April 24-30, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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Silent Killer While SARS is getting all the attention, hepatitis B Is the real health scourge in Chinatown. by Helen i-lin Hwang Photographs by Michael T. Regan

news

Global Pride: Equality Forum celebrates gay and lesbian rights around the world.—Daniel Brook

Outlaw Picnic: Given bike gang tensions, even one-percenters need to chill.—Brendan McGarvey

Learning Curve Ball: A Wharton student from Pakistan can’t get back into the country.—Daniel Brook

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Still Fighting for the First—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Crass Transit: Riders are gearing up to fight SEPTA’s proposed service cuts.—Daniel Brook

Cityspace:Hot Spot—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Murder Most Fowl

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Filmmaker on a Mission

Slant by Jenn Carbin
Primary Care

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Strikes, Fights, Big City: A turbulent New York theater season produced some notable work.—Toby Zinman

Lullaby of Broadway: This season’s musical theater scene has been a bit sleepy.—David Anthony Fox

Alone Again, Naturally—Susan Hagen

Artsbeat:Artsbeat—Debra Auspitz

Theater:Macbeth—Toby Zinman

artspicks

Green Violin—Steve Cohen

The Plotz Retrospective—A.D. Amorosi

Bell Esteem—Kristina Weise

Don DeLillo—Andrew Ervin

Temple University Opera Theater—Peter Burwasser

Faust—David Shengold

A Happening Place—Lori Hill

Dreamgirls—Steve Cohen

Black Ice—Ainé Ardron-Doley

movies

Truth Hurts: Steve James talks about turning the camera on himself.—Sam Adams

Tomorrow Today: Justin Lin on Better Luck Tomorrow’s stereotype subversion.—Cindy Fuchs

Boom Time: A banner year for the Philadelphia Film Festival.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Contact High: Will somebody please hug Arab Strap?—Juliet Fletcher

Period Peace: Adult. Is. All. Grown. Up. And. Happy.—Sean O’Neal

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Galitcha—Mary Armstrong

Mary Prankster—M.J. Fine

The Delgados—Sam Adams

JUHA—Ainé Ardron-Doley

Califone/Brokeback—Sam Adams

Ellis Paul—Nicole Pensiero

Angels of Light/Michael Gira—Paul Burress

naked city

Fashion Statement: Moore’s outgoing fashion department chair is leaving controversy, and some mystery, in his wake.—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Margaret Cho—Frank Halperin

Sparrow—Kristina Weise

"The Breweries of Kensington and Beyond"—Brian White

food

A Fish Story: Despite a few rough edges, a trip to Adriatica is smooth sailing.—Howard Altman

Off The Menu—Frank Lewis