July 15-21, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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Wild In The Streets Ten years in, the Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival adjusts to its own success. by Sam Adams

news

Knock the Vote: Activists get out to make sure voters do the same in November.—Deborah Bolling

Post-Prison Break: An ex-con hopes to help released inmates adapt to the outside world.—Rebecca Bellville

Bush Yearns His ABCs: The Bush administration makes overtures to Pennsylvania's Asian-American population.—Helen i-lin Hwang

He Said, They Haven't Said: Could a "crumbling" wall soon spell disaster at an East Falls apartment complex?—Doron Taussig

Lasagna to Lap Dances: After a McPenntrification of yesteryear, Ted Pagano went from renowned restaurateur to strip-club bigwig.—Big Daddy Graham

Out From the Shadows—Morris Bracy IV

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Specter's Plugged In—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Preservation in Practice: It's possible to save Philly's buildings.—Gersil N. Kay

Cityspace:Take a Dip—Tasha Kates

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
City Greening's Fragile Victory

Slant by Alexandria Moyer
Crapping Out

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Maine Event: Justin Cronin time-travels his way through a slow-cooked story of love, loss and fishing.—John Freeman

Theater:Wait!—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Alegría—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Nada Thing to Do—Lori Hill

Just Us for All—Deesha Dyer

Taking a Dip—A.D. Amorosi

Comic Belief—Andrew Parks

movies

Bottoming Out: The Door in the Floor hits below the belt.—Cindy Fuchs

Exquisite Corps: The Corporation examines the way corporations took over.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Ghost Story: How a dance/electronic label made its presence known.—Andrew Parks

soundadvice: Amos Lee, The Delays, Growing, Bodyrock Native Tongues Tribute, The Fever, DubCeeHipHop.com—Deesha Dyer, Andrew Parks and John Vettese

Uprooting: Ojos de Brujo mixes traditions and ruffles feathers.—Mary Armstrong

Bending and Breaking: How Denison Witmer learned to stop worrying and love the band.—Patrick Rapa

The Kid Stays in the Picture: This Radiant Boy comes into focus.—Patrick Rapa

DJ Nights

musicpicks

Yeah Man!—Sean O'Neal

Reef the Lost Cauze/Viro the Virus/Aunt Jessica—Deesha Dyer

J-Boogie—Sean O'Neal

The Snow Fairies—Juliet Fletcher

Kenny Werner Trio—Kyle Parker

naked city

The Good, the Band and the Ugly: A lawyer is looking into charges that Coyote Ugly's Battle of the Bands was rigged.—Brian Hickey

fineprint: Less words, more story.—Rebecca Bellville and Helen i-lin Hwang

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Celtic Colonials—Juliet Fletcher

Staging Victory—Juliet Fletcher

Class Credit—Juliet Fletcher

food

Smooth Transition: A streamlined, seasonal menu still entices Jake's regulars.—Maxine Keyser

Gunning for You—Elisa Ludwig