Arena Stage has announced its new season, starting with Kathleen Turner in The Year of Magical Thinking (Oct. 7 to Nov. 20), The Little Foxes (Sept. 23 to Oct. 30), Carousel (Oct. 28 to Dec. 24), and Moby Dick (Nov. 18 to Dec. 24). Productions for 2017 include Roe, Watch […]
Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story Comes to Arena Stage
Bebe Winans might well be tempted to break out in a song, “Look out Broadway ’cause here we come. … Arena is bringing you a show that’s true!” (with a nod to The Temptations’ Look out Baby). Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story is a memoir in music of […]
Southwest as Backdrop to Spanish Summer Camp
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The campers at Waterfront Academy are learning and practicing their Spanish at summer Spanish camp with Southwest as the backdrop to it all. Each week has a theme and new vocabulary for each theme. The vocabulary is then practiced as the children explore the Southwest neighborhood sites that are relevant […]
New STEM Teacher at Amidon-Bowen
Jamie Ewing is a National Board certified teacher who has been recognized nationally and internationally for the way he inspires learning. Jamie is the 2015 Henry Ford Innovative Teacher of the Year, 2014 MOHAI Teacher of the Year, and the 2013 National Academy of Arts and Science in Education Innovative […]
Southwest’s Komen Toastmasters Elects New Officers
Komen Toastmasters—Southwest’s friendly neighborhood toastmasters’ club—elected new officers for the 2016/17 toastmasters year, which runs from July 1 2016 to June 30 2017. Distinguished Toastmaster Vann-Di Galloway is serving as club president. Mr. Galloway has served in various leadership roles both in Toastmasters District 27, which covers Southeast and Southwest […]
17 Southwest Students Awarded College Scholarships
Photo caption: Benjamin Sands holding the original saxophone sponsored by his SWNA scholarship. Photo caption: Scholarship alumni (L to R): Kirstin Jones, Jamal Jones, Mary Early, and Rhonda Hamilton. Photo caption: 2016 scholarship recipients (front row L to R): Nicolas Moses, Alysha Berry, Haili Blassingame, and Kiana Livingston. (Back row […]
What’s in a Name: A Series on Shakespeare, SEU, and Southwest, Part 4
Author’s note: This is part four of a series on the redevelopment of the old Southeastern University site in Southwest. These articles will serve to provide information for the greater community, and not to take a side on the development debate. This series, started in Sept. 2015, continues to focus on the […]