by Matthew Rabinowitz
“When I was a child, I heard lots of American music and American movies. This is America; everything’s so surprising. I couldn’t even imagine being here,” Tact Hirose, the leader of the Japanese band Kiwi and…

Mac is 2 years old and weighs roughly 60 pounds, but is built like a cement block! Mac is very sweet and loves to be around people.
He also loves to run in the park, but right now it…

A new weekly farmers market opened this summer in Cleveland Park — adding further to the already expansive array of markets that bring vendors and locally based produce into Northwest.
The new Cleveland Park market currently features 14 vendors, including Virginia-based…

Annunciation Catholic School
Over the years, the eighth-graders have been participating in a buddy system with the Pre-K 4s at Annunciation Catholic School. Eighth-grade students have Pre-Kers whom they watch and participate in activities with. While bonding with their buddies,…

By BENJAMIN KORN and ELLIDA PARKER
Wilson Beacon (Wilson High School Newspaper)
Former Wilson students at universities around the country benefit from the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG), which provides financial aid for D.C. residents at public colleges.
To Mykia Washington, the…

By the Humane Rescue Alliance
Peak is a very handsome, laid-back and mellow boy who is looking for his forever home. From a shelter in Birmingham, Ala., this Southern gentleman is 3 years old with deep brown eyes, a golden…

By: Eli Weissman, eighth-grader
Recently, seventh and eighth-grade students from Sheridan School went on their fall outdoor expeditions.
While some students drove four hours to Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania, others went to NRocks, an outdoor adventures center in West Virginia. While on these expeditions,…

Blessed Sacrament School
Every year, the fourth-graders of Blessed Sacrament School take a field trip to the Chesapeake Bay to learn hands-on about the bay and spend the day there. This year, our fourth-graders went to the bay in the…

Last week, we suggested holiday presents with D.C. connections. This week we’re doing the same — but with a focus on the offbeat. Wow friends and family with reclaimed, 100-year-old wood furniture, vintage art or a distinctly D.C. walking-tour…

By the Humane Rescue Alliance
Dulce is a 3-year-old girl who has made quite a journey to our nation’s capital. Originally from Puerto Rico, she came to the Humane Rescue Alliance through a transfer program with the Humane Society of…