Also this issue:

Boom Town
CP's dance critics take a look at all four evenings of DanceBoom! at the Wilma.
-D.K and J.A

Artsbeat
-Debra Auspitz

A Night with Dame Edna
-David Anthony Fox

Party On, Garth
-Deni Kasrel

Stephen Dubner
-Andrew Milner

For the Love of Pig Iron!
-A.D. Amorosi

La Traviata: Verdi Good
-David Shengold

January 30-February 5, 2003

artpicks

Face Time

Joyce Tenneson has had everyone from Eve Ensler to Coretta Scott King to Ed Harris pose for her. She's done dozens of covers for publications such as Time and Vogue. And she's photographed less recognizable folks, too, such as a group of Spelman College graduates and mother-and-daughter duos. Her latest book of photography is Wise Women, a collection of images of women from ages 65 to 100, and it's a stunner. Tenneson, known for her ability to give her subjects great character, has succeeded in making these women shine in front of her lens. Pentimenti asked Tenneson to choose two artists to complement her show of old and new work. She chose the late photographer Abigail R. Cohen, a local artist who passed away in 2000 yet at the age of 27 had proven herself to have great talent and insight into her craft. A book of her work, One Cycle of My Journey, includes thoughts by Tenneson and Mary Ellen Mark (with both of whom Cohen worked). Tenneson also chose Michael Goesele, a young photographer and graphic artist, to show his more conceptual, shadowy work; Goesele also designed Cohen's book. A warm sense of kismet accompanies this show, as the diversity of the work is both complemented and intensified by the personal connections among the artists.

“Face to Face” reception and book-signing Thu., Jan. 30, 6-8 p.m.; exhibit runs Jan. 30-Feb. 28, Pentimenti Gallery, 133 N. Third St., 215-625-9990.

—Lori Hill