NEWS
Councilmania: Keeping tabs on the City Council's activities so you don't have to by Edward Ericson Jr.
Peddling Faster: City Paper's second annual Bike Issue | Feature by Michael Byrne
3 Feet Wide and Rising: Baltimore's future as a cycling city depends on advocacy from its cyclists | Feature by Michael Byrne
The Craft: Talking shop with handmade bike builder Chris Bishop | Feature by Bret McCabe
The Most Hooked-Up Bike For Getting Around the City Ever:
No disrespect to our city intended, but Baltimore is a special place for bicyclists, a wonderland of broken bottles, rock-throwing kids, serial bike thieves, bike-rack no man's lands, iffy blocks, pissy distracted drivers, and probably a bunch of sinister stuff we haven't personally experienced yet. | Feature by Michael Byrne
Flying Blind: Matt Gilman does things on his bike that most sighted riders can only imagine | Feature by Michael Byrne
Inside Kin: A 20-year-old murder case sheds light on Tillman family history | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.
Councilmania | Murder Ink | The Mail
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COLUMNS
Cheating: Historically, professional card cheats have never called their actions "cheating." The preferred term, an Orwellian euphemism designed to allow the users to absolve themselves of guilt, is "advantage play." In that they are taking advantage, usually unfairly, of a competitor.
This kind of mindset usually comes out of the "winning isn't everything, it's the only thing" mentality. | 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
The Piano Lesson: August Wilson's play isn't totally harmonious. | Stage by Hsia-Ting Chang
Waiting for Ma: Boredom proves revealing in this August Wilson play | Stage by Geoffrey Himes
I Guess That's Why They Call It Kind of Blue: A new book examines the ins and outs of Miles Davis' enduring monument | Books by Michaelangelo Matos
Quick Sketches
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MUSIC
The Whole Ten Years: The Oranges Band remembers its first decade | Music by Joe Tropea
XX in The Bass Bin: South London's newest stars flesh out the lowest register | Music by Nate Oak
Ensemble Klang: Oscar Bettison: O Death
| Review by
Lee Gardner
The Short List
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EAT
Miguel's Cocina y Cantina
| Review by
Mary K. Zajac
Tabor Ethiopian Restaurant
| Review by
Bret McCabe
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