Shaw : Features

A panel discussion October 21 will examine our changing D.C., the affordable housing crisis, and some solutions--as well as how newcomers and long-time residents are finding ways to live in harmony.

Public art by world-renowned artists will temporarily transform all eight wards of the city, with events and exhibits running from September through December. 

With four production breweries in the District and many new brewpubs open or soon to open, it's fair to say that D.C. is experiencing a microbrewery megaboom. But rather than pit new brews against each other, success seems to lift all brews.

Murals revitalize neighborhoods with nothing but a little spray paint and imagination. Here are some of the city's most recent murals--make time to look one up this spring.

Drink coffee, be productive, and create something amazing at one of these ten D.C. coworking spots.

Read on for a roundup of some of the hidden—yet open to the public—gems tucked away at local universities, and make time to explore one or more in 2014.

Studio. Atlas. The Howard. And more. Theaters, which lure a combination of commercial and artistic interests to struggling areas, may be just what a neighborhood needs. 

MicroGreens started last year in one D.C. school, teaching 10 middle-schoolers to cook for a family of four for under $3.50 a meal. But founder Alli Sosna has big plans, and she won't stop until every student in America knows how to wield a knife, julienne carrots, and roast a chicken.

When Chuck Baxter moved to Shaw, his neighborhood playground was a "pit." Twenty years and countless pieces of art later, Shaw's looking pretty good. Here's our Q&A with this trashy artist.

WestMill Capital, the D.C. based real estate firm founded by Ben and Dan Miller, has a creative new use for its properties during the months that typically transpire between acquisition and construction.