WHAT WEEKLY

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Where’s What Weekly?

February 23, 2010

whatweekly · Charm City

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Movie Review :: Only Lovers Left Alive

May 7, 2014

Mark Schiffer · Film

Jim Jarmusch has developed a bit of a reputation for himself as a curator. Musician cameos, film-nerd name drops, and carefully-selected soundtracks have come to

Up By The Roots

February 9, 2012

Urbanite Magazine · Charm City

How a young candidate set out to overthrow a broken political system and rebuild trust between government and people on the street. by Michael Corbin, photo

That’s What Shebooks Said

August 26, 2014

Abby Higgs · Literature

Danielle Ariano sits at her kitchen table, alternating her attention between her laptop and a thick stack of papers. At first glance, the stack of

Celebration “Honeysuckle Blue”

January 27, 2011

What Weekly · Nightlife, Video

Celebration “Honeysuckle Blue” from Friends Records on Vimeo. Video by Miranda Pfeiffer // www.mirandapfeiffer.com “Honeysuckle Blue” by Celebration // www.celebrationelectrictarot.com Friends Records // www.friendsrecordsbaltimore.com Pre-order

Same River Twice

May 11, 2011

Philip Laubner · Art, Music

The Jones Falls river runs hidden beneath the highway like Baltimore's forgotten circulatory system. It was first covered by the Fallsway in 1911 and then

Conversations on Theater

July 13, 2011

Peter Davis · Performance

I go to the theater. I sometimes get to make theater. I think about how store front theater is different from community theater. I apply

Wrestlin’ With Baltimore

March 21, 2013

Larry Evans · Sports

Hey International Olympic Committee: Wrestling is not just an inaugural Olympic event – it is mankind’s first EVER sport. When our earliest human cubs bumped

Small Foods

March 7, 2012

Justin Allen · Food

It turns out there’s something unexpectedly gratifying about miniaturized cuisine. I attended Small Foods 2012 with little expectation other than to satisfy my curiosity about

Chucklestorm

April 28, 2011

Matt Kelley · Charm City, Performance

Photo by Matt Kelley On the first Tuesday of every month the Ottobar undergoes a transformation from premier head-banging – “Holy crap I’m sweating so

The Temporary Nature of Ideas

September 9, 2010

Justin Allen & Theresa Keil · Art

If humans weren’t social animals, civilization wouldn’t have evolved into what it is today. Considering the amount of time life has existed on this planet,

Shock Trauma Love

September 15, 2011

Jordan Sondler · Love

  Charm City Love Chronicles is a new What Weekly column all about your true stories. Jordan Sondler is illustrating a new column for and

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," remembers artist Heather Joi. She

Maryland Art Place – Call For Artists – Two Exhibits

May 23, 2013

whatweekly · Charm City

Call For Entry: Regional Juried Exhibition   Maryland Art Place (MAP) is seeking artists working in a diverse range of media for a Regional Juried Exhibition,

Peace Spore

January 27, 2011

What Weekly · Nightlife, Social Innovation

Blood soaked Vietnam draft papers, peace mantras, deep ethical questions that might never be answered discussed during a no-holds-barred forum whose participants were merely asked

Space in Tension :: The InDirect Art of Jennifer Gilman and Christian Benefiel

March 26, 2014

Amanda Fortner · Art

Jennifer Gilman’s intricate, architectural sawdust drawings and Christian Benefiel’s bold, explosive mixed-media sculptures adorned Area 405’s restored brewery showroom last Saturday night. The joint showing,

Jason Urick: Ageless Isms

January 25, 2012

whatweekly · Music, Video

Jason Urick – Ageless Isms from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo. Video by Ashby Lee Collinson. Ashby’s Princess Dies series is raising funds for a

Consent Revolution

December 19, 2012

Rebecca Nagle & Hannah Brancato · Charm City

The Consent Revolution, One V-String Thong at a Time By now, you have probably heard about the Pink Loves Consent prank. And if not, here’s

fashion

Dyed For You

Hand-dyed Silk Textiles, Clothing, and Accessories by Michelle Li Murphy Some of the most popular designs in fashion come from…

Lexington Market 10th Annual Fashion Show

Startup Sheik :: The Swavor Story

Panoptic Fashion Show- MICA

Navigating Victoria’s Secret

The Tailor at Hour Haus

social innovation

Elf Night

Photo by Brooke Hall Since 1993, Business Volunteers Unlimited have referred over 90,000 volunteers. Recently, we decided to join them…

Existence Day 2010

#SaveADopeBoy

Loveasaurus Records

Come Home Baltimore

The Internet is My Religion

artist profiles

Infinite Games: Mixtum

“There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. A finite game is…

Matt Muirhead Goes Big

Mathew Bainbridge

Paco Fish

We Are Gone

For The Love of Vinyl

sustainability

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Urban gardens are sprouting up all over Baltimore. If you don't have a small plot of land for growing food,…

Big Green Pirate Party

Farmageddon

Welcome to the Free Farm

Fixing The Future

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore