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			the festival of independents
		Panels			Receptions & Special Events

			Programming	Distinguishing Features This year's FestIndies boasts three feature-length debuts. Making them was no easy feat. by Sam Adams	Our Other Mission Over the years, City Paper's commitment to its dual role of urban watchdog and cultural voice has earned us a reputation as one of the finest alternative newsweeklies in the nation. by Paul Curci, Publisher

			Selection Panel	Awards Panel

Opinion

	SLANT
			Shrinkage! Our pages are getting smaller, but somehow we're fitting in all the stuff our readers love -- and more! by David Warner	Driven to Distraction She took a wrong turn, but this particular writer should have known better. by Gwen Shaffer

	LOOSE CANON
			Animal Wrongs I'm not sure what's worse: people who hate and abuse animals or those who profess an absolute love for them. by Bruce Schimmel

	PRETZEL LOGIC
			Shark Bait The man in the hardhat shakes his head as he sploshes through the muddy puddles that have welled up on the cement floor of the stadium rising up on the Camden side of the Delaware River. by Howard Altman

	MAILBAG
			Letters to the Editor Sean Agnew; Ramon A. Martinez; Robert Renzi, Jr.; Vance Corey by the Readers

News

		Mumia in the Middle An immigration center finds itself in a controversy involving Martin Sheen, Daniel Berrigan and Philadelphia's most famous murder. by Frank Lewis			Trouble With a Capital N Newark -- a major part of the Philadelphia underworld -- serves up as many problems as profits. by Jim Barry

			Holly’s Holly West Philly activist Randy Dalton has a plan to make life uncomfortable for fugitive Ira Einhorn. by Daryl Gale

	ON MEDIA
			Enough About You… City Paper collected six honors and swept one category in the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association's 2001 Keystone Awards. by Frank Lewis	Soundbites by Frank Lewis and Gwen Shaffer
			q&a
			Jake Tapper Though known for his prodigious output, Salon.com political reporter Jake Tapper didn't know what he was getting into when he agreed to write a book on the mishegoss in Florida after the 2000 presidential election on a very tight deadline. by Frank Lewis

	POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
			Political Notebook Right now, Joseph N. Bongiovanni III is not even a blip on the radar screen in the battle to unseat Lynne Abraham as the district attorney. by Mary Frangipanni Patel

	BELL CURVE
			The Bell Curve

Arts

		Terrible Beauty Pig Iron's new work asks profound questions about art and the unspeakable. by David Anthony Fox

	ART
			Wake Up and Smell the Rosenbach Contemporary artists come to terms with a venerable museum's collections. by Meredith Broussard	Small Wonders For a few more weeks, Indian court painting is featured in a wonderful exhibition at the PMA. (through April 29) by Susan Hagen

	THEATER
			Great? Wait. Gratitude first. So far this season, 1812 Productions has given us two wonderful events. by David Anthony Fox	Long Nose More a behind-the-scenes how-to demo than a real play, this import from Seattle Children's Theatre (which in turn imported it from Belgium) is, to my mind, the worst kind of children's theater. by Toby Zinman

	DANCE
			Polished Panic How do you choreograph fear? A Headlong Dance Theater rehearsal answers the question. by Janet Anderson

	BOOKS
			Independent Thinking A wholly different take on the Revolutionary War. by Paul Rosenberg

	BOOK QUICKS
			Birth of the Cool: Beat, Bebop, and the American Avant-Garde Lewis MacAdams' Birth of the Cool is a remarkable examination of the alluring quality that so many wish to embody but so few actually possess. by Frank Halperin	On Bullfighting It's an unsettling strategy to open a book about bullfighting with a suicide attempt, but unsettled is how author A. L. Kennedy wants you. by Alex Richmond

	ARTS PICKS
			art
			ICA’s Last Chance Dance The sci-fi-inspired wonderments of Bruce Yonemoto and Clint Takeda remain on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art only through April 22. (Thursday) by David Warner
			dance
			Momix Okay, Momix is in town again this week. Yes, it's that oddly named modern dance spin-off of the oddly named Pilobolus. (Thursday-Saturday) by Janet Anderson
			photography
			Photo-Synthesis A photo never lies, right? (starting Monday) by David Warner
			reading
			June Jordan The liberation movements of the 1960s and '70s engrained many things into our society, but one of the most pervasive is the concept that the personal is political and vice versa, or as our grandmothers used to say, 'Practice what you preach.' (Sunday-Tuesday) by Walidah Imarisha	Dave Eggers McSweeney's kingpin Dave Eggers has been a busy guy lately. (Thursday) by Mark Lotto
			theater
			Lost Soles 'Writing a show backwards' may sound like a sure way to handicap a theater production from the start. (starting Thursday) by Juliet Fletcher	Ellen & Pearl You may not have been formally introduced to the two women being honored tonight at InterAct Theatre Company's Kaki Marshall Arts and Community Award Dinner. (Thursday) by David Warner	2 X Sam Attention fellow Becketteers: 2 X Sam: An Evening of Samuel Beckett is a rare chance to see two short and almost-never produced works by the late great Samuel Beckett. (starting Monday) by Toby Zinman


Movies

		Jail Bonding A dying prisoner reconnects with his family. by Cindy Fuchs			Second Run Shadow Magic tells a story that's been told before. by Cindy Fuchs

			Big Guns 'Mr. Colt 45' brings out the heavy artillery. by Cindy Fuchs	Screen Picks The Brothers Quay/Michael O'Reilly, Youth Media Jam II, From Philadelphia With Love 2, The Ice Storm, Tigerland by Sam Adams

Music

		Organ Transplants The mighty Hammond B-3 finds a new generation of converts. by Nate Chinen			Swag! You’re It! Skilled music-makers do retro-pop right. by Michael Pelusi

			Hello, Numan Gary Numan didn't really go anywhere, but he's back all the same. by Helen H. Thompson	Disc Quicks	Ill Street Grooves A while back a South Asian friend expressed concern about religious icons being exploited commercially. by K-C Bajai

			q and a
			Alex Paterson Alex Paterson and the Orb have ascended to cult figure status among lovers of ambient and electronic music. by Sean O'Neal

	CD REVIEWS
			jazz
			Don Byron A Fine Line: Arias and Lieder by Nate Chinen
			rock/pop
			Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds No More Shall We Part by John Vettese	Nikka Costa Everybody Got Their Something by a.d. amorosi	Ladytron 604 by Hillary Rea


	MUSIC PICKS
			classical/new music
			Repeat Offender 'A depiction of a state of being in which certain behaviors are enacted compulsively, broken away from (only to be replaced by different obsessions), and obstinately returned to and reenacted.' (Sunday) by Andrew Ervin
			electronica
			James Johnson/Baird Hersey and Prana This installment of the Gathering -- a meeting of maelstrom-making electronicist James Johnson and the morbidly meditative vocal choir of Prana -- sounds more like a gathering storm of slowly layering sound. (Saturday) by a.d. amorosi	Lloop The peak of the illbient movement may have come and gone. (Thursday) by Sean O'Neal	DJ Craze You can call 22-year-old Aristh Delgado, the Nicaraguan (now Miami-based) scratchmaster known as DJ Craze, lots of things. (Thursday) by Sean O'Neal

			folk/world
			Hoven Droven Just because Hoven Droven's fiddler Kjell-Erik Eriksson is part of the pristine, purely Swedish traditional acoustic trio Triakel doesn't mean you should expect more of the same at the Gild Hall. (Thursday) by Mary Armstrong
			jazz
			Harrison/Bey/Masekela In a highly laudable stroke of programming, Zanzibar Blue has booked three can't-miss attractions this week, each with his own distinctive aura. (Friday-Tuesday) by Nate Chinen
			rock/pop
			Mary Fahl For a brief time in the mid-'90s, they were Philly's musical darlings. (Tuesday) by Nicole Pensiero

Naked City

		Dream Seats Dreamers flock to exhibitions like the Philadelphia Furniture and Furnishings Show (PFFS). (Friday-Sunday) by Joan Smith			icepack If you weren't busy celebrating mass at Shampoo (thank Dan Contarino for scapulars) or roller blading through Phil (Five Spot) Cohen's party for radio mistress Leanne Curtis at his church in Camden over Easter, you just weren't blaspheming. by a.d. amorosi


Food

		Big Shrimp A little restaurant with enormous appeal. by Maxine Keyser			State of the Grape PA pioneered American winemaking, and now local vineyards are blooming again. by Peter Burwasser

			All-American Thai Our Town meets Thailand at Wayne's Mayuree Café. by Maxine Keyser	Under the Table So why is Avenue B executive chef Patrick Feury leaving after only six months on the job? by Marc Kravitz

Listings

	ARTS PICKS
			art
		James Engelbart When James Engelbart says he makes portraits, he's not telling the whole story. by Patrick Rapa

	MIX PICKS
			Choice Joyce David Norris. a senator in the Irish Parliament and an all-around entertaining guy, was first introduced to Philadelphia audiences in 1997. (starting Wednesday) by David Warner	Jester of All Media It's been about a month and a half since Jackie 'The Joke Man' Martling walked off Howard Stern's show due to a contract dispute. (Saturday) by Bram Teitelman	Not the Same Old Scene Get Funky this week with Strictly FUNK. (Thursday) by Ainé Ardron-Doley

			Hot to Trott Up for a game of chol choung? (Saturday) by Helen i-lin Hwang	Tron Lives Fans of classic gaming can spend this weekend reminiscing and reuniting with their old quarter-eating video pals. (Friday & Saturday) by Chris Cummins

	BEAT BOX
			The Beat Box Hip-hop happenings. by Ainè Ardron-Doley

	DJ NIGHTS
			DJ Nights A selective guide to who's spinning what and where. by Sean O'Neal

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