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
Charm City Fashion Show at BMI
Our ongoing exploration of the city has again yielded adventures that traverse the spectrum of the spacetime continuum and uncover…
Charm City Fashion Show at BMI
Our ongoing exploration of the city has again yielded adventures that traverse the spectrum of the spacetime continuum and uncover…
nightlife
Mobtown Microshow: Celebration
Story by Brett Yale of Bmore Musically Informed. Last Thursday’s Microshow was a spiritually intimate performance by Celebration, one of…
Mobtown Microshow: Celebration
Story by Brett Yale of Bmore Musically Informed. Last Thursday’s Microshow was a spiritually intimate performance by Celebration, one of…
social innovation
Araminta Freedom Initiative
The name Araminta, which means “defender,” was Harriet Tubman’s given name as a child slave in Maryland. In honor of…
Araminta Freedom Initiative
The name Araminta, which means “defender,” was Harriet Tubman’s given name as a child slave in Maryland. In honor of…
artist profiles
Clutch
Weathermaker Music “We never made a penny off of our own recordings until we started our own label.” That’s…
Clutch
Weathermaker Music “We never made a penny off of our own recordings until we started our own label.” That’s…
sustainability
Fixing The Future
Photos courtesy Gabby Carroll Last week at the Creative Alliance, the Baltimore Green Currency Association (BGCA), founder of Baltimore’s regional…
Fixing The Future
Photos courtesy Gabby Carroll Last week at the Creative Alliance, the Baltimore Green Currency Association (BGCA), founder of Baltimore’s regional…
technology
The Secret World of Sugaring
Editor’s Note: The names in this story have been altered. Anna takes a long drag of her cigarette and flicks…
The Secret World of Sugaring
Editor’s Note: The names in this story have been altered. Anna takes a long drag of her cigarette and flicks…
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