Also this issue:

Metal Heads
Early pioneers in the art of engraving are on display at the Art Museum.
-Susan Hagen

Artsbeat

Science Friction
Bill Bryson on exploring science without putting his audience to sleep.
-Juliet Fletcher

The Bell and the Glass
-A.D. Amorosi

Color Forms
-Janet Anderson

Bat Boy, the Musical
-Steve Cohen

Review: Nederlands Dans Theater II
-Janet Anderson

Gentlemen Volunteers
-Toby Zinman

May 14-20, 2003

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ArtQuicks

Multimedia Performance

Slought Foundation presents Seven Veils (Poetry in Moving Media), a multimedia dance-theater performance based on Thalia Field's adaptation of Salom. Thu., May 15, and Fri., May 16, 8-10 p.m., $5-$7, 4017 Walnut St., 215-746-4239.

Dance

Group Motion Dance Company closes its season with new works and a guest performance by Kenshi Nohmi Dance Theater 21 of Tokyo. Sat., May 17, 8 p.m., and Sun., May 18, 3 p.m., $12-$18, Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave., 215-387-9895.

Pot Luck Arts

The last Last Monday of the season brings together theater by New Paradise Laboratories, dance performances from Kate Watson-Wallace and Alison D'Amato and music from Stiffed and Keisha Hutchins and David Cope, not to mention a spaghetti dinner! Mon., May 19, 7 p.m., $5, Plays & Players Theater, 1714 Delancey St., 610-526-5202.