WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Michael Owen

December 2, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Art, Artist Profiles

You would be hard pressed to spend any amount of time in Baltimore without coming across a striking example of Michael Owen’s art. His images

MilkMilkLemonade

February 1, 2012

whatweekly · Artist Profiles, Performance

An Interview With Playwright Joshua Conkel By Ken Greller Amongst a certain crop of young, largely New York City-based playwrights Joshua Conkel— whose play MilkMilkLemonade

The Ghost In The Shell

December 12, 2013

Kasai Rex · Essays

Allow me to get weird for a bit. When I was a snot-nosed young buck, accessing and thus enjoying porn was hard work. Sure, there

The Heartbleed Internet Bug As Understood By My Mother

April 9, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

Can I still print in color? Okay. So, alright, the bug is on the desktop? Have they tried moving the bug to the trash? Oh.

Community Center’s New Music Video!

January 2, 2014

Gatsby · Music, Video

Directed by EMP Collective’s Brad Leroy Cartwright and shot in various locations around Baltimore, Community Center’s new video can also be seen at ThisTimeFeltDifferentToMe.com.

Celebration

March 3, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Art, Music

The Creative Alliance: Patterson Residents Open House with Celebration This week we paid a visit to The Creative Alliance’s open house, were treated to a

Artscape 2010

July 22, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen & Tedd Henn & Theresa Keil · Art

I hereby nominate the Pink and Blue Dilemma as the Official Artscape Midway Installation. Further, I contend that in the years to come, Artscape should

Not A Beat Maker

October 24, 2013

Kelly Louise Barton · Charm City

This Friday, Baltimore hip-hop producer Don Trunk is releasing his first mixtape “Not A Beatmaker,” proving that he is exactly what his title suggests. Simply

Britt Olsen-Ecker

March 28, 2012

Philip Laubner · Art, Artist Profiles, Music, Performance

The first time I saw Britt Olsen-Ecker was from the audience of the Strand Theater in 2010. She was playing Giselle: a brassy, over the

Hot August Blues 2013

August 22, 2013

Kelly Louise Barton · Music

Take off your shirt and shoes, because we’re talking about Hot August Blues.

Flux

April 29, 2015

Isaiah Williams & Alisa Sonsev · Performance, Photo Essay

“Nothing is static. We are ever changing.” That is the tagline for Baltimore-based Deep Vision Dance Company’s latest performance, FLUX, that opened on April 24th.

Navasha Daya: Rebirthed Above Ground

January 3, 2013

Liz Harby · Artist Profiles, Music

Photos courtesy of Aisha Butler of Jazzy Studios Navasha Daya is reborn in every sense of the word. That’s why this local songstress chose to

Educulture

May 11, 2011

Lee Boot · Social Innovation, Video

Sometimes the things that make the difference on issues like education are so obvious that we just can’t see them. A little research and a

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.

Bethany Dinsick Gives Colors

June 30, 2011

Brooke Hall · Artist Profiles

The thing with Bethany Dinsick is that she’s been through so much and still manages to do more than most people ever attempt. What some

Poetry: Wallflower (For Eva Hesse)

February 7, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

  Photograph by Erin Ouslander   Wallflower (For Eva Hesse) by Jenny O’Grady I’m swinging from a net on the wall, limbs swollen, lips lassoed,

Happy Holidays: Here are Some Cookies

December 24, 2014

Kelly Louise Barton · Food

The meaning of Christmas, while having a definition, can mean various things from person to person. To me it is a time for family, a

fashion

Drive2Thrive – Discover Wonderland Fashion Show

It's not everyday that Alice in Wonderland meets Project Runway in a philanthropy-driven spectacle under the towering glass ceilings of…

Otakon 2011

Tailor Made Cocktails

The Littlest Fashion Truck Ever

The Star of Mobile Thrifting: STACEY CHAMBERS

The Happy Hatter of Waverly

nightlife

Bent Ear

In the Bent Ear, Baynard Woods follows the great writer Joseph Mitchell, in allowing Baltimore's quirkier citizens to bend his…

Sound and Fury Signifying… Oscar.

The Death Set: Slap Slap…

Emily Wells: Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun

Let’s Mess With Texas

Cameron Blake Double Album Release

social innovation

The Merchants of Dissonance

It’s a good thing we lost faith in politicians a long time ago, folks. Otherwise we may have been stunned…

Ultimate Block Party

Ultimate Block Party

Let There Be Transit

Outside The Black Box

The Internet is My Religion

artist profiles

A Brief Conversation with Abdu Ali

All photos by Philip Laubner. What better atmosphere to interview a rising star than at a photo shoot? Right? This…

Interactions at Minás

Nikkuu Design

Shawn Theron

Dr. Nodnol Introduces…

Infinite Games: Mixtum

sustainability

Big Green Pirate Party

The Big Green Pirate Party was a fundraiser for Baltimore Green Careers, a Civic Works project that has a kick-ass…

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Farmageddon

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Baltimore Free Farm

Welcome to the Free Farm

technology

Start Me Up :: The Reality of Starting a Tech Company in Baltimore

Where Baltimore Works: Visualization Map by Dave Troy The word “startup” is now fully absorbed in our modern parlance. Maybe…

Common Curriculum Launch

Education Hack Day

Baltimore Hackathon

Betamore

Meet the Kids at Digital Harbor Foundation