September 1- 7, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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		special issue: Live Arts & Fringe Festivals The Next Stage The big festival's hunger for new venues leads to points west. by Lori Hill Age of Aquarius: New Paradise Laboratories gets tangled up in Planetary Enzyme Blues. Father's Play: A local comedian and talk show host brings a book about his dad to the stage. Split Decision: From the demise of Phrenic comes the birth of two dance companies. Technically Speaking: Perry Fertig and crew put on a show of their own behind the scenes. Best of the Fest
Adrenaline Flush The Late Show The Sound of Silence Search and Recover Mission		Blockhead No More Call of the Wild Two-Wheeled Treks Play It Again
Live Arts & Fringe Festivals Listings

news

Bar and Grill: A liberal bloggers' drinking session becomes must-do politics.—Doron Taussig

State of Emergency: City paramedics' predictions of a summer from hell came true.—Mike Newall

columns:

Political Notebook:Street's Hill Blues—Mary F. Patel

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Got Cheese?

Slant by Tom Christie
Strings Attached

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Appetite for Destruction: Act now or the prophetic paintings of Rah Crawford are going to be destroyed é by Rah Crawford.—Andrew Parks

Theater:Toil, Trouble—Toby Zinman

Theater:Nostalgia Trip—Toby Zinman

artspicks

Cold Cuts—Audrey Gray

movies

Time and Again: Past memories make a beautiful trap in the ravishing 2046.—Sam Adams

Growth Opportunity: Kenyan poverty is the backdrop, and only that, for a Le Carr thriller.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Face-Lift: Joe Melchiorre loses hope and finds his inner jerk on Persona's debut.—A.D. Amorosi

Crazy Like a Fox Namecheck: Because you could not stop for Death Cab (they kindly stopped for you).—J. Edward Keyes

No Parachute—Patrick Rapa

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

New 'Grass: Adding young blood to old-time music at the Bluegrass Festival.—Mary Armstrong

People—Shaun Brady

Moggs—Patrick Rapa

Nedelle—M.J. Fine

naked city

Spray Grounds: Graf artist Pose2 is trying to put Philly on the stop-smoking map.—Jenna Portnoy

Website of the Week: Street Scenes—Brian Howard

Running Numbers—Nick Norlen

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Live Nude Boys!—Deesha Dyer

Taking the Pain out of Labor Day—Ashlea Halpern

food

When the Chips Are Down: How to throw a poker party without looking like a joker.—Callye Morrissey

Fat Is a State of Mind—Alex Richmond