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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

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

Monster Children :: Radio

February 20, 2014

whatweekly · Music, Video

  Music Video for Monster Children directed by Laura Sicouri. laurasicouri.com Editing: Laura Sicouri Chief cameraman: Masanori Omori Assistant director: Colombe Montias Production assistant: Charlotte

OuijaCon :: Celebrating 125 Years of the Unknown

April 17, 2015

Kelly Louise Barton · Events

In a culture deeply enamored with fear and the Unknown, many of us find ourselves needing to confirm or deny things we can’t explain. The

Pigment at Gallery 788

April 7, 2010

Philip Laubner · Art

Johnny Thorne and photographer Jack Radcliffe at the April opening at Gallery 788 entitled ‘Pigment.’ Gallery 788 is by far one of the most inclusive

The Hustle: Twitter to Riches- How to find Comedy Success and a Job at The Onion

June 17, 2014

Ezra Winter · The Hustle

The Hustle is a series where Ezra Winter interviews and features how people find success in creative ways in the digital age. This time we

Enducation Series

June 30, 2011

Lee Boot · Social Innovation, Video

This is the short wrap up of the WhoWeAm series on looking at education through the lens of culture. Two points—very simple. Blink and you'll

Run, Bolly, Run: Bollywood visits Baltimore at the Creative Alliance this Summer

June 30, 2014

Peggy Hoffman · Events

Ever wonder why Bollywood is so popular? Well, for one reason, there are lots of Indian people all over the world. And, Indian or not,

Bringing Bluegrass Back to Baltimore :: The 3rd Annual Charm City Folk and Bluegrass Festival

April 16, 2015

Kevin McNamara · Events, Festival, Music

The sun is low in the sky, casting a golden glow onto the world beneath. Jordan August and Phil Chorney, however, take little notice. Their

The Baltimore Reader with Bill Hughes

February 21, 2013

Adam Robinson · Baltimore Reader, What Lit

If you go to any literary events around Baltimore, you’re bound to run into Bill Hughes; he’s the guy with the handsome mustache and the

Remembering The Great Baltimore Fire

January 30, 2013

whatweekly · Community

By Janet Stidman Eveleth Photos Courtesy of the Baltimore Fire Museum On a cold blustery day in February 1904, a frightened 13-year-old boy stood at

The Art of Leaving

June 11, 2014

Hannah Ehlenfeldt · Charm City

Back in the good ol’ days of Anthro Theory class, we’d often talk about “making the strange familiar and the familiar strange.” As you can

Inward, Outward: 16 Hours and 15 Minutes

August 8, 2013

Jeff Brunell · Inward And Outward

Longtime townie Jeff Brunell finally returned to school just before turning thirty. He’s in southern India, completing his graduate field work and taking stock. These

Dungeonesse: Drive You Crazy

May 15, 2013

Gatsby · Music

Dungeonesse – “Drive You Crazy” (Official Video) from the “Drive You Crazy” b/w “Private Party” 12inch out December 4, 2012 on Secretly Canadian Directed by

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

Magic Carpet

August 30, 2012

Dharna Noor · Art, Video

While the rest of us have been sweating out the summer in stagnant air filled, AC-free bedrooms, artist Daniel Wurtzel has been hoarding all the

Commissure At The Contemporary Museum

January 20, 2011

Baynard Woods · Art, Nightlife

I felt disembodied, as if I were floating, watching people react to the news of my own death. I got this feeling from "Commissure," The

Portland: We’re Nice Here, Remember  

September 11, 2014

Chuck Green · Commentary

I grew up in Baltimore, and I’ve been here for my entire life, except for a few occasional travels and a year or two when

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What Weekly ran from 2010 to 2016. The Pronoia Effect is the story of building it, what came next, and what I found on the other side.

Out October 6.

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fashion

RAW Artists: Cultivating Creativity

It seems like every day a new “unconventional” art gallery opens up in Baltimore. This is great news for any…

Robyn’s Nest

Fashion’s Night Out

Designs by Stephanie Bradshaw

In Good Fashion: Form The Label

Otakon 2011

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…

Cameron Blake Double Album Release

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

Let’s Mess With Texas

Emily Wells: Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun

Murder Ink at Single Carrot Theatre

social innovation

Downside Up

I don't know about ya'll but I think we're in the middle of a big change. It's as if for…

Amplify Baltimore

Murder Ink at Single Carrot Theatre

Baltimore Time Bank

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CMJ Crowd Discovers Indie Immigrants of Oz

At the CMJ Music Marathon where all the acts are first class, Immigrant Union is a ladder to the sun.…

Britt Olsen-Ecker

Glenford Nunez

Robert Marbury

Charm City Makeup

Baltimore’s Most Dynamic Surf Rockers :: Beachmover

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,…

Small Time

Fixing The Future

Big Green Pirate Party

Baltimore Free Farm

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

technology

Inside The Electric Pharaoh

Part of the BROS experience is the journey from “how are we going to do that?” to “how did we…

Baltimore Hackathon

Real Science Fiction

A Programmer’s Life: A Conversation with OrderUp’s VP of Engineering, Kyle Fritz

Pure Bang Games

Intuitive Insight: The Hot Spot

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