By Southwester Staff This year’s U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) “Season’s Greenings” holiday display will be on view from Thursday, November 24, 2022, through Monday, January 2, 2023, and closed on December 25. On the lawn in the gated outdoor gardens, model trains will circulate through agricultural displays made from plant […]
Free Christmas Trees Available for Neighborhood Families
By Southwester Staff This year, St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church will continue its longstanding community tradition of sharing the holiday spirit with Southwest and Navy Yard residents who need a tree for their family’s Christmas. St. Matthew’s will provide 100 high-quality 5’-6’ Fraser Fir trees – one per household – to […]
Annual Holiday Toys for Tots Drive Touches Hundreds of Southwest Families
By Paul Taylor For the 12th consecutive year, the Southwest Comm-Unity Annual Christmas Toys for Tots was another huge success. Held on Saturday, December 12, 2021 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Toys for Tots event was a bit different from previous years to practice proper COVID protocols. Parents and children […]
SW Children Enjoy a Day of Skating
As Christmas came closer and children’s patience became thinner, Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s Youth Activities Task Force (YATF) volunteers Macellus Watson and Andre Wilkinson helped the children ease their impatience for Christmas with a day of ice skating. Kamari, Musa, Harroon, Usuf, Bennie, and Kaylin all enjoyed the slippery ice at the […]
St. Matthew’s Says ‘Thank You’ with Free Christmas Trees for Southwest
Over the past six years, St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church has sold Christmas trees at cost to the Southwest community from its property at 222 M St. SW. This year they are doing something new. There will be a Christmas tree giveaway on Saturday, Dec. 13. The Rev. Phillip C. Huber, pastor […]
St. Dominic Christmas Bazaar
Welcome to the St. Dominic Christmas Bazaar and gift sale, to be held at 630 E St SW from November 16-19, 2013. The Bazaar will feature crafts and suitable Christmas gifts. Beside crafts made by members of the parish, we will have china, ousehold items, framed pictures, jewelry (costume and sterling), silver plate […]