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Covering Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield
by Dzenita Mehic Saracevic It felt as if a strong, cold wind of one freezing January day in Van Ness propelled me, like a time machine, to a different time and location. I found myself in a place filled with an infinite number of antiquities and treasures: Chinese phone books from the 1920s and 30s, […]
by Marlene Berlin Sam Chaltain moved into the neighborhood a couple of years ago. He is married with three children. He can often be found walking his old dog very slowly up and down 30th Street. This gives him time to think. And the future of education is often on his mind. He blogs, writes […]
by Kathy E. Sykes It was a twist of fate that steered me to becoming a member of the board of directors of America Walks this past April. Here’s what happened. While attending the Active Living Research conference many years ago, I met some activists and researchers who were launching a national organization to make […]
David Cohen has generously shared his wildlife photography with Forest Hills Connection readers. He has written for us how his dog helped sniff out an opportunity to help the neighbors. And, he is writing a book. “For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by people’s life stories. My family teases me that […]
Watercolors of Washington by Forest Hills artist and architect Milton Shinberg will be on display for the month of December at the Art League of Alexandria Gallery at the Torpedo Factory. The solo show, one of only six in 2018, was awarded to Shinberg by a three-member artist jury in 2016, allowing for creation of […]
Laurie Sieminski is a neighbor and master quilter who is spending four years in Riyadh with her husband Adam while he serves as president of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (referred to as KAPSARC in her writings). She’s been sending dispatches to her friends in Forest Hills and has given us permission […]
September brings out our local artists! David Cohen, Deborah LaCroix and Annette Polan are featured in local shows and talks in the coming days and weeks. David Cohen David Cohen, the wildlife and portrait photographer who has generously shared his work with Forest Hills Connection will be exhibiting this weekend at the 48th annual Glen […]
When we last heard from Forest Hills-based writer Anthony Dobranski, he had published his debut novel, The Demon in Business Class, and he gave us a fascinating look at all the hands-on work of marketing a work of genre fiction. This is his latest project, and something you can get your hands on. by Anthony […]
On July 16th, the high in DC reached 98 degrees and what may have been the hottest temperature we’ll see all summer. In Saudi Arabia, that would have been seen as a cooling trend. Laurie Sieminski is in Riyadh with her husband Adam, who accepted a four-year stint as president of the King Abdullah Petroleum […]
Critics lauded her 2015 documentary, Rosenwald, on the Jewish philanthropist who built thousands of schools for African-American children in the segregated south. Forest Hills-based filmmaker Aviva Kempner is currently working on a film on Moe Berg, the Major League ballplayer turned wartime spy. A screening of the work-in-progress will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, […]
