NEWS

Collateral Catch: Investigation into indicted bailbondsman snared other members of troubled waterfront union | Mobtown Beat by Van Smith

Run-on Sentence: Robert Long's killer gets life in prison | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.

The New Now: Contemporary composition in Baltimore goes DIY and leaves the concert hall behind | Feature by Lee Gardner

Councilmania | Murder Ink | The Mail

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COLUMNS

218 + 60 + 1: Despite all the flaws in the health-care bill signed by President Obama last week, its passage is still a positive development for both liberals and conservatives for quite a number of reasons. Granted, it's not single-payer. | 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

And Your Mother, Too: A play delves into mother/daughter relationships | Stage by Geoffrey Himes

A Dark Night: Technical weak spots only thing tripping up this Shakespeare comedy | Stage by Bret McCabe

"An Ounce of Blues", "Karkovice": Two short plays offer very different slices of life | Stage by Phyllis Zhu

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MUSIC

Sonic Reducers: Christopher Berry and Sean Gray put out the music they like with Fan Death Records and the DNA Test Fest | Music by Michael Byrne

Pfisters: Narcicity | Review by Michael Byrne

Megan Livingston: Black Beckee | Review by Bret McCabe

The Short List

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FILM

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo | Review by Bret McCabe

Séraphine | Review by Andrea Appleton

New This Week

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EAT

Air of the Dog: Will adding oxygen to alcohol keep you from getting hung over? | Eat Me by Henry Hong

SubWorks | Review by Tim Hill

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