November 18-24, 2004	[2004 issue index]
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2004 Holiday Gift Guide / Holiday Book Quarterly by Brian Howard

news

Sheltered Lives: A nonprofit group and the city face off on the issue of homelessness.—Mike Newall

Cause and Neglect: The War on Terror takes a little heat off of Philadelphia mobsters.—Brendan McGarvey

Up in Smoke: Two legalization backers get sentenced for their Liberty Bell marijuana rallies.—Cory Frolik

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Political Notebook—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Park Place: Plans to expand a Fairmount Park mainstay scream "strip mall" rather than "great hall."—Harris Steinberg

Cityspace:Home for the Holidays—Jonas Raab

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Nice Suit

Slant by Nancy French
But You Seem So Reasonable

Slant by Duane Swierczynski
wtf

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Conflict Resolution: Tamar Hirschl makes her often-unpleasant memories work in her favor.—Susan Hagen

artsquicks—Lori Hill

Dance:Beat Junkies—Janet Anderson

Dance:Northern Lights—Janet Anderson

Theater:Death Becomes Them—Toby Zinman

Theater:Who's That Girl?—Toby Zinman

artspicks

Wal of Shame—Sam Adams

Second to Nun—David Shengold

Hare Apparent—A.D. Amorosi

movies

Do It Again: Kinsey brings the famed sexologist back just when we need him most.—Cindy Fuchs

Pixie Pix: Finding Neverland proves Hollywood is the boy who won't grow up.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

The Caine Variations: Philly's famous pianist gives classical masters the jazz treatment.—Peter Burwasser

soundadvice

Branching Out: Roots rocker Peter Rowan is mixed up, but he's not schizophrenic.—Mary Armstrong

Face Lifting: Signer blends styles and makes smiles on his latest CD.—Sean O'Neal

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Ladybug Mecca—Deesha Dyer

Prism—Peter Burwasser

One Star Hotel—Patrick Rapa

Holly Golightly/Dolly Parton—Sam Adams

Dave Holland Quintet—Deni Kasrel

naked city

Make Love, Not War: Why Republicans and Democrats need to bury the hatchet and get it on.—Angelina Sciolla

fine print

How They'll Lose: Week 10 vs. Washington—Brian Hickey

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Bantamweight Boychiks—Mike Newall

Northern Exposures—Joel Tannenbaum

3 Feet High and Dancing—Lori Hill

food

World Meritage Commission: Served in dusky surroundings, Grant Brown's range stretches to traditional dishes from every region.—Maxine Keyser

offthemenu—Juliet Fletcher