WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

Seeing Through

January 17, 2013

Deirdre Smith & Theresa Keil · Art, Art Criticism

For her first solo show in Baltimore, See Through, Mary Anne Arntzen presents a selection of new paintings that expand…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Pop-Up Lit Shop

October 2, 2013

Timmy Reed · Literature, What Lit

I just received this press release from Brad Cartwright over at EMP Collective for what looks like a super fun event (and a great place

World Premier: Camelot Requiem

April 14, 2013

The Figaro Project · Music

BALTIMORE OPERA TROUPE TO PREMIERE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION OPERA Hailed as an “impressive collective of talented performers,” Baltimore opera troupe The Figaro Project is no stranger

Hoodoo Dance Party

April 6, 2011

Baynard Woods & Justin Allen & Philip Laubner & Theresa Keil · Art, Music, Performance

Conjuration, my friends. That's the word for the day. Whether or not you believe in the supernatural, I'm here to tell you that everyone has

#ThisIsBaltimore The Day After

April 28, 2015

Isaiah Williams · Community, Photo Essay

Last night everyone was looking at Baltimore all across the globe and I felt like most of what they were seeing was just fulfilling  stereotypes.

Travels with Jack Radcliffe: Michele Li Murphy

July 1, 2015

Philip Laubner · Artist Profiles, Essays, Photo Essay

Photographer Jack Radcliffe and I like to talk when we travel, so I flipped on the GPS to think for us and didn’t notice that

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

Fiction: Michael Tesauro

August 29, 2013

Timmy Reed · What Lit

  What’s A Fullmoon Mysticism?  Corpse paint, squawked Cindy­Diane’s friend Meredith. I don’t even know what that is. What is it? Meredith shifted her giant

Robin Williams Signs on for “Doubtful Misfire” and 90s Nostalgia Runs Rampant

April 17, 2014

Nik Oldershaw · Charm City

So in case you haven’t heard Robin Williams has officially signed on for a Mrs. Doubtfire sequel and 90s kids everywhere are sliming their pants

Open Walls Finale!

June 6, 2012

Jordan Goodman & Theresa Keil & Larry Cohen · Events, Music, Photo Essay, Station North

This is Ronnie. He became a legend in one night. Photo by Larry Cohen I don’t live in Station North. Hell, I don’t even live

Pigment at Gallery 788

April 7, 2010

Philip Laubner · Art

Johnny Thorne and photographer Jack Radcliffe at the April opening at Gallery 788 entitled ‘Pigment.’ Gallery 788 is by far one of the most inclusive

artNOW: Baltimore

February 15, 2012

Daniel Stuelpnagel · Art

A stylized and subversive group exhibition entitled artNOW:Baltimore, curated by Alex Castro and Cara Ober, opened Friday at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. The exhibit

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

ScapeScape

June 2, 2011

Glenford Nunez · Music

Recently the first ever Scapescape Festival was held at the GSpot and Ruintown in Hampden. The lineup featured an impressive collection of some of

The Baltimore Reader with Bill Hughes

February 21, 2013

Adam Robinson · Baltimore Reader, What Lit

If you go to any literary events around Baltimore, you’re bound to run into Bill Hughes; he’s the guy with the handsome mustache and the

The What Weekly Survival Guide to Festival Etiquette

June 24, 2014

Kelly Louise Barton · Music

Firefly hit me like a typhoon of awesome music and over-stimulation. I knew the music would be kickass, and was excited to see what environment

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…

Smart Textiles

Fashion Photographer Sean Scheidt

Otakon 2011

Dyed For You

The Tailor at Hour Haus

social innovation

Getting Motivated: A Case Study on Creating Impact

Last week I was fortunate enough to sit down with Kunal Parikh currently a PhD student at Johns Hopkins focused…

Let There Be Transit

The 99%

Occupy Everywhere

Wide Angle Youth Media

The Baltimore Algebra Project

artist profiles

Robert Marbury

“Where I can produce ridiculous things, I will.” Stuffed animals, coffee cups, and merit badges aren’t usually thought of as…

Soldiers Find Healing Through Art

Glenford Nunez

Baltimore’s Most Badass Theater-Bitch :: Danielle Robinette

Artist Heather Joi

Big Fat Bawlmer Wedding

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…

Small Time

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Welcome to the Free Farm

Baltimore Free Farm

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore