August 11-17, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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Everywhere Man For more than 20 years Chuck Treece has been Philly music's jack of all trades. A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the scene. by Patrick Rapa

news

Ploys of Summer: A city-owned childrens' camp could become budgetary kindling.—Jenna Portnoy

Sins and Omissions: Clergy-abuse victims turn to Harrisburg for help.—Mike Newall

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Civil, and Far, Rights—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:Hair Apparent: An old-fashioned barbershop gets a makeover.—Doron Taussig

Cityspace:Town and Gown—Alex Dubilet

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Clever Vinnie

Slant by Barry Eisler
End Game

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

The Pop of the Tops: Modern furniture pioneers Charles and Ray Eames toyed with kids' stuff, too.—Robin Rice

Theater:Kiss and Tell—Toby Zinman

Theater:Tour de Farce—David Anthony Fox

artspicks

Hide and Seek—Lori Hill

Meals On Wheels—Tami Fertig

Honeymoon's Over—Toby Zinman

Natural Selections—Helen i-lin Hwang

movies

Teen Spirit: Kurt Cobain walks the earth in Last Days.—Sam Adams

Comeback Tour: Gus Van Sant wakes the dead.—Sam Adams

Off-Trail: Werner Herzog follows a self-mythologizing animal activist into the wild.—Cindy Fuchs

Interview: Werner Herzog—C.F

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Winning Combination: Guitarist Bill Frisell rolls the dice with new sounds and players.—Shaun Brady

Out of the Blue: Next Sessions infuses new blood into a familiar jazz spot.—Deni Kasrel

scene & heard: Change of Scenery—Brian Howard

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Yerba Buena—Mary Armstrong

Colleen/A Hawk and a Hacksaw—John Vettese

Magnolia Electric Co.—Shaun Brady

Juliana Hatfield—M.J. Fine

The Knitters—Sam Adams

naked city

Jazz Snaps: Photographer Lorenzo Hough turns his shots into wearable art.—Shaun Brady

Running Numbers—Nick Norlen

Some Kind of Blue: Riffing on the world's dirtiest joke.—A. D. Amorosi

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Get In The Ring—Andrew Parks

Monster Mash—Jenna Portnoy

The Return of the King—D.J. Short

Groovy, Baby—Nicole Woods

food

Sciascia and the Chocolate Factory: The artisanal work of The Painted Truffle is no trifle.—A.D. Amorosi

off the menu—Carolyn Wyman