Sam and Sam
By Katherine Sundt UJW Staff Writer WASHINGTON – Standing at the top of a set of stairs that mimicked the feel of the bandstand without the cost of a ticket, […]
Thousands Gather to Watch Centennial Celebration
By Selina Dudley UJW Staff Writer WASHINGTON – Crowds and entertainment flooded the streets of D.C. as the nation’s capital celebrated this year’s National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade, a commemoration of Japan’s […]
Tourists, locals gather to watch centennial celebration
By Sean Burke UJW Staff Writer WASHINGTON – People from all over the world, such as Emily Sylvest and her boyfriend Liam Stillman, attended the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade […]
Cultures Blend at National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade
By Brionna Hines UJW Staff Writer WASHINGTON – Pan-Asian traditions mixed with American pop culture during the centennial celebration of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade. A larger-than-life Miss Piggy […]
Returning Faces Crowd Cherry Parade Festival
By Darrin Brown Jr. UJW Staff Writer WASHINGTON – Constitution Avenue was filled with spectators Saturday for the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade. Families, friends, and strangers packed the grandstands, […]
Cherry Blossom Style: Finding the Threads of Tradition
By Allana Haynes UJW Staff Writer WASHINGTON – Dylan Lauber showed his appreciation for the cherry blossom trees by dressing in a yukata, a traditional Japanese garment worn in the […]
Keeping the Dream Alive? Teens Passive about 2012 Voting
Voting is one of many exciting steps along the way to becoming an adult. Straight Up Urban Voice’s Amuche Nwafor, discovered that voting intimidates some teens at Northwestern High School, where […]
DC's Majestic Howard Theater Gets a Second Life
Once a mainstay along DC’s “Black Broadway,” the majestic Howard Theater, fell into disrepair after the 1968 Martin Luther King riots decimated the neighborhood. In April, after a few failed […]
Trayvon Martin Protestors Come to DC
Outraged over the death of a 17-year-old boy of African descent, who was wearing a hoodie in a Florida neighborhood, hundreds of protestors flocked to Washington, DC in mid-March. Straight Up: […]
Straight Up: Urban Voice! Spring 2012
