By Max Grossman Serve Your City (SYC)/Ward 6 Mutual Aid (W6MA) is working with Black and Brown grassroots organizations to help keep our communities safe. The Southwest Pod of SYC/W6MA is partnering with Christ United Methodist Church to serve our neighbors with food and supplies during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Southwest Pod would like […]
Air and Space Museum to Close for Renovations
By Southwester Staff The National Air and Space Museum’s flagship building on the National Mall will temporarily close to the public March 28, 2022 until fall 2022 to complete work on the first new galleries in the west wing of the building. The museum has been undergoing a major renovation since late 2018. The museum […]
Southwest Nonprofit Receives $500,000 to Address Racial Equity
By Southwester Staff The PNC Foundation has committed $500,000 in grants to GOODProjects, an organization working to help families in Southwest DC live fulfilling lives free from poverty and violence while promoting health and wellness. The grants will support GOODProjects’ work to promote social justice, expand financial education and workforce development initiatives and enhance small […]
Meet the Team Behind the Southwest DC Community Center: Rachel Locke
By the SWDCCC Community Engagement and Communications Committee The Southwest DC Community Center (SWDCCC) that is planned to open in our neighborhood in the next few years will serve as a vibrant, central hub for the Southwest and Capitol Riverfront communities that provides an inclusive space for a wide range of services and activities that […]
National Museum of Asian Art Reopens with Textile Exhibit
By Sheila Wickouski The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art reopened on December 18 with a special exhibition, Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha. While the artistic traditions of the Safavid empire extended through architecture, poetry, and philosophy, this exhibition focuses on how textiles served as powerful intermediaries for […]
Faith Community: Kadampa Meditation Center Welcomes Neighbors of All Faiths
By Georgine Wallace This will be the first of a series of articles on the Faith Community in Southwest. We’ll introduce you to new faces as well as check in on faith leaders who have served our community for years. The Kadampa Meditation Center is a Temple of Modern Buddhism that studies in the New […]
Arena Stage Premiere Shines Light on Unseen History
By Sheila Wickouski On January 21, Arena Stage will host the world premiere of Change Agent, a fictional take on the historic events of the 1960’s that still shape our world today. Tony Award-nominated playwright and director Craig Lucas, known for An American in Paris and The Light in the Piazza, imagines how unsung influencers […]