“Meadow”, a female tortoise shell/tabby cat has been missing since April 17 from 45oo block of Osage. The cat is spayed, with a creamsicle orange left front paw and white chin.

If you have seen “Meadow” please call 215-472-5883 or email: awdixon [at] juno.com

A light gray female tabby was found the other night in Clark Park. The kitty has a white tummy, long tale, and white back legs.

If you recognize this cat email Michael Nairn at: mpnairn [at] sas.upenn.edu

Update 5/20: Che returned home.

A male creamsicle colored cat is missing from an apartment building at 44th and Osage. He answers to the name “Che”. The cat wasn’t wearing a collar when he went missing. No Santa hat either.

If you’ve seen “Che” please respond to this Craigslist posting: comm-d92fs-2389468233 [at] craigslist.org

A person was robbed of a cell phone and $180 in an apartment building lobby near 48th and Springfield Ave. last night.

Police say three black males approached the victim in the lobby of 1000 S. 48th St. One of the men, in his mid 20s and wearing a black and white Addidas sweatsuit, brandished a handgun. The man also had a beard and mustache and a small teardrop tattoo on his face. There were no descriptions available of the other two suspects.

No arrests have been made.

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A full slate of kindergarten open houses are on tap for next week. These open houses have some added significance for many with the limited number of spots at the Penn Alexander School and the recent news that enrollment in the school’s lower grades will be limited beginning next year regardless of whether a student lives in the school’s catchment area or not.

Some schools are putting more effort into this open house than in the past. For example, days of planning have gone into the open house at the Henry C. Lea School, where the group West Philly Coalition for Neighborhood Schools has helped the school’s Home and School Association take care of everything from catering to publicizing the school’s May 23 open house. Lea’s catchment area borders Penn Alexander’s to the west.  Penn Alexander‘s open house is May 24 at 9:30 a.m. The Samuel Powel School will not have an open house.

The schedule for Lea’s open house (the only one where a full schedule was available) is:

8:20 – 8:40 a.m Meet and Greet with principal Dr. Lisa Bell-Chiles in the library
8:45 – 9:30 a.m. Kindergarten Open House, Rooms 101 and 102
9:35 – 10:00 a.m. Lea School Tour lead by Maurice Jones
10:05 – 10:20 a.m. Kindergarten teacher Ms. Mykytiuch will be free to talk to parents, Room 101
10:25 – 10:45 a.m. Meeting with Lea Home School Association President Maurice Jones and others in the library
10:50 – 11:05 a.m. Kindergarten teacher Ms. McCloskey will be free to talk to parents, Room 102

Other open houses in the neighborhood include (list courtesy of the West Philly Coalition for Neighborhood Schools):

A. D. Harrington School
5300-34 Baltimore Ave
(215) 471 – 2914
5/24, 9:00-10:00
Kindergarten teacher: Ms. Davis

Alain Locke School
4550 Haverford Ave.
(215) 823 – 8202
5/24 – 9-11 a.m.

Alexander Wilson School
1300 S. 46th St.
(215) 823 – 8206
5/24 – 9 a.m.
B. B. Comegys School
5100 Greenway Ave.
(215) 727 – 2162
5/24, 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Charles Drew School
3724 Warren St.
Phone: (215) 823 – 8204
5/26, 10:00-11:00
Kindergarten teacher: Ms. Gunderstorf

Penn Alexander School
4209 Spruce St.
(215) 823 – 5465
5/24 – 9:30 a.m.

Samuel B Huey School
5200 Pine St.
(215) 471 – 2901
NO OPEN HOUSE, Contact school to visit kindergarten individually

Samuel Powel School
301 N. 36th St.
(215) 823 – 8201
No open house

Everything from beautiful rugs to lavish dinners to Peter Gabriel tickets are up for grabs this Saturday. The University City Arts League‘s Annual Art Auction is 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Wilson Student Center on the University of the Sciences campus at 42nd and Woodland.

A preview dinner will precede the auction. SOOP Catering, run by former RX owner Greg Salisbury, is supplying the grub. Dinner begins at 6 p.m., the public silent auction starts at 7 p.m. and the live auction runs form 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Auction tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids 13-18 years of age. Kids 12 and under get in free and must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available at the door or at the UCAL office at 4226 Spruce St.

Other items include two plane tickets to anywhere in the United States, a tour of the Philadelphia Inquirer and attendance at a morning news meeting, and a week’s stay at an Orlando resort. More information is available here.