What Weekly ran from 2010 to 2016, documenting Baltimore’s creative culture and helping spark Light City. The Pronoia Effect tells the story of the magazine, the festival that grew from it, and what happened when we lost it all.
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fashion
The Star of Mobile Thrifting: STACEY CHAMBERS
Stacey Chambers. With her lovable bear hugs, palm-searing high fives, and gestures as animated as a plate-spinning juggler, she puts…
The Star of Mobile Thrifting: STACEY CHAMBERS
Stacey Chambers. With her lovable bear hugs, palm-searing high fives, and gestures as animated as a plate-spinning juggler, she puts…
nightlife
Comedy Noir
Sexual deviance, death, stupidity, mental illness, brutality, murder: don’t you love ‘em? I do, but not in the form…
Comedy Noir
Sexual deviance, death, stupidity, mental illness, brutality, murder: don’t you love ‘em? I do, but not in the form…
social innovation
Amplify Baltimore
Amplify Baltimore boasts an impressive list of notable ambassadors that includes the likes of Elijah Cummings, Mike Galiazzo, Ph.D., Rebecca…
Amplify Baltimore
Amplify Baltimore boasts an impressive list of notable ambassadors that includes the likes of Elijah Cummings, Mike Galiazzo, Ph.D., Rebecca…
artist profiles
Legendary Photographer Elliott Landy
Famed photographer Elliott Landy is coming to Baltimore on Friday, November 9, as a juror for Maryland Art Place’s Fall…
Legendary Photographer Elliott Landy
Famed photographer Elliott Landy is coming to Baltimore on Friday, November 9, as a juror for Maryland Art Place’s Fall…
sustainability
Big Green Pirate Party
The Big Green Pirate Party was a fundraiser for Baltimore Green Careers, a Civic Works project that has a kick-ass…
Big Green Pirate Party
The Big Green Pirate Party was a fundraiser for Baltimore Green Careers, a Civic Works project that has a kick-ass…
technology
Smart Textiles
There’s been no shortage of discussion concerning the artist’s affect on society as of late. More specifically, there’s been growing…
Smart Textiles
There’s been no shortage of discussion concerning the artist’s affect on society as of late. More specifically, there’s been growing…
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