WHAT WEEKLY

★ Cover Story

Understanding Vacants to Value

June 6, 2013

Lindsey Davis · Charm City

  Evaluating a program is different than evaluating program implementation. I don’t intend to provide research backed analysis on the…

★ Documenting the Baltimore Renaissance

When It Works

June 13, 2011

Lee Boot · Social Innovation, Video

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

Searching for Diversity in American Made Films

June 30, 2014

Sarika Duvvuru Reddy · Commentary

Only fifteen percent of the protagonists of the top 100 grossing films of 2013 were female. Of the top 100 grossing films of 2012, “only 10.8% of

Celebration “Honeysuckle Blue”

January 27, 2011

What Weekly · Nightlife, Video

Celebration “Honeysuckle Blue” from Friends Records on Vimeo. Video by Miranda Pfeiffer // www.mirandapfeiffer.com “Honeysuckle Blue” by Celebration // www.celebrationelectrictarot.com Friends Records // www.friendsrecordsbaltimore.com Pre-order

Otakon 2010

August 4, 2010

Theresa Keil · Art, Fashion

Besides Dragonball Z, Ninja Scroll and that game show where the contestants have to run full speed through paper walls that may or may not

DIY Meets Artisanal :: The Remington Chop

June 3, 2015

Meekah Hopkins · Events, Food

Baltimore is one step closer to being more hipster than Brooklyn with an innovative June 13th pop up event, The Remington Chop– a DIY-meets-craft-meets-artisanal-meets-sustainable series

B-Boy Summer Sessions

August 25, 2011

Glenford Nunez · Performance

Photographer Glenford Nunez spent some time with local B-Boys who hold down Summer Sessions at the Johns Hopkins Campus in Charles Village. Though this sesh

Celebration :: Chariot

August 11, 2014

Gatsby · Music

Check out the latest from Baltimore favorites Celebration. Albumin drops August 18th with some pretty cool  features (does “Eggstructional” mean anything to you?). Check out other

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

Let There Be Transit

April 11, 2013

Lindsey Davis · Social Innovation, Technology

Baltimore has plenty of fire. Fire for crime, for housing, for jobs. This past weekend the fire focused on transit, as creatives, hackers, and the

Underwater Sculpture

March 20, 2012

David London · Charm City

Robin Gunkel forwarded us Jason deCaires Taylor’s website and told us we had to check him out. We agree! The following bio and photos are

Competition Heats Up at MAP

November 1, 2012

David London & Theresa Keil · Art, Events, Food

As the Maryland Art Place (MAP) is busy hanging the work of over 30 artists for next weekend’s LUX Benefit Exhibition & Gala, several of

Common Curriculum Launch

August 30, 2012

Jess Gartner · Business, Technology

Founder Scott Messinger excites the crowd with new features on Common Curriculum, designed with teachers in mind. During each school year, the average teacher writes

Station North: Thinking Big!

March 21, 2012

David London · Social Innovation, Station North

This week, the Station North Arts & Entertainment District announced the winners of the second round of funding for it’s “Think Big” Grants for projects

Cirque de la Symphonie

March 17, 2010

Brooke Hall & Justin Allen · Performance

This week we saw the most astounding performance we’ve ever had the pleasure of witnessing at The Meyerhoff as the BSO continued their inspired, month-long

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

BMA Gala**

November 18, 2014

Kristin Mcwharter · Community, Events

It’s not everyday that Baltimoreans have an excuse to whip out their red carpet attire, but the BMA’s 100-year anniversary gala certainly gave them cause

The Copycat Project

February 29, 2012

David London & Philip Laubner · Art, Artist Profiles, Station North

There are few buildings in the Baltimore Arts Skyline that hold as much history, mystery, and allure as the Copycat. For close to 30 years,

fashion

Behind the Fence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-e8o72PRTY Sharp Dressed Man was founded by the Baltimore Fashion Alliance in 2012 to support men re-entering the workforce. Often…

Confirmed Stock

The Littlest Fashion Truck Ever

LOT 201

Tailor Made Cocktails

Charm City Makeup

nightlife

Emily Wells at Cyclops Books

Emily just moved to New York from LA where people warned her about the cold. She was undaunted. Head wrapped…

Bent Ear

Comedy Noir

Gateway at Ruintown

Emily Wells: Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun

Let’s Mess With Texas

social innovation

Outside The Black Box

Our ever-increasing flow of technological wonders means we can now carry a big chunk of human knowledge, a broadcast and…

Give Corps turns 1!

Existence Day 2010

Stop The Presses: How To Buy Back The Baltimore Sun

Laugh & Smile

The Merchants of Dissonance

artist profiles

Soldiers Find Healing Through Art

From music therapy and acupuncture to therapy dogs and yoga, there are alternative ways to cope with trauma that are…

Fashion Photographer Sean Scheidt

Ian Hesford :: Dead and Back Again

Artist Heather Joi

Robert Marbury

Infinite Games: Mixtum

sustainability

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Urban gardens are sprouting up all over Baltimore. If you don't have a small plot of land for growing food,…

Big Green Pirate Party

Welcome to the Free Farm

Baltimore Free Farm

Fixing The Future

Small Time