Opera In the Outfield Returns to Nats Park with Classic Tale of Love and Tragedy

Soprano Jacqueline Echols (center, right) plays Musetta; bass Peter Rose (center, left) plays Alcindoro. Courtesy of Washington National Opera By Sheila Wickouski La Boheme, the treasure in the opera repertoire, will be screened in the  Washington National Opera  (WNO) production for the  #OperaInTheOutfield  broadcast at Nationals Park on Saturday, September […]

Southwest Chamber Players Offer 193rd Classical Concert

Mayrong Tsong. Courtesy of Mayron Tsong By Southwester Staff  The Southwest Chamber Players will offer their 193rd concert on Friday, August 25 at 7:00 p.m. in St.Augustine’s Episcopal Church at Maine Avenue and Sixth Street SW.  The program, called Haydn’ Nothin, will feature a solo rendition of Joseph Haydn’s Piano […]

Young Readers Book Review: Black Was The Ink

By Paula Young Shelton This historical fiction young adult novel takes the reader on an adventure through time and America’s political history. Centered on a young African American teen from Washington, DC, Black Was The Ink leads Malcolm on an exploration of himself, his family, and the forgotten history of […]

Arena Stage’s Cambodian Rock Band Layers Humor, Heart on Dark History

Joe Ngo, Abraham Kim, Brooke Ishibashi, Jane Lui and Tim Liu in Cambodian Rock Band. Courtesy of Margot Schulman By Southwester Staff A rollicking rock musical about a genocide might seem like a contradiction in terms, but over its two-and-a-half hour run time, Arena Stage’s Cambodian Rock Band reveals itself to […]

Waterfront Village Combats Loneliness by Connecting Local Seniors

By Southwester Staff  Waterfront Village is among the local organizations taking actions to directly respond to the public health advisory issued by the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on May 2, 2023, according to Len Bechtel, executive director of Waterfront Village. “The surgeon general has identified loneliness as a public […]