July 25-31, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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Today Philadelphia, Tomorrow The World Is it theater? Is it dance? Whatever you call it, Philly's unique brand of movement theater is making international news. by Debra Auspitz

news

Segway or the Highway: State Rep. Louise Williams Bishop of Overbrook and pedestrian advocates decry new law allowing human transporter on Pennsylvania sidewalks.—Daniel Brook

Back in Style: With a fashion show, Vietnamese immigrants recall their country’s better times.—Michael Washburn

Mummy Russia: The secret sauce that keeps Lenin looking so lifelike is coming to Philly.—Brendan McGarvey

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Liberation—Mary F. Patel

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Basket Case

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Arrested Development

Slant by A.D. Amorosi
The Jackson Jive

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

God Is in the Details: “Pure,” at the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, examines spirituality and abstraction.—Susan Hagen

Theater:Corps Values—Toby Zinman

Theater:Fest Success—Toby Zinman

artspicks

Black Power Players—Meredith Broussard

Munakata Shiko—Ashlea Halpern

Turning Point—Karen Williams

REV Revival—Andrew Parks

movies

Wriggle Room: Tadpole squirms, but it doesn’t have legs.—Cindy Fuchs

Falling on Deaf Ears: Read My Lips undermines the thriller, but doesn’t fill in the hole.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks

music

Replay: Area man Moby comes back for seconds.—A.D. Amorosi

Summer Monsters: Battle of the package tours! Moby vs. Eminem—Patrick Rapa

The Mountain Goats—Patrick Rapa

Beat Box—Ain� Ardron-Doley

The Gig—Nate Chinen

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Neil Michael Hagerty—A.D. Amorosi

Gina Scipione—David Wannop

Fast Horse Summer Hootenanny—M.J. Fine

Desaparecidos—Patrick Rapa

Porcupine Tree—A.D. Amorosi

Mike Ireland & Holler—Brian Howard

naked city

One More Kiss: For a quick trip, Hershey is rich in more ways than one.—Alex Richmond

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

food

Good, and That's Enough: La Collina falls short of greatness, but any restaurant with so many regulars is worth a visit.—Maxine Keyser

firstlook—A.D. Amorosi