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Paying For It

★ Gregg Wilhelm
Breaking News & Criticism

★ Benjamin
Manifest Presents: Release

★ Theresa Keil
Artscape 2013 Photos

★ Philip Laubner, Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen
Small Foods

★ Justin Allen
Let There Be Light

★ Tedd Henn
Resurrection Recap

★ David London, Philip Laubner & Theresa Keil
Sea Couch: Satellites

★ Justin Allen
Still Occupied

★ Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen
2013 Sowebo Festival

★ Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen

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ScapeScape

June 2, 2011

Glenford Nunez · Music

Recently the first ever Scapescape Festival was held at the GSpot and Ruintown in Hampden. The lineup featured an…

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The New Gilded Age

August 5, 2014

Sarika Duvvuru Reddy · Essays

“In the 1980s capitalism triumphed over communism. In the 1990s it triumphed over democracy and the market economy.” – David Korten, “The Post Corporate World:

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

Live Forever As You Are Now :: Alan Resnick and Ben O’Brien

February 6, 2014

Ezra Winter · Charm City

Our friends at Wham City produced this “infomercial” for Adult Swim. Wonderful to see success and national exposure for these talented artists – take a

Araminta Freedom Initiative

January 3, 2013

David London & Theresa Keil · Social Innovation

The name Araminta, which means “defender,” was Harriet Tubman’s given name as a child slave in Maryland. In honor of Tubman’s legacy of returning time

Joshua Wade Smith

August 2, 2012

Marcus Civin & Philip Laubner · Art, Art Criticism

Joshua Wade Smith, Cataracts Gallery Four, H&H Building Gallery Four is run by a thrifty consortium of artists who live and work in the spaces that

Inward, Outward: Weekenders

October 10, 2013

Jeff Brunell · Inward And Outward

Longtime townie Jeff Brunell finally returned to school just before turning thirty. He’s in southern India, completing his graduate field work and taking stock.

Cara Ober

March 6, 2013

Liz Harby · Art, Artist Profiles

The term “jack of all trades” is a figure of speech that generally carries a negative connotation (since the rest of the phrase is “master

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

BrickHaus + Altered States

February 8, 2012

Daniel Stuelpnagel · Art

Two new exhibition openings last week occupy different layers on the Baltimore visual arts spectrum, and provide some interesting contrasts for viewers. Concrete Poetry, which

On Artichoke Haircut and the Things They Do

April 17, 2013

Adam Robinson · Baltimore Reader, What Lit

One of Baltimore’s coolest literature magazines is Artichoke Haircut, a small-format production that fits nicely in your hand and reads nicely in your mind. They just

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 projected success of the Baltimore

Give It Up! Party

January 27, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen & Philip Laubner · Charm City

Burner culture lands in the heart of Station North with Evolver Baltimore’s party ‘Give It Up!’ where the spirit of giving was alive and kicking

Baltimore Chefs Behind Bars

April 15, 2015

Meekah Hopkins · Events, Food

Chefs Behind Bars…it sounds like culinary Cops, or some sort of correctional-based reality show. If you’re like me, you’re already half tempted. But the actual

Spring League Softball

April 18, 2012

Barbara Wilgus & Philip Laubner · Community, Sports

Spring League Softball: Mobtown Beatdown versus Sir Lord Baltimores Author Michael Kimball has been called a lot of things, from “a hero of contemporaryﬁction” [Sam

Poetry: Jamie Gaughran-Perez

February 25, 2014

Timmy Reed · Literature, What Lit

Lovely Ladies, Beautiful Ladies

Int’l Festival

August 12, 2010

whatweekly · Music

In the wake of the World cup and last month's game between Inter Milan and Manchester City at M&T Bank Stadium, Mob Town is still

Electric Jesus

April 25, 2012

Robin Gunkel & Philip Laubner · Literature

Last week was Jonathan Talat Phillips’ second visit to Saint Mark’s Church on 36th Street in Hampden hosted by Breathe Books. Talat first visited breathe