The fea­tures are: Gabriel Roth on 10 over­looked news sto­ries of 2000 and Michael Anft on how Bibelot’s bank­ruptcy saved its owners.

In Mobtown Beat, Bren­nen Jensen reports on Charles Vil­lage res­i­dents’ efforts to redesign Charles Street and sewage prob­lems in Hills­dale Heights.

Tom Chalk­ley cov­ers the pend­ing sale of WJHU in Media Circus.

Bren­nen Jensen’s Charmed Life pro­files wig man Greg Mal­one.

The columns are: Sandy Asirvatham’s Under­whelmed on domes­tic power strug­gles; Mink Stole’s Think Mink on art open­ings and tip­ping; Wiley Hall III’s Urban Rhythms on the death penalty; Joab Jackson’s Cyber­punk on Ham­fest; and Tom Scocca’s 8 Upper on open­ing day at Ori­ole Park.

Scocca & MacLeod’s proto-blog, Funny Paper reads the comics so you don’t have to.

Imprints are: Hank Baker on Louis Maistros’ novel, The Big Punch; Frank Diller on Scott Carrier’s col­lec­tion of non-fiction sto­ries, Run­ning After Ante­lope; Daniel Piotrowski on Lewis MacAdams’ non-fiction book about jazz, Birth of the Cool; and Loren Glass on Axel Madsen’s biog­ra­phy, John Jacob Astor: America’s First Mul­ti­mil­lion­aire.

In Art, Mike Giu­liano reviews School 33 Art Center’s exhi­bi­tion fea­tur­ing the work of Caleb O’Connor, Mark Mel­onas, Mark Clark, and Cyr­i­aco Lopes.

Music is John Duffy pro­fil­ing India.Arie.

The Know Your Prod­ucts are: Lee Gard­ner on The Oranges Band’s Nine Hun­dred Miles of Fuck­ing Hell and Naomi’s Love is Good, and Daniel Piotrowski on The Con­vo­ca­tion Of …‘s The Con­vo­ca­tion Of ….

Adele Marley’s Tele­vi­sion roasts Com­edy Central’s That’s My Bush! and MTV’s MTV Cribs.

In Film: The Mary­land Film Fes­ti­val line-up is announced; Ian Grey has had enough Blow; Jaimie Baron won’t Panic but praises The Day I Became a Woman; Joe MacLeod wants noth­ing more than Kelly’s Heroes; and Lee Gard­ner thinks The Cube is a bit high-minded.

In Belly Up, Susan Frad­kin is crazy about Crazy Lil’s. (Editor’s note: Please remem­ber that this restau­rant review is exactly a decade old, so take any infor­ma­tion within with a shaker of salt.)