While it's true that this film went unseen for almost 30 years, could it really be considered lost if no one was looking for it?

We told you so.

by Brian Howard

The longest love affair of my life might be over.

by David Faris

With petri dishes glowing green, this lab is electric.

by Bruce Schimmel

What You Say

The Personal People Meter is a little pager-size device that makes a note of every radio station its wearer comes in contact with, and when, and for how long. WXPN program director Bruce Warren doesn't encourage station managers to make decisions basely solely on PPM information — but he agrees it's light years ahead of Arbitron's old system.

Our reporter goes into the fray at Viking Day.

by Emily Schultheis

Here I was, pissed that Friday's dedication of this city's tallest memory stick, the Comcast Building, would come after a week of miserable cable outages at the Icepack McMansion. Tres Comcastique!

Screw tickets, give us ice cream.

Many community groups were pleased with Ramsey's decision. And, of course, there were those on the other side who felt the commissioner acted in too much haste. But what both sides had in common was a focus on the fate of the officers involved — on the swiftness and severity of individual discipline.

When news breaks in Philadelphia, we make jokes.

In the Philly Fringe, surprise is usually welcome. But this year, the surprise may be an unhappy one: There'll be no more Late Night Cabaret — at least not as audiences and artists have known it.

Councilman Frank DiCicco has introduced a bill that would make Queen Village the first area in the city to assume "Neighborhood Conservation District" status.

by Mary F. Patel

Pentimenti | Khmer | Temple | Seraphin | Edge

Under the Covers with Justin Bauer

by Justin Bauer

The Arden's Our Town revival is overwrought.

by Mark Cofta

The well-acted House, Divided is bogged down by cliché.

by David Anthony Fox

PLTC cranks out a gem of a personal drama.

by Mark Cofta

June 6-14, $22-$129, Academy of Music, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, paballet.org.

by Deni Kasrel

Thu.-Sat., June 5-7, $29-$46, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St., 215-898-6701, pennpresents.org.

by Deni Kasrel

Personal Landscapes | Fetish and Fantasy | Substance, Sustenence

User 927

by Deni Kasrel

Lynda Barry

by Sam Adams

He Still Lights Your Fire

by Tami Fertig

If Suspiria was a candy-colored fairy tale and Inferno a waking nightmare of illogic and bold visuals, then Mother of Tears is an unremarkable death metal video with hot, naked witches in faux-S&M wardrobe.

Narrated in the conditional tense, Joachim Trier's Reprise is a chronicle of what might have been.

Send repertory film listings to tami.fertig@citypaper.net.

Today, the big story is the War on Drugs. On my iPod, at least. The War on Drugs is a local rock band, or folk rock band, with a new album called Wagonwheel Blues on the Secretly Canadian label, and it is excellent.

Rodney Anonymous vs. the World

by Rodney Anonymous

by John Vettese

Hip-Hop Lives | The Retribution Gospel Choir | Jamie Lidell | M83 | The L.O.X. | Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

Sat., June 7, 2 p.m., $49.50, with the Roots, Gnarls Barkley, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Diplo, J*Davey, Santogold, Deerhoof, The Cool Kids, Esperanza and more, Festival Pier at Penn's Landing, Delaware Avenue and Spring Garden Street, 215-336-2000, livenation.com

by Deesha Dyer

Fri., June 6, 8 p.m., $10, The Khyber, 56 S. Second St., 215-238-5888, thekhyber.com

by John Vettese

After two months, the word on the kitchen's offerings was distinctly short on praise, and apparently there was no time like the present to make a change. Fortunately, Devil's Den 2.0 has corrected many of these flaws.

Green Line on Locust | Callaloo | Tennessee's BBQ | Earth Bread + Brewery

We came to West Philly's Soleil de Minuit specifically because it offered Malian cuisine (the only such restaurant in Philly that I know of).

With the possible exception of moonshine, it's hard to imagine a drink with a bigger bum rap than absinthe. But here's some news: It's now legal.

Get Out!

by Nadia Stadnycki

America's Next Top Bottles

by James Saul

Rita's Sweet Tea Water Ice | Mini Samosas at the Sexy Green Truck | Haioreum Aloe Juice | The Crizza at Cornerstone Market & Produce

by Natalie Hope McDonald

Square Rootz Clothing Swap

by Monica Weymouth

MISsed Education Poetry Slam

by Deesha Dyer

ACT UP Storytelling and Archives Exhibit

by Annamarya Scaccia

U.S. Air Guitar Championships

by Aaron Moselle

A Perfect Fit: Fashioning Futures for Women

by Aly Semigran