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
Fashion’s Night Out
The September Issue Photo by Travis Johnson The Baltimore Fashion Alliance’s celebration of Fashion’s Night Out, a now international Fashion…
Fashion’s Night Out
The September Issue Photo by Travis Johnson The Baltimore Fashion Alliance’s celebration of Fashion’s Night Out, a now international Fashion…
nightlife
social innovation
A Dream in Cherry Hill
“Who controls the media in Baltimore City?” reads the construction-paper sign, in a basement computer lab in Cherry Hill Public Homes.…
A Dream in Cherry Hill
“Who controls the media in Baltimore City?” reads the construction-paper sign, in a basement computer lab in Cherry Hill Public Homes.…
artist profiles
The Impact of Jack Radcliffe: A Mentor’s Story
You see a dark-haired angel, a small girl who counts her polka dots when she’s tired. Her mother speaks to…
The Impact of Jack Radcliffe: A Mentor’s Story
You see a dark-haired angel, a small girl who counts her polka dots when she’s tired. Her mother speaks to…
sustainability
Welcome to the Free Farm
All photos by David London Nestled just blocks from The Avenue in Hanpden is a leafy utopia known as the…
Welcome to the Free Farm
All photos by David London Nestled just blocks from The Avenue in Hanpden is a leafy utopia known as the…
technology
Real Science Fiction
Welcome to the future. In case you haven’t noticed, much of yesterday’s science fiction is rapidly becoming today’s reality. In…
Real Science Fiction
Welcome to the future. In case you haven’t noticed, much of yesterday’s science fiction is rapidly becoming today’s reality. In…
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