What Weekly ran from 2010 to 2016, documenting Baltimore’s creative culture and helping spark Light City. The Pronoia Effect tells the story of the magazine, the festival that grew from it, and what happened when we lost it all.
Contributors
fashion
Charm City Fashion Show at BMI
Our ongoing exploration of the city has again yielded adventures that traverse the spectrum of the spacetime continuum and uncover…
Charm City Fashion Show at BMI
Our ongoing exploration of the city has again yielded adventures that traverse the spectrum of the spacetime continuum and uncover…
nightlife
Brian Baker
Brian Baker creates life-size pieces of art with, as he puts it, "gods and goddesses, angels and demons, spirits and…
Brian Baker
Brian Baker creates life-size pieces of art with, as he puts it, "gods and goddesses, angels and demons, spirits and…
social innovation
Let There Be Transit
Baltimore has plenty of fire. Fire for crime, for housing, for jobs. This past weekend the fire focused on transit,…
Let There Be Transit
Baltimore has plenty of fire. Fire for crime, for housing, for jobs. This past weekend the fire focused on transit,…
artist profiles
Mathew Bainbridge
For the past 15 years, Detroit native Mathew Bainbridge has worked at the top of the Baltimore film industry. His…
Mathew Bainbridge
For the past 15 years, Detroit native Mathew Bainbridge has worked at the top of the Baltimore film industry. His…
sustainability
Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden
Urban gardens are sprouting up all over Baltimore. If you don't have a small plot of land for growing food,…
Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden
Urban gardens are sprouting up all over Baltimore. If you don't have a small plot of land for growing food,…
technology
Netflix Premiers Its First Exclusive Documentary
There’s symmetry to Netflix premiering a documentary on an independent baseball team that ruffled the feathers of Major League Baseball.…
Netflix Premiers Its First Exclusive Documentary
There’s symmetry to Netflix premiering a documentary on an independent baseball team that ruffled the feathers of Major League Baseball.…
© 2026 What Weekly, a What Works Studio publication
