August 14-20, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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Revolutionary Period Is Seasonale a boon for women or an innovative marketing ploy? by Deborah Bolling

news

The Perfect Storm: A combination of unexpected economic factors met to create the city’s looming fiscal calamity.—Ralph Cipriano

Tolerance 1, Bigotry 0: Gay Community Day at the Vet goes off without a hitch (or a Phillies win).—Daryl Gale

fineprint: More story, Less words.—Morris Bracy

Gale Warning: Insurance Relief Ahead?—Daryl Gale

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

columns:

Political Notebook:The Great White Hope Versus the Great White Dope?—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Declaration of Inter-dependence: Institutes of higher learning have a vital role to play in the transformation of neighborhoods.—Steve Conn

Cityspace:Ritzy Parking Plans—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Slap The Donkey

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
First Amendment Checkup

Slant by A. Bernard Ackerman and M.D
Beyond Skin

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

The Kids Are All Left: Marc Sand -- local teacher, musician, activist and now author -- on turning youth passion into youth action.—Andrew Parks

artquicks: More stuff going on this week...

Academy Animalia: A “children’s” exhibit at PAFA is more challenging than it appears.—Susan Hagen

Book Quicks:Book Quicks

artspicks

Cindy Chupack—M.J. Fine

The Mousetrap—Lori Hill

"New Directions in New Media"—Nikki Roszko

Jodi Letizi As a 12-year-old, South Philadelphia-born actress Jodi Letizia played the part of Marie, the young neighborhood girl in the 1976 film Rocky. Since then, she has had small parts in films like Slaves of New York and Mannequin—Dana Procaccino

movies

Holding Back: The Magdalene Sisters’ brutal tale of Catholic repression is still easier than the reality, says director Peter Mullan.—Sam Adams

Nothing Doing: Mondays in the Sun is a tender tale of camaraderie in the face of apathy.—Sam Adams

Scraping By: Alan Rudolph on living “film to mouth.”—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Three to Get Ready: D.C.’s up-and-comers, Del Cielo, play pop for the punk kids.—John Vettese

Soundadvice: Get Out.

Blistered in the Sun: Unwrapping the Summer Package Tour.—Jesse Delaney

It's Their Thing: The Isley Brothers do what they want to do.—A.D. Amorosi

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Black Eyed Peas—John Vettese

Ian Svenonius and Calvin Johnson—Paul Burress

Asians In Rock—M.J. Fine

DJ Radar—Sean O’Neal

Evanescence—M.J. Fine

naked city

The Longest Walk: “England’s green and pleasant land” up close and personal.—Toby Zinman

boxscore: Rating the week in TV.—Debra Auspitz

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Hip-Hop Summit—Ainé Ardron-Doley

eBay University—Juliet Fletcher

Summer Sale—Kristina Weise

Largest Public “Y.M.C.A.” Dance—Patrick Rapa

food

Grupo Fiesta: Sabor Latino offers a whistle-stop tour of points south.—Elisa Ludwig

Jerky Boy—Alex Richmond