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Weekend Update: Fairmount Arts & Culture Day, Clark Maloney’s Memorial & Get Christy Love

Another packed weekend with lots of stops, and I am so behind in everything. So I’m going to do a little wrap up of the weekend here with info you might be interested in.

 Thanks Replica Creative for having an exhibit of my #Selfie work on your walls on Friday. So fun seeing them printed. Thanks to my friends who stopped by…You guys have to see how this decal photo thing looks like. It’s great. Easy on, and easy off. Easy storage.

 Saturday was the Fairmount Arts & Culture Day in the neighborhood. It was a nice turnout for their first time. Lots of local business’ took part in the day as well as civic organizations.

Here comes the mascot for Recycle Philly. Check out all the updates going on in the neighborhood HERE!

Saturday night is was nice to see a lot of friends and celebrate a very Happy Birthday
 Get Christie Love. Nice gathering with a few friends, and lots of good looking relatives of the Honigman’s. It runs in the family.
 Sunday I headed to Morgan’s Pier and Clark Maloney‘s Memorial Gathering.

 A very nice crowd came out to reminisce about Clark, who passed away suddenly last month.

 His brother, sister and other relatives were on hand as well as organizers Angela and Gary Thorpe.
 Plenty of friends, bosses, partners and roommates.

 Rocking Matching Rock Lobster shirts.

 On my way back to my car, which was parked about a mile away cause so much was happening on the river Sunday, I stopped by River Rink at Penns Landing. What a gorgeous place, lots of families, food, drink, beer garden, chairs, rockers, picnic tables, and wheelchair accessible. Highly recomended.
 Monday night I went to the launch/award recognition of a new blog called Philly Happenings. I’ll write more about this event later in the week with party photos. For me it’s time for bed as the storms roll in. Wait one last thing…

Stop by Potito’s Bakery next week and pick up a delicious cannoli 
for National Cannoli Day on June 16! They have locations at Juniper and Walnut, 16th and Ritner and in Fairmount just off Spring Garden on 19th Street.
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Party Pixs: Speaking Out for Equality: The Supreme Court, Gay Rights, and the Constitution

Opening last week in time to coincide with Gay Pride Month in June and the 50th Anniversary of the gay rights movement in Philadelphia, Speaking Out for Equality: The Supreme Court, Gay Rights, and the Constitution  explores the gay-rights movement through the constitutional “conversations” that have framed the struggle for equality opened at the National Constitution Center (525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106). On Wednesday I attended the press preview, and Thursday night I swung by by the opening gala which was attended by over 600 people. (BTW Some of these photos may appear in my party photo column in the August issue of Philly Mag, so pick it up.)
Daniel Bernstein, Visit Philly, Meryl Levitz,  president and CEO of Visit Philadelphia, Emily Golomb, National Constitution Center and Michael Newmuis, Visit Philly.
Geno Vento, Geno’s steaks and Antoine Johnson I caught them on their way out to see the new Dave & Buster’s Dockside Bar , which features a gorgeous mural by Philly’s own, Alloyius McIlwaine.

Gunnar Montana,Visual/Physical Artist , Mike DelBene, Vice President of Development at The Mann Music Center (The Mann welcomes a Philadelphia favorite, Tchaikovsky with Fireworks to start the residency of The Philadelphia Orchestra on June 23) , Laura Burkhardt, Where Magazine, Daniel Briones, ACE Conference Center and Nonnie Cyd, artist.
Gunnar Montana’s video is #Everything (If you’re following me on twitter you know I’m over using this word but it pretty much sums up well, everything.)
Mesopotamia, AIDS law Project and Judge Dan Anders. The AIDS Law Project is celebrating their Summer Movie Party’s Sweet Sixteen, with the showing of “Hot Rods to Hell,”  on Friday, July 31st at the William Way LGBT Community Center, 6PM $20.
Robert Drake, WXPN, Alan Chelak, Christina Kallas-Saritsoglou, ‎Co-Founder/Manager at Philly AIDS Thrift, and John Stanley
Jen Smith, Amber Hikes, Dileimys Franco, Stacey Salter Moore,  Angela D. Giampolo, Esq., Tracy Buchholz and Katie Hinchey.
The Speaking Out For Equality Opening Party, included
food, cocktails and live performances by the Philadelphia Voices of
Pride and the Bearded Ladies Cabaret. Above John Jarboe performed the first drag show at the Convention Center. 
Thanks to Josh Middleton who captured the moment on video.
Renee Gilinger  Director, East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District, Bill Wood, Knock, Fergus Carey, Fegie’s Pub and Rue Landau, Esquire is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (PCHR) and the Fair Housing Commission (FHC).
Rudy Flesher (went to the inaugural fetish contest, Philadelphia Fetish and Bootblack 2015! on Saturday returning to his showgirl days for charity.) and Mark Aufdemberge, Assistant Director, Management Reports & Analysis at University of Pennsylvania, Development & Alumni Relations
Jamie Larkin and his dad Ward “Ben Franklin” Larkin.
Diane Snipas, Chris Tadeo and Wayne Marquargt. Chris and Wayne participated in some of the early gay rights protests and are featured in the exhibit.
Louie Alvarado, Accenture and Scott Barnes, who recently took a position with the Philadelphia Film Society. They’re so lucky.
Congrats Alyssa Mutryn and Shay Selden on their recent wedding.
Allison Cassidy and B Proud, photographer of First Comes Love, the book on GLBT couples together. Recently B Proud sent a few books to the Supreme Court inviting them to check out the exhibit. (See A.D. Amorosi’s column in the Metro Wednesday to see what happened.)
Tameka Johnson and E. Darlene Rogers.
Chris Helker, Director, Clinical Data Management at University of Pennsylvania and Sharif Pendleton,  Multimedia Developer at Capital One
John James points to his 20 something self at one of the first gay rights march in Philadelphia in a photographed displayed at the  “Speaking Out for Equality” exhibit at the National Constitution Center.
Kathy Simon, Rick Lombardo, Franni Price, John Brady and Sharon Corrado.

Harvey Hurdle and Kevin Yoder, celebrated their 25th year together by getting married 2 years ago.
Chris Bartlett,  ‎Executive Director at William Way Community Center, Ronda B. Goldfein, Esq., executive director of the AIDS Law Project of Philadelphia, Bill Heinzen, Hudson River Park Trust.
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Engagements, An #Eagles Player Wedding, Kimmels & Sniders witness History, More Eagles News and Drew Carballo Returns

Over the weekend a few fun things popped up on Social Media filling us in on happy occasions of or friends…

Congrats to Jaimi Rubin Gordon on her engagement to Ron Blackburn. Maybe
a Loews wedding will be in the cars as that is who Jaimi does PR for…

Congrats to Dutch and Jenn on their engagement

Congrats to my cousin Kim’s new grandbaby

Philly was on hand to witness history, as Ed and Lin Snider and Caroline and Sidney Kimmel enjoyed the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. 

Saturday was also Philadelphia Eagles player Trent Cole’s wedding to long time love Paige Bell

These rings are everything. WOW gorgeous. After going thru Trent’s SM I see he’s a serious hunter. He’s from Ohio
Here’s their Wedding Registry, which is really quite ordinary.

As is Brent Celek (r), who is photobombing this shot from Elizabeth Dee Herremans with her new husband Todd Herremans. Lots of photos can be found under #ColeWedding on Instagram. The wedding was held at Phoenixville Foundry and had a country western theme. The bride wore cowboy boots.

2015 has been a blitz for weddings for the Eagles. Brent Celek was married earlier this year. BTW CTO 5th Avenue played at the #ColeWedding and well they advertise with me and that’s why there here.

Jon Dorenbos went all Hollywood recently and attended the #SpyTheMovie premiere in NYC last week.

Do Gooder Eagles Player Connor Barwin, invests in the City more than any other sports player I know of in modern times. He does this through money, and more importantly through time. He is involved in so many civic causes, everytime I turn around he’s there, or lending his name whether it’s saving parks, creating murals, supporting the Rail Park or taking part in the Monumental Lab, which was a public art and urban research project taking place at City Hall in Spring 2015, and just ended on Saturday. Here he is with my BFF in my head Tracy Buchholz.

 

Welcome Back Drew Carballo, back where you belong at Del Frisco’s with your bud Carmen Tedesco, GM Del Frisco’s.

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Photos: Phillies MLB Urban Youth Academy Baseball Field in FDR Park with Ryan Howard

Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies and the City of Philadelphia officially opened the Phillies MLB Urban Youth Academy during a special ceremony Thursday at the Academy’s brand-new
baseball field at Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Park in South Philadelphia.

    
The Phillies
MLB Urban Youth Academy will be the only existing multi-site Urban
Youth Academy, with both outdoor and indoor facilities to provide free,
year-round instruction to the more than 8,000 Phillies Reviving
Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) players in Philadelphia:
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The outdoor location is at FDR Park, featuring a four-field facility that includes a brand-new baseball show field equipped with new bleacher seating for 450 spectators, dugouts, a scoreboard
and a press box.  This is in addition to the existing Ashburn Baseball Field and two girls’ softball fields.
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Indoor facilities will be at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center (740 South 17th
Street in Philadelphia).  Construction will begin this summer for the
indoor portion, where
a 7,500 square-foot addition will be added to the existing facility to
create a new baseball and softball training center.  Also, parts of the
Marian Anderson Recreation Center will be renovated to create adequate
space for fitness training as well as educational
and baseball vocational programs.

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The overall project is supported by MLB, the Phillies, the Baseball Tomorrow Fund (BTF), the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

 I pondered this question to authorities and my readers, with no satisfaction. How did the Panda become the official mascot of the Parks and Recreation Department?
 The field is beautiful!!

 There were treats for the guests, pretzels, popcorn and water.
 “The partnership of Major League Baseball and the Phillies
with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation provides enriching new
opportunities
for youth throughout the city,” said Michael DiBerardinis, Deputy Mayor
for Environmental and Community Resources.  “The City of Philadelphia
is fully committed to this collective effort of providing participants
with the skills and experiences that prepare
them for success both on and off the playing field.” 
 Krystal and Ryan Howard
Dick Allen – Phillies Legend; Seven-time MLB All-Star and
Mahlon Duckett – last surviving
member of the Philadelphia Stars Negro League baseball team
The crowd acknowledges Sarge
something happens and both Ryan and Sarge start cracking up

If only I were a fly on the wall

Kenyatta Johnson –
Philadelphia City Council – 2nd District chats about the great work Michael DiBerardinis – Deputy Mayor for Environmental
& Community Resources, City of Philadelphia, has done. And speaking for the future, when Johnson is Mayor, he said
DiBerardinis is the kind of guy he wants in his cabinet.

David Montgomery
– Chairperson, The Phillies chats about the upgrades happening at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center being funded by The Phillies along with the City. The
740 S. 17th St. center which has indoor/outdoor

Dan Baker – Announcer, The Phillies  All-Star players from the Phillies Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) Teams  Phillie Phanatic & Phillies Ballgirls

David Montgomery and Mahlon Duckett throw out the first pitch.


A lot of media were on hand to capture the dedication.
Bonnie Clark, Phillies PR Guru arranges the folks for the official photo.
The Official
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2015 Fairmount Arts & Culture Day June 6 – Arts & Crafts, Dance, Vendors – See You There!!


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Future Sensations – The Inspiration is Found Outside the Exhibit

Happy 350th Anniversary Saint-Gobain, a French company that manufactures building materials, and has its North American headquarters in Valley Forge . By the time you leave the exhibit #FutureSensation, you will know it’s their 350th anniversary, see some of what they manufacture and their name. How many of us knew any of that before this exhibit came to Philly, the only USA stop for what is certainly a work of art, a once in a lifetime exhibit, and certainly a very commercial one as Inga Saffron wrote in her piece last Sunday in the Philadelphia Inquire.

But I found, that even though the Future Sensations exhibit does promote and demonstrate what the company makes and creates, it was worth the trip cause it’s beautiful inside and out.
Especially with friends; and that is exactly what I found last night when
I went, Lots and lots of friends enjoying each others company, an air of anticipation hanging over the The Oval to see the exhibit.
Most of the people I talked to said they had a good time, and the exhibits were ok. Not what they expected, but interesting, and they had a good time with their friends.
It was a selfie orgy.
I personally liked the revolving exhibit. It was simple and harmless, much like a fun house.
Did I mention the lines. Even though people had obviously gone through all the exhibits, and they know this last one is the 15 minute commercial, the lines were long.
The exhibits themselves were great to photograph. Lots of lights, and movement, with the City as a backdrop. Just spectacular. Go at at night. During the day, the lines will be shorter, but at night the crowd is on and alive.
Each exhibit has a sign outside of it and it’s pretty clear what’s inside. I do want to stress if you’re prone to migraines, this is not the place for you. There’s a lot of strobing lights.
The exhibits are safe and fun for the kids.
I loved the atmosphere surrounding the exhibit. So many people, chatter, #selfies, and photos of taking place, and then there was Tom Carroll and Laura Clarke
practicing Acro Yoga among the exhibits
I’m not promising you that these two will be on hand on the night you go, but it’s this kind of energy creativity, and inspiration that the Future Sensations exhibit is created.
This was another fun exhibit that shows what Saint-Gobain can do with light.
Tomorrow night at Replica Creative 33 S 18th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, I’ll be showing photos from my year long #Selfie project, where I took photos of people taking selfies of themselves. It’s at 6PM, stop by. Thanks

The Oval’s Beer Garden is open during the exhibition too.

Here’s Inga Saffron’s Story
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Party Pics: STAMP (Students at Museums in Philly) Party at the Barnes Museum with Chill Moody

STAMP (Students at Museums in Philly)  allowes students to get to know the museums. A party was held at the Barnes recently to
help change teens’ perception of museums as places they’re not welcome,
or somewhere you only go if you’re told you have to, like on a field
trip. A program of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, STAMP is
opened to students ages 14 – 19. The program is opened to any
Philadelphia high school student, and is valid for one year of FREE
admission to 15 of the city’s top museums and attractions. All you have
to do is apply to http://phillystamppass.org/

Kelsey Leljedal, ‎Phillyfunguide Content Coordinator at Greater
Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Joseph Croft, Philaculture.org, Britney
Hines-Boggs, Philaculture.org and Morgan Findley Research Analyst at
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

 

Veruschka Stevens and Cliff Stevens of Cultural Spots (CultureSpots is
for museums and galleries that want to provide their visitors with a
mobile audio tour experience) with Maud Lyon, President at Greater
Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. 

 Brenda Toler, Manager at The Village of Arts and Humanities / Event
Planner, Mahatma Azner and Sarah Culbertson both artists at Village of
Arts
 There was a photo booth, check out the result of the shot using the green screen. They’re in front of the Art Museum.
 Monshell Reys, Philadelphia Education Fund and Teyona Jackson, Philadelphia Museum of Art
 Cyra Copeland, ‎Grants Manager at The University of Pennsylvania and
Nicole Allen White, Director of Policy and Community Engagement at
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

Sara Lomax-Reese, WURD Radio | President and LiRon Anderson-Bell, Director of Marketing & Digital Media at 900-AM WURD
 Toby Schwait, a volunteer at the Barnes Museum, discusses various art projects to the students.
 Students at Stamp
 There was a dance party
 Everyone enjoyed themselves
Asef Khurshan, a sophomore at J.R. Masterman High School, leads a tour at the Barnes Museum via an audio which he created for the tour as part of the STAMP program, and Lynn Bertowitz, a longtime volunteer at Barnes Museum.
 Tatyana, Kymani and Andrea
 Jordan and Iamni were the MC’s for the day and introduced
Rapper Chill Moody

 Tonight Chill will be at the opening party of Brick and Mortar which is also a fundraiser for the Rail Park.
 Students

Now halfway into its second year, STAMP continues to introduce a
generation of future cultural stewards to what the city has to offer
while also helping fill in the educational gaps left by lack of school
funding, said Nicole Allen, alliance director of policy and community
engagement.
The program’s initial goal was to sign up 1,000
teenagers in the first year. It hit that mark after the first month, she
said – more than 11,000 students enrolled during the 2013-14 school
year. About 100 teenagers sign up each week, bringing the total of STAMP
pass holders this year to 16,000.
That group, Allen said, “looks
like Philadelphia” – about 64 percent of pass holders are of African
American or Latino heritage. About half of those who use STAMP passes
come from disadvantaged backgrounds or neighborhoods with low cultural
participation.
“They don’t come from households where art and culture are priorities, but they’re using the passes,” she said.
http://articles.philly.com/2015-05-28/entertainment/62725104_1_stamp-museums-barnes-foundation

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Party Pixs: Brow Bar White Party at Deneen Marcel Lashes

To kick off the summer and their new fabulous Brow Bar, Deneen Marcel Lashes celebrated with a fabulous party where the attire was as hot as the lashes…

The Deneen Marcel Team. For the past few years Philly has really embraced the full eye lash market, at first me being me I didn’t even realize that people were using the extended eyelashes, til I met my gal Maria who filled me in. Now I do look around and notice them. A lot of times when I am somewhat familar with a person, I ask them. I’m curious about it, I’m curious if it hurts putting on, coming off, if people, besides me every asks, and they don’t, just me. Anyway I ask them if the go to Deneen Marcel Lashes, as it’s really the only place I’m familiar with, and they do.
 Angel Crowder, Anita
Booker, and Alexis Pena.

 

 

Lash
extensions is a process by which one strand of synthetic hair is
attached to each lash one at a time. They are bonded with a medical
grade adhesive, extending your natural lashes, resulting in a look that
makes your eyes pop!  

Kaitlyn Cleary and Melissa
Funtanilla.

Cindy Bellamy with some her Silver Cindy Jewelry.
Everyone looked fab in their white outfits including Leslie Culbreath and Ronea Paden try on new necklaces.
Twana Miller, Phyllis Lampkin, and Deneen Marcel
Lisa Mosley and Kevin Horne.

Alexa Ferragine, Brenda Williams, and Jessie Holeva
To put on lashes, it
takes 1.5- 2 hrs, depending on how many natural lashes you have. Follow up visits for refills may take 50 minutes – 2 hours depending on the amount of time
between visits.
Kaitlyn Cleary, Melissa Funtanilla, and Jessie Holeva with their gift bags. Inside guests found complimentary brow shaping certificates to the Brow Bar at Deneen Marcel Lashes, free spray tan certificates to Luminosity Tanning & Teeth Whitening, beauty products from The Body Shop, and hair products thanks to Andre Richard Salon.
Angel Crowder and  Twana Miller

Mia Moore, Catherine Smith, and Alisha Eubanks.
Pax Tandon and Garden Wellington
 
Deneen Marcel and Jessie Holeva.

Beth Adams and Courtney Conigliaro
Ronea Paden, Leslie Culbreath, and Adrienne Lewis

 Patti LaBelle thanks Twana for her “Great Eyes”

Twana Miller, The Lash Master and Pax Tandon,
Positive Psychology Expert and Holistic Wellness Coach

Deneen Marcel is waiting for you. 
Thanks to Mike Hirata for shooting this event.
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What Local Dogs Did This Past Week: #WoofWoofWednesday

I live in a no dog building, so I get joy out of seeing pets around town whether at a dog park or on SM.

 token cat

 

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PCC Exhibit at Replica: 6/5 @ 6PM #Selfies June 14 – June 15, Plus get a Free Wall Graphic

Since June 2014 I’ve been photographing people taking #Selfies. I love a good selfie cause the person taking it is capturing a memory and sharing that memory with loved ones. Who doesn’t love seeing people enjoying themselves and living life. Friday Replica Creative is featuring a few of my photos from the past year, as wall graphics. Hope you can stop by and check them out. Also everyone that stops by and takes a selfie, gets a free wall graphic of the selfie, so bring your friends. One more thing, if you can could you tweet the tweet that is below the invite. Thanks much HughE

Bet you’ve never seen art at ! We’re changing that on 6/5 w/ at ! 
33 S 18th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 Call 215-567-7107 for Info