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
Giordano’s Giant Nudes
Giordano’s project may have done more than anything else to commemorate thirty years of Artscape, and it wasn’t even part…
Giordano’s Giant Nudes
Giordano’s project may have done more than anything else to commemorate thirty years of Artscape, and it wasn’t even part…
nightlife
New Year’s Eve 2010
Farida Shourbaji at Red Maple on New Year’s Eve 2010-2011. Photo by Theresa Keil New Year’s Revolution The New Year…
New Year’s Eve 2010
Farida Shourbaji at Red Maple on New Year’s Eve 2010-2011. Photo by Theresa Keil New Year’s Revolution The New Year…
social innovation
Open Walls Baltimore
Gaia completes his mural on North and Charles – photo by Martha Cooper It has been hard to miss the…
Open Walls Baltimore
Gaia completes his mural on North and Charles – photo by Martha Cooper It has been hard to miss the…
artist profiles
Sean E. Conroy
All images courtesy the artist “The Buddha said, ‘It’s the not seeing of this suffering that keeps us bound,’” quotes…
Sean E. Conroy
All images courtesy the artist “The Buddha said, ‘It’s the not seeing of this suffering that keeps us bound,’” quotes…
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
Common Curriculum Launch
Founder Scott Messinger excites the crowd with new features on Common Curriculum, designed with teachers in mind. During each school…
Common Curriculum Launch
Founder Scott Messinger excites the crowd with new features on Common Curriculum, designed with teachers in mind. During each school…
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