Friday, June 24 PGAAMCC – 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center hosts #Solidaritrees with Omalara Williams McCallister, Black Lives Matter DC. This interactive community based art project is part of the Celebrating Black Arts and Culture series. For more details, click here. The PGAAMCC is located at […]
Sometimes the news is so incredibly sad and inexplicable that there is very little to say. Such is the case in the death of Stephanie Goodloe. Goodloe, who was a youth pastor at Mount Gilead Baptist Church, was described by her friends as a “God-fearing passionate woman with an infectious smile” left behind a daughter, Simaya, […]
Happy Thursday! No need to water your plants today! May your roof remain intact and your electricity robust! What’s shaking around the neighborhood? Tonight We Happy Few presents Chalk at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW). Inspired by the classic Brecht play, Chalk is a story about motherhood. A judge draws a chalk circle on the ground […]
Back in 2013, when Rena Goldman was living in the 1600 block of E Street NE, she had a great idea: Why not put together a Halloween-themed party for her neighbor kids? Luckily, she counted on the help of a fire dancer childhood friend with whom she’d reconnected here in DC and the help of […]
I recently finally read Gordon Brown’s book The Captain Who Burned His Ships, about Thomas Tingey and his building – and rebuilding – of the Washington Navy Yard. I learned a fair bit along the way, including new information about one of my favorite characters in Navy Yard – and Washington D.C. – history: Benjamin […]