All about Greenbelt during the pandemic: photos, videos, artwork, poems, songs, screen shot, survival tips and resources, all of which will be archived by the Greenbelt Museum. Share YOUR experiences – for others to read now, and to chronicle this time for posterity. Email editor@greenbeltonline.org.
Greenbelt Biota, a Facebook group of 397 members as of July 2020, calls itself Greenbelt’s Natural History Society. and indeed these folks KNOW the critters and plants of Greenbelt like nobody else. (They’re also one of the first to get … Read More
One of Greenbelt’s most essential businesses is certainly McCarl’s Dental Group, which I assumed has been severely impacted by Covid-19, like all dental practices. Sure enough, McCarl’s had to close for all but emergency and palliative care from March to … Read More
by Mark Cheater, Secretary and Newsletter Editor, New Deal Cafe After months of pandemic-related gloom, some rays of light are finally shining on the New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt’s popular cooperative restaurant, bar and arts venue. At the Cafe’s monthly meeting … Read More
For our series of articles about how the pandemic has impacted Greenbelters, it’s time to check in with the Greenbelt News Review (GNR).#chroniclethemonent Size and Content of the Paper In the APRIL 9 issue,.the paper announced that due to the … Read More
Greenbelt’s favorite drumming facilitator Katy Gaughan performs her “Ode to Quarantine” for us. She’s multi-talented!
Combining photos, videos and comments submitted by 18 Greenbelters with photos of 5 more gardens taken surreptitiously from the street, the new Virtual Spring Garden Tour is 23 gardens strong! Though virtual, many can be seen from the street or … Read More
It takes a shutdown for us to fully appreciate our local grocery store, and that goes double for Greenbelt’s own Co-op Grocery and Pharmacy – suddenly the most important business in the lives of so many Greenbelt residents, including yours … Read More
By Kim Kash, of Caprika Realty The real estate business slowed way down for several weeks during the pandemic shutdown, and as a Realtor I had a lot more free time on my hands. I’m using the past tense because … Read More
From Greenbelt Access Television, a Greenbelt Minute about the 8th week of our pandemic shutdown. Thanks, Andy Z!
Back in February, the Old Greenbelt Gardening Boosters announced its formation and a roster of projects to help Greenbelters garden. Most are on hold indefinitely but one project – organizing an Old Greenbelt Garden Tour – has simply gone virtual! … Read More
Our next report on Greenbelters adapting to the pandemic zeroes in on the City of Greenbelt’s own Recreation/Arts Department, which on April 12 launched its Virtual Recreation Center, encouraging greenbelters to “find opportunities for all ages to explore, connect, learn, … Read More
It was in the first week of the pandemic shutdown that a friend threw me for a loop by asking, “Have you made arrangements for someone to take your cats if you die?” Uh, no. Hadn’t given it a moment’s … Read More
Time to check in with the Greenbelt Museum to find out how they’re weathering the pandemic shutdown. They’re keeping surprisingly busy. #MuseumfromHome Director Megan Searing Young writes about the new #Museumfromhome blog posts: We had to temporarily close the doors … Read More
Contest Winners! To entice Greenbelters to share their pandemic/shutdown experiences, Greenbelt Online announced a contest, with two prizes of $50 credit at locally owned restaurants for one winner chosen at random and another winner we’re calling the “Editor’s Choice.” We … Read More
Greenbelt resident Susan Taylor is plenty busy during the pandemic, at home working AND performing videos for the (virtual for 2020) New England Folk Festival. “The Pandemic Song: My Zoom Nightmare” is a parody song commenting on the physical distancing … Read More