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
La Cakerie
Baked goods can take a significant amount of skill and artistry to prepare and create, and among our favorite treats…
La Cakerie
Baked goods can take a significant amount of skill and artistry to prepare and create, and among our favorite treats…
nightlife
Comedy Noir
Sexual deviance, death, stupidity, mental illness, brutality, murder: don’t you love ‘em? I do, but not in the form…
Comedy Noir
Sexual deviance, death, stupidity, mental illness, brutality, murder: don’t you love ‘em? I do, but not in the form…
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
Baltimore’s Most Dynamic Surf Rockers :: Beachmover
It’s a Tuesday night, you know what that means – time for tacos and surf music. At least this was…
Baltimore’s Most Dynamic Surf Rockers :: Beachmover
It’s a Tuesday night, you know what that means – time for tacos and surf music. At least this was…
sustainability
Farmageddon
On Halloween nothing’s more frightening than a bobble headed Mr. Boh hanging out with the Gorton’s fisherman guy. Over the…
Farmageddon
On Halloween nothing’s more frightening than a bobble headed Mr. Boh hanging out with the Gorton’s fisherman guy. Over the…
technology
Halpern: On Tour and Online
This is a story about my favorite Baltimore artist. Matt Halpern has quickly emerged as one of rock music’s…
Halpern: On Tour and Online
This is a story about my favorite Baltimore artist. Matt Halpern has quickly emerged as one of rock music’s…
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