March 25-31, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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Affirmative Reaction How Major League Baseball Is Wooing Back African-Americans. by Daryl Gale

news

A Big, Fat Budget Mess: Street's grand plans hinge on state lawmakers and new bonds.—Amy L. Webb

The Shots Heard 'Round South Philly—photographs and text by Michael T. Regan

Fineprint: Less words, more story.—Morris Bracy IV

Irish Eyes a-Frownin': Sinn Fein's boss rues a local deportation.—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:Centennial City: Turning the zoo and area attractions into a comprehensive destination.—Bruce Andersen

Cityspace:Swedish Invasion—Amy L. Webb

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Fear and Loathing The missile that blew the top off of quadriplegic cleric Sheikh Ahmed Yassin’s head Monday may have done something that no Arab leader has ever been able to accomplish: create true pan-Arab unity.

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Cook Now I was the recent recipient of a journalism fellowship to learn about the crisis in children’s health.

Slant by B Jonathan McGoran
No Rest for the W.

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Play the Field: City Paper's critics catch up with three new productions.—David Anthony Fox

"Fibbergibbet and Mumbo Jumbo: Kara E. Walker in Two Acts"—Lori Hill

Bel Canto Opera Company and Symphony Orchestra—Peter Burwasser

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal—Janet Anderson

Dance:La Máquina del Tiempo—Deni Kasrel

Books:Breaking Point: Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat takes two cultures on the edge and tries to make them whole again.—John Freeman

Books:The Phillies Encyclopedia: 3rd Edition—Brian Hickey

artspicks

Dean Rosenzweig installation—A.D. Amorosi

The Uneasy Chair—Lori Hill

movies

A Complicated Man: Never Die Alone fulfills the needs of the 'hood genre, even as it questions them.—Cindy Fuchs

Band of Others: Tom Hanks heads a gang of misfit robbers in the lackluster Ladykillers.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Shall I Be Released?: Just how good is Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series?—Michael Pelusi

Sound Advice: Get out.

Beat Box—Ainé Ardron-Doley

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Alfred Brendel—Peter Burwasser

Casey Stratton—Nicole Pensiero

The Method and Result—A.D. Amorosi

Sons and Daughters—John Vettese

Greg Davis—Sean O'Neal

naked city

Livin' Large: Celebrities (and average Joes) go to Torre's for fashion that fits.—A.D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Joan Rivers—Frank Halperin

Safari Overnight—Liz Harris

Jane Fonda—Tricia Ferdinand

food

Kicking Up a Stink: Too much of a good thing? According to one local foodie's tasting series, not when it's good in a weird way.—A.D. Amorosi

Joe Redux—Helen i-lin Hwang