May 27-June 2, 2004 jam on the river Jam on the River MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT PENN’S LANDING Evolving a nineteen-year event for the next generation, this year Captain Morgan’s Jam on the River is more musically focused with two…

May 20-26, 2004 movie shorts Continuing Movie Shorts 13 GOING ON 30 After her 13-year-old consciousness skips into her 30-year-old body, Jennifer Garner’s Jenna is stunned to discover that she has a high-power career and romance with a self-absorbed galoot…

May 13-19, 2004 cityspace Guilding Philly House of Dues: Guild House, at Seventh and Spring Garden, was among the earliest works of Robert Venturi. Photo By: Michael T. Regan Age is relative when talking about historic preservation. by John Andrew…

May 13-19, 2004 art Go Figure Sidney Goodman, Two Self Portraits (2002-2003), 66 inches by 38 inches, oil on canvas. Seraphin Gallery explores the figurative tradition in Philadelphia and beyond. by Robin Rice As I sort through a toppling pile…

April 29-May 5, 2004 mixpicks Art After Dark The Philadelphia Museum of Art has, for the past several years, spruced up its evenings’ fare with a number of classical and jazz jaunts that, while tasteful, have probably never induced audiences…

April 29-May 5, 2004 cover story “Responsa: Eileen Neff, Jennie Shanker and Richard Torchia” According to curator Matthew Singer, this exhibition is based on the traditional Jewish questioning process called “responsa” and presents “works that explore absence and dislocation,” as…

April 29-May 5, 2004 cover story Nothing Ventures, Nothing Gains Your guide to the hows, whens and wheres of “The Big Nothing.” Abington Art Center 515 Meetinghouse Rd., Jenkintown, 215-887-4882, www.abingtonartcenter.org “No Boundaries,” July 22-Aug. 27, reception July 22, 6-8…

April 29-May 5, 2004 city beat Standing by His Mayor Last man standing: Many of John Street’s supporters are no longer with him. George Burrell, the mayor’s right-hand man, isn’t one of them. Photo By: Michael T. Regan by Amy…

April 22-28, 2004 theater & auditions Theater & Auditions AESOP’S FABLES, Steve Abrams, puppeteer, presents ‘Puppet theatre Inside Out.” April 25, 2pm, free family program, Free Library of Philadelphia, 19th & Vine Sts., 215-686-5322. AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, with music by Fats…