NEWS

Vegetable or Mineral?: Straight downhill from my house, a small stream emerges from a storm drain and trickles about a... | Charmed Life by Tom Chalkley

School Gays: The Maryland Anti-Discrimination Act of 2001 notwithstanding, it's not safe to be a queer student... | The Nose

Wonder Woman: The Life, Death, and Life After Death of Henrietta Lacks, Unwitting Heroine of Modern Medical Science | Feature by Van Smith

The Mail | Mobtown Beat

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COLUMNS

Girl Talk: Someone asked me the other day if I was offended by the use of the term "chick" to refer to women. | Underwhelmed by Sandy Asirvatham

Paid in Full: Last April, the American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island unveiled a data bank... | Urban Rhythms by Wiley Hall III

Red, White, and True: Triumph never gets old. It's April 11, 10 days after the Maryland Terrapins' victory in the NCAA men's basketball final, and City Hall Plaza is... | 8 Upper by Tom Scocca

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COMICS

And th' COMICS Were Printed so HUGE!!: April 8-14 | Funny Paper by Scocca & MacLeod

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ARTS

Flesh and Machines: How Robots will Change Us by Rodney Allen Brooks | Review by Joab Jackson

Robot Building for Beginners by David Cook | Review by Joab Jackson

Build Your Own Combat Robot by Pete Miles and Tom Carroll | Review by Joab Jackson

A Century of Noir: Thirty-Two Classic Crime Stories by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane, editors | Review by Rupert Wondolowski

What Happened to Johnnie Jordan?: The Story of a Child Turning Violent by Jennifer Toth | Review by Frank Diller

The Scarlet Professor--Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal by Barry Werth | Review by Heather Joslyn

Wild Ginger by Anchee Min | Review by Susan Muaddi Darraj

Art | Stage

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MUSIC

Bass-ment Tapes: Three New CDs Turn Lo-fi's Snap and Crackle into Jiggy Indie Pop | Music by Michaelangelo Matos

B Rich | Review by Bret McCabe

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FILM

Phase IV | Review by Ian Grey

Changing Lanes | Review by Adele Marley

Murder By Numbers | Review by Eric Allen Hatch

The Son's Room | Review by Adele Marley

The Sweetest Thing | Review by Ian Grey

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EAT

Purim Oak | Review by Michelle Gienow

Caribbean Kitchen | Review by Tom Scocca

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