Category: Washington D.C. News

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 […]

Residents of the historic Barry Farm Public Housing development filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) Aug. 29 in U.S. District Court. The suit alleges the private developers under contract with the Housing Authority have significantly reduced space allotments in redevelopment plans that would effectively displace the complex’s mostly Black tenants. […]

One of the District of Columbia’s storied high schools will be upgraded after waiting several years for other institutions to go through the process. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), D.C. Council members Robert White (D-At Large) and Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) joined D.C. Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson, community leaders, alumni and students at the groundbreaking […]

As Blacks are trying to pave a way for themselves in the medical cannabis industry, women of color are standing out as significant players in the budding business. “The industry is inundated with White men who profit from the very business that turned Black men into police targets for decades,” Tattiana Aqeel, a manager at […]

As part of its 115th anniversary, New Bethel Baptist Church will be holding its “New Bethel: Extending Grace and Glory” celebration from Sept. 7-Sept. 16. The celebration will include sermon by the Rev. Terry Streeter, pastor at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church at noon and the Rev. Matthew Watley, executive minister at Reid Temple D.C. at […]