Category: Washington D.C. News

A memorial service was held Dec. 5 at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U Street NW, D.C., for Reginald “Polo” Burwell, 42, long-time leader of TCB, a go-go band, who passed away on Nov. 26 at Saint Thomas More Medical Complex, a nursing and rehabilitation center in Hyattsville. The band wrote under a picture on Instagram, […]

Combating that time of year classified by U.S. Government officials as one of the deadliest times on America’s roadways due to an increase in drunk driving, the Washington Regional Alcohol program, a local nonprofit, recently announced that free cab rides will be offered to would-be drunk drivers throughout the D.C. area during the winter holidays. […]

The Alpha Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity will host their annual holiday party on Dec. 7 at the B. Spot lounge in S.W. D.C. For more information: Holidayalphasigmapbs1914-eorg.eventbrite.com.

The National Black MBA Association, the National Sales Network and the National Association of Black Accountants will host the D.C. Black Professionals Holiday Soiree at the Oxon Hill Manor Mansion on Dec. 14. For more information: Eventbrite.com. 

Learn about the symbols and stories of Kwanzaa and the history of the African-American celebration with professional storyteller Queen Nur. This event, which will be held at the Publick Playhouse in Landover, will feature stories, dance, singing and more. For more information: Pgparks.com.

Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, whose first term has been marked by tremendous success in improving the city even as an investigation into possible wrongdoing in his 2010 campaign has persisted, ended months of speculation Dec. 2 when he announced that he is running for reelection. Gray, 71, who collected nominating petitions required to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The D.C. Council voted unanimously Dec. 3 to increase the District of Columbia’s minimum wage to $11.50 an hour, one of the nation’s highest. The vote by the 13-member council follows a national trend in which localities and states are addressing the minimum wage in the wake of federal inaction. Last month, […]

Members of the D.C. Council Dec. 3 moved a bill to give voting rights to undocumented residents, putting it among a few jurisdictions across the country to consider giving a political voice to people who are not legal citizens. The measure was proposed by Council members David Grosso, Muriel Bowser, Jim Graham and Tommy Wells, […]

Andy Shallal, 59, owner of the Busboys and Poets restaurants in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, is among the almost dozen people vying running for mayor of Washington, D.C. Instead of announcing his bid at one of his four restaurants, where a coffee house atmosphere has been the backdrop for fundraisers for radical causes for years, […]

Two days before his film debut , Luke James, an R&B singer and songwriter who is part of the cast of Black Nativity, visited the Duke Ellington School of Arts just north of Georgetown in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 25 to talk to students who are about to stage their own production of the play. […]

The D.C. State Board of Election has a new student representative following the Oct. 23 swearing-in of Friendship Collegiate Academy senior Daniel Spruill. Spruill, 17, of Southeast Washington, D.C., said he was ecstatic about his inclusion on the board and was eager to contribute his thoughts on improving education in D.C. While student representatives are […]

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and the Commission on Black Men and Boys, led by former D.C. Police Chief Isaac Fulwood, listened to harrowing stories about childhood bullying Nov. 20. For Christian Phillips-Gilbert, 15, now a sophomore at Eastern High School, bullying began in middle school and is just now subsiding. “They would call me […]