Taking the bus from DC to New York City became unbelievably cheap and therefore popular with college students a few years back, though the trips, leaving from Chinatown, were reportedly noisy and rowdy. Since then, more adult-friendly competitors for that … Read More
Here’s the first of a new series on Greenbelt Live – Q&As with dance and fitness teachers! First up, Samantha Fitschen, owner and director of the New Chicago Dance Studio on Greenway Center Drive. Q: What IS the New … Read More
I discovered a fun winter project, and am ready to show off the result: the Greenbelt Maryland YouTube Channel! So far, it has just 22 57 videos but surely there are more Greenbelters making videos. Greenbelt Videographers, Where are … Read More
The tree-protection project at Greenbelt Lake was in full force today, with 26 volunteers coming out to install wire around trees to protect them from beaver damage. This fun community/eco project will be repeated next Saturday Feb 8, from 9-12:30. … Read More
Next up in the blog series about Greenbelt’s “houses of worship” is the Greenbelt Community Church (GCC) in the heart of Old Greenbelt. History, and Lots of Greenbelt Connections The GCC, a member church of the United Church of Christ, … Read More
NOTE: This is now out of date. Click here for the May 1, 2017 update. Some old friends have been following my move here and are interested in making the move (from Silver Spring), but wonder if they can manage … Read More
Lately several Greenbelters have asked me “Is Greenbelt Patch still alive?” or variants thereof, so here’s what I know: the content is no longer local to Greenbelt, except for the weather, provided automatically with a widget. Some of the post … Read More
Today, under clear skies and with temperatures in the high 30s, the third annual Polar Plunge was ON! It started with Aquatics Coordinator Mitch Kallemyn giving the safety instructions, which I found interesting. No jumping in the deep end because … Read More
So far, this blog has profiled St. George’s Episcopal, Mishkan Torah Synagogue and Greenbelt Bahai’s. Next up? The good folks at the Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church in nearby Beltsville. I attended a recent service, and spoke with long-time member … Read More
UPDATE: The project got full funding through Kickstarter! Harold Anderson’s Kickstarter campaign is down to the wire, with just 24 hours to go to meet its goal, so go there now and donate! Just watching this video by Harold inspired … Read More
I’d heard great things about ERHS’s music program, and their recent Winter Concert didn’t disappoint. The combined Women’s Choir and Chamber Choir, under the direction of Michele Fowlin, sounded great, as you can hear for yourself. I learned that … Read More
Soon after I moved to Greenbelt I realized how important the venerable News Review is to life here, especially compared to the role played by the Takoma and Silver Spring Voice newspapers, for which I wrote when I lived in … Read More
It was seeing the fabulous production of “Avenue Q” last month at the Greenbelt Arts Center that got me wondering – how do they get such a talented cast? And that just led to more questions about the place so … Read More
The Impact of Reel to Reel I noticed a new fund-raiser in Old Greenbelt – to bring “reel-to-reel” to the Greenbelt Theatre. As a cinema novice, I asked film historian Caitlin McGrath, president of the new Friends of Old … Read More
Takoma Park made news last summer when it became the first town in the U.S. to ban lawn pesticides on not just public but also private property. As a garden writer with a particular interest in lawns, I jumped on … Read More
