By Kitty Felde I don’t like scary movies. Those flying monkeys from either movie version of “The Wizard of Oz” give me nightmares. But some kids LOVE scary movies. If that’s your reluctant reader, why not use scary stories to tempt them to pick up a book? An article published […]
Local Group Seeks to Bridge Partisan Divide, Build Community
By Southwester Staff With a grand vision of advancing the U.S. Constitution’s promise of forming a more perfect union, the national nonpartisan, nonprofit group +More Perfect Union seeks to bridge the deep and rancorous partisan divides in communities across the country. The epicenter of such divides might just be Washington, […]
Black Cowboy Exhibit Opens at Culture House
By Una Yarsky Culture House Gallery unveiled Black Cowboy: American Muscle by Brandon Hill on March 15, on view through April 26. The gallery, formerly known as the Blind Whino, is a non-profit offering exhibits from artists in the DC area and beyond. As a non-profit, Culture House artists manage […]
DC Power FC Plays First Home Game at Audi Field
By Joséphine Demos This past month, women’s soccer team DC Power FC played their first home game of 2025 at Audi Field. Power FC started play this past fall, in the USL Super League’s inaugural season. The league, which received division one sanctioning, is focused on creating more access and […]
Community Activist David Ehrlich Passes Away at Age of 87
By Southwester Staff David Ehrlich, (1937-2025) a Southwest Community activist perhaps best known as Director of the Southwest Chamber Players, passed away on Sunday, March 23. He moved to Southwest in 1979 where he met his wife, Barbara, and they bought a townhouse in 1985. He formed the Southwest Chamber […]
Remembering the Pearl Escape of 1848 at the Southwest Waterfront
by Marjorie Lightman, Ph.D. and Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D. The Pearl Escape Project celebrates the 177th anniversary of the Pearl Escape of 1848 on Tuesday, April 15th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event will take place at Westminster Church and the Southwest Waterfront at The Wharf. This annual […]
Federal Changes Continue to Impact Southwest Residents
By Southwester Staff After a frenetic lobbying effort to preserve DC’s ability to spend its own locally generated revenue, Southwest residents, particularly federal employees and contractors, continued to feel the impact of earth-shifting changes from the federal government. Hours before a possible government shutdown, the U.S. Senate passed stand-alone legislation […]