Sunday, May 12, 2013
Celebrate the summer movie release with some of these local tie-ins.
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Sunday, May 12
The Great Gatsby is slated to premier on the big screen and it's inspiring people to delve deeper into the story’s history, culture, music, food and drink. Starting with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s grave at St. Mary’s Church in Rockville, there are a number of local places to help you get your Gatsby on, according to The Washington Post. If you venture to Fitzgerald’s gravesite, take note of the epitaph, which reads, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” This quote is the final line in The Great Gatsby. You can view costumes, set designs, paintings and films from the Gatsby era at the National Gallery of Art’s “Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes” exhibit, which opens May 12. Check out some Art Deco …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald had deep ties in Maryland, some of which you can see for yourself.
Don't expect a glittering movie opening of the The Great Gatsby, and its mega stars Leonardio DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan, anywhere near The Free State. However, F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of the novel that provided the inspiration for the 3D film, was deeply entrenched in the region during his lifetime, with landmarks to his family and his literary works sprinkled from Rockville to Towson. Even if you're not lining up for the premiere Friday, find a little of Gatbsy's Roaring '20s vibe nearby: 1. The Fitzgerald family, F. Scott, his wife Zelda and their daughter Scottie, spent more time in Baltimore than any other place, according to University of Maryland professor emeritus Jackson Bryer. The family lived in Towson and …
Thursday, September 1, 2011
A weekend's worth of stuff to see and do.
Downtown Wheaton 2011 TGIF Summer Series Presents Finding Nemo When/Where: Friday, Sept. 2, 7 p.m.; Triangle Lane & Reedie Drive (Wheaton Triangle), Wheaton, Md. 20902. Why Go? Based on the huge worldwide success of this wayward clownfish, it’s safe to say that most people have already found Nemo. Still, he’s worth finding again. And this time he’s under the stars, screened courtesy of Downtown Wheaton. Pricing: FREE High School Football Season Opener: Wheaton Knights at Northwestern When/Where: Friday, Sept. 2, 4 p.m.; Northwestern High School, 7000 Adelphi Rd, Hyattsville, Md. 20782. Why Go? Support the Knights as they square off against the Northwestern Jaguars. With summer vanishing, it's a good thing we have football to help us find …
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Find the fun this first weekend of August
Downtown Wheaton TGIF Summer Series Presents Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory When/Where: August 5th 7:00 pm Triangle Ln and Reedie Dr. Wheaton, Why Go? Unlike the Everlasting Gobstopper, summer isn’t forever. So support the TGIF Summer Series while it’s still here by bringing friends, lawn chairs, and, of course, candy to this outdoor screening of the classic film. Pricing: FREE The Truth About Snakes at Brookside Nature Center When/Where: August 5, 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Brookside Nature Center, 1400 Glenallan Ave. Why Go? We humans give snakes a bum rap. In return, pythons make themselves difficult to UNwrap. But really, the number of times snakes strike is miniscule compared to all the verbal venom we spew about our slithering …
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F. Scott Fitgerald was not always buried at St. Mary's Church in Rockville. I visited his grave at Rockville Union Cemetery in the early 1970's. At the time of my visit, it was my understanding that the Catholic Church refused to bury F. Scott Fitzgerald in St. Mary's when he died. It's amazing that, after F. Scott Fitgerald became so famous, the Church reconsidered. more ›