The feature package is a
and Natalie Davis' examination of
. Brennen Jensen's Mobtown Beat explores
The Nose outs
. Hank Baker's Campaign Beat profiles
, the Charm City Suicides bassist who interns for Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Towsend's gubernatorial campaign. Ballot Stuffing explains the
, second-guesses
, and reports on
.
shows how to look up bills Maryland legislators have introduced. Michael Anft's
looks at
The Baltimore Sun
's new publisher, Denise Palmer; discusses headline troubles involving William Jews; and examines WBAL Radio's free publicity for gubernatorial candidate Robert Ehrlich. Charles Cohen's Charmed Life helps Ben Prestbury remember his hard-working mom,
. Christopher Myers'
gets answers from Matthew Singer, Ed Armstrong, and Paul Rollins.
has letters from Travis DuCote, Janet Rivers, Andrew A. Buerger, and Darcy Massof. The columns are: Suz Redfearn's Germ Bag, on
; Joe MacLeod's Mr. Wrong, on
; Mink Stole's Think Mink, on
; and Wiley Hall III's Urban Rhythms, on
. Scocca & MacLeod's proto-blog,
, reads the comics so you don't have to. Mike Giuliano's
checks out gallery shows in Hampden. In The Arts: Mike Giuliano hits the streets with
and other Artscape youngsters; Bret McCabe takes the temperature of
; including
. Stage is John Barry, penning a fan's note about Mobtown Players' production of Michael Cookson's
, and Anna Ditkoff, finding the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival's production of Edmond Rostand's
a bit bi-polar. In Feedback, Bret McCabe goes to the
festival, and comes back properly awed. Michaelangelo Matos' Music talks with
about
Cookie
. In Film: Lee Gardner is dazzled by
; Eric Allen Hatch finds
too "slight"; and Ian Grey finds
an expensive failure. Michelle Gienow's Dish discovers good pho at
. In Cheap Eats, Michelle Gienow says
is the best kind of throwback.
