by Ken Sands Forest Hills is a beautiful, walkable neighborhood. During the pandemic, it’s been ideal for socially distant walking. More people also adopted pets as walking companions, so you’re […]
A century ago, the neighborhood playground was… the neighborhood
In 2019, we published a series of recollections by Fred Rhodes (1913-2001), a federal worker whose long and varied resumé included the Manhattan Project and the Nixon administration. But a century […]
Murch and Wilson student reporters have been hard at work for the past year, and we get to read the results
The Murch and Wilson students who work on their school newspapers have left us with some great summer reading material. You can read the final 2020-2021 print edition of The […]
Murch and Eaton kids went to college for a couple of years. Now, their swing space at UDC is being dismantled.
For four of the past five years, UDC has shared one corner of its campus with a bunch of grade school kids. The university is getting that space back now. […]
These Boy Scouts have tamed a wild patch of invasive plants at Broad Branch Stream
by John Burwell There’s a wild patch by the Broad Branch Stream along Nevada Avenue between Nebraska Avenue and 36th Street. And a few Boy Scouts have done a lot […]
Levine Music just pulled off a pandemic-safe production of “Les Miz.” And its in-person camps are back this summer.
For the past several months, Levine Music (2801 Upton Street) has made its mostly virtual lessons and classes work in extraordinary ways. Take, for example, the Levine Music Theatre production […]
CityDance summer programs return in-person in DC, Maryland and for online dancers anywhere (Sponsored)
This post is sponsored by CityDance. Beginning this month, CityDance School & Conservatory is holding its first in-person summer programs since 2019 at sites including Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland and […]
ANC 3F forms schools and universities committee to be an educator, student and parent ally
by Mark Moran Issues faced by the neighborhood’s public and private schools – as well as UDC and Howard University’s law school – are the focus of a newly formed […]
School updates: What people are saying about changing Woodrow Wilson High School’s name – to August Wilson High School
For those who haven’t heard yet: DC Public Schools has announced its proposal to name Woodrow Wilson High School after playwright August Wilson, who wrote award-winning plays about the Black […]
Meet Your Neighbors: She cast her first vote in DC, then knocked on doors in Georgia
Lucía Driessen, a 19-year-old who grew up in Forest Hills, voted for the first time in the 2020 election. And then she traveled to Georgia with her father Karl to […]