June 10–17, 1999 cover story Oh Grow Up! Sam Adams’ guide to what not to expect at the multiplex this summer. by Sam Adams There are many ways of marking the passage into adulthood: the moment you get your first…

April 8–15, 1999 disc quicks Clark Terry Intimate Stories (Challenge) Clark Terry, at 78, is a grand old man of the flugelhorn and trumpet, but on Intimate Stories he sounds less like an elder statesman than an unusually seasoned young…

January 7–14, 1999 critical mass Virgin Machine The Virgin Machine Indie filmmaker Sarah Jacobson explores real-life sexual awakening. by Sam Adams   Mom and A Movie: Sarah Jacobson (left) with her mother, a co-producer of Mary Jane’s Not A Virgin…

September 2–9, 1999 pretzel logic Hit & Run Neighbor We all have times in our lives when it feels like we’ve been hit by a truck. A couple of weeks ago, I discovered what it feels like for real. And…

December 10–17, 1998 movies O Blarney Boy A winning lottery ticket and a heap o’ smilin’ Irish clichés. By Sam Adams Waking Ned Devine Written and directed by Kirk Jones A Fox Searchlight release Opening Friday, Dec. 11, at Ritz…

November 5–12, 1998 critical mass First Friday Focus   Theard Aladin’s Cérémonie Vodou at Indigo. Celebrate the Grand Opening (5-10 p.m.) of Indigo’s newly renovated space right next door to its old Old City location. Indigo closed the Manayunk shop…

October 29–November 5, 1998 20 questions Tom Tomorrow Interview by Sam Adams Under the pseudonym Tom Tomorrow, Dan Perkins has been lobbing grenades at the political status quo for over a decade in his cartoon This Modern World. Perkins, 37,…

October 29–November 5, 1998 readers’ choice Reader’s Choice—the Winners ’98   Restaurants   Bar Dinner Monk’s Cafe 264 S. 16th St., 545-7005 Sugar Mom’s (tie) Martini’s Lounge/Philadelphia Fish and Company   Restaurant Experience Fork 306 Market St., 625-9425 Rouge 98…

October 29–November 5, 1998 readers’ choice Reader’s Choice—Play Sidebar: Still Not The Carymores Sidebar: The Ice Storm ’98 artists, actors, museums, rock clubs, cruise bars, dancers, festivals, jazz, jocks     Golden Pond: Matt Pond PA Where else but the…