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SLICE OF LIFE Meet a longtime Fishtown knife enthusiast that’s truly a cut above.

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Goes to City Councilman Mark Squilla. Squilla got a little excited during the ofďŹ cial opening of city pools last Wednesday and decided heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d jump in the pool at Murphy Recreation Center, fully clothed. Squilla apparently was so excited, that he neglected to take his keys, reading glasses and wallet out of his pocket before jumping in. Q

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moments likeâ&#x20AC;Ś When you go to repossess someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vehicle and you have their child in your possession too. Yep, this happened on June 22, when a repo man took possession of a vehicle in West Philadelphia only to discover â&#x20AC;&#x201C; after he drove off â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that he had taken the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 7-yearold daughter as well. An embarrassing day for the tow truck guy, but an even worse day for the mother of the child, who told police she left her daughter in the vehicle while she clocked out of her job at a restaurant. At the time of this report, the mother was in custody on an outstanding warrant for another matter.

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Goes to Mayor Jim Kenney who was also on hand at Murphy, but chose to go the civilized route and refrain from making the jump alongside Squilla and the scores of kids on hand for the announcement. The move to stay dry was even noticed by Kenney spokesperson Lauren Hitt, who suggested the possibility of Kenney getting accidentally pushed in. Sadly, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen. Q

Talk through it.

One would think following a mistrial in a sexual assault case the defendant might look to lay low. Well, apparently not if that defendant is Bill Cosby. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been reported the actor/comedian is scheduling a series of town hall meetings to instruct attendees on how to avoid being accused of sexual assault. We can imagine what Cosby might suggest. What? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t invite a woman 30 years your junior to your house to hang out, drink alcohol and pop quaaludes together?

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The height in feet of the new Ferris wheel that has become the star attraction of the Midway at Summerfest on Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landing. However, a representative with the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation said the wheel will be routinely switched out to accommodate other amusement rides over the course of the summer. Summerfest opened June 23 to the public featuring six carnival games, a roller rink and a carousel. Q 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

Yo, gentriďŹ cation...chill.

In an effort to curb the hare-like speed of development and subsequent gentrification occurring throughout many Philadelphia neighborhoods, city council proposed a bill on June 22 that would require all major developments of high-rise housing or rentals to include a number of affordable housing units in its building. In return, the city would allow developers to construct beyond the current height and density than what current city zoning code allows increasing too the number of permitted units for a structure of that size.

All of this is being asked in efforts to avoid the working poor from being priced out of certain neighborhoods. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a model known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;inclusionary housingâ&#x20AC;? that is already being used in highly gentrified cities like New York, Chicago and San Francisco. Thoughts? Q

Oh, shut up! â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mohammad N. Ali, a Bucks County businessman and â&#x20AC;&#x153;friendâ&#x20AC;? of former district attorney Seth Williams who said that gem while he testiďŹ ed to providing Williams with gifts and trips in exchange for favors. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reported that fancy dinners and all-inclusive vacations aided Ali in bypassing airport checks, earning citizenship for Aliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Belarusian wife and even to get a help get a friend out of hot water stemming from a 2011 drug charge. Q

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Schools

The School District shelled out over $150,000 to cover the cost of an AED in its elementary schools.

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School District foots bill to supply 100 elementary schools with costly AED device

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y the end of June, the Philadelphia School District will have equipped each of its 214 schools with an automated emergency deďŹ brillator.

Actually, 65 of those schools already had them, in addition to the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletic complexes and super site facilities, but it was covering the 149 elementary schools that, as of the end of the school year, relied only on the emergency training from staff and personnel.

Now before jumping to conclusions, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as dangerous as one might think to not have these supplied in every building. In fact, for a cash-strapped school district dealing with the demands of teachers working without a viable contract and

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selling off buildings just to stay aďŹ&#x201A;oat â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surprising that AEDs werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t at the bottom of the list.

Not only were they not at the bottom, but the school district, through a mix of donations and dipping into its own fund, sprung for the Cardiac Science G5, which provides instructions via voice and text in both English and Spanish. The cost of the machine, in addition to a case, instructional signage and training for school administrators staff, was roughly $1,500 per school. Donations covered only about 40 of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elementary schools with SDP footing the bill for the remainder.

Expensive math, but one the members of the school district feel was a prudent investment.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;For a lot of these schools, these AEDs are really the Holy Grail,â&#x20AC;? said Bettyann Creighton, executive director of health, safety and physical education for the District. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Survival decreases by 10 percent every minute for sudden cardiac arrestâ&#x20AC;Ś [so] I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t perceive [the wait to have these in every school] as a delay, I just see it as a huge district; we have a lot to do, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing all that we can to advocate and promote health and safety in our schools. This is just a part of that culture.â&#x20AC;?

According to school spokesperson Megan Lello, over the past month, the District has ramped up its efforts to supply and train school principals and other personnel. Administrators actually went to the SDP headquarters to pick up a ma-

chine and were instructed on its purpose, how to use it and by the end of the session, fully knew the capacity they have to save the life of a student.

Why the delay in getting these into the elementary schools? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sudden cardiac arrest is really more prevalent in teens and athletes,â&#x20AC;? said Creighton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So our ďŹ rst goal was to cover the high school and the athletic facilities [which we did] in 2002 [courtesy of] the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association.

They donated $100,000 for us to equip all of the high schools and athletic complexes that was all the stadiums and supersites and so on. It was a massive gift to the school district.â&#x20AC;?

Creighton said that in 2006, the Youth Heart Watch program of the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital of Philadelphia donated an AED to all middle schools in the district, which at the time ranged around 25 middle schools. Since then, by virtue of the School Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Think AEDâ&#x20AC;? campaign, sporadic donations have continued, but it was the district â&#x20AC;&#x153;coming upon fundingâ&#x20AC;? that allowed it to make the leap to cover all of the remaining elementary schools in March-April of this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We moved very quickly on identifying the [remaining] schools that needed them,â&#x20AC;? said Creighton.

Since this Herculean effort, the District has received additional endowments, and with that money, Creighton said the task now is to replace the old AEDs so that every single one across the entire district is uniform with the Cardiac Science G5 unit.

No timeline is set for that effort, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one that Creighton noted is another item high on the list. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be consistent with the same machine we are looking to swap out a lot of the ones in the middle schools and high schools to make them consistent across the district,â&#x20AC;? Creighton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So using the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Think AED campaign,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll continue to replace and maintain current AEDs that are already in the schools. Since weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve purchased these [latest AEDs] weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already received additional donations. So the plan is to circle back to the high schools and that have outdated machines. Because of their size, many of our high schools have three to four machines; not all need to be replaced, just the ones from the [2002] Trial Lawyers go-around. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to a big task.â&#x20AC;?

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NEWS

Fishtown resident Frank Ciocco showcasing a sampling of a robust knife collection spanning 59 years.

Slice of the neighborhood This Fishtown resident is a cut above the rest. Literally.

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s the undeniable renaissance of Frankford Avenue between Girard Avenue and York Street continues with its variety of boutiques, bars and chic restaurants, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a stretch of Fishtown thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s becoming unrecognizable to some of the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most loyal residents.

Well, almost.

Where Frankford Avenue and Marlborough Street intersect, nestled directly across the street from the quasi-new taco joint, Heffe, rests a yellow house with a window display full of weaponry. While people often stop and stare at the bladed tools quizzically, what they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know is theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been window dressing for the home of knife enthusiast, and longtime -81( -8/<

resident, Frank Ciocco, and just a sampling of a collection spanning 59 years.

Before Ciocco was born, his father had been stationed as an airplane mechanic in North Africa during World War II. After the war, he returned to Philadelphia with a collection of approximately 10 to 12 Persian and African-inspired knives he had accumulated during his time overseas, including khukuris, which are traditional Nepalese knives with a curved blade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember [my father] used to roll the knives out on the tarp and he stored them in down in the basement because it was dry down there,â&#x20AC;? said Ciocco, who will turn 70 in September. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was around 8 or 10 years old, I loved watching cowboy shows on TV and became interested in the knives. I would ask to go

down in the basement to look at them and ask to use them, and because my dad was not a stupid man he would say no.â&#x20AC;?

Knowing he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allowed to handle his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knives at such a young age, Ciocco instead asked if he could add to the collection if he was able to come across any decent knives. His father agreed, and Ciocco began exploring the pawn shops on North Front Street â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which no longer exist â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for cheap knives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would make money washing peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marble steps outside their houses, and with my allowance I would buy broken-down, half-rusted knives for like $5,â&#x20AC;? Ciocco said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I maybe added 10 or 12 knives to my dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection.â&#x20AC;?

When he turned 18, Ciocco started his own collection. He signed up for a

Smoky Mountain Knife Works catalog subscription and soon became one of their best customers. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t long before he became a connoisseur both around the neighborhood and at his former day job at the 30th Street Post OfďŹ ce when it came to anything related to knives. While some people didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite understand his love for knives, others, like his second wife, just learned to accept it. For example, she allowed him to hang every one of his knives on the wall when they moved into a house on Allegheny Avenue.

Here, Ciocco said there was only one rule â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no arguing in the knife room. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My second wife was actually from Tennessee where Smoky Mountain Knife Works is, and one time when we were down there visiting her family I got to stop by,â&#x20AC;? Ciocco said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was like a kid in a candy shop, and I told the guy I was with that I was going to need about three hours there. They had a different counter for every type of knife.â&#x20AC;?

After that trip, Ciocco shared his experience and new knives with all of his friends at the Post OfďŹ ce, who he claims jumped on board ordering knives from Smoky Mountain Knife Works themselves. Ciocco would agree to place their orders only if they agreed to pay for shipping, that way he could save a little money himself.

As his friends started accumulating knives of their own, he decided he would learn how to sharpen them. Self-taught, he eventually expanded to offering his knife sharpening services, at a low price, to friends, family, churches and anyone who asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Men will not let their wives use their tool boxes, but they think nothing of taking a kitchen knife for something then throwing it back in the sink with grease and all and expecting their wife to later use it to slice tomatoes,â&#x20AC;? Ciocco said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need sharpening and to do so you just bevel the edge, taking a little off of each side. When you look down the edge of a knife, both sides should meet in the middle.â&#x20AC;?

Currently working on a machete for his nextdoor neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, he describes his hobby as â&#x20AC;&#x153;playing with his toysâ&#x20AC;? rather than side work or a job that needs to be completed. Now owning roughly 200 knives, Ciocco can be found sitting in a chair outside his front door for hours at a time throughout the week sharpening knives, and has no problem explaining what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing when curious newcomers to the neighborhood cross his path. Q 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

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PHOTO BY ANDREA CANTOR

Democratic DA candidate Larry Krasner says that there needs to be more grassroots efforts like Kensingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Need a Little Help to fight the opioid crisis.

Central lines

Kensington initiative sheds light on opioid crisis by handing jars of used needles to city officials

BY ANDREA CANTOR

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n a typical, sunny morning outside City Hall, a rather untypical occurrence happened â&#x20AC;&#x201D; children handed out jars ďŹ lled with opioid needles to city ofďŹ cials.

The unusual gifts were a part of a Kensington grassroots campaign called, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Need a Little Help,â&#x20AC;? a word-play title for the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission to end the ongoing epidemic that has ravaged the neighborhood.

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In Kensington, adults have long picked up and disposed of dirty syringes children ďŹ nd while playing outside. But about eight months ago, the neighborhood started to jar the needles as a way to ask for governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are putting this in your hands to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want these needles on your front porch and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t either,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Shane Claiborne who started Need a Little Help lead and is well-known Christian activist in the community.

On June 22, Need a Little Help invited

several City ofďŹ cials, including Mayor Jim Kenney â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who was unable to attend â&#x20AC;&#x201C; hear the initiativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plea and offer feedback outside City Hall. But the most telling moment would be a sealed jar each city leader would receive with containing nearly 50 used needles. For those ofďŹ cials who could not make the event, the group hand delivered the jars to their ofďŹ ces.

Featured next to the eight jars was a large printout of the campaignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s petition with room underneath for participants and spectators to sign their names. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are very emotional,â&#x20AC;? Councilwoman Maria D. QuiĂąones-Sanchez told PW, who also vowed to keep the jar on her desk for the remainder of her fouryear term as a reminder of the work that needs to be done. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The drug epidemic] is one of the things that is the most frustrating as an elected ofďŹ cial. You watch things spiral out of control, which is where we are now and realize that we have to systematically ďŹ gure out all the pieces that need to come together for us to demonstrate to folks that we care.â&#x20AC;?

Claiborne explained that the goal of the jars was not to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;antagonistic,â&#x20AC;? but â&#x20AC;&#x153;a poignant, visceral, and visual symbol of the urgency of the opioid crisis.â&#x20AC;? He insisted that the campaign found the needles on sidewalks and on green spaces, not under bridges or by road tracks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is not an unusual thing to actually pick someone off the street and see if they have a pulse, because they overdosed,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen that walking kids to school in the morning.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m running around or something, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see needles all over the place,â&#x20AC;?

13-year-old Tymeka Perkins said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no parent there, then it will just stay there, because I am not allowed to pick them up.â&#x20AC;? Perkins, who cannot remember a time without the daily presence of drug usage in her neighborhood, gave a jar of needles with a message of her hopes for Kensington to Larry Krasner, the Democrat running for District Attorney. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wonderful to see people from Kensington coming to City Hall, bringing their concerns and bringing a symbol of their concerns to lawmakers,â&#x20AC;? said Krasner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know, we all need to work together to address this, but as with all important movements and all real change, it starts at the grassroots.â&#x20AC;?

In line with Need a Little Helpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission, Krasner wants to change the old War on Drugs rhetoric and actions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where we go from here is addressing

this issue primarily as a public health issue, in terms of people who are drug users, people who are addicted,â&#x20AC;? said the D.A. candidate who won the Democratic primary in May. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, the emphasis needs to be on treatment rather than being put in jail cells for $40,000 a year.

You can buy a lot of treatment for that kind of money, because treatment actually works, and jail cells donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re addicted.â&#x20AC;?

Krasner argued that Big Pharma needs to â&#x20AC;&#x153;take responsibility for its role inâ&#x20AC;? the drug problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need to reverse the practices and the procedures that have induced doctors to subscribe opiates and opioids four times as much, four times as they did ten years ago,â&#x20AC;? Krasner challenged. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is why we have people dying at a rate of 13 a day [of drug overdoses] in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and that number is increasing.â&#x20AC;?

Kensington has become a festering ground for the opioid epidemic in Philadelphia. As cited by the Need a Little Help campaign, Kensington had two of Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top ten drug corners in 2007, a number that rose to eight out of 10 by 2011. The town also suffers from economic instability with 58 percent of the population living below the poverty line, which is 2.5 times more than Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collective poverty rate, according to the campaign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to ďŹ ght against the drug addictions and God can help anyone who wants to change. We are here to represent that there is a change and can be a change,â&#x20AC;? said Becky Peoples, a recovering crack cocaine addict. Peoples has been eight months clean with New Jerusalem Now, a recovery addiction community in North Philly that also spoke at the event. Peoples, who once did whatever she needed â&#x20AC;&#x153;to get another high,â&#x20AC;? now demonstrates recovery is possible, but the jar of needles symbolize that â&#x20AC;&#x153;the problem is getting worse.â&#x20AC;?

Just like Peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; story, Need a Little Help is a shining example of hope in a tumultuous time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want every time we are mentioned in the news for it to be a terrible news story,â&#x20AC;? said Claiborne. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we like this one, because it stares the struggles of our neighborhood in the face, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also got this hopeful, redemptive, childlike innocence to it.â&#x20AC;?

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Swanky, spacious and sumptuous describes UCityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CO-OP restaurant PHOTO BY PHILLIP GABRIEL PHOTOGRAPHY

University Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CO-OP restaurant is not only swanky, but surprising courtesy of its eccletic menu.

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hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something delightful about ordering a dish that sounds simple enough on paper but once you get it youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re blown away that ďŹ rst bite. So goes the story for the menu at CO-OP, nestled inside The Study Hotel in University City.

On the surface, it has crowd pleasers that will appeal to grads, their parents and locals yet approachable enough for an international crowd that stays at the hotel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but chef Craig Russellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitchen shines through through the execution of the dishes. Serving up breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner, as well as happy hour in a beautifully designed, modern space that will appeal to mid century modern interior design fanatics, CO-OP patrons get the best of both worlds on warmer summer days when you want to hang outside but not deal with arid temperatures.

In terms of atmosphere theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done a good job rendering it as a restaurant that stands alone and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like a â&#x20AC;&#x153;restaurant hotelâ&#x20AC;? as one can enter via The Studyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main lobby or through CO-OPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own entrance on Chestnut Street.

The kitchen not only serves restaurant clientele but also the banquet and room service needs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a complex operation that strives to provide a top notch experience to those dining in their rooms or in the restaurant itself.

On one visit I tried one of their daily specials, a Southern Fried Duck Leg with 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

blackberry sauce and slaw, a interesting take on the American fried chicken classic. The duck skin was wonderfully crispy while the duck meat was tender, perfectly medium rare and well seasoned. The tart blackberry sauce plus the slaw combo was addictive.

The blue crab fettuccini with crunchy asparagus, sugar snap peas, beech mushrooms and basil pesto was also another highlight, a perfectly fresh and satisfying bowl of summer pasta. The addition of tiny bits of pickled onions add a little extra something that completes the dish in an unexpected way.

The salads and small plates include Caesar salad, Spanish Rock Octopus with buttermilk grits, chorizo and fennel, Baked Mac n Cheese with braised shortribs. Prices range from $11-16.

The dinner menuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entree section hits all the protein notes and includes sea scallops, Pocono trout, Black Sea bass, a grass-fed beef burger, Rohan duck breast, Lamb Pot Au Feu, rotisserie chicken and a dry-aged ribeye. Prices for that ranged from $17-$38.

Non-meat eaters are also covered with delicious options including ricotta gnocchi served with spring peas, black trufďŹ&#x201A;es and parmigiana, cauliďŹ&#x201A;ower dukka that comes with pistachio, fennel, sesame and cippolini. Roast asparagus with farm egg, green goddess and puffed quinoa, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;CO-OP

salad,â&#x20AC;? served with quinoa and walnut, pickled cranberry and preserved lemon, a selection of cruditĂŠs served with ashroasted eggplant dip. Prices range from $11-$20.

The drink menu will entice the seasoned cocktail drinker but isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t intimidating to those who might want something simple, straightforward â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and fairly priced. The Moro Mule was an interesting take on the classic Moscow Mule, made with blood orange vodka and featuring orange and ginger beer slush, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tangy, sweet, spicy and citrusy. There arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a ton of local beer and spirits options but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s by design as this menu tries to appeal to international guests by featuring beers and spirits that they might be most familiar with.

The wine list on the other hand shines with a very affordable and wide ranging selection of bottles, as well as pleasing wines by the glass, including a selection of rosĂŠs that range from crisp and tart (that pair well with appetizers) to sweet enough to enjoy solo or with desertâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;deserts by the way are very good and made in-house, they feature a selection of cakes and ice creams. Bottle prices range from $36-$221.

In summation? CO-OP is an elegant space with elegant food and a really cool atmosphere to match.

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A panhandler near between Kensington Avenue and Emerald Street stands in traffic with a sign that reads â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dope Sick Need Help Please.â&#x20AC;?

Closing the tracks As the city moves to close notorious heroin encampment, what happens to the homeless on the streets of Kensington?

BY MAX MARIN

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n the 2700 block of Emerald Street, a gaunt, bone-thin man named Michael sweeps the sidewalk under the railroad tracks where heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been sleeping on and off for two years. He tugs at his sweatpants to show that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not wearing any underwear or socks.

Two days ago, the Streets Department came through and cleared out the belongings of the homeless drug addicts who have claimed space under the bridge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They took all my clothes,â&#x20AC;? Michael says.

In Kensington, the opioid crisis and homelessness go hand in hand. The neighborhood has the largest homeless population outside of Center City, and the dozen people huddled in this tunnel, all of whom asked for their last names to be withheld, are just a fraction of the whole.

Before the Streets Department cleaned out the underpass, about 40 others had set up camp there.

Just a few blocks away, the city and railroad giant Conrail have agreed to clean up and fence off a far more notorious encampment, which stretches bleakly along the same train line that traverses Emerald Street.

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pamento.â&#x20AC;? Dozens currently live in squalid conditions at the site. With impending closure, many are concerned about where the unstably housed denizens of Kensington will go to continue fueling their addictions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we looked at a map, people are going to continue their behavior,â&#x20AC;? says Casey Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell, a psychologist and CEO of Impact Services, a Kensington nonproďŹ t that provides housing assistance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to ďŹ nd more bridges, more vacant homes, and the people that want to be out in the open because they feel safer, like at McPherson [Square], theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to ďŹ nd more open space.â&#x20AC;?

Locales such as El Campamento and McPherson Square park, where librarians are trained to administer overdose-reversing medicine, have garnered national attention in recent months. The city has stepped up its response. Harm-reduction advocates have been pitching to bring a safe injection site to the neighborhood.

Meanwhile, lesser-discussed places such as the Emerald Street tunnel underscore the sheer scope of problem.

When the warm weather strikes, this thoroughfare north of Lehigh Avenue evolves from a small refuge for regular mainstays like Michael into a full-blown shantytown, packed with mattresses and

battered furniture and makeshift shelters.

Once a month, the Streets Department comes in and clears off the sidewalks during what are called â&#x20AC;&#x153;service days,â&#x20AC;? which are coordinated with the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OfďŹ ce of Homeless Services.

Lisa, whose last name is being withheld, leans against the graďŹ ttied concrete wall next to two other women. These thirty-somethings are regulars on Emerald Street. Sleeping and getting high in close quarters out in the open is far safer than staying inside a vacant house, they say.

Save for when people throw objects at them from moving cars, Lisa says they feel more secure here. They can look out for each other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether you call it a community or not â&#x20AC;Ś whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adaptive or maladaptive, there is a network and a community of people that are in their addiction,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stopped being human just because they use drugs to manage pain.â&#x20AC;?

In a few weeks time, dozens of others will likely join the crowd. Complaints will arise from neighbors. Cleaning crews and police ofďŹ cers will disperse the burgeoning tent city once again before it gets out of control. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a core group of us,â&#x20AC;? Lisa says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do our best to try to keep it clean and safe, but then it gets to be too many people.â&#x20AC;?

The Streets Department gives the homeless and addicted a chance to move their belongings before they service the underpass. (Some, like Michael, say they missed that opportunity last week.) An outreach team from the Department of Behavioral Health and Disability Services also intervenes to offer pathways to social services and housing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And when they say yes, we move heaven and earthâ&#x20AC;? to help them, says Liz Hersch, director of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OfďŹ ce of Homeless Services.

But the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergency housing facilities operate at 90 to 120 percent of capacity most of the time, Hersch added, and there are not enough permanent housing units to meet the need for the at-risk homeless population. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have kind of a clogged pipe system,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People come in but we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the housing on the other end for them to get to.â&#x20AC;?

At least 241 street homeless or unstably housed individuals reside on the streets Kensington, according to a 2015 survey conducted by multiple neighborhood organizations. Some who work in the neighborhood believe the number to be much higher. Under Emerald Street bridge, they hail from as close as Fishtown and as far

as Florida.

Access to treatment remains the most daunting problem in Philly, especially coming off a year that saw 907 fatal drug overdoses. In the last 18 months, the city has expanded publicly funded outpatient and residential substance abuse treatment slots from 500 to 1,000, said a spokesman for DBHIDS. For those under Emerald Street, however, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not always as simple as wanting help. One woman, who declined to give her name, said she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get into treatment because she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the proper identiďŹ cation. Others said they have gone into treatment programs, but they wound up back on the streets where they inevitably relapsed. NonEnglish speaking addicts, many of whom come to Philly from Puerto Rico for drug treatment through a practice known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;air bridge,â&#x20AC;? face even more hurdles.

In a matter of weeks, those living and using drugs in the railroad gulch at El Campamento may be searching for new surroundings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whether in treatment or in a new part of the neighborhood.

To stymie displacement, outreach teams are providing on-the-ground intervention near the site to connect drug users with social services, whether it be referring them to Prevention Point for medical care or to rehab facilities for longer-term treatment.

Since May, outreach teams have engaged 259 individuals near El Campamento, says DBHIDs, which is orchestrating the effort with neighborhood organizations like Impact Services and Prevention Point. Nine people have since been placed in treatment, one woman in a Safe Haven, a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shelter. Two people are now being processed for by Pathways to Housing, which connects at-risk homeless to permanent housing.

Back on Emerald Street, Lisa wonders whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next from her crew to leave the streets for help or housing. Inevitably though, some will continue to ďŹ nd places to sustain their drug habit, whether in a vacant lot, an abandoned house or under I-95.

Michael is still sweeping up a stretch of the sidewalk, using his broom to unclog trash from sewer drain. There are crumpled beer cans, cigarette butts, and food wrappers, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more concerned about the used hypodermic needles. Every time he talks to neighbors, he says he offers an apology and promises to keep the sidewalk clean. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I may shoot dope, but if it was my kid who got poked with a needle Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d want to kill every addict down here,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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No sleep tilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;health care Concerned citizens hold overnight vigil outside Sen. Toomeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Old City office PHOTO BY KRISTON JAE BETHEL PHOTOGRAPY

A number of protests have taken place in Philly since the latest health care bill proposal.

BY ANDREA CANTOR

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here is blood in [Senator] Mitch McConnellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hallway right now.â&#x20AC;?

Those words spoken by Liam Dougherty, a disabled activist in front of a sizable crowd outside Senator Pat Toomeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Philadelphia ofďŹ ce.

The chilling speech was during one of six 24-hour vigils outside Toomeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regional ofďŹ ces, in response to the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Republican Senate healthcare bill that if passed, would most notably slash Medicaid funding.

Spearheaded by Pennsylvania Health Access Network (PHAN), the rally began June 22, when the proposed bill was released to the public. Through the heat and rain, the event included two daytime kickoff events, an evening candlelight vigil, and a lot of aspirations for a health care that stands to affect the lives of 24 million Americans.

According to Dougherty, a wheel-chair bound board member of Disabled in Action, a branch of disability rights organization ADAPT, the bill â&#x20AC;&#x153;could mean death.â&#x20AC;? Currently an employee of Liberty Resources, a nonproďŹ t that advocates for disabled independent living, Dougherty further explained that many in the disabled community rely on social security and Medicaid for insurance, because they are unable to work full-time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a very real possibility that people, like myself, will die, because of this legislation,â&#x20AC;? said Dougherty, who was diagnosed at 16 with a progressive disability.

However, even with efforts like this from a number of people throughout Pennsylvania, Dougherty does not think the 24-hour vigils will sway Toomey, who

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helped craft the 142-page BCRA bill. But he does think the demonstrations could inďŹ&#x201A;uence other Republicans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think there are good Republican senators out there,â&#x20AC;? said Dougherty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think there are people who are not beyond reason right now, and I think our coalition, the liberal coalition, the human coalition is to reach out to these people.â&#x20AC;?

According to a recent Washington Post report, four Senate Republicans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah â&#x20AC;&#x201D;have already announced in a joint statement on June 22 that they would not vote for BCRA as currently written. Under the assumption that the health care bill will only have partisan support, the 52-GOP Senate majority can have, at most, two party members dissent from the bill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This whole healthcare ďŹ ght is moving from D.C. back into our communities, which is where it needs to be,â&#x20AC;? said a Philadelphia City Councilwoman Helen Gym, teary-eyed following Doughertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech. Gym said that Philadelphia would not be silent in the coming week, when the bill is expected to come to a vote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are certainty going to make sure that wherever and however the vote starts to come down that we are going to mobilize people in Philadelphia,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The councilwoman shared in the protestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall disapproval of Toomey and had some choice words. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toomey was most isolated from the rest of the congressional delegation, because he has got to be seen as being on the outside,â&#x20AC;? Gym argued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t being a champion for health care, this is being an extremist alone, by yourself, away from the voices of American democracy and the American people.â&#x20AC;?

Similar to the Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s American Health Care Act (AHCA) that passed in May, the Senateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed BCRA would discontinue the mandate that all Americans must have health insurance. The bill would provide federal tax credits to help Americans buy insurance, but would simultaneously allow states to drop a number of beneďŹ ts currently protected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), such as maternity care, emergency services, substance abuse and mental health treatment.

While the Senate bill has been argued to be more moderate than the Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s due to some ďŹ nancial subsidies for certain poor people to counterbalance rising private health care costs, PHAN volunteer Brian Kline disagrees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This bill that has been released in the Senate is as horrible as the one that was passed in the House a month ago. It still eliminates Medicaid expansion.â&#x20AC;? In fact, the Senate bill proposes deeper cuts to Medicaid than the House bill, but over a more gradual period of time, as noted by The Washington Post.

For those at the Philadelphia vigil, the proposed rollback on Medicaid and Medicaid expansion was the biggest hot-button issue. In the United States, Medicaid covers 20 percent of all Americans, 49 percent of all births, 39 percent of all children, 60 percent of children with disabilities, and 76 percent of all poor children, according to The New York Times. In 2015, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolfe expanded Medicaid, which as of 2017 has over 700,000 Pennsylvanians enrolled, according to the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[If] Medicaid expansion is repealed, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly going to impact my access to my doctors and medical care,â&#x20AC;? said Kline, a cancer survivor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I realize that this is the case for millions of others in this country too.â&#x20AC;?

Patients were not alone at the protest.

Providers were also present, such as Dr. Benjamin Cocchiaro who practices family medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toomey sits up in his ofďŹ ce, and he makes a lot of decisions.

But he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to witness the consequences of those decisions,â&#x20AC;? said Cocchiaro who has a number of patients on Medicaid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Medical providers] witness the suffering, we watch people die. Toomey doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to do that so he can remain insulated from these decisions he has to make. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. We are on the frontlines here, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bleak.â&#x20AC;?

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SAFE Haven

Project SAFE doing its part to bring sex workers out of the shadows

BY COURTENAY HARRIS BOND

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erri Frame, 46, has been a prostitute since she was 17. She is homeless in Kensington and addicted to heroin and crack. Frame talks calmly about a brutal attack she survived last year, during which a man severed her vocal cords. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I acted like I died, and he left,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a roll of the dice out here. You take your chances. If prostitution wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t illegal, it could be done so much easier and safer.â&#x20AC;?

When asked whether she feels safe now walking Kensington Avenue, also known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;stroll,â&#x20AC;? Frame answered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;yes and no. I follow my gut. I listen to it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a survivor.â&#x20AC;?

She says she is also very skilled at her work: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a psychologist and a psychiatrist and a marriage counselor. I make peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantasies come true.â&#x20AC;?

Frame doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to quit prostitution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way of living for me,â&#x20AC;? she said.

But she is trying to kick her drug habit and ďŹ nd housing and is doing so with the help of volunteers from Project SAFE, an underground grassroots organization that serves approximately 450 to 600 Philadelphia sex workers who identify as women â&#x20AC;&#x201C; women who are otherwise rejected and ignored, shoved to the margins of society.

Project SAFEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission is to reduce harm among women engaged in injection drug use and prostitution or transactional sex, the trading of sex for housing or other basic needs. Its volunteers primarily do outreach in Kensington â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prostitu -81( -8/<

tion hub â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but they will go anywhere in the city to offer clients services.

What makes the organization unique is the extent of its outreach and the fact its volunteers are trying to empower rather than ďŹ x the women they serve. Project SAFEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is not to get their clients to quit prostitution but rather to make their work safer and to help them establish a sense of community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We come at this from a very nonjudgmental perspective,â&#x20AC;? said volunteer Amanda SpitďŹ re, 34, a trauma counselor, who is also in recovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask people why theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking the resources.â&#x20AC;?

Three times a week, Project SAFE volunteers travel around Philadelphia, handing out kits with condoms, wound care supplies and other materials. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to reach out and connect with people on their terms,â&#x20AC;? said Project SAFE volunteer Jeanette Bowles, 35, a social worker who just earned her doctorate from Drexel Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dornsife School of Public Health. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ladies who help us are very down to earth,â&#x20AC;? said Jennifer Gianetta, 38, another sex worker who takes advantage of Project SAFE services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They understand what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going through because some of them are sex workers themselves or are in recovery. They go out of their way here.

They go above and beyond.â&#x20AC;?

Gianetta says she started â&#x20AC;&#x153;running the streetsâ&#x20AC;? in Atlantic City when she was 32. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had clean time before,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I fell this time, I did things I never thought I would do.â&#x20AC;?

She was in prison from 2012 to 2015

for drug possession and parole violation and moved to Northeast Philadelphia when she got out to live with her 21-yearold son. Gianetta says she had 10 months clean before she fell back into drugs and prostitution to support her habit.

Right now she is living by the Conrail tracks in Kensington in an elaborate structure made out of a large carpet, a tarp and a tent, complete with candles and a picture of Marilyn Monroe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody who comes here says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If you can do this with a tent, imagine what you could do with an apartment.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

In addition to her oldest son, Gianetta has 10- and 11-year-olds who live with her ex-husband and a 15-year-old daughter who lives with her mother. She says she wants to become a massage therapist and get off the streets and start helping support her children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not too late for nobody,â&#x20AC;? Gianetta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still have a spark of hope in me.â&#x20AC;?

She sees Project SAFE as a gateway to her goals, adding that SpitďŹ re is trying to get her into a Suboxone program.

Project SAFE volunteers link clients with medication-assisted and other forms of drug treatment and detox. They conduct trauma counseling and medical advocacy. For instance, if a client is sick in the hospital and not being treated well â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which is not an uncommon experience among the women they serve, Project SAFE volunteers say â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they can call the hotline and ask for help. And the organization maintains and distributes a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bad date alertâ&#x20AC;? sheet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If women have been assaulted, they can tell their story, and we write it up,â&#x20AC;?

Bowles said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a protective tool for women to kind of know what to look out for.â&#x20AC;?

Participants call the hotline, and a volunteer transcribes and maintains the report. The alerts are intense and detailed, sometimes including vehicle license plate numbers and descriptions of violent johns.

Unlike indoor sex workers, who may receive their clients through a service or through websites â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and who may have more resources and time to evaluate potentially dangerous situations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; sex workers who stroll Kensington Avenue often have to make split-second decisions about whether or not to get into a car, especially if there is a heavy police presence. With the bad date alert in hand, women have more tools to â&#x20AC;&#x153;make good decisions,â&#x20AC;? said Aisha Mohammed, 36, a Project SAFE volunteer and couplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and family therapist.

One of the other places people pick up the bad date alert is at the Tuesday Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Nights that Project SAFE hosts at Prevention Point Philadelphia, one of the largest needle exchanges in the country. There, individuals who identify as women can receive everything from food and clothes to harm reduction supplies and referrals.

They can also take showers, get counseling, or simply step off the street for a few hours. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If somebody wants to just sit on a couch and take a break, they can,â&#x20AC;? Bowles said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Kensington, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no rules out here, no loyalties,â&#x20AC;? Gianetta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything goes. So the one day we come in here, it gives you like a warm and fuzzy.â&#x20AC;?

Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Night is also where Project SAFE has been striving to form a collective to empower sex workers in Philadelphia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically, the idea is that when people are more uniďŹ ed in what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing then theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more able to ďŹ ght for their rights,â&#x20AC;? Mohammed said, adding that part of the goal was to create an â&#x20AC;&#x153;identityâ&#x20AC;? among sex workers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sex work is real work, and we should be afforded the same rights as other workers,â&#x20AC;? said Janet Duran, who has been an escort and companion off and on for the past 20 years. The money she makes has enabled her to earn a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in psychology and to raise her child. She has operated out of hubs ranging from Atlantic City to Manhattan. And now Duran, who lives in Newark, is trying to organize a collective of sex workers in New Jersey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having sex is legal, and making money is legal â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so why is it a crime when the two come together?â&#x20AC;? Duran asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of us are in it to stay out of poverty. People donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize that a lot of us are just trying to support ourselves and our families.â&#x20AC;?

Frame agrees: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our bodies, and if we choose to do that in a healthy and safe way, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong with that?â&#x20AC;?

Project SAFE volunteers say forming a collective is crucial for sex workers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I cannot explain to you the importance and power of creating community for a group of humans that is so marginalized and so stigmatized by almost everyone,â&#x20AC;?

SpitďŹ re said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So ďŹ nding a community where you can just be honest and be yourself is just quite literally life saving.â&#x20AC;? Q For more info or to get involved with Project SAFE, called 866-509-SAFE or visit projectsafephilly.org 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 HISTORY

Anniversary of the Treaty Of Versailles Wednesday marks the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

To commemorate the historic day, enjoy free admission to the National Museum of American Jewish History and see an original copy of the agreement that ended World War I. The copy is part of a special exhibition entitled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;1917: How One Year Changed the World.â&#x20AC;? | 10am-5pm. Free admission. National Museum of American Jewish History, 101 S Independence Mall E. nmajh.org/CalendarEvent.aspx?eventid=532 FILM

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Wawa Welcome America Concert

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repare your eardrums for a red, white and blue musical extravaganza.

The annual Welcome America July 4th Concert presented by Wawa has planned the perfect night of star-studded performances in celebration of Independence Day. Once again, you can catch all the acts in honor of the land of the free, completely free as well!

For those wondering about the headliner, who better to celebrate the soul of America than songstress Mary J. Blige, the renowned â&#x20AC;&#x153;Queen of Hip-Hop Soul.â&#x20AC;? Blige, the nine-time Grammy and ďŹ ve-time American Music Awards winner, is scheduled to take the stage singing some of her iconic hits. In addition to the artist who has sold more than 50-million albums worldwide, Philly Pops BIG Band will play patriotic tunes as well as recent hits. Vocalists accompanying Philly Pops are actress Mandy Gonzalez (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hamilton,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Heights,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wickedâ&#x20AC;?) and Billboard Top 10 singer, songwriter and pianist Tony DeSare.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve saved the best for last as Boyz II Men will be doinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; a little East Coast swing on stage as well. Expect classics such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Motownphilly,â&#x20AC;? and much more to set this night of great music off. Boyz II Men will have much to be proud of as they will be recognized during the Celebration of Freedom Ceremony for their success in music and philanthropy at Independence Hall. That takes place at 10 a.m.

But back to the night of great music, once itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all wrapped, stay for the annual ďŹ reworks display over the Philadelphia Museum of Art in whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sure to be a night of great fun for all.

Happy Independence Day, peeps.

7-10pm. Free. Benjamin Franklin Parkway. welcomeamerica.com/event/july4th-concert/

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11pm-1am. $12. Blue Cross RiverRink, 101 S Columbus Blvd. ticketďŹ&#x201A;y.com/purchase/ event/1506348?utm_medium=bks

Allâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Opera: Madame Butterfly at Ritz Five Opera fans will enjoy Allâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pre-recorded live production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Madame ButterďŹ&#x201A;yâ&#x20AC;? at Ritz Five. For one night only, watch the opera classic of a Japanese geishaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tragic love story with a visiting American naval ofďŹ cer in the movie theater. | 7-9pm. $15. Ritz Five, 214 Walnut St. landmarktheatres.com/ philadelphia/ritz-ďŹ ve/ďŹ lm-info/allopera-madama-butterďŹ&#x201A;y

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Harry Potter and the Philadelphia Orchestra For a spellbinding evening, watch the second movie of the Harry Potter series, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsâ&#x20AC;? with the accompaniment of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Be enchanted by the JK Rowling story of a magical world on a high-deďŹ nition, 40foot screen as the orchestra plays John Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; score in real time. | 7:30 pm. $25-$80.

The Mann Center for Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave. manncenter.org/events

THURSDAY, JUNE 29 NIGHTLIFE

Caddyshack Classic Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a hole-in-one for this golf-themed party. After the golf course has closed to the public, come for an afterhours mini-golf tournament, screening of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Caddyshack,â&#x20AC;? and costume contest. Drink some beers as you work on your golf game. |

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NIGHTLIFE

Drink Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Red, White & Blue Boat Party Booze cruise anyone? Take a three-hour ride down the Delaware River as you party the night away. Dance to a live DJ, drink and eat from the free open bar and dinner buffet, and look over the water at the sights.

The theme is red, white, and blue so come in your patriotic, party attire. | 6:30-9:30pm. $55. Spirit of Philadelphia, 401 S. Columbus Blvd. philly.thedrinknation.com AMUSEMENT

Wawa Hoagie Day and Free Museum Day Go hog wild for hoagies at Wawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 25th annual Wawa Hoagie Day. The event is packed with a six-ton hoagie salute, a hoagie competition between ďŹ reďŹ ghters and policemen, a USO Show Troupe performance, and of course, free hoagies. Visitors will also have free admission to the National Constitution Center, which will feature the history of both the hoagie and Wawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history in Philadelphia. | 9:30am-8pm. $12. National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St. ticketďŹ&#x201A;y.com/ purchase/event/1506348?utm_medium=bks

FRIDAY, JUNE 30 ART

Philly Art Show 17. Pop Up Exhibit The art will be sure to pop at this pop up exhibit. Featuring more than 40 artists from a range of mediums and and an array of live music, enjoy this one night only experience. | 7-11pm. $10. Indigo Bleu Design & Culture Center, 3870-72 Lancaster Ave. phillyartshow.com -81( -8/<

MUSEUM

HISTORY

Wawa Welcome America: Free Museum Night

Thomas Jefferson Meet-and-Greet

Be a jailbird for the night and visit the Eastern State Penitentiary. Walk around the prison, which closed in 1971, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;The voices of Eastern Stateâ&#x20AC;? Audio Tour narrated by actor Steve Buscemi. Learn about the historic prison that has incarcerated notorious criminals such as Al Capone. Noted for the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paranormal activity, you might just see a ghost or two. | 5-8pm. Free. Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Ave. easternstate.org/ visit/events/

Meet the original author of the Declaration of Independence! OK, not the real Thomas Jefferson, but an actor dressed up as him. After you have met Jefferson, explore the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibits. A perfect place to get your kids interested in history, in the Patriots Gallery they can dress up in Revolutionary themed clothing, decorate a ďŹ&#x201A;ag, and make a sash just like George Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. The museum has a whole lineup of events through July 4. | Noon-3pm. $0-$19. Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S. 3rd St. amrevmuseum.org

AMUSEMENTS

Celebrate Independence Day With Fireworks!

It is going to be lit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; well that is with red, white and blue ďŹ reworks. Start getting into the patriotic mood by watching ďŹ reworks and listening to the Philadelphia Orchestra. | 8pm. Free. Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landing, 101 S. Columbus Blvd. welcomeamerica. com/event/philadelphia-orchestra-concert/

GAMES

Broad Street Battle Gamers grab your controllers for a video game competition! A free game entry fee, the games will include: Street Fighter V, Injustice 2, Pokken, Guilty Gear XRD, and Tekken. Player pools are capped at 48 people, and the winners will receive a TBA prize pool and a PS4 Stick. | 2-11pm. $5-$10. Copabanana, 4000 Spruce St. smash.gg/tournament/broad-street-battlejuly-training

SUNDAY, JULY 2

medical tent, blacksmiths and marching drills. See if you can hack it as a soldier with a wooden musket. After you visit base camp, enjoy free admission to the museum. | 10-5pm. Free. National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St. constitutioncenter.org/calendar ARTS & CRAFTS

Outdoor Craft Workshop: Mugs & Wine Glasses For those who need a creative outlet before the workweek starts, join Frankadelphia as they decorate mugs and wine glasses. Find shade under the craft tent while you personalize drinking vessels.

Have a wine glass at the ready for after Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day of work. | 11:30am-7pm. $15-$20. Spruce Street Harbor Park, 301 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. nicoleducoin.com/the-craft-party PERFORMANCE

Miss Caribbean U.S. 2017 Gowns, swimsuits, talent, music, philanthropy and more! A crossover of pageantry and Caribbean culture, come see the next Miss Caribbean U.S. be crowned.

Hosted by Mrs. Pennsylvania 2016, wear formal attire for a night that will be sure to dazzle. | 3-6pm. $30. University of the Arts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gershman Y, 401 Broad St. eventbrite.com/e/miss-caribbean-us-2017-tickets-34309598934?aff=efbeventtix

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Philly at the Movies: Rocky Edition PHOTO CREDIT DAVE TAVANI/ VISIT PHILLY

SATURDAY, JULY 1 FOOD

Philadelphia Night Market in West Philly Come with an empty stomach and a hunger to try different foods. Food trucks galore, all your street food classics will be present. As you listen to live entertainment, indulge in a night ďŹ lled with tacos, fried cheese curds, pizza, ice cream, alcoholic beverages and more mouthwatering foods. Loosen your belt a few notches and enjoy the one night only pop-up market. | 6-10pm. Free admission. Spruce Hill, 40th and Walnut. thefoodtrust.org/nightmarket -81( -8/<

Watch â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rockyâ&#x20AC;? on the Rocky steps.

Tap into your inner Rocky Balboa and participate in a ďŹ tness challenge and watch boxing demonstrations. Ages 6-60 can enter a Rocky look-alike contest to win tickets to the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert Fan Zone. The night will include other activities based on the iconic Philly character, including the screening of the movie! | 8-11pm. Free. Steps at Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. welcomeamerica.com/ event/ HISTORY

The 1776 Experience Get into the patriotic mood by watching how America gained its independence.

Step into the word of 1776 America with a re-created military encampment. Watch war re-enactors play the roles of Continental Army soldiers complete with a

It is time to turn the Independence Day celebration into high gear with a block party. The event will include three stages for performances, games for kids and other activities, clothing and crafts sales, and more! The Kimmel Center will also have a performance preview of the 2017-18 Broadway Philadelphia season. | Noon7pm. Free admission. Independence Mall, 5th and 6th streets between Chestnut and Market streets. welcomeamerica.com/ event/

MONDAY, JULY 3 HISTORY

Old Barracks Fife and Drum Corps Performance To get into the revolutionary spirit and watch the Old Barracks Fife and Drum Corps on the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outdoor plaza.

Once you have gotten your music ďŹ ll, take a tour of the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibits and learn about the Revolutionary War. Visitors can sign the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personalized Declaration of Independence, and receive a pocket-sized Declaration and a miniature of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standard ďŹ&#x201A;ag. This is part of the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series of events to celebrate Independence Day. | Noon-3pm. $0-$19. Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S. 3rd St. amrevmuseum.org PARTY

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MUSIC

POPS on Independence Celebrate Independence Day eve with the 65-piece POPS orchestra as it performs a patriotic set list. Featured vocalists are Tony DeSare and Mandy Gonzalez, actress of the Tony award-winning musical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hamilton.â&#x20AC;? Bring a blanket and some snacks for a fully enjoyable night outside. | 7-11pm. Free. Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut St. phillypops.org/ concerts-events

TUESDAY, JULY 4 AMUSEMENTS

Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landing Fireworks Get ďŹ rst row, boat seats to the ďŹ reworks show. Bring a picnic dinner and eat on the deck of the Tall Ship Gazela as you watcďŹ reworks just a few hundred yards away.

Celebrate the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freedom in style. | 7-10pm. $28. Barkentine Gazela, 101 S. Columbus Blvd. gazelaďŹ reworks2017. bpt.me 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

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Parks on Tap For drinks with ambiance, make sure to visit the traveling beer garden before it is gone. Running from July 5-9, enjoy Tanabata decorations in the Shofuso Japanese House. Take a stroll in the gardens, and relax on a hammock. The pop-up will also include a food menu. | 5-9pm. $5. Shofuso Japanese House and Garden Lansdowne Drive and Horticultural Drive. japanesehouse.org/event/parks-ontap-2017/

TUESDAY, JULY 4 PARADE

Independence Day Parade Celebrate Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s independence with marching bands, military groups, ďŹ&#x201A;oats, banners and a lot of patriotism. Join the crowds and show your red, white, and blue. | 11am-noon. Free. Independence Mall, Chestnut St. between 5th and 6th streets. https://welcomeamerica.com/ event/independence-day-parade/ PARTY

Party on the Parkway A full day of music suited for all ages!

For even more fun, the party will include the Strider Bikes Obstacle course, Zipline, games, arts and crafts, and more. Pet owners can bring their animals to the Amtrak Pet Friendly area. The venue has two beer gardens to enjoy drinks while listening to the music. | Noon-7pm. Free admission.

Eakins Oval Main Stage, 2451 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. https://welcomeamerica.com/event/party-on-the-parkway/ 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 FILM

Outdoor Movies: Back to the Future Throw on your orange vest, jump on your skateboard or hop into your DeLorean, and come on down to watch an outdoor screening of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back to the Future.â&#x20AC;?

Grab a drink from La Peg Brasserie at FringeArts, and join Marty McFly and Doc Brown as they try to ďŹ x the timeline. | 8:30-11:30pm. Free screening. Fringearts, 140 N Columbus Blvd. fringearts.com/ event/back-to-the-future/ HEALTH

Yoga Work on your warrior poses at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Find your zen in The Anne dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden by practicing Dhyana Yoga. This event occurs every Wednesday. | 6-7pm.

Free. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. philamuseum.org/wednesdaynights

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THE BACKSTORY

In the wake of tragedy, Lawrence Whitaker (left) found a teachable moment to help women protect themselves from violence.

Free SelfDefense Classes Still Offered Years After Tragic Murder

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hen a crime hits the news, it is more often than not forgotten about by the next story. But when Sabina Rose Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell was brutally raped and murdered back in June 2010, Lawrence Whitaker made sure to not only keep her memory alive, but also to empower the community shaken by her death. Every June since Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s murder, Whitaker, founder and head instructor of Urban Defense Martial Arts and Fitness, has offered free self-defense classes in her honor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt like I wanted to provide something for women that they could actually utilize and that they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to sacriďŹ ce their pay for, something that we could provide for the community,â&#x20AC;? Whitaker said of the hour class that meets once a week for the month of June. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know Sabina. Nobody in the class knew her. There are just -81( -8/<

so many women who are getting hurt.â&#x20AC;?

As of June 18, there have been 142 reported homicides in the Philadelphia area, 17 percent higher than this time last year, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. The number of reported rape incidences has decreased by 11 percent from 2015 (1,332 reported cases) to 2016 (1,184 reported cases). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sabina was a small woman.

She had no clue what to do or what to say to try to get away from this man,â&#x20AC;? Whitaker explained. Not far from Whitakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gym, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell was reportedly dragged from her bicycle, raped and strangled with her own bra, as noted by Philadelphia Magazine. The murder made headlines at the time due to its gruesome nature and how it rallied a community to action.

According to Whitaker, while other defense schools â&#x20AC;&#x153;jumped on the bandwagonâ&#x20AC;? of helping the community in the aftermath of the murder, they â&#x20AC;&#x153;quickly jumped off once the hype wore down.â&#x20AC;?

Whittaker, who is frustrated with the normalization of crime, asks people to not wait for a horriďŹ c act to happen, but to be proactive by learning self-defense.

To prevent similar tragedies, Whittaker ďŹ rst teaches participants how to be aware of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surroundings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The biggest thing is the awareness. The physical aspect becomes easier to learn once you keep

your eyes and ears open, and follow your instincts,â&#x20AC;? said Whittaker.

The instructor, who holds a range of different black belts, places an emphasis on awareness training so people with â&#x20AC;&#x153;heightenedâ&#x20AC;? instincts can spot danger â&#x20AC;&#x153;before it actually occurs.â&#x20AC;?

Martial arts novices can immediately implement one of Whitakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main messages, which is to keep physical distance from others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The basic ďŹ rst rule of self-defense is to keep your space,â&#x20AC;? Whitaker stressed.

During the free classes that range in size from 8 to 20 people, students also learn basic escape and ďŹ ghting techniques. But for those who believe that self-defense is only violence begetting more violence, Whittaker ďŹ rmly disagrees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is not about violence, it is about awareness,â&#x20AC;? argued Whittaker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take a stance to protect yourself then you are left vulnerable.â&#x20AC;? Whittaker likens the classes to wearing a seat belt, in they are both preventative measures â&#x20AC;&#x153;to keep people safe.â&#x20AC;? The lessons, open to men, women, and children, are meant to teach skills that should only be used in necessary situations.

As a ďŹ nal piece of advice, the master of martial arts instructed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be aware of your surroundings at all times. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take anything for granted. Follow your instincts.â&#x20AC;? Q â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ANDREA CANTOR @ANDREACANTOR9

With an album ready to drop and already touring teasing a hit single off said album, 2017 has been good to Philly indie rock group Cold Roses.

Philly indie rock group Cold Roses drops single off upcoming album

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tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about life and living it to the fullest.

Assuming one can make it out alive. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much of the message behind the new single from Phillybased indie band Cold Roses with its new track, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Staying Alive Ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Easy.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what the group hopes will be the hit from its new album, Escape to Anywhere, scheduled for release on July 21.

The single was one of a number of tracks Cold Roses lead singer and guitarist Rob Clancy performed in front of A&R types from underground label, Recorded Records. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said when the dust settled on the Staying Alive Ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Easy single, the label locked in a deal and the band jettisoned to Los Angeles to work with veteran producers Roger Paglia and David Holman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The song is] about the desire to move forward despite the constraints around you, to live for the moment without forgetting the past or ignoring the future,â&#x20AC;?

Clancy said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To live the life youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve envisioned for yourself and the world around you. It ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always easy, but nothing worth ďŹ ghting for ever is.â&#x20AC;?

Cold Roses had a chance to tease the single most recently when it took the stage at the FireďŹ&#x201A;y Music Festival. The band had one last chance to showcase on Friday for a headlining show at Milkboy Philly. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a sound that has received rave reviews as WMMR (93.3FM) has named the group its Local Artist of the Month twice and the group is steadily receiving airplay from mainstream stations all across the country.

Philly in the building. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201C; KERITH GABRIEL | @SPRTSWTR 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

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The Music Box DAN SAVAGE I had a great time at the live taping of the Savage Lovecast at Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Box Theatre. Audience members submitted questions on cards, and I tackled as many questions as I could over two hoursâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with the welcome and hilarious assistance of comedian Kristen Toomey.

Here are some of the questions we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to before they gave us the hookâ&#x20AC;Ś If your partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s social media makes you uncomfortableâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the overly friendly comments they get on their photos or vice versa (their overly friendly comments on other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photos)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;do you have the right to say something?

You have the right to say somethingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the First Amendment applies to relationships, tooâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but you have two additional rights and one responsibility: the right to refrain from reading the comments, the right to unfollow your partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s socialmedia accounts, and the responsibility to get over your jealousy.

A couple invited me to go on a trip as their third and to have threesomes. I am friends with the guy, and there is chemistry. But I have not met the girl. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m worried that there may not be chemistry with her. Is there anything I can do to build chemistry or at least get us all comfortable enough to jump into it?

Get this womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phone number, exchange a few photos and ďŹ&#x201A;irty texts, and relax. Remember: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the very special guest star hereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their job to seduce you, not the other way around.

Incest pornâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;what is the reason behind why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so hot?

I reject the premise of your question.

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My partner really wants an open relationship; I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. He isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the jealous type; I am. We compromised, and I agreed to a threesome. I want to meet him in the middle, but I really hate the idea of even a threesome and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop stressing about it. What should I do?

You should end this relationship yourself or you can let an ill-advised, sure-tobe-disastrous threesome end it for you.

Any dating advice for people who are gay and disabled?

Move on all fronts: Go places and do thingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as much as your disability and budget allowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;join gay dating sites, be open about your disability, be open to dating other disabled people. And take the advice of an amputee I interviewed for a column a long, long time ago: â&#x20AC;&#x153;So long as they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see me as a fetish object, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m willing to date people who may be attracted to me initially because of my disability, not despite it.â&#x20AC;?

Why do I say yes to dates if I love being alone?

Because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re constantly toldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by our families, our entertainments, our faith traditionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something wrong with being alone. The healthiest loners shrug it off and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t search for mates, the complicit loners play along and go through the motions of searching for mates, and the oblivious loners make themselves and others miserable by searching for and landing mates they never wanted.

My boyfriend keeps talking about how much he would like for me to peg him.

(Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m female.) Should I wait for him to buy a contraption or surprise him myself?

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been dating only three months.

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You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Richard Carey Hyman, Esq. Law OfďŹ ce of Richard C. Hyman 1259 Park Ave. Suite 128 Hyde Park, MA 02136

your answer, if any, on or before 08/10/2017. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to ďŹ le a copy of your answer, if any, in the ofďŹ ce of the Register of this Court.

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461 Levering Mill Road, Bala Cynwyd 6 Bed/3.1 Bath Colonial $645,000

219 Buck Lane, Haverford

5 Bed/4.1 Bath; 4500 sq ft Colonial $1,650,000

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201 Haverford Road, Wynnewood

4 Bed/2.2 Bath; 2957 sq ft Colonial $599,000

4 Bed/2.1 Bath; 2100 sq ft Colonial $519,900

5 Bed/3 Bath; 4261 sq ft Cape $839,000

NEW LISTING

1616 Winston Road, Gladwyne

1228-32 Arch St #2B, Center City

4 Bed/3 Bath; Expanded Ranch $595,000

410 Conshohocken State Road, Bala Cynwyd 1201 Club House Road, Gladwyne

224-30 W Rittenhouse Sq, Unit 905, Philadelphia 3 Bed/2 Bath, 1,483 sq ft Condo $899,900

2 Bed/2 Bath; 1198 sq ft Condo $459,000

4474 Almond St, Philadelphia 3 Bed/1 Bath; 1443 sq ft Row $225,000

515 Northwick Lane, Villanova

2248 N Carlisle St, Philadelphia

1015 Centennial Road, Penn Valley

4 Bed/5.1 Bath; 6191 sq ft Colonial $1,299,000

4 Bd/2.1 Ba; 2696 sq ft Contemporary $625,000

5 Bed/2 Bath; 1606 sq ft Row $250,000

1212 Lakemont Road, Villanova

2254 N Carlisle St, Philadelphia

5 Bed/4.1 Bath; 4478 sq ft French Colonial $860,000

6 Bed/4.1 Bath; 4325 sq ft Colonial $995,000

5 Bed/2 Bath; 1830 sq ft Row $280,000

630 Righters Mill Road, Penn Valley 500 N Spring Mill Road, Villanova

175 E Old Gulph Road, Wynnewood

2863 Hedley St, Philadelphia

226 W Indian Creek Road, Wynnewood

4 Bd/2.1 Ba; 3676 sq ft Contemporary $769,000

2 Bed/1 Bath; 1222 sq ft Row $180,000

5 Bed/3.1 Bath; 3900 sq ft Colonial $1,059,000 4 Bed/2.1 Bath; 3712 sq ft Colonial $799,500

1351 Bobarn Drive, Penn Valley

5 Bed/6.1 Bath; 5502 sq ft Colonial $1,299,000

5 Bed/4.1 Bath; 6647 sq ft Contemporary $1,350,0000

926 Merion Square Road, Gladwyne 330 Cherry Bend, Merion Station

6 Crest Lane, Swarthmore

507 Kingsley Court, Roxborough 4 Bed/2.1 Bath; 2400 sq ft Twin $399,900

3 Bed/2.1 Bath; 2512 sq ft Tudor $475,000

JUST REDUCED

1122 Greentree Lane, Penn Valley

296 Sycamore Ave, Merion Station

901 N Penn St #R301, Northern Liberties

4 Bed/2.1 Bath; 1846 sq ft Cape $484,000

5 Bed/6.1 Bath; 9041 sq ft Normandy $1,499,000

2 Bed/2.1 Bath; 1489 sq ft Condo $549,000

4 Bed/2.1 Bath; 3287 sq ft Colonial $689,000

240 Twinings Lane, Wayne

5 Bed/3.1 Bath; 4405 sq ft Colonial $885,000

317 S Bryn Mawr Ave, Bryn Mawr 115 Booth Lane, Haverford

3 Bd/2.1 Ba; 2371 sq ft French Colonial $799,000

5 Bed/5.2 Bath; 7221 sq ft Colonial $1,599,900

1205 Gladwyne Drive, Gladwyne

4617 Locust St, University City

PENDING

Duplex with 3 Bed/1 Bath Units $435,000

CONDO LIVING

11510 Valley Forge #15J, King of Prussia

19 Daylesford Blvd, Berwyn

1650 Oakwood Dr E119, Penn Valley

2 Bed/2.1 Bath; 2383 sq ft Condo $449,000

3 Bed/2.2 Bath; 3413 sq ft Townhome $625,000

2 Bed/2 Bath; 1144 sq ft Condo $225,000

20 Conshohocken St Rd #712, Bala Cynwyd

20 Conshohocken St Rd #611, Bala Cynwyd

2 Bed/2 Bath; 1975 sq ft Unit $219,999

4 Bed/2.1 Bath; 2993 sq ft Colonial $599,000

712 Sussex Road, Wynnewood

4 Bed/2.1 Bath; 2479 sq ft Colonial $725,000

1416 Flat Rock Road, Penn Valley

5 Bed/3.1 Bath; 3635 sq ft Colonial $875,000

2 Bed/2 Bath; 1735 sq ft Unit $225,000

191 Presidential Blvd #824-25, Bala Cynwyd 2 Bed/2 Bath; 2100 sq ft Unit $425,000

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