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Straight Outta Accra

Straight Outta Accra

Feature: West Africa looms large in Baltimore heroin-trafficking cases By Van Smith 5/23/2012
A Radical, Gentle Spirit

A Radical, Gentle Spirit

The Mail: Eric James aka JahHannibal Abba-Ra. 5/23/2012

Ethics By The Numbers

Static: 5/23/2012

Just Saying

Static: Baltimore magazine is having a contest to determine the cover of their next Best of Baltimore issue. One of the entries looks kinda familar. 5/23/2012
Vol. 36, No. 21

Vol. 36, No. 21

news: Cover Art 5/23/2012
Sexton Rape Trial Set

Sexton Rape Trial Set

Mobtown Beat: No longer incompetent, accused barkeep sent home By Edward Ericson Jr. 5/23/2012

Murder Ink

Murder Ink: Murders this Week: 4; Murders this Year: 77 By Anna Ditkoff 5/23/2012
Sizzlin’ Summer

Sizzlin’ Summer

Sizzlin’ Summer: City Paper’s homage to the season when it’s so hot and humid your legs to stick to the chair 5/16/2012
Vol. 36, No. 20

Vol. 36, No. 20

news: Cover Art 5/16/2012

Whose Money?

The Mail: Perhaps Mr. Curran needs a lesson on how the “real world” works. 5/16/2012

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Cleaning Up: Federal money is expanding drug treatment in Baltimore--and causing providers headaches.

Shadow Economy. Following the players in Baltimore's illegal economy.

Family Portraits. Portraits of Black Guerrilla Family members indicted in Maryland.



Feature Archives
Straight Outta Accra

Straight Outta Accra

Feature: West Africa looms large in Baltimore heroin-trafficking cases By Van Smith 5/23/2012
Sizzlin’ Summer

Sizzlin’ Summer

Sizzlin’ Summer: City Paper’s homage to the season when it’s so hot and humid your legs to stick to the chair 5/16/2012
Wall To Wall

Wall To Wall

Feature: Murals by street artists from around the world now occupy Station North By Andrea Appleton 5/9/2012
Lower Dens

Lower Dens

Feature: Baltimore’s latest indie-rock hopefuls made the most of their big break and it almost broke them By Brandon Weigel 4/25/2012
The Bike Issue

The Bike Issue

Feature: There was an interesting time in Baltimore where it seemed like city government was ahead of bicyclists in the city. Not in the sense of there being awesome smooth roads and tons of cycling improvements and polite drivers and understanding cops, but in the By Michael Byrne 4/18/2012
Opening Sprint

Opening Sprint

Feature: New local cycling advocacy group Bikemore comes off the starting line fighting By Michael Byrne 4/18/2012
Memento Mori

Memento Mori

Feature: By Michael Byrne 4/18/2012
How To Not Try This At Home: 12’ Clock Wheelie

How To Not Try This At Home: 12’ Clock Wheelie

Feature: Find a wide open area suitable for falling down a lot By Michael Byrne 4/18/2012
Breaking Away

Breaking Away

Feature: The Baltimore superhumans that manage to race bicycles while leading actual normal lives on the side By Bret McCabe 4/18/2012
Sneaker Freaks

Sneaker Freaks

Feature: A whole different kind of shoe fetish steps out at the Baltimore Sneaker Show By Edward Ericson Jr. 4/11/2012
Mom and Pop

Mom and Pop

Feature: Up and down (and up and down) with Baltimore County internet-porn pioneers Jen and Dave By Baynard Woods 4/4/2012
What Is an Alt-Weekly?

What Is an Alt-Weekly?

Feature: We’ve been trying to figure that out for 35 years By Lee Gardner 3/28/2012
Cover Story

Cover Story

Feature: Judging City Paper and life in Baltimore by 35 years’ worth of each By Lee Gardner 3/28/2012
Murder Mark

Murder Mark

Feature: The torchbearer for club music’s new generation is just getting started By Michael Byrne 3/21/2012
Keeping Secrets

Keeping Secrets

Feature: Two women say a Fells Point barkeep raped them for years. The judge sent him back to his bar By Edward Ericson Jr. 3/14/2012
Never Mind the Crab Cakes

Never Mind the Crab Cakes

Feature: Here’s the Cheese Fish and other seafood delicacies Baltimore really eats By Henry Hong 3/7/2012
Henry’s Coddies and Fried Fish

Henry’s Coddies and Fried Fish

Feature: Fry up your very own fresh coddies or fish at home By Henry Hong 3/7/2012
Fish Commonly Available for Frying

Fish Commonly Available for Frying

Feature: Catfish, Cod, Flounder, Trout, Perch, Hake, and more By Henry Hong 3/7/2012
Places To Catch Fish In Your Mouth

Places To Catch Fish In Your Mouth

Feature: Breezy Point Seafood, The Crab Pot, Jackpot Seafood, and many more By Henry Hong 3/7/2012
Seafood Glossary

Seafood Glossary

Feature: Your comprehensive study guide to Baltimore seafood By Henry Hong 3/7/2012
Eat Russia With Love

Eat Russia With Love

Feature: Pickles, dumpling, and other adventures in learning about the food of the other Motherland By Lee Gardner 3/7/2012
On The Bottle

On The Bottle

Feature: Baltimore’s antique bottle collectors covet the milk, ink, and beer of yesteryear By Andrea Appleton 2/29/2012
It’s Not Over

It’s Not Over

Feature: Marriage equality finally passed in Maryland. Now the real battle begins By Laura Laing 2/29/2012
<em>Seen & Heard: Maryland’s Civil Rights Era in Photographs and Oral Histories</em>

Seen & Heard: Maryland’s Civil Rights Era in Photographs and Oral Histories

Feature: An exhibition and panel discussion celebrate a gold mine of local civil rights history By Andrea Appleton 2/22/2012
Helena Hicks

Helena Hicks

Feature: A participant in the Read’s Drug Store sit-in talks about changing history on the spur of the moment By Andrea Appleton 2/22/2012
Out of Reach

Out of Reach

Feature: The Black Guerrilla Family gang aimed to show a way out of the criminal lifestyle—until its criminal activities brought it down By Van Smith 2/15/2012
Contributing Photographer: Ben Cricchi

Contributing Photographer: Ben Cricchi

Feature: An occasional showcase of recent work from City Paper freelancers 2/15/2012
Free Love

Free Love

Feature: Our annual reader valentines 2/8/2012
Vermin Supreme

Vermin Supreme

Feature: For 25 years, anarchist, “psy-ops clown,” and former Baltimore club promoter Vermin Supreme has occupied the narrowing gap between the candidates and the cops. By Edward Ericson Jr. 2/1/2012
Baltimore Guerrilla Suspension Crew

Baltimore Guerrilla Suspension Crew

Feature: A love story By Baynard Woods 1/25/2012
An Inside Look at Baltimore\

An Inside Look at Baltimore's Cash-For-Gold Business

Feature: It's a Gold Rush as the prices on gold skyrocket. By Baynard Woods 1/18/2012
Dennis Haney, The Wizard of Rosedale

Dennis Haney, The Wizard of Rosedale

Feature: One of the country’s most respected magicians quietly holds court in a Baltimore County industrial park. By Jim Meyer 1/11/2012
The Final Number

The Final Number

Feature: With the Iraq War over, we can stop adding up the casualties and start adding up the cost. By Lee Gardner 1/4/2012
Theadora Van Runkle

Theadora Van Runkle

Feature: To Die For By Andrea Appleton 12/28/2011
John McCarthy

John McCarthy

Feature: Brain in a Box By Laura Dattaro 12/28/2011
Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch

Feature: It Don’t Bother Me By Lee Gardner 12/28/2011
Sylvia Robinson

Sylvia Robinson

Feature: Yes, Y’All By Lee Gardner 12/28/2011
Michael S. Hart

Michael S. Hart

Feature: E-Reader By Edward Ericson Jr. 12/28/2011
Robert Ettinger

Robert Ettinger

Feature: Deep Freeze By Laura Dattaro 12/28/2011
Owsley Stanley

Owsley Stanley

Feature: Get Along, Kid Charlemagne By Edward Ericson Jr. 12/28/2011
Bernard Nathanson

Bernard Nathanson

Feature: Passion Player By Edward Ericson Jr. 12/28/2011
Tura Satana

Tura Satana

Feature: The Sharpest Claws By Lee Gardner 12/28/2011
People Who Died

People Who Died

Feature: Our annual homage to the late, little-known shapers of our world By Lee Gardner 12/28/2011
City Paper 2011 Top 10

City Paper 2011 Top 10

Feature: Art, Books, Film, Home Video, Intertubes, Music, Local Music, News, Stage, and Television 12/14/2011
Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson

Feature: The Baltimore-born director celebrates the 30th anniversary of Diner with a hometown screening—and a conversation about his career apart from Baltimoriana By Lee Gardner 12/7/2011
Barry Levinson Sleepers

Barry Levinson Sleepers

Feature: Some local film folks go to bat for their (non-Baltimore) Barry Levinson favorites 12/7/2011
MICA Students Create An On-the-Spot Portrait of Occupy Baltimore

MICA Students Create An On-the-Spot Portrait of Occupy Baltimore

Feature: A new MICA course called Visual Journalism requires students to take their drawing materials out into the city By Lee Gardner 11/16/2011
James O’Shea

James O’Shea

Feature: The former Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times editor talks about the “deal from hell,” Tribune Company’s bankruptcy, and journalism’s scramble for footing on the internet By Edward Ericson Jr. 11/9/2011
If This Is a General Election, Then These Are Endorsements

If This Is a General Election, Then These Are Endorsements

Feature: City Paper trots out its coverage of the various races. By Lee Gardner 11/2/2011
Republicans, Libertarians, and Greens aim to make Baltimore’s general election matter

Republicans, Libertarians, and Greens aim to make Baltimore’s general election matter

Feature: Only Democrats have served as mayor since 1967, and only Democrats have sat on City Council for nearly 70 years. By Van Smith 10/26/2011
Double Dagger Last Show

Double Dagger Last Show

Feature: Free DIY poster! Print and assemble! 10/19/2011
Occupy Baltimore makes up a movement as it goes along

Occupy Baltimore makes up a movement as it goes along

Feature: Calls for the end of corporate personhood, the repeal of the Patriot Act, and a laundry list of other causes animate the crowd. By Edward Ericson Jr. 10/12/2011
Ale Blazer

Ale Blazer

Feature: Hugh Sisson brought the brewpub to Baltimore. Then he really learned about the beer business By Jenn Ladd 10/5/2011
Best guess . . .

Best guess . . .

Feature: 2011 Best of Baltimore: Intro 9/21/2011
EXHAUSTED Photographs From the 2011 Baltimore Grand Prix

EXHAUSTED Photographs From the 2011 Baltimore Grand Prix

Feature: Photos by Sam Holden, Frank Klein, Michael Northrup, Rarah, and Josh Sisk By Joe Macloed 9/14/2011
Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

Feature: Bill Doyle believes that Saudi Arabia bankrolled the Sept. 11 attacks, and despite U.S. government opposition, he hopes to prove it By Jeff Gore 9/7/2011
Ten Years Ago

Ten Years Ago

Feature: Everyone remembers where they were. We asked readers and contributors to share their stories 9/7/2011

Vote on Sept. 13

Feature: Primary election endorsements By Lee Gardner 9/7/2011
Front-Running

Front-Running

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has the office and the cash, but lacks her rivals’ ambitious plans for change By Edward Ericson Jr. 8/31/2011
The Baltimore Grand Prix promises civic riches

The Baltimore Grand Prix promises civic riches

Feature: . . . but who are these guys, anyway? By Edward Ericson Jr. 8/17/2011
Dateline: Online

Dateline: Online

Feature: A guide to Baltimore’s online news ecology By Michael Byrne 8/3/2011
Seeing Stars

Seeing Stars

Feature: NASA manned space flight may be grounded, but Maryland space science is preparing for lift off By Laura Dattaro 7/20/2011
Barking Mad

Barking Mad

Feature: A group of former volunteers says the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter has gone to the dogs By Andrea Appleton 6/29/2011
Bocce Brawl

Bocce Brawl

Feature: A Little Italy bocce feud winds up in court By Van Smith 6/22/2011
Transgender Gap

Transgender Gap

Feature: Anti-discrimination bill threatens transgender, LGBT alliances By Andrea Appleton 6/15/2011
Hardly Working

Hardly Working

Feature: America’s disability-benefits system is exploding, complicated, ripe for exploitation, almost broke, and all some people have By Edward Ericson Jr. 6/1/2011

Saint or Sinner?

Feature: William Donald Schaefer’s unexamined legacy in Baltimore and beyond By Edward Ericson Jr. 5/11/2011
Prison Prose

Prison Prose

Feature: A lifer explains his life By Michael Corbin 4/27/2011
Lifer Lessons

Lifer Lessons

Feature: Marshall “Eddie” Conway talks about prison life By Van Smith 4/27/2011
No Excuse

No Excuse

Feature: Cop killer’s treatise doesn’t add up By Edward Ericson Jr. 4/27/2011
Growing Pains

Growing Pains

Feature: Baltimore makes slow progress as a cycling town By Michael Byrne 4/20/2011
Two Wheels Good?

Two Wheels Good?

Feature: The case for —and against—bike share in Baltimore By Michael Byrne 4/20/2011
Returning Champion

Returning Champion

Feature: “Gravity goddess” Marla Streb is pulled back to Baltimore By Van Smith 4/20/2011

Where the Bike Lanes End

Feature: A Baltimore field guide By Michael Byrne 4/20/2011
Let Us Count The Ways

Let Us Count The Ways

Feature: Nine reasons the rich get richer thanks to U.S. tax policy By David Cay Johnston 4/13/2011
Points of View

Points of View

Art: Sixty-six artists, 243 photos, and the innumerable stories suggested by the Baltimore Museum of Art’s Seeing Now: Photography Since 1960 By Bret McCabe 4/6/2011
Homes of Contention

Homes of Contention

Feature: So where do the city’s elected officials live, again? By Edward Ericson Jr. and Van Smith 3/30/2011
According to Plan

According to Plan

Feature: If Otis Rolley’s bright ideas are enough to get him elected mayor, are they enough to fix the city? By Edward Ericson Jr. 3/16/2011
Moveable Feasts

Moveable Feasts

Feature: Food trucks roll out in Baltimore By Andrea Appleton 3/2/2011
Corner Cartel

Corner Cartel

Feature: A federal trial shows how Mexican cartel drugs get to Baltimore street corners By Van Smith 2/23/2011
Right to Life

Right to Life

Feature: Twenty years on, Maryland death-metal veteran Dying Fetus is still in it to win it By Lee Gardner 2/16/2011

Free Love

Feature: Our annual reader valentines 2/9/2011
Ms. HON-derstood?

Ms. HON-derstood?

Feature: Denise Whiting has a PR problem. Here's why By Edward Ericson Jr. 2/2/2011
Pressed for Time

Pressed for Time

Feature: Baltimore's Globe Poster Company holds decades of music and printing history--and it's on the verge of being lost By Lee Gardner 1/26/2011
Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal

Feature: The Eyes Have It By Lee Gardner 12/29/2010
Jill Johnston

Jill Johnston

Feature: In Her Own Write By Bret McCabe 12/29/2010
Van Snowden

Van Snowden

Feature: Puppetmaster By Lee Gardner 12/29/2010
Benoit Mandelbrot

Benoit Mandelbrot

Feature: Mind-Blowing Sets By Michael Byrne 12/29/2010
Marion Brown

Marion Brown

Feature: The Beautiful One By Bret McCabe 12/29/2010
S. Neil Fujita

S. Neil Fujita

Feature: By the Cover By Lee Gardner 12/29/2010
Ingrid Pitt

Ingrid Pitt

Feature: Vamp By Andrea Appleton 12/29/2010
Rammellzee

Rammellzee

Feature: The Future By Bret McCabe 12/29/2010
People Who Died

People Who Died

Feature: Our annual salute to the undersung lives we lost 12/29/2010
<em>Andy Warhol: The Last Decade</em>

Andy Warhol: The Last Decade

Feature: Searching for the hidden depths in the deeply superficial By Bret McCabe 12/22/2010
Do You Know This Man?

Do You Know This Man?

Feature: Gregg Bernstein will soon be Baltimore's state's attorney. Get to know him By Van Smith 12/15/2010
Union Busted

Union Busted

Feature: Ex-cons, and some current ones, find a home in troubled Local 333 of the International Longshoremen's Association By Van Smith 11/24/2010
Waiting for the Plan

Waiting for the Plan

Feature: As more money flows into drug treatment centers and the number of addicts rises, Baltimore can't determine which programs actually work By Edward Ericson Jr. 11/10/2010
General Election Endorsements

General Election Endorsements

Feature: Yes, we must, and so must you By Lee Gardner 10/27/2010
The Pie Slicers

The Pie Slicers

Feature: As Ehrlich and O’Malley run for office again, here’s a look at which state budget pie slices grew and shrank the most By Edward Ericson Jr. and Van Smith 10/20/2010
The Bolesta Letter

The Bolesta Letter

Feature: Before passing away on Aug. 19, former Baltimore Police Col. Joseph Robert "Bob" Bolesta Jr. wrote a letter addressing some of the arguments Hal Riedl explored in an early draft of his story on repeat offender Will Featherstone By City Paper 10/12/2010
Freeing Willie

Freeing Willie

Feature: Willie Featherstone is a sexual predator, but he keeps getting out of prison. A former law clerk and corrections employee wonders why By Hal Riedl 10/13/2010
Welcome to the Machine

Welcome to the Machine

Feature: City Paper sent Mr. Wrong and $100 to Maryland's first casino--only Mr. Wrong came back By Joe MacLeod 10/6/2010
"We Are Not In the Housing Business"

"We Are Not In the Housing Business"

Feature: Baltimore's recovering addicts need a clean, affordable, safe place to live. Somebody's making money on it--but don't ask who, or how By Edward Ericson Jr. 9/29/2010
Pick a Winner

Pick a Winner

Feature: City Paper's endorsements for the 2010 primary election By Lee Gardner and Bret McCabe 9/8/2010
A Fan\

A Fan's Film

Feature: Baltimore's Michael Dougherty writes and directs a movie inspired by Joss Whedon's Serenity By Kurt Anthony Krug 9/1/2010
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

Campaign Beat: Most Incumbents Are Sitting Predictably Pretty in Baltimore’s Legislative District Races By Van Smith 8/18/2010
Nowhere to Go

Nowhere to Go

Feature: Baltimore's homeless youth make do in a city that doesn't know they're there By Andrea Appleton 8/11/2010

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