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City’s Volunteer Clean Block Program returns to your neighborhood Schedule your block three weeks in advance


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hus far, this season, 48,662 volunteers, includ-


ing the Block Captains, neighbors, and commu- nity groups filled over 45,789 bags on 6,577 blocks during their clean- ing activities.


PMBC (The Phila- delphia More Beautiful Committee (PMBC), part of the Streets Depart- ment’s Sanitation Divi-


Matthew Mitchell


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work as synthesizing a wide-range of electronic, acoustic, composed and improvised music. A resident of Philadelphia


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sion, began in 1965 as part of the “Clean-Up, Paint-Up, Fix-Up” initia- tive ) looks forward to working again with area neighbors and commu- nity groups in continuing their cleaning and beauti- fication efforts. PMBC reminds citi- zens of the following tips when participating in Clean Block Events: • All debris should be


since 1999, Mitchell has an impressive resume. His sextet, Central Chain, consists of sev- eral of New York City’s foremost improvisers, including Tim Berne, Oscar Noriega, Mary Halvorson, John Hebert, and Tomas Fujiwara. He also leads the quintet Normal Remarkable Persons, which includes Tim Berne, Herb Rob- ertson, Travis Laplante, and Tyshawn Sorey. He is a member of Tim Berne’s Snakeoil and has performed with other musical ensembles and collectives. In some ways, “It’s easier to be a side-man playing with a lot of musicians,” Mitchell explained. “If you’re a band leader, besides making sure that all of the music is right, you have to manage ev- erything from hotels to


bagged and placed at either end of the block to facilitate collection • No bulk or household trash will be collected during the Saturday Clean-Up Program • Do not sweep trash or dirt into inlets • Streets should not be blocked off with parked cars during cleaning Blocks who wish to or- ganize and elect a Block


logistics.” Working as a side-man certain hasn’t slowed Mitchell down. In fact, since Mitchell made that fateful decision to quit his day job, his schedule has become almost too full. “When you’re self- employed, early on, you feel like you’re never go- ing to work again if you don’t take work offered to you,” Mitchell said, explaining that except for a little time off in June, he hasn’t stopped. But after next month, he plans to take a long- awaited vacation. As for the $60,000 grant from the Pew Foundation, that will give Mitchell the help he needs to record more re- cords. Although Mitchell has released several albums on Scrapple Re- cords, he says that the recording industry no


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Captain, and blocks that wish to revitalize an inac- tive block club, should contact the Philadelphia More Beautiful Commit- tee at 215-685-3981. Upon request, the Clean Block Officer for your area will come out to help organize the block. For all City ser- vices, call 3-1-1.


longer exists the way it used in terms of paying to record and promote a musician’s work. With some exceptions, musi- cians pay for the re- cording and promotion themselves.


When it came to ap- plying for grants in the past, Mitchell had not gone through the pro- cess. “It’s a lot of work getting your work to- gether to be evaluated,” he explained. Artists however cannot apply to the Pew grant. “They have to be nominated,” Mitchell said, explaining that about thirty people nominate two musi- cians each. “Unless your nominators tells you, you never find out who that person is.”


I saw the possibility of the award as good,” Mitchell said, explaining that the Pew grants, “do not place restrictions on how it’s used.” As a re- sult, Mitchell pulled the necessary information together. By the time the Pew Foundation had announced the winners five months later, he’d been so busy—that he’d nearly forgotten about it. For more information on Mitchell or to hear a sample of his music, visit http://www.matt- mitchell.us.


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