WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

Understanding Vacants to Value

June 6, 2013

Lindsey Davis · Charm City

  Evaluating a program is different than evaluating program implementation. I don’t intend to provide research backed analysis on the…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Fighting Rape in Underwear

February 8, 2012

Rebecca Nagle & Philip Laubner · Art, Fashion

  Why are two feminists fighting rape in their underwear?   Story by Rebecca Nagle, photos by Philip Laubner FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture is an artistic

Dreaming of Lucid Living

March 21, 2012

David London · Art, Innovation, Performance

Our week of shadows continues here at What Weekly, as we now focus our attention to another production at the Theatre Project as part of

Baltimore at SXSW

March 24, 2010

Justin Allen & Brooke Hall · Music

There are times in this life when one is pulled in a particular direction for reasons unknown.  What Weekly’s spur-of-the-moment excursion to SXSW was one

“The Fault in Our Stars” Review

July 7, 2014

Dan Gvozden · Film

There is nothing that I cannot stand more than boastful filmmaking. You know the type. These are films that assert that their stories are going

Piano Man of Read Street :: Leonardo Cagape

March 5, 2014

Robert Gesumaria & Brooke Hall · Music

Story by Robert Gesumaria. Photos by Brooke Hall. Would you like to hear Billy Joel and Elton John live, playing for free, at a cozy

Redefining Family and Community

September 5, 2013

Caroline Pressman · Social Innovation

At last check, 66 percent of Baltimore City Public Schools students graduate high school in four years. Every student in the Incentive Mentoring Program graduated

Interactions at Minás

June 23, 2011

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Art, Artist Profiles

Interactions is a collection of paintings that is both intimate and universal all at once. Intimate because the subjects of the paintings are impressions of

Moveable Feets

March 17, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Charm City

Humble Tripe kicked off Moveable Feets at The Metro Gallery Saturday night with their sweet, soulful sort of folk that has the same kind of

Sick Din :: Bread

April 4, 2013

whatweekly · Music, Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nme0lY32pc After 4 digitally unoffically released albums under the name ‘Bethany Dinsick’ and ‘Square Pi’ Bethany Dinsick is releasing a limited edition 100 cassette tapes

Let There Be Transit

April 11, 2013

Lindsey Davis · Social Innovation, Technology

Baltimore has plenty of fire. Fire for crime, for housing, for jobs. This past weekend the fire focused on transit, as creatives, hackers, and the

The Water Record Release

February 8, 2012

Valerie Paulsgrove · Charm City, Music, Photo Essay

  Instrumental-Rock Duo THE WATER celebrated the release of their debut full-length SCANDALS AND ANIMALS with special guests YEVETO at Golden West on February 3,

The Hustle: Booking It!

November 7, 2013

Ezra Winter · The Hustle

Adam Savage is a stalwart of the Baltimore music scene, where he is a booker and promoter for many of the best shows around town.

Baltimore makes Forbes Coolest City List

July 31, 2012

Dharna Noor · Charm City

    As our tagline boasts, What Weekly documents the Baltimore Renaissance. We think Baltimore is making a comeback. Its affordability paired with its ability

Moveable Feast Community Garden

November 21, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

Many of our Baltimore neighbors are fighting for their lives and need help to battle life-threatening illnesses like HIV/AIDS, cancer and diabetes. And often those

Causes and Conditions :: Himalayan Haiku

March 26, 2014

Peter Dillon · Charm City

  Two months have come to pass since we landed in Nepal, and three of the past four I have been away from Baltimore.  There

Sahffi’s Music Video

January 20, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Music

Red Maple Hosts Video Shoot For Sahffi’s New Single This week we caught up with Sahffi and producer N’Dinga Gaba on the shoot of their

The Truth Behind the Protests :: What Traditional Media Never Shows

April 27, 2015

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen & Kelly Louise Barton · Community, Photo Essay

This past weekend thousands of men, women, and children took to City Hall to protest the death of Freddie Gray and the police brutality that has

nightlife

The Death Set: Slap Slap…

The Death Set – Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap from The Death Set on Vimeo. New single from…

Bent Ear

Brian Baker

Boite: Show and Tell

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire

social innovation

Operation Oliver

“Baltimore is the safest city I’ve lived in for the last 10 years.” That is my first response to anyone…

Stop The Presses: How To Buy Back The Baltimore Sun

From Here To There

Araminta Freedom Initiative

The Good Deed Project

Existence Day 2010

artist profiles

Jennifer Stephens

Photo by Philip Laubner Jennifer Stephens, also known as Marigold Bumbleroot, is a professional bubble-blower. https://vimeo.com/34443712 Filmed and edited by…

Sonya Renee Taylor

Future Islands Homecoming

Britt Olsen-Ecker

Elizabeth Brady

For The Love of Vinyl

sustainability

Farmageddon

On Halloween nothing’s more frightening than a bobble headed Mr. Boh hanging out with the Gorton’s fisherman guy. Over the…

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Small Time

Big Green Pirate Party

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

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