May 2- 8, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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NO LAUGHING MATTER JOKES, JABS, AND JEALOUSIES: It's mean behind the scenes of Philadelphia's comedy world. by Jon Hart

news

Critical Juncture: Two years after the death of its founder, Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Critical Path is keeping his dream alive.—Jenn Carbin

The TransPass of Venus: How did a picture of an avowed public-transit hater get featured on SEPTA’s monthly passes without her permission?—Deborah Scoblionkov

Out Of The Loop: Are Germantown’s historic sites being ignored?—Jenn Carbin

The Philadelphia Pork-estra?: While some criticize so-called pork-barrel spending, local arts organizations say it’s the only way to survive.—Daniel Brook

High Drama: A theater reviews its policy toward City Paper critics.—Frank Lewis

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

Philadelphia Experiment

columns:

Guvwatch:No Means Yes—Daryl Gale

Political Notebook:Affairs on the Square—Mary F. Patel

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Recovery Addict

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Honest Oxymorons

Slant by Lewis Whittington
Holy Gay Purge

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Space Invasion: The artists of Space 1026 get their due with shows at ICA and the Free Library this month.

Green Thumb—Susan Hagen

Walking the Line: Barnett Newman looms large at the Art Museum.—Robin Rice

Artsbeat:Artsbeat—Debra Auspitz

Theater:Smart Bomb—Toby Zinman

Book Quicks:Book Quicks—Andrew Ervin

Books:The Empire Strikes Out: The lingering effects of colonialism take hold in The Return of the Caravels.—Andrew Ervin

First Friday Focus:First Friday Focus

Opera:A Cut Above—Steve Cohen

artspicks

Homecoming—Steve Cohen

Myths and Hymns—David Anthony Fox

Madame Ranevskaya—Toby Zinman

Black & White: Beyond the Color Spectrum—A.D. Amorosi

movies

Con Man: Fabián Bielinsky on the treacherous Nine Queens.—Cindy Fuchs

Unhappy Ending: Woody Allen tries to gum Hollywood to death.—Sam Adams

Hard Time: Borstal Boy puts Brendan Behan’s celebrated memoir on lockdown.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks

music

Point of Departure: Damien Jurado stands on Chairs.—Brian Howard

No Age: It’s about time you caught on to Eliza Gilkyson.—Nicole Pensiero

The Secrets of His Beehive: David Sylvian enters a new age.—A.D. Amorosi

Beat Box

DJ Nights

musicpicks

High Times Tour

Caroline Herring—Mary Armstrong

Chris Fortier & Friends—A.D. Amorosi

Jim Black's AlasNoAxis—Nate Chinen

Waylon Jennings Revival—A.D. Amorosi

Antibalas—A.D. Amorosi

Niamh Parsons—Mary Armstrong

Stories From the Source—Paul Burress

Neko Case—Maura Johnston

naked city

Bye Bye Love: A eulogy for a fallen landmark.—Rick Valenzuela

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Stories From the Source—Paul Burress

Action-Packed—A.D. Amorosi

Holy Activism—Deni Kasrel

food

Mighty Duck: Joe’s Peking Duck House offers great food at reasonable prices.—Patrick Rapa