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

On Friday, May 18, Commuter Connections and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association will organize more than 10,000 area commuters for a celebration of bicycling as a clean, fun

COMMUNITY • BY ED LEVY The Second Annual Taste the World in Fenton Village community event was a success for all concerned. The 24 Fenton Village restaurants (in

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

Imagine enjoying food, music and cultures from around the globe -- all in one afternoon and within just a few blocks. That’s what the second annual “Taste the World

ENVIRONMENT • BY AMANDA ZIADEH On April 10, Cassie Meador, artistic director of Takoma Park’s Dance Exchange, began a 500-mile hike through Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia to

VIDEO • BY JULIE WIATT Your mother probably told you not to play with fire. But how about dancing with it? The Dance Afire steam punks performed at

COMMUNITY • BY AMANDA ZIADEH The Civil Rights Educational Freedom Tour will be taking off from Rockville, Md. on April 2 and will be returning on April 7. The

COMMUNITY • BY SARAH KRAUT Pat Rumbaugh was still in the preliminary planning stages of this year’s Mid-Winter Play Day when a friend told her he knew when

PHOTOS • BY JULIE WIATT On December 3, Downtown Silver Spring kicked-off the holiday season with a Santa available for photo ops, tree-lighting, caroling, and a “lion” from

PHOTOS • BY JULIE WIATT Join the kinetic physics experiment in downtown Silver Spring: strap on a pair of boots with blades and venture onto the slick surface

PHOTOS • BY JULIE WIATT The annual Alternative Gift Fair — held at the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church community hall on Saturday, December 3 — provided people with

PHOTOS • BY TOOKY BUNNAG See more photos of the Thanksgiving Day Parade. If the slideshow does not load below, please visit http://voice.smugmug.com/Other/thanksgiving-Parade-by-Tooky

PHOTOS • BY JESSE ALLEN On the Monday before Thanksgiving, volunteers young and less young joined forces at Piney Branch Elementary School to help organize and deliver canned

BUSINESS • BY BRANDON GREEN In the heart of Old Town Takoma Park, under the gazebo, Blessed Coffee was inaugurated as a benefit corporation, dedicated to help the

Prime Time for Pruning

By Kathy Jentz