A City Council committee voted yesterday to send a controversial audit bill to the voters for approval as a charter amendment, according to this excellent Baltimore Brew report. Councilman Carl Stokes (12th District) introduced the proposed ordinance in March, which would require audits of every city department every two years. As we reported then,...
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Artomatic has long been one of the most exciting cultural events in that not always so culturally exciting federal city to our south (this year it is actually in Crystal City, Va.). Every year (or so), Artomatic will (legally) occupy an otherwise unused building and fill it with an unjuried selection of the region’s...
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The Columbia Journalism Review’s website has a heated (and cooled) exchange between David Simon (The Baltimore Sun, The Wire, Treme, etc.) and a bunch of commenters. Some gems: “I want to first of all clarify that I wasn’t calling you idiotic although I realize it certainly looks that way.” “I was taught by professional...
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Forget infused vodka and house-made sodas. If you really want to shake things up at the bar think…bacon? The Maryland Science Center (601 S. Light St., 545-5980, mdsci.org) will be holding their latest installment of Mixology 101 evenings on Thursday, May 31, this time focusing on the ABC’s of Alcohol, Bacon, and Cocktail....
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George Cerny’s feature covers the tempest brewed by historian Vernon Pedersen’s The Communist Party in Maryland, 1919-1957. In Mobtown Beat, Van Smith shows how the Leonie Barnes arson-murder trial exposed the Baltimore City Fire Department’s investigative frailties. The Nose wonders about a Hollins Market shooting in front of the after-hours club Enterlude, and finds...
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The mayor’s office announced that the work shoring up the Jones Falls Expressway was completed ahead of schedule, and all lanes are now open. Here’s the release. The work got underway Friday, April 13th and at the time was expected to take until . . . about now. From the Transportation Department’s previous release...
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Today, Sonar nightclub co-owner Dan McIntosh’s efforts to be on hand to help run this weekend’s Deathfest, held at and around the Baltimore venue, ended in failure. The $30 million, cross- country pot-conspiracy case, in which McIntosh is a defendant, is on the docket of Maryland U.S. District judge Roger Titus of the court’s...
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A couple of Baltimore film makers have posted this trailer comparison between their 2010 Chernobyl disaster project, Pripyat, and this new one: Chernobyl Diaries. “Without their consent, the trailer was pitched to several movie studios and producers in New York and Los Angeles,” would-be Pripyat producers Nick Gardner and Jeremy Morison write on their new...
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The 2002 Sizzlin’ Summer issue includes an introduction, suggestions about drinks and movies to rent; and essays by: Michelle Gienow, on eating in Ocean City; Anna Ditkoff on skeet shooting; Van Smith on sea-kayaking; Bret McCabe on the U.S. Coast Guard; Natalie Davis on the top of the World Trade Center; Brennen Jensen on...
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Roosevelt Drummond had a good day on April 25, when longstanding federal charges against him, filed as part of a complex set of indictments stemming from a lengthy investigation into Maryland’s Black Guerrilla Family prison gang, were dropped at the request of the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office. That meant the 62-year-old was no longer...
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Barbara Portnoy Levine, a trustee of the Contemporary Museum, announced on Monday, May 21, that the board had voted “in a unanimous decision. . .to suspend the museum’s operations at the end of May 2012.” The notice went on to say that Sue Spaid, director of the museum since December 2011, and the staff...
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Citing the alleged “extra $10 million” Baltimore spends each year cleaning trash off the streets and skimming the harbor, freshman Councilmember Nick Mosby sends this sentiment—with a green background, no less—via e-mail: Councilman Nick J. Mosby and Blue Water Baltimore have partnered to introduce a viable solution, the “One Piece” Litter Campaign. “What we are...
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OC Alternatives Sizzlin’ Summer Calendar: Assateague Island National Seashore, North Point State Park, Rehoboth Beach, and more 5/15/2013
Real-Life Embarassing Sex Stories Feature: Submitted by City Paper readers 2/13/2013
Murder Ink Murder Ink: Murders this Week: 5; Murders this Year: 77 By Edward Ericson Jr. 5/15/2013
Crazy Horse Film: Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman puts his focus on Le Crazy Horse de Paris, the French cabaret By Lee Gardner 4/4/2012
How to Throw a Louisiana Style Crawfish Boil! Sizzlin’ Summer: Ordering 1. Figure out how many people you have attending. I usually do this by selling tickets for $25 each via Paypal. 2. Once you know how many people will be attending, you can figure out how many pounds of crawfish you need to order. The suggested a By Ben Claassen III 5/15/2013
Sizzlin’ Summer Sizzlin’ Summer: Summer in Baltimore is a sensory explosion, from the scent of Old Bay-smothered steamed crabs and the taste of marshmallow-topped chocolate snoballs to the smell of Ocean City salt water mixed with sunscreen and the vision of fireflies. 5/15/2013