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January 26–February 1, 2006	[2006 issue index]
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Picture This

Artists need a cheap place to work. But does this city really need more artists' lofts?
by Jenna Portnoy

Cover Story: Picture This Artists need a cheap place to work. But does this city really need more artists' lofts? —Jenna Portnoy
Slant: wtf:; Duty Calls —Duane Swierczynski; Loose Canon:; What Would Ben Do? Eric Utne resurrects an ancient cure for a modern malaise. —Bruce Schimmel; Mailbag:; Letters to the Editor
Naked City: No Dianetics for You I came knocking, but L. Ron wasn't home. —Meredith Lindemon; Running Numbers —Nick Norlen; Icepack:; Icepack —A.D. Amorosi
News: Gay News Bashing An anonymous blog has the LGBT community astir. —Doron Taussig; Was It Worth It? —Christopher Schwartz; Crumbling Walls An artist and a big-time NoLibs developer remain mired in legal battle over property demolition. —Bob Finkelstein; Rallying Cries Protesters rail against Donald Trump's proposed slot parlor. —Brian Hickey; Two Minutes With...Haitian-American attorney Picard Losier —Charles Kaing; Philly Blunt:; Foul Play —Brian Hickey; Political Notebook:; Waste Not, Want Not —Mary F. Patel; The Bell Curve:; City Paper's weekly gauge of Philly's Quality of Life
Arts: Obsessive-Impulsive Stuart Netsky fascinates with one idea, then another. —A.D. Amorosi; Artpicks:; Stomp of Approval —Janet Anderson; Return to Form —Janet Anderson; Car Talk —A.D. Amorosi; Hip-Hop, Ya Don't Stop —A.D. Amorosi; Action Stars —Deni Kasrel; Theater:; The O.C., 1183 A.D. —Mark Cofta; Ensemble Drama —David Anthony Fox; Half Moon —David Anthony Fox
Movies: Continental Drift Chinese youth search for their bearings in a strange new World. —Sam Adams; Tangled Tape A bourgeois family is haunted by video surveillance -- or is it their own guilt? —Cindy Fuchs; Screen Picks:; Screen Picks —Sam Adams
Music: Natural Wonder Laura Veirs conquers the world. —M.J. Fine; One Track Mind —M.J. Fine; Picks:; R.A.M.B.O. —A.D. Amorosi; Julia Sarr and Patrice Larose —Mary Armstrong; Pearls & Brass —A.D. Amorosi; Stiffed —M.J. Fine; Ascension Divining the melody in the music of Afro-Danish sax man John Tchicai. —Shaun Brady; DJ Nights:; DJ Nights —Sean O'Neal
Food: Up the River South Jersey's Pelican Fish spawns in Center City, but can it swim with the big fishes? —Elisa Ludwig; Off The Menu The Wing Thing —Carolyn Wyman; Feeding Frenzy —Drew Lazor; Watering Hole It's Where We Drink —Lou Perseghin; What's Cooking —Pat Hogan; Top 5 Graffiti-Bombed Bathrooms —Drew Lazor
Sex: Paper Doll:; You Want a Butt Plug With That? —Ashlea Halpern
City Week: List Cap:; Art in Question —Christian Polidoro; Mixpicks:; Night Crawlers A 10-Year Anniversary Salute to Nocturne —A.D. Amorosi; Trivia Geek Smackdown —Drew Lazor; Enter Sandman —Andrew Parks

January 26–February 1, 2006

[2006 issue index]

Picture This