June 23-29, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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Shelf Life Summer Book Quarterly '05 Intro by Lori Hill Survival of the Niches Unable to beat superstore prices, indie bookstores forge on by offering localized cred and the occasional McSweeney's soiree. Biblio File Short stories on our favorite indie bookstores Family Vocation BQ Fiction Shorts BQ Nonfiction Shorts

news

Holy War: A vacant West Philly lot pits church against commerce.—Jenna Portnoy

Chopping Block: Important community programs could wither thanks to a budget bungle.—Doron Taussig

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Medal Ceremony—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Oy Story: How did plans for a nice little kosher spot morph into another Drinker's? God only knows.—A.D. Amorosi

Cityspace:Penthouse for Him?—Alex Dubliet

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
The Pit and the Plaza

Slant by Nancy French
A Modest Proposal

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Edge of Reason: Jodi Letizia's Rocky road led her to the cabaret stage.—A.D. Amorosi

Theater:Sentimental Journey—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Carrying a Torch—David Anthony Fox

SideWays—M.J. Fine

Nice Save—Tami Fertig

High Flyer—Deni Kasrel

movies

Saving Grace: A cross-class lesbian romance spawns dreams of small-town escape.—Cindy Fuchs

Well-heeled and Weary: Nora Ephron's perfect people still find something to get frazzled about.—Sam Adams

Family Affairs: Three generations of Chinese-American women negotiate life in the big city.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Neighborhood Watch: The West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival puts Philly's finest on the main stage.—Shaun Brady

Crazy Sexy Cool: Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer wants to put a booger on you.—Patrick Rapa

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Plan-It-X Festival—Neal Ramirez

Paraphrase—Shaun Brady

Frank Malley—Mary Armstrong

Philadelphia Orchestra—Peter Burwasser

The 35th Annual Clark Park Summer Festival—A.D. Amorosi

Laura Cantrell—M.J. Fine

Scooter Week—Patrick Rapa

naked city

Style's Substance: Combing through history at the Philadelphia Beauty Showcase.—Brian Howard

Running Numbers—Nick Norlen

Freed Love—Mike Newall

BIO Adversity—Brian Hickey and Lee Norsworthy

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Good Sports—Juliet Fletcher

Love at First Sniff—Nicole Woods

Rock, Paper … Pints?—D.J. Short

food

Applied Art: After Rose Tattoo, Sean Weinberg inks his style on Restaurant Alba.—Maxine Keyser

off the menu—Juliet Fletcher