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Call For Artists & Vendors

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Malaise and Malaria

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Manifest: Retrospect

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Small Foods

★ Justin Allen
Cyclist Outlaws

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Baltimore RAWards

★ David London
The Resurrection Show

★ David London, Philip Laubner & Theresa Keil
La Cakerie

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Twisted, But True

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Maryland Film Fest 2011

May 11, 2011

David Warfield & Glenford Nunez · Confessions of a Mad Filmmaker

The MFF is a huge success. The streets and restaurants were buzzing, the screenings were well-attended (often packed), the…

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Instant Gratification at Gallery 788

July 15, 2010

Philip Laubner · Art, Charm City, Music, Performance

This past weekend was the third installment of the Multimedia show 'Instant Gratification', at Gallery 788 in Pigtown. The event was organized by Philip Laubner,

Ian Hesford :: Dead and Back Again

January 8, 2015

Dave K. & Philip Laubner · Artist Profiles

The tropes concerning what people see when/after they die are well-worn; bright lights, the spirits of dead relatives, out-of-body experiences looking down at oneself, an

Acts4Youth

November 24, 2010

whatweekly · Music

The lights dimmed low with candles on paper-covered tabletops as six local musical groups took over the transformed sanctuary of Central Presbyterian Church in Towson.

Grind My Reels “Blue Is the Warmest Color”

November 14, 2013

Dan Gvozden · Film

With the domestic release of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival-winning Blue is the Warmest Color, I’ve been doing a great deal of thinking about my

The Mosh Pit Guide for Rookies: The Dillinger Escape Plan at Baltimore Soundstage

April 9, 2014

Thomas Ella · Music

“Just keep your elbows up and you’ll be OK.” That was the advice my friend Josh gave me before Summer Slaughter last year, a hardcore

The Internet is My Religion

June 9, 2011

whatweekly · Social Innovation, Video

"God is what happens when humanity is connected. Humanity connected is God. Each one of us is a creator but, together, we are THE creator.”

One Love

August 30, 2012

Jess Gartner · Art, Events, Photo Essay

For the past several years, The Baltimore Love Project artist, Michael Owen, and executive director, Scott Burkholder, have been working to spread the love in Baltimore by

Vincent E. Thomas and Witness

April 1, 2010

whatweekly · Performance

While at a party at The Meyerhoff Symphony Hall we ran into recent Baker Artist Award Winner Shodekeh who, in turn, introduced us to choreographer

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

The Hustle 4: Baltimore Improv Group

July 25, 2013

Gatsby · The Hustle

Did you know about Baltimore’s passionate improv community? I recently had the opportunity to speak with Heather Moyer from the Baltimore Improv Group about their

The Day The Toilets Ran Free In Hampden

September 19, 2013

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Festival, Photo Essay

There’s a few sure-fire signs that summer is comin’ to a close here in Baltimore. The leaves start changin’, kids commence to shufflin’ to and

Grey March Returns

August 31, 2011

Theresa Keil & Matt Kelley · Music

I met with drummer Eric Wiegmann and the rest of Grey March at the Hour Haus on North Avenue where they were rehearsing for a

Indian PSA Boasts “First Poo Song In The History of India!”

April 16, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

India has such a problem with public defecation that it had to create a PSA urging grown people to “take the poo to the loo”

The Hustle: Get Paid to Crack Jokes

October 31, 2013

Ezra Winter · Comedy, The Hustle

Mike Finazzo is a local comedian and filmmaker who has toured and performed extensively with the likes of Drew Carey, Judah Friedlander and Nick DiPaolo.

Creative Class

September 21, 2011

whatweekly · Innovation

It is important to recognize that the Creative Class stands to deliver significant economic growth to Baltimore. The challenge is that we, the Creative Class

Inward, Outward: Little Doubts

July 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.