By Southwester Staff Arena Stage announced the company’s 74th season, which will include two original musicals, an acclaimed play with music, a comedy, a new addition to the Power Play series and the return of Step Afrika!. More information is available at arenastage.org/23-24. 2023/24 SEASON Cambodian Rock Band July 18 […]
Spring Food Drive Set to Stock the Shelves
By Regina Mazur For more than three years, the mission of Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid (SYC/W6MA) has remained the same: providing Black and Brown youth and families with resources that others in DC may already have. Due to the tireless efforts of Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid, […]
Young Readers: Reading for a Five Star Review
By Kitty Felde The warm-up assignment for my writing group was simple: write a book review for a novel that doesn’t exist. We all immediately put pen to paper, creating really awful reviews for even more awful books. We all rely on reviews. Not just book reviews to help us […]
Where Are They Now: Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Scholarship Winner Kenneth Tinsley
By Vyllorya Evans, Co-Chair, Southwest Neighborhood Assembly and Wilma Goldstein, member Education and Youth Task Force At the Modern on M Apartments in Southwest DC, we recently had the chance to catch up with Kenneth Tinsley, a previous winner of the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA) Education and Youth Task Force […]
Opinion from Southwest DC Action: Neighbors Step Up Struggle for Community Voice in Fourth and M Streets Development Plan
by Susan Axleroad Southwest residents, spearheaded by Southwest DC Action, are stepping up efforts to ensure there is a strong community influence in deciding the fate of the lots at 4th and M Streets SW, aligned with DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s visit to the Southwest Neighborhood Association’s monthly meeting at […]
National Museum of Asian Art to Host Centennial Celebration May 1-13
By Southwester Staff During next month’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the National Museum of Asian Art will host a two-week festival to mark its centennial anniversary. Events will include headline musical performances by Korean pop (K-Pop) star Eric Nam and internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Raveena on May 13. The performances […]
Monitoring DC Watersheds: Buzzard Point and The Wharf Among Healthiest Sites on Anacostia River
By Maya Sterett, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, DC Projects Associate and Petra Baldwin, Anacostia Riverkeeper, Project Coordinator The summer of 2022 marked the fourth year of the DC Citizen Science Water Quality Monitoring program, funded by our partners at the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) and led by […]