July / August 2014 Archives

Parents, students flock to mental health and substance abuse forum at MCPS high school

Plus: Four injured Sunday in three-vehicle crash; Silver Spring resident takes on Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions

2014 Montgomery County Agricultural Fair

Since 1949 the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, the largest county fair in the State...

Avant Garde Ballroom 2nd Anniversary Ball

Avant Garde Ballroom celebrated its 2nd anniversary last Sunday, August 3, by “Puttin’ On...

NeurExpand Brain Center Open House

NeurExpand is a cutting edge company that provides comprehensive medical services to strengthen the...

BUBBLES Salons Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

BUBBLES Salons celebrated the grand opening of its newest salon in Bethesda, MD on...

Montgomery County "Grow It Eat It" Open House

Grow It Eat It is a collaboration between the University of Maryland Extension and...

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Blair and Justin Klunk

Bride and Groom Blair Wright and Justin Klunk. Blair was born and raised in Montgomery...

Alexandra and Peter LaPaglia

Bride and Groom Alexandra Wright and Peter LaPaglia III. Alexandra was born and raised in...

REDI and MWBC Open House

Rockville Economic Development Inc. (REDI) and the Maryland Women's Business Center (MWBC) celebrated the...

Cooking Class

It's summer and the living is easy. So why not throw a pizza on...

Beacon on the Bay

Talk about a lightning strike. It had never occurred to Sally and John Freeman...

Fields of Dreams

Students who graduate from Bethesda’s Walt Whitman High School, where SAT scores are typically...

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Shop Talk

FIT WITH FLAIR Don’t we all wish we could find that perfect fit? That’s the...

2014 Bethesda Big Train

Over the weekend the Bethesda Big Train baseball game had crowds over 800 come...

DARCARS Rockville Rotary Twilight Runfest

In this year's DARCARS Rockville Rotary Twilight Runfest an 8k road race, 1K fun...

Love’s Her Job

When Sophia Nash writes a riveting love scene, she doesn’t dim the lights and...

Cruise Control

Fred Ezra commanded his first watercraft at age 6 and never looked back. As...

Making Connections

Nineteen weeks into her pregnancy, Andrea Cole and her husband, Eric, were excited about...

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Bethesda Magazine Interview

Want to know what makes award-winning crime writer George Pelecanos tick? Look no further...

Going Natural

I’ve gone wild or what passes for it in suburbia. I didn’t spend spring vacation...

One of Their Own

WILL SEEBER wasn’t worried at first. The 24-year-old Bethesda kayaker had made his way down...

Dig-It! Games Open House

Dig-It! Games, an independent developer of interactive learning games for kids, hosted its first...

Marie and Jon Shao

Bride and Groom Marie and Jonathan Shao. Jonathan was born and raised in Bethesda where...

All Hands on Deck

A billow of storm clouds writhes darkly at our backs as we drive toward...

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Saving History

In May 2003, Doris Hamburg received a sudden and surprising email. It came from...

Table Talk

Ellen Ficklen calls herself “the queen of a very small niche.” The Bethesda writer...

Jewish National Fund Annual DC Breakfast

The Jewish National Fund (JNF) held its annual DC Breakfast on Wednesday, June 18...

Mid Summer Wine Festival

The Mid Summer Wine Festival was held on June 21 at Silver Spring B...

AFI Docs Film Festival

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Serenity Now

I’m lying on my back in an airy, sun-drenched studio at The Mindfulness Center...

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A Closet Full of Empty

When the disaster hit, I realized that I had prepared in entirely the wrong...

Just Keep Paddling

I wonder how many people have died out here. This thought raced through my mind...

Dreamer Keeper

8:40 AM. I descended the staircase to fetch a cup of warm water, as...

How It Feels to Be Black Haired Me

I was blessed with black hair. This statement has nothing to do with the...

Where I Belong

I can almost make out the curve of the earth as I drive down...

Someday My Prince Will Come

I used to love playing with Barbies. The solitary games, played late at night...

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The Wallet

José was from Peru. He had a round, brown face like the center of...

River

He’s a teenager now, and his fears and grief show up only as anger. ...

The Gift of Long Hours

I’m watching my first-born child's chest rise and fall in the glow of blue...

Sunny In My Shadow

You know I get you, right? I was a twelve-year-old for nearly twenty-five years. I...

Hats Off!

From the best places to have a cold one to a collection of little-known...

The Uninvited Guests

Shirley Rooker has been waging a battle to save her landscaping for 15 years—ever...

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Do Something

Beep! Beep! Beep! The constant ringing in Pilot’s ear awoke him. He slowly rose...

The Choice

The bomb hits the building next to me and explodes instantly. I cover my...

The Stars and the Snow

When the light blue pick-up truck had emerged from Lincoln Tunnel, the snow had...

Moreland House

The peeling red paint on the door. The crumbling brick. It begged me to...

They Wore the Mines

The locomotive whistled as the steam train decelerated, approaching the wooden railway platform. Helen...

Soft Species

White ducks made odd pets in the land between the Rio Grande and the...

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Write On

If there had been a theme for this year’s short story and essay contests,...

February 29th

On the 29th of February, a Wednesday, a day of such little importance it...

Aria

At dawn, the South Carolinian sea retreats to the horizon for miles, like it’s...

Pantry

It had to be done. My mother grimaced as I started to fill the...

The Subway Away

Bethesda, 5:34 p.m. Just a reminder, dinner at seven, Ellery typed. Can’t wait to see...

Saying Goodbye

Goodbyes always feel bittersweet to me. In a few months, I’ll send my youngest...

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Freddie Prinze’s Children

(Letter from Shari Mailman to Eric Bright dated Dec. 18, 1976) Eric Bright 142 Charles Lindbergh...

The Judges

Adult Short Story Contest Jim Beane is a native Washingtonian. His fiction has appeared in...