“Arts organizations that buy their buildings are the ones that are ensured permanent sustainability,” she said, pointing to Dance Place in Brookland as an example. “The trend in D.C. has been that arts organizations that rent their facilities typically eventually close.”

Dr. Vivian Cheung, a physician in Bethesda, Md., is helping immunocompromised Americans across the country access Evusheld, a life-saving drug that can prevent them from contracting COVID-19.

The white house out back where boys were taken to be beaten. The industrial fan that whirred loudly whenever a beating was taking place. The term the boys used, “the ice cream factory,” to describe that white house where the beatings took place, because the limping students who left the place bloodied and bruised, with new shades blooming across their bodies.

The spaces that artists can afford — with the room they need to make their art — are often in lower-cost neighborhoods. But the arrival of artists can make those neighborhoods more appealing to outsiders. Soon, developers start investing, yoga studios and gourmet coffees shops arrive and artists are priced out.

Despite living in New York City, rapper Oddisee’s devotion to the D.C., Maryland and Virginia region permeates his music–from his most recent album, “The Iceberg,” released in February, 2017, to his work with Diamond District, a local hip hop trio. Born Amir Mohammed and raised in Prince George’s County, Md., Oddisee is back in town to perform at D.C. concert venue 9:30 Club on April 20. Before the show, he’ll join The Kojo Nnamdi Show to talk about how the Washington region influenced him. Tun

For nearly a decade, Bethesda, Md. residents have lobbied the State Highway Administration to improve safety at the intersection of River Road and Braeburn Parkway, which is frequented by the nearby Walt Whitman High School community. The neighborhood’s fears were realized in February 2016, when three family members died in a crash on the way to a school play.

What’s the most dangerous intersection in your neighborhood? In our ongoing coverage of our region’s transportation and infrastructure, we asked listeners to add their neighborhood’s dangerous intersections to a map of D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

At a time when the Qur’an and Islam are at the center of national and local political debates, a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery in downtown Washington celebrates the art rather than the politics of the holy book. The exhibition, which runs until February 20, 2017, features a collection of 60 manuscripts from the late seventh to early 17th centuries that display the calligraphy, illumination and decoration techniques that were commonly used to beautify the Qur’an. Chief cura

Today marks the last day in business for Zenebech, one of the most popular and longstanding Ethiopian restaurants in D.C. The closing is a loss for those who visited the spot for affordable, authentic Ethiopian food. It also speaks to the changes happening in the Shaw neighborhood, where the restaurant’s building has been sold to developers who plan to turn the space into an apartment building and retail complex.

Last week, The Kojo Nnamdi Show tackled the challenging topic of street harassment in our region. The conversation was personal for many of our listeners—and members of our staff—who called in to the program or took to Twitter to share their frequent and often scary experiences of being harassed in our city’s public spaces. One of our guests on the program was Jessica Raven, the executive director of Collective Action for Safe Spaces or CASS.  Jessica told Kojo that in curating her organization