
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
simulated sex with a potted palm tree." Before The Sun, he was a reporter at the Miami New Times. He's also written for Miami magazine, the Orlando Sentinel, the Sarasota Herald Tribune and the Gainesville Sun. Got tips? Gripes? Pitches? He's reachable at
erik.maza@baltsun.com. Click
here to keep up with the dumb music he's listening to.
Midnight Sun covers Baltimore music, live entertainment, and nightlife news. On the blog, you'll find, among other things, concert announcements, breaking news, bars closings and openings, up-to-date coverage of crime in nightlife, new music, round-the-clock coverage of Virgin Mobile FreeFest, handy guides on bars staying open past 2 a.m. on New Year's Eve and those that carry Natty Boh on draft. Recurring features include seven-day nightlife guides, Concert News, guest reviews of bars and concerts, Wednesday Corkboard, and photo galleries, as well as reader-submitted photos. Thanks for reading.
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Sam-It was a very odd Friday! I was at Friends on Aliceanna Street about 8PM when the bartender and several patrons started talking about how it was Lulus last night and that they were going to pay their final respects. There was no warning at all!! I've heard RUMORS that it was an unpaid rent issue but you never know. They've also had a few liquor license issues as well. The end result,though,is that i've lost one of my favorite hole-in-the-walls...
Posted by: Don | December 3, 2007 3:01 PM
What's with all the closings?
I was at the Lulu's Final Farewells last Friday, i see that Clayton's Tavern closed its doors, I hear that Gardel's had their finale evening and I'm nervous about Shorty's since the ever present Orange Notice has been spied on their windows. What? Can this town no longer support THAT many bars? - and it really isn't THAT many bars!
Posted by: aussiewonder | December 6, 2007 3:44 PM