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LIGHT UP THE NIGHT SKY

We sit down with legendary fireworks artist Cai Guo-Qiang ahead of new display, Fireflies. SEE PAGE 8

FRINGE

HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY

Wesley Flash wants to be your guide to Gay Philly during Fringe. SEE PAGE 12

CALENDAR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PARKWAY!

The Benjamin Parkway turns 100. Here’s your invite to the Party.

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TIVE PHILLY’S NEWS ALTERNA

SEPTEMBER 6 - 13, 2017

HAIL TO THE CHIEF

NBC White House correspondent and Philly native Kristen Welker tells us how she keeps it real in the age of fake news SEE PAGE 6

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DACA latest in White House fall cleaning KERITH GABRIEL

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ast week, it was transgender rights in the military. This week, it’s Trump’s considerations to ship all children brought to the United States illegally back to where they came from whether they are hardworking, taxpaying earners or attending schools to become hard-working, taxpaying earners. The one good thing about this Administration, it leaves no shortage of topics to discuss. In a way, I suppose you could say Trump has created jobs by literally keeping journalists on their toes, 24 hours-aday, nearly 7-days-a-week. People like our cover reporter, NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker (page 6), a Philly reporter through and through, who got her start here and is now one of four rotating reporters covering the daytime TV drama that is this Administration. But back to the this week’s topic, DACA or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. A program instituted by the Obama Administration is one that joins a list of ideas that Trump is either threatened by or goes against his conservative ideologies. A President who will happily build his next hotel or golf course on the backs of immigrant labor is ready to bounce the children of those same people in the continued sterilization of anything that does not resemble what Trump feels is unAmerican. Affordable health care for all? UnAmerican. Transgender people defending their homeland? Un-American. Equal rights for women? Un-American. Muslims? I won’t even go there. Locally, more than 200 people showed up to protest the idea outside the Department of Justice Building fueled by South 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

Philly-based immigrant rights organization, Juntos. It was one of hundreds of planned protests across the country. Protests however that fell on deaf ears – at least in the immediate – after Trump sent Attorney General Jeff Sessions to do his dirty work of announcing the DACA program will be rescinded – but punted the veto option back to Congress. What this means in the immediate is nearly 800k recipients aptly called “Dreamers� risk deportation along with an immediate freeze on work permits and college scholarships to people in the program. People come to this country in search of a better life who aren’t committing crimes, who are getting jobs, scratching and saving for a better education and are now told they aren’t welcome by an Administration that if you do an Ancestry. com on them likely are all descendants of immigrants themselves. But listen to Sessions make the announcement, and you’d think this decision apparently protects America. “There is nothing compassionate about the failure to enforce immigration laws,� Sessions said during his Sept. 5 speech. “Enforcing the law saves lives, protects communities and taxpayers, and prevents human suffering. Failure to enforce the laws in the past has put our nation at risk of crime, violence and even terrorism. The compassionate thing is to end the lawlessness, [and] enforce our laws.� So the student getting an associate’s degree at night while working at a pizza shop by day is a threat to our nation. The idea that crime will end with DACA going away is laughable. Laughable in the same way that a transgender person weakens our military forces or that we need to ban all Muslims so they don’t blow our country up. Looks like fear is making for some stupid decisions from the people who are supposed to be leading the way. It’s not even ironic anymore, honestly it’s just sad. Q

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Overheard in Philly... “No, the beer tasted good, it was the glass they gave it to me in that smelled like a toilet seat. Whatever, I still drank it though, waste not, want not, right?� – A 20-something dude walking out of one of Philadelphia’s more established Center City bars, who made us stop and reflect about the potential toilet seats we suck down every time we attend a city happy hour. Hey, “waste not, want not,� amirite?

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Hall of Famer in our book David Akers will join the ranks of the Philly greats in the Eagles of Hall of Fame in October, solidifying his legacy as one of the Bird’s all-time beloved players. In 2012, the six-time Pro Bowl-tapped kicker famously scored a 63-yard ďŹ eld goal, tying the highest record in NFL history at the time. Akers is also active with charity work, and by many accounts one of the most down-to-earth players on and off the ďŹ eld. Eagles Hall of Fame is a nobrainer here. Q

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The amount of trash in pounds, ofďŹ cials hauled from the site formerly known as El Campamento, a drug haven along a stretch of freight railroad tracks in the city’s Kensington section. The area has been razed and its inhabitants of homeless and addicts have been made to ďŹ nd a new place to feed their addictions. Q 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

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If you’re reading this, you are now in the era in which Philly.com, the online driver of the Daily News and city paper of record, The Inquirer, has joined the ranks of the Washington Post and New York Times in officially becoming a subscription-based service. The paywall began Sept. 5 where existing subscribers will see a 25-50 cent increase; for new customers, to get full access of the site you’ll need to pony up just $.99 for the first four months as an introductory fee, which then jumps up to $2.99 every week after that. Thanks to blogs, fake news and the fact that our attention spans rival those of goldfish, there hasn’t been a real solve in turning a profit in online journalism, but for those who still value Philly.com over Perez Hilton, we think this is a small price to pay. Q

He said it... “The fucking church is going to fall down.� — AJ Thompson, a longtime advocate for Fishtown’s most talked about church, St. Laurentius, kept it real with a PlanPhilly reporter about the historic building’s proposed redevelopment into 23 apartment units.

Shut down THE block A Guinness World Record was attempted during the annual Kensington Block Party of the most peculiar kind. Noted juggler Josh Horton, who’s made appearances on Ellen, ESPN and the Steve Harvey Show, attended the Labor Day festivities and attempted to slice the most apples in 30 seconds while juggling knives! Q

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NEWS our work home with us, Your career has been quite bring but I do think that’s the role the progression and perhaps you take on as a White House your role for NBC has never correspondent. had better timing. Leaving Philly and traveling all over Your role with NBC has cercovering this Administration, tainly expanded as it did with most journalists after what’s that been like? It’s been my goal for most the saga that was the 2016 of my adult life to cover the presidential election. What White House, so in that sense it’s been incredibly exciting was that like and how did and a huge honor to cover you ensure that when the it for NBC News, consider- dust settled on that, NBC ing one of my ďŹ rst jobs was as an intern at NBC for the was going to peg you as one “Todayâ€? show. So to be able of its top correspondents?

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Pulling 16-17 hour days is just part a daily routine for Fairmount native Kristen Welker as one of four NBC White House correspondents.

Hail to the Chief

Philly native Kristen Welker talks politics, Philadelphia and power journalism in this sit-down with PW BY KERITH GABRIEL

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s soon as Kristen Welker’s day ends, it begins. As one of four rotating White House correspondents for NBC, the Fairmount native is attending press brieďŹ ngs, staff meetings and chasing sources. These are all for her segments on NBC’s “Todayâ€? morning show, afternoon cut-ins on MSNBC and nightly drops on “Nightly News.â€? But after the evening news starts a new day for Welker doing much of the same

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covering an ever-changing Administration in an ever-changing political climate. However, ask her and the former NBC 10 reporter wouldn’t change a thing. In fact, Welker, 41, who also covered the Obama Administration for a term, described her daily routine, simply as “lots of fun.� Last month, Welker carved out time from chasing news to catch up with (ital) Philly Weekly. (End ital) During the conversation, we talked everything from Kellyanne Conway to Kelly Drive and authentic journalism in the age of Trump.

to come back and serve as the White House correspondent, it’s an incredible honor. This is a very exciting moment in our political history, and I think it demands a lot of journalists, voters and people serving in the Administration. There’s just a lot a stake every day, so I bring a sense of civic duty and a sense of excitement to the role...it’s also a job that is a 24-7 marathon, so staying on top over everything can be a challenge.

So when do you sleep then? No, seriously.

I had the incredible honor of covering the [Hillary] Clinton campaign with Andrea Mitchell, and Andrea is someone that has been a friend and a mentor. I learned so much from being on the campaign trail with her, and I do believe that period of time was a turning point in my career for sure. It really was a point where I was not only facing my greatest professional challenge, but I was actually learning in the process. That sort of on-the-job experience is what you wish for, and I had that working the campaign trail with her.

[Laughs] Honestly, I don’t know! OK, so a typical day for our team starts as early Viewers only get to see you as 5 a.m., we go in, do the in 2-3 minute snippets but “Todayâ€? show, we have hits once the camera is off, what’s on MSNBC throughout the day, which we do split up going in the White House? given we have a pretty robust How difficult is getting the [four-person] White House team. We all work together news knowing that this curincredibly well. But when rent president and Admin“Nightly Newsâ€? is over, our istration doesn’t necessarily day starts again and we start a whole new reporting cycle, value the importance of the driving to drive stories for- media? ward for the next day’s “ToThere has historically been dayâ€? show. So you’re talking tension between Administraa 5 a.m. start and we don’t tions and the press, that’s as get wrapped up until 11 p.m. old as our democracy. No at night. It’s not unusual af- doubt this is a unique experiter “Nightly Newsâ€? to come ence; one example is the [Auhome and head to the home gust Trump] rally I attended ofďŹ ce to make a fresh round in Phoenix, where there was of calls. Sleep gets in there certainly a fair amount of dissomewhere, but we deďŹ nitely cussion about the press [from 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

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Welker said covering Hillary Clinton en route to one of the most-watched U.S. elections in history was her “greatest professional challenge.�

I love exploring Washington, D.C., so when I do get downtime – which is usually on weekends – I head to museums, I try new restaurants, there’s an incredibly dynamic food scene here. I’m recently married, so my husband and I are decorating our home which is a job in of itself, but baby steps. There’s so much to explore here [in D.C.,] and that’s really now how I unwind.

the president], which was birthplace of our democ- Last question. What recertainly unique. Hav- racy and where politics ally surprises you about ing said that, the guiding really became important some of the other “jourprinciples are the same, to me. My parents and I where we come in, do our and other members of my nalistsâ€? who cover this job of holding elected of- family were very engaged current Administration ďŹ cials accountable. We’ve in politics and we loved to had [internal] discussions talk about it and that’s re- and in this political cliabout it as it regards to ally where I got the bug. mate? what roles [as media] we I am surprised at how want to play right now. many surprises there “I am surprised at how many What we’ve decided at are at the White NBC, is that it is critiHouse every day. Litsurprises there are at the cal for us to come in erally every day, there White House every day. and adhere to the basic is something new or principles of journalLiterally every day, there is completely unexpected ism. That is the best something new or complete- that happens. That was way for us to do our the case to some extent job, by holding Presi- ly unexpected that happens.â€? under former President dent Trump, his Ad– NBC White House correspondent Obama too. It’s just and Philly native Kristen Welker ministration and polinon-stop. I do think ticians accountable for under this Administheir words and actions. tration there have been a No, but what’s that one wider group of journalists What do you miss the thing that you really, re- that have been, umm, let in that you wouldn’t think most about not being in ally miss‌ I really miss running the would have access and Philadelphia every day? East River Drive and Kelly that come with a particuPhiladelphia will always Drive. When I was grow- lar viewpoint, but again I be my home. My paring up, I’d run a couple think it’s a reminder and ents are there, my closest a reection as to why we friends are still there and of times a week up Kelly got into this job...we need I was a reporter there for Drive and that’s a still a to be asking the questions [NBC 10] for ďŹ ve years. It very special place for me. people want to know, was a signiďŹ cant amount I grew up in Fairmount, what are their questions, of time and one where I so Kelly Drive was my their frustrations to make playground. I always try felt like I was really besure their voices are heard. coming a part of the com- to sneak in one run whenThat’s the real reason for munity fabric. So I miss all ever I come home. anyone under this role. of that. I try to go home to visit my parents and to What do you do when There’s just no room for agenda. Q catch an event [with NBC] you just want to turn evthat I can participate in... TWITTER: @SPRTSWTR for me, Philadelphia is the erything off? 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

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ARTS Typically, you use explosives in your work. The last time you were here, for instance, you blew up strings of explosives in the shape of a lotus on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The lanterns feel a bit softer, so I was curious why you chose them? Lanterns are like gunpowder in a way because they have light. So it is almost like gunpowder or ďŹ reworks that never go out. When I was a kid, I started playing with lanterns even earlier than I started playing with gunpowder, so in a way it is an earlier form of gunpowder for me.

This exhibit also uses pedicabs. Can you talk a bit about that choice?

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Fireworks artist Cai Guo-Qiang readily describes his Fireflies installation as a nocturnal dreamscape.

Cai Guo-Qiang lights up the parkway

The Chinese explosives artist returns to Philadelphia for his largest U.S. installation, Fireflies BY SARAH ROSE ETTER

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ucked in a warehouse in Kensington, dozens of workers run thin wires through 30 pedicabs into 1,000 Chinese lanterns handcrafted in Quanzhou, China, the hometown of explosives artist Cai Guo-Qiang. The lanterns are playfully shaped and when the sun goes down, they icker to life: Glowing stars, bananas, robots, ice cream cones and donuts radiate against Philadelphia’s late summer dusk. Guo-Qiang, 60, takes in the bustling scene with a big smile, walking through the lanterns before he takes the group of riders and pedicabs out onto American Street. For hours, the riders practice choreography for his latest and largest performance installation in America, Fireies. It is hard to overstate Guo-Qiang’s importance as an artist. He’s a winner of the prestigious Golden Lion Award, and his previous 6(37(0%(5

In my hometown when I was young, I was surrounded by bikes and pedicabs. Cars were fewer than pedicabs. At that time, I remember it was a moment where people were closer to each other because they used bikes for transportation. I also turned to the pedicab because it’s good for the environment – and doesn’t cause trafďŹ c issues.

You’ve described Fireflies as a nocturnal dreamscape so I was curious what was the inspiration for the piece and how did Philadelphia specifically impact it?

work includes black ďŹ reworks launched during the day, and the creation of black clouds which oat through cities. Watching him oversee his eet of lit pedicabs is almost an art in itself; he moves long, delicate ďŹ ngers in the air, offering gentle instructions to the pedicab drivers. In 2009, I did a work on the Excitement for the project builds during these night practices: Parkway called Fallen Blossoms, Neighbors walk up to the scene of bobbing lanterned pedicabs, as well as an exhibition in the snapping photographs, asking questions. In motion, the pedicabs Fabric Workshop Museum. So I look like big bugs in ight, lights whizzing by in a blur. started to become more familiar Launching Sept. 14 and running through Oct. 8, Guo-Qiang de- with Philadelphia, and I was made scribes Fireies as a nocturnal dreamscape. The project will take aware of the Parkway Centenover the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in celebration of its centen- nial. I thought I should make an nial – and visitors will have a chance to take rides up and down the artwork that brings all the people Parkway in these lantern-lit pedicabs. of Philadelphia together to experiI spoke with Guo-Qiang – via translator – about everything; from ence the Parkway. his latest work, Fireies, his favorite neighborhood in Philadelphia and – his love of explosives. cont. on page 10 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

MUSIC like visiting Geneviève a little, for me at least. Plus I have written a bunch of new ones.

On tour, in grief Mount Eerie takes to the road pumping true-to-life ballads bordering on the intense BY MAX MARIN

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o those attending the seated Mount Eerie concert at Union Transfer on Sept. 9, bring some tissues — and deďŹ nitely a loved one. And for those not yet acquainted with the Washington-based Mount Eerie, the brainchild of Phil Elverum, this may be a difďŹ cult time to dive in. Elverum’s latest album, “A Crowd Looked At Me,â€? is a painstaking, intimate chronicle about the recent death of his wife, FrenchCanadian artist Geneviève CastrĂŠe, and his uncertain future as a single father to their young daughter. PW chatted with Elverum about his songwriting process, ďŹ nding success amidst turmoil, and the grief process while on tour.

On “A Crow Looked At Me,� you claim death is “not for singing about / it’s not for making art.� [However] go midway through the album, on “My Chasm,�’ and the song wonders about people growing tired of hearing about the deceased. That self-conscious irony seems to amplify with ever every bit of attention this album gets, wouldn’t you say? I do register that success is taking place but I am not that engaged with it. The reality of 99 percent of my life is single parenting related. I wipe up peanut butter every single day. So, I’m thrilled to go on tour and step into the surreal bubble of momentary adulation and money, but it mostly feels unreal. Plus, these songs still kind of hurt to sing so I am mostly feeling that. I keep the acclaim pushed 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

Has your audience been responding differently to this album? Have the shows had a different vibe or has it been familiar?

Mount Eerie’s tour of its latest album has multiple tracks throughout that tug on the heartstrings. away from my thoughts because it does no good for me. It is nice to be listened to though.

I’ve been pretty careful to only book shows in places where people will be attentive and prepared for this kind of thing, so mostly they’ve all been the same: lots of attention, lots of emotion and silence. I am glad that people react in this way. Before I started playing these songs in front of people I was worried that some people who weren’t good with their own emotions would react in outgoing aggressive ways toward me at having their tender spots poked. So far that hasn’t happened.

You started recording these songs two What is your routine while on tour, and months after Geneviève died. Did you most importantly, do you like playing look at the making of this album as part Philadelphia? of your grieving process? This tour is different because I’m travYes totally. I didn’t even think of it as making an album. I was just reďŹ ning these blobs of feelings and words into something sharper and prettier, a song. I legitimately had no intentions of releasing them until the album was almost done. It helped me, to dive into it like that.

You’ve said that, unlike past albums, you wrote most of the lyrics for these songs before putting together any of instrumentation. Some of the lines were ripped from notes you took between hospital visits. What is it like to play these songs live now, over and over, to keep revisiting that pain? Has your relationship changed with the lyrics and the melodies? The erosion of engagement with a song is something I’ve felt all along with all my songs, since I started playing shows 20 years ago, and I have rarely been able to keep singing a song beyond a year or two. It’s the same now, but maybe now the transformation is a kind of mercy. Maybe it’s healing taking place. I have omitted a couple of songs, the ones that dwell too closely on Geneviève’s actual dying moments. I don’t want to carry that around anymore. But the other ones still feel kind of good to sing, they feel

eling with my toddler daughter and a nanny friend, so everything will be child oriented. Playground stops, swimming, waking up early, frequent bathrooms, etc. Normally I am super focused on food and planning around where we’ll eat next. I love leaving my small town and entering the world of exciting new foods to eat. Sure, I like playing Philadelphia. It’s the oldest place in the world. The most haunted.

Where do you see your music going from here? Could you ever see yourself doing more full-band arrangements, or incorporating different genres (i.e. your older black metal stuff)? I am making more very wordy and quiet songs for the next album. But after this I do want to make some impenetrably loud “music.� I am still kind of only interested in communicating actual things in actual words though, so sparse and quiet is the mode. Q Mount Eerie | Sept. 9. 8:30pm. $17. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. utphilly.com

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FIREFLIES from page 8

Do you have a favorite part of Philadelphia? I really like Kensington. There are gardens and it’s a very relaxed neighborhood. It’s like a village of artists, where people can freely think and work on ideas.

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How long did it take to come up with Fireflies? I know there’s a lot of moving parts, there’s choreography involved, so I was curious about that.

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This is a very different project than the opening of the Olympic ceremony that I designed or the One Night Stand in Paris in 2013. It’s a participatory work that lasts several weeks and it becomes a part of the scenery of the Parkway.

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You’ve said there’s no such thing as success or failure in art, which is one of my favorite quotes of yours. What does success look like for this project? If the people of Philadelphia feel like this is a great addition to our city and participate in the art, then Fireies will be a success.

Check out the behind the scenes look at Guo-Qiang’s massive Fireflies build and our photo gallery on philadelphiaweekly.com & on the @PhillyWeekly Facebook and Twitter pages.

What is one aspect of the project that you’re most excited about?

I’m like a kid who never grows up. And when you’re a kid, you always dream of having hundreds of thousands of lanterns at your ďŹ ngertips. During my childhood when we had lanterns, we lit candles inside because we didn’t have LED lights – and if you weren’t careful, the lantern would catch ďŹ re. Right now, I have about 1,000 lanterns so I’m very happy. Q

More Info: For more background on Cai Guo-Qiang, his documentary Sky Ladder is available on Netix. Fireies was commissioned by the Association for Public Art, Fung Collaboratives, and the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. For more information about booking pedicab rides, visit http://www.associationforpublicart.org/.

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Detroit is an eye-opening look at the race riots that woke up a nation in 1967. But just how eye-opening is up for interpretation.

Detroit: Disturbing, yet disappointing BY LOGAN J. GARDNER

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and a National Guard tank battalion. After 7,000 arrests and 43 deaths, almost all the victims are black, the police restore order but place one of America’s largest metropolis’ on an unending downward spiral, one that is still visible today. But the cinematic tragedy of Detroit is that one walks away not really or entirely sure why any of this happened. Light animation of Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series paintings, however artistic, reduces the late-60s settings endless nuance to a petty Victims vs. Villains schematic that highlights a fraction of the national dissonance rocking America. Like Ewan McGregor’s American Pastoral, Bigelow makes the structural mistake of revolving her plot around the axis of a singular civil disturbance. In reality, these social events arose not from isolation but, rather, a multipolar matrix of riotous collisions between races, generations and ideologies. She fails for the same reason that Forrest Gump succeeds. The simplicity of Robert Zemeckis’ plot opens space for him to explore the chaotic scramble of events converging around America through the eyes of a protagonist too innocent to lie to the audience. In Detroit, Bigelow gets in over her head and then can’t draw a clear story

from her mess of characters. To stay aoat she reduces the convoluted plot of John Hersey’s The Algiers Motel Incident to an “usâ€? versus “themâ€? narrative all too common among trendy Hollywood liberals. In the process, she creates a moral failure of a ďŹ lm that equates the Detroit riots to those of, say, Ferguson, Mo. To imply that today’s debate around Confederate monuments and police brutality parallels the travesty of the late-60s riots does a historical disservice to the latter. That’s not to discount the contemporary alt-right, whose roots Bigelow faithfully shows us. The riots of today, pitting the alt-right against the liberals, are a tragedy, but these are not equal tragedies. Sure, the two periods may both be anxious moments in a generational baton pass – millennials and baby boomers both cry loudly for inuence – but between burning Vietnam, corrupt Washington and riotous Detroit, the 1960s were undeniably more unstable than today. Today’s good guys do not burn children, a black man was just president, and the worst thing about Donald Trump is his tweeting. To inate this, honestly is irresponsible to sorrowful American history. Q TWITTER: @LOGANJGARDNER

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A remake of the 1990 flick based on a Stephen King novel that scarred most of us when it comes to clown is back with a new rendition of the demon that is Pennywise the Clown. Highly anticipated, it’ll be the film of the season that EVERY pundit will weigh in on if the new version comes close to the old.

Battle of the Sexes (Sept. 22) A re-telling of the 1973 story of the time female tennis great Billie Jean King whooped up on Bobby Riggs (despite subtle rule changes). Emma Stone, currently holding the title of Hollywood’s highest paid actress, depicts King in the match that took a hard look at women’s rights in America. Actor Steve Carrell for “Forty Year Old Virgin� fame plays Riggs.

Blade Runner 2049 (Oct. 6) This sci-fi classic gets reborn from the director who just loves a good sci-fi or action classic, Ridley Scott. Harrison Ford returns as android Rick Deckard pairing with Ryan Gosling, a cop who uncovers a secret that threatens all of humankind. If not for the plot, knowing Scott this one will be action-packed. – KERITH GABRIEL | @SPRTSWTR

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Through the art of dance, this upcoming Fringe performance plans to pay tribute to the memory of Philly jazz great John Coltrane.

A supreme kind of love

Fringe performance of John Coltrane’s spiritualized 1965 masterpiece comes alive as emotional, improvisational choreographed dance BY A.D. AMOROSI

“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang ups...I want to speak to their souls.�

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ecorded across two days in December 1964 with four men, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme was a turbulent, yet fruitful adult symphony to spirituality and liberation. Beyond jazz and genre, A Love Supreme is a perfectly stated, humbly uttered, softly incendiary invocation: warm, emotive, distanced, devotional, unbound but stately, and wisely told. It was Coltrane, drummer Elvin Jones, bassist Jimmy Garrison and Phillybased pianist McCoy Tyner who fueled 6(37(0%(5

through four themed, progressive parts of acknowledgement, resolution, pursuance and Psalm pivotal to its creator’s existence – existential, ecclesiastical, physical. It’s a composition that to this day speaks volumes and one loosely replicated in the upcoming Fringe performance of A Love Supreme. “I think Coltrane, with A Love Supreme, put together some kind of prayer, a divination, a combination of written score, improvisation, with extreme complexity and clarity,â€? says Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, the world-renowned Belgian choreographer who, together with co-choreographer Salva Sanchis and the four dancers of Rosas recreate the iconic saxophonist’s siren song of divine love. “In my career as a presenter, it’s as if I’ve come full circle displaying her work,â€? says Nick Stuccio, president and producing director of FringeArts, as well a as one-time choreographer and dancer. “Anne Teresa – she’s not owery, but di-

rect and discrete.â€? Stuccio can’t put his ďŹ nger on the intangibles of why De Keersmaeker’s dance sensibilities move him, beyond amazing physicality and elegant execution of craft, only that, “there’s some deep emotional quality to them.â€? Beyond this, however – and this is crucial – her intelligent sense of motion is based on what Stuccio has found to be a ďŹ ne sense of music and musicality. “Jazz such as Coltrane’s is a deeply moving form, and expressing what is behind this seminal work,â€? continued Stuccio. “Four incredible American jazz artists and four male bodies ďŹ nding the essence of each one of those musicians’ performances; that’s an amazing concept.â€? De Keersmaeker got to Coltrane’s holy ode through the saxophonist’s onetime bandleader Miles Davis, a trumpeter whose avant-funky “Bitches Brewâ€? was De Keersmaeker’s ďŹ rst jazz discovery. “The history of jazz is linked to the history of recording, in contrast to classical music,â€? she says with authority. “It’s a coming together of musicians at a certain place and a certain time. Maybe A Love Supreme was for Coltrane what Kind of Blue was for Miles,â€? something historical and capable of changing the landscape of jazz, and art in general. Historically and politically, Coltrane – most notably during the Civil Rights

movement of the 1960s – spoke to the struggle, though he never made any outward statement. “He didn’t have to,â€? notes De Keersmaeker. “His music, and his way of being in the world, was enough. Maybe we too – our statement – is enough,â€? she says, when asked to connect dots between the Civil Rights movement of the past, and the one we face today. “To focus on a sense of beauty that uniďŹ es us, in this time of extreme complexity, pain and violence.â€? As a record of spiritual awakening and fulďŹ llment, Coltrane has other works of prayer and peace: Kulu SĂŠ Mama, Ascension, Meditations and Expression. Yet for this choreographer and a universe of musical kindred souls, A Love Supreme is North on the compass, a reference point for all music that came after. “Maybe one could say all jazz musicians, especially saxophonists, learned from A Love Supreme, more than the other Coltrane albums,â€? said De Keersmaeker. “There is jubilation to be found in A Love Supreme, a moment of supreme grace which is something that our dancers key into.â€? Beyond the grace, guile and holy roll of Coltrane’s A Love Supreme – beyond its freedom – there is structure; a narrative that starts with the bang of a gong (tam-tam), continues its repetition of four notes in varied transpositions until the vocal chant, “A Love Supremeâ€? comes in, with the words of a poem expressed through Coltrane’s sax to follow. “In my 25 years of working choreographically, I’ve always been obsessed and fascinated by construction, by extremely strategic development,â€? says De Keersmaeker. “Jazz music improvisation is instant composition, and that was, for me, was if a new world opened up.â€? And as it pertains to the upcoming performance? “Improvisation is organized freedom, an outburst of individual musicians supported by their ensemble,â€? she continued. “We translated this idea into choreography, interweaving composition and improvisation into a seamless whole.â€? A Love Supreme | Sept. 22-24. 8pm (2pm on Sept. 24). $15-35. FringeArts, 140 N. Columbus Blvd. fringearts.com/ event/a-love-supreme-3/ TWITTER: @ADAMOROSI 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

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Let Philly-based producer Wesley Flash be your guide to gay with his part experimental theater, part walking tour in this year’s Fringe Festival.

Yo Fringe, where’s the gay? Philly producer Wesley Flash asks and answers with upcoming PRIDE PARADE!

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hood on a two-hour wo-hour long exploration of sites relevant nt to gay history. Perhaps “audience memberâ€? isn’t even the right term to describe scribe someone who attends PRIDE PARADE!, ARADE!, since this immersive history lesson invites its participants to “dance, sing, and chant to celebrate our out and proud ancestors who marched before our time.â€? With Philadelphia as the home of the ďŹ rst-ever gay rights march in 1965, our city is an apt setting for this productio production. Flash points out that there are plen plenty of other queer ďŹ rsts in the City of B Brotherly Love. The Drake Apartments hosted the ďŹ rst LGBTQ conference in the country in 1963. Tavern on Cam Camac is one of the oldest gay bars in th the country, “allegedly originating as a gay speakeasy in the 1920’s called Ma Maxine’s.â€? Research on this project began by listening to co community elders. Given the recent natu nature of the gay rights movement, it’s not hard to ďŹ nd folks who have lived thro through entirely different circumstances th than today’s young queer people. Flash also notes the importance of the blogg Gayhorbood Guru, the John Wilcox archives, and a transgender history exhibit

called “DeďŹ ant Archives: Trans Histories of Existence, Resistance, Brillianceâ€? that was housed at William Way LGBT Community Center as useful for research. “Les Harrison is someone I met through my research,â€? said Flash, who notes too just how much he’s also indebted to the people whose stories he shares. “He told me about his drag career in Philadelphia and Las Vegas which spans decades. Harrison says he was the ďŹ rst Black drag queen to play at the New Forest Lounge which is now the Bike Stop on Quince St. The New Forest was a “female impersonationâ€? bar for straight, white audiences and Harrison was hired to perform as Philadelphia’s Shirley Bassey.â€? The reason for a walking tour format instead of having an audience ďŹ le into a theater for a re-enactment? “The stories in PRIDE PARADE! are best experienced in person on the streets where these histories were lived,â€? he says. “I think the piece also functions as a reclamation of public space for queer people that has been lost through gentriďŹ cation and/or ignored by other “Historic Philadelphiaâ€? city plans. Being really queer in public and taking up space together is vital in this current political moment.â€? This is not the ďŹ rst time Flash has combined his interests of LGBT rights history and public spaces, he co-created a similar project called Whose Streets, Our Streets in New York City that mapped sites of queer resistance from Union Square to the Chelsea Piers. “That was a web-based project using QR codes which users would ďŹ nd at the sites and then use to get more information. In making Whose Streets, I found the in-person storytelling much more compelling and used that to guide PRIDE PARADE!,â€? said Flash, but also noted that on the importance of his upcoming Fringe offering the importance of history. “Remembering our histories and taking up space in public are crucial tools in social justice activism.â€? At minimum, a rare theater piece offering fresh air, some exercise – and is unequivocally gay. Q PRIDE PARADE! | Sept. 8, 4pm. Sept. 9-10 and 16-17, 2pm. $10-20. Starts at Rittenhouse Square, 18th and Walnut St. fringearts.com/event/pride-parade or contact Wesley Flash directly at wesleyash.com. TWITTER: @TIMAREE_LEIGH

COURTESY BRITTANY BREWER

FRINGE THIS WEEK

The official kickoff of the three-week long Fringe Festival is Sept. 7. Here are five shows you should check out this first week. Information for all shows can be found at fringearts.com/allpresentations/2017-festival-guide/ THURSDAY, SEPT. 7 Hello, Blackout! The journey of this family called the Kissimmees and their journey through a world of unprecedented marvel, mystery and spectacle in one of many Fringe-specific curated shows. | 7pm. $29 ($20 for members). FringeArts, 140 N. Columbus Blvd.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 8 The Currency of Belief: Trapeze and Spiritual Comedy A mix of shadow puppetry, trapeze and silly poetry make up this 40-minute solo performance by Noa Schnitzer and her strict upbringing as an Orthodox Jew. | 10pm. $15. Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 9 Things I Never Told My Mom A look at all the things in life that we do or did, that we’d love to tell our moms but probably won’t. Hear stories from all over the world on the subject and chime in with a few of your own. Bring your mom and receive a free gift. | 6pm. $15. Inner Rhythms Music and Therapy Center, 4145 Chestnut St.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 10 Trigger Warning This theatrical think piece from playwright Iris Dauterman, depicts the story of five women who “come together with a proposal to stop rape on their college campus by designing and creating an anti-rape device.� | 2pm and 7pm. Plays and Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey St.

MONDAY, SEPT. 11 Fishtown – A Hipster Noir This act isn’t what it sounds like. It’s better. An app that allows one to live out their wildest fantasies, but at a cost is the subject of this one, but rest assured you still can ride your fixed bike or sip on your artisan coffee to watch. | 8pm. $15-25. The Drake, 302 S. Hicks St. – KERITH GABRIEL | @SPRTSWTR 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

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Philadelphia Honey Festival Nerd Nite No. 78: Beer History & More Kick-Off & Beekeepers Guild Meeting DRINKS

Who says nerds can’t have fun? Among the event’s talks, learn about the ancient history of beer. As you discover new facts about your favorite drinks, enjoy happy hour specials. For history buffs and beer lovers alike, come and be a savvy drinker! | 7:30-9:30pm. $5 cover. Frankford Hall, 1210 Frankford Ave. frankfordhall.me CRAFTS

Picasso & Prosecco Let’s get tipsy and crafty! Channel your inner Picasso, and decorate your own beer mug. Participants will also receive a complimentary glass of Prosecco. Take in the summer night and views of the Ben Franklin Bridge and Delaware River while you sip and paint. | 7-9pm. $35. Fishtown Hops, 1001 N. Delaware Ave. pinotspalette.com/cherryhill/event/182453 ART

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ork for your beer – in sweat. But hey, it’s a free beer! This is a two-step process. First, walk/run the Boxers’ Trail 5K. Second, wear the event’s T-shirt to Parks on Tap’s beer garden at Mount Pleasant and receive a free beer ticket. Simple enough! If a full-out run seems a bit daunting, then walk the East Fairmount Park trail, and take in the scenic landscape. Want more of a challenge? Just like Joe Frazier, who trained on the Boxers’ Trail, channel your inner heavyweight-boxing champion and race in the sixth annual 5K. Both walker and runner ďŹ nishers get the drink freebie at the historic, mid-18th century Mount Pleasant Mansion. Get a bird’s-eye view of the trail you just went through and the Schuylkill River from the hilltop beer garden. Tap into your health, and then Parks on Tap into some beer. Boxers’ Trail 5K | Saturday, Sept. 9. 9:30am. $25 5K run. $15 5K walk. Mander Playground, 2140 N. 33rd St. myphillypark.org/event/ boxers-trail-5k-2/ Parks on Tap | Sept. 6-10. Free admission. Mount Pleasant Mansion, 3800 Mt. Pleasant Dr. parksontap.com

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Get pumped for three weeks of art programs with the Fringe Festival. To get your feet wet, come out and celebrate the Digital Fringe, as well as the opening of FringeArts’ popup Festival bookstore. Tap into your artsy-self, and check out the multimedia projects. | 6-9pm. Free admission. United By Blue, 144 N. 2nd St. fringearts.com/all-presentations/digital-fringe/

Hey, honey! No, not you – actual honey. Kick off the Eighth Annual Honey Festival with this absolutely sweet event. Bring the whole family for the beard of bees demo, honey product vendors, open hive demos and honey extractions. Enjoy foods and honey-based beverages. Stay for the group’s monthly meeting at 7:30pm. Bee there, or bee square. | 5-9pm. Free admission. Glen Foerd on the Delaware, 5001 Grant Ave. phillyhoneyfest.com

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 MUSIC

Low Cut Connie Ready to rock? How about roll? Come for a night of both with headliners and Philadelphia-based rock and roll group Low Cut Connie. The concert will also feature Chill Moody, Ali Wadsworth and DJ Soul Syndicate. | $15 advance tickets. $20 tickets at the door. Doors open at 7:30pm. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. utphilly.com/ FESTIVAL

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 FOOD

Stroll the Street: Phoodie Night Fans of Philly “phoods,â€? come hungry for soft pretzels and more city staples. Get ready to roll out for this stroll, because this is the ďŹ nal Stroll the Street. The event will have food trucks, in-store shopping events, $5 cocktails and appetizers, and a showing of “The Sandlotâ€? at 8pm. | 5-9pm. Free admission. 4312 Main St. manayunk.com COMMUNITY SERVICE

Thursday Drop-In Volunteering Opportunity Do some good today by helping at Lardner’s Point Park Pier. Roles include gardening, trail maintenance, shoreline restoration, cleanups and more led by DRCC Stewardship Manager John Jensen. Can’t make it this Thursday? No worries. The volunteer opportunity occurs every Thursday. | 9am-noon. Free. Lardner’s Point Park, 5202 Levick St. drcc-phila.org

Parkway 100 We Are Connected Festival Happy centennial! The Benjamin Franklin Parkway looks pretty good for being 100! Celebrate the achievement by checking out nearby museums for free or pay-what-you-wish. The event will also include: live music, tango dancing, public art ambassadors, beer gardens, lighted balloon parades, photo walks, storytelling and other “We Are Connected� themed activities. | 4-10pm. Free admission. Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. parkway100.org DRINKS

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come for drinks, bites, dancing dinosaurs, and a party out on the Academy Plaza. Enjoy free admission and roam the museum’s exhibits. Some of the beer garden’s proceeds will be donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences. | 4-10pm. Free admission. The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. ansp.org/

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 MARKET

Phila Flea Market in Fairmont Need a new vintage bag? An antique piece of furniture? Come ready to shop at this large outdoor market surrounding Eastern State Penitentiary. Who knows what you might ďŹ nd! | 8am-5pm. Free admission. 2201 Fairmount Ave. philafleamarkets.org MARKET

Fishtown Flea Who doesn’t love a good shopping trip? Come to the outdoor craft market that showcases local indie designers. You may just leave with a new treasure. | 10am-6pm. Free admission. 1220 Frankford Ave. ďŹ shtownea.us ANIMAL ADOPTION

With Love: Super Adoption Day 2017 Missing that furry companion in your life? Then why not adopt! Come for NoKill Philadelphia’s eighth annual With Love: Super Adoption Day. Join dozens of animal rescues and vendors for Philly’s longest-running pet adoption festival. You may just leave with a new member of the family. | 11am. Free admission. The Schmidt’s Commons, 1001 N. 2nd St. phillynokill.org/super-adoption-day

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 MUSIC FESTIVAL

Self Help Festival OK you punk rockers, this music festival is for you. Returning for its fourth year, the lineup includes A Day To Remember, Underøath, Falling In Reverse, Moose Blood, Silverstein, Real Friends, Stray From The Path, Wage War, Angel Du$t, Can’t Swim, The Plot In You, Bad Omens, Microwave. | Noon-11pm. Prices vary. The Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing, Columbus Blvd and Spring Garden Sts. selfhelpfest.com/philly.html 3+,/$'(/3+,$:((./< &20

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Yoga By The River Get ready for some sun salutations. Channel your inner yogi and take a class by the river. The yoga session is appropriate for all skill levels. Bring your own mat or borrow one. | 10am. $5. Pulaski Park, Allegheny Avenue at North Delaware Avenue. portrichmondyoga.eventbrite.com MARKET

Clover Market Forget the lazy Sunday, and come out to Chestnut Hill for shopping and community. Look around the seasonal, open-air market for antiques, vintage and handmade goods. The market will also have food trucks, live music, and free kids crafts.| 10am-4pm. Free admission. West Highland Avenue and Germantown. theclovermarket.com

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 DISCUSSION

Edward Snowden Shh! Whistleblower Edward Snowden will appear via a live closed-circuit link for an interview with investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill. Snowden, who has been granted asylum in Russia, will discuss the past and current state of surveillance in the U.S. | 7:30-9pm. $35 auditorium. $15 simulcast. Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St. libraryphila.tix.com/Event. aspx?EventCode=992691 DRINKS

Tito’s Vodka Dog Yappy Hour Had a “ruff� start to the week? There is no better remedy than drinks and pups! Bring your dog to the pier for specialty drinks, giveaways and adoptable doggies. Proceeds will be donated to the PSPCA. | 4-8pm. Free admission. Morgan’s Pier, 221 N. Columbus Blvd. morganspier. com/events ARTS & CRAFTS

Succulent Workshop: Hanging Tear Drop Terrarium Pull out your green thumb and build your own succulent terrariums. Your ticket includes all of the supplies and step-by-step guidance for your plant home. | 7-10pm. $18. PHS Pop Up Garden at UCity Square, 36th and Filbert St. eventbee.com/v/buckscountyowers/ event?eid=138755134

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Lady Gaga Are you gaga over, well, Lady Gaga? OK then little monsters, check out her Joanne World Tour. Come hear Lady Gaga perform songs from her fifth studio album, such as “Diamond Heart,� “A-Yo� and “Joanne.� Busy? No problem. She will also be performing on Monday, Sept. 11. | 7:30pm. Prices vary. Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S Broad St. wellsfargocenterphilly.com

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 FOOD & DRINK

Summer Harvest Beer Dinner Calling all beer enthusiasts and foodies. Come for a six-course dinner paired with six beers. Live large and indulge with a night of scrumptious foods and delicious beers to match. |7pm. $65. Urban Village Brewing Company, 1001 N. 2nd St. urbanvillagebrewing.com/ HAPPY HOUR

Le Cat Cafe Happy Hour with Dock Street Look no fur-ther for an absolutely purr-fect night! Come for drinks and signature pizza. Part of the proceeds will be donated to Le Cat Cafe. Even though the kitties won’t be there to be party with you, this is a great opportunity to help a good cause – and drink good beer. | 5-8pm. Free admission. Dock Street Brewery, 702 S. 50th St. dockstreetbeer.com ENTERTAINMENT

Open Mic Night Think you got the chops to take the stage? All are welcome, whether a novice who wants to take a crack at the mic or an expert who wants to polish their craft. Too nervous this time around? No worries. The Raven Lounge has an open mic every Tuesday. | 9pm. Free. The Raven Lounge, 1718 Sansom St. ravenlounge.com

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

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South Street Fringe-For-All Pumped for the Fringe Festival? Overwhelmed, because you don’t know where to begin or what to check out from the number of art performances? Come for a preview event of the Festival’s talent and ďŹ nd what gets your creative juices going. | 6-9pm. Free admission. South Street Headhouse District, 200 Pine St. fringearts.com MARKET

Pop-Up in the Plaza: An Open Air Market Looking for that new piece of art that will just complete your space? Check out the pop-up market on Lenfest Plaza. Come for the food and music, and stay for the merchandise from the Museum Store featuring student artwork, handmade jewelry, home goods and more. | 11am-2pm. Free admission. PAFA The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 118-128 N. Broad St. pafa.org CHARITY

East Falls Clothing Drive Ready to clean out your closet? Instead of throwing away your clothes, donate them. Falls Presbyterian Church collects women’s clothing and accessories for the organization Career Wardrobe every second Wednesday of each month. Make sure the clothing is clean, ready to wear and on a hanger or folded in a paper shopping bag. | 6-8pm. Free. Falls Presbyterian Church, 3800 Vaux St. fallspres.org/ 6(37(0%(5

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want to do himself), this guy gets his balls busted on a regular basis (which he loves but can’t do himself). But my friend lives alone, MICASA, and that makes all the difference. Or does it? Time for some playing-games-withfoot-fetishists theory: If you were having sex with a boyfriend in the common areas of your apartment when your roommates weren’t home—let’s say your boyfriend (or even some rando) wanted to fuck you on the kitchen oor—you wouldn’t be morally obligated to text your roommates and ask their permission. But we’re not talking about a normal guy here or normal sex—we’re talking about a fetishist who wants to be your slave. Does that make a difference? It might to people who regard kinksters as dangerous sex maniacs, MICASA, but a kinky guy isn’t any more or less dangerous than a vanilla guy. And a kinky guy you’ve gone to the trouble to vet—by getting his real name and contact info, by meeting in public at least once, by asking for and following up with references—presents less of a threat to you and your roommates than some presumedto-be-vanilla rando one of you brought home from a bar at 2 a.m. Strip away the sensational elements—his thing for feet, his desire to be your chore slave, the mental image of him jacking off all over your toes—and what are we left with? A friends-with-beneďŹ ts arrangement. A sparkly clean apartment beneďŹ ts you (and your roommates); the opportunity to worship your feet beneďŹ ts him. This guy would be a semi-regular sex partner of yours, MICASA, and while the sex you’re having may not be conventional, the sex you have in your apartment—including the sex you might have in the common areas when no one is at home—is ultimately none of your roommates’ business. That said, MICASA, unless or until all your roommates know what’s up, I don’t think you should ever allow this guy to be alone in your apartment. Q

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610 PINE STREET | SOCIETY HILL FIRST TIME OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 9/10 1:30 TO 2:30 Built in 1830 for Richard Allen , former slave who went on to become founder of the Mother Bethel Church. A testament to hard work he bought his way out of slavery by working odd jobs for ďŹ ve years and purchased his freedom for $2,000. During the Civil War his daughter still owned the home ran a beauty parlor in the Living Room and used basement as a stop on the underground railroad.The Vernacular style home is thoughtfully updated on one of Society Hill’s most premier Streets, Pine Street with parking in Church yard out back gate though alley. Rarely found, this home is just-right for a family. Absolute pristine condition! 4 bedrooms plus an ofďŹ ce/den, 2.5 baths, patio, roof deck and basement.The living room with wood oors ows into the formal dining room. Open French Doors to the fully equipped eatin kitchen with JennAire Barbeque Stove and all stainless appliances and maple cabinets. The second oor 2nd r Main Bedroom Suite has pine ooring, closet + tiled bath with full tub. Front Bedroom also has wood ooring and hints of original ďŹ replace. The hallway Closet has a built-in storage of drawers and shelving. The 3rd oor offers another Master Suite with separate dressing room and Bath. The Front bedroom has been turned into a family room for relaxation. Large French Windows Open up to a beautiful view of the panorama of the City skyline. The fourth oor rear has a den/ofďŹ ce and maids’ bedroom leading to a great rooftop with skyline views. Full, unďŹ nished basement with high ceilings, mechanicals, closet and storage area . Fantastic Society Hill location centrally located close to markets, coffee shops, restaurants, parks, hospitals and playgrounds.

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WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Pat

and Kathy brought us an excellent deal for our townhouse in Queen Village. We sold even before any listing or showing at a price that more than met our expectations. Their commitment to and knowledge of Queen Village is exemplary, and an important force in the quality of life in Queen Village.� Bob Blacksberg

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