November 20–27, 1997 Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco Annenberg Center, Nov. 12-15 If we disregard the obvious difference in language, flamenco is like the blues. Creations of groups located at the bottom of the social pyramid, both originated as artistic expressions…

November 13–20, 1997 hit and run Growing Hair Salon Those long-empty windows at 17th and Locust soon will be populated with the makeover mavens of Salon Oggi, which is breaking through from its current 1702 Locust St. location to encompass…

October 9–16, 1997 movie shorts Seven Years in Tibet Now would probably be a good time to admit that, as a film genre, the historical epic is a botch and always has been. Jean-Jacques Annaud’s epic-in-a-can is merely the latest…

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 La Costiera 1111 Oregon Ave., 467-5757. No bar, no credit cards. Food: Italian-family Italian—almost…

October 9–16, 1997 six pick Philly Gospel The Ward sisters from the cover of How I Got Over, by Gertrude Ward. No doubt about it, Philly is gospel music heaven. The Famous Ward Singers, a group who set the style…

October 2–9, 1997 hit and run Bus Number 90, Where Are You? Bus Number 90, Where Are You? Getting through crosstown traffic just got harder for the few but fond riders of bus route No. 90, which SEPTA and city…

September 18–25, 1997 critic pick|movies American Sweetheart Mary Pickford in My Best Girl (1927). “I can’t imagine any worse Hades than to go and have to look at 10-year-old films of myself,” said Mary Pickford in the ’30s about the…

March 27–April 3, 1997 hit and run PEP Squad Proving once again that one of the Internet’s most useful applications is harassing the otherwise hard to harass, a San Diego woman has set up a Web site dedicated to bashing…

March 6–13, 1997 critic pick|performance Kathy Rose Kabuki-Menco Visual Theater Kathy Rose is the ringer in this season’s NextMove Festival, the annual smorgasbord of performances presented by Dance Affiliates that introduces Philly audiences to emerging and/or under-recognized dance makers. Rose…