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
Commissure At The Contemporary Museum
I felt disembodied, as if I were floating, watching people react to the news of my own death. I got…
Commissure At The Contemporary Museum
I felt disembodied, as if I were floating, watching people react to the news of my own death. I got…
social innovation
Challenging a Culture of Low Expectations
The reality of life is that it’s not all cupcakes and rainbows. Even if it were, cupcakes aren’t good for…
Challenging a Culture of Low Expectations
The reality of life is that it’s not all cupcakes and rainbows. Even if it were, cupcakes aren’t good for…
artist profiles
Bart O’Reilly
Bart O’Reilly Paints, Without Painting Dublin, Ireland native Bart O’Reilly is one of eight participants in MICA’s Summer MFA in…
Bart O’Reilly
Bart O’Reilly Paints, Without Painting Dublin, Ireland native Bart O’Reilly is one of eight participants in MICA’s Summer MFA in…
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
Create Baltimore, Take 2
Story by Daniel Stuelpnagel Some artists don’t like technology, but I’m not one of them. All the more reason to…
Create Baltimore, Take 2
Story by Daniel Stuelpnagel Some artists don’t like technology, but I’m not one of them. All the more reason to…
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