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
Otakon 2011
Once again Baltimore’s annual Otakon Convention summoned a bevy of of eager practitioners of Otaku make-believe. This curious culture of…
Otakon 2011
Once again Baltimore’s annual Otakon Convention summoned a bevy of of eager practitioners of Otaku make-believe. This curious culture of…
nightlife
Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire
Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire.…
Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire
Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire.…
social innovation
Crossing Cultural Divides in a Rowboat
Bruce MacKenzie is a shipwright. He builds boats. But he also builds young people's interest in learning by thinking about…
Crossing Cultural Divides in a Rowboat
Bruce MacKenzie is a shipwright. He builds boats. But he also builds young people's interest in learning by thinking about…
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
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
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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