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Intro to Improv

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Bring out your goofy side at this two-hour improv workshop with Meredith Weir. Learn about various improv concepts such as “yes, and,” the beginnings of improvised scenes and creating new characters. Weir has studied improv at PHIT since 2011 and is more than ready to help you hone your skills. 7pm.

Summer Escapes

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Free. Philly Improv Theater, 2030 Sansom St. phitcomedy.com

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If/Then

Muddled’s Josh Piven

What is the experience of living in New York today? What are the lives we may have had if not the ones we’re leading right now? This contemporary Broadway musical showcases the possibilities of tomorrow with the moving story of a woman’s two possible life paths. 7:30pm. $20-$95. Acad-

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Manayunk Arts Festival

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he Manayunk Arts Festival is back for its 27th year to commemorate the best of Philly’s local art. More than 300 artists will showcase their work for two days, inviting the community to once again support and appreciate the tri-state area’s largest outdoor, juried arts festival. Nearly 200,000 collectors, buyers, and designers will descend upon the region to take part in the yearly exhibition.

As always, the two-day festival will feature artists from all over the country displaying their work in individual tents. The selection process to be included in the festival is rigorous; artist submissions are reviewed and rated by a jury of ten to ensure consistency. The festival features artists from seven different disciplines: fiber; glass and ceramics; jewelry; mixed media; painting and drawing; photography; and wood and sculpture.

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Emerging Artist Tent, which houses 35 local artists working across all mediums. The tent was created to help promote the area’s up-and-coming talent and includes artists Aaron Bliese, Kenneth Neumann, Jeleata Nicole, David Hunt and Bianca DeLizzio.

The festival takes over most of Main Street, which will be closed to traffic during the weekend-long event. Visitors may freely stroll the street, enjoying the art as well as the food and drink specials. Plus outdoor dining options at restaurants including Winnie’s Le Bus, Han Dynasty and Manayunk Brewery. –MARInA PEdROSA

June 25-26. 11am-7pm. Main Street, Manayunk. manayunk.com

emy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. kimmelcenter.org COMEdy

doug Benson

Named High Times magazine’s “Stoner of the Year,” former Last Comic Standing contestant Doug Benson has kept us laughing for years with his off brand stoner comedy. He’s known for his documentary series Super High Me, being a recurring champion of the Comedy Central game show @ Midnight, and his long running live show The Benson Interrup­ tion, among other programs.

10pm. $22. Helium, 2031 Sansom St. heliumcomedy.com dRInK

Center City Sips

Would it be summer without Center City Sips? The Center City District’s boozy complement to the Restaurant Week, makes Wednesday much more than just hump day (although it may help in that department too). The event features $5 cocktails, $4 wines, $3 beers and select half-priced appetizers at 80 Center City bars you already know and love, including Aldine, Devil’s Alley, Misconduct, Time and U-Bahn. Through Sept. 28.

5-7pm. centercityphila.org

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The Mann Center hosts two shows this week

THUrSDAY, JUnE 23 MUSIC

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone with the Philadelphia Orchestra

The music of Harry Potter comes to life at this innovative event for the whole family. Members of the audience will watch the first installment of the popular franchise on a giant high-definition screen while The Philadelphia Orchestra plays John Williams’ magical score. Bring a picnic to feast on and get ready to be blown away by the magical world we have come to know and love. 7:30pm. $25-$85. Mann Center for

the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave. manncenter.org

FOOD

The Legend Series

For one night only, experts from all over Europe will be in Philly to discuss all things cheesy. Guests will have the opportunity to try traditional cheeses both on their own and in hors d’oeuvres selected by Chef James Liuzza. Experts include Fernando Rodriguez Aldudo (Spain), Betty Koster (Holland), Alessandro Carpenedo (Italy), and more. A wide selection of beer from Brooklyn Brewery and wine from Boisset Collection will also be available.

6:30pm. $40-$75. Di Bruno Bros., 1730 Chestnut St. dibruno.com FOOD

Let’s Start a Cult

Independence Beer Garden Sampling

Delancey Place. goodgoodcomedy.com

Free. Independence Beer Garden, 100 S. Independence Mall. phlbeergarden.com

COMEDY

Comedian Ari Fishbein hosts this night of laughter with the show “Let’s Start a Cult.” Audience members have to choose between two paths; depending on which one you choose, prepare to discover the meaning of life, the key to eternal salvation, or be damned to work on a meaningless machine forever. 8:30pm. $5. Plays & Players, 1714

To kick-off a summer of backyard grilling, Chef Michael Schulson will be handing out free samples of his newlycreated Mike’s Dog tonight at the Independence Beer Garden. Schulson will be serving the dogs up himself, paired with the Mike’s Hard Lemonade flavor that inspired the creation. 5-8pm.

FrIDAY, JUnE 24 MUSIC

Tchaikovsky Spectacular We Accept credit cArds

Join the Philadelphia Orchestra as they perform three of Tchaikovsky’s most famous pieces: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, Swan Lake and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. Revel in the bombast as the fireworks go off at the thrilling climax. 8pm. $19.76-$40. Mann Center,

5201 Parkside Ave. manncenter.org GAMES

TooManyGames

Calling all game lovers! Whether you’re into video games, board games, or tabletop games, there’ll be something for you to enjoy. TooManyGames is known for its panels by famous YouTubers, industry panels, new game releases for 4 | Philly Weekly | June 23 - 29, 2016 | phillyweekly.com

old consoles, video game music concerts, and more. A marketplace of more than 50 vendors will be selling new and retro video games, crafts, and art. 2pm.

$10-$60. Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Ave., Oaks. toomanygames.com COMEDY

Joey Diaz

Fresh from his Billboard Top 100 hit “The Testicle Testaments,” Joey Diaz heads to Philly for a three-night engagement. Diaz, who has been featured on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “Stand Up Revolution,” and “My Name is Earl,” has a DVD/CD combo coming out later this year. 7:30pm and 10pm. $20-$26.

Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Samson St. heliumcomedy.com

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SATURDAY, JUNE 25 STAGE

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Jamaica

The musical comedy tells the story of a small island off the coast of Jamaica where the locals are fighting to avoid being overrun by American commercialism. Directed and choreographed by award-winning artist and activist Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj. 8pm. $20-$35.

Through June 26. New Freedom Theatre, 1346 N. Broad St. freedomtheatre.org OUTDOOR

Clark Park Summer Solstice

The summer solstice comes into Philly in style at Clark Park’s Summer Solstice Festival with an all-star lineup of Philadelphia musicians and artists.

This year’s musical headliners will be Flyermile, featuring Steve Clifford of Circa Survive on drums, and Mumblr, promoting their new album, The Never Ending Get Down. Rosu Lup, Conversations, Glitter, Gleasons Drift, Jonathan Monument, Stephen Dijoseph and The Original Crooks & Nannies will also be performing throughout the day. The festival runs from late morning until sundown, with theater, dance, and kids’ activities worked into the schedule alongside the music. After the sun sets, the party will move to Millcreek Tavern where attendees can catch The Deadeyes, American Dinosaurs and Hannah Taylor and the Rekardo. 11am-sundown.

Clark Park, 4398 Chester Ave. clarkparkfest.wordpress.com.

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Filbert Street Flower Market

Join the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society at the first Filbert Street Flower Market of the summer. Located adjacent to Reading Terminal Market, the market will feature live music by Galena Brass (a brass ensemble from Bucks County), flower-arranging demos and an “ask the expert” station to answer all your gardening questions. There will also be vendors on-site selling flowers, plants, seeds and gardening supplies. 10am-

4pm. Filbert Street, between 11th and 12th. readingterminalmarket.org ART

Mural dedication: Uptown Locomotion

Philadelphia’s rich tradition of public art continues with the dedication of Joe Boruchow’s “Uptown Locomotion.” Mural Arts and the Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation will co-host a block party in honor of this new installation that will serve as a gateway to the neighborhood. Located near John Coltrane’s house, the mural celebrates the neighborhood’s history of jazz. 1-3pm.

33rd Street Bridge. muralarts.org

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In the Quiet

the animals and the inmates. Rob Rosa, founder of New Leash on Life USA, will discuss how his life was changed by a puppy-training program he participated in while he was incarcerated. After the lecture, visitors will have the opportunity to meet and adopt dogs who are looking for forever homes. 10am-5pm.

Local dancer Jenny Roe Sawyer has choreographed a site-specific interpretive dance piece for the Morris Arboretum’s “Out on a Limb” installation, a series of structures 50 feet up in the trees. Sawyer’s dance, “In the Quiet,” will be performed on “Squirrel Scramble,” a hammock-like net from which visitors can look down upon the arboretum. June

$10-$14. Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Avenue. 215.236.3300. easternstate.org

25-26. Free with admission. Morris Arboretum, 100 E. Northwestern Ave.

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Featuring live music, beer tastings, and family-friendly fun, the annual block party and music fest includes performances

by Pimps of Joytime, Chill Moody, Muscle Tough, Weekender, and Brian LaPann.

There will be several food trucks on location to wash down the brews provided by Fergies Pub, including The Cow and The Curd and Poi Dog. Noon-9pm. 100 N. Mole

Movie Night Triple Feature at the Piazza

Relive the ‘80s with cult classic fantasy films “The Neverending Story,” “Dark Crystal” and “Labyrinth.” The triplefeature is in the square at the Piazza, so make sure to bring your own lawn chairs or blankets. Food from Samwich, a sandwich shop located on 6th Street, will be available for mid-movie snacking. 6-11pm. Free. Schmidt’s Commons,

Street. molestice.com

Second Street and Germantown Avenue. theschmidtscommons.com

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Pets in Prison

Eastern State Penitentiary hosts a talk about the history and importance of animals in prison life, including how training dogs improves the lives of both

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Paul Simon

Twelve-time Grammy Award winner Paul Simon returns to Philadelphia on tour for his 2016 album “Stranger to Stranger.” A member of the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame, Simon is known for both his solo work and his work with fellow artist Art Garfunkel. Known as a talented songwriter, Simon will perform his classic hits in addition to material from his new album. 8pm. $34.50-$144.50. Mann

Center, 5201 Parkside Avenue. manncenter.org SCREEN

Cinema in the Cemetery

Laurel Hill’s Cinema in the Cemetery has returned, and June’s movie is George Romero’s 1968 version of “Night of the Living Dead.” A cemetery is the perfect site to watch a zombie movie, right? Grab some friends, some lawn chairs or a blanket, pack a picnic and some drinks, and get ready to get scared. 9pm. $10. Laurel Hill Cemetery,

3822 Ridge Ave. 215.228.8200. thelaurelhillcemetery.org STAGE

Euripides’ The Bacchae

Phenomenal Animals, a local acting troupe that believes theater should involve all the senses, will perform the Greek tragedy about a cult devoted to the god Dionysus. The show features blood, sex, and, of course, bacchanal. 7:30pm.

$10-$20. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. phenomenalanimals.com

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Tasting in the Vineyard This hour-and-a-half event gives attendees the experience of drinking wine in the vineyards from which it was made. Guests will sample 12 wines, which will be paired with gourmet cheeses and chocolates. In addition, they will be given a behindthe-scenes tour of the vineyard and a souvenir wine glass. 2pm. Cross-

ing Vineyards, 1853 Wrightstown Rd., Newtown. $35. crossingvineyards.com/ events STAG e

Behind the Scenes with Peter Crimmins

WHYY Arts and Culture reporter Peter Crimmins takes guests behind the scenes of the prop shop at the Walnut Street Theatre, America’s oldest theatre. Crimmins will host a panel discussion at FringeArts about the future of the arts in Philly, during which guests can participate in happy hour. 2pm-5pm. 150 N. 6th Street. $10-$15. whyy.org/events

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Burger Brawl

Head down to Xfinity Live! for a throwdown between some of the best burger joints in our area. Featured burger-makers include Lucky’s Last Chance (Manayunk), Parc (Rittenhouse Square), and P’unk Burger (East Passyunk). Burgers aren’t all you’ll get: There will also be a Taco Brawl, featuring Loco Pez, Taqueria Feliz, and Revolution Taco, among others.

4-7pm. 1100 Pattison Avenue. $40-$125. phillyburgerbrawl.com

MoNdAY, JuNe 27 TA L K

Abortion and the Constitution: What You Need To Know

Learn about the current and future constitutional debates surrounding abortion, including the Supreme Court case Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, from Mary Ziegler, author of “After Roe” and legal historian at Florida State University, Clarke Forsythe, senior counsel for Americans United for Life, and Kathyrn Kolbert, a professor of political science at Barnard College. The event will be moderated by Michael Gerhardt, a professor of constitutional law at the University of North Carolina. 6:30pm. $7-$15. The National

Constitution Center, 525 Arch St. constitutioncenter.org

TueSdAY, JuNe 28 M uS I C

Rock ‘N’ Roar

The Philadelphia Zoo kicks off summer with an outdoor concert series every other Tuesday. Local family-friendly acts will take part in the series; this week’s performers are Ernie and Neal. Pack a picnic and camp out on the lawn with a blanket. Afterward, explore the zoo, take in the wildlife, or take a ride on the Amazon Rainforest Carousel. 11am. $16-$23.

Philadelphia Zoo, 3400 W. Girard Ave. philadelphiazoo.org

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outdoor Movie: Purple Rain

Remember Prince at a screening of his famous film, and listen to some of his biggest hits (“When Doves Cry,” “I Would Die 4 U,” “Let’s Go Crazy”) during this moving story about a Minneapolis singer’s rise to fame and the struggle he faces. His home life and the brutality he suffers from his father are only some of the obstacles he has while trying to the win the heart of Apollonia. 8:30pm. Fringe Arts, 140 N. Columbus Blvd. fringearts.com

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Camp Grounded

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ummer is a fleeting nine or ten weeks and then it’s back to full work days, putting on coats again and fighting over snow-free parking spots. How’s that for a buzzkill? But since we just celebrated the solstice and the seasonal clock is now ticking, it’s time to make the most of those vacation days and make some sun-drenched, bug-bitten memories. Besides, when else are you going to wear all those fringe and feathers?

Here’s a few ideas we had for some fun summer destinations that don’t generally involve either the AC Expressway or NJ Parkway.

F.A.R.M. Music and Arts Festival The F.A.R.M. Music and Arts Festival is coming to Hammonton, New Jersey’s Paradise Lake Campground July 22-24. Offering electronic music, live art, and educational and inspirational workshops, the F.A.R.M festival should be a transformational three-day weekend.

A free-thinking movement inspires the F.A.R.M Music and Arts Festival. Organizers hope to create a gathering ground for people to participate in an immersion of sensory experiences and thought-provoking acts. With acclaimed electronic music producer Emancipator, The Floozies, and SAVOY headlining, F.A.R.M is shaping up to be the EDM and electronic music haven for the summer.

F.A.R.M Fest is hosting over three days of music, so even if none of the headliners strike the right chord with you, if you have even a passing interest in EDM or electronic music, there’s bound to be something for everyone.

Besides the great music available, the Fest also hosts some of the most surreal and psychedelic artwork being made right now. Muralist and live painter Stephen Kruse, Jeremiah Allen Welch of the Welch Brothers, musician/ 8 | Philly Weekly | June 23 - 29, 2016 | phillyweekly.com

writer/speaker/visual artist Michael Garfield, and many more will be doing live painting.

The festival also aims to instill education and inspiration in its patrons. Organizers are determined to make sure you leave knowing more than you did when you passed through the entrance gates. The festival offers many different educational programs ranging from permaculture to holistic medicine to yoga, with many more yet to be announced. Their main educator, Dr. Laurén M. Laurino, ND will be schooling festival-goers on why integrative health can be fun, sexy and empowering.

Offering a wide variety of bands, live artists, and guest educators, the F.A.R.M Music and Arts Festival is a mindexpanding alternative to another trip to the beach bars.

—Ben SnydeR July 22-24. $75- $135. 500 Paradise Dr. Hammonton, NJ. farmmusicandarts.com

Camp Grounded For adults who simply need a break from reality, to get away from work and to abandon your same boring daily regime, take the type of vacation that you thought was all but extinct. Camp Grounded brings adults a blast from the past in a unique camping environment. And by camp, we don’t mean your superlight EMS tent, we mean s’mores, first kisses and bunk beds kinda camp. Dedicated to bringing out your inner-child, CG will let you relive your childhood camp memories, or make some for the first time if your parents never sprung for it.

From August 19-22, your summer getaway at Camp Pinnacle takes place in Hendersonville, North Carolina, surrounded by nothing but 126 acres of tall evergreen trees, a crystal clear lake and endless trails to explore. If

you’re wondering why the camp may look familiar, it’s because this was the very same campground used in the 1995 film Heavyweights. If you thought the camp looked like a blast in the movie, it’s recommended you come see for yourself. The big catch for those who attend the camp is simple: absolutely no electronic devices allowed for the entirety of the camp. How else can you remind yourself of the old days if you have your face buried in your smartphone or laptop? The point of Camp Gounded is to revel in the present and to acquire the luxury of having a carefree vacation....rather than blowing up your Snap Story with your woodburning project.

Alongside the rule of no electronic devices, camp-goers are encouraged to leave their watches at home (no tryin to sneak in your Apple watch there, slick). Camp Grounded’s motto, “Together we’ll rise with the sun and fall asleep under the stars, leaving the world of alarms and clocks behind, enjoying each moment as it is experienced” sums up the unplugged vibe. Another rule of the camp is no talking about work or trying to find connections for your job. The camp is strictly a place to make friends and memories. (Notice no mention of camp hook-ups being prohibited.)

Although there’s no pressure to participate in any activities, the camp has a wide assortment of programs available to insure campers have every bit of fun right at their fingertips. Choose to spend your morning swimming on the lake, get launched from the famous “Blob” before lunch and indulge in an afternoon yoga class.

With more than 40 different activities to participate in, Camp Grounded is almost guaranteed not to disappoint, whether you’re 18 or 80. —dAn KetleR

Aug. 19-22 and Aug. 25-25. Blue Ridge Mountain Forest, Hendersonville, N.C. campgrounded.org/north-carolina

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LOCKN’ Festival Main Stage

LOCKN’ Festival The LOCKN’ Festival is back for its fourth consecutive year of world-class music spread out over two beautiful farms. The festival brings four days of food, drinks, and the best jam bands and music improvisation acts around. With the promise that live music and community will flourish, LOCKN’ only gets better and better each year and this summer will not disappoint. With more than 25 acts announced so far, Virginia has never looked so good.

Each day is packed with musical acts and events to scream along to. From Aug. 25-28, a host of artists take the main stage, including Ween, My Morning Jacket, Phish, Brandi Carlile, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, The Wailers, Twiddle, Moon Taxi, Umphrey’s McGee, The Wailers, and more. Dance the night away with a late-night party under the trees at Garcia’s Forest. This event takes place with the music of Jerry Garcia leading a moment meant for you to spread some good vibes and positive energy.

And if you’re wondering about the selection of food or if you forget anything at home, fear no more. Loads of local vendors will be available all week long to fulfill your heart’s greatest desires. The best in local and regional cuisine will be served alongside craft beers, wines, and more.

Choosing to stay on- or off- site is up to you. Car camping, tent-only camping, and forest camping are all options. As a bonus, campgrounds are conveniently located close to showers (for a small fee), as well as hand-

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LOCKN’ Festival biking trails

washing stations, bathrooms, and drinking water. Expanded biking and running trails round out the area. If staying in a tent isn’t your thing, don’t sweat it. Rent or bring your own RV or stay off-site. Daily transportation from local hotels to the festival will be provided free of charge, so grab your friends and start planning. —CariNe LavaChe

August 25-28. Four day pass: $300-$1200.

Oak Ridge Farm, Arrington, Virgina. locknfestival.com

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Peach Music Festival Deep in the heart of Scranton’s Montage Mountain, The Peach Music Festival (the only festival inspired and curated by the Allman Brothers Band) brings a host of bands to one of the most beautiful concert venues, The Pavilion. The Trey Anastasio Band, Greg Allman, The String Cheese incident, Gov’t Mule, and more than 20 other bands will be jamming out and providing great live music from August 11-14.

The event is first and foremost a music festival. Bands include headliners to lesser known bands and experiments ranging from Flux Capacitor, Les Claypool and Sean Lennon’s project The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Moe., Umphrey’s McGee, and so much more. Besides great music, the Peach Music Festival also includes the Montage Mountain Waterpark.

That’s right, there’s also a waterpark. Relax on the lazy river while soaking up the sun and awesome music or go on some

wild water rides and slides. The Montage Mountain Waterpark also features a zip line, which oversees the festival grounds and a regulation sized Volleyball court.

At Clean Vibes Trading Post, festivalgoers can bring in cans, bottles, cigarette butts, and glow sticks and trade them in for awesome prizes—the grand prize being two tickets to next year’s Peach Music Festival.

If you don’t feel like dealing with all of the details of camping, the organizers have several deals with neighboring hotels (tickets and shuttle included). Many of these packages include VIP or Super VIP passes to the festival as well.

With a set list full of great bands, and a kick-ass waterpark, the Peach Music Festival is a fantastic event for this summer. From August 11-14, the atmosphere in Scranton is expected to be just peachy.

—Ben Snyder Aug. 11-14. $160-$235. Scranton. thepeachmusicfestival.com

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Modern Baseball heads home P

hilly’s hometown DIY music success story Modern Baseball is coming back home, playing the Fillmore in support of their new album, Holy Ghost. The local college campus favorites are a little older and have been steadily expanding their national fan base, but still call Philly home. Founding members Brendan Lukens and Jake Ewald co-wrote the new album using a somewhat unique method. I chatted with Lukens about that and an assortment of Philly-ish topics.

You guys are on tour right now? All over the country?

Yes, we’re currently on tour. It’s the full U.S.

How many weeks?

there. But we haven’t been there that much, just because we’ve been so busy elsewhere. But we’re really excited. It sounds amazing and looks so beautiful on the outside. We’re stoked.

What’s one of your favorite spots to play in Philly?

I feel like we’ve played a lot of places. I’d say Union Transfer is pretty high up there. We’ve played there a few times and it’s been really great. We also really love TLA and do our practice for this whole thing prior to this tour at TLA, so that was really great.

Anything you’re especially looking forward to when you come back to Philly, after so many weeks on tour?

It’s six weeks long. We have two weeks left.

I think we’re just all really excited for not only the show, but for the off day after the show in our own beds.

And you stop in Philly soon?

Sometimes that’s the best part, right?

Yes, thank gosh.

It’s a hometown show and then I get to see my cats. I can’t ask for really much more….We brought in a stray, which is the first cat I had, about three years ago. We got her shots and made her up all beautiful and great. Her name is Kevin. When bringing her to the vet, we were told she was a neutered male and a few months later she started gaining some weight and then had kittens.

When you stop in Philly is that for good or do you have to keep going from there?

We’re gonna keep going from there. After later routing with Joyce Manor, we end in Florida.

Maybe not the best place to be right now.

Is this the first time for you guys playing at the Fillmore?

Oh wow. So not neutered or male? That sounds like a fun experience though. Have you had a chance to check out the new cat café here in town?

Yeah. It’s funny how we haven’t gone to shows there, right? Either Sean or Ian saw Dr. Dog or somebody

No, that’s crazy. I’m definitely gonna have to do that when I get home.

Not too bad. We have a ton of friends down there.

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So what else do you have on your list of homesick cures that you need to hit up in Philly, once you’re back?

Pizza Brain. I’m actually moving to Fishtown on my day off, so there’s a lot of Philly stuff going on actually. I’m moving from Brewerytown over to Fishtown.

That’s a hell of a way to spend a day off: moving.

Right? It’s actually funny because our drummer is doing the same thing. He is getting married in August and his fiancée just got a new place and our touring schedule is a little tight, so every hour counts.

Tell me more about the new album and writing process. It sounds like kind of a unique process with the two of you writing separately and combining it together somehow.

Yeah, for this record we decided that Jake and I would split the songwriting kind of down the middle mostly because in the past when we were trying to mold two stories into one it was just extremely challenging to get fluidity and all that. Also it would take literally days for us to figure out track listings.

We realized that if we did two separate EPs to make the full length we could get a more cohesive feel. So everyone kind of has their own story and their own little world to work in. We were in our studio, Headroom in Philly, for about three weeks with Joe Reinhart. It was a really wonderful time and our first time for us working with a producer and it was really great. It was definitely one of the more stressful experiences of our career and of my life, but it was really wonderful.

Do you feel like that brought you guys to the next level. including that production team this time?

Yeah, definitely. It definitely feels like a big step for our band and it definitely felt like a big step for our sound as well as us improving how we sound and moving towards how we want to sound. Joe is just amazing and so good at guitar. It was just really great to be working on something that we were all really proud of from the start and working with someone that we really trust and admire.

Does Philly still influence your music?

Oh yeah. I mean most of what we write about is pretty personal and situational, and most of those things happen in Philly. I would definitely say Philly influences our songwriting a lot, especially even the bands that we’re listening to. A lot of the time they come from the Philly area.

What local bands are on your playlist right now?

Right now we listen to Thin Lips a lot who we’re on tour with right now.

They’ve been absolutely killing it and I like having their songs stuck in my head.

Because your music is so personal it feels autobiographical in a way. Do you feel like as you’ve gotten older the subject matter has changed from college themes to more young adult, older themes?

Yeah, there’s definitely a natural maturing process in our songwriting that has developed through us growing up. Through Holy Ghosts, we pushed ourselves to write a little more intensely and dive a little deeper to getting what we wanted to say and really pull out the deepest part of us. We definitely feel like we’re going in a more personal direction and are very excited.

Because you had your first experience with music and live performances in this area, do these audiences still feel like home to you compared to crowd reactions anywhere else? Is the Philly crowd experience unique?

Yeah it’s definitely always rowdier. It really does feel like home when we come back. Usually when we have a Philly show there’s like 100 spots. A lot of our family and friends come out that have been with us the whole way.

Did you notice the difference on national tours? Like ‘Oh wow, these crowds are a lot more subdued compared to Philly?

There’s definitely a lot of times where I’m just like, ‘Ok, this is probably way more

controllable than back home.’

Our city soda tax is a big thing here.

Any thoughts on that?

I recently just stopped drinking, so anything that would ruin my soda consumption is just bad right now.

So you’re on an all sugar diet is what you’re saying?

Not all sugar diet as much as a ‘Help I can’t believe I went a year without drinking, Dr. Pepper’

When you first came to Philly, was this your intention of how your college career and music career would progress?

No, not at all. When I moved to Philly we weren’t sure if we were necessarily going to continue as a band because we didn’t know where Jake was going to college and a ton of other aspects to it. It’s crazy.

It’s really insane honestly. I am just so lucky and fortunate and we all cherish every opportunity we have. I’m able to share with everyone at home, it’s great.

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Did you guys have fallback plans in place?

Yeah, I moved to Philly because I grew up in Bucks [County]. I eventually moved back to help take care of my grandparents, so that’s pretty much always been plan A for me. But Jake originally planned on going to college in Boston, so I think that was his fallback. He worked really hard in high school and kind of had this plethora of really, any college he wanted to go to. I was just like, ‘Yeah I have these five.”

What’s next for you guys after this tour wraps? Are you guys on the record/tour cycle?

Right now we seem to be on the tour treadmill. After this tour, we have a little bit of a break. My other band actually leaves five days after. We also head out to Lollapalooza at the end of July. There’s definitely some places we’re getting to this year that we’ve never been and are really excited for it.

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Any advice for aspiring bands in Philly?

For us especially, making friends was always the biggest thing in the Philadelphia community, especially the DIY community. Play as many local shows as possible until you realize that you can get out of state and then keep moving.

It might take a summer of working on roofs, but you got it. n

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YOUNG, BLACK & TALENTED

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BY FRANCES ELLISON @classicfran1

Jarrett McCreary: Non-Stop J arrett McCreary is a difficult man to get a hold of, and with a resume like his, he’s even harder to talk about. At just 22-years-old, McCreary has made quite a name for himself in the Philadelphia theater scene, from the several hats he wears at the Philadelphia Theater Company (PTC), to the upcoming run of his first play, The Children of Edgar and Nina, in September. To top off his insane year, he’s currently competing in season 6 of Songbird: The Search for Philly’s Best Singer, a 14-week live singing competition, much like American Idol but with nicer judges. In the words of Hamilton: “How to account for his rise to the top? Man, the man is non-stop!” The teacher, singer, dancer, actor, writer, and all around renaissance man, sat down with me on his one free day (I imagine) to talk about breaking the rules, building a play from the ground up, and just what it means to be a black artist in Philly.

McCreary’s love of the stage began very early during his time as a theater major at the High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), which led to his eventual tenure at PTC, through their Drama Contact program. Drama Contact is PTC’s educational outreach program that sends teaching artists to select high schools, interweaving that season’s plays with a tangible lesson plan, eventually ending in the students producing their own show called My Philly Reality (I too, am a Drama Contact alum). Following that, McCreary stayed with the organization for the next six years as a volunteer usher, bartender, and box office assistant, eventually becoming a teaching artist himself. “[We] are striving to give children a sense of what theater is, not only in watching shows, but also in making their own,” he says of the program. “Sort of seeing what theater can be, and that it’s not necessarily hard to create it.”

However, during his time at Temple University, he found it difficult to create the same opportunity for himself. To his frustration, collegiate theater didn’t really allow for much in the way of diversity, with main roles in shows often going to conventionally attractive white actors, regardless of whether or not the characters they were playing were white. “I’ve met a bunch of people who were white, and had dark brown hair, so [the directors] were like ‘great, you’re going to be Latino,’” he says. “I definitely felt like there wasn’t a place for me, or if there was, it was in October where we do the ‘race play’, but it’s a four person cast, [and] so we already cast four black people. That was kind of heartbreaking.”

The Children of Edgar and Nina is a product of that frustration and heartbreak. The two-act journey through the fear, vulnerability, and eventual self-awareness of three characters, told through elements of magical realism, was written during that moment in McCreary’s life.

“I wrote it when I was in a show—not even in a show, I was understudying in a show—and I was having such a terrible time with school, I was having a terrible time in the show,” he says. “I was with some really amazing people, but I was just very introverted and very isolated, I felt, and so, my coping mechanism was doing art.” After several revisions, McCreary finally crafted a version that he was ready to show to the world. Recruiting best friend, and experienced theater veteran in her own right, Bridget Reynolds to direct, he began putting on a series of play readings, eventually leading to them clinching a spot in this year’s Fringe Festival.

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The major turning point for him, he says, was working with Temple’s production of The Brother/Sister Plays

by Tarell Alvin McCraney, which is largely influenced by both Yoruba and Louisiana culture, in 2013. Being a part of that show made him realize that not only was there space for black stories in the theater, but that he could be the one writing them, and that there was power in doing so. “I never saw black stories as something I would produce up until that point. And it wasn’t because I hated myself, or hated black people, it was because of what society and media puts out there,” he says. “[The] Brother/ Sister Plays, I think, was the first play that I had worked on where being black was a key part of the story, I think dealing with that made me realize ‘why can’t I tell the stories that I want to tell and have them be black?’” Edgar and Nina isn’t McCreary’s first experience with Fringe however; in 2014, he played the title character in the Van.Martin Productions original Oedipus the Musical, a hilarious re-imagining of the Greek tragedy.

Though he knows it means having to work twice as hard to earn half the respect, being a black artist for McCreary is actually very freeing, he says. Because he’s already been made the “other” by society, he doesn’t feel an obligation to impress anyone but himself. “I feel like, as a gay black man, I’ve already put out to the world that I’m not going to follow your rules, it’s not in me, my DNA cannot follow your rules,” he says. “I’m not a straight white man, so I’m not going to write stuff for straight white men. Which means I’m going to have to work super hard to get people to listen to me, but it also frees me up to write so many aspects of what it means to be a black person.”

“I can’t necessarily be in every single space that a white straight man can be in, not without fear, but I can write a story and I can put on a play where it’s all black people, and they’re the strongest and most complex people on the planet, and for two hours, they’re free to do whatever the hell they want to do.” n

You can catch Jarrett every Tuesday night competing in Songbird: The Search for Philly’s Best Singer, at Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar. The Children of Edgar and Nina runs September 9, 12, 13 and 15th at the William Way Community Center as a part of the 2016 Fringe Festival.

SCREEN

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by KEVIN MATUSZAK

A Weiner-Dog’s Life

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bsurd, dysfunctional, tragic, surreal, beautiful. Not words you might think of when describing a dachshund. But in the hands of director/writer Todd Solondz (Welcome to the Dollhouse) the miniature pooch takes on many of life’s oddest moments in Wiener-Dog, which opens this Friday. PW’s Kevin Matuszak ran over to the Ritz-Carlton to chat with Solondz while he was in town, to find out more of the method behind the film’s wiener madness.

So the Danny DeVito sequence, was that something subliminal, like a teacher you had going through school, that you were trying to poke at?

Well, I am a film school teacher and I love teaching and I love my students. I have some wonderful colleagues. NYU, it is an evil empire and I can see how it’s managed with remarkable incompetence and corruption, so it’s hard for that not to filter into the satire. But that section’s not really about film school per se, it’s just about a quest for meaning and redemption, ya know?

Was this movie inspired by your own dog memories?

How long have you taught film?

I grew up with a lot of dogs, I have three siblings and we went through a lot of dogs, none of them lasted very long. But I think all children are delighted by and powerfully affected emotionally by having a dog in their lives. As an adult, it’s too much responsibility so I haven’t had one, but I love dogs.

A while now, I’ve been at NYU for a number of years, but as I said, I love teaching. I have no interest in directing things that don’t interest me, and the price I pay for that is I have to wait more time before I get another opportunity, because it’s hard getting the financing together. But somehow I got it together.

At first I thought the movie was going to be about the dog, but then you find out the dog’s kind of just the tour guide and you’re going through everyone else’s lives. The beginning sequence, it was so well executed, the kid feeds the dog a granola bar... What was the intention with the mass amount of diarrhea with such a little dog?

Was it the intention to pick up characters that start with a child then go to a girl in her twenties, like go through the entire life?

It’s funny and yet it goes on and becomes something that is poignant in fact, for me.

There’s a reason I don’t linger for just eight seconds. So it was the richness of that juxtaposition of the music and the length that was expressive emotionally of where we were in this movie.

There’s a great stick-in-your-head song in the film, the “dooty doo-doo-doo,” did you write that for the film?

No, I didn’t write it. Nathan Larson and his wife Nina Persson, the woman who sang it, she’s in The Cardigans. I described what I was looking for and they came through and they’re wonderful musicians. They understood what I needed.

The characters, protagonists, are aging and the dog is presumably aging at that point as well. Dogs are oftentimes a vessel for all the issues, the hopes, dreams, needs and so forth that are projected onto the dogs.

The dog sometimes, we lose sight of the dog and its dogness because as owners, it fills so much emotionally for us and fills purposes that have nothing to do with the life of the dog. That’s something that the movie dramatizes.

Was there a different ending at one point or was it always the intention to just brutally…

That’s the way it was scripted and I like… there’s brutality and cruelty but there’s also tenderness and hope as well, but it’s hard sometimes. People can only see the horrible things. There is satire of course, but there’s also a kind of pathos. The dog, it finds, in the end, it’s trapped; it becomes a work of art in some sense. n

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STAGE

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by JACQUELINE RUPP @PhillyJackie

Hops to the Stage T

he name Josh Piven might not automatically be recognizable, but a quick mention of his Worst-Case Scenario handbook series and you’re probably saying “Ohh yeah, that guy.” Yup, Piven, a Philly native and long-time resident, did indeed author all the incarnations of those pessimistically pragmatic books. But he’s also a writer of many forms, and this month he premieres Muddled, a stage comedy about a hipster dude trying to make a go of a craft cocktail throwback speakeasy when the ‘80s somehow interrupt the Prohibition era. Priven chatted with me about current pop culture trends, the pitfalls of social media and a certain Philly bar that inspired the play.

So tell me more about the inspiration for the play.

Well, I mean, this is my second play and the first play was also about the social media world so that’s always interested me and kind of what this has done to our society, not necessarily in good ways... how it’s changed communication... interpersonal relations, that’s kind of one aspect to it. But the main thing was like, I had in 2012 or 2013, when Hop Sing Laundromat opened in Chinatown, I was kind of like a craft cocktail kinda guy, it was like a hobby. So I had to check it [Hop Sing] out: the kind of odd, throwback retro idea of it, that they were doing this craft cocktail lounge where you couldn’t use your phone and they gave you the no-phone speech and told you if they saw you on your phone they were gonna throw you out. They were very clear, “You can’t take a call, you can’t take a photo.” And the owner, he wouldn’t even let the press come in to take photos. And it struck me as a funny setting for a play: going throwback, but being so authentic that it’s like, how do you promote it? So that was the general idea for this setting. And I was interested in the hipster generation and how they might react to a place like that. And then also, I wanted to do a play about the ‘80s. It’s when I grew up. I thought this kind of culture clash between the headbangers, the ‘80s, the big hairs, and the hipsters could be funny. There was no social media, there was no internet at all back then. So that was the general inspiration and then also just the gentrification that we’re seeing in Philadelphia and how the neighborhoods change. When you see gentrifying neighborhoods the first thing you get is your little independent coffee shop and then you get your neighborhood hipsterish, kind of cool bar even if it’s kind of downtrodden, that’s kind of like...

The signs to look for?

Exactly, like everything starts expanding, then you get the hip restaurants, then you get the people who can’t afford to live there anymore and it’s this whole dynamic. The play is

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I certainly had the big shoulders, if I had a suit jacket or whatever. In my prom photos, I wore this, probably unconscious-John Hughes or Emilio Estevez, tuxedo with sneakers, because it was cool. I have vivid memories of all our ‘80s appliances and the ugly colors. The pinks and the teals? My bar mitzvah invitation, everything was like triangles and you opened it up and confetti came out. I wish I had a copy of that.

Exactly, that’s the point, right? And that’s sort of the point the play makes, the hipsters will rock this but only because it’s ironic. They’ll wear ‘80s Knight Rider T-shirts. They’re just rocking it because it’s ironic.

Right, is it an homage or is it a subtle mockery?

I grew up in Center City, so I remember just how kind of grungy and dangerous and beat up it was back in the ‘70s.

I remember all the old movie theaters. I was working when I was a freshman. I worked at Center City District for Paul Levy, so sort of right when they first started. For me, that was a big thing just to see how that would change.

Yeah, I was the one sweeping, folding the banners and making sure they were laundered. It was definitely nothing super important but it was… One of the first things I did actually was—it’s not necessarily relevant but it’s interesting—Paul Levy had me go and do a survey of abandoned properties in the city. So, I literally mapped it out and rode my bike and had the locations of empty storefronts. They just wanted me to check and see properties that were empty.

Did you have any standout ’80s bad fashion mistakes?

Is it a little creepy to think that maybe someone is having almost that duplicate bar mitzvah invitation now, but to be retro? It’d be ironic now.

Coming back to Philly, what struck you most about the changes to the city from when you were a kid?

So you were on the ground floor of it?

this big ironic ‘80s thing but if we do it too authentic, it’s not gonna be good.’

I think it’s both. It doesn’t really work if you lived through it.

It’s not, there’s no irony there. You kind of have to not have lived through it. It’s nostalgia in sort of an idealized reality.

It’s just funny that that’s what has happened with the hipster culture, this longing for a past that they don’t remember and if you did live through it, it’s like “yeah, that was pretty horrible.” set in Brooklyn, which is kind of like hipster world, but it’s still relevant to any place, kind of like Philadelphia where the neighborhoods are gentrifying.

Isn’t it funny that we almost need someone to tell us to put our phones down at this point?

No, yeah, it’s totally true. To have this interpersonal conversation where they enforce it, and again, I think they take it too far. I think the [Hop Sing] no cell phone policy is fine, it’s just more the seating policy that was more of an annoyance, but that they kind of force you to just, have a conversation and do it like it used to be. Not everything has to be Instagrammed every five seconds.

Have you put out an invite out to Lê, the owner of Hop Sing to see the play?

No, somehow I don’t think he’s gonna come. I met him once. He’s prickly. The other thing is, you see this in other places too, Ultimo Coffee or other places where it has to be a Chem brew or you have to pour into the filter and then have to sit there for 15 minutes. It used to be a cup of coffee at a diner. Now it’s become this huge production with the cocktails and the beer culture and it’s fascinating and I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing, but I think it is interesting and it’s sort of the expectation that it has to be that. It has to be this much care put into it, and then I’m always stuck by “These drinks are $17, who’s paying for this?

How do young people afford to go drink at Olde Bar?” You know? Because it’s not cheap.

What are some of your favorite worst-parts of ’80s?

I happen to like ‘80s music, which is one of the reasons I did the play, because I think that really adds something to it. I wasn’t necessarily into all the hair metal. For me, it was more like Journey, I like them. I wasn’t so much into the headbanger bands, like Ratt, Poison, Scorpions, Dokken, which is what the play is about. The food, of course, was horrible and let’s make another Philly connection. So we have Sbraga, who opens up a ‘80s-style restaurant. And let’s put this out there, I love Kevin Sbraga. I love his food, but I thought it was awful. He got that, it was open for like six months. I was like, ‘are we that nostalgic? Do we pine that much for the past that we’re gonna try to recreate cuisine that was terrible to begin with?’ Sole and salad bars, and the onion soup that was so salty that you couldn’t even eat it, like ‘OK, we’re gonna do

So back to social media, there’s a safety to it, right? A controlled environment?

There is, there’s the curation. You might say, “Oh, look at this fun life I’m having. I’m going to New York, I’m going to dinner, look at this dinner I’m having.” But what’s interesting is people also post the bad stuff. “My grandmother died,” “I was in a car accident,” so it’s not even like it’s only the good stuff, it’s everything. People like having that interaction and some of it is good. I like being able to read some of these political commentaries and some of these things that wouldn’t otherwise come to my attention. I really like that but it’s also, I can’t keep up with it. It’s a firehose. It needs to be a sink and it’s a firehose.

Do you think we need to put our phones down instead of taking the photo of our latest meal and posting it immediately? Do we need to self regulate the urges or habits?

Who’s to say? Personally, yes. If you’re spending so much time holding your phone and filming something, to preserve it in video, you’re not getting the full experience. If you’re at a sporting event and you’re basically trying to be a stenographer the entire time, you’re missing the actual for the curated thing. That’s a problem; it’s just an odd way to live your life. It’s really a balancing act and the play looks at that piece of it. How do we live our lives without the internet kind of taking over and making us almost like automatons?

Everything is this sense of trying to record everything in our lives. I don’t take pictures of our food.

It’s so commonplace now, no one would even look twice if you’re taking a photo of your plate, it’s almost expected, but 10 or 15 years ago, it wasn’t a thing.

It’s a weird time, and it’s like the kids, people that are like 25, these people can barely remember a time when there wasn’t Facebook, a time where there wasn’t the internet. I feel like there is almost a lack of empathy or difficulty in communication or interpersonal communication. There are people that would rather break up with somebody via text message than in-person. I think that’s kind of like ingrained now. We would rather communicate that way than in person. It’s an odd thing. n

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SAVAGE LOVE

by Dan Savage | Twitter: @FakeDanSavage

Pup Names T here is a guy at my work who is into puppy play. I know this because I have some friends in the gay puppy community. I don’t give two shits what anyone I work with does to get off. All well and good, except… he wants us to call him Spike, his puppy name. Isn’t this a case of him involving everyone at work in his sex life, whether we want to be involved or not?

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“It’s important to note, firstly, that pup play isn’t a sexual activity so much as it is a head space,” says Amp, a puppy, a gamer, a porn performer, and the cohost of Watts the Safeword, a kink-friendly sex-education YouTube channel. “For DOGGONE’s coworker, pup play may be a comfort thing, or a social thing, or even a way for him to redefine who he is as a person so that he can take control.”

Amp, who is 26 and lives in Seattle, got into pup play about five years ago.

“A daddy and his pup joined a group of friends on a gay camping trip,” says Amp. “Their bond just seemed to glow, and their relationship stuck with me as something I wanted in my life. For me, yes, pup play can get sexual with my Daddy, but Amp is just who I am when I’m out and about.”

Like your coworker, DOGGONE, Amp goes by his puppy name socially and professionally. So I put this question to him: Does he get a secret thrill and/or a visible boner when a coworker, barista, casual friend, or rando calls him by his pup name?

“God no!” says Amp. “If someone calls me ‘pup’ in a really sexual way or an aggressive way, maybe, but not when someone is simply using your name. A pup name is essentially a nickname, and people use nicknames socially and professionally. So long as the kinkier aspects of pup play— tail wagging, barking, ball chasing—are kept out of the workplace, DOGGONE’s coworker using his puppy name at work doesn’t involve the office in his sex life.”

A quick thought experiment, DOGGONE: Let’s say a female coworker married a man—a really hot man—and later confided in you that she married him because the sex was great. And let’s say she took her new husband’s last name.

Would using her new last name “involve” you in her sex life? Being married partly defines who she is, it led her to take a new name, and sex is an important part of her marriage. But her new name isn’t just about sex—it’s about identity, inti-

macy, connection, and sex.

Pup play isn’t as serious a business as marriage, of course, but you should be able to extend the same courtesy to Spike that you wouldn’t hesitate to extend to your hypothetical straight female coworker—that is, use the names you’ve been asked to use without obsessing over their respective sex lives.

“DOGGONE should always respect how someone identifies and asks to be named,” said Amp, “and regard the sexual or kink aspects of someone’s name choice as a separate detail.”

You can—and should—follow Amp on Twitter @Pup_Amp. I recently synced my phone contacts to my Twitter account. When I was scrolling through the list of people who turned up from my contacts, I saw a username that looked out of place. It was the account of a low-key traditional-guy friend of mine.

To my surprise, on the account he was dressed as a woman in a few of the pictures and was with another Twitter user who is a popular dominatrix in the area where he lives. I’m sex-positive and support people who are gender nonconforming, of course.

I also work for a porn company, so I don’t judge anyone who participates in BDSM. My concern is that I don’t know if this person is aware that his account can be found via a regular old social media and phone sync. I don’t want him to get outed for being a fetishist or possibly being gender questioning or transgender if he does not want to be out. Should I give him a heads up? Should I keep my mouth shut? I want to be respectful. —Knowing Isn’t Necessarily Knowledge, Yes? Send that traditional guy a note, KINKY, but “bury the lead,” as they say in the news biz. Instead of opening with those particular photos being easily accessible to all, open with the relevant facts about yourself: “You know I work in porn, and I’m not fazed by BDSM or sex work or any sort of gender-related sex play, and I’m a big supporter of gender-nonconforming people as well as the trans community.”

Then let him know what you found, how you stumbled across it, and how to adjust his privacy settings. n

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