Chinatown’s cultural evolution
Gentrification and big business are a part of D.C. neighborhood New visitors to Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown may wonder if they are in Chinatown. Is this Chinatown? On one corner is a Fuddruckers, then there’s Walgreens and not far away an ...
Read More »Grand slams: D.C.’s Busboys and Poets keeps a poetry tradition vibrant
A tall man wearing majestic royal robes over sagging sweatpants and teddy bear bedroom slippers bounds onto the stage and sets down a large black boombox, which soon starts blasting a background beat. “Yeah…Splash…Splash…Hi-Ya!” The man does karate kicks to ...
Read More »After 20 years, a vibrant South Asian gay community thrives in the District
After two decades of leading community gatherings, marching at pride parades and promoting gay rights, Atul Garg and Yassir Islam found themselves recounting the origins of KhushDC to a crowd of longtime supporters at its anniversary gala earlier this month. ...
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