NEWS

Hopping Westward: Long before this curious age of low-carb brews (why bother?) and plastic beer bottles (make cans seem classy), Baltimore had a booming brewing industry. | Charmed Life by Brennen Jensen

The Corrections: Inmates at the Baltimore Detention Center Want Out--But Until Then They'd Like Medical Care, Decent Food, and Humane Treatment | Feature by Erin Sullivan

The Mail

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COLUMNS

Sophistry: Perhaps it's not so much an Orwellian era we live in today, but one that's more Lewis Carroll-esque. | Political Animal by Brian Morton

Here's Looking at You: ...I've gradually discovered that my heart's got issues when it comes to whatever place I call home. | Third Eye by Afefe Tyehimba

Short Cut: ...he cannot seem to let go of this need for short hair. | Think Mink by Mink Stole

Speaking in Tongues: It's one thing for Comptroller William Donald Schaefer, now a dotty 82 and apparently content to play the state jester role that the late Hyman Pressman once so ably fulfilled... | Right Field by Russ Smith

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COMICS

Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake

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ARTS

Murky Reflections: Are Mark Mothersbaugh's Doctored Photographs Cunning Manipulations or Just Visual Parlor Tricks? | Art by Bret McCabe

Ruth Pettus: Once . . .: The latest paintings by Ruth Pettus approach a lovely oblivion. | Art by Blake de Pastino

Handing Down the Verdict: In His Baltimore Playwriting Debut, 23-Year-Old R. Eric Thomas Sets Out to Explore What Effects Brown v. Board of Education Has Passed Down to his Generation | Stage by Waris Banks

Gang of New York: With a Huge Cast and Ambitious Script, FPCT Captures a Poignant Street Scene | Stage by John Barry

Count Down: Six Kids Vie for Glory at the World's Toughest Math Competition by Steve Olson | Review by Angie Drobnic Holan

The Blue Bowl by George Minot | Review by Nicole Leistikow

¡Caramba! by Nina Marie Martinez | Review by Emily Flake

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MUSIC

Thin Blue Line: Born From Both Country and Gospel, Between Bluegrass and R&B, the Piedmont Blues of Maryland's Warner Williams and Jay Summerour Finds a Home on Blues Highway | Music by Sam Hopkins

COMP | Review by Jaye Hunnie

Austin Stahl | Review by Bret McCabe

The Short List

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FILM

The Battle of Algiers | Review by Jack Purdy

The Agronomist | Review by Blake de Pastino

Breakin' All the Rules | Review by Joe MacLeod

Super Size Me | Review by Eric Allen Hatch

Beware of a Holy Whore | Review by Bret McCabe

Shrek 2 | Review by Violet LeVoit

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EAT

Pho Nam | Review by Michelle Gienow

Paul Chen Hong Kong Restaurant | Review by Richard Gorelick

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