The Washington Channel section of the Potomac River was crowded on October 27 with Flying Scots and FJs racing in DC Sail’s Halloween Regatta. That Saturday saw generally light and shifty conditions with sunny skies just two days before Hurricane Sandy blew in at 30-38 knots, gusted to 52 knots, […]
Local Author Plans Book Signing
DC resident Eric Hughes is a regular at the Channel Inn’s Pier 7 Restaurant, dining there most Friday nights and Saturday mornings. But on Sunday, December 2, Mr. Hughes will be in the Channel Inn’s Engine Room from 2 – 5 p.m. for a different reason: to hold a signing of […]
Free Randall Day at Corcoran December 8
In 2007, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Monument Realty proposed to redevelop the former Randall Junior High School at 65 I St. SW. I chaired an ANC team that, as part of a deal for ANC support, negotiated (among other community benefits) an annual day of free admission for […]
Foreign Policy Discussion Group to Resume in January
Several spaces are still available in the Southwest Foreign Policy Discussion Group. For about 10 years, we have been meeting to discuss topics developed by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA) under the “Great Decisions” title. The topics are selected to educate us on to the relationship of the United States […]
Youth Grants Funds Still Available
Applications for Youth Grants are still available from the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s Youth Activities Task Force (SWNA-YATF). The user-friendly application can be picked up at the Southwest Neighborhood Library, 900 Wesley Place, SW. Typical grants to schools, churches, recreation centers, etc. have ranged between $200 and $800 for requests such […]
Secular Columbarium for the Island at (e)merge art fair
Brooklyn artist Leigh Davis describes her art project, “Secular Columbarium for the Island,” as an installation that would be an imagined memorial of artifacts from Southwest’s history mixed with associated objects, to create a “mythologization.” Davis’s process uses art and research, blending interviews with residents with her inspiration to create […]
From Vacant to Vibrant, An Old Church is Transformed
A wrought-iron fence spray-painted neon pink is not something one would expect to see in an old southwest D.C. neighborhood. At 700 Delaware Ave. SW the fence is the last thing that stands out against an old church that has been completely transformed into a mural. Formerly a place of […]