By Smith Center for Healing and the Arts and the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund Smith Center for Healing and the Arts and the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) partnered for an evening of healing on Wednesday, July 19. The evening, hosted via Zoom and live streamed via […]
Annual Home Tour Opens Door to Southwest Real Estate
The historic Wheat Row Homes on 4th Street SW will be included on the sixth annual Homes of the Southwest Waterfront tour. Courtesy of Waterfront Village By Southwester Staff The sixth annual Homes of the Southwest Waterfront tour, hosted by Waterfront Village, will take place on Sunday, October 8 from 1:00 […]
Young Readers: Listen Up!
By Kitty Felde More and more of us are “reading” books with our ears these days. A survey by Edison Research finds that more than half of American adults say they’ve listened to at least one audiobook. And 56% of those same audiobook listeners say their children are also listening […]
Opera In the Outfield Returns to Nats Park with Classic Tale of Love and Tragedy
Soprano Jacqueline Echols (center, right) plays Musetta; bass Peter Rose (center, left) plays Alcindoro. Courtesy of Washington National Opera By Sheila Wickouski La Boheme, the treasure in the opera repertoire, will be screened in the Washington National Opera (WNO) production for the #OperaInTheOutfield broadcast at Nationals Park on Saturday, September […]
Ahead of New School Year, Community Delivers 2,000 Backpacks through Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid
By Katrina Avila The enduring mission of Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid (SYC/W6MA) remains unchanged: to provide resources to Black and Brown youth and families across DC that others may already possess. Whether it’s offering after-school enrichment and tutoring programs or vital support, SYC/W6MA has played a crucial role […]
Southwest Safeway Renovation Has Started
By Beth Hall The Safeway grocery store and pharmacy on 4th Street SW is scheduled for a major renovation, which is expected in late October. Initial steps have been taken, such as painting and setting up locked cases for protecting inventory. Other changes, such as the rearrangement of some of […]
Ben Curran Elected to SWNA Board of Directors
By Donna Purchase The Southwest Neighborhood Assembly is pleased to announce that Ben Curran has been elected to the Board of Directors. For the past few years, Curran has co-chaired the SWNA Environmental Task Force (SW Strong). Curran completed 34 years of work in the national and international emergency management […]