Afia Barrie

4 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Dana Munro |Afia Barrie |Jenna Portnoy |Ian Livingston

Beneath a ‘heat dome,’ the Washington Monument closes and a region girds itself (washingtonpost.com) Beneath a ‘heat dome,’ the Washington Monument closes and a region girds itself By Dana Munro; Afia Barrie; Jenna Portnoy; Ian Livingston 2025062323050000 How hot was it in D.C. on Monday? So hot, the National Park Service closed the Washington Monument out of concern for the safety of visitors and staff.

2 months ago | thehilltoponline.com | Afia Barrie

On a breezy Thursday night, Jaden Smith, a second-year graduate student at Howard’s School of Social Work, and his friends packed into the dark and humid second floor of famed Washington D.C. music venue, The Black Cat. The venue is known for welcoming “.” Smith and his friends were there to see rapper MIKE and his friends on his stop in the District of the “Artist of the Century” tour.

Mar 3, 2025 | thehilltoponline.com | Afia Barrie

Renowned singer, pianist and Howard alumna Roberta Flack died of cardiac arrest at the age of 88 on Feb. 24. In 2022, Flack announced via spokesperson that she was diagnosed with ALS, the brain disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The condition reportedly made it “impossible to sing and not easy to speak.”Roberta Cleopatra Flack was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina and raised in nearby Arlington, Virginia.

Nov 25, 2024 | thehilltoponline.com | Afia Barrie

“One, two, three– we love Chuck Brown!” the audience called out as a group of people, including D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, cut a red ribbon in front of a painting of the Godfather of Go-Go.The Go-Go Museum and Café in D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood celebrated its grand opening with a soft launch on Nov. 18.

Nov 11, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Afia Barrie

Democracy Dies in DarknessWitold “Victor” Brick, 101, takes part in a Veterans Day ceremony at the World War II Memorial on Nov. 11 in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)By Afia BarrieNovember 11, 2024 at 4:24 p.m. ESTWitold “Victor” Brick stood from his wheelchair with the help of his daughter as his name was called at the annual Veterans Day Observance and wreath laying ceremony at the World War II Memorial. It was the 101-year-old’s first time attending the ceremony.