March 6-12, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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Taking a Gamble Music mogul and mega-developer Kenny Gamble bets on the future of his South Phialdelphia neighborhoods. by Deborah Bolling Photos by Michael T. Regan

news

$afe Streets: Security is an investment.—Daryl Gale

Hall Monitor—Daryl Gale

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

columns:

Political Notebook:First Strike—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Break Up the Car Culture Club: Philly would be better off if mass transit were a priority.—Daniel Brook

Cityspace:DreamCenter update—Daniel Brook

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Pissing Match

Slant by Lauren Townsend
Cover the Uninsured

Slant by Howard Altman
Block Aid

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

First Friday Focus—Lori Hill

"Intricacy" at ICA—Susan Hagen

Dance:BodyVox—Janet Anderson

Dance:Urban Tap—Deni Kasrel

Theater:The Lysistrata Project—Toby Zinman

Theater:MacHomer—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Ambassador Satch—David Anthony Fox

Books:Shadow's Cast: A wide-ranging collection spans decades of music history.—Frank Halperin

Book Quicks:Drop City—John Freeman

artspicks

Twang—Juliet Fletcher

Grupo Afro Boricua—Deni Kasrel

Cornford and Cross: Ten Photographic Portraits from 10—Debra Auspitz

Cose Fan Tutte—David Shengold

movies

Junk Bonds: In The Safety of Objects, stuff binds people together.—Cindy Fuchs

Sing a Song of Struggle: Lee Hirsch talks about his 10 years documenting African freedom songs.—Sam Adams

Dogme Dog: Open Hearts breaks the vow and twists your arm.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Oh, the Humanity: International male Vikter Duplaix says no way, computer.—A.D. Amorosi

Jig Stars: Danú turns heads by doing the same old thing.—Mary Armstrong

Big Entrance: PJ Harvey's pal John Parish makes Animals Move.—A.D. Amorosi

Review: Common, Gang Starr, Talib Kweli, Floetry—Elisa Ludwig

Review: Philadelphia Orchestra—Peter Burwasser

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Ike—Patrick Rapa

Danielle Howle—M.J. Fine

The Eyeliners—Sam Adams

King Crimson—A.D. Amorosi

Adam F/DJ Craze—Sean O’Neal

Les Nubians—A.D. Amorosi

naked city

Minis, Maxed: “Tuner” Eric Savage helps Mini owners drive large.—Brian Howard

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Mystery Men—Paul Burress

Hedging Our Bets—Juliet Fletcher

Y Not?—A.D. Amorosi

food

That's (Not Just) Italian: Vesuvio surprises with a border-crossing menu.—Maxine Keyser

First Look: Simsum and Adriatica—Howard Altman