SWNA Black History Month Celebration Will Focus on Urban Renewal

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 […]

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 […]