Ten Years Ago in City Paper: Jan. 3, 2001

Jay Ulfelder's feature examines

. Mobtown Beat is Brennen Jensen, reporting on Action Theater's

. Charles Cohen's Charmed Life visits historians bent on proving

. The columns are: Suz Redfearn's Germ Bag, on

; Joe MacLeod's Mr. Wrong, on

; Wiley Hall III's Urban Rhythms, on

; Joab Jackson's Cyberpunk, on

; and Tom Scocca's 8 Upper, on

. In Books, Adrienne Martini reviews new work by speculative-fiction writers

. Art is Mike Giuliano, reviewing School 33 Art Center's

. James D. Dilts' No Cover spotlights Baltimore jazz drummer

. Television is

and

critiquing Ken Burns'

Jazz

. In Film: Adele Marley likes the pros and cons of

Traffic

; Lee Gardner wonders where

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

is going; and Heather Joslyn is fond of

A New Leaf

.