History on the airwaves: Do you remember what aired on 90.1 FM before C-SPAN Radio? It was the University of the District of Columbia’s very own radio station, a.k.a. WDCU. Between 1979 and 1997, students hosted well-regarded jazz and talk programs. An NPR reporter visited UDC with a radio producer who is on a quest […]

Michelle Obama was here: The former first lady’s book launch a year ago sold out Capital One Arena, so her November 18th appearance at a slightly smaller venue was bound to draw a crowd. Obama celebrated the first anniversary of Becoming with a book signing event at Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut Avenue). She drew […]

Rock Creek. The Anacostia. The Potomac. If you had to guess which of these waterways is least likely to be safe for swimmers on a given day (if swimming in DC were legal, that is), which would you choose? If you said Rock Creek, you’d be right. Recent articles in DCist and The Washington Post […]

by Forest Hills Connection Alice Rivlin, 1931-2019: The headline of her Washington Post obituary refers to her as a “budget maestro.” And indeed, Alice Rivlin was the first director of the Congressional Budget Office. She had been the vice chair of the Federal Reserve and President Clinton’s budget director. She headed the DC Financial Control […]

The government shutdown tops our latest roundup of neighbor and neighborhood news mentions. They’re too numerous to list here, but most lists of shutdown-related closures in the District include Peirce Mill and the Rock Creek Park Nature Center and Planetarium. They are both National Park Service properties. Deer management road closures: Presumably, the Park Service’s […]