Category: Washington D.C. News

The Mayor’s Office on African Affairs (MOAA) and the Congressional African Staff Association (CASA) held a panel discussion on Sept. 9 in the U.S. Capitol’s Visitor Center. The forum, “Diaspora in Dialogue: Demographics, Public Policy and ConneXions,” allowed an open discussion about the experiences of native-born Africans living in the nation’s capital. Mamadou Samba is […]

Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier raised the ire of the city’s judicial executives during a press conference on Sept. 7 when they stood in agreement that the city’s criminal justice system was failing. While the initial sentiment came in the heated rush to locate a repeat offender believed to be responsible […]

The District of Columbia administration, led by a host committee, announced the events that will celebrate the grand opening of the nation’s first national African-American museum. The Cadillac of Rock and Roll pioneer Chuck Berry is one of the exhibits featured in the new Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture. The museum is […]

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating an officer-involved shooting that left one Maryland man dead after he crashed his motorcycle into a police car on Sept.11. Around 4:30 a.m., Terrence Sterling, who resided in Fort Washington, Md., was seen driving erratically near the 1700 block of U Street NW by a police […]

WASHINGTON – On a recent hot Friday morning, Uprising Muffin Company, the new Black-owned coffee shop on 7th Street next to the Shaw Howard Metro stop, is humming.  The store, structured on the Starbucks model but with muffins at its core, is doing a brisk business as Shaw residents wander in with laptops and commuters from the […]

WASHINGTON, DC-TriceEdney) A “Celebration of Life” for Byron “BJ” Jackson will be held at Reid Temple AME, 11400 Glenn Dale Blvd., Glenn Dale MD., on Wednesday, September 14, 2016. The viewing will take place from 9 AM – 11 AM, and the home going service will begin at 11 AM to conclude at 1 PM.  […]

Street Organized Noize will be hosting a community drumming session on Sept. 16 at the Archives Metro Station, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, from 4:30 p.m.to 7:30 p.m. The event is free of charge and is open to all ages. Musicians should bring their drums, instruments and voices. For more information about the event, visit streetorganizednoize.com.

Chinese Disco will be hosting a free comedy show Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. at 3251 Prospect Street NW. Drink specials will include $5 Budlights and $5 wines. The event is open to ages 18 and up, but performers must be at least 21 years old. The winner will receive a free drink and $25. […]

1930s musical group Dardanella is scheduled to host The Great Gatsby Party on the Lawn on  Sept. 17 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave NW. General admission tickets are $55, and Gatsby fans under 14 years old may attend free of charge. Take a flash to the […]

The fourth annual Spreading Smiles event, comprised of offices in Vienna, Fairfax, Arlington, and The Plains, Va. will include local dentists providing services to local residents in need of free dental care on Sept. 17 at 2553 Chain Bridge Road. Doors are scheduled to open at 7:30 a.m. and the event will go all day, […]

WASHINGTON — Smokey’s Barbershop & Oldies and its owner, Smokey, have been fixtures on H Street for more than 50 years, though business these days, despite the boom for others, is not like it once was. Smokey will be putting down his clippers Saturday.   But don’t shed a tear for him, because he’s actually quitting […]

Sept. 15, 2001 The District of Columbia looked like a ghost town by early afternoon on Sept. 11, after the White House and other federal buildings were evacuated minutes after a passenger plane plowed into the Pentagon, less than an hour after two plans crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. “This was […]