August 28-September 3, 2003	[2003 issue index]
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The Seventh Year Itch Change is in the wind for the Philadelphia Fringe. Producing Director Nick Stuccio talks about where the festival has been and, more importantly, where it’s going. by Debra Auspitz

news

Suffer the Little Children: Porchia Bennett’s brutal death still resonates in South Philly.—Daryl Gale

fineprint: Less words, more story.

Gale Warning: Meeting of the Minds—Daryl Gale

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Political Notebook—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Market Least: The shopping district between Eighth and 12th streets is in serious need of an overhaul.—Bruce Andersen

Cityspace:Buildings, Interrupted?—Daniel Brook

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Print Out

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
It's A Joke

Slant by Dr. W. Gene Corley
Burned

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

Rio Grand: An exhibition about the American river often veers off course, but some impressive photography reels it back in.—Robin Rice

Artsbeat:Artsbeat—Debra Auspitz

artspicks

"Typographically Speaking: The Art of Matthew Carte,"—Andrew Parks

"The Mirrored Catalogue d'Oiseaux"—Nikki Roszko

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble—Deni Kasrel

"Countdown to Eternity"—Dana Procaccino

movies

New Kids on the Block: Thirteen is an often deft presentation of familiar teen traumas.—Cindy Fuchs

Popular Mechanics: Catherine Hardwicke on the “alluring, but toxic” cool kids in Thirteen.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Atom's Last Blast: Why Adam Goren is packing up the Package.—Patrick Rapa

Witness to a Murder: Larry Cordle is lonesome on country music’s well-traveled road.—Mary Armstrong

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

The Epoxies—M.J. Fine

Paul Van Dyk—A.D. Amorosi

Stromkern—Helen H. Thompson

Jedi Mind Tricks—Ainé Ardron-Doley

Dexter Wansel—A.D. Amorosi

naked city

Swing Kids: Head to the driving range for a cheap excursion, and more ball jokes than you can shake a club at.—Alex Richmond

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Dead Eyes Open: A Tribute to Edward Gorey—Juliet Fletcher

Blue Funk—Ainé Ardron-Doley

food

French New Wave: A Gallic culinary revival means détente is back on the table.—Maxine Keyser

Flag Day—Elisa Ludwig