by Ed Levy The Second Annual Taste the World in Fenton Village community event was a success for all concerned. The 24 Fenton Village restaurants (in the area between Georgia Avenue and Fenton Street and between Wayne Avenue and 410) …

ASK EMORY • BY EMORY LUCE BALDWIN Question: I just hung up the phone with my sister who lives halfway across the country.  She wants me to come to a “family meeting” to talk about how to get our mother …

GARDENING GODDESS • BY KATHY JENTZ Many gardeners were introduced to their passion for growing all things green at the knee of an older relative, such as a grandfather or older aunt, who took the time to show a child …

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Reconciliation is so beautiful! It means the budget process is almost over. It was a typical reconciliation process May 14. The city manager laid out the costs: Takoma Park’s current expenses and all the …

COMMUNITY • BY SARAH KRAUT Scroll to the bottom for a slideshow from Opening Day. The weather is beautiful, the days are long and spring is upon us; all of which means the time has come for the annual Fenton …

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Takoma Park’s progressive activists are now bullying the city council to take an official stand for peace and freedom. City resident and activist Michael Tabor, speaking “as a Jewish person,” tongue-bashed the council for …

TAKOMA ARCHIVES • DIANA KOHN The self-guided Takoma Park House and Garden Tour offers the opportunity to explore a dozen houses in the neighborhood developed by town founder B.F. Gilbert beginning in 1889. His newly-established suburb of Takoma Park was …

MUSIC • BY SARAH KRAUT In celebration of its Bar Mitzvah year, the Washington Jewish Music Festival is throwing the ultimate party. It’s going to ramp up the celebration this year with 13 events, starting with a concert at the …

While the closest that most Americans get to agriculture choosing from produce trucked into the grocery store from California. However, summer months offer the opportunity for mindful people to cook in the evening with veggies picked that morning from local …

Imagine enjoying food, music and cultures from around the globe — all in one afternoon and within just a few blocks. That’s what the second annual “Taste the World in Fenton Village” offers to area residents and visitors on Sunday, …

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Budget work sessions! That’s what it’s all about now. One. Department. At. A. Time. Each Takoma Park city department presents a yearly report to the city council leading up to the city manager’s final …

We like thinking of history as a series of layers. The layers are the different eras, events and people of our past that can be peeled back to discover the Who, What, and Why of our current condition. Knowing our …

ARTS • BY SARAH KRAUT In 1910, the world’s largest full-stage theatre allowing African American performers opened in Washington, D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood. At the height of its majesty, the Howard Theatre was home to some of the greatest entertainment this …

ENVIRONMENT • BY KIRSTY GROFF One week from today, one Takoma Park resident may discover she has won the opportunity to travel to Rio de Janeiro to cover World Environment Day 2012. The United Nations Environment Programme and TreeHugger, a …

COMMUNITY • BY JULIE WIATT Bill Murphy’s life course shifted when he took in a homeless man to share his dorm room in a Catholic college in Worcester. Bill says he considered himself a good Catholic, always going to mass, …