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August 31–September 6, 2006

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2006 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe

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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Madi World

Cover Story
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Madi World Half groundbreaking troublemaker, half overachieving genius — Madi Distefano comes full circle. —Deni Kasrel
Staging War An Austin theater troupe brings Get Your War On to life — sort of. —Brian Howard
The City's a Stage How Fringe cuts the red tape and gets its oddball venues up to code. —Jenna Portnoy
Museum of the Mind In Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford's new work, memory is the operative word. —Juliet Fletcher
House Arrest These two shows belong in a home. —Janet Anderson
Inferno Del Greco How Emio Greco's naked ambition led him straight to Hell. —Lewis Whittington
A Cab to Catch —A.D. Amorosi
Scarred Straight Inside Andy Prescott's one-man show about plastic surgery gone too far. —A.D. Amorosi
Fests of Fury The lowdown/highlights of Fringe/Live Arts

Slant
Editor's Letter:
Endangerment —Duane Swierczynski
Slant:
The Wake of the Storm One year later, the nation has forgotten Katrina. —Eric Johnson
Loose Canon:
The Scent of a Stinker —Bruce Schimmel
Feedback:
Letters to the Editor

Naked City
On His Owen Designer-to-Stephen Starr Owen Kamihira rolls with the punches at the helm of his own Bar Ferdinand. —A.D. Amorosi
Running Numbers —Nick Norlen
Fine Print:
Tiny Dancers —Rachel Frankford
Paper Trail:
Paper Trail Our Back Pages, One Year At A Time
Icepack:
Icepack —A.D. Amorosi

News
Fuel for Thought SEPTA says it can't go biodiesel. Everybody else says it can, and should. —Jenna Portnoy
"Not a Political Issue" —Jenna Portnoy
Infighting About Fighting Why a group of Jews hung anti-Israel signs off highway overpasses last week. —Doron Taussig
Slashing Tires Welfare-to-work cuts spell trouble for a thriving truck-driving program. —Doron Taussig
Philly Blunt:
A Religious Experience —Brian Hickey
Political Notebook:
Perzel Logic —Mary F. Patel
The Bell Curve:
City Paper's weekly gauge of Philly's Quality of Life

Culture Shock
This Week in A & E

Arts
First Friday Focus —Lori Hill
Artspicks:
The Devil Inside —Kelly White

Arts Agenda
Last Chance Catch It or Regret It —Molly Eichel
Picks:
On The DL "Clean Up America" —Drew Lazor
Just Do It "Cut & Paste" —A.D. Amorosi
In The Event That… You Can't Stand Sears Portrait Studio —Kelly White

Movies
The World Turned Upside-Down Tales of everyday horror. —Sam Adams
A House Divided The 'burbs go to pieces in the jumbled The Quiet. —Cindy Fuchs
Screen Picks:
Screen Picks —Sam Adams

Music
Under The Rock Bob Season —Michael Pelusi
Aid Or Invade Finland —Rodney Anonymous
Picks:
The Avengers —Molly Eichel
Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival —Mary Armstrong
Census Consensus Joel Harrison would like to see some ID. —Shaun Brady
Tania Maria —Deni Kasrel

Food
Curious Georges' France makes an unexpected comeback at Georges Perrier's Main Line squeeze. —Maxine Keyser
Small Bites Designer Eats —Elisa Ludwig
Feeding Frenzy —Drew Lazor
Top 5 Hotel Bars —Gary M. Kramer
Waterig Hole Buffalo Billiards —Amanda McKenna
What's Cooking —Gwen Tuxbury

The Agenda
Top of the Agenda:
Department of Labor Your Guide to an Awesome Three-Day Weekend —Drew Lazor
Picks:
What We Heart Street Fashion —Nyjia Jones
Where We Won't Be Carlos Mencia —Andrew Earles
In The Event That… You Recycle for Greenbacks —Kelly White
Day Tripper "MADE in America" —Laura Smith
Been There/Done That Famous Criminals of Old Philadelphia Tour —Termeh Mazhari
On The DL "Jewish Mystical Perspectives on the Origins, Beliefs and History of Christianity" —Drew Lazor
Just Do It "Entebbe to Today, Terrorism in Transition" —Billy Kekevian
Phillyanthropy Get Up, Get Out, Get Involved —Laura Smith

Sex
Paper Doll:
Philly Cheesecake —Ashlea Halpern
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