March 4-10, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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Tim And Eric Go To Hollywood Class clowns turned high-comedy absurdists, Tim and Eric get ready for the big time. by Joey Sweeney

news

The M-Word: Newlyweds and activists speak out on gay marriage in Philly and in the state.—Deborah Bolling

Billy's Back in Town: An out-of-town mob honcho meets with the Philly don.—Brendan McGarvey

Gale Warning—Daryl Gale

Dead Man Watching: Could televised executions become a budgetary windfall?—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:Get Your Damn Car off the Sidewalk: And other impediments to walking around.—Steve Conn

Cityspace:Green Acres—Amy L. Webb

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Arresting Development

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Why Palestinians Suffer

Slant by Flavia Colgan
The Passion

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

arts

The Great Coleman: With a career that's the stuff of legend, award-winning composer Cy Coleman returns to Philly with a world premiere.—Steve Cohen

Taking Flight: As the airport expands, so does its exhibitions program.—Robin Rice

Artquicks: More Stuff going on this week...

Theater:The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)—Toby Zinman

Opera:Elektra —Lou Camp

First Friday Focus:First Friday Focus—Lori Hill

artspicks

Acis and Galatea—David Shengold

Ben Heppner—David Shengold

Stitch 'n Bitch with Debbie Stoller—Andrew Parks

Shashi Tharoor reads—Joel Tannenbaum

Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre—Deni Kasrel

Peter Manseau and Jeff Sharlet read—Alex Richmond

movies

National Defense: Fighting colonialism then and now.—Sam Adams

News of the World: How Gillo Pontecorvo created the realest of fictions.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

On This Rock: Local punks mewithoutYou play with a different kind of passion.—John Vettese

Crowd Favorite—Michael Pelusi

Sound Advice: Get out.

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Kanye West—Maura Johnston

Philomel—Peter Burwasser

Erykah Badu—Elisa Ludwig

Rory Block/The Luck Brothers—Nicole Pensiero

Philly All-Star Jazz Night—Kyle Parker

naked city

Firstlook: Posh—A.D. Amorosi

Firstlook: Tragos—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Philadelphia Flower Show—Juliet Fletcher

The Return of Philly Boxing—Howard Altman

food

Lucca Both Ways: Trattoria Lucca embodies the contradictions of Passyunk Avenue.—Elisa Ludwig

Oz Fest—A.D. Amorosi