There’s only one national park dedicated to aquatic plants, and that’s Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, located in N.E. Washington, about a 15-minute drive from Greenbelt. I was there in Mid-July for their Lotus and Water Lily Festival. All summer but especially at … Read More
You may have heard about the booming business in co-working – places where you can rent a desk, office, or conference room on an hourly-to-monthly basis, with IT and other amenities, plus people to chat with over coffee when … Read More
The latest in the Greenbelt Museum’s terrific lecture series was a talk and book signing by Amanda Kolson Hurley, author of Radical Suburbs: Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City. As the Museum wrote, “The book includes … Read More
I first realized that the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History had unveiled a redesigned and expanded Dinosaur Hall by stumbling upon this NPR interview with the museum’s (very impressive) director, the paleontologist Kirk Johnson. He told the story of how … Read More
Hey, readers! This blog just turned 7, first as “Greenbelt Live” and then here on the expanded Greenbelt Online.org. We’ve gradually added resources and videos, posted hundreds of articles and just recently, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts. Now we’re … Read More
We present MORE great poems from the first issue of Greenbelt’s Iguana Review, published in 2003, plus the audio file of Anne Sucher’s song “Smooth,” based on Rob Baluch’s poem. If I could collect people as an entomologist does butterflies … Read More
Recently, the University of Maryland’s English Department qualified Greenbelt Online as a publication meriting for-credit internships, so yay! More good news came when we heard from rising junior Drew Brown about the opportunity, which he’d seen posted in departmental news. … Read More
Updated in the spring of 2021. The dreaded closing of the beloved Behnke’s Nurseries came today and it’s time to face the challenge of finding an alternative source for plants, etc. So I’ve surveyed the options and boy, do I … Read More
When people first buy a home in Old Greenbelt’s housing coop (GHI), they become members (not owners), and begin to learn what living in co-ops means, especially if they’re historically significant co-ops like ours. So for reference by new and … Read More
Greenbelters, if you like orchestral music played well but prefer something closer and cheaper than the Kennedy Center, this month you’re in luck. Throughout June, we can hear great orchestral music at the University of Maryland in College Park, which … Read More
Our next Greenbelt musician to get the GreenbeltOnline profile treatment is Joan Rackey, director of Greenbelt’s very own Concert Band. Here’s who Joan is and changes she’s bringing to the band. Joan was raised in District Heights and continued her … Read More
by Nicole DeWald, Arts Supervisor for the City of Greenbelt For ceramic artist Chris Corson, “sculpting the human form is exploring the human condition. Inner emotions are always reflected in the body.” Corson is a new resident of Greenbelt and … Read More
We have a new occasional feature here at Greenbelt Online – The Iguana Review Presents Favorite Poems. In this first post we’re presenting three poems among the dozens that were published between 2003 and 2006 in The Iguana Review. The … Read More
Greenbelt’s historic housing coop has a new Gardening Subcommittee, which I’m part of, and we recently visited the yards of the three members who won our random drawing for a garden consultation. It was fun and we thank the winners … Read More
Our next Greenbelt musician to profile is Ed Crowley, long-time Greenbelter and leader of the popular blues band Fast Eddie and the Slowpokes. WAY BACK Raised right here in Prince George’s County, Ed started his music career in junior high, … Read More
