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.
Contributors
fashion
Charm City Makeup
Hidden behind the scenes in both print and on the runway is someone whose work is often the most visible…
Charm City Makeup
Hidden behind the scenes in both print and on the runway is someone whose work is often the most visible…
nightlife
Infernoland
Each year millions of families travel by planes, trains and automobiles to amusement parks all over the world. Upon arrival…
Infernoland
Each year millions of families travel by planes, trains and automobiles to amusement parks all over the world. Upon arrival…
social innovation
Malaise and Malaria
The big hope for Westerners in the past few centuries was the idea that things would just keep getting better…
Malaise and Malaria
The big hope for Westerners in the past few centuries was the idea that things would just keep getting better…
artist profiles
Brian Baker
Brian Baker creates life-size pieces of art with, as he puts it, "gods and goddesses, angels and demons, spirits and…
Brian Baker
Brian Baker creates life-size pieces of art with, as he puts it, "gods and goddesses, angels and demons, spirits and…
sustainability
An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore
Publishers’ Note: Green Street Academy is a client of What Weekly’s sister company, What Works Studio. We are proud to have…
An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore
Publishers’ Note: Green Street Academy is a client of What Weekly’s sister company, What Works Studio. We are proud to have…
technology
Get Pixilated
People love looking at pictures of themselves. This is a simple and undeniable fact of human nature. Another strange phenomenon…
Get Pixilated
People love looking at pictures of themselves. This is a simple and undeniable fact of human nature. Another strange phenomenon…
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