Having already left her two elder children behind in Honduras, 30-year-old Samira had, before boarding the raft, turned her 6-year-old daughter, Alejandra, over to smugglers who promised to drive her across the border, pretending she was their own. When the raft comes ashore, Samira will have to dive into the dirt and then crawl, crawl, crawl; after a few hours, God willing, she'll reunite with Alejandra.

Remembering David Goodis, Philly's nearly forgotten noir legend.

by Duane Swierczynski

Goes Round and Round, Round and Round.

by Marc Stier

Planting a tree affirms your faith in the future.

by Bruce Schimmel

What You Say

Gadren and Bertreau had planned to film a mockumentary while going all the way to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Wearing suits and carrying lunch pails, they would remark to fellow passengers that they had a hell of a commute — five days to Halifax.

5 Height in feet — give or take an inch — of Danny DeVito, who will appear at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 10 for a Q&A following the screening of Hoffa and The War of the Roses. Despite DeVito's involvement, these are not short films. The event runs noon to 6 p.m. Visit www.brynmawrfilm.org for details and tickets.

I never apologize. Not even to my parents about this whole writing "career" they funded. But I need to make good. I inferred last week that Copa Too was as loathsome as Copa Miami. That ain't right. Nothing's as heinous as C-Miami.

Kathleen Vissar and friend/designer Owen Kamihira need Councilman Clarke to agree with them that while developer Eric Fox was the high bidder — $1.2 million to $400,000 — the artists' plans represent the property's best use, both for their bottom lines and their neighbors' quality of life.

When news breaks in Philadelphia, we make jokes.

Stick it to the Man: Unbuckle your seatbelt.

by Brian Hickey

Wissahickon Charter, a K-8 school off of Roosevelt Boulevard where Germantown, East Falls and Nicetown converge, may be unique because it was founded on an environmental-ecological curriculum. But it's also unusual because it's one of a shrinking number of city schools that encourage and allow hands-on springtime chick hatchings.

Public Safety and Education, sure. But what about the arts?

by Mary F. Patel

A new Locks show, titled "Pow-Wows or the Long Lost Friend," is a reunion of sorts for Joy Feasley and Clare Rojas

Avishai Cohen | Snail Mail | Fairmount Park | Trash

Robin Rice on Visual Art

June 1, 7 and 8, 8 p.m.; June 2, 3 and 9, 2 p.m., Pennsylvania Ballet, Academy of Music, Broad and Locust streets

by Janet Anderson

May 31, June 1 and 2, Chosen Dance Co., danceTactics, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Lionel Popkin, 8 p.m.; June 6, 8, and 9, Bridgman/Packer Dance, Group Motion Dance Co./Akito Kitamura and Silvana Cardell, 8 p.m.; June 13, 15 and 16 BalletX, 8 p.m., June 17, 2 p.m.; Motion Picture Series runs June 7-15, Wil

by Deni Kasrel

Fri. and Sat., June 1 and 2, 8 p.m., Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St.

by Deni Kasrel

John Karpinski: Harry and Zeke: Nautical Tales & High Flying Adventures |Alan Soffer: All My Life's a Circle |Scott White: An Exhibition of New Work

A Summer Stroll: Philadelphia's Broad Street

by Mickey Jou

Generating

by Brian Howard

Judd Apatow loves to drag overgrown manchildren kicking and screaming into adulthood, but first, he likes to get down in the sandbox with them.

It's difficult to create unbiased commentary on the Israel-Palestine conflict — and even harder to have it recognized as such.

Behind every great girl group is a bad boy. Or, in The Pipettes' case, loads of them.

NoLibs Music Fest/Best Fest | F.A.B. Trio | The Donuts | Uncle Woody Sullender/Kevin Davis | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

"The Dull Flame of Desire"

by Michael T. Regan

Andrew "Hellmouth" Gray and Sean Hoots, longtime friends in West Chester's music scene, exorcised their rock demons in 2005 to embrace bare-bones honesty.

It doesn't worry Howard Moscovitz that most of the audience that turns up for the annual Electro-Music Festival are not, strictly speaking, audience, but fellow musicians.

Is Podchestra just a "puff piece?"

by Peter Burwasser

Thu., May 31, 7:30 p.m., World Cafe; Live, 3025 Walnut St.

by Mary Armstrong

Wed., June 6, 8 p.m., The First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.

by Mary Wilson

Thu., May 31, 8 p.m., with Lone Wolf Recital Corps, Steve Parker, Amnesa Spentas, Pageant: Soloveev, 607 Bainbridge St.

by Shaun Brady

When it comes to slippery adjectives, pinning down the meaning of "American" is about as easy as playing a fiddle with your feet. The culinary realm is no exception.

If you believe that Philadelphia's bleached-flour, soft-crust, plain-Jane bread culture is in dire need of a whole-grain bitch slap in its flabby white stomach, Nick Bronson is your man.

A crack team of smoothieologists create some satisfying and original blended beverages

by James Saul

>> NOW SEATING: Phillips Seafood Restaurant, 201 N. 17th St. | Paddy's Well, 1873 Frankford Ave. >> WAITING LIST: Sabrina's Cafe, 1802 Callowhill St. | Cake Bakery, 8501 Germantown Ave.

Get Out!

by Monica Weymouth

Use Your Noodle(s)

by Termeh Mazhari

New Italian cuisine with an inventive flair.

by David Snyder

I'm a dill pickle fanatic. What other pickled dishes or sides are out there?

Windowbox Heirloom Tomatoes | Chocolate Chip Rugalah | Brasserie Perrier's $33 Three-Course Menu | White Elephant | Wills Valley Watermelon Jelly | Philomel Salon Concert

Paul Wall on grills and diamonds.

by A.D. Amorosi

The Yiddish Date

by Gary M. Kramer

Number Two Is Always Number One on Your Mind

by Ryan Creed

Get out, Get up, Get involved

by Mickey Jou

Big Fun for Little Ones

by Tami Fertig

Dean Obeidallah

by Mickey Jou