July 31-August 6, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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Rental Health Your guide to finding the perfect crib in philly. by Brian Hickey

news

Street Talk: What’s on the mayor’s mind?—Howard Altman

Live Stop, Dead Cars: City lots are filling up with seized vehicles.—Daryl Gale

fineprint: Less words, more story.

DROP Kicked: The mayor says the expensive retirement program will soon disappear.—Ralph Cipriano

Katz Swings, Street Ducks—Daryl Gale

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

columns:

Political Notebook:The Elephant in Summer—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Center City's Crotchety Dragon: Why you never see a Chinatown apartment ad isn’t a big mystery anymore.—Helen i-lin Hwang

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
You Gotta Move

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Straight Up, Partisan Chaser

Slant by Jenn Carbin
Wheel Old

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Mild to Hot: Whether it’s muddled Shakespeare or mighty O’Neill, New York summer theater only whets the appetite for fall.—Toby Zinman

In the Foreground: Wallpaper redux at the Fabric Workshop.—Robin Rice

In the Good Old Summertime: Huck Finn lives, Banderas can sing and more surprises of summer musicals.—David Anthony Fox

artquicks: More stuff going on this week...

First Friday Focus:First Friday Focus—Lori Hill

artspicks

IBDAA Dance Performance Tour—Andrew Parks

Patti LuPone—Steve Cohen

Illadelph Legends: 2003 Hip Hop Fest and Conference—Ainé Ardron-Doley

Dialogues of the Carmelites—David Shengold

movies

Melting Potboiler: Stephen Frears revamps the thriller for a polyglot world.—Sam Adams

Fit for a Princess: The Legend of Suriyothai is a return to epic filmmaking.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Traffic, Jams: Selling folk music south of the border at Puerta de las Américas.—Mary Armstrong

Everything is Changing—Michael Pelusi

Blistered in the Sun: Unwrapping the Summer Package Tour—Jesse Delaney

soundadvice: Get out.

Upstaged: Bethlehem’s enormous Musikfest turns 20 (and Philly turns green).—Mary Armstrong

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

The Lucksmiths—Sam Adams

Caustic Resin—Paul Burress

Adam X—Sean O’Neal

Eels—John Vettese

The Collapse—A.D. Amorosi

naked city

Shore Footing: A walking tour pays respect to Jersey rock greats.—Alex Richmond

firstlook: The Marvelous—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Smythe & Saucier present Circo Comedia—Juliet Fletcher

Family Farm Day and Salsa Competition—Lori Hill

Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game Mall Tour—Andrew Parks

food

Fine China: Stepping up to the Plate in Ardmore.—Maxine Keyser

The Latest Shish—Elisa Ludwig