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!

Billy Houston, a Landover Baptist Senior High youth, has been sharing Jesus in the virtual gaming world for over three years. "I evangelized in Lineage 2, Everquest, Diablo, and a bunch of other games," he says, "but I 商业吧 haven''t seen nearly as many people who are as open to hearing the Gospel message as I have inside the World of Warcraft." Billy has what gamers call, a Level 57 Undead Priest with Holy Focus. "I''m also in one of the largest Christian guilds on our server," he says. "I think the reason so many people 网站推广 are open to hearing about Jesus in the World of Warcraft is because the majority of people who play the game are lonely kids who don''t have any friends.

Christian game enthusiasts around the US are turning the world of Azeroth inside the new video game, "World of Warcraft" into a mission field, where virtual battles are fought and real souls are won to 福州热线 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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The World of Warcraft is ripe for eager young Christian evangelists to ply their trade. "I''m studying to be a missionary at Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Virginia," says one gamer (who prefers to remain anonymous) and sharing 游戏博客 the Good News of Jesus in Azeroth is a great way to practice soulwinning in Arkansas, where I''m from originally. I think that when Jesus said in Mark 16:15, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, He knew that True Christians? like me in the future, would be called into virtual worlds where we''d be witnessing to gnomes, trolls, night elves and all sorts of other creatures.

I followed some stupid gnome around for 8-hours until he finally told me that he would accept Jesus as his Personal Savior if I would just promise not to contact him anymore. Now that rocks!"

"I really like our guild leader," says young Billy Houston. "He has a strict policy against letting unsaved people join our group. I think he''s from Alabama in real life. In fact, he won''t even party-up with anyone who isn''t a 魔兽博客 Christian. He''s a level 60 Priest, and gets a lot of respect. He can climb right up to the top of the dwarf statue by the gates of Stormwind City and start street preaching to the Dark Elves and they will listen to everything he says. He''s done conversion duels on multiple servers where he challenges other players to duel with him. If he wins, they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. If he loses (which he never has) he will give them 6 pieces of silver."

Young Billy explains that it is very simple to announce the message of God''s love across the World of Warcraft game channels. "I have a hot-key macro that broadcasts, Jesus Loves You! Please Love Him Back or He Will Burn You in Hell! PM Me 考试博客 if you want to learn more! across four channels. I do it right when I log in. I usually get PM''d (Private Messaged) by a few characters who I then add to my buddy list.

Christian gamers are also excited that they are able to live out their faith in the same way the early True Christians? did, before their religion was sissified by liberalism, science, and political correctness. "It is such a rush to kill other players who refuse to accept Jesus Christ as Lord," says one gamer. "I feel like I can really practice my faith the way God intended it. It is like I''m 汽车博客 fighting alongside Christians of old, instead of the pansies and sissies from my Sunday school class."

I follow them around the game, across snow-capped mountains, and blasted wastelands until they accept Christ or persecute me so much that I have to report them to the server administrators for making fun of my religion. I think I''ve been responsible for getting over thirty accounts suspended for bigotry directed at me because of my faith."

Landover Baptist Pastors originally expressed 房产博客 some concern over the game because it looked like it promoted occult activity. "I told Pastor Deacon Fred that every single time I find an item that looks like it has something to do with the occult, I hop on a griffin and head straight to Ironforge where I auction it off. Christian food gamers shouldn''t be carrying that stuff around. We don''t enter places that serve alcohol in the game either. It is just not a good testimony. All the money I make from selling occult items to unsaved gamers, I auction off on E-bay for real cash, which I then put into the offering plate at our church on the last Sunday of each month."

One prospective missionary at the Landover Baptist Christian Academy says, "Most people who are mean, liberal, nasty, lonely, unsaved losers in real life choose to play the Horde (an evil race of characters in the World of Warcraft) and 电脑博客 people and guilds who are conservative, Republican and pretty much easier to win to wow gold Jesus Christ with are found in the Alliance. That''s why the real True Christians? pick the Horde to play as characters and start their guilds in Horde territory because they like the challenge of sharing Christ''s message in a perilous, lava-soaked, environment. Sometimes flower you have to pester people for weeks before they listen to you.

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.

Press Contact:
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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.

Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV and Brian Freedman of Classic Wines TV recently clashed in a contest of food and wine pairing skills. Hosted by The Wine School of Philadelphia, these two popular online personalities met in good-natured competition and wowed spectators with their competence and charisma.

Keith Wallace, founder and owner of The Wine School of Philadelphia, hosted the event. His plan was to create a high profile ‘Sommelier Smackdown,’ wherein the two wine professionals paired a four-course meal with the most appropriate wines they could find in a certain price range. The bottle selections were hidden from a team of dining judges, and both men had a chance to explain their choices during each portion of the meal. The judges scored each selection and declared a winner at the end of the final round.

Brian Freedman, one of Philadelphia’s most popular wine personalities, was a veteran of Smackdown events, while Gary Vaynerchuk, host of the Internet’s most popular wine video series, was no stranger to competition either. When asked how he secured the notoriously busy Vaynerchuk for the showdown, Wallace simply stated: “Getting Gary to join up was easy, I just emailed him. He's a busy guy, but he's got moxy. I knew he couldn't pass up a chance for an old-fashioned brawl.”

Click here to check out the first of four Smackdown videos.

MPS Fox Chase Reading Series
Saturday, July 26 @2pm
Poets
Glenn McLaughlin
Arlene Bernstein
3 Sister Corner Café
7950 Oxford Ave.
(corner of Barnes and Loney)
Philadelphia, Pa. 19111
www.foxchasereview.org
www.madpoetssociety.com
Admission: free

Bios:

In 2004, Arlene Bernstein created Friends of Poetry as a vehicle for performing her poetry and to highlight local poets and musicians, which she does regularly throughout the Main Line/Philadelphia/Media area in coffee shops, libraries, book stores, and private salons. She is a member of Mad Poets Society, New Philadelphia Poets, Freshmeadow Poets of Flushing, NY, and the Bonnie Baillis Havertown Poetry Circle. Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize (for a poem and an essay), she has also won contests locally and been published in many local and far-flung journals. She also writes fiction.

Glenn McLaughlin is a former plastics sales representative and a soon-to-be-former COO of a bio-medical start-up company. While he started reading and writing at age appropriate times in his life those activities did not include poetry until he was well into his fifth decade (not required for his chemistry degree). In the decade since, he has been published in several regional and online journals, published a volume of poems ("Something Catches," Roland Street, 2006) and has been invited to read at the Philadelphia Library plus numerous venues throughout the mid-Atlantic area. He conceived of and hosts the poetry series "Otherwise - Poetry at Churchill" in Pottstown, PA where he resides with his wife and their numerous pets, his children having
reached the point of self-sufficiency and flown the coop though still easily able to show up for dinner.

Go to Filmaka.com and enter their new international short film contest! For making a 1 to 3 minute film,15-20 winners win $500 to $3000 USD, plus the final winner of this Feature Film contest wins production funding for a feature film with film makers from Hollywood. The theme for the contest is called "TRUTH OR DARE" - more info at http://www.filmaka.com/competition.php?page=current&competition_id=261 .Submissions are due August 3.Guyz check out the Jury members (http://www.filmaka.com/jury.php) - who include Paul Schrader, Zak Penn and Werner Herzog and more.

Hello!

First Person Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to memoir and documentary art expressed in a variety of media. Every second Wednesday of the month, we hold a Salon to showcase that work. This month we are presenting a wonderful memoirist, Elisabeth Erickson along with two other dynamic presentations. And for the first time, we'll be serving beer!

Please join us Wednesday, July 9th at the Gershman Y- 401 South Broad St. from 7-9pm

Featuring:

* Documentary improv from Tongue & Groove
* Artist Rachel Fujita and her multimedia work, lovehateNYC
* Philadelphia writer Elisabeth Erickson

For a sneak preview of these artists check out the First Person Arts Blog: http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/first-person-salons-at-the-gershman-y/

$5 minimum admission. All ages welcome!

If you would like to have your own memoir or documentary work considered for inclusion in a future Salon, we¹d love to see it. Visit http://salons.firstpersonarts.org for information and an application.

Hope to see you there!
Maggie

msaia@firstpersonarts.org
www.firstpersonarts.org

I want to share with everyone the wonderful weekend vacation I have planned for the 4ht of July! I, like most of you I'm assuming, feel like the price of gas has placed a limit on my vacation opportunities.

Well, I'm not happy about it, so I did some research and I found a way to vacation without giving my money to gas conglomerates! This weekend I'm going to Philadelphia Premium Outlets!! I'm staying at the Comfort Inn and because it's teamed up with PPO I get a $25 gift card to the outlets! So the first 25 dollars I spend is completely on the outlets!

PPO is about 45 minutes northwest of Philadelphia so it's really close and it won't cost me a lot to get there. They have extended hours and additional savings for the holiday!! They already offer 25-65% off designer clothes and bags so I'm going to get great deals this weekend. They have about 150 stores so it's perfect that I'm giving myself the entire weekend to veg out at the hotel and shop at my own pace. It's going to feel so good to spend my money on things I can have for the next 5 years rather than spend my money on a plan trip far away.

On Saturday and Sunday PPO has entertainment in food court area. They have classic rock and oldies and they are featuring an acoustic guitar player and vocalist. I'm going to hear live music while I spend my money wisely this weekend! I'm so excited to celebrate the holiday and I'm not going to feel an ounce of guilt about it! Sorry, I coudn't resist the chance to tell everyone about this. If you don't decide to follow me have a great 4th of July!

That kick butt wow gold has now been updated.

Previously the guide was integrated into your wow gold main map using the Map Notes addon. Now they've brought it out to your main screen.

Here's a screenshot with wow gold just the main guide window open (see below for the smaller window.) Click the image for a bigger picture.

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Jewelry making is interesting work for children who wish to make jewelry of silver and other metals. It is an ancient and honorable craft which has unlimited possibilities.

An interesting feature of this type of craft work is that from the beginning, with a few essential tools, materials, and simple working drawings, one can learn to make really wearable gucci jewelry. As in any craft, practice is necessary in order to acquire the workmanship which will give good results.

Wire Work

Wire may form the foundation of a piece of jewelry, or it may be applied as a decoration. It is often twisted to add lightness to a design, and can easily be formed into coils or line units of decoration for flat or curved surfaces. Twists and coils of wire can be made of round, half round, or square wire.

Keep the 14 gauge or heavier wire in coils. Wire of a lighter gauge may be wound on spools. If kinks occur in the lighter gauge wire they can be removed by holding the wire ends firmly and the length taut while drawing it over the edge of a wooden bench, or block of wood.

The word "jig" is a mechanics' term given to a device which is used to guide a tool or a material. A jig makes the forming of an article easier during construction and makes the finished pieces mechanically more perfect. When a design requires duplication of parts, a jig is often used.

Wire Twisting

Often a design calls for a twist of given length, sometimes a tight or loose twist. To determine the length to cut the wire is important. The gauge of the wire as well as the number of twists the wire is given will determine the length of the finished piece. When round wire is used, two or more lengths are necessary for the twist. A rope-like effect may be obtained by twisting a single length of flat or square wire. All wire should be annealed.

Twisting Wire 18 Gauge or Lighter

Measure the amount needed for the twist. Loop the wire length in the center, and insert the two loose ends through the hole in the spool. Hold the ends in the jaws of a table vise. Insert a small steel rod through the loop of wire, and pull the wire taut. Hold the spool firmly against the rod. Turn the rod to twist the wire.

Twisting Wire 16 Gauge or Heavier

Hold the looped end of the wire in the jaws of the hand vise. Clamp the loose end in the jaws of the table vise. Turn the hand vise to twist the wire.

To Determine The Length

In cutting the wire for a definite length of finished twist, the following examples have been given of two round wires of different gauges and lengths.

18 gauge, 26 inches, twisted 50 times, gives 11 1/8, inches

18 gauge, 26 inches, twisted 75 times, gives 9 5/8 inches

18 gauge, 14 inches, twisted 50 times, gives 5 1/4 inches

Select a round steel mandrel the diameter of the coil desired. Place between two blocks of soft wood parallel with the grain of the wood.
Press the blocks between the jaws of the table vise to form a groove in each block. Remove the mandrel from the blocks, and file a groove at a right angle to the groove made by the mandrel.

June 9, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ALOUD performs in Philadelphia July 3rd

“This Boston-based band of fresh faced, precocious rockers fuel their music with a soulful, '70s vibe, channeling the energy of classic rock legends like Jimi Hendrix and The Doors." – Lime Wire Music Blog

Aloud
Thursday, July 3, 2008 – doors at 9pm
The Fire
412 West Girard Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19123
21+/$7 cover

More info: www.allthingsALOUD.com, www.fanthefury.com

Fiery rock n’ roll band Aloud returns to Philadelphia neighborhood rock venue The Fire on Thursday, July 3rd. Aloud are based in Boston, MA and are known for their boy-girl vocal harmonies, hooky guitars and energy-filled live show. This is Aloud’s second performance in Philadelphia in support of their new album Fan The Fury (Lemon Merchant Records).

Fan The Fury is dynamic collection of songs ‘packed with twenty-something rage, but also brimming with flourishes and crescendos’ (AlgoRhythms). The CD was produced in NYC by former Sony mix engineer Chuck Brody, whose other independent projects include work with Northern State, American Princes, Five O’ Clock Heroes, and Yoko Ono.

Fan The Fury features Aloud’s dual fronting team of matter-of-fact tenor/screamer Henry Beguiristain and extraordinary alto/crooner Jen de la Osa. The pair recite and belt songs of love, justice, rage and acceptance, accompanied by their own shimmering guitars. Bassist Roy Fonaine and drummer Ross Lohr complete the equation with their rhythmic grooves.

Since the official CD release last March, Fan The Fury has received rave reviews from alt weeklies and bloggers in Aloud’s hometown, and tracks from the CD are currently being broadcast on over 100 college radio stations nationwide.

For the most recent tour dates and press photos, please visit www.fanthefury.com, and Aloud’s official website www.allthingsALOUD.com.

Review copies of Fan The Fury are available by request. Please contact manager Annie Burns, annie*rcok, at annie@annierock.com.

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.

Press Contact:
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Emaleigh Doley, (215) 242-6393

Theatre Exile presents a return engagement of The Philly Fan by Bruce Graham, starring Tom McCarthy, and directed by Joe Canuso. This one-man hit show is a hilarious romp through fifty years of Philly sports history as seen by a hard core fan used to watching sure-thing victories turn into “oh-my-God-they-blew-it” defeats. June 10-15 at The Playground at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom Street. Tickets are $25 - $50; call (215)922-4462 or visit www.ThePhillyFan.net.

Hi. I hope this is ok that this is posted here. I don't work for PAWS but wanted to pass this around.

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These are the kittens who DESPERATELY need foster care TODAY:

A)Mom with two newborn tortoiseshell kittens

B)Three four-week-old tortoiseshell kittens

C)Three four-week-old kittens: one tabby and two black

D)Calico mom with three kittens: one calico, two tabby and white

E)Three four-week-old beautiful kittens

F)Two five-week-old black kittens

PAWS is located at 111 W. Hunting Park Avenue, and volunteers are there right now trying to find foster homes for all the kittens and cats who need to leave the shelter today so they won't be put down.

Please go to the shelter or call the foster office at 267-385-3800 ext. 114 if you can give these very vulnerable little ones a place to stay for a few weeks.

Foster care saves lives, every time! Join us in helping Philadelphia's homeless pets. Visit www.phillypaws.org today.

p.s. you can also foster dog, cats, bunnies and also can stop by anytime to walk the dogs or help out. It really does help if you, for whatever reason, can't have an animal right now.

Thanks. Please let people know about fostering.