The feature package is
in the 2002 Maryland primary elections for
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
, and
. In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen reports on a Butchers Hill movement to take control of
. The Nose pounces on
tours
, and reports that nearby construction is damaging
. In Campaign Beat, Van Smith reports on the feisty race for
. Charles Cohen's Charmed Life muses on the
. Christopher Myers'
gets answers from Francisco Tobio, Mich'l Kirby, and Rebekah "Mr. Quackers" Robinson. Michael Anft's Media Circus gauges the ethics of
Sun
scribe
.
has letters from G. Stuart Lacher, Nancy Williamson, and Dana Maier. 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. In Imprints: Michael Anft pillories Martin Amis' handling of Josef Stalin's legacy in
; Mahinder Kingra praises Darren Williams' novel,
; and Frank Diller likes Nancy Zafris' novel,
, despite its handful of flaws. Art is Bret McCabe, articulating the Baltimore Museum of Art's curatorial chops in its
show, and Mike Giuliano, on the annual faculty show at
. Ben Yaster's Feedback hip-hops with
at Ottobar. In Music, Mikael Wood explains how
is not selling out. Film is: Adele Marley, wishing Robert DeNiro was above
, and Eric Allen Hatch, crowning
.