May 5-11, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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Crime Choppers A successful program for at-risk youth faces a fiscal death. by Trey Popp

news

Law and Disorder: Twelve angry men and women toil at Sixth and Market streets on Jury Appreciation Day.—Morris Bracy IV

Pyro Techniques: As a child, Mike Carroll was a firebug. As an adult firefighter, he tried to stop kids from going down the same path -- until budget cuts got in the way.—J.F. Pirro

Rural Outfitters: Philly loses a 90-job operation to South Carolina.—Doron Taussig

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Primary Countdown—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Frills on Lemon Hill: The result of a two-year mansion restoration will debut today.—Nicole Sarrubbo

Cityspace:You Got (Pre)Served—Nicole Sarrubbo

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
What's Yours is Mined

Slant by Nancy French
The SpongeBob Gospels

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Domestic Arts: Sixteen artists give a curator's pad an extreme makeover.—Susan Hagen

First Friday Focus:first friday focus—Lori Hill

Dance:Tragedy and Comedy—Janet Anderson

Opera:Young and Restless—David Shengold

Book Quicks:Spanking the Donkey: On the Campaign Trail with the Democrats—Joel Tannenbaum

artspicks

It's Necessarily So—David Shengold

Savion on Tap—Janet Anderson

Hopelessly Devoted—Tami Fertig

God Is In the Details—Patrick Rapa

Great Scott, She's a Poet, Too!—Gary M. Kramer

movies

Fear Factor: Racial fears pull Los Angeles together, and break it apart, in Crash.—Cindy Fuchs

Chain Reaction: Interview: Paul Haggis—Sam Adams

Past Masters: No new genius, but a rediscovery at the Tribeca Film Festival.—Sam Adams

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

East Meets Midwest: Altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa puts a classical Indian spin on traditional jazz.—Shaun Brady

Aqualung—Nicole Pensiero

Marching On: Mike Doughty gets clean and bares his soul.—John Vettese

under the rock: Beyond and Back—Michael Pelusi

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Caribou—Nick Sylvester

The Philadelphia Singers—Peter Burwasser

The Decemberists—Patrick Rapa

Deerhoof—James Saul

Lynne Arriale—Deni Kasrel

Tyft—Shaun Brady

The Wonder Stuff—Michael Pelusi

Snoop Dogg/ The Game—A.D. Amorosi

Dr. Dog—A.D. Amorosi

naked city

The Short Goodbye, with Ceiling Fan: For the Po-Well Trauma Cleaning Squad, summer spells an uptick in bloody crime-scene cleanups.—Trish Boppert

Running Numbers—Nick Norlen

Go Cart, Go—Doron Taussig

Fashion Fete—A.D. Amorosi

eBay City Rollers—Helen i-lin Hwang

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Welcome Back, Platypus—Frank Halperin

On With The Shofuso—D.J. Short

food

Over the Moon: No signs of Cher, but Moonstruck shines with sophisticated Italian cuisine.—Maxine Keyser

off the menu—Juliet Fletcher