Category: Washington D.C. News

The Washington Interdependence Council recently honored iconic jazz musician Lou Donaldson with its Benjamin Banneker Lifetime Achievement Award at its second annual Benjamin Banneker Jazz & Poetry Fest on Nov. 26. The pre-Thanksgiving celebration was held at George Washington University in the Jack Morton Auditorium and featured performances from a list of jazz and spoken […]

The Human Impacts Institute will host “Human Impacts D.C. at the Goethe-Institute on Dec. 5. The event will explore the nation’s current political climate and address change in the U.S. and beyond. For more information: Humanimpactsinstitute.org

The Washington D.C. Alumnae Foundation of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will host their annual Breakfast, Fashion Show and Live Auction Dec. 7 at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The event will also include special musical performances. For more information: Wdcaf.org

The 2014 Miss DC USA and Miss DC USA Teen pageant finals will be held on Dec. 1 at the Renaissance Hotel. During the pageant, military members will also be recognized for their valiant service. For more information: 202-744-6022 or go to the website: www.missdistrictofcolumbiausa.com

The 28th Annual Olender Foundation Awards will be held on Dec. 7 at the Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Spearheaded by attorney Jack Olender, the awards ceremony spotlights local and national organizations that serve the public. For information: 202-879-7777

Hands Helping Healing Hands, a local nonprofit, will host its Red Diamond Holiday Gala Dec. 13 at the Greenbelt Marriott Hotel in Greenbelt, Md. The Gala will include a 3-course dinner, keynote speaker, a cash bar and dancing. Funds raised will benefit the Haiti Project to Build Homes for Haitian families. For more information: www.handshelpinghh.org/fund-raising

WASHINGTON (AP) — Crews are installing two large artifacts inside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture while it’s still under construction on the National Mall. Museum officials on Sunday were overseeing the installation of a segregated Southern Railway train car made by the Pullman Company in 1922. The passenger car was […]

On most nights, local leaders go home to hot dinners and warm beds. But on the night of Nov. 21, as the temperature dipped into the low 40s, local political and business leaders traded in their creature comforts to raise awareness and funds for homeless children at Covenant House D.C. in Northeast Washington. Bundled into […]

After closing three years ago, Zanzibar, the nightclub, has reopened in Northwest Washington. The new incarnation of the club is located at 1901 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. It is billing itself as the go-to for “mature professionals.”

WASHINGTON — The Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL) Board of Directors is proud to announce the selection of George H. Lambert, Jr. as the new President and CEO, effective January 1, 2014. Lambert comes to GWUL with 15 years of experience as an Urban League CEO. Most recently, he served as the CEO of the […]

Negro League Legends Hall of fame (NLLHOF) hosted a Black and White benefit for the Reading About Our Communities (R.A.C.H.) Historical Educational Outreach Program, Nov 8, 2013 at the Blue Dolphin Lounge and Restaurant, Olney, MD. Special guests included Leroy “Shotgun” Sandifer who played for the Negro League Sandlot Washington Black Sox Team and Ginger […]

After being fed spiritually with songs, prayers, praises and the morning sermon in the main sanctuary, the congregational members of Metropolitan AME Church in Northwest, Washington, DC, were then fed physically in the Douglas Fellowship Hall at the Annual Men Who Cook on Sun/Nov 3, 2013. Each year, the men of the church show-off their […]