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 musical … 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
Our next Musician of Greenbelt 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 … Read More
Next up for Greenbelt Online’s Musicians of Greenbelt series – Didgeridoo player Tim Saurwein. Where to See Tim Perform? With Kiva Tim Saurwein currently plays didgeridoo, percussion, and sings with the band Kiva, which he joined in 2001. For 30 … Read More
Our next Musicians of Greenbelt – Jennifer Laemmer and Mark Cheater – are best known locally for their monthly performances with Fez Tones Hafla at the New Deal Cafe and home drumming events in their Old Greenbelt home. Performing … Read More
This is the first in a new series for Greenbelt Online profiling the Musicians of Greenbelt. Know of others you’d like to learn more about? Suggest them in a comment here. Performing Now Greenbelters may recognize Diana McFadden from her … Read More
Have you noticed this storefront in Beltway Plaza close to the entrance to the movie theater? I learned about it thanks to this video on Greenbelt Access TV. It’s called The SPACE, for “sharing positive artistic and creative energies,” which first opened … Read More
Just out – the trailer for the 2018 Utopia Film Festival, happening October 12-15 right here in the heart of Greenbelt.
By Theresa Diffendal In a hallway with a giant papier-mâché snake slinking across the wall, you wouldn’t expect to find a tri-part artistic reflection on life, death and their intersections. The aptly named exhibit “Where two worlds touch” invited visitors … Read More
What a treat to see the Greenbelt Theatre and Roosevelt Center all dressed up and glittery for a film premiere – let’s hope it’s a trend! Last weekend’s dress-up event was for the film Walk in my Shoes by David Lloyd … Read More
Remember the wedding of Hillary Gottemoeller and Joe Harris in Roosevelt Center back in 2015? Thought so! They’ll be returning to their wedding venue this Saturday, when they perform for the Crazy Quilt Festival, organized again by Joe. But this … Read More
If you love Greenbelt or are simply curious about it, you won’t want to miss Defending Utopia: The Greenbelt News Review at 80. That’s the new one-hour documentary about the paper – and Greenbelt itself – by Greenbelt documentarian Susan Gervasi, commissioned … Read More
Editor’s Note: The Barbara Stevens Retrospective Art Show is on view at the New Deal Cafe now through July 24. Speaking of the New Deal, Barbara created the History of the New Deal Cafe, an interactive website. Ray and Barbara have … Read More