The SS United States finds a savior. Plus more South Philly news, opinions, and entertainment.
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southphillyreview.com Review Staff Writer early a century ago, the SS United States was a glimmer in the eye of the late William Francis Gibbs’ eye. The at- torney, who abandoned law for the love of ship design, had been draw- ing and dreaming up the United States his entire childhood. In July 1952, the 990-foot long ship broke transatlantic travel speed records, which it still holds, on its maiden voyage from New York City to La Havre, France. Though the ship’s been retired for more than 46 years, the last 20 have seen the iconic maritime machine docked in South Philly within sight of Christopher Columbus Boulevard. “This is big news, yes indeed,” Susan Gibbs, the executive direc- tor of the SS United States Conser- vancy and the granddaughter of the ship’s designer, confirmed. At a Feb. 4 press conference in New York, Crystal Cruises an- nounced that it would enter into an exclusive purchase option agree- ment, which will effectively take the money restraints off the Con- servancy’s shoulders. “As you know, this fall we reached a very low point and issued an SOS that literally went global – it enabled us to, thankfully, raise the funding to keep the lights on and keep the ship afloat,” Gibbs told SPR. “That gave us the time, and we used that time to advance conversations with a number of parties, and it ended up in a triumphant announcement on Thursday in New York City.” The ship, as it sits in the Dela- ware River, costs nearly $60,000 a month just to keep afloat. It’s been stripped completely – the furnish- ings were sold in an auction in the ’80s and asbestos-laden walls were ripped out, too. The most exciting part, which Gibbs didn’t really expect, is that Crystal plans to make it an ocean- going vessel by modernizing it, bringing it back to code, refurbish- ing it, and turning it back into a luxury cruise vessel. It’s a project that may cost upwards of $700 mil- lion and one that will be completed only if a feasibility study, which SS UNITED STATES Photo Provided by the SS United States Conservancy Growing gains in Whitman collect momentum 9 have come to a momentous agreement.
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early a century ago, the SS United States was a glimmer in the eye of the late William Francis Gibbs’ eye. The at-
torney, who abandoned law for the love of ship design, had been draw-ing and dreaming up the United States his entire childhood. In July 1952, the 990-foot long ship broke transatlantic travel speed records, which it still holds, on its maiden voyage from New York City to La
Havre, France. Though the ship’s been retired for more than 46 years, the last 20 have seen the iconic maritime machine docked in South Philly within sight of Christopher Columbus Boulevard.
“This is big news, yes indeed,” Susan Gibbs, the executive direc-tor of the SS United States Conser-vancy and the granddaughter of the ship’s designer, confi rmed.
At a Feb. 4 press conference in New York, Crystal Cruises an-nounced that it would enter into an exclusive purchase option agree-ment, which will effectively take
the money restraints off the Con-servancy’s shoulders.
“As you know, this fall we reached a very low point and issued an SOS that literally went global – it enabled us to, thankfully, raise the funding to keep the lights on and keep the ship afl oat,” Gibbs told SPR. “That gave us the time, and we used that time to advance conversations with a number of parties, and it ended up in a triumphant announcement on Thursday in New York City.”
The ship, as it sits in the Dela-ware River, costs nearly $60,000 a month just to keep afl oat. It’s been
stripped completely – the furnish-ings were sold in an auction in the ’80s and asbestos-laden walls were ripped out, too.
The most exciting part, which Gibbs didn’t really expect, is that Crystal plans to make it an ocean-going vessel by modernizing it, bringing it back to code, refurbish-ing it, and turning it back into a luxury cruise vessel. It’s a project that may cost upwards of $700 mil-lion and one that will be completed only if a feasibility study, which
SS UNITED STATES
Photo Prov ided by the SS United States Conservancy
Growing gains in Whitman collect
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“My first thought was some-thing that I enjoy eating, but I changed my diet so drasti-cally already, so I’m having a little difficulty pinpointing what it will be. Something will come to me, though.”
Dan Olivieri, 2500 block of South Broad
Street
“Red meat. For starters, it’s healthy to give that up. I just spent some time in the hos-pital, so I’m trying to start practicing a healthier diet.”
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To our Readers: We all have to make a buck in this world, so I understand the commercialization of love that occurs every February. I am not here to knock that. I do wish to say, however, that nothing surpasses your presence in the lives of your partner and/or children. I also feel, without sounding too hokey, I hope, that we all should give proper affection to our community, too. We live in a terrifically historic section of not only our state but also the nation. One might even wonder “What’s not to love?”
We all know, however, that life here pos-sesses glitches, so I am wondering what you find provocative about South Philly.
Write to me at [email protected] or [email protected] with your observations, and you just might inspire a series or a one-off analysis of a topic that demands first the attention of our eyes and then that of our hearts and minds.
Joseph Myers South Philadelphia Review Editor
Trumping TrumpTo the Editor:
Sincere thanks and congratulations to reader Carol Pasquarello for her spot-on letter regarding the behavior of presi-dential candidate Donald Trump during
the Jan. 28 Republican debate (“Digs for Donald,” Feb. 4). Apparently, his histrionic fear mongering backfired in Iowa but pre-vailed in New Hampshire
Before we are South Philadelphians or Pennsylvanians, we are Americans. This coming election will decide what direc-tion our country will take for the next four to eight years. The next president will surely appoint justices to the Supreme Court as well as continue to shape do-mestic and foreign policy.
None of the candidates is perfect, but, as Carol wisely says, do we really need a po-litically inexperienced loudmouth like Mr. Trump making world-altering decisions?
Gloria Endres South Philadelphia
To the Editor:I am living on top of a bad landfill, sur-
rounded by two weeks’ worth of city trash. This is not fun when one is a senior citizen.
I called 311 two weeks in a row con-cerning trash not collected this second week. The message is trash collection is on schedule, but it is not. The message is wrong; the service does not work well in certain areas of the city.
I have had it! I boycotted the Super Bowl and will boycott the Grammies, Oscars, all political conventions and the election. In more than 40 years of voting, this is by far the most comical and saddest ever elec-tion cycle.
On a positive note, the South Philly Re-view is a bright spot. I just love your South Philly 10, which is very honest and well put; thanks for that.
May this new month of February get better with each passing day.
Maddie Caputo South Philadelphia
A proper(ty) discussionTo the Editor
I attended then-Mayor Elect Jim Ken-ney’s town hall meeting at South Philadel-phia High School. I was ready to talk about what everyone in South Philly knows, and that is that we have zero on-street park-ing spaces. My ears are still ringing from the deafening sound first spoken by our South Philly Mayor-Elect Kenney. We all know we have parking and trash prob-lems in South Philly. Let’s go on to other problems (This is not an exact quote from the Mayor). I’m going to tell you what that means.
It means more catering to developers who are stealing our on-street parking by building zero onsite parking, or, at the most, half onsite parking per unit. This is going on at the present time at seven developments within a five-block area where I live. The area would lose at least 200 on-street parking spaces. The mayor refuses to have ongoing discussions with area civic associations and answer the big question - Who owns the streets? Is it the city, the residential property owners, or businesses?
People of South Philly, each new develop-ment is now being settled one development at a time. While it is true there are problems unique to each development, such as height, density, et cetera, one common factor at all locations is there is zero on-street parking spaces when every person retires at the end of a work day. Residential property own-ers of South Philly, wake up. Contact your mayor and your councilperson. You have to help yourself.
Gilbert Lettieri South Philadelphia
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The employee of the Get-A-Cab taxi company, told authorities that at 3:26 a.m. Saturday, two males and a female fl agged him at the corner of Broad and Wharton streets, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. Upon taking them to 28th and Tasker streets, the motorist had guns pointed at him, with the lead offender telling him to give him his money.
The gun-wielders each fi red a shot at the victim, with one bullet hitting him in the right arm. He continued to drive with the criminals in the car before crashing into several parked vehicles on the 2300 block of Morris Street. The fi rst offender fl ed in an unknown direction and the backseat passengers took off westbound on Morris Street then northbound on 24th Street.
The complainant, who reported nothing taken, described the offenders as black, with the lead male being in his 20s, the second man also in his 20s, 5-foot-3 to 5-foot-5 and thin; having closely cropped hair; wearing a 3/4-length coat; and car-rying a tote bag; and the female also in her 20s and 5-foot-1; having a stocky build and long, wavy hair; wearing a waist-length coat; and carrying a bag.
Call South Detectives at 215-685-1635, text PPD-TIP (773847) or visit phillypolice.com/forms.
As many as seven adolescents assaulted a teen-ager in Newbold.
Police ventured to the 2100 block of South 15th Street at 2:42 p.m. Feb. 4 for a report of a robbery in progress. Meeting with the complainant, they learned he had been walking down that block when at least six, possibly seven, black males ap-proached him from all angles, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said.
One fi gure pulled out a silver Swiss Army knife and held it to his prey’s stomach while the others took a book bag and emptied the youth’s pockets. They then acquired his cell phone, with the prima-ry criminal demanding “Give me your password, or I’ll stab you.” With the password information, the offenders fl ed down 15th Street with the gad-get, a black wallet that contained $12 and various forms of identifi cation.
Call South Detectives at 215-685-1635, text PPD-TIP (773847) or visit phillypolice.com/forms.
Authorities arrested a man for sup-posedly burglarizing a Hawthorne restaurant.
As fi rst reported in the Dec. 10 South Philly Review as “Passing processing,” at 7:18 a.m. Nov. 7, surveillance footage captured the
image of a male as kicked through a glass door to gain access to Viet Huong, 1100 Washington Ave., removing an undetermined amount of money from the cash register. At 3:32 a.m. the next day, the per-petrator committed the same crime and broke down another glass door. The offender then ran from the area in an unknown direction.
On Tuesday, the Philadelphia Police Department announced that it had arrested Hung Nzuyn for the incidents Jan. 12 and charged the 44-year-old home-
less individual with burglary, criminal trespassing, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen prop-erty, and criminal mischief. He had not posted his $7,500 bail as of press time and awaits a March 28 pre-trial bring back conference.
Two males pulled off a home invasion in East Passyunk Crossing.
At 11:19 p.m. Feb. 4, police went to a residence on the 700 block of Watkins Street and learned from the complainants that they had been in second-fl oor bedrooms when two unknown men kicked in the doors, restrained them, and demand-ed cash, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South De-tectives Division said. After ransacking the front bedroom, the thieves left with an iPhone 4s and a Virgin Mobile cell phone.
The victims described them as black, with the fi rst wearing a black bandana over his face and a black hoodie and camoufl age pants; and the sec-ond as approximately 6 foot and wearing a red scarf over his face.
Call South Detectives at 215-685-1635, text PP-DTIP (773847) or visit phillypolice.com/forms.
The 3rd Police District, 1300 S. 11th St., re-leased its latest community crime bulletin on Mon-day. For PSA-1, which comprises the east side of Broad Street to the Delaware River, south side of Lombard Street to the north side of Washington Avenue, authorities detailed that during the Feb. 1-7 period, a robbery occurred on the 700 block of Clymer Street, with six such matters and two ar-rests transpiring this year, a burglary that produced an arrest happened on the 700 block of South Fourth Street, with that being the fi rst detainment coming from six crimes in 2016, and a theft from auto went down on the 200 block of Head House Court, the sixth incident this year, with no arrests to report.
PSA-2, consisting of the east side of Sixth Street to the Delaware River and the south side of Wash-ington Avenue to the Naval Business Center, pro-duced an arrest from a robbery on the 1300 block of South Columbus Boulevard, the fourth appre-hension this year from six incidents. A burglary occurred on the 2200 block of South Reese Street, the eighth such matter this year, with one arrest so far, and thefts from auto caused dismay on the 200 block of Sigel Street, the 100 block of McClellan Street, the 3600 block of South Lawrence Street, the 500 block of Tasker Street, and the 2200 block of South Columbus Boulevard. That quintet brings the year’s total to 23 cases, with no arrests.
In PSA-3, stretching from the east side of Broad Street to the west side of Sixth Street, and the south side of Washington Avenue to the Naval Business Center, robberies happened on the 1100 block of Ritner Street and the 700 block of Wat-kins Street, the 11th and 12th matters this year, with no arrests made. The year’s fi fth burglary transpired on the 800 block of Ritner Street, and authorities are still looking to collar a perpetra-tor from any of the matters. Thefts from auto oc-curred on the 1000 blocks of Dickinson, Reed, and Jackson streets and the 2600 block of South Warnock Street. Twenty-three matters of that sort have yet to yield an arrest. Visit phillypolice.com/districts/3rd/index/html. SPR
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s a practicing Roman Catholic, I fi nd this time of year quite refl ec-tive, with yesterday’s Ash Wednes-day observation (I always love a
good smudge!) commencing the Lenten season. The period that prepares believers for Easter also calls them to make sacri-fi ces and while I revere that practice and strive to carry through on mine each year, I am taking a different approach this time and am offering a top 10 list of blessings and delights that I do not want to diminish from my life now or for the foreseeable future.
10) The chance to cover your great stories: Long before I became a profes-sional writer, I enjoyed hearing tales of people making any sort of positive waves and felt fortunate whenever in the pres-ence of a striving individual. For nearly six years, I have had the fortune of chroni-cling your successes and have loved each minute of it. The more greatness I encoun-ter, the more mature I become. Keep me evolving, everyone.
9) Music: I am set to see “Rain,” a trib-ute to The Beatles, my musical obsession, tomorrow at The Merriam Theater. The Liverpool lads and many, many other acts and composers have pulled me through some rough patches throughout the years, and I will always note how faithfully mu-sic has helped me to conduct my life no matter how much discord I have faced.
8) The comments sections on philly.com: What a guilty pleasure! The juicier the topic, the more descriptive our fellow
Philadelphians become. I wish I had the will to stop, but enthusiasm for their input is my cross to bear.
7) Belief in the Flyers: I am 36 years old and have followed the Philadelphia Flyers for nearly two-thirds of my life. How many Stanley Cup-championship runs have I witnessed? None. Do you think I care? Long live the Orange and Black! (P.S. Please win the Cup this de-cade, please!)
6) Joy for the approach of spring: I have always favored the spring, like many of you, I suppose, and I know that no mat-ter what the calendar says, we should al-ways be hopeful for the arrival of joy and wonder in our lives. Spring just makes that directive so much easier.
5) Children’s laughter: From my sec-ond-fl oor space within The South Philly Review offi ce, I see many children ex-press utter joy over fi nishing school and reuniting with relatives. I value those moments and the times when I hear their playground frivolity when I head out for an assignment. Retain that glee, kids.
4) Pizza: I would have to surrender all claims that I have Italian heritage (and proud of it, too!) if I were not a fanatic of pizza. I even recall a couple times where I bellowed “Extra cheese” when needing to pose for pictures. I hope you do not fi nd me absurd for loving curd.
3) Evening Facebook chats: I love sleep yet Facebook often proves an irrepressible siren most nights. Thanks to chats with established and new friends, I feel I have more resolve to look at my troubles, take a deep breath, and continue marching.
2) Expectations of a great life for my son: Set to turn fi ve in June, my little guy astounds me each day with his compas-sion, consideration, and curiosity. If we are fortunate, I hope to say the same at least fi ve decades from now.
1) The right to be happy: Knowing “the thousand natural shocks/That fl esh is heir to” (Thank you for that gem, Mr. Shakespeare), I have often felt I do not deserve or merit a rich life. When reason returns to me, I realize I already have such an existence, and I will keep on valuing and being thankful for the beauty of each day. SPR
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Metropolis Farms are patenting vertical urban farming, and feeding Philly is a goal that’s in sight.
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OCUS Foods is trying to fund and con-vert a 110,000-square foot space atop a grocery store in Cheltenham into an aquaponic farm raising fi sh and greens
with a system that cycles nutrients. In Har-leysville, Brian Haentze is converting an old chicken house into a 4,000-square foot aquaponic greenhouse that will feed the Desmond Hotel in Malvern. At Cheyney University, Herban Farms is experimenting with hydroponics and sourcing 7,000 basil plants a week to Acme, Giant and Wegmans. And in Yardley, New York-based Bright-Farms opened its fi rst hydropnic greenhouse in 2013 and sells 800,000 containers of greens to 70 regional supermarkets.
But on the 2400 block of South Water Street in Whitman, Jack Griffi n and Lee We-ingrad of Metropolis Farms seem to be on to something that’s even better than all the competitors – an indoor model of stacked, compact growing with oxygenated and nu-trient-rich hydroponic methods that require very little space or resources. PCP pipe, robotically-timed heat lamps, store-bought fans and plastic receptacles on stacked growing structures facilitate lively beds of tomato plants, basil and microgreens.
They’ve just earned, ostensibly, a rare dis-tinction: Vegan-offi cial growers as ordained by the American Vegetation Assocation, and it’s way more diffi cult than just run-of-the-mill “organic.” There is zero use of pesti-cides and fertilizers on Griffi n or Weingrad’s watch, and they’re proud of the distinction – it’s healthier on many levels.
They’re growing produce and vegetables
in a second-fl oor grow room above Philly Case Company, Vinny Barbati’s company that builds shipping cases and has for 75 years in South Philly. Griffi n found the space on Craigslist a little over a year ago and says Barbati’s been an invaluable resource.
“My phone’s been ringing all day,” Griffi n, a former Wall Street guy, whose work with a talented grower, Weingrad, has started to get some deserved attention, said.
A lead international economist had just shared news of their process. Technically Philly and the Inquirer had just visited their beds last week.
“The City of Philadelphia’s Director of Fi-nance and the City Controller’s offi ce have been emailing me – this is how my day’s been going,” Griffi n said with pride.
He’s a Packer Park resident, and his mo-tivations may surprise some. It’s not nec-essarily an environmental or dietary drive (they’re omnivores) – it’s decidedly more Catholic and practical.
“St. Francis, his ethic was very simple,” Griffi n began. “Try to make the world a better place and try not to mess things up. Someday the human race is going to out-grow its food sources. Every generation un-til now has kicked that can down the line. We can’t create more land, we have to dis-cover better ways to feed ourselves. There is not enough food for nine billion people on this planet unless we fi nd more innovative ways of thinking about it.”
The two have certainly seen more com-plex, bigger, fancier systems, and they can always fi nd a fl aw. The next step is patenting their system so that they can share it with the world, and interested investors are mov-ing that process along. They’re entertaining
folks like electronic music artist Chris Lake and Russians, who ask if it’s possible to grow iceberg lettuce at Metropolis.
“Some say this is not a small idea, it’s a big idea,” Griffi n remarked. “For us, it’s both.”
WALK THROUGH BARBATI’S Case Company and up the stairs, and you’ll be struck by a wave of warmth and smells. Griffi n points at what he calls cheap, metallic wrapping that covers the ceilings to retain heat and keep conditions for their crops that are ideal.
“Sixty-eight degrees is where you get maximum plant growth and maximum oxy-gen retention,” he explained. “The tempera-ture, the oxygen and nutrient content, we’re trying to optimize the light and nutrients so that the plants are constantly getting the per-fect day.”
As in nature, they rest at night. But there appear to be very few duds – every plant in each bay is healthier than most outdoor gar-dens.
Griffi n said they want to “optimize the system against economic costs to keep the price down and grow the maximum amount of food. The goal is to keep it where a mid-dle-class familiy” can afford to install one in their garage or basement, he explained. Griffi n and Weingrad see their model as hugely benefi cial to areas of the city that are in the middle of food “deserts” – sections of Philadelphia that are miles away from fresh produce or healthy supermarkets.
“Too much food? How is that a problem in a place like Africa?” Weingrad, one-half of the DJ duo Taurus & Vaggeli, asked.
He’s actually cross-bred plants so that they have organic, natural pest control – “they’re carnivorous year round.”
“We call them terminators,” Griffi n joked. “What we really want to go after is the res-
taurants – they’re the slow adapters,” Griffi n added. They have one client right now with Nomad Pizza, for whom they provide basil, often by way of their third teammate, John Paul Ramos, a chef himself with great con-nections in the culinary community.
“I would love to work with a Michael Sol-omonov [chef at Old City’s Zahav] or a Ste-phen Starr. You tell me what you want, and I’ll plant it and time it so you always have” what chefs need for their menu, Griffi n fan-tasized. “I want to supply [East] Passyunk Avenue. Whole Foods is almost ready [as a client] – we should have our labels done by next week.”
Griffi n’s actually sourced biodegradable and reusable to-go containers that can be packed with coconut shell pulp functioning as basil planters that customers can buy at, say, Whole Foods, and it will sustain and grow for weeks (as opposed to wilt and die immediately inside one’s fridge).
Easily, one of the most exciting aspects of Metropolis is that Griffi n and his team seem to believe in the power of what they’re do-ing and how it can affect communities in unimaginable ways.
“The direction we’re going in is not just to create farms for supermarkets; it’s to help people create artisinal farms,” Griffi n said. “We have to grow farmers, we have to teach urban vertical farming, we can break down all the variables. I would like to have thou-sands of kids working on this in their garag-es. The goal here is to get it out.” SPR
Contact Staff Writer Bill Chenevert at [email protected] or ext. 117. Com-ment at southphillyreview.com/news/features.
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could be fi nished before the end of 2016, proves it’s structurally reasonable. If Crystal moves forward into ’17, there will certainly be no tickets bought until at least the following year.
“It will be a very challenging undertak-ing, but we are determined to apply the dedication and innovation that has always been the ship’s hallmark,” Crystal Cruise’s president and CEO Edie Rodriguez said. “We are honored to work with the SS United States Conservancy and govern-ment agencies in exploring the technical feasibility study so we can ultimately em-bark on the journey of transforming her into a sophisticated luxury cruise liner for the modern era.”
For Gibbs, who’s reasonably sentimen-tally attached to the ship (regularly and affectionately referred to as a female ob-ject), seeing it brought back to a function-ing ship and not just a stationary hotel like the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA feels like a miracle.
“Speaking personally, I’ve always been frankly agnostic on the specifi cs of its re-birth or her fi nal port of call – whether she stays In Philly or goes to New York,” she said. “Likewise, we’ve explored station-ary [ideas], mixed-use, a museum, as well as scenarios like seagoing service. I guess where I come out is there’s something ex-traordinary about her returning to sea. For her to return to sea in a form that is mod-ernized but still preserves her lines, her ambience, her identity and her speed... she’s up for the challenge.”
IN SEA TRIALS, the ship broke 38 knots (almost 45 miles per hour) and on her record-breaking maiden voyage, she
clocked in at 35 knots at two-thirds steam – still four knots faster than Queen Mary’s fastest. With four, 18-foot bronze pro-pellers powered by eight boilers fueling four turbines that could generate 240,000 horsepower, she is a marvel of technology. Sadly, six years after her fi rst voyage, the fi rst transatlantic jet trip was considered a success and maritime luxury was mostly abandoned.
“My career was as a boat builder and, to me, the way the US was built, it’s pretty fascinating. It seems as if money was real-ly no object – they used the best materials and techniques that they thought would work the best, not necessarily the cheap-
est,” John Brady, president and CEO at the Philadelphia Seaport Museum, said. “She’s a muscle car. Fuel effi ciency isn’t what it was about.”
He knows about the ship and the Con-servancy, in part, because the Seaport museum has two ships of its own: the Olympia, built in 1893 and served as a naval vessel until 1922, helped the United States acquire the Philippines at the Battle of Manila Bay; and a submarine called Becuda, which was in service into the Cold War, until ’69.
“Oh, it’s very momentous,” Brady says of the Crystal/Conservancy agreement. “I get out on the river quite often in the sum-
mertime and [the SS United States] is al-ways a favorite destination for an evening cruise. If you get past the peeling paint and the rust streaks, she’s got a wonderful shape, very fast-looking.”
“There are no holes. She is fl oating. There’s certainly some silting around her,” Gibbs stressed when asked about if she’s really fl oating in the Delaware. “When you’re on-board, you feel it if it’s a windy day, she moves around. She’s still got some life in her, for sure.”
Four U.S. presidents have boarded her, so have international royalty and Holly-wood superstars. Gibbs’ Conservancy has certainly been collecting relics, memora-bilia, and artifacts that celebrate the ship’s incredible history. There’s even fascinat-ing mystery shrouding some aspects of her genesis.
“She was designed as part of a top-se-cret Pentagon program during the Cold War, which stipulated it could be quickly converted from a luxury liner into a na-val troopship in the event of a war, carry-ing 15,000 troops… capable of traveling 10,000 nautical miles – almost halfway around the globe – without refueling,” ac-cording to a Crystal statement.
Though the folks at the Conservancy are pumped to see her come back to life, even brought back to her original purpose, they’ll still be working with Crystal to make sure nothing crazy happens.
“If Crystal Cruises wanted to paint polka dots on the ship and just disregard her history, that would be a serious prob-lem, but it’s our job and the Conservancy is passionately committed to preserving and curating the ship’s history,” Gibbs offered. “We’re still in business to en-sure that the ship’s history is honored and shared.” SPR
Contact Staff Writer Bill Chenevert at [email protected] or ext. 117. Com-ment at southphillyreview.com/news/features.
Charles Santore Branch: One-on-one com-puter tutoring for seniors daily by appointment; Sign Language Storytime for Toddlers and Preschoolers 10:15 a.m. and Sign Language Storytime for Babies 11 a.m. Feb. 12; Children’s Storytime in Spanish 1 p.m. Feb. 13; Baby and Toddler Storytime 10:15 a.m., Toddler and Preschool Storytime 11 a.m., and Beginner English as a Second Language Class 12:30 p.m. Feb. 16; Intermediate English as a Second Lan-guage Class 12:30 p.m. Feb. 17. 932 S. Seventh St. 215-686-1766.
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Parkway Central Branch: Nonprofi t Legal Clinic 10 a.m., E-Gadget Help Desk 3 p.m., Triv-ia With Bob 6 p.m., and Karen Finley reads from “Shock Treatment: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition ” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11; Jane Mayer reads from “Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billion-aires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right” noon, One Book, One Philadelphia Book Discussion 3 p.m., and Fun Fridays: Story and a Craft 4 p.m. Feb. 12; Sundays on Stage: The Power of African Ameri-can Music to Inspire 2 p.m. Feb. 14; Introduction to Proposal Writing 9:30 a.m., Preschool Storytime with Miss Leigh 11 a.m., E-Gadget Help Desk 3
p.m., Food in Jars for Teens 3:30 p.m., A Taste of African Heritage 6 p.m., and Sayed Kashua reads from “Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestin-ian Life” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16; Planning for the Busi-ness Owner 10 a.m., Baby & Toddler Story Time 11 a.m., Internet Security 2 p.m., Chinese New Year 2016 Celebration Performance 5 p.m., and The Gift of Digital Gab: Social Media Marketing 101 Workshop 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16. 1901 Vine St. 215-686-5322.
Queen Memorial Branch: Homemade by You 4 p.m. Feb. 16. 1201 S. 23rd St. 215-685-1899.
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Afterschool activities 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; Family Playgroup 10:30 a.m. Feb. 13; Crochet and Knitting Circle 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16. 1935 W. Shunk St. 215-685-1755.
Whitman Branch: Literacy Enrichment After-school Program 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 1 p.m. Saturdays; Teen Advisory Group 4 p.m. Feb. 11; Black History Month Weekend Matinee Film Series 2 p.m. Feb. 13; Wee Ones Storytime 10 a.m. and Ready-to-Read Storytime 11 a.m. Feb. 16; Yoga Class for Adults 6:30 p.m. Feb. 17. 200 Sny-der Ave. 215-685-1754. SPR
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back against biting temperatures through the site’s
Pea Soup and Punch Supper. Photo 2: The 2300
Arena, 2300 S. Swanson St., hosted the American
Bridal Expo Jan. 31. Photo 3: Loved ones honored
the life of local fi gure Trina D. Ware, who passed
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Charter High School, 3301 Tasker St. Photo 4: Nate Murawski, a local boy who recently appeared on “MasterChef Junior,” gave a check totaling more than $1,200 to the Children’s Hospital Center for Autism Research through a Feb. 5 fundraiser at Moonshine, 1825 E. Moyamensing Ave. Photo 5: President and CEO of the Hero Thrill Show Jimmy
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of the City Representative event planners Kyle Lewis
and Randy Giancaterino gathered in Center City Feb.
4 to discuss the tentatively-scheduled October edition
of the Hero Thrill Show in the Wells Fargo Center
parking lot, 3601 S. Broad St. All four fi gures have
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environs home right now. Photo 6: Registrants at
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17th Police District , 20th and Federal streets, holds a Townwatch Meeting 6 p.m. Feb. 11 at the District; and a PSA 2 Meeting 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at Vare Rec Center, 1700 S. 26th St. 215-686-3170. phillypolice.com/districts/17th.
1st Police District , 24th and Wolf streets, holds a PDAC Meeting 5:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at the District; and a Captain’s Townhall Meeting 6 p.m. Feb. 16 at the District. 215-686-3010. phillypolice.com/districts/1st.
3rd Police District , 11th and Wharton streets, holds a PSA 3 Meeting 5:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at Methodist Hospital, 2301 S. Broad St. 215-686-3030. phillypolice.com/districts/3rd.
Al-Anon Group meets Wednesday nights 7:30 p.m. at 1449 S. 29th St. 215-200-8575.
Bella Vista Neighbors Association holds a Neighborhood Happy Hour 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 17 at La Casa de tu Madre, 800 Fitzwater St. (Pay-as-you-go). 267-872-4686. bellavistaneighbors.org.
Dickinson Square West Civic Associa-tion holds a Community Board Meeting 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at Mt. Moriah Church, 410 Whar-ton St.; and recommends a Friends of Vare-
Washington Paper Drive Happy Hour 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 17 at Coeur Philly, 824 S. Eighth St. (One or more reams of printer paper donations welcome.) [email protected]. dickinsonsquarewest.org.
East Passyunk Avenue Business Im-provement District , 1904 E. Passyunk Ave., hosts a Queers on the Avenue (QOTA) mixer 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 16 at Plenty Cafe, 1710 E. Passyunk Ave. 215-336-1455. [email protected]. visiteastpassyunk.com.
Girard Estate Neighbors Association holds a Public Zoning Meeting 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Guerin Rec Center, 2201 S. 16th St. [email protected]. girardestateneighbors.org.
Lower Moyamensing Civic Association holds an Environmental Committee Meeting on a Storm Drain Art Project 7:30 to 9 p.m. Feb. 17 at L . [email protected]. lomophilly.org.
Marconi Older Adult Center , 2433 S. 15th St., holds Enhance Fitness 9 a.m. (Free); Crochet And Knit Club 10:30 a.m. and “Spice Up Your Life: Make bland meals delicious” 12:30 p.m. (Free) Feb. 11; Zumba 9:30 a.m. ($4); and Art Cafe 1 p.m. ($10) Feb. 12; a full day of events celebrating President’s Day (Free) Feb. 15; Soul Line Dancing (Free) 12:30 p.m. Feb. 16; and a trip to Reading Terminal 10 a.m. (Free) and a Men’s Bull Session 10:30 a.m. (Free) Feb. 17. 215-717-1971. caringpeopleal-
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Nar-Anon Family Group meets 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Clevemore Fancy Brigade, 2811 S. Hutchinson St. 215-334-1035.
Neighbors Invested in Childs Ele-mentary (NICE) holds a meeting 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at 1610 Wharton St. [email protected]. nicephilly.org.
Newbold Neighbors Association holds a Public Safety Committee Meeting 10 to 11 a.m. Feb. 13 Ultimo Coffee Bar, 1900 S. 15th St.; and a Neighbors in Action Association Meeting 6 to 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at 1634 Wharton St. [email protected]. newboldneighbors.org.
Passyunk Square Civic Association recommends Second Saturday on Passyunk Ave. 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 13 along E. Passyunk Ave.; re-minds residents that PSCA Board of Directors Nominee Suggestions are due by Feb. 14; and holds a Soak It Up! Adoption Program Meet & Greet 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 17 at B2, 1500 E Passyunk Ave. [email protected]. passyunksquare.org.
Queen Village Neighbors Association,
Saint Monica Parish , 2422 S. 17th St.,
holds a Lions Club Valentine Day Dinner Party 6 to 10 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Waterfall Room, 2015 S. Water St. Hors d’oeuvres, buffet dinner, open bar and entertainment provided with $45 ticket. Reservations required. Call Barbara at 215-336-3932. saintmonicaparish.net.
South Broad Street Neighborhood Association holds a Zoning Meeting 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 16 at Constitution Health Plaza, Con-ference Center, 1930 S. Broad St. sbsna.org.
South of South Neighborhood As-sociation , 1901 Christian St., holds a Clean & Green/Carpenter Green Meeting 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 16 at its offi ce; and a Zoning Committee Meeting 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 17 at its offi ce. south-ofsouth.org. 215-732-8446.
State Rep. Jordan A. Harris , 1320 Point Breeze Ave., presents “Active Living, Healthy Lifestyles: Senior Sweetheart Dance” in partnership with the Philadelphia Housing Authority 5 to 9 p.m. Feb. 12 at Yesha Fellow-ship Hall, 2301 Snyder Ave. RSVP is required. 215-952-3378.
Tasker Street Missionary Baptist Church ’s Women’s Day Committee presents a Wellness Day 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 13 with demonstrations, massage therapy, line dancing, vendors and handouts at the church, 2010 Task-er St. 215-389-8282. [email protected]. SPR
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othing can rival self-awareness. Never afraid to eval-uate his fi nite journey, Andrew J. Carroll holds that he is “fundamentally, awfully shy” yet mindful of the myriad means to reveal the reaches of his emotions
and aspirations. For someone with such a makeup and who collects kudos and cash for performing in plays, handling a lead role can reduce worry and inspire further enthusi-
asm for investigation, and that endeavor has become the latest boon for the 25-year-old, who is playing Ivan Alex-androvich Khlestakov in “The Government Inspector.”
“This show is super funny and lets everyone revel in the joy,” the resident of the 1500 block of South 18th Street said of the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium-helmed staging of the Nikolai Gogol work. “The different sorts of exchanges make for a really amazing experience, and I think I’m growing each time I interact with everyone in-volved.”
The Newbold dweller is helping the Consortium to mark its 10th anniversary through the Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5. Marking his seventh assignment for the entity, the play, with direction by producing artistic director and Bella Vista inhabitant Tina Brock, fi nds Carroll portraying a fi gure mistaken for the titular individual and comedically tackles attempts by offi cials to cover their corruption so as not to earn his wrath.
“Through my time with the Consortium, I’ve found it’s an energy thing that helps me to feel so connected,” the
A Newbold thespian is calling on a riveting role to assist his shunning of shyness and courtship of comfort.
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actor opined. “I like taking on these roles because the characters are not far from me. I really see them as extensions of who I am.”
With his admittance of shyness, how can Carroll contend that he and the civil ser-vant who fl outs convention solely for self-preservation have similarities? The amount of introspection that each engenders sol-idly supports his assertion.
“He is openly charismatic but there’s some hesitation and consideration of his course,” the portrayer said of Khlestakov, who offers at least one-third of his lines via direct address. “There’s defi nitely a ton of humor possible when you’re questioning yourself, and he’s a guy whose actions also encourage others to do that. That’s a pretty powerful element to have to your person-ality, and the fact that direct address ac-counts for so much of his stage time helps me to raise my performance and get to the task of throwing my energy at it. Being en-gaged and engrossed is a great way to fi ght through any sort of battle, especially when you’re concerned with how you’re deliver-ing a script.”
With 17 days remaining in the run, Car-roll loves the prospect of continuing to
counter any doubts and to delve more deeply into the time-tested task of ask-ing questions and listening for responses to guide his execution. With input from Brock, who also appears in the action and sound designed the project, and cast mates, including girlfriend Jennifer MacMillan, he expects that the “war of attrition” that the theatrical world can often prove will negotiate a truce with his sensitivities and grant him moments to delight in being dili-gent and rejoice in remaining vigilant.
“When I’m on stage, fi nding ease is my main goal,” Carroll said. “I want to keep exploring how much fun this all is and make even more connections because a life in this fi eld is a marathon and not a sprint, and you have to keep the spark of madness going.”
THE GARDEN STATE product began to look for the luminescent ally as a Pasadena-reared youth. Blessed with an extensive family whom he dubbed his “captive audi-ence,” he fell fi rst for musical theater, with a production of “The Lion King” assigning royal status to stage-based pursuits. For-tunate to attend the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, he came to cher-
ish every chance to communicate through the site’s productions and knew he would need to immerse himself in his craft to etch a great career.
“It all became very real to me during high school,” Carroll confessed of his matura-tion. “To this day, I’m able to look back on that period with fond memories because no matter what existential quandaries I might go through as an adult, I know that this fi eld, this vocation, is where I’m best suited to try to thrive and be a part of some-thing wonderful over and over again.”
A full scholarship to the University of the Arts initiated the Philadelphia component of his trek, with his junior year proving the pivotal one in terms of seeing the city as a fi tting destination for his burgeoning pas-sion.
“So many talented people live here,” Car-roll gushed, noting that growth as an artist becomes inevitable through each exchange with a committed contributor to the the-ater community. “Philadelphia is so good because you get to work on great projects and develop a bit of a vocabulary with companies if you’re able to establish great relationships with them.”
He has won the favor of the Consortium
and Curio Theatre Co., the latter of which he is a company member, and considers them the chief sandboxes in which he is able to play. Thrilled to help the former through “The Government Inspector,” par-ticularly because he has wanted to play Khlestakov since he was 17, and eager to extend his affi liation with Curio come the spring staging of “The Cripple of Inish-maan,” the ever-cerebral individual would love to align himself with additional enti-ties, but no matter where he lands, he will remain a steadfast practitioner seeking enough employment to be able to support a child.
“I’m not shy about that,” Carroll said, with a laugh. “I come from a very support-ive family, so having my own is defi nitely on my mind. It’s all about evolving as we grow older, and I’d like to turn over every stone there is as I work on myself as a pro-fessional and a citizen of the world.” SPR
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Through Feb. 13. Tickets: $20-$35. The Harold Prince The-atre at Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St. 3680 Walnut St. 215-898-3900. annenbergcenter.org.
Through Feb. 13. Tickets: $14-$16. WST for Kids, 825 Walnut St. 215-574-3550. walnutstreettheatre.org.
Through Feb. 14. Sessions: $10-$35 per per-son. Fleisher Sanctuary, 719 Catharine St. 215-922-3456. fl eisher.org.
Through Feb. 14. Tickets: $27-$45. The Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. 215-546-7824. balletx.org.
Through Feb. 14. Tickets: $29-$159. Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. 215-893-3600. operaphila.org.
Through Feb. 14. Tickets: $10-$56. St. Stephen’s Theater, 10th and Ludlow streets. 215-829-0395. lanterntheater.org.
Through Feb. 15. Tickets: $28.95-$34.95. The Frank-lin Institute, 222 N. 20th St. 215-448-1200. fi .edu.
Through Feb. 21. Free-$20. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Park-way. 215-763-8100- philamuseum.org.
Through Feb. 21. Tickets: $15-$25. The Latvian Society, 531 N. Seventh St. 215-923-8909. mauckingbird.org.
Through Feb. 28. Tickets: $15-$62. Suzanne Roberts The-atre, 480 S. Broad St. 215-985-0420. philadelphiatheatrecompany.org.
8 p.m. Feb. 16. Tickets: $20-$32. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215-726-1106. worldcafelive.com.
8:50 to 9:50 a.m. Feb. 17. Tickets: $10. Fleisher Sanctuary, 719 Catharine St. 215-922-3456. fl eisher.org.
5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 17. Free (onsite registration required). The Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St. 215-448-1200. fi .edu.
6 p.m. Feb. 17. Tickets: $15-$20 (includes one free drink). University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeol-ogy and Anthropology, 3260 South St. 215-898-4000. penn.museum.
8 p.m. Feb. 17. Tickets: $25-$30. Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. 215-627-1332. electricfactory.info.
8 p.m. Feb. 17. Tickets: $20. Theatre of the Living Arts, 334 South St. 215-922-1011. lnphilly.com.
8:30 p.m. Feb. 17. Tickets: $15. Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St. 267-639-4528. bootandsaddlephilly.com. SPR
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A shower of loveBroadway Philadelphia presents “Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles,” a multi-media spectacular that parades a decade of hits with the-atricality and romantic reverence for the songbook that’s inspired millions Feb. 11-14. Tickets: $30-$85. The Merriam Theater, 250 S. 215-893-1999. Broad St. kimmelcenter.org.
The golden touch“The Golden Age of King Midas” debuts at the Penn Museum with a day-long celebration featuring treasures on loan from the Republic of Turkey touched by Phrygian ruler King Midas. There will be a fashion review, music, stories, lectures and lots more, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13 (exhibit: ongoing). Tickets: Free-$20. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthro-pology, 3260 South St. 215-898-4000. penn.museum.
consumes the Convention Center with live painting and tattooing, with before and after parties at Tattooed Mom, The Barbary, The Trocadero and Franky Bradley’s, Feb 12-14. Tick-ets: Free-$45. Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St. 215-423-4780. villainarts.com.
is William Way’s Broadway trivia extravaganza hosted by quizzo master Simone Allender and fea-turing a slew of performances, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 12. Tickets: $15 per team (2 to 6 per team). William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. 215-732-2220. waygay.org.
launched “The River Tour” last week and it picks up local steam here in South Philly, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12. Tickets: $68-$150. Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St. 215-336-3600. wellsfargocenter-philly.com.
should delight sci-fi fans with a concert tour featuring a live symphony orchestra with fi lm and TV highlights, 8 p.m. Feb. 12. Tickets: $35-$65. The Tower Theater, 19 S. 69th St., Upper Darby. 215-922-1011. lnphilly.com.
spotlights carniverous animals and lets you touch them with auditorium shows at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m each day, Feb. 13-15. Tickets: $13.95-$17.95. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Ben Franklin Pkwy. 215-299-1000. ansp.org.
marks the debut of “Let’s Get Curious!” to the delight of imagintive monkey-lovers with a chance to meet and greet, Feb. 13-14. Tickets: Free-$17. Please Touch Museum, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, 4231 Ave. of the Republic. 215-581-3181. pleasetouchmuseum.org.
is the ideal single Philadelphian’s evening for stories of exes and subsequent sweet freedom, 7 and 9 p.m. Feb. 14. Tickets: $11-$18. Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St. underground-arts.org.
, the column you miss, where Philadelphians drop swipes and sweet notes, gets dramatized by Azuka Theatre, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15. Tickets: $25. Fringe-Arts, 140 N. Columbus Blvd. 215-563-1100. azukatheatre.org.
is the ultimate classic brought to the stage in glorious technicolor, Feb. 16-21. Tickets: $26.50-$101.50 The Merriam Theater, 250 S. 215-893-1999. Broad St. kimmelcen-ter.org.
debuts Clara Brennan’s South Lon-don love song to libraries and reading, as told by a frustrated teenager, Feb. 17-March 6. Tickets: $25-$30. The Louis Bluver Theatre at the Drake Hotel, 1512 Spruce St. 215-454-9776. inisnuatheatre.org.
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By Tom CardellaColumnist
would never have guessed it, but I recently became a member of THE ESTABLISHMENT. Pretty scary stuff, right? You just mention the words THE ESTABLISHMENT, and you
immediately become the enemy of Bernie Sanders. How did I become a member of THE ESTABLISHMENT?
The criteria are pretty simple - longevity is one of them. I have written this column for 51 years plus. That’s the kind of longevity some columnists have died trying to make. If the political outliers were honest with themselves, they would admit that everyone strives for lon-gevity in the workforce since it equals a pay-check.
The Bern seems to believe that if you have never lived on the edges of poverty, you’re part of THE ESTABLISHMENT. Sanders does leave you an out. If you’re pro-Sanders, you can never be part of THE ESTABLISHMENT. Unfortunately for Planned Parenthood and some other long-standing Democratic organizations vowing support for Hillary Clinton, they forfeited their right to escape THE ESTABLISHMENT label, at least for now, by supporting her. If Bernie somehow pulls off the big upset and becomes the nominee of the Democratic Party, you will never hear those organizations referred to as being part of THE ESTABLISHMENT again.
It’s not so much that being part of THE ES-TABLISHMENT in Bernie’s world is a bad thing (although I make no case that THE ES-TABLISHMENT has been mistake-free), it’s the sinister context it takes on when Bernie mouths the words. His voice rises and his rasp increases a notch or two. Republicans take on a similar tone when they speak the word “socialism.” But despite his use of the label “Democratic Social-ist,” Bernie is less Socialist and more Utopian in his view of the world.
The Democratic Party has spent the last 80 years or so trying to convince the fearful in America that being a Democrat is not the same as being a Socialist. Hint- it is not the number of times that you invoke Joe Hill each day. Deb-bie Wasserman Schultz, Chair of the Democrat-ic National Committee, was unable or unwill-ing to answer MSNBC’s Chris Matthews when he asked that exact question. Matthews was aghast. He thought it was the essential fact that socialists want the Government to control the means of production and Democrats pick and choose. I have seen Sanders interviewed a number of times (more than any member of THE ESTABLISHMENT should admit), and I have never heard any interviewer ask him whether he believes the Government should control all
the means of production. Other than often invoking the virtues of Norway, Sanders has never hinted as much, to my best knowledge. His political agenda has pretty much been the boilerplate of the Left for all the years that I’ve followed politics.
Like the right wing in this country, people at the opposite end of the political spectrum see the world in terms of heroes and villains. The right sees America’s heroes as entrepre-neurs such as Steve Jobs. The villains are big Government whose stifl ing regulations in-hibit the business community from compet-ing with the rest of the world. Sanders and his supporters see America’s heroes as the hard-working middle class and the villain as Wall Street. In the closing weeks of the Iowa cam-paign, Sanders seems to be expanding his enemies list to any group that supported his opponent. There seem to be no gray areas.
Washington’s political environment is toxic, so it is hard to understand how the non-estab-lishment candidates in both parties can get their agendas enacted. Sanders harks back to the 1960s in his rhetoric by way of expla-nation. He believes that a political revolution will take place, that the working class will sort of throw off its chains, stick its collective head out of the window like the actor Peter Finch in “Broadcast News” and say, “We’re not go-ing to take it anymore.” But “revolution” in the United States is a word often used as much in automobile commercials as politics. I often think of the cynicism underlying the open-ing line in the Beatles song “Revolution,” “You say you want a revolution, well, we all want to change the world.” I think to interpret the anger in America as a call for revolution is a misreading. Americans are calling for fairness and justice, which I think is a call for progres-sive change, not revolution.
Bernie’s message is resonating at the mo-ment, but that message hasn’t really been tested in Iowa or New Hampshire, neither of which look much like America. In order to ef-fect change in American politics, you don’t declare war against THE ESTABLISHMENT; you parliamentary horse trade (the one area where I may agree with Trump). A little nuance is needed. The villains on Wall Street are the ones who broke the laws. Tighten regulations and there will be fewer law breakers. Treating Wall Street and the big banks as villains only precludes making deals that leave Americans better off. Shrugging off long-standing pro-gressive institutions by calling them part of THE ESTABLISHMENT in all likelihood means kissing off the general election.
Democrats want reality - you haven’t elected a liberal president in my lifetime since Frank-lin Delano Roosevelt. Republicans believe the myth of the Reagan revolution. Reagan raised taxes, ran budget defi cits, negotiated with the Soviet Union. He wouldn’t be able to get a key to the restroom at the Union League today. SPR
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Chaat and Chai’s Dhaba Chickenver the course of their 30-year friendship, Margie Felton and Anney Thomas have often encouraged each other to believe that individual aims will win favor from
fate. The cheery chums decided a few years ago to mesh their dreams into a combined pursuit of owning a restaurant and reveled Nov. 10 with the opening of Chaat and Chai, 1532 Snyder Ave.
“We’re still fi guring out the market and deter-mining what people want, but we’re thrilled with the whole process,” Felton said from the three-month-old Newbold establishment. “We like presenting these foods to people because we’re enthused about them.”
Thomas fi nds herself especially excited, as the space offers dishes from her Indian heritage. As a mix of street foods and curries, the menu helps the colleagues to charm 20 diners when at full capacity and to foster a new phase of their con-nection as culinary practitioners.
“We started to think of having our own place four or fi ve years ago,” Thomas, a resident of 12th Street and Snyder Avenue, said of an origi-nal desire to have a business in Felton’s German-town turf. “Now that we’re here, we’re seeing so much possibility through what we prepare, and that certainly helps our friendship.”
Through Felton’s Johnson & Wales University education and Thomas’s home-based tutelage, patrons will never lack for careful consideration of their enjoyment of spicy or mild fare, with the proprietors deciding to share a recipe that has appealed to those favoring the latter sort.
“It’s a North Indian-style curry,” Thomas said of the Dhaba Chicken, which she said fi ts with Chaat and Chai’s philosophy of presenting eye-appealing and stomach-pleasing cuisine, with a few other curries soon likely to complement the poultry provision and its counterparts. “It helps us to have a balanced menu, and I’d say it will be quite fun for people to make at home, too.”
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D I R E C T I O N S :Season the chicken with one teaspoon of salt,
and set aside. In a medium-sized pot, heat the oil on medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the onions, and sauté for about six minutes until they become soft. Stir them frequently to avoid burning.
Add the ginger, and sauté for one minute. Lower the heat slightly, and add the coriander, cumin, cayenne, cinnamon, cloves, and carda-mom. Cook until they are fragrant, about one minute. Return the heat to medium, add the tur-meric and the tomatoes, and simmer, stirring oc-casionally until slightly thickened, around fi ve minutes.
Add the chicken, and coat it well with the sauce. Add the water, and stir. Cover, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat, and simmer until cooked, approximately 10 minutes. Season the chicken curry with salt to taste. Transfer the chicken and the sauce to a serving bowl. Sprin-kle the top with the garam masala, and garnish with the cilantro. Serve with rice or Indian bread such as naan or parotta. SPR
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From 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Adobe Cafe, 1919 E. Passyunk Ave., will
hold Eat Your Broken Heart Out, which will feature a wide variety of traditional and vegan hors d’oeuvres, raffl e prizes, with some proceeds from sales going to PAWS, a burlesque performance, psy-chic readings, drink specials, and in-dustry discounts. Tickets are $40, with a $10 after-party starting at 10 p.m. Contact [email protected]. SPR
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Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring Feb. 2, but do not let the state’s most famous groundhog hinder your plans to enjoy your winter comfort foods. Marlene Tenuto might revere the rodent, but she also
loves staying true to seasonal delights, as evidenced by her Chicken Tortilla Soup submission.
The Brinton Estates resident noted the poultry powerhouse will break up into large chunks, with readers welcome to remove them midway, cut into smaller pieces, and return to the pot. Whether you engage in that process or leave sizable goodies to mingle with the other items, the fi nished work might make you wish for Punxsutawney Phil to humor us with a do-over. SPR Photo Provided by Marlene Tenuto
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AAQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18): Be sure of in-come and outgoings. Create a budget where income matches expenses. Look for ways to get greater value for your money. Steer clear of cash-hungry friends, and stop spending on other people. Your fi rst loyalty should be to yourself. Lucky number: 209.
SPISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20): Your eyes are on new horizons. By expanding interests and experiences, you will recapture your zest for life. You radiate charm and charisma. Mix with intellectually inspirational people. Renew an old friendship, as you can gain much from each other. Lucky number: 493.
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to get away from it all. Arrange a spontaneous break for the coming weekend. The destination will not mat-ter as much, as you will be able to enjoy a change of scene and spend more quality time with a loved one. You’ve been very productive lately. Slow down, and smell the fl owers. Lucky number: 248.
FTAURUS (April 21 to May 20): Be natural in so-cial situations instead of trying to work out what to say or do. Attending a big party or get-together will be fun, and you will meet some interesting people. If single, you might fi nd love with an intriguing stranger. There’s an electrical chemistry in the atmosphere. Lucky number: 089.
GGEMINI (May 21 to June 20): A new job or new roles in an existing position will offer valuable lessons about being assertive. A friend or partner may fi nd your ambition threatening, but you won’t let them undermine your plans to succeed. Others will have to get used to this new and more confi dent you. Lucky number: 935.
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aLEO (July 23 to Aug. 22): Instinct will tell you that you are making the right decisions. Other people will tell you differently. You might feel discouraged when hoped-for support doesn’t come your way. Be ready to strike out alone. Take a deep breath, and tend to one job at a time. Lucky number: 763.
sVIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22): Mental agility and physical energy will bring about positive results. Praise for a job well done will amplify your confi -dence. Busyness breeds happiness. That’s why you will dive straight into another challenging task the mo-ment a previous one is completed. A promotion is a strong possibility. Lucky number: 398.
dLIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22): Trust your instincts with regards to job and fi nancial matters. Your hunches are on the money concerning business interests. Be prepared to take a more active and involved approach to a team effort. A potential leadership role will fi nd you thriving under the pressure. Lucky number: 543.
fSCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21): Everything is starting to go your way. This makes it safe for you to get a personal or professional goal off the ground. The fi rst step is always the hardest. Once you’ve made your move, you will not turn back and will not regret your decision. Lucky number: 865.
gSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21): Find an outlet for all your energy. Once you are past various disruptions, aim to get some physical activity, as you will start feeling less stressed when you’re active. Give yourself a gym membership. Lucky number: 281.
hCAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19): Do not stifl e a desire to get away from it all. A planned holiday may be more expensive than you thought. Look for cheaper alternatives. If you aren’t making vacation plans, your vivid imagination can conjure up visions of sand and sea. Your thoughts could take you down some surpris-ing paths. Lucky number: 127. SPR
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ovelty can easily engender nervous-ness no matter one’s accomplish-ments. Despite a decorated career at Haddon Township High School that
yielded more than 1,000 points, 18-year-old Morgan Lenahan felt a tad timid when joining the basketball team at Ss. Neu-mann-Goretti High School, 1736 S. 10th St. With the Saints at 21-0 ahead of to-day’s 6 p.m. playoff opener, though, the senior has served as a wonderful weapon in coach Andrea Peterson’s arsenal and hopes to help them to claim their third-straight parochial plaque.
“We all want to go out the same way, which is as champions,” the guard said Tuesday from her East Passyunk Cross-ing-situated secondary institution. “I was worried in the beginning about how I’d fi t in, but this is a great group, and I’m really excited to see us take our game to the next level.”
Anyone with knowledge of the Saints’ campaign might read that last state-ment with a touch of pity for the opposi-tion. The young ladies have simply been annihilating their foes and have not sur-rendered more than 25 points since Jan. 18 when they edged Cardinal O’Hara, 62-56. Having gone 31-0 last season, they take an impressive winning streak into tonight’s tilt, and Lenahan certainly wants to have three more victories enter their ledger as the Catholic League looks to crown its next conqueror.
“I watched this team last year and thought they were amazing,” the sniper said of the club that captured the Catho-lic, City, and State championships and earned the top spot in USA Today’s Su-per 25 girls’ basketball rankings. “I’m sure there were people who doubted what we could do this year, but we’ve shown that we can compete with anyone.”
With input from a few contemporaries,
including Neumann-Goretti alumnus A.J. Timbers, now a freshman at Towson University, Lenahan elected to leave the Garden State for South Philly to further her education and athletic pedigree and has reaped rewards for doing both.
“The teachers here are so dedicated, and they’ve helped me to improve my grades and believe in myself more as a student,” she beamed. “Everyone involved with the basketball team has been a blessing, too, so I’m really happy to call myself a Saint.”
Only hours away from her South Philly-based playoff debut, Lenahan has heard that many supporters expect the squad to enjoy an easy road to the Feb. 22 title game at The Palestra and though she would love to cut a piece of the next as her own 11 days from now when The University of Pennsylvania venue hosts the duel, she approaches basketball the same way she tackles life, one challenge at a time.
“It doesn’t matter what you’ve done when you’re starting something new,” the sage, whose junior year Haddon Township unit fell just short of a state title, said. “Everyone wants the Catholic League championship. We have to keep believing that we want it more.”
LENAHAN HAS NEVER lacked conviction when handling the rock. With her father, Tim, as a massive infl uence, she took to the game incredibly early, even recall-ing dribbling while donning a diaper as her patriarch oversaw coaching duties at the Haddon Heights-based St. Rose of Lima School. A Mount Ephram-situated league commenced her journey, yet, sadly, her father would see her play only one time before passing away when she was seven.
“It’s still diffi cult to deal with the loss,
but I try my hardest just to keep moving,” the adolescent said of her maturation. “I think he would be proud of how I’ve tried to grow as a person and how I’m striving to succeed as a basketball player.”
Soccer served as another athlet ic helper, but Lenahan hoisted hoops to the top of her priorities because of her competence and curiosity to see how far she could advance as a competitor. Crediting the game for enhancing her demeanor and discipline, she realized as a freshman that devoting herself to be-coming better could better her chances at strengthening her overall identity.
“So much about this game reminds me to press on,” she said. “Even when balls aren’t going in, I know that I can keep try-ing to shoot my way out of any slump.”
Haddon Heights had to have mourned her depar ture as a member of the Hawks, who last season, in addition to the aforementioned state runner-up status, scored the South Jersey Group 1 title, won the Patriot Division, and stood atop the Colonial Conference with a 16-0 mark. Seeking a new challenge, she transferred to Neumann-Goretti where she has offered senior leadership and, through her committing to Wagner Uni-
versity, a glimpse at what can come from courting achievement.
“I do like having a voice on this team,” Lenahan, one of four Saints to sign with Division I schools and among the five who received McDonald’s All-American Game nominations, said. “We’re the de-fending champions, so we know what’s on our opponents’ minds, and that’s extra motivation.”
Minus any reservations about her tal-ent and ability to contribute to Peter-son’s plans, the 5-foot-9 presence hopes she and her mates can tower above whomever they face on whatever court. With her college decision made and a major in criminal justice chosen, she knows the summer and fall will be fi lled with great expectations and is praying that late winter and early spring will be similarly fruitful.
“I’m defi nitely proud of this team,” Le-nahan said. “We want to come through for one another and for this school.” SPR
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Southwark House, 101 Ellsworth St., offers Shotokan karate instruction for ages 14 and up 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact [email protected], or visit karatephiladelphia.org.
The Phillies traded 2010 fi rst-round draft pick Jesse Biddle, whose prep career included time with the Philadelphia Senators, who played their games at Sunoco Field, 3501 Moore St., to the Pittsburgh Pirates Feb. 3.
Biddy basketball at the Edward O’Malley Athletic As-sociation, 144 Moore St., is looking for registrants for Sat-urday action that will begin on Feb. 13. The program is for children ages 3 to 7, with the $30 fee covering six games and instruction. Contact John at 215-266-4195.
The inaugural Dan Parrillo Boys vs. Girls School Sports Benefi t will begin at noon Feb. 20 at the East Passyunk Community Recreation Center, 1025 Miffl in St. Tickets are $5 to watch the youths square off in spirited basketball action. Visit facebook.com/events/1690830831198620/.
Capitolo Playground, 900 Federal St., is looking for teams to join its Sunday co-ed softball league for spring play. Contact Donny, 215-685-1883, or Eddie, 215-817-0837.
Through Soccer Shots, the Edward O’Malley Athletic Association, 144 Moore St., hosts Saturday soccer clinics for ages 2 to 7 through March 19. Visit philadelphia.ssreg.org/?sitename=EOM&input_address or philadelphia.ssreg.org/index.php.
The Edward O’Malley Angels Softball program will be holding registrations for its spring in-house season from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26 and 7 to 9 p.m. March 2 and 9 at 144 Moore St. The season will begin the fi rst week of April and run until the fi rst week of June. Registration is for the 6-8-year-old instructional league at a cost of $30, and the 9-10 and 11-14-year-old instructional and competitive leagues, which run $35. Call Shawn Brown, 215-850-3179.
Guerin Recreation Center, 2201 S. 16th St., hosts a youth indoor foot hockey instructional league Wednes-day and Thursday evenings for beginners ages 10 and younger. No equipment is necessary, with the fee being $25 for a shirt and an award. Call 215-685-1894.
Through 11:59 p.m. tomorrow, the Philadelphia Depart-ment of Parks and Recreation is accepting registration for the Broad Street Run via broadstreetrun.com.
Murphy Rec Center, 400 Shunk St., is accepting week-night registrations for its in-house biddy basketball league for ages 6 to 8. The cost is $40. Call 215-685-1874.
The Martial Arts Hero Factory, 1532 Packer Ave., will host a Parents’ Night Out Valentine’s Day Party from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday for ages fi ve and up. The cost is $25. Visit malifestyle.com/index.php.
Rizzo Rink, 1001 S. Front St., offers public skating from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, 3:30 to 5 p.m., 6:30 to 8 p.m. and 8:30 to 10 p.m. Fridays, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sundays. There is no entry fee, and skate rentals are $4. Call 215-685-1593, or visit rizzorink.com.
The third annual Rally for Rizzo will occur at Rizzo Ice Rink, 1001 S. Front St., from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 27. Tickets are $10 to $25. Visit rizzorink.com.
Guerin Recreation Center, 2201 S. 16th St., will hold basketball referee training sessions. The $25 cost will cover a T-shirt, a whistle and a lanyard. Contact Stephen Michielli, [email protected].
SEYAA, Seventh and Bigler streets, is registering for its spring T-ball, baseball, and girls’ softball programs
that begin April 9. Divisions are 4 to 6 (T-ball), 7 to 8 (pitching machine), 8 to 10 and 10 to 12 (live pitch), 13 to 15 and 16 to 19 (Babe Ruth Baseball); and girls’ softball ages 9 to 11 and 12 to 14. Register by e-mailing your child’s info (Name, DOB and Phone Number) to [email protected] or in person Mon-day or Thursday evenings 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Taggart School Gym, Fifth and Porter Streets. For an informa-tion packet and form, send a request to [email protected] or call 215-463-8802.
The South Philly Saints 8U travel baseball team is seeking players for the upcoming season. Interested players should send information to [email protected]. Updates and additional information appear on southphillysaints.com, too.
Anyone who is interested in putting together women’s basketball teams for high school players and up can contact coach Stephen Michielli, 215-612-1727 or [email protected]. Games will occur at 7 and 8 p.m. on a to-be-determined night at the Edward O’Malley Athletic Association, 144 Moore St. Cost is $350, which covers shirts, offi cial fees and awards.
UYA developmental and skillbuilding basketball activi-ties for boys and girls ages 5 to 18 occur on Saturdays through April at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center, 744 S. 17th St. The cost is $40 for uniforms and trophies. Contact Lorraine, 267-278-9473, or [email protected]. SPR
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