May 1- 7, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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Wicket Awesome Haverford College cricket is the area’s best unknown sports tradition. All-arounder Shawn Alexander is one of the sport’s brightest talents. by Joe Pirro | Photographs By Michael T. Regan

news

A Fight to the Death: Despite surprising opposition from the GOP, Governor Rendell says capital punishment is fine by him.—Daryl Gale

War Path—Daniel Brook

Retention Dimension: How can newspapers keep minorities from leaving?—Deborah Bolling

Safe Street?: The mayor’s anti-drug program has been successful. But is it enough?—Daryl Gale

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Bad Form?—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:DAG Would !: An upcoming planning forum is designed to help shape the city’s future.—Daniel Kelley

Cityspace:Sweet Home—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Let The Sun Shine

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
My Brilliant TV Career

Slant by Inja Coates
Speak Up

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Northern Lights: A report from Toronto’s World Stage festival.—Toby Zinman

Are You Hot?: Two artists answer that question with technology, not washed-up celebrity judges.—Robin Rice

Artsbeat:Artsbeat—Debra Auspitz

Dance:Miami City Ballet—Janet Anderson

Opera:Faust—Peter Burwasser

First Friday Focus:American Mortals | Pringle Gallery | Clay Studio | And Then There’s …

artspicks

No Show—Patrick Rapa

La Traviata—David Shengold

Mamma Mia!—Debra Auspitz

"Back to the Future" at SkateNerd Gallery—Brian White

movies

Xed Off: X2 is better than its predecessor -- but that doesn’t mean it’s good.—Sam Adams

The Rules of the Game: A would-be player rethinks his ways in Raising Victor Vargas.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Bad Is Good: There’s a reason for the sudden success of The Bad Plus.—Nate Chinen

Minister of Information: This is Al Jourgensen’s United States of Whatever.—A.D. Amorosi

suitespot: Peter Burwasser on Classical—Peter Burwasser

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

The Mercury Program—Paul Burress

Philomel—Peter Burwasser

My Morning Jacket—Brian Howard

Cousteau—Nicole Pensiero

Strawbs—Nicole Pensiero

Dub Narcotic Sound System—Patrick Rapa

naked city

The New Old School: Vintage clothing finds a second (or third, or fifth) life as haute couture.—A.D. Amorosi

firstlook: Samba—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Dig for Treasures—Kristina Weise

Cinco de Mayo cooking demo/Big City Ball/Cultural Treasures—Brian White

Fab Rats—Paul Burress

food

Manna From Heaven: For the best Israeli food in the city, lead your people to The Promised Land, in the Northeast.—Elisa Ludwig