City Paper’s 2003 Sizzlin’ Summer issue features an introduction, Emily Flake on Pimlico racetrack, Mark Fatla on minor-league baseball parks, Erin Sullivan on the “Painting Lady” of Canton, Tim Hill on the 12 O’Clock Boyz, Van Smith on the Eastern Shore’s Mason-Dixon markers, Blake de Pastino on Vera’s White Sands, the I-Team on Baltimore’s...
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Tom Chalkley’s feature profiles expatriate Iraqis in Baltimore. In Mobtown Beat, David Morley airs concerns about drug-treatment providers in Hollins Market; Van Smith covers the election season’s first candidate forum; and Alejandro Danois remembers Sam Lacy. The Nose sorts through Baltimore’s ongoing police-prosecutor spats. Michael Yockel’s Charmed Life gives props to The Sun’s crime-blotter...
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Erin Sullivan’s feature looks at crime in Canton in an era of rising home prices. In Mobtown Beat, Blake de Pastino covers an Urban Land Institute gathering in Baltimore and Patricia Callahan touts Kids’ Scoop newspaper’s challenge to Mayor Martin O’Malley’s BELIEVE campaign. The Nose previews the Democratic primary for Baltimore mayor. Waris Banks’...
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A two-pack of features – with Waris Banks examining affirmative action’s impact on college students of color and Earl Byrd telling the story of Rodell Bailey-El’s college-education redemption – puts the spotlight on higher education. In Mobtown Beat, Van Smith looks at how Baltimore is converting industrial tracts to residential development. The Nose gets...
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CP’s 2003 Film Fest Frenzy includes an introduction and reviews of the Maryland Film Festival’s features and shorts. Michael Yockel’s feature celebrates the cut-rate world of Perry Hall movie-maker Don Dohler, whose filmography sums up his achievements. In Mobtown Beat, Anna Ditkoff reports on police-protester conflict at a Critical Mass anti-war bike ride and...
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Ericka Blount Danois’ feature explores the efforts of the National Black Farmers’ Association to trade with Cuba. In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen rolls in on the reopening in Brooklyn of a duckpin bowling alley and David Morley delves into Butchers Hill parking disputes. The Nose drinks California wine at a Gov. Robert Ehrlich speech....
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Afefe Tyehimba’s feature gets the word on Poetry for the People Baltimore. In Mobtown Beat, Waris Banks reports on an alleged screw-up at Baltimore’s Department of Social Services and David Morley reports on community reaction in Pimlico to a killed bill to allow slots at the racetrack. The Nose chases down Benn Ray’s April...
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Anna Ditkoff’s feature goes backstage at the Miss Gay Maryland Pageant. In Mobtown Beat, Jill Yesko profiles the use of acupuncture to treat addiction at a Tia Sophia Institute program in Baltimore. The Nose goes anagrammatic with Anagram Genius and broadcasts neighborhood bile over the slow pace of the Charles Street bridge-reconstruction project. Tom...
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Bret McCabe’s feature hits the road with Baltimore’s Oxes. In Mobtown Beat, Van Smith has fun with a Hampdenite at war with City Hall and reports on the ongoing controversy over the Howard Street Tunnel fire’s lasting significance. The Nose covers the auction of the old Eager House, watches a breakdown in police-protester relations,...
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Tom Chalkley’s feature channels Dr. Seuss to produce a rhyming comic strip called The Great Go-Goop War. In Mobtown Beat, Charles Cohen finds the outlook is poor for Baltimore’s dysfunctional mass-transit system and Waris Banks profiles Chase Brexton Health Services’ public-education efforts for LGBT Awareness Week. Brennen Jensen’s Charmed Life susses out what makes...
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Brennen Jensen’s feature peeks inside Zytech Engineering’s panic rooms. In Mobtown Beat, Erica Blount Danois goes to Annapolis with students decrying conditions at Cheltenham Youth Facility and Jamil Roberts profiles a bicyclist’s efforts to raise awareness of asylum-seeking immigrants detained in Maryland. The Nose tallies the cost of Libertarian Spear Lancaster’s bid for Maryland...
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Van Smith’s feature, with John Ellsberry’s photo-feature, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Joseph Stalin’s death by showcasing Lithuania’s Grutas Park, better known as Stalin World. In Mobtown Beat, Erin Sullivan looks at legislative efforts to reduce Maryland’s prison population and Brennen Jensen covers Baltimore’s anti-war activists. The Nose gets the skinny on cab drivers’...
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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