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ISSUE . February 18th, 2010

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Drill, Baby, Drill!

The inside story of Ed Rendell's plot to pillage Pennsylvania's forests, consequences be damned.

by Isaiah Thompson

Rendell didn't withdraw his request to lease the forest land. In fact, within a few weeks, he doubled it, to 80,000 acres.

Opinion

Editor's Letter:

Escape From South Philly

by Brian Howard

"Some days, hell is other Philadelphians."

Loose Canon:

O-D on 200,000

I'd consider a new car if there were any I actually wanted.

by Bruce Schimmel

If you own and drive a car, and think about all that really means, you know how it is to be addicted to dirty mobility, and to be unhappy with yourself about it.

Feedback:

Letters to the Editor

What You Say

"This is not NIMBY-ism for the disabled, low-income population; this is a safety issue for our neighborhood."

News

A Million Stories

All the news we care to print.

Nothing wets our pants quite like a report quantifying previously unquantified phenomena.

Disturbing the Peace

In Philly, the cops will arrest you for taking pictures of them arresting people.

by Andrew Thompson

Jauhien Sasnou was arrested for disorderly conduct after he took pictures of South Street cops clashing with concertgoers.

The Bell Curve

City Paper's Quality-o-Life-o-Meter

When news breaks in Philadelphia, we make jokes.

Man Overboard!:

Snow Contest

POLL: Can you call dibs on a parking spot you shoveled?

Be seated. Now, on this seventh week of 2010 comes "Complainant," Man Overboard!, with a Motion for Summary Judgment against "Defendant," the Unknown Resident of the 4800 Block of Cedar, known to this court as John/Jane Snow.

Arts

Full Exposure:

Lust in Translation

John Vettese sees what develops

by John Vettese

Aged and succumbing to Parkinson's disease, Edward Weston set up his camera on the rocky California coast in 1948 and framed up his final photographs.

Arts Picks:

Philly Rocks Your Playlist

Mon., Feb. 22, 6 p.m., $25, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 267-987-9865, 11thhourtheatrecompany.org.

by Mark Cofta

Don't wait till the 11th hour to buy tickets for Philly Rocks Your Playlist, the fifth annual fundraiser for Barrymore Award-winning 11th Hour Theatre Co.

Ancient Rome & America

Feb. 19-Aug. 1, $12-$20, National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St., 215-409-6700, constitutioncenter.org.

by Shaun Brady

visual art Having just overthrown a king, America's founding fathers were understandably averse to monarchies, shunning the trappings of royalty while laying the groundwork for

Art:

Fever Pitch

One Philly dance troupe lets imagination carry it to the farthest corners of reality.

by A.D. Amorosi

Picture this: Frenetic, sweaty lonely-hearts swarm a dancefloor, propelled by steely club music.

Theater Review:

Every Little Brit

by David Anthony Fox

For all of Hare's airs, The Breath of Life is the stuff of a Lifetime movie.

Buddy System

by Mark Cofta

A palpable feeling exists in the audience of a Bruce Graham play: the tingling sense of people eagerly awaiting reasons to laugh.

Kaleidoscope

Reality Hunger: A Manifesto | Black Dynamite | Bonfires on the Heath

Arts Picks:

Jimmy Heath

Thu., Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m., free, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org.

by Shaun Brady

The title of saxophonist/composer Jimmy Heath's new autobiography, I Walked With Giants (Temple University Press), is typically self-effacing, seemingly ranking his achievements somewhere below the jazz legends with whom he's worked.

Red Heroine

Fri., Feb. 19, 8 p.m., $12 (screening)-$15 (screening plus 6 p.m. Chinese New Year celebration), Ibrahim Theater at International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125, ihousephilly.org.

by Molly Eichel

The ass-kicking heroine is more fanboy fantasy than actualized female. But Yun Ko ain't one of those gun-toting busty babes.

New Edge Mix

Fri.-Sat., Feb. 19-20, 8 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 21, 3 p.m.; $12, Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave., 215-387-1911, cecarts.org.

by Janet Anderson

For 25 years, the Community Education Center's New Edge Mix has provided experience "for performers who have had few performing opportunities."

Movies

Once On This Island

Leo and Marty get Hitched on Shutter Island.

by Shaun Brady

Leonardo DiCaprio, Scorsese's most recent muse, stars as a federal marshal investigating a missing inmate on an isolated, Alcatraz-styled mental institution. He starts the film looking worse off than most action heroes do at the end of this sort of misadventure: sweat-drenched, bandaged and vomiting from seasickness.

Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts

by Cindy Fuchs

Juanita Wilson's beautifully composed The Door is the likely winner of this years Oscar for Best Short Film.

Repertory Film

Your weekly guide to local film events, festivals and under-the-radar screenings.

Send repertory film listings to molly.eichel@citypaper.net.

Music

One Track Mind:

Jeff The Brotherhood

Bone Jam

by John Vettese

A zippity fuzz guitar riff worthy of Yo La Tengo's "Sugarcube." Various oohs and high-spirited aahs. Handclaps, drumrolls and a single central dilemma: "How much money can we spend?"

Music Picks:

Daedelus

Mon., Feb. 22, 8 p.m., $10, with Nosaj Thing and Jogger, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

This rare tour celebrates the launch of his very own label, the excellently named Magical Properties.

Suite Spot:

Evolver

Darwin had the heart of a poet.

by Peter Burwasser

Charles Darwin was a scientist, yes, but he had the heart of a poet.

Album Reviews:

Dead Moon Rising

by Brian Howard

Sexagenarian husband/wife team Fred and Toody Cole's Pierced Arrows is a different band than defunct Oregon forest grunge outfit Dead Moon, which they also fronted.

Music Picks:

Lookbook

Thu., Feb. 18, 9 p.m., $8, with Hair Rocket, Nude Beach and SuperGoose, M Room, 15 W. Girard Ave., 215-739-5577, themanhattanroom.com.

by M.J. Fine

If we set our time machine to 1986 and dropped Minneapolis' Lookbook into a junior prom, their potential for slow-dance ubiquity would be as high as that of any number of synth-pop duos.

Memory Tapes

Fri., Feb. 19, 9 p.m., $10-$12, with Neon Indian and Making Time DJs, Voyeur, 1221 St. James St., 215-735-5772, igetrvng.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

Something is happening in South Jersey. Without a car, without a phone, reportedly just hanging around the house with his 4-year-old, Davye Hawk (frontman of erstwhile Philly rockers Hail Social) has somehow cracked open music's gooey, gushing heart.

Mission of Burma

Thu., Feb. 18, 8 p.m., $16, with Sleeper Agent, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.

by M.J. Fine

Since 2002, the resurgent Mission of Burma has lasted twice as long as its 1979 to 1983 heyday and doubled its original output.

VV Brown

Thu., Feb. 18, 9 p.m., $8-$10, with Prowler, MarBar, 4000 Walnut St., 215-222-0800, marbarphilly.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

She can do the brassy '60s girl-group thing with the best of 'e.

Food

Waiting Game

Lafayette Bistro is a neighborhood place in need of more neighbors.

by Trey Popp

Lafayette isn't exciting enough to pack in customers elbow-to-elbow, yet it shouldn't be empty, either. The lonely glow of those vacant tables is lovely in an Edward Hopper kind of way.

The Fab Pho

A group of UPenn undergrads excel in the underground soup business.

by Drew Lazor

If you're out and about around UPenn on a Monday evening and suddenly catch a whiff of deep, fragrant pho broth — cracked clove, star anise, the whole lot — follow your nose.

What's Cooking:

The Week in Eats

Get Out!

by Alexandra Harcharek

National Pancake Day at IHOP | Rum Dinner at Terra | Winter Olympics at Devil's Den | "Chocolate, Candy and Cough Drops" at West Laurel Hill Cemetery

Feeding Frenzy

Restaurants opening, closing and pending

by Drew Lazor

Garces Trading Company | Hoof Fin | Healthy Bites ToGo

Agenda

Agenda Lead:

Show and Tell

Photographer Henry Horenstein shoots the burlesque world and gives downtown drag king Murray Hill his close-up.

by Natalie Hope McDonald

"I was uncertain about whether I could even be a photographer. He asked me what it is I love doing. I thought, well, I like country music and I like to bet on the horses. He told me to go take pictures of that and said, 'If you take bad pictures at least you'll have a good time.'"

Queer Bait

Josh Middleton on the LGBTQ scene

by Josh Middleton

Mr. Gay Philadelphia Preliminary Rounds | Traverse Arts Project's Red Carpet Party | Philadelphia Black Gay Pride Fundraiser

Icepack

Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.

by A.D. Amorosi

Anyway, fast forward. Everyone's thrilled he's bringing a Pathmark to the NoLibs building block. Klassy with a k, that is.

Agenda Picks:

Coal Country

Fri., Feb. 19, 7 p.m., free, Wooden Shoe Books, 704 South St., 215-413-0999, woodenshoebooks.com.

by Emily Currier

Coal is deeply embedded in the history and economy of the people of the Appalachian Mountains, but many of the decisions about coal mining fall to the regional EPA office here in Philadelphia.

Desperate and Dateless

Desperate and Dateless, Fri., Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., $18-$30, Downstairs at World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.

by Sam Kaplan

For their latest show, sketch comedy troupe the WaitStaff (including CP ad lady Sara Carano) explores failed relationships and excruciating breakups — just in time for Valentine's Day's miserable wake.

The Darwin Music and Poetry Project

Fri., Feb. 19, 8 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 21, 2 p.m., $20, American Philosophical Society Museum, 427 Chestnut St., 215-848-7647, apsmuseum.org.

by Julia West

Finding artists to create work based on Charles Darwin was cake for the American Philosophical Society Museum.

Hal Sparks

Fri.-Sat., Feb. 19-20, 8 and 10:30 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 21, 6 p.m., $18, Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick, N.J., 732-545-4242, stressfactory.com.

by Brendan Bianowicz

Hal Sparks is best known to the world as a talking head on VH1's I Love the '70s/'80s/'90s, but he's been working the standup circuit since he was a teenager.

The 21st Annual Celebration of African Cultures

Sat., Feb. 20, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., free with $10 admission, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South St., 215-898-4000, penn.museum.

by Emily Currier

The 21st annual Celebration of African Cultures meshes ancient traditions with contemporary culture, from Capoeira to hip-hop.