Photo credit: Dreaming Out Loud fellow Molly McFarland While strolling through the Southwest Farmer’s Market on a Saturday morning, you can often smell the distinct fragrance of coffee pan-roasting at the Sun World Sun Market stall. There, customers steal quiet moments together over a plate of Ethiopian food and traditionally […]
Photo caption: Fifth grade authors with Amidon-Bowen Principal Tamikka Sykes. My name is Aanisah Myers. I am a fifth grader at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School. Getting back to school was exciting. I am mostly excited about meeting our new principal, Ms. Sykes, also advancing in math and reading! Math is my […]
Fellow Southwest residents, May I please present a modest proposal for a historical marker here in the District, which I think would help our residents remember a forgotten bit of our history and would cost very little? For several years I have studied the history of Buzzard Point and in […]
Photo by Perry Klein. This summer, the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Youth Activities Task Force (SWNA YATF) conducted a Computer Training Program for Kids at the James Creek Resident Council computer center from July 26 to Aug. 11. The nearly four-week training program provided basic computer training that included hardware, software, […]
Mandarin Oriental, located at 1330 Maryland Ave SW, announced it selected Amidon-Bowen Elementary School as the beneficiary of the hotel’s annual FANtastic March, a 5K fundraiser. On Saturday, Oct. 29 at 9 a.m., hotel colleagues and guests will lace up for the Sixth Annual FANtastic March. The race begins at the hotel’s […]
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, located at 3rd and M Streets SW, broke ground at the site of its future church in Southwest DC on Sunday, Sept. 11. The previous church building, on the same lot, was demolished in 2008. The church hosted a ceremony and invited community members to attend […]
Photo credit: Scott Suchman The ninth M&M’S® Opera in the Outfield presentation broadcast live from the Kennedy Center Opera House in high definition on the NatsHD scoreboard will take place on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Nationals Park. Gates will open at 5 p.m. This year’s treat is Mozart’s The Marriage […]
