WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

Artist Heather Joi

March 30, 2011

Philip Laubner & Matt Kelley · Art, Artist Profiles

"I was the best shot in my group, I maxed out my physical training score, I was a high-speed soldier,"…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Baltimore Boom Bap Society

May 9, 2012

Jordan Goodman · Music, Station North

Our Western culture is slowly suffocating. As a society built on capitalism, it’s only natural we experience entertainment as an “Artist/Consumer” model. Let me introduce

Valentine’s Day :: A How To

January 29, 2014

Charmed and Dangerous · Charm City

Let’s Talk About Valentine’s Day We’ve got a little over 2 weeks remaining. While I’m the first person to want to completely dismiss the day,

Five 2 Nine: Crossing The Pond – Baltimore To Edinburgh

September 10, 2014

Matt Kelley · Charm City

“Holy shit I am really drunk,” I said to Neil who stood beside me calm as a Hindu cow.

Photo by Dorret Oosterhoff

Poetry: 2 by Fitz Fitzgerald

September 26, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

The following poems are part of the Thing to Do in Baltimore series of poems by Fitz Fitzgerald. We’ll be posting more them periodically here at

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

Alex Hacker

May 30, 2012

Keith Preston · Artist Profiles

Photos by Jack Sossman In recent weeks, it has become clear to this Baltimore native that an art form often overlooked in contemporary urban scenes

Rafael Alvarez’s Tales From The Holy Land

January 7, 2014

Timmy Reed · Hampden, Literature, Performance, What Lit

  Rafael Alvarez’ third collection of fiction, Tales From the Holy Land, opens Baltimore’s last century up like a cadaver, then offers readers a look

Obama Administration Denies Petition To Build Death Star

January 13, 2013

whatweekly · Charm City

A petition sent to the White House to build a Death Star as a means to stimulate the economy has been denied. Here’s The White

Intuitive Insight: A Peek Under The Hood

March 30, 2011

What Weekly · Who We Am

Part 2 of a multi-post film series about how innovation and creativity intersect our prevailing cultural ideas about them here in the US.

Weekends: Totem

January 6, 2011

What Weekly · Nightlife, Video

Weekends “Totem” from Friends Records on Vimeo. Weekends: Totem Directed By: Alice Cohen Friends Records

MUSIC VIDEO: Whore of Baltimore

June 2, 2011

What Weekly · Art, Music, Video

The beat for song is a sound recording of Bethany Dinsick's brain being scanned by an MRI machine. "Whore of Baltimore" written, performed, costumes, art

Solar Solipsis

August 16, 2012

Dharna Noor & Valerie Paulsgrove · Music, Performance

All photos by Valeria Paulsgrove Temperance is regarded as a cardinal virtue. We’re often advised to avoid extremities of emotion; to “be easy” and “remain

What Instagram :: Adam Elkins

February 6, 2014

Kelly Louise Barton · Charm City

Not only does Adam Elkins’s Instagram, bigmanjapan, provide a glimpse into Cleveland that I had no idea existed, he also manages to capture vivid reflections

A SOGH Story

May 30, 2012

Tristan Brooks · Art, Artist Profiles

“There are a kazillion self-taught artists out there, and I don’t have an idea of others that have the same sort of demand from the

Causes & Conditions :: The Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom

February 26, 2014

Peter Dillon · Charm City

i. I really miss sarcasm. It just doesn’t exist here. I ask my local friends and coworkers about it. They understand the concept…by ironically mocking

I Will Not Think Bad Thoughts

May 30, 2013

Ian Maclean Davis · Art Criticism

Ian MacLean Davis reviews The Salon of Little Deaths at Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington, DC, on view through June 15th, 1353 U Street NW. As an

Gateway at Ruintown

January 12, 2011

Matt Kelley & Philip Laubner & Theresa Keil · Charm City, Music, Nightlife

Have you ever spent a Saturday night arguing with your friends over what to do only to realize that in the end you wasted much

nightlife

Infernoland

Each year millions of families travel by planes, trains and automobiles to amusement parks all over the world. Upon arrival…

Brian Baker

Peace Spore

Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire

SCREEN PASS

Comedy Noir

social innovation

The “Mad Women” of the 307 Collective

In room 307 of Maryland Institute College of Art’s Brown Center, four students immersed themselves in a design internship for…

Open Walls Baltimore

The 99%

Treating Others

Araminta Freedom Initiative

Getting Baked

artist profiles

The Blind Biker

All Photos Courtesy of Matt Gilman This Saturday, June 16th at 9pm, the Windup Space will premiere a short film…

Kaveh Haerian :: Poster Child

Minás Konsolas: ArchiteXture

Mr. Oz

Mata Ruda

They’re Not Making Art Anymore :: An Interview with Fred Lazarus IV

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…

Small Time

Welcome to the Free Farm

Baltimore Free Farm

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Farmageddon