Category: Washington D.C. News

Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance will host its seventh annual Sexual Freedom Summit from Aug. 4-7 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, 5000 Seminary Road. The event is where everything comes together in spectacular conversations about sexual rights. Onsite registration is available: one-day registration fee onsite is $120, weekend pass registration onsite is $185, and the […]

The grand opening of Galaxy 5000 Hair Extension Showroom, 1002 Florida, Ave, NE, is scheduled for Aug. 6. Throughout the day (11 a.m.-7 p.m.) there will be free food and drinks, a live hair demonstration, live entertainment, and a DJ. The shop will hold a fashion show at 4 p.m. The shop is giving 40 […]

Miss Black USA, the nation’s premier pageant for women of color, will commence in D.C. on Aug. 7 at the University of the District of Columbia Performing Arts Theatre, 4200 Connecticut Ave NW, from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. The pageant will feature more than 25 contestants from across the United States. With society’s uproar of #RaceRelations […]

Jarmal Harris. (Photo Credit: Don Harris/Courtesy of Facebook) The Jamal Harris Project will hold its 10th Annual fashion presentation on Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Blind Whino, 700 Delaware Ave. SW. The airline themed exhibition will take participants on a worldwide journey, featuring fashion influences from cultures in South America, Africa, Asia and […]

On Aug. 7 Light the Way Foundation, in partnership with Root Branch Productions, will host a Film Summer Camp, for youth with limited resources from 3 p.m.-5 p.m. During the camp, youth between the ages of 10 and 12 years old, will make a short film. Throughout the process, participants will have hands on experience […]

Washington, DC – During their 12th Anniversary & Awards Celebration the Foundation for Advancement for Music and Education (FAME) organization honored, M. Gasby Brown with the 2016 “Non-Profit Advocate” Award for her various volunteer efforts. M. Gasby Brown receives 2016 “Non-Profit Advocate” Award for her various volunteer efforts. (Photo Credit: Gwendolyn Flowers) Amongst a distinguished […]

With major construction on the Purple Line expansion of Washington D.C.’s Metro system scheduled to start late this year, the Maryland Transit Administration is facing criticism from one community along the 16-mile route. Rendering: Purple Line train, Riverdale Park Station, Maryland. (Maryland Transit Administration) According to The Washington Post, Prince George’s County, Md. residents are […]

Rapper Wale is “overjoyed” with the birth of his first child, a baby girl named Zyla Moon Oluwakemi. “What’s better than holding your fresh baby on ur chest and watching TV? Fatherhood is wavy,” the D.C.-area rapper wrote on Twitter. “I’m ridiculously proud of this creation.” According to TMZ, the arrival of baby Zyla caused […]

Metro’s nine-month maintenance surge will soon affect riders on the heavily traveled red line for the first time. Starting on August 1, trains will be sharing a single track in both directions between the Silver Spring and Takoma stations, disrupting the commute for thousands of Maryland residents. The single-tracking will last for one week. On […]

The District’s record heatwave, with temperatures lingering around the 100-degree mark, has spurred D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) to sign legislation requiring Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) to procure 50 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2032 for its customers in the city, and 5 percent of its electricity from solar cells. […]

The goal of traveling abroad to exotic locations and absorbing foreign cultures was not only attainable for twin sisters Janine and Jeanette Hewitt, but one they actively worked toward as tweens growing up in Washington, D.C.’s Ward 7. Now graduate students, the Hewitts have spent summers in distant locations for seven years, and despite the […]

Department of Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt along with other D.C. officials informed residents July 25 that special precautions were being put into place to protect all from the unusually hot climate conditions in the city. (Courtesy Photo) More than 500 residents and visitors to the District had to be treated for illnesses amid the […]