We're bringing back an old favorite his month. Join us to partake in a delicious buffet of Jewish food and a cocktail. They'll be latkes, kugel and something sinful for dessert amongst other goodies that might have graced your Bubby's table. There are so many fun things happening this First Friday that you'll find something for every taste. to find out more about First Friday events please check out the new First Friday website Downtownmountairy.com

SHEROD SMALLMAN is your beloved Philly Slammaster.

SHAPPY SEASHOLTZ was the surly barkeep at the Bowery Poetry Club for its first eight years, and slammaster & host of their weekly poetry slam, NYC-Urbana. He & the NYC-Urbana Team won the 2002 National Poetry Slam. He has toured with Lollapalooza, was featured on season three of HBO'S Def Poetry and has been running the National Nerd Slam for over a decade. He tours constantly and publishes widely. He is the chosen one.

CRISTIN O'KEEFE APTOWICZ is the author of five books of poetry, most recently "Everything is Everything." She is also the the author of the nonfiction book, "Words In Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam," which Billy Collins wrote "leaves no doubt that the slam poetry scene has achieved legitimacy and taken its rightful place on the map of contemporary literature." Most recently, Aptowicz was named the 2010-2011 ArtsEdge Writer-In-Residence at the University of Pennsylvania to work on a book about Thomas Dent Mutter, founder of the Philadelphia's (in)famous Mutter Museum.

MICHAEL O'HARA builds robots, creates medicine, designs surgical implants, stands up to bullies, breaks balls, talks shit, tells the truth, stretches the truth, drinks vodka, drinks coffee, tutors calculus, celebrates Halloween, drives a car, officiates weddings, avoids bad television, avoids cops and writes poetry. He has performed poetry in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington State and Maryland. He is thankful for everything he has, will have, and will lose.

JANE CASSADY writes pop-culture horoscopes for the City Paper's Arts and Culture Blog, Critical Mass. She is the Slam Mistress of the Philadelphia Poetry Slam. Her poems have appeared in The November 3rd Club, The Comstock Review, Valley of the Contemporary Poets, and other journals. She's performed at such venues as LouderArts in New York City, Valley Contemporary Poets in Los Angeles, and The Encyclopedia Show in Chicago.

Sanny's Bio:
I am from Rotterdam, Holland, and grew up in a creative family. I graduated from the University Utrecht with a BFA sculpture. During this time i concentrated on "Drawings in Space" consisting of welded steel and soldered wire. One year after completing my BFA i moved to Albany, NY. to be with my husband. Here we founded Changing Spaces Gallery. Our mission was to interact between different art forms. We hosted art shows, music performances, poetry nights, independent film, micro theater and organized a multi-media arts festival called Fire & Ice.

Now we live in Philadelphia where i work in my studio. I paint musician portraits and make 2 and 3 dimensional work. My work has recurrent themes like memory, experience, ancestors and environment.

My latest abstract work is called 'People Meeting'. I build each painting up line by line. In the first few lines i use rhythm and direction from that moment. During this time i think instinct. The lines that follow are all reactions on each other. I let parts come together grow higher until the people appear.

Also in the Gallery this month:

Artwork by Martha Knox
Artwork and prints by Mark Mattson
Artwork by Sherman Oberson
Artwork by Mary Adelman
Artwork by Marsha Sickles
Artwork by Sharon Tucker

Gifts For women
Our shelves are bursting with items perfect for your Wife, Mom, that hard-to-buy-for Sister or co-worker. Below is a list of just a few of the wonderful items that we carry.

• Purses and totes
• A variety of lovely stationary
• Gifts great for tea lovers
• Vintage purses and jewelry
• Lovely home wares
• Skagen watches
• Great holiday decorations
• Judaica
• and of course a huge variety of jewelry from local artists and around the world.

• Hand silkscreened neckties by cyberoptix
• Vintage cufflinks
• artist made cufflinks
• Skagen watches
• Gifts great for wine lovers
• Golf themed gifts
• Key chains
• Vintage bar items

• Craft Kits
• Tiny Remote Controlled robots
• Stickers, magnets and puzzle erasers
• Non-traditional action figures
• Kid's jewelry from infant to teen
• Crocheted Hats and Headbands By Debbie Davies

• Organic bath salts in great scents
• soy massage Candles
• I am not a paper cup, porcelain travel cup
• Bamboo cutting boards
• Corkels - cork toys for kids
• Jewelry,bowls,coasters, clocks and cards by Vinylux locally made from recycled records
• Fair trade totes made from recycled materials
• Lanterns made from recycled tin
• Envirosax - foldable reusable shopping bags

• The bitch series - books, magnets and stickers
• Temporary tattoos for wine lovers,book lovers and geeks
• Funny Books
• Funny magnets
• Quirky stuffed animals
• Wine Cork Menorah
• Texas no limit Driedel
• Fun gifts from Fred
• Fun office items
• Rubber duck tea diffuser
• Hothead candle holder by Black & Blum
• James the bookend by Black & Blum
• Boss lady soaps and other goodies
• Rubber ducks in a Multitude of Characters

• Ornaments made of recycled records
• Handmade Ornaments made of clay
• Vintage inspired ornaments
• Fused glass Ornaments
• Christmas Jewelry
• Table top trees made of paper
• Christmas tree photo holders made of paper clips
• Table top tree made of recycled motherboards
• Stocking stuffers
• vintage inspired decorations
• Actual vintage decorations and ornaments
• Felt stockings
• Peace sign wreaths
• Christmas cards and wrapping paper

For Hanukkah:

• Texas no limit dreidel
• Modern style menorahs
• Dreidels of many kinds, some that even turn into menorahs
• Menorah to fit on top of a wine bottle
• Mezuzot
• Little toys perfect for gelt
• Jewelry with Judaic themes
• Hand dipped menorah candles
• Beeswax menorah candles
• Hanukkah cards

Introducing two new styles, Minisax are a lunch bag size Envirosax that folds out from a tiny pouch that becomes your cup/bottle holder while in use. When you've finished your lunch the bag folds back up. In styles for men and women.

Slingsax are the largest size Envirosax and have handles that can be tied to the length that fits you best. The bag can be worn across your shoulder messenger bag style. The bag has a small pocket on the outside of the bag and one on the inside as well making the bag extremely functional as a purse. It comes in styles for woman and men. The bag folds down as well making it a great travel bag.

• Monday : 12-5
• Tuesday : 12pm - 6pm
• Wednesday: 11am - 7pm
• Thursday: 11am- 8pm
• Friday: 11am - 8pm
• Saturday: 10am - 7pm
• Sunday: 1pm - 6pm

From Center City:
Take I-76W to exit 340A towards Lincoln Drive/Kelly Drive After stop sign get into center lane and take ramp onto Lincoln Drive Take Lincoln Drive to W. Mount Pleasant Ave and make a right (at CVS) At 2nd light make left at Germantown Ave Jean Jacques is ½ block on the left.

From Chestnut Hill
head on Germantown Ave towards Mt. Airy. Jean Jacques is on the right, ½ block before the light at W. Mount Pleasant Ave.

From Mont. Co:
Take Rt 309 South to Easton Rd/Arcadia University/Mt Airy Exit Stay to the right on ramp and make a right at the light at the top of the ramp Follow Easton Rd onto Wadsworth Ave, continuing onto E Mt Airy Ave Continue until dead end at Germantown Ave Make a left onto Germantown Ave Jean Jacques is 2 blocks ahead on the right, ½ block before the light at W. Mount Pleasant Ave.