Waris Banks' feature looks at efforts to recruit a
to challenge Baltimore mayor Martin O'Malley. In Mobtown Beat, Anna Ditkoff examines nightlife ripples caused by the Baltimore Police Department's new
and Jamil Roberts covers a grand-jury report that recommends
. The Nose sneezes on a byline strike over
at the
Baltimore Sun
. In Campaign Beat, Van Smith reports on a
. Ballot Stuffing shows how easy it is for
to run for city office in the upcoming Baltimore elections. Charles Cohen's Charmed Life eats well with
at Carolyn's Café. Uli Loskot's
gets answers from Nikki Berri Hiza, Simone Christian, and Joe Savage.
has letters from Jon Swift, A. Robert Kaufman, and Megan Wolff. The columns are: Brian Morton's Political Animal, on
; Eddie Matz' Shirts and Skins, on
; Afefe Tyehimba's Third Eye, on
; and Mink Stole's Think Mink, on
. Scocca & MacLeod's proto-blog,
, reads the comics so you don't have to. Emily Flake's
tries on novelty underwear. In Imprints: Tom Siebert gets satisfyingly chatted at by Danny Goldberg's
; John Barry bemoans how relevant Tom Robbins has become with
; and Frank Diller champions Mark Lee's awareness-raising in
. Art is Blake de Pastino, taking in young art at the Maryland Art Place exhibit,
. In Stage, Josephine Yun extols Vagabond Players' production of Carol Weinberg's
Flo Brown. In No Cover, David Carlton senses punk innovation in Whale Rider
, but says cynics should stay home; Bret McCabe says
will neither offend nor please anyone; Lee Gardner finds "an instant white-knuckle horror classic" in
; Richard Gorelick calls
so "flaccid" it hurts; and
has only two problems. Richard Gorelick's Omnivore finds
to be as acceptable as one would expect of a White Marsh eatery. In Cheap Eats, Tim Hill touts the pitas and stuffed pies at
.
