Articles by Diana beechener

Article - Green Living; by Diana Beechener - 3/17/11

Is Bigger Better?

Anne Arundel County hopes larger containers amount to a greater recycling haul

The bigger, the better. That seems to be the theory behind Anne Arundel County’s push to distribute 65-gallon recycling containers throughout the county.
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Article - Movie Reviews; by Diana Beechener - 3/10/11

Take Me Home Tonight

Do you love the 1980s? Then skip this movie.

Poor Matt Franklin (Topher Grace: Predators) is having a bummer of a year. After graduating from MIT, Matt decides to forgo a career working for the corporate machine. Instead, he works at the mall’s Suncoast Video — which is a corporation, but don’t tell Matt — and makes plans for his future.
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Article - Things; by Diana Beechener - 3/10/11

What's With That? Lessons of a Tumbled Tree

Timber!

On a recent blustery day, a thunderous crack and immediate darkness in the kitchen alerted me to a wayward limb obstructing the power lines.
Dangling from our power lines and blocking our road was the top half of a neighbor’s pine tree.
We should call someone, the gathering of alarmed neighbors agreed.
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Article - Live Music; by Diana Beechener - 3/3/11

Blues to Land on the Shores of Sandy Point

Annual festival set for May 21, 22

Sarah Petska has already got the blues, though her festival doesn’t start until May 21. In preparing for The Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival’s 10th anniversary, the event coordinator has been putting in long hours.
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Article - Movie Reviews; by Diana Beechener - 3/3/11

Drive Angry 3D

Fast cars, naked women and explosions add up to a surprisingly dull ride

Drive Angry 3D
After winning the best actor Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas, Nicolas Cage decided to become an action star. For 14 years, Cage has made a career out of kicking ass and taking names. Yet the actor never seems comfortable playing the badass. His oddly nuanced voice and pregnant pauses come off as uncertainty instead of a quirky character trait.
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Article - Creature Feature; by Diana Beechener - 2/24/11

This Week’s Creature Feature: Wild Birthday...

DC Cupcakes gives you a sweet reason to Go Bananas

Eleven-year-old Kwame and 9-year-old Kojo celebrated their birthdays with cupcakes. As part of Georgetown Cupcakes’ reality show on TLC, DC Cupcakes, the sister-owned business, delivered a giant gorilla sculpture, comprised of cupcakes, to the National Zoo where the two male western lowland gorillas were celebrating their big days.
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Article - Movie Reviews; by Diana Beechener - 2/24/11

Unknown

An excellent cast struggles to elevate a spy thriller that thinks it’s smarter than it is

Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson: The Next Three Days) is having a bad day. After realizing that he’s left his briefcase, containing vital information for a bio-medical conference he’s speaking in, at the Berlin Airport, he leaves his wife (January Jones: Mad Men) at their hotel to retrieve the case....

Article - Places; by Diana Beechener - 2/24/11

Black History On a Street Where You Live

A neighborhood walk can be a history lesson

In honor of Black History Month, Bay Weekly tracks down unsung African Americans behind some street signs.
In our capital, many streets are footprints for the African American communities that developed in the late 1800s.
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Article - Theatre Reviews; by Diana Beechener - 2/24/11

The Redhead Did It!

Tips for surviving Chesapeake Beach Resort and Spa’s murder mystery weekend

As fans of murder and mayhem, fiancé Jack and I often spend weekends watching thrillers and mysteries. We consider ourselves quite the couch-potato detectives.
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Article - Movie Reviews; by Diana Beechener - 2/17/11

The Mechanic

Two hitmen make mincemeat out of the company that betrayed them in this highly entertaining shoot-em-up

In a South American cartel compound, a wealthy drug jeffe dives into the blackened waters of his swimming pool. As his guards carelessly look away, he is caught by a scuba-geared assailant and drowned. Changing from scuba gear to a kitchen uniform, the assassin slips past the dozens of armed guards, who stare bewilderedly at their expired leader.
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