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ISSUE . April 26th, 2007

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The Style Issue

Neighborhood Watch

Philly isn't known for its runways. Or its sample sales. Or its fashion parties. (The toothpicks at Hands & Knees don't count.) But you won't find a more diverse crop of curiously clothed cityfolk than the amateur fashionistas who strut our crosswalks and subway platforms.

Neighborhood Shopping

What's the hotness in: West Philly

Neighborhood Shopping

What's the hotness in: Northeast Philly

Neighborhood Shopping

What's the hotness in: Old City

Neighborhood Shopping

citypaper.net exclusive: What's the hotness on: South Street

Low creepers (T.U.K.) | Meat cleaver belt buckle (Mobtown) | Moonglow Lucite purse with beaded applicate (vintage) | Strapless geometric tube dress (vintage) | Running Dog glow-in-the-dark print on dark denim jeans (BBC Denim)

Neighborhood Watch

Style on the street at: 17th & Spring Garden

Jessica Dibala, 19, student/fashion designer | Terrance Walthall, 18, student/waiter | Maurice Adams, 19, student | Sonrisa Rodriguez, 21, student

Neighborhood Watch

Style on the street at: 19th & Chestnut

Christine, 24, hairstylist | Shabazz (aka Mr. Hospitality), 38, producer | Charles Glackin, 72, trial lawyer | Carolanne Marcantonio, 21, student

Neighborhood Watch

Style on the street at: 17th & Point Breeze

Candra Davis, 30, hairstylist | Walter S. Williams, 53, police officer | Rena Rodgers, 61, gift-basket designer | Norman Edwards, 36, carpenter

Neighborhood Watch

citypaper.net exclusive: Style on the street at: 10th & Arch

Joon Park, 41, business consultant | Minh Nguyen, 16, student | Kevin Pants, 20, bike messenger/Food Not Bombs volunteer

Makeup Profile

Joe Platia interprets Delaware Avenue and the Art Museum Area

"I am the Antichrist when it comes to makeup. Women are taught all these rules and, me, being a guy, I can come in and try anything."

Makeup Profile

Eric Johnson interprets Chinatown

"My dream would be to do makeup at a Dior couture fashion show. There are no limits at Dior."

Makeup Profile

Laurie Baldwin

"I got to meet Sylvester Stallone when I did makeup for Access Hollywood. I was surprised at how articulate he was; I was expecting him to be like Rocky."

What We Heart

We love: Girl Sneakers

Vault Polka Dot Slip-Ons (Vans) | Dunk Low in Black/White/Pink (Nike) | 5000 in Gray/Purple (Puma) | Dunkestos in Sky/Red/White (Nike) | Court Force Low in Pearl White/Rad Green/Aluminum Pink (Nike) | Espera in Winter White/Chinzed Rose (Puma) | Blazer Mid Premium in Sail/Metallic/Zinc/Wet/Lemon Chiffon (Nike) | Suede in Yucca (Puma) | Everybody HI, Valentine's Edition (Alife) | Blazer Mid in Navy/Baroque Brown (Nike) | Everybody HI, St. Patrick's Day Edition (Alife) | Lab 2 in Yucca/Vibrant Yellow (Puma)

What We Heart

We love: Fitted Caps

Velveteen embossed (Mighty Healthy) | Robot (Robot Is the Future) | Philly skyline (Genuine Merchandise) | Skulls (Ethos)

What We Heart

We love: Men's Eyeglasses

512 367 (Beausoleil Paris) | Y83 (Francois Pinton Paris) | Mykita Rose (Mykita Rose) | SJ 4007 (Sean John)

What We Heart

We love: T- shirts

Hand grenade (Glam Head) | Michael Jackson (5024SF Gallery) | Rainbow kingpin (Raw Blue) | Beastie Boys (Fatboy D)

What We Heart

We love: Customized Nail Tips

"Soft Pretzels," $45/set, at Ettoré Salon and Spa | Squiggles, $20/set, Penn Campus Barber Shop | Polka Dots, $25/set, Arch Nails | Sparkles, $25/set, Upscale Nails | Flowers, $30/set, Central Nails

Shopping Calendar

A Crackberry is a terrible thing to waste on shrink appointments and court dates. Wouldn't it be nice to squeeze in some fashion happenings, too?

by Elisabeth Holm

We've compiled a list of style stuff going on around town, today through early July, so T9 it all before you waste another Sample Sale Saturday slummin' at the dentist's office.

Opinion

Slant:

Wait a Second

Do we really want to be Chicago?

by Tom Namako

Making a laundry list of Chicago's successes and using that to support new ideas in Philly, as some candidates are, is flawed. Chicago isn't some gold standard. If anything, this is a type of non-mudslinging campaign rhetoric new to the Philly mayor's race.

Editor's Letter:

Complaint Dept.

If you define ombudsman as a "reader's advocate," I'd say that my job is the exact same thing.

by Duane Swierczynski

You matter, too, Jean Luc. I invite you to send us a Culture Shock item. (I'd like to hear more about this "Radiohead" you mention.)

Loose Canon:

A Very Late Spring Cleaning

The insides of City Hall are a shanda, a disgrazia, a regular embarrassment.

by Bruce Schimmel

Here's a tip for the upcoming tourist season. Don't bring your mom to City Hall. At least, don't let her go inside.

Feedback:

Letters to the Editor

What You Say

Naked City

Vinyl Countdown

Dreamland Toyworks Hoodiez ain't nothing to play with.

by Brian Howard

They could be the cast of a new show on Adult Swim, maybe a modern-day reimagining of the Cosby Kids. But they're not. These are Hoodiez.

Fine Print:

A Madness Completed

by Nick Norlen

After besting a field of 76 worthy participants, they're the last ones standing — or, more likely, strutting.

Running Numbers

A scholarly look at the digits that matter.

by Nick Norlen

15> Number of different kinds of concession stations on the main concourse at Citizens Bank Park, which recently won the Viewer's Choice award for "Best Ballpark Eats" at the Food Network Awards. I'm not sure if I take Food Network's word for it, but Jimmy Rollins says it's the food to beat.

Fine Print:

Green Sweep

"Does everyone have a crowbar? A hammer?"

by Mickey Jou

The volunteers spend a good part of the morning moving mattresses, cabinets and other abandoned furniture onto the sidewalk. "Further down the street, there's [a house with] three stories full of trash," says Ed Pridgeon, supervisor of the Leidy Avenue volunteers.

Icepack

Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.

by A.D. Amorosi

People are ready for something sweaty and wonderful to happen under the sun. Like they've been stuck watching I Love New York and reading blog snipes all winter. That shit'll kill you, yo. Get out the house.

News

Labor Pains

Rising malpractice rates, hospital closings make life more difficult for Philly's expecting mothers.

by Kristin Pazulski

Stacy Longmore knew she'd be waiting awhile. Six months pregnant with her fourth child, she always reserved the morning's first appointment at the often overbooked Frankford Avenue Health Center.

The Bell Curve

City Paper's Quality-o-Life-o-Meter

When news breaks in Philadelphia, we make jokes.

Curbside Manner

Some doctors want to help potential homicide victims before it's too late.

by Doron Taussig

Imagine you're a pediatrician. You went into the field to help children grow — to assist in taking the blank slate that is an infant and transforming it into a healthy, well-formed adult. Now, imagine that you work in North Philly.

The Bottom Line:

Environment

The candidates' stances on... the Environment

by Tom Namako

"They all had at least one unique idea," said Dennis Burton, executive director of The Schuylkill Center, an urban environmental education center. "But some ideas are feasible and some aren't."

The Insider:

Money for Nothing

If a candidate has little institutional support, how does he build and/or buy a get-out-the-vote operation on election day?

by Anonymous

On election day, volunteers will fan out across the city to do one last swing through the neighborhoods. They're knocking on doors, dragging people out of their homes, driving them to the polls and doing anything else necessary.

Cocktails With...:

Juan Ramos

Incumbent at-large City Councilman, Democrat

by Brian Hickey

One of this drinking life's simplest pleasures is stumbling across a new corner bar where one instantly feels comfortable. What makes it all the more pleasurable is when that new bar posts a sign declaring that betting on a game of pool is a crime punishable by ejection.

Ask A Candidate

Responding to Ray Nagin's trash talk.

Once we wiped the litter residue from our eyes and emerged from our fetid landfills for yet another workweek, City Paper asked our aspiring mayors to comment on New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's trash-talking claim that his hurricane-ravaged city was cleaner than Philadelphia.

Philly Blunt:

One of Those Days

What to do when you're a columnist with no column ideas.

by Brian Hickey

For about two hours, photographer Michael T. Regan and I got to chill on the field at Citizens Bank Park for the 10th Richie Ashburn Annual Home Runs for Heart Media Day.

Political Notebook:

Tom's Unholy Union?

Who's in bed with Knox?

by Mary F. Patel

If the mayor's race were held two years ago, Local 98 Business Manager John Dougherty would have endorsed Bob Brady, hands down.

Arts

Opera:

Louder than Words?

Opera singer Christine Goerke says Falstaff delivers the action.

by David Shengold

Long Island native Christine Goerke is one of the world's great sopranos. She's no stranger to Philly, either: In 2003, she joined Tempesta di Mare for a nationally broadcast Baroque concert in St. Mark's Church that knocked the audience's socks off.

Culture Shock:

Things That Matter To People Who Matter

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Duncan Hines Strawberry Supreme | Last Chance in Texas | The Inky

The romance began in high school. My devotion has earned me the ridicule of friends and loved ones. But, still, every morning I hold onto it. It's The Philadelphia Inquirer. My Inky.

Now See This

Get Out!

Spider-Mania | The Partita Project | Writing Aloud

Book Review:

Zits in Search of Self

Flight, by Sherman Alexie, Grove Press, 208 pp., $13

by Rachel Frankford

Sherman Alexie's first novel in 10 years is kind of an anti-Pilgrim's Progress, in which a troubled Indian teenager is sent back and forth through more than a century of violence

Theater Review:

Barbie Dull

WHEN SOMETHING WONDERFUL ENDS, through May 6, InterAct Theatre Company at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St.

by David Anthony Fox

When I think of America's bossy, patriarchal behavior toward Iran, I don't generally make a connection to Barbie.

Hard Labor

INCOMING, through April 29, Philadelphia Theatre Workshop at Walnut Street Theatre Studio Five, 829 Walnut St.

by Mark Cofta

Why playwright Kathy Anderson chose to muddy Liz's predicament with absurd slapstick, pointless characters, convoluted circumstances and a predictable, anticlimactic ending is anybody's guess.

Grand Slam

THE BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS, through April 29, 11th Hour Theatre Company at Spirit Wind Arts Society, 213 New St.

by Mark Cofta

What's got lots of couplets, puns and wordplay that kids hate? Shakespeare. What's got lots of couplets, puns and wordplay that kids love? Hip-hop.

Arts Picks:

Julia Alvarez

Thu., April 26, 8 p.m., free, Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St.

by Mickey Jou

In 1803, a Spanish doctor attempted to stop the smallpox epidemic in the New World — by using 22 orphan boys as live vaccine carriers.

Oklahoma!

May 2-27, $22-$39, Media Theatre, 104 E. State St., Media

by David Anthony Fox

In the deepest days of war, a cowboy named Curly sang "Oh, what a beautiful mornin'," and America felt better.

Manon

Fri., Tue. and Thu., April 27, May 1 and 3, 7:30 p.m., Sun., April 29, 2:30 p.m., Helen Corning Warden Theater at the Academy of Vocal Arts, 1920 Spruce St.; Sat., May 5, 7:30 p.m., Central Bucks South High School, Warrington; Tue., May 8, 7:30 p.m., Centennial Hall, Haverford

by David Shengold

Jules Massenet's charming Manon, once an operatic staple, comes around more rarely these days — partly because its two magnificent leading roles of star-crossed young lovers in 18th-century France are so hard to cast.

Arts Agenda

Last Chance

Catch It or Regret It

by Rachel Frankford

Magnetic Sleep | The Lives and Traumas of Stuffed Animals | Global Nature

Arts Agenda Picks:

On The DL

The Beehive Peep Show

by Rachel Frankford

Runs through mid-May, Beehive Hair Salon, 2319 Fairmount Ave., 215-235-HIVE

Accidental Tourist

Amy Arbus

by Mickey Jou

Sat., April 28, 4-6 p.m., free, Gallery 339, 339 S. 21st St., 215-731-1530, www.gallery339.com

Just Do It

Sheila Lowe on Handwriting

by Monica Weymouth

Wed., May 2, 7:30 p.m., free, Barnes & Noble, 720 Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-520-0355

Galleries

Galleries are usually open Tuesdays through Saturdays; please call the gallery for exact days and hours. Receptions are denoted with Reception 201 GALLERY , 1400

Museums/Exhibits

Museums and exhibits have varying schedules; please call for exact days, hours and prices. ABINGTON ART CENTER , 515 Meetinghouse Rd., Jenkintown, 215-887-4882. 2ND SOLO

Performing Arts

Please call the phone number listed with the venue for specific dates, times and ticket information. dance BFA SENIOR DANCE CONCERT Temple University presents a

Readings/Book Signings

of almost 100 gardens in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware, Tue, May 1, 5:30pm, FREE, Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St., 215-898-7595. AMY

Movies

Doc Hollywood

Full Frame celebrates documentaries and the critics who ... make them?

by Sam Adams

I'd like to think it's that piercing look in my eyes or my artfully bohemian style, but the more likely reason is that at Full Frame, everyone's a filmmaker.

Settle the Score

You might not recognize the name Philip Glass, but you know his work.

by Mickey Jou

For the last month and a half, the Stedman Gallery has screened films scored by Glass in anticipation the Oscar-nominated composer's visit. Glass will participate in a moderated discussion and perform selections of his work in a solo piano performance.

Brittle Bones

If Fracture strikes you as familiar, that's because it is.

by Cindy Fuchs

At the crime scene of what's supposed to be his last murder case for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office, Willy (Ryan Gosling) is distracted.

Repertory Film

Send repertory film listings to tami.fertig@citypaper.net. ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 19th Street and Ben Franklin Parkway, 610-649-5220, www.geographicalsociety.org. Cruising Russia: St. Petersburg to Moscow (2007,

Music

Sea Also

The not-so-rare Rarebirds finally drop their first LP.

by John Vettese

It's auburn-haired frontwoman Carolynne McNeel who wins for Rarebird with most outside commitments.

Soundadvice

Get Out!

Where Do All the Hippies Meet?

Larry Magid on the new old TLA, and why the Gap was good for South Street.

by A.D. Amorosi

There's history in names. You can celebrate history. "But you can't let it weigh you down," says Larry Magid, Electric Factory's major domo.

Reconsider Me:

Thorn on the Side

M.J. Fine does it again

by M.J. Fine

Everything But the Girl Amplified Heart (Atlantic)| Tracey Thorn Out of the Woods (Astralwerks)

Under The Rock:

Back to the Future

by Michael Pelusi

In the annals of unpopular pop, the late-'90s Austin, Texas, band Cotton Mather existed somewhere between unjustly ignored and burgeoning cult item.

Music Picks:

The Icicles

Mon., April 30, 8 p.m., with Elevator Parade, Casper and the Cookies, and Scary Monster, The Khyber, 56 S. Second St.

by M.J. Fine

Do you like candy, knee-high socks and the way you feel when you and your not-so-secret crush accidentally brush up against each other?

Purple Rhinestone Eagle

Sugar Town, Sat., April 28, 10 p.m., Tritone, 1508 South St. and Sun., April 29, 8 p.m., The Warehouse, 5027 Beaumont Ave.

by Mary Wilson

Maybe it's because they sing about so many of the things that make life wonderful, with titles like "Breakfast for Dinner," "Finger Bangin" and "The Sun."

The Tokyo Quartet

Sun., April 29, 3 p.m., $10-$22, Pennsylvania Convention Center Auditorium, 13th and Cherry streets.

by Peter Burwasser

The Tokyo Quartet may have originated in Japan, but by virtue of its taut, energetic and technically polished manner, it's really the epitome of the American school of quartet-playing.

Food

Russki Business

Eastern Europeans know how to party (and eat).

by Elisa Ludwig

The rules: You bring your own vodka, your most glittery clothing, a bunch of flowers and possibly a card with money for the host.

Pumpkin Market

Pumpkin isn't going anywhere, but Ian Moroney's new idea has taken shape one block to the east.

by Trey Popp

Ian Moroney wants to get to know his neighbors. He's tried this once before, when he and his partner, Hillary Bor, opened Pumpkin in 2004.

Land of Plenty

Eating locally with novelist Barbara Kingsolver.

by Carolyn Wyman

Three things as certain as the growing season: 1) Barbara Kingsolver's next book will explore social issues; 2) the work will be embraced by book groups 3) when Kingsolver is in town to talk about it, she'll eat at the locally sourced White Dog Café.

What's Cooking:

The Week In Eats

Get Out!

by Monica Weymouth

Lei Day | Stoudt's Birthday Beer Bash | Cider House Rules | Philadelphia Wine Festival | Raw Foods 101

You Ask We Answer

Culinary Mysteries Solved

Q: I really like the lobster paella at Amada (217 Chestnut St.). It's made with fava beans and smoked paprika aioli. Can you suggest other good paellas?

Feeding Frenzy

Restaurants opening, closing and pending

by Drew Lazor

>> NOW SEATING InFusion Coffee and Tea | Modo Mio | Tbar | Ida Mae's

Top 5:

Open Kitchens

Air It Out

by Gary M. Kramer

1) Audrey Claire | 2) Dmitri's | 3) Little Fish | 4) Pasion! | 5) L'Oca

Small Bites

Little Vittles

Watering Hole:

Burg's Lounge

It's Where We Drink

by Will Dean

Some say folks who drink alone are alcoholics. To avoid such dastardly pigeonholing, hang out at the crowded guild night at South Philly's Burg's Lounge every fourth Tuesday.

Agenda

Agenda Lead:

He Is Beautiful

Andrew W.K. on ... something

by Will Dean

City Paper: So is it going to be mostly you talking, or will there be a Q&A? Andrew W.K.: We can call it a lecture, we can call it any number of things, we can call it a concert, we can call it a party.

Agenda Picks:

Kids, etc.

Big Fun for Little Ones

by Linnay Trail

Parkway Fun Day | Alice in Wonderland | Mammoth Follies | Arbor Day Celebration | Philadelphia International Children's Festival

Justify Your Existence

Party Like an Entrepreneur

by Lisa Tauber

It's not an expo. It's not a panel. And hot damn, it's not a workshop. "It's a celebration of the small businesses in the city and all the entrepreneurs that work so hard in keeping their businesses growing."

Phillyanthropy

Get Up, Get Out, Get Involved

by Lisa Tauber

Teal Ribbon 5K to Overcome Ovarian Cancer | Pennsylvania Horticultural Society | Elect to Volunteer | Pack-a-Thon 2007 | Philadelphia Historical Society

Just Do It

Pillow Talk

by Rachel Frankford

If your Sunday morning pillow talk drags on too long, hop out of bed and trot over to Walnut Street for ... more pillow talk.

In The Event That...

You Bet Your Ass, Literally

by Erin Brodbeck

The Odds Are Against Us: The Gambling Itch from Prehistory to Philadelphia