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The Baltimore Reader with Bill Hughes

February 21, 2013

Adam Robinson · Baltimore Reader, What Lit

If you go to any literary events around Baltimore, you’re bound to run into Bill Hughes; he’s the guy with…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Rhymes with Opera

May 19, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Music

Rhymes With Opera unveiled the world premier of Book of Gazes, a composition by Jenny Olivia Johnson, at the Annex Theatre this weekend. The production,

Hot August Blues 2013

August 22, 2013

Kelly Louise Barton · Music

Take off your shirt and shoes, because we’re talking about Hot August Blues.

Leviathan: Ivan Petrov Reflects on the Award Winning Film About His Homeland

March 9, 2015

Ivan Petrov · Film

Like the Russian filmmaker Andrei Zvyagintsev, I personally try to stay away from politics as much as possible. Yet when I saw the film Leviathan

Redefining Traditional :: The Nakatani Gong Orchestra

May 7, 2014

Kelly Louise Barton & Valerie Paulsgrove · Music

Acoustic sound artist and percussionist, Tatsuya Nakatani prefers to play traditional gongs a little differently: with his own hand-crafted bows. Driven by his own sound

Big Green Pirate Party

July 27, 2011

Justin Allen & Theresa Keil · Music, Sustainability

The Big Green Pirate Party was a fundraiser for Baltimore Green Careers, a Civic Works project that has a kick-ass mission and an impressive track

2013 Sowebo Festival

June 3, 2013

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Community, Photo Essay

Photo by Theresa Keil This week, photographers Theresa Keil and Larry Cohen bring back gorgeous images from Sowebo Festival, arguably one of the city’s most

Wordsmith: King Noah

September 8, 2011

whatweekly · Music

Founder of independent label NU Revolution Entertainment LLC and Revoltradio.com, Wordsmith, makes entrepreneurship and artistry look easy as he masters all things behind the mic

Top 5 Events :: Feb. 6th, 2014

February 3, 2014

Ezra Winter · Charm City

Top 5 Events (in no particular order) Each week we round up the most fun goings-on in the city.  Please submit your event to our calendar if

Round Falls, Baltimore

December 18, 2013

Jess Bither · Art Criticism

It’s difficult to view Round Falls from the highway overhead; it’s even hidden to runners along the Jones Falls Trail. Round Falls is out of

The Immoral Old Man Brown

May 9, 2013

Kelly Louise Barton & Tedd Henn · Music

Engrained in the Baltimore funk scene, Old Man Brown released their third full-length album, Brand Me Immoral, in Federal Hill on May 3rd. Usually an

Perception Altar

January 30, 2013

Philip Laubner & Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Art, Events

Portrait by Philip Laubner I first encountered Jeramie Bellmay nearly three years ago at Evolver Baltimore’s Give it Up event. If you were there, you

League of The Unsound Sound

March 24, 2011

whatweekly · Music

While several recent series have successfully explored combinations of traditionalists teamed up with experimental musicians, what sets this group apart is the diversity of pieces

I Will Not Think Bad Thoughts

May 30, 2013

Ian Maclean Davis · Art Criticism

Ian MacLean Davis reviews The Salon of Little Deaths at Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington, DC, on view through June 15th, 1353 U Street NW. As an

Seeing Through

January 17, 2013

Deirdre Smith & Theresa Keil · Art, Art Criticism

For her first solo show in Baltimore, See Through, Mary Anne Arntzen presents a selection of new paintings that expand on a theme the artist

New Year’s Eve 2010

January 6, 2011

Theresa Keil · Charm City, Nightlife

Farida Shourbaji at Red Maple on New Year’s Eve 2010-2011. Photo by Theresa Keil New Year’s Revolution The New Year is little more than an

Pigtown Festival

October 24, 2012

Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Events, Photo Essay

Last Saturday, October 20th, was the 11th Annual Pigtown Festival. The day long event featured a Running of the Pigs, Live music throughout the day,

Ink Well by Future Islands

November 24, 2010

whatweekly · Video

The Ink Well by Future Islands, directed by Theo Anthony.

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fashion

LOT 201

We caught up with Max and Julie Bent of LOT 201 at a cocktail reception at Area 405 in the…

Sharp Dressed Man Opens In Mt. Vernon

Fighting Rape in Underwear

Charm City Fashion Show at BMI

In Good Fashion: Form The Label

Giordano’s Giant Nudes

nightlife

Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire

Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire.…

Weekends: Totem

Celebration “Honeysuckle Blue”

Bent Ear

Emily Wells: Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun

Comedy Noir

social innovation

Little Free Libraries

Lesley Noll wants to invite you into a world at once vast and intimate. That world begins within the Village…

Treating Others

The Consent Revolution

Capitalism with a Conscience: All Tesla Patents are Now Open Source

PNC Transformative Art

#SaveADopeBoy

artist profiles

MilkMilkLemonade

An Interview With Playwright Joshua Conkel By Ken Greller Amongst a certain crop of young, largely New York City-based playwrights…

Future Islands Homecoming

The Tailor at Hour Haus

Bart O’Reilly

Soldiers Find Healing Through Art

Parallel Practice at the BMA

sustainability

Baltimore Free Farm

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

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Fixing The Future

Small Time

Farmageddon

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

technology

Halpern: On Tour and Online

This is a story about my favorite Baltimore artist.   Matt Halpern has quickly emerged as one of rock music’s…

What Are Bitcoins?

Data For The People: How Does OpenBaltimore Work?

Let There Be Transit

What Digital Harbor Foundation Is Building That You Should Be A Part Of

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