The Y2K Sizzlin’ Summer package is: Joe MacLeod and Jefferson Jackson Steele photofeaturing the Vans Skatepark at the Potomac Mills Mall; Michael Anft trying to find the hellbender salamander; Brennen Jensen learning to sail at the Downtown Sailing Center; Kathy Link vacationing in Indonesia; Christopher Skokna figuring out what it takes to build a...
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The two-pack of features is Dan Kennedy, on alt-press infighting over flawed journalism that wins awards, and Eileen Murphy, on writer Sophie Kerr and the Washington College literary prize that bears her name. In the news, the Nose pokes around a mysterious sign atop the Congress Hotel, a controversy over firehouse closings , and...
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Due to technical problems, this week’s X-Content is a bit truncated: Only the feature, news, Charmed Life, and the columns are available at the moment. The feature, by Natalie Davis, profiles the founding of the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival by computer entrepreneur Don Hooker. In the news: The Nose shows how the Baltimore Police...
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Augusta Olsen’s feature explores the sustainable-living ethos of the permaculture movement while providing local contacts for how to live within the Earth’s means. In the news, the Nose catches up with D.S. Bakker and his mannequin, Bud; Brennen Jensen covers the American Visionary Art Museum’s second annual Kinetic Sculpture Race; and Eileen Murphy reports...
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Heather Joslyn’s feature covers the stage-to-film success of David Drake’s The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me. In the news section, the Nose ruminates on the new requirement at Baltimore City public golf courses that players rent motorized carts; in Media Circus, Eileen Murphy critiques the national media’s obsession with the Elian Gonzalez story; and,...
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Inside the issue, the annual City Paper guide to the Maryland Film Festival, Film Fest Frenzy, gives a rundown of the second annual fest’s festivities. The short-lived tenure of Ron Daniel as Mayor Martin O’Malley’s first police commissioner is the focus of Molly Rath’s feature, with Terrie Snyder’s interview of Daniel’s expected replacement, Ed...
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Michael Anft’s feature about urban environmentalism‘s prospects in Baltimore is accompanied by a tally of green pluses and minuses from the 1990s. In Mobtown Beat, Molly Rath reports that pews are filling at St. Patrick Church in Upper Fells Point due to a black Jesus on the cross, while the Nose joins the mindless...
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Project Censored’s round-up of overlooked news in 1999 fills the feature hole with four elements: the 10 most-ignored stories, another 15 articles that were also unheralded, a list of 10 stories that got way too much play, and a roster of the judges. In the news, Brennen Jensen’s Mobtown Beat eyes the rise of...
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Molly Rath’s feature, “Swimming with Sharks,” reveals a nascent credit crisis from a decade ago, when homeowners in Baltimore’s poorest neighborhoods were underwater from refinancing packages sold by subprime lenders. In Mobtown Beat, Brian Simpson reports on the city’s efforts to back up police crackdowns with neighborhood services, and Eileen Murphy notes an exodus...
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A two-pack of film features this week: Ian Grey on the “insidious phenomenon” of movies getting longer, and CP writers make their Oscar picks for films released in 1999. In Mobtown Beat, Van Smith reports that legislators in Annapolis yet again defeated an attempt to reform Baltimore City’s bailbonds industry. The Nose senses discord...
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Tom Chalkley’s feature considers Frederick Douglass’ legacy in Baltimore, where ambivalence about the city’s slave-trade legacy continues. The piece includes insights from a man who calls himself Frederick Douglass IV, who, it later came to light, falsely portrayed himself as the famous abolitionist’s great-great-grandson. In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen showcases AIDS-prevention group Positive Voices,...
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The feature hole is filled by three pieces about Detroit automakers and climate change—two by Curt Guyette and one by Michael Anft—and a fourth, on the risks of self-esteem education, by Andrew Reiner. In Mobtown Beat, Terrie Snyder reports on police success in fighting drug dealing at Baltimore’s Avenue Market. The Nose gets the...
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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
Fishing with Lefty Sizzlin’ Summer: Maryland’s foremost celebrity angler is still at it, hooking the most stubborn prey, and trying to ensure that there will be fish left for his grandkids to catch By Michelle Gienow 5/15/2013
Outdoor Dining Sizzlin’ Summer: It’s more than just eating outside By Henry Hong 5/15/2013