Tomorrow the World

The AVA gears up for its biggest, most ambitious season ever. —Steve Cohen

Going Large

A far-reaching music series at the Painted Bride is out to prove that size matters. —Deni Kasrel

Force of Nature

Park the Van Records escapes Katrina and unites Philly's most promising rockers. —John Vettese

Van Champions

Park The Van Artists —John Vettese

Beautiful Contam-ination

Cuban-born choreographer Marianela Boán puts dance in a box. —Janet Anderson

news

The Exoneree: capital punishment Harold C.

Political Notebook | The Bell Curve | Philly Blunt | more news...

opinion

Editor's Letter by Duane Swierczynski
Loaded Argument B loody hypocrite, I am.

Loose Canon | more opinion...

arts

The Pusherman: Self-publishing Jamaican-born author Andre Porter pounds the pavement.

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naked city

Click for Beer: You still can't download a six-pack from the Internet. BeerRightNow.com, though, could be the next best thing.

Paper Trail Our Back Pages, One Year At A Time

Icepack | Running Numbers | more naked city...

movies

Mercury Rising: "Viva Pedro" charts the course of a shape-shifting director.

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music

Bright Moment: Philly's Trudy Pitts becomes the first jazz musician to play the Kimmel's Cooper organ.

DJ Nights | more music...

food

Call to Arms: Philly chefs do octopus right. Which isn't quite as easy as you'd think.

more food...

sex

Paper Doll: The Gag Reflex Five inches, maybe six. Seven max. That's how deep my throat goes. Or that's how deep it goes before I start gagging and choking and dry heaving.