A Weekend in Nashville: Music, Food and Fun for Everyone

Nashville is a city that’s known for its music, but that’s not all it has to offer. From its delicious food and vibrant museums to historic sites and honky-tonk-lined streets, Nashville has something for...

Erasing the Dead and the Living

Atop a hill on the west side of River Road in southwest Bethesda, stands Macedonia Baptist Church. Built in 1920, it remains the most visible relic of a once-thriving Black neighborhood. The small white...

Jackie DeCarlo 10 Years at Manna

By Jillian Diamond As Silver Spring-based Manna Food Center celebrates its 40th anniversary, CEO Jackie DeCarlo is celebrating her 10th year with the nonprofit, overseeing food distribution and advocacy work. Manna’s goal is “eliminating hunger...

Debra Wylie: Payback is Healthy

By Joyce Sampson Every third Wednesday at Holy Cross Germantown Hospital, Debra Wylie and her team arrange heads of cauliflower, bunches of carrots and other vegetables to grace someone’s dinner table. The line forms early at...

Maritza Rivera What Does a Puerto Rican Look Like?

By Joyce Sampson Maritza Rivera is best known around the D.C. metro area as a thoughtful storyteller, spoken word artist and a tireless advocate for Latino writers of African descent. Born in New York and...

Cidalia Luis-Akbar and Natalia Luis Sisters Break New Ground in Construction Business

BY ROSANNE SKIRBLE It’s not every girl’s dream to own an asphalt plant, but sisters Cidalia Luis-Akbar and Natalia Luis are no ordinary girls. They are co-owners of M Luis Construction, started by their parents,...

Cheryl Kagan’s Other Passion

The state senator finds solace from politics in promoting contemporary folk music. Article and Photos By Susan C. Ingram On a bright and balmy Sunday afternoon, a steady stream of folk music fans pour into Hank...

Preventative Measures To Fight Breast Cancer

In the United States, one out of eight women will develop breast cancer at some point in her life. The statistics are sobering. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women....

Books to Keep You Up at Night

By Kathleen Uy, Librarian I (Adult/Teen Services) Montgomery County Public Libraries, White Oak Library Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2020) This gothic story set in 1950s Mexico begins with the very beautiful, rich and intelligent socialite...

It Happened By Happenstance

In 2005, when Sabrina Mandell met Mark Jaster in a physical theater class, an artistic partnership was born. Mandell had lived a peripatetic life. Born in Nova Scotia, she described her childhood home: “...

Pretzel Logic

As David Zelig likes to tell it, during the COVID shutdown he had time on his hands, and a hunger for pretzels in his stomach. He and son Jeremy began to experiment, creating, testing and...

Caddies on Cordell has a cool new patio, entertainment at night and, of course,...

By Heather M. Ross Eric Heckman’s favorite menu items at Caddies on Cordell, which he co-owns, are the wings and the burgers. The Motown pizza is also a favorite, he says. It’s no surprise that Heckman...