Southwest DC is “the place to be.” We continue to spotlight the dedicated staff of the SWBID who are focused on making Southwest DC a clean, safe, vibrant community to live, work and visit. Delante Chloe joined SWBID 3 years ago as an environmental ambassador and quickly elevated through the […]
Breast Cancer Support Group Builds Awareness, Honors Local Advocate
The first 2019 meeting of the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) Support Group, ”An Evening with Renowned Journalist Andrea Roane,” took place Jan. 16 at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in SW. Approximately 30 guests, almost all of whom were breast cancer survivors, braved the low temperature and icy […]
Greenleaf Community Honors Local Scholars
Jan. 1 was not only the first day of the year, but it was also the day the Greenleaf Gardens Resident Council Executive Board celebrated our postsecondary students with the Scholar Appreciation Event. The event was held at the Greenleaf Gardens Resident Council Program Center to honor the students of […]
Building Rhythm Together at Westminster
On Jan. 18, Westminster DC at 4th and I St., SW entered its 20th year of providing an affordable, community-based showcase for the best in DC jazz every Friday. In honor of this historic milestone in the church’s community service, the weekly, 11 a.m. Sunday worship will feature jazz, blues and other […]
SW Youth Experience Educational Games Expo
Three students from the Computers for Kids program of the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s Youth Activities Task Force (YATF) attended the ED Games Expo 2019, held on Jan. 8 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This allowed 125 developers of educational games to showcase their programs, with […]
Catch the 007 Aston Martin at the new Spy Museum
A sneak peak of the International Spy Museum soon to open at L’Enfant Plaza this spring gives a few clues to what might be lurking inside. Under covering is the most beautiful silver car that is none other than an Aston Martin DB5 that first appeared in the 1964 James […]
“Everything in Existence” is Exciting and Existential
Everything in Existence is an adventure from the known world into unknown possibilities. The exciting new show at ARTECHOUSE, until March 10, is the first North American solo exhibition for the internationally-acclaimed Italian artist studio fuse*. The 10-year retrospective features four installations by artists Mattia Carretti and Luca Camellini, who created these works with […]