September 23–30, 1999 earshot The Five Best Thrift Stores You Haven’t Been To Some have speculated that the many ’90s retro movements (swing, mod, disco, etc.) are the result of a longing to revel in the past before we’re whisked…

September 23–30, 1999 book quarterly|nonfiction Love Across Color Lines: Ottilie Assing and Frederick Douglass By Maria Diedrich, Hill & Wang, 480 p, $35 Maria Diedrich’s biography traces the intimate and tragic 26-year history of the interracial affair between Ottilie Assing,…

August 26–September 2, 1999 on media Forgetting Something Wednesday’s Daily News ran an Associated Press article about Julie Amparano, the columnist fired last week by the Arizona Republic on suspicion of fabricating sources and quotes. What the article didn’t mention…

June 24–July 1, 1999 movies Joan Chen, Guerrilla From a teenage star of Chinese propaganda movies to an Orientalized Western sex symbol, Joan Chen has, by her own account, spent much of her career giving in to other people’s visions.…

June 17–24, 1999 dance United Dance Productions Profile Suzette Harvey tingles with anticipation when thinking about her company’s upcoming appearance at 2000 Feet. A graduate of the University of the Arts, she perceives the opportunity to be showcased at this…

June 17–24, 1999 movies Violin Maker From 32 Short Films about Glenn Gould to five short films about a red violin, François Girard has been pushing avant-garde techniques into the mainstream, telling conventional stories in unconventional fashions. From a fragmented…

June 10–17, 1999 cover story Dangerous Trails Where to ride a mountain bike for maximum thrills and, if you’re lucky, spills. by Piers Marchant It should come as no surprise that mountain bikers readily admit a certain cavalier machismo lies…

June 10–17, 1999 cover story Summer Fun Calendar   June 10 SCRAP/Myra Bazell’s Endzone opens, Arts Bank through June 13.   June 11 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me opens. John Mellencamp and Sun Volt, First Union Center.  …

June 3–10, 1999 on media As Not Seen on TV Philadelphia remains nearly the only major city in the nation without a public access television station. And if Bunnie Riedel had to come up with one reason why, her index…