WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

The Clown With No Circus

February 2, 2011

whatweekly & Justin Allen & Brooke Hall · Music

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, freaks of all shapes and sizes! Gather ‘round while I spin the tale of…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Conversations on Theater

July 13, 2011

Peter Davis · Performance

I go to the theater. I sometimes get to make theater. I think about how store front theater is different from community theater. I apply

Swordswallower Dai Andrews

September 13, 2012

David London & Philip Laubner · Artist Profiles, Performance

Dai Andrews holds four Guinness World Records. He has performed in over 40 countries in five continents, made over 50 television appearances, and has traveled

Right Now in Ferguson

November 13, 2014

Jennifer Baik · Commentary

On Thursday, October 9th, Baltimore native Shawn Burnett was on a bus headed to Ferguson, Missouri—something that he had never intended to be on just

Elf Night

December 22, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Social Innovation

Photo by Brooke Hall Since 1993, Business Volunteers Unlimited have referred over 90,000 volunteers. Recently, we decided to join them at the Salvation Army for

To Whip, Perchance to Scream: Eroticism Revisited

August 5, 2014

Heather Clark · Essays

I remember trying to do this once before…and I remember it ending badly. I was tense, reluctant and extremely wary of my counterpart – I

Bringing the Street to the Gallery: TOVEN’s Solo Gallery Opening

December 12, 2013

Amanda Fortner · Art

Street artist Toven is known for his iconic images of Mr. Baltimore, the slinky suit with a revolver for a head, and Edgar Allan Poe

One Love

August 30, 2012

Jess Gartner · Art, Events, Photo Essay

For the past several years, The Baltimore Love Project artist, Michael Owen, and executive director, Scott Burkholder,  have been working to spread the love in Baltimore by

Whartscape 2010

July 29, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Music

We've been told that this was the last Whartscape for our fair city. The announcment marks the end of an era though the festival may

Space in Tension :: The InDirect Art of Jennifer Gilman and Christian Benefiel

March 26, 2014

Amanda Fortner · Art

Jennifer Gilman’s intricate, architectural sawdust drawings and Christian Benefiel’s bold, explosive mixed-media sculptures adorned Area 405’s restored brewery showroom last Saturday night. The joint showing,

Baltimore Rock Opera Society :: Grundelhammer 2014

March 26, 2014

Ezra Winter · Charm City

As is What Weekly tradition, we took a camera and some dear friends to the dress rehearsal of this years Baltimore Rock Opera Society production:

Staying Sane in a Korean Hagwon

September 15, 2014

Hannah Ehlenfeldt · Charm City

Last week we entered a new semester at school, and it had me reflecting a lot on the “norms” of working where I do. We

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

Is Time a Milk Bowl?

May 16, 2013

Benjamin Andrew · Art Criticism

Benjamin Andrew remembers a performance on April 19, 2013, at Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower in Baltimore.   A school of oysters shuffled over my head.

Top 5 Events :: March 26th, 2014

March 26, 2014

Ezra Winter · Charm City

Top 5 Events (in no particular order) Each week we round up the most fun goings-on in the city.  Please submit your event to our calendar if

Indian PSA Boasts “First Poo Song In The History of India!”

April 16, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

India has such a problem with public defecation that it had to create a PSA urging grown people to “take the poo to the loo”

Escape From the Vortex

January 8, 2014

Brooke Hall · Photo Essay

Come away with us to beautiful Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi where the locals have no word for polar or vortex, where chill is something you do under

Still Occupied

November 3, 2011

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Social Innovation

Photo by Larry Cohen This week we catch up with Theresa Keil and Larry Cohen whose lot in life seems to be embarking on epic

Categories

→ Sign up

→ Archive

→ Contact

Contributors



What Weekly was an online magazine celebrating Baltimore's creative renaissance. This site is preserved as an archive of that moment in time.

→ Sign up for Top 5 Events

Browse the archive:
2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016

fashion

La Cakerie

Baked goods can take a significant amount of skill and artistry to prepare and create, and among our favorite treats…

The Littlest Fashion Truck Ever

Startup Sheik :: The Swavor Story

Navigating Victoria’s Secret

LOT 201

The Interrupted Show

nightlife

Infernoland

Each year millions of families travel by planes, trains and automobiles to amusement parks all over the world. Upon arrival…

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

Commissure At The Contemporary Museum

Gateway at Ruintown

Emily Wells at Cyclops Books

New Year’s Eve 2010

social innovation

Let There Be Transit

Baltimore has plenty of fire. Fire for crime, for housing, for jobs. This past weekend the fire focused on transit,…

Downside Up

A Dream in Cherry Hill

The BNote Revealed

Existence Day 2010

Enducation Series

artist profiles

Renewable Artifacts

After taking part in founding something as successful and integral to the every day lives of millions of people as…

Mathew Bainbridge

BROS

Charm City Makeup

Ceda and Dume

A SOGH Story

sustainability

Farmageddon

On Halloween nothing’s more frightening than a bobble headed Mr. Boh hanging out with the Gorton’s fisherman guy. Over the…

Big Green Pirate Party

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Welcome to the Free Farm

Small Time

technology

The Secret World of Sugaring

Editor’s Note: The names in this story have been altered. Anna takes a long drag of her cigarette and flicks…

From Basement to Best Place to Work in Baltimore :: A Brief History of Mindgrub

Baltimore Hackathon

The God Particle

Education Hack Day

Create Baltimore, Take 2

© 2026 What Weekly, a What Works Studio publication
what weekly is created by
What Works Studio
What Works Studio