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Balance between work and play is paramount for Lou Pollack — es-pecially when he’s designing products for his company Fairwear. Fairwear produces office-appropriate apparel made with ma-terials typically reserved for workout clothes. The products are

meant to be comfortable in versatile settings while having a clean design. “Each shirt definitely has a given function depending on the collar, the cut or the sleeve length. It’s definitely all driven by purpose and func-tion,” Pollack said. While creating Fairwear, which was launched in 2013, Pollack’s main source of inspiration was the time he spent in Fairmount Park on bike rides or runs.

“This is a such a special and unique place,’” Pollack said, describing his first thoughts after visiting the park. It’s exactly what I enjoy. It’s city living and it’s outdoor loving. It’s close to the city, but it’s disconnected and isolated just enough for you to pretend you’re not in the city.” “I think that balance really inspired Fairwear,” he added. “That’s sort of been my ethos moving forward.” Fairwear is a reflection not only of Fairmount Park, but of Philadel-phia in general. Learning more about the landscape and people of Phil-adelphia after Pollack moved to the city in 2013 was a crucial influence

Chlorinated solvents have contaminated soil and groundwater at 2207 West Glenwood Avenue, just south of 22nd & Dauphin Streets. Arbill Industries formerly ran an industrial laundry facility at that site. Perhaps intent on selling the property, the

firm now seeks to clean it up, according to a public notice they placed in Spirit of Penn’s Garden last week.

A sign on a building at the Glenwood Avenue address reads, “Paradise Pillow.” An administrative assistant at Arbill said the Glenwood Avenue operation closed in 2005.

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during the development of Fairwear. “The city is exciting. There’s a sense of exploration and learning something new every day that I think is just amazing,” he said. “It really only helps fuel my creative drive and gives me new perspective.” Fairwear has thrived because of the support he’s re-ceived from local organizations like the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and the city’s cycling community, including people like Shelly Salamon. Salamon, owner of Fairmount Bikes and Brewerytown Bikes, has helped Pollack gain awareness and a customer base by selling Fairwear products in stores. “It seemed like a great idea to have nice-looking clothes but to avoid being gross and sweaty,” Salamon said. “Ev-eryone who has bought a shirt in my shop really loves it.” Pollack’s awareness of the evolving “office blueprint,” as he called it, was another motivation to create Fairwear. In a society gone wireless, people work everywhere — in coffee shops, at home and on the go. Fairwear products are meant to accommodate such a fast-paced, ever-mov-ing lifestyle. “Today’s professional needs to be more diverse and ad-just to more environments than ever before,” Pollack said. “Fairwear is an extension of that. It’s grounded in everyday reality. You do have these everyday responsibilities… but you have great respect for the outdoors. It’s a little bit of both worlds.” Pollack’s products also participate in a “craft move-ment” he’s noticed within the city. The people Pollack cater to are those interested in the transparency of a business and their ability to learn ex-actly where their products are being made and by whom. Uniqueness is another quality of his product Pollack thinks attracts people. Despite Fairwear’s localized and specialized mission, Pollack’s success has breached farther than the city’s bor-ders. “This is an idea that’s going to resonate despite your geo-graphical location,” Pollack said.

With mentions in high-end publications such as Vogue, products have been sent to places such as Vancouver, the U.K., Australia and Asia. People in cities like New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco have also expressed interest. With a small business degree from Susquehanna Uni-versity, the self-serving aspect of being an entrepreneur al-ways attracted Pollack. However, Pollack admits he never expected to get involved in textiles as a kid. Creating Fair-wear was a lesson in fashion and as an entrepreneur, or “wearer of many hats” as he puts it. “One of the biggest attributes that business schools and

colleges won’t teach you or talk about is sort of the men-tal preparation for starting your own business,” Pollack said. “You have to be independent enough to think for yourself but also be aware of your climate and surround-ings and see the larger picture.” With a keen eye for trends in the city, Pollack taps in to his customers’ ideological needs just as much as their recreational ones. To him, a Fairwear shirt is more than breathable material. Fairwear is for people who want to exist outside of a suit and tie and live every moment of their day as comfortably as possible. •

Lou Pollack, founder of Fareware, at Brewerytown Bicycles, which is one of the stores that carries his clothing line./All photos by Grace Shallow

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Summer heat returned and turned up last week. We started the week cool and a bit rainy before 90s arrived by the weekend. This week will be similar to last week but a bit warmer. If you don’t

like extreme summer heat I can tell you that nothing ex-treme looks to be coming our way. Overall, it feels like typ-ical Summer weather that’s great for nighttime activities, playing outside and MLB baseball. Our two shots of rain this week are on Thursday and Monday. Thursday's storm is the larger of the two rain events along a slow moving front. Expect downpours for

a few hours. Rain on Monday is brought to us by a weak cold front and could feature some severe, but short lived, thunderstorms. We start the forecast on Wednesday on a warm note as temperatures climb through the 80s. Overall, a great day to be out and about! Thursday will be showery and humid as a weak storm moves through the region along a frontal boundary. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will be sunny and increas-ingly warm across the period. Temperatures on Friday and Saturday will mostly be in the 80s, with a pop up to

the 90s expected on Sunday. Monday will start hot and humid before a weak cold front comes through with thunderstorms, especially late in the morning and afternoon. Tuesday will be hot and humid as we get back into the 90s.

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On a recent Sunday morning at a few minutes before 9AM, the sky is clear and the air is com-fortable, but a bit too warm to be called cool. A hint of the day’s expected heat can already

be felt. Two members of the Strawberry Mansion Tennis Asso-ciation (SMTA) bat balls back and forth on one of the ten Miles Gray Jr., Memorial Tennis Courts in East Fairmount Park’s Mander Playground (33rd and Diamond Sts). They are not yet playing an actual game, but Salim Ali is prac-ticing his serving skills. A wire basket of tennis balls rests on the court beside him and he drills one after another across the net to the proper service receiving area. “There! That one got in!” As does the next. ”That’s in!” “I like to get out early, before the heat comes,” he re-marked to an onlooker. He said the SMTA was founded in June 1999 as an extension of the Strawberry Mansion Learning Center. At the after-school haven and education-al hub for children, the SMTA encouraged kids to exercise and not spend all their free time in front of a TV or game console. The SMTA has expanded its link to area children by reaching out to children by introducing the game to K-8 students at the nearby Ethel D. Allen Promise Academy, a public school at 32nd Street and Lehigh Avenue, teaching them how to play and giving them the opportunity to do so. Last year a drop in available city funding forced the can-cellation of the summer tennis camp for high-school-aged children at the Miles Gray Courts, but Ali is hopeful that funding will be restored this season and that the program will be resuscitated this year. Ali remains passionate about tennis after playing for 33 years and loves introducing people to the game, but young people are not the only ones he and the SMTA at-tempt to attract to the sport. Anyone who has never played before is a fair target for Ali’s zeal. There’s even a senior citizens group that plays on the courts, one of whom is 85 years old, Ali said proudly. An overriding goal of Ali's is to get people up and get moving to improve their health. And he is a perfect exam-ple of the that benefit of exercise. He claims to be 64 years old, but he could easily pass for ten years younger. Though men make a large portion of the SMTA, wom-en are also involved in the group. Of its total 47 members, eight are women, Ali said. One woman who showed up to the SMTA gathering on a recent Sunday morning introduced herself only as “En-nis.” She explained that, as a tennis player in high school, that became her nickname becasue her last name rhymes so closely with tennis. It's now the only name she used on the courts and remains so to this day. She said she came out that day to trade strokes with Ali. “I like to play with him. He’s so consistent.” But in addition to inspiring others to become more physi-cally active, especially through tennis, Ali and other mem-bers of SMTA also tend to the Gray courts and keep them clear of debris that would impede people’s play, he said.

“We do what the city doesn’t do," said George Brown, an SMTA member who said he has been using the Mander courts for about 20 years. But they are not the only ones who use the courts. “Others just come out to enjoy the area.” Ali says, waving an arm toward the other side of a fence dividing the two sets of five courts. A small group of men play a game on the other side of the fence. “We’re all stake-holders in the park,” he said. “The park belongs to all of us.” One of the non-SMTA players that morning, who identi-fied himself only as John, said the players with him all got together in an online “meet-up." John, who lives near Bala Cynwyd, said he has been link-

ing up with other tennis players that way for about a year. Ali said the next step to letting people know about the courts at Mander Playground is to find a broadcaster for a video that has already been produced about them. One possibility, he added, is the cable TV’s MIND channel. But for all its work to improve the health of Strawberry Mansion's children and adults, the SMTA is, at its core, a bunch of people who love to play tennis. “It’s a good group of guys,” said Ali, “with good personal-ities and all levels of [playing ability]. •

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Families gathered inside Cecil B. Moore Library to commemorate Juneteenth by learning how to play drums and learn about the legacy of eman-cipation in Texas.

Members from the storytelling group, Progeny’s Legacy Jama, engaged the audience in stories of African-Amer-ican slaves’ struggle for freedom and about what hap-pened on June 19th, 1865. Mama Carla Wiley, a library employee and member of Progeny's Legacy Jama, told a story from the perspectives of people who had been enslaved and liberated on the day slavery ended. Wiley said that the last slaves in Texas did not receive news of their freedom until two years after the Emancipa-tion Proclamation became official. While the Emancipa-tion Proclamation became official on Jan. 1, 1863, news that slaves were free did not reach Texas until June 19th, 1865, according to www.juneteenth.com. One explanation is that many slave owner withheld the information from their slaves on plantations to keep their labor. Another theory claims federal troops waited for the slave owners to benefit from one last cotton harvest be-fore going to Texas to enforce the Emancipation Procla-mation. But even after the slaves were free, there were white people intent on preventing African-Americans from cel-ebrating Juneteenth. Wiley said this included banning many from using indoor facilities for their Juneteenth fes-tivities. As a result, African-Americans held outdoor cele-brations with barbecues. Wiley baked all the food at the event, including peach cobbler, cake and cookies. She also offer a fun bit of trivia, explaining that Southerners call cobbler “family pie” and it originated when families needed to eat all their fruit be-fore it went bad. “We tried to give them (the children) the taste, sound and feeling of that time,” she said. Wiley dressed in a white skirt and wore a white scarf wrapped in her hair to show respect for her ancestors. She said white in African culture is worn to show reverence for the dead. Another member of Progeny’s Legacy Jama, Mama Nzinga, told a story about a little girl who was hiding and reading a book at the time the emancipation of slaves was announced in Texas. She created a fictional girl to insert into this story to provide a different point of view for the audience. “Juneteenth was my inspiration,” Nzinga said. She told the audience that they are not in physical chains anymore and reminded the children to always remember their ancestors. “We still have Black lives that don’t mat-ter,” Nzinga said. She emphasized the need to do more work to improve the lives of people who are discriminated against. “There’s a lot of hostility to other races,” she said. “We always have to aspire to do more.” Ron Carter, another member of the storytelling group,

taught the children about the significance of drums in African culture. When slave traders kidnapped and sold Africans into slavery, African people were forbidden from using drums because drums had multiple purposes in Af-rican culture, including sending messages to each other over miles, Carter said. “The American slave owners wanted to bend the slaves to their will,” he said. “That’s why they banned them from writing and reading." The slave owners may have taken away drums, but Af-rican-Americans learned to communicate through tap-dancing and storytelling. Carter said there are many pieces and stories of Af-rican-American history that are not taught in school. As a performer who plays various characters from Afri-can-American history, such as Frederick Douglass and James Forten, Carter recognizes the importance of teach-ing students about Juneteenth. Forten is not as well-known as Douglass, thanks to the history education students receive in schools, Carter said. Forten was a wealthy African-American abolitionist and businessman who lived in Philadelphia. Carter has performed as Forten at Phialdelphia public schools such as St. Malachy School. In an effort to fur-ther educate people, Carter is creating an organization called "Ron’s Workshop Voices of Drums" for participants to learn about different percussion instruments such as

drums, shakers and clave rhythm sticks. Not only do students not know of people such as Forten, but many are unaware of Juneteenth as the day that en-slaved Texans were freed. Many people believe that slaves were suddenly released from bondage all over the coun-try once the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. In fact, Wiley herself said she did not know about June-teenth until she was in her twenties. Wiley, Carter and Nzinga spoke about what Juneteenth means to them. “Juneteenth is a reminder of how certain segments within this American society try to hide the truth from the public at large,” Carter said. “I have to keep vigilant for information. You have to continue to seek knowl-edge.” Mama Carla agrees that lies are told and truths ob-scured. “For me, Juneteenth means truth,” she said. “I think there’s been a lot of lies told to African people about themselves. People have a real big fear of telling the bad things that happened in the past.” •

Members of Progeny’s Legacy Jama include Mama Nzinga (left), Ron Carter (middle) and Mama Carla Wiley (right). The three members passed the knowledge of Juneteenth to chil-dren and their families through creative storytelling and music.

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Arbill Industries’ corporate10450 Drummond Road office./Laura Evangelisto

Street view of the building on the 2200 block of West Glenwood Avenue./Laura Evangelisto

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requires that owners of chemically contaminated sites publicly display square signs like this one at 2207 W Glenwood Ave. to warn passersby of various dangerous materials nearby and the severity of the danger those materials pose. The number “4” in inside the red box on this sign means materials in this facility may burst into flames if exposed to sparks or heat above 72 degrees. The number “1” in the blue box means the facility contains materials “slightly hazardous” to human health./Laura Evangelisto

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Questions regarding the firm’s proposed cleanup plan were directed to Arbill's national headquarters. The head-quarters didn’t respond. Inspectors with the Pennsylvania Department of Envi-ronmental Protection (PA DEP) have documented un-confined leaks at the Glenwood Avenue site since at least 2008. A 2001 operating permit shows that Arbill at their Glen-wood Avenue site ran

“two 5.5 MMBTU/hr boilers, two heavy-duty petro-leum solvent dry cleaning washers, ten textile dry-ers with built-in condensers, three vacuum stills for petroleum solvent recovery and 26 hampers used to convey textiles in the City of Philadelphia.”

They washed toxically dirty laundry: stuff that gets so rank it worries the federal government. Operations like this exist because firms that deal with toxic stuff usually have to ship their workers' clothes to federally approved incinerators. It’s not cheap and nei-ther is buying new clothes all the time. Arbill’s laundry company helped firms that deal with a lot of toxic gear clean and recycle some of it for reuse. This saves money on new gear purchases. Arbill also helped ship the unsalvageable gear to federally regulated incin-erators. The Glenwood Avenue facility exported 180 tons of waste in 2005, according to the Environmental Protection Agen-cy. But why would Arbill put an ad in a newspaper about how a defunct facility they used to run is leaking chemicals? The answer to this question requires a brief historical de-tour. Federal laws passed in 1980 enabled government to hold anyone that builds, runs or bankrolls projects that result in toxic contamination liable for damages. The laws made it the government’s job to devise and carry out a cleanup plan. Those responsible for the contamination pay the bill. Finance and industry argued that the laws worked too well. Investors don't invest if and when they can be held liable for the consequences of their investments. Money stops moving. Everyone gets sad. Meanwhile, sites like Arbill’s continue leaking stuff into the soil under nearby gardens and public schools because no one will front the money to buy and redevelop such contaminated properties. In 1995, Pennsylvania lawmakers tried to fix this problem locally by passing Act 2. As one law scholar explains the legislation, it

“encourages the remediation and redevelopment of formerly contaminated properties by lowering the

environmental cleanup standards, providing protec-tion from liability, and giving financial incentives.”

So, Act 2 basically apologizes to investors: “Okay, we prom-ise not to sue you if you get involved with toxic real estate. We’ll also let you decide how clean these sites need to get instead of holding you to the old federal standards. Here's sweetener money from the public trough. Just, whatever you do, please don’t stop investing in real estate.” Obviously, these newer state laws diverge from the older federal ones in both practice and intent. Act 2 also demonstrates a good understanding of state bu-reaucratic sloth. Companies like Arbill, sitting on less-than-Chernobyl-grade toxic situations, apply and get accepted into the program. Those proposals default into approval after a few months unless state government steps up and actively blocks them. PA DEP has blocked three such proposals by Arbill since inspectors first reported the contamination in 2008. The fourth draft of Arbill’s application, however, may have de-faulted into approval. This would explain the notice Arbill placed in The Spirit of Penn's Garden last week. Act 2 requires that remediators publish a notice with some details about their cleanup plan in a “newspaper of general circulation.” Residents and lo-cal government have about a month from when the notice prints to comment on the proposal.

This is mostly a formality. Criticism of these proposals by residents means almost nothing without local gov-ernment’s support. Given that Arbill’s on the Philly payroll, it would be awkward for city officials to give such support in this case. And even if city officials did support such criti-cisms, there’s almost no publicly available information about Arbill’s plan to question. The notice Arbill published in The Spirit of Penn's Gar-den last week simply states the firm wants to perform “pathway elimination.” That's where you stop up bottle-necks through which contamination travels rather than treating or removing contaminated material. Treat-ment and removal of toxic chemicals costs considerably more money. Arbill sued firms Millennium Environmental Ser-vices and water testing firm QC Inc. around the time that the Glenwood Avenue plant closed. Those case files might’ve further detailed the contamination. But records from both cases, ID numbers 050100627 and 040502763, have since been destroyed. PA DEP granted Spirit News an appointment to review state records on Arbill’s Glenwood Avenue site later this month. We’ll publish information from that review in a follow-up of this article. •

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Central Intelligence Kevin Hart’s stand-up is so hilarious that, at times, it’s almost disappointing that his movies aren’t nearly up-to-par. That said, his latest film with the bulky, but ever so char-ismatic Dwayne Johnson, “Central Intelligence,” proves to be his best film yet. As Calvin Joyner, Hart plays someone who was the most popular guy in high school and now, nearly 20 years later, has turned into your typical, middle-class working man. He’s still married to his high school sweetheart and has a fine job as an accountant, but it’s as exciting as the life he had planned all those years ago. With his high school reunion coming up, Calvin is suddenly approached by Bob Stone (Johnson), a classmate of his who, at the time, was obese and embarrassed in front of the high school at the pep-rally. Now, Bob is big, muscular, and as charming as ever. From here on out, the movie takes a simple premise, adds on a CIA conspiracy and gets a little crazy, but is still funny be-cause Johnson and Hart are so charming that they make every second work. Even if the material isn’t always perfect, they both seem to love working together and it’s hard not to feel the excitement. •

Warcraft Regardless of how good the video games are, almost always, the movie adaptations tend not to work out so well. However, “Warcraft” does everything that fans of the game have come to love and expect; there’s action, magic, Orcs, and all sorts of other fantasy that made the game such a draw in the first place. The story itself is quite simple: two sides (one human, the other Orcs), all battle against one another. Director Duncan Jones, son of the late David Bowie, knows how to craft visuals in a unique way, even if the story isn’t always there. Still, people will know what they’re getting themselves into with “Warcraft," which is why it’s fine as is. Could have been better, but then again, so could have every other video game adaptation. •

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The Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) noticed a slight dip in enrollment during the 2014-2015 academic year. One way the college plans on boosting enrollment past their peak of

38,000 students in 2009-2010 is by building a residential hall to increase domestic and international enrollment. "On June 2, 2016, the Board of Trustees authorized the Community College to execute a letter of intent to com-mence negotiations to enter into a ground lease with de-veloper Radnor Property Group, LLC (RPG), on an exciting project that will begin to transform our college communi-ty by expanding the student experience,” CCP’s President, Dr. Donald Guy Generals said. According to Philly.com, CCP wants to build twin towers 11 stories high, available to any student that is enrolled with a special push toward students from overseas. The residential hall will be at 15th and Hamilton which is cur-rently a garage and industrial building already owned by CCP. There will be 500 residential apartments ranging from studios to 1 and 2 bedroom spaces. For every 50 students a Residential Assistant (RA) will be assigned. Along with the already furnished living space, CCP is looking to include retail spaces, recreation areas, parking, roommate match-ing and more in the buildings. The new addition to CCP is “an exciting project that will revitalize one of the only areas in our community that hasn’t been developed and is in need of serious repair,” according to a Fact Sheet presented by CCP’s Communi-cation Department. The last time CCP undertook a development on this scale was during 2008 and cost the school approx. $56 million. This project will more than double that at an approxi-mate $130 million that will cover the cost of two phases. The construction is projected to begin April 1, 2017 and Phase I is to be completed by July 1, 2018. Three years lat-er, Phase II of the project is expected to be completed on July 1, 2021. In order to bolster decreasing enrollment, CCP is trying to expand their internet presence to appeal to more stu-dents outside of Philadelphia and outside of the United States. With safe residential living it will be easier for com-muters and international students to attend the college. Those involved with CCP for this project are Radnor Property Group, LLC, BLT Architects, Bozzuto Manage-ment Company and Clemens Construction, Inc. •

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May 4 – July 15, 2016HOPE GINSBURG: BREATHING ON LAND: BAY OF FUNDY AND MISHA WYLLIE: OUT TO LUNCHTyler School of Art (2001. N 13th Street) is pleased to an-nounce the 2015/16 Distinguished Alumni Mentoring Pro-gram exhibition: Hope Ginsburg: Breathing on Land: Bay of Fundy and Misha Wyllie: Out to Lunch. This is the culminat-ing exhibition of Tyler’s fourth annual Distinguished Alum-ni Mentoring Program. These exhibitions are the result of the work produced during a six-month mentorship between Hope Ginsburg (BFA ‘96) and the exceptional recent Tyler graduate, Misha Wyllie (MFA ‘14). The exhibition will open on May 4, 2016 with a reception from 6:00 – 8:00 pm and will continue until Friday, July 15, 2015.For more info, http://tyler.temple.edu/temple-contemporary/whats-happening#

Every Saturday From June-September 9AM-12PMBREWERYTOWN GARDEN ORGANIC FARM STANDAt 27th and Master Sts., the Brewerytown Garden will host a farm stand selling seasonal organic produce. Past sales have included collard greens, kale, mustard greens, broccoli and more!For more info, visit Brewerytown Garden’s Facebook page.

June 22-July 16 10AM-6PM (Wed-Fri) & 12PM-6PM (Sat-Sun)CERULEAN ARTS’ 4TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITIONVisit Cerulean Arts’ 4th Annual exhibition and see over 20 lo-cal artists share their work with the community. On Friday, June 24 from 5-8PM join the artists and the curators at Ceru-lean Arts for the opening reception. For more info, contact Cerulean Arts at 267-514-8647

Thursday June 23, 5:30-7 PMOPEN HOUSE AT STATE REP. DONNA BULLOCK’S OFFICE (2835 GIRARD AVE)State Rep. Donna Bullock will host an open house at her of-fice to update her constituents on the work she is doing in Harrisburg. Bullock will also hear the concerns of those in her community. Light refreshments will be served.For more info, contact Rep. Bullock’s office at 215-684-3738

Wednesday June 29, 7-11PM“ROCKY” ON THE STEPS OF THE ART MUSEUMBring a blanket or a chair and watch an iconic Philadelphia movie at an iconic location. Starting at 7PM there will be events and activities held on the steps of the museum. The film screening will be at 9PM.

June 30, 7PMFAIRMOUNT CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING (DIFFER-ENT LOCATION: EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY)This month’s FCA will be held at Eastern State Penitentiary instead of City School). The Fairmount CDC will present two reports on progress and development in the neighborhood. “Healthy Corridors, Healthy Neighborhoods” looks at the performance of Fairmount and West Girard Avenues. “LQC Fairmount Ave” outlines a strategy for small scale enhance-ments to Fairmount Avenue.

Tuesday July 12, 6PMDELL MUSIC CENTERThe Dell Music Center show the movie “Minions.” Come join the community for a night of laughs, family fun and a free movie.

Saturday, July 16, 5:30-8:30 PMBASTILLE DAY AT EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARYJoin the Bearded Ladies cabaret for some historical fun and Monty Python inspired laughs. The free performance cul-minates in the storming of the Bastille. Following the show, visitors can take a twilight tour of the penitentiary ($10) or can visit one of nearby restaurants serving French food and drinks. For more info visit http://www.easternstate.org/bastille-day

July 20, 6-7:30 PMSUMMER SOCIAL & NEW MEMBER MEET + GREETEnjoy the warmer and longer summer months while net-working with friends and colleagues from the Greater Art Museum Business Alliance. It's our way of saying thanks for renewing and to share what promotions, events and seminars we have planned for the coming year. Meet at Jack's Firehouse, 2130 Fairmount Avenue. Free for mem-bers, $25 for non-members (non-members can apply their registration fee to member dues if they join on-site).

Saturday July 30, 12-8:30PMTENTH ANNUAL JAZZ ON THE AVEJoin Patty Jackson and Dyana Williams at the intersection of Broad St. and Cecil B. Moore Ave. for a day of free live music. The "Jazz on the Ave" stage will feature live music by Philly's own Trombonist, Jeff Bradshaw & Friends with special guests. The Philly Soul Stock stage will showcase upcoming, talented, young artists from the Philadelphia

and Metropolitan area. The artists lineup will be listed soon. The festival will feature health and wellness screen-ings, and HIV/AIDS testing.For more info, call 215-763-8868.

Monday, August 1FCA SUMMER SOCIAL The FCA Summer Social event will be on Monday August 1 at Jack’s Firehouse. There is no charge for members, but it will require an online signup because of space limita-tions. More details will be available soon.

NETWORKING EVENTS1st Tuesday of the Month, 6:30-8:30 PMDIG - Philadelphia Commercial Sub GroupDiversified Investors Group Meetup for London Grill 2301 Fairmount AvenueFor more info, contact Joe Scorese 215-290-5108 [email protected]

the spirit of penn's garden - june 22, 2016

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