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SOMEHOW BALTIMORE isnt usually considered a college town. This
despite the fact that were lousy with colleges, universities, etc.,
and that one of said
universities, Johns Hopkins, is the biggest employer in the
city. Maybe its because none of the local schools are crazy
college-football powerhouses that snarl traffic with 50,000
screaming fans at each home game. (And were fine with that,
thanks.) Or maybe its because the schools themselves are so spread
out and diverse, from state institutions (Towson University) to
church-affiliated schools (Loyola University Maryland, the College
of Notre Dame of Maryland) to historically black schools (Morgan
State University, Coppin State University) to private col-leges
(Goucher College), and from the leafy surrounding county
(University of Maryland, Baltimore County) to the very heart of the
city (University of Baltimore).
But maybeand this is the theory we really likeBaltimore isnt
considered a college town because theres so much to define it
besides the fact that its home to a lot of higher learning. Theres
the citys long and rich his-tory, its serious blue-collar roots,
and, of course, its fabled charm and quirkiness. And while its also
famed for some serious urban ills, it remains an amazing place to
live and learn, whether youre sitting in a seminar, touring the
Walters Art Museum, or figuring out how many sweaty people you
can fit into a warehouse party.
And so, 101, City Papers inaugural guide for college stu-dents
to the city where many of you will spend the next several years
studying and looking for cheap stuff to do. With so many schools
and so much city, we cant cover every single angle, but with the
help of a crack team of CP college interns, weve tried to provide
useful information on safety in the city (page 8), how to get
around (page 12), how to make some money part-time if youre willing
to be observed for science (page 18), how not to freak out when
looking for a place to live off-campus (page 22), and how to find
up-and-coming music off the beaten path (page 28). Weve also
created a series of guides to day-tripping food, drink, and fun in
various destination neigh-borhoods around Baltimore, including
Hampden (page 32), Fells Point (page 36), Mount Vernon (page 40),
Station North (page 44), downtown (page 48), and Federal Hill (page
52), plus a thumbnail sketch of places to eat cheap around various
campuses (page 56). We even talked to students at various schools
to give you some idea of what some of the other local institutions
are like (page 62).
OK, thats the syllabus. Any questions? Visit citypaper101.com
and tell us what you want to know next time.
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BALTIMORES REPUTATION as a dangerous place precedes
it. The citys murder rate, al-
though declining the past few years,
remains one of the highest in the
country (238 homicides in 2009, or
37 per 100,000 residents, versus 6 per
100,000 residents in New York City
the same year). And while some in-
coming freshmen may have already
encountered John Waters kitschy
vision of Charm City by the time they
show up for orientation, its more
likely that theyve glimpsed the
streets of their new home via HBOs
murderous criminal epic The Wire. Its
enough to make timid n00bs wanna
stick close to the dorm.
But Baltimore is also a city of
friendly neighborhoods and vibrant
public spaces and rich cultural trea-
sures and endless late-night fun.
Who wants to spend four years in
the library missing out on all that?
The Wire depicts Baltimore in the
context of its bustling trade in street
drugs, so it makes sense that the city
comes off like the Wild West through
that lens. If youre not buying or sell-
ing drugs, [Baltimore]s as safe as any
big city, says Samuel Tress, director
of public safety and chief of campus
police for the University of Baltimore
in the Mount Vernon neighborhood.
Which isnt to say that innocent by-
standers dont fall victim to violence,
particularly in disadvantaged neigh-
borhoods. It is a big city, after all.
The crimes Tress officers are usu-
ally called out to deal with are prop-
erty crimes, a fact that holds true at
two of the citys other major urban
campuses, Johns Hopkins Universitys
Homewood campus in Charles Village
and Morgan State University in
Northeast Baltimore. All colleges and
universities that receive federal fund-
ing are required by the 1990 Clery Act
(aka the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of
Campus Security Policy and Campus
Crime Statistics Act) to keep and make
available their crime statistics. (A quick
search for Clery on your schools web
site should bring up a link to a PDF of
its most recent annual report.)
Perusing recent Clery reports for city
campuses reveals that local campus-
security forces most often respond to
robberies, burglaries, and motor ve-
hicle thefts. (For reporting purposes,
burglaries involve breaking into a
structure while robberies involve theft
from a person. Oh, and if no one has
warned you about leaving any valu-
ables visible in your parked car, well,
dont do that.)
None of which is to say Baltimore
is some kind of risk-free theme park.
Its up to Tress and his counterparts
at Hopkins, Morgan, and other
schools, plus the Baltimore Police
Department, to do what they can to
protect students. This includes
regular patrols, surveillance cam-
eras, emergency phones, and asking
the members of the university com-
munity to keep an eye out for each
other. We have a little catch-
phraseif it doesnt look right, it
probably isnt, Tress says. So report
it, and let us investigate.
But one of the more crucial things
campus security operations do is try
to educate students on how to pro-
tect themselves. Like all area schools,
Hopkins delivers a safety briefing at
orientation, but it also offers a regu-
lar walking tour of the surrounding
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neighborhood to point out ways
to minimize risk, right down to
which sidewalk you use.
We always tell them if youre
walking down the street, espe-
cially on a one-way street, to walk
on the drivers side, says Edmund
Skordzki, executive director of cam-
pus safety and security at Johns
Hopkins University. Sometimes
youll have criminals wholl jump
out of cars [and rob you], but its
usually on the passenger side. If
youre on the opposite side of the
street, its harder to do that.
The greatest tool in being safe
is being aware of your surround-
ings, concurs Adrian Wiggins,
chief of police and director of police
and public safety for Morgan State.
So we tell people no walking
through the neighborhoods with
their iPods on or texting.
It comes down to choices,
Wiggins adds. [Students] making
good choices about where they go
and what they do.
As tricky as protecting thousands
of students may be for campus
security, the trickiest job of all may
be making students aware of and
prepared for the risks without scar-
ing the bejesus out of them.
They should enjoy Baltimore
City, Skordzki says of the students
under his watch. We stress to the
students that the vast majority of
students do not experience crime at
Hopkins or in [the surrounding city].
With reasonable precaution, they
can have an enjoyable four or five
years here. But by educating them
about the risks of their environment,
I believe we reduce those risks.
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TRANSPORTATION PROBABLY wasnt foremost in your mind
when you were looking at col-
leges, but here you are in Baltimore.
For all its charms, it lacks the well-
connected subway system of New York
City or Washington, D.C., and it isnt the
most car-friendly place either. Or the
most easy to navigate (there are just a
handful of blocks of numbered streets
and North Avenue runs right through
the middle of town). But that doesnt
mean youre doomed to sticking close
to the dorm. Getting around without a
car takes a little more forethought and
a lot more planning, but it can be done.
Weve compiled a nice little cheat sheet
to help you out. Hopefully itll tide you
over until you can convince your parents
to let you bring the car down.
THE MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, AKA THE MTAYOUR BEST BET
for dependable trans-portation is the MTA bus system. The
network covers most of Baltimore and
manages to put a few buses out into
the suburbs as well (helpful since many
shopping options and most of the
movie theaters are spread out around
Baltimore County). Currently, there are
47 local bus routes that crisscross the
city. Fare for Zone 1, which covers most
of the city, comes to $1.60 each way, but
daily, weekly, and monthly passes can
be purchased. If youre looking at using
the buses often, it might be worth it to
invest in a monthly college pass for $39,
available at participating schools.
Popular routes include Bus 11, which
runs between Towson (all the way up
to Goucher College) to the north of the
city all the way down to Canton
Crossing on Baltimores southeastern
edge; Bus 3, which runs between
Towson and the tourist mecca that is
Baltimores Inner Harbor; Bus 61 which
runs up and down North Charles and
St. Paul streets between the Inner
Harbor and North Baltimore; and Bus
8, which runs between northern sub-
urb Lutherville all the way down York
Road/Greenmount Avenue to the
University of Maryland Transit Center.
If all sounds like a bit much to figure
out, the MTA web site (mta.maryland.
gov) lists all the bus routes, schedules,
and fares online. Theres also a helpful
trip plannerjust enter where you
want to go and itll get you the bus
stops, routes, and times.
Waiting for an MTA bus can seem
like an ordeal, especially on the week-
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ends when they run less frequently
(or if its raining), but they cover the
city better than any other public
transportation and are much cheap-
er than taxis. Plus buses are not only
a good way to get around Baltimore,
they provide a good way to get to
know Baltimore. You might, as I have,
find yourself on a bus with a drunk
carrying a bag of Herbal Essences
hair conditioner, an evangelist, a
stoner who decided to debate with
the evangelist, and the victim of a
mugging.
The MTA also operates a light rail
line that runs all the way from the
airport in the southern suburbs up
through downtown (passing by
Camden Yards, where the Orioles
play badly) and out to suburban
Hunt Valley, and a subway line
(yes, one line) that stretches from
the Hopkins Medical campus on the
east side through downtown, out
to Mondawmin Mall, and through
the citys west side to suburban
Owings Mills. Both trains operate
on the same basic fare structure as
the buses, with a one-way ride going
for $1.60. For maps and schedules,
visit mta.maryland.gov.
THE COLLEGETOWN SHUTTLEONE OF THE EASIEST ways to visit other
colleges, be it for a class, a
party, or meeting up with friends,
is to use the Collegetown Shuttle
bus service sponsored by the
Baltimore Community Foundation,
the Goldseker Foundation, and
Baltimore County. Its also free,
as long as you have identification
from a participating school. If you
have friends from out of state, the
bus drivers will let up to two guests
ride too. Participating colleges in-
clude Goucher College, Towson
University, College of Notre Dame,
Loyola University Maryland, Johns
Hopkins University, and MICA. In
addition to the various schools, the
shuttle makes stops at the Towson
Town Center mall, Belvedere Square
shopping center, Penn Station, and
the Inner Harbor (only on the week-
ends for the latter). The schedule can
be found at baltimorecollegetown.
org/shuttle/.
The shuttle is excellent for lazy
afternoons without time frames,
spontaneous shopping trips, and
Friday and Saturday night goofing
off, and you cant beat the price. The
web sites Plan Your Visit option
also gives you a brief rundown on
whats available in each neighbor-
hood and features a chart with
travel miles and minutes on it.
That said, on weekends drunken
students inundate the buses, look-
ing for a party. Depending on who
you are and what youre in the mood
for, this can be a good or bad thing.
And one of the reasons its excellent
for lazy afternoons is its lazy pace
and sometimes haphazard reliabil-
ity. A yellow bus pausing at your stop
once every hour or so counts as a
lucky day, and I once found myself
stranded in Towson for several hours
when the shuttle decided to skip a
scheduled 7:20 P.M. stop. As they say,
you get what you pay for.
THE JHMI (JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS) SHUTTLEIF YOURE IN
THE CENTRAL part of Baltimore, this is a best-kept secret.
Designed to ferry folks between Johns
Hopkins Universitys Homewood cam-
pus and the Johns Hopkins Medical
Campus on the citys east side, this
shuttle starts at the Interfaith Center
at St. Paul and 33rd streets and makes
stops at Penn Station and the Peabody
Institute as well before heading east.
This service is free and weve never
heard of anyone checking for stu-
dent IDs. The schedule can be found
at parking.jhu.edu/shuttles_jhmi_
homewood.html.
TAXISUNLESS YOURE TRYING to go to a formal in stiletto heels,
pressed
for time, or looking to blow a lot
of money, taxis should be your last
resort for starving students when
getting around Baltimore. It takes
little to no forethought to grab a
taxi, but those innocuous cabs can
drain your wallet. The fare from the
Inner Harbor back to your dorm can
sometimes come out to as much as
$20 one-way. Pooling your money
with some friends may make a cab
make more sense.
GETTING TO THE AIRPORTMANY AREA SCHOOLS have some sort of
service that will take you to
Thurgood Marshall Airportaka
Baltimore Washington International,
aka BWIaround the end of the se-
mester. If not, splitting the $30 cab
fare with a friend or two can cut the
cost. MTAs light rail service, which
generally operates between 6 A.M.
and 11 P.M., can also get you there,
though it will be necessary to get
to a light rail stop or Penn Station
first. The light rail costs the same
as bus fare, $1.60.
GETTING TO WASHINGTON, D.C.WITHOUT A CAR, the best way to get to
Washington, D.C. is via the
MARC Train, which departs from Penn
Station. Tickets costs $7 one-way, but
beware: the MARC only runs on week-
days. Amtrak train service also runs
between Baltimore and Washington,
but although prices vary, they tend
to be more expensive.
Honestly, the easiest way to figure
out how to use the citys transporta-
tion system comes in the form of
Google Maps. Theres this life-saving
feature where you can look up direc-
tions by typing in your current address,
typing the address where you want
to go, click Public Transportation in
the drop-down menu, and your in-
structions appear like magic. You can
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DURING MY FRESHMAN year at Johns Hopkins University,
I went through a pincushion
phase. I let myself be poked, rubbed,
blindfolded, scanned, recorded, and
stuck with needles by people I didnt
know. No, it wasnt a soul-searching
attempt gone masochistic. It was
simply an attempt to get rich (or less
poor) quick.
Like many college students, my
bank account was nearing the single
digits, and my curiosity was piqued
by the highlighter-pink fliers posted
around campus, screaming figures
like $1,000 for those willing to par-
ticipate in one of the roughly 3,600
medical and psychological studies
conducted at Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions in 2009 alone. It was
almost impossible to resist tearing
off one of the tabs and, eventually,
calling a number to volunteer.
In the first experiment I partici-
pated in as a human test subject, I
had my finger tapped repeatedly by
a machine; after evaluating the
strength of each tap, I got paid $20
for two hours. OK, not so bad com-
pared to dealing with angry custom-
ers and screaming babies of a retail
or food-service job.
Eventually, after doing psycho-
logical experiments for a few
months, I got braver, and went in
for an electroencephalography (EEG)
at the Kennedy Krieger Institute for
the big bucks. A cold, clear lotion
was rubbed into my hair and elec-
trodes were attached to my scalp. I
sat there looking like Medusa for
two hours, staring at streams of
colored letters on a computer screen,
until they removed the wires, of-
fered me the sink to wash up, and
sent me on my way. I rode home on
the bus with chunks of goo clinging
to my hair and a pay voucher for
$160 in my pocket.
Baltimore students are surround-
ed by hubs of scientific research,
from the Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine, the Johns Hopkins
Bayview Medical Center, the
University of Maryland Medical
School downtown, and a network
of labs on various campuses. Besides
being bombarded with flyers, re-
searchers place ads for study par-
ticipants (including, it must be
noted, the publication youre read-
ing). Students can also use web
clearinghouses (like clinicaltrials.
gov) and government-sponsored
sites, such as the National Institute
on Drug Abuses web site, to find
active research studies in Baltimore.
With such resources, electrodes to
the brain and a quick buck are just
a hop, skip, and shuttle ride away.
A two-hour long MRI can go for $75,
a psych test for $10 a pop, and the
longer inpatient studies can bring in
anything from several hundred dol-
lars to up to $2,000, depending on
the number of visits and drugs ad-
ministered. Its a perfect fit, really:
Who is more in need of cash and has
more free time than college stu-
dents?
Samara Rutenberg, a Hopkins se-
nior, says she basically covered all
[her] funds for last summer by doing
psychological experiments and
MRIs.
Rutenberg got into the gig fresh-
man year and says she averages
about five experiments a semester.
Not knowing anyone who had done
it before, she just kinda went for
it and found that she wasnt the
only one doing it.
One time I was in [Ames Hall]
doing an hour-long experiment,
Rutenberg recalls. You did a search
task, and they tracked your eye
movements, so if you did something
wrong, the machine would beep at
you. At one point, I could hear all the
beeps through the walls, because
everyone was screwing up at the
same time.
Some experiments can carry risks
more substantial than sore eyes
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Unpleasant side effects can occur,
and in rare cases study participants
have died. Such extreme outcomes,
however, primarily occur with vol-
unteers who were already ill and
whose trial therapies involved pre-
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For Ben Silverstein, who gradu-
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fects were never an issue. He did
everything from taking commonly
used drugs, such as Valium, alcohol,
and Vicodin, to an outpatient sleep
study to simple psychological tests,
but says that he stayed away from
studies that sounded too risky.
Everything I did was tried and
tested medications, he says.
Sometimes there would be a
strange experience where I didnt
know what the drug [was], and all
of the sudden Id start feeling its
effects. That can be odd, but it was
never especially uncomfortable.
Dr. Mark Liu, who conducts trials
of new treatments for asthma and
chronic obstructive pulmonary dis-
ease at the Asthma and Allergy
Center at Bayview, explains in an
e-mail that human guinea pigs are
irreplaceable. There is no way to
reliably test for side effects and ef-
ficacy of new treatments without
exposing people to the treatments,
he writes. Even though some effects
may be predicted on the basis of
pre-clinical testing, there is simply
no substitute for human trials and
exposures. The field could not ad-
vance without people willing to take
the risk and inconvenience of par-
ticipating. (Disclosure: Liu adver-
tises in City Paper for healthy
volunteers for his studies.)
In rare cases, the study appeals
as much as the money. A recent
Hopkins graduate who will be re-
ferred to here as Ted and now goes
to medical school in another state,
was turned down for several stud-
ies before being accepted into a
study of the effects of marijuana
on insomnia. The 25 participants
went through a seven-day lock-
down at Bayview, where they spent
their days smoking weed and read-
ing books, playing basketball and
pool, talking, and watching TV. The
only things they couldnt do were
go on the internet and nap.
The volunteers were given 15 pre-
rolled joints the first three days,
tested for coordination and motor
skills on computer exams, and
given either a placebo or a sleeping
pill at night to see how they slept.
For the first three days, the partici-
pants followed an all-you-can-
smoke policy from 1 to 9 P.M.
Being stoners, we vowed to fin-
ish them all each day, he says. On
the first day, the computer testing
was longer since there was [a]
training period and such, so we
werent able to start smoking until
around 3. For those six hours, we
power smoked so that sometimes
we were smoking up to four joints
in a sitting, just to make the quota
of 15.
But it wasnt exactly the stoner
paradise Ted expected, as test sub-
jects are always closely monitored.
We pretty much didnt have any
contact with the outside world, he
says. There was always someone
walking us to the main hospital. We
got urine tested to make sure we
didnt have any other [substances]
in us. They would have nurses walk-
ing around to make sure we didnt
fall asleep to maintain their test-
ing. At the end of the week, Ted
had smoked about 40 grams of
weed and was about $700 richer.
Most studies arent that intensive,
or that stoner-friendly, but they of-
ten prove to be an uncomplicated,
low-commitment way to score a
relatively large payback (and some
good stories) for little effort. And the
poking and prodding, the sitting and
waiting, the tediousness and weird-
ness, are for the good of science,
after all.
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worried about bathrooms, kitch-
enstheyre worried about where
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campus housing for all four years
bite their nails as randomly assigned
numbers in a housing lottery decide
their fate, and theyre the ones who
get off easy. Baltimore schools run
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housing for just the first two years,
University of Maryland, Baltimore
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on-campus housing for freshman
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viding on-campus housing to only
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student body. In other words, youre
probably going to have to learn to
navigate local real estate scene at
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The foremost thing to keep in
mind is the time frame of your
search. Many students seem to be
under the false assumption that
the earlier they get into the hous-
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have of winning it. What tends to
happen is a trickle-down effect of
stress, beginning in mid- to late
March, when the more anxious
members of a school community
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are going to live the following fall.
When their friends catch wind
of this, housing mania starts to
spread like an epidemic. By April
1, local landlords are up to their
elbows in premature lease appli-
cations (and a handsome pile of ap-
plication fees) while the students
around them panic at the prospect
of having nowhere to live.
What students dont know is
that the tables will inevitably
turn in late April or mid-May when
landlords send around their an-
nual lease-renewal forms and
graduating seniors dont renew
their leases. At this point, those
holding the leases now they need
to fill those empty spaces. Bottom
line: Theres no use panicking over
not getting your dream apartment
when its possible your dream
apartment hasnt even come
on the market yet. According to
property manager Vita Leon of
Real Estate Dimensions, a firm
with properties in and around
Charles Village, the number of
available apartments between its
five properties increased from 13
to 34 between the months of May
and June this year due to gradua-
tion turnover.
Now that you know when to
look, the second thing to keep in
mind is where to look. What of-
ten happens is that certain areas
tends to get handed down among
members of a group of friends;
older students will have younger
students over to their house in
Neighborhood A and the young-
er students will inevitably end
up leasing a house on the same
street. There are many housing
options prominently advertised
on campus, not to mention what
might be more economical options
literally just around the corner. A
Johns Hopkins student might live
in an efficiency right by campus
overlooking an alley and pay top
price, while a few blocks away he
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When it comes down to it, a land-
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However, it is the tenants job to
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good communication is the key to
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FROM PHILIP GLASS to Wham City, Baltimore has long been
a breeding ground and birth-
place for progressive musical voices.
The abundance of community-run
performance spaces here is the life-
blood of the scene. These spaces
range from one-room apartments
to massive lofts that serve as alterna-
tives to the citys larger venues, and
although new spaces are born and
others quietly shut down all the time,
a recent explosion of DIY venues has
stoked and been fueled by a growing
national profile as a cheaper alterna-
tive to, say, Brooklyn.
While these spaces are ubiquitous,
most remain technically under-
ground. A trained eye can discover
a psychedelic litany of fliers advertis-
ing these shows, and the web
abounds with links to MySpace
schedules. Some information about
the spaces and those who run them
has been withheld.
Floristree (myspace.com/floris-
tree) is a perfect example of what is
possible for community-run spaces.
Charm City has many fine, more of-
ficial music venues for traveling art-
ists, but the draw of Floristree has
grown to rival such above-ground
locales as Sonar and the Ottobar,
hosting acts ranging from local
synth-driven sensation Future
Islands to national indie headliner
Dirty Projectors. Run in part by local
noise godhead Jason Urick, Floristree
has been spotlighted in Rolling Stone
and boasts a sizable capacity for a
loft-cum-venue.
Charm City Ar t Space ( 1729
Maryland Ave., ccspace.org) is an
invaluable fixture in the city-dubbed
Station North Arts and Entertainment
District. Primarily an outlet for punk
bands, CCAS hosts a wide variety of
acts across the DIY spectrum, along
with the occasional gallery installa-
tion. Offering membership for all
those wishing to get involved, CCAS
stretches out its arms to anyone from
the community searching for a safe
place and acceptance, as detailed in
its manifesto: To focus our energies
as a buffer to filter out negative influ-
ences including but not limited to:
racism, sexism, classism, homopho-
bia, ageism, violence, and judgmen-
tal fundamentalism. To provide a
space free from drugs and alcohol
where all are welcome. All decision
making shall be a collective effort
with equal weight given to all.
The Red Room at Normals Books
and Records (425 E. 31st St., redroom.
org) is a haven for free improvisation,
neoclassical compositions, the out-
er reaches of the jazz universe, and
experimental film, among other
things. Operating out of venerable
secondhand shop Normals Books
and Records, this space is a verifiable
Baltimore institution, in operation
since 1996. Playing an integral part
in the annual (and highly praised)
High Zero experimental music fes-
tival, the Red Room is a critical out-
let for jazz nerds and the avant-garde
inclined to congregate.
Tarantula Hill (2118 W. Pratt St.,
heresee.com/tarantulalink.htm) is
run by local artists (musical and oth-
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(the latter an occasional City Paper
contributor). Founded in 2001, T.
Hills longevity is a direct testament
to their dedication and love of cre-
ation. Located on the citys west side,
the space has played an intrinsic role
in fostering Baltimores rich and
diverse noise scene via its monthly-
ish shows, home to all things strange
and bizarre, like some genetic splice
of a kitschy Coney Island museum
and the No Wave scene of early
1970s New York City. It also hosts
the in-house Esoteric Library, where
you can satisfy your interest in al-
ternate history, shamanism, and/
or metaphysics.
Ruintown (myspace.com/ruin-
town), whose name was born of
late-night knuckled tattoo sketch-
es, is located in an abandoned mill
and has been converted into a per-
formance space primarily for punk
bands, with an appropriate mini
skate ramp. Johns Hopkins grads
Glenn Gentzke (of Pfisters and for-
m e r l y Tr a s h C a m p ) , D a v e
Cummings, and Dan DeFrancisco
started out hosting Wednesday-
night skate nights for locally spon-
sored skaters. Now Ruintown is a
refuge for all things street culture,
from crust punks to upscale
streetwear photo shoots, and has
quickly established itself as a des-
tination for nose rings and nose
stalls in Charm City.
ABOVE-GROUND SOUNDSAD-HOC SPACES AND LOCAL SHOWS are great for
the starving college student, but if youre look-
ing for bigger bands and can swing
bigger covers, Baltimore is flush
with more mainstream venues.
For more populist sounds, your
best bet may be the cavernous
Rams Head Live (20 Market Place,
[410] 244-1131, ramsheadlive.com)
just a block or so from the Inner
Harbor. Recently, Rams Head has
hosted everyone from indie new-
comers Passion Pit to hip-hop/pop
star Timbaland. Tickets can jump
above the $25 mark.
Sonar (407 E. Saratoga St., [410]
783-7888, sonarbaltimore.com)
features a mixture of big headliners
like M.I.A. on the main floor and
in-vogue indie bands like the
Golden Filter in the more intimate
Talking Head Club. Its also the key
spot for many big hip-hop shows.
The spaces are small, and summer
shows get hot and sweaty. Tickets
tend to range from $10-$15 and
often sell out fast.
For the real Charm City college
concert experience, local indie in-
stitution the Ottobar (2549 N.
Howard St., [410] 662-0069, theot-
tobar.com), located within walking
distance of the MICA and Johns
Hopkins campuses, provides the
perfect potpourri of hipster ambi-
ance and awesome, amped-up
music. The space is kind of grimy,
but the club attracts touring bands
like Surfer Blood and Yeasayer as
well as local acts, and shows are
usually no more than $15.
Another convenient spot to check
out popular acts is Towsons Recher
Theatre (512 York Road, Towson,
[410] 337-7178, rechertheatre.com).
A few blocks from Towson University
and an easy stop on the Collegetown
Shuttle, the Recher has recently
played host to big bands like Tea
Leaf Green and Citizen Cope. Shows
usually range from $10-$20. Many
concerts are 21 and over, so make
sure to check the age minimum
before buying a ticket.
For big outdoor shows, make the
j o u r n e y t o t h e l e g e n d a r y
Merriweather Post Pavilion (10475
Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia,
[410] 715-5550, merriweathermusic.
com) in suburban Columbia. Yeah,
it seems far from the city, and tick-
ets can cost anywhere from $25 for
lawn seats and up into the $100s,
but if youre into big-time acts and
traveling festivals like the Vans
Warped Tour, Merriweather is the
place to go. Recent shows include
Drake and My Morning Jacket.
Take advantage of the music that
misses Baltimore and comes
through nearby Washington, D.C.
and head to the 9:30 Club (815 V St.
NW, Washington, [202] 265-0930,
930.com). Old-school acts like Hole
might climb into the $40 price
range, but you can get, say, Matt
Pond PA and Metric for under $25.
(Rebecca Fishbein)
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OK, Hampden might not warrant an entire day, but
you can spend a lovely after-
noon into evening there. This old
mill neighborhood is the epicenter
of the kitschy hon thing, even as
hip boutiques and restaurants have
slowly taken over the Avenue (aka
36TH Street). You may hear people
refer to old and new Hampden, and
there is certainly a contrast as gen-
trification pushes its way into this
blue-collar neighborhood. None of
which will probably matter a lick to
you as shopper, eater, and drinker.
Every trip to Hampden should start
with a visit to Atomic Books (3620
Falls Road, [410] 662-4444, atomic-
books.com), this independent book,
comic, and odd doodad seller (co-
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contributor Benn Ray), is a treasure
trove of offbeat delights, and the
recent addition of in-house record
store Celebrated Summer ([443]
866-9988, celebratedsummere-
cords.blogspot.com) makes it one-
stop shopping for lovers of all
things indie.
Women looking for cute clothes
a n d j e w e l r y s h o u l d s t o p i n
at Double Dutch (3616 Falls Road,
[410] 554-0055, doubledutchbou-
tique.com), which marries cool
clothes and accessories with strik-
ingly reasonable prices. Vintage
shops such as 9th Life (833 W. 36TH
St., [410] 534-9999, 9th-life.com)
and Dreamland (845 W. 36TH St.,
[443] 253-2602) are full of thrift-
scores for men and women. If youre
ready to splurge on footwear, check
out Ma Petite Shoe (832 W. 36TH
St., [410] 235-3442, mapetiteshoe.
com). To spruce up your rented
apartment, Davids (914 W. 36TH
St., [410] 467-8159) and the three-
story Avenue Antiques (901 W. 36TH
St., [410] 467-0329, avenuean-
tiques.com) offer some worthy
used finds, while Red Tree (921 W.
36TH St., [410] 366-3456, redtree-
baltimore.com) gives you that
lived-in feel in new furniture and
home goods.
All the shopping is bound to make
you hungry, which works out well
because there are plenty of good
eats. Dont miss the cheap, addic-
tive Mexican fare at Holy Frijoles
(908 W. 36TH St., [410] 235-2326,
holyfrijoles.net), really good falafel
and hummus at Kings Grilled
Kabobs (907 W. 36TH St., [410] 889-
3663, kingspizzaandsubs.com),
sweet and savory delights at Puffs
and Pastries (830 W. 36TH St., [410]
878-1266, puffsandpastries.com),
or coffee and noshes at Common
Ground (819 W. 36TH St., [410] 235-
5533) or Spro (851 W. 36TH St., [410]
243-1262, sprocoffee.com). If youre
on the Avenue at brunch time,
check out the Golden West Cafs
(1105 W. 36TH St., [410] 889-8891,
goldenwestcafe.com) unique mix
of Tex-Mex (huevos montuleos)
and what-the-hell (Elvis pancakes).
Just get their early or be prepared
to wait.
First Fridays (thats, uh, the first
Friday of every month) are a great
time to head to Hampden because
the shops are open late and often
serve food and drink and some-
times even have DJs playing. After
youve shopped your heart out, hit
a barif youre over 21 that is.
Hampdens bar scene tends toward
a musician/artist crowd, from the
laid-back, good-old boy vibe of
Fraziers (919 W. 36TH St., [410] 662-
4914, fraziersontheavenue.com) to
the ironic-moustache crew at
Golden West. Holy Frijoles has
great flavored margaritas, and
Rocket to Venus (3360 Chestnut
Ave., [410] 235-7887, rockettovenus.
com) has one of the citys best juke-
boxes as well as outdoor seating
when the weather is nice.
There arent many highbrow
cultural attractions in Hampden,
but there is a movie theater
Rotunda Cinematheque (711 W.
40TH St., [410] 235-5554), and
Baltimore Shakespeare Festival
(3900 Roland Ave., baltimore-
shakespeare.org) calls the neigh-
b o r h o o d h o m e , t h o u g h i t
generally only offers a few shows
a year at its Hampden space. But
you can go to Mount Vernon if you
want culture. Hampden is for shop-
ping, eating, drinking, and just
hanging out.
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FELLS POINT is that rare beast, a neighborhood that tourists
and locals like. It has good
shopping, some of the citys best res-
taurants, and the bonus quaintness
of cobblestone streets. But nothing
quite encapsulates the neighbor-
hood as well as a casual Google im-
age search. The first three images
were a shot of the water, a row of
quaint storefronts, and a drunken
girl-on-girl kiss.
It probably says a little something
about our priorities that we believe
all trips to Fells Point should start
at The Sound Garden (1616 Thames
St., [410] 563-9011, cdjoint.com). This
CD and vinyl store is the kind of
place you might run in to grab the
latest by so-and-so, but youll prob-
ably end up spending hours looking
through the new and used bins find-
ing things you didnt realize you
cant live without.
If you want to dabble in local his-
tory the Frederick Douglass-Isaac
Myers Maritime Park and Museum
(1417 Thames St., [410] 685-0295,
douglassmyers.org) is a no-brainer.
For a different kind of culture, seek
out the Baltimore Tattoo Museum
(1534 Eastern Ave., [410] 522-5800,
baltimoretattoomuseum.net),
where you can get a tattoo or just
appreciate the history of this art
form. Saints and Sinners (1610
Thames St. [410] 276.1300, saint-
sandsinnersink.com) by the water
also boasts talented inkers.
Cupcake (813 S. Broadway, [410]
522-0941, cupcake-shop.com) fea-
tures high-end fashions; Nectar
(1628 Thames St., [410] 522-7722,
nectarboutique.com) combines cute
dresses, basics, and fun accessories;
and Trixies Palace (1704 Thames St.,
[410] 558-2195, trixiespalace.com)
goes for a mix of new and vintage
wear at affordable prices and with
as much personality as the city its
in. For shoes, you cant miss Poppy
and Stella (728 S. Broadway, [410]
522-1970, poppyandstella.com). If
youre more into thrift stores, stum-
ble into the John Waters-esque Killer
Trash (602 S. Broadway, [410] 675-
2449) or hunt down Fashion Attic
(1926 Fleet St., [410] 276-0817, the-
fashionattic.com), a pleasantly well-
organized treasure trove.
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There are plenty of good eats
here, and youll have a harder time
deciding where to eat than in trying
to find a good option. Blue Moon
Caf (1621 Aliceanna St., [410] 522-
3940) is a hot breakfast spot that
gets crowded late at night and at
prime brunching hours. Grab a cup
of coffee at Fells Grind (1720 Thames
St. , [410] 558-0399, fellsgrind.com).
Liquid Earth (1626 Aliceanna St.,
[410] 276-6606, liquidearth.com)
is the place for vegan sandwiches
and nutrition-packed smoothies.
Kalis Mezze (1606 Thames St.,
[410] 563-7600, kalismezze.com)
has great Mediterranean-style
small plates, meaning a luxe dinner
can be as cheap or as expensive as
your self control. Peters Inn (504
S. Ann St., [410] 675-7313, petersinn.
com) offers impressive fare in its
tiny bar space with a small but
ever-changing menu scrawled on
a blackboard. If you want to impress
a date with your inside knowledge
of the town, Peters is the place to
go. Sams Kid (811 S. Broadway, [410]
522-3663) has quickly become a
neighborhood favorite with its in-
ventive Asian cuisine.
Upper Fells is a hotbed of authen-
tic Latin food, and a trip there with-
o u t s a m p l i n g s o m e i s a n
opportunity wasted. Tortilleria
Sinaloa (1716 Eastern Ave., [410]
276-3741) specializes in fresh torti-
llas. Pupusas rule at the expansive
El Trovador (318 S. Broadway, [410]
276-6200, restauranteeleltrovador.
com), and Arcos Restaurant and
Bars (129 S. Broadway, [410] 522-
4777, arcosrestaurante.com) court-
yard is probably the nicest place to
shovel carne asada into your face
in the city. For dessert, its all about
the decadent gelato at Pitango
(802 S. Broadway, [410] 702-5828,
pitangogelato.com). Its not cheap
by ice cream standards, but with
unexpected and deeply saturated
flavors, its well worth the cost.
There are a number of bar/res-
taurants here that actually do both
well. Ale Marys (1939 Fleet St.,
[410] 276-2044, alemarys.com),
One Eyed Mikes (708 S. Bond St.,
[410] 327-0445, oneeyedmikes.
com), the Waterfront Hotel (1710
Thames St., [410] 537-5055, water-
fronthotel.us), Koopers Tavern
(1702 Thames St., [410] 563-5423,
koopers.com), and Slainte (1700
Thames St., [410] 563-6600, slaint-
epub.com) come to mind.
If youre serious about drinking
beer, Maxs Taphouse (737 S.
Broadway, [410] 675-6292, maxs.
com) is the place for you. It boasts
an enormous selection of draft and
bottled beers, so if you cant scratch
your obscure-ale itch here, it may
be unscratchable. You can also mo-
sey around the corner to the Wharf
Rat (801 S. Ann St., [410] 276-8304,
thewharfrat.com), which serves its
own Oliver Ales.
For a gruff old-school Fells Point
feel, try the Cats Eye Pub (1730
Thames St. , [410] 276-9866,
catseyepub.com), Dead End Saloon
(935 Fell St., [ 410] 732-3602, dead-
endsaloon.com), or the Horse You
Came in On (1626 Thames St., [410]
327-8111, thehorsebaltimore.com).
Looking for more of a woohoo!
shots! kind of night? The Greene
Turtle (722 S. Broadway, [410] 342-
4222 greeneturtle.com) has you
covered. J.A. Murphys Tavern (1703
Aliceanna St., [410] 753-4420, ja-
murphys.com) has $1 shots at
happy hour. Spirits Tavern (1901
Bank St., [410] 563-1612) is home to
the Tub O Fun, with $1 cans of mys-
tery beerguess the brand and get
a free shot. After all that, head to
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Broadway, [410] 522-0000, alexan-
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MOUNT VERNON typifies so many of the things
we love about this city.
Its steeped in history, dotted with
gorgeous architecture, and posi-
tively lousy with restaurants and
cultural attractions. Its not as bar
heavy as some other neighborhoods,
but the ones it does have are solid.
Neighborhood residents certainly
face issues with things such as park-
ing and development, but students
are free to enjoy it and dont have to
worry about how high new buildings
should be.
Lets start high-brow. There are
several gander-worthy museums in
the neighborhood. The Walters Art
Museum (600 N. Charles St., [410]
547-9000, thewalters.org) has an
extraordinary permanent collection
that you can see for free, plus inter-
esting special exhibits which you
o f t e n c a n t . N e x t d o o r, t h e
Contemporary Museum (100 W.
Centre St., [410] 783-5720, contem-
porary.org) eschews a permanent
collection for unexpected and
thought-provoking temporary ex-
hibits.
As students, you already spend a
ton of time in a library, but the cen-
tral branch of the Enoch Pratt Free
Library (400 Cathedral St., [410] 396-
5430, prattlibrary.org) merits a visit.
The building is lovely, if a little worn
down, and the Pratts holdings are
extensive and contain more than a
few treasures. You can also check
out DVDs (for a small fee) and CDs
(for free) there.
Fans of the performing arts will
find an embarrassment of riches.
CenterStage (700 N. Calvert St., [410]
332-0033, centerstage.org) is home
to professional theater productions
and the deservedly adored Stoop
Storytelling Series (stoopstorytell-
ing.com)get tickets in advance,
because Stoop always sells out. The
Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
(817 St. Paul St., [410] 752-1225, spot-
lighters.org) is a tiny community
theater in the round, while Theatre
Project (45 W. Preston St., [410] 752-
8558, theatreproject.org) focuses on
bringing experimental works to
Charm City.
The Hopkins-affliated Peabody
Institute (1 E. Mount Vernon Place,
[410] 234-4500, peabody.jhu.edu)
offers tons of inexpensive classical
music concerts, and the Joseph
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (1212
Cathedral St., [410] 783-8000, bso-
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Symphony Orchestra. For live jazz
and classical in an intimate setting,
take a seat in one of the comfy
chairs at An die Musik (409 N.
Charles St., [410] 385-2638, andie-
musiklive.com).
Mount Vernon has some neat
stores, but theyre more spread out
than in some of the citys other
shopping destinations. Prepare for
the revolution at Red Emmas (800
St. Paul St., [410] 230-0450, redem-
mas.org), a radical bookstore caf
with yummy vegan food. Star Won
(1015 Cathedral St., [410] 962-7277)
has cute dresses, though boutiques
in this area generally are very fash-
ion forward and high end. The ex-
ceptions are A People United (516
N. Charles St., [410] 727-4471, apeo-
pleunited.com), which features
flowing, richly colored clothes with
Indian, African, and Asian influ-
ences, and the Zones (813 N. Charles
St., [410] 539-2817) thriftscores.
Serious sneaker aficionados should
hunt down Gentei (1010 Morton St.,
[410] 244-8961, shopgentei.com).
If youre getting hungry, try Joss
(413 N. Charles St., [410] 244-6988,
josscafe-sushibar.com) or Minato
(1013 N. Charles St., [410] 332-0332,
minatosushibar.com) for sushi.
Feast@4East (4 E. Madison St., [410]
332-0880, 4eastmadisoninn.com)
offers a small menu that includes
vegan options in a lovely old inn.
Theres more good Indian restau-
rants than youre liable to know
what do with, such as Akbar (823
N. Charles St., [410] 539-0944,
akbar-restaurant.com) for a dinner
date, or either Mughal Garden (920
N. Charles St., [410] 547-0001) or
Kumari (911 N. Charles St., [410] 547-
1600, kumarirestaurant.com) for
their lunch buffets. Theres a bunch
of Thai restaurants in the area too,
but we recommend Ban Thai (340
N. Charles St., [410] 727-7971) for
good food at good prices. City Cafs (1001 Cathedral St., [410]
539-4252,
citycafebaltimore.com) food can
be on the pricier side, but its worth
it for the opportunity to park your
laptop along one of the window-
facing counters for hours. For pizza,
its hard to beat Iggies (818 N.
Calvert St., [410] 528-0818, ig-
giespizza.com) fresh-from-the-
wood-oven pie. The Helmand (806
N. Charles St., [410] 752-0311, hel-
mand.com) serves up Afghan food
in a restaurant owned by the broth-
er of the president of that country.
Dukems (1100 Maryland Ave., [410]
385-0318, dukemrestaurant.com)
Ethiopian fare wows.
If youre old enough to drink and
smart enough to slow down when
the alcohol content of a beer is
high, make your way immediately
to the Brewers Art (1106 N. Charles
St., [410] 547-6925, thebrewersart.
com) and choose between the
swanky upstairs and the dark cave-
like downstairs. For a posh night
on the town, stop by Red Maple
(930 N. Charles St., [410] 547-0149,
930redmaple.com) or Edens
Lounge (15 W. Eager St., [410] 244-
0405, edenslounge.com). For a
more relaxed feel, play some pool
at Doughertys (223 W. Chase St.,
[410] 752-4059, doughertyspub.
com) or have some drinks and con-
versation at Dionysus (8 E. Preston
St.,[410] 244-1020). And dance the
night away at gay bars Club Hippo
(1 W. Eager St., [410] 547-0069, club-
hippo.com) and Grand Central
(1001-3 N. Charles St., [410] 752-7133,
centralstationpub.com).
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THE STATION NORTH Arts and Entertainment District (sta-
tionnorth.org) is a recent in-
ventiona name the city gave to a
couple of blocks around Penn Station.
But its been building up as a hot bed
of culture and nightlife for years. A lot
of places do double or even triple duty
here, housing art work, theater, and
live music. Load of Fun Studios (120 W.
North Ave., loadoffun.net) is the heart
of the neighborhood, hosting visual and
performance art, music, theater, dance,
and things they havent come up with a
name for yet. Single Carrot Theatre (120
W. North Ave., [443] 844-9253, singlecar-
rot.com), a theater company that moved
to Baltimore en masse in 2005, puts on
ambitious plays more often patronized
by blue-haired hipsters than blue-haired
old ladies and has taken up residence
inside Load of Fun The Strand Theater
Company (1823 N. Charles St., [443]
874-4917, strandtheatercompany.org)
focuses on theater for and by women,
while the Everyman Theatre (1727 N.
Charles St., [410] 752-2208, everyman-
theatre.org) is one of Baltimores most
consistent theaters, putting on profes-
sional productions of classics and more
challenging fare.
If youd rather see a movie, the Charles
Theatre (1711 N. Charles St., (410) 727-
3456, thecharles.com), is the place to
go. This art-house multiplex has been
the go-to date night for Baltimoreans
for decades. Before the movie, splurge
on garlic-heavy delicacies at Tapas
Teatro (1711 N. Charles St., [410] 332-
0110, tapasteatro.com); work the middle
ground with gourmet thin-crust pizza
at Joe Squared (13
