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alph Brooks was six years old in 1988 when he was shot and paralyzed for the rest of his life.
“Here’s what I think is significant,” Rich Negrin, deputy mayor for administration & co-ordination, offered Monday afternoon. “The first thing [Ralph] said to his physical therapist was ‘Will I be able to play basketball?’ What we’re do-
ing here for his legacy is to make it available for all of our kids.”
Thanks to a great deal of cross-pollination and coordination among organizations, City offices, and individuals like Eagles linebacker Connor Barwin, an ambitious project is coming together. According to a release from the Office of the May-or, “the project includes funding from Philadel-phia Parks & Recreation, the Philadelphia Water Department, the PhillyRising initiative, the Mural Arts Program, the Office of 2nd District Coun-cilman Kenyatta Johnson, Urban Roots, Connor
Barwin’s ‘Make the World Better Foundation’ and 25th Foundation.”
The $450,000 project at the corner of 20th and Tasker streets will be ambitious in scope. The ren-ovations to the Point Breeze corner park include a new play area installed, basketball courts repaved, stormwater management features, a rain garden, an underground strorage trench and a world-class mural care of Mural Arts’ favorite Steve Powers.
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Christmas Photo Page: Lighting their fire
South Philly residents love to live up to their reputation as festive
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On the Scene: Palladino’s grand arrival
East Passyunk Avenue’s foremost stretch, and its most visible, has finally joined the culinary party.
Movie: Worst of 2014
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To the Editor: As a U.S. army veteran, I am
livid! Has our country now turned into frightened little children? The move by Sony to bow down to threats by North Korea not to release the comedy movie “The Interview” is nothing less than cowardly! Sony has grievously disrespected every American sol-dier who has served, fought and/or died for this country, as well as other countries’ freedom, rights and peaceful lives! I have a solu-tion.
How about our government pub-licly state that if any American is attacked due to this movie’s re-lease, we will unleash a response that has never been seen in world history? Now I know what some will say: “You will be willing to go to war for a movie.” Damn right! However, it’s more than that. If a person or foreign government wished to attack us, they are going to attack us, movie or no movie.
Ever since 9/11, this country has lost its ideals that the forefathers implemented. The federal govern-ment now needs to step up and en-force those ideals that made Amer-
ica the envy of the world. Allowing a foreign government to dictate what movies are made and dis-tributed is an unprecedented slap to the face of every citizen, which should never be tolerated!
No American should submit to any entity when it is in direct con-flict with how we have chosen to live our lives. Why? Because the threats will never end and it will show the world that we are afraid to stand up for ourselves, and will ultimately bend to the will of our enemies. Make no mistake, terror-ism will always be a concern. But the desire of the American people to live free should supersede any-thing anyone could throw at us!
Any ideology that deliberately comes in direct conflict with how we live our lives is, to me, an act of war in the abstract. Any ideol-ogy that deliberately attacks our nation and its citizens is an act of war and should pay for it tenfold! Perhaps then, we can gain a little bit of respect that the United States once had.
To the Editor:I just want to say that I am dis-
appointed that the Mummers do not come through our neighbor-hood anymore. Marching all the way down Broad Street is a tradi-tion in South Philly. I know that some members of the string band said that there were blocks after Washington Avenue where there were no people on the street, but what about the blocks where there are lots of people standing on the sidelines; like, for example, near the Methodist Hospital? It was always packed over there. I think they should go back to the old way and strut through South Philly.
To the Editor: Does anyone care to bet that a
particular segment of society will yell and scream quite boisterous-ly about the police wearing body cameras? What? How dare you not being able to see the similar unconstitutionality of the obvious plot to stop and frisk deployment deliberately aimed at that segment and only that segment? Can we ever expect to win or even slow down the rampant commission of
the horrible crime of our country if these hurdles are constantly and continuously put before us truly hurts them much more than it does us?
The paranoia seems to run ram-pant and is wildly instilled, and I can understand why. All things considered, there has to come a time to relent and understand that some things are just meant for the good of all and not for the destruc-tion of a particular race or group. We either win all together or fail completely by our separate selves. Instead of disagreeing with just about all that is put forth, how about instead contributing ideas to stump and maybe even eliminate crime?
May I respectfully request you take a long, hard look at how the Republican Party keeps knock-ing down every good thing meant for the upgrading of all our lives, country and even the world. They have made President Barack Obama’s tenure a living hell, and don’t intend to stop. I voted for Obama, and if he could run again, I would vote for him. Not because he is black, but simply because he is so valued and appreciated. It is most important that these wasteful showings of defiance stop because it does reflect on our president in such disfavor despite it being no fault of his. Can you see this?
We must all show reason right now. When you are right, rejoice, but you can’t always be right!
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“The Ferguson, Mo. situa-tion dominated the news for weeks. There was mass chaos that shows we haven’t really progressed as a country with regards to race relations.”
Jimmy McCloskey, 2300 block of
South 16th Street
By Corey CarterComment at southphillyreview.com/opinion
“Definitely what happened in Ferguson. It shined a light on issues such as law enforce-ment and social inequality.”
Joseph Gonzales, Broad and Jackson streets
“The matter in Ferguson has had so much fallout, including the murder of two innocent Brooklyn police of-ficers. I think we still need to evaluate so many aspects of what happened in Missouri.”
John Seaman, Broad and Porter streets
“The Eric Garner situation [in New York] because it seemed a tipping point based on the Michael Brown verdict.”
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Review Managing Ed itor
tate Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced Dec. 17 that two former PennDOT managers and eight con-tractors conspired to defraud taxpay-
ers through an overbilling machination. Ex-permit manager William Rosetti al-legedly received kickbacks from high-way inspectors in exchange for ignoring doctored time sheets and mileage reports, an investigative document revealed. The report adds the 36-year-old also received payment for hours he did not work.
Contractor John J. Cavanaugh suppos-edly added two hours of overtime daily to his timesheet and gave Rosetti as much as $150 each pay period as a “street tax” for him to overlook the 61-year-old’s ac-tions. Joseph DeSimone, 34, and John LaSpada, 40, reportedly paid kickbacks to ex-manager Alexander Morrone to over-look overbilling and rarely visited job lo-cations they claimed they had inspected. DeSimone also allegedly billed for work he did not perform at a construction site that closed due to a state of emergency.
A businessman with South of South ties will spend 26 months in jail for involve-ment in a fraud scheme.
On Monday, Joseph N. Reilly, whose eponymous real estate entity once includ-ed a location at 1725 South St., received his sentence for diverting more than $1 million in client funds to himself between January 2009 and April ’11, U.S. Attor-ney spokeswoman Patty Hartman said. He pleaded guilty on May 29, ’14 to having defrauded approximately 50 clients.
The 59-year-old, according to Hartman, acted as a property manager for the indi-viduals, collecting rent and utilities pay-ments for owners. He also paid utility and real estate tax bills, mailing statements to tenants and property owners. At least one statement indicated that the balance in the owner’s account was $490,565.58, when it was actually $86.80.
U.S. District Court Judge L. Felipe Re-strepo also ordered restitution of $668,856, two years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment.
A deliveryman ended up robbed in Point Breeze two weeks ago.
At 10:10 p.m. Dec. 13, the driver, while attempting to make a delivery on the 2000 block of South Gerritt Street, encountered two unknown males, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. The first pointed a small silver gun at him and ordered “Give me everything.”
His accomplice went through the com-plainant’s pockets and took a Galaxy Note cell phone, car keys and approximately $215. He went on to rummage through the delivery vehicle but failed to take anything before returning the keys to the victim, who left the area after the first offender threatened to shoot him if he did not im-mediately depart, Tolliver said.
The complainant described the primary aggressor as black, 5-foot-11 to 6-foot-1, 180 pounds and 18 to 23 years old; having an athletic build and a dark complexion; wearing a black bandana over his face, black pants and a black hoodie; and armed with the aforementioned gun; and the sec-ond as black, 6-foot-2, 175 to 180 pounds and 18 to 23 years old; having a thin build, short black hair and stubble; and wearing a black hoodie and black pants.
To report information, call South De-tectives at 215-685-1635, text PPDTIP (773847) or visit phillypolice.com/forms.
Police are looking for a man who would have burglarized a Queen Village home if not for an alarm system.
Recently released surveillance video from the November incident captured the image of the male as he lurked on the 400 block of Catharine Street. After casing a residence for 20 minutes, he removed the screen from a window yet rode off on a bicycle. Returning 15 minutes later, he gained access to the home but became scared and left empty-handed when the aforementioned alarm became activated.
To report information, call South Detec-tives at 215-686-3013 with DC#14-03-070871, text PPDTIP (773847) or visit phillypolice.com/forms.
Contact Managing Editor Joseph Myers at [email protected] or ext. 124. Com-ment at southphillyreview.com/news/police-report.
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Resources Michael DiBerardinis, who also served as the groundbreaking ceremony’s emcee, said the project “speaks to who we are as a city and what we want to become. Every child deserves a place to go where they can recreate and be with their fami-lies and have a safe and clean and fabulous outdoor facility at their disposal.”
About half of the total budget is coming from Barwin and his foundation, combined with moneys from Johnson.
“Today is a special day for me because I’ve been born and raised in this area,” Johnson, a Point Breeze native, said. “Our contribution is $85,000 to make sure this process becomes a reality, and I didn’t hesitate to step up to the plate and get the ball rolling.”
The vision for a revitalized Tot Lot is credited to Jahmall Crandall, a community leader and founder of I.AM. South Philly.
“I’m excited, I’m excited, I’m excited. From 20th and Carpenter to 20th and Task-er [streets], this community has kept me here and kept me safe,” the School District of Philadelphia police officer and resident of the 1900 block of Mountain Street said. “That’s my goal, to protect this community and I’m not by myself,” he said pointing to the crew seated behind him at the podium. “Never let anyone tell you what you can’t do. I wish Ralph could’ve been here today. I speak to him on a daily basis and by this time next year, we’ll have a new Ralph Brooks Park on 20th Street.”
“I’M FROM DETROIT originally and I moved to Philly two years ago,” Barwin, whose residence in Point Breeze and insistence on bicycling and using public transit has caught national attention, including ESPN and NFL Films (the latter was present on Monday), said.
He cited his beginnings on a basketball court as the spark that took him to the NFL.
“I lived every day on the basketball court, and I learned about competitive nature, and to be able to give back to the kids that live here, it means the world to me.” In the Mayor’s Office release, he
adds: “When I became an Eagle, I became a Philadelphian. To me, that means caring about and investing in your community – which is the focus of the Make the World Better Foundation.”
With a concert featuring Kurt Vile & the Violators at Union Transfer this past June, the Make the World Better Foundation raised (with a match from Barwin himself) $170,000 to put towards the Tot Lot reno-vations.
“I remember about two-and-a-half or three years ago when Jahmall came to me with the idea and I knew Jeff Tubbs and
some of the work that he wanted to do, so I put Jeff and Jahmall together,” 186th District state Rep. Jordan Harris, another Point Breeze native, said.
He knew the project would need money, so he called Johnson.
“And he convened everybody and some-how Jeff got Connor Barwin involved, and this thing went from an idea to a concept to a moment in time that we have today,” Harris added.
The politician said he’s inspired by pro-fessional athletes who give back.
“When I route for the Eagles, it’s not just
because I’m from Philadelphia, but I know people in the organization that give back to the community,” Harris said. “I grew up just four blocks away from this play-ground, for me this is extremely special.”
Tubbs is the founder and president of Urban Roots, and when he and Crandall started talking about improving the corner, it was mostly to do a few quick surface-level changes.
“Originally we talked about doing some new hoops and a new surface,” Tubbs told the crowd.
They became connected to the City’s Planning Commission and to the Philadel-phia Water Department, and suddenly it was bigger than they’d imagined.
“Ut oh, how are we gonna do this?” he asked. “But then “some guy on a bike came along and brought ESPN and NFL Films and now we’ve been launched into outer space. We want the kids in the com-munity to launch this with us and design this with us.”
The young people of Point Breeze are appropriately the source of inspiration and motivation. An opening prayer from a local deacon stressed “the young people can grow in safety, elders can walk up and down this corner and we’re praying that this will be the birth of great things to come.”
Barwin’s final comments were also geared toward the kids who will benefit.
“It’s going to be yours, you’re going to own this and take care of it. So grab that, take hold of that, embrace that and make it special.”
PhillyRising’s Negrin pointed out that things have improved greatly in the area as of late. PhillyRising has cleaned 60 al-leyways in the area, which Negrin believes has directly resulted in a 10-percent reduc-tion in violent crime and a 14-percent re-duction in burglaries in the area. And that wouldn’t be possible minus partnerships.
“What you’re seeing here today is the power of partnerships,” he added, and cited one of his favorite Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes: “Darkness will not drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate will not drive out hate, only love can do that.”
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Photo 1: Revelers united at Burke Play-ground, Second and Jackson streets, Dec. 18 for the Whitman location’s Christmas gathering. Photo 2: An eager youngster hopped aboard a fire truck Dec. 13 as part of the Phestivus Celebration at the Queen Village-situated Moyamensing Point Park, 900 E. Moyamensing Ave. Photo 3: Fourth-graders from Edwin M. Stanton School, 1700 Christian St., reported to the National Constitution Center Dec. 18 to claim top honors in the Rendell Center’s Citizenship Challenge. The South of South institution was the lone Philadelphia public school to make the finals. Photo 4: The South Philly Striders united at Broad Street and Oregon Avenue Dec. 11 for their annual Holiday Lights Run, which terminated at American Sardine Bar, 1800 Federal St. Photo 5: The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia held its Holiday Lights Ride after party at SouthHouse, 2535 S. 13th St., Dec. 18. Photo 6: Small Business Saturday at the Pennsport Mall, East Moyamensing Avenue and Moore Street, attracted bargain hunters and St. Nicholas Dec. 13. Photo 7: South Philly Review Managing Editor Joseph My-ers took the pledge to live in and promote piece with Redemption, Forgiveness and Peace founder Will Little Dec. 17. Photo 8: Learners from St. Monica School, 16th and Porter streets, held a Christmas concert Dec. 17.
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ook up the word “rival” in the dic-tionary, and it reads: “to be in compe-tition, to act as a rival: compete, to be in competition with, to strive to equal
or excel, competitive.”Surprisingly, there was not a picture of
the logo’s of Bill McIntyre’s Shooting Stars and the Jokers NYA. Since both of these clubs were formed in the late 1940s (Stars ’47 and Jokers ’49), they have been in competition with each other. For those counting, it would be 65 years.
And it was as impressive as it was im-mediate. Between ’50 and ’61, the first 12 years of Brigade prizes were all won by the Jokers or the Shooting Stars (six by the Stars from ’50 to ’53, ’58 and ’59) and six by the Jokers (’54’ to ’57’; ’60 and ’61).
While most will say the rivalry is in good humor, there have been occasions when it may not have seemed as such. While most will sight the dominance of the two clubs during the ’50s and early ’60s as a reason for the rivalry, there is a rumored story about a captain’s suit that caused a problem. Also in ’93, there was a timing issue that led to some frayed nerves and a one-point victory for the Stars. In addi-tion, eight times they have finished first and second. Twelve times they have fin-ished just ahead of the other.
BUT THESE CLUBS are connected in so many ways that keep the competition fun. During the ’90s, for a number of years the Jokers and Stars amazingly, given the competition and the secrecy for which Mummers are known, shared a warehouse at Fifth and McKean streets. Fred Keller shared a story about how he spent one Christmas Eve setting up his floats so the painter would be ready to go on Christmas Day (don’t ask … they are weird). When Keller showed up on the 26th, none of the Jokers’ floats were painted. The Stars had hi-jacked the painter saying he did not complete what he had promised them.
The first year the Brigades elected mem-bers into their Hall of Fame, they elected two, a star (Bill McIntyre Sr.) and a Joker (Joe “Sheiky” Walters), of course.
There are numerous family connections between the two clubs that also make for some interesting holiday dinners. Two of the more notable among them are the Stars vice president Jim McCullough to Casey Olkowski. The Olkowskis have been in the Jokers since the ’70s. The Mc-Culloughs have been in the Stars since the early ’80s. There is also of course the Adams-Gallagher union. Former Stars Captain Mickey Adams’ daughter Allison is married to longtime Joker Dan Gallagh-er’s son Joe “Bad News” Gallagher, who is captain of the Jokers. When Mickey stepped down as captain in 2011, his son Michael, Joe’s brother-in-law, succeeded him.
Mummer historian and former captain of the Stars Franny McIntyre related some stories to me about the rivalry that he be-lieves are all in good fun. He recalled that when he was a young captain of the stars, the Joker captain was Bud Krajicek. They decided to celebrate the rivalry by rolling a keg down to the brigade who finished higher. The roll would take place on the night of the serenade. Franny noted that one year when the Jokers finished better, the Stars rolled the barrel down to them. They returned later that night to ask if they could borrow it back when they ran out of beer. Fran said despite the years that have passed, life-long Joker Bill Wickert Sr. will not let him forget it.
Finally, come New Year’s Night when the results are known, if they did not win, their next question will be “where did the Jokers/Stars finish?” If it is behind them, despite the disappointment of not winning, a competitive smile will appear across their face.
Jim Julia is the president of the Phila-delphia Mummers Fancy Brigade Asso-ciation.
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urplus responsibilities often render tireless energy a rarity for most individuals, but Mike Chitwood counts as an admirable anomaly. Five decades into his law enforcement vocation, the native of
Seventh Street and Oregon Avenue feels as enthused about his endeavors as he did upon his April 6, 1964 entry into the Philadelphia Police Department.
“The path has been rocky at times, but nothing has dissipated,” the 70-year-old Superintendent of Police of the Upper Darby Township Police Department said. “I still have the same pas-sion, the same love for helping people and be-ing part of the solution.”
The Marconi East product has spent the last nine years yearning for answers in Delaware County, the fourth stop in his illustrious career. Pos-
sessing “a doctorate in the street,” he credits his longevity mainly to mental fortitude, seeing sa-
gacity as a key in processing human behavior.“I was raised in a loving but tough envi-
ronment,” Chitwood said of his maturation, which yielded an unwavering understanding of affection, discipline and structure. “I didn’t see at first how I could apply that to my pro-fession, but quickly into my tenure, I became a
champion of the rights of victims.”The compassionate figure last year decided to
chronicle his search for solace amid chaos, teaming
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with Harold I. Gullan to pen “Tough Cop: Mike Chitwood vs. the Scumbags.” The 177-page brainchild, of which its subject finds himself especially proud for his anal-ysis of terrorism and the future of his field, explores his rise through the ranks of his birth city’s police department, for whom, in his nearly 20-year stint here, he gained renown as a homicide detective. Owing to his ethical and moral upbringing, Chitwood chided the manipulation and mutilation, both literal and figurative, of fellow Phila-delphians, persisting as a diligent guardian who would come to collect numerous ac-colades. Never one to covet publicity, he often appeared on television and in news-papers because of his involvement in high-profile matters, including the January ’81 murder of Nicolette “Nicky” Caserta.
“That was pivotal to my formation,” Chitwood said of the 12-year-old Kensing-ton dweller’s death at the hands of a neigh-bor. “In addition to the sadness that I felt, I wondered how much more I could con-tribute to Philadelphia’s crime prevention identity. At age 37, I had a fantasy about being a police chief in one of the top-10 cities in the country. Regardless of how feasible that sounded, I knew, especially because of the Nicky Caserta ordeal, that I wanted a leadership role.”
Two years after the girl’s slaying inten-
sified his quest for perspective, Chitwood landed the title of chief of police for Mid-dletown Township. After a four-and-a-half year block in that role, the Philadelphia-bred law enforcer earned an opportunity to break free from Pennsylvania’s confines and ventured to New England.
“It represented change in many respects but not in the most important one,” Chit-wood said of upholding order in Portland, Maine. “No matter where I’ve been, I’ve always desired, no matter what I’m facing, to improve the quality of life for my neigh-bors.”
THE ALTRUISTIC INDIVIDUAL can consider himself blessed in many regards, particu-larly for having known at an early age where his primary passion rested. Deter-mining as a seventh grader that the pres-ervation of civility would win his favor, Chitwood, thanks to his “loving yet strict household” helmed by parents Marie and Walter, developed fervent adoration to car-ing about his community. When he became an officer, he had his diligence tested be-cause of his placement in troubled areas, but supportive superiors and commitment to his calling arrested the development of apathy.
“Philadelphia was my town,” Chitwood said of concern for the metropolis. “There
was no way I was going to let anyone hi-jack law-abiding citizens’ livelihood with-out seeing that they received their due.”
That thinking translated well in handling his Middletown Township tasks and en-abled the affable presence to make the tran-sition to top cop in Portland, where, during his 17-year employment, he became so re-vered that many touted him as a candidate for governor. Certainly not as turbulent as Philadelphia, Portland nonetheless kept Chitwood sharp, and he left the location feeling even more enamored with his call to duty and more reverent of his partners in preventing crime.
“It’s easy to take swipes at police offi-cers,” he said, citing recent national inci-dents as fodder for the ridicule of all his brethren. “I have always been a firm be-liever in transparency because if people know that you are truly trying to protect them, chances are all will be well most of the time. I stand by my stance that police officers, by far, go above and beyond the call of duty.”
Since 2005, Chitwood has channeled his ambition to benefit Upper Darby Township denizens and dutifully maintains his physi-cal well-being, courtesy of early morning gym jaunts, to complement his cerebral acuity.
“The bottom line is that I love what I’m
doing,” he said of logging untold hours to have justice triumph over jaded beliefs that society is crumbling and that bad guys, or, in his vocabulary, “scumbags,” will emerge victorious. “I’ve always been about treat-ing others the way I’ve wanted to be treat-ed. If there’s a gospel according to Mike Chitwood, that’s it.”
In addition to sharing that message with colleagues, Chitwood revels in promoting positivity with wife Liz, daughter Beth Ann and son Mike Jr., chief of police for the Daytona Beach Police Department. He approved the writing of “Tough Cop” to give them a token of his appreciation for their love and affirmation of his gratitude for standing by him, warts and all. As he prepares to commence his 51st year nab-bing ne’er-do-wells, he is quick to ponder his legacy but is definitely not yearning to part with his pursuit of accord.
“I’m only 10 years away from 60,” Chit-wood said, smiling. “I am going to keep going for as long as possible. I am very, very happy with what I’m doing.”
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veryone has different memories of Christmas. Mine are traumatic. It wasn’t that my sister and I didn’t get gifts. We did. Although my parents
were of modest means, we pretty much re-ceived anything we wanted (although, the gifts we asked for were as modest as their income).
One obviously couldn’t purchase gifts online in those days before the computer changed everything. To this day, I don’t know how they were able to carry the gifts home — my folks didn’t own an automo-bile for a large part of my childhood — or how they managed to sneak them into our home without our seeing them? Mother had only one prohibition when it came to which gifts we could receive. These were in the days before political correctness made parents believe that receiving a toy gun for Christmas was equivalent to train-ing your child to become a mass murderer. Mom couldn’t abide toy drums.
It was not that Mom was against her chil-dren becoming musicians. She rather liked music — her favorite tunes being patriotic songs, all the traditional Christmas songs and a tune for which she exhibited un-usual fondness called “On a Slow Boat to China.” However, mom was smart enough to know that a toy drum in the hands of a child could be a terrible thing.
Thus it was that one Christmas turned especially traumatic. My Aunt Ange, a warm person without a malicious bone in her body, gave yours truly a toy drum. Auntie apparently had not sought the ad-vice of my mother before purchasing the gift. I must say I took to that toy drum with all of the enthusiasm of Gene Krupa. I was really into one of those drum solo riffs when my mother snatched it away from me and put her foot through it. Apparently my ego was as fragile as that drum, for I never took up a musical instrument again and for that matter, while I love jazz, can-not abide until this day, one of those long drum solos.
I don’t want to give you the impression that I had a strict child-rearing. It does ap-pear, though, that Christmas brought out the tyrannical side of my lovely parents. While we had a fresh Christmas tree every year, we were not allowed to participate in trimming the plant. Tree decoration was as strictly my father’s province as gift-buying was my mother’s. Dad took great pride in
decorating the tree. He placed each Christ-mas ball and strand of tinsel with the ex-actitude of a screw being tightened on a NASA spacecraft. None of us were al-lowed to join in. The one season that Mom convinced him to make an exception for me, I never got beyond placing the first strand of tinsel on the tree (actually I flung a bunch of the silvery stuff at the tree with great abandon). It was probably the last time I acted with any sort of abandon in our house and certainly the last time that I became involved in trimming the Christ-mas tree.
Dad used to decorate the bottom of the tree with a wind-up train. Although the wind-up train was designated as mine, I was not allowed to place it on the tracks, let alone wind it up for a ride. Dad was the only engineer allowed to drive that train. Side note: My wife and I still have the same wind-up train, now 76 years old, and I lost interest in wanting to wind it up a long time ago. I often wondered why we couldn’t get a set of Lionel electric trains like some of my other relatives. I never got an answer. Our family didn’t acknowledge the advent of electricity when it came to trains.
I was in my teens by the time we were allowed to have electric lights on the tree. My parents did not believe that one should put electric lights on a live tree. Fire haz-ard, you know. Somewhere in my teens, Dad had a come-to-Jesus moment regard-ing the use of tree lights. Suddenly, one season our tree lit up like all the other trees in our family. At that moment, I felt much the same way Benjamin Franklin must’ve felt when he flew his kite on that lightning-filled night. Dad made sure that the lights were lit for only a few hours because oth-erwise the tree might dry out and a con-flagration would surely follow. He was the one who made certain the Christmas tree lights were turned out before we left the house. Dad also made sure to point out the grim lesson of not obeying fire safety rules whenever the news would dutifully report a tragic house fire during the holidays. I still feel a little trepidation about the elec-tric lights shining so brightly on our own live tree today.
It was OK to greet someone by saying “Happy Holidays” back then without feel-ing that you were undermining Christian-ity, especially since we lived in a Jewish neighborhood. In fact, there is a song called “Happy Holiday” that was popular back then — written by Irving Berlin — and sung by Bing Crosby in the film “Hol-iday Inn.” Nobody grew traumatic about the song. It was one of the few things we didn’t get traumatic about then.
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ast Passyunk Avenue’s foremost stretch, and its most visible, has fi-nally joined the culinary party. Pal-ladino’s, 1934 E. Passyunk Ave.,
plugged in the bright lights and rolled out the red carpet last week to welcome guests to the Italian steakhouse. Dazzling, modern and sleek, the restaurant illumi-nates a too-long-dimmed corridor that has been vacant since a 2012 fire. Though as striking as the façade and signage may be, they are only a prelude to a menu offering an ambitious new phase of South Philly Italian and a chef raring to execute it.
“I think my approach to Italian cuisine and my style as a chef is different than what anyone else is doing in Philadel-phia,” chef/owner Luke Palladino said. “Then I looked around East Passyunk Av-enue — a lot of great chefs and great con-cepts but I thought our version of Italian would be great. Two, I didn’t see any big steaks, chops and grilled fish. So we got a beautiful wood grill, and people seem to be very excited.”
Anchoring the menu are those afore-mentioned big steaks and chops, ranging from a 32-ounce Tuscan porterhouse for two ($75) to a 16-ounce veal chop topped with wild mushrooms, prosciutto and a sage crema ($32). Wood-grill offerings are surrounded by a full compliment of hand-crafted pastas and antipasti, with many dishes representing the winter-driven fla-vors of the moment — butternut squash ravioli ($21), pasta filled with roasted beets and Tuscan kale ($19). Others recall stalwart ingredients from the Italian lexi-con —arancini, focaccia, and gnocchi — but with Palladino’s modern touches.
“We change the menu seasonally and of-ten. Right now we are in the winter menu, and this will even change sometime after the New Year,” Palladino explained re-garding construction of the menu. “I lived
all over the boot. It’s very regional and I love all different areas of Italian cuisine.
“In wintertime, we head toward more northern-style cuisine. Summertime, we head to the coasts all around the boot — Sicily, Venice and Puglia — all of those influences. Wintertime, it is more toward Piemonte, Friuli, that style of cuisine.”
Palladino speaks with confident ease discussing Italy’s regions and cuisine, without question the product of a two-year term as executive chef and partner of Venice’s acclaimed Ristorante al Covo in addition to several sabbaticals that im-mersed him in the culture. One of these came as recently as this fall and resulted in additions to the wine list.
On the interior, the biggest surprise is the 12-foot bar, set up facing the avenue to al-low for people watching through accordi-on-style windows. Marble and mahogany, it leads directly into the wide open kitchen to let one catch the chef’s team at work, so it may contain the 18-best seats in the house. Three 60-inch TVs hover above the rows of liquor bottles. It all adds up to a more developed bar experience than many may have imagined, something Palladino had an eye on all along.
“We’re working on some happy hour things, and what we are going to do for football, the Eagles games — opening early with some specials on the bar menu with beers and stuff. We definitely want people to come in here and start watch-ing some games,” Palladino explained. “We’re the only spot on the avenue really that has a great TV presence. It’s going to be a cool place to hang and have fun, and we have an amazing sound system.”
The bar menu matches this vision, as it offers potato skins, an eight-ounce wood grilled burger and calamari to go with price points of $9, $14 and $12, respec-tively.
Overall, Palladino’s presents an energet-ic vibe that comfortably supports fine din-ing as well as game-time noshing. Upon entry, the eye moves first to the buzz of the kitchen and shiny bar space before set-tling onto the dimmer hanging lights that dangle over the cozy dining area set in the back. Perhaps the final major puzzle piece of the always-rousing restaurant scene on the avenue, Palladino’s feels right at home with firm placement at the inter-section of foodie destination and crowdpleaser.
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Despite Emmanuel Lubezki’s virtuoso cinematography, and a whole cast of ac-tors working at full throttle (Oscar hope-fuls Michael Keaton and Emma Stone lead an ace ensemble that also includes Naomi Watts and Edward Norton), “Birdman” paints filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu as a failed satirist, and a man too consumed by his own ego to make a work that’s thematically coherent or culturally astute. The movie’s chatty bells and whis-tles serve to mask what little it has to say.
Joon-ho Bong’s English-language de-but came with a paved road of prestige, considering that the South Korean di-rector had been hailed for such films as “Memories of Murder,” and actors like Tilda Swinton signed on for this post-apocalyptic epic. But the central meta-phor of a train standing in for the world’s class system — it carries mankind’s only survivors, whose distance from the front determines their social standing — proves a rather thin conceit, and without it, one is left with little more than another “chosen one” actioner.
No matter the chemistry between en-dearing stars Zoe Kazan and Daniel Rad-cliffe, this millennial take on the “When Harry Met Sally” formula, wherein the concept of a man and woman remaining friends despite attraction is tested, re-minds viewers that no amount of hip one-liners can make up for true character con-nection. The last thing one should desire while watching a romcom is that the two lovebirds stop communicating altogether.
These two period pieces about two real-life geniuses (Alan Turing and Stephen Hawking, respectively), fail to honor their subjects’ legacies by sticking to a dry and transparent Oscar formula. Turing changed the course of World War II, and Hawking changed the way we understand physics, but such achievements are buried in milquetoast attributes that seem to exist merely to collect statuettes.
It’s hard to imagine one would get such toothless results from a film that casts Angelina Jolie, Hollywood’s most trans-fixing specimen, as Maleficent, Disney’s most delectable villain. Alas, amid a glut of needless CGI (Jolie is, after all, her own stunning special effect), this live-action origin story takes all the mystique away from its horned title character, and in its attempt to make a kindly feminist state-ment, effectively rends her of her power.
Suspension of disbelief on the levels of artistic merit and character interplay is a minor quibble when compared to the vex-ing hypocrisy of this music-industry send-up. “Once” director John Carney was a promising talent, but his Hollywood fol-low-up — about a singer (Keira Knight-ley) and the guerilla album she makes outdoors with a downtrodden producer (Mark Ruffalo) — constantly bucks its own moral of think-outside-the-box art-
istry by kowtowing to a cozy mainstream template. Download the soundtrack; skip the rest.
People speak often about Woody Al-len’s hit-and-miss trajectory — the natural rhythm for the prolific director who churns out at least one annual film. But whereas “To Rome with Love” was a minor detour following Allen’s beloved “Midnight in Paris,” “Magic in the Moonlight” is a cliff dive in the wake of the much-embraced “Blue Jasmine.” Starring Emma Stone as a medium that Colin Firth’s magician seeks to discredit, the clunky slog of a comedy is Allen phoning it in, and the implausible May-December romance that develops puts the wrong kind of spotlight on the director’s famed self-reflexivity.
It’s tempting just to sit back and sur-render to Paul W.S. Anderson’s trashy rei-magining of the title town’s undoing, but it would be easier if the film didn’t plod its way through the disasterpiece motions. Finding its inner “Titanic” and focusing on the gravity-free love between a tribe member (Kit Harrington) and a Pompei-ian beauty (Emily Browning), the movie crawls its way to its inevitable finale, which, for a director of Anderson’s un-derrated action-choreography talents, is a disaster in and of itself.
Ostensibly about the tribulations of un-derprivileged pregnant teens, “Gimme
Shelter” ultimately shows its true colors as Bible-thumping pro-life propagan-da, trumpeting the merits of a saintly woman’s (Ann Dowd) real-life shelter as opposed to humanizing the tortured expectant mom (Vanessa Hudgens) at its center. Hudgens’s character is pre-sented as an offensive parody of the lower class, whose shrill characteriza-tion involves eating like a cow, walk-ing like a rhinoceros and talking like a boorish crook. It chills the spine to say it, but MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” might be more valuable to the culture.
Zac Efron headlined one of the year’s best comedies (“Neighbors”), but unfor-tunately, he also leads its worst movie in general, a highly demeaning bro-fest out to celebrate the male libido, while slyly pretending to be about taming the wild beast. Efron, Miles Teller and Mi-chael B. Jordan play three New York friends and roommates who — sob — are all struggling with the prospect of settling down. The film’s most telling image is that of a dildo exposed at a costume party, since a swinging phal-lic symbol could visually encapsulate the overall message. These three men are hardly deserving of the women they manage to win over, yet moviegoers are asked to bask in their graciousness for deigning to be monogamous. What’s most awkward is that this is one back-wards-thinking movie, wherein men should be applauded — by viewers and their less-than female counterparts — for behaving like humans.
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: Through Dec. 31. Tickets: $26-$40. Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey St. 215-592-9560. 1812productions.org.
Through Dec. 31. Tickets: $55-$70 per day. The Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St. 215-448-1200. fi.edu.
Through Dec. 31. Tickets: $30-$125. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. paballet.org.
Through Jan. 4. Tickets: $45-$65. Penn’s Landing Playhouse, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. 855-448-7469. plplayhouse.com.
Through Jan. 4. Tickets: $20-$95. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. walnutstreettheatre.org.
Through Jan. 4. Tickets: Free-$23. The Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St. 215-448-1200. fi.edu.
Through Jan. 4. Tickets: $16-$29. The Arts Bank Theatre, 601 S. Broad St. 215-496-9160. enchantmenttheatre.org.
Through Jan. 11. Tickets: $35-$55. People’s Light & Theatre, 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern, PA. 610-644-3500. peopleslight.org.
Through Jan. 18. Tickets: Free-$10. The Rosen-bach Museum and Library, 2008-10 Delancey Place. 215-732-1600. rosenbach.org.
Through Jan. 24. Tickets: Free-$15.95. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway. 215-299-1000. ansp.org.
Through Jan. 25. Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Ave. 215-247-0476. woodmereartmuseum.org.
Through Feb. 1. Tickets: $12-$36. Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St. 215-922-1122. ardentheatre.org.
is a night of tribute with Jesse Lundy Band performing “Some Girls,” North Lawrence Midnight Singers handling “Exile on Main Street” and Brown Sugar tackling the hits 7 p.m. Dec. 26. Tickets: $10. Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St. 267-639-4528. bootandsaddlephilly.com.
brings NYC drag legend Sherry Vine to the gayborhood 9 p.m. Dec. 26. Tickets: $8-$25. Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar, 200 S. 12th St. 215-964-9675. tabuphilly.com.
, who starred in “Half Baked” and spent 1995 to '98 on “Saturday Night Live,” performs Dec. 26-28. Tickets: $32-$39. Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St. 215-496-9001. heliumcomedy.com
at the Academy encourages kids to stay curious during winter break with four days of programming: Dino Day on the 27th, Live Animal Day on the 28th, Bird and Bug Day on the 29th and Weird-Thing-in-a-Jar Day on the 30th. Tickets: $13.95-$15.95. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Ben Franklin Pkwy. 215-299-1000. ansp.org.
brings the new year in with laughs courtesy of ComedySportz 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $30-$35. The Playground at the Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St. 866-512-5233. comedysportzphilly.com.
is the rock fan’s best NYE option 9 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $40-$100. Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. 215-627-1332. electricfactory.info.
will be a high-class af-fair with a surf-and-turf dinner, cocktails, dancing and ‘the Geater” with Low Cut Connie 9 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $125. Valley Forge Casino, 1160 First Ave., King of Prussia, PA. 610-354-8118. vfcasino.com.
will dazzle in Ardmore as the headliners for their New Year’s Eve Bash 9 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $25-$85. Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, PA. 610-649-8389. ardmoremusic.com.
is sure to be a blast 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 31. Free-$13.50. Independence Seaport Museum, 211 S. Colum-bus Blvd. 215-413-8655. phillyseaport.org.
will be one of your funkiest (and cheapest) options with waterfront fireworks nearby 11 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $15. FringeArts, 140 N. Columbus Blvd. 215-375-7744. fringearts.com.
Through Dec. 28. Tickets: $30-$45. Walnut Street The-atre, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. walnutstreettheatre.org.
Through Dec. 28. Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St. 215-898-7108. icaphila.org.
: Through Dec. 28. Tickets: $46-$73. Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. 215-985-0420. philadelphiatheatrecompany.org.
Through Dec. 28. Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St. 215-898-7108. icaphila.org.
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: Through Feb. 2. Tickets: Free-$22. The Barnes Foundation, 2025 Ben Franklin Parkway. 215-278-7000. barnesfoundation.org.
Through Feb. 16. Tick-ets: Free-$8. American Swedish Historical Museum, 1900 Pattison Ave. 215-389-1776. americanswedish.org.
: Through April 12. Tickets: $15.50-$29.50. The Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St. 215-448-1200. fi.edu.
Tickets: Free-$14.50. Independence Mall, 525 Arch St. 215-409-6600. constitutioncenter.org
Now open. Tickets: Free-$12. National Museum of American Jewish History, 101 S. Inde-pendence Mall East. 215-923-3811. nmajh.org.
Through 2019. Tickets: Free-$15. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South St. 215-898-4000. penn.museum.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 25. Tickets: Free-$12. National Museum of American Jewish History, 101 S. Indepen-dence Mall East. 215-923-3811. nmajh.org.
9:30 a.m. Dec. 26. Tickets: $4. Marconi Older Adult Center, 2433 S. 15th St. 215-717-1971. caringpeoplealliance.org.
5 to 8:45 p.m. Dec 26. Free-$20. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin Parkway. 215-763-8100- philamuseum.org.
8 p.m. Dec. 26. Tickets: $12. Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St. 215-928-0770. tinangel.com.
8:30 p.m. Dec. 26. Tickets: $15-$18. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. 215-232-2100. utphilly.com.
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Aretha Franklin is still legendary at 72 years young and even brings new mate-rial from her record of covers to the Kim-mel 8 p.m. Dec. 29. Tickets: $79-$225. Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. kimmelcen-ter.org.
The phenomenon that is “Frozen” takes to the ice for a slew of performances, sometimes three per day, through Jan. 4. Tickets: $30-$105. Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St. 215-336-3600. comcasttix.com.
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Dec. 26. Tickets: $10. MilkBoy Philly, 1100 Chesnut St. 215-925-6455. milkboyphilly.com.
9 p.m. Dec. 26. Tickets: $15. Theatre of the Liv-ing Arts, 334 South St. 215-922-1011. lnphilly.com.
Dec. 27-28. Tickets: $25-$45. Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. 215-627-1332. electricfactory.info.
11 a.m. Dec. 27. Free. Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. kimmelcenter.org.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 27. Tickets: Free-$13.50. Indepen-dence Seaport Museum, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. 215-413-8655. phillyseaport.org.
Noon and 2 p.m. Dec. 27. Tickets: Free-$17. Please Touch Museum, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, 4231 Ave. of the Republic. 215-581-3181.
6 p.m. Dec. 27. Tickets: $12-$25. Under-ground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St. undergroundarts.org.
8:30 p.m. Dec. 27. Tickets: $10-$12. Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St. 267-639-4528.
bootandsaddlephilly.com.
8:30 p.m. Dec. 27. Tickets: $10-$12. MilkBoy Philly, 1100 Chesnut St. 215-925-6455. milkboyphilly.com.
9 p.m. Dec. 27. Tickets: $25. Theatre of the Living Arts, 334 South St. 215-922-1011. lnphilly.com.
:1 p.m. Dec. 28. Tickets: $40. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-222-1400. worldcafelive.com.
2:30 p.m. Dec. 28. Tickets: $41-$111. Ve-rizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. salutetovienna.com.
5 p.m. Dec. 28. Tickets: $15-$35. The Liacouras Center, 1776 N. Broad St. 215-204-8499. liacourascenter.com.
6 p.m. Dec. 28. Tickets: $13. Underground Arts, 1200 Cal-lowhill St. undergroundarts.org.
7:30 p.m. Dec. 29. Tickets: $25. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-222-1400.
worldcafelive.com.
8 p.m. Dec. 29. Tickets: $3. The Tro-cadero, 1003 Arch St. 215-922-6888. thetroc.com.
8 p.m. Dec. 29. Tickets: $25. Theatre of the Living Arts, 334 South St. 215-922-1011. lnphilly.com.
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p.m. Dec. 29. Tickets: $27.50-$32. Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. 215-627-1332. electricfactory.info.
Noon and 2 p.m. Dec. 30. Tickets: Free-$17. Please Touch Museum, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, 4231 Ave. of the Republic. 215-581-3181.
6:30-7:30 p.m. Dec. 30. Reed Street Presbyterian Apartments, 1401 S. 16th St. newboldneighbors.org.
8 p.m. Dec. 30. Tickets: $35. Theatre of the Liv-ing Arts, 334 South St. 215-922-1011. lnphilly.com.
8:15 p.m. Dec. 30. Tick-ets: $25-$29. Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. 215-627-1332. electricfactory.info.
10 a.m. Dec. 31. Free. Marconi Older Adult Center, 2433 S. 15th St. 215-717-1971. caringpeoplealliance.org.
10 a.m. Dec. 31. Free (wear silver and gold). St. Charles Senior Center, 1941 Christian St. 215-790-9530.
Count-downs at noon and 1 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: Free-$17. Please Touch Museum, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, 4231 Avenue of the Republic. 215-581-3181.
7:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $90-$160. Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St. 215-893-1999. philorch.org.
8 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $45. Ortlieb’s, 847 N. Third St. 267-324-3348. ortliebsphilly.com.
8:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $17.50. Theatre of the Living Arts, 334 South St. 215-922-1011. lnphilly.com.
8 p.m. Dec. 31. Free. Milk-Boy Philly, 1100 Chesnut St. 215-925-6455. milkboyphilly.com.
9 p.m.-2 a.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $50. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. 215-232-2100. utphilly.com.
9 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $30-$40. Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St. undergroundarts.org.
10 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets: $45. Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St. 267-639-4528. bootandsaddlephilly.com.
10:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Tick-ets: $20-$23. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-222-1400. worldcafelive.com.
“Stomp” i s Broadway
P h i l a d e l -phia’s newest
hot ticket with eight perfor-mances sure to thrill with
percussive might Dec. 26-30. Tickets:
$39.50-$80. Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad
St. 215-893-1999. kimmelcenter.org.
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trons on Christmas Day with a special $40-per-person Chef’s Tasting Menu. The four-course experience will of-fer a tempting array of Indian delica-cies such as Old Delhi butter chicken, gobhi Manchurian cauliflower and crème brûlée with gulab jamun Ta-hitian vanilla bean. The site will also hold a Drop the Ball New Year’s 2015 celebration for $65. Call 267-687-2170, or visit mytashan.com.
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Royal Tavern: 937 E. Passyunk Ave., 215-389-6694, royaltavern.com, $
International Smokeless Bar-beque: 600 Washington Ave., 215-599-8844, $
Catahoula Bar & Restaurant: 775 S. Front St., 215-271-9300, catahoulaphilly.com, $$
Anthony’s Coffee House: 903 S. Ninth St., 215-627-2586, italiancof-feehouse.com, $
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Cafe Fulya: 727 S. Second St., 267-909-9937, cafefulya.com, $$
Dmitri’s: 795 S. Third St., 215-625-0556, dmitrisrestaurant.com., $$
New Wave Cafe: 784 S. Third St., 215-922-8484, newwavecafe.com, $$
The Irish Times: 629 S. Second St., 215-923-1103, $$
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Dante and Luigi’s: 762 S. 10th St., 215-922-9501, danteandluigis.com, $$
Ralph’s: 760 S. Ninth St., 215-627-6011, ralphsrestaurant.com, $$
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Paloma: 763 S. Eighth St., 215-928-9500, palomafinedining.com, $$$
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Fuel: 1917 E. Passyunk Ave. 215-468-3835, fuelphilly.com, $$
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Restaurant Rev iewer
uniper is an essential ingredient in distilling gin. Gin is essential in stir-ring the perfect martini. Chef Kevin Sbraga has paid tribute to the classic
martini and much more at Juniper Com-mons, his sparkling new restaurant locat-ed at 521 South Broad Street.
Sbraga, who was named Top Chef more than four years ago, is a Jersey boy born and bred. Growing up in the 80s, he and his family would dine at The Pub. He wanted to bring the 80s-style menu into the 21ist century and he has succeeded on all levels.
Four tips of the toque straight away for the lighting throughout the large dining room. Kudos to the print size on the menu. I could actually enjoy reading it without a flashlight or magnifying glass.
The bar area has a wood-burning oven, an open kitchen with raw bar on display, soft amber and earth tone fabric on the roomy booths.
Since I have been to Sbraga on several occasions, the general manager at Juniper Commons recognized me. He and Sbraga have assembled a first-rate staff who take care of their patrons.
The drinks list is dazzling, including martinis. There are many gins from which to choose. When was the last time you were charged $10 dollars for a perfect martini?
Warm zucchini bread with soft butter when tasty but a bit too sweet to begin the meal. I saved it for later.
The first time I ever sampled a shell-fish tower was many years ago in Paris. At Juniper Commons ($45) one will get
a two-tired assembly of oysters, including Delaware Bays, littleneck clams, peel-it-yourself shrimp and half a Maine lobster. The oysters and clams were fine with a squeeze of lemon and a dunking of mi-gnonette sauce. I would have preferred cherrystones to the tiny clams, but this is a matter of personal taste. The shrimp were a tad over cooked but the lobster was steamed and chilled just right.
I remember watching tuxedoed wait-ers prepare Caesar salad tableside at the Vesper Club when I was a girl. Sbraga has brought it back ($18 for two). A waiter mixed crushed raw garlic with olive oil, lemon juice, a dash of Lea & Perrins (this ingredient is often neglected), fresh ground pepper, a pasteurized egg and Par-mesan cheese into a large wooden bowl. He added fresh, cool romaine lettuce leaves, and gave it a good toss. He served the salad on Acorac glass salad plates that were all the rage in the 80s. I have a col-lection at home. I thought the salad need-ed a bit more olive oil and lemon juice and could have been more eggy. Still, it was a fine prelude to our entrees.
Prime rib of beef ($32) should be served medium-rare as anything else is a crime. The chefs at Juniper Commons know their beef and how to roast it to perfection. It was served with a natural jus and needed no seasoning whatsoever. This entrée was so large, half of it was toted home for lunch the next day.
Salmon was the fish of choice during the 80s as it popped up on menus all over the city. Before that time, flounder was just about the only fresh fish one could find. The salmon ($23) was simply seasoned
and cooked mid-rare, a bit translucent in-side as it must be. The chefs here know when to leave a good thing alone.
There are a number of wines by the bottle below forty dollars. A gentleman helped us make a selection. He chose a Renegade Cabernet/Merlot blend from California ($36). It was filled with lush fruit, but just a tad too warm. It was chilled for a bit and came back a little on the cool side.
Jumbo baked potatoes remind me of American steakhouses. The potatoes here ($6) are large enough for two but on the small side. It was topped with butter and sour cream. Creamed spinach ($7) is an-other favorite. Although it was freshly prepared, it needed a bit more butter and cream.
Customers can order a corned beef sandwich or a burger, classic crab cakes (another 80s rage), pasta or eggplant Par-mesan. There is something for everyone at Juniper Commons.
Service was exceptional. The staff watches the tables and we did not have to wait long between courses on a busy evening.
The manager wanted us to try a large slice of layer cake. Sbraga’s father was a baker and his wife is a pastry chef. This dessert was light and rich with flavor. And took me right back to the time when ev-eryone, chefs included, was seeking ideas from the “Silver Palate Cookbook.”
Three-and-a-half tips of the toque to Ju-niper Commons.
Millie’s Luncheonette & Ice Cream: 1441 W. Shunk St., 215-467-8553, $
Philadium: 1631 Packer Ave., 215-271-5220, philadiumtavern.com, $
Barrel’s Fine Food: 1725 Wolf St., 215-389-6010, barrelsfinefood.com, $$
L’Angolo: 1415 Porter St., 215-389-4252, $$
La Stanza: 2001 Oregon Ave., 215-271-0801, lastanzapa.com, $$
Popi’s: 3120 S. 20th St., 215-755-7180, popisrestaurant.com, $$
IHOP: 3 Snyder Ave., 215-339-5095, ihop.com, $$
2nd Street Brew House: 1700 S. Second St., 267-687-7964, 2ndstreetbrewhouse.com, $$
Vinny’s Sandwich Shop: Sixth Street and Oregon Avenue, 267-318-7834, $
Happy Dragon: 2047 S. Third St., 215-271-0552, happydragon.us, $
Frank’s Breakfast and Lunch: 2439 S. Columbus Blvd., 215-339-8840, $
New York New York Pizzeria: 1400 S. Columbus Blvd., 215-463-6205, $
South View Pizza: 367 Durfor St., 215-467-2050, southviewpiz-zaphilly.com, $
Tony Luke’s: 39 E. Oregon Ave., 215-551-5725, tonylukes.com, $
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Snockey’s Oyster and Crab House: 1020 S. Second St., 215-339-9578, snockeys.com, $$
Grindcore House: 1515 S. Fourth St., 215-839-3333, grindcore-house.com, $
Golden Szechuan: 2120 S. Broad St., 215-336-5310, $
Hibachi 2 Go: 1414 Snyder Ave., 215-336-8646, hibachi2gophilly.com, $
Breezy’s Cafe: 1200 Point Breeze Ave., 267-858-4186, breezyscafe-philly.com, $
Brunic’s Luncheonette: 2000 S. 17th St., 215-755-7645, $
King of Wings: 2233 S. Wood-stock St., 215-551-2400, kingof-wings1.com, $
Moe’s Hot Dog House: 2601 Washington Ave., 215-465-6637, moeshotdoghouse.com, $
Texas Wieners: 1426 Snyder Ave., 215-465-8635, texaswieners.com, $
Café con Chocolate: 2100 S. Nor-wood St., 267-639-4506, cafecon-chocolate.com, $ SPR
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Broad Street Diner: 1135 S. Broad St., 215-825-3636, $$
Diner at the Plaza: 43 Snyder Ave., 215-755-7899, $$
Melrose Diner: 1501 Snyder Ave., 215-467-6644, $
Morning Glory Diner: 735 S. 10th St., 215-413-3999, morning-glorydiner.com, $
Oregon Diner: 302 Oregon Ave., 215-462-5566, oregondinerphilly.com, $$
Penrose Diner: 2016 Penrose Ave., 215-465-1097, penrosedi-ner.com, $$
South Street Diner: 140 South St., 215-627-5258, southstreet-diner.com, $ SPR
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homas Day III will undoubt-edly deem 2014 a seminal year, as March marked his graduation from The Art In-
stitute of Philadelphia and Dec. 5 initiated his executive chef so-journ at SouthHouse, 2535 S. 13th St. Three weeks into his “first real full-time cooking job,” the 30-year-old is enjoying his journey toward
culinary mastery, a trek that dates back to his adolescence.
“I had awareness of certain as-pects of the industry, having man-aged, served and bartended at places, so I’m finding this pretty exciting,” the Old City inhabitant said of his budding existence at the Lower Moyamensing location. “I’m learning step by step and ap-preciate each lesson.”
The curious cook’s evolution comes in conjunction with that of owner and chief “hospitalogist” Thom Sueta, who became aware of Day through the latter’s alma mater. Having engaged in intense spring and summer discussions of SouthHouse’s identity, the duo decided on a diverse menu, with Day especially looking to honor his knowledge of Philadelphia cuisine.
“Along with interest in New American and fusion foods, I respect what people rely on as staples, particularly Italian food,” the hire said of how he and Girard Estate denizen Sueta look to gar-ner a following, which is gradu-ally occurring, as evidenced by
the Dec. 18 Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia’s Holiday Lights Ride after party. “That comes through with items such as The Neighbor [sauteed chicken sandwich], and the [Engine 49] Benedict, which is a spinoff of a cheesesteak.”
SouthHouse also prides itself on offering vegetarian and gluten-free selections, so Day delighted in making the Whole Roasted Cau-liflower, the recipe for which he determined after consulting other versions, the site’s last menu ad-dition. Due to its size, the creation appears on the venue’s “Share” section, and in keeping with that theme of sharing, Day relayed that patrons have given him praise for his ingenuity.
“I like improving,” the chef, who has returned to the Art Institute to study baking and pastry, said. “I’m gradually getting better and look forward to more interactions with the community.”
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SPISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20): Satisfaction with the way your home looks will inspire you to invite
a friend or loved one over. This could lead to interesting communication. What begins as a misinterpretation sud-denly seems like a good idea. Lucky number: 202.
DARIES (March 21 to April 20): Break away from the routine. You will get more done in seclusion
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FTAURUS (April 21 to May 20): Volunteering will put you into contact with a person you were des-
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IN SCROOGE’S WORLDACROSS 1. Beast of burden 4. Annual dance 8. School subj. 11. Hospital worker 15. Blue-pencil 16. Prefix for plane
or ballistics 17. Scrooge’s
favorite sculpture style?
19. Places where Scrooge can get a trim?
22. Raising 23. “__ Maria” 24. Contemptible 25. Foretell 27. Canine, for one 28. Nothing more
than 30. Doesn’t give __; is
unconcerned 33. Vat 35. Very dry 36. Favorite actress
of Scrooge? 42. TV dog, once 44. Chilean dollars 45. Listlessness 47. Low voice 50. Curious 52. __ Dawber 54. Evaluated 55. Take 57. Anvil’s location 60. Deadly viper 61. Never again 62. Legend maker 63. Gone 65. Cookware piece 67. Regular: abbr. 68. Favorite Apostle for Scrooge? 72. Back talk
75. Last of 12: abbr. 76. “... Israel loved
Joseph above __ sons...” (Genesis 37:3)
77. Mistreatment 79. Explorers John
and Sebastian 84. Be poky 86. __ Chaney, Jr. 87. Medium 88. Kick the bucket 89. Become firm 90. Bill
denomination 92. Onion’s cousin 93. Milk component 95. Trebek or Sajak 100. Pool toy 102. Scrooge’s
favorite team? 105. Haughtiness 108. In favor of 109. Loosen soil
again 110. Secret; occult 112. More qualified 117. Treed area 119. Upper room 121. Flying insect 122. Closeness 124. Blows it,
Scrooge-style, to an aspiring lawyer?
128. Favorite parts of restaurants, for Scrooge?
129. Like some exams 130. Actor Estrada 131. Dutch export 132. English letters 133. Corn syrup name 134. One not to be
trusted
DOWN 1. Stick 2. Sis, for one 3. Animal
enclosures 4. Mountain road 5. Listen again 6. Colombian gold 7. Janitor’s item 8. Military gesture 9. Order of angels 10. Berlin, to friends 11. Choir member 12. 554 and 556 13. Fender blemish 14. Those before I 15. Roof features 17. Plead 18. Dine 19. Word from Emeril 20. Fodder 21. Wraparound
garments 26. “Do __ others...” 29. Boo-boo
eliminator 31. Short swim 32. Medical chart info 34. Refuse to allow 36. Rotten 37. Cough syrup
amts. 38. Sandwich type 39. Apothecary’s
measure 40. “ Beetle Bailey”
dog 41. Stratum 43. Barney fan 46. Lemony
concoction 47. Lamb laments 48. IRA, for one 49. Gulf War
weapon
51. Ludicrous failure
53. Name 56. Family members 58. Shade tree 59. Attach a new
label to 60. Lagoon island 61. 90˚ from WNW 63. Fortas or Beame 64. Norris Trophy
giver: abbr. 66. Mornings, for
short 69. Six-pointers,
familiarly
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stop, often 74. Keep up? 78. Latvia’s sea 79. M quartered 80. Saudi, for one 81. __ Raton, FL 82. Sworn statement 83. Refs. ’ calls 85. Mr. Guinness 87. Stop __ dime 89. Jimmy Carter, e.g. 91. Trauma ctrs.
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111. Writer Hale’s initials
112. Part of a cathedral
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We all love you so very much!
MERRY 1ST CHRISTMAS
TO
KADEN OSANO
Love, Mommy, Daddy, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins.
MERRY CHRISTMAS To Our Beautiful GrandchildrenMia, Leyna, Brian and Kaden
You make everyday feel like Christmas!All our love, Poppy and Mom-Mom
to Our Little Ballerina!
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Merry Christmas
In loving Memory of My Angel
Melitta Carla McGlotten12/30/86 - 2/19/09
With tears running down my face and shaking hands I type this little letter to you Melitta.
I laugh, I smile, I play the part, butBeneath it all is my broken heart
Wishing you a Happy 28th Birthdayand Merry Christmas
Love Mommy
Dominic Pinto1988 • 2006
J J
JJ
July 28, 1931 – December 24, 2012
MISSING YOU MORE THAN
EVER!
Dearly loved by Bootsie, Skip, Gene, Thelma,
Pooh, Maria, Robert and ALL your grandkids
John Lacy Brown
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Galdo’s Catering
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CHICKIE & FRANK PAGLIACCETTIMerry Christmas
MISSING YOU ON THIS HOLIDAY AND ALWAYS.Love,
Johnny and Colleen, Joey and Lisa, Frankie and Patty, Jimmy and Jill, Ronnie and Rodger, Anthony and Frank,
Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren
GLORIA & TOM CROWDER
We cannot bring you gifts today,
but know we miss you both more and more since you went away.
Love,Susan and Chris, Thomas and Peggy,
Anthony and Frank, Ronnie and Rodger, Jimmy and Jill, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren
MerryChristmas
MICHAEL FINACARO“Mikey Finn”12-26-41 7-9-93
Merry Christmas and
Happy BirthdayI miss you more than ever.
Love Jeannie
MERRY CHRISTMASMom Mom & Pop Pop
SEVERINO
Love always, daughter, grandchildren, great grandchildren,
Masino & Cerecino families
This will be the first Christmas without you
both here. We are heartbroken.
P.S. Love to Daddy Steve, Merry Christmas. Love you always,
children & grandchildren
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Review Managing Ed itor
ionel Simmons scored 1,539 points when hitting the hardwood for South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St., making him the site’s all-
time leading marksman, but the Queen Village product produced a different sort of point at his alma mater Saturday, one that has helped his evolution from emi-nent athlete to humble humanitarian.
“I bleed South Philly,” the 46-year-old alumnus said. “I want to see our commu-nities become better, and I love to come back and help others to be successful because many people, especially folks affiliated with Southern, helped me along the way.”
The 1986 graduate returned to the Lower Moyamensing institution to mark the retiring of his No. 22 jersey. Forever focused on acknowledging others before himself, the 2014 South Philly Review Difference Maker agreed to appear only if Southern arranged to have his high school classmates present. With those figures and other backers beaming, Simmons, former coach Mitch Schneider and Southern per-sonnel took to the court during halftime of a boys’ tilt for a ceremony.
“This is a special day for honoring a great man,” Principal Otis D. Hackney III said in helming the celebration. “We admire what you’ve done on and off the court and are proud to call you one of our own.”
Longtime basketball coach George Anderson handled the numeric portion of the proceedings, regaling the crowd with Simmons’ feats as a Ram, a La Salle Uni-versity Explorer and a Sacramento King.
“These totals are absolutely amazing,” Anderson, who served as a gym teacher and track coach during Simmons’ South-ern stint, said, noting that the small for-ward led the Public League in scoring as a junior and a senior, the latter campaign featuring an astounding 32.8 average. “After making South Philly proud, he went on to show the country his talent, too.”
Simmons gave a sample of his savvy as a sophomore, earning Third-Team All-League commendation. His upper-classman years, though, made his majesty quite evident, with the Rams advancing to
the league title game in ’85, where they fell to Dobbins despite 18 points and 11 rebounds from their star. They topped away all but one foe the next year in earn-ing 25 wins and the league title courtesy of a 66-64 Temple University-situated tri-umph over University City in which Sim-mons notched 21 points and 18 boards.
“We had a great run,” Saturday’s hon-oree said of his tenure, which included his claiming the ’86 Markward Award as the Public League’s top player. “I wanted to duplicate that feeling of camaraderie and dedication wherever I went.”
WHILE MATRICULATING AT La Salle, the 6-foot-7 force made buckets his buddies, registering 3,217 points, a staggering amount that only two players, Louisiana State University’s “Pistol Pete” Maravich
and Portland State’s Freeman Williams, have surpassed. Thrice the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Simmons earned four First-Team All Big 5 nods and three Robert V. Greasey trophies as the city series MVP. His Ex-plorers made three NCAA Tournament appearances, with the national attention helping Simmons to garner consensus Second-Team All-American plaudits in ’89 and First-Team kudos in ’90. The latter year also saw him win the John R. Wooden Award and the Naismith College Player of the Year, leading the Sacramen-to Kings to tab him as a lottery pick, mak-ing the Queen Village native the seventh overall selection.
“Some guys who have great high school and college careers can’t really turn it on in the pros,” Anderson said. “That defi-
nitely wasn’t the case with Lionel, and his totals would have been even better if not for injuries.”
In seven seasons with the California club, Simmons played in 454 games, in-cluding 307 starts, averaging 12.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists. He earned All-Rookie First-Team recognition for av-eraging 18 points, 8.8 board and 4 helpers in ’90-’91, statistics that resulted in a sec-ond-place Rookie of the Year finish. That inaugural year will certainly stand out for fans, who can also commend him for his ’95 induction into the La Salle University Hall of Athletes, his ’96 enshrinement in the Big 5 Hall of Fame and his 2008 placement in the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame, for numerical reasons, but it will also register for them because it initiated his philanthropic identity.
For nearly a quarter century, Courtyard Apartments, 1021 S. Fourth St., which now stands in place of the Southwark Plaza projects where he matured, has ben-efited from his generosity, with Hallow-een through Christmas an especially pros-perous period for youngsters and families courtesy of parties, turkey giveaways, se-nior dinners and a holiday toy drive. Add a summer-based leadership program and basketball league, a book bag giveaway at Jefferson Square Park, 300 Washington Ave., and events in Point Breeze, where one can find his 22nd Street Cafe at 22nd and Wharton streets, and it becomes clear that Simmons has used his hoops hopes to inspire diverse dreams.
“I never want anything to be about me,” Simmons said shortly after athletic director Frank “Roscoe” Natale unveiled a banner with the athlete’s famous jersey emblazoned on it. “I love paying forward the kindness shown to me years ago.”
As he watched this year’s team destroy Parkway Center City, the mother of one roster member passed by and quickly thanked him for encouraging her progeny to prosper. Simmons flashed his infec-tious smile and nodded to the matriarch.
“Southern is always on my mind,” he said. “I feel humble to have this honor.” SPR
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fers Shotokan karate instruction for ages 14 and up 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact [email protected], or visit karatephiladelphia.org.
■ St. John Neumann alumnus Frank
DiMichele, who pitched for the 1988 California Angels, has launched promo-tionarmsaver.com, filling it with videos, photos and eBooks on training techniques for pitchers. Call 610-209-5024, or e-mail [email protected].
Barry Playground, 18th and Johnston streets, seeks instructors for its tutoring, martial arts, tumbling, yoga, zumba fit-ness and other health options classes. Contact Anthony, 215-685-1886, or [email protected].
Neumann-Goretti seniors Gino Tripodi and Justin Curtin committed to play base-ball at Gwynedd Mercy University. They will join teammate Tommy Nardini as members of the Griffins.
The boys’ basketball team from Ss. Neu-mann-Goretti High School beat Pennsbury 78-72 in Sunday’s Doylestown-situated
Mary Kline Classic matchup. For the sec-ond-straight game, senior guard Lamarr “Fresh” Kimble scored 27 points for the Saints. The girls’ team won its Festival of the Phoenix duel, 76-50, over National Christian at the New Jersey-situated Uni-versity High School. Senior guard Sianni Martin deposited 21 points.
The Edward O’Malley Athletic As-sociation, 144 Moore St., is accepting registrations for its Saturday biddy hockey program for ages 3 to 7. The $30 cost will cover five weeks of play, a trophy and a uniform. Call John, 215-266-4195.
St. Monica Lanes, 1601 W. Shunk St., is looking for bowlers for its Monday Night League. Contact Kathy, 215-468-6520, or Justin, 215-465-1645. The site also seeks players and teams to fill its 7:30 p.m. Tuesday men’s league. Contact Joe, 215-313-3896, or Jim, 267-253-4491.
Registration is open for the Feb. 14 Cu-pid’s Undie Run, which raises funds for the Children’s Tumor Foundation. Visit cupidsundierun.com/city/philadelphia/ for information on the event to occur at Xfinity Live!, 1100 Pattison Ave.
Guerin Recreation Center, 16th and
Jackson streets, hosts beginner and ad-vanced red tiger tae kwon do classes 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 10 a.m. Saturdays. Tumbling classes for boys and girls ages 3 to 7 are 4 p.m. Thursdays and those for ages 8 and older will take place Friday afternoons. Cost is $5 per class. Contact 215-685-1894.
The Homeless for the Holidays 5K Run/2.5K Walk will occur at 9 a.m. Sat-urday at FDR Park, Broad Street and Pat-tison Avenue. The proceeds will benefit the Pennies from Kevan Foundation. Visit homelessfortheholidays5k.itsyourrace.com to register.
Rizzo Rink, 1001 Front St., hosts an af-ter school program with homework help, sports, drama, ice skating lessons, games and activities from 3 to 6 p.m. for $15. The location also offers public skating ($4 rentals) Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Call 215-685-1593, or visit
rizzorink.com.
■ Roman Catholic High School is accept-
ing registrations for South Philly hockey enthusiasts. The program will run until March and is open to first- to eighth-grad-ers. Call Bob, 215-205-9682, or Mark, 215-828-5063.
The Senators baseball program will hold
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3894, or e-mail senators9u2015@gmail.
com or [email protected].
The Southeast Youth Athletic Asso-ciation, Seventh and Bigler streets, is ac-cepting registrations for its winter sports
programs, which begin the first week of January. The association will hold coed basketball for ages 4 to 6, 7 to 8 and 9 to 10 and indoor soccer for ages 4 to 7 at the Taggart School gym, Fifth and Porter streets. The basketball fee is $40, and the soccer cost is $20, with the season running through mid-March. Register through [email protected]. Call 215-463-8802. The association will also be holding tryouts for a 9-and-younger travel baseball team. Contact Coach Ray, 215-852-5087.
Shot Tower Playground, 131 Carpenter St., is taking registrations for its coed 10-and-younger basketball program, with sign-ups and action occurring on Wednes-days. Cost is $25. Call Mike Townsend, 215-685-1592, or 267-679-5861.
The Tolentine Community Center, 1025-33 Mifflin St., is taking registrations for its adult basketball leagues, with com-petition being Wednesday nights for men and Thursday evenings for women. Cost is $50. Call 215-389-0717.
UYA Basketball offers action from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at Mar-ian Anderson Recrea t ion Cente r, 744 S. 17th St. Boys and girls ages 4 to 16 are eligible to participate. Contact Lorraine, 267-278-9473, or [email protected].
Flyers’ right wing Jakub Voracek earned the NHL Second Star of the Week honor for scoring seven points in four games.
Send sports briefs by fax to 215-336-1112 or by e-mail to [email protected]. Comment at southphillyreview.com/sports/sportsbriefs.
Bird watchingam a diehard Flyers fan, but with marginal interest in the Phillies and Six-ers and absolutely no enthusiasm for the Eagles, nobody can count me as a “homer.” However, I respect those who root for the other three local squads and, sad to say, have come to pity those
who adore the Birds.Even with minimal interest in the franchise,
I fully expected the Eagles to destroy the Redskins Saturday. I had other obliga-tions for most of the game, so when I was able to catch action for the first time, I found my-self stunned to see the 3-11 Skins up 24-14. As quar-terback Mark Sanchez and tight end Zach Ertz proved a potent tandem, I believed they would ward off an upset and claim their 10th win. Then I remembered that I live in Philadelphia, and Philadelphia sports teams have a wonderful legacy of chok-ing. No unit seems immune to this malady, and Sanchez showed he is in a sharing mood this Christmas season by tossing a late interception. Thanks to Redskins kicker Kai Forbath and the Dallas Cowboys’ 42-7 annihilation of the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, the Birds, despite having the ability to finish four games over .500 should they beat the Giants on Sunday, will be making January golf plans.
Knowing fellow Philadelphians’ passion for the Birds, I deep down wish the players and coaches could concoct a remedy for their perpetual assault on fans’ sanity. What will it take to produce a winner at Lincoln Financial Field? Maybe the front office can resolve to find answers in 2015.
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Boarding the L-Trains part of his jersey retirement ceremony Saturday at South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St., Lionel Simmons,
second from left, fraternized with teammates who helped the Rams to claim the 1986 Public League cham-pionship. During his stint at South-ern, Simmons, among many feats, scored 1,539 points, claimed two scoring titles and guided the Lower Moyamensing-based club to a 64-7 record.
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