June 9-15, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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news

Burn Out: The city could soon owe its paramedics big bucks.—Mike Newall

Hiding Treasures: Public access to Stephen Girard's artifacts could soon be scaled back.—Jenna Portnoy

Hair Apparent: Suspended for not shaving, a Muslim firefighter can now return to the job.—J.F. Pirro

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Plans to Beat Off Santorum—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Stretching the Canvas: Industrial gets intimate in NoLibs, while pop chaos reigns on South Street.—A.D. Amorosi

Cityspace:Fan Favorites—Alex Dubilet

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
House of Conundrum

Slant by Brian Howard
Back to School

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Book Club: From Alexandria to Philadelphia, artists are making books out of words and pictures like never before.—Robin Rice

artsquicks—Lori Hill

Books:Interview: Gabriel Brandis—A.D. Amorosi

Dance:nEW, But A Little Old—Deni Kasrel

Dance:nEW, But A Little Old—Janet Anderson

Dance:Stars Uncrossed—Janet Anderson

Theater:Middle of the Road—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Design Strategy—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Sketch Artist—Sam Adams

Intimate Details—Peter Burwasser

Spot On—Nancy Armstrong

Third Time's a Charm—Lewis Whittington

movies

Up in the Air: Hayao Miyazaki rewrites the rules with the dizzying Howl's Moving Castle.—Sam Adams

School of Hard Rocks: Rock School's Paul Green is the music teacher as football coach.—Sam Adams

Domestic Espionage: Brad Pitt dances through Mr. & Mrs. Smith's generic he-spies, she-spies stuff.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Of a Peace: Trumpeter Eddie Gale wants the world to listen.—Shaun Brady

Blistered in the Sun: Into the woods with Joanna, Jeff, Kanye and pals.—Jesse Delaney

System of a Sound: LCD's James Murphy on making embarrassing hipster-baiting electro-anthems for fashion shows.—A.D. Amorosi

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

PAK/Powerlunch/ Wolf Vs.—Shaun Brady

Architecture in Helsinki—Neal Ramirez

Heavy Trash—Jesse Delaney

Laura Love Duo—M.J. Fine

Oliver Lake Trio—Shaun Brady

naked city

Rag Doll: Healing parenthood for a survivor of mother-daughter sexual abuse.—Emily Sinclair

Running Numbers—Nick Norlen

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Hot Grandmas—Juliet Fletcher

Dead Glamorous—Tami Fertig

Write About Now—A.D. Amorosi

food

Open Kitchen: Using dried ingredients, eating well in the wilderness can be dirt cheap and easy.—Adrienne Saunders

Recipes: Camp Classics—Adrienne Saunders