The Common Good City Farm on V Street NW is preparing for its annual Halloween, Thanksgiving and winter holiday fests amidst its ongoing work to improve food access for locals.
The Friendship Heights Alliance is working with the local artist behind the studio Milk Tree to attract more people to Wisconsin Avenue NW.
The Greater Brookland Intergenerational Village kicked off its fall season with a neighborhood fundraiser to support the group’s goal of better social and educational opportunities accessible for the neighborhood’s senior community. The group...
1310 Kitchen & Bar is cooking up comfort food to help Georgetown businesses amid a corporate retail boom.
Cleveland Park Library is seeing big demand for a puzzle program that helps people socialize. And it’s changing how residents see libraries.
Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express passengers traveling through a major connection hub at Union Station in D.C. face cancellations and delays due to a track upgrade in the First Street tunnel. Travelers say Amtrak...
Crews will start relining hundreds of sewer pipelines across Del Ray East this fall, a yearlong project that will bring water shutoffs, lane closures, and parking restrictions to neighborhoods east of Commonwealth...
Cybersecurity experts, policy advocates and community members testify on the potential dangers of AI-driven license plate readers and the lack of effective guardrails.
Educating and defending black history isn’t always a protest; it can happen at a comedy show, too."Drunk Black History," a podcast that explores black history and culture through humor, came to D.C. this past month.
The Rubell Museum opens two new exhibits this month: a solo exhibition of collages by Thomas Houseago and a second that features work by 17 different artists entitled Friends, Lovers and Me: Recent Acquisitions. Both...
The Bridge District will soon begin construction for the first major hotel east of the Anacostia River. Ward 8 community leaders urge the developers, Redbrick LMD, to share community benefits in writing.
D.C. residents can now visit an Egyptian modern and contemporary art exhibition. And it’s one of the first of its kind in the U.S.
Alpha School, an AI-powered private school, is opening a new location in Bethesda, offering a starting salary of $100,000 for its “guide” position that mentors students rather than directly teaches them. Despite the...
As Takoma Park prepares to elect its next mayor, a redevelopment proposal brings an age-old community issue back into the main conversation.
Residents near the site want the developers of the proposed Friendship Commons to stick with an agreement reached as part of a 1998 sector plan for the site.
12th Street Thift is set to open on a commercial strip that has seen many vacancies recently.
The Elephant Free School, a nonprofit focused on political education and youth programming, will open at the Lincoln Temple United Church on Oct. 10.
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