February 26, 1999
Volume 127, Number 15

This Week's Stories

• Lynn Powell weaves passion into poetry

Noted Oberlin poet explores her faith in life's simplicities

• Slant to skewer Asian depictions

• Bashkirov woos, does not marry

Piano master treats audience to world-class musicality

• 19th century Japanese prints define their class at AMAM

Kuniyoshi wood-blocks textured in vivid colors

• New student works surprising

• Zoom: Pop Culture in Focus

• Plastic people tour: Czechoslovakia to Oberlin

Band formed in 60s part of underground government revolutionaries

• A vital plan: see A Simple Plan

• The bake-off: The Go Bots & 20th Century

• Maine sinks into Mudd for Smithsonian exhibit

• Campus Arts Calendar

• Arts...Out of Town