December 12, 1996 | [1996 issue index] |
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| | Pulpit Fiction Is Philadelphia's black clergy still a force to be reckoned with? by Scott Farmelant |
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| | In God's Name Rev. Benjamin Smith ignores politics to save spirits and lives. by Scott Farmelant |
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Opinion |
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| | LOOSE CANON |
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| | Unlawful Lactation by Bruce Schimmel |
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| | PRETZEL LOGIC |
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| | La Cucaracha Not even the law can squash Carmen the Cockroach. by Howard Altman |
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| | Memory Lane It was our highway, our stream, our island. by Tina Kelley |
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| | MAILBAG |
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| | Letters to the Editor by the Readers |
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News |
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| | CITY BEAT |
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| | Suites Revenge With a supermarket plan dead, the troubled NewMarket complex may become a hotel. by Frank Lewis |
Tom's River Will Gov. Ridge clean house at the DRPA? by Scott Farmelant |
Nuts About Squirrels The furry little critters are kicking up quite a ruckus in East Falls. by Daisy Fried |
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| | HIT AND RUN |
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| | Stick It by Howard Altman |
Mikhail's Army by Daisy Fried |
Sonic Sleuths by Margit Detweiler and Neil Gladstone |
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| | Game Shows for $200 by Daisy Fried |
Clinton's the Man by Scott Farmelant |
The Black Grinch? by Scott Farmelant |
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| | Striking Back by Scott Farmelant |
Scary Stuff by a.d. amorosi |
Such Details by Daisy Fried |
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| | Get Me Rewrite by Scott Farmelant |
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| | | | on media |
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| | Apocalypse Now by Frank Lewis |
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| | POLITICAL NOTEBOOK |
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| | Mary Frangipanni's Political Notebook by Mary Frangipanni |
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Arts |
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| | CRITICAL MASS |
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| | Blow Man Blow A studio for glass artists heats up the Old City art scene. by Daisy Fried |
Arabian Nights People's Light & Theatre Co., Conestoga Rd., Malvern, through Jan. 5, (610)647-1900. by Toby Zinman |
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| | Hot Property Real estate and a hit soundtrack — what Xmas is all about. by Cindy Fuchs |
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| | | | dance |
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| | Russian Ballet Theater of Delaware by Lisa Coffman |
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| | | | reviews |
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| | The Butterfingers Angel... by Toby Zinman |
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| | | | roots |
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| | Spoken Hand Society by Mary Armstrong |
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| | NOISES OFF |
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| | Without A Net Coming untied at People's Light; Wilma's light fantastic. by David Warner |
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| | BOOK QUARTERLY |
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| | The Wild Good: Lesbian Photographs & Writings on Love Edited by Beatrix Gates, Anchor, 270 p., $19.95 by Jeannine DeLombard |
Mysteries by Robin Rice |
Children's Books by Harriette Behringer |
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| | | | book quarterly winter `96 |
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| | Books.Books.Books.Net The Internet's a boon for booklovers — if you know where to look. by Jim Gladstone |
What Did They See In Us? Like an adolescent, the city is secretly enamored of its underachievement; self-love easily segues into quiet resignation. by Bill Heinzen |
Sock It To Me Diversionary reading that'll fit into footwear. by Vance Lehmkuhl |
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| | Art Books by Robin Rice |
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| | | | `zine scene |
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| | Pissing on the Pantheon Two rock manifestos 20 years apart. by Neil Gladstone |
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| | | | anthologies |
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| | Norton Anthology of African American Literature Henry Louis Gates and Nellie Y. McKay, general editors, W. W. Norton, 2,665 p., $39.95 by Robert Ackerman |
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| | | | fiction |
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| | The Cattle Killing By John Edgar Wideman, Houghton Mifflin, 212 p., $22.95 by Andrew Milner |
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| | | | how-to |
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| | Test Your Cat's Creative Intelligence Burton Silver, photographs by Heather Busch, Ten Speed Press, $12.95 by Jen Darr |
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| | | | memoir |
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| | My Dark Places By James Ellroy, Knopf, 359 p., $25 by Rachel Carpenter |
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| | | | non-fiction |
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| | PR! A Social History of Spin By Stuart Ewen, Basic Books, $30 by a.d. amorosi |
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| | | | record guide |
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| | Goldmine Comedy Record Price Guide By Ronald L. Smith, Krause Publications, 400 p., $22.95 by Andrew Milner |
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Movies |
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| | MOVIE SHORTS |
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| | The Art of Remembrance: Simon Wiesenthal |
Breathing Room |
Jerry Maguire by a.d. amorosi |
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| | Mars Attacks! by Howard Altman |
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Music |
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| | ICEPACK |
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| | No Sweaters! No Socks! What a man really wants for Christmas. by a.d. amorosi |
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Food |
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| | Still the Best A top restaurant dresses up, but its food needs no improvement. by Jim Quinn |
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Listings |
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| | CRITIC PICK |
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| | six pick by Nate Chinen |
six pick by a.d. amorosi |
six pick by Margit Detweiler |
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| | six pick by Neil Gladstone |
six pick by Neil Gladstone |
six pick by Margit Detweiler |
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| | | | rock/ pop |
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| | Instrumental Fire by Margit Detweiler |
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