SPECIAL
Chick Lit 101: A Sex-Soaked, Candy-Colored, Indiscreet Romp Through the Hottest Gal Tales of the Season | Big Books Feature by Lizzie Skurnick
Don't Hate Me Because I'm Cute: Baltimore's Expert in Literary Girl Power Puts Her Finger on What's Wrong With Chick Lit | Big Books Feature by Hanne Blank
Chicks Dig It: Baltimore may never be mistaken for the hip, gritty, self-involved metropolis that is the New York of HBO's Sex in the City. | Big Books Intro
Sex and Charm City: From the Bull's-Eye of the Target Audience, a Young Professional Woman Sounds off About This Summer's Books for Young Professional Women | Big Books Feature by Wendy Ward
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NEWS
Shock Treatment: With morale at what seems to the Nose to be at an all-time low within the Baltimore City Police... | The Nose
Trashing Mark Twain: This is the season when it's all about the book. City Paper's Big Books issue is in your mitts... | The Nose
Empowerment Hour: Now that the city's primary race is over, the Nose, who took a temporary leave of absence to make... | The Nose
How's it Goin?: by Uli Loskot
The Mail | Mobtown Beat | Mobtown Beat
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COLUMNS
Think Different: In their 1967 book, Foundations of Social Psychology, Edward E. Jones and Harold B. | Political Animal by Brian Morton
Crystal Ball, Part II: Last week, Shirts & Skins busted out the trusty forceps and dissected your 2003 Baltimore Ravens. | Shirts and Skins by Eddie Matz
Birthday Head: Yeah! like 50 Cent says, "And you know we don't give a fuck/ It's not your birthday. | Mr. Wrong by Joe MacLeod
To Pac: The piercing eyes leaping out from the cover of the October 2003 issue of XXL magazine belong to... | Third Eye by Afefe Tyehimba
King of Evil: I'm forehead-deep in a situation in which I, in my wildest dreams, never imagined myself. | Think Mink by Mink Stole
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COMICS
Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake
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MUSIC
Reunited: Mary J. Blige Joins Up With Puffy Again For Love And Life, But This Time She's a Very Different Mary | Music by Felicia Pride
Strength in Numbers: Carla Bley and David Murray Turn to Big Bands to Tackle Big Ideas | Music by Geoffrey Himes
Mixed Bizness: In a night that included performances from officially hot local acts including the always dope Chin-Yer, some traditional Kurdish drum-play, powerful songs of protest and resistance by Koma Agir, and spoken word-play from Genevieve Grant and Olu Butterfly, it was Melene Younglao's night. | Feedback by Jason Torres
Country Life: Chicken-wire barriers to deflect flying beer bottles from performers were unnecessary Thursday as country-fried, Wisconsin-based folk singer Graham Lindsey and local outfit TV Hill graced the stage of the Talking Head. | Feedback by Ryan Boddy
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FILM
Cabin Fever
| Review by
Eric Allen Hatch
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
| Review by
Lee Gardner
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
| Review by
Richard Gorelick
Marci X
| Review by
Joe MacLeod
Matchstick Men
| Review by
Joe MacLeod
The Order
| Review by
Troy Hopper
Spartacus
| Review by
Andy Markowitz
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EAT
Pier 4 Kitchen and Bar
| Review by
Richard Gorelick
Valley View Farms
| Review by
Tim Hill
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