From smelly to sparkling: A $2.7 billion cleanup of Anacostia, Potomac rivers

For more than 100 years, rain has washed the flotsam and jetsam of generations through the District’s sewers and into the Anacostia: tin cups and animal...

#FortheCulture: KWANZAA IN AUGUST (KIA) FESTIVAL | Friday, August 3- Sunday, August 5, 2018

Liberated Muse Arts Group brings you one #FortheCulture Friday, August 3- Sunday, August 5, 2018 KWANZAA IN AUGUST (KIA) FESTIVAL an arts & empowerment festival  celebrating African-American culture FREE...

KWANZAA IN AUGUST (KIA) FESTIVAL | Friday, August 3 – Sunday, August 5

Liberated Muse Arts Group brings you one #FortheCulture Friday, August 3- Sunday, August 5, 2018 KWANZAA IN AUGUST (KIA) FESTIVAL an arts & empowerment festival  celebrating African-American culture FREE...

Anacostia’s Goodman League games

“Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia” Reopens at Anacostia Community Museum in Celebration of All-Star Game

The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum will reopen its popular exhibition, “Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia,” to celebrate this year’s All-Star Game...

The Alexander Crummell School, a historic landmark of significance to Black DC, is in immediate risk.

The Alexander Crummell School, a historic landmark of significance to Black DC, is in immediate risk.  At the request of Mayor Bowser, the DC Council is...

Musical ‘East Of The River’ Examines A Gentrifying Anacostia

Nothing says “gentrification” quite like the opening of a Whole Foods. That’s the message, at least, of a new musical about the idea that a location...

New Musical Tackles Gentrification In The Historic Anacostia Community

Through the Anacostia Musical Theatre Lab, interviews with residents of Anacostia were conducted to highlight the vital stories of this neighborhood in transition. The Lab aims to...

D.C. Site Pitched For Amazon HQ2 Facing Activist Appeal

A planned five-building development east of the Anacostia River on Poplar Point has been eyed for government agencies and is under consideration for Amazon HQ2, but now...

Crumell for Community | June 30 12pm – 5pm

Empower DC is a citywide membership based organization committed to racial, economic and environmental justice. Join as a member and help Empower DC Organize Community Power!

12th Annual East of the River Exhibition A 3Dimensional Expression of Art

[Washington, DC] An elite consortium of creative talent, has been selected for a presentation of 3Dimensional work. The 12th Annual East of the River Exhibition exemplifies...

Say Their Names: The Walter Pierce Park Cemeteries Commemoration

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