December 15-21, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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Lancaster Avenue From the grit of the city to the heart of the country. Photos by Michael T. Regan, Text by Mike Newall Intro Photo Essay

news

Fight the Right: If you're going to confront fascists, says Anti-Racist Action, bring a baseball bat.—Doron Taussig

Two Minutes With…Daniel McElhatton—Doron Taussig

Was It Worth It?—Christopher Schwartz

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Apple Pickins—Mary F. Patel

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Beyond Stale Air

Slant by John Scalzi
In Defense of Dubya

special section

arts

Public Worker: Photographer Zoe Strauss goes up I-95, not under it.—A.D. Amorosi

Dance:Dance

Theater:Village Geniuses—Toby Zinman

Theater:Two for the Road—David Anthony Fox and Toby Zinman

Theater:Girls Town—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

O Happy Daggers!—James Saul

Fantastic Voyage—John Vettese

Behind the Walls—Lori Hill

Miracle on 14th Street—Deni Kasrel

Otherworldly Dance—Janet Anderson

movies

Ride 'Em Cowboy: A "gay Western" that's more radical for being mainstream.—Sam Adams

Open Range: Brokeback Mountain opens doors, but don't call it "brave."—Sam Adams

Jungle Fever: The remade King Kong wrestles with the story's darker implications.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

All Set: What's tops in boxes this season.—A.D. Amorosi, Shaun Brady, M.J. Fine, Andrew Milner and John Vettese

Good Vibrations: Getting to the heart of this season's benefit CDs.—Mary Armstrong

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Dianne Reeves—Shaun Brady

Deb Callahan—Nicole Pensiero

Sounds of Christmas—Peter Burwasser

Jukebox Zeros/Sugar Skulls—A.D. Amorosi

naked city

East Side Holla!: TV Party!—Joey Sweeney

Running Numbers—Nick Norlen

All Hail 700—Meredith Lindemon

It's a Guy Thing—Doron Taussig

Pontiac Bucking—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Party Girls: TGs Just Wanna Have Fun—Drew Lazor

Buying Power—Deesha Dyer

Klez Encounters—Mary Armstrong

food

No Place Like Rome: Pompeii lives on despite a move and an oft-closed neighbor.—Maxine Keyser

Tea'd Off—Carolyn Wyman

Feeding Frenzy—Drew Lazor

What's Cooking—Pat Hogan

Top 5 Ass-Scorchingly Spicy Dishes—Drew Lazor