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.
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fashion
The Tailor at Hour Haus
Upon learning that one of the city’s most notable up-and-coming men’s clothiers was staging his fitting room at Hour Haus…
The Tailor at Hour Haus
Upon learning that one of the city’s most notable up-and-coming men’s clothiers was staging his fitting room at Hour Haus…
nightlife
New Year’s Eve 2010
Farida Shourbaji at Red Maple on New Year’s Eve 2010-2011. Photo by Theresa Keil New Year’s Revolution The New Year…
New Year’s Eve 2010
Farida Shourbaji at Red Maple on New Year’s Eve 2010-2011. Photo by Theresa Keil New Year’s Revolution The New Year…
social innovation
Beat Well
A young girl played a short rhythm during an open jam that I recognized as a basis from Baltimore Club…
Beat Well
A young girl played a short rhythm during an open jam that I recognized as a basis from Baltimore Club…
artist profiles
Paco Fish
Photo by Philip Laubner It is difficult to wander the streets of Baltimore’s strange and eccentric world of performance without…
Paco Fish
Photo by Philip Laubner It is difficult to wander the streets of Baltimore’s strange and eccentric world of performance without…
sustainability
Baltimore Free Farm
All photos by David London Nestled just blocks from The Avenue in Hanpden is a leafy utopia known as the…
Baltimore Free Farm
All photos by David London Nestled just blocks from The Avenue in Hanpden is a leafy utopia known as the…
technology
Intuitive Insight: The Hot Spot
Part 3 of a multi-post film about how innovation, creativity and prevailing cultural ideas about it in the US. This…
Intuitive Insight: The Hot Spot
Part 3 of a multi-post film about how innovation, creativity and prevailing cultural ideas about it in the US. This…
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