December 12–19, 1996 critical mass Blow Man Blow A studio for glass artists heats up the Old City art scene. By Daisy Fried When the ovens are hot enough — one 2,063 F, another 873 F — the dance of…

October 10–17, 1996 city beat The Yeast Also Rises A ditty about vaginal infections was the last straw for a South Street poetry series. By Daisy Fried It was the poem about the yeast infection that was the last straw,…

October 3–10, 1996 cover story Stage Fright Could one union’s demands mean curtains for area theaters? By Daisy Fried It’s a wild scene on Broad Street these days. The Teamsters park their big blue truck outside the Academy of Music…

September 26–October 3, 1996 book quarterly Get Your Shorts In A Bunch Three new anthologies show the possibilities and pitfalls of the short-short form. By Daisy Fried W.W. Norton, one of the country’s Really Big Literary Publishing Houses, has just…

August 29–September 5, 1996 city beat How Do You Like Dem Apples? How Do You Like Dem Apples? A popular cider substitute runs dry, and state laws say real alcoholic cider can’t be sold on tap. By Daisy Fried Those…

August 15–22, 1996 20 questions Tom Cronin By Daisy Fried Background: When the AFL-CIO spread word that it was looking for labor delegates to attend the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Thomas Paine Cronin, head of District Council 47,…

June 20–27, 1996 cover story How Do You Think I Got This Headache? How Do You Think I Got This Headache? The history, the horror stories, the home remedies — a scavenger hunt through the medicine cabinet of headache history,…

June 13–20, 1996 city beat The South Will Rise Again Two new initiatives may bring artists and a farmer’s market to the South Street area. By Daisy Fried With all the dire talk about What South Street’s Coming To —…

June 6–13, 1996 city beat South Street Shuffle Should City Council just say no to new tattoo parlors and other funky businesses on the hippest street in town? By Daisy Fried If City Councilman Frank DiCicco has his way, the…