Hyattsville’s Very Own ‘Roots’
It wasn’t popular to talk about slavery in 1927. But Nellie Arnold Plummer took out a $1,000 mortgage to tell her family’s story. The Hyattsville-area schoolteacher was well into her […]
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Hyattsville Backed Gay Marriage by Wide Margin
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithHyattsville voters supported a referendum legalizing gay marriage by 10 percentage points more than the state as a whole. With a historic gay-marriage law set to take effect next week […]
An Interview with Rachel Aughenbaugh
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithRachel Aughenbaugh is the MacGyver of the art world. Using layers of duct tape, she can create everything from the “Mona Lisa” to a promotional image for Franklin’s Restaurant, Brewery & […]
An Interview with Alonzo Davis
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithAlonzo Davis was featured at the Montpelier Arts Center in October. The Hyattsville artist, who works with bamboo, paper and cloth, had more than 50 of his kites on display […]
Hyattsville Arts Festival
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithThe fifth annual Hyattsville Arts Festival is happening at the Shoppes at Arts District Hyattsville until 5 p.m. today. This year’s lineup includes a lot of Washington-area artists and an […]
Restrictive Covenants in University Park
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithIf you bought a house in University Park in 1938, you were prohibited from selling it to a racial minority.
The Little Free Library
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithHyattsville’s newest library is so small you could walk right past it. The Little Free Library is located in the Robert J. King Memorial Park next to the Masonic Lodge […]
An Interview with Andrea Burkholder
/in Hyattsville, Mount Rainier/by Ryan Teague BeckwithAndrea Burkholder is a dancer whose medium is the air. As an “aerial artist,” the Hyattsville resident performs a mix of modern dance and circus acrobatics around the greater Washington […]
Hyattsville’s Fingerpicking Champion
/in College Park, Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithA nationally recognized folk musician grew up in Hyattsville. Acoustic guitar player Harvey Reid currently lives in Maine, but his time in Hyattsville and College Park played a key role […]
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