The feature is Brennen Jensen, reporting from the 75th annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, with a the list of words competitors spelled. Afefe Tyehimba’s Mobtown Beat profiles I Can’t We Can, a Baltimore addiction-recovery program. The Nose examines reports that local grass-roots groups are being surveilled and infiltrated by law enforcers. Michael Anft’s...
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Afefe Tyehimba’s feature chronicles parents’ struggles to keep Baltimore City Public Schools’ Edgewood Elementary from closing. In Mobtown Beat, Van Smith observes the juxtaposition of a newly dedicated bike trail next to the sewage-contaminated Gwynns Falls, and Afefe Tyehimba examines the future of the newspaper published by Baltimore’s queer community center. Tom Chalkley’s Charmed...
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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 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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Michael Anft’s feature handicaps Maryland horse-racing’s prospects for salvation from slots revenues, and Phyllis Orrick reflects on City Paper’s first decade. In Mobtown Beat, Ericka Blount Danois looks at BGE’s decision to send customers to ACE Cash Express to make utility payments. The Nose shines the lights on Gia Blatterman and the Little Italy...
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Mike Godwin’s feature explores future scenarios for the consumption of copyrighted digital entertainment. In Mobtown Beat, Van Smith goes to the annual Intertribal Powwow at Ferry Bar Park and Brennen Jensen examines how arts districts are turning old factories into new studios. Michael Anft’s Media Circus offers constructive criticism of City Paper. Tom Chalkley’s...
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Lee Gardner’s feature examines the new documentary boom. In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen hits the stands to watch Baltimore’s female football team in action. Brennen Jensen’s Charmed Life visits Baltimore County’s Agriculture Building, an erstwhile almshouse. The Mail has letters from Dave Sessoms, Stacey Freedman, Cheryl Hemmeter DeLuca, Mitch Mirkin, Amy Weitzel, the Link...
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The 2002 Film Fest Frenzy issue, hyping the Maryland Film Festival, has an introduction, a guide to panel discussions, and reviews of feature films and shorts. In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen reports on the Patterson Park Pagoda’s renovations. The Nose gets the skinny on a new Giant supermarket in Waverly and Mayor Martin O’Malley’s...
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Van Smith’s feature profiles Henrietta Lacks, whose immortal cancer cells fueled the advancement of modern medical research. In Mobtown Beat, Van Smith sizes up the Citizens Planning and Housing Association. The Nose sniffs out homophobia in Baltimore’s public schools. Tom Chalkley’s Charmed Life plumbs a local rock’s origins. The Mail has letters from Scott...
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Tom Chalkley’s illustrated feature has fun with the Baltimore City Council. In Mobtown Beat, Afefe Tyehimba gauges controversy surrounding the newly passed bill to restore ex-felons’ voting rights and Van Smith reports that the state legislature enacted a law to shield the Maryland Port Administration from public scrutiny. The Nose flames state Del. Dana...
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The feature, by Andy Markowitz and Tom Scocca, conjures a baseball team comprised of the Baltimore Orioles’ most profoundly bad players of all time. In Mobtown Beat: Afefe Tyehimba profiles Fusion Partnership, Inc.’s race-relations efforts; Brennen Jensen gauges the potential for Camden Station; and Van Smith reports on Arundel Engineering’s legal dispute with Maryland...
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Joab Jackson’s feature tracks how medical marijuana entered mainstream debate. In Mobtown Beat, Afefe Tyehimba looks at the “proliferation of rabbit-buying” during Easter season. The Nose reports that Mayor Martin O’Malley reversed course on a drinking-water standards bill and echoes a rumor that Baltimore police commissioner Ed Norris was interviewed to be top cop...
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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
Charm Offensive Feature: Meet the unpaid, underappreciated, and underprotected stars of underwear football By Violet Levoit 5/22/2013
Crazy Horse Film: Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman puts his focus on Le Crazy Horse de Paris, the French cabaret By Lee Gardner 4/4/2012
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