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Nicole Leistikow's feature explores what
means for Baltimore. In Campaign Beat: Afefe Tyehimba covers
; Van Smith looks at campaign cash in
; and Erin Sullivan reports how the Eastside Democratic Organization is central to
. Tom Chalkley's Charmed Life explains how
came to be, on the shores of Frog Mortar Creek in Bowley's Quarters.
has letters from Logan Hicks and Gerald Shargel. The columns are: Sandy Asirvatham's Underwhelmed, 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. Art is Mike Giuliano, on the latest exhibits at
. John Barry, in Stage, gives high marks to Arena Players' production of Kermit Frazier's
. Music is: Bret McCabe, comparing the local quartet
to They Might Be Giants, Half Japanese, and Devo; and Michaelangelo Matos, raising a din about
- with a tip of the hat to Mobtown "drum monster" Rob Oswald, who sat in for Dave Grohl at a recent show. In Film: Eric Allen Hatch gets excited about
and says
is Ingmar Bergman's greatest rom-com; Luisa F. Ribeiro finds
pretty and unfulfilling; Richard Gorelick takes a massive pee on
; and Joe MacLeod stays awake for the 90 rounds of prison fights in
. Michelle Gienow's Dish is serious about how good the crabs are at
. In Cheap Eats, Tim Hill finds the Italian-deli fare at
to be "right on."