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
Greenbelt’s favorite drumming facilitator Katy Gaughan performs her “Ode to Quarantine” for us. She’s multi-talented! NOTE: By contributing these pandemic stories, photos, et cetera, Greenbelters are making an unconditional donation of the material to the nonprofit Greenbelt Online.org and the … 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
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
This is our first song about Greenbelters’ life during the pandemic and it’s awesome! Enjoy. Barb Stevens grew up in Greenbelt (one of 8 kids in the Baluch family) and after decades in Virginia, recently moved back. She was half … Read More
Check out what’s new from the Greenbelt Arts Department – videos of Chris Cherry and Stefen Brodd performing popular songs we can sing along to, following lyrics on the screen. The videos are available on the city’s YouTube channel and … Read More
If you’ve ever been to a music performance in Greenbelt where dancing is at all possible, you’ve seen Greenbelt’s Dancing Bill in action. But with his recent move to the Seattle area, you won’t see him dancing again, so here’s … Read More
Free Monday Matinees I’d heard that the Old Greenbelt Theatre’s “Monday Matinees” were a big hit, attracting hundreds of movie-goers, so I decided to check it out. Sure enough, these free screenings of classic films at 1 pm every first … Read More
The Utopia Film Festival, celebrating its 15th year, is happening in Old Greenbelt this weekend (November 16–18)! This year’s festival will feature movies about adoption; conservation; immigration; race relations; health issues such as the opioid crisis, Parkinson’s, and toxins in … Read More
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
