What Weekly Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Fractal Cat Album Release

★ Philip Laubner & RobinGunkel
#SaveADopeBoy

★ tristan
Hampden Fest 2011

★ Theresa Keil
Gold Rush Gala

★ tristan & BreckJones
Oddities and Corn Rows

★ David Warfield & Glenford Nunez
Bring Back Streetcars

★ Lindsey
Perception Altar

★ Philip Laubner, Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen
Mata Ruda

★ Nether
Whoop Dee Doo

★ piperwatson
Outside The Black Box

★ Lee Boot

★ Cover Story

Mobtown Moon

September 5, 2012

David London · Events, Music

For the past two years, a large scale musical collaboration has been taking place in Baltimore. Led by the respected…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Slideluck Potshow

February 29, 2012

Tedd Henn · Art, Station North

Community Engagement through Food and Art: Slideluck Potshow brings Baltimoreans Together By John Geilfuss Walker Babbington Sometimes the answer is right in front of you

Gigi McKendric – September 11

September 11, 2012

David London · Film, Video

https://vimeo.com/16361708 https://vimeo.com/16362321 From the film, as spoken by Gigi McKendric: “The American Philosopher George Santayana warned that those who forget history are condemned to repeat

Baltimore’s Fav ‘Scape’ Returns :: Scapescape IV

June 4, 2015

Kelly Louise Barton · Festival, Music

Scapescape 2013 was one of the first shows I went to when I moved to Baltimore. Trudging through the nauseating heat of late summer and the

Gunwife Gone

January 13, 2010

whatweekly · Music

We initially intended to launch What Weekly with a band that we sincerely miss and one we always look forward to seeing. Here’s to Gunwife

Small Time

December 14, 2011

Urbanite Magazine · Sustainability

A couple of years ago, while I was reporting on a redevelopment plan in Buffalo, New York, I met up with Robert Shibley, an architecture

Idea Asteroid

October 20, 2011

Lee Boot · Who We Am

Imagine a big gnarly idea hurtling through space and on a collision course with your head. It's threatening you directly. It's going to wreak havoc.

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

Happy Holidays: Here are Some Cookies

December 24, 2014

Kelly Louise Barton · Food

The meaning of Christmas, while having a definition, can mean various things from person to person. To me it is a time for family, a

Elizabeth Brady

October 20, 2010

Brooke Hall · Art, Artist Profiles

WW: Tell me a little bit about your inspiration for these paintings. EB: My new pieces are evolving to be less a direct representation and

Dan Van Allen and NOVO Festival

March 10, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen & Tedd Henn · Music

We recently ran into Dan Van Allen at a party for the unveiling of the 2010 edition of The Urbanite Project. You might remember Dan

Room 17B at Theatre Project

May 9, 2013

David London · Events, Performance

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been some pretty amazing theater from Baltimore artists and companies taking place at Theatre Project this season. In just

High Zero Festival – Did You Close Your Eyes or Keep Them Open?

October 4, 2013

Kelly Louise Barton & Nick Hughes · Music, Photo Essay

Depending on your choice of what you attended at this year’s festival, the collective experience of High Zero was nothing short of interesting. As a

RIP “Blaster” Al Ackerman

March 21, 2013

Adam Robinson · Baltimore Reader, What Lit

“Blaster” Al Ackerman died on Sunday. He was a general in Baltimore’s literary avant garde—though it occurs to me that assigning him a rank is way

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

Right Now in Ferguson

November 13, 2014

Jennifer Baik · Commentary

On Thursday, October 9th, Baltimore native Shawn Burnett was on a bus headed to Ferguson, Missouri—something that he had never intended to be on just

Poetry: 3. Une Graine (Excerpted from Lux Light Lumiere) by Jesse Mitchell

May 30, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

3. Une Graine Ambulances and cars slam screaming, moon soaked, through the hard streets baked clean by the sun all day. This is me all

Baltimore’s Next Chapter in Sustainability Planning

April 26, 2016

Niki Clark · Charm City

It’s easy to be cynical about slogan-y, if well intentioned, efforts to effect change in challenged communities. And when city planners are promoting vague and lofty