WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

High Zero Festival

September 20, 2012

David London · Events, Music, Performance

The High Zero Festival, now in its 14th year, has its main concerts this weekend at the Theatre Project! High…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

Sofles :: Limitless

November 27, 2013

whatweekly · Street Art

This is what happens when you give graffiti artists an entire warehouse and a limitless supply of paint.

Tig Notaro’s Boyish Girl Interrupted Tour Hits Baltimore

September 29, 2014

Amanda Fortner · Comedy

Comedian Tig Notaro will be taking the stage at Rams Head Live this Tuesday on the Baltimore leg of her nationwide Boyish Girl Interrupted Tour.

Kaveh Haerian :: Poster Child

November 19, 2014

Samantha Mitchell · Art, Artist Profiles

On an oppressively hot night back in July of 2008, Kaveh Haerian saw his first show at Single Carrot Theatre. It was Richard III, and

The Littlest Fashion Truck Ever

December 12, 2012

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

Taking Fashion on the Road One day while teaching at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, adjunct professor and former owner of White

Obama Administration Denies Petition To Build Death Star

January 13, 2013

whatweekly · Charm City

A petition sent to the White House to build a Death Star as a means to stimulate the economy has been denied. Here’s The White

Kwame Kwei-Armah Honored By Queen Elizabeth II

June 16, 2012

whatweekly · Community

Kwame Kwei-Armah, recently appointed Creative Director at Center Stage, was honored with the title of Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Britt Olsen-Ecker

March 28, 2012

Philip Laubner · Art, Artist Profiles, Music, Performance

The first time I saw Britt Olsen-Ecker was from the audience of the Strand Theater in 2010. She was playing Giselle: a brassy, over the

Artscape 2011

July 20, 2011

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

Photo by Philip Laubner Every year Artscape draws too many people to count to the city of Baltimore. People come here to experience the spectacle

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.

Baltimore’s Built Environment

July 18, 2013

Marcus Civin & Noritaka Minami · Art Criticism

A new photo essay by Noritaka Minami followed by a discussion about architectural strata   Marcus Civin: Nori, I invited you to Baltimore because I

Enducation Series

June 30, 2011

Lee Boot · Social Innovation, Video

This is the short wrap up of the WhoWeAm series on looking at education through the lens of culture. Two points—very simple. Blink and you'll

The Hustle 4: Baltimore Improv Group

July 25, 2013

Gatsby · The Hustle

Did you know about Baltimore’s passionate improv community?  I recently had the opportunity to speak with Heather Moyer from the Baltimore Improv Group about their

A Swift Punch to the Throat

October 4, 2013

Kasai Rex & Nether · Charm City

Photo and Artwork by Nether A look back on how the Trayvon Martin verdict shook up my world in an all too familiar way. Not.

League of The Unsound Sound

March 24, 2011

whatweekly · Music

While several recent series have successfully explored combinations of traditionalists teamed up with experimental musicians, what sets this group apart is the diversity of pieces

Kalen & The Sky Thieves

August 26, 2014

David Leigh Abts & Elizabeth Abts & Kayla Shifter · Music

Photography by Elizabeth Abts. There was something revolutionary and charged about Kalen & the Sky Thieves’ recent show at the Mercury Lounge. Something scene-changing was

PUBLICATIONS AND MULTIPLES FAIR THIS WEEKEND

March 5, 2014

Timmy Reed · Baltimore Reader, Literature, What Lit

Adam Robinson sent me this heads up about the 5th Annual Open Space Publications and Multiples Fair happening this weekend. I am glad he reminded

fashion

The Interrupted Show

What do snakes, dragons, fire have to do with fashion? Tthe answer to that very question will be answered at…

Panoptic Fashion Show- MICA

Startup Sheik :: The Swavor Story

Behind the Fence

La Cakerie

FashionEASTa 2015

nightlife

Brian Baker

Brian Baker creates life-size pieces of art with, as he puts it, "gods and goddesses, angels and demons, spirits and…

Infernoland

Sound and Fury Signifying… Oscar.

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

Celebration “Honeysuckle Blue”

Boite: Show and Tell

social innovation

Open Walls Baltimore

 Gaia completes his mural on North and Charles – photo by Martha Cooper It has been hard to miss the…

Living my Dream in Cherry Hill

The Merchants of Dissonance

Crossing Cultural Divides in a Rowboat

Getting Baked

The Consent Revolution

artist profiles

Peace of Mind

Baltimore artist Scott Pennington has been working out of a 2,000-square-foot woodworking shop and studio for about three years, holding…

Mata Ruda

CMJ Crowd Discovers Indie Immigrants of Oz

Ian Hesford :: Dead and Back Again

We Are Gone

Nikkuu Design

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…

Farmageddon

Baltimore Free Farm

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Big Green Pirate Party

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore