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
Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire
Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire.…
Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire
Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire.…
social innovation
Building Genuine Diversity
Right around lunch time, on Wednesday afternoon, the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance hosted their first in a series of “Brown…
Building Genuine Diversity
Right around lunch time, on Wednesday afternoon, the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance hosted their first in a series of “Brown…
artist profiles
Dr. Bob: Life on the Fringe
I first encountered Dr. Bob at this year’s Artscape. He was sitting in the middle of Charles Street, next to…
Dr. Bob: Life on the Fringe
I first encountered Dr. Bob at this year’s Artscape. He was sitting in the middle of Charles Street, next to…
sustainability
Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden
Urban gardens are sprouting up all over Baltimore. If you don't have a small plot of land for growing food,…
Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden
Urban gardens are sprouting up all over Baltimore. If you don't have a small plot of land for growing food,…
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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