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★ Cover Story

African American Festival 2011

July 6, 2011

Glenford Nunez · Music, Performance

Photos by Glenford Nunez Every year the African American Festival hosts a half a million people in Baltimore. Photographer Glenford…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Animal Modern

June 20, 2013

Fred Scharmen & Theresa Keil · Art Criticism

Thinking about the visual culture of Baltimore, Fred Scharmen takes a time machine ride, with giraffes. Photographs by Theresa Keil.  The other week I got an

They’re Not Making Art Anymore :: An Interview with Fred Lazarus IV

May 13, 2015

Daniel Stuelpnagel · Artist Profiles

After steering the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) for more than three decades, on a long-term course of expansion that has made it one

#3: culture, art and science

April 28, 2011

Lee Boot · Who We Am

As an artist/educator, it seemed relevant to learn about how the human mind and brain process information and respond to stimuli. In the classroom, I

Oklahoma Alley

November 10, 2011

whatweekly · Music, Video

Music video for Oklahoma Alley by Bethany Disnick. Director and Camera- Madeline Tess Peters, Sound Production- Chris Freeland, BXDC dancers Sarah Autry, Nina Ebner, Sigrid

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

FritzBall!!!

September 20, 2012

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

  Photo by Philip Laubner Behold the rapturous joy on the faces of those celebrating the life and times of the one and only, Kyle

Serge Salat: Beyond Infinity

January 31, 2012

whatweekly · Art, Video

This immersive installation by french artist and theorist serge salat interweaves mirrors, light, music, and fractal art in an architecture that conflates visitors' perceptions of

What is a Tool Library?

October 4, 2012

David London · Social Innovation, Station North

“Much like a traditional library, the tool library is a free community lending service, but instead of books, we deal in tools.” John Shea and

City Dating :: Relationships and Priorities

April 3, 2014

Charmed and Dangerous · Love

Do You (and is it okay to) Make Dating & Relationships a Top Priority? Recently, I received a comment that said, “Relationships are an afterthought

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

Not So Fast :: Running is Unhealthy?

March 6, 2014

Ezra Winter · Charm City

This article is from a series of health-related essays sponsored by ZocDoc, an app which makes it easy to find and schedule appointments with local

Did Roger Waters meet the next Mozart in Baltimore?

January 31, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

“How did [Roger Waters] know my name?” asked Courtney Crutcher. “You’re OrchKids, aren’t you?” replied Dan Trahey, the Director of Artistic Program Development. OrchKids at

Run for Play!

August 22, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

Last spring, Rayfield, a second grader, was standing by himself against the school wall as other kids played after lunch. They paid him no attention

The SEED of technology

April 25, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

There is not a facet of our lives that technology doesn’t touch – from education and careers to social relationships and arts. Today, college preparatory

Valentine’s Day :: A How To

January 29, 2014

Charmed and Dangerous · Charm City

Let’s Talk About Valentine’s Day We’ve got a little over 2 weeks remaining. While I’m the first person to want to completely dismiss the day,

Education Rethunk

May 4, 2011

Lee Boot · Who We Am

The first short film in a series that deconstructs "the education problem" in the US by looking at it through the lens of culture. Yeah,

Blue Collar Theatre at Yellow Sign

August 26, 2014

Dave K. · Art, Performance

“If theatre is done right,” Yellow Sign Theatre co-founder and artistic director Craig Coletta is fond of saying, “it’s a blue collar job.” He told

fashion

Behind the Fence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-e8o72PRTY Sharp Dressed Man was founded by the Baltimore Fashion Alliance in 2012 to support men re-entering the workforce. Often…

The Interrupted Show

Smart Textiles

The Tailor at Hour Haus

Giordano’s Giant Nudes

Sharp Dressed Man Opens In Mt. Vernon

nightlife

Boite: Show and Tell

When you’re a kid and something totally awesome comes into your possession it can be hard to contain oneself whilst…

Let’s Mess With Texas

Infernoland

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

Peace Spore

Cameron Blake Double Album Release

artist profiles

Ceda and Dume

Baltimore has mixed feelings about the artists who often exhibit their work on the neglected and decaying parts of the…

The Tailor at Hour Haus

Peace of Mind

Dr. Bob: Life on the Fringe

Glenford Nunez

A Brief Conversation with Abdu Ali

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…

Baltimore Free Farm

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Fixing The Future

Small Time