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Jan 14, 2021

12 Virtual And IRL Things To Do In D.C. This Weekend

Honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through virtual plays and performances, volunteer opportunities, and live-streamed conversations on civil rights.

Jan 18, 2019

There Are Plenty Of Ways To Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. This Weekend (Even With The Shutdown)

Communities from Anacostia to Reston are holding MLK Day service events, parades, and festivities.

Jan 19, 2017

Police Release Video Connected To Fatal Shooting Of 68-Year-Old Woman

Vivian Marrow was rolling in her wheelchair near her Southeast apartment when she was killed in broad daylight on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Jan 15, 2016

Spend MLK Day In Celebration And Service

March with Mayor Bowser, read to children, clean the Anacostia—options for honoring MLK Day are aplenty.

Jan 19, 2015

Live Stream: D.C. Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

NBC4 is live streaming all MLK Day events happening in the District today.

Jan 16, 2007

Agent Zero Strikes Again

Gilbert Arenas left the court at the Verizon Center yesterday as fans serenaded him with chants of “MVP! MVP!” after hitting yet another game winner at the buzzer. The Utah Jazz were Agent Zero’s latest victim, falling 114-111 in an incredible Martin Luther King Day matinée. Arenas, who tied a Verizon Center record with 51 points, traded three pointers with Utah’s Memet Okur down the stretch, but got the ball last and made Utah…

Jan 17, 2005

Morning Roundup: MLK Day Edition

MLK Day Parade Canceled: The AP, via the Post, reports that the 27th annual Martin Luther King Day parade in Ward 8 has been canceled because of the cold temperatures. Apparently, the health of Ward 8’s councilmember, former Mayor Marion Barry, had been speculated to have been partly to blame for the cancellation, enough so that the AP in the second paragraph flatly said that is wasn’t to blame. (But perhaps we’re just reading too…

 
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