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Britt Olsen-Ecker

March 28, 2012

Philip Laubner · Art, Artist Profiles, Music, Performance

The first time I saw Britt Olsen-Ecker was from the audience of the Strand Theater in 2010. She was playing…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Poetry: Email: September 20, 2012

February 14, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

Email: September 20, 2012 By Tracy Dimond   I am trying to figure out ways to distract myself. I made the mistake of looking at

The Brightest Young Thing

September 4, 2014

Samantha Mitchell · Business

Getting to Know Brightest Young Things’ Founder, Svetlana Legetic If the guy in the Dos Equis commercial is The Most Interesting Man in the World,

The Bellevederes

January 13, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Music

The Bellevederes– If they’re playing, you’re dancing. And yes, they are dressed as The Big Lebowski for Halloween, which only makes them that much more

From Basement to Best Place to Work in Baltimore :: A Brief History of Mindgrub

February 11, 2015

Samantha Mitchell · Business, Innovation, Technology

In 1999, current President and CEO of Mindgrub, Todd Marks, started his first business in tech.  Fifteen years and multiple start-ups later Marks has finally found

Taking Risks in Limited Space :: Baltimore’s DIY Theatre

November 16, 2014

Dave K. · Performance

The term “DIY theater” is almost a redundancy. Unless you’re on Broadway (and sometimes even then), theater is a world of tight budgets and lofty

Poetry: 2 by Sarah Jane Miller

January 15, 2014

Timmy Reed · Charm City, Literature, What Lit

Everyone’s Birthday A miraculous riverboat divides the clustered flock of walleye fish, those scaled lions   ponderously vast. Here cries the lavender bud vying with

Please Flag With Care

September 16, 2010

Matt Kelley · Performance

In 'Please Flag With Care,' Glass Mind Theatre Company shows everyday characters employing the Internet to search for greater meaning and purpose in their lives

Introducing WhoWeAm on What Weekly

February 23, 2011

Lee Boot · Who We Am

WhoWeAm is a series of short films and articles exploring the notion that the world we create reflects a tangle of our biology, and the

Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire

January 6, 2011

What Weekly · Nightlife, Video

Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire.

The Intersection Between Art and People

August 22, 2013

Peter Davis & Philip Laubner · Art

I never think of my work as work. It’s so much fun. It’s different every day. I think, maybe, I’m an optimist.

Dope Body :: Repo Man

October 23, 2014

whatweekly · Music, Video

Song from LP/CS/CD “Lifer”, out on October 21, 2014 from Drag City. http://www.dragcity.com/products/lifer Written & Directed by Theo Anthony Co-Written & Created by Andrew Laumann

Fiction: 2 Stories by Meg Pokrass

February 21, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

By Meg Pokrass Keds I had a strange awake-dream during labor. It started with Barney, checking out holes in my Keds. Suggesting they were a

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

From Here To There

April 24, 2013

whatweekly · Social Innovation

On March 29, 2013 the Maryland General Assembly passed the historic Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act ensuring that $4.4 Billion will be invested in our future.

Up By The Roots

February 9, 2012

Urbanite Magazine · Charm City

How a young candidate set out to overthrow a broken political system and rebuild trust between government and people on the street. by Michael Corbin, photo

Baltimore is Going Pantless to speak out against Victim Blaming

April 3, 2014

Brittney-Elizabeth Williams · Community

The Mission: Local activists, performance artists and sisters Bunny Vish’us and Brittney-Elizabeth Williams are gathering people to hang out at Baltimore’s Artscape- with no pants

Causes and Conditions :: Breaking Down the Building Up

April 9, 2014

Peter Dillon · Charm City

I do actually work. Do I work, actually? I tell myself, I ask myself. What do I do, do you care to know? I think

nightlife

Infernoland

Each year millions of families travel by planes, trains and automobiles to amusement parks all over the world. Upon arrival…

Comedy Noir

Let’s Mess With Texas

Sick Weapons Last Show at Golden West

Murder Ink at Single Carrot Theatre

The Death Set: Slap Slap…

social innovation

Crossing Cultural Divides in a Rowboat

Bruce MacKenzie is a shipwright. He builds boats. But he also builds young people's interest in learning by thinking about…

The New American Dream

The 99%

Wide Angle Youth Media

Redefining Family and Community

The “Mad Women” of the 307 Collective

sustainability

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Urban gardens are sprouting up all over Baltimore. If you don't have a small plot of land for growing food,…

Fixing The Future

Farmageddon

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Small Time

Big Green Pirate Party

technology

Start Me Up :: The Reality of Starting a Tech Company in Baltimore

Where Baltimore Works: Visualization Map by Dave Troy The word “startup” is now fully absorbed in our modern parlance. Maybe…

What Are Bitcoins?

The Secret World of Sugaring

Education Hack Day

How to See the Party Before You Arrive

Pure Bang Games