WAMU: What Questions Does D.C.’s New Cultural Plan Leave Unanswered? Local Artists Respond
Since D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office released the city’s first-ever Cultural Plan last week, artists and arts leaders have been poring over the 224-page document to see how the city plans to support them and their work.
DCist: Union Drinkery On Georgia Ave. Is Closing This Month
Union Drinkery, a neighborhood bar by A&D and SUNdeVICH owner Ali Bagheri, will close on April 27. A new wine shop and bar called Saint Vincent will take its place in the fall, according to the Washington City Paper.
District Links: City Paper investigates DC’s child welfare system; go-go back on at cellphone…
Happy Thursday. City Paper has a long-read cover story on DC’s child welfare system overseen by Child and Family Services Agency:
A revived Wammies music awards program tries to help DC musicians — with mixed results
The Wammies, a longtime Washington local music awards program last held in 2016, returned March 31 under new management from The MusicianShip organization. About 400 people filled much of the downstairs portion of the Lincoln Theatre for…
CityLab: Do Cultural Plans Really Help Cities Save Their Art and Music Scenes?
From D.C. to Dallas, cities are drafting documents to help protect their cultural resources from economic changes. But too often, these plans lack teeth.
WAMU: Kid-Sized ‘Traffic Parks’ Are D.C.’s New Playgrounds With A Purpose
The playground at Neval Thomas Elementary in Northeast D.C. looks like a lot of schools’. It has slides and monkey bars, but look at the asphalt around it, and you’ll see a new paint job that’s fun and functional.
Washington Post: Folger Shakespeare Library plans underground expansion
Home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, the Folger Shakespeare Library is planning an underground expansion to draw more visitors to its renowned holdings and spark interest in the playwright’s work.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘I’m a queer black woman in America, and I’m awesome’: These high school…
In black letters on a blue poster board, a question beckons from a wall at Duke Ellington School of the Arts: “Why is it hard for you to take responsibility for your mistakes?”
City Paper: To Escape Court Oversight, D.C.’s Child Welfare System Is Cutting Corners
The consequences for children and its employees have been devastating.
jonetta rose barras: Is education reform being misdirected?
The deterioration of DC’s education reform structure started initially during Mayor Vincent Gray’s administration. According to education advocates, he delegated far too many important decisions to his deputy mayor for education (DME),…
WAMU: Following Delay, Barry Farm Residents Continue To Pursue Updates On Development
Paulette Matthews, the Vice President of the Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association, regularly attends the D.C. Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meeting, asking for an update on Barry Farm, a public housing development in…
WTOP: DC mayor, Prince George’s Co. executive team up to fight dumping, other cross-border problems
The D.C. mayor and the Prince George’s County, Maryland, Executive have joined forces to fight a common problem in their jurisdictions: illegal dumping and assault against sex workers.
Bisnow: Capital City Plans 74-Unit Condo Project Near Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station
A new for-sale multifamily development is planned near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station, continuing the expansion of Northeast D.C.'s condo market.
Washington Business Journal: Exclusive: This D.C. startup helps retailers find short-term leases.…
A local startup that connects businesses with short-term retail space is now opening a space of its own — for those businesses to set up shop.
WTOP: Does DC area have room for 100K more housing units than currently planned?
The D.C. area has the room to handle housing for all the new jobs and workers expected to arrive over the next 26 years, according a Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments study.
Mayor Bowser Launches New Initiatives to Reduce Prostitution, Illegal Dumping Along Eastern Avenue
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April 10, 2019
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Mayor Bowser Launches New Initiatives to Reduce Prostitution, Illegal Dumping Along Eastern Avenue
Announces Working Group to Divert Sex Workers Toward…
Washingtonian: What To Expect From the New DC History Center at the Carnegie Library
After extensive renovations, the Historical Society of Washington (and Apple) will move in soon.
WAMU: In The D.C. Region, Some Residents Complain About Too Many Banks — While Others Have Few
For almost 100 years, the corner of Wisconsin and P streets in Georgetown was home to the legendary Neam’s Market. It’s where diplomats bought their caviar and President Eisenhower special-ordered lettuce from Indiana. But the market…
Washington Times: Go-go music dispute in D.C. resolved after intervention from mayor, T-Mobile CEO
A dispute over loud “go-go” music cranked for years from outside a cellphone store in D.C. was resolved Wednesday after attracting the attention of telecom mogul John Legere and Mayor Muriel Bowser.
DCist: This Sprawling Art Show Is Taking Over The Martha’s Table Building Before It’s Demolished
Three storefronts on the strip of 14th Street NW between V and W streets have sat empty since last summer. That’s when Martha’s Table, the charity organization that owned most of the space, which also included Martha’s Outfitters and…