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★ Cover Story

Seeing Through

January 17, 2013

Deirdre Smith & Theresa Keil · Art, Art Criticism

For her first solo show in Baltimore, See Through, Mary Anne Arntzen presents a selection of new paintings that expand…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Workout on a Budget!

May 1, 2014

Ezra Winter · Comedy

Our friend, videographer Joey Malinski offers up some sweet workout tips on a budget.  You’ll be svelte in no time!

ellen cherry and Super City

How to Get Your Music on TV with Singer ellen cherry

May 28, 2014

Peter Davis & Theresa Keil · Music

ellen cherry is a singer, songwriter, and performer extraordinaire. She’s a lovely human and a sensitive artist who feels things deeply. She’s really smart and

CART at Current Gallery

July 13, 2011

Angelique Weger · Art

CART at Current Gallery takes art out of its familiar context of white-walled galleries and into one far more common to a greater number of

Fiction: Michael Tesauro

August 29, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

  What’s A Fullmoon Mysticism?  Corpse paint, squawked Cindy­Diane’s friend Meredith. I don’t even know what that is. What is it? Meredith shifted her giant

Tough Nickname Generator

April 29, 2014

Ezra Winter · Charm City

Want a tough jailhouse nickname? It’s easy! Just pick a mean name girl scouts call each other at camp: Horsetooth Manly J. Buck “The Guatemalan”

Did Roger Waters meet the next Mozart in Baltimore?

January 31, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

“How did [Roger Waters] know my name?” asked Courtney Crutcher. “You’re OrchKids, aren’t you?” replied Dan Trahey, the Director of Artistic Program Development. OrchKids at

Word of Mouth

April 11, 2012

Daniel Stuelpnagel & Philip Laubner · Business

Do astronauts take cupcakes with them on a mission?  It seems like the perfect food, small and compact, loaded with life-sustaining calories and exotic flavors,

Top 5 Events :: May 8th, 2014

May 2, 2014

Gatsby · Charm City

Top 5 Events (in no particular order) Each week we bring you the goodness. Submit your event to our calendar if you’d like to see yourself here!

Deeply Subjective Music

May 2, 2012

David London & Philip Laubner · Artist Profiles, Business, Music

For many artists, the 9-5 grind does not seem to fit into a creative life. Such is the case with musician Daniel Vibeage, who recently

Eschatology II at Positron Gallery

October 20, 2010

Theresa Keil · Art

"Often in reference to the end of the world, the Oxford English Dictionary defines Eschatology as "concerned with 'the four last things: death, judgment, heaven,

Love On St. Patrick’s Day :: 2014 Parade

March 18, 2014

Larry Cohen & Theresa Keil · Photo Essay

Our friends Larry Cohen and Theresa Keil from TLC Baltimore went to the 2014 St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Charles Street and photographed the “I Am

Under One Roof

December 8, 2010

whatweekly · Charm City

Some people can’t help but be memorable. It’s these uncommon individuals that lend their personality to a particular place and time and give it soul.

What Black Metal Taught Me About Comedy

August 15, 2013

Ezra Winter · The Hustle

The extreme music scene in Scandinavia may have a lot more in common with my beloved field of comedy than one would initially think.

Trixie Little and The Evil Hate Monkey

January 13, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Performance

The interspecies burlesque duo, Trixie Little and The Evil Hate Monkey, pack the house at The Ottobar. Here’s Trixie Little‘s interpretation of The of Flight

February Literature Roundup

February 6, 2013

Adam Robinson · Baltimore Reader, What Lit

It’s February and when it’s February I always think of Shane Jones’s imaginative book Light Boxes, in which the month is personified as a malevolent,

Imploding Eye

November 10, 2010

What Weekly · Video

Imploding Eye: A Short Film By Matt Muirhead

The Death Set: Slap Slap…

January 27, 2011

What Weekly · Nightlife, Video

The Death Set – Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap from The Death Set on Vimeo. New single from The Death Set LP “Michel

fashion

Otakon 2010

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

Fashion Photographer Sean Scheidt

The Happy Hatter of Waverly

The Tailor at Hour Haus

Glenford Nunez

RAW Artists: Cultivating Creativity

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…

The Good Deed Project

Dusting Off Our Game

Existence Day 2010

Little Free Libraries

Challenging a Culture of Low Expectations

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…

Dr. Nodnol Introduces…

TOVEN

Sonya Renee Taylor

Interactions at Minás

Michelle Dwyer: Mistress of Karaoke Ceremonies

sustainability

Small Time

A couple of years ago, while I was reporting on a redevelopment plan in Buffalo, New York, I met up…

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Farmageddon

Big Green Pirate Party

Welcome to the Free Farm

Fixing The Future