SWNA Black History Month Celebration Will Focus on Urban Renewal

By Thelma D. Jones and Carolyn Swope Join the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s (SWNA) Subcommittee on Black History in celebration of Black History Month on Monday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. The annual event will be held at Arena Stage and this year’s focus is on urban renewal and its legacy in the […]

Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid Launches Book Drive for Black History Month

By Katrina Avila At Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid (SYC/W6MA), we work to ensure that Black and Brown youth and families across DC have access to the resources they need—not just to survive but to thrive. Through after-school enrichment programs, tutoring, and essential community support, SYC/W6MA places a strong […]

TDJBCF Kick-Off Support Group Meeting on Advocacy Featuring Journalist Andrea Roane

By Amber Stewart  The Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) kicked off 2025 with a support group meeting via Zoom and Facebook centered on themes of advocacy and hope in the new year. Special guests for the kick-off included Deanna Darlington of Links2Equity, Andrea Roane, an award-winning journalist and […]

Theater Alliance Opens Season in New Southwest Home

By Sheila Wickouski Professional theater company Theater Alliance recently opened its first Southwest-based season in a transformed performance space on the ground level of The Westerly on 340 Maple Drive SW. The company’s season-opening show is a run of Covenant, billed as “Southern Gothic meets the blues,” which comes to […]

Local Musicians Bring in Crowd to Support Music Departments

By Una Yarsky  The second annual fundraiser for Amidon-Bowen Elementary and Jefferson Middle schools’ music departments took place on January 9th at The Wharf’s Union Stage. The musical duo Urban Kites, consisting of former and current Southwest residents Terry Tuttle and James Yarsky, performed a setlist of twenty-four songs for […]

Ahead of Second Trump Inauguration, Progressive Community Group Plans Path Forward

by Mandy Katz “What Next?” was the theme of a community meeting sponsored by Indivisible Waterfront at the Southwest Branch Library on January 11. The event brought together longtime and new political activists disappointed in the outcome of November’s elections and pondering how—for some, even if—the grassroots can organize effectively […]