December 5-11, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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Holiday Book Quarterly Second Sight New ways of looking at the things we read, the clothes we wear and the things we do (and don't) like.

news

Dreams and Nightmares: Civic groups fight church's plans to re-use Metropolitan Hospital.—Daniel Brook

Dissent Decree: Protesters complain they get short shrift in media.—Daryl Gale

"Holy Charge": Even after 17 years, Elmer Smith considers it a privilege to be a columnist. His new book shows why.—Deborah Bolling

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Where It's At—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Cutting Corners: Why intersections matter.—Harris M. Steinberg

Cityspace:Penned Out?—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Shady's Back

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
A Toke Too Far

Slant by Rania Awwad and Josh Ruebner
Common Ground

Slant by Ted Rall
Totally Idiotic Americans

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Designer Threads: The PMA and the art of installation.—Robin Rice

Bryan Willette—Susan Hagen

Artsbeat:Artsbeat—Debra Auspitz

Theater:Wild Stunt Show—David Anthony Fox

Theater:With and Without—Toby Zinman

First Friday Focus:First Friday Focus—Lori Hill

artspicks

Forbidden Broadway—Debra Auspitz

Beauty and the Beast—Debra Auspitz

The Consul—David Shengold

Paul Taylor Dance Co.—Debra Auspitz

John Simpson and Jesse Sheidlower of the OED—Juliet Fletcher

CityDance Ensemble—Janet Anderson

Roko Kawai—Helen i-lin Hwang

movies

Moving Pictures: Storytelling times three in Rebecca Miller's restless trilogy.—Cindy Fuchs

Miller's Crossing: Rebecca Miller on film, writing and doing both at once.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

The Sound and Di Furia: Photon Band art scholar hears colors, sees sound.—Brian Howard

Heller High Water: A Philly expat talks about the end of Philadelphia as he knows it.—A.D. Amorosi

Fads Will Tear Us Apart: NYC's Interpol swims against the next wave.—John Vettese

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley ( applesz6@aol.com

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Ours—A.D. Amorosi

Marianne Nowottny—Patrick Rapa

Aimee Mann—Nicole Pensiero

Kool Keith—Elisa Ludwig

Hail Social—Hillary Rea

Har Mar Superstar—Brian Howard

naked city

Petite Sophisticates: Supper clubs and cabarets are gaining popularity with Philly’s 20-something set.—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Friends Celebration—Juliet Fletcher

Holiday Stress, Holiday Blues: How to Cope—Kristina Weise

Peek-A-Boo Revue—Juliet Fletcher

Philly Dance Africa/ Mogauwane Mahloele—Mary Armstrong

food

Sonoma Again, Naturally: The Main Street mainstay enters its second decade with a new organic menu.—Maxine Keyser

Drink Tank—Frank Lewis