Southwest Resident Harlow Pease, shown here with Waterfront Village volunteer Norma Joiner, has kicked off the organization’s planned giving campaign with a $20,000 bequest. Bonnie Raitt immortalized this phrase in the title song from a movie of the same name over 20 years ago. But today there is one topic very few want to […]
Southwest Library Update
As you may know, the Southwest Neighborhood Library will undergo a complete demolition and rebuild over the next two years. The most commonly asked question I receive as the President of the Friends of the SW Library is, “when is the library closing?” Unfortunately, a specific date is unavailable right now. We were initially told […]
Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund teams up with Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
At the Smith Center, Scarlett Small, Corinne Bombowsky, Arnette Ibitayo, Ma Diakite, Carole O’Toole, Thelma D. Jones, Seneca Jones, Fatima Djalo, Kiersten Gallagher, Anthia Peters For the first time, the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, located at 1632 U St., NW, hosted a meeting of the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) […]
ARTECHOUSE’s New Show is Out of this World
ARTECHOUSE’s latest show, “Fractal Worlds,” is like something you have never seen before. ARTECHOUSE is an innovative art space that connects the arts with the limitless possibilities of technology, science and creativity. There is more than meets the eye in mathematics and infinite geometry patterns. In this solo exhibit, Dutch visual artist Julius Horsthuis uses […]
Enjoy “The Barber of Seville” at Nats Park
“The Barber of Seville” is coming to Nationals Park. Opera in the Outfield®, now in its 11th year, continues the partnership of the Washington National Opera and the Washington Nationals for this annual event, occurring at Nationals Park at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29. The opera will be shown on the high-definition NatsHD scoreboard. […]
Pediatric Dental Van Comes to Southwest
“It’s been in the works and driven by the Nationals and MLB,” says Councilmember Charles Allen. “What’s that?” you ask? It’s the new pediatric dental van that you will soon see driving around the neighborhood. The Washington Nationals, the Nationals’ Dream Foundation, and Major League Baseball partnered together to fund the vehicle, which was then […]
June Meeting of the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund Support Group
Photo caption: Reverend Dr. Beryl E. Dennis Photo caption: Mandi Pratt-Chapman Photo caption: Left to right, standing: Jacque Perry, Sylvia Jackson, Thelma D. Jones, Angela Henderson, and Anthia Peters; Seated, center: Sheri Denksohn-Trott Photo caption: Thelma D. Jones showing off her Nationals apparel. Photo caption: Thelma D. Jones presenting a gift to Mandi Pratt-Chapman. Photo caption: William “Bill” Kaemmer […]