Category: Washington D.C. News

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson recently released a strategic plan for the next five years for the District of Columbia’s public school system that aims to double the number of students who are college ready, increase reading levels and increase the number of students who graduate within four years among […]

Howard University shot up 14 spots in U.S. News and World Report’s latest rankings for best national universities. It is now ranked as the 110th best university in the United States. That puts it in a five-way tie with the University of Alabama, the University of the Pacific, the University of San Francisco and the […]

The 22nd Annual Harvest Day Health Fair is scheduled to be held at Paramount Baptist Church, 3924 4th, SE, on Sept. 16 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The event will include free food, drinks, games and prizes for the entire family. Free screenings for diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose levels will be offered […]

H Street Festival is scheduled to be held on Sept. 16. Various music performances, fashion shows, vendors, kids’ activities, community empowerment-based activities and more will be available between eleven blocks on H Street NE between 4th Street, NE to 14th Street, NE. The festival will run from noon to 7 p.m. H Street is free […]

The Family Day festival is scheduled to be held on Sept. 16 at President Lincoln’s Cottage, 3700 North Capitol Street, NW from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Free family-friendly activities will be available as well as a free kids run/walk. Family Day is collaborating with the Freedom 5k marathon on their 4th anniversary in commemoration […]

Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company, located at 641 D Street, NW, is scheduled to celebrate the 2017-2018 theatre season through a free community-friendly party on Sept. 16 from noon to 4 p.m. More than 20 of Washington’s theatre companies will be present to share upcoming productions. Food and refreshments will be served. There will also be […]

The Omicron Eta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity is scheduled to host the Fourth Annual Southwest Community Day on Sept. 16.  Then event will be open and free to the public at Lansburgh Park, located at 1098 Delaware Ave., SW. Community Day activities include health screening, educational resources, financial planning with the goal […]

As part of its 46th anniversary, Fiesta D.C. is scheduled to host its annual Fiesta D.C. parade and festival on Constitution Avenue, NW between 7th and 14th Street and on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW between 3rd and 7th Streets. The events that are scheduled for the anniversary are themed under the preservation and empowerment of the […]

The members of the Gethsemane Baptist Church, located at 5119 4th Street, NW, are scheduled to celebrate their 105th Homecoming Anniversary Services on Sept. 17 during the 7:45 a.m. service with Rev. Marlow Mitchell from Rising Sun Baptist Church in Northeast D.C. and the 11 a.m. service with Rev. William Bennett from Good Success Christian […]

HBCU graduates that reside in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area are slated to celebrate various achievements of their peers during the D.C. Metro HBCU Alumni Alliance’s first annual HBCU Alumni Alliance Soiree Sept. 8 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Northwest, D.C. The alliance, which was created in 2012, is a […]

Political and community leaders in the District of Columbia remembered the late Issac Fulwood Jr., a former chief of the city’s police department, as a man who approached his job professionally and loved his hometown and its people. Issac Fulwood Jr. served as the District’s police chief from 1989-1992. (Photo courtesy of MPD) Fulwood died […]

Nicholas Gentry said he knows all too well about the challenges of being a broke college student. Gentry, from Odessa, Texas, became a Howard Bison three years ago, and says he has become intimately familiar with ramen noodle recipes, 2-for-1 restaurant specials, and borrowing his roommates’ books to stay on budget. One thing Gentry will […]