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If you miss the Monday noon editorial deadline for Almanac listings, please enter your event yourself, day or night, on our online calendars at www.ucreview.com and www.weeklypress.com! In order to have events published in our calen- dar, you must provide a phone, as well as website address if available for more information! To submit new calendar list- ings, email newsdesk@ pressreview.net, fax: 215- 222-2378.


WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8TH


Drop off leavers for Compost at the Dirt Fac- tory, 4308 Market St., on Wednesdays from 5-6 p.m. 215-243-0555 or compost@universitycity. org.


Farmer’s Market at the Porch at 30th


St. Station


from 11 a.m.- 2p.m. 215- 243-0555.


Screening of Avatar Book 1: Water at the Blackwell Library, 125 A S. 40th


685-7433.


Carl Winters plays Kalim- ba (African finger piano) at the Central Library, 1901 Vine St., at 10:30 a.m. 215-686-5322.


THURSDAY, AUGUST 9TH


Sander Hicks author of Slingshot to the Jug- gernaut: Total Resistance to the Death Machine Means Complete Love of the Truth, at the Moon- stone Arts Center, 110 A S. 13th


St., at 7 p.m. 215-


735-9600, www.moon- stoneartscenter.org.


FRIDAY, AUGUST 10TH


Free-play storytelling on the Parkway between 21st


-22nd 215-686-53.


Lancaster Avenue 2nd Friday, events/discounts from 34th


to 41st Streets,


from 5-9 p.m. 267-591- 9069.


Scribe Video presents the screening of inde- pendent short films: My


Name Is Seven, African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal, Can We Keep it Real? (with Teen Maga- zines), The Beat Before the Lyrics: Examining What’s After The Beat at Hawthorne Cultural Center 12th & Carpenter Streets beginning at 7:45 p.m. with a performance by Mass Man. Emcee: Lyrispect. Free. www. scribevideo.org. 215-222- 4201.


The RJ Johnson Trio & Steve Gokh Quartet: a band which focuses largely on original com- positions which are in- spired by the harmonic aspects of classical music and the interplay of jazz at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S. 13th


St., at


9 p.m. $5. 215-735-9600, www.moonstoneartscen- ter.org.


The Friends of Walnut West Library holds won- derful book sales every Friday from 12:30 to 2:30 on the sidewalk at 40th & Walnut Streets. 215-686- 7671.


St., at 2 p.m. 215-


Walnut Hill Farm Stand, 46th


& Market, from 3-6


p.m. 215-382-7522. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11TH


Farm share pickups and classes are held every Saturday from 10:00 am - 12:15pm starting at Greensgrow Farms, 2501 E. Cumberland St., and ends on September 29th


.


267-496-0148, www. greensgrow.org/life.


Lancaster Ave Farmer’s Market, 38th


St. East of


Lancaster Ave, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 215-382-7522.


Sts. at 10:30 a.m.


Scribe Video Presents: the screening of Inde- pendent Short Films: Plastic Bag, White, Hate in the Hallways: Chal- lenging Homophobia in Schools, Perception at the Haddington Memorial Garden, 536 N. 54th St., starting with a perfor- mance by Ursula Rucker & Tim Motzer. Emcee: Dyana Williams. Free. www.scribevideo.org. 215-222-4201.


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SUNDAY, AUGUST 12TH


Philadelphia Chapter The National Council for Geocosmic Research, Inc., NCGR Presents a discussion on old and new chapter business and a look at the upcom- ing USA election and inauguration charts at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110 A S. 13th


St., at 3 p.m.


215-735-9600, www. moonstoneartscenter.org.


MONDAY, AUGUST 13TH


College Prep Boot Camp at the Walnut West Li- brary, 201 S. 40th 685-7671.


St. 215-


David Haugaard, lec- turer from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, will use examples from eighteenth century Penn- sylvania sources to de- scribe how genealogists can learn about the life, not just the vital statistics, of their ancestors at the Independence Library, 18 S. 7th


St. at 6 p.m. 215- 685-1633.


Wine and cheese recep- tion for photographer Stephanie Sarkar, at the Gold Standard Café, 4801 Baltimore Ave, at 5:30 p.m. 215-727-8247. www.thegoldstandard- cafe.com.


TUESDAY, AUGUST 14TH


Join Ms. Wilhelmina for a special Frog Tales story time at the Blackwell Library, 125 A S. 52nd


St.,


at 6:30 p.m. Children are welcome to wear their favorite pajamas and bring their favorite blanket or stuffed animal while enjoying bedtime stories and rhymes. 215- 685-7433.


Let’s Speak English at the Central Library, 1901 Vine St., at 5:30 p.m. 215- 685-5322.


Screening of Avatar Book 2: Earth at the Blackwell Library, 125 A S. 40th 17th


St., at 2 p.m. the 14th . 215-685-7433.


Come enjoy a casual evening of fine art, wine, and live violinist Doug Jasik at the Chestnut Hill Gallery, 8117 German- town Ave, from 7-8 p.m. 215-248-2549.


Join us for a discussion of Barnaby Rudge at the Central Library, 1901 Vine St., at 6:30 p.m. First pub- lished weekly in Master Humphrey’s Clock after the conclusion of The Old Curiosity Shop. Dick- ens’s first historical novel tells the story of the anti- Catholic Gordon Riots, which convulsed London in 1780, intertwined with a murder mystery. 215- 686-5322.


Philadelphia Corpora- tion for Aging will pres- ent “Passing on Wisdom,” a breast health education program at Opportuni- ties Towers III, 5524-60 Haverford Ave.,


from -


WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15TH Drop off leavers for


1-2:230 p.m. Participants will hear from an older breast cancer survivor, whose self-examination led her to discover her disease. Sharon Congle- ton, RN, BSN,PCA health promotion nurse super- visor, will lead a discus-


Compost at the Dirt Fac- tory, 4308 Market St., on Wednesdays from 5-6 p.m. 215-243-0555. compost@universitycity. org.


Farmer’s Market at the Porch at 30th


St. Station


from 11 a.m.- 2p.m. 215- 243-0555.


Legal Healthcare Docu- ments that every Patient Should Understand at the Central Library, 1901 Vine St., at 11 a.m. Presented by Le’Roi L. Gill, M Div., JD. 215-686-5322.


THURSDAY, AUGUST 16TH


Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll on the 41st-52nd


from 5-9 p.m. 215-243- 0555.


Charles Bukowski Birth- day Party with Poetry and Music at the Moon- stone Arts Center, 110 A S. 13th


St., at 7 p.m. 215-


735-9600, www.moon- stoneartscenter.org.


The Bobbie Carter Foundation Diabetes Games Night at Park Avenue Banquet Hall, 4942 Parkside Ave, from 6-8:30 p.m. Join in on the fun with The Price Is Right, Diabetes Family Feud, and plenty of door prizes. Enjoy a buffet, and wine sampling for $5. To get your ticket call Yanina Carter at. 267-586-2268.


There will be a blow out book sale at the Walnut Street West Library from 12-2:30 p.m. All books will be 2 for the price of one. The sale is on the Walnut Street sidewalk at 40th Street. Check it out.


The Secret Cinema will screen “Sudden Fear,” a Joan Crawford thriller that is arguably one of her best, yet (now) least- known films at the Wil- liam’s Way Center, 1315 Spruce St., at 7:30 p.m. Food & drink from 6-7:15 p.m. $20 in advance/$25/ door. 215- 587-9377, www.secretcinema.com.


The Atlantic Coast Op- era Festival: the Voice of Tomorrow’s Opera Stars, is proud to announce its 2012 exciting Season Pro- duction of the great op- eratic masterpiece Otello


Screening of Camp Rock at the Blackwell Library, 125 A S. 52nd St., at 2:30 p.m. 215-685-7433


The Citizen’s Planning Institute (CPI) is pleased to announce summer workshops to provide information on the new Philadelphia Zoning Code, which will take ef- fect on August 22, 2012 at the Planning Com- mission Hearing Room, 1515 Arch St., from 9 a.m.- noon. http://citizens- planninginstitute.org.


MONDAY, AUGUST 20TH


Teens are invited to par- ticipate in We the Poets presented by Artwell – a ten week creative writ- ing workshop series to strengthen their creative voices and improve their literacy and communica- tion skills. Workshops are enriched through writing and spoken word perfor- mances at the Durham Library, 3320 Haverford Ave, at 5 p.m. This work- shop series generously provided by Drexel Uni- versity’s Lindy Center for Civic Engagement. 215- 685-7436.


Sts.,


sion on breast health, including breast cancer prevention, risk factors, signs and symptoms, and treatment options. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Brandi Wilson at 267-284- 0380 or email resident- servicescoordinator@ comcast.net.


FRIDAY, AUGUST 17TH


Computer Basics for those who have never used a computer before at the Central Library, 1901 Vine St., at 2 p.m. This class is offered on a first come, first served ba- sis. We encourage people to come 30 minutes be- fore the start of the class. Please come to the main lobby desk with your li- brary card to get a ticket for the class. The first 12 people will be admitted. 215-686-5322.


by the famous Italian composer Giuseppe Ver- di!! Playing at the Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, the 17th


& 18th


7 p.m. with a matinee screening on the 19th


at at 2


p.m. $18-$36. 800-515- 0671, http://www.Atlan- ticCoastOperaFestival.org.


Walnut Hill Farm Stand, 46th


& Market, from 3-6


p.m. 215-382-7522. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH


Farm share pickups and classes are held every Saturday from 10:00am - 12:15pm starting at Greensgrow Farms, 2501 E. Cumberland St. and ends on September 29th


.


267-496-0148, www. greensgrow.org/life.


Lancaster Ave Farmer’s Market, 38th


St. East of


Lancaster Ave, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 215-382-7522.


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