May 1- 7, 2003
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Wicket AwesomeHaverford College cricket is the area’s best unknown sports tradition. All-arounder Shawn Alexander is one of the sport’s brightest talents.
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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 ShineLoose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
My Brilliant TV CareerSlant by Inja Coates
Speak UpLetters 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
