Distortion: The Works of Peter Ehlinger

Peter is an artist who works in watercolors, pen and ink and pastels. He has been exhibiting work since the 1960's with showings in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Upstate New York. Peter participates in many art and craft fairs on the east coast and has won several awards in juried exhibitions. His work has been featured in galleries and in the homes/businesses of clients who have commissioned challenging projects.

Peter's Show Openings this Friday 7/18 with a reception from 6-9 at our home Cafe Mocha 263 S. 10th Street.

Joining us again is AQS Visual Management with "Rock and Roll Royalties" and AXD Gallery is doing their annual "Year in Review" show.

Come out!

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PHILADELPHIA – Mauckingbird Theatre Company will present Shakespeare's R&J by award-winning playwright Joe Calarco and directed by Mauckingbird Artistic Director Peter Reynolds from August 1 – 23, 2008 at the Adrienne Theatre's Mainstage, located at 2030 Sansom Street in Philadelphia. A follow up to the company's sold-out inaugural production of an all-male The Misanthrope, Shakespeare's R&J is also performed by a male cast. Named 1 of the "Five Best Plays" in London by The Independent, Shakespeare's R & J has enjoyed successful, critically acclaimed runs both off-Broadway and on London's West End. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students and are available by calling (215) 923-8909 or online at www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org.

Shakespeare's R&J spins the classic story of history's most famous "star-cross'd lovers" in a modern tale of teenage awakening. Mauckingbird Theatre Company's intimate production explores youthful desires, vulnerability and burgeoning sexuality as four schoolboys at a repressive preparatory school discover William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and find themselves suddenly immersed in the tragic story of forbidden love. As the boys assume the roles of all the play's characters, the classic tale begins to blur with the students' own lives and Shakespeare's verse is heard anew.

Hailed as a "vibrant, hot-blooded new adaptation [that] pulsates with an adolescent abandon" by The New York Times and an "exploration of passion and repression in both Shakespeare's time and our own" by Variety, Joe Calarco's revisionist tale continues to speak to audiences around the globe.

"Joe Calarco's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is inspired. It offers a powerful message of tolerance and acceptance without being didactic," says Peter Reynolds. "New discoveries are illuminated in Shakespeare's original text with the frequent gender changes of the characters, producing a provocative work that continues to remain timely and relevant in our current social and political climate."

The talented young cast of four is led by Evan Jonigkeit as Romeo, whose recent credits include Célimène in Mauckingbird's sold-out hit The Misanthrope, Six Characters in Search of an Author at People's Light & Theatre, Dishwashers at Walnut Street Theatre, and Fox TV's Twice a Hero. Conrad Ricamora portrays Juliet, and his recent credits include USER 927 (Brat Prod.), Ferdinand the Bull (Arden), West Side Story (New Candlelight), Romeo & Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew (NC Shakespeare Festival).

Newton Buchanan and Nicholas Park play the two other students and various characters. Buchanan has worked exclusively with Hedgerow Theatre for the past four years, appearing in over 30 productions as an actor, while Park is a senior musical theatre major at the University of the Arts who has appeared at the Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival.

The Misanthrope production team returns including set and costume designer Marie Anne Chiment, lighting designer Maria Shaplin, and voice and text coordinator Lynne Innerst, with the addition of fight director John V. Bellomo.

Founded by Artistic Director Peter Reynolds and Managing Director Lindsay Mauck, Mauckingbird Theatre Company is committed to producing professional gay-themed theatre, while also exploring classic literature and musical genres and providing affordable productions of infrequently produced works.

Reynolds currently serves as the Director of Musical Theater for the Department of Theater at Temple University. For Temple Theaters he has directed productions of Into the Woods, Ragtime, Company, Pericles, Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery and Beautiful Thing. In Philadelphia, he has directed productions at Act II Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, Hedgerow Theatre, Villanova Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company in their collaborations with Philadelphia Young Playwrights, and he spent two seasons with the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center in New Jersey where he assisted the Producing Artistic Director. Reynolds spent 6 years as Artistic Director of the award-winning HealthWorks Theatre in Chicago and has also worked at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Theatre Building Chicago, Apollo Theatre Chicago, St. Louis' HotCity Theatre, Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, and Maples Repertory.

Playwright and director Joe Calarco is the creator of Shakespeare's R&J, winner of the 1998 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Special Achievement in Theatre for an off-Broadway production. Calarco also directed the play's premieres in Chicago (garnering five Jeff Award nominations including Best Play and Best Director), Washington, D.C. (garnering the Helen Hayes Award nominations for Best Play and Best Director), London's West End (named 1 of the "Five Best Plays" by The Independent, honorable mention from the Evening Standard Awards committee for direction), and the Japanese premiere in Tokyo. Calarco's regional credits include Philadelphia Theatre Company's The Last Five Years (Barrymore Award-nominee for Best Director, winner for Best Musical) and Elegies: a song cycle (seven-time Barrymore Award-nominee with wins for Best Musical Director and Best Ensemble of a Musical).

PERFORMANCES:
Fri, 8/1 : Sat, 8/2 : Sun, 8/3 : @ 7:30PM *previews*
Wed, 8/6 7:00pm *OPENING NIGHT*
Thu, 8/7 : Fri, 8/8 : Sat, 8/9 @ 7:30PM
Wed, 8/13 : Thu, 8/14 : Fri, 8/15 : Sat, 8/16 @ 7:30PM
Sun, 8/17 @ 2:00PM
Wed, 8/20 : Thu, 8/21 : Fri, 8/22 : Sat, 8/23 @ 7:30PM

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students and are available by calling (215) 923-8909 or online at www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org.

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Free the (Schuylkill) River Park Documentary Premier
Followed by Panel Discussion on the Power of Civic Activism

The free viewing of “Free the River Park” will be followed by a panel discussion on the campaign featuring key elected officials and activists. The panel will include Councilman Darrell Clarke, State Representative Babette Josephs and Schuylkill River Park Alliance co-chair Russell Meddin. The movie will be preceded by a light reception.

Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008
Time: 7:30 pm screening; doors open at 6:30
Location: The Academy of Natural Sciences, main auditorium

The film explores a citizens’ ultimately victorious efforts to create and preserve at grade access to the Schuylkill River Park despite the adamant objections of CSX Railroad. The 15-minute film chronicles the protracted grass-roots fight against CSX and their effort to block the community's access to the Schuylkill river, and serves to inspire and instruct other organizations on how to successfully wage efforts to improve and protect their own communities.

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First Person Salon at the Gershman Y, June 11th
featuring Celebrated writer Lorene Cary, muralist Donald Gensler and
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Kanter, Director of New Cops

The City’s creative community continues to embrace First Person Arts interactive programming, including the new monthly First Person Salons series, drawing dedicated and enthusiastic audiences. Held at the Gershman Y (401 S. Broad Street) from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. on second Wednesdays, the multi-disciplinary Salons showcase original works by some of the City’s finest local artists in a variety of artistic mediums, from the written word and documentary film to visual and performing arts. Each month, Philadelphians gather for this engaging series to get an inside-peek into the creative process. On June 11th, the Salon series welcomes celebrated writer Lorene Cary, muralist Donald Gensler, and filmmaker Ron Kanter, all of whom live and work in Philadelphia, and each of whom has created memoir and documentary art that has gained local and national recognition.

Founder of Philadelphia’s Art Sanctuary and Senior Lecturer in creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania, Lorene Cary will read selections from her recent memoir writing, followed by a discussion with Salon audiences. A celebrated writer, Cary is the author of FREE!, a collection of true-life Underground Railroad Stories for young readers; The Price of A Child, a 1995 novel chosen as a One Book, One Philadelphia selection; Pride, a contemporary novel, and the best-selling memoir Black Ice, an American Library Association Notable Book.

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Kanter will discuss his newly released documentary New Cops. For eight months, Kanter followed the members of Class 332 through the Philadelphia Police Academy, capturing their transformation from ordinary citizens to professional police officers. Five years later, he returned to document their experiences on the job. Audience members will have the opportunity to hear first-hand from several of the officers featured in the documentary.

Rounding out the diverse group of presenters is muralist Donald Gensler, a frequent collaborator with Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program. Gensler will discuss the process of developing his latest work-in-progress, the mural Independence Starts Here, located at the intersection of Broad and Race Streets, which depicts active people who are living with disabilities.

First Person Arts is a nonprofit organization and producer of the annual First Person Festival, First Person StorySlams series and other programs that tap into the power of personal stories and speak to diverse audiences, including people whose voices are not often heard. First Person Arts is guided by the belief that the sharing of personal experience is a powerful way for people to celebrate uniqueness, bridge differences, and find common ground. For more information, please visit www.firstpersonarts.org.

Upcoming First Person Salon Events
Wednesday, June 14; artists: Lorene Cary, Ron Kanter and Donald Gensler
Wednesday, July 8; artists: TBA
Wednesday, August 13; artists: TBA

All First Person Salons are held at the Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad Street
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. every second Wednesday of the month
$5-10 sliding scale

For more information, contact First Person Arts at (267) 402-2056 or www.firstpersonarts.org. Artists working in all media and at all levels of experience, whose work is based in real-life experience, are encouraged to submit their work for consideration at future Salon events. To apply, visit www.salons.firstpersonarts.org or email salons@firstpersonarts.org.

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Michael Andrew is as much of a mystery as his art corporation, or should I say corporation artist. There's a new permanent display inside the Hahnemann Library on 15th and Vine. At first glance it seems too simple, like a character in a Daniel Clowes story: an artist who paints words - except these words are different. These are positive words, and they're never repeated. They use the Arial computer font exclusively, and they just float - if you look at them long enough the meaning disappears utterly, but you remember the word for a long time, and it feels ...nice. There's also a little number on the side of each painting, because there's much more at work here. What looks at first to be simple mass-produced white rectangles with words printed on them are actually hand-made paintings with black wax letters. The Niceart Corporation is in fact a real corporation. I checked, it's real. Who Michael Andrew is or where he's from I have no idea, but I have a feeling we have our next Warhol or Kostabi on the way. Oh yes, one more thing; the paintings are cheap and the shipping is free. I bought one and it's marvelous. I highly recommend you buy one too. Do a google search for "niceart" or go to "iheartniceart" dot com. You can't miss them!

May 9, 2008
To whom it may concern,
Willan Franklyn Joseph, a man claiming to be a Civil Rights Attorney received and cashed an insurance claim check from Nautilus Insurance Co., on behalf of the 558 N. 16th St. Condominium Association. This insurance claim check was for a fire damage claim that occurred on November 23, 2004, at the hands of contractors who were reported to be smoking while working with a propane torch. Mr. Joseph, the self-appointed president and owner of unit #2 and unit #3, negotiated on behalf of Unit #1’s owner, Mrs. Essie Swain, a senior-citizen, retired teacher who volunteers teaching children and adults to read. Mr. Joseph illegally and immorally negotiated and accepted a claim adjustment on Mrs. Swain’s behalf, without her written or oral consent to do so. As a result, the claims check that was received and cashed in February 2005, by Willan Franklyn Joseph through his I.O.L.T.A. account for attorneys in the amount of approximately $173,000. Mrs. Swain hired an independent adjuster who assessed the total damages at $118,000. Mr. Josephs informed the independent adjuster, hired by Mrs. Swain, that an adjuster hired by Mr. Joseph would be adjusting the claim on behalf of the 558 N. 16th St. Condo Association. As a result the adjuster hired by Mr. Joseph assessed the damages for Mrs. Swain Unit at roughly $13,000 which was accepted by Willan Franklyn Joseph; Mrs. Swain was never given an opportunity to accept or reject the claim adjuster’s damage assessment. As of today, May 9, 2008, Mrs. Swain has not received any funds from Mr. Joseph. Mrs. Swain was forced to retain the services of Edith A. Pearce, Esquire, and has accumulated legal fees in the $20,000 range. Out of pocket expenses include loss of use, loss of rent, personal- property damage, real property damage, building supplies, repairs to common areas as well to Mr. Joseph‘s condo. The repairs were paid by Mrs. Swain in order to keep her condo unit from sustaining any further damages. The repairs also include a new roof that was paid for out of pocket by Mrs. Swain, totaling approximately $23,000. Mr. Joseph has not provided an account or escrow account of the funds that he received 39 months ago. The damages involving this case have escalated to more than $400k, due to the lack of repairs in a timely manner by Mr. Joseph, as well as, an inadequate damage assessment by Young Adjustment Company, hired by Mr. Joseph. The District Attorney’s Office of Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Insurance Commission and the Disciplinary Board of Attorneys have all been contacted to report the unethical and illegal actions of Willan Franklyn Joseph. The District Attorney’s Office had the file for 4 months and nothing was done. Mrs. Essie Swain has been fighting this situation for more than 3 years and received nothing but financial hardship, stress, frustration, legal fees, out of pocket fees and expenses. The absolute baffling part is that this “attorney”, despite the file given to the D.A. office containing a lot of incriminating evidence, in regards to this incident , as well as, several other incidents, Willan Franklyn Joseph has not been charged, tried, reported for theft, Insurance Fraud or anything. Why or How is that possible? Are attorneys above the law? Is this kind of behavior acceptable from an individual claiming to represent and practice law? Willan Franklyn Joseph is an absolute embarrassment to the legal profession as well as, the human race. Aadditional information is available upon request. Please let us know, if you are able to assist in resolving this problem. Thanking you in advance for your immediate attention to this situation.
Mrs. Essie Swain – EssieGranam@aol.com
Mr. Art Swain Jr, -Artbowl826@aol.com

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At 11.30a today a fire broke out at a University of the Arts metal foundry studio at the northeast corner of 15th and Pine Sts. According to UArts Chief Communications Officer, Paul Healy, artists in the studio use wax to create bronze sculptures. The casts are placed in a kiln where the wax melts off (lost wax casting). Normally, the wax is burned in the fire of the kiln, but in this case, wax accumulated underneath the kiln, overheated, and caught fire. One person was in the studio at the time of the fire, but got out safely. Onlookers said he ran back inside, twice, after realizing there were several liters of highly flammable liquids still in the studio as the fire department had not made it to the scene at the time.

Approximately 4 ladder companies, 1 snorkel company, 1 SQRT company and loads of EMS crews were on hand to put out the blaze and help anyone in need. Above are firefighters opening up the roof of the building.

By 12.10p, most of the blaze was out after the roof was opened up, but additional water was poured in to cool everything off.

By 12.30p, the fire crews were packing up while the last of the water was poured onto the roof.

There was no word as to how much of the foundry was burned or if it would be reopened anytime soon.