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Baltimore Renaissance Project

June 15, 2011

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen & Theresa Keil · Social Innovation

What Weekly was asked to visit New Era Middle School in Cherry Hill by 7th grade teacher Jessica Gartner to…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Maryland Leadership Workshops

June 6, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

At Maryland Leadership Workshops, Inc. (MLW), middle and high school students (called delegates) discover their potential, guide their own destiny and become the leaders of

Secret Mountains: Rejoice

November 10, 2010

What Weekly · Video

Secret Mountains: Rejoice

Jason Urick: Ageless Isms

January 25, 2012

whatweekly · Music, Video

Jason Urick – Ageless Isms from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo. Video by Ashby Lee Collinson. Ashby’s Princess Dies series is raising funds for a

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

Ad-ucation

May 19, 2011

Lee Boot · Social Innovation

Sometimes you just have to say it: There’s an elephant in our living room. This week’s film is about something we all know and love,

Bawlmer HonFest 2012

June 13, 2012

Dharna Noor & Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Events, Hampden, Photo Essay

This past weekend, the people of Bawlmer gathered to let their hair down—or, rather, gather it in a beehive—and show their pride for their city.

“Hi” Art

July 27, 2011

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Art, Social Innovation

Community outreach and social justice aren’t topics that traditionally come to mind when discussing the Maryland Institute College of Art. But it seems reasonable that

Hampdenfest 2014 Featuring Future Islands

September 25, 2014

Philip Laubner & Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Events, Photo Essay

Exceptional photos of one of Baltimore's favorite street festivals.

Study Claims Axl Rose Greatest Singer of All Time?

May 21, 2014

Heather Clark · Charm City

I can’t say I remember when trend lists started popping up on Facebook, Yahoo, etc. All I know is that I have grown to love

Sweat and Blood in Music :: Tombs and Dendritic Arbor at Sidebar

March 5, 2014

Ezra Winter & Tedd Henn · Charm City

Sidebar, according to Baltimore luminary John Waters, is the “punk bar that refuses to move uptown.”  There has been some wonderful culture happening in Mt.

Keep Art Alive in Remington!

March 14, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

Kara is a take charge kind of girl.  She’s creative, talkative, and full of energy.  But, she can be quite a handful in the classroom – talking

Go Home Neil, You’re Drunk

April 7, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

Oh man, this is my new favorite thing. Take one of the smartest men alive today, slow him down just a tad and suddenly everything

Not A Beat Maker

October 24, 2013

Kelly Louise Barton · Charm City

This Friday, Baltimore hip-hop producer Don Trunk is releasing his first mixtape “Not A Beatmaker,” proving that he is exactly what his title suggests. Simply

Deep In The Game

October 11, 2012

Theresa Keil · Charm City, Photo Essay

Last Friday Night, Club Hippo hosted Deep In The Game, featuring Dazzlestorm (Ellen Degenerate and Amber Alert), TT The Artist and Murder Mark. What Weekly Photographer

Ode to the Bazaar

September 21, 2011

Lee Boot · Who We Am

Just off the main street in the part of Istanbul where you'll also find Hagia Sophia and the Blue Masque, you enter the Grand Bazaar

Give Corps turns 1!

October 24, 2012

David London & Theresa Keil · Events, Social Innovation

Give Corps collaborative string art! Local crowd-funding site GiveCorps celebrated its first year of grassroots philanthropy in a one-of-a-kind anniversary party attended by nearly 200 of Baltimore’s

Nikkuu Design

May 9, 2012

Matt Kelley & Theresa Keil · Artist Profiles, Business

When I hear the term industrial designer, images come to mind of cavernous warehouses or musky garages, spaces with everything covered in an equal-parts mixture

fashion

Smart Textiles

There’s been no shortage of discussion concerning the artist’s affect on society as of late. More specifically, there’s been growing…

Panoptic Fashion Show- MICA

Sharp Dressed Man Opens In Mt. Vernon

Fashion’s Night Out

Dyed For You

Navigating Victoria’s Secret

nightlife

Infernoland

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

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

Weekends: Totem

The Death Set: Slap Slap…

Boite: Show and Tell

Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire

social innovation

Let There Be Transit

Baltimore has plenty of fire. Fire for crime, for housing, for jobs. This past weekend the fire focused on transit,…

Challenging a Culture of Low Expectations

Getting Motivated: A Case Study on Creating Impact

The Baltimore Algebra Project

Getting Baked

When It Works

artist profiles

A Brief Conversation with Abdu Ali

All photos by Philip Laubner. What better atmosphere to interview a rising star than at a photo shoot? Right? This…

Exclusive Video Interview with CEDA and DUME

Travels with Jack Radcliffe: Michele Li Murphy

Kaveh Haerian :: Poster Child

The Blind Biker

TOVEN

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,…

Big Green Pirate Party

Small Time

Fixing The Future

Farmageddon

Welcome to the Free Farm

technology

Real Science Fiction

Welcome to the future. In case you haven’t noticed, much of yesterday’s science fiction is rapidly becoming today’s reality. In…

Netflix Premiers Its First Exclusive Documentary

Betamore

Baltimore Hackathon

Get Pixilated

The Secret World of Sugaring