February 15–22, 2001 theater The Good Shepard Dysfunction junction: Lopes, DeRosa (in chair) and Kenney in Buried Child. Buried Child Hunger Theatre, Walnut Street Theater Studio 5, 9th & Walnut Sts., through March 4, 215-569-9700 In a much-quoted interview, Sam…

February 15–22, 2001 on media Will the Real Racists Please Stand Up? Charlie and friend: Heston with Janet Leigh in Touch of Evil . Heston was invited to speak at Villanova University on Wednesday, Feb. 14, by Chris Lilik, a…

February 8–15, 2001 disc quicks| rock/pop Flogging Molly Swagger (Side One Dummy) Dropkick Murphys Sing Loud, Sing Proud! (Hellcat Records) Punk is the music of those who are, or at least perceive themselves to be, at the short end of…

April 19–26, 2001 cd reviews|jazz Don Byron A Fine Line: Arias and Lieder (Blue Note) Perhaps no single jazz musician has championed eclecticism in the past decade more convincingly than Don Byron. Every time you catch up to him, the…

October 18–25, 2001 mix picks Play House Many of us have walked through Center City, down Delancey Street and around Rittenhouse Square, and taken a moment to fantasize, marvel or drool at the imposing mansions and chichi apartments, maybe even…

March 15–22, 2001 book quicks| fiction Sans Moi By Marie Desplechin (Trans. Will Hobson) Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s, 220 p., $22.95 When I first started working at the late Tower Books on South Street, the manager gave me the self-help section…

February 15–22, 2001 bell curve The Bell Curve City Paper’s weekly gauge of Philly’s Quality of Life — extended dance remix!   Police search for owner of pit bulls that killed a cat that lived in a fire station. They…

March 15–22, 2001 book quicks| fiction Paradise Park By Allegra Goodman Dial Press, 360 p., $24.95 In her previous books, Allegra Goodman has displayed dual selves: the dour author who penned the lavishly brocaded novel Kaaterskill Falls, and the comedienne…

February 15–22, 2001 critic pick | spoken word Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters All of which makes sense, given the poet’s singular history. Born in Arizona and raised in California, Cortez graduated from an arts high school, where she forged…