In this Issue

It Happened By Happenstance

In 2005, when Sabrina Mandell met Mark Jaster in a physical theater class, an artistic partnership was born. Mandell had lived a peripatetic life....

A Comeback for the American Chestnut?

On an early fall day, orange spray can in hand, Bruce Levine weaves his way through an orchard of American chestnut trees in Sunshine,...

Africa and Jamaica inspire self-taught Leslie Anne Hansley

Ask Leslie Anne Hansley about her life and her art — she’s a self-taught painter — and she replies, “I’m a lucky person. A...

Your Choice, Your Winners

Montgomery Magazine’s 2022 Readers’ Choice award recipients are the local businesses that have earned your vote as the best at what they do in...

Stare, but don’t wear

Fed up with fast fashion? Kickz sneaker boutique, newly opened at Westfield Montgomery Mall, offers rare and athletic shoes, T-shirts and team jerseys, according...

Charge your Tesla, eat more chicken

In a development that electric car owners who like chicken are sure to crow over, Royal Farms in Gaithersburg is opening a Tesla Supercharging...

Pati Jinich’s flavors of Mexico

Growing up in Mexico City, celebrity chef Pati Jinich said she found that food was at the center of all cultural events and at...

True Food Kitchen

Award-winning True Food Kitchen restaurant brand received over $100 million in capital from new investors, HumanCo and Manna Tree, and existing supporter Centerbridge Partners. Founded...

Creating the universal and unique

When Vidya Vijayasekharan presses her hands into fresh, moist clay, she experiences an organic connection to the earth. The pigment and texture speak to her...

Games Without Frontiers

Story and photos by Susan C. Ingram The tidy, unassuming midcentury split-level on a gently winding lane in Kemp Mill Estates sold last spring, the...