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For many Charm City locals, there’s a seedy stretch of Baltimore Street that might as well not exist, but this week guest producer Baynard Woods gives us a look at what life really is like for the people who make their living in the city’s red-light district, The Block.
We pay a visit to the Baltimore Free Farm, where community activists are working to promote sustainable living and urban agriculture in a once-vacant lot in Hampden.

We meet Paul Wiedorfer, who just celebrated his 90th birthday – he earned the Medal of Honor for heroism on the battlefield in 1944.  We talk with Shawna Potter, who’s about to celebrate the launch of Hollaback Baltimore, a new interactive website that uses mobile technology to help fight back against street harassment.  Classical realist painter Matt Zoll talks about his labor of love: creating artwork in the style of the Dutch Masters.  Also: A Stoop story from Julie Hackett about how she inherited her lifelong wanderlust.  Plus: Writer Eric D Goodman shares from his n

With the Super Bowl approaching, Midday takes a look at the flow of African-Americans from the playing to the coaching ranks in the National Football League. Dan's guests: Milton Kent, WYPR Sports At Large commentator and AOL FanHouse writer, and Jeremi Duru, author of Advancing the Ball: Race, Reformation, and the Quest for Equal Coaching Opportunity in the NFL (Oxford).

Allegrini "Pallazo della Torre" Verona '06 *** Produttori del Barbarsesco Langhe Nebbiolo '08 *** Azelia Dolcetto d'Alba "Bricco dell'Oriolo" '08 * ½ De Forville Langhe Nebbiolo '08 **

Mumm's of Napa Rose Sparkler     Terre Gaie Prosecco   Cono Sur Pinot Noir '09 Urban Uco Malbec-Tempranillo '08         Taylor Fladgate "Five" Ruby Port Mastrojanni San Pio '06 (poor man's Super Tuscan)    Vinos Pinol Ludovicus '09 Santa Duc Rasteau '07 (great producer, great region) Matrot Bourgogne Pinot Noir '09 (bargain in red Burgundy) Marietti Old Vine Red Lot #53 NV   D'Arenberg "The Stump Jump" GSM '08 Clos du Bois North Coast Chardonnay '08

Susan Fields Rubeckia, Santa Barbara '09 (Chardonnay blend) *

Susan Fields Unearthly , Paso Robles'07 (Syrah) **

Susan Fields Sumptuous Red, Paso Robles (Bordeaux Blend) '07 **

Susan Fields Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara **

North Star Merlot, Columbia Valley '06***

North Star Merlot, Walla Walla '06***

Spring Valley Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon "Frederick" '07 **1/2

Spring Valley Vineyard Merlot Blend "Uriah" '07 ***

Col Solare (Bordeaux Blend by Antinori) '06 ***

Columbia Crest Grand Estates Line:  Cabernet Sauvignon '08 **, Merlot '07 *1/2 Syrah '07 **, Pinot Gris '09 * Coulmbia Crest Horse Heaven Hills Line:  Chardonnay '08 *, Merlot '08 **, Cedbernet Sauvignon '08 ** Columbia Crest Reserve Line:  Walter Clore Private Reserve Red Wine '07 **1/2 Reserve Merlot '07 **1/2