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★ Cover Story

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

Top 5 Events :: April 24th, 2014

April 24, 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!

Straddling Two Worlds: Singer Allen Hulsey on American Rock and Turkish Tradition

October 2, 2014

David Leigh Abts · Music

By Baltimore-bred, Brooklyn-based author David Leigh Abts and New York-based writer Kacey Chapin; edited by Leslie Blodgett. Photos by Murat Akçay. Today we take you

A Night at Floristree

March 28, 2012

Kevin Chesser · Charm City, Music

When I got asked to cover this show, What Weekly’s initial contact was from K Records, the Olympia, Washington label that’s putting out “In Cool

“Holy Cow, I’m In Korea”

July 15, 2014

Hannah Ehlenfeldt · Charm City

“So have you had that ‘holy cow I’m in Korea’ moment yet?” This is something I’ve been asked, in some way, multiple times over the

Baltimore’s Most Badass Theater-Bitch :: Danielle Robinette

November 16, 2014

Christina Taylor · Artist Profiles, Performance

Cover photo by Tedd Henn Danielle Robinette is a seasoned Baltimore actress who wears many hats. From starring in several groundbreaking rock operas to founding

On Artichoke Haircut and the Things They Do

April 17, 2013

Adam Robinson · Baltimore Reader, What Lit

One of Baltimore’s coolest literature magazines is Artichoke Haircut, a small-format production that fits nicely in your hand and reads nicely in your mind. They just

Improv at 2640

April 15, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Music

The improvisational music movement in Baltimore is one of the most interesting phenomena happening right now. This might be due to the fact that so

First Look at the Original Washington Monument’s Hidden Secrets

February 19, 2015

Ivan Petrov · Events

“Divine providence seemed to smile upon the occasion; the air was delightfully cool and the firmament serene.” – John Horace Pratt (from his account of

Baltimore Love Project :: Book Preview

February 14, 2014

Ezra Winter · Art

A special sneak-preview of the forthcoming book from The Baltimore Love Project

A Swift Punch to the Throat

October 4, 2013

Kasai Rex & Nether · Charm City

Photo and Artwork by Nether A look back on how the Trayvon Martin verdict shook up my world in an all too familiar way. Not.

Perception Altar

January 30, 2013

Philip Laubner & Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Art, Events

Portrait by Philip Laubner I first encountered Jeramie Bellmay nearly three years ago at Evolver Baltimore’s Give it Up event. If you were there, you

Divine Gypsy Designs

August 25, 2011

whatweekly · Art, Music

Ian Hesford & Nikki Robak being painted by Patricia Tamariz at ArtScape. Music: Amor Fati by Telesma, video produced and directed by Scott Tipton.

Night Sweats

February 1, 2012

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Art, Performance

We recently paid our first visit to the EMP Collective in The 401 and it was long overdue. EMP has been getting good word of

Transmodern Festival 2011

May 5, 2011

Justin Allen & Brooke Hall & Philip Laubner & Theresa Keil · Art, Music

Events like the Transmodern Festival, now in its eighth year, are filling the void in our culture left by the television era. This festival is

Wild Nothing and Future Islands

July 15, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Art, Charm City, Music

As you can see by this photo and the ones that proceeded it, the Metro Gallery officially surpassed Disneyland as the happiest place on earth

Hard Cuts

August 5, 2010

What Weekly · Music, Video

Hard Cuts from TuffNerd Productions on Vimeo. Featuring Shodekeh from the Embody concert at the Creative Alliance. Directed and produced by Zack Morehouse, Tuffnerd Productions.

Josh Denny: The Support

June 2, 2011

Philip Laubner · Artist Profiles

What Weekly releases its first print magazine: A Tribute to Erica Hinson Denny. (*First run is SOLD OUT - we will announce when more print

fashion

Giordano’s Giant Nudes

Giordano’s project may have done more than anything else to commemorate thirty years of Artscape, and it wasn’t even part…

Smart Textiles

Drive2Thrive – Discover Wonderland Fashion Show

Charm City Makeup

Sharp Dressed Man Opens In Mt. Vernon

Behind the Fence

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…

Comedy Noir

Brian Baker

SCREEN PASS

Emily Wells: Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun

Celebration “Honeysuckle Blue”

social innovation

Wide Angle Youth Media

Pick up the front page of the paper, turn on your nightly news program, or scroll up and down your…

Baltimore Hackathon

The Good Deed Project

Elf Night

Redefining Family and Community

Let There Be Transit

artist profiles

Fashion Photographer Sean Scheidt

Fashion Photography by Sean Scheidt, photos of Scheidt were taken by Christopher Rondo Painting a Fashionable Photograph, with Sean Scheidt…

Living Illustrated with Alex Fine

Shocked and Amazed

A Brief Conversation with Abdu Ali

Mathew Bainbridge

Nikkuu Design

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

Welcome to the Free Farm

Farmageddon

Fixing The Future

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore