PHOTOS • BY BETTINA CHAVANNE and LENORE BOULE It was a street music festival that left the street and climbed onto the porch. The first

COMMUNITY • BY SAMANTHA BORTNIKER Two new festivals and a market are in Takoma Park's future. This May residents will be able

COMMUNITY • BY MORGAN FECTO “We are looking for new blood, we are looking for new

MUSIC • BY DARLENE REYES With gypsy musicians as parents, she has the wandering spirit that is key to folk music. The Institute of Musical Traditions, Takoma Park's folk music

EVENTS • DARLENE REYES The Silver Spring Town Center is holding its fourth annual Silver Spring Blues Festival on June 16 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. To help

MUSIC • BY ABI ROME "Seven master artists, seven traditions, one extraordinary collaboration."  That was the tag line on the flyer for the CD/DVD Release Concert of the newly

EVENTS • BY DARLENE REYES Start the summer off right enjoying live performances, games and international food. Washington Revels is holding its annual summer solstice celebration, SunFest, on June 10

If you want to listen to something besides splashing at the pool or insects buzzing by the grill, the Takoma Park Jazz Festival is on Sunday, June 10

MUSIC • BY JAMIE LEE Looking to inject some taste and sophistication into your summer?  Want to spice up an otherwise monotonously hot and humid season? Then come to the

MUSIC • BY SARAH KRAUT In celebration of its Bar Mitzvah year, the Washington Jewish Music Festival is throwing the ultimate party. It’s going to ramp up the

ARTS • BY SARAH KRAUT In 1910, the world’s largest full-stage theatre allowing African American performers opened in Washington, D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood. At the height of its majesty,

MUSIC • BY ED LEVY

April 29 will mark the last public performance by the eclectic indie folk duo disappear fear, comprised of sisters

THEATRE • BY AMANDA ZIADEH Hexagon, a non-profit satirical singing, dancing and acting group, is now putting on its 57^th anniversary show, skewering Washington elites and raising money

PHOTOS • BY MARK PODGER Songbird Jennifer Cutting, resplendent in pink mask and feathers, led her merry band of revelers on a musical drinking tour on "Fat Tuesday,"

PHOTOS • BY MARK PODGER On February 19, Voice photographer Mark Podger ventured over the river to the State Theatre in Falls Church, Va., for the 26th Wammies,

MUSIC • BY AMANDA ZIADEH The 26^th annual WAMA awards kicked off a little after 8 p.m. on Sunday, February 19. As the line outside the State Theatre

PHOTOS • BY MARK PODGER On February 4, the Folklore Society of Greater Washington celebrated its annual mid-winter mini fest on the site of the iconic Takoma Park

MUSIC • BY AMANDA ZIADEH Who really cares about the Grammys? On Sunday, Feb. 19, LOCAL guitar heroes will compete for the chance of winning a Wammie at