WEEKLYPRESS.COM · UCREVIEW.COM · OCTOBER 19 · 2011


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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH


PUFFA youth celebrate their short film productions, com- pleted this summer in coop- eration with WHYY media camp at the Clef Club Theater, 738. S Broad St. from 5-7 p.m. The film topics include eating healthy on the run; activating your energy with breakfast foods; and healthy lifestyle choices.All youth groups are especially invited! Contact Kim at kimberlyl@phmc.org for more details.


Smart Boards & Beyond: a new technology series for teens at the Central Library, 1901 Vine St. at 3:30 p.m. 215- 686-5322.


Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose & Anything Goes, at the Kelly Writer’s House, 3805 Lo- cust Walk, at 8 p.m. 215-746- poem.


The Pennsylvania Horticul- tural Society will offer its nine-hour Tree Tenders train- ing course, which empowers and teaches concerned resi- dents how to make dramatic strides toward restoring and caring for the local tree popu- lation, from 5:45 to 8:45 p.m., at PHS headquarters, 100 N. 20th St., 5th Floor, Philadel- phia, PA 19103-1495.


The Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble announces the first pair of concerts in its 35th


sea-


son to be held on Friday, No- vember 4, 2011 at 8:00 PM and Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Old Pine Street Church, 4th


and Pine Streets


in historic Society Hill. Audi- ence members are invited to meet the musicians at a free reception in the church hall following each concert. $25/ adults, $5/students. 215-542- 4890.


Women’s Writing & Spoken Word Presents Natalie C. Fe- lix & Jaye Robin McNeil at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S 42nd


St. at 7 p.m. www.Wo-


mensWritingSeries.org THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20TH


Class Warfare in Philadel- phia - Part 4 - Unions and the Public Sector 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund Audito- rium, 100 S. Broad Street, 10th floor at 7 p.m. www.themoon- stoneartscenter.org.


Dylan Song Symposium at


the Kelly Writer’s House, 3805 Locust Walk, at 6 p.m. 216-746-poem.


Life of the Poet with Leonard Gontarek at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S 13th


St.


from 5:30-7 p.m. $60 for 4 ses- sions. gontarek9@earthlink. net


Community meeting with Lt. Brian McBride/Sgt. Ron Washington at the Calvary Center, 48th


& Chestnut at 6


p.m. Bring your concerns and discuss crime and neighbor- hood issues with Lt. McBride of the University City Divi- sion of the Phila. 18th District. Please share this message with friends and neighbors.


“The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life”


Penn/Yale Professor Elijah Anderson at the Penn Book- store, 3601 Walnut St. at 5 p.m. 215-898-5965.


Toddler Story Time at the Philadelphia Institute, 1905 Locust St. at 10:30 a.m. 215- 685-7671.


Workshop to teach prospec- tive business owners how to assess the feasibility of their business ideas at the Wom- en’s Business Development Center, 1315 Walnut St., from 6-9 p.m. $35. www.womensb- dc.org


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21ST


Delaware River Basin Com- mission (DRBC) special meeting about gas drilling at the Patriots Theater, War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive Trenton, NJ, from 10 a.m.- noon. Protecting Our Waters is organizing buses which will leave at 6:30 AM from 30th Street Station. Bus tick- ets may be purchased soon at protectingourwaters.com.


In this recurring program, teen and ‘tween manga fans gather to read, draw and chat about Japanese comics such as Bleach, Dragon Ball, Na- ruto and Shugo Chara at the Blackwell Library, 125 A S 52nd


St., at 3:30 p.m.. For this


special, Halloween season session, participants are in- vited to come dressed as their favorite manga characters. 215-685-7424.


Variety Show at the Moon- stone Arts Center, 110 A S 13th


St. at 8:30 p.m. www.the- moonstoneartscenter.org.


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22ND


Henry C. Lea Elementary at 47th and Locust will be participating in Greater Philadelphia Cares Day from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Lea will be receiving approxi- mately 75 volunteers from PCD but would like to have


additional volunteers from the community. If you would like to volunteer at Lea as a community member, please complete this private Doodle poll:


http://www.doodle.


com/4pgbb9hhxrcxxe9t and list your email address in the “Your Name” section.


Sewing Classes for begin- ners at Community College, 17th


Saturday thru November 12th from 9-11:30 a.m. $89. http:// fashioncentergreeting.event- brite.com


Spooky Chamber Music at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S 13th


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23RD


In Recognition of United Nations Day, an address fol- lowed by discussion at the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia, 1906 S. Rit- tenhouse Square at 11:00 am. Speaker, Mary Day Kent, “Building the (global) Be- loved Community.” A Board Member of the United Na- tions Association, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, Kent will focus on the urgency of engaging the US in being part of the global community. 215- 735-03456, www.phillyethics. org .


“New Directions in Sacred Jazz” presents newly com- missioned works of sacred jazz, including Jay Fluellen’s Of Journeys and Refuge, Carl MaultsBy’s Praise - A Sacred Jazz “Te Deum”, Ricky Ian Gordon’s Down the Road (texts by Langston Hughes), and spirituals by Philadelphia composers Rollo Dilworth and Clayton White at the Philadelphia Cathedral 38th & Chestnut at 4 p.m. Tickets are available online at www. buckschoral.org


12th Annual Peoplehood Pa-


rade & Festival presented by the Spiral Q Puppet Theater & the Paul Robeson House from 1-5 p.m. Parade marches from the Robeson House to Clark Park for Festival. For more info on supply drives, making costumes, registering for performances & practice (10/22/11 in Clark Park’s Bowl from 2-5 p.m.) : 215-222-6979 or email com- munity@spiralq.org.


Story Time Sundays with Betsy at the Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch St., from 11-11:30 a.m. Join America’s most famous flagmaker as she reads Colonial children’s stories, shares tales from her own life and times and leads a craft. Stories and craft activi- ties change each week. Thru March 2012. Free (215) 686- 1252; www.betsyrosshouse. org


St. at 7:30 p.m.


www.themoonstoneartcenter. org.


& Springarden Sts. ever


The Center City Resident As- sociation’s 53rd Annual Fall House Tour will from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. (rain or shine) It is a self-guided tour of center city residences reflecting the diversity of this interesting and exciting community. Fea- turing the residences of Judy Wicks, Ursula Hobson, Eric Berg & 17 others! $25 on the day of the tour. Presale tickets are $20.00. A group discount price is $15 per ticket for groups of 10 or more. Tickets may be pre-purchased with a credit card on the CCRA Web- site by visiting Center City Residents. Tickets will be available for purchase at the following locations. Date to be announced. Rittenhouse Hardware, 2001 Pine Street Ursula Hobson, Fine Art Framing, Inc., 1528 Waverly Street Jomici Apothecary, 273 S. 15th Street Pure Florist De- sign, 500 S. 22nd Street CCRA Office, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 705 On the day of the Tour, tickets will be sold at: 18th Spruce Streets - Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel 22nd Spruce Streets - Trinity Me- morial Church. www.center- cityresidents.org


The 2nd Annual Great Meat- ball Match Up: A Competi- tion for Amateur and Profes- sional Chefs Presented by the American Swedish Historical Museum and the South Philly Review at the American Swedish Historical Museum, 1900 Pattison Ave, from 4-6 p.m. www.americanswedish. org.


The 100-voice Bucks County Choral Society, under the di- rection of Cathedral Director of Music Thomas Lloyd, pres- ents a program of newly com- missioned works of sacred jazz, including Jay Fluellen’s Of Journeys and Refuge, Carl MaultsBy’s Praise - A Sacred Jazz “Te Deum,” Ricky Ian Gordon’s Down the Road (texts by Langston Hughes), and spirituals by Philadelphia composers Rollo Dilworth and Clayton White at the Philadelphia Cathedral, 3723 Chestnut St., at 4 p.m. www. philadelphiacathedral.org


The premier Philadelphia storytelling group, Keepers of the Culture, share stories that inform, educate, and en- rich while celebrating the Af- rican and African-American oral tradition at the Central Library, 1901 Vine St., at 3:30 p.m. 215-686-5322.


Woodwind Instruments cel- ebrate the interplay of time, sound & memory at the Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square at 4 p.m. $25. www.tix.com


MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH


New Wave Sewing at the Haverford Library, 5543


Haverford Ave, at 5:30 p.m. This workshop-style sewing group will consist of instruc- tion in various sewing tech- niques and skills. We will be using an industrial sewing machine for progressive ses- sions that will build knowl- edge and skill. Some previ- ous sewing knowledge is required. Please bring a pair of shears, snips and a ruler. Fabric, industrial sewing ma- chine, and other tools will be provided. For more informa- tion and to register, contact the library at 215- 685-1964.


The Parents in Action Coun- cil is ready to help parents de- velop as community leaders, their child’s first teacher, ad- vocates for public education and life-long learners at the Enterprise Center CDC, 4548 Market St. at 5:30pm This meeting will allow parents to learn how to use Schoolnet, an online resource that allows parents to stay up to date on their child’s achievement in the classroom. To learn more about Parents In Action or to RSVP for the meeting, please contact Aleea Slappy at aslappy@theenterprisecenter. com or 215-895-4010


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25THG


Join Ms. Karen and intro- duce your baby to the magi- cal world of stories, songs, and rhymes at the Philadel- phia Institute, 1905 Locust St. at 10:15 a.m. This program is designed for babies 6 – 23 months and their caregivers. Please, wear a Halloween costume for the October 25th party. 215-685-6621.


Learn basic editing with Ap- ple’s Final Cut Pro, an excit- ing and powerful non-linear editing program that com- bines professional capability with consumer-level accessi- bility at the Scribe Video Cen- ter, 4212 every Tues thru Nov 29th


from 7-9 p.m. $195. www. scribe.og.


Local Author Discussion and Signing “The Strangest Tribe: How A Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge” Mu- sic Fan and History Profes- sor Stephen Tow at the Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St., at 6 p.m. 215-898-5965.


Muli-Cultural Interaction presentation at the Blackwell Library, 125 A S 52nd 6:30 p.m. 215-685-7433.


St., at


SCI-West, Friends of 40th Street and UCD invite you to the final presentation of the civic goals for the 40th Street Corridor at the Univer- sity Square Apartments, 3901 Market Sts., at 6 p.m. 610-945- 7105.


The Moonstone Poetry Series Presents Kiraat & Ray Brown at the Moonstone Arts Center,


Celebrate the Greening of the Lea School, 4700 Locust St., from 5:30- 6 p.m.


Flash Fiction Flash Mob at the Kelly Writer’s House, 3805 Locust Ave, at 6 p.m.


Life of the Poet with Leonard Gontarek at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S 13th


St.


from 5:30-7 p.m. $60 for 4 ses- sions. gontarek9@earthlink. net


Local Crime Experts Rank the Greatest Gangster Films of All Time “The Ultimate Book of Gang- ster Movies” The Philadel- phia Inquirer’s George Anas- tasia, 610-WIP talk-radio host Glen Macnow at the Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St. at 6 p.m. 215-898-5965.


110 A S 13th


St. at 7 p.m. www. themoonstoneartcenter.org.


The Secret Cinema will screen the Bride of Franken- stein at the Chestnut Hill Li- brary, 8711 Germantown Ave at 7:30 p.m. Free. www.thes- ecretcinema.com


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH


Annual Tween Halloween Party at the Independence Li- brary, 18 S 7th 215-685-1633.


St., at 4:30 p.m.


Nelson George will read from his book: The Plot Against Hip Hop at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S 13th


St.


at 7 p.m. www.themoon- stoneartscenter.org.


The Pennsylvania Horticul- tural Society will offer its nine-hour Tree Tenders train- ing course, which empowers and teaches concerned resi- dents how to make dramatic strides toward restoring and caring for the local tree popu- lation, from 5:45 to 8:45 p.m., at PHS headquarters, 100 N. 20th St., 5th Floor, Philadel- phia, PA 19103-1495.


The Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble announces the first pair of concerts in its 35th


sea-


son to be held on Friday, No- vember 4, 2011 at 8:00 PM and Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Old Pine Street Church, 4th


and Pine Streets


in historic Society Hill. Audi- ence members are invited to meet the musicians at a free reception in the church hall following each concert. $25/ adults, $5/students. 215-542- 4890.


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH


Advanced Script Writing with Tanya Hamilton at Scribe Video, 4212 Chestnut St., 11/10, 12/1 & 12/15 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. $140. www. scribe.org.


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