June 3–10, 1999 six pick What Givnish Gave Us In 30 years as artistic director of the Painted Bride Art Center, Gerry Givnish has never lost touch with the scrappy, grassroots aesthetic that gave birth to the Bride on South…

May 27–June 3, 1999 art The Framer’s Art The man who frames work by some of the city’s best artists happens to be a fine artist himself. by Robin Rice Kevin Strickland Works on Paper, 1611 Walnut St., through June…

April 29–May 6, 1999 hit and run Give Me Liberty Lands While one neighbor chanted “burn the lien, burn the lien,” and with hundreds of residents and giant puppets looking on, 1st District Councilman Frank DiCicco performed the ceremonial lien-burning…

March 25–April 1, 1999 slant Goose Stepping By Rob Laymon I did not start the war with the geese.They started it. I know they started it. The briefest glance into their mean little goose eyes proves it. They try to…

print this article ARCHIVES . Articles March 25–April 1, 1999 movie shorts EdTV Directed by Ron Howard A Universal Pictures release. by Cindy Fuchs Ed Pekurny (Matthew McConaughey) is an ordinary guy. He’s a San Francisco video store clerk who…

March 11–18, 1999 hit and run Karp Diem A heavyweight contributor to local politicians, Mayor Ed Rendell among them, is apparently defying public sentiment and plowing ahead with plans to knock a hole in a historic Rittenhouse Square house so…

February 18–25, 1999 slant Limitation of Statue By Henry Spector I would feel better about Philadelphia if there had been some controversy about placing the statue of Frank Rizzo, arm raised as though hailing a cab, on the plaza before…

February 18–25, 1999 music|review Alanis Morissette/Liz Phair First Union Center, Feb. 13   Canada Dry: Alanis Morissette’s performance wasn’t all that titillating.   One is a “complicated communicator.” The other has “as much rage as you have.” Call it a…

February 11–18, 1999 disc quicks Rufus and Tony Thibodeaux Fiddlin’ with Friends (La Louisianne) Rufus and Tony figure they must be related somehow—fourth cousins twice removed, perhaps. But family ties or not, it’s their two lifetimes as fiddlers originally from…