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Shocked and Amazed

March 7, 2012

Dr. Nodnol III, Esq. & Philip Laubner · Artist Profiles

Dr. Nodnol here with the distinct privilege to introduce you to a man who defies introduction. But alas, never one…

★ 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

Tommy Tucker, Victoria Vox and Miss Tess

December 8, 2010

Matt Kelley & Philip Laubner · Music

Photo by Philip Laubner On December 2nd sheltered from the first real bone chilling cold spell of the season, the Metro Gallery played host to

Shattered Wig Review

December 15, 2010

whatweekly · Charm City

Don’t let the DIY look of the publication mislead you. Here, you’ll find sophisticated literature, with allusions to the visual poets, surrealist, automatic writing and

Fiction: 2 by Charlotte Benedetto

January 28, 2014

Timmy Reed · Literature, What Lit

Queen Anne Mall Incident An attractive young woman is disciplining her child for whining outside a toy store in a busy outdoor mall. She is

The Ghost In The Shell

December 12, 2013

Kasai Rex · Essays

Allow me to get weird for a bit. When I was a snot-nosed young buck, accessing and thus enjoying porn was hard work. Sure, there

Higher Achievement knows talent is everywhere- but where’s the opportunity?

February 13, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

Middle school is tough – especially for low-income students who face significant personal and economic obstacles. Grades and test scores typically start to decline; students

Baltimorean to Summit World’s 14 Highest Peaks

August 1, 2013

Gatsby · Sports

The World’s Toughest Expedition is neither a clever marketing phrase nor hyperbole. This expedition is the most daunting physical challenge ever attempted. Via major social

Heavy Metal Treasures :: Acid Queen Jewelry

April 30, 2014

Katie Weber · Fashion

The next time you’re driving down Falls Rd. headed north, pay attention after you pass The Avenue. About a half a mile down the road, you’ll

Sex Lady

March 24, 2013

Patrick Gutierrez · Charm City

At the beginning of her recent discussion with local parents, child sex-education expert and Baltimore resident/teacher Debbie Roffman shared her dream: one day, parents in

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

Baltimore High School Film Festival

April 10, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

Local filmmakers like Barry Levinson and John Waters put Baltimore on the map. But the future directors of our city are just sharpening their teeth

Places & Spaces’ Featured Gallery :: Creative Alliance

March 19, 2014

Kristin Mcwharter · Art

Gallery, theater, community center, and artist residency program, The Creative Alliance builds communities by bringing

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

IstanBaltimore

September 14, 2011

Lee Boot · Who We Am

Leaving my world behind allows me to experience other cultures, and also helps me see my own. I'm in Istanbul at the International Symposium of

Paid Biotech Internships in West Baltimore

October 10, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

“I’m learning new things every day at my job and I owe it all to BTI.” After losing his mother to cancer, Deric Richardson was

Baltimore’s Fav ‘Scape’ Returns :: Scapescape IV

June 4, 2015

Kelly Louise Barton · Festival, Music

Scapescape 2013 was one of the first shows I went to when I moved to Baltimore. Trudging through the nauseating heat of late summer and the

Baltimore’s Ukulele Queen :: Victoria Vox

January 11, 2015

Kelly Louise Barton & Philip Laubner · Music

From the cover of Ukulele Magazine, to the front page of the Wall Street Journal, Victoria Vox is everywhere—and rightly so. The arts she practices

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What Weekly ran from 2010 to 2016. The Pronoia Effect is the story of building it, what came next, and what I found on the other side.

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Glenford Nunez

With seemingly little mentoring, or outside direction, at 24 years old, Glenford has broken into the New York agency scene…

Designs by Stephanie Bradshaw

Startup Sheik :: The Swavor Story

Tailor Made Cocktails

La Cakerie

RAW Artists: Cultivating Creativity

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Mobtown Microshow: Celebration

Story by Brett Yale of Bmore Musically Informed. Last Thursday’s Microshow was a spiritually intimate performance by Celebration, one of…

Brian Baker

Emily Wells: Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun

Murder Ink at Single Carrot Theatre

Sick Weapons Last Show at Golden West

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

social innovation

Photo by Chris Montgomery

Stop The Presses: How To Buy Back The Baltimore Sun

Featured photo by Chris Montgomery The Baltimore Sun and Baltimore City Paper have been slowly dying for years. The big…

When It Works

Create Baltimore, Take 2

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What is a Tool Library?

Operation Oliver

artist profiles

Interactions at Minás

Interactions is a collection of paintings that is both intimate and universal all at once. Intimate because the subjects of…

Michael Owen

Michelle Dwyer: Mistress of Karaoke Ceremonies

Charm City Makeup

Digital Cavemen

Bart O’Reilly

sustainability

Welcome to the Free Farm

All photos by David London Nestled just blocks from The Avenue in Hanpden is a leafy utopia known as the…

Fixing The Future

Small Time

Big Green Pirate Party

Baltimore Free Farm

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

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A Programmer’s Life: A Conversation with OrderUp’s VP of Engineering, Kyle Fritz

Cover photo by Nick Pellegrini Kyle Fritz is now VP of Engineering for the Baltimore-based company, OrderUp—a digital franchising firm that…

Common Curriculum Launch

The Secret World of Sugaring

Halpern: On Tour and Online

Let There Be Transit

Inside The Electric Pharaoh

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