Category: Washington D.C. News

Visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave., NW, on Jan. 7 from noon to 5 p.m. for Community Day. Community Day is free for participants. Residents can take the opportunity to explore the museum’s newly reinstalled collection and current exhibitions, including the Magnetic Fields exhibition. The Magnetic Fields expands […]

The Human Rights Campaign Greater Washington is scheduled to hold a Volunteer Open House on Jan. 10 at it headquarters located at 1640 Rhode Island Ave, N.W. Members of the organization’s Steering Committee will be on hand to discuss upcoming volunteer activities and leadership opportunities. Please RVSP at act.hrc.org.

The Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington is hosting the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Multifaith Program, titled “His Voice, His Teachings, His Love for Humanity,” on Jan. 7 from 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, located at 1313 New York Ave., NW. This free annual event unites the community to […]

The African American Women’s Resource Center is currently holding Kitchen Table Talks. Kitchen Table Talks are talks with women of color who participated in a movement, including the Civil Rights Movement, movements for Women rights or movements for the rights of the LGBT community. The concept of the Kitchen Table talks spans from a Black […]

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. (AP) — A woman was pulled from the Potomac River by boaters after witnesses say she jumped from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Woodrow Wilson Bridge. (Photo By Andrew Bossi, Creative Commons via Wikimedia Commons) Mark Brady, a spokesman for the fire and rescue department in Prince George’s County, Maryland, said on his […]

Join in the 19th annual All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam, a Millennium Stage tradition, with host/vibraphonist Chuck Redd, drummer Lenny Robinson, trumpeters Robert Redd and Tom Williams, bassist James King, and vocalist Delores King Williams on Dec. 25 at 6 p.m. The event is scheduled to be held at The Kennedy Center, 2700 F Street, […]

Celebrate Kwanzaa with a lively performance by Mevlin Deal African Heritage Drummers and Dancers on Dec. 27 at 11 a.m. at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place, SE.  Melvin Deal is the Founding Executive Artistic Director of the African Heritage Dancers and Drummers and has worked tirelessly in addressing issues of violence, delinquency and […]

Celebrate Kwanzaa with all-day arts and crafts at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place, SE on Dec. 28 at 10:30 a.m. The event is free with RSVP.

Even though overall crime is on the downswing in the Seventh District, which includes Ward 8, a community leader from Anacostia says trends mean nothing when you have to hold the hand of someone who just lost a loved one to violence. “I’m happy the trends look good, but we still have so much work […]

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue NE, will provide meals for hundreds of poor, homeless, elderly, and needy individuals living in the District of Columbia and surrounding areas on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, from 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. More than one thousand Christmas dinners are served each year in […]

On Dec. 25, sign up to work a two-hour shift or to deliver hot meals. All ages are welcome! Make it Happen: Make someone’s day! The Temple Rodef Shalom, 2100 Westmoreland Street, is scheduled to make and donate care kits for homeless living on the streets in the cold. Volunteers will sort and deliver clothing […]

As part of the Metropolitan AME Church’s mission to educate they masses, the church is currently holding Intersect DC—to help close the gap that exists between faith and questions. Each Wednesday at noon, the church, located at 1518 M Street NW, is making the word real and relevant through honest conversation, rooted in the teachings of the Bible […]