Dinosaur Jr. Defies Extinction

July 15, 2014

David Leigh Abts & Elizabeth Abts · Music, Performance

Picture this, a woman eight months pregnant, crowd surfing while screaming “I want my child to hear good music from the get go!” Seems like

Round Falls, Baltimore

December 18, 2013

Jess Bither · Art Criticism

It’s difficult to view Round Falls from the highway overhead; it’s even hidden to runners along the Jones Falls Trail. Round Falls is out of

The Baltimore Textbook

December 19, 2012

David London · Literature

  The Baltimore Textbook was a senior thesis project by Becky Slogeris, which “attempts to connect Baltimore youth with their local environment, including lessons on

Top 5 Events :: March 20th, 2014

March 20, 2014

Ezra Winter · Charm City

Top 5 Events (in no particular order) Each week we round up the most fun goings-on in the city.  Please submit your event to our calendar if

Bringing the Street to the Gallery: TOVEN’s Solo Gallery Opening

December 12, 2013

Amanda Fortner · Art

Street artist Toven is known for his iconic images of Mr. Baltimore, the slinky suit with a revolver for a head, and Edgar Allan Poe

Fly Problem by Jared Fischer

June 19, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

What is Art?

December 14, 2013

Benjamin Andrew · Art Criticism

Dina Kelberman’s Online Curiosities. Benjamin Andrew interviews Dina Kelberman. Last month, on November 2, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) played host to a mixed group of

UpCHUCK

July 5, 2012

David London & Theresa Keil · Events, Music, Performance

This story is three-fold: HoodSCAPE, UpCHUCK and Mobtown Magazine. HoodSCAPE is an artist collective started by Katie Myers and Molly McNulty, both residents of the

Talking Parlor, NaPoWriMo with Sarah Jean Alexander

May 9, 2013

Adam Robinson · Baltimore Reader

Parlor is an online journal run by Sarah Jean Alexander, a Baltimore writer and bartender. It’s unique, with a collaborative focus, pairing sets of two

VIDEO: Hoodoo Dance Party

June 30, 2011

whatweekly · Music, Performance, Video

What Weekly’s Hoodoo Dance Party - The First What Weekly Event … Ever. “Best party of the year!” -Aaron Henkin, WPYR. Take a sneak peak

When Baltimore Riots

April 29, 2015

Matt Kelley · Community, Video

Music By: The Water

Fugazi’s Brendan Canty Preaches D.I.Y with DC’s Top Ethiopian Swing Band

June 4, 2015

Leslie Ann & Kathryn Bristow · Music

Photo by Bob Howl Before their hiatus, punk rockers Fugazi preached kinetic music and creative independence at a time when the label-based music industry was

Romantic States: Vessels of Devils

February 28, 2013

whatweekly · Music

Romantic States is music made by Jim Triplett and Ilenia Madelaire  from Baltimore Maryland.  Romantic States has so far released three singles and an EP on beko-dsl, and two full length cassettes

Skatepark of Baltimore Grand Opening

May 5, 2014

James Blucher · Photo Essay, Sports

After 10 years of hard work by dedicated proponents of America’s gnarliest art form, the Skatepark of Baltimore finally opened. Photographer James Blucher was on

Warhol Late Night at BMA

November 10, 2010

whatweekly · Art

Take a world class art museum, an all night disco, a battle of wits to the death, the spirit of Andy Warhol and mix them

The Hustle: Twitter to Riches- How to find Comedy Success and a Job at The Onion

June 17, 2014

Ezra Winter · The Hustle

The Hustle is a series where Ezra Winter interviews and features how people find success in creative ways in the digital age. This time we

Small Time

December 14, 2011

Urbanite Magazine · Sustainability

A couple of years ago, while I was reporting on a redevelopment plan in Buffalo, New York, I met up with Robert Shibley, an architecture