January 22–29, 1998 cover story Sidebar: The Transplant Procedure Sidebar: A Black Market for Organs?   Fetal Attraction By Jennifer Johnson Fetal tissue research: Murder disguised as medicine, or a cure for the incurable? On the 25th anniversary of Roe…

April 16–23, 1998 movies|interview Walken at Work Talking with Christopher Walken about Suicide Kings, a movie he steals sitting down. It’s not often that an actor gives one of his best performances while taped to a chair, but that’s what…

April 16–23, 1998 city beat Turning Point Needled by a Kensington neighborhood group, a syringe-exchange program reluctantly makes changes. But will the neighborhood ultimately be better off? by Mark Naymik photo: Julia Lehman Every Saturday morning for more than five…

October 15–22, 1998 city beat Medicine’s Maestro Once a week, one local surgeon trades his scalpel for a baton.   Fawzi Habbousche conducts as 11-year-old violinist Emile Gogineni and other members of the orchestra await cues. photo: Sandor Welsh Mark…

November 12–19, 1998 critical mass Photomat Steven Pippin turns a NJ coin laundry into a playful investigation of the photographic process. by Jen Darr   Steve Pippin’s Laundromat/Locomotion, # 5-7 (1997) But British artist Steven Pippin prefers the view from…

October 8–15, 1998 critical mass If They Could Turn Back Time… If They Could Turn Back Time… During National Coming Out Weekend, a senior prom with a difference. by John McCalla Teri Kelley had two left feet on prom night.…

October 8–15, 1998 mailbag Letters to the Editor by the Readers Classic Crass Why should I be surprised at the lack of probity, civility and good taste in Peter Burwasser’s article (“Riccardo Returns,” Music, Oct. 2) when these commodities are…

January 8–15, 1998 critic pick|roots Inkhay So you think you know all there is to know about Andean music from your daily encounters with the buskers at Suburban Station who crank out “El Condor Pasa” on panpipes (“I’d rather be…

January 8–15, 1998 yeah sherr|yeah, sherr music “Psychologically, most people view independent record stores with suspicion,” he said. “We’re not a brand name.” Positively Third Street The closing of a Philadelphia institution; a new column by Sara Sherr “Records are…