SPECIAL
Reality Bites: You've probably noticed the trend over the past few years: The worse reality has gotten, the more we have turned back to reality for comfort. | Frenzy Intro
2004 Maryland Film Festival Schedule: Full Schedule of Films | Frenzy Schedule
Watch This . . .: Our Comprehensive Guide to the Films of the Maryland Film Festival 2004 | Frenzy Reviews
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NEWS
Doctors Behaving Badly: Public Citizen Report Says Maryland Needs to Crack Down on Physician Discipline | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.
Parental Guidance Suggested: Parents Organize to Improve the Quality of Education in the Baltimore City Public School System | Mobtown Beat by Walaika Haskins
Disconnected?: After News Reports Reveal Widespread Fraud by Users of IP Relay Systems for the Deaf, Companies Mull Changes to the System | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.
Covert Operations: In accordance with post-Sept. 11, 2001 , protocol, the commander in chief's points of arrival and departure, as well as his motorcade route, were kept secret. | The Nose
Voice Recognition: ...after a dozen years of enthusiastic, competitive, unpaid performances, vocal music at Hopkins has definitely evolved beyond fad status. | Charmed Life by Tom Chalkley
Fur Piece: Inside the Making of John Waters' A Dirty Shame | Feature by Mink Stole
The Mail
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COLUMNS
Missing: Twenty-five years ago this week I received a long, handwritten letter from the distraught mother of one of my closest friends. Mark had been missing... | Right Field by Russ Smith
Don't Give Up: He might still want to screw you, because a horny guy will screw just about anyone, but he's giving you fair warning that that's all it would be. | Think Mink by Mink Stole
Om: Efforts to snuggle closer to the Big Dawg seem more doable--not to mention, if heaven awaits, more worthwhile. | Third Eye by Afefe Tyehimba
These Honored Dead: when you realize that Sinclair reaches almost 25 percent of the country through its 62 TV stations in 39 markets, you can see how insidious this ham-handed attempt at bias actually is. | Political Animal by Brian Morton
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COMICS
Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake
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ARTS
Digitally Mastered: Artists in MICA's Digital Arts Master's Show Follow Their Visions Down to the Wire | Art by J. Bowers
Nowhereland: More Explorations of Terra Incognita at Area 405 | Art by Blake de Pastino
The Free World: Life on the Outside Chronicles One Woman's Struggle to Find Life After Prison | Books by Scott Carlson
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MUSIC
Standard Bearer: On American Song, Andy Bey Brings New Life to Classic Ballads of the 20th Century | Music by Bret McCabe
Leprechaun Catering
| Review by
Ian Nagoski
Animal Collective: Sung Tongs
| Review by
Marc Masters
Will Oldham: Seafarer's Music
| Review by
John Duffy
Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Sings Greatest Palace Music
| Review by
John Duffy
Dilated Peoples: Neighborhood Watch
| Review by
Craig Smith
The Short List
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FILM
Godsend
| Review by
Richard Gorelick
Envy
| Review by
Ian Grey
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
| Review by
Joe MacLeod
Imelda
| Review by
Eric Allen Hatch
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
| Review by
Bret McCabe
Sharp-Leadenhall: A Promise to Keep
| Review by
Brennen Jensen
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EAT
Montego Bay Grille
| Review by
Richard Gorelick
John Steven Ltd.
| Review by
Richard Gorelick
Friends
| Review by
Richard Gorelick
Snyder's Café and Deli
| Review by
Michelle Gienow
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