NEWS
Sowebo Blues: What Went Wrong—and What Might Be Going Right—in Baltimore’s Would-Be Arts Neighborhood | Feature by Brennen Jensen
Knowledge is Good: But an Education That Explores the Humanities—and Our Humanity—Is Better | Feature by Andrew Reiner
No Room at the Inn?: Shelter Having Trouble Meeting City Code | Mobtown Beat by Michael Anft
Labor Force: We East Coast types like to believe we create trends, but in the case of media giant Times Mirror, the tremors begin in California. | Media Circus by Eileen Murphy
A Dog's Life: After 20 years of breeding Chesapeake Bay retrievers, Janet Billups knows what she wants out of her dogs.
She wants her dogs to be the toughest dogs on the block. | Charmed Life by Charles Cohen
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COLUMNS
Indian Reservations: A new owner is expected to be announced by Super Bowl Sunday in late January. The first thing the new owners should do is make sure they have enough funds in the bank to cover their check. The second thing is change the team's name. | Urban Rhythms by Wiley Hall III
Here’s to the Winners: There is much to be said in favor of cheering for the underdog in sports. Much of it has already been said, in fact, and I’ve said some of it myself. | 8 Upper by Tom Scocca
Hang Ten: Since The Man only lets me crack wise on a biweekly basis, I missed out on all of last week’s top-10 year-in-review action. But ain’t nobody preventing me from whipping out my very own first-ever top-10 forecast for the future. | Mr. Wrong by Joe MacLeod
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ARTS
Zine Pool: Most science-fiction zines are waaay too geeky for my taste (even though I’m geek-leaning myself), but Planet X is an exception. by Melanie Scott
War Boots Built on Seeds: | Bones by George M. Bowen
Transmogrified: In Dave McKean’s Photos, Things Aren’t Always What They Seem | Art by Mike Giuliano
Brewster’s Dozens: Grimaldis Show Reflects Painter’s Productivity, Muscular Style | Art by Robert Schreur
Evening by Susan Minot
| Review by
Eileen Murphy
Another Africa by Robert Lyons, photographer, Chinua Achebe, essay and poems
| Review by
Miranda Walker
Cole Porter: A Biography by William McBrien
| Review by
Jack Purdy
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EAT
Roland Park Bakery and Deli
| Review by
J. Arthur Merritt
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