Barracks Row is getting its own yoga studio – Be Here Now Yoga. The studio, opening Feb. 15 in the former “The Family Room” space (411 8th St. S.E.), will offer meditation and yoga classes, as well as wellness and healing services for the whole family. The space is large enough for two studios, which […]
So you’re not celebrating Valentine’s Day this year. It could be because, like the better part of DC, you’re single and loathe the seasonal reminder of said single status. Or perhaps it’s because you’re not single, but your boyfriend refuses to be controlled by a commercial-driven, money-making agenda when he’s perfectly capable of remembering to show […]
I have written multiple times about schools on Capitol Hill, but there’s an important one that I have thus far missed. It’s an important piece of a tour I will be giving in April, as part of their Emancipation Day celebration. The first public school in the District of Columbia opened in 1806, next to the […]
A familiar scene of the greater Capitol Hill neighborhood may soon be no more. As first reported by JDLand, the Navy is indicating plans to scrap the ex-USS Barry. The Commanding Officer of Naval Support Activity Washington, Capt. Monte Ulmer sent a letter to interested stakeholders in which he noted Barry’s “hull is in poor condition and […]
All this week, Kojo Nnamdi is broadcasting from the Folger Theater. In partnership with Roll Call, WAMU’s Metro Connection, and the Folger Shakespeare Library, Kojo is covering the political Capitol Hill as well as our neighborhood. As described by the website, For a full week we’ll be broadcasting from the Folger, where one entrance faces Congress, […]