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August 3, 1998 Issue
"The next hundred years will be the age of biology. This is where the next information revolution will be."
-- Dr. Lance Liotta, of the National Cancer Institute, "The Age of Discovery"
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| FEATURES The First Hamptonite If Bill Clinton’s upcoming visit doesn’t prove that the Hamptons’ demise has been greatly exaggerated, nothing will. But bringing the First Ego to a town already overpopulated with big heads has touched off a party-hopping, name-dropping frenzy. New York takes the opportunity to reevaluate the summer hierarchies. Steven Gaines surveys the history of Hamptons power. James Brady keeps a cool head amid the presidential panic. Vanessa Grigoriadis spotlights Randy Schindler, the Hamptons’ would-be media baron. Nikki Finke considers Hollywood’s influence. Beth Landman Keil profiles the rap moguls next door. Plus, a definitive list of the centers of power: people, places, and things, from the Candy Kitchen to the Creeks. No need to groan. Or buy a new lunch box. The city’s adult-education classes are more play than work. Make a mosaic, plant a seed, set up a Web page, stitch a skirt, take a dive, run faster. A thorough guide to the best -- and the quirkiest -- that the city’s institutions have to offer this fall, for the cerebral, the creative, or the just plain confused. | GOTHAM The Mets’ inferiority complex; Gypsies fight for their rights GOTHAM STYLE Packing heavy; a secretary for your cell phone DEPARTMENTS As with every other tech stock, Dell’s price is high and rising. Why this company is worth it Restaurants Cool cuisine: Canadian Normand Laprise’s sumptuous cooking deserves a warmer room MARKETPLACE Flower power: eternal blossoms of shower curtains and serving trays Sales & Bargains Tyke style: portraits with personality; maternitywear with shape
| THE ARTS Movies BY DAVID DENBY There’s something unpleasant about Mary; swordplay can’t save The Mask of Zorro Books Sondheim’s secrets revealed (sort of) in a new biography Theater Stage business overwhelms and undermines Bruno Schulz’s satire in The Street of Crocodiles Dance Safety first from Stuttgart; self-indulgence from Hamburg Television Adrian Lyne’s surprisingly sexless Lolita turns up on Showtime CUE Intelligencer Classifieds |