Book report
New works by Bethesda-area writers
September-October 2021
Extraordinary educators 2021
Meet five local teachers who are connecting with students in tough times—from dancing with second graders every morning to talking openly with teens about mental health
Lost time
For many students with special needs, the pandemic meant the end of the structure and routine they so desperately needed. Virtual learning and therapies on Zoom could only do so much. As the school year begins, their families are facing complex challenges and trying to forge a path forward.
Get away
Your cheat sheet for a weekend away
Cool and connected
Kitchen life gets an upgrade with the latest high-tech appliances
Women who inspire
They are trailblazers, leaders, doers and achievers. They’ve worked hard to get to where they are, and they aren’t stopping. Here are eight local women who are accomplished, fierce—and inspiring.
College bound
Where Bethesda-area high school graduates applied to college and where they were accepted
The activists
Two sisters from Rockville are fighting to save the planet
The power of words
For Montgomery College student Sasa Aakil, the county’s first youth poet laureate, writing is a way to express hurt and hope
‘It still seems unbelievable’
At 36, Simon Maloy was a successful political writer with a wife and two young sons. Then he found out he had colon cancer, a disease striking more and more young people.
Over easy does it
Celebrity chef and philanthropist José Andrés turns his Bethesda location of Jaleo into Spanish Diner
Best bets
Things to see and do in the Bethesda area in September and October
Bethesda interview: Monifa McKnight
Monifa McKnight, the interim superintendent of MCPS, talks about why she became an educator, being the first woman to lead the state’s largest school system, and how she’s never too tired to garden
Table talk
Craft tacos in Rockville, a new pasta business, and more
