NEWS
Heroes of the Revolution: Despite the headline, what follows is not a post-July 4 reflection. | Charmed Life by Tom Chalkley
Lots of Trouble: Firing of Baltimore Parking Authority director reveals another ethics breach in city government | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.
Wedding Suit: ACLU files against state, calling ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional | Mobtown Beat by Anna Ditkoff
Fact-Flouting Mission: At first glance, the Nose snored with boredom at the late-arriving June issue of the Maryland State Board of Elections’ Campaign Finance Newsletter, a four-page pub usually dedicated to dull topics about the mechanics of properly running a political campaign committee. | The Nose
Mortal Thoughts: Philosopher Alphonso Lingis Brings the Real World to the Ivory Tower | Feature by Stephen Janis
Telling Tales Out of School: School’s out for summer, but that doesn’t mean Maryland U.S. | Quick and Dirty by Erin Sullivan
The Mail | Murder Ink
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COLUMNS
Out of Comptrol: We all are left wondering if the administration is playing politics with terror, since it has done so with just about everything else. | Political Animal by Brian Morton
The Dumps: It just never occurred to me that I needed to make my own life—I thought I had one. | Think Mink by Mink Stole
O’Malley’s March: Silly, yes, but in the end Schaefer simply reinforced his image as a goofy old man. | Right Field by Russ Smith
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COMICS
Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake
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ARTS
Clear-Eyed: After Nearly 40 Years, Photographer Jack Eisenberg is Still Master of Charm City’s Social Landscape | Art by Blake de Pastino
Art at (and Around) Artscape: Artists in Baltimore Arts and Entertainment Districts. | Art
The Cast’s Spell: BSF Players Work Their Magic in The Tempest | Stage by Anna Ditkoff
Throne Builders: Paul Bogas’ Throne Builders, the latest entry in the Baltimore Playwrights Festival, was inspired by a Washington, D.C., visionary artist who spent 15 years in his garage in his off hours constructing a sculpture that eventually found its way into the Smithsonian. | Stage by John Barry
. . . And Everything Else At Artscape: 4-10 p.m. | Art
Rogue Warriors: Rolling Stone Journalist Evan Wright Brings Back a Brutally Candid View of the War—and the Soldiers—in Iraq | Books by Gadi Dechter
Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics by Donna Brazile
| Review by
Angie Drobnic Holan
The Fate of Family Farming: Variations on an American Idea by Ronald Jager
| Review by
Scott Carlson
Wakefield by Wakefield
| Review by
Emily Flake
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MUSIC
Kelly’s Blues: Despite Brilliant Songs, Aussie Singer/Songwriter Paul Kelly is a Long Way From Famous | Music by Geoffrey Himes
Nine-Inch Nancy Boys: Dillinger Escape Plan Escapes the Metal Underground—and its Limitations | Music by Patrick Kenndy
Music at Artscape: You know the score. | Music
Rachel Goswell: Waves Are Universal
| Review by
Catherine Lewis
PJ Harvey: Uh Huh Her
| Review by
Michael Alan Goldberg
The New Year: The End Is Near
| Review by
Raymond Cummings
Wilco: A Ghost Is Born
| Review by
Bret McCabe
The Short List
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FILM
Before Sunset
| Review by
Ian Grey
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
| Review by
Joe MacLeod
Broadway Danny Rose
| Review by
Eric Allen Hatch
De-Lovely
| Review by
Bret McCabe
The Warriors
| Review by
Lee Gardner
Sleepover
| Review by
Wendy Ward
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EAT
Cobbers Pub and Cafe
| Review by
Wendy Ward
Holy Frijoles!
| Review by
Richard Gorelick
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