Blogs: X-Content

The first annual City Paper Comics Contest’s introduction asks, “Where did we go wrong?” First place goes to C. Kang and S. Kang’s Taste Like Chicken, winning the strip a place in the paper every week for a year. Coming in second is Dwayne Johnson’s Maximum Man. Tied for third are Robert T. Balder’s /Partially...
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The feature package is CP’s picks in the 2002 Maryland primary elections for governor, attorney general, comptroller, Baltimore City state’s attorney, the Second Congressional District, the Third Congressional District, the Seventh Congressional District, the 40th Legislative District, the 41st Legislative District, the 43rd Legislative District, the 44th Legislative District, the 45th Legislative District, and...
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Nicole Leistikow’s feature explores what a new wave of immigrants settling near Patterson Park means for Baltimore. In Campaign Beat: Afefe Tyehimba covers the 44th District race; Van Smith looks at campaign cash in the 41st District race; and Erin Sullivan reports how the Eastside Democratic Organization is central to the 45th District race....
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Tom Chalkley’s feature is a zoological field guide to Baltimore politics. In Mobtown Beat, Charles Cohen examines community resistance to a biotechnology park that would dislocate East Baltimore homeowners. The Nose notes renovations underway at the long-vacant and crumbling Brexton Hotel and a gusher of an ongoing water leak at the Clarion Hotel in...
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Ericka Blount Danois’ feature profiles Donell Trusty, Durryle Brooks, Anastasia Lee, and Kareem Branch, Baltimore City public-schools students beating the odds in a troubled system. In Mobtown Beat, Waris Banks reports on Baltimore’s immigrants from Trinidad and Tobago. The Nose attempts an autopsy on recent Baltimore Police Department promotions and compares Mayor Martin O’Malley...
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Ralph Brave’s feature makes the case for law-enforcement use of DNA profiling. In Mobtown Beat, Augusta Olsen profiles Claudia Joy Wingo, a medical herbalist specializing in menopause treatment. The Nose sniffs out controversies over a beer-drinking Jesus billboard and a water-taxi merger. In Campaign Beat, Van Smith reports on an Al Sharpton-allied uprising in...
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Ian Grey’s feature examines the impact of digital-video projection on the film-exhibition industry. In Mobtown Beat, Afefe Tyehimba covers an after-school programs conference. The Nose is shut down asking questions about police salaries. In Campaign Beat, Brennen Jensen looks at third-party efforts to access ballots. Ballot Stuffing thumbnails the Baltimore City State’s Attorney race....
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The 2002 Big Music Issue has an introduction; Sandy Asirvatham on Rumba Club; Bret McCabe on Jackie Blake; Hank Baker on Oxes; Jason Torres on Sekani Williams; and John Berndt, Katrina Ford, John Fowler, Barry Glassman, Joe Goldsborough, Geoffrey Himes, Tonie Joy, Rjyan Kidwell, Roman Kuebler, Todd Lesser, DJ LoveGrove, Dontae Winslow, and Chris...
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Afefe Tyehimba’s feature profiles the Baltimore-based band Fertile Ground. In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen airs Washington Hill residents’ complaints about idling busses and Mayor Martin O’Malley responds to letters from Baltimore City College High School students. In Campaign Beat, James Michael Brodie plumbs the influence of political consultant Julius Henson. Ballot Stuffing covers battles...
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City Paper’s Short Fiction and Poetry Contest issue features an introduction and the winners’ work in fiction (Leslie F. Miller’s The Pious Enigma, Scott Cech’s A Late Breakfast, and Sarah Y. Durning’s White) and poetry (Tuan Harap Ditulis’ The Well, Sarah N. Coursey’s Nuns, and Sandra Evans Falconer’s The Dazzle of Beads). In Mobtown...
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Ned Oldham’s feature profiles Paul Darmafall, better known as outsider artist The Baltimore Glassman. In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen reports on opposition to a new supermarket in Waverly. The Nose finds former Baltimore City Council President Lawrence Bell working as a talk-radio host in Atlanta. In Campaign Beat, Erika Blount Danois reports on the...
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Tom Chalkley’s feature profiles the Baltimore GOP, explaining its dogged optimism in the face of crippling irrelevance, along with its strong civil-rights history. In Mobtown Beat, Afefe Tyehimba reports on the Baraka School’s ongoing alternative-education efforts. Brennen Jensen’s Charmed Life goes to the Loading Dock, a surplus building-supplies distributor. The Mail has letters from...
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