By Ronald Hines The King-Greenleaf Freshman Team (Ruth’s Baseball Ideals League) is 8 and 4 in one of the Top Wooden Bat leagues in the area and the players are being exposed to the best teams in the area. The Team is traveling to different parts of DC/MD/VA and are […]
70th anniversary of the Battle Of Midway to be commemorated
Naval District Washington will host a wreath laying and commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the historic Battle of Midway June 4 at 9 a.m. at the United States Navy Memorial in downtown Washington, D.C. The featured speaker for the event will be Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert. […]
Southwest D.C. community calendar for June 2012
WED. June 6: 7 p.m. Mediation for Stress Reduction, SW Library, 900 Wesly Pl. S.W. 7 p.m. Children’s Room Program Pajama Story Time, SW Library, 900 Wesly Pl. S.W. THURS. June 7: 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Councilman Tommy Wells office hours, Channel Inn café, 7th & Water Streets SW SUN. June […]
Neighbors ‘look out for each other’ in Southwest D.C.
By Lisa Edmunds When Marian Wagener moved to Southwest D.C. in 2000, she could not have foreseen the new developments her neighborhood would eventually undergo. Twelve short years later, the area is bustling with the addition of Nationals Park and the myriad of businesses that have relocated to this up-and-coming […]
Arena Stage presents ‘Normal Heart’
By Sheila Wickouski Arena Stage’s production of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart, opening June 8, is another example of Arena’s excellence at taking unflinching looks at the violence to the human spirit that human beings are capable of inflicting on one another. Personal, political and medical worlds collide as the […]
Kastles hosts tennis clinic; season starts July 12
By Joshua Rey On May 10, Washington Kastles Coach Murphy Jensen led a tennis clinic at Kastles Stadium at The Wharf for 15 students from nearby Jefferson Academy. Each of the students received their very own tennis racquet to keep, as well as a Kastles T-shirt. Despite heavy winds, the […]
Disappearing act: Affordable housing harder to find
By Jessica Fulton If you have tried to look for an apartment or buy a home in D.C., you know just how expensive a place it is to live, especially in recent years. Because the District did relatively well compared to other jurisdictions during the recession, businesses and new residents […]