Ilana Trachtman’s documentary shows the ripple effects of the summer-long protest at Glen Echo Amusement Park.

As many as 3,500 wooden carousels were built at the turn of the 20th century, but only 150 have survived, like the one in ...

From Emmy-Award winning filmmaker Ilana Trachtman comes a powerful new documentary that serves as a reminder of the recentness of the Jim Crow era, the racial power imbalances and fraught social ...

Slowly, she began working on a film about the fight to integrate Glen Echo Amusement Park. It took a decade to make, but now "Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round" is playing film festivals and ...

Lake Park Outdoor Theater was built in 1950 adjacent to the Beer Hut, and was a popular spot for family nights, hangouts and ...

In a classic sign that summer is coming, the Rec Park merry-go-round took its official first spin Tuesday morning.

The new merry-go-round joins Frontier Family Park, a $66 million play place with a lake and pickleball court that opened in Queen Creek on June 8, and the Poozeum, a museum devoted to fossilized ...

As many as 3,500 wooden carousels were built at the turn of the 20th century, but only 150 have survived, like the one in ...

Trachtman, who grew up near the national park that was built on Glen Echo’s ruins (little more than the carousel remains), opens “Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round” with tantalizing ...

“Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round” (2024) transports audiences back to the 1960s, flying them through Maryland’s colorful and exciting Glen Echo Amusement Park, which sits right outside ...