WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

Bethany Dinsick Gives Colors

June 30, 2011

Brooke Hall · Artist Profiles

The thing with Bethany Dinsick is that she’s been through so much and still manages to do more than most…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

August 12, 2010

Justin Allen & Philip Laubner · Performance

"Whenever I made a suggestion, he raised the stakes. I thought to myself, this kid is outdoing me at my own game," said Peter Davis

Four Over Three

June 13, 2013

Matt Kelley · Charm City, Music, Performance

One of the many great things about the Baltimore theater community is its laissez faire attitude towards alcohol consumption during productions. Anyone that doesn’t believe this

First Look at the Original Washington Monument’s Hidden Secrets

February 19, 2015

Ivan Petrov · Events

“Divine providence seemed to smile upon the occasion; the air was delightfully cool and the firmament serene.” – John Horace Pratt (from his account of

Dr. Nodnol Introduces…

January 12, 2012

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

I was thrilled when Brooke and Justin asked me to write a series of short introductions to a variety of artists and activities that will

Marquee Ball at Creative Alliance

April 29, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Art, Charm City, Music, Performance

I’m not sure if you’re ready for this issue, Baltimore. This issue is so absolutely mind blowing that I’ve been told that there’s legislation in

What the Folk?: BFF with BMOREhush

November 7, 2013

BMOREhush · Festival, Music, Video

BMOREhush documented much of the recent Baltimore Folk Fest. Here’s some of what they found there. There was a thrill, a surge, and a huge

Where To From Out

April 29, 2013

Rupert Wondolowski · What Lit

Where To From Out is Chris Mason’s latest charming, informative, deeply human and deeply humane autobiography through his life’s travels. What better way to know a person

Going Home

August 29, 2013

Niki Clark · Charm City

“I’m from Chicago.” Those three words have been my identity, go-to icebreaker and security blanket for the past three years.  In February 2010, I moved

For the Love of God(ard)

December 17, 2014

Samantha Mitchell · Essays, Film

When Adieu au langage/Goodbye to Language screened at Cannes this year, the audience reportedly broke out into fevered applause about halfway though the film. When the

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

August 12, 2010

whatweekly · Music, Sustainability

Urban gardens are sprouting up all over Baltimore. If you don't have a small plot of land for growing food, I recommend acquiring one immediately.

#SaveADopeBoy

August 16, 2012

Tristan Brooks · Community, Social Innovation

“You know, people look at the young drug dealers in this city like they a menace. Man, these are kids. Somebody’s bringing this stuff in

These Walls Can Talk

June 14, 2012

David London · Art, Station North

All Photos by Martha Cooper It has been exactly five months to the day, since I heard Ben Stone, Executive Director of Station North Arts

Telesma LOVEfest

February 16, 2011

Theresa Keil & Justin Allen · Music

The phenomenon of neotribalism, predicted by sociologist Michel Maffesoli, has come to life and exhibited the first signs of ritual at performances by bands like

Celebration :: Chariot

August 11, 2014

Gatsby · Music

Check out the latest from Baltimore favorites Celebration. Albumin drops August 18th with some pretty cool  features (does “Eggstructional” mean anything to you?). Check out other

Sonya Renee Taylor

September 20, 2012

Liz Harby · Artist Profiles

It’s difficult to love everything about yourself. Everyone has that one blemish that irks to no end–some have many. Whether it’s your height, weight, big nose

Charm City Fashion Show at BMI

April 15, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Art, Fashion, Music

Our ongoing exploration of the city has again yielded adventures that traverse the spectrum of the spacetime continuum and uncover evidence that there is a

Green Street Academy :: Reshaping Urban Education

November 19, 2014

Joey Malinski · Innovation

Green Street Academy is changing urban education in West Baltimore by creating a school that focuses on "Green" initiatives and hands on learning.

fashion

The Littlest Fashion Truck Ever

Taking Fashion on the Road One day while teaching at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, adjunct professor…

La Cakerie

Dyed For You

Giordano’s Giant Nudes

Fashion Photographer Sean Scheidt

The Happy Hatter of Waverly

nightlife

Sick Weapons Last Show at Golden West

Ellie Beziat, Sick Weapons energetic blond singer, was standing around the Golden West before the band’s final show. She and…

Peace Spore

Emily Wells at Cyclops Books

Brian Baker

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

Celebration “Honeysuckle Blue”

social innovation

The “Mad Women” of the 307 Collective

In room 307 of Maryland Institute College of Art’s Brown Center, four students immersed themselves in a design internship for…

Let There Be Transit

Come Home Baltimore

Downside Up

International Fest 2011

From Here To There

artist profiles

Jennifer Stephens

Photo by Philip Laubner Jennifer Stephens, also known as Marigold Bumbleroot, is a professional bubble-blower. https://vimeo.com/34443712 Filmed and edited by…

Bart O’Reilly

Josh Denny: The Support

EMP Collective

Lauren Lakis

TOVEN

sustainability

Farmageddon

On Halloween nothing’s more frightening than a bobble headed Mr. Boh hanging out with the Gorton’s fisherman guy. Over the…

Welcome to the Free Farm

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Small Time

Baltimore Free Farm

Big Green Pirate Party

technology

Betamore

On September 21, a new gym is opening in Federal Hill. A gym for nerds. The space, known as Betamore,…

Halpern: On Tour and Online

Let There Be Transit

The God Particle

The Secret World of Sugaring

Get Pixilated