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City Safari: Pearl S. Buck: her books and her children

By Thom Nickels Contributing Editor

Dreiser and Sherwood Anderson; it had given the world’s highest accolade to a former n 1988, The Washingmissionary and a woman. As ton Post reported that Robert Frost remarked, ‘If she the Swedish Academy can get it, anybody can.’” shocked the American literary The Post also maintained establishment by awarding the that she never again wrote Nobel Prize for Literature to anything as good as the Pearl S. Buck. biographies of her parents “The Nobel Committee had and “The Good Earth.” It not only passed over such ob- was also suggested that she vious candidates as Theodore wrote too much for a “seri-

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ous” artist, that being more than 100 works of fiction and nonfiction. The Post claimed that she “wrote primarily as a secular missionary, using her Nobel status to reach as wide a public as possible.” Buck had to keep writing, The Post stated, so that “she could pay the institutional bills for her retarded child, Carol, for her dozen adopted and foster children, for the often shaky

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publishing house of her second husband -- and especially for her pioneering charitable enterprises.”

The words “mentally retarded” were not used when I revisited the Buck house this past Memorial Day weekend with friends Marita and Michael T. Poxon. The able tour guide simply said that Carol had the mentality of a four and half year old. (The term ‘men-

Pearl Buck. Photo by photo by Marita Poxon.

tal retardation’ is used less frequently today. For some years June 2, 2021 it was replaced by the rather cumbersome, ‘developmentally disabled’ although that term is rarely used anymore either. ) Long before the women’s rights crusader, philanthropist, humanitarian and author moved to the 60-acre estate (or Green Hills Farm) in Bucks County she lived at 2019 Delancey Street in Center City.

The Delancey Street house, despite its having been occupied by the author of over 70 books and the winner of the 1938 Nobel Prize for Literature for “The Good Earth,” is registered with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission as the Richard Cadwalader house. Built in 1860 for Cadwalter in the Federal style, the multiple dwelling row house was later recast in the Beaux Arts style in 1918 by the Philadelphia architectural firm of DeArmond, Ashmead & Bickley.

DeArmond, Ashmead & AQUARIUM Bickley (1911-1938), all UniPirates are versity of Pennsylvania graduback in Philaates, were famous for their delphia after revival acolonial 300 year ab- residences and English-influenced style buildsence. ings. ...

The 9,000 square foot, 5-floor townhouse was purchased in 1964 as thePage home of Pearl Buck 5 and the Pearl S. Buck Foundation. WhileSPORTS the basement and first floor was 17-year-old renovated for use asGauff Foundation space, the Coco second was designed will joinfloor forces to house the dining room, a with 40-yearformal drawing room and the old Venus solarium or Sun Room where Williams...

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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to Debut Jeff Leatham’s “Habitat” at the 2021 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show Floral Installation by Acclaimed Floral Designer and Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia Artistic Director Will Debut During Opening Weekend of the Nation’s Largest and Longest-running Horticultural Event

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Flower installation around the columns of the Olmsted Pavilion. Photo: Courtesy of the PHS.

Letter: 40 Years of HIV Letter

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his week there will be lots of stories about the 40th Anniversary of the first reported cases of a disease that would later be known as AIDS. Back then, this milestone was unthinkable. All we wanted to do was get through the next week without someone dying. To mark this important anniversary, NMAC invited four longtime activists to talk about the impact that report had on their lives. Over the month of June, we will release those conversations in our social media and via our weekly newsletters.

While people aren’t dying from HIV in the same

numbers and new cases have dropped by 9% from 2015 to 2019, there are still widespread disparities. African Americans are eight times more likely to get HIV when compared to White America.

Latinx are four times more likely. NMAC is still fighting for all the communities hardest hit by HIV. We are still committed to addressing the racial disparities that has plagued HIV for too long. Does the Harvard Law Review hold the key for including race as a component of HIV funding? A May 31st article in the New York Times noted: “The Harvard Law Re-

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Thousands of people march past the White House during a candlelight vigil in support of funding for AIDS/HIV research Washington, DC, May, 1993.

view, for instance, selects 30 of its 48 editors based on some combination of a writing competition and grades.

Another 18 editors, a statement on its website says, are

“selected through a holistic but anonymous review” that may consider “racial or ethnic identity, disability status, gender identity, sexual oricontinued on page 6

Just over a year ago, shortly after the pandemic forced all of Philly’s theatres to close their doors...

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presented by Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia.

This grand floral installation will debut at the 2021 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show during the Show’s opening weekend, offering show visitors a stunning explosion of color and grandeur upon their arrival at the Show’s grounds.

This installation can be viewed during the PHS Member’s preview on Friday, June 4 and publicly from Saturday, June 5 – Sunday, June 6. This year’s Show, “HABITAT: Nature’s Masterpiece,” will be held outdoors for the first time in its 193-year history and will explore the beauty of life through nature’s kaleidoscopic lens from June 5 – 13, 2021 at FDR Park in South Philadelphia.

A captivating, living installation where nature meets architecture, Jeff Leatham’s “Habitat” will recreate the explosive energy and movement of overgrown vines in vibrant hues of orange and yellow. Creating an otherworldly

artistic expression, the installation features a combination of Plumosa Ferns and Baby’s Breath sculpted around the iconic columns of the Olmsted Pavilion. “The inspiration for this piece comes from our collective experience of being quarantined this past year,” said Leatham.

“When I close my eyes, I see pent up and overgrown nature wanting to be free. The colors are inspired by the burning desire to bring back the fire of life.”

“It has long been a dream of ours to be a part of this iconic Philadelphia event,” said Ben Shank, General Manager, Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia.

“Jeff Leatham’s vision of large-scale, organic lines, juxtaposed with the existing architectural structure of the Olmsted Pavilion at FDR Park will create a neverbefore-seen moment for the Philadelphia Flower Show and the City of Philadelphia. We are excited to bring his creative genius to Philadelphia once again.”

This will be Leatham’s third public floral instal-

lation in Philadelphia.

Jeff Leatham’s “Habitat” is one of 29 signature, large-scale floral and garden exhibits to premiere at this year’s Philadelphia Flower Show.

The Philadelphia Flower Show, typically held each March at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, will be held outdoors for the first time in its history. The move allows PHS to present the Show safely, at the height of the gardening season and with the added health benefits of the outdoors. The central location, situated adjacent to the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, is accessible to major highways and mass transit. The Park features inspiring natural beauty and an expansive setting that also provides Show designers with an exciting new layout for creative expression and horticultural displays. Visitors will experience the Show through three distinct “Districts” that feature a joyful combination of experiences housed in the Plant, Design, and Gardening districts, with

Jeff Leatham. Photo: Courtesy of the PHS.

activities and horticulture education created for all skill levels.

The Flower Show will span 15 acres of FDR Park’s 300+ acres parallel to Pattison Avenue, allowing the vast majority of FDR Park and its amenities to remain accessible to the public during the Flower Show dates. PHS is working closely with local community leaders and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation on Show planning.

Ticketing: Attendees must reserve a date and time of visit for all tickets purchased. Tickets are limited. Early purchase is recommended.

Show admission, membership, special events, tours and packages are available for purchase via the PHS website and early purchase is recommended: PHSonline.org PHS members enjoy special entry privileges. Members provide needed funds to advance PHS’s impact yearround through a variety of efforts that create health and wellness throughout the region.

Membership includes a variety of ticket offers, such as ticket discounts or complimentary admission during special preview hours. To become a PHS member, visit: PHSonline.org/ support-phs/membership Location: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park 1500 Pattison Avenue & South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145 View in Google Maps

Show Dates and Hours: Saturday, June 5: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

AM Entry: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

PM Entry: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday, June 6 – Sunday, June 13: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

AM Entry: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

PM Entry: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Entry is prohibited within 30 minutes of Show closing each day.

ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), an internationally recognized nonprofit organization founded in 1827, plays an essential role in the vitality of the Philadelphia region by creating healthier living environments, increasing access to fresh food, growing economic opportunity, and building deeper social connections between people.

PHS delivers this impact through comprehensive greening and engagement initiatives in more than 250 neighborhoods; an expansive network of public gardens and landscapes; year-round learning experiences; and the nation’s signature gardening event, the Philadelphia Flower Show. PHS provides everyone with opportunities to garden for the greater good as a participant, member, donor, or volunteer. For information and to support this work, please visit PHSonline.org.

ABOUT JEFF LEATHAM

Jeff Leatham, Artistic Director of the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris, has been creating a sensation with his floral designs and installations since he first began working with flowers at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills in 1994.

Now he has design studios in both the FS Beverly Hills and the new FS Philadelphia as well as continuing to mesmerize us with his lobby installations at the FS George V in Paris. Jeff’s work is a combination of his love for flowers, people, and design. His creations are bold statements - using shape, color and simplicity to produce a dramatic effect. Breathtaking and unforgettable, Jeff’s signature designs are always integral to the setting, never merely a backdrop. https://www. jeffleathamflowers.com/ ABOUT FOUR SEASONS PHILADELPHIA Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia is the city’s first-and-only Forbes Five Star rated hotel. As a Contributing Sponsor, Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia is offering limited VIP Packages for guests who want a behind-the-scenes experience of the breathtaking displays throughout the Flower Show. The package features an overnight stay in the Hotel’s Corner Suites, and an exclusive early hour’s tour of the Flower Show curated by one of the show’s designers. Availability is limited, please call 215-419-5000 for reservations.

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Sens. Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, and Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, host a panel discussion with cannabis reform activists at the state capitol on April 20, 2021. Image courtesy of the Sen. Sharif Street House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, speaks June 28, 2019, with members of the media at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Matt Rourke / AP photo

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front line workers, $500 million for job creation grants and $200 million It’s budget season in for infrastructure upPennsylvania and lawgrades like broadband makers have just 30 days connectivity and water until the state’s newest and sewer improvespending plan comes ments, among dozens of due. other proposals.

This year’s challenge, “Regardless of what however, comes not from you call it, there are a lack of funds, but rather working people across how the General Assem- Pennsylvania that need bly will spend the $7.3 that $7 billion to be inbillion in federal econom- vested, and there’s no inic stimulus it received frastructure legislatively this spring from the for it that we have seen,” American Rescue Plan. said Minority Leader The House’s highest Joanna McClinton, Dranking member says it’s Philadelphia. “These fedsimple. eral funds should not be “I think we should pay put on the sidelines. We the bills we already inshould use them wisely curred instead of spend- to help people all across ing it on new programs,” the commonwealth.” said Speaker Bryan Yearly revenue projecCutler, R-Lancaster. “To tions through April have be clear, we should never exceeded expectations play with taxpayer’s by $1.3 billion, according money. We need to be to the administration, good stewards of it and bolstered in part by sales we need to save it.” tax collections that have It’s a position unlikely come in $530 million to curry favor with Dem- higher than anticipated. ocrats or Gov. Tom Wolf.

Lawmakers welcome Leaders say strategic the excess after months investment of the funds of preparing for a gapnow will help the state ing deficit carved by the move past the impacts of pandemic’s thwack on the pandemic. the job market. Senate Democratic lawmakMinority Leader Jay ers have even released Costa, D-Pittsburgh, said a package, dubbed the rare situation calls for “Pennsylvania’s New bold and dramatic action Deal,” that maps out now. where the stimulus “Let’s be clear, as we should be spent. It inare closing out the fiscal cludes a $250 million line year, we are better than item for hazard pay for

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hen he was diagnosed with leukemia a dozen years ago, doctors told Paul O’Hara he would live, as he describes it, “a happy and normal life,” so long as he took the critically important drugs prescribed to him.

Then came the sticker shock.

In the early days of his diagnosis, O’Hara, a Doylestown resident, grappled with balancing the cost of monthly prescription, which he said were about the same as his mortgage payment.

O’Hara eventually faced foreclosure notices and other challenges to take his medications, though his financial struggles have since improved.

“I am very fortunate to live in a country that has drugs to treat these sorts of conditions,” O’Hara said at a news conference this week announcing a new bipartisan bill. “But that’s a lot to put on a cancer survivor – it’s a lot to process.”

State Sens. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, and Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, have reintroduced legislation aimed at removing the cloak of mystery around prescription drug pricing. Laughlin and Street had presented a previous iteration of Senate Bill 579, though it

had not gained traction in the first go-round.

If it moves forward this legislative session in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, SB 579 would require prescription drug companies to clearly break down the reason for their costs.

When the issue went before state lawmakers previously, several officials within the industry pointed to research and development as a reason for the pricing.

“I think we are all well aware these pharmaceutical companies provide researches that does result in lifesaving medications,” Laughlin said.

“We want them to prosper and be able to continue this work. We just want to know how they arrived at these prices.”

Street said he has heard from constituents who face ongoing challenges for critical prescription medications, sometimes balancing their cost with such staples as food.

“Greater information will allow us to be more responsible legislators,” Street said. “We’ll never be able to get our arms around this without basic information.”

Research and development – which Laughlin and Street readily acknowledged likely is a costly part of the balance sheet – is one of multiple expenses for pharmaceutical companies.

The legislators’ bill also is asking for a detailed

breakdown of the costs associated with clinical trials, the amount the companies receive in grants from the government and other sources and costs related to patents and licensing specific drugs.

Recent polling data suggests SB 579 would have support among Pennsylvanians. According to Altarum, a research organization, 51 percent of surveyed residents within the state said they are “somewhat” or “very” worried about their ability to afford prescription drugs.

Respondents across the state also reported taking such measures as skipping doses or cutting pills in half to cut down on the cost of acquiring medications. The highest concentration – 33 percent – reported taking such measures in the northwest portion of the state. Other areas hovered around 18 to 19 percent.

According Altarum’s findings, gleaned from polling late in 2020, 92 percent of surveyed Pennsylvanians said they agreed the state Attorney General should take legal action to prevent price gouging and unfair drug price hikes.

“We are seeing a very similar response, regardless of party affiliation,” said Lynn Quincy, a senior adviser with Altarum. “That suggests there is a lot of support.”

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At 2019 Delancey Street the 3rd floor licontinued from page 1 brary contained a baby grand piano, the famous “Good Earth Desk,” an plants. ancient Chinese drum With the famous Rosenbach Museum and on a pedestal which Library just a few doors acted as a coffee table, as well as leather bound away at 2010 Delancey editions of her books Street, it’s no wonder given her as gifts by her that Buck saw this area publisher. Much of the as a special part of Cenfurniture was imported ter City. It may have been the beginning of the from the Buck house in China, namely the rose tumultuous sixties, but in those days Pearl Buck and tan Peking rugs, the was referred to as “Miss blackwood chairs, and a Buck” and it is said that daybed.

The 3rd floor Master she dressed like a sociBedroom had a small sitety matron, while in her Bucks County home she ting room and a writing table. was far more informal.

One walked through The octagonal-shaped dining room was lavishly the 1st Floor entryway into a vestibule that decorated with a Ming exploded with red lacscreen with inlaid ivory quered doors, stained figures. A long Chinese glass and a large statue buffet table was also situated under a smoked of the Chinese goddess of Mercy. Beyond the foyer, glass mirror. Since the near the fireplace with dining room also doubled as a place for danc- its flanking Mandarin Chinese chairs, was an ing, the octagonal table altar table flanked by two could be rolled into a closet and the chandelier antique candelabra.

During the renovacould be raised or lowtion of the townhouse ered as needed. in 1964-65, the first floor “Why did I choose kitchen was moved to Center City, you ask?”

Pearl S. Buck once wrote. the basement and the former kitchen became the “Because there was a Foundation’s conference street, there was the room. In the center of the house, there were the conference room was a people. There, too, was the tradition of brotherly six foot round table made love…” Buck also wrote of walnut and yellow that no matter where she marble.

Many of Buck’s lived there were always elements of the Chinese. Delancey Street town“Sooner or later into ev- house treasures were moved to the Bucks ery room in any house I County home when the own the Chinese influtownhouse was sold. ence creeps.”

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When Pearl S. Buck submitted ‘The Good Earth’ to one publisher in 1931 she was told that it could not be published because “the American public is not interested in anything on China.” ‘The Good Earth,’ though not the author’s first book, became a critical and popular success despite the conviction of the critic who thought the book would bore American readers. Buck wrote The Good Earth in three months after the birth of her daughter, Carol, because she wanted to have enough money to support her.

In 1932, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Good Earth; the Nobel Prize for Literature followed in 1938 for her genuine portrayals of Chinese life. The Nobel Prize announcement shocked writers like Theodore Dreiser, John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway because they felt that they were more deserving of the honor. The Good Earth went on to become the second all time best seller of the 20th Century, second to Gone With the Wind.

The post-Nobel Buck also had to contend with choruses of critics pointing fingers: “Mrs. Buck is unrepresentative of American letters,” they said. “Her work in no way reflects the literary and ideological ferment of 20th Century.”

The high-handed insult stung, but Buck seemed to take it in stride. “Like the Chinese,” she said in her Nobel Prize address, “I have been taught to write for these people.”

She meant “these people” as opposed to an intellectual elite. She was not, as some might have wished, an early Presbyterian version of Susan Sontag. “’The Good Earth,’” said journalist Edgar Snow, “was the first book that made western countries conscious of the Far East.”

Born Pearl Sydenstricker Buck in 1892 in West Virginia to Southern Presbyterian missionary parents, at 3 months old she was taken to China where she would spend the next 40 years, barring a sojourn in the United States when she went to a women’s college in Lynchburg, Virginia.

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in 1914 after graduation and met John Lossing Buck. The two were married in 1917, and had a daughter, Carol, who was born with severe mental retardation. In 1925, she returned to the United States to obtain a master’s degree in English at Cornell University.

But the situation with Carol plunged Pearl into a depression, and for a time she consulted specialists and doctors in the hopes that Carol could be helped. Buck wrote in her autobiography, For Spacious Skies, that she achieved a sense of peace when a specialist told her that her daughter’s condition would never change.

After Pearl found an institution for Carol, she and John began adopting children in 1925. Their 18 year marriage was not a happy one although it was during this period that she began to amass the material she would use in The Good Earth. She had already published her first book, East Wind, West Wind in 1930 and was writing stories in Asia Magazine and Atlantic Monthly.

Her marital unhappiness would end after the 1931 publication of The Good Earth when the book’s publisher, William Walsh of Paul Dry Books, and she became close friends.

In 1934, she and Walsh would move to the U.S. and marry the following year. With Carol safely institutionalized in New Jersey, she was now free to adopt 6 more children with her new husband.

Buck then bought a large old farmhouse in Bucks

County and went on to write 70 books, including novels, collections of stories, poetry, and children’s literature.

After The Good Earth, she wrote Sons, a tale of sons rising against their fathers as revolutionary winds swept through China. The book was viewed as a critical success; many, in fact, saw it as superior to The Good Earth. Several other novels in The Good Earth trilogy would follow. But after years of working and living in obscurity, Buck found her new found fame difficult to handle.

As Peter J. Conn notes in his study on the author, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography (1998): “Pearl had decidedly mixed feelings about her new found fame. She had spent too many years in the shadows to feel comfortable in the light. More to the point, she mistrusted her own talent.

Although she pretended to be indifferent to hostile opinion, she was sensitive to condescension that she suffered at the hands of the serious quarterlies and advanced taste makers.”

In a 1958 Mike Wallace television interview with the author, Wallace starts the questioning in true 1950s fashion by announcing, “The battle between the sexes is a major social problem.”

“Yes,” Pearl Buck answers. “Most women make their home their graves.”

Wallace is perplexed, even annoyed at the comment.

“It’s difficult to understand how women make

their home their graves, “he says, to which Buck replies, “I think because they stop reading books that would enlarge their minds or their family’s minds.”

“It’s also difficult to be an American,” Buck adds, “We’re committed to loneliness.”

“I don’t get it,” Wallace confesses.

“Well, you know, the old countries have a tradition of family and church support, so there’s less choices there.

Americans don’t have traditional support systems that Europeans have. They live in a country with no boundaries and no patterns.”

When her autobiography, For Spacious Skies (1966), written in collaboration with Theodore F. Harris, was published, Buck appeared on the Merv Griffin Show and explained to the talk show host her feelings about Communism in China. Communism, she said, is “a curious impossible, impractical scheme of life; it’s not based on anything that’s sound psychologically….the Chinese are marvelous friends and frightful enemies.”

Pearl Buck died in Vermont in 1973 from lung cancer although she is buried on the grounds of her estate, now the Pearl S. Buck Foundation, an organization that the author founded in 1964.

During my recent visit to the Bucks County estate I was excited to find Andre Gide’s Journal in the massive Buck home library. I also spotted books by Morris L. West and Sloan Wilson.

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Set Sail into summer with Pirates At Adventure Aquarium!

Adventure Aquarium announces a new interactive “Pirates”experience for families to enjoy for a limited time June 18 through July 9.

irates are back in Philadelphia after a 300 year absence.

Believe it or not, pirates were once known to sail up and down the Delaware River in search of loot! Blackbeard actually stationed his ship in the Delaware Bay and is rumored to have buried treasure under a black walnut tree in Burlington, N.J. Now Pirate Darkbeard and his crew are returning to the Philadelphia area in search of treasure and cheer. New this summer, Adventure Aquarium presents Pirates, a limited time engagement June 18 through July 9 where guests will experience interactive shows, scavenger hunts, games, crafts, up-close animal talks and plenty of pirates.

“We’re looking forward to some pirate fun this summer,” said Molly Deese, Executive Director of Adventure Aquarium.

“We love seeing families connect and enjoy themselves through entertaining, immersive experiences at the Aquarium like the upcoming Pirates event, complete with Darkbeard and his merry band of pirates.”

The Pirates event will serve as the launch for the redesigned Caribbean Currents, now “Pirate’s Passage” exhibit, home to 10 different exhibits filled with exotic and amazing creatures including hundreds of brightly colored tropical fish, lined seahorses, spiny lobster and lionfish.

Darkbeard and his crew will invite guests on an Aquarium-wide adventure to find sunken treasure: gold, gems and booty! They will sing, dance and safely interact with guests.

The Pirate crew made their first appearance at Adventure Aquarium for the Mermaids event in November 2019. The popularity of these “scalawags” inspired the creation of this dedicated limited time event.

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to purchase tickets in advance and make a reservation at adventureaquarium.com. A “Pirate Treasure Bag” is available including admission, an eye patch, snack voucher, glitter tattoo voucher, photo voucher, keychain, pieces of treasure and an exclusive plush. This bundle will be on sale June 7.

[Adventure Aquarium invites all media to a preview event June 17, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. RSVP’s are required.]

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Darkbeard and his crew of pirates have docked here at Adventure Aquarium. Make sure you find them during your visit and keep your eyes and ears open for any clues to find his treasure!

Scavenger Hunt - The pirates have a special scavenger hunt just for you. Together as a family, complete the scavenger hunt and enter for a chance to win all the bounty!

Parrot Presentation - Come see one of our biologists talk about a pirate’s feathered friend – the Parrot. Learn about these amazing

birds: where they come from, some of their behaviors, and how people interact with them.

Walk the Plank! - Put the knowledge you learned today to the test in the ultimate Pirate Game Show. Hopefully all ye salty sea dogs have studied hard and we won’t be sendin’ anyone to walk the plank!

About Adventure Aquarium: Adventure Aquarium is just minutes from Center City Philadelphia on the Camden Waterfront and features one-of-akind exhibits with more than 15,000 aquatic species throughout two million gallons of water.

The Aquarium is home to the largest collection of sharks in the Northeast, the only aquarium in the world to exhibit hippos, and exhibits the longest Shark Bridge in the world, a unique Vshaped rope suspension bridge just inches over Shark Realm. Adventure Aquarium is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), and is held to the absolute highest standards in animal care and exhibition.

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Science Fiction for June 2021 for the propaganda bulletin dies in a bar fight, his body shows signs of otalitarian states being the type of clone occur frequently Ais use. The AI had lived in Fantasy and Science Fiction. I’m more in the Republic for two and more afraid that the decades. For political reasons, the AI’s ex-wife, US will soon become Lilly, is allowed to come one. to the republic and identify the dead AI from his writings and effects.

That puts Agent South in the middle between the various internal agencies.

In addition, he and his partner were working on a case to find who had gotten the uploaded chips from people using this method to escape the Republic. Lily might be the person who was going to smuggle the chips out. This is a no-win situation for someone just Two centuries from now Neil Sharpson tells trying to survive. I hope this gets nominated for of an idylic world run by three AIs. Most of the an award.

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entation, and socioeconomic status.”

The question of whether this diversity produces a better result was answered by a study that looked at 13,000 research articles.

It found the “median citations of the Harvard Law Review increased by 23% in the five years after the adoption of diversity programs.” According to the authors of the study, this is statistically significant.

Can the same rules be applied to federal HIV funds? While most of the awards are given out on a competitive basis, there is a certain number of awards that are holistically and anonymously reviewed that may consider racial or ethnic identity, disability status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic

status.

There is a racial reckoning coming to America after the death of George Floyd and protests from Black Lives Matter. Critical race theory is at the center of the culture wars and neither side will give up without a fight.

The fight for racial justice is a fight for the soul of America. Who do we want to be as a country?

I believe the BidenHarris administration is looking for strategies to fight racism by prioritizing racial equity across government programs. They understand there is a problem, but like most of us get lost trying to figure out solutions. Taken as a whole, the problem is overwhelming. How do you end racism in America? And it doesn’t stop at racism. Justice for people of color can lead to equity for the transgender community, women’s community,

and protect the heirs against assassins is General Bordan. Kyron has to improve his magical abilities as the Company is attacked by Northern tribe warriors. Complicating measures for each is a powerful church.

Intense and gripping.

Stephen Aryan has a fun tale of The Coward (paper from Angry Robot). At 17 Kell Kressia joined a group of a dozen heroes headed to the far north to slay an Ice Lich who was bringing the cold south. He was the only survivor. A decade later, unrewarded for his actions, he’s been living a quiet life convinced he used up all his luck in his survival. The cold is coming back and his King wants him to go back.

Of course, he’s going to and LGBTQ community.

That is why the Harvard Law Review is such an interesting example.

It’s hard to believe that the world has now been living with HIV for four decades. Time has moved much too quickly, and I am now an old man. I just want to live long enough to be here for the end of HIV and to see America on the right side of the fight for justice and equity.

Yours in the struggle,

take the money and run.

Somehow, instead, he acquires a motley crew and finds it impossible to quit. Opposed by the local church that sends assassins and soldiers, and all the horrors of the far north, it is an impossible trek that brings out the hero in all his crew. Lots of fun.

Tasha Suri starts a fun tale of an unlikely connection of a princess and priestess. The Jasmine Throne (hard from Orbit) won its battle against the Ahranyi by the sacrifice of its elite women in a holy fire. The Ahranyi priests had dominated the continent before that with powers gained from dipping into hidden holy waters. Malini , sister to the current emperor, disappointed him by not letting herself be burned with her handmaidens. So he sent her off to be imprisoned in the old temple of the Ahranyi where she was kept drugged and out of contact. Priya and her brother escaped being burned with the rest of the priests. She had dipped in the holy waters only once and was hiding. Somehow she becomes the maid, and only servant to Malini while outside the temple a revolution has begun.

This is a promising beginning a fun series.

Carrie Vaughn has a fun tale of a future theme park with its own island.

In Questland (paper from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, John Joseph Adams/Mariner Books) visitors go on a generic fantasy quest in a place

murders. In this tale he uncovers the murderer of an Opera Diva, helps find a man murdering his wives for their inheritance, and goes up in the hills to end a ghoul. Very quiet and also fascinating.

Kim Harrison has a new addition to her tales of Rachel Morgan, a Million Dollar Demon (hard from Ace) trouble for the new master vampire of Cincinnati who thinks that fear will help her control the city. Rachael is thousands of years younger than the older demons. If she had their powers, the confrontation would have been easy. Unfortunately, her demon allies are mad at her. Al even throws her into Alcatraz, a prison for witches. Somehow, of course, with a help of a potion that turns people into mice, Rachael prevails. Lots of fun, as usual.

Tor has reprinted in hard cover the first half of Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun; Shadow & Claw.

Dr. Henry Lazarus is a retired Dentist and the author of A Cycle of Gods (Wolfsinger Publications) and Unnaturally Female (Smashwords).

Katherine Addison Check out his unified returns to the world of field theory at henrylazathe award nominated rus.com/utf.html that The Goblin Emperor suggests fusion genera(paper). Thara Celehar, tion requires less energy The Witness for the Dead because only one fre(hard from TOR), has quency is needed rather the ability to read some than a full spectrum. It memories from the dead. also explains dark matThat enables the Prelate ter, the proliferation of sometimes to answer subatomic particles, and inheritance problems, the limit of light speed and sometimes to solve for matter.

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with real looking dragons and unicorns. Unfortunately, a force field has sealed off the place.

Literature professor Dr. Addie Cox, is recruited to help a group of mercenaries invade the island, find the rogue employee (her ex-lover), and, of course, drop the force field. Lots of fun.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia has a short tale about The Return of the Sorceress (hard from Subterranean Press). Yalxi’s lover had stolen the jewel she used for power. The jewel contained the essence of the sorcerer who had trained them, and who they had been forced to kill to save their lives. Somehow, she has to bring her lover to the swamp where the dead sorcerer lies and fight him. Too short.

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he Nicole Canuso Dance Co. is at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through June 19 premiering their newest work “The Garden: Invisible Branches”, a PMA commission in tandem with the and current exhibition “New Grit Art & Philly Now”. This socially-distanced event will be performed four times daily, three days per week. 26th and the Parkway. Details at 215-763-8100 or www.philamuseum. org. A bonus on these hot summer days is the new waterfront beer garden from Parks on Tap, a very brief stroll from the Museum’s new west entrance, family-friendly venue no the Schuylkill, Museum admission not required.  The 10th Annual Philadelphia Latino Film Festival continues through June 6 presenting filmmakers from 25 countries and boasting some 150 feature films and shorts from some 25 countries including 59 local premieres and 27 world premieres plus several free screenings and programs. For the second year, the Fest8vao will be virtual but is greatly expanded. The dominating creative aspect of the presentations focuses on Latin women and their struggles and triumphs in the real world. Details and tickets at www.phlaff.org.  The Philadelphia Orchestra’s recent Digital Stage presentation of Mahler’s magnificent “The Song of the Earth”, set to German translations of Chinese poetry in the celebrated reduced orchestral version is now available for streaming through June 3 under the baton of Maestro Yanick NezetSeguin and featuring two outstanding vocal artists, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and tenor Russell Thomas. Tickets and information at www.philorch.org or at 215-893-1999.  FringeArts opens its annual two-week Circus Festival on June 3rd. A cornucopia of contem-

porary circus arts with performances in the socially-distanced theater, in La Peg restaurant and outdoors, “Hand to Hand” promises remarkable levels of artistry for the whole family along with workshops, acrobatics, clowning, juggling, and more. Among the colorful attractions: Test Flights’ curated and hosted by Zak McAllister; “Heliopause” and “Monday is Years Long” both by the Circadium School of Contemporary Circus; “Eventide” by 3 AM Theatre; “Circus Midway” by Phiadelphia School of Circus Arts and much more through June 13. Full details, tickets at 215-413-1318 or www.

FringeArts.com at140 N. Columbus Blvd.  Broadway star and Tony Award-nominated actress/vocalist/writer Melissa Errico brings her one-woman show to the Bucks County Playhouse on June 3 at 7:30 p.m. and June 4 at 8 p.m. “Ladies at the Playhouse” delves into this historic theatre’s long role as a “musical highway from Bucks County to Broadway and back”, presenting hits from the many shows written by musical comedy creators who were also neighbors in the are, among them Oscar Hammerstein II, Sidney Perelman and Moss Hart. Broadway triumphs to be celebrated by Ms. Errico include “The Sound of Music”, “One Touch of Venus”, “My Fair Lady” and many others. 70 S. Main St., New Hope, PA https://bcptheater.org/ or 215-862-2121.  The excitement continues to grow at the Rosenbach Museum & Library, a part of our city’s Free Library system, as it always does in June when huge segments of local fans hold their breath for the annual June 16 Bloomsday celebrating the notorious James Joyce novel “Ulysses” whose manuscript is among the treasures inside the historic Rosenbach mansion with its old world garden. Events leading up to June 16 cherish the Irish

theme and the robust and ribald characteristics of the book. Among the events on tap, some as fundraisers, are: June 3, “Written on my Heart: James Joyce and Irish Authors” and a Virtual Behind the Bookcase Tour; June 8, “Rosenbaccanal Young Friends Party”; June 9: “The Will to Forget Memory, the Nation, and “Ulysses”, In Conversation with Vincente Cheng. 2008-2010 Delancey Place. https:// rosenbach.org/ or 215732-1600.  The America Italy Society of Phila. proposes a free virtual tour on June 4 at 2 p.m., “A Journey Through Botanical Gardens, Villas and Alpine Lakes”, hosted in Italian

by Paola Bottigelli and roaming via boat on Lake Maggiore, Stresa, to Isola Bella and a visit to the Teatro Massiimo. Details of this charming adventure at 215-735-3250 or info@aisphila.org.  Something new and very different for the 2021 Philadelphia Flower Show sponsored by the Philadelphia Horticultural Society... it will take place on the scenic landscapes of FDR Park from June 5 to 13 and will bring acres of fresh air and new breath to this venerable and beloved tradition.

“HABITAT: Nature’s Masterpiece” will span 450,000 square feet which is some 45% more than at the Convention Center and will feature the largest number of designers ever, and will be divided into three “districts”: one with 27 large-scale floral sculptures and landscape displays; another will delight home gardeners and offer educational exhibits and experts to answer questions; the third will be the curated annual competition featuring locally produced prize plants from home and apartment dwellers. Other highlights: Live Butterflies, Potting Parties, Flowers After Hours. Tickets must be purchased in advance at varying prices from $20 to $45., free for children 4 and under. 1500 Pattison Ave.at S. Broad St. Tickets and other information at https://phsonline. org/the-flower-show/ or 215-988-8800.

Amici Opera keeps the operatic lover happy with two performances of Bizet’s lilting “The

Nicole Caruso Dance Co. continues its Philadelphia Museum of Art live performances through June 17, “In the Garden: Invisible Branches”, an interactive dance work in which attendees follow cues from an in-ear audio guide as they stroll through the galleries. Reservations required. Photo credit: Christopher Ash

Pearl Fishers” on June 6 at 3 p.m. and 12 at 4 p.m. sung in French by young operatic hopefuls with piano accompaniment. Rafael Tudisco handles the staging, social distancing is guaranteed, hand sanitizers are available and masks are required. 1128 Cottman Ave. Tickets at 215-2240257.  The annual Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Music Institute’s gala is virtual this year. “More Than Music” is set for June 10 at 7 p.m. celebrating “our talented students’ resilience in the face of the pandemic and growth through the pursuit of musical excellence”. This is their largest fundraiser of the year and in a spirit of levity and ingenuity Celebration Boxes will be delivered to ticket holders addresses and will include hors d’oeuvres, sweets, a program booklet, PYO cocktail glasses, coasters and napkins. A streaming link will be provided.

Details and tickets at https://pyomusic.org/ 215-545-0502.  STREAMING FROM AFAR: The 2021 Princeton Festival proclaims its 17th season with virtual, and possibly some in-person events including live-streamed Baroque and opera aria concerts, free lectures and a bevy of immersive multi-genre events. Four live-streamed events from the historic Morven Museum and Garden including two of Baroque music with periods instruments will offer works by Bach, Handel, Biber and Vivaldi, and two of opera arias and ensembles will involve eight leading singers. Included in these major offerings is a June 4 ap-

pearance by the Concordia Chamber Players and on June 6 the final round of the Intl. Piano Competition with winners announced at the end of the program. Details and tickets at 609-759-1979 or www.princetonfestival. org.  “Circus Days and Nights” is on view through June 13 inspired by the recent presentation of Glass’s opera “Akhnaten” at the Metropolitan Opera, taking even further that production’s use of juggling in what is advertised here as “neverbefore seen fusion of circus and opera”. From Sweden’s Malmo Opera.

Streaming live at www.malmoopera. se.  Conductor Kent Nagano leads the Detroit Symphony Orch. on

June 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m. in two 45-minute pairings of old and new works by Hosokawa, Schubert, Britten, Part and Mozart. Guest pianist Gilles Vonsattel also performs. Streaming through June 18 at www. dso.org  A truly historic performance melds the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra through June 4, documenting the invitation by Dallas to the New Yorkers, the latter unpaid for almost a year, to travel to Texas to perform Mahler’s First Symphony under Maestro Fabio Luisi who was for five years the Met’s Principal Conductor.The filmed result is described as “fresh, vivid...and quite moving”. www. dallassymphony.org. 

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public schools. When it dried up in 2011, the continued from page 3 Legislature opted against raising taxes or diverting $2 billion in a surplus,” other money to cover the he said. “To say that we have a structural deficit, more than $800 million lost, resulting in dispaI’m not quite sure that’s reason we aren’t moving rate funding shortages in districts across the state. forward.”

“It’s not a surprise that But for Cutler, the good the Democrats want to news is temporary. He pointed to future revenue spend more money,” Cutler said. “That’s pretty shortfalls of $8 billion expected, unfortunately.” to $10 billion over the The administration’s next five years after the federal aid’s 2024 spend- hasn’t released its own priorities for the stimulus ing deadline lapses and money, though the govsaid stashing money away in the state’s rainy ernor has not abandoned his calls to raise personal day fund will help preincome taxes, cut charter pare for that future.

Lawmakers used some school funding and boost of the $350 million rainy spending to districts as part of his February budday fund and $1.3 billion in federal aid during get proposal.Lawmaker Christen Smith follows last year’s budget negoPennsylvania’s General tiations to balance the Assembly for The Center state’s $3 billion deficit.

Square. She is an awardBut the last time the winning reporter with more federal government than a decade of experience doled out economic covering state and national stimulus during the Great Recession, the state policy issues for niche publications and local newsrooms infused that money into alike.

It’s official: Coco Gauff and Venus Williams have teamed up to play Doubles at 2021 French Open

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For the 15-year-old teenager, it was a jawdropping experience when she defeated Williams at Wimbledon. On that day, Gauff played a beautiful tennis match.

She kept her composure and delivered shots all over the tennis court. She never cut Williams any breaks. Coco’s shots were clocked at 118 m.p.h.

As a spectator, you could see Coco’s competitive fire. You could see it in her eyes. Gauff managed to keep her cool under pressure. She controlled the match from start to finish. It was an amazing performance by a teenager who is 24-years younger than Venus Williams. Despite the age difference, Coco was still able to step up to the challenge and win the match. As the two players shook hands, Coco thanked Williams for being her idol.

“Thank you for everything you’ve done,” Coco said. “I wouldn’t be here without you.”

After Coco’s second victory over Venus Williams, it seems like her matches started getting much harder. Fourthround loses at 2020 Wimbledon and the 2020 Australia Open seemed to bring Coco Gauff back down to earth. Those defeats as well as a few others gave Gauff a wake-up call. From those defeats, Coco knew exactly what she needed to do.

She had to work much harder at her game. She was able to take some time off and get her act together. And that’s exactly what she did. Two weeks ago, Coco Gauff managed to pull off an incredible sweep at the WTA’s Emilia-Romagana Open in Parma, Italy.

The 17-year-old tennis star won the singles and doubles titles on the reddirt surface in Italy. She managed to produce a 12-3 record on the clay surface. Never before

A photo of Coco Gauff (left) and Venus Williams (right) as the two tennis stars will be doubles partner at the French Open.

has a teenager swept a singles and doubles title at a WTA tournament since Maria Sharapova did it back in 2004.

Since February, Gauff has won one singles title, helped win a doubles title, reached two semifinals and competed in two quarter-finals in seven months. Today, Coco is chasing tennis greatness thanks to the critics and the passion she has for the game. There’s no mistake that everything is falling in place for the talented teenager.

Right now, Gauff is the youngest female player ranked in the Top 100 by the Women’s Tennis Association and has a career-high ranking of No. 25 in the world in singles and she’s No. 42 in double matches.

As a 17-year-old tennis star, Coco Gauff is earning more money than some of her friends.

According to multiple reports, Gauff has a net worth of $ 2.5 million.

Going into the 2019 Wimbledon tournament, Coco was earning $ 75,000 in her career. Included in her earnings, Gauff has the endorsement of a sneaker company. She is featured in several TV commercials. Coco Gauff is a big promoter for New Balance sneakers.

Since being back on the winning track, her success as a 17-year-old tennis star has made Coco Gauff a WTA champion again. Based on her current success, Gauff is projected to become a star in

grand slam events. Gauff will not only be seeded in a grand slam event for the first time at Roland Garrios, but she will most likely be a favorite to secure the fourth and final spot in the U.S. Olympics.

Today, Coco is happy about her tennis future.

With the help of her father, Cori Gauff, Coco has become a better tennis player in her twoyear pro career. She continues to make believers out of the haters. She has worked hard to satisfy her loyal fans.

“There was a time when people didn’t believe in me,” said Gauff.

Especially during a time when people were saying, ‘it’s a fluke and it will never happen again’.

From that point on, I have proven all those people wrong and right now, I will I’m going to continue to prove them wrong again.”

Today, it’s just a matter of time before Gauff proves she’s the best Black female tennis player in the world. Right now, she is doing all the right things to make that a reality. She’s on pace to make more history in pro tennis. Today, she’s definitely a teenager who’s ahead of her time.

In addition to competing in doubles together at the French Open, Gauff and Williams will also compete in the tournament’s singles matches.

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Philly Theatre: On the brink of full recovery?

By Richard Lord Contributing writer

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ust over a year ago, shortly after the pandemic forced all of Philly’s theatres to close their doors, I wrote an article on the situation that contained this passage: “The world of theatre has been here before.

In Shakespeare’s day, the bubonic plague – an even worse scourge than Covid-19 – forced the closures of theatres several times, with 1603 and 1606 being two of the worst years. It’s reckoned that the Bard managed to write King Lear, Anthony and Cleopatra and Macbeth during the 1606 disruption. Between 1603 and 1616, London’s playhouses went dark 78 months, or 60% of the time, due to the plague.

But it kept coming back, year after year.”

Right now, it looks like we’re approaching the end of the tunnel in terms of lockdowns and cancellations. Theatres are planning their 202122 season as a returnto-live season. Theatre Exile is getting a jump on this by presenting an outdoor, in-person show, Pass Over, opening next week and running until the end of the month.

The last 14 or 15 months have been filled with theatres keeping the flames burning with various experiments, most of them involving Zoom or filmed versions of the performances. Two of the best offerings over the last few weeks (now both closed) were filmed versions of theatre. Interestingly, considering my paragraph above, both of these were plays connected to Shakespeare classics.

Fat Ham by local playwright-director James Ijames is actually a radical reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It was originally planned to be performed on the Wilma Theatre stage, but Covd19 scuttled those plans.

Following the hallowed rule that the show must go on, it was decided that it would have to go on as a filmed rendition of the script.

The setting for this version is not a castle in that rotten state of Denmark,

Fat Ham. Courtesy of the Wilma Theater

Fat Ham. Courtesy of the Wilma Theater

but a large sun-scoured house in the rural South.

(This production was filmed in Virginia.) The interlocked families here are not Danes, but African-Americans. And the central character’s family are not a royal family, but the proprietors of a popular restaurant. Also, part of the central hero’s melancholy is that he’s gay and not quite sure how to share this fact with his family and the Southern milieu he finds himself in.

The driving force of the plot is similar to Shakespeare’s tale: the central character – whose name here is Juicy, not Hamlet – is visited by the ghost of his father.

It’s not a friendly visit; the wraith reveals that his violent death was brought about by his own brother, who then quickly married Pap’s widow – Juicy’s mother.

Pap’s ghost demands revenge for the murder, but Juicy is hesitant about carrying out this assignment. Like Hamlet, he would like a little more proof before dispatching his uncle. But as more than one of the other characters notes, Juicy is “soft” – meaning sensitive, contemplative, more prone to abstraction than action. Not exactly the skills set you want for a bloody avenger.

The main setting here is the wedding reception barbecue, and all the key characters of Hamlet show up, but in very different dispositions.

Laertes is Larry, a lowerrung naval officer who doesn’t like idea of military missions. Ophelia is Opal, who hates dresses and fantasizes about violent actions as a kind of liberation from her emo-

tionally oppressive home life. Like Juicy, they’re both gay, though neither has trumpeted this fact too loudly.

Opal and Larry are accompanied to the reception not by their father Polonius, but by their mother Rabby. Rabby doesn’t seem too bothered by her children’s orientation, and neither is Juicy’s mother, Tedra.

The only one who is ardently homophobic is Rev, Juicy’s uncle/ now stepfather. Rev is a nasty piece of work, and when Juicy discovers via some play-acting that the ghost’s accusations are apparently true, he contemplates how Rev can pay for his crime without Juicy needing to take up arms against him.

James Ijames’ script is marvelous almost all the way through. The dialogue and monologues are sparkling, a brilliant rendition of colloquial Black American that are at times delicate, at times violent, at times guarded, at times too honest. Fittingly, Juicy’s language stands out from the rest, at times being beautifully lyrical, poised and sophisticated. (Juicy also delivers some lines and even one speech verbatim from Shakespeare’s text.) And in many places, the language and the action are quite humorous. In fact, this update of the Hamlet trope is more of a comedy than a tragedy.

My only misgiving with Ijames’ take on Hamlet is the wrap-up.

I have nothing against Ijames’ decision to veer away from the tragic ending of the Shakespeare original with its stack of dead bodies, but the ending Ijames gives

us seems to be a little too easy. It’s a feel-good ending, but not quite a feelsright ending.

Ijames strong script was given appropriate treatment by a strong cast under the astute direction of Morgan Green.

The leading performance belonged, of course, to Brennan S. Malone as Juicy. Malone received strong support from Lindsay Smiling in the dual role of the father’s ghost and Uncle Rev; Kimberly S. Fairbanks as Juicy’s mother, Tedra; Brandon J. Pierce as Larry; Taysha Marie Canales as Opal; Jennifer Kidwell as Rabby; and Anthony Martinez-Briggs as Tio, a dedicated stoner version of the stolid Horatio in the original Hamlet.

Meanwhile, Lantern Theater Company offered Philly theatre fans a

filmed version of Shakespeare’s last great play (and perhaps his last finished play), The Tempest.

This was not a modern adaptation of the tale, but the pure Shakespeare text. And wisely so, as the text of The Tempest is Shakespeare at his finest.

This is a professionally filmed and edited version of a 2018 Lantern production, pulled from the archives to remind fans how good theatre can be. A large and highly talented cast (headed

by Peter DeLaurier as Prospero) handled the material in fine fashion, giving us a most respectable Tempest. Charles McMahon’s steady direction kept the action moving at an ideal pace while bringing out all the virtues of Shakespeare’s text.

This filmed version allowed us to see the merits of Lance Kniskern’s set design and Shon Causer’s wonderful lighting designs as well as the polished acting.

But still …

As I watched this

filmed version of an actual live performance from three years ago, I felt there was something missing. It didn’t take me long to identify just what was missing: being there. I could appreciate the solid performances bringing the brilliant text to life, the well-conceived set, the beauty of the lighting that produced changes of tone and texture as the narrative moved along. Yes, I enjoyed the Lantern team’s work on my computer screen, but I was not moved as much as I often am during a live theatrical performance.

Watching this edition, I was reminded of what Robert Frost once said about poetry, that it’s “what is lost in translation”. The magic that comes from immediacy in live theatre is what gets lost in streamed and filmed versions. Let’s hope that our recovery from pandemic continues and that quite soon we’ll be back in those theatres, again participating in the magic that live theatre can conjure.

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Crime Blotter The Following Crimes Occurred Between Friday, May 15th, and Thursday, May 20th.

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.: Arson: 800 S Broad St. Assault: 0 Mifflin St, 100 Mifflin St, 1400 S 10th St, 600 S Delhi St, 200 Sigel St, 200 South St, 400 South St, 1200 Tasker St, 200 Wilder St. Robbery: 300 South St. Theft: 1700 E Moyamensing Av, 1500 E Passyunk Av, 300 Fitzwater St, 1200 Kater St, 100 Morris St, 800 S 3rd St, 1400 S 6th St, 1500 S 12th St, 800 S Broad St, 1800 S Broad St, 600 S Front St, 1500 S Iseminger St, 400 South St, 500 South St, 900 South St (2 Incidents).

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 200 Bainbridge St, 700 S 2nd St, 700 S 4th St, S 13th St & Christian St, 700 S Marvine St, 400 South St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 400 Greenwich St, 800 Morris St, 300 Reed St, 700 S 4th St, 1400 S Franklin St, 700 Sigel 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.: Assault: 0 Dock St, 200 Franklin St, 900 Market St, 400 N 6th St, 800 Pine St, S 7th St & Walnut St, 0 S 8th St, 300 S 12th St, 500 Spring Garden St, 1200 Spruce St. Burglary: 100 Chestnut St, 0 Dock St, 200 S Broad St. Robbery: 1300 Arch St, 0 N 2nd St, 0 N 3rd St, 200 S Broad St, 1000 Vine St, 800 Walnut St. Theft: 100 Arch St, 900 Arch St, 1300 Arch St, 100 Chestnut St, 400 Chestnut St, 1100 Chestnut St (3 Incidents), 1200 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 200 Church St, Delancey St & S Front St, 900 Filbert St, 0 Letitia St, 1100 Locust St (3 Incidents), 200 Lombard St (2 Incidents), 700 Market St, 1000 Market St (2 Incidents), 400 N 5th St, N 11th St & Hamilton St, 0 N 12th St, 400 N 12th St, 200 N Water St, 900 Pine St, 400 Ranstead St, 400 S 2nd St (2 Incidents), S 11th St & Locust St (2 Incidents), 200 S 13th St, 0 S Broad St, 700 Sansom St, 1200 Walnut St, 1300 Walnut St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1000 Market St, 300 Race St, 100 S 2nd St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 300 Delancey St, 800 Market St, 1300 Market St, 500 N Broad St, 500 N Front St, 200 S 12th St, 200 S 13th St, 300 S Broad St, 300 S Fawn St, 1300 Walnut 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: 2200 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 1500 Hamilton St, 1500 Locust St, 1700 Market St, 2000 Market St, 2100 Market St, 1700 Mount Vernon St, 0 N 23rd St, S 17th St & Sansom St, 200 S Broad St (2 Incidents), 1500 Spruce St. Burglary: 200 N 16th St, 300 S 15th St. Robbery: 0 N 19th St. Theft: 2000 Arch St, 2000 Brandywine St, 1500 Chestnut St, 1600 Chestnut St, 1500 Fairmount Av, 1900 Fairmount Av, 2300 Fairmount Av, 1700 Green St, 1900 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1500 Market St, 1900 Market St, 2100 Mount Vernon St, N 19th St & Spring Garden St, N 24th St & Fairmount Av, 100 N Broad St, 2000 Pennsylvania Av, 2400 Pennsylvania Av, 2500 Pennsylvania Av, 1600 Race St, 0 S 16th St (2 Incidents), S 17th St & Chestnut St, 0 S 18th St, 200 S 18th St, S 19th St & Rittenhouse Sq, 200 S 22nd St, 1400 S Penn Sq, 2200 Spring Garden St, 1500 Walnut St, 2300 Walnut St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1600 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1500 Market St, N 16th

St & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 200 S Broad St, 1400 Vine St, 1700 Wallace St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1400 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1500 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1700 Mount Vernon St, 0 N 15th St (2 Incidents), 300 N 15th St (2 Incidents), 200 N Broad St, 200 S 18th St (2 Incidents), 0 S 22nd St, 2500 Spring Garden St (2 Incidents), 1400 Vine St, 1500 Vine St (3 Incidents), 1600 Vine St (2 Incidents), 200 W Rittenhouse Sq, 1800 Walnut St (3 Incidents).

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: 1100 S 52nd St. Arson: 1100 S Peach St. Assault: 6000 Baltimore Av, 5800 Hoffman Av, 1300 S 49th St, 1200 S 52nd St, S 60th St & Reinhard St, 2400 S Edgewood St, 1600 S Frazier St, 2000 S Redfield St. Burglary: 1600 S 52nd St, 2000 S 57th St. Theft: 5700 Beaumont St, 5400 Belmar St, 5800 Elmwood Av, 5500 Gibson Dr, 5400 Grays Av, 5100 Greenway Av, 5500 Linmore Av, 2200 S 58th St, 5800 Warrington Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5200 Chester Av, 5300 Greenway Av, 6000 Kingsessing Av, 1100 S 53rd St, 1900 S 57th St, 2400 S Edgewood St, 1600 S Frazier St, 1700 S Ruby St, 1600 S Yewdall St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5400 Baltimore Av, 5100 Chester Av, 5500 Chester Av, 5600 Florence Av, 5600 Kingsessing Av, 5400 Regent St, 1500 S 52nd St, 900 S 55th St (2 Incidents), 5800 Springfield Av, 5500 Wheeler St, 5100 Woodland Av, 5300 Woodland Av. 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.: Homicide: 800 N 50th St. Assault: 3800 Aspen St, 3900 Brown St, 600 N 40th St, 100 N 48th St, 900 N 48th St (2 Incidents), 700 N 49th St, 900 N 50th St, 800 N Markoe St, 4600 Ogden St, 4900 Olive St, 3800 Parrish St, 4300 Parrish St, 3800 Wyalusing Av. Robbery: 4000 Green St. Theft: 4000 Baring St, 4900 Brown St, 400 Busti St, 400 Dearborn St, 3400 Lancaster Av, 3600 Lancaster Av, 4000 Lancaster Av, 3600 Market St, 4700 Melon St, N 34th St & Lancaster Walk, N 34th St & Mantua Av, 500 N 35th St, 800 N 50th St, 900 N Markoe St, 3800 Spring Garden St, 4700 Wyalusing Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 4400 Fairmount Av, 4400 Holden St, 4200 Mantua Av, 600 N 34th St, N 38th St & Filbert St, 800 N 41st St (2 Incidents), 4600 Parrish St, 4200 Pennsgrove St, 400 Sloan St, 3900 Willow St. 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, 4800 Brown St (2 Incidents), 4100 Cambridge St (2 Incidents), 4000 Lancaster Av, 2900 Market St, 700 N 37th St, 1100 N 41st St, 900 N 43rd St, 800 N 45th St, 4900 Ogden St, 4900 Olive St (2 Incidents), 4100 Parrish St, 3500 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.: Assault: 34th St & Grays Ferry Av, 2600 Ellsworth St, 2300 Gerritt St, 2300 Grays Ferry Av, 2000 Oakford St, 600 S 15th St, 1500 S 16th St, 1500 S 23rd St, 1700 S 28th St, S 33rd St & Reed St, 1600 S Bailey St, 1600 S Dover St, 1300 S Newkirk St, 3000 Titan St, 3400 Wharton St. Robbery: Washington Av & S 20th St. Theft: 2100 Morris St, 1400 Point Breeze

Av (2 Incidents), 900 S 18th St, 1100 S 20th St, 1600 S 23rd St, 800 S Broad St, 1000 S Broad St (2 Incidents), 1600 S Broad St, 1200 S Bucknell St, 1700 S Chadwick St, 700 S Rosewood St, 1400 Washington Av, 1700 Washington Av, 2200 Wilder St (2 Incidents).

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 2400 Grays Ferry Av, 2900 Grays Ferry Av, 1400 Point Breeze Av, 1700 S Natrona St, 1600 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 Ellsworth St, 1800 Fitzwater St, 1800 Lombard St, 500 S 18th St (2 Incidents), 600 S 26th St, S Broad St & Morris St, 1600 South 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.: Assault: 4500 Baltimore Av, 5700 Catharine St, 5000 Cedar Av, 5500 Cedar Av, 5400 Chancellor St, 4600 Chester Av, 6200 Chestnut St, Cobbs Creek Pkwy & Sansom St, 5500 Locust St, N 57th St & Market St, 6000 Osage Av, 5500 Pemberton St, S 41st St & Chester Av, 100 S 54th St, 0 S 56th St, S 58th St & Pemberton St, 0 S 62nd St (2 Incidents), 200 S Hirst St, 5200 Spruce St, 5900 Spruce St, 3900 Walnut St, 4600 Walnut St, 5000 Walnut St, 5200 Walnut St. Burglary: 4300 Baltimore Av, 5500 Baltimore Av, 400 S 41st St, 4700 Walnut St. Robbery: 0 S 61st St. Theft: 4800 Cedar Av, 3200 Chestnut St, 3600 Chestnut St, 6200 Chestnut St, 5800 Christian St, 5500 Delancey St (2 Incidents), 6100 Ellsworth St, 6200 Ellsworth St, 6100 Locust St, 3700 Locust Walk, 5500 Market St, 4500 Pine St, 300 S 43rd St, S 44th St & Pine St, 1100 S 48th St, 0 S 49th St, 100 S 52nd St, 300 S 52nd St, 600 S 52nd St, 100 S 56th St, 500 S 59th St, 0 S 60th St, 4100 Spruce St, 4900 Spruce St, 5900 Spruce St, 5300 Walnut St, 5700 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 4800 Woodland Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 4700 Chestnut St, 4900 Chestnut St, 200 Farragut St, 4300 Market St, 4500 Market St, 6000 Osage Av, 200 S 45th St, S 49th St & Chestnut St, S 53rd St & Irving St, S 54th St & Catharine St, 0 S 60th St, 700 S 60th St, 0 S Fallon St, 200 S Hirst St, 4700 Upland St, 3700 Walnut St, 5000 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): 5600 Carpenter St, Cobbs Creek Pkwy & Cedar Av, 5500 Larchwood Av, 5100 Locust St, 4500 Ludlow St, 5700 Market St, 6100 Pine St, 400 S 57th St, 800 S 58th St, 700 S 60th St, 1000 S 60th St, 0 S Ruby St, 5200 Spruce St (4 Incidents), 4500 Walnut St, 4500 Woodland Av (2 Incidents).

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.: Homicide: 6300 W Girard Av. Rape: 5700 Dunlap St, 1300 N Wanamaker St. Assault: 5400 Arlington St, 1800 Ashurst Rd, 7600 Brentwood Rd, 5500 Hunter St, 5700 Jefferson St, 5400 Lansdowne Av, 7600 Malvern Av, 5600 Market St, 500 N 54th St, 1200 N 55th St, 1600 N 56th St, N 58th St & Lansdowne Av, N 58th St & Lansdowne Av, 1200 N 60th St, 1700 N 60th St, 500 N 63rd St (2 Incidents), 1100 N 63rd St (2 Incidents), 400 N 64th St, 200 N 65th St, 300 N 65th St, 500 N Allison St, 100 N Dewey St, 0 N Felton St, 0 N Frazier St, 100 N Hobart St, 1400 N Hobart St, 1400 N Ithan St, 100 N Millick St, 1300 N Redfield St, 200 N Robinson St, 300 N Salford St, 5800 Overbrook Av, 5800 Vine St, 5300 W Berks St (3 Incidents), 7500 Woodbine Av, 5600 Woodcrest Av, 7600 Woodcrest Av, 800 Wynnewood Rd. Burglary: 5700 Commerce St, 6100 Nassau Rd, 5600 Wyndale Av. Robbery: 7600 City Av. Theft: 7500 City Av, 5600 Lancaster Av, 6100 Media St, 100 N 52nd St, 1900 N

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.

54th St, 2400 N 54th St, 1200 N 57th St, 200 N 60th St, 1700 N 60th St, 500 N 61st St, 500 N 62nd St, 1700 N 62nd St, 100 N 63rd St, 600 N 66th St, 1100 N 66th St, 2100 N Wanamaker St, 6100 Nassau Rd, 5400 Poplar St, 5400 Vine St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1200 N 56th St, N 61st St, 300 N Gross St, 500 N Hobart St, 0 N Peach St, 5600 Stewart St, 6000 W Columbia Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 900 Flanders Rd, 1700 Georges Ln (2 Incidents), 7300 Malvern Av, 5600 Market St, N 56th St & Market St, 1600 N 59th St, 1700 N 60th St, N 60th St & Market St, 1500 N 61st St, 400 N 63rd St, 1100 N 66th St, 1500 N Alden St, 1500 N Edgewood St, 0 N Hirst St, 1400 N Hobart St, 5600 Race St, 5900 Race St, 5500 Spring St, 5700 W Oxford St, 7500 Woodbine Av, 5700 Wyndale Av. 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.

The Following Crimes Occurred Between Friday, May 21st and Thursday, May 27th.

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.: Assault: 1600 S 7th St, 300 South St, 400 South St, 500 South St, 800 Wharton St. Robbery: 1600 S 7th St. Theft: 1600 E Passyunk Av, 300 Manton St, 0 Mifflin St, 900 Mifflin St, 400 Monroe St, 900 Mountain St, 0 Queen St, 200 Queen St, 700 S 3rd St, 800 S 3rd St, 1800 S 4th St, 1500 S 7th St, 1200 S 10th St, 700 S Broad St, 1400 S Hancock St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 500 S 3rd St, 1800 S 8th St, 1100 S 9th St, 1100 S Alder St, 400 South St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 600 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.: Rape: 100 S Broad St. Assault: 300 S Broad St, 200 S Camac St, 900 Walnut St. Burglary: 900 Market St. Robbery: 100 S 8th St. Theft: 1100 Chestnut St, 100 S Independence Mall W, 1100 Locust St, 700 Market St (2 Incidents), 900 Market St, 1000 Market St (2 Incidents), 400 N 5th St (2 Incidents), 200 N 10th St, 200 Pine St, 0 S 2nd St (2 Incidents), 100 S 7th St, S 11th St & Locust St, 300 S Broad St, 700 Sansom St, 1100 Walnut St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 100 Chestnut St, N 2nd St & Arch St, N 11th St & Filbert St, 200 Spring Garden St, 800 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): 400 N 5th St, S 8th St & Market 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: 1500 John F Kennedy Blvd, 200 S 15th St, 1400 Spruce St, 1800 Waverly St. Theft: 1700 Chestnut St, 1800 Chestnut St, 1900 Fairmount Av, 1900 Green St, 1900 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1700 Locust St, 1500 Market St, 2000 Market St, N 15th St & John F Kennedy Blvd, 200 N 16th St, N 20th St & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 0 N 23rd St, 0 S 16th St, 100 S 16th

St, 200 S 18th St, 2100 Sansom St, 1500 Spruce St (3 Incidents), 200 W Rittenhouse Sq, 1500 Walnut St, 2100 Walnut St, 1600 Wood St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1500 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): 400 N 21st St, N Broad St & Vine St, 2500 Spring Garden St (2 Incidents).

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: 5300 Hadfield St. Arson: 1600 S 52nd St. Assault: 5600 Angora Ter, 5500 Elmwood Av, 5200 Florence Av, 5800 Kingsessing Av, 1700 S 53rd St, 2000 S 60th St, 1300 S Lindenwood St, 2500 S Wanamaker St. Burglary: 5200 Florence Av. Theft: 5800 Chester Av, 5800 Dickens Av, 5300 Glenmore Av, 5800 Hadfield St, 1000 S 53rd St, 1200 S Frazier St, 1300 S Paxon St, 1600 S Wilton St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5600 Chester Av, 1600 S Ithan St, 5800 Theodore St, 5700 Thomas Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5200 Chester Av, S 54th St & Windsor St, 2000 S 60th St, 1700 S Conestoga St, 2000 S Redfield St, 5200 Warrington Av, 5000 Woodland Av. 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: 4400 Holden St, 3500 Mantua Av, 0 N 39th St, 4200 Otter St, 4200 Pennsgrove St, 3400 Spring Garden St, 4200 W Girard Av, 4300 Westminster Av. Burglary: 5100 Funston St, 4000 Lancaster Av, 3800 Reno St. Theft: 100 Dearborn St, 4400 Holden St, 3400 Lancaster Av, 4100 Leidy Av, 200 N 34th St, 600 N 35th St, 300 N 40th St, 1000 N 48th St, N 52nd St & Arch St, 4800 Ogden St, 700 Sloan St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 4200 Mantua Av, 700 N 48th St, 800 N Fallon St, 3200 Race St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 4200 Mantua Av, 4900 Parrish St, 4300 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.: Assault: 2300 Christian St, 2900 Reed St, 1500 S 27th St, 1800 S 30th St, S 34th St & Grays Ferry Av, 800 S Mole St, 2600 Wharton St. Robbery: 1500 Point Breeze Av. Theft: 3000 Grays Ferry Av, 2000 Morris St, 500 S 15th St, 1600 S 23rd St, S 33rd St & Latona St, 1000 S Broad St (2 Incidents).

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1700 Catharine St, 1100 S 17th St, 1900 South 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 S 15th 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.: Assault: 4500 Baltimore Av, 6000 Catharine St, 4300 Chestnut St, 5400 Irving St, 5800 Osage Av, S 38th St & Spruce St, 400 S 40th St, 900 S 58th St, S 60th St & Catharine St, 5800 Sansom St, 4700 Spruce St, 4900 Walton Av. Burglary: 4200 Chestnut St, 4000 Pine St. Robbery: 5000 Pine St, 300 S 52nd St, S 53rd St & Spruce St, S 60th St & Pine St. Theft: 5200 Addison St, 4500 Baltimore Av, 5500 Baltimore Av, 6200 Christian St, 5400 Irving St, 100 S 36th St (2 Incidents), 200 S 42nd St, 100 S 45th St, 200 S 46th St, 0 S 56th St, 400 S 57th St, 900 S 57th St, S 57th St & Cedar Av, 400 S 58th St, 4500 Spruce St, 4700 Spruce St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 4500 Baltimore Av, 200 S 57th St, 800 S 57th St, 100 S 59th St, 5000 Sansom St, 4800 Spruce St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5800 Carpenter St, 5500 Chancellor St, 5300 Chestnut St, 6200 Chestnut St, Cobbs Creek Pkwy & Cedar Av, 5600 Hazel Av, 4500 Osage Av, 6100 Pine St, S 51st St & Locust St, 500 S 52nd St, 5800 Walnut St, 5700 Walton Av. 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.: Arson: 200 N 61st St. Assault: 5800 Lansdowne Av, 6700 Lansdowne Av, 1400 N 52nd St, 1800 N 52nd St, 100 N 53rd St, 1400 N 54th St, 2400 N 54th St, 300 N 55th St, 1600 N 56th St, 600 N 57th St, 1300 N 59th St, 300 N 61st St, 1400 N 61st St, 100 N 62nd St, 900 N 63rd St, 400 N 64th St, 200 N Alden St, 100 N Hobart St, 5800 Overbrook Av, 7300 Ruskin Rd, 6400 Vine St, 5600 Wyndale Av. Burglary: 1500 N Frazier St, 6000 W Oxford St. Robbery: 5700 Wynnefield Av. Theft: 1200 N 52nd St, 100 N 55th St, 100 N 57th St, 400 N 59th St, 1800 N 60th St, 500 N 61st St, 100 N 63rd St (2 Incidents), 1600 N Wilton St, 5900 W Girard Av, 1500 West End Dr. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 700 Atwood Rd, 800 Marlyn Rd, 1900 N 52nd St, 1200 N 53rd St, 300 N 61st St, 100 N 62nd St, 0 N Ruby St, 1400 N Wanamaker St, 5400 Westminster Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 900 Atwood Rd, 1800 N 52nd St, 600 N 57th St, 1900 N 61st St, 0 N Frazier St, 1600 N Lindenwood St, 0 N Ruby St, 200 N Wanamaker St, 5300 Ogden 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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