December 2128, 1995 critic pick Choice X-Mas CDs Starbucks Winterludes: Cool Holiday Notes (Angel Records/ Starbucks Coffee): OK, so the packaging is one big not-so-subtle Starbucks ad. This collection of lullabies for lounge lizards is still one of the coolest…
December 714, 1995 critical mass|dance Jamie Avins/Leah Stein & Jeanne Jaffe Jamie Avins/ Leah Stein & Jeanne Jaffe Arts Bank, December 1-2. This program, part of the “Arranged Introductions: Art Works in Different Places” series coordinated by the Tyler School…
November 30December 7, 1995 critical mass Sheila Zagar Generatrix/ At the Edge of the Family Nerve, Community Education Center, Nov. 18-19. Pretend you’re asleep and sitting in a chair. Your body’s relaxed and stretched out, and your head drops back…
November 30December 7, 1995 critical mass|theater CAT’S CRADLE Novel Stages at Plays & Players,1714 Delancey St., through Dec. 10, 893-1145. Cat’s Cradle is a complicated story about the end of the world. It’s about a man writing a book about…
November 30December 7, 1995 cover story Paint Job The Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network has been plagued by accusations of financial mismanagement and sexual harassment. But executive director Tim Spencer is still in charge. Why? By Ami Eden Throughout its 12-year history,…
November 30December 7, 1995 hit and run The Other Shoe Drops It was Black Wednesday at the Ivory Tower of Truth. First, the troops learned of a top-level shakeup. Then they learned that unless they accept the company’s request by…
November 2330, 1995 hit and run Turn On Your Love Light When the Breyers ice cream plant in West Philly closed down Oct. 27, the city’s children, young and old, mourned its passing. With no more screaming about ice cream,…
November 2330, 1995 art Remembering Edith Neff Years ago, when I moved to Philadelphia, Edith Neff was one of the first local painters whose work I learned to recognize. As a newcomer, I particularly admired the affectionate disengagement with which…
November 1623, 1995 critic pick He-Man Movies Methinks I smell a return of the Macho Man (and what a smell it is, phew!) first, we get a cigar lounge that sells fishing tackle, and now there’s a movie night…
November 916, 1995 mailbag Letters To The Editor By our devoted readers PMC: A Fiasco Bravo for telling it like it is on the PMC. My company, Sound Advice Entertainment, had seven artists chosen to play. It was nothing but…
