April 16–23, 1998 critic pick|dance Kent De Spain & Leslie Dworkin De Spain (left) and Dworkin. Due to cuts in public funding, Ralph Lemon found he couldn’t maintain his dance company—a loss for dance fans. However, as locally based dancer/choreographer…

January 15–22, 1998 hit and run Spin Before You Dance There’s a whole lot of spinning going on over plans to turn a dilapidated building at the corner of 13th and Locust Streets into a place where people will be…

January 15–22, 1998 hit and run Spin Before You Dance There’s a whole lot of spinning going on over plans to turn a dilapidated building at the corner of 13th and Locust Streets into a place where people will be…

March 12–19, 1998 critical mass|art By Any Other Name Outsiders? Primitives? Self-Taught? Whatever you call these artists, their work is full of wonders. by Robin Rice Self-Taught Artists of the 20th Century: An American Anthology Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th…

February 12–19, 1998 earshot|zoom Mary Lou Lord At 15 years old Mary Lou Lord was already breaking the rules. Spinning records for a college radio station, the enthusiastic music fan got fired because she wouldn’t stick to the playlist. “I’d…

February 5–12, 1998 critical mass|theater “A foul and filthy concoction”: Playbill from a 1912 Philadelphia production. (Courtesy Philadelphia Free Library Theater Collection) Contemporary critics called the play “an open drain” and a “loathsome sore unbandaged.” The Corpse In The Cargo…

December 3–10, 1998 cover story The Sensuous Santa Touch Good Gift For A Prick       spiky ceramic vase -Jen Darr Lumiere, 112 N. Third St., (215) 922-6908. Pitches and Cream I’m not the type who figures facials into…

January 1–8, 1998 Lost and Found A missing woman’s reappearance leaves a journalist dumbfounded. by Tina Kelley What is it like to wake up and not know who you are? Not know if you went to college, not know what…

December 26, 1996–January 2, 1997 hit and run Blatstein’s Back In Bankruptcy Almost seven years after Ricky Blatstein folded a rock ‘n’ roll empire amid a trail of bounced checks, unpaid taxes and angry associates, the one-time boy wonder of…