Foggy Bottom
NewsBy Eric Falquero / Olivia Aldridge / Jonas Schau / Alex Zielinski November 18, 2015
#CampWatergate Controversy Continues
The District of Columbia prohibits camping and any other form of “temporary abode.” On Friday, November 13 a long-standing camp of homeless men and women learned that this ordinance would soon be enforced. The story continues to develop…
NewsBy Eric Falquero November 15, 2015
City Prepares to Disband Virginia Avenue Camp of Homeless People
Blocks away from The George Washington University, 18 tents sit nestled in the shadow of the Watergate complex. Despite the…
ArtBy Angie Whitehurst October 22, 2015
Please Expand the Wonderful Market Vouchers
On Saturdays there is a farmer’s food market at 14th and Colorado Avenue, NW. On a recent Saturday, I visited…
ArtBy Chris Shaw September 24, 2015
Foggy Bottom, Part 3: My Virtual Front Yard, Archaeologically Speaking
An old French “wives’ tale” describes an expectant woman’s result from gazing upon a rabbit: The child had a hare…
ArtBy Ron Verquer March 19, 2015
Passerby: Dave
I have seen Dave many times at Miriam’s Kitchen. He told me once that he had an auto repair shop…
NewsBy Nkongho Beteck December 4, 2013
Street Sense Players Take to the Stage
Street Sense vendors shared songs and monologues expressing the challenges of trusting others and facing homelessness at a November 13…
NewsBy Jenny Gudmundsen November 6, 2013
Staging Hope: a Creative Escape
September 5, 2013 It’s as if someone turned on the stereo in the middle of an office meeting. The playwriting…
NewsBy Ashley Trick October 23, 2013
Miriam’s Kitchen: 30 Years of Nurturing
Miriam’s Kitchen got its start in 1983, serving simple breakfasts of eggs, grits, toast and coffee to a handful of…
NewsBy Ramanda Lazaris October 9, 2013
Miriam’s Kitchen Celebrates 30 Years of Helping
Miriam’s Kitchen served its first breakfast to the homeless on Oct. 6, 1983. It has been thirty years since that…
ArtBy Johnathan Comer September 11, 2013
Street Performers
At first, coming up the Metro escalator, it’s just distant noise. It’s hard to figure out what I’m hearing. But…
NewsBy Kelsey Reid September 11, 2013
Legal Project: Seeking Creative Solutions
Since the recession hit five years ago, the rise in family homelessness has gotten a lot of attention from city…
NewsBy Reginald Black March 27, 2013
540…A Number to Live By
The nations capital is a hub of diversity filled with hustle and bustle and all walks of life, but at…
By Nick Mutschler October 24, 2012
Homeless not Voteless
Over the past months, groups around the DC area have worked feverishly to help register homeless and low-income district residents…
NewsBy Hannah Traverse March 14, 2012
Finding Food in Foggy Bottom
On the second and fourth Saturday of every month, people start lining up outside The United Church in Foggy Bottom at 5 a.m. They come with shopping carts, shopping bags and rolling suitcases.
ArtBy Sonja Doty March 3, 2010
Poetry Festival Promotes Social Change
Insights provided by the ongoing programs occurring at the Miriam’s Studio.
NewsBy Shivan Sarna March 3, 2010
Low-Income Families Hit Hardest by Mounting Rents
An overview of the results of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute’s latest report on housing affordability in DC.
NewsBy Dan Seligson March 3, 2010
New Program at Miriam’s Kitchen Offers More Than a Meal
An overview of enhanced programs rolling at Miriam’s Kitchen, located in Foggy Bottom of DC.
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