By Thelma D. Jones and Carolyn Swope Join the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s (SWNA) Subcommittee on Black History in celebration of Black History Month on Monday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. The annual event will be held at Arena Stage and this year’s focus is on urban renewal and its legacy in the […]
TDJBCF Kick-Off Support Group Meeting on Advocacy Featuring Journalist Andrea Roane
By Amber Stewart The Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) kicked off 2025 with a support group meeting via Zoom and Facebook centered on themes of advocacy and hope in the new year. Special guests for the kick-off included Deanna Darlington of Links2Equity, Andrea Roane, an award-winning journalist and […]
Theater Alliance Opens Season in New Southwest Home
By Sheila Wickouski Professional theater company Theater Alliance recently opened its first Southwest-based season in a transformed performance space on the ground level of The Westerly on 340 Maple Drive SW. The company’s season-opening show is a run of Covenant, billed as “Southern Gothic meets the blues,” which comes to […]
Sounds of Southwest
By Fredo Vasquez A selection of concerts coming to Southwest’s music venues. Molchat Doma (Punk) – After selling out the 9:30 Club twice in 2023, this Belorussian bands returns to DC to promote their fourth album Belaya Pelosa. Compared to The Cure and Joy Division, Molchat Doma’s synth, drum machines, […]
Ahead of Second Trump Inauguration, Progressive Community Group Plans Path Forward
by Mandy Katz “What Next?” was the theme of a community meeting sponsored by Indivisible Waterfront at the Southwest Branch Library on January 11. The event brought together longtime and new political activists disappointed in the outcome of November’s elections and pondering how—for some, even if—the grassroots can organize effectively […]
Our New Year’s Resolution: A #PlasticFree Anacostia
By Petra BaldwinWater Quality Coordinator, Anacostia Riverkeeper Have you set personal goals for yourself in 2025? We have another: invest in your local watershed. There are many complex issues on a national and global scale that seem impossible to solve, but we can all do something by starting right in […]
Young Readers: Old Favorites
By Kitty Felde There was nothing wrong with spending most of December watching your favorite Christmas movie over and over again. There’s nothing wrong with ordering your favorite dish at a restaurant or returning to your favorite spot for vacation year after year.And there’s nothing wrong with re-reading your favorite […]