WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

Little Free Libraries

October 17, 2012

Barbara Wilgus & Michael Faulkner · Community, Social Innovation

Lesley Noll wants to invite you into a world at once vast and intimate. That world begins within the Village…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Final Friday: Drift State

February 23, 2012

Station North & Theresa Keil · Charm City, Station North

In contrast to the usual energy and excitement found in Station North, the atmosphere at January’s Final Friday in the North Avenue Market was exceedingly

Top 5 Events :: May 1st, 2014

May 1, 2014

Gatsby · Charm City

Top 5 Events (in no particular order) Each week we bring you the goodness. Submit your event to our calendar if you’d like to see yourself here!

788 Washington Blvd.

March 10, 2011

Philip Laubner · Art, Social Innovation

A laughing Bunny Switchblade is dancing with a dollar in her top and threatens to drop her dress to start the party right. Her mischievous

Watch an Amazing Table Reading of Space Jam Featuring All Your Favorite Comics Plus Blake Griffin

April 18, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

Space Jam is awful. It’s not even awful in a charming kind of way, it’s just a regular old awful. That’s why we’re so lucky

Sight Seeing :: Otakon vs. Bronycon

August 20, 2014

Jeremy Chase-Israel & Philip Laubner · Events

People watching is a beloved pastime in Baltimore, as so much of the city’s social calendar has been built around opportunities for voyeurism. The Kinetic

The Three Card Monte :: The Hustle

April 16, 2014

Ezra Winter · Comedy, The Hustle

Have you ever heard of the three card monte game? The three card monte, an old school hustle where a flamboyant “pitch man” will gather

Ultimate Block Party

September 28, 2011

whatweekly · Social Innovation

On October 2, Baltimore City Public Schools is partnering with the Learning Resource Network, Johns Hopkins University, and a host of local and national sponsors

Future Islands :: Walking Through That Door

October 18, 2013

whatweekly · Music, Video

Video by Kymia Nwabi

Clearing the Fog: Baltimore Hip-Hop’s Deciduous Haze

November 5, 2014

Kelly Louise Barton · Music, Performance

To an outsider, Baltimore’s hip-hop reputation has been one clouded by its lack of record deals and mainstream success. And while that perception is just

Animal Modern

June 20, 2013

Fred Scharmen & Theresa Keil · Art Criticism

Thinking about the visual culture of Baltimore, Fred Scharmen takes a time machine ride, with giraffes. Photographs by Theresa Keil.  The other week I got an

If We Shout Loud Enough

April 10, 2013

whatweekly · Film, Music

If We Shout Loud Enough – Trailer (Double Dagger documentary) from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo. Double Dagger – 333 LP and If We Shout

Life In The Universe at the Whole Gallery

August 4, 2010

Philip Laubner · Art, Charm City

Life in the Universe was an art opening and party at the Whole Gallery where the exploration of extraterrestrial life in our universe was encouraged

Dyed For You

March 6, 2013

Christopher J. Rondo · Fashion, Fashion As I See It

Hand-dyed Silk Textiles, Clothing, and Accessories by Michelle Li Murphy Some of the most popular designs in fashion come from the simplest inspirations. Whether it

Brown Sabbath at Brooklyn Bowl

September 9, 2014

David Leigh Abts & Elizabeth Abts · Music

Authors David Leigh Abts & Dan Turk. Photo Credit : Elizabeth Abts Photography Did Brown Sabbath happen across this unholy combination of genres by accident

“Silent Groove” Music Video by Effervescent Collective

July 8, 2014

Lily Kind · Music

“Silent Groove” by Effervescent Collective

The 99%

September 30, 2011

whatweekly · Social Innovation

View “The 99%” on Storify

Photo courtesy of Yuki Kimura

You Can Relax: Spree Killers

July 30, 2014

Michael Moran · Commentary, Essays

Good news everyone! You’re not going to be killed by a spree-killer! Despite what the media loves to convince us of, homicidal psychopaths are not

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…

Emily Wells: Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun

Let’s Mess With Texas

The Death Set: Slap Slap…

Sound and Fury Signifying… Oscar.

Murder Ink at Single Carrot Theatre

social innovation

International Fest 2011

In the tradition of great port cities throughout history, Baltimore has become home to an incredibly diverse population of people…

Primal Guerrilla Marketing

The Good Deed Project

Come Home Baltimore

The Merchants of Dissonance

Ultimate Block Party

artist profiles

Alex Hacker

Photos by Jack Sossman In recent weeks, it has become clear to this Baltimore native that an art form often…

Shane Burke

The Impact of Jack Radcliffe: A Mentor’s Story

Glenford Nunez

A Brief Conversation with Abdu Ali

Ceda and Dume

sustainability

Big Green Pirate Party

The Big Green Pirate Party was a fundraiser for Baltimore Green Careers, a Civic Works project that has a kick-ass…

Small Time

Fixing The Future

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Welcome to the Free Farm

Farmageddon

technology

Let There Be Transit

Baltimore has plenty of fire. Fire for crime, for housing, for jobs. This past weekend the fire focused on transit,…

Inside The Electric Pharaoh

Smart Textiles

How to Make Your Cat a Cinematographer (GoPro Edition)

The Secret World of Sugaring

Intuitive Insight: The Hot Spot