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Contributors
fashion
Fashion Photographer Sean Scheidt
Fashion Photography by Sean Scheidt, photos of Scheidt were taken by Christopher Rondo Painting a Fashionable Photograph, with Sean Scheidt…
Fashion Photographer Sean Scheidt
Fashion Photography by Sean Scheidt, photos of Scheidt were taken by Christopher Rondo Painting a Fashionable Photograph, with Sean Scheidt…
nightlife
Commissure At The Contemporary Museum
I felt disembodied, as if I were floating, watching people react to the news of my own death. I got…
Commissure At The Contemporary Museum
I felt disembodied, as if I were floating, watching people react to the news of my own death. I got…
social innovation
Primal Guerrilla Marketing
How’s this for a social experiment… 1. Fill a couple duffel bags full of drums and percussion. 2. Show up…
Primal Guerrilla Marketing
How’s this for a social experiment… 1. Fill a couple duffel bags full of drums and percussion. 2. Show up…
artist profiles
They’re Not Making Art Anymore :: An Interview with Fred Lazarus IV
After steering the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) for more than three decades, on a long-term course of expansion…
They’re Not Making Art Anymore :: An Interview with Fred Lazarus IV
After steering the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) for more than three decades, on a long-term course of expansion…
sustainability
Big Green Pirate Party
The Big Green Pirate Party was a fundraiser for Baltimore Green Careers, a Civic Works project that has a kick-ass…
Big Green Pirate Party
The Big Green Pirate Party was a fundraiser for Baltimore Green Careers, a Civic Works project that has a kick-ass…
technology
A Programmer’s Life: A Conversation with OrderUp’s VP of Engineering, Kyle Fritz
Cover photo by Nick Pellegrini Kyle Fritz is now VP of Engineering for the Baltimore-based company, OrderUp—a digital franchising firm that…
A Programmer’s Life: A Conversation with OrderUp’s VP of Engineering, Kyle Fritz
Cover photo by Nick Pellegrini Kyle Fritz is now VP of Engineering for the Baltimore-based company, OrderUp—a digital franchising firm that…
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