Adaptation of note
The Notebook
PG-13
Starting tomorrow at area theaters
Three reels out of four
Nick Cassavetes apparently learned quite a bit from his late father, and most notably how to extract the truth from...
Dialogue in sentences
For those of us on the outside, prison dramas rarely fail to hold us captive. The clang of metal bars, the powder-keg emotion, the numbing routine and the salty language can get...
Porsche power
How did I get to my ripe old age without ever driving a 356 Porsche? I've admired the lovely upside-down bathtub shape for decades, but only from afar. Nobody ever offered...
Passyunk slow to flow
With its repeated construction problems, the fountain standing at the junction of Passyunk Avenue and 11th and Tasker streets has become symbolic of the efforts of the East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement...
Chinese legend
On Nov. 9, 1972, a soon-to-be-24-year-old man arrived in Philadelphia from his native Hong Kong with $8 in his pocket and little knowledge of the English language. Joseph Poon, one of nine...
LIFE preserver
Standing at the front of the room, Cindy Mallace leads an exercise session. She gives it an added twist: Not only does she swing her arms and tap her feet, but she...
Local lawyer indicted
Charles P. Mirarchi 3d has spent a career defending suspects in some of the city's highest-profile cases. But last week, the tables turned on the South Philly-based criminal defense attorney and...
Fits full of dollars
With the clock ticking and a potential fiscal crisis looming, City Council will hold a final hearing Monday to determine the fate of its latest proposed budget. Council was supposed to have...
The other brother
On Sept. 16, Jayson Chambers, 32, was arrested and charged with the rape of his 11-year-old goddaughter and her teenage sister. One month earlier, authorities had charged his twin brother, Jerry...
Real talent
Erica Gagliardi has taken a few sips of fame. Beginning at age 9, she sang the national anthem in front of packed houses at Philadelphia sporting events. Six years ago, she...
