AltWeeklies Wire
Two Hours With ... Departing Philly Mayor John Streetnew
Our exit interview with the man who ran the city for the past eight years.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Wafa R. Musitief |
01-08-2008 |
Politics
Mapping the Trajectory of Blame for Philly's Gun Epidemicnew
Is there any chance of getting over the statewide impasse that could lead to stronger crime gun laws? Or are we stuck with the way things are now?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
12-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
In the Blink of an Eyenew
When Julian Schnabel tells you do to something, he means it.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
12-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nicola Barker Sets a Full Table in 'Darkmans'new
What Barker accomplishes is the sort of comprehensive and wide-ranging novel that towers over the single-note memoirs, genre pieces and pink-cover chick-lit books that so outnumber it.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Justin Bauer |
12-26-2007 |
Fiction
Nersesian Builds on the Post-Apocalyptic Genrenew
He constructs an alternate timeline, with Watergate quashed and the counterculture exiled to a replica New York built in the Nevada desert. His plot is scrambled out of The Odyssey, but it's really only an easel for the cabinet of curiosities his replica city contains.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Justin Bauer |
12-26-2007 |
Fiction
2007's Top 10 Roots Albumsnew
From Bullet Records Rhythm & Blues to Lightweights & Gentlemen, we run down the best of the year.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary Armstrong |
12-26-2007 |
Music
2007's Top 10 Jazz Albumsnew
From the Maria Schneider Orchestra to the David Murray Black Saint Quartet, we run down the best of the year.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
12-26-2007 |
Music
In Like Lynn (Rosen)new
The Philly author has a mind for manners, as evidenced in this year's Elements of the Table.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
12-26-2007 |
Food+Drink
Florida: The Remixnew
The bad memories roll as the Democrats face another catastrophe.
Philadelphia City Paper |
David Faris |
12-26-2007 |
Commentary
The Philly Mafia Guide to Restaurants and Recipesnew
'Tis the season when mobsters celebrate the holidays by eating and drinking a bit too much with their crime-family brethren. And make no mistake: Mafiosi know how to eat.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brendan McGarvey and Gabriele J. Valentine |
12-26-2007 |
Food+Drink
Along Those Linesnew
Philly's Green Line Café celebrates five years with a CD and a music festival to benefit the fair-trade co-op that supplies it.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
12-18-2007 |
Food+Drink
In the Wingsnew
Franzschubert beat the Brat, eat the chicken and raise the lamb.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Try a Little Tendernessnew
Tony Malaby and Angelica Sanchez marry beauty and brawn in their intense improv sets.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Crash Landingnew
Contrived and conventional, The Kite Runner fails to fly.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
12-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
'Hood Once Known for its Jazz Clubs Stages Revivalnew
The often raucous weekly jam sessions at Reuben's Marc in East Mount Airy are drawing generations of musicians from across Philadelphia to improv and experiment alongside acclaimed pianist Orrin Evans.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Michael T. Regan and Rick Valenzuela |
12-18-2007 |
Music
