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Bar Exam

Is Pratt Street Ale House Still a Solid Stop for a Night Out Downtown?

We pay a long overdue visit to the beer bar, which has been a pre-party spot for O's games and concerts since the ‘90s.

Off the Eaten Path

A New Thai Spot from the Bodhi Corner Family Has Set Up Shop in Stoneleigh

Charm Thai Corner—which took over the space that was previously Nana—features the wonderful coconut-curry noodle soup, khao soi, among other Northern Thai dishes.

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Senator Cory McCray’s Memoir Recounts How an Apprenticeship Changed His Course

At 18, after serving time in juvenile detention, McCray was accepted into a five-year apprenticeship program with the International Brotherhood of Electricians.

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Arts & Culture

The Largest Jane Austen Collection in North America is, Surprisingly, Right in Our Backyard

In some ways, the collection is as much about its founder Alberta Hirshheimer Burke, the intrepid Goucher College alumna who pursued Austen with a nearly messianic fervor, as it is about Austen herself.