North Bethesda

For example, the ballet, I saw them downtown last winter.

The National Symphony Orchestra, it's starting its season this weekend, and it will be starting its season playing in North Bethesda, Maryland.

So some of the venues that the Symphony Orchestra, for example, are performing at this season, they're quite far-flung.

For example, George Mason University, it's about an hour's drive from the city, and that's if you get lucky with traffic.

I'm your host, Jason Fraley, picking the brains of the top artists and entertainers of our time.

Colin Mochrie reunites with his Whose Line Is It Anyway? co-star Brad Sherwood for a night of improv comedy at the Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland on October 4th.

Colin called in to promote his 2016 show at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., back when the venue was a vibrant centerpiece of arts and culture in the nation's capital before it tragically became politicized.

I hope our convo brings a smile to your face as Mockery reflects on his favorite Who's Line sketches from scenes from A Hat to Greatest Hits, as well as his favorite guest appearances from Robin Williams to Richard Simmons, the latter of which he calls one of the funniest scenes ever in the history of television.

Where is that?

That's in Bethesda, or Northern Rock, North Bethesda, but it's in Maryland.

Oh, Maryland.

Never been there before.

The biggest local story this morning is transit.

MoCoShow reports that full red line service resumes today, ending nine weeks of major construction between North Bethesda and Friendship Heights, a portion of the line.

If you commute that stretch, the trains are running the whole route again starting today.

And connected to that, MoCo360 and others report the temporary bus-only lanes on Rockville Pike and Wisconsin Avenue, the ones that stood in for the trains, start coming down today, reopening to all vehicles.

Yeah, that theme song for Operation Lose Out 2.0, an all-time great song.

Email from one of the top coaching minds in the Washington, D.C. area, Chris Lunn, Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.

Coach Lunn has been Whitman's varsity men's basketball head coach for more than two decades.

now.

And he, on Wednesday morning, announced the launch of DMV Sports on Substack.

He on DMV Sports already has some really good pieces on Maryland football and Navy football.

Gene went to St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., and then went to Georgetown University as a product of Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, Maryland.

Do not hold Gene, having gone to St. Albans against him.

And Montgomery Community Media reminds us the summer's transportation projects, road closures, and metro redline shutdowns across the county are set to wrap up September 6th.

On the partial redline shutdown, county alerts say the Ride on Glenmont Express shuttle is running for up-county riders, with free metro shuttle buses between North Bethesda and Friendship Heights.

A partial shutdown, so check your station first.

Maya, what's happening out there?