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 […]
Spy Museum Hosts Exhibit on Daring Female Spy
By Southwester Staff The International Spy Museum, located at 700 L’Enfant Plaza SW, launched a new exhibit to tell the story of Virginia Hall, who left Baltimore to join the French Army as an ambulance driver during World War II. Over the course of the war, she led reconnaissance, sabotage, […]
Celebrating Black History in Southwest
by Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D. Join the DC Black History Celebration Committee (DCBHCC) for the 35th Annual BlackHistory Program in partnership with the African American Civil War Museum and WestminsterPresbyterian Church to kickoff Black History month. This event will take place on Saturday,February 1, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian […]
Arena Stage Hosts Free Preview of Local Performing Arts Summer Camps
By Southwester Staff This month, over a dozen DC-area performing arts summer camps will gather at Arena Stage for a free public fair, where future campers can meet camp representatives and sample offerings for the upcoming summer camp season. The fair provides families of elementary, middle, and high school students […]