May 29-June 4, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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The Rebel High School Student Ben Waxmen takes on the Death Penalty, Rick Santorum, and Ariel Sharon while fielding calls from CNN. by Daniel Brook Photography by Michael T. Regan

news

Arch Enemies: It appears that Fairmount neighbors have been successful in their attempts to stop McDonald’s.—Brian Hickey

Gale Warning: Angel's Last Stand—Daryl Gale

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

columns:

Political Notebook:It All Comes Out in the Wash—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:The Past Menagerie: Philadelphia needs to better fund the Historical Commission to preserve its heritage.—Rosemarie Fabien

Cityspace:Bailout for SEPTA?—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Nothing to Bragg About

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Stan Pokras Communication Minister

Slant by Jerome Montes
Keep Your Promise

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Paperback Riders: Local commuters (re)discover the pleasures of reading in transit.—Toby Zinman

Industry Standard—David Anthony Fox

Tabloid Sensation: Bat Boy invades suburban household! With terrifyingly good results!—David Anthony Fox

Hanging in the Balance: The negative and the positive find a happy medium in Isabel Bigelow’s work.—Susan Hagen

Books:Art of the Deal—Lori Hill

artspicks

Telling the Truth—Lori Hill

Twists of Fate—Deni Kasrel

Highway to Art—A.D. Amorosi

Weathering the Storm—Janet Anderson

movies

Cracking the Code: As The Girl, Charlize Theron enlivens the otherwise rote Italian Job.—Cindy Fuchs

Ocean Emotion: Pixar’s first grown-up movie still makes you bawl like a baby.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Nevermore Again: Lou Reed remasters the master.—A.D. Amorosi

Making Contact: Mary Fahl’s on the rise with a brand-new project.—Nicole Pensiero

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Suzanne Vega—Sam Adams

Dan Fogelberg—Nicole Pensiero

Brother Ali—Kurt Ciliberto

Elliott—Brian Howard

The Fleshtones—M.J. Fine

Prefuse 73/Four Tet—Chris Nosal

naked city

Rethink, Reuse: Hands-on fashion artists give new steam to old trash.—Debra Auspitz

boxscore: Rating the week in TV—Sam Adams, Debra Auspitz and Lori Hill

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Brotherly Love is a Battelfield—Chris Cummins

Civil Pride—David Field

Royal Prerogative—Ainé Ardron-Doley

food

Chef: Butcher’s Cafe’s Pascual Cancelliere—Deborah Bolling

Gnocchi Frutti di Mare—Butcher’s Cafe and Recipe by Pascual Cancelliere