April 10-16, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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War in Black and White How racial attitudes towards the war are playing out in Philly. by Deborah Bolling

news

Risque Business: Was it fetish phobia or money woes that killed off a popular lesbian burlesque?—Daryl Gale

Warpath: Cool Hand Bill—Daniel Brook

Open To The Public—Daryl Gale

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Strike Two—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Raising the Bar: Seemingly small improvements will go a long way toward making Philly great.—Alan Greenberger

Cityspace:Kahn Do—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
For Duty and Humanity As often happens in life, it all comes down to the Zen of Moe, but Yoel Mester, the young vice consul of the Israeli consulate in Philadelphia, is not getting the reference.

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Not Hearing Voices

Slant by Gary Large
How The West Was Lost

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Music Man: James Sugg finds songwriting method amid madness.—Juliet Fletcher

Coming Out of the Dark: A move into white for Thomas Chimes and vibrant work from Stuart Netsky light up Locks Gallery.—Robin Rice

Theater:City of Angels—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Fiction—Toby Zinman

Theater:The Tempest—Toby Zinman

Theater:Scab—David Anthony Fox

Opera:Ariadne Auf Naxos—David Shengold

artspicks

Preston Foerder—Debra Auspitz

Curtis Opera Theatre's French Comic One Acts—David Shengold

River North Chicago Dance Company—Janet Anderson

Funky Junk Auction/Bike Parts Art Raid—Debra Auspitz

movies

La Fiesta Continua: What to see (and not) from the PFF’s second week.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Flash Forward: Costumed lip-synchers Fischerspooner are not out to shock you.—Sean O’Neal

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Dirty Three—Paul Burress

Jayhawks—Sam Adams

Gabriel Yacoub—Mary Armstrong

VERSIONsound—Sean O’Neal

Brentano String Quartet—Peter Burwasser

Vir Unis/James Johnson—A.D. Amorosi

The Funk Brothers—Nicole Pensiero

naked city

Schlock and Awe: War of the Monsters recalls simpler times, when giant mutants were the greatest threat to national security.—Frank Lewis

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Ellen DeGeneres—Ainé Ardron-Doley

Speakeasy at Glen Foerd—Brian White

food

Penne For Your Thoughts: Not for nothing is this surprisingly good restaurant named for a pasta.—Maxine Keyser

ChefAID at 10—A.D. Amorosi