SPECIAL
The Holiday Guide: Our guide to getting through--and enjoying--the holiday season | Holiday Guide Calendar
Shopping: Carroll County Christmas Farmers Market, now through Dec. | Holiday Guide Calendar
Kid Stuff: The Polar Express 4D, now through Jan. | Holiday Guide Calendar
Nutcrackin': Pennsylvania Ballet: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, 7:30 p.m. | Holiday Guide Calendar
A Few Christmas Carols and Other Productions: Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some!), 8 p.m. | Holiday Guide Calendar
Traditions: Santa House Lighting, 4:30 p.m. | Holiday Guide Calendar
Music: Christmas Rocks! Extravaganza, 8 p.m. | Holiday Guide Calendar
Open Houses/Tours: Christmas in Hershey, now through Dec. | Holiday Guide Calendar
Mistle-aneous: Pumpkin Spice Candles, 1-3 p.m. | Holiday Guide Calendar
Helping Others: Turkey Trot, 8 a.m. | Holiday Guide Calendar
New Year's Eve!: Ports America New Year's Eve Spectacular Rockin' New Year's Eve Extravaganza, 6:45 p.m.-1 a.m. | Holiday Guide Calendar
Stuffed: The 2009 City Paper Holiday Guide | Holiday Guide Intro
The Gifts That Count: The presents that have stayed in our writers' thoughts | Holiday Guide Feature by Raymond Cummings, Lauren Bender, Charles Cohen, Alex Epstein, and John Barry
The Busman's Holiday: A short guide to giving what you know | Holiday Guide Feature by Emily Flake
Stocking Stiffers: The author of Scroogenomics runs the numbers on holiday gift-giving | Holiday Guide Feature by Edward Ericson Jr.
Holiday Guide Feature
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NEWS
Behind That Sign: A real-estate agent with bad credit offers financial advice and legal services | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.
Murder Ink | The Mail
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COLUMNS
Call of Jury Duty: So now the Mayor of Baltimore, USA, is on trial for allegedly, what, spending some gift cards, and some other crap? Being influenced, allegedly, by her alleged ex-boyfriend once removed or something? Allegedly? I don't know. | Mr. Wrong by Joe MacLeod
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COMICS
Dirt Farm: by Ben Claassen III
Important Comics: by Dina Kelberman
Just Ask Larnell: by Larnell Custis Butler
Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake
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ARTS
Boys in the Hood: A gritty look at life in the drug game transfixes at Arena Players | Stage by Anna Ditkoff
Curtain Time: JUST DANCE Traditional Indian and modern dance comes to Theatre Project (45 W. by Anna Ditkoff
Two Much: The Mystery of Irma Vep delivers laughs, surprises, and reams of frilly dresses | Stage by Bret McCabe
Cool Hunting: Jazz writer Ted Gioia bites off more than he can chew | Books by Michaelangelo Matos
Blight Star: Sarah Doherty transforms abandoned urban spaces with creative installations | Art by Alex Ebstein
1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About by Joshua Clover
| Review by
Bret McCabe
Quick Sketches
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FILM
Q&A: Crispin Hellion Glover: Blessed be the forces that bring Crispin Hellion Glover to Baltimore with his Big Slide Show, a one-night-only performance event. | Film by Ed Schrader
The Messenger
| Review by
Lee Gardner
An Education
| Review by
Wendy Ward
The Blind Side
| Review by
Wendy Ward
I Will Smash You
| Review by
Bret McCabe
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
| Review by
Joe MacLeod
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
| Review by
Justin Strout
New This Week
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EAT
Gutmans
| Review by
Mary K. Zajac
Emily's Cafe and Desserts
| Review by
Wendy Ward
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