January 9-15, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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Turn the Beat Around Roy Kaiser might just be the guy who saved the Pennsylvania Ballet. by Janet Anderson

news

Classroom Chaos: Did Edison's reduction of support staff help foster school violence?—Elisa Ludwig

Free Marty!: The ringleader of a band of stadium gatecrashers has his day in court.—Daryl Gale

Soundbites—Deborah Bolling

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

columns:

Political Notebook:The Big Kahuna—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Looking for Excitement: The public spaces around City Hall are rich in potential. Just look what happened in Rotterdam.—George L. Claflen Jr FAIA

Cityspace:High Hopes—Deborah Bolling

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Double Standard

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Why Iraq? Why Not?

Slant by Esq. Gerald K. McOscar
Protection From Abuse?

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

The Right Hand Giveth...: Richard Price talks about his new novel, Samaritan, and the selfish side of altruism.—Interview by Frank Halperin

Fly South for Winterthur: A Delaware estate presents a unique display of Mexican art.—Robin Rice

Domestic Bliss—Susan Hagen

Artsbeat:Artsbeat—Debra Auspitz

artspicks

Flipping the Bird—Lori Hill

Nikki Giovanni—Elisa Ludwig

A Plantsman in Asia: 1979-1999—Lori Hill

Seussical: The Musical—Jesse Delaney

movies

Tick Tock: Counting down the minutes in Spike Lee's resonant 25th Hour.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Bright Lights, Big Shadow: Teddy Thompson expands on the family business.—Nicole Pensiero

Up Country: New York's Laura Cantrell is in bloom again.—Sam Adams

Beat Box—Ain� Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Trolleyvox—Sam Adams

Hologram—A.D. Amorosi

Jason Mraz/Essence—A.D. Amorosi

Joseph Arthur—A.D. Amorosi

naked city

Bring Out Your Dead: Genealogy 101 at The National Archives.—Ted Mann

firstlook: Cadence/K. Lounge—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Black Tie Tailgate—Juliet Fletcher

Cuba Libre Events—A.D. Amorosi

UNESCO and the Upcoming U.N. Literacy Decade—Juliet Fletcher

food

Good for Body and Soul: Meatless soul food? Patterson's Paradise offers old favorites that are healthy and tasty.—Elisa Ludwig

Sweet Deal—Jenn Carbin