April 11-17, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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LET MY PEOPLE GO A YMCA branch founded on freedom now struggles for its own. by Daryl Gale

news

Bender on a Roll: The city’s most famous forensic sculptor has two new projects on tap.—Jenn Carbin

Guilty, Eh?: International row follows Philly conviction of Canadian for trading with Cuba.—Steve Eckardt

Art Attack: A brawl over a wall near Peirce College.—Jenn Carbin

Sins of the Fathers: Two papers, two approaches to covering the biggest story on the religion beat since the Reformation.—Frank Lewis

Soundbites—Frank Lewis

Guvwatch: Map Quest —Daryl Gale

Street Beat?—Daniel Brook

The Bell Curve: City Paper's weekly gauge of Philly's Quality of Life

columns:

Political Notebook:The Casey Bandwagon
—Mary F. Patel

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Blind Faith

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
The Bork Shield

Slant by Sharon Nader-Sloan
Been Had

Slant by Rania Awwad
Casualties of Conflict Casualties of Conflict

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Reflections: Beth Lipman uses glass to recreate and redefine artwork of the past.—Robin Rice

High School Reunion—Jim Weaver

New Worlds: Two shows at Locks Gallery offer a map of two artists’ visions.—Susan Hagen and Robin Rice

Fever Pitch—David Anthony Fox

Losing Faith—Toby Zinman

Company Man: FuckedCompany.com’s Philip Kaplan on the dot-com implosion.—Maura Johnston

Dance:
Bill T. Jones—Deni Kasrel
Sounds Like Progress—Juliet Fletcher
Dance:H.T. Chen—Janet Anderson
Dance:Downstairs Dance—Janet Anderson

movies

The Rest of the Fest

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Jazz Band 2.0: The Pat Metheny Group makes music for the new century.—Nate Chinen

Rock/POP Non-Solo: Billy Bragg learns to share.—Sam Adams

WORLD/FOLK The Messenger: Israel’s most popular singer wants peace.—Mary Armstrong

The Gig—Nate Chinen

thebeatbox—Ainè Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Silvertide/Brando—A.D. Amorosi

Philomel—Peter Burwasser

Zero 7—Nicole Pensiero

Sparta—A.D. Amorosi

Lambert Orkis—Andrew Ervin

Giant Sand—Sam Adams

Kenny Werner Trio—Nate Chinen

Tanya Donelly—M.J. Fine

Seiji Ozawa—Andrew Ervin

That 1 Guy—A.D. Amorosi

Gov't Mule—Nick George

naked city

Look, Ma, No Wires: Local artist Jim Victor gets his big break -- with butter.—Trish Boppert

icepack—A.D. Amorosi

Firstlook: Glam—A.D. Amorosi

food

Simple Pleasures: Stella Notte does nothing unusual, but everything well.—Maxine Keyser

underthetable—Marc Kravitz