May 20-26, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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The $45 Million Man In Philadelphia, the Silicon Valley of pharmaceuticals, your body is a valuable commodity. by Amy L Webb

news

Democracy in Action: A Penn grad student takes voting rights to new levels.—Helen i-lin Hwang

Tax and the City: A torn City Council assesses land-value proposals.—Deborah Bolling

fine print: Less words, more story.—Morris Bracy IV

Drug Dump: Empty prescription-pill packets are being ditched in a garden near Drexel.—Doron Taussig

Around the Big Top: When the circus comes to town, a cat-fancying writer meets some high-flying felines.—Trish Boppert

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Political Notebook—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:These Old Homes: Encouraging preservation of the city's housing stock.—Paul Steinke

Cityspace:Foot Friendly—Liz Harris

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Paul Curci
Howard's End

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Altman Steps Down … and Up?

Slant by Lewis Whittington
Military Cave-In

special section

arts

True Grit: Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train to Philly: a conversation with the playwright.—Toby Zinman

Book Quicks:The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw—Andrew Milner

Theater:My Fair Lady—David Anthony Fox

Theater:The Visit—Toby Zinman

Theater:Casino Paradise—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Reason—Joel Tannenbaum

Pancha Maha Bhootham—Janet Anderson

The Body of Jonah Boyd—Gary M. Kramer

The Goat Or, Who Is Sylvia?—Toby Zinman

The Duchess from Chicago—Steve Cohen

Shakespeare: Everything and Nothing—Toby Zinman

movies

Cafe con Lazy: The laconic Coffee and Cigarettes takes its time.—Cindy Fuchs

Deep Impact: The original Godzilla hits America, 50 years late.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks

music

Heard It in a Love Song: Remembering John Whitehead and growing up in the Philly Soul family.—Elizabeth Isadora Gold

Sound Advice: Get Out.

HearHere—Patrick Rapa

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Bohemian Fifth—Deesha Dyer

Peter Serkin—Peter Burwasser

Melissa Auf Der Maur—M.J. Fine

Supersuckers—Sam Adams

Weapons of Mic Destruction Tour—Deesha Dyer

Japunks Panic Jamboree 7—Patrick Rapa

David Byrne—A.D. Amorosi

naked city

Urban Studies

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Wizard World Philadelphia—Tricia Ferdinand

Queer Bodies: A Celebration of Difference—Juliet Fletcher

Primavera in Italia—A.D. Amorosi

food

No Work and All Play: Business people discover snack-induced pleasure at the new ballpark.—Brian Hickey

Brewing Up a Storm—A.D. Amorosi