March 11-17, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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Spring Book Quarterly The Writer's Block: Diane McKinney-Whetstone returns with Leaving Cecil Street, a novel about guilt and redemption set on the streets of West Philadephia. Capitalizing on Talent: Local writers gain community, mentoring and, now, business savvy from a new and improved Writers Room of Bucks County. Luck of the Draw: Fans of comics and graphic novels win out with a crop of recent releases..

news

Hunter or the Hunted?: No mayor is an island. But John Street is becoming isolated like one.—Daryl Gale

Royal Flushed: With claims of imperial roots, a masseur is sentenced for assault.—Helen i-lin Hwang

Bikram Bucks: The local yoga community holds its breath over threatened lawsuits.—Amy L. Webb

Fineprint: Less words, more story.

Gale Warning—Daryl Gale

Skinny Joey's Victory Party: Mob Scenes From an Italian Restaurant—Brendan McGarvey

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Political Notebook—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Save Our Structures: Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell is wrong about preservation.—Joanne Aitken

Cityspace:Affordable Housing Comes to North Philly—Amy L. Webb

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
New Age Mystery

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
WMD Profiteering

Slant by Brian Hickey
The F'ing GOP

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Old Manet and the Sea: A major exhibit places Manet's marine paintings -- turbulent, dramatic studies in color and light -- in the context of his peers and proteges.—Susan Hagen

Bar Codes: With big blocks of colors and stripes, Tim McFarlane's works are mysteries to be deciphered.—Susan Hagen

Artsquicks: More stuff going on this week...

artspicks

Karen Armstrong reads—John Vettese

The Graduate—Toby Zinman

Doris Lessing reads—Elisa Ludwig

movies

Zeroing In: Crimson Gold reminds us how easy it is to ignore what's right in front of us.—Sam Adams

Taking His Time: Jafar Panahi on his patient approach to moviemaking.—Interview by Sam Adams

Pronoun Trouble: Follow David Mamet's dialogue, and ignore Spartan's plot.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Skin Tones: Spoken Hand beats the drum for unity.—Mary Armstrong

Six Simple Rules for 11 Songs: A handy guide to The Bigger Lovers' latest pop platter.—Michael Pelusi

Sound Advice: Get out.

Regeneration: Susan Watts keeps up the family business and revives a revival.—Mary Armstrong

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

G. Love & Special Sauce—A.D. Amorosi

Electric Turn to Me—John Vettese

Johnny A.—Nicole Pensiero

Philadelphia Orchestra—Peter Burwasser

Jackal & Hyde—Sean O'Neal

naked city

Scrum as You Are: Philadelphia's first gay rugby team is headed for the big game.—Debra Auspitz

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Buffalo Exchange 30th Anniversary Trailer Tour—Juliet Fletcher

Rock n' Roll Charity Auction & 5th Annual Rock 'n' Roll and Sports Auction—A.D. Amorosi

Hip-Hop 101—Ain Ardron-Doley

food

Brought to Book: Day by day, The Book and the Cook proves it can still lay on a feast.—Maxine Keyser

Port Authority—Elisa Ludwig