August 26-September 1, 2004 musicpicks Buddy Guy/Robert Cray blues Here’s a double-bill sure to shake off those end-of-summer blues: Chicago bluesman Buddy Guy (pictured) and the musically muscular Robert Cray burnin’ it up at the Keswick. Guy’s been performing for…

August 19-25, 2004 cover story Game, Set, Life On the old site of a notorious housing project, kids from North Philadelphia are preparing for the future by playing tennis. by Deborah Bolling NET GAINS: Could Aja Imani Clark (below) and…

August 12-18, 2004 artpicks Hanging in the Balance art Meezan is Arabic for “balance,” so it’s no surprise Meezan artcouture is proud of its mix of the marketable with the imaginative. The company line is “hip-hop and pop culture made…

April 15-21, 2004 cover story Take a Look … Any Look Makeup: Victoria DePaul for NARS Lord & Taylor, 1300 Market St. Hair: Danielle Carr for Strands Hair Salon, 25 N. Third St. Model courtesy of Reinhard Model and Talent…

March 11-17, 2004 cover story BQ Shorts:NONFICTION The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy By David Barsamian South End Press, 120 pp., $16 Arundhati Roy is not perfect. If one follows her words closely, from interview to…

February 5-11, 2004 city beat fineprint Less words, more story. Grave Times for the P.D. On Feb. 9, after numerous legal setbacks, jury selection will begin in the Shannon Schieber wrongful death lawsuit. Schieber, a 23-year-old Wharton doctoral student, was…

February 5-11, 2004 city beat fineprint Less words, more story. Grave Times for the P.D. On Feb. 9, after numerous legal setbacks, jury selection will begin in the Shannon Schieber wrongful death lawsuit. Schieber, a 23-year-old Wharton doctoral student, was…

January 29-February 4, 2004 music CD Reviews Pro-Fun Anti-Folk Cheese On Bread Maybe Maybe Maybe Baby (Self-Released) That blankety “anti-folk” tag says little about the music, but it should tell you whom a band hangs out with. This inventive little…

January 29-February 4, 2004 music CD Reviews Pro-Fun Anti-Folk Cheese On Bread Maybe Maybe Maybe Baby (Self-Released) That blankety “anti-folk” tag says little about the music, but it should tell you whom a band hangs out with. This inventive little…