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Lunar State Radio: Classes

October 12, 2011

Matt Kelley & Ian McMurphy · Lunar State Radio

Episode 2: It's the first day of classes at Lunar State University and the curriculum is anything but ordinary. Writers…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Dance Round Robin

March 10, 2011

Justin Allen & Brooke Hall · Music, Performance

I’ve come to the realization that dance is probably the most life affirming art form of all. It lives within the cadence of one’s breath

A Baltimore Story

January 25, 2012

whatweekly · Music, Video

Watoto From The Nile   A video made by three girls from Baltimore goes viral.    “In a little over three weeks after its release,

Arbouretum at The Metro Gallery

October 13, 2010

Jason Bender · Music

Arbouretum masterfully position themselves as shamanistic leaders who take their fans on a musical trip. Within the first few songs the band makes you

Red Emma’s Masquerade Ball

January 13, 2010

Justin Allen & Brooke Hall · Charm City

  This week we masqueraded with the Red Emma‘s crowd at 2640. Here’s Matthew T. Muirhead and Brian E. Langston, both performing at Give It

Watch The Olsen Twins Tip a Black Man with Fried Chicken

April 8, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

Last night a friend and myself were having a conversation about the weirdest things we remembered watching on television when we were younger and the

Poetry: 2 by Matthew Zingg

June 13, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

Two poems, each an escape into wistful rumination, events that we've heard of but couldn't have actually seen.

Inward, Outward: All the Best

October 4, 2013

Jeff Brunell · Inward And Outward

  Longtime townie Jeff Brunell finally returned to school just before turning thirty. He’s in southern India, completing his graduate field work and taking stock.

Can Rock & Roll Save the Tigers? :: Digital Breeding by Portugal. the Man

May 14, 2014

Kelly Louise Barton · Music

After exploring the Smithsonian National Zoo this past Monday, Alaskan natives Portugal. the Man performed “Endangered Song” for the first time live at a free

February Literature Roundup

February 6, 2013

Adam Robinson · Baltimore Reader, What Lit

It’s February and when it’s February I always think of Shane Jones’s imaginative book Light Boxes, in which the month is personified as a malevolent,

Manifest: Introspect

December 14, 2011

Theresa Keil & Justin Allen · Art, Charm City, Music

Once again photographer Theresa Keil finds the convergence of art and music and aims her storied lens accordingly. The result is yet another spectacular glimpse

The New Robber Barons

August 14, 2014

Sarika Duvvuru Reddy · Commentary

Carnegie, Rockefeller, Gates, Ellison: philanthropic robber barons of their times. It takes a certain kind of chutzpah, selfishness, ambition (as well as race and gender)

Why This Empty Bottle Is As Hollow As My Soul by Carl Kuleck

February 19, 2014

Timmy Reed · What Lit

His name was Matt, but to protect the anonymity of the subject we’ll call him Natt.  He was the boss that never got hired, so

Jennifer Stephens

May 23, 2012

Tristan Brooks & Philip Laubner & Theresa Keil · Artist Profiles, Performance

Photo by Philip Laubner Jennifer Stephens, also known as Marigold Bumbleroot, is a professional bubble-blower. https://vimeo.com/34443712 Filmed and edited by Ken Morrill of Yenra TV

Seth Sherman

February 1, 2012

Justin Allen · Music, Video

When the Moment Is True, Seth Sherman’s new album, came to us by way of Austin, Texas from our friend and Baltimore native Drew Schlegel

Moveable Feets

March 17, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Charm City

Humble Tripe kicked off Moveable Feets at The Metro Gallery Saturday night with their sweet, soulful sort of folk that has the same kind of

Causes and Conditions :: Spring Break, An Escape from Kathmandu

April 23, 2014

Peter Dillon · Charm City

Spring Break. Once a year it happens. Usually I ignore it. Maybe a mini-vacation by car, or a quick trip to visit relatives. Not this

nightlife

New Year’s Eve 2010

Farida Shourbaji at Red Maple on New Year’s Eve 2010-2011. Photo by Theresa Keil New Year’s Revolution The New Year…

Sick Weapons Last Show at Golden West

Cameron Blake Double Album Release

Brian Baker

Peace Spore

Emily Wells at Cyclops Books

social innovation

Loveasaurus Records

In the wake of the ongoing collapse of the tyrannical, greed ridden music mega-industry, several enterprising young innovators have stepped…

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Elf Night

Create Baltimore, Take 2

The Merchants of Dissonance

sustainability

Small Time

A couple of years ago, while I was reporting on a redevelopment plan in Buffalo, New York, I met up…

Big Green Pirate Party

Baltimore Free Farm

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Welcome to the Free Farm

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