October 24-30, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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CP Choice Awards 2002

news

Fan-tastic: For the past 20 years, a group of self-styled freedom fighters has been sneaking into the Vet.—Daryl Gale

Exit the Unicorn: Einhorn's conviction is a sweet victory for those he's haunted for 25 years.—Howard Altman

Behind the Green Door—Daniel Brook

Diverse Opinions: A Daily News award rankles critics.—Deborah Bolling

Can't Please Everybody: The Inquirer's been accused of lots of things, but being too conservative may be a first.—D.B

Dueling Dooling: Newspaper Guild leaders differ on a new deal.—D.B

"Rat" Infestation—D.B

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Fear of God and Taxes—Mary F. Patel

City Space:From Blight to Right—Patrick M. Starr, Victim of Success—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Saddam It All

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Massive Masquerade

Slant by Jonathan M. Stein
Whittle Me This

Slant by William Mazzola
Judgment Day

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Kelly's Girl: John Kelly is a man of many faces -- including Joni Mitchell’s.—David Warner

Drawing Borders: It's Mural Arts Month, and the Mural Arts Program is celebrating new growth and facing new controversy.—Ted Mann

Nancy Crow at Snyderman Gallery: Form and function collide in Nancy Crow's quilts.—Robin Rice

Dance:Balanchine Favorites at Pennsylvania Ballet—Janet Anderson

Theater:Fully Committed at Philadelphia Theatre Co.—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Eternal Spiral Project's I Stand Before You Naked—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Crowns at McCarter Theatre—Toby Zinman

artspicks

Stan and Jan's Plan—Debra Auspitz

movies

Snap Judgments: Paul Schrader on Bob Crane: star, sex addict and unwitting icon.—Cindy Fuchs

Nouvelle Vagueness: Jonathan Demme chokes on his baguette with The Truth About Charlie.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Making the Connection: Fingernail's Adam DiAngelo hooks Philly up with Sonic Circuits.—A.D. Amorosi

Mould Spores: Bob talks about raising his kids in the electronic age.—Chris Parker

Sand People: Calexico walks single-file to hide their numbers.—Paul Burress

Like Clockwork—A.D. Amorosi

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Snapcase/ Boy Sets Fire—Chris Parker

Dave Brubeck—Nate Chinen

Isis—Paul Burress

Songs: Ohia—Paul Burress

Rilo Kiley—Patrick Rapa

Sahara Hotnights—Lori Hill

Medeski, Martin and Wood—Nate Chinen

Mono/1929—A.D. Amorosi

Sing-Sing—M.J. Fine

naked city

Moore in Store: Philly's venerable school of art enters the world of retail.—Debra Auspitz

Gigs in Space: With a revamped planetarium and the new Space Command exhibit, it’s easy to go starry-eyed at the Franklin Institute.—Howard Altman

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Celebrations of Evil!—Josh Levandoski

Minimalist Effort—A.D. Amorosi

Bright Lights, Big Stage—Paul Burress

food

Back for Seconds: Another visit to Palette finds a new, if unusual, menu.—Maxine Keyser

Drink Tank: Wines of Southern Italy—Peter Burwasser