Lee Gardner’s feature examines the new documentary boom.
In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen hits the stands to watch Baltimore’s female football team in action.
Brennen Jensen’s Charmed Life visits Baltimore County’s Agriculture Building, an erstwhile almshouse.
The Mail has letters from Dave Sessoms, Stacey Freedman, Cheryl Hemmeter DeLuca, Mitch Mirkin, Amy Weitzel, the Link editorial board, Alan...
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Ten Years Ago in City Paper: May 1, 2002
Ten Years Ago in City Paper: April 24, 2002
The 2002 Film Fest Frenzy issue, hyping the Maryland Film Festival, has an introduction, a guide to panel discussions, and reviews of feature films and shorts.
In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen reports on the Patterson Park Pagoda’s renovations.
The Nose gets the skinny on a new Giant supermarket in Waverly and Mayor Martin O’Malley’s gubernatorial aspirations.
Michael...
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Ten Years Ago in City Paper: April 17, 2002
Van Smith’s feature profiles Henrietta Lacks, whose immortal cancer cells fueled the advancement of modern medical research.
In Mobtown Beat, Van Smith sizes up the Citizens Planning and Housing Association.
The Nose sniffs out homophobia in Baltimore’s public schools.
Tom Chalkley’s Charmed Life plumbs a local rock’s origins.
The Mail has letters from Scott Gramling, Brian Tsai, Michael...
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Ten Years Ago in City Paper: April 10, 2002
Tom Chalkley’s illustrated feature has fun with the Baltimore City Council.
In Mobtown Beat, Afefe Tyehimba gauges controversy surrounding the newly passed bill to restore ex-felons’ voting rights and Van Smith reports that the state legislature enacted a law to shield the Maryland Port Administration from public scrutiny.
The Nose flames state Del. Dana Lee Debrow’s...
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Ten Years Ago in City Paper: April 3, 2002
The feature, by Andy Markowitz and Tom Scocca, conjures a baseball team comprised of the Baltimore Orioles’ most profoundly bad players of all time.
In Mobtown Beat: Afefe Tyehimba profiles Fusion Partnership, Inc.’s race-relations efforts; Brennen Jensen gauges the potential for Camden Station; and Van Smith reports on Arundel Engineering’s legal dispute with Maryland government.
Charles...
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Ten Years Ago in City Paper: March 27, 2002
Joab Jackson’s feature tracks how medical marijuana entered mainstream debate.
In Mobtown Beat, Afefe Tyehimba looks at the “proliferation of rabbit-buying” during Easter season.
The Nose reports that Mayor Martin O’Malley reversed course on a drinking-water standards bill and echoes a rumor that Baltimore police commissioner Ed Norris was interviewed to be top cop in Philadelphia.
Michael...
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Ten Years Ago in City Paper: March 20, 2002
Christopher Myers’ photo-feature asks 24 people, “How’s it going?”
In Mobtown Beat, Van Smith reports on the environmental lobby’s tough session in Annapolis.
The Mail has letters from Sue Glickstein, Daylin Louderback, Douglas Womack, Bradley Paul, and Megan Hamilton.
Brennen Jensen’s Charmed Life undergoes hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
The columns are: Sandy Asirvatham’s Underwhelmed, on insomnia; Mink Stole’s Think Mink,...
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Ten Years Ago in City Paper: March 13, 2002
Van Smith’s feature explores ”Baltimore’s parallel Russian universe.”
In Mobtown Beat, Brennen Jensen reports on a program that pays people to use contraceptives and Michael Yockel remembers Baltimore photographer Joseph Kohl.
The Nose catches a bit of Orioles’ spring training and reads between the lines of Frank Conaway’s Innocence Project.
Michael Anft’s Media Circus ponders The Sun’s...
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Ten Years Ago in City Paper: March 6, 2002
Joyce Lombardi’s feature examines the potential of microbicides to prevent the spread of HIV.
In Mobtown Beat, Afefe Tyehimba reports on a tax-rights campaign aimed at low-income workers.
The Nose goes to Annapolis for a bill hearing about ending tax credits for rehabbing historic buildings.
Tom Chalkley’s Charmed Life visits Muriel Heineman’s house in Bolton Hill.
The Mail has...
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Ten Years Ago in City Paper: Feb. 27, 2002
City Paper’s 2002 Eat dining-guide issue features two meaty packages by food critic Michelle Gienow. In her Apocalypse Chow package in the paper, Gienow proclaims her affinity for off-the-beaten-track eateries, reviewing Toby’s Diner, Beltway Motel and Restaurant, J&B Hotdogs, Port Truck Stop Restaurant, and Jim’s Diner. In Eat, Gienow’s Time to Eat package describes...
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Ten Years Ago in City Paper: Feb. 20, 2002
Afefe Tyehimba’s feature gets up close and personal with spoken-word poet Tonya Maria Matthews, and provides a written example of her work.
In Mobtown Beat: Van Smith explains how the debate over transporting nuclear waste is focused on the 2001 Howard Street tunnel fire and a 1998 missile-strike test at Aberdeen Proving Ground; Brennen...
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Ten Years Ago in City Paper: Feb. 13, 2002
Emily Flake’s hand-drawn feature delves into the history of love.
In Mobtown Beat, Van Smith highlights Maryland General Assembly bills that aim to keep public information secret and Molly Rath reports that a juvenile ex-offender lost his job after City Paper wrote about his criminal history.
The Nose bemoans the toothlessness of the city’s Civilian Review...
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