Feature:
West Africa looms large in Baltimore heroin-trafficking cases
By Van Smith
5/23/2012
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
Feature:
Murals by street artists from around the world now occupy Station North
By Andrea Appleton
5/9/2012
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Baltimore’s latest indie-rock hopefuls made the most of their big break and it almost broke them
By Brandon Weigel
4/25/2012
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
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New local cycling advocacy group Bikemore comes off the starting line fighting
By Michael Byrne
4/18/2012
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By Michael Byrne
4/18/2012
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Find a wide open area suitable for falling down a lot
By Michael Byrne
4/18/2012
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The Baltimore superhumans that manage to race bicycles while leading actual normal lives on the side
By Bret McCabe
4/18/2012
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A whole different kind of shoe fetish steps out at the Baltimore Sneaker Show
By Edward Ericson Jr.
4/11/2012
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Up and down (and up and down) with Baltimore County internet-porn pioneers Jen and Dave
By Baynard Woods
4/4/2012
Feature:
We’ve been trying to figure that out for 35 years
By Lee Gardner
3/28/2012
Feature:
Judging City Paper and life in Baltimore by 35 years’ worth of each
By Lee Gardner
3/28/2012
Feature:
The torchbearer for club music’s new generation is just getting started
By Michael Byrne
3/21/2012
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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
Feature:
Here’s the Cheese Fish and other seafood delicacies Baltimore really eats
By Henry Hong
3/7/2012
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Fry up your very own fresh coddies or fish at home
By Henry Hong
3/7/2012
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Catfish, Cod, Flounder, Trout, Perch, Hake, and more
By Henry Hong
3/7/2012
Feature:
Breezy Point Seafood, The Crab Pot, Jackpot Seafood, and many more
By Henry Hong
3/7/2012
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Your comprehensive study guide to Baltimore seafood
By Henry Hong
3/7/2012
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Pickles, dumpling, and other adventures in learning about the food of the other Motherland
By Lee Gardner
3/7/2012
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Baltimore’s antique bottle collectors covet the milk, ink, and beer of yesteryear
By Andrea Appleton
2/29/2012
Feature:
Marriage equality finally passed in Maryland. Now the real battle begins
By Laura Laing
2/29/2012
Feature:
An exhibition and panel discussion celebrate a gold mine of local civil rights history
By Andrea Appleton
2/22/2012
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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
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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
Feature:
An occasional showcase of recent work from City Paper freelancers
2/15/2012
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Our annual reader valentines
2/8/2012
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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
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A love story
By Baynard Woods
1/25/2012
Feature:
It's a Gold Rush as the prices on gold skyrocket.
By Baynard Woods
1/18/2012
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One of the country’s most respected magicians quietly holds court in a Baltimore County industrial park.
By Jim Meyer
1/11/2012
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
Feature:
To Die For
By Andrea Appleton
12/28/2011
Feature:
Brain in a Box
By Laura Dattaro
12/28/2011
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It Don’t Bother Me
By Lee Gardner
12/28/2011
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Yes, Y’All
By Lee Gardner
12/28/2011
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E-Reader
By Edward Ericson Jr.
12/28/2011
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Deep Freeze
By Laura Dattaro
12/28/2011
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Get Along, Kid Charlemagne
By Edward Ericson Jr.
12/28/2011
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Passion Player
By Edward Ericson Jr.
12/28/2011
Feature:
The Sharpest Claws
By Lee Gardner
12/28/2011
Feature:
Our annual homage to the late, little-known shapers of our world
By Lee Gardner
12/28/2011
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Art, Books, Film, Home Video, Intertubes, Music, Local Music, News, Stage, and Television
12/14/2011
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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
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Some local film folks go to bat for their (non-Baltimore) Barry Levinson favorites
12/7/2011
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A new MICA course called Visual Journalism requires students to take their drawing materials out into the city
By Lee Gardner
11/16/2011
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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
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City Paper trots out its coverage of the various races.
By Lee Gardner
11/2/2011
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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
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Free DIY poster! Print and assemble!
10/19/2011
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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
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Hugh Sisson brought the brewpub to Baltimore. Then he really learned about the beer business
By Jenn Ladd
10/5/2011
Feature:
2011 Best of Baltimore: Intro
9/21/2011
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Photos by Sam Holden, Frank Klein, Michael Northrup, Rarah, and Josh Sisk
By Joe Macloed
9/14/2011
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
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Everyone remembers where they were. We asked readers and contributors to share their stories
9/7/2011
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Primary election endorsements
By Lee Gardner
9/7/2011
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
Feature:
. . . but who are these guys, anyway?
By Edward Ericson Jr.
8/17/2011
Feature:
A guide to Baltimore’s online news ecology
By Michael Byrne
8/3/2011
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NASA manned space flight may be grounded, but Maryland space science is preparing for lift off
By Laura Dattaro
7/20/2011
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A group of former volunteers says the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter has gone to the dogs
By Andrea Appleton
6/29/2011
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A Little Italy bocce feud winds up in court
By Van Smith
6/22/2011
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Anti-discrimination bill threatens transgender, LGBT alliances
By Andrea Appleton
6/15/2011
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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
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William Donald Schaefer’s unexamined legacy in Baltimore and beyond
By Edward Ericson Jr.
5/11/2011
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A lifer explains his life
By Michael Corbin
4/27/2011
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Marshall “Eddie” Conway talks about prison life
By Van Smith
4/27/2011
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Cop killer’s treatise doesn’t add up
By Edward Ericson Jr.
4/27/2011
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Baltimore makes slow progress as a cycling town
By Michael Byrne
4/20/2011
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The case for —and against—bike share in Baltimore
By Michael Byrne
4/20/2011
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“Gravity goddess” Marla Streb is pulled back to Baltimore
By Van Smith
4/20/2011
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A Baltimore field guide
By Michael Byrne
4/20/2011
Feature:
Nine reasons the rich get richer thanks to U.S. tax policy
By David Cay Johnston
4/13/2011
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
Feature:
So where do the city’s elected officials live, again?
By Edward Ericson Jr. and Van Smith
3/30/2011
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
Feature:
Food trucks roll out in Baltimore
By Andrea Appleton
3/2/2011
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A federal trial shows how Mexican cartel drugs get to Baltimore street corners
By Van Smith
2/23/2011
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Twenty years on, Maryland death-metal veteran Dying Fetus is still in it to win it
By Lee Gardner
2/16/2011
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Our annual reader valentines
2/9/2011
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Denise Whiting has a PR problem. Here's why
By Edward Ericson Jr.
2/2/2011
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
Feature:
The Eyes Have It
By Lee Gardner
12/29/2010
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In Her Own Write
By Bret McCabe
12/29/2010
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Puppetmaster
By Lee Gardner
12/29/2010
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Mind-Blowing Sets
By Michael Byrne
12/29/2010
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The Beautiful One
By Bret McCabe
12/29/2010
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By the Cover
By Lee Gardner
12/29/2010
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Vamp
By Andrea Appleton
12/29/2010
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The Future
By Bret McCabe
12/29/2010
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Our annual salute to the undersung lives we lost
12/29/2010
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Searching for the hidden depths in the deeply superficial
By Bret McCabe
12/22/2010
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Gregg Bernstein will soon be Baltimore's state's attorney. Get to know him
By Van Smith
12/15/2010
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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
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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
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Yes, we must, and so must you
By Lee Gardner
10/27/2010
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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
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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
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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
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City Paper sent Mr. Wrong and $100 to Maryland's first casino--only Mr. Wrong came back
By Joe MacLeod
10/6/2010
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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
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City Paper's endorsements for the 2010 primary election
By Lee Gardner and Bret McCabe
9/8/2010
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Baltimore's Michael Dougherty writes and directs a movie inspired by Joss Whedon's Serenity
By Kurt Anthony Krug
9/1/2010
Campaign Beat:
Most Incumbents Are Sitting Predictably Pretty in Baltimore’s Legislative District Races
By Van Smith
8/18/2010
Feature:
Baltimore's homeless youth make do in a city that doesn't know they're there
By Andrea Appleton
8/11/2010
Stories published before Aug. 10, 2010