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Can Rock & Roll Save the Tigers? :: Digital Breeding by Portugal. the Man

May 14, 2014

Kelly Louise Barton

After exploring the Smithsonian National Zoo this past Monday, Alaskan natives Portugal. the Man performed “Endangered Song” for the first…

The Dandy Warhols

Come On In, the Kool-Aid’s Fine: The Dandy Warhols Gnash It

May 14, 2014

Leslie Ann & Elizabeth Abts & David Leigh Abts

In a world increasingly worried that Macaulay Culkin’s band The Pizza Underground is becoming the only appetizing option on the…

Novel Excerpt: The Home For Wayward Ladies by Jeremy Scott Blaustein

May 13, 2014

Timmy Reed

  This week What Lit brings you the excerpted first chapter from novelist, Broadway producer, and local Baltimorean, Jeremy Scott…

Photo courtesy of Paul De Los Reyes

Why Oprah Should Buy the LA Clippers

May 7, 2014

Chris Hudson

Now that Donald Sterling has been banned from the NBA for his racist comments, it’s very likely he’ll be forced to…

Redefining Traditional :: The Nakatani Gong Orchestra

May 7, 2014

Kelly Louise Barton & Valerie Paulsgrove

Acoustic sound artist and percussionist, Tatsuya Nakatani prefers to play traditional gongs a little differently: with his own hand-crafted bows.…

Movie Review :: Only Lovers Left Alive

May 7, 2014

Mark Schiffer

Jim Jarmusch has developed a bit of a reputation for himself as a curator. Musician cameos, film-nerd name drops, and…

Photo by Christian Senger

Born Behind Bars

May 7, 2014

Kelly King

The image of pregnant women giving birth in chains seems like something out of Game of Thrones or some other fictional…

April Fiction Contest Winner “Contemporary Cannibals”

May 7, 2014

Jeremy Chase-Israel

My Friend, the Cannibal, by Chad Beattie He told me he did it because he enjoyed the taste. He said…

College Daze

May 7, 2014

Shawn Binder

I remember moving into my freshman year dorm. My parents had driven me all the way up to college blasting…

The Last Dance – and Why it Needs to Slow its Roll

May 7, 2014

Heather Clark

Ah, summer. As it sits enticingly on the horizon, our nation’s future sits in stuffy high school classrooms and dreams…

Conversations on Theater: Parlor Plays

May 7, 2014

Philip Laubner

Orange is the new safe word, or in this case, orange is the safe word in an all-woman-acted play called…

Excerpt: Addicts and Basements by Robert Vaughan

May 6, 2014

Timmy Reed

I am thrilled to present you with this excerpt from Addicts and Basements by Robert Vaughan. Robert has a Baltimore…

Future Islands Performing Spirit, Live on Jimmy Kimmel

May 6, 2014

whatweekly

Future Islands performing Spirit on Jimmy Kimmel, May 5, 2014.…

Heil Honey, I’m Home :: The Greatest Sitcom Ever Cancelled

May 5, 2014

Nik Oldershaw

In 1990 the British television station Galaxy aired the pilot for Heil Honey, I’m Home, Geoff Atkinson’s send up of…

Skatepark of Baltimore Grand Opening

May 5, 2014

James Blucher

After 10 years of hard work by dedicated proponents of America’s gnarliest art form, the Skatepark of Baltimore finally opened.…

Photo Credit to Dave Harp

Ezra’s Etiquette :: The Symphony For Millenials

May 4, 2014

Ezra Winter

We recently attended the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and enjoyed it immensely.  This is one of the urban treasures that many…

Top 5 Events :: May 8th, 2014

May 2, 2014

Gatsby

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

Workout on a Budget!

May 1, 2014

Ezra Winter

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