January 22-28, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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But I Didn't Know… One in 12 Philly teenage girls has chlamydia. Now the city is waging war against what it is calling an epidemic. by Amy L. Webb

news

Immigrants on Their Own: The Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians thrives despite no city funding.—Helen i-lin Hwang

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

Gale Warning—Daryl Gale

Fineprint: Less words, more story.

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Castor Roiled—Mary F. Patel

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Offensive Defense

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Partial Disclosures

Slant by Heather Kalmbach
The Great Divide

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

cityspace

Suburbanizing Downtown: Philly gets ready for McHome, super-sized.

Old Is New Again: North Second Street awaits some new construction as a pair of New Jersey companies -- Matrix Development Group and K. Hovnanian -- recently announced plans to bring more than 300 new lofts and condos, along with retail space, to the city’s Old City neighborhood.

arts

Getting and Spending: Two new plays about money (and the lack of it) open on Philadelphia stages.—Toby Zinman

Tempest in a Teapot: With peacocks, morning glories and a little eroticism, Heeseung Lee creates vessels of beauty and function.—Susan Hagen

Artquicks: More stuff going on this week…

Theater:Editorial Decisions—David Anthony Fox

Theater:Fräulein Else—David Anthony Fox

Theater:The Producers—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

"Philadelphia's Vanishing Cemeteries"—A.D. Amorosi

All's Hell that Ends Well—Tricia Ferdinand

Proof—Juliet Fletcher

"Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens"—A.D. Amorosi

Pete Rose signing—Matthew Hotz

Ana Menéndez—Joel Tannenbaum

movies

Life Lessons: A one-classroom school opens onto the world in To Be and To Have. —Sam Adams

Framed: Girl with a Pearl Earring's romance of imprisonment.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Come On, Get Happy: Starsailor is suddenly upbeat and ready for a little invasion.—A.D. Amorosi

Sound Advice: Get Out

Making Bette Divine—Sam Adams

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Oxford Collapse—Maura Johnston

Kremerata Musica—Peter Burwasser

The A-Sides—John Vettese

Fathead—Andrew Parks

Peter Ostroushko—Mary Armstrong

naked city

Urban Cowboys: If you thought line dancing had to be a little bit country, think again.—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

The Muppet Movie Sing-along—Juliet Fletcher

Les Barker—A.D. Amorosi

Chinese New Year Celebration & Monkey Around With Us—Helen i-lin Hwang

food

Starr-and-Striped Banner: Preparing to fly his flag over Striped Bass, Stephen Starr opens up about his takeover strategy.—A.D. Amorosi

Pom and Circumstance—Jenn Carbin