November 20-26, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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The Holiday Gift Guide Gifts from A to Z Introduction: The Lavernes of the world never had it so good. Love Letters: Holiday gifts from A to Z.

Boxed Elders: Old favorites make a comeback in box-set from. It's A Setup: More music that comes in boxes these days. Joy in a Box: DVD box sets that'll make you go hmmm. High-Tech Holiday: Want to give a gadget? Here's the latest on what's hot. Holiday Book Quarterly Just Looking: Fabulous fashion, decadent design, lurid lifestyles-booked. Children's Books BQ Shorts Fiction BQ Shorts Non-Fiction

news

Sister Act: Friend or foe? Either way, two councilwomen are said to be fighting for the presidency.—Daryl Gale

Legally, Yours: Temple's "bad boy" law student passes the bar.—Deborah Bolling

Fineprint: Less words, more story.

Gale Warning—Daryl Gale

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Paybacks are a Bitch—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:The Path of Kahn: On fathers, sons and buildings.—Harris Steinberg

Cityspace:Goldman Still Going—Amy L. Webb

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Tales from the Cryptome

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
A Real Turkey

Slant by David Bacon
That Giant Sucking Sound

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Mouthing Off: Experimental documentary dance project "From the Horse's Mouth" lets Philly dancers speak their minds.—Janet Anderson

Artquicks: More stuff going on this week...

Dance:Complexions—Deni Kasrel

Theater:CHAIN.LINK.FENCE—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Don Juan—Toby Zinman

artspicks

Paul Krugman—Sam Adams

Philly Photo Nights—Lori Hill

L'amico Fritz—David Shengold

Embarrassments—Steve Cohen

movies

Forced Perspective: Elephant doesn't explain Columbine; it asks if anyone could.—Sam Adams

Piece by Piece: How Gus Van Sant put Elephant together.—Interview by Sam Adams

Death Be Not Loud: Sarah Polley faces death quietly in My Life Without Me.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Changing Keys: The Tell Us the Truth tour's artists spread the word without sacrificing the rock.—Sam Adams

Wanted Man: Turns out Rufus Wainwright was writing songs about "survival in the face of pending doom."—A.D. Amorosi

Crumb Round the Mountain—Peter Burwasser

Rattle and Ho-Hum—Peter Burwasser

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Terri Hendrix—Mary Armstrong

Philadelphia Orchestra/Philomel—Peter Burwasser

Mirah /The Blow—M.J. Fine

Rob Mazurek—Sean O'Neal

naked city

Going to the Dogs: Local designers create a stylistic funhouse to benefit the PSPCA.—Keegan O'Connor

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

What’s Really Happening in Iraq—Keegan O'Connor

Broadway Gay Bingo—Alex Koppelman

Be Thankful for Our Firefighters Dinner—Jenn Carbin

food

Upping the Ante: Cadence rephrases pre-performance dining for a whole new audience.—Maxine Keyser

PB-Jeebies—Jenn Carbin