WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

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,…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

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

July Fiction Contest Winner :: Breaking the Law

August 11, 2014

Jeremy Chase-Israel · Charm City

Wildfire by Karim Zelenka The TVs on the corner were telling lies again. Throngs of people left their homes and gathered by the electronics shop

Rooms Fall Apart: An Experiential Telling

May 12, 2013

Robin Gunkel & Philip Laubner & Larry Cohen · Performance

Every spring for the last 10 years the Transmodern Festival has held radical space for the exploration of experimental, boundary-bending, outrider art. This year’s Labor

Dungeonesse: Drive You Crazy

May 15, 2013

Gatsby · Music

Dungeonesse – “Drive You Crazy” (Official Video) from the “Drive You Crazy” b/w “Private Party” 12inch out December 4, 2012 on Secretly Canadian Directed by

The Mechanic Theatre :: A Retrospective

January 22, 2015

Christina Taylor & Brooke Hall · Commentary, Essays

I originally sat down with this piece thinking that I was going to serve the death of The Mechanic with some sort of eulogy. As

Finding Metaspace

August 7, 2013

Max Guy · Art Criticism

Max Guy gives serious thought to an exhibition at the new Springsteen Gallery. The show is over now, but the gallery continues an ambitious program at

Photo by Christian Senger

Born Behind Bars

May 7, 2014

Kelly King · Charm City

The image of pregnant women giving birth in chains seems like something out of Game of Thrones or some other fictional or historical era. Yet in

artNOW: Baltimore

February 15, 2012

Daniel Stuelpnagel · Art

A stylized and subversive group exhibition entitled artNOW:Baltimore, curated by Alex Castro and Cara Ober, opened Friday at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. The exhibit

The Day The Toilets Ran Free In Hampden

September 19, 2013

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Festival, Photo Essay

There’s a few sure-fire signs that summer is comin’ to a close here in Baltimore. The leaves start changin’, kids commence to shufflin’ to and

For The Love of Vinyl

November 7, 2012

David London & Michael Faulkner · Artist Profiles, Business, Music

Jack Moore, aka El Suprimo, loves records.  For over 30 years he’s been seeking the world’s most authentic music and adding it to his massive

DARB TV at Current Gallery

November 17, 2010

Philip Laubner · Art, Performance

One thing was certain from the beginning: DARB TV was not going to be your "normal" everyday performance. Upon entering Current Space each of us

Tis The Season

October 24, 2013

Adam J. Kurtz · Comedy

It's Halloween, which means we are about to be fully immersed in the holiday season. Which in and of itself is fine, except the year

Baltimore Review: Winter Issue

February 11, 2013

whatweekly · What Lit

The winter issue of The Baltimore Review went live on February 2. The spring issue of The Baltimore Review went live on May 1. Publishing since 1996, steadfast but never stodgy, this stalwart of the literary

Baltimore’s newest Bucket Band believes in music

June 26, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

Support Baltimore’s newest Bucket Band! Kenny Liner, of Baltimore’s The Bridge, believes strongly in the power of music to affect change. So he founded Believe in

Slam Up Spreads Message of Love and TMI

October 22, 2014

Samantha Mitchell · Comedy, Performance

On a regular Thursday night in Baltimore, patrons of The Bun Shop were equal parts delighted and surprised to find themselves in the audience of

What Weekly Rooftop Party

May 16, 2016

What Weekly · Charm City

All photos by Mike Oswald Photography Last Friday we kicked off the summer with The Louie Bar at the top of one of the most

The Copycat Project

February 29, 2012

David London & Philip Laubner · Art, Artist Profiles, Station North

There are few buildings in the Baltimore Arts Skyline that hold as much history, mystery, and allure as the Copycat. For close to 30 years,

social innovation

Existence Day 2010

What is Existence Day, you ask? It’s an international holiday for celebrating existence and the brainchild of Baltimore’s own Nicholas…

Transportation Infrastructure Now

Ultimate Block Party

Still Occupied

Loveasaurus Records

The Baltimore Algebra Project

artist profiles

Shane Burke

Photos and words by Philip Laubner Wonderment with a smile is how I’d describe the faces of the people listening…

Travels with Jack Radcliffe: Michele Li Murphy

Josh Denny: The Support

Barbarellesque

GETTING OUT OF THE GROUND with Adam Scott Cook

Ceda and Dume

sustainability

Farmageddon

On Halloween nothing’s more frightening than a bobble headed Mr. Boh hanging out with the Gorton’s fisherman guy. Over the…

Baltimore Free Farm

Small Time

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Big Green Pirate Party