November 6-12, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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STREET-PEAT How the mayor won his November Sweep Reported by Howard Altman, Deborah Bolling, Moris Bracy IV, April Brown, Daryl Gale, Brian Hickey, Alexa James, Brendan McGarvey, Mary Patel, and Amy L. Webb. Edited by Brian Hickey

news

Eck-posé: Inside a little-known religion's Old City worship center.—Morris Bracy IV

The Matrix Knows: A new national database worries privacy advocates.—Amy L. Webb

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

columns:

Cityspace:The New Urbanism: Why cities are better than suburbs.—Joseph Matje

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Fear Factor

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Surfing at Work?

Slant by Amy L. Webb
Take a Stand, Already

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

The Mixmaster: Ron Wood blends hip-hop and martial arts into a dynamic dance stew.—Deni Kasrel

First Friday Focus:First Friday Focus—Lori Hill

Books:Planting the Seeds: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie paints a torrid landscape of Nigerian politics and family with her debut novel.—Deborah Bolling

artspicks

The Marriage of Figaro—David Shengold

Miss Julie—Steve Cohen

George Segal and Pat Steir—Keegan O'Connor

"Lessons from the Master: Violet Oakley and the Illustration Class of Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute"—Tricia Ferdinand

movies

Spun Out: Once more around The Matrix.—Cindy Fuchs

Little Big Man: Will Ferrell is an elf with a heart as big as he is: 6-foot-3.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

You're in Town: Philly indie rockers stage an absurd indie rock opera.—M.J. Fine

Sound Advice: Get Out.

Twice Popped: Stewkey revives The Nazz for the International Pop Overthrow—A.D. Amorosi

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

West Philly Folk Fest—Mary Armstrong

Rossetti Quartet—Peter Burwasser

Kristin Hersh/Howe Gelb/Andrew Bird—Sam Adams

The Quails—M.J. Fine

Alias—John Vettese

Edward Aldwell—Lou Camp

naked city

Open House: Paul Morelli's jewelry is now on display to the public in Philly, bringing a nationally recognized business back home.—Alex Richmond

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

"Horridus, Horridus: Name-Calling in the Wilderness"—Keegan O'Connor

"Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross" presentation and booksigning—A.D. Amorosi

State of the Art: Hip-Hop Journalism—Elisa Ludwig

food

Grenade Launch: Named for a fruit that inspired an explosive, Melograno busts out.—Elisa Ludwig

Sorority Rush—Alex Richmond