“Nobody doesn’t love music,” said Joe Pritchard, who firmly believes in the value of instilling that love in children as part of a well-rounded education. He acknowledged that such thinking is also intrinsic to the future of his business, Kentlands’…
Alas, the community is losing a beloved Market Street institution. Andy, Randi and Marty Meyrowitz, longtime owners of The Wine Harvest, have announced that they are closing their cozy neighborhood gathering place. “A confluence of events, a lot of different…
I got back to the gods in May. No need for concern. I was not undergoing a spiritual transformation. Instead, I had the illuminating and pleasing experience of reading Madeline Miller’s “Circe.” The 2018 novel—its stunning cover art; its mix…
Darnell Patrick Morris thinks that the groundbreaking and controversial rock musical that opened on Broadway in October 1967 is still relevant. As such, Ovations Theatre’s producing artistic director chose “Hair” for the musical theater education and performance program’s eighth- through…
Montgomery County is home to the oldest continuing community theater group in the metropolitan area―and one that is among the oldest in the country. The group that began in 1929 as The Montgomery Players and became The Montgomery Playhouse in…
Alexander Anufriev has traveled a long way―both geographically and artistically. The Moscow native’s creative life started at age 4 when the local newspaper published his charcoal drawing of a stuffed eagle. Since then, the Kentlands resident has evolved into a…
What could be more pleasing than chilling among neighbors on a vast, manicured lawn surrounded by resplendent trees beneath an early evening summer sky? The addition of a soundtrack, of course. This scene will come alive at 6 p.m. on…
The Healthy Lawns Act won in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. And members of Safe Grow Montgomery, the all-volunteer group that has advocated for a county law that would protect residents and the environment from exposure to harmful lawn…
In anticipation of romantic indulgence—and also as diversion from the toxic overconsumption of politics—I read two contemporary “women’s novels,” one by a longtime favorite author who will be a featured author at the May 18 Gaithersburg Book Festival, the other…
KAT Second Stage’s production of “Shrek the Musical JR.” will bring the “big bright beautiful world” of the 2001 DreamWorks Animation movie and the 2008 Broadway musical to the Arts Barn stage May 10 through 19. The 10 performances of…