(photo caption: Michael Nilo with Jonathan Hadary after the show.) (photo caption: Lyricist Sheldon Harnick speaking after the show.) (photo caption: The Fichandler Stage) If you have not been to Arena Stage, you should go. I have lived within a stone’s throw of the theater for a year now, often walking by […]
Bruce Levine Chosen as New President of SWNA
At a special meeting of the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Board held on Nov. 22, Bruce A. Levine was unanimously elected SWNA President to fill the vacancy of Kael Anderson, who had announced that he was stepping down. Levine will serve until the next election and annual meeting of SWNA, which will […]
C100 Challenges Approval of CSX Twin Tunnels in Federal Court
(photo caption: From left to right: Natalie Skidmore, DCSafeRail, Meredith Fascett, newly-elected ANC Commissioner for ANC 6D07, Maureen Cohen Harrington, C100 member and Virginia Avenue resident, Monte Edwards, C100 Vice President, and Les Alderman, C100 attorney.) The Committee of 100 on the Federal City (C100) is filing suit to challenge […]
Amidon-Bowen Family Fun Day
(photo caption: Artist-in-Residence Sculpture.) (photo caption: Family Fun Day participants on a school tour.) (photo caption: Lucy Rojansky, Amidon-Bowen Principal Miller, PTA member Bruce DarConte, and ANC 2B Commissioner Stephanie Maltz at Family Fun Day.) On Nov. 1, Amidon-Bowen held a Family Fun Day and Open House. Activities included soccer […]
Photos of the Demolition of St. Augustine’s
These photos were taken during the first two days of demolition at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church on Oct. 30 and 31. Photos by Perry Klein (photo caption: Front view of the demolition.) (photo caption: Removing the side wall.) (photo caption: Demolition of the front of the church.) (photo caption: Recovering […]
Thinking about Jazz Celebrates Clifford Brown
The short, but amazingly prolific life of jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown will be celebrated at Westminster Church’s bi-monthly Thinking About Jazz (TAJ) series in Southwest DC on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 from 1-3:00 PM. Dr. Nick Catalano, professor of Literature and Music at Pace University, will speak about his book on Brown, […]
Yes, We’re Open
As I was handing out flyers to neighbors to visit the Randall Community Center for an event, I was astonished at how many adults did not know where the community center was located (on I Street). Longtime residents said to me, “Randall School, that’s closed,” or “Oh, you mean the […]