s script, a continued relationship with director Rebecca Wright (â&#x20AC;&#x153;She makes complicated projects seem easyâ&#x20AC;?), a Murdererâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Row of Philly avant-garde acting (e.g.

John Jarboe, Thomas Choinacky) and a design sensibility for set and soulful animal costuming that is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;homespun work of artâ&#x20AC;? with all Orbiters coming together to weave strips of fabric to create the raw materials (how very Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland in the silo). â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really looks like an art installation, and speaks perfectly of what an early American utopia might be in our imaginations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; community-made and community-centric, simple, beautiful, woven of diverse colors and natural materials,â&#x20AC;? says Tuomanen in awe of her collaborators. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The text of the play is basically an excuse

taneously in the show,â&#x20AC;? says Tuomanen.

The fact that Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sons are buried in the grassy knoll before Christ Church (â&#x20AC;&#x153;feet away from where we perform this play,â&#x20AC;? she adds) lends greater poignancy to the terrors of broken pacts and bloodshed.

The more political parts of Peaceable Kingdom â&#x20AC;&#x201C; lighter, tighter and more precise than when she started writing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; tackle what Tuomanen notes is â&#x20AC;&#x153;ally-ship,â&#x20AC;? the notion of trust cultivated between two people on opposite sides of a power dynamic with elements of present-day rhetoric in Peaceable Kingdomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s socially experimental prose. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can lions and lambs lay down together, and how do you create boundaries of respect to make that partnership possible? How do we build inclusive movements that include varying levels of privilege, when it is so hard for those of us with privilege to dismantle that? So often we hurt the very people we wish to help.

How do you look honestly at your own lion claws?â&#x20AC;? she asked.

As for Tuomanenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preternatural and playful sense of absurdity, there are but two humans with everyone else as either an animal or a tree. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The two human characters hang out with and talk to the animals in a sort of egalitarian hippie commune where no species has supremacy over another,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact that there are a bunch of talking animals also relieves me from the pressure of trying to portray anything like what really happened, and allows me to talk about the danger of privilege in all its forms (race, gender, class) using adorable creatures as a silly metaphor.â&#x20AC;?

Like Animal Farm, she notes, sometimes barnyard allegory is the best way to get at dark truths about power and manipulation.

Performing the play as a pageant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;a story a community performs about itself... with boundaries blurred between the past, present sacred and secularâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; allows the metaphorical and the literal to overlap in funny ways in the playwrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes. This includes that notion there is a sexual relationship between hetero monogamousturned clingy William Penn and the free over-centric chief Tamanend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Patterns of entitlement and privilege make themselves known really well through the metaphor of sex,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes for some funny scenes.â&#x20AC;? Q Peaceable Kingdom | May 10-28. Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St. Tickets $15-25. orbiter3.org 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

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Immigration and the idea of reform has truly brought out the best and worst in America.

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Opinion: Losing our Humanity Examining the dark turn the idea of immigration has taken in America

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he immigration debate in the United States has taken a dark turn.

Suddenly, we went from discussing comprehensive immigration reform to a fullďŹ&#x201A;edged assault on immigrant communities.

Over the last few months, presidential executive orders and Department of Homeland Security memos point to our shared demise from a nation that was built on the bedrock of hope and perseverance â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to one that is slowly losing its humanity.

On Feb. 22, the Department of Homeland Security released two memos signed

by Secretary John Kelly, outlining policies to implement the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immigration enforcement agenda contained in executive orders signed on Jan. 25. One key provision of the memos includes upending the Obama 0$<

administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s removal priorities, which prioritized deportations of foreign nationals who have been convicted of certain crimes.

Instead, the Trump administration has changed focus to removing persons charged with or suspected of having committed any crime, even without a conviction.

Federal agents can now seek to deport undocumented individuals who are convicted of any crime, no matter how minor, as well as people who have committed an act for which they could be charged. Since undocumented immigrants can face charges simply for living in the country without permission, current policy makes any undocumented immigrant in the U.S. a deportation priority by virtue of just being present. Under the new rules, there are no removal priorities.

These policies sound tough, and even potentially effective from a deterrence perspective, but in reality, they are economically infeasible, designed for political sound bites but with real, human consequences. While the memos essentially frame all undocumented immigrants as priorities for removal, we know that deporting all 11 million reported undocumented people from the United States is next to impossible. One of

the memos also calls for an additional hiring of 10,000 border patrol ofďŹ cers and ICE agents, but we know that (1) Congress has to approve this expense and (2) that it takes almost a year to adequately train an agent before he or she is ready for the ďŹ eld. So, this is a long process, but in the meantime, the policies are enough to terrorize immigrant communities, which may be the primary objective.

When you strip the political rhetoric aside and demystify the allure of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;other,â&#x20AC;? we are left with real people who want for their families what every American wants for their own â&#x20AC;&#x201C; physical safety, economic stability, and a sense of personal dignity. We need to be cognizant of our own role in the reasons for their travel to our shores, Often, these families are ďŹ&#x201A;eeing regions destabilized by failed U.S. foreign policies. Our response cannot be to silence these vulnerable communities by instilling fear.

People are afraid. Fathers who work two to three low-wage jobs to support their families are now always looking over their shoulders in fear of agents picking them up; mothers are strategizing with neighbors on who will take care of their children if they

are deported; and young children are dealing with the emotional toll of seeing their parents in constant fear, afraid to go to school in case, on their return, they ďŹ nd an empty home. Sitting silently by as others suffer is not who we are.

The entire moral foundation of how we treat others is breaking down in the search to ďŹ nd an immigration policy. We are facing the collapse of empathy and lost humanity without anything positive to show for it. If we cannot identify with the suffering of others, then who are we?

As law students at the Penn Legal Assistance Clinic, we work with immigrants seeking refuge in the United States every day.

And, we get the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frustration who support these actions. We understand people are angry because some have broken the law by their very presence here. We also get that it does not sit right with those who have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;waiting in lineâ&#x20AC;? to come here legally.

We get it. But, pretending our misguided notions of how to punish the wrongdoers will ďŹ x this humanitarian crisis is just not logical.

And our inhumane way of reacting to their presence here is not morally right either.

It is time to change our apathetic attitude toward the rhetoric and policies that are coming from our current administration. It can be easy to dismiss these developments as pertaining to â&#x20AC;&#x153;the other,â&#x20AC;? not our American citizen neighbors, families and friends. But the shockwaves of these new policies do not exist in a vacuum; the way we treat the most vulnerable within our borders will have wide-ranging effects on our reputation in the international community and the psyche of the American people.

We can no longer afford to give these immigration policies the beneďŹ t of the doubt, to frame them in the most positive and optimistic light. By doing nothing, we as a nation present ourselves as being foolish enough to believe that the unattainable measures in the orders and memos are somehow achievable, or we are comfortable with the real-life suffering and chaos caused by our immigration policies. Either way, we seem to be losing touch with our own humanity. Q Akbar Hossain is a Norristown native who resides in West Philadelphia. A Truman scholar and a P.D. Soros fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Hossain is an outspoken advocate for immigration rights in Philadelphia. He co-wrote this piece with West Philadelphia resident Allison Kowalski, a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School also rooted in immigration advocacy.

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Wednesday, May 10 MUSIC

Coheed and Cambria Formed as a rock trio back in 1995, the longhaired New York rockers date their shredding roots to 2001. In a highly stylized blending of rock, emocore and highly conceptual album themes, the fellas have even released a graphic novel that expands upon reworked material.

8pm. $67. The Fillmore. 29 East Allen St. theďŹ llmorephilly.com EATS

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Chinese Lantern Festival A

fter the success of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celebration, the Chinese Lantern Festival returns, brighter than ever before.

For ďŹ ve weeks, Franklin Square is transformed with nearly 30 huge iridescent lanterns, 1,500 individual sculptures and more than 15,000 individual LED lights in an array of colors. Talk about being lit. Having welcomed about 90,000 people last year during its trial run, this year is sure to be even more of a hit with visitors.

The reported favorite from last year, a Chinese Dragon, has even been rebuilt for the occasion. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been reported that besides the dragon, all other displays are new for the 2017 festival season. Children under the age of 12 have been invited to submit a drawing of either a monkey, rooster or dog as part of a contest. These submissions pertaining to the Chinese zodiac will be turned into a lantern sculpture. The winner of the contest is allowed to take their sculpture home once the festivities conclude.

Festival-goers will also have the opportunity to take part and witness authentic demonstrations of cultural performances including acrobats and folk dancers. Guests are invited to sample Asian cuisine and American favorites. One difference from last year: the aptly named Dragon Beer Garden will be open nightly with a selection of craft beers and cocktails.

Every lantern is built using traditional methods. Q May 9 - June 11 | Free. Franklin Square. 200 6th St.

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Having traditionally been enjoyed as nutritious as well as delicious, African American ancestors dined on a plantbased diet. In this free, six-lesson nutrition and cooking program presented on Wednesday evenings through June 14, learn how to cook a variety of dishes where attendance isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mandatory, and the health and wellbeing beneďŹ ts are long lasting. | 7:30pm. Free. Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine St. 4th Floor, freelibrary.org MUSIC

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Paula Poundstone In Poundstoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decades-long tenure as a stand-up comedian, she has garnered multiple HBO specials, an Emmy award, two comedy albums and an American Comedy award. Renowned for her quick wit and snide observations, in her latest work, she embarks on a series of diverse adventures in search of long-term happiness. | 7:30pm. $7-$15. Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine St. freelibrary.org

Friday, May 12 MUSIC

Choking Victim The legendary New York City hardcore punk band would go on to form LeftĂśver Crack after the release of their lone LP â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Gods, No Managers.â&#x20AC;? Now back with their Zero Fucks Tour, the band is known for being controversial for the sake of it, such as all their Satanic imagery, insisting itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just for the purpose of being offensive. | 7:00pm. $20-$22.

Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. utphilly.com

T.I. and The Hustle Gang Tour The highly proliďŹ c Atlanta actor and rapper is back with his latest â&#x20AC;&#x153;Us or Else: Letter to the Systemâ&#x20AC;? tour. He brings along fellow collaborators for his live show, The Hustle Gang. Having served two separate sentences in county jail, T.I.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s credibility is sound in a way not otherwise imaginable. Whether his albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title is in any way an allusion to certain IRS liens is up to audience speculation. | 8pm. $50. Theatre of Living Arts., 334 South St. venue.tlaphilly.com

Thursday, May 11 MUSIC

Pond & Kirin J. Callinan The brainchild off-shoot of Tame Impala, the Australian psychedelic rockers have just released their so-claimed â&#x20AC;&#x153;best album yet.â&#x20AC;? Bouncing between countries like they were 21st century pirates, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve stunned audiences across the world, bringing down the house night after night â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or, then again, maybe that was just the drugs? | 8pm. $16. Johnny Brendaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1201 Frankford Ave. johnnybrendas.com

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Lupe Fiasco A decade after Lupe made his debut, the Chicago native is closing a chapter on his career with one of his most stylized projects to date. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drogas Light,â&#x20AC;? the 14-track LP, has taken risks demonstrating artistic growth, both sonically and through storytelling measures transcending ideas of genre in a way that is uniquely Lupeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. | 7:30pm. $30. The Electric Factory, 421 North 7th St. electricfactory.info 0$<

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Bibliococktails: Colonial Spirits by Steven Grasse and Michael Alan The gentlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historical manifesto on drinking includes 50 colonial era-inspired cocktail recipes. The book features a rousing timeline of colonial imbibing and cultural overview with a number of drinks.

A discussion of the various beverages will be had after the cocktail sampling. | 7pm - 9pm. $25 - $50. The Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008 Delancey Place. rosenbach.org

Saturday, May 13 DRINKS

Hawthorneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual IPA Block Party Celebrating its eighth anniversary, this cash-only, rain-or-shine, event celebrates the art of the brew. Serving up tasty food to partner with the wide selection of suds, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no better place to spend a Saturday afternoon than getting drunk with your friends in the street, legally. Free to enter, pay to drink. | 1pm 8pm. Free. 738 South 11th Street. hawthornecafe.com MUSIC

Jimmy Eat World With their passion for intensely emotional and melody-driven music, played with the same amount of exuberance they had in the early millennium, hear all their radio-friendly hits, certainly; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pain,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Middleâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Work.â&#x20AC;? The fellas from Arizona just released their ninth studio album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Integrity Blues.â&#x20AC;? | 8:30pm. $30. Sherman Theater, 524 Main St, Stroudsburg, PA. shermantheater.com ARTS

Fine Craft at Rittenhouse Square The 7th annual Spring Fine Craft Fair is back in an array of displays with more than 100 0$<

juried artisan members offering works in a variety of mediums.

Meet the vast pool of talented artisans and take home something thoughtfully made, beautiful and original. | 11am. Free.

Rittenhouse Neighborhood, 1801 Rittenhouse Square. pacrafts.org/ďŹ ne-craft-fair ORCHESTRA

Tchaikovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fifth Symphony It is famous for its ingenious use of â&#x20AC;&#x153;fateâ&#x20AC;? as a theme, through somber progressions to the crescendo of dramatic peaks and triumphant march in the ďŹ nal movement. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classical music at its absolute zenith. It infuses the spirit of the late, great, composer in an image brought to listeners that is both contemporary and classical. | 8pm. $40-$135.

Verizon Hall, 300 S. Broad St. kimmelcenter.org

Sunday, May 14 EATS

Dinner The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst pop-up restaurant is back, creating a culinary experience like never before. It features a menu selection crafted for taste, which includes an appetizer, entree and dessert selection made from an exotic combination of herbs, spices and sauces. It leaves the taster wanting more. | 4pm - 5:30pm. $10 - $50. Awbury Arboretum, Cope House, 1 Awbury Road.

THEATER

Agatha Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Witness for the Prosecution Leonard stands accused of murder, and his wife can prove his innocence. But after taking the stand, she denies his alibi. In a fashion that fans of the murdermystery author have come to expect, emotional twists and turns ensue that will keep audiences guessing until the very last scene. | 3pm. $10 - $50. Bristol Riverside Theater, Bristol, 120 Radcliffe St. brstage.org/main-stage

Monday, May 15 MUSIC

Paul Kelly The Australian bluesman will return to the World Cafe with offerings from his latest release, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dateless Night,â&#x20AC;? featuring Charlie Owen as multiinstrumentalist and containing songs that have been played at a variety of funerals. Returning to the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distinct mix of covers, traditional numbers and a few originals, the latest album is far from mourning in this sparse, stripped-back sound. | 7pm. $25. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. worldcafelive. com AUTHOR

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Metal Sucsks Presents: The Obsessed See the legendary band formed in the early 1980s in Maryland, led by the infamous Wino.

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Studios $130,000 to $160,000 1 Bedrooms $250,000 to $300,000 2 Bedrooms $300,000 to $450,000 3 Bedrooms $400,000 to $550,000 @eZcl[\j i\Xc \jkXk\ kXo Â&#x203A; Ef kiXej]\i kXo

333 Trevor Lane, Bala Cynwyd , 9\[&+%( 9Xk_2 *(,/ jh ]k :fcfe`Xc -.+#000 325 Baintree Road, Bryn Mawr E\n :fejkilZk`fe2 , 9\[&,%) 9Xk_ :fcfe`Xc )#.,'#''' 306 Clwyd Road, Bala Cynwyd , 9\[&)%* 9Xk_2 ,+)' jh ]k IXeZ_ -.,#'''

1416 Flat Rock Road, Penn Valley

1220 N Howard St, Fishtown

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NEW LISTING 156 Dupont Street, Manayunk * 9\[&)%( 9Xk_2 (-'' jh ]k Ifn *),#''' 535 N 64th Street, Philadelphia + 9\[&(%( 9Xk_2 (*0' jh ]k Kn`e (0,#''' 901 N Penn St #R301, Northern Liberties ) 9\[&)%( 9Xk_2 (+/0 jh ]k :fe[f ,.,#'''

1706 Arlington St, Temple University * 9\[&( 9Xk_2 (('' jh ]k Ifn_fd\ (-0#''' JUST REDUCED 175 E Old Gulph Road, Wynnewood 529 Kingsley Court, Roxborough + 9\[&)%( 9Xk_2 *-.- jh ]k :fek\dgfiXip .-0#''' 1616 Winston Road, Gladwyne + 9\[&*%( 9Xk_2 )+'' jh ]k Kn`e ++0#*,' 330 Cherry Bend, Merion Station + 9\[&* 9Xk_2 <ogXe[\[ IXeZ_ -),#''' 2313 N Park Ave, Temple University 442 Fawn Hill Lane, Penn Valley , 9\[&*%( 9Xk_2 ++', jh ]k :fcfe`Xc /00#00' I\_XYY\[ Ki`$gc\o )-*#''' + 9\[&*%( 9Xk_2 +*'( jh ]k :fcfe`Xc ..,#''' 715 John Barry Drive, Bryn Mawr 226 W Indian Creek Road, Wynnewood 507 Kingsley Court, Roxborough + 9\[&)%( 9Xk_2 *.() jh ]k :fcfe`Xc /(,#''' , 9\[&+%( 9Xk_2 +,)' jh ]k :fek\dgfiXip (#(00#''' + 9\[&)%( 9Xk_2 )+'' jh ]k Kn`e *00#0'' 926 Merion Square Road, Gladwyne , 9\[&-%( 9Xk_2 ,,') jh ]k :fcfe`Xc (#*),#''' 500 N Spring Mill Road, Villanova 109 W. Porter St., Whitman 516 W Beechtree Lane, Wayne * 9\[&( 9Xk_2 ('-) jh ]k Ifn_fd\ (/,#''' + 9\[&*%( 9Xk_2 *)(, jh ]k :fcfe`Xc /,'#''' , 9\[&*%( 9Xk_2 *0'' jh ]k :fcfe`Xc (#(''#''' 296 Sycamore Ave, Merion Station CONDO LIVING , 9\[&-%( 9Xk_2 0'+( jh ]k EfidXe[p (#+00#''' 454 Clothier Road, Wynnewood 1600 Hagys Ford Road 10H, Penn Valley 20 Conshohocken St Rd #712, Bala Cynwyd + 9\[&*%) 9Xk_2 *,.( jh ]k :fcfe`Xc .00#''' ( 9\[&( 9Xk_2 0.- jh ]k :fe[f (*''&dfek_ ) 9\[&) 9Xk_2 (0., jh ]k le`k )*0#000 836 Lindy Lane, Bala Cynwyd 1750 Oakwood Ter 11B, Penn Valley * 9\[&+ 9Xk_2 *,'' jh ]k Kfne_fd\ ,'+#,'' 191 Presidential Blvd, Bala Cynwyd ) Y\[&) 9Xk_2 ()00 jh ]k :fe[f I\ek 1416 Flat Rock Road, Penn Valley 824-25: ) 9\[&) 9Xk_2 )('' jh ]k :fe[f +),#''' =fi )#'''&dfek_ , 9\[&*%( 9Xk_2 *-*, jh ]k :fcfe`Xc /00#''' , 9\[&*%( 9Xk_2 *-*, jh ]k :fcfe`Xc /00#''' 828 Summit Road, Penn Valley + 9\[&)%( 9Xk_2 :fcfe`Xc .''#'''

The Warwick Unit 1910 Why live in an ordinary Center City Condominium when you can reside in a luxury, 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom, oversized (1296 sq. ft.), condominium-residence in a ďŹ rst-class hotel, The Warwick Hotel Rittenhouse Square, just steps away from many of Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ nest parks, restaurants, shops, nightlife, and entertainment venues. This unit features an open-concept kitchen, dining, and living area with cherry hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors. The kitchen includes stainless steel appliances and granite countertops with a breakfast bar.

The huge master bedroom is a relaxing retreat with space for both a king-sized bed and a seating area, and has a beautiful marble-tiled en suite bathroom with granite countertops, dual sinks, and double-sized frameless glass shower. The master bedroom boasts two closets--one being an oversized walk-in (7â&#x20AC;?4â&#x20AC;? x 11â&#x20AC;&#x2122;2â&#x20AC;?) great for someone with an extensive wardrobe!

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$849,000 Patrick Conway

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NEW LISTING OPEN SATURDAY 1 - 3 2663 E. THOMPSON STREET

Sweet and charming townhouse featuring a tiled entryway, exposed brick walls, and original hardÉ Ĺ¸Ĺ¸_ ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039;ÇŁĘł ǢĂ&#x17E;Çź E OĨ Ĺ&#x2DC;_ Ç&#x2039;sÄś ÉŽ ŸĹ&#x2DC; ÇźĂ&#x152;s OŸĘ&#x160;É´ E OĨ patio. 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

$162,500

NEW LISTING OLD CITY

Chic & stylish boutique penthouse loft condo featuring a keyed elevator with access into the unit. Open living space with high loft ceilings, and bright southern exposure light throughout.

3,400 Square feet. Amazing rooftop deck with fabulous city views. 1 Car parking! 3 BR, 3 Baths

$899,000

NEW LISTING OLD CITY

2 BR loft condo combines modern amenities with historic details. Enter through a secured, private elevator that opens into the unit. This unique Ă&#x152;ŸĹ&#x17D;s ÂŻs ÇźČ&#x2013;Ç&#x2039;sÇŁ ĘŠÇ&#x2039;sƟĜ OsĘ° Ă&#x152; Ç&#x2039;_É Ĺ¸Ĺ¸_ ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039;ÇŁĘ° Ĺ&#x2DC;_ a newly refurbished eat-in kitchen. Parking for the unit is in a gated lot adjacent to the lobby

$750,000

NEW LISTING UNDER CONTRACT GRADUATE HOSPITAL

Beautiful 2 BR home featuring a large and open ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039; ƟĜ Ĺ&#x2DC;Ę° OŸĹ&#x17D;ƟĜsÇźs É Ă&#x17E;ÇźĂ&#x152; OÇ&#x2039;Ĺ¸É Ĺ&#x2DC; Ĺ&#x17D;ŸĜ_Ă&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC;œʰ Ă&#x152; Ç&#x2039;_É Ĺ¸Ĺ¸_ ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039;ÇŁĘ° Ĺ&#x2DC;_ Ă&#x152;Ă&#x17E;ÂśĂ&#x152;Ĝɴ sÂŻĘŠOĂ&#x17E;sĹ&#x2DC;Çź É Ĺ¸Ĺ¸_Ë&#x161;EČ&#x2013;Ç&#x2039;Ĺ&#x2DC;Ă&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC;Âś É&#x2122;sÇ&#x2039;Ĺ&#x17D;ŸĹ&#x2DC;Çź N ÇŁÇźĂ&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC;œǣ O ÇŁÇź Ă&#x17E;Ç&#x2039;ŸĹ&#x2DC; ĘŠÇ&#x2039;sƟĜ OsĘł ÇťĂ&#x152;sÇ&#x2039;s Ă&#x17E;ÇŁ spacious rear patio, perfect for entertaining

$399,000

OPEN SATURDAY 12 - 2 1616 NAUDAIN STREET

OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 3 1721 S. 20TH STREET

$499,000

$425,000

Tranquil 1860 townhouse on a tree lined street ÂŻs ÇźČ&#x2013;Ç&#x2039;Ă&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC;Âś É Ă&#x17E;_s ƟĜ Ĺ&#x2DC;Ĩ Ă&#x152; Ç&#x2039;_É Ĺ¸Ĺ¸_ ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039;ÇŁĘ° ÇŁĆź OĂ&#x17E;ŸČ&#x2013;ÇŁ and updated eat-in kitchen with quartz counters and stainless steel appliances. Private fenced-in patio great for outdoor entertaining.

2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

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Kathy Conway

215-266-1537 215-850-3842

Newly constructed 3 bedroom townhouse feaÇźČ&#x2013;Ç&#x2039;Ă&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC;Âś œĜs Ĺ&#x17D;Ă&#x17E;Ĺ&#x2DC;Âś Ă&#x152; Ç&#x2039;_É Ĺ¸Ĺ¸_ ʪŸŸÇ&#x2039;ÇŁĘ° Ĺ&#x17D;Ÿ_sÇ&#x2039;Ĺ&#x2DC; Ĺ&#x2DC;_ bright kitchen with an enormous center island, and mosaic tiled backsplash. Unwind in one of the 3 outdoor spaces, including the expansive rooftop deck

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