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ISSUE . March 18th, 2010

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The Fall Guy

The student the School District blamed for the violence at South Philadelphia High School shares his story. It's not the same one District officials have been telling.

by Isaiah Thompson

The Vietnamese student in the middle of the SPHS controversy has his own story to tell — and so far, it's one that hasn't been told, because neither Judge James T. Giles, the police nor any school official has ever bothered to ask him what happened.

Opinion

Editor's Letter:

Oh Ale No

Is the PLCB creating a culture of beer fear?

by Brian Howard

"We play by the rules and whatever we perceived to be unlicensed, we immediately took off and sent back. We do everything by the book, no matter how irrational the book is."

Loose Canon:

She Got Jobs

"We are perfectly situated to receive a wave of money."

by Bruce Schimmel

Liz Robinson has an interesting problem: She has a growing number of good-paying, light construction jobs with good benefits, and not enough takers.

Feedback:

Letters to the Editor

What You Say

"This group is the most inconsistent group of basketball players with high salaries that was ever assembled."

News

4,671

That's how many victims Philly's only domestic violence shelter turned away last year.

by Holly Otterbein

"We had no idea it was going to be this bad." Keafer is not referring to the number of employees that WAA had to lay off, or even the crucial children's services that have fallen by the wayside. She's talking about the number of victims looking for an escape that WAA has had to plumb turn away.

A Million Stories

All the news we care to print.

by Jeffrey C. Billman, Holly Otterbein and Andrew Thompson

Many business owners would rather get the shits from their effete employees than see these bills pass.

Soapboxer:

No, You Can't Have a Pony

It's time to grow up.

by Jeffrey C. Billman

We have a serious problem: that is, the absolute lack of seriousness in our discussions of how we solve these problems.

Man Overboard!:

Adults, in Theory

The incidents at South Philly High School are systemic.

by Isaiah Thompson

"Everyone" hasn't been targeted at SPHS: Asians have been targeted. And "everyone" hasn't done the targeting.

The Bell Curve

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

When news breaks in Philadelphia, we make jokes.

Sports:

March Madness!

Too soon for "Two Coreys" jokes.

by E. James Beale

While the true sports fan can fend for himself, the other 90 percent needs something to talk about. We're here to provide talking points on the two teams you're going to have to deal with most.

Arts

Art:

A Woman of Appetites

Kathleen Turner comes to Philly kicking ass and taking names.

by A.D. Amorosi

Written by sister journalists Margaret and Allison Engel, the one-woman play takes on Ivins' brassy wit with a lust-for-life robustness that only Kathleen Turner could handle.

Full Exposure:

Mega Masters

John Vettese sees what develops: Megawords in NYC

by John Vettese

Megawords magazine's showcase at New York City independent publishing hub Printed Matter is like a three-dimensional scrapbook.

Theater Review:

The Confidence of Others

REVIEW: Language Rooms

by Mark Cofta

A greater awareness of the struggles of Arab-Americans is an unintended, but much overdue, benefit of post-9/11 rumination.

Kaleidoscope

Miro Mash-Ups | MANNA's Shut Up & Dance 2010 | Little Dragon | The Big To-Do

Arts Picks:

Macbeth/Midsummer

March 19-May 9, $35, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, 2111 Sansom St., 215-496-8001, phillyshakespeare.org.

by Mark Cofta

These plays are night and day, but since PST's hired the same actors for both productions, they might not feel so different.

Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers

Thu.-Sat., March 18-20, 8 p.m., $25, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., 215-925-9914, paintedbride.org.

by Christine Adkins

The piece relates the four elements of calligraphy: ink, brush, inkstone and paper, to the four elements of dance: body, energy, time and space.

Dance:

SCUBA

Fri., March 19, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., March 20, 2:30 p.m., $22, Conwell Dance Theater, 1801 N. Broad St., 215-546-2552, danceboxoffice.com.

by Deni Kasrel

Imports hail from Minneapolis and San Francisco, presenting pieces inspired by the human nervous system and George Orwell's Animal Farm.

Movies

Mother

City Paper Grade: A-

by Shaun Brady

Mother plays similar is a gritty policier which also becomes a slapstick comedy, and both a melo- and psycho-drama without ever conceding its whodunit identity.

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

Album Reviews

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | Emma Pollock | Seabear | Gorillaz | Acrassicauda

Suite Spot:

The House Rules

The Academy of Vocal Arts will congratulate itself with — what else? — a whole lot of singing.

by Peter Burwasser

The Academy of Vocal Arts' hall on Spruce Street, Helen Corning Warden Theater, is a most unlikely opera venue, but it is also a wonderful one. AVA will congratulate itself next Wednesday night with, what else, a whole lot of singing.

One Track Mind:

Joanna Newsom

"On a Good Day"

by K. Ross Hoffman

In four brief stanzas, sharing a single, unspeakably sweet melody, Newsom nimbly but lucidly sketches the emotional arc of her whole two-hour opus.

Music Picks:

Fruit Bats

Sun., March 21, 9 p.m., $12, with Blue Giant, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684, johnnybrendas.com.

by Brian Howard

James Mercer may be off doing his electro-pop thing with Broken Bells, but that doesn't mean you need to go without oblique, brainy, navel-gazing guitar pop.

Air

Thu., March 18, 8 p.m., $40, with AM and DJ Justin Paul, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 610-784-5400, livenation.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

Air first struck library-lounge gold more than a decade ago, and they're still digging that same vein they mined to uncanny perfection.

Food

Seuss Chef

Environmental lip service takes a back seat to tasty a.m. fare at Green Eggs Café.

by Trey Popp

Quinoa porridge sounds like an attempt to out-vegan the staunchest eco-Samaritan who ever walked in hemp sandals, but Green Eggs turned it into a $4.50 bowl of luxuriant bliss.

What's Cooking

Get Out!

by Alexandra Harcharek

Feeding Frenzy

Restaurants opening, closing and pending

by Drew Lazor

Tool Academy

REVIEW: Blood Into Wine

by Drew Lazor

With Merkin Vineyards and the associated Caduceus Cellars, Keenan and partner/mentor Eric Glomski are perched upon "the frontier of viticulture," setting out to prove that the soil can produce good grapes, a task described by one Napa Valley winemaker as "trying to make wine on the moon."

Agenda

Agenda Lead:

Fold-Up Follies

Tiny two-wheelers race through Fairmount at the Brompton Folder bike race.

by Julia West

"Monty Python meets Tour de France" is what Trophy Bikes co-owner Michael McGettigan keeps calling the Brompton Folder U.S. bike race. The more he talks about it, the more apt the term he coined seems.

Agenda Picks:

Tom Wilson

Wed., March 24-Sat., March 27, 8 and 10:30 p.m., $10-$15, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., 215-496-9001, heliumcomedy.com.

by Mandy Bee

Before he became Biff in Back to the Future, Tom Wilson was just a normal Philadelphia lad. What drew him away? "I was unable to develop a love of Izod sportswear," says Wilson.

Icepack

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

by A.D. Amorosi

You'll see The Runaways and wonder what the chicks from Twilight and I Am Sam are doing wearing shags in an un-ironic fashion. They're acting.

Queer Bait

Josh Middleton on the LGBTQ scene

by Josh Middleton

Same-Sex Ballroom Dance Competition | Pink Pub Crawl | Flyerse Gay Community Night

Agenda Picks:

Philadelphia Beard and Moustache Competition

Sat., March 20, 8 p.m., $5, Studio 34, 4522 Baltimore Ave., 215-387-3434, studio34yoga.com.

by Amy Strauss

Vandegrift, proudly unshaven for more than six months, invites fellows and females to contend in five non-gendered, audience-judged contests over natural and free-styled full and partial beards, 'staches, fakes and much more.

DIY Quick and Dirty Printeresting Swap

Sat., March 20, 2 p.m., free (e-mail evandenberg@printcenter.org to register), Print Center, 1614 Latimer St., 215-735-6090, ext. 1, printcenter.org.

by Julia West

Nothing in life is free, but if you know how to work it, you can score an interesting trade. That's the theory behind Printeresting's DIY swap.

Yelp's Philly Homegrown Party

Sat., March 20, 8-10 p.m., free, CITYSPACE, 2200 Walnut St., 215-626-3650, yelp.com.

by Alexandra Harcharek

User review site Yelp goes Philly-centric at its party of all things "artsy, crafty and creative," featuring farm-to-table restaurants and galleries highlighting area artists.

Celebration of Our Blessings with Gro Mambo

Sun., March 20, 3 p.m., free, Le Peristyle Haitian Sanctuary, 5629 N. Warnock St., 215-276-3633, leperistylehaitiansanctuary.com.

by Tom Tiballi

Mambo is holding a traditional Haitian voodoo ceremony, which doubles as a fundraiser for those not feeling the love from aid distribution centers.

Navigating Open Relationships

Fri., March 19, 7 p.m., $20-$30, Sexploratorium, 620 S. Fifth St., 215-829-4986, passion101classes.com.

by Josh Middleton

Sexploratorium instructor Kira Manser believes openly exploring individual sexual needs may initiate an emboldened partnership that exudes honesty and communication.