29Rooms festival engages and inspires with interactive works and social media
Whether it’s a social scene to get to know a stranger, or a space for internal reflection, 29Rooms: Expand Your Reality offers just the right backdrop. This inspired, eclectic and culturally conscious festival — featuring interactive…
Press Release: Norton Thanks Schumer for Recommending Almo Carter for U.S. Parole Commission
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
October 21, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for recommending, at…
District Links: DC slow to roll out anti-overdose initiative; 51% of Md. rez support DC statehood;…
Happy Monday. The DC Council is getting reviews about the city's police body camera program today five years after its implementation.
Washingtonian: Jeff Bezos Surprised High School Students in DC Monday. Most Didn’t Know Who He Was.
The Amazon mogul made an unannounced appearance at Dunbar High School.
Washington Business Journal: With Nats in World Series, D.C. bars and restaurants hope to capitalize
The Washington Nationals might not be favored to win the World Series, but some D.C. bars and restaurants are pulling for a financial victory nonetheless.
DCist: ‘Hate-Filled’ Graffiti Discovered At Washington Hebrew Congregation
Anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered at a prominent temple in McLean Gardens late last week, prompting a police investigation.
Curbed: Chinatown’s Friendship Archway will be renovated by next October
The city has awarded a roughly $425,000 contract for the project
Bisnow: GSA To Buy Department Of Transportation Headquarters For $760M
A massive Southeast D.C. building that houses over 5,000 public sector employees could soon come under federal government ownership.
WTOP: DC statehood finds support from majority of Marylanders
A majority of Marylanders support D.C. statehood, according to a new poll.
Press Release: Councilmember Vincent C. Gray’s Statement on Recent Conditions at Saint Elizabeths…
News Release — Ward 7 DC Council member Vincent Gray
October 19, 2019
Contact: Takiyah “T.N.” Tate
Washington D.C. – Patients and staff at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, the District’s public psychiatric hospital, remain…
City Paper: She Had a Stillborn Baby. She Faults An Ambulance Delay.
“If the ambulance came on time, I don’t think I would be going through this.”
Curbed: Eckington slice of Metropolitan Branch Trail to reopen this week
After about two and a half months of detours around the construction site for a new park in Eckington, the stretch of the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) between Randolph Place NE and Q Street NE is set to reopen this week. The busy…
Washingtonian: An Indian Restaurant Devoted to Butter Chicken Opens in Downtown DC Today
Bombay Street Food restauranteur Asad Sheikh debuts Butter Chicken Company.
Washington Business Journal: Unizo trying to sell its D.C. office portfolio before the year ends
Unizo Holdings Co. Ltd., the Japanese real estate investor that went on a buying spree of high-profile D.C. office properties just a few years ago, now wants to sell what appears to be all of them.
WAMU: ‘It’s About Human Nature’: What Science Tells Us About Being A Bandwagon Nats Fan
We’ve all done it. We’ve jumped on the bandwagon because something became popular.
WTOP: DDOT to hold public Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge plan meetings
The District Department of Transportation will hold two public meetings about the status of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge project.
Washington Post: ER outreach for opioid users works in many cities. In D.C., it’s off to a slow…
Late last year, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced a new program to combat an epidemic of fatal opioid overdoses burning through the nation’s capital.
Washington Post: Marylanders narrowly favor D.C. statehood, unlike Americans overall, according to…
More Maryland residents favor than oppose statehood for the District, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds, in contrast with national surveys showing that most Americans are against making the city the 51st state.
WTOP: Nationals’ Gerardo Parra brings ‘Baby Shark’ energy to pediatric cancer patients
With the Washington Nationals knocking off the St. Louis Cardinals last week for the National League title, there was some free time for outfielder and pinch-hitter Gerardo Parra to visit baseball fans at Children’s National Hospital in…
Northwest Courier: Is Washington, D.C. An Accessible City?
Not all disabilities are alike. Some are more visible than others, but disabilities don’t necessarily require a wheelchair.