Welcome to FiND iT FREDERiCK, the magazine that fuses funky with functional! In this issue of FiND iT FREDERiCK you'll find…

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THE WINE KITCHEN by Liza Hawkins
The excited murmurs among Frederick locals about the Wine Kitchen opening a second spot along Carroll Creek started early last fall. Those who have had the pleasure of dining in the flagship Leesburg, VA, location knew we were in for a treat.
So when the Frederick Wine Kitchen opened its doors on October 1, with a focus, familiar to the Wine Kitchen's Leesburg location, on locally sourced food and supporting nearby farms, as well as a chef whose prior role was sous-chef and pastry chef at VOLT Restaurant, I was giddy.
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DELICIOUSLY DECADENT by Shuan Butcher
To indulge is to gratify one’s desires or feelings, to yield to one’s wishes and
whims, or to follow one’s will or inclination. Imagine indulging in chocolate lasagna,
shortbread layered with chocolate and cream, or golden waffles dipped in melted
chocolate. Joannie Jenkins, from Carroll Street Café, will be pampering patrons with
tempting treats at a new event coming to downtown Frederick.
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SUPER SUNDAY SUPPER by Leigh Cooper
Homeless and Frightened at 18... Derrick Williams’ family situation wasn’t good. His parents had retired and moved to Thailand, and his twin sister had been placed in the custody of the Department of Social Services.
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ZING WENT THE STRINGS by Erik McCabe Anderson
The Frederick Strings have been performing at weddings and other special occasions for over 15 years. The group, consisting of string and flute-string quartets and trios, has its own website, and one can go there to learn about pricing plans and other important business matters, but I wanted to know more about the spirit and the art of the group. So I sat down with Rita O’Neil, the founder and owner, to see if I could learn what makes Frederick Strings so successful, besides playing excellent music.
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FLYIN' HIGH by Amanda Rodriguez
Since joining the FiND iT team a little over a year ago, I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying some pretty neat experiences — things anyone in Frederick could do if they were motivated and energetic enough. Fun things like taking a class at the Frederick Fight Club and pole dancing with the skilled ladies at A Pole New You.
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THE KEY TO A SMOOTH RIDE by Molly Fellin Spence
The first thing you learn in the sport of roller derby is how to fall. Because, make no mistake, there is a wrong way to do it. The wrong way involves falling backwards, or forwards, spreadeagled, with all of your limbs and extremities exposed. Leave your fingers dangling during a fall in this sport, and you are in for a world of pain. At least four very heavy, very speedy wheels are more than likely going to roll over your fingers. And that’s not going to feel great.
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WEINBURG FLICKS by Erik McCabe Anderson
One of the most exciting adventures I’ve had in recent months was taking in a late-night silent horror film over last Halloween weekend as part of the Weinberg Center’s regular film series of older cinema. I’ve always been something of a sucker for forms of entertainment and art that rely on relatively simple methods to create amazing products. I feel that when the tools of a craft are basic, there is less of an aesthetic distance between the will of human creative genius and the fruits of its labor. So when I watched the gray and white flickers of light from the 1920 "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" playing upon the large screen hanging over the stage and bouncing off the walls of the historic theatre built during the same era in which the film was produced, I saw much more than grainy images of exaggerated melodrama from a yet underdeveloped art form. I saw the timeless mark of the human artistic soul in its most essential form.
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LIVE LOCAL by Amanda Rodriguez
I am the slighty-embarrassed-but-mostly-over-it owner of 10-thumbed man hands. That’s my intricate way of saying that I stink at making things from scratch. The only DIY projects I can complete have to do with a smartphone, and I’m about as creative as a newborn baby.
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ARTS WITH OUR NEIGHBOR by Amanda Rodriguez
The holiday season is over, winter is upon us and everyone is looking for something interesting to do that doesn’t require us to travel far, break the bank or lose a finger to frostbite. That stuff is NO kind of fun. But, you know what’s indoor and warm and fun all over?
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