April 30May 7, 1998 art Mallarmé Day Joseph Cornell, detail of “Eventail” Mallarmé’s Fan Un Coup de dés Jamais N’Abolira Le Hasard Cosmopolis It’s been said that this single poem made a greater impact on the world of art than…
April 1623, 1998 city beat Party On As local college officials face an increase in student drinking, researchers convene at Temple to find a solution. “I feel like I’m waiting for someone to die,” said Haverford Dean Steve Waters.…
March 1926, 1998 city beat Oy Vey Maria Bride and Joy takes on an auto tag shop. by John McNally Merlino Bykofsky in the Xena bra at the Boxer’s Ball last November. Photo: Howard Altman Daily News She’s appeared by…
March 1219, 1998 critical mass theater The Way They Were Why has a 1930s vocal group attracted the attention of AMTF (and, of all people, Barry Manilow)? by Steve Cohen “Our play shows what was lost. It remembers a time…
February 26March 5, 1998 city beat Spam Slam, Thank You Ma’am Sci-fi novelist Rebecca Ore is cleaning up cyberspace. by Deborah Scoblionkov For someone who just got her own computer connected to the Internet a year ago, Rebecca Ore’s rapid…
February 1219, 1998 earshot|place Yerkes Wedding Chapel Sometimes you gotta get hitched in a hurry. There’s no time for churches and even a City Hall wedding would be too long a wait. What’s a lovesick couple to do? Yerkes Wedding…
February 1219, 1998 movie shorts Four Days in September There’s a difference between not taking sides and pretending that all points of view are equal, and that’s a subtlety Four Days in September can’t seem to grasp. Director Bruno Barreto…
February 1219, 1998 earshot|zoom “This lady got up and left while I was singing ‘Sick.’ The manager told me she had complained, ‘Who is the drunken, wailing slut performing in the cafe?'” Mia Johnson Standing in the doorway between the…
February 512, 1998 critic pick|jazz Chico Banks The son of legendary guitarist Jessie Banks, Vernon “Chico” Banks learned the rules of the blues in his parents’ basement. He also learned a bit of traditional gospel, since the elder Banks played…
April 2330, 1998 critical mass|theater The Compleat London Theater Guide (Unabridged) Everything you need to know for a satisfying theater-going binge in Shakespeare’s city. by Toby Zinman Happy Shakespeare’s Birthday! I’m of the “there-will-always-be-an-England” persuasion, one of those people who…
