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Seeing Now at the BMA
February 24, 2011
Artistic photography, as opposed to documentary, is often most potent when it captures a reality in which time is irrelevant.…
Stoop Storytelling
February 24, 2011
If the desire for food, sex, and shelter are the most basic of our requirements, telling stories is the most…
Conflict Theory
February 23, 2011
On Friday, March 4th, Matt Porterfield’s PUTTY HILL will enjoy its official Baltimore premiere at the Charles. Everybody in…
CULTURAL GROUND ZERO
February 23, 2011
When I was growing up in Schenectady, New York, my mother would ask me to attend her symphony orchestra concerts.…
Introducing WhoWeAm on What Weekly
February 23, 2011
WhoWeAm is a series of short films and articles exploring the notion that the world we create reflects a tangle…
Mobtown Microshow: Kane Mayfield
February 16, 2011
This past Thursday we found ourselves, yet again, taking part in another Mobtown Studios Microshow, the music series so remarkable…
Loveasaurus Records
February 16, 2011
In the wake of the ongoing collapse of the tyrannical, greed ridden music mega-industry, several enterprising young innovators have stepped…
Telesma LOVEfest
February 16, 2011
The phenomenon of neotribalism, predicted by sociologist Michel Maffesoli, has come to life and exhibited the first signs of ritual…
Secret Mountains at MICA
February 16, 2011
Secret Mountains is one of my favorite Baltimore bands. Their recent ep "Rejoice" swirled around in my mind, creating my…
COMEDY NOIR
February 16, 2011
The Comedy Noir comic-apocalyptic point of view refuses to pull its punches. It does not allow us to feel reassured,…
Dan Deacon & So Percussion
February 10, 2011
Dan Deacon and So Percussion at Ecstatic Music Festival filmed by Guy Werner.…
Exclusive Video Interview with CEDA and DUME
February 10, 2011
Baltimore has mixed feelings about the artists who often exhibit their work on the neglected and decaying parts of the…
Lafayette Gilchrist and The New Volcanos
February 10, 2011
Lafayette Gilchrist is a master of the piano, but like Duke Ellington, his real instrument is his band. Gilchrist, who…
Ceda and Dume
February 9, 2011
Baltimore has mixed feelings about the artists who often exhibit their work on the neglected and decaying parts of the…
Post-Industrial Hollywood
February 9, 2011
A striking, small woman in her sixties was wearing a long fur coat, gesturing out at the industrial waste-land that…
Better Living Through Chemistry Part 2
February 9, 2011
The First Kiss launched a thousand clichés in the minds of the lovers. While apart, they incessantly turned thoughts of…
The Return of Natty Boh
February 9, 2011
This past week Baltimore City celebrated the return of Natty Boh on tap. All over the city bars were filled…
The Clown With No Circus
February 2, 2011
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, freaks of all shapes and sizes! Gather ‘round while I spin the tale of…
Big Body Paint Improv Show
February 2, 2011
Combinations. Some of the greatest things in our society come in combinations: Milkshakes, Jack and coke, peanut butter and jelly,…
