WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

Baltimore Afrobeat Society

November 10, 2011

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen & Justin Allen · Music

Performances by the Baltimore Afrobeat Society are both intense and deeply cathartic experiences as well as important cultural gatherings that…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Bring Back Streetcars

June 13, 2013

Lindsey Davis · Community

I recently sat in a room with high profile developers- discussing the potential integration of local businesses into their revitalization project. The conversation morphed into

Super Art Fight 7

July 22, 2010

Justin Allen & Philip Laubner · Art, Charm City

Charm City Roller Girl Chelsea Grose , or as she’s known to fans “Gross Misconduct” is no stranger to a fight. Chelsea – who

Diamonds Light Baltimore At Light City

March 7, 2016

Hannah Brancato · Charm City

Mina Cheon and Gabriel Kroiz bring diamonds to Light City Festival, and with them the healing power of light to illuminate feelings of clarity, unity

Spring League Softball

April 18, 2012

Barbara Wilgus & Philip Laubner · Community, Sports

Spring League Softball: Mobtown Beatdown versus Sir Lord Baltimores Author Michael Kimball has been called a lot of things, from “a hero of contemporaryfiction” [Sam

Baltimore’s Built Environment

July 18, 2013

Marcus Civin & Noritaka Minami · Art Criticism

A new photo essay by Noritaka Minami followed by a discussion about architectural strata   Marcus Civin: Nori, I invited you to Baltimore because I

“The Fault in Our Stars” Review

July 7, 2014

Dan Gvozden · Film

There is nothing that I cannot stand more than boastful filmmaking. You know the type. These are films that assert that their stories are going

Beatnik Bar and Restaurant

August 8, 2013

Gatsby · Food

When I dined there we enjoyed chicken wings from a local farm served with chicken feet - this is a common delicacy in some cuisines

Expect the Unexpected: David London’s Creative Spirit Séance

July 31, 2014

Kevin McNamara & Philip Laubner · Events

Editor’s Note: David London once was a managing director at What Weekly. David London is a magician. Unless you know him, whatever image just popped

Baltimore’s Next Chapter in Sustainability Planning

April 26, 2016

Niki Clark · Charm City

It’s easy to be cynical about slogan-y, if well intentioned, efforts to effect change in challenged communities. And when city planners are promoting vague and lofty

Exhaust the Limits Book Launch

December 2, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Charm City

The world is a better place because of Chic Dambach. If you’ve never heard of him, you’re about to. He was instrumental in stopping the

Brady Starr

September 8, 2011

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Artist Profiles

Brady Starr is a paradox in that the more you get to know him the more mysterious he becomes. As an artist, his process is

Poetry: Excerpt from 23 Fragments by Erik Pecukonis

April 11, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

XII. Wilderness   ‘The last mist rolled over the city,’ serves a purpose to us both. The light, again, comes in softly, onto bright boxes

Enlighten II

June 22, 2011

Philip Laubner · Art, Charm City

The following is a collection of photos, by Philip Laubner, chronicling Enlighten II, the second incarnation of the gathering, held at Paradox in late May

Mathew Bainbridge

May 22, 2012

Philip Laubner · Artist Profiles

For the past 15 years, Detroit native Mathew Bainbridge has worked at the top of the Baltimore film industry. His résumé includes major motion pictures

Capital Pride 2014

June 10, 2014

Kevin McNamara · Events

Everyone is at least a little gay for someone. Of course, some of us are more queer than others. On Saturday, June 7, I went

fashion

Otakon 2010

Besides Dragonball Z, Ninja Scroll and that game show where the contestants have to run full speed through paper walls…

Sharp Dressed Man Opens In Mt. Vernon

The Interrupted Show

FashionEASTa 2015

Behind the Fence

Dyed For You

nightlife

Peace Spore

Blood soaked Vietnam draft papers, peace mantras, deep ethical questions that might never be answered discussed during a no-holds-barred forum…

Gateway at Ruintown

Brian Baker

Bent Ear

Mobtown Microshow: Celebration

Let’s Mess With Texas

social innovation

Support The Baltimore Brew

Baltimore Brew founders Mark Reutter and Fern Shen One could argue the health of modern society can be directly correlated…

Challenging a Culture of Low Expectations

The Consent Revolution

Malaise and Malaria

Both-And

#SaveADopeBoy

artist profiles

Telesma: Secret Origins

In a world where overproduced music is targeted more and more narrowly at marketing demographics, Telesma has remained true to…

Interactions at Minás

Future Islands Homecoming

Bethany Dinsick Gives Colors

Ceda and Dume

Alex Hacker

sustainability

Welcome to the Free Farm

All photos by David London Nestled just blocks from The Avenue in Hanpden is a leafy utopia known as the…

Farmageddon

Baltimore Free Farm

Small Time

Fixing The Future

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore