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The Days of Wine, Roses, and Olive Oil: Two Events with One Connection – Part...
Here is the promised Part 2, and the connection is revealed: it’s Amy! Yes, Amy Riolo’s prescription for a healthy Mediterranean diet includes copious amounts of olive oil. At “Drops of Heath: Olive...
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Now You (Should Go) See It: Nothing Up My Sleeve Review
I’ve been a fan of the magician Dendy ever since Round House’s 2022 The Tempest. His portrayal of Ariel as a card-sharping fey made the production sing (figuratively – the folk-rock songs of Tom...
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The Days of Wine, Roses, and Olive Oil: Two Events with One Connection – Part...
Note: This post, being tardy, was intended to serve as advance notice for this year’s Kensington Day of the Book. However, I have just learned that there will be no event this year. I proceed to...
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The Street Fair and the Ceremony: Sakura Matsuri and the Blessing of the...
Another catch-up post in service of my New Year’s resolution! I can always find new things to report about these two events, which coincide each year. In 2026, the Sakura Matsuri is scheduled for...
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MoCo Eats (and Drinks, and Schmoozes) Expo
My 2026 New Year’s resolution is to catch up on my backlog of stories from 2025. So, here is an account of the March MoCo Eats Food and Beverage Showcase Consumer Expo, with a few words on the...
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Wild and Wicked Holiday Entertainment, and Commerce
Food and Spectating It’s been quite a holiday week here in the snow-free mid-Atlantic. We celebrated Jewish Christmas with Chinese food at Peter Chang’s in Columbia, then saw Wicked: For Good, which...
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Review of Rules for Living at Round House
Yet another play about a dysfunctional family! This one’s got a terrific ensemble cast, crackling dialog, and a glorious melee as the climax to hours of slow-build snark. What more could you ask for...
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Review of The Inheritance, Part 2 at Round House Theatre; The Conclusion
We returned to the Round House for Part 2 of The Inheritance a week after viewing Part 1. As the play opens, E. M. Forster (Robert Sella), as narrator and commentor, is absent from the stage....
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Review of The Inheritance, Part One at Round House Theatre; and Lagniappe at...
Howard’s End, a novel written by E.M. Forster in 1910, has been turned inside-out and shaken to produce The Inheritance. It’s a thought experiment which poses the question: If E.M. Forster hadn’t...
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National Book Festival: Food Focus
The 2025 National Book Festival was a treat. I’ve been going for years, and while the mix of authors and subjects has evolved, it’s always full of interesting panels and activities. The audience for...
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It’s a Two-Bakery Town, and That’s All Right with Me
Yes, folks, Olney, Maryland now has two establishments bound to sate the cravings of your sweet tooth. Passion Bakery and Cafe has been open for several years in the old firehouse in Sandy Spring...
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Famous Authors and Food Writers at the National Book Festival
This year’s National Book Festival is almost here (September 6), and I wanted to write up the highlights of last year’s event even if unconscionably late. Let this report serve as a prompt to attend...
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The Cultural is Culinary: Review of Braided Heritage
Jessica B. Harris’ new cookbook is both intensely personal and broadly encompassing. Her thesis (appropriate for a lifelong teacher) is that the cuisine of America has been formed from the weaving...
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Presents From the Past: Little Beasts at the National Gallery of Art
Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World is on view at the National Gallery West Building until November. I’ve never been that fascinated by taxidermy, but here’s an opportunity to see...
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The Right Words Can Change The World: Review of Bad Books at Round House
The world premiere of Bad Books makes a fitting corollary to Round House’s previous production, What the Constitution Means To Me. In the current atmosphere of attacks on so many of our civil rights,...
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Happy Pie Day! Celebrate With Not One But Two Contests
Yes, in honor of that unique mathematical relationship and MIT cheer (Cosine secant tangent sine, 3.14159), not to mention the tastiest of round desserts, we present: the Olney Theatre Center Pie...
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Plaster on the Corn: Review of Shucked at the National Theatre
You want to do a musical comedy about corn? Are you worried about being accused of writing folksy, hokey humor and groaner puns? Here’s the answer: lean into it! Load that show with as many dad...
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Pie in the Sky: Review of “Waitress” at Olney Theatre Center
If the singing and acting weren’t so enthusiastic and entertaining, this play might be upstaged by the hydraulics. The Olney Theatre has a stage that moves up and down in pieces, and they’re not...
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Review: What the Constitution Means To Me at Round House Theatre
Before I saw Round House’s production of What the Constitution Means To Me, I was only vaguely aware that this play was about a teenager debating the Constitution. I hoped that it would not be...
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Interactions and Reactions: Two Exhibits, and a Welcome Development
Recently, the Washington Post ranked the top 20 major art museums in America. The National Gallery of Art was listed as #3. A complementary article ranked the top 10 small art museums; the Phillips...
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