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March 26, 1998

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Cover Story

The Crowd Pleaser
With his first album on the way, Nate Wiley reflects on 50 years in music and 15 years rocking the house at Bob and Barbara's.
by Brian Howard

Opinion

LOOSE CANON

Parts-For-Life
by Bruce Schimmel

PRETZEL LOGIC

Take A Bubba To Bed
But watch what you say with that Southern accent.
by Howard Altman

MAILBAG

Letters to the Editor
by the Readers

News

CITY BEAT

Topsy Survey
Manayunk activists and City Planning Commission clash—again—over handling of a residents' query.
by Frank Lewis
Square Numbers
High bids on Washington Square renovation could delay the park's closing.
by Mark Naymik
Water Fight
Cyberpolitics inflames: a disputer over water quality.
by Gwen Shaffer

HIT AND RUN

When Pigs Fly
by Frank Lewis
Snow Kidding
by Lisa Oshop
A Honkala Honkala Burnin' Love
by Lisa Oshop
Magnetic Appeal
by Andrew Milner

ON MEDIA

Comin' From Kansas City
by Gwen Shaffer
Spamming the Globe
by Deborah Scoblionkov
Shiver Me Timbers
by Gwen Shaffer
Hooping It Up
by Patrick Rapa

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Mary Frangipanni's Political Notebook
by Mary Frangipanni

Arts

CRITICAL MASS

     interview

Beyond Knowing
Playwright David Rabe talks about life, death and A Question of Mercy.
by Toby Zinman

     theater

Grendel's Air
It's like a campfire ghost story.
by Steve Cohen

ART

New York's Finest
Five of the best new books from Big Apple museums.
by Robin Rice

20 QUESTIONS

Dorothy Allison
by Jen Darr

Movies

MOVIE SHORTS

Stalin's Disciples
recommended
by Sam Adams
Wide Awake
by Sam Adams

     new

The Newton Boys
by Sam Adams

Music

Indie 500
Wowee zowee! Fresh outta SXSW, here comes the indie rock.
by Brian Howard
South By So What?
The many reasons why SXSW still packs 'em in.
by Margit Detweiler

ICEPACK

Red Square
Neil Stein sets his sights on Rittenhouse with the opening of his new restaurant, Rouge 98.
by a.d. amorosi

REVIEW

     dance

Swan Lake & Concerto 622
Pennsylvania Ballet at the Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets, through March 28, 893-1999
by Robert Ackerman

     performance

Soaked
Paule Turner, Duchess, at Kumquat, March 14-15, 21-22
by Deni Kasrel

     theater

Nothing is Simple
People's Light captures the complexities of Measure for Measure.
by Cary M. Mazer
Under Yelena
InterAct Theatre Company at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St., through April 12, 569-9700
by Cary M. Mazer
Burning Patience
Teatro LEGASI at Second Stage, The Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St., through March 29, 546-8356
by Hans Kellner

Food

Goo
Gerber's—it's not just for babies anymore.
by Katherine Dahlsgaard

Listings

SIX PICK

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
by Robert Ackerman
Dinofest
by Rosemary Darigo
8-Ball Chicks
by Jen Darr
Society of Photographic Educators Conference
by Jen Darr
A3/Fathead
by a.d. amorosi
Sleater-Kinney/Helium
by Brian Howard

CRITIC PICK

     event

Man of the Century
by David Warner

     reading

Jonathan Lethem
by Vance Lehmkuhl

     rock/pop

PuPu Platter Benefit
by Neil Gladstone

     world beat

Global Divas
by Nicole Pensiero
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