By Southwester Staff The Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Youth Activities Task Force (YATF) held its third car wash on Saturday, June 4 in the parking lot of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Plans for a fourth, timed for YATF’s 40th anniversary this fall, are already in the works, according to YATF Chair Thelma D. Jones. The June car […]
Spy Museum Hosts Pop-Up Exhibit on Daring Colombian Operation
By Southwester Staff The International Spy Museum on L’Enfant Plaza has opened a new pop-up exhibit telling the story of Operación Jaque, a deception operation planned and executed by Colombian forces in 2008. Artifacts on loan from the Embassy of Colombia in the United States can be viewed at the exhibit, where visitors will learn […]
Young Readers: The Family That Reads Together
By Kitty Felde When I was growing up, I often heard the phrase from Fr. Patrick Peyton, “The family that prays together stays together.” At the National Council of Teachers of English conference, I was reminded of that mantra when I heard about Family Book Clubs. Family Book Clubs are similar to a grownup book […]
Career-Spanning Exhibit Showcases Sam Gilliam in the Round
By Southwester Staff In the 60 years since Sam Gilliam moved to Washington from Tupelo, Mississippi, his large, color-stained manipulated unstretched canvases, in the tradition of the Washington Color School artists, have been featured in major museums all over the world. Now at the Hirshhorn Museum, the retrospective exhibit Sam Giliam: Full Circle is a […]
Summer in Full Swing for Serve Your City/ Ward 6 Mutual Aid
By Regina Mazur Keeping our community safe has been a long-standing priority of Serve Your City/ Ward 6 Mutual Aid (SYC/W6MA). For more than two years, the Southwest community has been coming together, providing invaluable support to each other with food, cleaning supplies, household items, and clothing. They have been putting a continuous effort into […]
Southwest Resident Irv Gamza Passes Away After Life of Service
By Southwester Staff Longtime Southwest resident Irv Gamza died on June 9, 2022 at the age of 97. Born in Pinsk, Poland, Gamza emigrated with his family to the United States in 1929. After growing up in New York City and attending City College of New York, Gamza served honorably in the U.S. Army Air […]
Join Us for An Evening with Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
By Thelma D. Jones and Lisa Simms Booth Are you interested in learning more about the power of cancer programs, patient navigation and the impact of connection on healing? If so, join the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) as they welcome “An Evening with Smith Center for Healing and the Arts” on Wednesday, […]