By Southwester Staff A reinstallation of the Rubell Museum DC’s inaugural exhibition, What’s Going On that is now on view includes a dozen newly presented artworks. The updates to the initial version of the exhibition includes new paintings, sculptures and mixed media works by leading contemporary artists. Newly installed artworks include: What’s Going On is […]
Arena Stage Hosts Tenth Power Play, Playwright Kenneth Lin’s “Primal Scream” as an Asian American in Hollywood
Kenneth Lin. Courtesy of Arena Stage By Sheila Wickouski Exclusion, a new play by acclaimed theater and TV writer Kenneth Lin, is set to open May 5 at the Kreeger Theater at Arena Stage. Exclusion is the story of an award-winning historian who is thrilled when her best-selling book about the Chinese Exclusion Act of […]
Southwest Community Comes Together for Successful Spring Food Drive
Volunteers supported Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid (SYC/W6MA) and Christ United Methodist Church 5000 Food Ministry’s Spring Food Drive. Courtesy of Karen McManus By Regina Mazur The community response to Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid (SYC/W6MA) and Christ United Methodist Church 5000 Food Ministry’s Spring Food Drive was nothing short of heartwarming, demonstrating the […]
Young Readers: A Place for Everything
By Kitty Felde Writer Jenny Colgan loves books and loves reading. Books can change your life, she says, “always for the better.” In her novel The Bookshop on the Corner, she makes a massive list of her favorite places to read: The Bath. “Paperbacks are ideal,” she says, though she admits using her nose to […]
SW Strong! Seeks Volunteers for July Fourth Parade
By SW Strong! The Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s Emergency Preparedness Task Force, commonly known as SW Strong! Seeks volunteers to join the annual July Fourth parade in the Palisades neighborhood of Northwest DC. To join, please contact Task Force Co-Chair Ben Curran at (202) 294-7043 or Benimon@hotmail.com. SW Strong! was established in 2011 to promote individual, […]
Remembering the Pearl: Past, Present, and Future
On April 15 and 16, more than 250 people convened at Westminster Church to commemorate 175 years since the Pearl Escape. Courtesy of R.A. Dean by Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D. Commemorating 175 years since the Pearl Escape of 1848 has come to institutionalize the significance of this historic incident as a Washington DC, American, and global […]
Southwest BID Is A Good Neighbor to Local Seniors
The Southwest BID Food Distribution Team. Courtesy of Beth Hall. By Beth Hall For the last eight months, the Southwest Business Improvement District (SW BID) had been assisting theSouthwest Chapter of AARP at their monthly meetings at River Park. The BID staff arrives early onmeeting days and sets up chairs and tables, decorates the room […]