WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

Araminta Freedom Initiative

January 3, 2013

David London & Theresa Keil · Social Innovation

The name Araminta, which means “defender,” was Harriet Tubman’s given name as a child slave in Maryland.  In honor of…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

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

The Other Half

June 27, 2013

Kelly Louise Barton · Music

Gift plans to release three albums under his electronic/hip-hop name, Wendel Patrick. The first entitled “Passage,” is an album built upon the concept of starting

Piano Man of Read Street :: Leonardo Cagape

March 5, 2014

Robert Gesumaria & Brooke Hall · Music

Story by Robert Gesumaria. Photos by Brooke Hall. Would you like to hear Billy Joel and Elton John live, playing for free, at a cozy

CityLit Festival 2010

April 22, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Charm City

We went to the CityLit Festival mostly because of our curiousity about City Sages: Baltimore. The book is an ambitious undertaking by editor Jen Michalski

Inside Digital Cave: Baltimore on the Brink of Virtual Reality

May 31, 2016

Photo Tag · Charm City

My brain tells me I'm on the edge of a rock formation hundreds of feet in the air—a sweeping green valley below me, a winding

Serious Fun

July 26, 2013

Daniel Stuelpnagel · Art

Living in the world of contemporary narrative surrealism, surrounded by street art, happenings and fine paintings, digital videos and sculptural installations, our collective neocortex experiences

Charm City Walks With Wallenda

June 19, 2012

Dharna Noor · Events, Performance

All photos courtesy of Charm City Movement Arts In early May, Nik Wallenda walked a tightrope across Batimore’s Inner Harbor as a publicity stunt for

Introducing: Surreal Shorts

March 5, 2013

whatweekly · Video

Surreal Shorts Title Sequence from Jeremy Opio on Vimeo. Surreal Shorts is an American animated independent cartoon series created by Jeremy Opio. Set in a

Visionary Solstice Gathering with Alex Grey

February 24, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen & Philip Laubner · Art, Music, Performance

This issue is dedicated to everyone involved with the ridiculously good time and intensely spellbinding experience we had Saturday night at The Visionary Solstice Gathering

Poetry: 2 by Lucy Tiven

December 31, 2013

Timmy Reed · Literature, What Lit

Super Fidelity & Clear Channel by Lucy Tiven

Whartscape 2010

July 29, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Music

We've been told that this was the last Whartscape for our fair city. The announcment marks the end of an era though the festival may

Hello Paradise

March 10, 2011

Justin Allen & Brooke Hall · Music

Imagine a sanctuary in a stately old church, slightly worn and crumbling, awash with the glow of warm colors and inundated with music seemingly composed

Top 10 Movies of 2013

January 2, 2014

Dan Gvozden · Film

2013 was the year of movies that I had been waiting for.  After a disappointing 2012 where I struggled to even choose a top 10

Everything I Know About Beyoncé and Why That’s Important

August 20, 2014

Chuck Green · Commentary, Music

Or, perhaps more importantly, how I just learned the character code for an acute “e” and I’m not just going to waste that. Beyoncé has

ASMocean

January 4, 2012

whatweekly · Video

This trailer is a crash and boom of a wave, refreshing you and foaming at your feet. A condensed intense echo that ripples forth from

Top 5 Events :: May 8th, 2014

May 2, 2014

Gatsby · Charm City

Top 5 Events (in no particular order) Each week we bring you the goodness. Submit your event to our calendar if you’d like to see yourself here!

nightlife

Emily Wells at Cyclops Books

Emily just moved to New York from LA where people warned her about the cold. She was undaunted. Head wrapped…

Bent Ear

Cameron Blake Double Album Release

Boite: Show and Tell

Murder Ink at Single Carrot Theatre

Mobtown Microshow: Celebration

social innovation

Enducation Series

This is the short wrap up of the WhoWeAm series on looking at education through the lens of culture. Two…

Getting Baked

Station North: Thinking Big!

From Here To There

The 99%

The Consent Revolution

artist profiles

Kaveh Haerian :: Poster Child

On an oppressively hot night back in July of 2008, Kaveh Haerian saw his first show at Single Carrot Theatre.…

Robert Marbury

The Tailor at Hour Haus

Charm City Makeup

Nikkuu Design

MilkMilkLemonade

sustainability

Small Time

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

Fixing The Future

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Farmageddon

Baltimore Free Farm

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

technology

Get Pixilated

People love looking at pictures of themselves. This is a simple and undeniable fact of human nature. Another strange phenomenon…

Smart Textiles

What Digital Harbor Foundation Is Building That You Should Be A Part Of

The God Particle

Data For The People: How Does OpenBaltimore Work?

Inside The Electric Pharaoh