January 2229, 1998 six pick Steve Zettler Woo-woo! In his second novel, Double Identity, Center City author Steve Zettler crafts a sort of non-surgical Face/Offa trading places secret agent adventure that keeps its criss-crossed bloodletting on the streets and out…
September 1724, 1998 earshot|24-7 The Freaks Come Out At Night Gwen Shaffer explores Philly after hours. In the name of journalism, I’ve agreed to sacrifice my valuable sleep and find out exactly who frequents Philadelphia’s 24-hour hotspots (using that term…
April 1623, 1998 theater|review A Midsummer Night’s Dream Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St., through May 9, 922-8900 SWEET DREAM: Pearce Bunting and Melanye Finister Puck (Robert Christophe) ambles out onto the spacious playing space of the Arden…
January 815, 1998 city beat Karima Evans-Morris and her driver, Clyde Daney. Lisa Oshop/City Paper “We’ll pick you up at your house, drop you off at the prison’s doorstep, and take you home, too,” Evans-Morris says. Magic Bus A Philadelphia…
January 815, 1998 city beat The last mop-up at Diner on the Square “Rittenhouse residents have money, but they’re tight,” Bruhn said. “Soup went from $1.65 to $1.75. For that dime, I heard about it, and I lost business.” Diner…
September 310, 1998 movies War Torn Battle Scarred: James Wilby as Siegfried Sassoon in Regeneration by Cindy Fuchs Regeneration Directed by Gillies MacKinnon Opening Friday, Sept. 4, at Ritz at the Bourse and Ritz 12 Recommended As Steven Spielberg…
January 18, 1998 cover story comments from the judges Kelly McQuain Bio poetry Weirdo #1: Annabelle By Kelly McQuain she sits near the bus driver avoids abuse worse than a lunchbox’s metal edge thrust forward her ample hip meaty bruise…
January 17, 1998 20 questions Maripat Donovan Interview by Jen Darr There’s probably nothing scarier to Catholics than a nun in starched polyester holding a wooden ruler except maybe if that nun is Maripat Donovan. An award-winning Chicago actress…
December 1825, 1997 music|books Make the Music Go Bang! Edited by Don Snowden, St. Martin’s Griffin, 180 p., $17.95 Post Punk Diary by George Gimarc, St. Martin’s Griffin, 374 p., $24.95 With the recent deluge of sentimental punk books attempting…
December 1118, 1997 critic pick roots Cathie Ryan Cathie Ryan made her name performing the classic repertory of Irish songs and spent seven years as the lead singer for an all-female Irish music band, Cherish the Ladies. Yet on her…
