Meet BlackRock’s New Executive Director

Krista Rimple Bradley says she wants to make the arts venue more accessible, more visible

Some of what Krista Rimple Bradley hopes to accomplish as BlackRock’s new executive director involves recreating a 1970s theater experience, how she felt seeing Ben Vereen perform in “Pippin” at The Kennedy Center. “Magic” was the word she used to describe it. “I am the first person to say I love TV. I watch ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and I'm totally into pop culture,” Bradley said. “But you can’t reproduce being in the dark, seeing magic happen and sharing it with people who you might not even know. There is something really powerful about that shared experience of seeing live performance. “I don't think that power changes over time.” Bradley officially began her duties as the executive director of BlackRock Center for the Arts on Monday. “…

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1 Meat, 3 Sides

Mmm...Mobile Cheesecake

This week's foodie news from around Montgomery County: mobile cheesecake, global burritos and a doughnut trend.

Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, mobile cheesecake takes center plate: One Meat: The region's celebrated food trucks are starting—finally—to branch out to Montgomery County. The latest one to venture north beyond Western and Eastern avenues is That Cheesecake Truck, the "Big Blue" purveyor of Sweetz Cheesecake of Gaithersburg. "Although Sweetz has had a shop and wholesale business in Gaithersburg since 1992, its mobile operation ... started rolling last summer," but only in DC, Carole Sugarman reported for Bethesda Magazine. “We really only started there because we felt there was more density," Sweetz owner Craig Barsi told Bethesda Magazine. But, "it was …

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