April 4–11, 1996 book quicks Madame Blavatsky’s Baboon: A History of the Mystics, Mediums and Misfits Who Brought Spiritualism to America By Peter Washington Schocken Books, 470 p., $14. Madame Blavatsky’s Baboon is a painstakingly detailed, dry-humored, and occasionally long-winded…

March 28–April 4, 1996 movie shorts Camp for Boys and Girls/Homo Promo On the weekend of March 29-31, the Neighborhood Film and Video Project at International House will be running a double bill of Camp For Boys and Girls and…

March 21–28, 1996 critical mass Incorruptible Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. 2nd St., through Apr. 7, 922-8900. “A miracle, my friend, is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. They may seem very wonderful…

March 14–21, 1996 critic pick Six-Pick Sapphire Sapphire’s career is the bullethole that shows where the religious right shot itself in the foot. She became famous when Senator Jesse Helms lambasted her for her poem “Wild Thing,” in which an…

March 14–21, 1996 hit and run Secret Revenge When it comes to Ed Cummings, a.k.a. “Bernie S.,” members of the 2600 hacker club have no secrets. They say their pal, the Havertown man now serving a second jail term for…

February 29–March 7, 1996 critical mass|dance Tap Team Two & Company Painted Bride Art Center, February 22-25. If you thought the dance style known as tap sank with Shirley Temple and the Good Ship Lollipop, think again. The genre is…

February 29–March 7, 1996 critical mass|theater Scullers Allentown College Theatre, Labuda Center for the Performing Arts, Center Valley, PA, through Mar. 3. Box Office: (610) 282-3192. These days when the illustrious Philadelphia Kelly family is mentioned — including athletes John…

February 29–March 7, 1996 20 questions Gilbert Gottfried By Neil Gladstone Background These days comedian Gilbert Gottfried may be best known as the voice of Aladdin‘s kvetching parrot, Ayego. But for years he’s centered his comedy routine around a crotchety…

February 29–March 7, 1996 20 questions Gilbert Gottfried By Neil Gladstone Background These days comedian Gilbert Gottfried may be best known as the voice of Aladdin‘s kvetching parrot, Ayego. But for years he’s centered his comedy routine around a crotchety…