African American Poets Celebrated at March Art & Spirit Coffeehouse

  caption: Josephus Nelson, one of the event’s featured readers The program for the Art & Spirit Coffeehouse at St. Augustine’s on Wednesday, March 12th, will feature readings from African American poets by black history and culture enthusiasts and long-time parishioners Thelma D. Jones and Josephus Nelson. “Select Readings of […]

Test Scores and Athletic Performance Continue to Improve at Amidon-Bowen

Students at Amidon-Bowen continue to demonstrate substantial gains in academics and athletics, and the results are translating into significantly higher projected enrollments for the school. The latest round of Paced Interim Assessment (PIA) test results are in, and Amidon-Bowen students’ scores show significant growth in every grade. In the beginning of the 2013-2014 […]

Other Events at Arena Stage

ALSO PLAYING AT ARENA STAGE WHAT: Six members of the inaugural Playwrights group will share excerpts from each of their plays and discuss their writing process. WHEN: March 6-9, 2014 Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 p.m.;  Sunday at 7:30 p.m. COST: Tickets are $10 INFORMATION arenastage.org/artistic-development/new-play-institute/playwrights-arena/. WHAT; Kogod Cradle Series […]

‘Camp David’ at Arena Stage

Everyone involved with Camp David is an award winner. The historic drama about the meeting of three Nobel Prize world leaders was written by a Pulitzer Prize winning author and stars Emmy and Tony Award winners. Pulitzer Prize winning author Lawrence Wright’s drama takes place over the 13 days at […]

New Coalition Launches To Educate About Toxins in Anacostia River

Seven leading environmental and business groups in the district have announced the formation of United for a Healthy Anacostia River, a new coalition that will work to educate key audiences about the toxins in the bottom sediments of the Anacostia River. The Anacostia River consistently ranks as one of the […]