October 10-16, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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Lit Up The 215 mixes literature with the faint hope that you're gonna get laid. by Sam Adams

news

If You Level It, Will They Come?: Not necessarily, say developers who want to rehab buildings near Temple University.—Daniel Brook

Paper Trail: Take away the name and the philanthropy and the Annenberg family history reads just like any other mob story.—Brendan McGarvey

Hack Attack—Daryl Gale

Snarls Barclay—Deborah Bolling

Hissy-toric Fit—Daniel Brook

Noam Way: Noam Chomsky ignored by the media? Maybe there's a reason.—Deborah Bolling

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

columns:

Political Notebook:ISTAR Rising—Mary F. Patel

City Space:Jeff Cap—Harris Steinberg, See You in Court—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Skate Crimes

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Cheap Terrorists

Slant by Tina Kelley
Portrait Artistry

Slant by Mary Hudzinski
Home School Days

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Gender Blenders: Two perspectives on the line between the sexes.—Robin Rice

Artsbeat:Artsbeat—Debra Auspitz

Theater:Moor Is Less: Philly Shakes' season opener turns Othello into daytime TV.—Toby Zinman

Theater:To The Extreme—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Talking During the Movie—Sam Adams

Streetwise Swan Lake—Deni Kasrel

The Other Van Damme—David Shengold

Mi Studio, Su Studio—Lori Hill

Romantic Evening—Debra Auspitz

My Fair Levy—David Warner

Dancers Seeking Susan—Janet Anderson

movies

Reversal of Fortune: The Rules of Attraction tells tales of collegiate debauchery -- backwards.—Cindy Fuchs

Bloody Sunday—Sam Adams

Don Mullan—Frank Lewis

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Acid Reigns: British DJ legend Gilles Peterson loves Philly back.—Sean O’Neal

Riot Going On: The latest Red Hot disc has hip-hop and soul's current whiz kids taking on Kuti classics.—A.D. Amorosi

Teddy Pendergrass—A.D. Amorosi

Titan of 'Clash: Punk, trash, electroclash, it’s still rock ’n’ roll to Tee.—A.D. Amorosi

Eternity: Dave Vanian's gonna smash it up till there's nothing left.—Helen H. Thompson

thesuitespot—Peter Burwasser on Classical

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Beenie Man—Ainé Ardron-Doley

Bellini—Paul Burress

George Acosta—Sean O’Neal

Shellac—Paul Burress

Joshua Redman's Elastic Band—Nate Chinen

John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet—Nate Chinen

The Legendary Pink Dots—A.D. Amorosi

Low—Sam Adams

Coheed and Cambria—John Vettese

Mirah—M.J. Fine

J. Mascis and Doug Martsch—Patrick Rapa

naked city

Hair Highness: For 25 years, Joan Pileggi has reigned over a salon empire.—Alex Richmond

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Swinging On Through—Paul Burress

Arthur—Patrick Rapa

OutFest—Maura Johnston

food

The Right Trax: The pun may be obvious, but this restaurant by the railroad is indeed doing things right.—Maxine Keyser

New Mexican—Elisa Ludwig