June 26-July 2, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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Take This Job and Shove It Working stiff Iain Levison strikes a blow for the rights of working people -- and hit men. by Elisa Ludwig

news

Strange Bedfellows: The Green Party and GOP unite in the Eighth District Council race.—Daniel Brook

Ready, Willing and Disposable?: A successful rehab-to-work program faces the budget guillotine.—Daniel Brook

Fineprint: Less Words, more story.—Morris Bracy, Kelly Housen and Erin Zlomek

Main Line $ex: A high-priced call girl exposes her tale of dough.—Brendan McGarvey

Battle Eternal: Cuba traders’ convictions are overturned. Is smooth sailing ahead?—Steve Eckardt

Gale Warning: Screaming Bloody Murder—Daryl Gale

Two-Faced—Deborah Bolling

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Natural Selection—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:A Trolley Good System: Public transit is the way to go.—Joanne Aitken

Cityspace:Demolition Derby—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Like Night And Day

Slant by Maria Polanco
Lend Help

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

High Notes: Princeton’s summer opera festival enters its 20th season, with a bold lineup and some rising stars.—David Shengold

Robert Dodge: Chairs -- A Singular Vision and Jimmy Clark: Shards of the Wissahickon: Two shows at the airport may make you miss your flight.—Susan Hagen

artsquicks: More stuff going on this week...

Theater:The Comedy of Errors—Char Vandermeer

artspicks

Davy Rothbart—Patrick Rapa

Puppetry of the Penis—A.D. Amorosi

Heaven and Hell—Dana Procaccino

Opera on the Square—David Shengold

Momentum—Lori Hill

movies

After the Fall: In a plague-ravaged England, old prejudices persist.—Cindy Fuchs

Earth Angel: Rivers and Tides paints a hypnotic portrait of an artist whose material is nature itself.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Rebirth of Butterfly: Ishmael Butler and Cherrywine have a whole new digable plan.—Ainé Ardron-Doley

Where House?: DJ X-Dream rants on raves.—Sean O’Neal

Hurricane Mozart: The Orchestra unleashes a season-ending windstorm.—Peter Burwasser

One night the rain began to fall and it would not stop.—Patrick Rapa

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

The Downbeat 5—M.J. Fine

Jonathan Richman—Sam Adams

Glass Candy—M.J. Fine

Gold Chains—A.D. Amorosi

Dynamo Productions—Sean O’Neal

Mose Allison—Sam Adams

Gang Starr—Ainé Ardron-Doley

Lucinda Williams—Sam Adams

Wilco/Sonic Youth—M.J. Fine

naked city

Go Dutch: CP’s occasional summer travel series takes a trip to a bargain-hunter’s dream world.—Alex Richmond

firstlook: The Parkway Diner—A.D. Amorosi

Boxscore: Rating the week in TV.—Debra Auspitz, D.A and Frank Lewis

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Neighborhood Gardens Association Open Gardens, Liberty Lands—Juliet Fletcher

Sistahs! Expo—Ainé Ardron-Doley

Dancin’ in the Streets—Ainé Ardron-Doley

food

Fresh As a Rose: Sean Weinberg, Rose Tattoo Cafe—Deborah Bolling

New Orleans-style Jambalaya—Rose Tattoo Cafe and Recipe by Sean Weinberg