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September 26, 1996

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Cover Story

Zinni's World
A crew of art students gives a Center City legend a new lease on life.
by David Warner

Opinion

LOOSE CANON

Your Name?
by Bruce Schimmel

PRETZEL LOGIC

Open, Sesame
Forget Ellen. What's up with TV's favorite male couple?
by Howard Altman

MAILBAG

Letters to the Editor
by the Readers

News

HIT AND RUN

Free Speech Crash Landing
by Nate Chinen
Broadcast Snooze?
by Scott Farmelant
Nuts About Squirrel Hill Falls Park
by Howard Altman
Monkey Business
by Daisy Fried
Royal Ruminations
by Scott Farmelant
Chinmoy Annoys
by Brian Howard
Walk Like An Egyptian
by a.d. amorosi
Broad Horizons
by Howard Altman
Indian Eats
by Shilpa Mehta

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Mary Frangipanni's Political Notebook
by Mary Frangipanni

Arts

CRITICAL MASS

     art

Between the Lines
Moe Brooker and an interesting lineup of artists.
by Robin Rice

     dance

Movement Research Exchange
by Lisa Coffman
Trapezius Aerial Dance Company
by Deni Kasrel

     movies

Two Actors In the Valley
Character actors Stanley Tucci and John Herzfeld go behind the wheel.
by a.d. amorosi

     theater

Death of a Salesman
by Toby Zinman
Smokey Joe's Cafe
by Toby Zinman

BOOK QUARTERLY

Children's Books
by Harriette Behringer
Babylon Revisited
Welcome to Mr. Wagner's Neighborhood.
by a.d. amorosi
Hollywood Babbles On
by a.d. amorosi
Get Your Shorts In A Bunch
Three new anthologies show the possibilities and pitfalls of the short-short form.
by Daisy Fried
Berendt's Bonanza
John Berendt sent Savannah's tourist bucks soaring. Could Philadelphia be next?
by Brian Caffall

     bookquicks

Idoru
by Annette C. Earling

     fiction

My Other Life
by Justin Coffin

     nonfiction

Honey, Honey, Miss Thang
by Justin Coffin
Tolstoy's Dictaphone: Technology and the Muse
by Vance Lehmkuhl
Slimetime
by Andrew Milner

     open book

The Superstore Wars
Will readers benefit from the opening of Barnes & Noble a few doors away from Borders?
by Jim Gladstone

     zine scene

One Step Beyond
Close Encounters of the Zine Kind.
by Neil Gladstone

     cover story

Breslin's Brain
Howard Altman talks to Jimmy Breslin about booze, brain surgery and the sad state of journalism.
by Howard Altman

Music

ICEPACK

L.A. Confidential
A bookish look at the music scene of seedy Los Angeles.
by a.d. amorosi

Naked City

FEATURE

Dark Horses
The Other Presidential Candidates

Food

Train Spotting
Riding the rails for real Italian food.
by Jim Quinn

Listings

CRITIC PICK

Six-Pick
by Neil Gladstone
Six-Pick
by Vance Lehmkuhl
Six-Pick
by Margit Detweiler
Six-Pick
by Deni Kasrel
Six-Pick
by Nate Chinen
Six-Pick
by Brian Howard

     jazz

Edward Simon
by Deni Kasrel

     rock/pop

Lisa Germano
by Neil Gladstone

     roots

Ralph McTell
by Mary Armstrong
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