Last month the Washington Nationals, in conjunction with DC Public Schools, Warner Brothers, and the Regal Gallery Theater, treated nearly 400 high school students from 14 DC schools to a special showing of the film “42,” which highlights the impact of Jackie Robinson’s legacy on American history. Following the screening, […]
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 Elementary School. Amidon’s Principal Izabela Miller welcomed RIF President and CEO Carol Rasco, RIF Board of Director Margaret McNamara-Pastor, DC Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, as […]
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 long-time community leader and friend of many. Zev is a humble but frank Southwest resident who many Southwesters may have never met, but those who have […]
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 complete and will be placed to bid by DPR in early June. Since the February ANC6D meeting that approved our final design and proposed concept for the […]
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 Elementary School. She grew up during a time of great political upheaval in the years before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the middle of three […]
St. Augustine’s Art & Spirit’s Coffeehouse Presents Arena Stage’s Voices of Now Actors
One of the most popular Art & Spirit Coffeehouse programs returns Wednesday, June 5 with two original one-act plays by the popular Voices of Now, an Arena Stage program for young actors from the Mentor and Jefferson Middle School ensembles. Many of the student actors are southwest residents. The Coffeehouse […]