December 25-31, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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What Happened Next by Howard Altman, Debra Auspitz, Deborah Bolling, Daniel Brook, D.B, Juliet Fletcher, H.A, Gwen Shaffer and David Warner

news

Giveaway: A neighborhood dispute raises questions about NTI.—Daniel Brook

Street Credibility—Daryl Gale

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

columns:

Political Notebook:It's A Wonderful Life—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Corral OK: One man's vision for newspaper honor boxes.—Alan Greenberger

Cityspace:Monumental Maneuver—Daniel Brook

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
The Cat Whisperer

Slant by Daz Morrell
Exodus on Main Street

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

A Moment Like This: City Paper's arts writers weigh in on the best of 2002.—Janet Anderson, Debra Auspitz, Peter Burwasser, D.A, D.A.F, D.W, Juliet Fletcher, David Anthony Fox, Lori Hill, J.A, Deni Kasrel, R.R, Robin Rice, David Shengold, David Warner and Toby Zinman

Artsbeat:Artsbeat—Debra Auspitz

Theater:Peter Pan and Wendy—David Anthony Fox

Dance:The Nutcracker—Janet Anderson

Books:Reading Backwards: Our book reviewers point out the year's bright spots.—Andrew Ervin, Juliet Fletcher, Frank Halperin, Brian Howard, Elisa Ludwig, Andrew Milner and Alex Richmond

artspicks

The Full Monty—Toby Zinman

movies

Hollywouldn't: A look back reveals Hollywood's failure to address the real world.—Sam Adams

Double Trouble: 2002's best movies worked the combinations.—Cindy Fuchs

Naughty and Nice: How to tell the holiday-movie presents from the lumps of coal.—Sam Adams and Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Folk Gone Wild: Philly's own Full Frontal Folk doesn't have time for angst, ballads or clothes.—Mary Armstrong

Prime Meridian: Steve Forbert exhumes a country legend from his hometown.—Nicole Pensiero

An Evening of Russian Romances—Peter Burwasser

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

Beat Box—Ain� Ardron-Doley

musicpicks

Lady Alma—A.D. Amorosi

Tandy—A.D. Amorosi

Erick Sermon—Elisa Ludwig

Goldie—A.D. Amorosi

naked city

CP picks the best video games of 2002.—Frank Lewis and Chris Newborg

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Midnight In the Garden of Good!—Juliet Fletcher

! And Evil

food

Local Couleur: A neighborhood joint with friendly French flair.—Maxine Keyser

foodpick: Vincenzo's—Elisa Ludwig