October 9–16, 1997 food|quinntessentials: selected jim quinn restaurant reviews from July to the present,abridged quinntessentials: selected jim quinn restaurant reviews from July to the present, abridged Astral Plane 1708 Lombard St., 546-6230     Food: Olde-timey Philly-Renaissance eclectic. Atmosphere: Dim,…

October 2–9, 1997 hit and run Sherwood’s Forest Rittenhouse Square-area activists are eagerly awaiting a move by property owner Thomas Sherwood, who owns the World Gym and other key buildings on the 2000 block of Sansom Street, to see whether…

September 25–October 2, 1997 critical mass fringe festival   On Their Toes Pennsylvania Ballet in Fringe Elements at the Painted Bride So far as dance was concerned, last week’s Fringe Festival was a great success. By bringing together a group…

November 21–28, 1996 critic pick|latin Minas Minas’ Orlando Haddad and Patricia King are partners in life as well as music. Their brand of Brazilian music has been a constant presence at Broad Street clubs since the duo settled here in…

September 26–October 3, 1996 book quarterly|Nonfiction Honey, Honey, Miss Thang By Leon E. Pettiway, Temple University Press, 270 p., $54.95, $19.95 (paper). In the introduction to Honey, Honey, Miss Thang, Leon Pettiway, a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice…

April 4–11, 1996 book quicks Where A Nickel Costs A Dime Poems By Willie Perdomo W.W. Norton, 78 p., $14.95 (paper). The publication of Where A Nickel Costs A Dime marks the debut of what promises to be an extraordinary…

December 19–26, 1996 hit and run Grated Inmate John Dilliplane is not an average convicted murderer. Thanks to a Nov. 19 special report on Channel 6 WPVI-TV, the Graterford Prison inmate became a celebrity of sorts. Dilliplane, however, hasn’t taken…

October 17–24, 1996 earshot spots Out of Center West, north and south of Center City, these three music spots pull in the crowds.   Night Dreamers Café 1724 S. 20th St. (between Moore and Morris), 468-9896. I’d heard about this…

October 19–26, 1995 critic pick|Jazz The Clef Club Opens Now the Clef Club has a brand new home, a recently constructed performance space on the Avenue of the Arts at the corner of Broad and Fitzwater Streets. To inaugurate the…