WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

Free Fall Baltimore: The Movement

October 11, 2012

David London & Theresa Keil · Events

Free Fall Baltimore 2012 celebrated its first weekend last week, with over 30 free events around the city. Now in…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Dinosaur Jr. Defies Extinction

July 15, 2014

David Leigh Abts & Elizabeth Abts · Music, Performance

Picture this, a woman eight months pregnant, crowd surfing while screaming “I want my child to hear good music from the get go!” Seems like

Hoodoo Dance Party

March 2, 2011

What Weekly · Charm City

Come to What Weekly's event: The Witchdoctor Sheriff's Hoodoo Dance Party on Thursday, March 31st at the Spy Bar. Songs and stories from America's darker

Romantic States

January 12, 2012

whatweekly · Music

Enjoy these tracks from Baltimore’s Romantic States’ rare bootleg, Come Over To My House. The entire album can be listened to and downloaded for free

Wonders Galore!

February 23, 2012

Dr. Nodnol III, Esq. & Philip Laubner · Charm City, Performance, Photo Essay

Dr. Nodnol here proudly presenting Week Two and Part Deux of Philip Laubner’s Wonder-Full photos from The Winter Festival of Wonders!   Lisi Stoessel performs

Charm City Makeup

May 15, 2013

Christopher J. Rondo · Artist Profiles, Fashion As I See It

Hidden behind the scenes in both print and on the runway is someone whose work is often the most visible or striking art in the

Hampden Fest 2011

September 21, 2011

Theresa Keil · Art

Photo by Theresa Keil Here’s a look back at Hampdenfest through the lenses for photographers Theresa Keil and Larry Cohen. Photo by Theresa Keil Photo

Space in Tension :: The InDirect Art of Jennifer Gilman and Christian Benefiel

March 26, 2014

Amanda Fortner · Art

Jennifer Gilman’s intricate, architectural sawdust drawings and Christian Benefiel’s bold, explosive mixed-media sculptures adorned Area 405’s restored brewery showroom last Saturday night. The joint showing,

The Three Card Monte :: The Hustle

April 16, 2014

Ezra Winter · Comedy, The Hustle

Have you ever heard of the three card monte game? The three card monte, an old school hustle where a flamboyant “pitch man” will gather

FINAL FINAL FRIDAY 2011

January 12, 2012

Theresa Keil & Station North · Charm City, Events, Performance, Station North

Andre Robinson of Load of Fun Arts produced the event and brought together local notables such as comedian Jason Weems of Last Comic Standing Finalist

Me, Myself, and Taipei :: SECRETS OF SHORT, SOLO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

September 10, 2014

Hannah Ehlenfeldt · Charm City

I could gush all day about my trip to Taipei–and that’s saying something, because I don’t like to gush about things that don’t deserve it.

Fragments

August 8, 2012

Matt Kelley · Art, Performance

He’s breaking out of the glass, Glass Mind Theatre that is. Recently, GMT co-founder Alexander Scally has begun his own exploration into the realm of

Inward, Outward: Last Change Gulch

October 17, 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.

What To Delete Pt. 1

November 16, 2011

Lee Boot · Who We Am

What's hard is choosing what to keep, and what to throw out. Will I need this? Will I ever use it again? Do I want

Causes & Conditions :: The Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom

February 26, 2014

Peter Dillon · Charm City

i. I really miss sarcasm. It just doesn’t exist here. I ask my local friends and coworkers about it. They understand the concept…by ironically mocking

Last Sunday, Last Rites

September 2, 2010

Matt Kelley · Charm City

Some times when attending reading sessions there is a strange level of social discomfort in the beginning. It almost feels like everyone is scared to

Whoop Dee Doo

May 2, 2012

Piper Watson · Performance, Station North

What do you get when you dream up your own version of Pee Wee’s Playhouse, mix it with a little American Bandstand, and add a

Lung Picnic by Quincy Rhoads

February 4, 2014

Timmy Reed · Literature, What Lit

Kieran went out to lunch with his body—specifically his lungs and his balls. They met at the greasy spoon by the river. His balls were

fashion

Charm City Fashion Show at BMI

Our ongoing exploration of the city has again yielded adventures that traverse the spectrum of the spacetime continuum and uncover…

Lexington Market 10th Annual Fashion Show

La Cakerie

FashionEASTa 2015

From Russia, With Lace

Giordano’s Giant Nudes

nightlife

Peace Spore

Blood soaked Vietnam draft papers, peace mantras, deep ethical questions that might never be answered discussed during a no-holds-barred forum…

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

SCREEN PASS

Nina Simone: Baltimore set to scenes from The Wire

Bent Ear

Cameron Blake Double Album Release

social innovation

Station North: Thinking Big!

This week, the Station North Arts & Entertainment District announced the winners of the second round of funding for it’s…

MLK Parade 2012

Ultimate Block Party

The BNote Revealed

Redefining Family and Community

Luminous Intervention

sustainability

Big Green Pirate Party

The Big Green Pirate Party was a fundraiser for Baltimore Green Careers, a Civic Works project that has a kick-ass…

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Welcome to the Free Farm

Baltimore Free Farm

Farmageddon

Fixing The Future