ERHS Students Talk Policy With State and Local Leaders
teacher Brian Secker, Principal Reginald McNeill and Lupi QuinterosGrady, the local representative to the Prince George’s County Board of Education. Washington spoke directly with students about how he thought government should act to improve education for Maryland students. Washington told students about the Kirwan Commission, also called the Commission on Innovation and Educational Excellence. This […]
ERHS Art Students Complete Large Positivity-themed Mural
When students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) go back to school in the fall they will see trees that magically represent all four seasons, rainbows, the Earth, an astronaut and bubbles full of hopes and dreams. At the end of the 2017- 18 school year, the Art 1 students completed a mural featuring these […]
Green Man Festival Features Music, Art and Composting
Dozens of vendors turned out to share their wares alongside many cooperating and collocated environmental groups focused on protecting the environment and improving understanding of Greenbelters’ place within the local ecology, as part of the 14th Annual Green Man Festival held at Roosevelt Center on Saturday and Sunday, May 12 and 13. A community drum […]
Old Greenbelt Theatre Managers Describe Successes, Challenges
Old Greenbelt Theatre has become a destination for visitors from around the area, encouraging nonresidents to spend their money not only at the theater but also at other businesses here in Greenbelt, according to Caitlin McGrath, executive director of the theater. McGrath, along with members of the Friends of Greenbelt Theatre (FOGT) board of directors […]
Artist’s Exhibit of Oil Portraits Tells Stories at New Deal Café
Spiritual allegory meets modern family in some of the pictures at the New Deal Café exhibit of Amanda Demos Larsen’s work this season. In one of her self-portraits, He Did Eat, Larsen veils her gaze and holds a sharp knife while handing her spouse a slice of apple. In another, Afraid to Look, Larsen shows […]