COVER STORY
Clash of the Titans
Van Gogh & Gauguin in Arles
By Lyn Bolen Rushton
Plus: Don McLean on the song “Vincent” 

ART
Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay
A recent exhibition in Milwaukee examined the relationship between art and music
By Fred Schwertfeger 

PERFORMANCE
Fear and Loathing in New York
By Tyler Thoreson 

LET IT BLEED
A Shot From the Heart
Cheap Thrills, Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company
By David Dalton 

ISSUES
The Space Age That Wasn't
Or why 2001 won't be like 2001
By Rod Bennett 

BOOK
Circumstantial Providence
A new collection of essays demonstrates what it takes to get published these days
By Bobby Maddex 

FILM
Four Old Men
Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman are all in their sixties—but they're still among the most influential actors in Hollywood today
By Brian Turley 

IDEAS
The C.S. Lewis Generation
By Lint Hatcher 

MUSIC
Interview with Lisa Germano
Plus: Lilith Fair: A Dissent and Jewel's poetry reviewed
By Richard Abowitz 

THEATER
City Lights
Almost forty years after its inception, Chicago's The Second City is still the place to be
By Bobby Maddex 

HOT SPOT
Arles Beyond van Gogh
By Amanda Davis 

NEW ARTIST
Pi in the Sky
An interview with director Darren Aronofsky
By Jayson Whitehead 

REVIEWS
Girlfriend in a Coma, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Pierre Bonnard, Character, Polara and more