September 16-22, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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		Marketing 215 City Paper's crash course in making a good city great. by Brian Howard Recent cover stories...
Selling Philly Philadelphia has been marketed ever since William Penn founded his "green country towne." — Bruce Schimmel The City That Loves Your Beer If we only had: More brewers — Brian Howard Get Rocked If we only had: More music fans — Patrick Rapa Bring Your Pooch and Kitty If we only had: More pet owners — Brian Hickey Reel World Philadelphia If we only had: More Filmmakers — Juliet Fletcher		Don't Leave Us This Way LearnHere. LiveHere. — Jonas Raab Philly Is for Families — No Really, It Is If we only had: More families — Trish Boppert You've Gotta Have More Art If we only had: More Artists — Susan Hagen Ambition from Afar If we only had: More immigrant entrepreneurs — Helen i-lin Hwang Pedal Push If we only had: More bicyclists — Brian Howard
Special Fall Guide Issue
Fall Arts Guides Right About Now G. Love on the hustle, The Hustle and the rebirth of cool. — Patrick Rapa Stepping Up to the Podium The Opera Company taps an international talent as its first music director. — David Shengold The Unsinkable Joan Myers Brown She launched a much-needed school for African-American dancers. Decades later, she and Philadanco are still a force to be reckoned with. — Janet Anderson The Future of Music Something wicked this way comes. — Mary Armstrong, Peter Burwasser, Nate Chinen and Patrick Rapa		Fall Arts Calendars Visual Arts Exhibitions representing artists of many mediums, eras and passports. — Robin Rice Opera Faust, Don Pasquale, Così fan tutte and more. — Peter Burwasser Theater Philly's fall theater is just beginning. — David Anthony Fox Dance The giants are out in force this fall... — Deni Kasrel

news

Corner Man: Fred Jenkins makes sure boxers — both aspiring and accomplished — have a home at his North Philly gym.—Benjamin Herold

Kerry-ing Favor: The DNC's boss talks about playing hardball as Election Day approaches.—Deborah Bolling

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Political Notebook—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Finding Good in What's Old: There's a place for traditional design in future development.—James B. Garrison

Cityspace:Rock 'n' Soil—Doron Taussig

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Flip-Flop Schlock

Slant by Nancy French
A New Nation

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

Right About Now: G. Love on the hustle, The Hustle and the rebirth of cool.—Patrick Rapa

Stepping Up to the Podium: The Opera Company taps an international talent as its first music director.—David Shengold

The Unsinkable Joan Myers Brown: She launched a much-needed school for African-American dancers. Decades later, she and Philadanco are still a force to be reckoned with.—Janet Anderson

Visual Art—Robin Rice

Opera—Peter Burwasser

Theater—David Anthony Fox

Dance—Deni Kasrel

The Future of Music: Something wicked this way comes.—Mary Armstrong, Peter Burwasser, Nate Chinen and Patrick Rapa

arts

Witch Crafts: Paul Swenbeck makes art out of nightmarish myths.—Lori Hill

Theater:Un-American—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Key Words—Deesha Dyer

Bloom's Taxonomy—Patrick Rapa

Keeping It Unreal—Andrew Parks

New York Stories—A.D. Amorosi

movies

Right and Wrong: Silver City is as inarguable as it is unwatchable.—Sam Adams

Time Travel: In Zhou Yu's Train, a woman confronts a choice between fantasy and reality.—Cindy Fuchs

Subverting the Curse: Ju-On turns a haunted house film into a dreamlike, time-shifting narrative.—Shaun Brady

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Flight Patterns: Ornette Coleman's inventions sound as fresh as ever.—Nate Chinen

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Mush Records Tour—Andrew Parks

Odetta—John Vettese

Oneida—Andrew Parks

Jake Fairley—A.D. Amorosi

Diatribe—Deesha Dyer

naked city

Drawing the Curtain: Bela Shehu's couture builds on a past of repression.—A.D. Amorosi

fineprint: Less words, more story.—Trish Boppert

How They'll Lose: Week Two vs.Minnesota—Brian Hickey

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Back for More—Juliet Fletcher

Not for the Birders—Helen i-lin Hwang

Beat L.A.—Rick Valenzuela

food

Double Take: Caf de Laos, the city's second Laotian restaurant, makes a scene on Washington Ave.—Rachel Zuckerman

Lunch Box—Elisa Ludwig