April 8-14, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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The Defiant Ones Rebels & Rule Breakers & Revolutionaries take over The Philadelphia Film Festival. by Sam Adams

news

Throwing the Book at Them: City librarians remain worried about security. Big changes are expected.—Daryl Gale

Kindness of Strangers—Helen i-lin Hwang

Fineprint: Less words, more story.

Gale Warning—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:None in the Hand: Why go after the birds in the bush?—Steve Conn

Cityspace:Penn Goes Postal—Amy L. Webb

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Cum for Life

Slant by Ben Waxman
Can't Fake the Funk

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Spring Fever: New York's spring theater season is full of surprises.—Toby Zinman

Wicked Good: From a fat-free Fiddler to a singing bus, here's New York's spring musical season in a nutshell.—David Anthony Fox

Artsquicks: More stuff going on this week...

Books:Thura al-Windawi—Rebecca Bellville

Book Quicks:Book Quicks—A.D. Amorosi

Dance:Philadanco—Janet Anderson

Theater:The Uneasy Chair—Toby Zinman

Theater:The Waitstaff—Toby Zinman

artspicks

Pam Ann's Come Fly With Me—A.D. Amorosi

Cascarones Por La Vida/For Life Sale—Mary Armstrong

"Rhythm & Blues"—Janet Anderson

movies

Lapse Man Standing: The Alamo forgets, and is forgettable.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Second Time Around: Ben Kweller finally gets to second base.—John Vettese

Sound Advice: Get Out

Who Remembered—Michael Pelusi

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Lucy Kaplansky—Mary Armstrong

Metal Urbain—Sam Adams

Cassatt String Quartet—Peter Burwasser

Marc Ribot and the Young Philadelphians—A.D. Amorosi

Vienna Teng—Nicole Pensiero

naked city

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival—Liz Harris

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus—Steve Cohen

McFadden's Restaurant & Saloon official opening—A.D. Amorosi

food

Soba So Good: Sagami serves authentic Japanese food with an authentic Jersey attitude.—Amy L. Webb

'Tender Is the Night—A.D. Amorosi