Also this issue: Land Locked Warren Rohrer kept his work earthbound. -Susan Hagen Karen E. Quinones Miller -Alex Richmond Beauty and the Beast -Debra Auspitz Summer Invitational -Lori Hill Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta -Brian White Mick Foley -Maura Johnston Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Walter Isaacson insists Franklin’s prose is the standout among the man’s countless endeavors. -John Freeman bookquick Dispatches from the Culture Wars: How the Left Lost Teen Spirit

July 17-23, 2003

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More Stuff Going On This Week...

Theater

Take a day trip to two college campuses in northern New Jersey for a double shot of classic drama al fresco: a run of Molière's That Scoundrel Scapin and a (free!) one-day-only performance of Antigone by The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Bring a picnic. That Scoundrel Scapin, through Aug. 3, $15-$27, College of St. Elizabeth, 2 Convent Rd., Morristown, N.J.; Antigone, Sat., July 19, 5:30 p.m., free, Drew University, 36 Madison Ave., Madison, N.J. Tickets for both shows: 973-408-5600.

Art

If you're chowing down at the Art Museum, check out the sometimes overlooked but frequently astonishing work of photojournalists, specifically that of our local daily, The Philadelphia Inquirer. "The Art of Photojournalism," through July 27, call for hours, The Philadelphia Museum of Art restaurant, 26th St. and the Parkway, 215-763-8100.

Art

Puerto Rican artist Joabel Ortiz's serigraphs, with their exotic flowers, incandescent colors and windows in the middle of the sky, are the perfect respite from the Old City heat. "Momentos," through July 31, Galería EsArte, 108 Church St., 215-627-5030.