November 19, 1999
Volume 128, Number 10

This Week's Stories

• Manon is dressed to impress

• Trans Am revs it up

• Promises of pop and punk delivered

• Kyle Gann fascinated composers

• Artist presents prison installation

• Russian Quartet enraptures

• All Men are Whores discusses everyone's favorite topic: sex

Mamet's dark work, centered on sex, time, and death, is timeless

• Marcia Southwick: a poet on life in the fast lane

Field Poetry prize winner reads from latest collection

• Feature Photo: Saved by the bell