This year’s Greenbelt Green Man Festival was a huge hit, thanks in large part to these intrepid organizers, from left: Tim Sauerwein, Raven Eyes Cagle, Dorian Winterfeld and Amethyst Dwyer. We thank them!! Entertainment Highlights Video Like the festival itself, … Read More
I started blogging back in 2005 (about the gardening world) but what prompted me to start my first VIDEO blog – a “vlog” – was living in Greenbelt. Yes, it was seeing the fun that people of all ages were … Read More
Readers told us they enjoyed this highlights video of the October 8 Crazy Quilt Music Festival, so catch up with *more* Greenbelt festivals and events in the fall of 2022 with these videos. Greenbelt Blues Festival in Roosevelt Center, September … Read More
We’re so lucky to have the wooded oasis that is the Greenbelt National Park right in our midst! And it’s open again for campers (after a great deal of storm damage last month, not to mention the pandemic before that). … Read More
While the British royalty is all over the news, maybe it’s time to take a look at the royal family member that our beloved county is named for – Prince George of Denmark (1653-1708), consort to Queen Anne of Great … Read More
Since the death of Queen Elizabeth was announced last week, Greenbelt’s Facebook groups and pages have been flooded with remembrances that Greenbelters have with seeing the Queen or other close members of her family, including her visits to towns in … Read More
2022’s may just have been best Greenbelt Labor Day Festival ever! After two covid-reduced or -deprived years, the four-day event seemed blissful. Great weather, too! I hope you enjoy these festival photos that Greenbelters posted to local Facebook groups and … Read More
This is the latest in a long history of printers that I’ve owned and hated – every last one of them! It may be that I’m uniquely challenged in my mechanical abilities (people have told me) and I’m setting them … Read More
I recently learned that a really fun, easy and well-received meet-up for my DC-area college alumni group is to share the Old Greenbelt experience with them. A couple dozen Oberlin College alums, of which there are over 800 in the … Read More
Editor’s Note: For all the details about UMD’s Golden ID program, see this resource on Greenbelt Online. It was compiled from official UMD sources and many Golden ID students. by Shannon Clark A short bus ride away from their … Read More
Fabulous photos and videos of Greenbelt’s 2021 fireworks were posted to local Facebook groups. These photographers and videographers are generously sharing their works with Greenbelt Online. Videos by Amina Saad Khalifa and Diane Siegel Photos by Linda Ivy: … Read More
Due to the pandemic, Greenbelt had to forego its grand Labor Day Festival this year, and most of its Halloween festivities, too. No Kids Costume Parade and Judging. No Pumpkin Carving and Pumpkin Walk. But decorations and scary displays were … Read More
While Greenbelters await the January 21 reopening of our library, a new video shows us the changes we’ll see there. Most interesting bit? Hearing that the Greenbelt Library cost just $795,000 to build. Yes, that’s in 1970 dollars, but still, … Read More
Here are Greenbelt Online’s 17 favorites from among the dozens of Greenbelt-in-the-Snow shots posted to two Facebook groups to document the 11 inches we got on January 13. The photos here depict the center of Old Greenbelt, as well as … Read More
Updated in May of 2023, using the best available information, largely first-hand from program participants. (Correct information about this program is difficult to get from the University – especially information about applying). PLEASE email this site if you know of … Read More
