January 1- 7, 2004	[2003 issue index]
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Back to Life A happy holiday miracle story. by Ralph Cipriano

news

History Channeling: Temple Urban Archives is a banquet of images.—Alexa James

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

columns:

Political Notebook:The Year in Review—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Plums and Lumps: 2003 was the best of times and the worst of times.—William Becker and Alan Greenberger

Cityspace:Whatever Happened to that Northern Liberties Shopping Center?—Amy L. Webb

opinion

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

No Cabaret,: Ute Lemper does Weill and Brecht for keeps.—A.D. Amorosi

First Friday Focus—Lori Hill

Theater:Worth the Trip—Toby Zinman

artspicks

"With Much Character"—Ainé Ardron-Doley

"Monumental Micros"—Deni Kasrel

Graffiti: The Art Form—Alex Koppelman

movies

No End in Sight: 2003's best movies avoided endings, happy or otherwise.—Sam Adams

Repetition and Revenge: Different movies, same themes: the films of 2003.—Cindy Fuchs

music

Top Local CDs 2003: In no order, because we love them all the same.

Meet Area Singles!: Make this mixtape! (Or playlist for your iPod!)—Patrick Rapa

Where do good songs come from?: Why, from 2003 releases by local artists, of course. If you like specifics, read below:—Patrick Rapa

Top Folk/World 2003—Mary Armstrong

Top 10 Dance/Electronic 2003—Sean O'Neal

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

naked city

'03? '04? Oh, #%*@!: The year that was and the year that will be, at least in A.D.'s world.—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Fiesta De Los Reyes—Juliet Fletcher

"Civil Solutions," a lecture by Daniel L. Buccino—Juliet Fletcher

West Philly Mummers Brigade—Juliet Fletcher

food

'O3's a Charm: A review of this year's best in food and wine -- plus what's to come.—Maxine Keyser

Fork in the Works—Elisa Ludwig