Theoretically, a new year should be filled with mystery about the great unknown for the 365 days ahead. But even with the big, blank canvas that is 2015, I realize there are some things that are just inevitable. I am…
Features, News, Nora's Corner
Time for HYGGE*
by Nora H. Caplan • • 0 Comments
A sign above a book display near the Children’s Room in the Olney Library read, “Hygge with a Good Book.” I thought, “Oh, no, not another new acronym I’m supposed to know and I don’t.” Then I noticed another sign…
Features, Mike at the Movies, News
Mike at the Movies
by Mike Cuthbert • • 0 Comments
Gone Girl (R) **** This one has been out for some time, but it is still getting much discussion so we include it this week. This is a film for adults but maybe not newly marrieds, since it portrays marriage…
News, School News, Sports
Winning QO Basketball Teams Starting to Get Attention
by Syl Sobel • • 0 Comments
After getting off to fast starts, both the QO boys and girls basketball teams have lately found the opposition a little tougher. The boys suffered their first defeat last Friday night at Gaithersburg, 61-56, and are now 9-1, while the…
Business, Community, News
Paragon Theaters Takes Over Kentlands Stadium 10
by Mike Cuthbert • • 0 Comments
There is a new face in an old building in the Kentlands: Paragon Kentlands 10. Under its new ownership by Paragon Theaters, the Kentlands stadium theater will soon appear with new seats, theaters, features and even a new concessions menu,…
Community, News
Fast-Paced Hitchcock Spoof Comes to Arts Barn Stage
by Ellyn Wexler • • 0 Comments
The Hitchcock spoof “The 39 Steps” looks like a numbers game. In less than a century, its path led from a 1915 novel to a 1935 classic Alfred Hitchcock film to a 2005 stage adaptation featuring four actors who take…