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Archive | November, 2010

Keep an eye out for Pan and LuLu (update – 11-23: Pan and LuLu found!)

November 22, 2010

Below is Pan, male, a 3-year-old tabby missing from 43rd near the Green Line Cafe.  He might have a blue collar on.  Brown tabby with white mouth, throat and paws.

Pan

LuLu, no collar, is missing from 44th & Larchwood. She has microchip and is a  brown tabby with white mouth.

LuLu

Write editor [at] westphillylocal.com if you have any information on either of these two.

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Books Through Bars needs bags

November 22, 2010

The West Philly-based Books Through Bars always needs paper bags for their packages. So if you are thinking of throwing those bags in the recycling, why not just stroll down to the A-space at 4722 Baltimore Ave. and drop them off. You can bring them on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 pm when they pack books, or slip them through the mail-slot on the A-Space door any time.

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Asleep at the wheel

November 21, 2010

A driver who smashed his SUV into a parked car before flipping it on 44th Street between Pine and Larchwood late Sunday afternoon told witnesses that he fell asleep behind the wheel. The unidentified driver was not injured in the crash.

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Alleged car thief killed at 40th and Locust

November 21, 2010

This car, which police say was jacked near 50th and Arch early Sunday, crashed into a barrier at 40th and Locust. Police shot and killed one of the car’s occupants after he fired at them.

 

Police shot and killed a man early Sunday morning near the corner of 40th and Locust after gunshots were exchanged, according to Penn’s Division of Public Safety. The incident began as an armed car jacking near 50th and Arch.
Philadelphia police chased the vehicle, a silver Cadillac, until it crashed into a barrier near the Penn campus. One man fired at police as he fled the crash scene. Police returned fire, killing the man. Another man who fled was later apprehended. Neither man has been identified. More information as it becomes available.

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Today in West Philly

November 21, 2010

Kids

All Around This World visits the Caribbean with Dorothy Wilkie • 4 p.m. • Green Line Cafe • 4426 Locust St. • $10 first child, $8 second, $6 thereafter.

This is a hands-on Afro-Cuban/Yoruba dancing workshop for children featuring Dorothy Wilkie of the Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble.

 

 

 

Arts and Music

Sun Ra Arkestra and West Philadelphia Orchestra • 8 p.m. • The Rotunda • 4014 Walnut St. • Free and all ages.

Part of the Diaspora series at The Rotunda.

Trace Bundy 8 p.m. • World Cafe Live (upstairs live) • 3025 Walnut St. • Tickets: $19 day of show.

Bundy has been dubbed the “acoustic ninja.” ‘Nuff said. The 14-year-old finger-style guitar virtuoso Sungha Jung is opening. Here’s a Trace Bundy video…




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Horn player in Clark Park

November 20, 2010

I came across this guy playing near the older kids playground at Clark Park on Saturday morning. I shot it with the video feature of a little Canon powershot digital camera.

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