News across Greater Washington

Name the Teen Center!
We are looking for a name for the new Hyattsville Teen Center at 5812 40th Avenue! The Center provides a safe, welcoming space for Hyattsville’s youth to connect, explore their interests, discover new passions, and build valuable skills.

Student leaders, organizations slam Turning Point movie screening as Islamophobic
In the hours and days before Turning Point USA at GW screened “Run Hide Fight: Infidels,” a film produced by right-wing media company The Daily Wire generally reviewed as expressing anti-Muslim sentiments and spreading hateful rhetoric, student organization leaders took to…
ACM Celebrates 59 Years Of Community Stories
This September, the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum (ACM) turned 59. The museum opened its doors in 1967, and it has spent nearly six decades preserving and celebrating the stories of communities across the greater Washington, DC, region.

Mosaic’s Somewhere Over the Border Is Joyful
“No draft! No war! US out of El Salvador!” chanted DC activist and musician Luci Murphy, while teaching crowds to sing in the 1980s.

About Museums for All
Museums for All encourages Americans to visit museums and build lifelong museum habits. Visitors presenting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards receive admission ranging from free to $5 at more than 1,600 participating museums.

Home Rule Music Festival
Oct. 3, noon to 9 p.m. Alethia Tanner Park, 227 Harry Thomas Way NE. Free admission. homerulemusicfestival.com.

202Creates Holds 10th Anniversary at National Geographic
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment (OCTFME) are celebrating the 10th anniversary of 202Creates Month at the second annual 202Creates Con, held — […]

Marking 20 Years, Lombardi Women Honors Entrepreneur and Breast Cancer Survivor Jessica Miller, Oct. 1
Lombardi Women, a philanthropic community that supports breast cancer research at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, has named Jessica Miller, a commercial real estate leader, entrepreneur, breast cancer survivor […]

RepHERsent Builds a Fitness Community for Women at Howard
The student-led workout club pairs exercise with encouragement, education and friendship. The post RepHERsent Builds a Fitness Community for Women at Howard first appeared on The Hilltop .

Howard’s Connection to the Pan-African Fabric Showcase
Howard’s Fatima Mncube-Barnes, Ed.D., brings South African heritage to a runway where nine designers interpreted one shared fabric. The post Howard’s Connection to the Pan-African Fabric Showcase first appeared on The Hilltop .

How to limit the rat numbers? Train the humans
D.C.'s Rat Rangers take anyone who is interested on night time safaris through some of the Capitol's filthiest back alleys to learn the way of the rats, and to be better humans.

How to limit the rat numbers? Train the humans
D.C.'s Rat Rangers take anyone who is interested on night time safaris through some of the Capitol's filthiest back alleys to learn the way of the rats, and to be better humans.