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Charm City Animal Rescue

March 6, 2013

Peter Jackson · Columns

Charm City Animal Rescue (CCAR) has teamed up with GiveCorps to give Regan eyelids before he goes blind. Regan was born…

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Pumpkin Theatre’s New Home

July 18, 2013

Peter Jackson · Charm City

There is nothing quite like going to the theater – the lights, the stage sets, and the excitement of a live performance. For over 45

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

Alonzo’s Lullaby

March 13, 2012

David London · Art, Innovation, Performance

All photos by Daniel Bedell I have always wanted to see a magic lantern show. I remember coming across them in childhood books on magic,

HOLIDAY SPECTAC-U-THON

December 22, 2010

Brooke Hall & Theresa Keil & Justin Allen · Performance

Trixie and The Evil Hate Monkey. Photo by Theresa Keil Trixie and Monkey’s HOLIDAY SPECTAC-U-THON ‘Twas the week before Christmas, and in Highlandtown, All the

Talking Parlor, NaPoWriMo with Sarah Jean Alexander

May 9, 2013

Adam Robinson · Baltimore Reader

Parlor is an online journal run by Sarah Jean Alexander, a Baltimore writer and bartender. It’s unique, with a collaborative focus, pairing sets of two

Baltimore Book Festival 2010

October 6, 2010

Justin Allen & Matt Kelley & Theresa Keil · Charm City

Photo by Matt Kelley Each year Baltimore celebrates its literacy with quite an impressive book festival that brings a veritable who’s who in the literary

Top 5 Events :: March 20th, 2014

March 20, 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

Notes on the Expat Life :: Foreign Humiliations

August 11, 2014

Hannah Ehlenfeldt · Charm City

The other week, I listened to a rebroadcast episode of This American Life called “Americans in Paris.” It opens with humorist and author David Sedaris

DIY Fest 2010

October 27, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Art

Quite simply, DIY Fest was an inspiring event that brought together like-minded individuals for the sake of sharing information and fellowship. The workshops ranged from

Tommy Tucker, Victoria Vox and Miss Tess

December 8, 2010

Matt Kelley & Philip Laubner · Music

Photo by Philip Laubner On December 2nd sheltered from the first real bone chilling cold spell of the season, the Metro Gallery played host to

Photo Courtesy of NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Prose Poetry: Of The Moon by Claire Phelan

March 4, 2014

Timmy Reed · What Lit

Of The Moon Got a twenty percent on the last test, it’s almost nostalgia, that pre-college feeling of incredibly stupid, incredibly – a cloud, sinking

Future Islands at 2640

June 29, 2011

whatweekly · Music, Video

From Friends Records, Future Islands live at the 2640 Space for the Celebration LP Release Event on 3/5/11, featuring "Inch of Dust", "In The Fall",

Funk You Very Much

September 19, 2013

Philip Laubner · Events, Music, Photo Essay

The Funky Bass and Beat Group Known as “F” is experimental, brash and funky, they’re in your face, but in your face with a belly

An Interview with Patterson Perk’s Jen Tydings :: The Brain Behind “Rocket Fuel”

June 16, 2015

Dave K. · Business, Food

“Once you commit to a business, that is your life,” Patterson Perk owner Jen Tydings told me as we scarfed down breakfast at the Honeybee

Future Islands: Balance

October 13, 2011

whatweekly · Music, Video

New Future Islands music from their latest release, On the Water. The first video is for the the song Balance, directed by Jay Buim.

Ten Words You Won’t Believe Shakespeare Coined

April 24, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

In case you didn’t know yesterday may or may not have been the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, nobody is really certain. One thing we

An Alternative, by Megan Lavelle

January 31, 2013

Megan Lavelle · Art Criticism

  If I squint hard enough I can see past the dirt of the windshield and manifest the outline of the city 40 miles ahead.

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Panoptic Fashion Show- MICA

And finally, we leave you with an image from the Panoptic Experimental Fashion Event held at The Station North Market. …

LOT 201

Otakon 2011

The Interrupted Show

Smart Textiles

Lexington Market 10th Annual Fashion Show

nightlife

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

Shodekeh at the Meyerhoff from TuffNerd Productions on Vimeo.…

Gateway at Ruintown

Comedy Noir

Mobtown Microshow: Celebration

SCREEN PASS

The Death Set: Slap Slap…

social innovation

When It Works

This 5th film installment in WhoWeAm’s series on education is an interview with an Art Teacher who looks at her…

Araminta Freedom Initiative

Baltimore Hackathon

What is a Tool Library?

Occupy Baltimore

The Consent Revolution

artist profiles

Artist Profile: Mark Eisendrath

Photo by John Deamon A Break In The Clouds (I Love It When She Smiles At Me) What extraordinary beauty…

Bart O’Reilly

Robert Marbury

The Impact of Jack Radcliffe: A Mentor’s Story

Adam Scott Miller

Clutch

sustainability

Fixing The Future

Photos courtesy Gabby Carroll Last week at the Creative Alliance, the Baltimore Green Currency Association (BGCA), founder of Baltimore’s regional…

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Farmageddon

Small Time

Big Green Pirate Party

Welcome to the Free Farm

technology

A Programmer’s Life: A Conversation with OrderUp’s VP of Engineering, Kyle Fritz

Cover photo by Nick Pellegrini Kyle Fritz is now VP of Engineering for the Baltimore-based company, OrderUp—a digital franchising firm that…

The God Particle

How to See the Party Before You Arrive

Let There Be Transit

Meet the Kids at Digital Harbor Foundation

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

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