Washington Informer Lifestyle: Culture, Wellness & DMV Living

Langston Hughes II performs at Blues Alley in June with his group: saxophonist Hughes, bassist Eytan Schillinger-Hyman, drummer Devron Dennis and guitarist Robert Papacica. Not pictured is keyboardist Lonell Johnson III. (Brenda C. Siler/ The Washington Informer)

Blues Alley Celebrates 60 Years with a Slate of Music Legends and Rising Stars

by Brenda C. Siler July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

R&B on the Water, D.C.’s signature summer music series, returns for its fourth year at HQO: The DC Water Building in Southeast, touting live music, social lounges and local regional talent in celebration of the power of music. The three-part summer series continues on July 27 and concludes on Sept. 14. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

R&B on the Water Brings the Heat to Southeast with Fourth Annual Summer Music Series

by Jada Ingleton July 9, 2025July 10, 2025

Members of historically Black fraternities and sororities, also known as the Divine Nine, gathered at Sycamore & Oak on Aug. 10 for the 2024 Black Greek Festival. (Brigette Squire/The Washington Informer)

Things to Do DMV

Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, July 10-13

by Trevor Johnson July 9, 2025July 9, 2025

Attendees wait to enter into Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" show at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, on July 4. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Beyoncé’s July 4 ‘Cowboy Carter’ Tour Stop Leaves Audience in Awe

by Shevry Lassiter July 8, 2025July 8, 2025

Ris Lacoste, 2025 RAMMYS Honor awardee Linda Roth, and Restaurants Association of Metropolitan Washington President and CEO Shawn Townsend during the second annual RAMMYS Honors on July 1 at the Schuyler at the Hamilton Hotel in Northwest D.C. (Courtesy of RAMW)

2nd Annual RAMMYS Honors Celebrates Trailblazers in the Restaurant Industry, Highlights Power of Hospitality

by Micha Green July 4, 2025July 9, 2025

Ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, the pioneering pilot app 51 Steps to Freedom debuts with plans to cover eight miles, 51 sites and more than 300 stories of the District’s journey to liberation. (Courtesy of 51 Steps to Freedom)

51 Steps Toward a Unified Nation: Pilot App Virtually Revives 250 Years of D.C., National History

by Jada Ingleton July 3, 2025July 9, 2025

**FILE** Sean “Diddy” Combs (WI photo)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Convicted on Federal Mann Act Counts, Cleared of Racketeering and Sex Trafficking

by Stacy M. Brown July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

THRōW Social is throwing a Fourth of July party with a rooftop, live DJs, flag shots, and nonstop energy. (Courtesy of Thrōw Social DC via Facebook)

Things to Do DMV

Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, July 3-6

by Trevor Johnson July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Public Enemy founder Chuck D (Kim Metso via Wikimedia Commons)

Public Enemy Returns: New Album Available Pay-What-You-Want

by Stacy M. Brown June 27, 2025June 30, 2025

From left: National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Washington Informer (WI) Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes, NNPA Fund Chairman Karen Carter Richards, NNPA Chairman Bobby R. Henry and WI Managing Editor Micha Green attend the National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund (NNPAF) Messenger Awards in Savannah, Georgia, on June 26. (Mark Mahoney, Dream in Color/NNPA)

Black Experience

Washington Informer Among Top Honorees at 2025 NNPA Messenger Awards

by Stacy M. Brown June 27, 2025June 27, 2025