Baltimore City Paper

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

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NEWS

Blood, Sweat, and One Gear: Bike Messengers Are Nuts. Messengers Racing Each Other Is Something Else Entirely | Feature by Ron Cassie

Creative Differences: Artist-Owned Property Dispute Ends—With One Less Artist | Mobtown Beat by Van Smith

Sticks and Stones: “This is being portrayed as Greg [Kane] being tethered to his desk, surrounded by armed guards, with duct tape over his mouth, not being able to go on the WBAL radio station,” Sun editor Tim Franklin said July 21. | Media Circus by Gadi Dechter

Some Assembly Required: President George W. | The Nose

Bound for the Big House: Everette Parks, the would-be “general contractor” and sometime man-about-Reservoir Hill, has gone to prison for menacing developer Todd Wetzelberger and his wife, Erin, with a BB gun and threatening phone calls (“Witless Intimidation,” The Nose, June 1). Parks was convicted on six of eight criminal counts on July 6 and sentenced to five years, with all but five months suspended. | Quick and Dirty by Edward Ericson Jr.

Murder Ink | The Mail

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COLUMNS

Human Capital: In 2005, Even Shopping Is A Political Act. | Political Animal by Brian Morton

Sammy So-So: The Cubs even agreed to pay $15.5 million of Sosa’s contract not to play for them. | Benchwarmer by Gabriel Wardell

Lack of Interest: You think I got time to sit around and figure out about going bankrupt while I’m busy trying to earn a living out here? Huh? | Mr. Wrong by Joe MacLeod

Partisan Politics: Baltimore’s only daily has continued its petty campaign against Ehrlich while pumping up the gubernatorial prospects of Mayor Martin O’Malley | Right Field by Russ Smith

Introduce Yourself: When I introduce myself with, “Hello, I’m Frank Partyguest; I’m a writer,” all I often get back is, “Nice to meet you, I’m Jack,” | Think Mink by Mink Stole

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COMICS

Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake

Sheet Comics: by The Hussey Bros.

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ARTS

Circle of Friends: Nearly A Quarter Century Into Its Existence The Baltimore Playwrights Festival Fights For Recognition And To Transcend The Tightly Knit Community That Nurtured It | Stage by John Barry

Practice Shots: Reading Of Jeff Cohen’s Men Of Clay Revisits Tennis-Court Life On 1970 Druid Hill Park Courts | Stage by John Barry

Barely Illegal: Beautiful Losers Charts A Path From Street To Commodity | Art by Bret McCabe

The River, New Work, Ex Libris: Rethinking the Library: Group shows are an opportunity for dialogue between works of art. | Art by Violet LeVoit

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