>> NEXT ON YOU OUGHTA KNOW, GRAB YOUR PLATTER, WE ARE SERVING UP LESSONS ON HOW TO CREATE A CHARCUTERIE BOARD.

>> AND LET'S THAT WITH LINE FROM -- >> PHILADELPHIA'S FIRST INDEPENDENT LYON WINERY.

>> PLUS A FORMER COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER FINDS HIS PASSION FOR PAINTING.

>> AND NICE PLAY WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE ADDING PERSONAL ROMANCE TO THEIR EMAIL SIGNATURES.

-- PERSONAL PRONOUNS TO THEIR EMAIL CENTERS.

REGINA: WE'RE STARTING OFF THE SHOW WITH A STORY THAT SPARKED OUR CURIOSITY.

>> LATELY I'VE NOTICED MORE OF OUR COLLEAGUES SHARING THEIR PRONOUNS.

IN EMAIL SIGNATURES I WILL SEE YOU NAME FOLLOWED BY SHE/HER, HE/HIM OR THEY/THEM.

I SPOKE WITH A COMMUNITY EDUCATOR AND A DIVERSITY CONSULTANT TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY SHARING PERSONAL PRONOUNS MATTERS.

QUALITATIVE RESEARCHER AND COMMUNITY RESEARCHER ANTHONY IDENTIFIES AS THEY/THEM.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> I AM A NON-BINARY TRANS PERSON AND THE IDEA THAT I DID NOT TRANSITION FROM QUOTE ON QUOTE MAIL TO FEMALE OR ANY OTHER DIRECTION.

I DO NOT THINK OF MYSELF AS BEING NECESSARILY MALE OR FEMALE SO I INCLUDE A MORE GENDER INCLUSIVE PRONOUN.

SHIRLEY: TIFFANY MCMILLAN IS A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION CONSULTANT.

ARE YOU STARTING TO SEE MORE COMPANIES ADOPT POLICIES ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO PUT THE PRONOUNS IN EMAIL SIGNATURES OR ON THEIR RESUME NAMES?

>> I ABSOLUTELY SEE THAT HAPPENING IN FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES.

HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET IN SOME OF THE LARGER FORTUNE 50 COMPANIES.

BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO SAY -- THAT IS SOON COMING.

IT IS CLEARLY A SUBJECT THAT IS IMPORTANT AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RESPECTFUL OBNOXIOUS THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, BUT ALL COMMUNITIES, WHAT THEIR PRONOUN IS THAT THEY IDENTIFY WITH.

AS WE TALK ABOUT SOCIETY EVOLVING, ONE OF THE BEST EVOLUTIONS IN RECENT HISTORY IS THE ACCEPTANCE AND WELCOMING NATURE TOWARDS THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.

>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR NON-TRANS PEOPLE TO ADD PRONOUNS TO REALLY MODEL INCLUSIVITY FOR OTHER QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE.

YOU'RE COMMUNICATING SOMETHING ELSE WITH YOUR PRONOUNS.

YOU'RE COMMUNICATING YOUR ALLY SHIP THROUGH YOUR PRONOUNS.

THAT YOU UNDERSTAND YOU ARE A CISGENDER PERSON.

THAT PERHAPS YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE THAT WHEN SOMEONE LOOKS AT YOU VISUALLY THEY GUESS YOUR PRONOUNS AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE RIGHT.

BUT I THINK BY MODELING THAT FOR OTHERS YOU ARE UNDERSTANDING THE KIND OF PRIVILEGE.

>> THE FACT THAT I AM A FEMALE AND I IDENTIFY AS HER/SHE/HERS IS A PRIVILEGE.

FOR THOSE IN TRANSGENDER COMMUNITIES, THE ASEXUAL COMMUNITY, WHERE OUTWARD APPEARANCES DO NOT NECESSARILY MATCH PRONOUNS THAT THEY IDENTIFY WITH, THAT IS A PRIVILEGE THEY DO NOT HAVE.

>> WHEN YOU TURN ON YOUR RESUME, THINK OF YOURSELF AS A HOST TALKING TO A GUEST.

IF YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEONE YOU HAVE NEVER MET, HOW DO YOU WELCOME THEM INTO YOUR SPACE?

THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.

SEND A MESSAGE.

>> EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE SEEN, ACKNOWLEDGED, AND RESPECTED.

SHIRLEY: THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TERMS ANTHONY USED I WANT TO DEFINE.

CISGENDER AND NON-BINARY.

CISGENDER MEANS HER IDENTITY MATCHES THE SEX ON YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

IN LATIN, CIS MEANS ON THE SIDE WHILE TRANS MEANS ON THE OTHERS.

NINE -- NON-BINARY IS FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT IDENTIFY EXCLUSIVELY AS MALE OR FEMALE.

REGINA: A NATIONAL ARCHIVE OPENED ITS 500 YEAR OLD COLLECTION TO CREATE A NEW NARRATIVE ABOUT THE PAST.

>> PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS A NATURAL -- NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOR THE LARGEST PRESBYTERIAN DENOMINATION IN THE COUNTRY AND IT HAS BEEN COLLECTING HISTORY GOING BACK SINCE 1852.

THE HISTORY IN THIS BUILDING STANDS 500 YEARS.

WE HAVE ITEMS GOING BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE REFORMATION.

BEGINNING A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE STARTED WORKING ON A COLLABORATION WITH QUEBEC COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA, WHERE STUDENTS -- WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA, WHERE STUDENTS DO PRIMARY RESOURCES RESEARCH.

THIS PREDATED THE PROTEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE THAT WE EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR.

BUT THAT GAVE ADDED IMPETUS TO THIS WORK -- EMPHASIS TO THE WORK.

THE EXHIBIT IS THE CULMINATION OF THE COLLABORATION AND IT SHOWS THAT STUDENTS FOCUSING ON HISTORICAL QUESTIONS THAT ARE HIGHLY RELEVANT TODAY AND TO PHILADELPHIA.

>> THE PROJECT WAS BORN OUT OF THIS IDEA THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COULD BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH LOCAL AREA STUDENTS AND FROM THERE WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT, WHAT IF WE ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO DESIGN THEIR OWN EXHIBITS?

I TALK TO EACH STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN AND WHAT ASPECTS OF THE RECORDS WE HAVE IN OUR COLLECTION THAT SPOKE TO SOMETHING THAT CONNECTED TO THEIR OWN PERSONAL INTERESTS AS HISTORIANS.

>> THEY GAVE UP ARTISTIC FREEDOM TO TAKE WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN, AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE, ESSENTIALLY.

ALL THE ARTIFACTS THAT ARE JUST SO FASCINATING AND BEAUTIFUL, THEIR HISTORY, ONCE WE SAW THEM WE WANTED TO TOUCH THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF HISTORY.

WE WANTED TO GET THAT CURIOSITY AND GO IN THERE AND LOOK DEEPER.

>> WE COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THE QUALITY OF THE WORK THEY PUT TOGETHER THROUGH STORYTELLING THAT IS NOT ONLY INTERESTING AND GREAT-LOOKING, BUT ALSO INSIGHTFUL AND PROVOCATIVE.

ONE OF WHICH FOCUSES ON THE HISTORY OF A BLACK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH THAT WAS MOVED OUT OF THIS PART OF PHILADELPHIA OVER TO WEST PHILADELPHIA.

THAT STORY CONNECTS WITH GENTRIFICATION, ANOTHER INSTALLATION AND THE COURIER LOOKS AT THE SIX CALDER STATUES.

THIS INSTALLATION REIMAGINES THE STATUES THROUGH THE POETRY OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADER IN THE CHURCH WHOSE WORK CAN BE FOUND IN THE ARCHIVAL COLLECTION.

>> MY TASK WAS TO UTILIZE THE STATUES AND FIND WAYS TO RE-CREATE THE NARRATIVE THEY RECOMMEND -- THEY REPRESENT.

THE FIRST THING I LOOK FORWARD THROUGH POETRY -- WHAT IS THE ODDS I WILL FIND AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN POET IN THESE ARCHIVES?

SO I WAS SHOCKED I WAS ABLE TO COME ACROSS SO MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION.

THIS POET IS A HUMANITARIAN, SHE HAS DONE A LOT OF MISSIONARY WORK ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

WHEN I CAME ACROSS IT, IT MOVED TO ME, BECAUSE SHE WROTE HER POEM IN 1982 AND IT STRUCK ME AS SOMETHING SHE COULD HAVE WROTE YESTERDAY AND IT WOULD BE JUST AS RELEVANT.

IT WOULD BE JUST AS IMPORTANT.

MY EXHIBIT WAS INTENDING TO SAY, YOU CANNOT DEFINE WHO I AM BASED ON MY SKIN COLOR.

IT REPRESENTS MY HERITAGE AND MY CULTURE, BUT IT DOES NOT REPRESENT ME AS A HUMAN BEING.

SO I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR EXHIBITS LIKE MINE TO BE ABLE TO BE SHOWN AND I THINK THEY'VE TAKEN SUCH A HUGE STEP GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL OUR STORIES THE WAY WE WANT TO.

THIS IS PART OF AN ONGOING PROCESS TO CHANGE THE TRADITIONAL NARRATIVES ABOUT WHO IS REPRESENTED IN OUR COLLECTION .

FOR US TO REALLY REPRESENT THE FULL NATURE OF THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN STORY.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT WE BRING IN NEW PERSPECTIVES AND THE STUDENTS HAVE JUST DONE THAT AND AN AMAZING WAY.

>> I THINK PEOPLE WALKING BY NOW MAY SEE A DIFFERENT STORY AND THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD.

REGINA: FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXHIBIT, GO TO THEIR WEBSITE.

SHIRLEY: THE DELAWARE STATE FAIR WAS ONE OF THE ONLY FARES IN THE COUNTRY TO BE HELD LAST YEAR.

AND WHILE THIS YEARS FAIRY LOOKS TO BE A GREAT TIME, THERE WILL BE -- THIS YEAR'S FAIR LOOKS TO BE A GREAT TIME, THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES.

>> OUR SUMMER COLLEGE -- CONCERT SERIES HAD TO BE MODIFIED FOR THE STATE FAIR.

NAMELY TO ALLOW SOCIAL DISTANCING TO OCCUR.

WE CAN -- RECONFIGURE THE TRACK AREA.

WE LOST ABOUT 50% OF OUR SEATING CAPACITY.

BUT IT PERMITS US TO HAVE PEOPLE SIT THERE AND ENJOY THE CONCERT.

JULY 22 THROUGH THE 31ST OF JULY, A GREAT MIX OF TRADITIONS, ENTERTAINMENT, OVER 55 CARNIVAL RIDES.

♪ >> FOOD VENDORS ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT SOME AMAZING FOOD.

WE WANT FOLKS TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, BE SAFE, AND JUST REMEMBER THE STATE FAIR AND NOT NECESSARILY THE PANDEMIC.

SHIRLEY: THAT LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH FUN, AND THAT FOOD, YUM.

YOU CAN GET MORE INFO WHEN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

REGINA: THE NEW JERSEY STATE FAIR IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.

AT THE MEADOWLANDS.

IT RUNS THROUGH JULY 11.

OUR THINGS TO DO PRODUCER JOINS US WITH A FEW MORE EVENT SUGGESTIONS.

>> HEY LADIES.

THERE'S LOTS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY.

I'LL GET TO SOME OF THE EVENTS IN A FEW MINUTES.

BUT FIRST, PHILADELPHIA'S LADY ALMON HITS THE STAGE THIS MONTH.

LADY ALMA IS PART OF TWO PARTIES.

I DID A CHANCE TO TALK TO HER ABOUT THE SHOW.

>> IT IS ENTITLED "GIVE ME THAT MUSIC."

IT'S ALL THE MUSIC PEOPLE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO HEAR AND I WILL BE PERFORMING WITH MY BROTHERS IN MUSIC.

VERTICAL COURAGE AND MY SISTER IN MUSIC, DJ RED, WHO WILL BASE BINNING -- WHO WILL BE SPINNING FOR EVERYONE'S DELIGHT.

>> SHE IS EAGER TO GET BACK TO THE STAGE.

>> OH MY GOD, IT IS SUCH A BLESSING.

I AM REALLY HAPPY THAT THINGS ARE OPENING BACK UP.

I WANT THEM TO OPEN UP SAFE AND SANITIZED.

BUT I AM VERY EXCITED.

VERY EXCITED.

>> THE CONCERTS WILL BE HELD ON JULY 15 AND 16TH.

YOU CAN BUY TICKETS VIA WORLD CAFE LIVE.

♪ >> THE 2021 SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK FESTIVAL LINEUP IS OUT.

THE FESTIVAL IS FROM JULY 16 THROUGH AUGUST 1 AND YOU CAN GET YOUR SHAKESPEARE ON WITH THREE UNIQUE OUTDOOR EVENTS.

AND YOU CAN ENJOY SOME SMOKING HOT MOVES AND LIPSMACKING BARBECUE, BECAUSE WHO DOES NOT LOVE THAT COMBINATION?

FOLLOW YOUR NOSE TO THE NORTH WILDWOOD NEW JERSEY ON JULY 9, 10TH, 11TH FOR THE BLUES FESTIVAL.

NOW, ONTO SOME THINGS TO DO FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND.

WAWA'S WELCOME AMERICA WRAPS UP ITS CELEBRATION SUNDAY WITH A FREE FOURTH OF JULY CONCERT AND FIREWORKS AT THE MAN CENTER.

THEIR OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE FIREWORKS, AS WELL.

FOR EVEN MORE THINGS TO DO, HEAD OVER TO WHYY.ORG/THINGSTODO.

>> IT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THE PANDEMIC WERE NOT JUST CHANGE THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER BUT THE ENTIRE WAY WE WOULD LOOK AT LIFE AND THE THINGS THAT MATTER.

FOR ONE YOUNG NEW JERSEY MAN, IT WAS THE PERFECT TIME FOR A CHANGE HE NEVER KNEW HE NEEDED.

♪ REGINA: FROM THE TIME HE ENTERED COLLEGE, JORDAN OWENS WAS FOCUSED ON ONE THING.

BASKETBALL.

>> IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BY FAR.

EAT, SLEEP BASKETBALL.

IT WAS ALL I THOUGHT ABOUT.

DEFINITELY THE BIGGEST PART OF MY LIFE.

REGINA: BUT LIKE MANY PEOPLE, HIS WORLD CHANGED WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT.

HE FOUND HIMSELF AT HOME QUARANTINED AND SUFFERING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

SO WHEN HIS GIRLFRIEND SUGGESTED HE STARTED PAINTING AS A HOBBY, HE DID SO GLADLY.

>> MY FRIENDS WERE SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING I DID.

I WOULD POST SNIPPETS OF MY ARE ON INSTAGRAM AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOOD.

I'M LIKE, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING HERE.

MY FRIEND ELIZA COMMISSIONED A PORTRAIT FROM ME -- ELIJAH COMMISSIONED A PORTRAIT FOR ME.

HE WAS THE FIRST COMMISSION I EVER GOT.

THEN I WAS POSTING ON MY INSTAGRAM PAGE AND IT STARTED KIND OF SNOWBALLING FROM THERE.

REGINA: FROM PRINCE DALE TO CELEBRITY COMMISSIONS, HE KICKED -- HE SUCCESSFULLY BECAME AN ARTS'S JASON -- AN ARTS SENSATION.

A PASSION HIS PARENT SUPPORT 100%.

>> THEY WOULD BE COOL WITH WHATEVER I DID NO MATTER.

AS EYES IT ISN'T ME HURTING SOME ONE ELSE.

THEY HAVE ALWAYS LED ME TO DABBLE IN MY ARTISTIC SIDE.

I THINK THEY WERE VERY HAPPY I CAME BACK AROUND TO IT.

I PUT IT OFF FOR SO LONG.

REGINA: BEING OK WITH SWITCHING GEARS IS SOMETHING OWENS DAD UNDERSTANDS ALL TOO WELL.

BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS ELDON IN THE COSBY SHOW, THE ACTOR MADE HEADLINES WHEN HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AND RIDICULED ONLINE FOR WORKING AS A BAGGER AT TRADER JOE'S.

>> WHEN THAT WHOLE THING HAPPENED, I WAS CONFUSED SOMEONE WOULD LOOK AT JUST HAVING A JOB AS A NEGATIVE.

I NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT ANY OF THAT AS A LIGHT UNTIL THE WHOLE THING BROKE OUT.

REGINA: AFTER ALL HE HAS GONE THROUGH, OWENS WASTED NO TIME COMING TO HIS FATHER'S DEFENSE.

>> IT BECAME A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.

ONE THING HAPPENS AND YOU THINK, OH, IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD.

HE WAS SAD ABOUT IT.

IT HURT.

BUT IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING TO -- SOMETHING GOOD FOR HIM.

REGINA: BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT, HE WAS OFFERED SEVERAL ACTING JOBS AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A NEW RAY ROMANO PROJECT IN NEW YORK IT OWENS SAYS HE IS PROUD OF HIS FATHER NO MATTER WHERE HE WORKS AT HIS FATHER'S PROUD OF HIM.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOALS, BUT YOU CANNOT MAKE IT SO THAT, IF YOU DO NOT REACH THEM, YOU WILL JUST BE CRUSHED.

YOU CANNOT PUT ALL YOUR SELF-WORTH ON ONE THING.

SO I AM TRYING TO DO MULTIPLE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO JUST LIVE IN THE MOMENT MORE.

REGINA: OWENS IS STILL CRATING NEW ARTWORK, BUT HE IS ALSO LOOKING TO ADD MODELING AND ACTING TO HIS RESUME.

SHIRLEY: ARE YOU TIRED OF THE SAME OLD BOWL OF POTATO CHIPS OR PRETZELS AT A SUMMER PARTY?

YOU MIGHT BE THE MOST POPULAR PERSON ATTENDING IF YOU WALK IN WITH A CHARCUTERIE BOARD.

TAKE A LOOK.

♪ >> I STARTED THE COMMUNITY PLATE BACK IN 2014.

I ALWAYS LOVED TO COOK.

MY WAY OF DOING THINGS -- CUSTOMIZABLE IS MY BIG THING.

MY STUFF IS MORE SMALL PLATES, LITTLE CREATIVE THINGS HERE AND THERE WITH TABLE SPREADS LOOKING NICE INSTEAD OF JUST BEING ALL THIS DISHES IN A LINE.

CHARCUTERIE IN LAYMAN'S TERMS IS ACTUALLY THE MEAT ON A BOARD LIKE SALAMI, PROSCIUTTO, CAP A COLA, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT CHARCUTERIE IS.

WE HAVE PROSCIUTTO, AND SALAMI, ONE IS PEPPERED AND WON HIS PLANE.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF CHEESES.

I HAVE CINNAMON, CRANBERRY GOAT CHEESE.

AND A BLUE BERRY VANILLA GOAT CHEESE.

THEY ARE POPULAR BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY PRETTY WHEN YOU CUT THEM.

THE SUITE AND SALTINESS -- GOAT CHEESE IS A VERY SALTY CHEESE, SO OUTSIDE YOU MIGHT THINK CINNAMON AND CRANBERRIES WEIRD, BUT ONCE YOU PAIR TOGETHER IT'S REALLY GOOD.

AND A LOT OF STAPLES, THINGS I WOULD PUT ON ANY BOARD, GREEN GRAPES AND BLACK GRAPES, STRAWBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES.

PICKLES, RASPBERRY JAM.

FOR THE SWEET AND SALTY ASPECT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE ONCE YOU PAIR IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE, IT WILL CHANGE THE FLAVOR.

I DO NOT LIKE BLUE CHEESE, BUT WHEN YOU MIX IT WITH HONEY FOR FIG JAM OR EVEN A RASPBERRY JAM, IT IS REALLY GREAT.

THE CRACKERS THAT WORK BEST, WHEAT, POPPYSEED, YOU WILL USE A CRACKER ALMOST AS A PLACE THAT YOU PUT STUFF ON TOP.

FIGS AND BLEU CHEESE PEAR REALLY WELL, ESPECIALLY WITH BACON.

I LIKE TO USE RASPBERRY, BLUEBERRIES, CONTRASTING FLAVORS.

ALL OF THEM AS THE SUITE COMPONENT OTHER THINGS.

THE HARD CHEESES, PARMESAN, ASIAGO, OR A LITTLE NUTTIER.

THE WAY THEY ARE SHAPED IS NICE FOR THE BOARD AND SOME OF THE SOFTER CHEESES, YOUR BLUE AND GOAT CHEESES.

THE THING ABOUT IT IS THE WAY YOU CUT THINGS, SO WHEN YOU SERVE A BRIE YOU WANTED ROOM TEMPERATURE, BUT GOAT CHEESE NEEDS TO BE ON THE COLDER SIDE SO IT DOES NOT PAUL -- DOES NOT FALL APART.

THE VISUAL IS THE MAIN THING.

NUMBER ONE, THAT SLAVE EVERYONE LOVES THEM.

YOU BRING IT TO A PARTY AND IT IS WHAT EVERYONE -- NUMBER ONE THAT IS WHY EVERYONE LOVES THEM.

YOU BRING TO A PARTY AND THAT IS WHY EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT THEM.

THE BIG THING I LIKE TO DO IS ARRANGE THE MEAT FIRST.

USUALLY IN SOME SORT OF PATTERN, SALAMI ROSES ARE A BIG THING NOW.

WHEN YOU MAKE THE BOARD YOU WANT TO TOP GOAT CHEESE OR ANYTHING SOFT IN THE FREEZER FOR 10 OR 15 MINUTES.

IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER TO CUT THROUGH SO IT IS NOT FALLING APART.

DEPENDING ON HOW SHARP YOUR NIGHT IS, -- YOUR KNIFE IS, IT COULD JUST BREAK IT APART.

SPECIALLY THE GOAT CHEESE WITH THE FRUIT AROUND IT, THE WHITE INSIDE AND THE FRUIT ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU WANT TO SEE THE CONTRAST OF COLOR.

IF YOU CUT IT AND IT'S SOFT, IT WILL GET MIXED UP AND TAKE AWAY FROM THE VISUALIZATION.

WINE IS ALWAYS A GREAT PAIRING.

ANY KIND OF FLAVORED SPARKLING WATER WOULD BE VERY GREAT.

THE VIBE I THINK THE CHARCUTERIE BOARD AND BOXES OFFER TO A PARTY IS VERSATILITY.

IT IS EASIER FOR EVERYONE TO PICK AND MINGLE INTO STILL HAVE A GOOD TIME WITHOUT HAVING TO SIT DOWN WITH A KNIFE AND FORK AND EAT THAT WAY.

SHIRLEY: THAT BOARD WAS GORGEOUS AND LOOKS SO GOOD, DIDN'T IT?

SHE'S KNOWN FOR HER UNIQUE, CUSTOMIZED MENUS FOR ALL OCCASIONS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE OFFERINGS AT THE COMMUNITY PLATE CATERING, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE.

REGINA: NEURAL CITY SELLERS MAY HAVE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN A WIND TO SERVE WITH YOUR NEXT CHARCUTERIE CREATION.

♪ >> WE ARE PHILADELPHIA'S FIRST INDEPENDENTLY OWNED URBAN WINERY.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO VINEYARDS HERE IN KENSINGTON, BUT WE SOURCE ALL OUR GRAPES LOCALLY FROM WITHIN A 300 MILE RADIUS FROM THE CITY AND MAKE THE WINE HERE.

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE IN KENSINGTON AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE WALKED BY THIS BUILDING AND IT LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

WE HAD A VISION AND IT WORKED OUT.

>> THE SPACE IS A 1200 FOOT SQUARE FOOT -- SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE.

IT'S NOT VERY LARGE.

ONE THIRD REUSE AS A RETAIL SECTION.

-- WE USE AS A RETAIL SECTION.

>> THE TASTINGS ARE TOTALLY PRIVATE TO YOUR GROUP AND PERSONALIZED.

>> WE MAKE A VARIETY OF WINES.

WE ARE HANDS-ON WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PROCESS.

OUR HANDS ARE LITERALLY IN THE BATCHES OF GRAPES.

BUT WE ARE HANDS OFF, MEANING WE ARE NOT ADDING COLOR OR SUGAR TO INCREASE OR CHANGE ANYTHING.

WE WANT TO SHOWCASE THE SMALL VINEYARDS WE WORK WITH IN THE AREA.

>> WE ARE EXTREMELY BUSY MID AUGUST THROUGH MID NOVEMBER.

WE PICK THE GRAPES WITH THEM IN THE VINEYARD.

WE DRIVE THE TRUCK BACK HERE AND START PROCESSING THE GRAPES.

>> PRESSING, BOTTLING, EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN THE SPACE.

EVEN PUTTING LABELS ON.

WE ONLY HAVE TWO MACHINES THAT PLUG-IN.

EVERYTHING IS DONE BY HAND OR HYDRAULICS.

>> WE ARE NOT ARTISTS OR DESIGNERS.

WE FOUND THERE WAS SO MUCH TALENT HERE IN THE CITY, WE WANTED TO SHOWCASE AND HIGHLIGHT LOCAL ARTISTS.

WE WORKED WITH THREE PHILADELPHIA-BASED FEMALE ARTISTS FOR OUR 2019 VINTAGE.

NEXT YEAR WE WILL MAKE ALL NEW WINES AND WORK WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ARTISTS FOR THE LABELS.

>> WE RUN A PROGRAM CALLED A COMMUNITY SUPPORTED WINERY.

YOU PAY UPFRONT FOR THE YEAR AND WITH IT YOU RECEIVED TWO BOTTLES OF CSW WINES PER MONTH, AND IT GETS DONATED BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE ARE DEFINITELY INSPIRED BY THE BREWERY SCENE HERE IN PHILADELPHIA.

IT IS SUPER CASUAL.

THERE IS A LOT TO BE KNOWN THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE INTIMIDATING.

NICK HAS A REALLY EASY WAY ABOUT TALKING ABOUT WINE, TASTING WINE.

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SO SERIOUS AND UPTIGHT.

IN THE END IT IS ABOUT WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.

SHIRLEY: I NEED TO SCHEDULE A TASTING.

THAT WOULD BE A FUN DATE NIGHT, DON'T YOU THINK?

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN LEARN MORE.

REGINA: IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A QUICK AND EASY SUMMER READ, CHECK OUT THE SECRET APARTMENT BY TOM GARVEY.

IT TELLS THE TALE OF HOW HE LIVED INSIDE PHILADELPHIA'S ICONIC SPORTS VENUES WITHOUT EVER BEING CAUGHT.

TOM GARVEY IS THE TYPE OF STORAGE THAT MAKES YOU LISTEN TO HIM.

SO WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, HE DECIDED TO USE HIS TALENT TO BRING A DIVERSION OF SORTS INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES.

>> JUST A YEAR AGO I POSTED ON FACEBOOK, WATCH THIS SPACE.

I PROMISED BY THE END OF THE MONTH I WOULD POST STORIES ABOUT VETERANS STADIUM FOR THEIR ENTERTAINMENT.

REGINA: HIS STORIES ARE NOW CHRONICLED IN HIS LATEST BOOK, "THE SECRET APARTMENT."

>> THEY HIRED A NEW TIGHT END COACH, AND A FRIEND OF MINE DIDN'T THINK HE COULD MAKE THE TEAM THAT YEAR AND HIS LEASE WAS UP JUST BEFORE SUMMER CAMP, SO HE SAID, RATHER THAN SIGN A LEASE, CAN I STORE MY FURNITURE IN THAT ROOM YOU HAVE ACROSS THE HALLWAY AT THE VET?

REGINA: BUT GARVEY, WHO OVERSAW PARKING, WAS NOT LIVING IN THE VET JUST YET.

BUT A DIVINE VISITATION WOULD HELP THEM SEE THE LIGHT.

>> WHEN THE POPE CAME TO TOWN, THEY SPRUNG ON ME AT THE LAST MINUTE.

CITY PLANNERS DECIDED ANYONE COMING TO THE MASS, IF THEY DID NOT TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THE LOTS WOULD OPEN AT FOUR IN THE MORNING.

SO I HAD TO COME UP WITH A CREW.

I PUT TOGETHER A CREW FROM JC DOBBS ON SOUTH STREET.

THE BOUNCERS HELPED ME PUT IT TOGETHER.

I CANNOT TRUST HIM TO SHOW UP AT 4 A.M., SO WE HAD A SLEEPOVER AND WE WERE IN THAT ROOM USING THAT FURNITURE.

AND SOMEONE SAID, IF YOU JUST CLEANED UP THIS ROOM, THIS COULD BE THE COOLEST APARTMENT IN THE WORLD.

AND I STARTED THAT DAY, I SLEPT THERE THE NIGHT BEFORE, AND I NEVER MOVED OUT FOR A LONG TIME.

I WAS THERE OVER TWO YEARS.

REGINA: GARVEY, A VIETNAM VET, SAYS THE TIME HE SPENT LIVING IN THE VET, WAS CATHARTIC.

>> IT WAS A HEALING PLACE WHEN I LIVED THERE.

I HAD A LOT OF TIME TO THINK.

IT HELPS ME.

REGINA: THE DEMOLITION OF THE VET TO MAKE WAY FOR CITIZENS BANK PARK AND LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD MARKET TURNING POINT IN HIS LIFE.

>> IT WAS THE END OF AN ERA.

THE SEPARATION OF A LOT OF THINGS I LOVED.

I LOST GOOD FRIENDS IN 2004.

MY FRIEND DIED IN JANUARY THAT YEAR, AND ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS JOHN MCMANUS, WHO IS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK, HE DIED THAT YEAR.

REGINA: HOW DOES GARVEY FEEL ABOUT THE CURRENT ARENAS?

>> THE NEW STADIUMS ARE DESIGNED SO THAT YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD VIEW.

SO THEY ARE BETTER STADIUMS IN THAT SENSE.

WHAT THEY ARE NOT IS, THEY ARE NOT THE VET.

AND NONE OF THEM CAN YOU BE UP ON THE UPPER LEVELS AND WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND AND SEE THE CITY.

THEY ARE BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD, BUT I STILL MISS THE VET.

I WILL ALWAYS MISS THE VET.

REGINA: IT'S AMAZING HOW HIS BOOK IS UNLOCKING FOND MEMORIES OF THE VET FOR HIS READERS.

SHIRLEY: HE'S TAKING BEING A PHILLIES SPORTS FAN TO A NEW LEVEL.

REGINA: THAT'S THE END OF OUR SHOW.

SHIRLEY: WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

REGINA: HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY.

SHIRLEY: GOODBYE.