PHILADELPHIA FREE PRESS Digital Edition 9/16/2021

City Safari: Behind the scenes

By Thom Nickels Contributing Editor

executed on a gurney with a sheet covering most of his body.

His last meal consisted of black t has been 22 years since serial coffee and two slices of cheese killer Gary Michael Heidnik pizza. was wheeled into the lethal The convicted rapist and injection room at the State Corkiller of two women had no final rectional Institution at Rockview words. Observers noted how in Centre County, Pennsylvania. after the lethal injection his face Heidnik, the last person to be turned bright red then went put to death by this state, was ashen. When his death was an-

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nounced at 10:29 pm, a woman in the galley shouted, “Thank you, Jesus!”

Post execution, Heidnik’s remains were cremated, although after his death his legacy lived on in the world of crime novels, documentary films, podcasts and as inspiration for the character of Buffalo Bill in the film, “Silence of the Lambs.”

Gary Michael Heidnik. Photo: Courtesy of Wikipedia.

Center City Philadelphia’s Community Newspaper September 15, 2021

The scene of Heidnik’s grisly crimes was his home at 3520 N. Marshall Street in North Philadelphia.

From November 1986 to March 1987, Heidnik kidnapped six women—Josefina Rivera, Sandra Lindsay, Lisa Thomas, Deborah Dudley, Jacqueline Askins and Agnes Adams—chaining them to pipes in the basement of his house where he deprived them of food and water while beating and raping them daily. Two of the women died in captivity.

Sandra Lindsay died after hanging by her wrist from a ceiling beam for almost a week; Deborah Dudley died when Heidnik filled a pit in the basement with water and then forced Josefina Rivera to apply a live electrical wire to the chain shackled to Dudley’s body.

Heidnik’s fantasy was the creation of a ‘birthing harem’ but to do that he had to have as many children as possible with the women in his basement. continued on page 9

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A renter protection overview during the pandemic

By Christopher Doyle Contributing Writer

to shape the future of the city’s housing market.

Over the last several weeks, hen the COVID-19 several layers of federal finanpandemic first paracial safety nets were pulled out lyzed the country and from under Philadelphians. The its economy 18 months ago, local, state, federal governments federal unemployment insurance programs, which put a $300 delivered unprecedented relief to Philadelphia renters at risk of bonus on top of state unemeviction. While key aid programs ployment aid, relaxed eligibility requirements, and allowed are finally ending, City Council people to collect aid indefinitely, and the local courts are holding fast in their commitment to rent- expired Sept. 5. The week before, ers’ protection – and are moving the U.S. Supreme Court function-

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ally overturned the last federal eviction moratorium that had been instituted by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

Some local protections have ended too – including provisions of the city’s landmark Emergency Housing Protection Act, which was passed in the summer of 2020 and crucial court orders.

The EHPA ban on late fees for Philadelphia renters who have declared a COVID-19 hardship expired on Sept 1. And the

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas decided let many landlord-tenant hearings resume in July.

Despite these developments, Philadelphia is exceptional in the strength of renter protections that remain in place. Per an order from the Philadelphia Municipal Court, landlords must enter into the city’s Eviction Diversion Program before they file for eviction. Created by the EHPA and modeled off the city’s foreclosure

Me and the Devil: Giving The Devil His Due

diversion program created in the wake of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the Eviction Diversion Program has landlord and tenants go through mediation with a housing counselor. The program has won national acclaim, and City Council has voted to fund the program through August 2022.

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of this time, he also managed to record twenty-nine of his songs, many of which are now considBy Richard Lord acts of the evening’s headliners. ered blues classics.

Humiliated, he slunk off into the Contributing writer One sweltering night in Aunight, disappeared for a short gust 1938, Johnson was strutting he Robert Johnson saga is time, but then reappeared having his stuff at a dance hall in a small America’s very own version acquired a mastery of the blues town just outside of Greenwood, of the Faust legend. One guitar that stunned all those who Mississippi when he suddenly advantage of the Johnson story is had heard him perform not long fell violently ill. He died three that there’s ample proof Johnson before. days later, writhing in pain and actually lived, and his indisputSo how did this musical racked with convulsions for most able life story, though much too bumbler go from disaster to a of that time. short, provided enough grist for master in such a short time? The The legend likes to see the the legend mill to grind out a legend claims that Johnson set hand of the devil in that death. fascinating tale. up a rendez-vous with the devil According to purview of the The legend has it that young at a crossroads one midnight and legend, Johnson was trying to Robert Johnson, son of an impov- struck a deal: Johnson offered renege on his deal, so the devil erished mother whose husband his immortal soul in exchange Lawrence Stallings as Robert Johnson in Lantern Theater Company’s world premiere digital decided to collect on his debt had abandoned her, was a for the ability to be a great blues production of Me and the Devil by Steve H. Broadnax III and Charles Dumas, directed by early. struggling blues singer and gui- artist.

Steve H. Broadnax III. Photo: Mark Garvin.

The more mundane version of tarist scratching out a living in Always keen to add another the Robert Johnson phenomenon rural Mississippi. A thoroughly lost soul to his vast collection, tar, then returned the instrument. writer-musician, wowing audiis that following his humiliatmediocre musician, the young the Prince of Darkness readily The young man then strode off ences at juke joints, street corners ing performance, he sought out Johnson was once booed off the agreed to the deal. He showed and spent the next eight or nine and rural dance halls, mainly stage when he appeared between Johnson a few tricks on the guiyears as an itinerant singer-song- in the South. Towards the end continued on page 9

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needed to give it to the landlord, then they got the benefit of these protections, available to their tenants at President Judge Patrick renters were still strugleast 45 days before filing Dugan. In his requests, gling, Garland said that the but what we learned is that for an eviction. To be eligi- Dugan cited the need to local actors have provided most tenants don’t,” Garble for assistance, tenants distribute federal aid and a basis of support for those land said. “It’s too much information which changes must meet certain income prevent the court from most in need. too quickly and it’s too hard requirements and declare being overwhelmed by “The end of the CDC to disperse that information that they have experienced thousands of simultaneous [eviction] moratorium in an efficient manner.” difficulty paying rent due eviction filings. was not as much of a cost “What really works is to COVID-19. The courts Landlords may petition to Philadelphia because not the opt-in protections have also kept landlords for an exemption from the the court had taken such but the opt-out protecfrom locking out any aid and mediation releadership in Philadelphia tions,” Garland added. tenant that has a filed an quirements. They must be to put in place stronger application for rental aid, able to demonstrate that a protections,” Garland said. “The protections are much, much more effective.” even if that aid has not yet tenant has already vacated “It’s not perfect, it’s not The actions of the city been delivered. a property; that they own like we’ve been able to stop and the court has not These requirements fewer than five residential evictions, but considering have enabled Philadelphia units and are in financial the level of potential crisis, always been met with unito distribute more than distress; or that a tenant is this was pretty impressive.” versal praise. HAPCO, an advocacy group for Phil$170 million of the aid that in breach of the lease for a Garland credited the adelphia landlords, sued it has received from the reason other than non-pay- success of the city’s prothe city in federal court last state, the federal CARES ment or late payment of gram to the proactive role year to overturn most proAct passed in March 2020, rent. Landlords can also it has taken in connecting and the American Rescue file a petition based on renters and landlords with visions of the Emergency Housing Protection Act, inPlan passed in March 2021. other, unspecified extenopportunities for aid. She cluding the part of the law Thus far, more than 30,000 uating circumstances that noted that prior to the that created the Eviction Philadelphia households they believe might warrant Municipal Court order, it have received aid. The city an exemption. had been the responsibility Diversion Program.

When contacted by stands out from the many Community Legal Serof tenants to opt into the phone, a HAPCO employmunicipalities and states vices, an organization that city’s rental protection ee said that its members from across the country that provides civil legal services programs, ultimately leavare currently concerned have struggled mightily to to low-income Philaing many eligible renters that the rental assistance deliver aid to renters and delphians, have voiced without aid. A model in aid will be exhausted property owners and have support for the steps that which landlords have to left large sums of their fed- the city and the courts have petition for an exemption, before all landlords can get relief to compensate eral aid funds unspent. taken. CLS attorney, Rachel she said, is more effective for the costs of their lost The Pennsylvania SuGarland, praised Philadel- in preventing eviction. rent. She also said that preme Court has extendphia and its partners on “If a tenant knew about some landlords have been ed the Municipal Court the state and federal levels the protection, and knew saddled with delinquent order multiple times at for their action. While that they needed to sign a tenants for months due to the request of Municipal acknowledging that some form, and knew that they the prerequisites that must be met before securing an eviction order.

Garland acknowledged that some landlords might be frustrated by the new process – especially now that mortgage forbearances may be expiring and sheriff sales are getting set to resume. Garland nevertheless noted that the process reopened lines of communications with tenants and offered landlords the possibility of recouping the rent they are owed.

“I think there was an understandable level of skepticism last summer before the Eviction Diversion Program was started about

whether or not it would be helpful or whether it would be another stall tactic, and I think landlords who got through have found it really helpful,” Garland said. “With that being said, I think there are still a lot of frustrated landlords out there who haven’t been able to navigate the system, who haven’t understood what their options are, or are still waiting for their rental assistance application to be processed, [because] it’s really hard to wait when you have bills due and a mortgage to pay.”

“I do think that the focus needs to be on how to resolve these issues, but nothing is solved for landlords only by eviction,” Garland added.

Garland said that more rental aid to the city may be forthcoming – especially if the state chooses to allocate rental aid from counties which are not distributing high shares of the funds, they have received to counties that are, such as Philadelphia.

The city’s renter protections were first implemented last year to prevent people from becoming homeless and put out on the street – where they would be more vulnerable to COVID-19. The original EHPA passed in May 2020 required that landlords offer a nine-month payment plan to pay off back rent; prohibited certain late fees; provided guidance to the courts to forestall evictions; and created the Eviction Diversion Program.

According to a study coauthored by professors at the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne, the move to limit evictions during the pandemic may have saved lives. The study found that when the eviction rate rises from 0%

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to 1%, COVID-19 infections increase by 5% to 10%, and that every 60 additional evictions may result in one more COVID-19 death.

The Greater Philadelphia area has fared better against the latest wave of COVID-19, fueled by the more contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, than other regions in the country with lower vaccination rates. (The New York Times database of coronavirus infection reports that Philadelphia, over the last week, has averaged 232 COVID-19 cases and two COVID-19 deaths per day – with the latter rate being near the lowest death rate that the city has experienced since the pandemic began.)

Garland, from CLS, said that the rental protections in place now were not only important to keep the COVID-19 death toll from climbing even higher, but also presented an opportunity to make long-term reforms to the Philadelphia housing market.

“We saw what it was like before the pandemic, when there were over 19,000 eviction filings every year,” Garland said. “And we see what it looks like now when there’s significantly fewer than that, and I think that’s because there are these other options.”

Even more changes to the city housing market might be on the way.

In the election scheduled for Nov. 2, Philadelphians will vote whether to permanently mandate funding for the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which subsidizes affordable housing development and preservation.

And before it recessed for the summer, City Council was exploring a bill to create a Mixed-Income Neighborhood Overlay for University City and some sections of North Philadelphia. The legislation would be for new residential developments in selected tracts to designate a fifth of their units as affordable housing where rents would be capped at a rate based on 40% of Philadelphia’s Area Median Income – which would amount to about $725 per month for a single-bedroom apartment.

When the bill was proposed in the spring, it was met with opposition from several development groups and support from some affordable-housing advocates. City Council will likely reexamine the bill in its next legislative session, which starts this Friday.

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Crime Statistics & Crime Report Updates. If you have any crimes to report, please send them to N.C. at newsdesk@pressreview.net by press time, Monday at noon.

Note: this crime report does not cover the entire boundaries for each police district. Instead, it reflects statistics in or near our circulation areas.

The Following Crimes Occurred Between Friday, September 3rd, and Thursday, September 9th.

3RD DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 3rd District, please call 215-686-3030.

Reporting 3rd District crimes from Lombard St. to Mifflin St. and Delaware Ave. to Broad St.: Rape: 600 Tasker St. Assault: 1300 Bainbridge St, 1200 E Passyunk Av, 1700 S 4th St, 500 S 11th St, 700 S Marvine St, 200 South St, 500 South St, 600 South St, 1000 South St. Burglary: 1300 Morris St, 1700 S 10th St. Robbery: Fitzwater St & S Marvine St, 500 S 9th St, 1400 S 10th St. Theft: 300 Bainbridge St, 1000 Carpenter St, 600 Dickinson St, 1600 E Moyamensing Av, 1800 E Moyamensing Av (2 Incidents), 700 E Passyunk Av, 300 Lombard St, 800 Mifflin St, 1800 S 8th St, 600 S 10th St, S 11th St & Pierce St, 1100 S Broad St, 1100 S Christopher Columbus Blvd (2 Incidents), 900 S Front St, 1600 S Front St, 300 South St, 400 South St, 700 South St, 1000 South St, 300 Titan St, 1000 Washington Av, 1100 Washington Av, 1300 Webster St, 500 Wharton St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 100 Pemberton St, 800 S 2nd St, 1600 S 10th St, 1100 S Randolph St, 500 Wharton St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 700 Christian St, 200 Mifflin St, 900 Rodman St, 1500 S 6th St, 1400 S 8th St, 400 South St. 6TH DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 6th District, please call 215-686-3060.

Reporting 6th District crimes from Spring Garden St. to Lombard St. and Front St. to Broad St.: Arson: 200 Spruce St. Assault: 1100 Arch St, 1000 Callowhill St, 1000 Chestnut St, 200 Market St, 500 Market St, 700 Market St, 1100 Market St, 100 N 10th St, N 12th St & Filbert St, 300 N 13th St, 1200 Race St, S 7th St & Market St, S 9th St & Sansom St, S 12th St & Chestnut St, 0 S 13th St, 200 S Broad St, S Broad St & Locust St, 800 Spruce St (2 Incidents), 1100 Spruce St, 700 Walnut St. Burglary: 900 Arch St, 200 Chestnut St, 100 N 2nd St, 1200 Pine St, 200 S Broad St, 1000 Vine St. Robbery: 1200 Chestnut St, 1300 Locust St, 100 Market St, 1300 Market St, 900 Race St, 1200 Saint James St. Theft: 1200 Arch St, 0 Bank St, 900 Buttonwood St, 100 Callowhill St (2 Incidents), 600 Callowhill St, 1000 Callowhill St, 1000 Cherry St, 800 Chestnut St, 900 Chestnut St, 1000 Chestnut St, 1100 Chestnut St (7 Incidents), 1200 Chestnut St, 1300 Chestnut St (4 Incidents), 0 Dock St (2 Incidents), 1300 Drury St, 900 Filbert St, 1100 Locust St (8 Incidents), 1300 Locust St, 200 Market St, 300 Market St, 900 Market St (2 Incidents), 1000 Market St, 1100 Market St, 1200 Market St, 1300 Market St (3 Incidents), 400 N 5th St, 200 N 9th St, N 9th St & Market St, N 9th St & Race St, 200 New St, 1000 Noble St, 1100 Pine St, 400 Race St, 1300 Race St, 0 S 2nd St, 400 S 2nd St, 0 S 12th St, S 12th St & Sansom St, 200 S Broad St, 300 S Front St, 500 Spruce St, 1200 Spruce St, 1000 Vine St (2 Incidents), 1300 Walnut St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 700 Arch St, 900 Spring St, 1100 Vine St (2 Incidents), 1200 Walnut St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1000 Arch St (2 Incidents), 1200 Chancellor St, 500 Chestnut St, 600 Chestnut St, 900 Hamilton St, 1000 Market St, 1200 Market St, N 2nd St & Market St, 300 N 13th St, 300 N Lawrence St, 1100 Vine St (2 Incidents), 900 Waverly St. 9TH DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 9th District, please call 215-686-3090.

Reporting 9th District crimes from Fairmount Ave. to Lombard St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River.: Assault: 2100 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 2100 Hamilton St, 2500 Lombard St, 200 N 17th St, N 24th St & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, S 17th St & Sansom St, 100 S 19th St, 2500 Spring Garden St. Burglary: 1800 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy,

1800 Green St, 200 N 17th St, 500 N 19th St, 2200 Park Towne Pl. Robbery: 2000 Market St, 100 N Broad St, 200 S 21st St. Theft: 1700 Arch St, 1900 Arch St (2 Incidents), 2200 Arch St (5 Incidents), 0 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 2000 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 2200 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy (13 Incidents), 2300 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 2400 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy (2 Incidents), 1400 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 1500 Chestnut St, 1600 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 1900 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 2000 Chestnut St, 1700 Green St, 2000 Hamilton St, 1400 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1500 Locust St, 1600 Mount Vernon St, 0 N 17th St, 200 N 22nd St, 2000 Pennsylvania Av, 2100 Pine St, 0 S 18th St (2 Incidents), 100 S 18th St, S 18th St & Walnut St, 0 S 19th St, 400 S Carlisle St, 400 S Van Pelt St, 1500 Sansom St (2 Incidents), 2400 Spring Garden St, 2500 Spring Garden St (7 Incidents), 1500 Spruce St, 200 W Rittenhouse Sq, 1500 Walnut St, 1700 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 1800 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 1900 Walnut St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1400 Arch St, 600 N 17th St, 600 N 22nd St, 100 N Broad St, 2600 Pine St, 0 S 16th St, S 17th St & Cypress St, S 25th St & Pine St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 2000 Addison St, 1800 Arch St, 2100 Arch St, 2100 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 2200 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 1500 Cherry St, 2100 Hamilton St (2 Incidents), 1400 Locust St, 2000 Market St, 0 N 15th St (2 Incidents), 0 N 16th St, 400 N 21st St, N 21st St & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 0 S 16th St, 1800 Walnut St. 12TH DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 12th District, please call 215-686-1320.

Reporting 12th District crimes within Southwest Philly bounded by Baltimore at 49th St. to Bartram Dr. at 60th St.: Rape: 2000 S Cecil St. Assault: 5600 Belmar St, 5800 Dickens Av, 5500 Kingsessing Av, 5500 Litchfield St, 5100 Pentridge St (2 Incidents), 5800 Pentridge St, 5400 Regent St, 1000 S 52nd St (2 Incidents), 1100 S 52nd St, 1100 S 56th St, 1700 S 58th St, 2000 S Alden St, 1900 S Cecil St, 2100 S Frazier St, 1900 S Ithan St, 1700 S Yewdall St, 5700 Thomas Av, Warrington Av & S 54th St. Burglary: 5500 Linmore Av, 1400 S 51st St, 1600 S Frazier St. Robbery: 5300 Hadfield St, 5300 Willows Av. Theft: 5200 Baltimore Av, 5800 Cedarhurst St, 5000 Chester Av, 5600 Litchfield St, 5500 Paschall Av (2 Incidents), 5600 Pentridge St, 1800 S 54th St, 1500 S 56th St, 1900 S 57th St, 5900 Springfield Av, 5700 Thomas Av, 5600 Warrington Av (2 Incidents), 5300 Whitby Av, 5700 Willows Av, 5900 Windsor St, 5800 Woodland Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5300 Angora Ter (2 Incidents), 5700 Elmwood Av, 5800 Fernwood St, 5600 Florence Av, 5800 Hoffman Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 2700 54th Dr, 5300 Angora Ter, 5700 Elmwood Av, 5300 Greenway Av, 5300 Kingsessing Av, 5500 Kingsessing Av (3 Incidents), 5300 Lindbergh Blvd, S 55th St & Kingsessing Av, 1300 S 56th St (2 Incidents), 1400 S 56th St, 1400 S 57th St, 2000 S 57th St, S 58th St & Baltimore Av, 1000 S Paxon St, 5000 Springfield Av, 5700 Wheeler St, 5400 Woodland Av, 5500 Yocum St. 16TH DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 16th District, please call 215-686-3160.

Reporting 16th District crimes from Girard Ave. to Market St. and from the Schuylkill River to 52nd St.: Assault: 5100 Brown St, 100 Dearborn St, 4000 Green St, 4400 Holden St, 5100 Hoopes St, 3700 Market St, 3300 Mount Vernon St, 600 N 32nd St, N 34th St & Lancaster Walk, N 34th St & Market St, N 37th St & Wallace St, 0 N 39th St, 800 N 40th St, N 40th St & Lancaster Av, 700 N 49th St, 0 N 51st St, 200 N Creighton St, 700 N Dekalb St, 3900 Pennsgrove St, 3800 Powelton Av, 3400 Spring Garden St, 4600 Westminster Av. Burglary: 3800 Cambridge St, 4600

Lancaster Av. Robbery: 400 Busti St, 1000 N 48th St, Powelton Av & N Preston St. Theft: 4000 Baring St, 900 Belmont Av, 4300 Fairmount Av, 4900 Hoopes St, 3400 Lancaster Av (2 Incidents), 3600 Lancaster Av (2 Incidents), 4000 Lancaster Av (2 Incidents), 2900 Market St, 4000 Market St, 0 N 46th St, 800 N 48th St, 200 N 50th St, 0 N 52nd St, 300 N Preston St, 3600 Olive St, 3700 Spring Garden St, 800 Union St, 400 Wiota St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 3800 Brandywine St, 3700 Hamilton St, 3400 Lancaster Av, 3600 Lancaster Av, 100 N 36th St, 0 N 40th St, 200 N Creighton St, 700 N Dekalb St, 900 N Saint Bernard St, 4600 Ogden St, 3600 Warren St (2 Incidents).

Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5100 Arch St (2 Incidents), 300 Busti St (4 Incidents), 3900 Fairmount Av, 5100 Funston St (2 Incidents), 4400 Holden St, 4000 Lancaster Av, 4500 Lancaster Av (2 Incidents), 2900 Market St, 4000 Market St, 0 N 33rd St, 600 N 38th St, N 40th St & Market St, 800 N 42nd St, 700 N 46th St (2 Incidents), 800 N Holly St, 600 Pallas St, 3800 Poplar St (2 Incidents), 3200 Race St, 3400 Wallace St. 17TH DISTRICT: To report a crime to the 17th District, please call 215-686-3170.

Reporting 17th District crimes from Lombard St. to Mifflin St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River.: Rape: 3000 Moore St. Assault: 1100 S Cleveland St, 1500 S Cleveland St, 3100 Tasker St. Burglary: 1400 S 20th St. Theft: 2600 Bainbridge St, 1500 Carpenter St, 1800 Christian St, 2200 Cross St, 1400 Dickinson St, 1600 Ellsworth St, 1600 Lombard St, 2900 Oakford St, 1000 S 16th St, 1300 S 16th St, 600 S 21st St, 700 S 21st St (2 Incidents), 1500 S 21st St, 1200 S 26th St, 1000 S Broad St (3 Incidents), 1500 S Broad St, 1000 S Cleveland St, 1500 S Newkirk St, 2000 Saint Albans St, 1800 South St (2 Incidents), 1500 Tasker St, 1700 Washington Av (2 Incidents), 2300 Watkins St, 1800 Wharton St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 2000 Rodman St, 1400 S 19th St, S 22nd St & Morris St, 1100 S 23rd St, 1500 S Newkirk St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 2000 Carpenter St, 2600 Federal St, 2200 Gerritt St, 2200 Naudain St, 2900 Reed St, 1500 S 15th St, 700 S 17th St, 1600 S 19th St, 1500 S 20th St, S 22nd St & Catharine St, S 30th St & Morris St, 1200 S Bucknell St, 1400 S Ringgold St, 1500 S Taylor St. 18TH DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 18th District, please call 215-686-3180.

Reporting 18th District crimes from Market St. to Woodland Ave. and 30th St. to Cobbs Creek Pkwy.: Arson: 6000 Catharine St, 5200 Spruce St. Assault: 5300 Addison St, 5500 Addison St, 4200 Chester Av, 5600 Chestnut St, 5300 Delancey St, 6000 Locust St, 5600 Pemberton St, 100 S 40th St, 1200 S 47th St, 100 S 48th St, 500 S 52nd St, S 58th St & Baltimore Av, 200 S 59th St, S 60th St & Spruce St, 100 S 61st St, 200 S Frazier St, 6200 Sansom St, 5200 Spruce St, 5800 Spruce St, 5100 Walnut St, 5200 Walnut St. Burglary: 4600 Baltimore Av, 100 S 52nd St, 5700 Sansom St, 4700 Warrington Av. Robbery: 5000 Pine St, S 57th St & Walnut St, 3700 Spruce St, 500 Woodland Ter. Theft: 5500 Addison St, 200 Buckingham Pl, 6000 Catharine St, 4600 Cedar Av, 5000 Cedar Av (2 Incidents), 4300 Chester Av, 4700 Chester Av, 3600 Chestnut St, 4300 Chestnut St, 5600 Chestnut St (3 Incidents), 5700 Christian St, 6000 Locust St, 4000 Market St, 4200 Market St, 4800 Market St, 5400 Norfolk St, 5500 Pemberton St, 5800 Pemberton St, 4500 Pine St, 4600 Pine St, 200 S 40th St, S 40th St & Locust St, 200 S 42nd St, 100 S 43rd St, 300 S 47th St, S 47th St & Baltimore Av, 400 S 48th St, 0 S 52nd St (2 Incidents), S 56th St & Pemberton St, 600 S 59th St, 0 S 60th St, S 60th St & Locust St, 700 S Frazier St, 3700 Spruce St, 3400 Walnut St, 4000 Walnut St, 5500 Walnut

St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5500 Addison St, 5800 Alter St, 5500 Chestnut St, 5800 Christian St, 1300 Hanson St, 6100 Ludlow St, 5800 Pemberton St, 700 S 55th St, S 55th St & Chestnut St, 200 S 60th St, 0 S Sickels St, 4000 Spruce St, 4800 Woodland Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5600 Cedar Av, 5100 Delancey St, 5400 Delancey St, 5700 Delancey St, 200 Farragut St, 5800 Larchwood Av, 5400 Locust St, 6000 Locust St, 6200 Locust St, 3800 Ludlow St, 4900 Pine St, S 39th St & Ludlow St, 900 S 49th St, 500 S 52nd St, 600 S 52nd St, 400 S 56th St, 600 S 56th St, 900 S 58th St, 1100 S 61st St, S 61st St & Chestnut St, 700 S Cecil St, 0 S Dewey St, 200 S Melville St, 3900 Spruce St, 4100 Spruce St (2 Incidents), 4000 Walnut St, 4200 Walnut St, 5200 Walnut St. 19TH DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 19th District, please call 215-686-3190.

Reporting 19th District crimes from City Ave. to Market St. and 52nd St. to 77th St.: Rape: 400 N 63rd St. Assault: 1700 Aberdeen St, 5400 Arch St, 5600 Arch St, 6100 Arch St, 5600 Arlington St, 7400 Brockton Rd (2 Incidents), 5500 Cherry St, 7500 City Av, 5300 Euclid St, 5300 Haverford Av, 5400 Haverford Av, 5500 Haverford Av, 7200 Haverford Av, 6000 Hazelhurst St, 5600 Hunter St, 5700 Hunter St, 6400 Lansdowne Av, 6600 Lansdowne Av, 5900 Market St, 5400 Morse St, 0 N 52nd St, 0 N 53rd St, 1600 N 57th St, 100 N 58th St, 1500 N 61st St, 0 N 62nd St (2 Incidents), 400 N 63rd St, 900 N 63rd St, 1100 N 63rd St (2 Incidents), N 63rd St & Callowhill St, 200 N 64th St, 400 N 64th St, 1700 N Felton St, 100 N Millick St, 6300 Overbrook Av (3 Incidents), 6000 Spring St, 5900 Summer St, 6300 Vine St, 5400 W Berks St (2 Incidents), 5400 W Girard Av, 6100 W Girard Av, 5300 W Montgomery Av, 1300 Westbury Dr, 5600 Woodcrest Av. Burglary: 6100 Lebanon Av, 5900 Malvern Av, 5200 Market St, 1800 N 52nd St, 2100 N 63rd St, 1400 N Hobart St, 6200 Race St, 5200 W Girard Av, 5200 Woodbine Av. Robbery: 7600 City Av, 5500 Master St, 1900 N 52nd St, 200 N 53rd St, S 52nd St & Market St, 5600 Vine St. Theft: 5500 Arch St, 6000 Arch St, 5700 Dunlap St, 5200 Gainor Rd, 5700 Jefferson St, 6000 Lansdowne Av, 100 N 53rd St, 1200 N 53rd St, N 53rd St & Arch St, 200 N 63rd St, 1100 N 63rd St, N 66th St & Haverford Av, 500 N 67th St, 500 N Allison St, 1500 N Conestoga St, 1400 N Edgewood St, 300 N Redfield St, 300 N Robinson St, 5200 Parkside Av, 5400 Upland Way, 5600 Vine St, 5400 W Berks St, 5500 W Girard Av, 5800 W Girard Av, 5900 Woodbine Av, 800 Wynnewood Rd. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 700 Edgemore Rd, 5300 Gainor Rd, 6500 Lebanon Av, 5700 Media St, 5400 Morse St, 500 N 54th St, 0 N Frazier St, 400 N Redfield St, 0 N Ruby St, 5800 Poplar Ct, 5400 Stewart St, 800 Wynnewood Rd. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5300 Arlington St, 5200 Euclid St, 6500 Haverford Av, 600 Kenmore Rd, 6300 Lancaster Av, 5600 Market St, 200 N 52nd St, 600 N 52nd St, 1500 N 54th St, 200 N 60th St, 1200 N 60th St, 400 N 63rd St, 1700 N Lindenwood St, 2000 N Wanamaker St, 7300 Ruskin Rd, 5900 Summer St, 5400 W Berks St. Crime Incidents as reported by the Philadelphia Police Department via opendataphilly.org. Feedback and inquiries can be sent to Dorian@Pressreview.net.

This crime report does not cover the entire boundaries of each police district. It reflects only incidents in or near our circulation areas.

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(The Center Square) – ennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf launched a website on Monday to collect public input about the state’s new congressional district map in an effort that resembles House Republicans’ own strategy for redrawing the boundaries.

“We must bring more fairness and transparency to the redistricting process, so every Pennsylvanian is assured their voice is heard,” Wolf said. “I have long believed that gerrymandering is wrong, and politicians should not use the redistricting process to choose their own voters.

Our commonwealth and our nation were founded on the ideals that voters freely select their own elected leaders.”

The new website, reminiscent of the one launched by House Republicans in July, wants residents to suggest boundaries and communities of interest for the administration to consider.

“As this critically important process kicks off in Pennsylvania, we want to hear from you,” Wolf said, continued on page 10

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A Larry Krasner today announced the sentencing of Jedayah Nesmith (DOB 8/18/1994) for the 2017 murder of a 2-year-old boy in the city's West Oak Lane section. Assistant District Attorney Nora Nienhagan Greenberg secured a guilty plea from Nesmith for Third Degree Murder, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Abuse of Corpse, and related charges. She was

sentenced on August 17 by Judge Glenn Bronson and faces a maximum of 47 years in state prison.

In February of 2017, the child's mother asked Nesmith, with whom she was romantically involved, to take temporary custody of the child due to a change in the mother's work schedule. Nesmith agreed and the child began living full-time with her in her apartment, located on continued on page 10

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Philadelphia Eagles get off to a flying start after destroying the Atlanta Falcons 32-6

By Napoleon F. Kingcade Sports Reporter

down pass in his first NFL game. Smith also became the first Eagles in franchise he Philadelphia Eahistory to have six catches gles were able to win and a touchdown in his their first game of the first NFL game. His six season and it didn’t take catches tied DeSean Jackthem long to do it. They son for the most receptions were able to accomplish from a player in his NFL this feat by destroying debut in Eagles history. the Atlanta Falcons by a Before Smith scored the score of 32-6.The Eagles Eagles’ first touchdown, gave new head coach Nick Hurts led the Eagles down Sirianni his first NFL victo- field by mixing up plays ry and they did it in style. and running for a first The Eagles scored more down. points than any game they After the Eagles stopped played last year. the Falcons in the red Eagles quarterback Jalen zone and held them to a Hurts led the charge when field goal, Jalen Hurts led he completed 27 of 35 the Birds on a two-minpasses for 264 yards while ute drive and threw a he hit his wide receivers 9-yard touchdown pass for three touchdowns. His to Dallas Goedert who first touchdown pass was gave the Eagles a 13-6 a masterpiece. Jalen Hurts lead. On the next play, rolled out of the pocket Miles Sanders converted and hit rookie wide receiv- a two-point attempt that er Devonta Smith with an extended the Eagles’ lead 18-yard touchdown pass to 15-6. At this point, the that gave the Eagles a 6-0 Eagles were looking like lead in their first drive of a different football team. the game. By scoring the They showed no glimpses touchdown, Smith became of last year’s 4-11-1 team. the first Eagle since Tony In the first half, the Eagles Stewart to catch a touchstopped the Falcons from

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scoring twice in the red zone. The defense was able to step up and take care of business. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan stayed in trouble for the whole game. The Eagles finished the game with 10 quarterback hits while Javon Hargrave and Hassan Ridgeway had three quarterback hits apiece. In the fourth quarter, Hargrave had two quarterback sacks while Ridgeway added another one.

Once the Eagles got the ball back late in the fourth quarter, Jalen Hurts marched the Eagles down field. It took three plays for Hurts to find Jalen Reagor open on the sideline.

Reagor caught the ball and sprinted 23 yards for a touchdown. That touchdown put the icing on the cake. They led the game, 29-6. After a Jake Elliott field goal, the Eagles celebrated and played out the rest of the clock. The Eagles walked out of Atlanta with a 32-6 victory.

Last Sunday, Devonta Smith led the Eagles with

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72 yards in receiving yards.

He did it in his NFL debut.

Meantime Eagles rookie running back Kenneth Gainwell in his first NFL game had eight carries for 31 yards and he scored a touchdown in the second half. As the Eagles get

Eagles team, Sirianni has the players to give other NFL teams nightmares. So far, this Eagles team looks great and they played like a Super Bowl team against the Atlanta Falcons. While many critics are not giving them a chance this season.

He has them thinking like Super Bowl Champions.

Sirianni is a Rah-Rah coach. The Eagles players love him and Sirianni loves them back. Only time will tell if the Eagles will return to the Super Bowl.

Just like Dick Vermeil

Philadelphia Eagles new head coach Nick Sirianni. Photo: Courtesy of Philadelphia Eagles Fan page.

ready for the San Francisco 49ers, there’s great hope the Eagles will be hyped for this Sunday’s game.

The game is set for Sunday and kick off is scheduled for 1 PM. Going into this game, Coach Nick Sirianni is expected to keep the same mindset that earned him the job in January.

Since training camp, Sirianni has given players new life in the team’s offensive system. With this

Right now, the Eagles have a chance to prove them wrong. Many critics didn’t think Jalen Hurts deserved to be the Eagles starting quarterback. But look at Jalen Hurts now. He has led the Eagles to their first victory and he’s expected to give them more.

Right now, everything is in the hands of Eagles coach Nick Sirianni. So far, he has the Eagles players believing in themselves.

did, Nick Sirianni has that same championship spirit and attitude. As a sports reporter, I love what I see so far. This season, the sky is the limit. Right now, the Eagles are flying high. If the Eagles stay healthy, they can make a run for the NFC East Division title.

If that happens, Coach Sirianni will have this City shouting his name loud and proud.

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 Education  Fall fun in Philly’s parks

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njoy Free Movie Nights, New Free FDR Park Shuttle Service, Volunteer Cleanups, and More with Fairmount Park Conservancy This fall, the non-profit champion of Philadelphia’s parks, Fairmount Park Conservancy, will bring a variety of recreational, environmental, and cultural programs to Fairmount Park, FDR Park, and neighborhood parks across the city.

Here are some of the different ways people can experience and support Philly’s parks during one of the most beautiful seasons of the year: Have Fun With The Family Explore Fairmount Park and FDR Park while supporting the Conservancy: Venture off the beaten path in Philadelphia’s parks with Fairmount Park Conservancy’s guided hikes, birdwatching, trail runs, and yoga and meditation classes. These

events explore the hidden gems in Fairmount Park and FDR Park and support the Conservancy’s work to bring parks to life.

New events and activations this fall: ● Free PHLASH shuttle at FDR: Launching September 18, the Conservancy is partnering with the Philly PHLASH to offer a free weekend shuttle service throughout FDR Park.

The shuttle will pick up at the NRG SEPTA station on Broad St. and Pattison Ave. and make stops at all three FDR Park Hubs in the park: Playground, Asian Market, and Soccer Fields. The service will run Saturdays and Sundays from 10am-6pm, approximately every 30 minutes.

For the full route and map, see: https://myphillypark. org/app/uploads/2021/09/ FDR-Shuttle-A-Frame-online.pdf ● Park 101: This fall marks the launch of the first-ever Park 101, a series of in-person events led by

guides and experts who will break down the barriers on a variety of activities, including kayaking and skateboarding. Park 101 participants will have the opportunity to learn the basics of kayaking on The Lakes at FDR Park and how to skateboard at the FDR Skatepark.

For upcoming events, see the Conservancy’s calendar: https://myphillypark.org/events-calendar/list/ Catch a flick on the big screen at a neighborhood park with the 2021 Movies in the Park series, supported by the Conservancy.

This year, more than 20 neighborhood parks across the city are hosting movie nights, featuring blockbuster and kid-friendly flicks including Raya and the Last Dragon, Soul, and more. For the movie night schedule, see: https:// myphillypark.org/movienights-parks-free/ Enjoy art in the park at the Hatfield House, a

Staying fit in Philly’s parks. Photo: Courtesy of the Fairmount Park Conservancy

cultural and community hub in East Fairmount Park. Current and upcoming events include Black Quantum Futurism’s art exhibit now through September 19, a Spirit of the Drums event and performance on Oct. 13, and a riding event with Fletcher Street Urban Riders on Oct. 24. For more infor-

mation on Hatfield House happenings, see: https:// myphillypark.org/explore/ parks/hatfield-house/hatfield-house-events/ Stay Fit And Healthy In Philly Parks Train on trails for the Broad Street Run with weekly Wednesday runs in Fairmount Park and FDR Park.

These runs are great options for those training for Broad Street or runners who just want to get to know Fairmount Park and FDR Park trails a bit better.

Training on Trails runs are led by John Goldthorp, professional fitness coach.

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6 • PHILLYFREEPRESS.COM • UCREVIEW.COM • SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 various South Philadelphia parks to present R. Eric Thomas’s “The Ever Present”, a “family-friendly fantastic” free event featuring a local empty lot that turns out to be more than meets the eye. Final performances are on Sept. he Rittenhouse 19 with more than 100 18 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., A highly topical show 18 at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Square Fine Arts artists from far and wide Sept. 19 from 11 a.m. to 5 through Oct. 17 at the Columbus Square; Sept.

Show, the oldest such in this recognized juried p.m. Walnut and 18th Sts. Academy of Natural 19, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. in even in the nation, is back exhibition which fills the www.rittenhousesquareSciences at Drexel U. is a Hawthorne Park. Direcafter a long absence and is Square with art lovers, fineartshow.org 610-299photographic treatment tions and other informanow on view through Sept. buyers and viewers. Sept.

1343.  of the impact of flooding tion at 215-218-4022 www. theatreexile.org.  Amici Opera Co’s 25th season continues to pay tribute to gems of Italian opera, in this case one very familiar and another new to many opera-lovers. On September 18 at 4 p.m., Verdi’s beloved “La Traviata” takes the stage, followed on Sept. 19 at 3 p.m. and Sept.

25 at 4 p.m. by Donizetti’s “Rita”, sung by young operatic hopefuls in costume with piano accompaniment.

Masks are required, social distancing is guaranteed, and hand sanitizers are available. All performances at Redeemer UMC, 1128 Cottman Ave. Founder/ stage director Ralph Tudisco takes on the baritone leads. 215-224-0257.  For a change of pace, Two more weeks of the 25th Annual Fringe Festival means many more tantalizing acts from the more than 200 bringing their talents to our city, among them on Sept. 22, Dr. Christine (above), “Stellar/Rise” by Kyle Marshall Choreography, “a dance film of speculative fiction” inspired by Afro-futures, echos of jazz and the music of Sun Ra and Anderson of Temple UniAlice Coltrane, Sept. 24 and 25 at Fringe Arts, 131 N. Columbus Blvd. Photo credit: Maria Baranova. versity’s Boyer College of on communities around Music and Dance offers a the world due to changvirtual lecture on “ ‘Oklaes in climate. «Gideon homa’: The Show That Mendel: Drowning World» Changed American Musifeatures 37 color photos, cals Forever” and started a display of found objects Rodgers and Hammerstein and a video covering ten on their long and brilliant years of hard work on the careers as creators of some part of award-winning of the most memorable photographer Mendel. musicals ever. Hosted by www.ansp.org 1900 The the Free Library on Sept. presented by Parkway. 215-299-1000.  22 at 11 a.m. Register at WELLS FARGO The Women’s Film https://bit/lyOklahomaMuFestival celebrates its sical or information at sixth anniversary with a 833-825-5357. program of some 100 films Cape May’s East Lynne and other events now Theater Co. pays tribute to through Sept. 26, a global American humorist/screen collection of films “By, For writer/creator of “Gentleor About Women”. Screen- man Prefer Blondes” and ings are in various venues many other popular works in the city and attendees Dorothy Parker through will have the chance to Oct. 16 Weds. through meet performers and film- Sats. at 8 p.m. with “Dormakers. Details at www. othy Parker” A Certain thewomensfilmfestival.org Woman” starring Suzanne or at 800-537-7676.  Dawspm performing New A Tribute to Restaurant Week is back Yorker Magazine writer with a bang from Sept.

Parker›s most appealing 18 to 25 offering in most works. 121 Fourth Ave., 609 cases good deals on multi- 884 5898. Then on Sept. 25, Featuring The Grover Washington Jr. Tribute Legacy Band course lunches at $25 and the Cape May Oktoberfest dinners at $40 plus taxes holds forth beachside and tip. Reduced parking from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with rates are also in effect and Bavarian foods, live music, the venues are indoors, a beer garden and vendors outdoors and take-out. selling antiques, crafts, More information at www. collectibles and more. ccdrestaurantweek.com or Handicapped accessible. at 215-599-0776.  Carpenter Lane between Theatre Exile follows Ocean and Perry down a new course in visiting Jackson St. onto Beach Ave.

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doreen@capemaychamber. com or 609-884-5404.  Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Co. present “The Umbrella Dance” on Sept. 19 at 11:30 a.m., a free performance hosted by the Friends of Dickinson Square and appealing to all ages, a remix of the company’s traveling dance video installation and a chance to shop, see art and dance.

1600 Moyamensing Ave. www.annemariemulgrewdancersco.org 215-4627720.  1807 & Friends open their chamber music season on Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. with the Wister Quartet performing two Beethoven quartets, Op. 18 No. 2 and 5, then joined by the Dali Quartet in Mendelssohn’s Octet in E flat major, Op.20. Academy of Vocal Arts, 1920 Spruce St., 215-438-4027 for tickets, information on disability accessibility. Proof of vaccination required. www.

1807friends.org  The Philly POPS is in Verizon Hall Sept. 24-26 with “Sinatra...A Man and his Music” starring vocalist Michael Andrew and the huge POPS Orchestra with Emmy-Award winner Maestro Rickey Minor on the podium. Broad and Spruce Sts. Tickets, timings and pandemic restrictions at 215-893-1955 www. phillypops.org  The 25th Annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival keeps rolling right along, astonishing audiences and pleasing so many as it barrels toward its final Oct 3 performances. Many great groups and artists have come to our town since the Sept. 9 opening and major attractions are still waiting to do their stuff through the final two weeks at various venues. Among them are Mexican dancer Maria Valencia in “Air”, and “707 Hazardous Moves” by New Paradise Laboratories, both ending on Sept.

18; Dane Eissler directing EgoPo’s “Alice, not your child’s wonderland” an adaptation of Lewis Carroll; and “Stellar/Rise” by Kyle Marshall Choreography.

Check it all out online at www.FringeArts.com or get tickets and other details at 215-413-1318.  Dancefusion, Philadelphia’s dynamic modern dance repertory company will present DANCE VOICES in collaboration with Movement Migration from Charlotte NC and New York City. The program will feature both continued on page 7

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The Umbrella Dance at Dickinson Square Park this Sunday

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nown for its highly imaginative dance theater works and collaborative projects, A N N E -M A R I E M U LGREW A N D DA NC E R S COM PAN Y (AMM & DCO) will perform a remix of its signature travelling dance video installation, The Umbrella Dance, September 19 at 11:30am, at Dickinson Square Park , 1600 Moyamensing Avenue, Phila. The event is free and hosted by The Friends of Dickinson Square in conjunction with its Farmers Market and Art Show, following COVID guidelines.

The Umbrella Dance is a site-specific performance event tailored to the natural beauty and architecture of Dickinson Square Park. It features six dancers in white carrying white umbrellas accompanied by roaming documenters. This live installation travels slowly and silently through an area. The work is built on a walking score accented by a series of movement tableaux, intimate gestures, and choreographed phrases. Is it a procession, parade, film, or dream?

The dance aspires to make unsuspected viewers who stumble upon the activity pause, reflect, and remember. By interacting with specific sites, one’s sense of space and time and past and present merge. Spectators are invited to make their own interpretations. The Umbrella Dance has appeared to critical acclaim at 22 of the City’s most treasured landmarks in 33 performances including DanceBOOM, Wilma

Theater, Philly Fringe/ Live Arts, Avenue of the Arts/Dilworth Square, Schuylkill River Banks, Parkway/Art Museum area, Left of Center/38th & Lancaster, 40th Street Summer Series, Frankford Arts Festival, The LOOK Project/Lancaster Avenue, The Barnes Museum, Invisible River’s Schuylkill River Arts Day, Philly Free Streets and the Ryerss Museum/Burholme Park.

In 2001 and 2011, a version titled “From River to River” featured a silent walk dedicated to the families and victims of 9/11. On August 8, 2020, AMM & DCO performed The Umbrella Dance in Mifflin Square Park as a walking meditation dedicated to the then 1700 Philadelphians who died from COVID -19. On June 11, 2021, AMM & DCO presented The Umbrella Dance at Cherry Street and Race Street Piers kicking off the Company’s 35th Anniversary Season.

Conceived, directed, choreographed by Anne-Marie Mulgrew, performers include Sally Forester, Erica Isakower, Kate Lombardi, Anne-Marie Mulgrew, Leslie Ann Pike, Olivia Wood and roving documenters Francesca Costanzo and Anne Saint Peter. Audiences are encouraged to participate by follow the dance, taking images and sharing them on social media.

“Be patient …it is quiet fun” CITYPAPER “Utterly charming and painterly…” Broad Street Review Audience members exclaimed: “The performance was

A scene from The Umbrella Dance. Photo: Courtesy of AMM & DCO.

so amazing and beautiful.

Thank you for coming through Mifflin Square Park.”

“Another wonderfully uplifting performance” “Magical” Cherry Street/ Race Street Piers ANNE-MARIE MULGREW AND DANCERS CO (AMM & DCO) is an experimental modern dance troupe based in Philadelphia, PA. AMM & DCO was founded in 1986 by artistic director/founder Anne-Marie Mulgrew. Its first full-length multimedia production Hard Facts and Stuffed Gardenias wowed audiences at

Group Motion Multi-Media Theater (4th & South St.) with its movement invention and verve. Ms. Mulgrew created 80 works for the company that have been seen nationally and in Canada.

AMM & DCO was featured on WHYY’s Friday Arts Program produced

by Karen Smyles that aired June 2017 through Spring 2018 and on Arts Access TV, March 10, 2021, July 7, 2021, and August 4, 2021 AMM & DCO holds the distinction of being the only Philadelphia troupe to appear twice at the

Celebrating Michael Hardy Dress: Casual – Just Like Mike Tuesday, September 21 Bartram’s Garden – Outdoor Pavilion

companies in five powerful works in three in person performances on October 1st at 7pm and October 2nd at 3pm and 6pm at the Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. Ameri-

can Street in Philadelphia.

The concert will also host a Livestream performance on October 2nd at 6pm.

Fringe Arts Tickets: www. fringearts.com/event/ dance-voices 

profit 501(c) 3 organization. AMM & DCO’s mission is to educate and involve the public in the performance and creation of new interdisciplinary dance works through performances, workshops, residencies, and special projects.

Visit us www. annemariemulgrewdancersco.org http://www.facebook. com/pages/Anne-Marie-Mulgrew-Dancers-Company/82176007332 http://twitter.com/ ammdco and https:// www.facebook.com/ events/2165942946807914/

WELCOME BACK!

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fFIDA Festival in Toronto, Canada. The company consists of 5-7 core dancers, collaborating artists in mixed media, and additional community-based performers for large-scale works. Fusing modern dance, theater, music, technology, and art, AMM & DCO charms, provokes and informs audiences of all-ages with its insightful and wacky views of the world. AMM & DCO also believes in dance education and offers classes, workshops, and residency activities tailored to the needs of the community.

AMM & DCO is a non-

Barry Grossbach would like everyone to know that all friends who knew Mike are welcomed to this event. Please click on the link below to let us know you are coming. https://pp.events/ajY9OMJj

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Masks outdoors are optional for fully vaccinated patrons.

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DANCE VOICES

Dancefusion and Movement Migration

Dancefusion, Philadelphia’s dynamic modern dance repertory company will present DANCE VOICES in collaboration with Movement Migration from Charlotte NC and New York City. The program will feature both companies in five powerful works in three in person

performances on October 1st at 7pm and October 2nd at 3pm and 6pm at the Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American Street in Philadelphia.

The concert will also host a Livestream performance on October 2nd at 6pm.

Dancefusion will feature the revival of two

excerpts from Gloria (1967) choreographed by Legendary choreographer, Mary Anthony. These two masterful modern dance excerpts depicts images of war and lament set to the music of Francis Poulenc.

The program will also feature two inspiring new works choreographed by

company members. Ghost Island Suite, set to music

by Kronos Quartet, is the first iteration of what will be a larger work by Jennifer Yackel, inspired by once-inhabited islands of the Chesapeake Bay that have now succumbed to their surrounding waters.

The Space Between by Omar Fredrick Pratt, set to music by Craig Armstrong, is a reflection of our current social standing due to the global pandemic, moving without physical interaction, making choices to connect or not.

Movement Migration will feature two duet works, Revive and Untamed. Originally choreographed in collaboration with Movement Migration dancers for the Charlotte Composer’s forum with the Bechtler Ensemble.

The works were inspired

by Jean Tinguely’s kinetic sculpture, Santana. The duets transfer motion to human interactions that have opposing outcomes.

Revive is set to music composed by Mark Lewis entitled Spectacle Machine and Untamed to music composed by Craig Bove

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City Safari: Behind the scenes continued from page 1 Heidnik’s victims were mostly mentally challenged African American women he met while trolling for prostitutes near Front and Girard (where he met Rivera).

Rivera, Heidnik’s first and most “famous” victim, met Heidnik on November 25, 1986.

Rivera, who lived at 6th and Girard, says she got “sidetracked” in life when she gave in to a severe weed and cocaine addiction.

After having sex with Heidnik, Rivera says he came up behind her and started to choke her. He put a handcuff on her wrist and put her into a hole in his basement.

Heidnik then put Sandra Lindsay into the hole. “For the first month me and Sandra stayed in there by ourselves,” Rivera said. “He would bring us hot chocolate in the morning for breakfast and at night he would bring down maybe two or three hot dogs. He wanted to have a farm and he wanted to have women on the farm. He wanted to have all these kids.”

As other women were forced into the basement, Rivera reported that Heidnik developed a system of rules. “When you got a punishment, you got bread and water. He would take away all your privileges.”

Before the nightmare was over, Heidnik would cook the flesh of one of his victims and mix it with dog food, then feed it to the captives. Rivera eventually worked with Heidnik in what she says was an act of desperation to save the kidnapped women.

Born on November 22, 1943 in a suburb of Cleveland, Heidnik’s parents divorced in 1946. He was raised by his mother before being handed over to his father, who was then living with his new wife. Life with his father was anything but pleasant. Plagued by chronic bedwetting, young Gary was humiliated as a child when he was made to hang out his urine stained sheets from his bedroom window.

His father also beat him on a regular basis.

Early signs of psychological dysfunction became apparent when the young Heidnik never

made eye contact with his fellow students at school.

He also had an oddly shaped head, the result of a severe fall from a tree at age 6, although the head injury did not seem to affect his near-genius IQ of 148. A good student, he was enrolled in a military academy at 14 but dropped out at age 17 to enlist in the U.S. Army.

His stay in the Army lasted 13 months during which he got his GED and became a medic before his transfer to West Germany.

In 1962, he began to experience headaches— quite possibly a delayed reaction from the fall from the tree—blurred vision, nausea and dizziness. He was diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder. An honorable discharge from the military followed.

Heidnik then became an LPN, worked at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. He moved to Philadelphia where he took courses at the University of Pennsylvania. At the time, he attempted suicide multiple times and was committed to psychiatric hospitals.

In October 1971, Heidnik incorporated a church: the United Church of the Ministers of God. He appointed himself as bishop.

This inverted misuse of Christianity was perhaps Heidnik’s entrée into occult practices — but his real interest was financial.

By 1986 his church was wealthy and thriving, with Heidnik conducting bible services in his house while the chained women were in his basement.

Heidnik drowned out the screams of the kidnapped women by playing loud rock music.

After his arrest in June of 1978 by Detective Patrick Devlin, PPD, for rape (changed later to a misdemeanor in 1979), Heidnik was sent to Graterford to serve 2 and one-half to 5 years. On his first day at the prison he claimed to have attempted suicide by swallowing a light bulb. The ruse worked. Heidnik’s ‘insane act’ enabled him to be transferred to Graterford’s hospital, a much less arduous sentence than the actual prison itself. Psychiatrists there labeled him, “mute and

catatonic.”

Heidnik managed to have three children with 3 different women whom he never enslaved in his basement: Gary Heidnik, Jr., Jesse John Disto and Maxine Davidson White.

Heidnik hung out at the McDonald’s at 40th and Walnut Streets. Many of the people he met there were from the nearby Elwyn Institute, a school for the mentally challenged.

Heidnik would get the people he met to go to services at his home where they would read the bible, after which he would have sex with the women.

Heidnik’s manipulation of the system included persuading the VA and the Social Security Administration to classify him as 100% disabled because of his fraudulent suicide attempts. The original $1500 he invested in his church mushroomed into a lucrative Merill Lynch portfolio worth $531,700.00 by the time of his 1987 arrest.

After his arrest, Gary Heidnik used his T-shirt to hang himself from a shower pipe at the Philadelphia Detention Center but his suicide attempt again failed.

While waiting for his preliminary arraignment after his March 1987 arrest, Heidnik was incarcerated at the Police Administration Building.

It was there that he was beaten up—his nose broken—by detainees.

While on death row, Heidnik claimed he was innocent of any crime.

“I say real or phony, they can execute me, because I am innocent and I can prove it […]

That is the end of capital punishment in this state.

When you execute an innocent man, knowingly execute an innocent man, you know there will be no more capital punishment in this state and possibly anywhere else in this country. And you know I didn’t kill them two women. Go ahead and execute me … Yes, I want you to execute an innocent man so there will be no more capital punishment.”

So, the crazy (but not so crazy) genius-level fraudulent suicide-faker, for once in his life…got it right.

Me and the Devil continued from page 9 someone who could teach him how to play like those he idolized. Under the tutelage of the highly regarded guitarist Ike Zimmerman, Johnson quickly developed his unique style of playing the guitar and then returned to claim his place among the top blues artists.

According to the anti-legend, the night he fell ill, he was hitting on a married women at the dance hall where he was performing. The woman’s severely jealous husband poisoned the whisky Johnson was imbibing, which would explain the convulsions and abdominal pains he was reported to have suffered.

However, others describe his last days differently, which have given rise to other theories behind his sudden death at the unripe age of 27.

(Yes, Johnson was a charter member of the 27 Club.)

Some attribute his death to advanced syphilis, a burst abdominal ulcer or a pre-existing injury to his aorta. No autopsy was performed, and the death certificate doesn’t mention any cause of death. In fact, we don’t even know for sure where the blues legend was buried.

The aggrieved husband spiking Johnson’s drink with poison is still the prevailing theory, though enough doubts, inconsistencies and gaping holes remain in the accounts of Johnson’s demise as well as his rapid acquisition of musical skills to keep the legend of the deal with the devil afloat. Which brings us to the latest production of the Lantern Theater Company – Me and the Devil.

As the title clearly implies, this play fully embraces the deal-withthe-devil fable. Actually, it yokes the core of that fable with key elements of the more realistic account of Johnson’s life and death.

In this well-wrought play, Johnson dies and proceeds to the mouth of Hell, where he confronts Satan.

The blues great argues that he should not be consigned to eternal perdition despite the dire terms of the contract. (Which he admits he did freely agree to.) Johnson feels that the devil has not truly kept up his end of the bargain because of Johnson’s early exit and a few other missed benefits.

The Prince of Darkness counters that even without the contract, Johnson’s lifestyle would have earned him his place in Hell. This leads into a kind of civil suit during which each side calls in witnesses who will testify as to why the blues master should or should not be in Hell. It’s during these testimonies that we learn a clutch of the accepted facts about Johnson’s life – as far as historians and biographers have been able to uncover.

The piece, co-written by Steve H. Broadnax III (who also directed this version) and Charles Dumas, is a robust piece of writing that spins its narrative while finding enticingly lyrical strains in the Southern African-American idiom to do so. The final product is an engaging tale of a flawed but essentially decent human being who possessed a near-superhuman talent.

Although the play program lists a cast of four, it actually operates as something close to a monologue. One character (Ebony Pullam) is seen in an extremely brief walk-on while we only get to see the hands of James Herb Smith as he renders some of the more difficult guitar riffs. The only bit of dialogue ensues in that debate between Johnson and the devil, though even there, the devil is only heard, never seen. (In addition to co-writing and directing this show, Steve H. Broadnax III provides the imposing voice of the devil.)

Lawrence Stallings delivers a virtuoso performance as Johnson and the various people from his life who testify for or against him. Not only is Stallings a fine blues singer (with a less tortured undertone than the Johnson originals), but he is an altogether captivating actor. Stallings is most convincing as Johnson but

is also excellent when he dips into the roles of some of the witnesses at the trial. (He’s especially compelling as Johnson’s close friend Sonny Boy Williamson and as one of Robert’s last lady friends.)

This production is a filmed version of the play, which allows for a number of facial close-ups and small details nicely captured. (The dropped whisky bottle slowly oozing out its contents is a good visual metaphor for Johnson’s life oozing out over his last few days.) It’s best described as one of those hybrid productions that uses the advantages of film while still holding on to a certain feel of the theatre experience. As Stallings is quite accomplished at using his face to convey significant subtext, this hybrid presentation works well in service to this particular play with all its nuance and knottings.

Broadnax’s direction obviously played a major factor in the success of this production. Lighting Designer Shon Causer (assisted by Isabella Gill-Gomez) is also to be commended for bringing another engaging dimension to the production and making James F. Pyne, Jr.’s spare set a fitting staging ground for the story.

With a stellar central performance, adept filming and some of the biggest hits of Robert Johnson embedded into the show, Me and the Devil turns out to be a wonderful show that I can heartily recommend.

Me and the Devil is an online production. After purchasing your ticket, you’ll receive a link that allows you a 72-hour window to stream on demand after opening the link. Tickets (at $20 each) can be purchased on the Lantern Theater Company website www.lanterntheater.org. The Theatre Philadelphia website will also connect you to the Lantern platform to purchase tickets.

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defendant accountable. I also cannot stress enough the important role that the public has in notifying social services and law enforcement if you believe a child's life is in danger. By working together, we can protect the lives of our most precious residents and avoid terrible, heartbreaking tragedies like this."

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Lyndsay Kensinger, noting that the decisions Wolf’s spokesperson, when asked about the duplicative made on the new districts nature of the two websites will impact residents’ political representation for said only that “the legislathe next decade. “Your vote ture and governor’s office have different roles in the and your voice matter. So please, take some time to process.”

“This effort is to have more transparency and public input in the congressional redistricting process,” she said.

Wolf also signed an executive order Monday that assembles a six member advisory council to help him evaluate the legislatively-drawn map that requires his ultimate approval.

“It is one of my most important acts as governor and I take that responsibility extremely seriously,” he said. “That is why I have tasked this advisory council with listening to the people of Pennsylvania and providing their expert advice so that I can better evaluate the maps in the best interest of all Pennsylvanians.”

Kensinger did not specifically comment on whether the governor trusts the process House Republicans initiated over the summer with their own website and a slate of regional hearings to field input from residents about what shape the new districts should take.

The Center Square also reached out to the House Republican Caucus for comment, but did not receive an immediate response.

The latest U.S. Census data released in April shows the state’s 2.4% population growth between 2010 and 2020 wasn’t fast enough to save its 18th seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Pennsylvania has lost a district in every reapportionment since 1930, federal data shows.

So now, state lawmakers must eliminate a district, redraw the boundaries and secure legislative and gubernatorial approval before the new map can become official. And they hope to do it all before the 2022 primary election.

It will be the third time Pennsylvania’s congressional district lines have changed since 2011 after a Republican-drawn map drew national scrutiny for its nonsensical and bizarre borders that many critics uphold as the pinnacle of gerrymandering.

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