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Hot Topic: City Paper’s 2005 Sizzlin’ Summer Guide | Introduction
Not So Bad Boys: Riding Along with the Inner Harbor’s Bicycle Cops | Feature by Gadi Dechter
Something in the Air: Ten Reasons To Hold Your Breath This Summer | Feature by Erin Sullivan
Naked Hunch: Searching for Assateague’s Clothing-Optional Beach | Feature by Rebecca Alvania
The Funnel Cake Effect: A Look Back at Festivals From Baltimore’s Past | Feature by Christina Royster-Hemby
Summer in the City: Seasons of Change Growing Up in Edmondson Villge | Feature by Laurence Bass
Unpasturized: Inside The Not-So-Simple Life of a Teenage Cowgirl | Feature by Jill Yesko
Calendar Introduction: Why does it all seem so sudden? The daylight until 9 p.m., the backyard jungle and shaving the legs every week, those long winter bangs suddenly waay too long. | Sizzlin Calendar
For What Ales Ya: City Paper’s Third Annual Search For the Coldest Beer in Baltimore | Feature
Recreation:
PLACES
Antietam National Battlefield, Route 65, Sharpsburg, (301) 432-5124, www.nps.gov/anti, $3. | Sizzlin Calendar
Festivals:
Baltimore Fests
Balticon the 39th: Maryland Regional Science Fiction Convention, 2 p.m. | Sizzlin Calendar
Sports:
EVENTS
Baltimore Sports and Social Club Softball, June 13, Patterson Park, Patterson High School, Holabird Park, (410) 464-5444, www.baltssc.com. | Sizzlin Calendar
Fourth of July:
Baltimore
Baltimore’s Fourth of July Celebration, noon-9:30 p.m. | Sizzlin Calendar
Music:
May 27
The Persuaders (Belvedere Square)
May 28
Alison Krauss and Union Station (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
Mario Frangoulis and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Meyerhoff Symphony Hall)
May 29
Part Harmony (Harborplace Amphitheatre)
The Ravonettes, Autolux, the Peels (Ottobar)
Sowebohemian Arts and Music Festival 2005 featuring 50-plus bands for free. | Sizzlin Calendar
Art and Culture: EVENTS
Afternoon Tea at Historic Oakland, fourth Thursday of every month, Historic Oakland Manor, 5430 Vantage Point Road, Columbia, (410) 730-4801, www.historic-oakland.com, $18.90. | Sizzlin Calendar
Theater:
Through June 19, Anna Christie, drama, Arena Stage, 1101 6th St. | Sizzlin Calendar
Food: EVENTS
Taste of D.C., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., May 28-30, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, (202) 789-7002, www.tasteofdc.org, free. | Sizzlin Calendar
Kids:
EVENTS
CyberCamps, University of Baltimore and University of Maryland campus locations, (888) 904-2267, www.cybercamps.com. | Sizzlin Calendar
Info:
Maryland
Baltimore City
African-American Cultural Tours, 10 E. | Sizzlin Calendar
Photofeature | Comics Feature
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A Good Start: I’ve asked my dad to stop, but he thinks he’s hilarious and says he’s just kidding and I’ve got no sense of humor. | Think Mink by Mink Stole
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