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★ Cover Story

Seeing Now at the BMA

February 24, 2011

Philip Laubner · Art

Artistic photography, as opposed to documentary, is often most potent when it captures a reality in which time is irrelevant.…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Baker Artist Awards

September 13, 2012

David London & Theresa Keil · Art, Events, Photo Essay

Last Friday was the Opening Reception for the Baker Artist Award Winners at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The multi-disciplinary exhibition showcases the winners of

Jan Kirsh

August 22, 2012

Dharna Noor · Art, Business

Jan Kirsh spoke to me from her sculpture studio, which is right beside her house and design studio. As she spoke, she sculpted tomatoes. “I’m

130% Surround Sound at The Red Room

August 26, 2010

whatweekly · Music

Tucked away in a cramped, un-air conditioned cranny of the venerable East 31st Street emporium dubbed The Red Room, the curious sit front-to-back in

Heil Honey, I’m Home :: The Greatest Sitcom Ever Cancelled

May 5, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

In 1990 the British television station Galaxy aired the pilot for Heil Honey, I’m Home, Geoff Atkinson’s send up of mid 50s American sitcoms starring

Tracing a Father’s Presence

March 10, 2013

Michael Farley · Art, Art Criticism

by Michael Farley Tony Shore: Harry Maryland Institute College of Art Pinkard Gallery: Bunting Center January 25 – March 17, 2013   Tony Shore’s retrospective,

Carb-o-Nightmare :: Health Essay

April 24, 2014

Jenn Danzig · Charm City

Carbohydrates, like many of life’s deadliest elements are very tempting. But after years of suffering with chronic pain and Crohn’s Disease, I discovered something that

The Craft Mafia

June 29, 2011

Angelique Weger · Art

Angelique Weger takes us on a visit to ground zero of the Baltimore craft scene to get a closer look at the Charm City Craft

Film Review :: Lone Survivor

February 6, 2014

Dan Gvozden · Film

Lone Survivor, a film very loosely based on the story of a Navy SEAL squadron left stranded to battle against the Taliban, is a perfect

#thisisbaltimore :: How We Engage in Peaceful Protests

April 30, 2015

Kristin Mcwharter · Community

The protests demanding justice for Freddie Gray have continued strong with community groups and organizations rising up from all corners of the city. Tuesday, a

Reggie Watts Kills It

November 16, 2011

whatweekly · Art, Performance, Video

Reggie Watts: A send-off in style from PopTech on Vimeo. Reggie Watts, the final performer on the PopTech 2011 stage, sends the audience off in

Fighting Rape in Underwear

February 8, 2012

Rebecca Nagle & Philip Laubner · Art, Fashion

  Why are two feminists fighting rape in their underwear?   Story by Rebecca Nagle, photos by Philip Laubner FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture is an artistic

Urban Dating :: Side Dishes

February 12, 2014

Charmed and Dangerous · Charm City

Anonymous Asked: What are your thoughts on side girls? As in you have a girlfriend who you really do love and care about and want

The French Conniption: When a Chip Chop Drill Kills

April 25, 2013

Larry Evans · Charm City

As you could surmise from my rambling inaugural What Weekly piece  Wrestlin’ With Baltimore (if you happened to catch it – and if not – just think of

The First Promise :: Short Film

August 20, 2014

Joey Malinski · Performance, Video

I was looking to do a narrative, something simple in terms of set up, where the short relies on creating a feeling in order to

Commissure At The Contemporary Museum

January 20, 2011

Baynard Woods · Art, Nightlife

I felt disembodied, as if I were floating, watching people react to the news of my own death. I got this feeling from "Commissure," The

Green Street Academy :: Reshaping Urban Education

November 19, 2014

Joey Malinski · Innovation

Green Street Academy is changing urban education in West Baltimore by creating a school that focuses on "Green" initiatives and hands on learning.

Are Airplanes Truly Deadly?

May 1, 2014

Michael Moran · Charm City

Good news everyone! You’re not going to die in a plane crash! Even if you live to be a hundred and fifty and fly more

social innovation

A Dream in Cherry Hill

“Who controls the media in Baltimore City?” reads the construction-paper sign, in a basement computer lab in Cherry Hill Public Homes.…

From Here To There

Enducation Series

The Baltimore Algebra Project

Araminta Freedom Initiative

Downside Up

artist profiles

MilkMilkLemonade

An Interview With Playwright Joshua Conkel By Ken Greller Amongst a certain crop of young, largely New York City-based playwrights…

Barbarellesque

Glenford Nunez

Swordswallower Dai Andrews

Legendary Photographer Elliott Landy

The Blind Biker

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…

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Baltimore Free Farm

Small Time

Farmageddon

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore