Court of last resort
Got a fear of gang colors, gang signs, gang-bangers with guns? I do. Though you can see they're just kids, with basic needs. Like love. Family. And a basketball court.

Second candidate to conduct orchestra
The Florida Orchestra continues its search for a new music director with a performance with the principal conductor of an orchestra in Spain.

Audio Files
LLAMA FARMERS, EL TOPPO (BEGGARS BANQUET) I'll eat my hat come December if Llama Farmers' El Toppo isn't on my Best of 2001 list. I can't get this out of my stereo long enough to give any other disc a try.

Moving beyond Balanchine
The North Carolina Dance Theatre takes many of its cues from the past but finds inspiration in the present.

Pictures worth a thousand words
The Victorian narrative paintings on display at the Tampa Museum of Art lecture on morality, exhort patriotism, teach history and just plain pique our curiosity.

No one's nicer than Anne Murray
She's the songbird who blazed a trail for other Canadian chanteuses and further proof that nice gals can finish first.