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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

NEWS

Strained Hospitality: Glitch in System Leaves Homeless Hungry | Mobtown Beat by Chris Landers

Crying Over Spilled Petroleum: Oil Spill Goes Virtually Unnoticed in South Baltimore | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.

Court Appointed Monitors: Councilman Reveals Results of Court-Monitoring Project | Quick and Dirty by Edward Ericson Jr.

Farewell to The Chief: bSAS Boss Leaves His Post | Quick and Dirty by Edward Ericson Jr.

The Mail | Murder Ink | Councilmania | Feature

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COLUMNS

The L Word: After WYPR sacked Marc Steiner from his public radio show recently, I noticed something interesting on the Baltimore Sun's comment board following the paper's story about the whole sorry tale. As Barbara Mikulski put it after soundly beating E.J. | Political Animal by Brian Morton

Reality TV: This week, the CW publicly revealed that it has, after an eight-year run, decided to unceremoniously cancel Girlfriends. | Social Studies by Vincent Williams

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COMICS

Dirt Farm: by Ben Claassen III

Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake

Super Amazing Adventures: by Chris Minetree

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ARTS

Fit to Prints: Small Bma Exhibit Spotlights How Art Once Circulated Through The Masses | Art by Kate Noonan

Raising Online Life: Esther Iverem and Seeingblack.Com Offer Something Different From The African-American Web Site Norm | Books by Felicia Pride

Mother Daughter Action: Two Very Different But Alike Women Verbally Spar in This Actress Showpiece | Stage by Geoffrey Himes

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MUSIC

Members of The Vibe: Kranky's Latest Albums Harvest Full Drone Crops | Music by Michael Byrne

Blood On The Wall: Liferz | Review by Michaelangelo Matos

Various Artists: Living Bridge | Review by Raymond Cummings

Various Artists: Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife Afro-Sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-6 | Review by Sam Hopkins

The Teenagers: Reality Check | Review by Michaelangelo Matos

JSoul: Love Soldier | Review by Bret McCabe

The Red Vines: Everyday Needles for Electromagnetic Lovers | Review by Michael Byrne

Vincent Black Shadow: More Deeper | Review by Michael Byrne

The Short List | Noise

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FILM

An Interview With 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Writer/Director Cristian Mungiu: Ever since 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the Palm d'Or at Cannes 2007, Romanian writer/director Cristian Mungiu and his movie have racked up numerous festival accolades, rankings on year-end best-of lists, and awards and nominations--not an Oscar nom, though--en route to being hailed as the latest entry in the so-called new wave of Romanian filmmaking. | Film by Bret McCabe

Scarlet Streets: A New Video Project Examines The Rough Lives of Young People in The Violent Neighborhoods of Baltimore and Rio | Film by Lee Gardner

There Will Be Judd: Let Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis Have The Oscars--One Writer/Director/Producer/Smirker Will Settle For Everything Else | Film by Lee Gardner, Violet Glaze, Bret McCabe, and Wendy Ward

Definitely, Maybe | Review by Jason Ferguson

Jumper | Review by Cole Haddon

Spellbound | Review by Joe MacLeod

Step Up 2 the Streets | Review by Al Shipley

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Review by Erin Sullivan

Kurt Cobain: About a Son | Review by Michael Byrne

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | Review by Martin L. Johnson

Charlie Bartlett | Review by R. Darryl Foxworth

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EAT

The Dutch Kitchen | Review by Michelle Gienow

Abacrombie Fine Foods and Accommodations | Review by Richard Gorelick

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