A neighbor Tiffany spotted this black & white cat at Clark Park yesterday, July 24. She writes:

“I spotted this cat at Clark Park at 8:00 p.m. Sunday. He/she followed me home, and I gave him/her some food. The cat is pretty jumpy to sounds outside, so I think it is not just a stray kitty. I can’t let him/her in for the night, but if this is your kitty, it has been spotted and was last spending time at 46th and Chester at 8:40 p.m. Sunday.

Very friendly but chased a dog down on the sidewalk.“

Cyro Baptista, a great Brazilian percussionist, is likely to bring the house down when he performs tonight at the second concert of the 40th Street Summer Series (free live outdoor music concerts).

Baptista is known for his highly entertaining “Beat the Donkey” shows which feature a blend of music from all over the globe, martial arts, tap dance, samba, jazz, rock and funk and Baptista’s innovative percussion on instruments created by himself. Per Baptista’s website, “There is an undeniable aura of fun and humor whenever Cyro Baptista takes the stage.”

Tonight Baptista will present compositions from his album “Banquet of the Spirits.” Percussionist Adam Rudolph and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Bowie will open the show.

The concert will begin at 6 p.m. on the field behind Walnut West Library (40th & Walnut). Upon the conclusion of the show there will be a daredevil fire dance and fire breathing performance for those who stick around.

The temperatures are expected to top 100 today and many people, kids and adults alike, will rush to water ice vending trucks and carts in the hood to stay cool.

But, if the trucks are not in sight where do you get your fix?

A couple of places that we like are located on Spruce Street (between 48th and 49th). Quick Stop Deli (4832 Spruce St) and Great Taste Chinese Food restaurant (right next door at 4834 Spruce St) have several flavors of water ice on tap.

If you know of any other shops or restaurants selling water ice please share information about them below. And by “water ice” we mean the delicious soft serve kind, not the pre-packaged one.

Actor, mockumentarian and (now) documentary filmmaker Harry Shearer will be at the International House (3701 Chestnut St.) on Friday, July 22, to screen and discuss “The Big Uneasy,” his film about the real reasons behind the flooding and devastation of New Orleans.

Shearer’s work has ranged from the role of Derek Smalls in “This is Spinal Tap” to the voices of Principal Skinner, Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders on “The Simpsons.” He writes about “The Big Uneasy”:

“Media coverage of tragedies can become so pervasive that we no longer remember the tragedy anymore, we only remember the coverage. So if I say “New Orleans” and then say “flood” you immediately think “Katrina.” As in Hurricane. This is not your fault; it’s a reflex now, like your leg kicking upward when the doctor taps it. Only that tap is causing you to kick me, and my fellow New Orleanians, squarley in the crotch. The reason I made this film is because the hurricane did NOT cause the flood, despite what you have heard on the news. However, poor science and even poorer management did.”

The film begins at 7 p.m. and is 98 minutes long. Here is a trailer:

OK, it’s definitely embarrassing to have your family photos unknowingly put online. But in this case it might help you get your stolen camera back.

Police are still trying to track down the owners of a large cache of stolen goods seized during a raid of a clothing store recently near 52nd and Chestnut. Last week they invited robbery and burglary victims to the police headquarters at 55th and Pine to look over hundreds of cameras, cell phones and pieces of jewelry. Now the Southwest Division Burglary Task Force has posted things online, including photos taken off the memory cards of seized cameras in hopes that the camera owners might recognize them.

More photos from cameras as well as pictures of jewelry and other items are here.

One of the area’s best-known bicycle shops will open a location at the former Strikes Bowling Lounge (and an original Urban Outfitters store) at 4040 Locust St. later this summer.

Keswick Cycle will reportedly open the 4,000-square-foot store in late August, just as students start to return to the area en masse. The store, which will include bike and clothing sales and maintenance, will likely be the largest bike shop in West Philly.

The store will also include a studio to help elite riders and triathletes get fitted for bikes.

Keswick Cycle has been a neighborhood fixture in the Montgomery County suburb of Glenside since the 1930s and also operates a store in Cherry Hill, N.J.