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★ Cover Story

RIP “Blaster” Al Ackerman

March 21, 2013

Adam Robinson · Baltimore Reader, What Lit

“Blaster” Al Ackerman died on Sunday. He was a general in Baltimore’s literary avant garde—though it occurs to me that assigning…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Downtown Hotel :: Brookshire Suites

February 12, 2014

Ezra Winter · Charm City

The Brookshire Suites, a 96 room hotel on Lombard St. just re-opened with a series of murals by our friend Micheal Owen from the Baltimore

The Hustle: The Decline of the Record Store

September 5, 2013

Ezra Winter · The Hustle

The Faltering But Not Quite Decline of Record Store Culture Neill Jameson via Ezra Lefko Neill Jameson is a musician and general creative person who

The RoboDoves Drive Like Girls!

January 4, 2013

Peter Jackson · Community

In a sport dominated by boys from the suburbs, the RoboDoves are on a mission to show the nation how to “drive like a girl”.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire :: Movie Review

December 4, 2013

Dan Gvozden · Film

On its surface, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire improves on the original The Hunger Games in just about every way.  The film’s bigger budget allows it to fill in

Sri Aurobindo

February 8, 2012

whatweekly · Music, Video

https://vimeo.com/33735629 Sri Aurobindo “No Coincidence” from Friends Records on Vimeo. Directed by Kat Sotelo “No Coincidence” from Sri Aurobindo’s limited “Eyes” 7 inch Available Here

The Implications of Our Actions

October 10, 2013

Allison Gulick · Art Criticism

Allison Gulick reviews Nancy Daly’s exhibition, Subject to Terms and Conditions, at School 33 Art Center on Light Street in Baltimore, through October 26th.  

Art Crit :: Words in Images

November 21, 2013

Joyce Yu-Jean Lee · Art Criticism

Joyce Y. Lee reflects on Ann Hamilton’s “near away: Series and Editions”, an exhibit at Goya Contemporary in Baltimore, September 8 – October 31, 2013.

Marquee Ball 2011

April 14, 2011

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen & Theresa Keil · Charm City

The truth is there aren't enough opportunities for men to break out their skin tight, shiny, hooded jumpsuits for a night on the town. This

Mutual Benefit at Metro Gallery with Julia Brown, Other Colors, & Soft Cat

May 14, 2014

Nick Hughes & Dan Windsor · Music

I was glad Julia Brown opened up the night because I got to watch them capture all those fashionably late attendees trickling into Metro Gallery

Fiction: 2 Stories by Meg Pokrass

February 21, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

By Meg Pokrass Keds I had a strange awake-dream during labor. It started with Barney, checking out holes in my Keds. Suggesting they were a

Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention

September 22, 2010

whatweekly · Art

Earlier in the month Villain Arts hosted over 200 artists at the Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention. James Hodges and Theresa Keil had the unique experience

Intuitive Insight: A Peek Under The Hood

March 30, 2011

What Weekly · Who We Am

Part 2 of a multi-post film series about how innovation and creativity intersect our prevailing cultural ideas about them here in the US.

Seth Sherman

February 1, 2012

Justin Allen · Music, Video

When the Moment Is True, Seth Sherman’s new album, came to us by way of Austin, Texas from our friend and Baltimore native Drew Schlegel

Interview: Tim Paggi’s Work Ethic

January 20, 2014

Timmy Reed · Literature, Performance, What Lit

Poetry is not always concerned with standing at intersections in yellow woods or chasing repetitious ravens from your chamber door, sometimes it is a lot

The Happy Hatter of Waverly

March 13, 2013

Christopher J. Rondo · Fashion, Fashion As I See It

Photography by Brittney Sullivan In the world of fashion, there are many different pieces of the wardrobe and most people of style, au courant, will

Pigtown Festival

September 28, 2011

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Charm City, Music

Here's a look back at the 10th Annual Pigtown Festival featuring the photography of Theresa Keil and Larry Cohen.

They’re Not Making Art Anymore :: An Interview with Fred Lazarus IV

May 13, 2015

Daniel Stuelpnagel · Artist Profiles

After steering the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) for more than three decades, on a long-term course of expansion that has made it one

social innovation

Baltimore Social Innovation Journal Launches

Publishers’ Note: The Warnock Foundation is a client of What Weekly’s sister company, What Works Studio. We are proud to work with The…

Getting Motivated: A Case Study on Creating Impact

Baltimore Renaissance Project

Redefining Family and Community

Baltimore Time Bank

Primal Guerrilla Marketing

artist profiles

Renewable Artifacts

After taking part in founding something as successful and integral to the every day lives of millions of people as…

Sean E. Conroy

Silent Whys

Mata Ruda

When Everything Disappears :: An Interview with light artist Sean Michael Kenny

Charm City Makeup

sustainability

Small Time

A couple of years ago, while I was reporting on a redevelopment plan in Buffalo, New York, I met up…

Farmageddon

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Fixing The Future

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Welcome to the Free Farm