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Randall Rec Center Youth Activities

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Southwest Chamber Players to Perform Verdi’s “Macbeth”

The Southwest Chamber Players will be performing Verdi’s “Macbeth” tonight 7:30pm at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church. Their 171st concert will feature Jose Sacin and...

Join The #Litterati Mob! Help Clean Up SW!

The concept is simple: Help Southwest by following and adding to #Litterati on Instagram and Twitter. Let’s clean up Southwest!

7th Street Landing Back Starting June 6th

7th Street Landing at 7th and Water streets comes back to life this month with free programming each Thursday through Saturday. On Thursday evenings...

Remembering Jackie Robinson

Last month the Washington Nationals, in conjunction with DC Public Schools, Warner Brothers, and the Regal Gallery Theater, treated nearly 400 high school students...

Reading Is Fundamental Returns Home

On Friday May 10th, after 46 years, Reading is Fundamental (RIF) returned home to where it was founded in 1966 by Margaret McNamara: Amidon-Bowen...

Zev Feder: One of SW’s Finest

IN MEMORIUM On a crisp spring evening in May, we joined Zev and Renee Feder at their cozy Southwest DC townhouse to profile a...

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Update on SW Library Playground

The CBCC’s Southwest Playground Project is pleased at to announce that the construction documents for the playground at 3rd and I Streets, SW, are...

From Humble Roots, a Principal Finds her Place in Southwest

No obvious path brought Izabela Miller from her childhood in the small town of Boleslawiec, Poland, to her current position as Principal of Amidon-Bowen...