Category: Washington D.C. News

The Montgomery Art Association is scheduled to hold the 50th Annual Kensington Labor Day Parade and Festival on Sept. 4. The Parade kicks-off at 10 a.m. (Festival 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) and will travel down Connecticut Avenue from St. Paul Park toward the Town Hall, 3710 Mitchell Street. The parade will feature local marching […]

The National Book Festival is scheduled on Sept. 2, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt Vernon Pl, NW. Washington, D.C. More than 100 award-winning authors, illustrators and poets will talk about and sign their books.

The Lake Anne Jazz and Blues Festival is scheduled to be held on Sept. 2 from 1 p.m.-8 p.m. at 1609 Washington Plaza. The event is free and family-friendly. The event will showcase a variety of talented local emerging artists and national jazz performers.

The Labor Day Concert at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 3. The concert is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. on the West Front of the United States Capitol. The National Symphony Orchestra will play. The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

On Sept. 3, Open Door Temple Church, located at 1916 Benning Rd. NE, will host a 2017 Back to School Musical. This event will feature music and fellowship, along with free backpacks for elementary and middle school students. Youth should bring their school ID to receive a backpack. Sept. 3, Open Door Temple Church, located […]

Some Washingtonians and Howard University students are somewhat confused by University President Wayne A.I. Frederick’s naming former FBI head James Comey as the 2017-2018 Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy.   “There is no bigger person who is in opposition to Donald Trump – the sitting President — than Comey, […]

Bishop William J. Barber, II will preach from the Howard University Rankin Chapel pulpit this Sunday. Bishop Barber is pastor at Greenleaf Christian Church, Disciples of Christ in Goldsboro, NC. To get you ready for this Sunday, the Office of the Dean has produced a preview video of Bishop Barber (https://youtu.be/SUlJNOFOhLw).  Rev. William J. Barber, […]

The Juris Prudence Kids Mock Trial Academy is scheduled to facilitate 25 youth (who live in Ward 7), between the ages of 8-12, through an interactive mock trial/legal introductory process on Aug. 26 from noon-3 p.m. at the Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library, 3660 Alabama Ave., SE. To register for the free event, visit eventbrite.com. 

More than 100 local ministers and community leaders heard National Action Network President Al Sharpton ask them to take up the mantle of “moral leadership” by participating in the Thousand Minister March on Washington Aug.28 at the Martin Luther King Memorial. The Rev. Al Sharpton is recruiting area-pastors to stand for justice and march. (Courtesy […]

In the wake of a White supremacist allegedly killing a young woman for challenging the KKK and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Va., students are speaking out to demand justice. Howard University students, alumni and staff chartered a bus to Charlottesville, Va. on Aug. 19 to remember the life Heather Heyer, who was killed Aug. 12 as she protested against racist groups marching […]

The District of Columbia public school year began on Aug. 21 with what seemed to be good news. However, test scores still show that Black students are still significantly behind their White counterparts. The results of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) taken by District students earlier this year shows […]

Several education marketing groups, including the Education Market Association, have found that roughly 99.5 percent of all public-school teachers and administrators use their own money to prepare their classrooms each year – when both state funding and parental contributions fall short. At an estimated cost per teacher of more than $400 per year, an increased […]