April 18-24, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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Get Up and Get Down What you need is a good reason to get out of the cave. CP's Music Issue can help. The Night Shift New classics in clubs and pubs Triplet Threat Dirty Triplets put four on the floor Self-Made Local MCs walk the path less traveled Home Records CDs by people who live near you

House of Paine Worship Recordings' DJ Rob Paine Litmus Test Roundup of local DJ mix tapes

news

Blondell Bombshell: Christian Street YMCA director axed amid community outrage.—Daryl Gale

Hysterical Society: The fight over the new home of the Liberty Bell continues.—Jenn Carbin

Philly Outing: PrideFest America turns 10.—Karen Williams

Kenney: I Won't Run—Daniel Brook

On Media—Frank Lewis

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

columns:

Political Notebook—Mary F. Patel

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Don¹t Make Me Pull Over Nobody likes a political campaign as much as I do.

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Postal Bees On Sunday, my answering machine picked up a message from a woman, her voice shivering with fear.

Slant by Steven Conn
Blight Out The city stands poised to embark on the most dramatic reshaping of itself in half a century in a way that largely bypassed the democratic process

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Equal Movement Rights: A new project examines gender gaps in the dance field.—Deni Kasrel

Lights, Camera, Inaction—Susan Hagen

Clay Nation: Two shows at the Clay Studio offer a wide variety of ceramic works.—Robin Rice

Theater:Faith in Freedom—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Razzle Dazzle—David Anthony Fox

Dance:
Ronen Koresh
Dance:Ghost World—Janet Anderson

Opera:Alpha Romeo—Peter Burwasser

artspicks

A Voice From the Past—Meredith Broussard

Grupo Corpo—Deni Kasrel

I Want My ICA

On the Clothes—Juliet Fletcher

movies

Let's Waltz Again: The Last Waltz hits theaters one more time.—Sam Adams

Hair Apparent: Human Nature’s scruffy scribe and downy director talk about making their comedy of hair-ors.—Sam Adams

Workingman's Dead: An unemployed man deceives his family in the haunting Time Out.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

In Bloom: Jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell fulfills a prophecy.—Nate Chinen

Beat Box—Ainè Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

CP Music Awards—Patrick Rapa

Fabulous Thunderbirds—A.D. Amorosi

The Be Good Tanyas—M.J. Fine

The Butchies—Brian Howard

Charles Webster

Istanbul Oriental Ensemble—Mary Armstrong

Carla Cook—Nate Chinen

Poster Children—Lori Hill

naked city

Home Sweet Home: Studio-made-furniture makers find a welcoming community in Philadelphia.—Judith Norkin

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

food

In Training: Tango shows promise, but its location -- Bryn Mawr station -- is more inspiring than its menu.—Maxine Keyser