WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than 100 students, parents and teachers marched in protest outside McKinley Technical High School in Northeast D.C. on Monday morning. The group remains upset over the firing of more than 200 teachers last Friday. Now, D.C. City Councilmember Marion Barry is calling...
Washington, DC - The dust has cleared and the tear gas cleared away, after an angry confrontation between students and police at McKinley Tech High school. But some of the riffed school employees cleaning out their desks are vowing to take legal action and continue...
Music legend and guitarist Chuck Brown is widely known to audiences for his musical emblem on the genre of 'Go-Go' music. Now at age 73, with nearly 20 albums under his belt, Brown still performs the infectious rhythms as he works to expand the genre's...
WASHINGTON - Some Washington school teachers headed back to their class rooms for the last time over the weekend. Teachers who were laid off Friday were told they could come back to school Saturday to clean out their classrooms and offices. But at McKinley Tech arriving...
The security company that provided about 300 guards to D.C. schools went bankrupt Thursday night, disrupting the beginning of classes across the city. Schools spokeswoman Jennifer Calloway confirmed widespread reports that guards employed by company Hawk One Security did not appear for work Friday morning. "They...
A community is calling for answers days after a student attack on school grounds was caught on tape. ABC 7 News first broke the story of the attack at John F. Kennedy High School in Silver Spring. The victim's classmates and school community came together Thursday...
Dan Reading performs the EU classic - Doin Da Butt, live at a bar in NC. This is an acoustic version where Dan cuts up and works the crowd with his friends and the locals in the bar. ...
by Justin Moyer When George Washington University music professor Kip Lornell teamed up with former Experience Unlimited (EU) manager Charles C. Stephenson to introduce academia to D.C.’s primary musical export in 2001’s The Beat, go-go blasted through boomboxes held by guys selling mixtapes out of cars...
Based on the following letter circulated by Mike Chanko, promoter of the DMV Southern Takeover event at the 930 Club this past Saturday, the no shows of Bun B, Wale and Tabi Bonney was caused due to Wale's bad mouthing (Twittering) of the show: "Ok, here...
Nothing spoils a show quite like a no-show. For rap fans who attended "The DMV Southern Takeover Concert" at 9:30 club, Saturday, the sting was two-fold, with both Texas rap legend Bun B and local fave Tabi Bonney failing to post. Post Rock contributor Andrew Nosnitsky...
Backyard Band live outside at Motorcross Event in Maryland 5-15-08. ...
ForeverDC.com Interviews Ben’s Chili Bowl’s Nizam Ali http://vimeo.com/6706964 Ben’s Chili Bowl is a Washington, DC Landmark. Founders Ben Ali and his wife, Virginia Ali, opened this famous hot dog and chili shop on U Street August 22, 1958. It’s overcome numerous challenges and difficulties to stay in...