Blind Whino: Southwest’s Newest Art Hub

The visual overhaul of the old Friendship Baptist Church on the corner of Delaware Ave and H St SW has Southwest residents excited. A group of artists assembled by Ian Callendar of SuiteNation and Shane Pomajambo, Executive Director of Art Whino, renovated the church in March 2013. Named Blind Whino, […]

July Community Meeting: Be Careful What You Wish For

During July’s community meeting keynote speaker Marc Weiss explained how a series of community development projects that the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly undertook lead to not only a revitalized Southwest, but also a revitalized city.   He reviewed how in 1998, the Assembly gained control of the eminently historic Syphax School.  Then in a […]