November 21-27, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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CP's Holiday Gift Guide

news

Laminate Lament: How the theft of some plastic in the Northeast can make your life miserable.—Daryl Gale

Unnecessary Roughness: The boys of section 346 get spanked.—Daryl Gale

Tavis Smiley—Deborah Bolling

Experimental Justice—Daniel Brook

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Absolutely Fabulous—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Palms Away: There's a Bitar battle brewing in West Philly over a tree.—Daniel Brook

Cityspace:Wheelie Good Deal—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Diminished Threats

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Phoenix Stirring

Slant by Christopher Largen
Blunt Lesson

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Star Turn: The NY season is off to a celeb-packed start.That's not always a good thing.—Toby Zinman

Tune In: This just in: Hairspray's not the only musical on Broadway this season.—David Anthony Fox

Dance:Kumquat Dance Collective—Janet Anderson

Theater:The Trojan Women—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Stones in His Pockets—Toby Zinman

Philadanco—Janet Anderson

CafŽ Puttanesca—Juliet Fletcher

Sex Workers Art Show—A.D. Amorosi

Waking Dreams—Kristina Weise

movies

Bringing Out the Dead: Interview with the Assassin isn't about who killed J.F.K. so much as why we still care.—Sam Adams

Bond on the Run: James gets upstaged by Halle Berry's Bond girl.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Positive Charge: For all the controversy, Steve Earle's Jerusalem ends on a profoundly optimistic note.—Sam Adams

Star Power: Homer Jackson's Dogon PM finds art and science under the same sky.—Patrick Rapa

Joe Kim—Patrick Rapa

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley ( applesz6@aol.com

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

The Capital City Dusters—Paul Burress

Engine Down—John Vettese

GZA—Paul Burress

Pleasure Club—A.D. Amorosi

Smog—Paul Burress

DJ Garth—Sean O’Neal

The University—Lori Hill

naked city

Thinning Out the Crowd: Stores like South Street's new The Skinny and Old City's Taji Modern cater to shoppers who know their history.—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

John Freyer—Chris Cummins

Visible Work, Invisible Women—Paul Burress

Phil Automaton Pre-party—Nancy Armstrong

Suzanne Westenhoefer—Kristina Weise

food

Close, and Yet So Far: Valentino's location ensures cheery (if noisy) pre-show crowds, but not all of the dishes are great performances.—Maxine Keyser

firstlook: Vesuvio—Frank Lewis