On Sunday November 8th the New Deal Cafe celebrated its 20th anniversary – naturally, with a 6-hour party! Bar manager Amethyst Dwyer, who suggested this commemorative blog post, called it “a festive day filled with music, co-mingling among friends, and fond … Read More
Last night’s showing of Rosenwald at the Old Greenbelt Theatre was a moving and fascinating event that packed the house – every seat. That’s because the documentary was followed by words and answers for the very engaged audience by filmmaker … Read More
Guest post by Greenbelter H.L. Brooks, author of Red August – a “sexy fantasy romance adaptation of Red Riding Hood set in 1980s Maryland.” When I was invited to do a guest post for this blog that was related to my debut … Read More
There was a big crowd at the New Deal Open Mic night for the first-ever performance in Greenbelt of “Roosevelt Rap.” This telling of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s major life events was written by Jeffrey Urbin, Education Specialist at the Franklin D. … Read More
What a surprise to receive my Old Greenbelt Theatre membership card, shown above. It’s the exact same watercolor that’s been hanging on my wall for decades. They’re displayed with three other scenes I chose because I love them: the … Read More
And grand it was! Festive, too. Apologies to everyone I didn’t identify in the video with captions. I’d add these missing captions if I knew how to do it using the Youtube editor: Mayor Emmett Jordan being interviewed by Hillary … Read More
I’m still as busy as ever but how can I NOT blog about the opening of our much-missed, better-than-ever historic Greenbelt Theatre, under exciting new management?? The soft opening was Friday May 1 and as executive director Caitlin McGrath said … Read More
Capacity crowd and lots of laughs last night at the New Deal – a Tuesday night, y’all. It was the first of what will be a monthly event (4th Tuesdays) and boy, are we lucky to have good stand-up right … Read More
I recently attended the Reel and Meal viewing and discussion of Dying Green, a short documentary about conservation or “green” burial, which I’d never heard of before. Here’s the trailer. I’d always thought cemeteries had to look like this: During my … Read More
Here’s a mural I came upon in an out-of-the-way restaurant parking lot while visiting Pittsburgh last summer. Funded by a Pittsburgh’s public art program, it made me long for murals right here in Greenbelt. Here’s where I’d love to see murals instead … Read More
I walked into the Cafe on a Tuesday night not knowing what to expect but within seconds became a fan of Lipbone Redding here. The small crowd (Tuesday!) obviously agreed. He’s one singer-songwriter-entertainer with gobs of stage presence.
Greenbelt’s City Council is holding the first of three work sessions to consider management of the under-renovation Greenbelt Theatre this Wednesday – whether to turn the theater over to the new nonprofit Friends of Greenbelt Theatre or to contract again … Read More
Chris Cherry’s newest play, which debuted at Creative Kids Camp this summer, mixes New Deal values and modern misbehavior in a retro-futuristic adventure. Lore Rosenthal was so struck by the themes in the play – Message to Tomorrow – … Read More
The Greenbelt Concert Band caught me by surprise the first time I ever heard it, in a good way, because they sound nothing like the community bands I’ve heard before. Sadly, that’s especially true of Takoma Park’s, which is almost … Read More
Singer-songwriter Betty Ladas made the move from Nashville to Greenbelt just a year ago, and seems to be settling in just fine. Now she can see plenty of her grandchildren, and perform at the New Deal on the third Thursday … Read More
