December 1825, 1997 on media Beau Gest Roxborough-based public television station WYBE TV35 scored a grant recently for its commitment to community programming. The Philadelphia Foundation awarded ‘YBE $8,000 to support the station’s three weekly local programs: Positive Health…
December 1118, 1997 mailbag Letters to the Editor by The Readers His Friends, Asses Does Councilman [Rick] Mariano even HAVE a communications officer? If it weren’t so tragic that this man is an elected official, I could find his…
December 1118, 1997 book quarterly coffee table The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book Kitchen Sink/Little, Brown, 250 p., $40 Crumb is starting to get that same “venerable elder wacko” treatment that Zappa got in the year before he died.…
December 411, 1997 art David Wickland’s Dammit: Soothing chirps and creeping speakers. Objects and Souvenirs: Artist’s Multiples Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery & Eric Heist: Fans, Window on Broad. University of the Arts, 333 S. Broad St., through Dec. 14, 875-1116 When the…
November 27December 4, 1997 cover story sidebar: Blasts from the past along Center City’s back street. Photos by Julia Lehman 13 Stories It begins at the Vet and ends in suburbia. As much as any other street in the…
November 2027, 1997 food|jim quinn on food “When we started, everybody thought we’d kill all our sheep with our weird hippie-dippy ideas,” says John Jamison. Have A Little Lamb Or better yet, have a lotJamison lamb is great stuff. by…
November 1320, 1997 hit and run Rittenhouse Club: Sold A “sold” sign has been slapped on the Rittenhouse Club, 1811 Walnut, next to the new Barnes & Noble on the north side of Rittenhouse Square. An agreement of sale was…
November 613, 1997 disc quicks|Classical Frederic Chiu, piano Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 10. Rondos. (Harmonia Mundi) He has been hyped as a new Glenn Gould, and it is true that Frederic Chiu, the young American pianist, has an invigorating…
October 30November 6, 1997 on media Gay Journo Convention to Philly? Gay Journo Convention to Philly? Local members of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) are optimistic Philadelphia may get to play host city for the organization’s national…
October 1623, 1997 music issue (L. to R.) Styles, PeriL-L and Chops of the Mountain Brothers. Kass Mencher/City Paper The Dope Slope The path to the Mountain Brothers’ major-label debut. by -Koenig In an ancient Chinese legend, a group of…
