July / August 2017 Archives

Kensington Cancer Survivor Drives Medicine With Big Data

Photo by Skip Brown When Eric Dishman talks, he sounds more like a Silicon Valley...

Four New Books from Local Authors

Bethesda resident Andrew Gifford was 10 in 1985 when his family’s D.C. area-based ice...

Figuratively Speaking: Voters in Montgomery County

Montgomery County is home to almost a million people, but a relatively small number...

In a Hearing World

Photo by Edgar Artiga When one of Sarinah Wahl’s teachers at Walt Whitman High School is...

Making Therapy Fun for Clients With Special Needs

Marc Sickel (right) and 12-year-old Filippo Raponi Filippo Raponi steadies his black New Balance sneakers...

One for the Books

Photo by Skip Brown In front of Chevy Chase Elementary School, nine third-graders are poring over...

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A Bethesda Couple Adopts 4 Sisters from Costa Rica

From left: Frankie, Angie, Katherine and Pamela make empañadas with their parents, Tim and...

Table Talk: 4 Gaithersburg Beer and Wine Stores

Gaithersburg’s Finewine.com, which offers charcuterie and other munchies, sells beer and wine to-go and...

Meet the Reporters Who Cover the Trump White House

Glenn Thrush of The New York Times One morning this past February, Olivier Knox, a...

Gone With The Wind

By Skip Brown For most high school athletes, practice means a short walk to the...

Top Divorce Lawyers in the Bethesda Area

A conference room in a Montgomery County law firm this May was full and...

How Many Former Lawyers Work at Bethesda's Williams-Sonoma?

I never thought much about the lives of the sales associates at my local...

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Building a Landscaping Business in Bethesda

Photo by Liz Lynch Over the past four years, Alex Neilsen has taught himself how...

Inside Peter Chang’s New Flagship Restaurant

Photo by Michael Ventura Peter Chang is unpacking crates of outdoor furniture on the patio of...

Kevin Beverly Helps Students Go the Distance

Kevin Beverly rides his bike about 200 miles a week. Photo by Edgar Artiga Kevin...

Art in the Air on the Eastern Shore

Photo by Mark Sandlin It’s a steamy July morning in Easton, Maryland, and nearly 200...

Beach Bash

The couple: Teryn Hann, 27, grew up in Potomac and graduated from Winston Churchill...

Faces of Resistance

Forward March members gather for a meeting in Bethesda. Photo by Liz Lynch The morning...

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Fighting Fake News

Bethesda resident Alan Miller, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, created the News Literacy Project to...

Kids and Water Safety

Photo by Skip Brown The day was heating up that morning in Bethany Beach as...

A Chevy Chase Couple's Great Escape

Photo by Morgan Howarth When looking for an easy beach getaway, Chevy Chase homeowners Louisa...

Cooking Class: Blueberry Cobbler

Photos by Stacy Zarin-Goldberg Difficulty Level: 2/4 On the Clock: 45 minutes Servings: 6 Ingredients Blueberry Bottom 5 cups fresh...

Get Away: Philadelphia’s New Museum of the American Revolution

Photo courtesy of Bluecadet Celebrate Your Independence Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution, which opened in...

The Voice From Arthès By Hannah Ashe

Pourquoi? Pourquoi avez-vous fait? “Why?” I asked the old man in my broken high school...

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Illegitimacy By Katherine Byrnes

Nullius filius; bastard; illegitimate; me. No, that’s not an SAT practice question asking which...

Traveling the World in One Place By Sophia Azimi

My school is like an airport. Upon arrival, each student brings a suitcase filled...

Broken String By Cindy Song

Sweat presses down on my cheek as smooth wood pushes up on it. A...

Things to See and Do in the Bethesda Area in July and August

Photo courtesy of Aaron Oldenburg July 12-Aug. 20 | Games Without Frontiers Aaron Oldenburg is a...

Shop Talk: Swimwear to Suit Your Needs

Suit Yourself With anywhere from 25 to 50 swimsuit brands stocked year-round (a rarity for...

Write On

Illustration by David Owens The winners of the 2017 short story and essay contests are...

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The Quarry By Sara Franklin-Gillette

Illustration by David Owens “Once you see it, you’re not going to want to sell...

Gray Worlds By Jack Kiyonaga

Illustration by David Owens It was gray and cold, but I had my earbuds and...

Now Play By Stella Donovan

Illustration by David Owens My uncle is dying, and I don’t know what to say...

Where Are You From? By Nina Gautam

Illustration by David Owens Home. Four small letters yet the word has infinite meanings. On...

The Judges

Adult Short Story Contest Michelle Brafman is the author of Washing the Dead and Bertrand...

Elsa & Segundo By Dini Duran Karasik

It was the start of baseball season. Elsa knew this not because she loved...

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China By Marisa Fein

Halfway from South Jersey to North Carolina, Adam nudges me awake from my nap...

One Icy Morning By Pallavi Chandra

Another cold morning and just the thought of driving down an icy patch of...

The Tenuous Spaces By Amaly Gillig

“What has been the worst feeling since then?” I asked from behind my camera. “The...

Bethesda Interview: Jack Conger

Photo by Drew Anthony Smith Name: Jack Conger Age: 22 What he does: Professional swimmer Hometown: Rockville Jack Conger...

When a Man Loves By Ben Friedman

Once there was a man. And this man loved a woman. He loved her...

The Hopeful Planet By Dana Gurland

A distant bell rang six times and Jim Arbor sat up groggily in the...

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Excerpts from a Journal—An Adolescent’s First Loss By Lee Schwartz

8-23-16 Last night my grandmother died peacefully in her sleep. Just minutes ago my Dad...

Thorns By Edith Stone

She closed her mouth hard, then opened it again. She did this a few...

What to Do When Trapped in a Tiny Turkish Hotel Elevator While Studying Abroad By Robbie Maakestad

Don’t panic. Press <?>. Laugh with your six friends when the doors remain closed. Press 1*....

Mourning FDR By Elliot Wilner

On the afternoon of April 12, 1945, I returned home from school at half-past-three...

The Right Fit By Sarah Bigham

I was a teenager in the ’80s—hair was big, makeup was garish and stonewash...

The Bracelet By Tanya Edwards

I almost cried at the bus stop today. Not because of something bad, but...

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Hometown Turtle By Jessica North Macie

A lush pile of rich brown curls seduced me. They were perched atop a...

A Wordless Way By Kathleen Cho

My grandfather was full of amazing stories. On days I visited his house to...

Invisible Crown By Jordan DeVeaux

Inspired by Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” Crouched by the door, I listen. Listen up, because I’m only...