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★ Cover Story

The Copycat Theatre

April 21, 2011

whatweekly · Art, Performance

It is these kind of imaginative, playful, socially-conscious, boundary-pushing experiences that breathe life into the people, give meaning to art…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Baltimore Social Innovation Journal Launches

January 14, 2014

Kelly Louise Barton · Social Innovation

Publishers’ Note: The Warnock Foundation is a client of What Weekly’s sister company, What Works Studio. We are proud to work with The Warnock Foundation and share its commitment

The Temporary Nature of Ideas

September 9, 2010

Justin Allen & Theresa Keil · Art

If humans weren’t social animals, civilization wouldn’t have evolved into what it is today. Considering the amount of time life has existed on this planet,

The Brightest Young Thing

September 4, 2014

Samantha Mitchell · Business

Getting to Know Brightest Young Things’ Founder, Svetlana Legetic If the guy in the Dos Equis commercial is The Most Interesting Man in the World,

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

The Electric Pharaoh in Photos

November 20, 2014

Brooke Hall · Performance, Photo Essay

The Baltimore Rock Opera Society‘s production of The Electric Pharaoh. All photos by Brooke Hall. Over the years, the Baltimore Rock Opera Society productions have

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

No sex workers allowed

Access Denied: What the banking crackdown on sex workers says about us

June 5, 2014

Violet Mclean · Community, Essays

I believe in objectification. Meaning, I believe it’s an inescapable part of the human experience. Most of us are sexual creatures. Most of us are

Scape Escape

July 12, 2012

Dharna Noor · Art, Events, Music

It’s summertime in Baltimore. That means scorching hot days punctuated by unexpectedly pleasant ones, snowballs dripping with saccharine sticky stuff and, if you’re lucky, a

FINAL FINAL FRIDAY 2011

January 12, 2012

Theresa Keil & Station North · Charm City, Events, Performance, Station North

Andre Robinson of Load of Fun Arts produced the event and brought together local notables such as comedian Jason Weems of Last Comic Standing Finalist

Tommy Tucker

March 17, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Music

Patrons of the Ottobar last Saturday night were witnesses to the resurrection of old school rock and roll as Tommy Tucker and the SuperNaturals tore

Ascending Beyond Meru with Sundance Film Festival Award Winner :: Renan Ozturk

February 2, 2015

Ivan Petrov & Isaiah Williams · Art, Festival, Film

Photos by Isaiah Williams During the creative process, you can’t always anticipate how events will unfold. This is an important lesson I learned from my recent

Charm City Fashion Show at BMI

April 15, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Art, Fashion, Music

Our ongoing exploration of the city has again yielded adventures that traverse the spectrum of the spacetime continuum and uncover evidence that there is a

2013 Sowebo Festival

June 3, 2013

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Community, Photo Essay

Photo by Theresa Keil This week, photographers Theresa Keil and Larry Cohen bring back gorgeous images from Sowebo Festival, arguably one of the city’s most

American forces during D-Day landing

D-Day turns 70: When America Had A War Worth Fighting

June 5, 2014

Kevin McNamara · Commentary

Omaha Beach. Normandy, France June 6, 1944 As we pour out of the LCVP landing craft into the chilly waters of the English Channel we

Jazz Throwback at WC Harlan

January 19, 2015

Greg Bowen · Events, Music

Veteran reedman John Dierker (Boister, Lafayette Gilchrist) and cellist Zack Branch (Talk Show, Baltimore Rock Opera Society) packed Remington speakeasy WC Harlan on Wednesday for

A Baltimore Story

January 25, 2012

whatweekly · Music, Video

Watoto From The Nile   A video made by three girls from Baltimore goes viral.    “In a little over three weeks after its release,

fashion

Sharp Dressed Man Opens In Mt. Vernon

There’s a certain confidence that accompanies a great set of clothes that fit just so. This shift in attitude can…

Otakon 2010

Heavy Metal Treasures :: Acid Queen Jewelry

Navigating Victoria’s Secret

Behind the Fence

Charm City Makeup

nightlife

Cameron Blake Double Album Release

On Monday, December 20th Cameron Blake, accompanied by an ensemble of brilliant musicians, debuted his two newest albums ‘Hide and…

Emily Wells at Cyclops Books

Bent Ear

SCREEN PASS

Celebration “Honeysuckle Blue”

Comedy Noir

social innovation

Baltimore is “The Most Generous City in America”

Publisher’s Note: What Works Studio, the agency that produces What Weekly, is proud to have served as GiveCorp’s marketing partner for…

Laugh & Smile

Loveasaurus Records

The Baltimore Algebra Project

Let’s Mess With Texas

Warnock Foundation Survey Finds Hope Amongst Baltimoreans

artist profiles

Brady Starr

Brady Starr is a paradox in that the more you get to know him the more mysterious he becomes. As…

GETTING OUT OF THE GROUND with Adam Scott Cook

Ceda and Dume

Paco Fish

Big Fat Bawlmer Wedding

Cara Ober

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…

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Small Time

Big Green Pirate Party

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Farmageddon