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
Glenford Nunez
With seemingly little mentoring, or outside direction, at 24 years old, Glenford has broken into the New York agency scene…
Glenford Nunez
With seemingly little mentoring, or outside direction, at 24 years old, Glenford has broken into the New York agency scene…
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
Transportation Infrastructure Now
Note from the editor: Keeping in line with our mission, What Weekly advocates for transit and transportation infrastructure projects that…
Transportation Infrastructure Now
Note from the editor: Keeping in line with our mission, What Weekly advocates for transit and transportation infrastructure projects that…
artist profiles
A Brief Conversation with Abdu Ali
All photos by Philip Laubner. What better atmosphere to interview a rising star than at a photo shoot? Right? This…
A Brief Conversation with Abdu Ali
All photos by Philip Laubner. What better atmosphere to interview a rising star than at a photo shoot? Right? This…
sustainability
An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore
Publishers’ Note: Green Street Academy is a client of What Weekly’s sister company, What Works Studio. We are proud to have…
An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore
Publishers’ Note: Green Street Academy is a client of What Weekly’s sister company, What Works Studio. We are proud to have…
technology
Inside The Electric Pharaoh
Part of the BROS experience is the journey from “how are we going to do that?” to “how did we…
Inside The Electric Pharaoh
Part of the BROS experience is the journey from “how are we going to do that?” to “how did we…
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