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wo weeks ago, I shared a pair of stories a former colleague told me about how he navigates the dance classiďŹ ed as working poor. Since telling his story via my column, I’ve received numerous emails from readers (and thank you) who’ve shared similar tales of what they go through just to survive a day-to-day. Mind you, all of these people are working and not asking for an handout, it’s simply the struggle of scratching and surviving in one of America’s poorest major cities. Similar to the tale of my colleague, these stories have ingenuity written all over them, even if they arrive to the detriment of their wallets.
Day care delay “I live in West Philadelphia right on the edge of Upper Darby. I have two daughters who I want the best for so I work two jobs, by day at an AT&T store in the city and three nights a week I work overnights at Target, stocking shelves and organizing the storeroom. It’s a grind, but it’s afforded me to keep our home and the lights on. Of all the expenses I have right now, the biggest for me is child care. I’m a single mom with no real family in Philadelphia, but luckily I have some great friends. Day care for my two kids is $420 week ($210 per child) that’s over $1,600 a month. Working two jobs, I only make about $3300 take home, so literally half of my pay goes to child care. By the time I pay rent, utilities and student loans — even though I had to dropout after I got pregnant with my second — I barely have enough to buy food for the week sometimes. So to make ends meet, I write checks to my school instead of paying with my debit card because I know at least I can buy some time until my next payday before they cash the check. I have bounced checks before and it’s such an embarrassment, but I just apologize and pay their bad check fee, which is a hit of about $35-$38 from both the school and my bank everytime I write a check that doesn’t clear. I thought about ďŹ nding a different day care but, I’m stuck. My girls love it there, they have developed great friends and it’s a really great community of parents. I wrote to you after
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reading about your friend because it was honestly nice to know that I wasn’t alone. There are people out there like me not sitting back but working and striving for better that are still struggling to make ends meet. Thank you for having an outlet like this and using it to let other people like me know that despite what you see, everybody’s got something.� — Kelley, 31, West Philadelphia
Maxing out on the minimum “I do what I can to pay my bills on time, but it’s hard and if you’re a day late, it’s a late charge. I think I have late charges on just about every bill I have — and they’re adding up. Why am I always late? Because I don’t make enough to pay them in the ďŹ rst place. I work 50 hours a week for a cleaning service at $10.50 an hour. After taxes, my weekly take home is $380 a week. My monthly rent for my one bedroom is $800, which leaves less than $1,000 each month for utilities and living expenses. My landlord pays for heat and hot water, but I’m responsible for everything else. I’m literally what you’d qualify as working poor. I had to sell my car to get the down payment for my apartment two years ago and I rely on [SEPTA’s Broad Street] Orange Line to get to work. My credit is shit which to be honest I’m OK with because if I had a credit card, I’d probably max it out and be in deeper debt, anyway. So what do I do? I’m on payment plans with PECO, PGW and Comcast just to keep everything on and operational. However, the whole time I’m paying just the minimum to stay on, I’m still paying on the late charges, which is essentially interest and I incur additional late charges if I’m late with my minimum payments on my arrangements. On the outside looking in, I seem very stable with my shit together, but I’m anything but. I don’t go out, if anything I socialize at friends’ parties because it’s cheaper. I’m 29 and I’m already drowning in debt I’ll never be able to get ahead of. I wrote this because I’ve totally done the ATM advance like the person you wrote about but I’ve gotten cracked for it from Wells Fargo so many times it’s not even an option for me anymore. Living like this has made me realize that the cliche of “life being a struggle,â€? is exactly that. I’m working my ass off, beyond 40 hours a week to make something of myself, but I feel like it’s just not possible. — Daija, 29, Fairmount Have a story you’re comfortable sharing? Email me at kgabriel@phillyweekly.com. Stay strong, Philly. Q TWITTER: @SPRTSWTR
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It’s The Bourse, Bitch Last week, Philly got another notch added to its belt when it comes to being one of the best food destinations in America. The Philadelphia Bourse, the latest in artisan food hall dining, celebrated its grand opening on Nov. 15. Situated inside the historic Bourse Building, standing in Philly since 1895, the site has been completely reimagined into a foodie’s paradise. Of course, since the opening reactions are mixed on the aesthetics and placements of various eateries inside the building – and rightfully so, this is Philadelphia after all – but overall like Center City’s Reading Terminal Market and the iconic Italian Market in South Philly, this installation is destined to become a classic as it represents the rampant change happening all over our fair city. Q – KERITH GABRIEL | @SPRTSWTR
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A recent study for the Philadelphia Bar Association claims the city could save millions by providing legal counsel to residents facing eviction.
Fighting eviction New report claims city could save millions by providing lawyers to residents in eviction cases BY JON HURDLE
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ateria Morrison had ceiling leaks in three rooms of her one-bedroom West Philadelphia apartment, and then lost electricity to half of the property. Her landlord didn’t ďŹ x any of it despite Morrison’s repeated requests, so in February this year, she started withholding her rent of $650 a month. The landlord responded by trying to evict her but was found in court to be out of compliance with some landlord-tenant laws, allowing Morrison to hold on to ďŹ ve months’ worth of back rent. Morrison, 46, a custodial assistant with the School
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District of Philadelphia, was represented by Community Legal Services, a nonproďŹ t that helps low-income people with housing and other issues. Without that legal assistance, she said she might not have won her case, and might still owe the landlord back rent for a deteriorating property. “Without their help, I would not have known that he was in non-compliance until I showed up in court,â€? said Morrison, who ďŹ nally moved in October to an apartment in North Philadelphia. In Northeast Philadelphia, Jordan Morgan has been renting a house for $700 a month for about the last ďŹ ve years and fell behind this year because the landlord would only accept cash payments made in person, but
sometimes didn’t show up to collect the rent. Morgan, 61, a psychotherapist, said he spent some of the rent money that was not being collected, and ended up owing $1,400, prompting an eviction notice. He fought it, and started off without a lawyer but then was happy to accept an offer from Community Legal Services to represent him for free. “They were able to get me an extra four months to stay in the property which allowed me to save my funds to move on elsewhere,â€? he said. He was due to move out, along with his wife and two grown children, on Nov. 15. People like Morrison and Morgan are more likely to avoid, delay or at least obtain more favorable terms for eviction if they are represented by an attorney, according to a new study prepared for the Philadelphia Bar Association, released on Nov. 13. And by providing lawyers for people faced with eviction, the City of Philadelphia could save itself tens of millions of dollars in costs such as emergency housing, medical care and court time that can be avoided if renters have competent legal representation in eviction cases, the study said. It estimated the City pays at least $45.2 million a year to deal with the costs of eviction for about 4,400 households – an annualized ďŹ gure based on cases that were unrepresented over ďŹ ve years – who can’t afford to hire a lawyer. The costs include $26.4 million in shelters, $7.6 million in inpatient hospital costs, $1.1 million in emergency room costs, and $7.7 million to provide mental-health treatment to people who have been evicted, the study said. The City faces other eviction-related costs that are not easily calculated, such as the education, welfare and juvenile-justice costs associated with homeless children, the negative impact on tenants’ credit scores, and the costs of incarceration. The report calculated that providing legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction would cost the City $3.5 million a year but would result in about 14,400 people avoiding what it calls “disruptive displacementâ€? that may result from eviction. The cost of hiring lawyers would be heavily outweighed by the money the City saves on providing eviction-related services, resulting in a return on investment of $12.74 – meaning that for every dollar spent on evictioncase lawyers, the City would receive a beneďŹ t equivalent to at least $12.74 – according to the study. “This disruption and displacement can require the need for social services annually costing the City of Philadelphia millions of dollars,â€? said the 52-page report by Stout Risius Ross, a consultant. A City ofďŹ cial said the report hasn’t been reviewed yet because it has only just been published but noted the City already contributes almost $1 million a year to a consortium of ďŹ ve legal-services organizations, led by
EVICTION, BY THE NUMBERS According to a recent study, the city pays out over $45 million a year to deal with the cost of rental evictions. It argues that offering legal assistance to tenants dealing with eviction could drastically curb costs. Here’s a look at the numbers to date. $45.2 million The cost the city spends to deal with cost of evicted Philadelphians who need assistance.
4,440 The number of households annually that rely on city funds for assistance after eviction. This figure is largely based on cases that were unrepresented over the last five years.
$26.4 million The figure the city spends toward sheltering evicted residents.
$7.7 million Provisions for mental health treatment for people who have related stress and actual notions of suicide as a result of an eviction.
$7.6 million Amount spent on inpatient hospital costs.
$1.1 million Amount spent on emergency room costs. – Source: Philadelphia Bar Association study
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Evictions happen all throughout the city at a rate of 4,400 a year, according to a study produced for the Philadelphia Bar Association that was released on Nov. 13. CLS, that work with the Philadelphia Eviction Prevention Project, a City program that aims to reduce the number of evictions and provide more resources for tenants in danger of losing their homes. Through PEPP, tenants can use a hotline to get information about their rights and responsibilities, and access a courtroom navigator, ďŹ nancial counseling, and full legal representation, said Eva Gladstein, the City’s Deputy Managing Director of Health and Human Services. The project also provides lawyers in court hearings to represent up to ďŹ ve tenants a day if they did not connect with legal services before their court date. “We believe that these interventions improve housing stability, reducing strains on the City’s homeless system and keeping families healthier,â€? Gladstein said in a statement. In Philadelphia and many other cities, there is an eviction “crisisâ€? that’s worsened by rising rents and declining incomes, cutting affordability and forcing some tenants into rent arrears, said the report, titled “Economic Return on Investment of Providing Counsel in Philadelphia Eviction Cases for Low-Income Tenants.â€? Nationwide, median rents have risen 9 percent, adjusted for ination, since 2000, while the median income for renters dropped 11 percent, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. Meanwhile, demand for rental units rose after the 2008-09 housing crash cut the number of homeowners, forcing vacancy rates down and prices up. “The increased demand for apartments, coupled with an unchanged supply, has resulted in increased rents and has created the current affordable housing crisis,â€? the report said. The situation is worse in Philadelphia, which lost 20 percent of its rental units with a monthly gross rent of $750 or less between
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2000 and 2014, the study said. That added to the challenges of being the poorest big city in the country, with some 26 percent of the population living below the federal poverty line. Philly’s eviction rate was 3.48 percent in 2016, about 50 percent higher than the national rate, the study said. The eviction rate is about three times higher in African American neighborhoods than in white areas, it found. In 2016, there were 22,125 residential eviction cases ďŹ led in Philadelphia’s Municipal Court but only the equivalent of 6.5 fulltime attorneys available to represent those tenants. Landlords were represented in about 80 percent of cases compared with only 7 percent for tenants. Even if renters’ lawyers can’t prevent eviction, they can, as in Morgan’s case, at least argue for better terms such as allowing more time to vacate an apartment and ďŹ nd other accommodation, reducing the amount of back-rent owed, or avoiding a formal eviction. Having a lawyer makes it much less likely that renters will lose their cases by “defaultâ€? – a court judgment that applies if a renter or his/her attorney doesn’t answer “presentâ€? at the call of his or her name during a reading of a case list. Additionally, the study claims without representation, tenants face disruption and displacement in 78 percent of cases. However, with representation, they can avoid the disruption 95 percent of the time. Philadelphia could catch up with other cities by providing lawyers to tenants in eviction cases, the report said. It cited New York City, Washington D.C., Los Angeles and Denver as among those that provide some level of representation. Q TWITTER: @JONHURDLE
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There’s no shortage of holiday events to get into this season in Philadelphia as the city announced what’s to become the annual Philly Holiday Festival.
Holiday hype City of Philadelphia group classic annual events, call it inaugural Philly Holiday Festival BY ANDREA CANTOR
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he City of Philadelphia unveiled its Philly Holiday Festival, a ďŹ ve-week lineup of mainly free, family-fun holiday events, at a press conference on Nov. 9. The big reveal of the festival, presented by One Liberty Observation Deck, also included a cast of holiday characters from the PA Ballet Nutcracker Mouse King and Sugar Plum Fairy to the
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Mayor Jim Kenney announced the collection of annual events now grouped together and aptly named the P hilly Holiday Festival.
Christmas Village reindeer and inatable Thanksgiving Parade elves. “The Philly Holiday Festival welcomes everyone to our city,â€? said Mayor Jim Kenney at the conference. Kicking off the Philly Holiday Festival will be the 99th annual 6abc/Dunkin’ Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 22. “If you go down [to the Thanksgiving Parade] you will see people who have been coming since their grandparents and their parents. ‌ Families of 50 together, and some even bring porta-potties,â€? President and General Manager of 6abc Bernie Prazenica
told Philadelphia Weekly. “There are new elements every year, but that’s not what is exciting about it. What’s exciting about it, is this thing has brought generations together and it continues to and it’s free and it’s our community and it’s Philly.â€? The Philly Holiday Festival will run until Jan. 1, ending with the Mummers Parade and feature more than 20 free events and attractions. Just some of the events include: the now open Wintergarden at City Hall, currently under construction Christmas Village at Love Park and Franklin Square Holiday Festival. Wrapping up the Holiday Festival will be New Year’s Eve Fireworks on the Waterfront by SugarHouse Casino and the annual revelry that is the Mummers Parade. Visitors can take the Philadelphia PHLASH, starting Nov. 22, which will stop at 11 attractions every 15 minutes. The shuttle will operate for free during the evening from Thursday through Sunday until the end of the festival. “The best part of the holiday season is to see the energy of the city and to see how it turns into magical winter wonderland. When you walk around, especially near Center City and here in City Hall, it’s transformed and it’s a different vibe and it’s such a sense of joy that everyone has,â€? said City Representative Sheila Hess. “You see the lights, you see the entertainment, you see the shopping and it’s just something that I love.â€? Hess said she is particularly excited to see the lighting of the 65-foot-tall white ďŹ r Philly Holiday Tree at City Hall. During her speech, she announced that even the “rock starâ€? Gritty will be in attendance, showing that the fandom train for the orange monster mascot has not slowed down yet. “I think Gritty is amazing. He [came] from nowhere to [become] the most popular, in a city that has a history that started with the Phanatic,â€? said Prazenica. “To have Gritty come on the scene so quickly and be so popular blows me away.â€? Q Philly Holiday Festival | Nov. 22-Jan. 1. Free. Locations throughout Philly. phillyholidayfestival.com TWITTER: @ANDREAJCANTOR
HOLLY JOLLY EVENTS The Philly Holiday Festival has tons of festivities the entire family will love. Here are five events that will kick the eggnog drinking, mistletoe kissing, stocking stuffing holiday spirits into high drive. Made in Philadelphia Holiday Market Support your local scene this holiday season. Comprised of more than 40 vendor tents, each topped with Herrnhut Stars, you will be sure to find that special holiday gift for that special someone. | Nov. 17-Jan. 1. Sunday-Thursday: 11am 7pm. Friday-Saturday: 11 am-8 pm. Dilworth Park, 1 S. 15th St. Free admission. centercityphila.org/parks/dilworthpark/winter/market
A Very Philadelphia Holiday at One Liberty Observation Deck Get into the Philly holiday spirit with a view of the city’s landscape from the high-up 360-degree One Liberty Observation Deck. Look down on festivities going on in the streets and participate in one of One Liberty Observation Deck’s own holiday events, including Pay What You Wish Day for the site’s third anniversary, a Candy Cane Hunt with the Sugar Plum Fairy and an Ugly Sweater Party at Bar 57. | Nov. 21-Jan. 4. Prices vary. One Liberty Observation Deck, 1650 Market St. phillyfromthetop.com/packages-and-events/a-veryphiladelphia-holiday.html
Comcast Holiday Spectacular It’s the 10th anniversary of the Comcast Holiday Spectacular, which has attracted more than 2 million visitors since its inception. Celebrate a decade of the seasonal LED light holiday show, bring the family for a technological winter wonderland that incorporates holiday classic songs and clips of the Pennsylvania Ballet’s “The Nutcracker.� | Nov. 22-Jan. 1. Free. Comcast Center, 1701 John F. Kennedy Blvd. themarketandshopsatcomcastcenter.com
Winter Memories Create those beloved “winter memories� with family and loved ones at City Hall. Presented by ACME and powered by Inspire, the courtyard will be filled with amusements, including a carousel, live music, arts-and-crafts activities, shopping, and food and drink. | Nov. 22-Dec. 24. Free admission. Dilworth Park, 1 S. 15th St. phillyholidayfestival.com/ winter-memories-at-city-hall-courtyard/
Christmas Tree Stand Holiday Market While we love our time-honored traditions, Philly is always ready to create new ones as well. The latest Cherry Street Pier will check off your holiday shopping list at its daily market from Black Friday to Christmas Day. Shop for that perfect tree for the living room, and find other greens, ornaments and holiday decorations. | Nov. 23-Dec. 24. Free admission. Cherry Street Pier, 121 N. Columbus Blvd. delawareriverwaterfront.com/events/the-christmas-treestand-holiday-market Q
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‘Care about your story’ Felonious Munk got personal with Philadelphia at First Person Arts Festival BY KERITH GABRIEL
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elonious Munk has nothing to hide when it comes to the tumultuous ride that has been his life’s story. Not from anyone, especially his 13-year-old daughter just starting to understand who her dad was and through reformation, the inuential man he’s become. It’s not a rags to riches tale – at least not in the conventional sense, but instead 40-plus years of memories riddled with a life of poverty, drugs, crime and subsequent imprisonment and the transformation into a widely successful comedian, devout activist and government critic, and, as of recent, vulnerable storyteller.
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Munk, whose given name is Dennis Banks spent the bulk of this month here in Philadelphia, the headliner of the 13-day First Person Arts Festival (Nov. 4-17). For three nights (Nov. 7-9), Munk took the stage at FringeArts and retold the story of his life solo as a part of a more intimate, yet somehow still satirical retelling of a life that would make for one hell of a autobiography. One for now he has no plans to write. But telling his tale on stage instead of a manuscript is the preferred method for Munk, who noted that despite his popularity and overt niche following, “a book isn’t going to sell because if no one knows who you are, no one is going to care about your story.� However it’s a story that needed to be told in some medium.
“A couple of years ago when I started doing stuff with Second City [Comedy] in Chicago, I had a conversation with the director of the ďŹ rst show I did,â€? Munk said during a conversation with PW. “Except it wasn’t really a show and more statistics of my life. [After hearing it], he said to me ‘you gotta make that into a show.’ I thought about writing a book, I wanted to do it as a play, or a musical. But what I’ve learned is that as a one-man show, there’s a lot less pressure on making sure you deliver a compelling story. Plus, there’s an entire built-in audience that wants to hear a story. So you don’t have to worry about selling out every night, it’s all about putting on a really good show and people will talk about how good the show is.â€? The ďŹ rst iteration although slightly different sold out in Washington, D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theater last year as both Munk and Second City enjoyed rave reviews. However, stripping the Philly version of a cast made it more real for Munk who noted a bit of vulnerability in going the solo route and choosing the First Person Arts Festival as the unveiling of the modiďŹ ed version. “From a storytelling standpoint and a marketing standpoint, this was a better way to go,â€? said Munk. “What makes this more interesting to me is that as a stand-up I wasn’t initially a storytelling stand-up ‌ but for me to tell stories and to do monologue, this is a different type of exposing [myself] for me. You have to be more honest when you’re doing monologues, you have to give it emotion that you sometimes fear. In the D.C. version, I was able to have a little cover with the performers, but with the show in Philly, it’s all me talking to me.â€? But for those expecting Munk to lose a sliver of the beloved hilarity that grew to prominence with the national acclaim he received on Comedy Central’s short-lived The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, his Second City stints or his popular YouTube channel, Munk vows that none of it is going anywhere. “For people who have only seen me do stand-up, they’ll get an example of where my mind is coming from and where the basis of my stand-up is coming from [in this show],â€? Munk said. “See this show, see this version of me, you get a very vulnerable version. But this isn’t an hour of melancholy, it’s a little more stand-up added in and we’re taking some shortcuts on topics we belabored in the ďŹ rst version.â€? He added: “Black comics rarely do a lot of self-deprecation; there’s no theory as to why that is, but I know the way I grew up, and Black people in general – Black men speciďŹ cally – didn’t show weakness or vulnerability publicly. I do and I think it’s important for people to see. I’m not hiding anything.â€? Q For more on First Person Arts and the First Person Arts Festival, visit firstpersonarts.org/ TWITTER: @SPRTSWTR
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Former Mayor’s aide Desiree Peterkin-Bell is facing felony charges after a 14-month investigation shows lavish spending and misuse of $250,000 in taxpayer funding.
Charged! Former Mayor’s Office senior official arrested for illegal handling of taxpayer money BY ANDREA CANTOR
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otel stays, shopping sprees, fancy dinners and a lavish lifestyle afforded by the taxpayer’s wallet. These were the benchmarks of felony charges ďŹ led against former Mayor’s OfďŹ ce ofďŹ cial Desiree Peterkin-Bell for misuse of the Mayor’s Fund on Nov. 13. A city representative under former Philadelphia May-
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or Michael Nutter, Peterkin-Bell has been under investigation since 2016 by both the city and the Pennsylvania OfďŹ ce of Attorney General for her alleged high spending on the taxpayers’ dime and the misappropriation of $225,000 of City funds. “If these charges are determined by a jury to be true, it’s a sad day for all the leaders of the City of Philadelphia who really bring their A-game and their integrity to the ofďŹ ce every day,â€? the new board chair of the Mayor’s Fund Richard Levins said to Philadelphia Weekly. Levins noted that Mayor Kenney’s changeover of new directors has led to an increased diligence for detail and transparency. “I have tremendous conďŹ dence going forward that this fund is going to operate in the fashion that it should and the fashion that the City of Philadelphia and the residents want it to operate and the fashion that the mayor wants it to operate,â€? said Levins. “If I had any doubt about that I wouldn’t be on the board.â€? If convicted on all counts, Peterkin-Bell faces up to 35 years in prison. “This is a case of a high ranking public ofďŹ cial – who was charged with the stewardship and safe-keeping of taxpayer money – using the resources of her ofďŹ ce to enrich herself and abuse the public trust,â€? Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a press release on Nov. 13.
“These funds were supposed to be invested in Philadelphia and programs which beneďŹ t its citizens. Instead, Desiree Peterkin-Bell funded her own lavish lifestyle: vacations, shopping, dining and entertainment; and she misused dollars earmarked for a speciďŹ c purpose to satisfy unrelated debts which she helped incur, and then falsiďŹ ed records to cover it all up. My OfďŹ ce will go after this kind of corruption wherever we ďŹ nd it.â€? In the release, it announced that the former city representative, Peterkin-Bell had been “arrested and charged with conict of interest, tampering with public records, and other counts of felony and misdemeanor theft offenses related to her misuse and misappropriation of taxpayer dollars while employed by the City of Philadelphia.â€? Conducted by the Forty-ďŹ rst Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, the charges originate from a 14-month investigation into her time working for the City of Philadelphia, beginning in January 2013 through December 2015. The investigation focused heavily on two credit cards that incurred high spending charges, both of which were used by the former Philadelphia senior ofďŹ cial during her three year span in ofďŹ ce. The credit cards were entitled to the Fund for Philadelphia (“the Fundâ€?), a city-related, nonproďŹ t organization, and the resultant charges were footed by taxpayer dollars. This is for web, remove for print. Over the course of Peterkin-Bell’s time within the Mayor’s OfďŹ ce, she exceeded $20,000 in fraudulent charges on the two credit cards. When the Fund asked for bill statements from the two credit cards, Peterkin-Bell refused and feigned the costs to “work-relatedâ€? expenditures. Under review, the charges revealed a slew of personal credit card charges, including hotel stays, train tickets and ights to vacation destinations, even a wedding anniversary in Portland, Oregon, and clothing and accessories purchases mainly from Macy’s Center City location. Other charges included social events at the White House, bar tabs and meals at high-end restaurants like Capital Grille, McCormick & Schmick’s, and The Palm. A number of charges included Uber rides for herself, her daughter and the family babysitter. Credit statements
also revealed charges to social and professional networking websites, including a membership an online company to gain more Twitter followers. One of the last large charges was made toward the end of the Nutter Administration in late 2015 when Peterkin-Bell hosted a dinner party to help jump start her future consulting business. The party included 17 plated dinners, and a full wine list, which totalled $1,699. Testimony to the the Grand Jury indicated that Peterkin-Bell explicitly told her staff to give the local hotel the Fund credit card to incur the charges. Levins explained to PW that the Mayor’s Fund no longer uses credit cards. In addition, the Grand Jury found evidence that Peterkin-Bell misused $225,000 of taxpayer money that was contractually intended for the sole use of City services in the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic bike race. Held under the Fund’s authority, the $225,000 was the remaining funds from a 2014 contract with the bike race. In 2014, Peterkin-Bell entered a contract with Forbes, unbeknownst to the Fund’s board of directors, pledging money for its 30 Under 30 event. Unable to raise the pledged amount, Peterkin-Bell negotiated a lower number and then paid it with $200,000 from the bike fund. Concurrently, she instructed employees to create false sponsorships with the Philadelphia Marathon and the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic to legitimize the fund withdrawal. In 2015, Peterkin-Bell used $25,000 of the “leftoverâ€? bike funds for Fourth of July festivities associated with the annual Wawa Welcome America celebration, which she chaired at the the time. “This case is another example of my commitment to rebuild the OfďŹ ce of Attorney General’s public corruption unit after years of decline,â€? said Shapiro. “The people of Pennsylvania have a right to expect honest government from their public servants, and when public ofďŹ cials violate their oath, we will apply the law without fear or favor.â€? PW reached out to Peterkin-Bell for comment on the felony charges, but did not receive a response at the time of this report. Q TWITTER: @ANDREAJCANTOR
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Creed II hits theaters nationwide on Thanksgiving Day. It’s really good, but arguably doesn’t pack as much of a punch as the original.
Something like an Adonis? Creed took Philly by storm. Will Thanksgiving Day’s Creed II do the same? Jury’s still out BY STEPHEN SILVER
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f all of the remakes and reboots that have come to the big screen in the last 15 years, Creed, which arrived in November 2015, was the most successful of them all. Directed by Ryan Coogler, this indirect sequel to the Rocky series understood what was important about the source material and managed to transcend it. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which came out a few weeks later, was essentially a direct remake of the ďŹ rst Star Wars, but Creed was much more. Among other things, it presented boxing in new and innovative ways, and was, from beginning to end, a visual marvel. Creed is, without question, the best ďŹ lm that's been made in Philadelphia this century. In a franchise full of sequels, we now have another, as Creed II presents the continuing saga of Adonis Creed
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(Michael B. Jordan). The new ďŹ lm is perfectly serviceable as both a boxing movie and a Rocky movie, but it's missing that extra gear that the ďŹ rst Creed had. Creed II is something of a hybrid sequel/remake of 1985's Rocky IV, with some additional structural similarities to Rocky III. Jordan returns as Adonis, the son of former Rocky rival Apollo Creed, now having to contend with another aspect of the legacy of the father he never knew. Rocky himself, played as always by Sylvester Stallone, returns in a trainer/father ďŹ gure role. Viktor Drago, the monstrous son of Rocky IV antagonist Ivan Drago, has emerged to challenge for the heavyweight title now held by Creed – whose father was killed in the ring by the older Drago in the 1985 ďŹ lm. Viktor and Ivan – who the returning Dolph Lundgren portrays as the world's most obnoxious sports dad – are also plotting revenge against Rocky, whose defeat of Ivan drove the Russian ďŹ ghter to a 30-year exile. The key plot elements of both Creed ďŹ lms has some-
thing to do with fathers and sons, both actual and surrogate, and this continues to another generation here. Also returning is Tessa Thompson as Bianca, a much more compelling and multi-faceted love interest than Adrian ever was, and Phylicia Rashad as Adonis’ adopted mother. While Coogler retains an executive producer credit, the Black Panther ďŹ lmmaker has ceded the director's chair to another 30-ish USC grad, Steven Caple, Jr. As with the original Rocky, and Creed, Stallone wrote the screenplay. The ďŹ lm hits all of the story beats one expects from a Rocky movie, while getting superlative performances out of Jordan, Stallone, and Thompson. Caple also gets creative with the training montage, while making good use of a couple of surprise faces from the previous ďŹ lms. However, there are quite a few things here that fall short of the ďŹ rst Creed. That ďŹ lm was full of absolutely beautiful shots, and there's less of that here, nor does Creed II anything especially innovative with the boxing sequences. In a series that's always had memorable, charismatic antagonists, Viktor Drago (played by German behemoth Florian Munteanu) is practically silent, and doesn't make much of an impression in any way besides his size. And the ďŹ lm, like the ďŹ rst, is set in an alternate universe in which boxing is still a huge deal in America, and talked about constantly on ESPN's SportsCenter. There's more straight fan service here than in the ďŹ rst Creed, with a lot more lines that call back to the previous ďŹ lms. And it can't help but hurt that Creed II takes most of its inspiration from Rocky IV, a ďŹ lm that – for all the enjoyment it’s granted so many of us over the years – is sort of ridiculous. Rocky IV had an unintentionally corny, Reagan-era ethos that made it very dated very quickly; by the mid-‘90s we were watching it and laughing. Creed II tries to pay homage to that, with a tone that's radically different, and it doesn't always successfully thread that needle. One note of local interest: There's surprisingly little of Philadelphia in Creed II. Yes, the series has traditionally travelled around quite a bit, but the characters are only in Philadelphia for about a quarter of the movie and there aren’t a ton of recognizable city locations. The production was in the city for months last winter, but the ďŹ nished version left me wondering where all that footage went. Fans of the Rocky series will ďŹ nd a lot to enjoy in Creed II. Just don’t expect an instant classic on the level of its predecessor. Q TWITTER: @STEPHENSILVER
ON DECK The flicks keep coming through the holiday season. Here’s a look at three we’re excited to check out before we bid farewell to 2018. If Beale Street Could Talk (Nov. 30) Barry Jenkins directs in his first movie since Moonlight. Based on the book by James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk is about a young man (Stephan James) in Harlem wrongfully accused of rape. His wife (KiKi Layne) struggles to cope.
Mary Queen of Scots (Dec. 7) Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie star as Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in the geopolitical duel still in “United Kingdom� consciousness today. The cousin-queens are often depicted as opposites – the former wild, hot-blooded, young; the latter chilly, calculated, the old virgin. Debut director Josie Rourke tells the story from a feminist perspective, “Looking at these women who are so iconic and trying to work out what that iconography means from our position right now.� Little is known about Rourke, but for Ronan this has been a six-year passion project she is fully immersed in. The budget is also huge. With one of the most epic stories of the past five centuries, there’s high hopes for this movie – even if a rookie is at the helm.
On the Basis of Sex (Dec. 25) Not sure there’s anything more fitting than a movie on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the 25th anniversary of her time at the helm. This picture features a young Bader Ginsburg played by Felicity Jones working in tandem with her husband Marty Ginsburg (Armie Hammer) in a retelling of the groundbreaking gender discrimination case the two brought before the U.S. Court of Appeals. It serves as a history lesson for those passionate about justice and the court system as well as for those who only know Ginsburg through Kate McKinnon’s dancing depiction of her on Saturday Night Live.
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Kendra Holloway as CeCe, Richard Bradford as Boodah, and Justin Pietropaolo as Paul, in a scene from SALT PEPPER KETCHUP, a new play examining South Philly from InterAct Theater.
Tastes like gentrification Play SALT PEPPER KETCHUP examines rapid resident change, food injustice and more in South Philadelphia BY GRACE MAIORANO
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e who owns the food owns the land.â€? Understatedly delivered in the ďŹ rst act, the dialogue resonated throughout the Drake Theatre during InterAct Theatre Company’s latest production, “SALT PEPPER KETCHUPâ€? – a new play surrounding gentriďŹ cation in Point Breeze written by Josh Wilder, a native from the community in which the story is set. But, the urban ďŹ ght for food, land, and ultimately, survival, surpasses well beyond the walls of the Center City black box theater. For Wilder, a graduate of the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts and Yale School of Drama, approaching the contentious topic of gentriďŹ cation, an omnipresence in Point Breeze, signiďŹ ed more than sleek facades and playground renovations. Rather, he examined the controversy through another lens – sustenance, probing into what’s being consumed and who’s providing it. “I think the core concept was the idea that people in
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underprivileged and underserved communities can’t afford fresh food,â€? Wilder said. “A core thing I wanted to talk about is why aren’t there any healthy food stores in Point Breeze in my neighborhood. ‌ When it comes to food and who deserves access to food – I found that very important.â€? With a Chinese take-out restaurant at 22nd and Ellsworth serving as a backdrop, the play delves into a cultural triangle of intersectionality, exploring the experiences of not only longtime resident African Americans clashing with newer white populations but also elevating the existence of immigrant business owners who are often neglected in the gentriďŹ cation equation. The story follows Mr. and Mrs. Wu, owners of Superstar Chinese Take-out, as they’re faced with whether or not to surrender their business to a trendy food co-op inďŹ ltrating the neighborhood. Simultaneously, tensions arise with African American members of the community also striving to reclaim their turf, including trying to sell produce out of the back of a truck. “Chinese stores are ubiquitous to black neighborhoods,â€? Wilder said. “They’ve been around for a very
long time, so I wanted just to see, or to really examine, the relationships that black, Asians and whites have in terms of what’s happening in Point Breeze right now – this really weird hierarchy when it comes to who is able to have their own businesses in which neighborhoods.â€? As the co-op seeps into the recently created community of “Newbold,â€? another real-life discord, Wilder unravels the psyche of the Wus, local African American residents and afuent white gentriďŹ ers. For audiences, it’s challenging to differentiate the protagonists from the antagonists, as all three populations are as sympathized as they are villainized. “Here, you have a play on gentriďŹ cation about forces clashing, about people ďŹ ghting for their lives,â€? said Fenton Li, who plays John Wu. “You see all three sides and they’re all speaking truthfully what they feel and how they perceive. And, we get to see both their validity as well as their arrogance, their lack of appreciation for what the other sides are seeing.â€? Wilder, who has developed and produced original works in theaters and festivals across the country, including the New York Theatre Workshop, Great Plains Theatre Conference, The Kennedy Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and 2015 O'Neill National Playwrights, to name a few, initially encountered a co-op system during his Jerome Many Voices Fellowship at The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis where he was actually the ďŹ rst national recipient of the opportunity. He recalls purchasing only a few items even though the total was $15. The whopping bill brought Wilder back to his childhood in Point Breeze, remembering the scarcity of food sources, especially healthy options. “For me, it’s about abundance of resources, because, you have an abundance of resources, whether that’d be healthy food or not – that’s some kind of abundance of nutrition, which also can turn into an abundance of power,â€? he said. “Because, for me, nutrition can be power. ‌ It’s about resources and food as a life resource. And if you only get the scraps of a life resource, then what type of life are you trying to sustain?â€? The play, which was recently
recommended for a 2018-2019 Barrymore Award, has already made its mark across the United States. After initially being workshopped during Wilder’s Jerome Fellowship in Minnesota in 2014, the piece had a workshop production at the Yale Cabaret, followed by a workshop production at Bay Area Theatre Company in San Francisco and then had its 2018 world premiere at Trenton’s Passage Theatre, which co-produced the play with InterAct. And in May 2019, the piece, which is still undergoing revisions, will have yet another production with the Fonseca Theatre company in Indianapolis Although Indiana audiences may not grasp the gaumet of South Philly references embedded in the play, Wilder stresses that the speciďŹ city of the piece will actually breed universality, as food injustice, gentriďŹ cation and racism, are patently not exclusive to Point Breeze. For Wilder and the cast, “SALT PEPPER KETCHUPâ€? is not necessarily intended to spark concrete solutions but rather serve as a vehicle for folks to view life from the other side, even if that simply means saying hello to your new neighbor. “Whether or not we agree with the way in which people do things is one thing but to actually be able to sit down in a space and hear what someone else’s humanity is saying in regard to their experiences is important,â€? said Kendra Holloway who plays CeCe, an African American single mother. “And that is hopefully what audiences will get – that people have intentions and most intentions, nine times out of 10, are good ‌ but along the way, things happen. People are hurt or misunderstood. People are silenced in some shape, form or fashion. And, those good intentions, while still there, sometimes getting to the resolve of that is not always pretty. Luckily, what this play doesn’t offer is necessarily a real answer. It gives us somewhat of a journey to how we might have gotten to this point. And, I think it’s up to the audience to ďŹ gure out – what do we do now?â€? Q SALT PEPPER KETCHUP | Through Nov. 18, Drake Theater, 302 S. Hicks St. interacttheatre. org/salt-pepper-ketchup. TWITTER: @GRACEMAIORANO
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College Night in Dilworth Park We know what you’re thinking. College kids. A city park. The nighttimes when the sun falls asleep. You’re thinking, “they’re gonna have a big sleepover aren’t they? And we weren’t invited. How could they? How!?â€? Well, worry not my ďŹ ne Philly friend. They’re not having a too-awesome-to-believe sleepover, though that’d be tight. They’re just enjoying cheap ice skating, which obviously isn’t as cool as a sleepover, but it’s pretty OK. | 9am. Free. The Bourse Philly. 111 S. Independence Hall East theboursephilly.com
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e know, we know – it’s not Christmas yet. It’s not even Thanksgiving! Halloween just passed! There’s still so much time left in the long and seemingly unending national nightmare we’ve come to know as “2018!â€? But be all that as it may, that’s not going to stop us from evangelizing for one of the best damn events of the entire damn year (sorry, Santa ‌ and Jeebus). Christmas Village in LOVE Park is Philadelphia’s answer to New York City’s Union Square Holiday Market. And much like its Big Apple-based big brother, Christmas Village is all about the whimsy. The wonder. The twinkle in your eye and the song in your heart. Or something. It’s also all about the 80 vendors offering up arts, crafts, clothes, toys, sweets, spice and everything nice and everything really, really, super duper extra special nice too. It might still be Thanksgiving for a few more hours, but Christmas Village is right around the corner. So get ready to feel like a kid again, ya ďŹ lthy animals (sorry, McCauley ‌ or is it Mr. Culkin?). Q
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Apparently, no one knows just who Malaa really is. He wears a balaclava sometimes, a straight-up ski mask at others. He loves cigarettes and creating dance beats. And he’s a he. That’s all the stuff we know about the man behind the “Notorious� hit. But he’s out on tour supporting his latest offering, including the single “Kurupt,� and you don’t need to see his face to dance up a storm while he melts yours. | 9pm. $18.70. Concourse. 1635 Market St. ti.to/concourse
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Christmas Village | Nov. 22-Dec. 24 Free. LOVE Park. Arch St. philachristmas.com/
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The Bourse Food Hall Grand Opening
The location of the nation’s oldest commodities exchange, The Bourse, has become the new home of fried and delicious in the old Philly neighborhood. Spanning all cuisines and all geographical avors, The Bourse is actually already serving up the salty and the sweet thanks to their soft opening. But the big bonanza grand opening is coming this Thursday, and it’s sure to be tasty. | 9am. Free. The Bourse Philly. 111 S. Independence Hall E. theboursephilly.com
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GreatPHL 2018
Kismet Cowork is working together with a whole host of Philly businesses to create an event the likes of which the city has never seen before – an event that’s all about ideas. OK, OK. Lots of Philly events have been about ideas and notions and even an inkling or three. But GreatPHL is all about Philly, about what’s good in the city, what’s bad, and what could stand to be changed completely. Plus, they’re looking to establish a group to help teach kids
about healthy breakfast options. | 8am. Prices vary. Venice Island Performing Arts Recreation Center. 7 Lock St. kismetcowork.ticketleap.com/greatphl
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Sasheer Zamata
Sasheer Zamata is a name known to a lot of people, thanks in large party to the comedienne’s time on the long-running NBC sketch show, “Saturday Night Live.â€? But Zamata is a lot more than just the three seasons she spent at 30 Rockefeller Center. The Indianapolis native has since done extensive work with the ACLU, pushing the ďŹ ght for women’s rights forward. So go ahead and laugh – just don’t make the mistake of selling this celebrity ambassador (whatever the hell that is) short. | 8pm. Prices vary. Punchline Philly. 33 E. Laurel St. concerts1.livenation.com/
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Cults at the Convent
Atlas Obscura is an awesome website. If you’ve never checked it out before, maybe take a couple of minutes to peruse their weird repository of the obscure and, possibly, out-of-this-world. Now that that’s done, let’s talk about your Friday night plans. Why not ditch the couch and join Field Agent Ryan Susurrus of Atlas Obscura Society Philadelphia for a lecture on the history and types of cults and new religious movements in ancient and contemporary society? Seriously, what else is there to do? | 6pm. $25. The Convent Philly. 1648 E. Berks St. eventbrite. com/e/atlas-obscura
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CRISPR & The Future of Genome Editing
Maybe this is the better thing you should do? Listen, we don’t decide for you, we just lay out the options and let you choose what’s best. Maybe it’s creepy cults at the convent. Maybe it’s a lecture at the Science History Institute about CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, duh), biology
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Gnawa traditional instrumentation and musical themes with a unique sense of production in western genres like funk, jazz and groove. Put it all together and it makes for one hell of an auditory experience. | 730pm. $20. Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts. 738 S. Broad St. artful.ly/store/
out there, singles. Especially if you’re an introvert like, well, everyone here at Philly Weekly. But love it worth it. There’s no doubt. It takes time and effort and, let’s face it, a whole lot of pain. But when you ďŹ nd it, you’ll be glad you took the chance. | 6pm. Prices vary. Cavanaugh’s. 1823 Sansom St. eventbrite.com/e/ who-do-you-relish
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Elephante
Even if we didn’t already know this is a DJ/dance show, you can always tell by the start time. If it’s dance and/or drug-related, it’s going to start in the double digits. 10pm. 11pm. Midnight or later (or is it earlier?). There’s something truly magical about delaying the inevitable for those few extra hours. Or, at least, we assume there must be. Why the hell else would DJs make everyone wait all day to hear them press play? | 10pm. Prices vary. NOTO Philly. 1209 Vine St. eventbrite.com/e/elephante and biotechnology, and the future of genome editing, given by renowned professor Jennifer A. Doudna. | 6pm. Free. The Science History Institute. 315 Chestnut St. eventbrite.com/e/ jennifer-a-doudna
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offered you a hoity toity, fancy and expensive event last, so we’re doing deep into the dirty on this one (though it’s expensive too). Ladies and gentlemen (gentlemen more likely), welcome to Cheerleaders, the ultimate in sinful Philly celebration. Oh ďŹ ne, it’s a strip club. But they have cocktails and, on this night, a three-hour open bar, a bound-to-bedelicious buffett, and a whole party dedicated to smokeables. Not the fun kind though. The kind your grandpa would chew on while calling you a sissy or a tomboy. | 6pm. $100. Cheerleaders Gentlemen’s Club. 2740 S. Front St. eventbrite.com/fall-cigar-party
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Beaujolais Bash We’ll admit, as far as Philly Weekly goes, this event’s a bit on the pricey side. But, honestly, if you can’t treat yourself every once in a while, then what’s the point? We sure as shit don’t have 50 bucks to just spend all willy nilly, but what we do have is a deep-seeded love for all things booze. And Beaujolais, for those uneducated and likely sober amongst us, is a type of wine. Is it a good type of wine? That we can’t say. But it’s alcoholic. And there’s gonna be a lot of it. | 6pm. $55. Courtyard at Rittenhouse. 210 W. Rittenhouse. eventbrite.com/beaujolais
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Fall Cigar Party This is just our attempt to balance the universe. By which we, of course, mean that we
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Bottomless Brunch
The fab foodies at Vesper Sporting Club have dubbed this a “brunch party like no other.� Which we take to mean, “exactly like every other brunch you’ve been to but here’s a sweet deal we tacked on to make it even more enticing.� That deal? $29 for all the mimosas you and your degenerate friends can pound in one short sitting. We’ll always tell you to drink responsibly, but we’re also well aware that that means very different things to different people. | 11am. $29. Vesper Sporting Club. 223 S. Sydenham St. eventbrite.com/e/ bottomless-brunch
PNC Arts Alive presents Jazz Cultural Voices, an initiative aimed at a belief in the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts, and a commitment to providing the funding that makes events like this possible. Jamaaladeen Tacuma and his band, the Gnawa Soul Experience, combine ancient African
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Wine, Dine and Create
Woof. We’re a little on the expensive side this week. Sorry about that, coupon-cutters and penny pinchers. We’re not doing it on purpose, we swear. It’s just that there’s all this awesome stuff and yeah, sometimes you gotta pay for something good. Like this Wine, Dine and Create event at Urban Art Gallery. Sure, it costs $50. But you get to eat food from some place called Bizzle Kitchen and drink drinks from some place called Cizzle Sips (wonder if they’re related?) and learn to paint with some wondrous being named Dwoods. If that’s not worth half a hundred, we don’t know what is. | 8pm. $50. Urban Art Gallery. 262 S. 52nd St. eventbrite.com/e/wine-dine-and-create
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Jamaaladeen Tacuma
We get it. We hear it. The collective sound of all the alternative minds in Philly proper going, “What the hell is that?â€? all at once. Well, we’ll tell you what the hell that is. Umana, you see, is a Philadelphia nonproďŹ t dedicated to promoting non-violence and mindfulness among kids, using programs to create artistic outlets and mindful practice for at-risk and incarcerated youth. If that sounds like a good thing – which it is – maybe come out and help them celebrate their grand opening. | 7pm. $10. The Broad on Mifin. 1903 S. Broad St. eventbrite.com/umana
Who Do You Relish? Speed Dating
If we were asked to describe what our literal worst nightmare is, we’re not 100 percent on all the details, but we know it’d involved lots of other people and forced social interaction. So we don’t take supporting a speed dating event lightly. We know how hard it is
The Belle of the Ball: Adult Prom
We went to our senior prom, though if we’d had our druthers, we probably wouldn’t have. Not that it wasn’t a good time or anything, though it was a little overcrowded and for some reason weird stuff kept magically appearing in the chocolate fountain. But we wouldn’t want to do it again. For a lot of reasons. But, our assumption is, that for all the same reasons we wouldn’t want to do prom all over again, a pretty good portion of you would be all too happy to tux it up all over again. | 6pm. Prices vary. Tysha White. Address provided post-registration. evensi.us/ belle-ball
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Theory of the Yunivrs
No, we didn’t spell that wrong, through we appreciate you checking– jerk. Anyway. Yusri Yunivrs is, well, no one. Which is to say, you probably don’t know who he is. Because we don’t know who he is. But we’ll always support anyone bold enough to chase their dreams and, if you take a quick look around
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Christian college. But we should all be thankful she did, because the music that came out on the other side is stark, stirring and real. | 7pm. $12. Johnny Brenda’s. 1201 N. Frankford Ave. johnnybrendas.com/tomberlin
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stealing hearts). Each puzzle solved leads to the next one and, if you’re lucky, that longheld family secret you’ve been seeking a solution to since Grandpa Cage sat you down one childhood morning and said, “Nic, this is what life’s all about.� | 8am. $50. Puzzling Adventures. 1 S. Penn Sq. eventbrite.com/ scavenger-hunt
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Radio 104.5 Miller Lite Mystery Show
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Angry Rooster Grand Opening
We’ve never eaten at an Angry Rooster, but boy howdy do we love wings. We love them so much, we inadvertently fall back into some kind of strange cowboy patois every time we even so much as think about them. And while Angry Rooster already has a number of locations in the Philly area, we’re always support another purveyor of poultry. So head on out for some Monday night grub, including a free wing tasting. | 8pm. Free. Angry Rooster. 812 Chestnut St. eventbrite.com/angry-rooster the Interwebs, it certainly seems that Yusri is determined to run down his dream of becoming a professional musician. So go out and support. Life is only lived once. | 7pm. Free. Funtimes Magazine. 1226 N. 52nd St. eventbrite.com/theory-of-yunivrs
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Riz La Vie
Riz La Vie is a Malaysian singer whose claim to fame thus far is that he made it all the way to the ďŹ nals of a Malaysian talent show called “Akademi Fantasiaâ€? (side note; indie band name, calling it now). And while coming in second on a reality show thanks in large part to N’Sync’s “It’s Gonna Be Meâ€? is impressive, what’s really impressive is that the young singer from far away has managed to turn that short-lived shot at fame into, possibly, something a little more lasting. | 7pm. $12. Creep Records. 1050 N. Hancock St. ticketfly.com/riz
We’re pretty sure there will actually be real, live musicians performing at this event. But it’s a Mystery Show, so we can’t give it our normal 100 Percent Unquestionable Awesome guarantee. Still, there’s plenty of reason to be excited for this indeďŹ nable event at XďŹ nity Live! For one, there’ll be football on. And for another, there’s a whole host of bands who potentially could be there too. Imagine Dragons. Muse. Mumford & Sons. And while that last one sucks and it’s entirely possible none of them show, at least you’ll know you made the most of your boring-ass Monday night. | 7pm. Prices vary. XďŹ nity Live!. 1100 Pattison Ave. ticketfly.com/mystery
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Industry Friendsgiving
Sunday Tea: Philly’s Queer Day Party What is it about tea that seems so soothing? It’s leaves soaked in warm, sometimes boiling, water – is it the temperature? Is it that you have to hold it between your hands like a candle and blow until the last wisps of vapor have been wiped away? We don’t know the answer. But we do know that Philly’s Queer Day Party might be comfortable – it’s a safe space, after all – but it’s anything but soothing. Which is to say, it’s a party. And even the Sunday Scaries can’t keep this shindig from showing out. | 5pm. $5. The Midtown. 114 S. 12th St. eventbrite.com/sunday-tea
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There’s something so undeniably special about a holiday celebration amongst friends. Not that it’s any less special to share it with family, it’s just that with friends, you know deep down in your heart that you’re all choosing to spend time together. To celebrate with the people who are truly closest to you. And if you’ve ever worked in the service industry, you already know that there’s no one in your life you’ll ever get closer to than the person who busses your tables or the cook who stands next to you on the line. | 10pm. Free. Vesper Sporting Club. 1029 Germantown Ave. eventbrite.com/e/industry-friendsgiving
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Tomberlin
Tomberlin is actually Sarah Beth Tomberlin, a Jacksonville native with a penchant for creating work seemingly well beyond her physical years. At 16, she’d already written the majority of her breakout album, At Weddings. The daughter of a Baptist preacher, Tomberlin went through quite the transitional phase following her homeschooling and
Capoeira Classes
Brazilian dance ďŹ ghting sounds like an oxymoron. You can’t dance and ďŹ ght and be Brazilian all at once, can you? Oh, but you can. Because capoeira, as Wikipedia explain, is “an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music,â€? developed in Brazil in the early 16th century. So not only is it possible to be all three things, this crazy non-ďŹ ghting ďŹ ghting style has been around longer than The General Crisis (we suggest this as a new term for our current cultural, um, predicament). | 6pm. Free. 253 N. 3rd St. eventbrite.com/free-capoeira
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Museum District Scavenger Hunt
It’s time to tap your inner Nicolas Cage. No, not the ďŹ ery skull version or even the drunk in Vegas, Oscar-worthy version. No, we’re talkin’ the classic of classic – Benjamin Franklin Gates stealing the god damn Declaration of Independence. Only instead of stealing important cultural artifacts, you’ll be answering trivia questions (and also maybe
Dungeon Master School
We’ll be honest; we’ve promoted this event in the past. And we’re not promoting it again in an effort to show favoritism, but because we think the entire idea of a class aimed at teaching people to become Dungeon Masters so that they then can walk their friends through a mythical board game experience is just so freakin’ cool. It’s got everything we like; friendship, games, free-ness and the not-so-slight scent of body odor. | 7pm. Free. Thirsty Dice Board Game Cafe. 1642 Fairmount Ave. eventbrite.com/dungeon-master-school
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Festivus for the Rest of Us
The Cocktails and Conversations crew is set to celebrate one full year of bringing people together in the name of community and, well, conversation. Talking through shit. Figuring out how we, as humans, can help one another
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to be better humans. That kind of stuff. So far this year, Ashley Assists, the company behind Cocktails and Conversations, has helped raise money for six nonproďŹ ts across the city. Help make sure they can do the same next year. | 6pm. $20. Pyramid Club. 1735 Market St. eventbrite.com/cocktails-and-conversation
for night of perfectly folded Polish deliciousness. Just think about it – 35 measly bucks gets you homemade pierogies for the rest of your life! Screw it, we’re going too. | 630pm. $35. Mom-Mom’s Kitchen. 2551 Orthodox St. eventbrite.com/e/mom-moms
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Anatomy Eats, Part Two
This series, from the Culinary Literacy Center at the Free Library of Philadelphia, is aimed at throwing open the doors on our digestive system. In fact, you’ll get the chance to actually taste the liver, stomach, intestine and tongue, as prepared by chef Ari Miller, while physician Jonathan Reisman describes how these components work together to keep our bodies healthy. Sounds fun, right? | 6pm. Prices vary. Free Library of Philadelphia. 1901 Vine St. eventbrite.com/e/anatomy-eats
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Building Coalitions
The midterms just passed and, well, it went OK. Not great. Not awful. Not nearly as well as it could have gone. But either way, it’s over now and time to look forward to the next challenge. But the truth is, most ordinary people can’t make a huge difference on their own. Together though, just about anything can be accomplished. Join Serve Philadelphia in discussing coalition creation, and the work that they can get done. | 5pm. Free. Philadelphia Municipal Services Building. 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd. eventbrite.com/cea-learning-series
we’re all about promoting local. Like Max Seidman. Max is a Philly-born and -bred singer, songwriter and guitar player who did the smart thing and moved somewhere else to make it. Seriously though, we can’t hate on Max for moving to Nashville to grow his sound. It’s the place to be these days. But he’ll be back in town for at least one night, so go and say hello. | 8pm. $10. The Locks at Sona. 4417 Main St. eventbrite.com/max-seidman
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The Dead South
Lil Durk
Lil Durk, aka Durk Banks, is a Chicagobased rapper, singer and songwriter making waves with a whole new brand of mixtape madness. Fresh off dropping his “Neighborhood Heroâ€? video and single, the Only the Family patriarch just announced the track listing for his ďŹ rst full-length album, Signed to the Streets 3, which features guest appearances from names like Kevin Gates, Young Dolph and Future. | 9pm. Prices vary. Vanity Grand Cabaret. 6130 Passyunk Ave. eventbrite.com/lil-durk
In a twist of irony nearly as profound as the Spiderman pointing at himself meme, The Dead South are not, in fact, from the south. Turns out, this ďŹ vesome folk-bluegrass crew is from none other than Canada. Yep. That’s right. Canada! Our stoned brethren to the north. Those maple syrup licking, hockey hosers. But seriously though, Canada is wonderful and we should try to be more like them, including creating bands like The Dead South. | 7pm. $20. The Trocadero. 1003 Arch St. ticketfly.com/deadsouth
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The good deeds don’t stop at one. And with so many Americans without basic necessities or access to quality food, there’s no reason it should. Arms of Alpha is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity’s Day of Service (we know, we know, fraternities suck, but this is for a good cause so shut up for a minute, OK?), providing meals to the less fortunate, and collecting donations of clothes, toiletries and more. | 8am. Free. Columbia North YMCA. 1400 N. Broad St. eventbrite.com/arms-of-alpha
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LEARN We simply couldn’t say no to the near-perfect symmetry of pairing an event all about building consensus and like-minded, actionbased coalitions with an event all about building ‌ terrariums? Yeah, you got that right. Terrariums, bitch. Seriously though, terrariums are awesome. They’re basically tiny ecosystems that exist inside some kind of – usually – glass enclosure. The only trick? You’ve gotta bring your own. Booze, that is. | 730pm. $49. ILLExotics. 1724 E. Passyunk Ave. eventbrite.com/byo-terrarium
sharing what we can with those around us, it’s probably high time you headed on over to the Rock and registered for a day of giving thanks by giving back. | 11am. Free. Rock Ministries of Philadelphia. 2755 Kensington Ave. eventbrite.com/thanksgiving-volunteer
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Joe Clair, aka Joe Cleezy, of BET, First Amendment Stand Up and The Jamie Kennedy Experiment fame, is bringing his particular brand of belly laughs to Warmdaddy’s this wonderful Wednesday night. Alliteration aside (god, it’s like we can’t stop), Clair was the host of BET’s Rap City from ‘94 to ‘99 and currently hosts his own drive-time radio show in D.C. Is that enough information for you to go see the man do some stand up? | 830pm. $25. Warmdaddy’s. 1400 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. eventbrite.com/soulcomedy
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America’s oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade (bet you’ve never heard that one before) returns for another year of gargantuan balloons, slow-moving mummers and all the restrained Christmas cheer of one entire East Coast city. The 1.4-mile route ends at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and it’s probably the best place to settle in and watch. But the parade wanders all along the Ben Franklin, so really, the only bad seat is the one you missed out on. | 830am. Free. Philadelphia Museum of Art. 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. dig.abclocal. go.com/
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For a lot of people, Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday about seeing friends and family, or even about giving thanks. It’s a holiday about food. And booze. And naps. And far be it for us to judge how anyone chooses to spend their holiday – we’ll be in Boca, don’t ask – there are plenty of options besides, “eat a lot and get drunk.â€? But, if you’ve got your heart set on that experience and you want to earn your way into that fourth slice of cheesecake, maybe go for a hike in the morning? Ya know, just to get the soon-to-be-coagulated blood owing. | 715am. Free. Wissahickon Environmental Center. 300 W. Northwestern Ave. eventbrite.com/thursday-morning-treks
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1933 N 52nd St, Philadelphia 3 BED, 1 BATH | 1,424 SQ FT | $125,000 737 W Allens Ln, Philadelphia 7 BED/4.3 BATH | 7,332 SQ FT | $1,750,000 210-20 S. 25th Street, Unit 1403, Philadelphia 2 BED/2.1 BATH | 1,227 SQ FT | $1,650,000 236 Greenwich St, Philadelphia 3 BED/4.1 BATH | $985,000 5860 Woodbine Ave, Philadelphia 6 BED/4.1 BATH | 3,725 SQ FT | $689,000 2317 N 50th St, Philadelphia 5 BED/3.2 BATH | 4,059 SQ FT | $499,000 1420 Locust St, Unit#16D/B, Philadelphia 1 BED/2.1 BATH | 1,386 SQ FT | $419,000 501 Kingsley Court, Unit#LOT 1, Philadelphia 4 BED/2.1 BATH | 2,400 SQ FT | $493,801 4523 Baker St, Philadelphia 4 BED/2.1 BATH | 2,240 SQ FT | $325,000 2248 N Carlisle St, Philadelphia 5 BED/2 BATH | 1,606 SQ FT | $239,000 3900 Ford Rd, Unit#6G, Philadelphia 2 BED/2 BATH | 1,328 SQ FT | $193,750
1901 JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD, PHILDELPHIA Unit#2521/2 | 3 BED/3 BATH | 1,906 SQ FT | $950,000 Unit#1819 | 1 BED/1 BATH | 606 SQ FT | $275,000 Unit#2911 | STUDIO/1 BATH | 522 SQ FT $189,000 Unit#2816 | STUDIO/1 BATH | 517 SQ FT | $185,000 Unit#710 | STUDIO/1 BATH | 475 SQ FT | $175,000
NEW PRICE GRADUATE HOSPITAL Fabulous, newer townhome with 3 BR, 2.5 BA, 1-car parking, and a spectacular roof deck. First floor features an open concept living room, a dining room, and a kitchen with maple cabinets, granite countertops, glass tile backsplash, and KitchenAid Pro series appliances. Built just 6 years ago, it has 4 years remaining on the tax abatement.
$750,000
UNDER CONTRACT WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST This gorgeous, top floor corner unit with hardwood floors has two-story cathedral ceilings, allowing for natural light to pour in throughout the day. The first floor features an open living area with a beautiful fireplace and a spacious eat-in kitchen. 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathrooms
$372,000
GRADUATE HOSPITAL Recently rehabbed 1,747 sq. ft. home with bright and cheerful living room/dining room areas, detailed wood floors, and recessed lighting. Reclaimed hardwood floors crafted of red oak. Quality aesthetics and function throughout. Imperial Danby marble countertops, a premier material quarried in Vermont.
$625,000
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215.563.7400 ext. 3045 CENTER CITY 2 BR + den, 2.5 BA bi-level penthouse condo in a boutique, historic Market East building. 20 foot ceilings, high-end finishes, and a jaw- dropping roof deck with truly spectacular views. Exposed brick walls, towering windows with auto shades, exposed beams. Stunning open kitchen with 36� Wolf range, SubZero refrigerator, Bosch dishwasher, Viking Beverage Center and Wine Fridge.
$929,000
SOLD GRADUATE HOSPITAL Bright and sunny 3 BR home features wood floors, a modern and open staircase to the living room with high ceilings, large windows, and a wood burning fireplace. The renovated eat-in kitchen comes with stainless steel appliances, and sliding glass doors that open onto the spacious private garden. Enjoy 3 separate outdoor spaces.
$750,000
POINT BREEZE This original beauty with lots of character has been thoughtfully restored with an appreciation for both timeless detail and modern living. Enter through a vestibule to the spacious, sunny, open concept living/dining area. This townhome features gorgeous, warm hardwood floors, white marble countertops, recessed lighting and a private back patio.
$289,900
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