NEWS

What the World Needs Now...: City Paper's Second-Annual Reader Valentines | Feature

Illegalize It?: Scientists Oppose Legislation That Potentially Disrupts Medical Research | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.

What the World Needs Now...Part 2: City Paper's Second-Annual Reader Valentines | Feature

What the World Needs Now...Part 3: City Paper's Second-Annual Reader Valentines | Feature

Murder Ink | The Mail | Mobtown Beat

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COLUMNS

Standing Athwart Progress: Barack Obama, in a spirit of bipartisanship, reached across the aisle and extended a hand. | Political Animal by Brian Morton

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COMICS

Dirt Farm: by Ben Claassen III

Important Comics: by Dina Kelberman

Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake

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ARTS

Mystery! Science! Theater!: Exhibition Embraces Laure Drogoul's Multifaceted Creative Labors | Art by Bret McCabe

Quick Sketches: RAW ART SALE A great way to support young artists and get something for the home or office, the Maryland Institute College of Art's spring Raw Art Sale happens this Sunday, Feb.

Pedantic Triangle: Resentment-Fest Forgets to Supply a Reason to Care | Stage by Geoffrey Himes

Curtain Time: THE RETURN OF THEATER THAT'S ANYTHING BUT? Run of the Mill Theater managing director David Mitchell wowed us with his fall 2007 production of Frederico García Lorca's Blood Wedding, but his fall 2008 production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot felt a little tentative.

The Unpossessed City: A Novel by Jon Fasman | Review by G. Brian Davis

Holding Pattern: Stories by Jeffery Renard Allen | Review by Raymond Cummings

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MUSIC

Leaves of Gress: Towson Jazz Alumnus Returns to Teach and Perform At His Alma Mater | Music by Geoffrey Himes

The Human Factory: Lusine Moves From Glitch Pop to Ambient Ephemera and Back Again | Music by Michael Byrne

The Art Department | Review by Al Shipley

The Hunches: The Hunches

The Short List

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FILM

The International | Review by Bret McCabe

Vivre Sa Vie | Review by Bret McCabe

Paradise Lost: The Collector's Edition | Review by Lee Gardner

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EAT

Baba's Mediterranean Kitchen | Review by Mary K. Zajac

Catoctin Popcorn Company | Review by Bret McCabe

Pickles Pub | Review by Michael Byrne

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