Hyattsville schools alumna looks to inspire students with mural
BY TORRENCE BANKS Muralist MISS CHELOVE, whose birth name is Cita Sadeli, was in her Brentwood art studio one morning…
Finding peace in pouring candles
By Tara Goldstein Local candle business ABT Collective decided to kick start a new venture with a candle pouring class…
Photographer focuses her lens on women captains
By Auzinea Bacon Kristin Rutkowski co-owned a sailboat with her husband, but she had always considered sailing more his hobby…
Catherine Kleeman transforms the Montpelier Arts Center into her own backyard
By: Taneen Momeni As soon as you step off of the elevator at the Montpelier Arts Center, in Laurel, you’re…
Auryn Quartet returns for last Hyattsville concert: “Death and the Maiden”
By KIT SLACK On the temperate evening of Oct. 6, 2021, pairs of Hyattsville residents stood quietly six feet apart,…
Artist Lynde Washington brings it home
By Alexandra Radovic University of Maryland (UMD) alum Lynde Washington is painting his way back to his home…
Made in Hyattsville: A photographer’s eye
By Maristela Romero Gifted with a Fisher Price camera at 4 years old, Chris Creese went on to become…
Couple finds creative spark during pandemic
By John Skendall A pandemic: It’s safe to say that not many of us have lived through one before. And…
Banana Blossom Bistro opens for business in Riverdale Park
By MARIA D. JAMES — On Feb. 6 local residents Phil and Annie Esguerra witnessed their dream of running their own…
Art up high: City partners with local artists to add placemaking banners in Hyattsville
By KRISSI HUMBARD — Art can be found in many forms around Hyattsville: murals, sculptures, colorful buildings, neon signs —…