June 20-26, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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Downbeat The Mellon Jazz Festival has a new focus -- and not everyone is pleased. By Nate Chinen by Nate Chinen

news

Filling the Boyd: Saving the Sameric Theater (nee Boyd Theatre) will take lots of money and more than a little luck.—Daniel Brook

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves: Local mafia gun molls are aghast that one of their own is dating a Roma crime figure.—Brendan McGarvey

Three Squares and a Cot—Daniel Brook

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

columns:

Guvwatch:Never Say Die—Daryl Gale

Political Notebook:No Bedfellows Here—Mary F. Patel

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Video Voyeurs

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Butchering Butch

Slant by Justin Linn
Justin's Case

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Popular Mechanics: Three artists work with simplicity at Vox Populi.—Robin Rice

Etching for Glory: Ursinus College shows off an impressive collection of Rembrandt’s etchings.—Susan Hagen

Dance:Art of the Dance—Janet Anderson

artspicks

Kick Out the Jams—Paul Burress

National Showcase of New Plays—Debra Auspitz

Dueling Media—Deni Kasrel

Thoroughly Modern Camillie—David Shengold

movies

Future Tense: Fighting destiny and city hall in Minority Report.—Sam Adams

Cold Fire: Inuit storytelling makes the jump to the big screen with Atanarjuat.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

Cruel Tunes: S&M meets Shostakovich in The Piano Teacher.—Sam Adams

Movie Interview: with Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn—Cindy Fuchs

music

The Fantom Melvin: Buzz Osborne plans a hostile ambient takeover with The Melvins.—A.D. Amorosi

Song of Himself: Fred Hersch takes solo piano to a new place.—Nate Chinen

Beat Box—Ainè Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

The Orange Peels—Sam Adams

Red Bull Music Academy 2002—Sean O’Neal

The Rezillos—Sam Adams

Princess Superstar—A.D. Amorosi

Tender Trap—M.J. Fine

Windsor for the Derby—Paul Burress

The Realistics—Hillary Rea

naked city

'Ware in the World: Our three-part weekend road trip series kicks off in the First State.—Alex Richmond

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

food

Asian Is a State of Mind: Red Chopstix's menu suggests culinary confusion, but the dishes don’t disappoint.—Maxine Keyser