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March 8, 1999 Issue
"Three days in Haiti is a year's course in realism and in the ways we find to transcend it. It will not leave you unchanged."
--Pico Iyer, from "Get Out of Town"
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| FEATURES Get Out of Town River-running on the Delaware? Biking in Negril? Or perhaps your tastes run to wild nightlife in Reykjavik. With our first annual weekend travel issue, New York offers quick-trip suggestions for every budget, energy level, and season. Whether you're looking for romance in high style, family-friendly adventure, or indulgent solitude, we can tell you where to go (along with how to get there and where to stay and eat). Plus: Four writers on getaways that went awry. It's in the Bag From stovepipe cashmere jeans to a bugle-bead slip dress, we offer simple, stylish solutions to wrinkle- and worry-free weekend packing -- whether you're headed to Buckingham Palace or Caesars. Young Gun Laddish London director Guy Ritchie has charmed critics (not to mention Madonna) with his raffish first film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. But this latter-day Tarantino wants to be . . . Jerry Bruckheimer. Unholy War The demotion of Robert Stephanopoulos, the popular dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral (and, yes, father of George) was the latest stunner in a pitched battle between leaders in the American Greek Orthodox Church and the archbishop they accuse of old-world tyranny. | GOTHAM The Whitney in limbo; the Y vs. the little old lady GOTHAM STYLE Clogs with a light touch; wildlife for the wrist DEPARTMENTS Will white politicians ever get angry about police brutality? Media Michael Ovitz: managing talent or just spin? The Underground Gourmet Family-style noodles, and gourmet vegan (not an oxymoron) MARKETPLACE Minimal shades, panoramic views Smart City Beating the rent-a-car boondoggle Sales & Bargains Hair and makeup tips straight from the runways
| THE ARTS Movies BY PETER RAINER Both 8 MM and 200 Cigarettes pretend to be something they're not Theater Only one bulb brightens the musical Bright Lights Big City Art At P.S. 1, Minimalist Ronald Bladen is reborn as a romantic Classical Music Mauling Mahler at Lincoln Center CUE Intelligencer Classifieds |