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
Charm City Makeup
Hidden behind the scenes in both print and on the runway is someone whose work is often the most visible…
Charm City Makeup
Hidden behind the scenes in both print and on the runway is someone whose work is often the most visible…
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
Treating Others
Despite that the data on the cost-benefit ratio for using vaccines to stall pandemics is overwhelmingly in favor of vaccines—those…
Treating Others
Despite that the data on the cost-benefit ratio for using vaccines to stall pandemics is overwhelmingly in favor of vaccines—those…
artist profiles
Ceda and Dume
Baltimore has mixed feelings about the artists who often exhibit their work on the neglected and decaying parts of the…
Ceda and Dume
Baltimore has mixed feelings about the artists who often exhibit their work on the neglected and decaying parts of the…
sustainability
Welcome to the Free Farm
All photos by David London Nestled just blocks from The Avenue in Hanpden is a leafy utopia known as the…
Welcome to the Free Farm
All photos by David London Nestled just blocks from The Avenue in Hanpden is a leafy utopia known as the…
technology
The Secret World of Sugaring
Editor’s Note: The names in this story have been altered. Anna takes a long drag of her cigarette and flicks…
The Secret World of Sugaring
Editor’s Note: The names in this story have been altered. Anna takes a long drag of her cigarette and flicks…
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