The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art is featuring seven sculptures by Washington, D.C.-based Ethiopian American artist Tsedaye Makonnen. Photo by Brad Simpson, 2024, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution By Sheila Wickowski While New York’s “Museum Mile” – the Upper East Side Fifth Avenue museums – is a showcase […]
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 […]
Sounds of Southwest
By Fredo Vasquez A selection of concerts coming to Southwest’s music venues. Molchat Doma (Punk) – After selling out the 9:30 Club twice in 2023, this Belorussian bands returns to DC to promote their fourth album Belaya Pelosa. Compared to The Cure and Joy Division, Molchat Doma’s synth, drum machines, […]
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 […]
Young Readers: Old Favorites
By Kitty Felde There was nothing wrong with spending most of December watching your favorite Christmas movie over and over again. There’s nothing wrong with ordering your favorite dish at a restaurant or returning to your favorite spot for vacation year after year.And there’s nothing wrong with re-reading your favorite […]
Spy Museum Hosts Exhibit on Daring Female Spy
By Southwester Staff The International Spy Museum, located at 700 L’Enfant Plaza SW, launched a new exhibit to tell the story of Virginia Hall, who left Baltimore to join the French Army as an ambulance driver during World War II. Over the course of the war, she led reconnaissance, sabotage, […]
Understanding Us: A Review of “The Other Americans”
A Review By: Daniya Howard, Grade 9Richard Wright Public Charter School In “The Other Americans,” the playwright, John Leguizamo, explores themes of loyalty, mental health, honesty, and cultural identity as a Puerto Rican American living in Queens, New York. My overall impression was powerful. I experienced a whirlwind of emotions […]