Angry Black Hair By Autumn Risbrook Let me just start off by saying thank you for loving my hair I know it’s so fluffy and coily and beautiful And I just needed to say that because I’m a little tired of having it tugged and pulled on by others who are not my mother because as you […]
Light Up Southwest is Back
By Mike Goodman Once again, the Southwest Business Improvement District (SWBID) brings the “Light Up Southwest” competition back to the neighborhood. Decorate your home or business for the holidays and you could win a $50 gift card to a neighborhood restaurant, or retailers will win a free ad in The Southwester. Participation categories for the […]
Op-Ed: Southwest’s Connection to John Steinbeck
By Elaine Flora Graves One of my claims to fame is that my father, Glenn Tracy Graves, grew up across the street from author John Steinbeck in Salinas, California and became his close childhood friend. My father lived his whole life in Salinas, except during World War II when he and my mother, Claire, temporarily […]
African Art in Fragments of Time and Gold
By Southwester Staff Rich with archeological treasures of enduring artistic beauty, the exhibit Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, is filled with delights to behold. Covering the period from the beginning of Islam in the seventh century to the […]
Artechouse Displays the Blues
By Sheila Wickouski Blue is all around us, evoking many emotions from the optimism of “blue skies” to the sadness of “singing the blues.” In art, the color blue has been used for tens of thousands of years, from a blue Egyptian funerary figure, a Chinese blue-and-white teapot, Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa, to […]
Native American Veterans Memorial to Open November 11
By Southwester Staff The National Native American Veterans Memorial will open on Wednesday, Nov.11, at 4th St. and Independence Avenue, SW. A short virtual message marking the event will be posted on the National Museum of the American Indian’s website and YouTube channel. Previously scheduled events to mark the memorial’s completion have been postponed “due […]
“Backwards to the Past:” Arena Stage Reopens with Election Message
By Southwester Staff “Y’all got an election coming up! That’s way too important to ignore.” Floating between the expensive yachts that idle in the Washington Channel, and the high-rise apartments of the Wharf where a new generation of lawmakers are rumored to live, is a small unassuming stage. On that stage are emblems of American […]