Enchant village. Courtesy of Enchant By Mike Goodman The world’s largest Christmas light maze and village, Enchant, is returning to DC for a fourth year, filling Nationals Park with millions of lights from November 24 through December 31. The holiday spectacular returns with an all-new maze adventure, Reindeer Games. Tickets are […]
Arena Stage Rings in Holidays with Step Afrika!
By Sheila Wickouski From December 9-18, Arena Stage will host a festive, family friendly production called Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show. Founded in 1994 by C. Brian Williams, Step Afrika! is the first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Step Afrika! blends percussive dance styles practiced […]
Annual Holiday Toys for Tots Drive Touches Hundreds of Southwest Families
By Paul Taylor For the 12th consecutive year, the Southwest Comm-Unity Annual Christmas Toys for Tots was another huge success. Held on Saturday, December 12, 2021 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Toys for Tots event was a bit different from previous years to practice proper COVID protocols. Parents and children […]
Christmas Tradition Continues
Photo caption: St. Matthew’s members and SW neighbors at the 2015 Christmas tree giveaway. Groundbreaking for the new church was in September. St. Matthews Lutheran Church will be giving away trees again this year. St. Matthews broke ground on their new building in October. Many of you have seen the large […]
Greenleaf Senior Residents Celebrate the Holidays
Photo caption: Ms. Belinda Belk (seated, center), president of Greenleaf Gardens senior apartments, surrounded by her residents. ‘Tis the season to celebrate holiday greetings with the residents of the Greenleaf Gardens senior apartments. The spirit of Christmas was in full swing as the residents, who were dressed in their most […]
Parade of Lighted Boats
Please enjoy these photos from the Dec. 6 Parade of Lighted Boats event, which took place along the Washington Channel. Photos courtesy of Perry Klein.
St. Matthew’s Finalizes Its Future
At the Christmas tree giveaway on Saturday, Dec. 13, we gave away all 135 trees and 10 wreaths. Kylie Leiker, one of the architects from Shalom Baranes Associates who helped design the new St. Matthew’s, was present to engage with the community, answer questions, and explain the design. There was a great spirit […]