"Preditor" is industry lingo for producer-editor. But for laughs let's hope the alien-hunting kind don't realize it's not just a typo.

Arrest, search and seizure require probable cause, or what a "reasonable person" would believe. Stop-and-frisk, by contrast, requires what a "reasonable officer" would believe. So it is not the legality of stop-and-frisk that can be questioned, but how police officers enforce the law.

Those of us who elected Mayor Michael Nutter in a wave of change are now setting our sights on the fight for Vince Fumo's1st District seat in the Pennsylvania State Senate.

When neighborhood organizer Haile Johnston saw a glowing report about him from the Office of Housing and Community Development, he believed his nightmare had ended. What he hadn't imagined was that John Street's legacy would have such a long and nasty tail.

%u2026an action that appears inconsistent with the promises Candidate Nutter made by embracing the RecycleNOW "Five Point Agenda for Recycling in Philadelphia" | Someone please tell [Michael] Washburn that Pennsylvania has the highest per-capita membership in "white-power" groups (including skinheads) north of the Mason-Dixon. | Whoever is writing it definitely knows what is going on in Philly. | Millions of people in Arizona, New York and Illinois continue to have their U.S. senators, who have sworn to represent them in Congress, grossly neglecting to attend to the business entrusted to them. |

Initiation happens to boys when they are somewhere around 10 years old. I was much younger when I was forced to seek a home elsewhere.

A lead that warrants follow-up has been summarily dismissed by someone who swore to serve you and me, thus leaving a woman and her family no closer to an answer.

Sean Patrick Griffin, an associate professor of criminal justice at Penn State's Abington campus who is not a member of the Guild, penned the intriguing novel Black Brothers, Inc.: The Violent Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia's Black Mafia. The expose chronicles the history of the Black Mafia from the 1960s to the present.

Using banjo, bass and mandolin accompaniment, Waldman plays like an Appalachian runaway, but lays his poetry out in a simple, clear, nonsinging voice.

It's like Shel Silverstein but better, more surreal. | What better way to bring in the new year than watching young Jews and Arabs — people traditionally at odds with each other — playing music together? | Bouzoukis, erhus, lutes, sitars and more hang on the walls next to an eclectic selection of percussion instruments, some beautiful guitars and a little corner of vintage amps. | More than 100 works, donated by his artist and musician friends in Los Angeles, New York, London and Philadelphia, will be included in "HeartWorks."

The show is almost cacophanous but perhaps only a babel of voices could express the diversity of ideas growing out of a series of symposia at Temple University.

Quality, fortunately, wins the day. Evan Jonigkeit brings cool, slinky style to Celimene, the "gossipy coquette" who drives misanthropic Alceste to fits.

Soprano Takesha Méshe Kizart is a fourth-year student now, and in the role of Amelia from Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, her poise and natural theatrical ease were impressive.

Both Lee Miller's modeling and photography experience came into play in some of the most brutal yet most gorgeous World War II photographs you'll ever see.

Peña's ensemble specializes in passion personified. And not simply of the kind between a man and a woman — although this being flamenco, there was some of that — but for human emotion as expressed via hyper-rhythmic dance and music.

Avenue Q, the fabulously imaginative puppet musical, isn't really for kids. It is, however, a very original show that will delight adults and young adults, especially those raised on Sesame Street, to which Avenue Q plays mischievous homage.

Runs Jan. 30-Feb. 16, $18, Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave., 215-427-9255, bsomeday.org, walkingfishtheatre.com Heleva's adaptation of Adventures in the Skin Trade features five actors playing 20 roles.

Tue.-Wed., Jan. 29-30, 7:30 p.m., $32-$46, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St., 215-898-3900, pennpresents.org he 70-minute production features Jones' powerful choreography.

Thu., Jan. 24, 7 p.m., free, with A.L. Kennedy, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org

Now 21 years into their career, the group has released enough successive duds to have considerably violated whatever trust they'd accrued. But the Chuck D that barrels his way through "Harder Than You Think" sounds only weeks removed from the one who brought the noise two decades ago.

This Brooklyn quartet blends elements of queercore, political punk and Jewish folk music into a melodious rock-affirmation that anyone would be proud to dance to.

Cut Chemist's resume: DJ in Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli. DJ Shadow: remixes for Brit darlings Keane and a place in the 2001 Guinness Book of World Records for the first completely sampled album.

The work, which incorporates an Asian textural sensibility, has solo roles for vocal and guitar, to be performed by Freda Herseth and Jason Vieaux, respectively.

Ãrtsoppa and Punsch Supper | Photo Society of Philadelphia's Final Friday Hanging | Pop Shop Comfort Food Cooking Class | Belgium Comes to West Chester

1 Society Hill Pizza | 2 One Pound Cheesesteaks | 3 Rustica Pizza | 4 Super Deli | 5 Marco Polo Pizza & Grill

Doug Benson: One time Courtney Love approached me in a bar and said, "Doug Benson, you make fun of me on VH1." I said, "No I don't." Then she said it again and I said, "No, I don't." Then she dropped it, and the rest of the evening and every time I've seen her since she's been pretty friendly.

Mon., Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m., free, 4719 Springfield Ave., glakey1@swarthmore.edu. Vikings, Edvard Munch, black metal: No doubt that Norway has long been cool. But according to George Lakey, there's a whole lot more about the country that deserves our attention.

Fri., Jan. 25, 5-8 p.m., free, LUSH, 1428 Walnut St., 215-546-5874, lush.com Before choppy asymmetrical cuts and faux 'hawks, wind-swept Heather Locklear feathers and Cyndi Lauper rainbow highlights ruled.

"It started because I found myself charmed and attracted by the transformative power of wigs," she says. "I wanted to give [people] an opportunity to play and ponder their identity through this temporary physical manipulation. Ask yourself, 'What is the meaning behind Wig Day?'"

The Gayla Bentley Fashion Group Trunk Show Fri., Jan. 25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 26, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free, Evangeline, 8517-19 Germantown Ave., 215-242-0404, gaylabentley.com

Sat., Jan. 26, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., $48, registration required, White Dog Café, 3420 Sansom St., 215-386-9224, whitedog.com

Sat., Jan. 26, 4 p.m., free, Pearl Theatre, 1600 N. Broad St., 215-222-4201, scribe.org. Even if you're aware of the worst that the history of American racism has to offer, you may be shocked by Marco Williams' Banished.