March 2027, 1997 hit and run ‘DRE Gets Personalities Speaking of ‘DRE, there’s something new on the “All New Philly 103.9”: disc jockeys. Since WDRE ended more than four years as a modern rock station Feb. 7, the new ‘DRE’s…
October 1623, 1997 music|the music issue the music issue Here Comes the Bride Behind every great show, there’s someone with a vision. For the past 12 years, Lenny Seidman has been the man envisioning (and coordinating) Painted Bride’s world music…
November 1320, 1997 art Surely these weavings are the best kind of autobiographyone we can experience intimately yet never know; one into which we can weave our own stories. Knotted, Stitched & Woven: Fiber Art by the 1997 Award Recipients…
November 714, 1996 hit and run fumobucks@aol.com As Hit & Run reported on Oct. 3 (“Fumo’s Fault?”), State Sen. Vincent Fumo helped erase $111,000 in state funds earmarked for computerization of state campaign finance records. The story angered local resident…
October 2431, 1996 critic pick|cabaret Jody Karin Applebaum & Marc-Andr Hamelin Thanks to Joel Grey and Liza Minelli, most people think of a handful of lusty tunes at the mention of the word cabaret. But the world of…
February 2229, 1996 critic pick The United States of Poetry “If it ain’t a pleasure, it ain’t a poem,” the reedy voice of William Carlos Williams begins each segment of The United States of Poetry, a five-part series produced by…
February 2229, 1996 critic pick Monster Mike Welch Monster Mike Welch’s career should be a good one to follow. If you make it to the North Star on Friday night, you can speak with authority of the 16-year-old blues prodigy’s…
September 512, 1996 movie shorts Foxfire Directed by Annette Haywood-Carter A Samuel Goldwyn Release Annette Haywood-Carter’s first film is charming, almost in spite of itself. A coming-of-age story based on a Joyce Carol Oates novel, it focuses on the transformation…
