WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

The Immoral Old Man Brown

May 9, 2013

Kelly Louise Barton & Tedd Henn · Music

Engrained in the Baltimore funk scene, Old Man Brown released their third full-length album, Brand Me Immoral, in Federal Hill…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Photo by McKenzie Elizabeth Ditter

The Star of Mobile Thrifting: STACEY CHAMBERS

October 27, 2014

Abby Higgs · Business, Fashion, Innovation

Stacey Chambers. With her lovable bear hugs, palm-searing high fives, and gestures as animated as a plate-spinning juggler, she puts the “arm” in Charm City.

Village Learning Place Teams Up With Givecorps

August 29, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

When the Village Learning Place (VLP) in Charles Village began assessing the Pre-Kindergarten students entering the LINK After School program, they found that many students

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

Bawlmer HonFest 2012

June 13, 2012

Dharna Noor & Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Events, Hampden, Photo Essay

This past weekend, the people of Bawlmer gathered to let their hair down—or, rather, gather it in a beehive—and show their pride for their city.

Pop-Up Lit Shop

October 2, 2013

Timmy Reed · Literature, What Lit

I just received this press release from Brad Cartwright over at EMP Collective for what looks like a super fun event (and a great place

Plywood

September 14, 2011

Philip Laubner · Art

I didn’t set out to cover a story about a new “Pop Up” gallery on Saturday night. I just wanted to pop into Belvedere Square,

Let There Be Light

December 8, 2011

Tedd Henn · Charm City

Images From The 40th Annual Monumental Occasion, or monument lighting to the locals, at the Washington Monument in Mt. Vernon.

DDm – Come Thru :: Baltimore Rapper’s New Video

June 24, 2014

Gatsby · Charm City

  Our friend DDm has just dropped his new single.  Check out the killer video featuring some people and locations we know and love.  

Animal Modern

June 20, 2013

Fred Scharmen & Theresa Keil · Art Criticism

Thinking about the visual culture of Baltimore, Fred Scharmen takes a time machine ride, with giraffes. Photographs by Theresa Keil.  The other week I got an

National Poetry Month: Carla Jean Valluzzi’s Oulipost

April 23, 2014

Timmy Reed · What Lit

“April is the cruellest month, breeding. Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing. Memory and desire, stirring. Dull roots with spring rain.” – T.S. Eliot

The First Promise :: Short Film

August 20, 2014

Joey Malinski · Performance, Video

I was looking to do a narrative, something simple in terms of set up, where the short relies on creating a feeling in order to

Top 5 Events :: March 26th, 2014

March 26, 2014

Ezra Winter · Charm City

Top 5 Events (in no particular order) Each week we round up the most fun goings-on in the city.  Please submit your event to our calendar if

Looking Back at the Holiday Ritual

March 2, 2011

Lee Boot · Who We Am

The ironic fact that culture doesn’t really matter in our culture is unfortunate because for us, as for all people, culture forms the social norms

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

Watch Pharrell’s “Happy” Video Without Music

April 21, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

This isn’t a silent music video, it’s a music video with the backing track “removed”. Tt’s a genius trend that’s started on the internet where

Come Home Baltimore

February 6, 2013

whatweekly · Social Innovation

  PROVING YOU CAN TAKE THE WIRE OUT OF BALTIMORE The Come Home Baltimore Fund Modestly Announces a Crowfunding Contest That Will Revolutionize How Disadvantaged

What is a Tool Library?

October 4, 2012

David London · Social Innovation, Station North

“Much like a traditional library, the tool library is a free community lending service, but instead of books, we deal in tools.” John Shea and

nightlife

SCREEN PASS

Around this time of year I receive advance screening DVD’s of hopefully award-worthy movies. I get them because I’m in…

Sick Weapons Last Show at Golden West

Mobtown Microshow: Celebration

Commissure At The Contemporary Museum

Murder Ink at Single Carrot Theatre

Celebration “Honeysuckle Blue”

artist profiles

Philip Laubner’s Evacuation Route

It takes something truly striking for us to remember that photography's purpose is not just to have a new default…

Interactions at Minás

Minás Konsolas: ArchiteXture

Silent Whys

Mr. Oz

Fashion Photographer Sean Scheidt

sustainability

Farmageddon

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

Small Time

Big Green Pirate Party

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Baltimore Free Farm