Name? Craig Harrington Where did you move from? The Shaw neighborhood of DC When did you move here? May 2014 What is your first impression of Southwest? I like how Southwest feels much more like a suburb than a city, but it is still only a few minutes from downtown, […]
A Bittersweet Farewell to the Water Street Garden
It was a lovely but bittersweet morning on June 1 when over 30 gardeners, residents, and parishioners from St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church gathered to bid farewell to the Water Street Garden, a Southwest landmark located on the west side of the church at 6th and Water Street SW. The garden’s […]
A New Path Forward
Occasionally opportunities come along. The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities’ largest public art project is coming to Southwest in a big way. In addition to an installation at Arena Stage, the grassy, or mostly grassy, lawn between CVS and Christ United Methodist Church will see an explosion of […]
Arena Stage Announces National Call For Monologue Submissions
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced a national call for monologue submissions inspired by the world-premiere theatrical event Our War, a commission of 25 American playwrights as part of The National Civil War Project. Monologues should address or react to the American Civil War and how it reverberates […]