With the polls closed on this primary election night, I can finally post this classic Greenbelt production without having to give equal time to Clinton (as if such a thing exists). Song and video by Joe Harris, who wrote on … Read More
After years of working to bring bus service to Greenbelt, it’s official, and the first bus rolled into town Easter morning, greeted by Mayor Emmett Jordan. Via Facebook, he invited residents to join him at 7 a.m. to celebrate the arrival of the … Read More
American Express’s small business division recently named Greenbelt’s own Proven Management LLC as its 2015 Woman Contractor of the Year for outstanding success in government contracting. Proven Management is a certified woman- and minority-owned small business offering facility and logistics consulting services … Read More
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
When a diseased tree was removed from my next-door neighbor’s back yard recently I couldn’t stop watching. It took four men almost two full days and a lot of skill to do the job. Huge pieces of trunk dangled back … Read More
One of my favorite events during Greenbelt’s Labor Day Festival is Information Day in Roosevelt Center.
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
by Jeff Lemieux Like it or not, Greenbelt Road is our city’s Main Street. But Greenbelt Road is built more like a highway than a neighborhood connector. It has high-speed ramps and wide lanes and overhead signs that are designed … Read More
by Kathie Jarva, chair of the GHI Woodlands Committee A huge THANK YOU to all the neighbors who joined members of the GHI Woodlands Committee on Saturday, June 20, to cut down a prodigious amount of Golden Bamboo from GHI … 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
Before celebrating the new year, I decided to share images of some of the Greenbelt events I attended and photographed in 2014. Easy enough, since they’re all filed away under “GB Events 2014.” So to everyone who made these events … Read More
It was three years ago this month that I moved to Greenbelt and, like so many coverts to religions, I’ve turned into a nonstop proselytizer for living here. My friends can’t shut me up about it. And while I … 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
