DATE: October 3, 2019 For Immediate Release CONTACT: Susan Harris Email: editor@greenbeltonline.org Greenbelt, Maryland, famous for its founding in 1937 as a “New Deal Utopia,” is now touting its success as a mecca for creative people through its newly launched “Greenbelt … 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
by Drew Brown, University of Maryland Intern A shape-shifting, yellow blob slowly morphs into an enormous prism. Moments later, a grey hand swoops in, snatching the golden mass from its resting place. I’m watching “The Big Cheese,” a stop-motion film … 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
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
Next up for Greenbelt Online’s Musicians of Greenbelt – 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 years … 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
Time to catch up with new videos created by Greenbelt Access Television and posted to their YouTube channel. And we thank them for making them accessible online! First up, something new and very cool is happening in Beltway Plaza. It’s … 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
