Washington Spirit Set to Open Season at Audi Field

y Melissa Silverman  The Washington Spirit, DC’s professional women’s soccer team, will open another season of home matches at Audi Field in Buzzard Point on Saturday, March 23 against expansion club Bay FC.  Last season, the Spirit hosted nearly 120,000 fans across 11 regular season home matches. As they launch […]

Ward 6 Mutual Aid Marks Fourth Anniversary

By Katrina Avila  Celebrating its fourth anniversary on March 15, Ward 6 Mutual Aid (W6MA) emerged in 2020 to address community needs. Founded in 2009, Serve Your City (SYC) pivoted in 2020 to become W6MA’s lead partner. Together with almost 100 community partner organizations, SYC/W6MA has worked diligently to address […]

25 Years of Small Grants, Big Projects for Friends of Southwest DC

Nataniel Pickett Foundation Health Fair at the Southwest Market. Courtesy of the Author  By Regina Harrison, Board Member, Friends of Southwest DC For 25 years, Friends of Southwest DC (FOSW) has awarded small grants to support neighborhood nonprofit organizations and residents in Southwest. In 2023, FOSW celebrated a quarter century […]

Harbour Square Designated Historic Landmark

On February 28, the DC Historic Preservation Review Board voted unanimously to approve Harbour Square’s application for historic designation.  The application was submitted by the owners of Harbour Square, and prepared by architectural historian Peter Sefton. As an historic landmark, Harbour Square takes its place in the District of Columbia […]

St. Dominic Church to offer Mental Health First Aid Courses

Mental health disorders affect everyone. In any given year, approximately 58 million (nearly one-in-four) Americans will experience a mental health disorder. One in 17 adults lives with schizophrenia, severe depression or bipolar disorder, and one in 10 children suffers from a serious mental or emotional disorder. To address this serious […]

Smithsonian Celebrates National Cherry Blossom Festival

With the city in bloom for the National Cherry Blossom Festival (March 20–April 14), the Freer and Sackler Galleries are hosting activities celebrating Japanese arts and design. On the weekend of April 5-7, the Galleries will open with Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer’s Japanese Illustrated Books. The exhibit will show how Edo-period artists […]