Brian Baker

January 27, 2011

whatweekly & Philip Laubner · Art, Artist Profiles, Nightlife

Brian Baker creates life-size pieces of art with, as he puts it, "gods and goddesses, angels and demons, spirits and aliens."

Big Fat Bawlmer Wedding

March 7, 2012

David London & Philip Laubner · Artist Profiles

Last weekend we attended My Big Fat Bawlmer Wedding, a yearly fundraiser for The Baltimore Art & Music Project. The event was a strange mix of

Ouch!

February 1, 2012

whatweekly · Art

Tonight marks the opening reception of Ouch! a collection of new work by one of Baltimore’s favorite artists. Okan Arabacioglu’s, illustrations have been featured in

Artscape 2011

July 20, 2011

Justin Allen & Philip Laubner & Theresa Keil · Art, Music, Performance

Photo by Philip Laubner Every year Artscape draws too many people to count to the city of Baltimore. People come here to experience the spectacle

Jazz Throwback at WC Harlan

January 19, 2015

Greg Bowen · Events, Music

Veteran reedman John Dierker (Boister, Lafayette Gilchrist) and cellist Zack Branch (Talk Show, Baltimore Rock Opera Society) packed Remington speakeasy WC Harlan on Wednesday for

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

Downside Up

July 13, 2011

Lee Boot · Social Innovation, Who We Am

I don't know about ya'll but I think we're in the middle of a big change. It's as if for the last 1000 years we've

Britt Olsen-Ecker

March 28, 2012

Philip Laubner · Art, Artist Profiles, Music, Performance

The first time I saw Britt Olsen-Ecker was from the audience of the Strand Theater in 2010. She was playing Giselle: a brassy, over the

Sean E. Conroy

July 19, 2012

Dharna Noor · Art, Artist Profiles

All images courtesy the artist “The Buddha said, ‘It’s the not seeing of this suffering that keeps us bound,’” quotes Sean E Conroy on his

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

Poetry: Wallflower (For Eva Hesse)

February 7, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

  Photograph by Erin Ouslander   Wallflower (For Eva Hesse) by Jenny O’Grady I’m swinging from a net on the wall, limbs swollen, lips lassoed,

Grunion Run by Juliet Escoria

March 11, 2014

Timmy Reed · Literature, What Lit

Today I am excited to feature Grunion Run by Juliet Escoria. The story, which first appeared in Everyday Genius (What Weekly contributor Adam Robinson’s daily

Fashion Photographer Sean Scheidt

January 17, 2013

Christopher J. Rondo · Artist Profiles, Fashion As I See It

Fashion Photography by Sean Scheidt, photos of Scheidt were taken by Christopher Rondo Painting a Fashionable Photograph, with Sean Scheidt   Usually found on the

Bed Intruder Christmas Carol Song

December 22, 2010

What Weekly · Video

Clearing the Fog: Baltimore Hip-Hop’s Deciduous Haze

November 5, 2014

Kelly Louise Barton · Music, Performance

To an outsider, Baltimore’s hip-hop reputation has been one clouded by its lack of record deals and mainstream success. And while that perception is just

Feedback

July 6, 2011

Lee Boot · Social Innovation

Last night we had a feedback session where we showed some of the films we've been posting to a group that came together for one

Die Antwoord’s ‘Pitbull Terrier’ Video Aspires To New Reaches of Dumb

May 21, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

I pretended to like Die Antwoord for a two month period when I was 17, mainly because the girl I was pursuing at the time