By Melissa Silverman The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival brings visitors from around the world to Southwest DC’s Tidal Basin, providing local residents with opportunities to enjoy world-class activities and events amid the surge in tourist traffic and busy sidewalks. This year’s festival will run through April 13, with peak […]
SWNA Black History Month Celebration Will Focus on Urban Renewal
By Thelma D. Jones and Carolyn Swope Join the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s (SWNA) Subcommittee on Black History in celebration of Black History Month on Monday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. The annual event will be held at Arena Stage and this year’s focus is on urban renewal and its legacy in the […]
TDJBCF Kick-Off Support Group Meeting on Advocacy Featuring Journalist Andrea Roane
By Amber Stewart The Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) kicked off 2025 with a support group meeting via Zoom and Facebook centered on themes of advocacy and hope in the new year. Special guests for the kick-off included Deanna Darlington of Links2Equity, Andrea Roane, an award-winning journalist and […]
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 […]
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, […]
Community Meeting on Home Rule and Local Legislation Coming Up on January 27
By Southwester Staff The Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA) will hold its first 2025 community meeting on Monday, January 27 at 7:00 PM at Arena Stage. Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen has accepted an invitation and will be part of a panel discussion on DC Home Rule and his legislation “Strengthening […]
Hirshhorn Opens Educational Art School for All Ages
By Southwester Staff As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum opened the Hirshhorn Art School, a first-of-its-kind art education experience, on October 30. Visitors are invited to “think like an artist’ in the new hub, which combines elements of a professional artist’s studio, museum galleries and […]