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★ Cover Story

Charm City Chaat

August 10, 2011

Tedd Henn & Angelique Weger · Food

Delicious delicate bites of potato, lentils and vegetables layered with tamarind and cilantro chutneys, thoughtfully sprinkled with yoghurt, onions, and…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Fractal Cat Album Release

October 24, 2012

Philip Laubner & Robin Gunkel · Events, Music, Photo Essay

Fractal Cat and The Eye in the Dawn CD release + The Megadrives and kataStatik On October 18th at the Metro Gallery, Fractal Cat released

Top 10 Movies That Need a Warning

January 23, 2014

Dan Gvozden · Charm City, Film

What makes art, as an entity, so fascinating to study is that there are as many different opinions on it as there are people on

Expect the Unexpected: David London’s Creative Spirit Séance

July 31, 2014

Kevin McNamara & Philip Laubner · Events

Editor’s Note: David London once was a managing director at What Weekly. David London is a magician. Unless you know him, whatever image just popped

Spank Rock

March 13, 2012

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Charm City, Hampden, Music

Friday night found us at Golden West Café in Hampden, to see Spank Rock  perform. Naeem Juwan, AKA Spank Rock is a Baltimore boy who

Mayor’s Christmas Parade

December 14, 2011

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Hampden, Performance

What do dragons, superheros, dogs on skateboards, beehives, bikers, psychopaths, the Mothman, and marching bands have to do with Christmas? Quite a lot actually, especially

BMORE hush Presents: STRANGE FUR – Pigtown

August 29, 2013

BMOREhush · Music, Video

BMORE hush is a video project in Baltimore that shoots live performances of some of our most talented musicians around town. This here is damn

Swordswallower Dai Andrews

September 13, 2012

David London & Philip Laubner · Artist Profiles, Performance

Dai Andrews holds four Guinness World Records. He has performed in over 40 countries in five continents, made over 50 television appearances, and has traveled

Max

Interview with Magician Max Major

January 30, 2014

Ezra Winter · The Hustle

I was recently lucky enough to sit down and talk with my friend Max Major.  He is a very talented magician and mindreader in the

Top 5 Events :: March 7th

March 2, 2014

Ezra Winter · Charm City

Top 5 Events (in no particular order) Each week we round up the most fun goings-on in the city.  Please submit your event to our calendar if

Manifest Activate

October 5, 2011

Philip Laubner · Art, Charm City

The opportunity to go to parties hosted by the good people at Manifest is yet another, in a long list of reasons we love this

Summer Solstice Festival

June 21, 2012

David London · Community, Events

Photos courtesy of Raymond Almsteadt and Amanda Schappell  Yesterday marked the official summer solstice, and mother nature is not holding back in letting us know that summer

Dan Deacon: Woof Woof

September 16, 2010

whatweekly · Video

Doughnuts Fit For the Devil Himself :: Diablo Doughnuts

June 4, 2014

Christina Delgado · Food

Michael Roslan’s compassionate, friendly persona and infectious smile are only some of the qualities that you notice when you meet him. After hearing his life

Alonzo’s Lullaby

March 13, 2012

David London · Art, Innovation, Performance

All photos by Daniel Bedell I have always wanted to see a magic lantern show. I remember coming across them in childhood books on magic,

Community Center’s New Music Video!

January 2, 2014

Gatsby · Music, Video

Directed by EMP Collective’s Brad Leroy Cartwright and shot in various locations around Baltimore, Community Center’s new video can also be seen at ThisTimeFeltDifferentToMe.com.

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,

Chrysalis

September 7, 2011

Angelique Weger · Art

Because the works are exhibited without labels, Cadiente's installation of a block of soil was a mystery that seemed to take on particular humor because

nightlife

Bent Ear

In the Bent Ear, Baynard Woods follows the great writer Joseph Mitchell, in allowing Baltimore's quirkier citizens to bend his…

Murder Ink at Single Carrot Theatre

The Death Set: Slap Slap…

Comedy Noir

Gateway at Ruintown

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

social innovation

Baltimore Time Bank

At the conclusion of a dynamic presentation last Friday by Piper Watson and John Shea, discussing the future plans of…

Support The Baltimore Brew

International Fest 2011

Occupy Baltimore

Identity Pickup

Warnock Foundation Survey Finds Hope Amongst Baltimoreans

artist profiles

Silent Whys

Photo by Jason Bender Silent Whys: Waltz For October [audio:http://whatweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/01-Waltz-for-October-mp3.mp3] “We try and do something with both of our hands…

Future Islands Homecoming

Charm City Makeup

They’re Not Making Art Anymore :: An Interview with Fred Lazarus IV

Baltimore’s Most Dynamic Surf Rockers :: Beachmover

Bagoas

sustainability

Small Time

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

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Welcome to the Free Farm

Fixing The Future

Farmageddon

Baltimore Free Farm

technology

Netflix Premiers Its First Exclusive Documentary

There’s symmetry to Netflix premiering a documentary on an independent baseball team that ruffled the feathers of Major League Baseball.…

Betamore

Create Baltimore, Take 2

Pure Bang Games

The God Particle

Get Pixilated