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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…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Education Rethunk

May 4, 2011

Lee Boot · Who We Am

The first short film in a series that deconstructs "the education problem" in the US by looking at it through the lens of culture. Yeah,

Intuitive Insight: So What

April 20, 2011

Lee Boot · Who We Am

Part 4—the final short film in this series about intuitive insight and the cultural impediments to becoming the innovation powerhouse the US has planned for

A SOGH Story

May 30, 2012

Tristan Brooks · Art, Artist Profiles

“There are a kazillion self-taught artists out there, and I don’t have an idea of others that have the same sort of demand from the

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

April 6, 2015

Dave K. · Charm City, Sustainability

Publishers’ Note: Green Street Academy is a client of What Weekly’s sister company, What Works Studio. We are proud to have led their recent student enrollment campaign

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug :: Spoiler Free Review

December 13, 2013

Dan Gvozden · Charm City, Film

It isn’t a spoiler to say that The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug isn’t the resolution to Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy.  Despite knowing this,

Headspace Gallery Opening

November 10, 2010

Justin Allen & Brooke Hall · Art

The Avenue in Hampden had the good fortune of one of the most prolific young artists in the city opening his new gallery there recently.

BrickHaus + Altered States

February 8, 2012

Daniel Stuelpnagel · Art

Two new exhibition openings last week occupy different layers on the Baltimore visual arts spectrum, and provide some interesting contrasts for viewers. Concrete Poetry, which

MLK Parade

January 20, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Art

The Women In Black of Baltimore at the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade were among our favorites on MLK Blvd. Of all people to run

What is a Tool Library?

October 4, 2012

David London · Social Innovation, Station North

“Much like a traditional library, the tool library is a free community lending service, but instead of books, we deal in tools.” John Shea and

Inward, Outward: Hello Mumbai

June 27, 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

It’s Wrong to Want to Be Raptured

July 7, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

R.M. O'Brien affords us an opportunity to ponder downside of rapture and the parallels between Satan and Glen Beck.

Vaping Alcohol :: A Smoker’s Perspective

April 9, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

I’ll come right out and say it, I’m a diehard Weed Guy. Anyone who parties can tell you there’s only two kinds of guys: Beer

Heretic to Housewife

January 13, 2015

Rahne Alexander · Commentary, Essays

“Please tell my story,” was the refrain my mother, Judith, repeated to me frequently in her last several years. Her health was in long, slow

In the Eye of the Spiral

May 21, 2012

whatweekly · Charm City

https://vimeo.com/39908780 IN THE EYE OF THE SPIRAL from In the Eye of the Spiral on Vimeo. In The Eye of the Spiral is a documentary

Getting Motivated: A Case Study on Creating Impact

September 24, 2014

Kristin Mcwharter · Social Innovation

Last week I was fortunate enough to sit down with Kunal Parikh currently a PhD student at Johns Hopkins focused on biomedical engineering, but also

Microfiction: 4 Pieces by Joseph Young

March 19, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

2 Stands He walked west, harrowing the road. He was bareheaded. Meanwhile, she sailed the lake, eating of the small of her hand. All of

Inward, Outward: Last Change Gulch

October 17, 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.

nightlife

Weekends: Totem

Weekends “Totem” from Friends Records on Vimeo. Weekends: Totem Directed By: Alice Cohen Friends Records…

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

SCREEN PASS

New Year’s Eve 2010

Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire

Peace Spore

social innovation

The Baltimore Algebra Project

Ralikh and his colleagues stay involved because beyond tutoring math – as the name implies – the goal of the…

The BNote Revealed

What is a Tool Library?

Outside The Black Box

Ultimate Block Party

The 99%

artist profiles

Jennifer Stephens

Photo by Philip Laubner Jennifer Stephens, also known as Marigold Bumbleroot, is a professional bubble-blower. https://vimeo.com/34443712 Filmed and edited by…

Minás Konsolas: ArchiteXture

Travels with Jack Radcliffe: Michele Li Murphy

Mata Ruda

Parallel Practice at the BMA

Lauren Lakis

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

Farmageddon

Baltimore Free Farm

Fixing The Future

Welcome to the Free Farm