January 15-21, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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Introduction: Editor's note. Fiction Winner: Loving A Wet Dog Judge's Comments: Fiction Poetry Winner: Pawnshop Poetry: Runners Up: Jonathan's Island Letter, Winter Notes, Sestina Judge's Comments: Poetry

news

A Fus Over Pus: An unwelcome meal leads to a nasty lawsuit. —Deborah Bolling & Helen i-lin Hwang

Civil Dis: Five who did time for protesting war are free to talk.—Deborah Bolling

Long Harm of the Law: Scorned by some big-name cops, a police watchdog barks.—Amy L. Webb

Watershed Moment: Our poor water quality won't stop an upcoming conference.—Daryl Gale

Lawyers, Clubs and Money: Joey's in court and his wife's outta the money.—Brendan McGarvey

Gale Warning: Reclaiming the Dream—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:Hall Monitor: Creating an "architect of City Hall" position will go a long way toward protecting the grand masonry palace. —Joanne Aitken

Cityspace:Worldly Café from DAS Architects—Amy L. Webb

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
The Road to Victory

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Chopstick Rules and Commandments

Slant by Brian Hickey
Fourth and 26

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

On the Rise: From AVA to Dresden, Latonia Moore's on the brink of an impressive career.—David Shengold

Artsquicks: More stuff going on this week…

Book Quicks:O God of Players: The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs—Andrew Milner

Book Quicks:Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens—Debra Auspitz

artspicks

"For the Love of Pig Iron"—Debra Auspitz

"Repetition and Transformation"—Karen Williams

"Saving Philadelphia: The Art of the Dumpster Divers"—A.D. Amorosi

Lisa R. Myers—Juliet Fletcher

"Hopping Fences: Influences in Modern Living"—Lori Hill

movies

Artificial Amalgamation: Cheryl Dunye struggles to inject meaning into the formulaic My Baby's Daddy.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Wayne's Worlds: Composer/saxophonist Wayne Shorter takes off again.—Nate Chinen

Sound Advice: Get Out

Don't you know the best things in life?—Patrick Rapa

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Josh Roseman Unit—Kyle Parker

Dan X—Sean O'Neal

Sharron Kraus/ Jack Rose/Curtis Eller—Michael Pelusi

The Thrills—Lori Hill

Newport Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour—Kyle Parker

naked city

El Vez—A.D. Amorosi

Suede Lounge—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Q & A: David Copperfield—A.D. Amorosi

A Man with a Dream—Tricia Ferdinand

food

Catching Some Ziti: Plateloads of pasta at Lamberti's can't seem to keep us awake.—Brian Hickey

Lotus Blossoms—Elisa Ludwig