• Anacostia’s Historic Boathouses: Walking Tour

    Eastern Power Boat Club 1301 Water Street SE

    Join DCPL for an engaging walking tour featuring Anacostia's Historic Boathouses. This tour will traverse between 0.7 miles to 1.0 mile and begins at the Eastern Power Boat Club. Learn about the history of boating in Southeast DC, with a specific focus on the community of Black boaters who found a home along the Anacostia ... Read more

  • Challenging the Patriarchy: The Furies Collective in Capitol Hill

    Northeast Neighborhood Library 330 Seventh Street NE

    Furies members in their office at 219 11th Street, SE, 1972. Photo copyright 2010 by JEB (Joan E. Biren). As the headquarters of the short-lived, but consequential Furies Collective, a modest rowhouse on Capitol Hill played an important role in the articulation of lesbian feminist separatism, an influential school of thought that inspired a widespread women’s ... Read more