WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Otakon 2010

August 4, 2010

Theresa Keil · Art, Fashion

Besides Dragonball Z, Ninja Scroll and that game show where the contestants have to run full speed through paper walls that may or may not

Space in Tension :: The InDirect Art of Jennifer Gilman and Christian Benefiel

March 26, 2014

Amanda Fortner · Art

Jennifer Gilman’s intricate, architectural sawdust drawings and Christian Benefiel’s bold, explosive mixed-media sculptures adorned Area 405’s restored brewery showroom last Saturday night. The joint showing,

The Curious Fate of Human Kind

July 2, 2013

Gatsby · Film

A delightfully quirky and dark animated short set in a factory where machines are building the humans.

Station North turns 10!

October 4, 2012

Theresa Keil & David London · Community, Photo Essay, Station North

Last Friday (September 28, 2012), hundreds gathered on the rooftop of the parking garage across the street from the Charles Theater, to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of

Baltimore Afrobeat Society

November 10, 2011

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen & Justin Allen · Music

Performances by the Baltimore Afrobeat Society are both intense and deeply cathartic experiences as well as important cultural gatherings that have become a ritual for

Visionary Solstice Gathering with Alex Grey

February 24, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen & Philip Laubner · Art, Music, Performance

This issue is dedicated to everyone involved with the ridiculously good time and intensely spellbinding experience we had Saturday night at The Visionary Solstice Gathering

Hot August Blues

August 25, 2011

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Music

Part of the allure of the festival is the idyllic setting, but the music you’ll find here is truly phenomenal. There are acts here that

Made In Baltimore with Dan Deacon, Celebration, and Rye Rye

August 19, 2014

Nick Hughes · Music, Video

Check out more of What Weekly’s fav videos here.

40th Annual Capital Pride

June 15, 2015

Kevin McNamara · Community, Events, Photo Essay

Taking the subway into DC this past Saturday was a more colorful experience than the typical morning commute. Rainbow flags and flamboyant clothing provided stark

The Baltimore Textbook

December 19, 2012

David London · Literature

  The Baltimore Textbook was a senior thesis project by Becky Slogeris, which “attempts to connect Baltimore youth with their local environment, including lessons on

Pigment at Gallery 788

April 7, 2010

Philip Laubner · Art

Johnny Thorne and photographer Jack Radcliffe at the April opening at Gallery 788 entitled ‘Pigment.’ Gallery 788 is by far one of the most inclusive

Hoodoo Dance Party

March 2, 2011

What Weekly · Charm City

Come to What Weekly's event: The Witchdoctor Sheriff's Hoodoo Dance Party on Thursday, March 31st at the Spy Bar. Songs and stories from America's darker

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

Poetry: 2 by Amanda McCormick

October 10, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

Great Daylight Fireball, 1972 plain vigor dazzle a supple sky nice to see someone make a far flash all to notice                 that night dust,

Baltimore’s Most Compelling New Label: Grimoire Records

February 17, 2015

Dave K. · Charm City, Music

Cover photo: Dweller in the Valley, photographed by Tyler W. Davis The word grimoire is almost always connected with the occult, but that is a

Publication and Multiples Fair

April 13, 2011

Brooke Hall · Literature

Jimmy MacMillan of Friends Records, which used artwork found at a similar fair for the label's first release, said after coming last year as an

The Baltimore Zoo Through the Lens of Fall Libations

November 23, 2014

Chuck Green · Commentary, Food

  Baltimore has a zoo! I almost forgot. I definitely went there when I was a kid. I was riding my bike past it one

fashion

The Tailor at Hour Haus

Upon learning that one of the city’s most notable up-and-coming men’s clothiers was staging his fitting room at Hour Haus…

Drive2Thrive – Discover Wonderland Fashion Show

La Cakerie

The Happy Hatter of Waverly

Dyed For You

Panoptic Fashion Show- MICA

nightlife

Murder Ink at Single Carrot Theatre

On the fifth of January participants in Single Carrot Theatre’s recitation of Anna Ditkoff’s City Paper column, Murder Ink, entered…

Brian Baker

Let’s Mess With Texas

Mobtown Microshow: Celebration

Comedy Noir

SCREEN PASS

social innovation

Laugh & Smile

So laughing and smiling is good for you. Yeah, no shit. There’s plenty of science to back this up. Neuroscientists…

Elf Night

The “Mad Women” of the 307 Collective

Capitalism with a Conscience: All Tesla Patents are Now Open Source

The Consent Revolution

Baltimore Hackathon

sustainability

Small Time

A couple of years ago, while I was reporting on a redevelopment plan in Buffalo, New York, I met up…

Fixing The Future

Baltimore Free Farm

Farmageddon

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden