July 24-30, 2003 | [2003 issue index] |
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Drop DeadWill the mayor stand up to labor in an election year and kill a $700 million pension-fund boondoggle? by Ralph Cipriano |
news
Universal Concerns: City Council President Anna Verna jumps into the Universal/SOSNA fray.—Deborah Bolling
GoInternet Back To Arkansas : There’s trouble brewing in the land of Clinton for Old City’s lightning rod of a telemarketing firm. Oh yeah, there may be some problems with North Carolina officials and the feds as well.—Daryl Gale
fineprint: Less words, more story.
Gale Warning: Drucify Him!—Daryl Gale
Wheel in the Sky: A documentary film about a predominantly black biker club keeps Jerome Robinson’s memory alive.—Jenn Carbin
The Bell Curve: City Paper's weekly gauge of Philly's Quality of Life
columns:
Political Notebook:Swing (Vote) Dancing—Mary F. Patel
Cityspace:Convertible Living: Why new apartments in old buildings may be the key to Philly’s future.—Patrick M. Starr
Cityspace:Park Rage—Daniel Brook
opinion
Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
The Truth is Out There Two days before his former boss is due to visit Philadelphia via Air Force One, Joe Wilson is on the phone with some serious allegations about the people who work for the president.Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Matthew Hart: MattyboySlant by Jacob G. Hornberger
Criminal or Scofflaw?Letters to the Editor: by the readers
arts
Anniversary Party: The Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village celebrates 20 years of artistic wonders.—Robin Rice
artquicks: More stuff going on this week...
Book Quicks:The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight: A.L.T.: A Memoir
Theater:Looking Over The President's Shoulder—David Anthony Fox
Theater:Songs For A New World—David Anthony Fox
artspicks
Cities Without Citizens—Lori Hill
An Artist's Workshop staged reading—Juliet Fletcher
10-Minute Play Festival—Andrew Parks
movies
Remembrance of Things to Come: Photography creates memory and tells the future in Remembrance of Things to Come.—Sam Adams
The Cremaster Cycle: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle is as amorphous as his Vaseline sculptures.—Sam Adams
Screen Picks—Sam Adams
music
Emotional Rescue: Philly punks Paint It Black overcome a CVA and release CVA.—John Vettese
Uprooted: How Ben Kenney left Philly’s hip-hop legends to rock with Incubus.—Eve Simonsen
Executioners' Songs: Rilo Kiley takes off.—Michael Pelusi
soundadvice: Get out.
Rule Blur-Tania: Britain's best band head for the Think Tank. —A.D. Amorosi
Idle Pleasures—M.J. Fine
Two Halves and a Hole: The division of At the Drive-In.—John Vettese
Broad Street Slide: Richard Thompson has never been a fixture on any kind of music television, barring a few PBS programs, maybe. —Michael Pelusi
DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal
Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley
musicpicks
Bubba Sparxxx—Ainé Ardron-Doley
Out Hud—M.J. Fine
Dismemberment Plan—Andrew Parks
Pernice Brothers/The Tyde—Sam Adams
Venus Hum—M.J. Fine
naked city
Screen Transfer: Auditioning the video game counterparts to Hollywood blockbusters.
firstlook: Theory—Alex Richmond
Icepack—A.D. Amorosi
mixpicks
Wine Rave—Jenn Carbin
Libertine Ball V—A.D. Amorosi
ãSexism in the Cityä Tea Party—Ainé Ardron-Doley
food
Crowd Pleaser: The Plough & the Stars’ Don Coleman on teamwork and 225-gallon soups.—Deborah Bolling
Shepherd's Pie Recipe—The Plough & the Stars and Recipe by Sous Chef Don Coleman
