NEWS
Happy?: Baltimore's latest tourism campaign rekindles the city's ongoing branding issues | Feature by Martin L. Johnson
Snitched out: A Westport man's murder may have been retaliation for talking to the FBI | Mobtown Beat by Van Smith
Murder Ink | The Mail
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COLUMNS
Funny Business: It is during the slow summer months when political campaigns start looking for the narrative they plan on focusing on during the rock 'em sock 'em fall campaigns. | 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 Heartbreak Kid: Taboos are shattered in a complex and engaging production | Stage by Geoffrey Himes
A Liberalism Education: Howell Baum's exploration of Baltimore city school desegregation overlooks the local politics in its political posturing | Books by Edward Ericson Jr.
Strange Days Indeed: The 1970s: The Golden Age of Paranoia by Francis Wheen
| Review by
Raymond Cummings
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MUSIC
Divided Royalties: SoundExchange seeks out artists to give them money earned from digital transmissions | Music by Charles Cohen
By the Throat: Pianos Become the Teeth wrest screamo back from latter-day crapcore nonsense | Music by Michael Byrne
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth: Deluxe
| Review by
Lee Gardner
The Short List
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FILM
Rodrigo García: Interview with the director of Mother and Child | Film by Bret McCabe
New This Week
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EAT
Mi Viejo Pueblito
| Review by
Mary K. Zajac
Mouth Party Caramels
| Review by
Anna Ditkoff
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