The Columbia Pike Documentary Project is a multi-disciplinary history of Columbia Pike in Arlington, VA, one of Americas most-ethnically diverse communities. Paula Endo, Lloyd Wolf, Mimi Xang Ho, Duy Tran, Aleksandra Lagkueva, Lara Ajami, and other team members have been using photography and oral history to document life along the Pike. The project is sponsored by the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization Contact: Lloyd Wolf- lloydwolf@lloydwolf.com or www.pikedoc.org
A Pride Month parade has become an annual event in the Penrose neighborhood along Columbia Pike. This was the third year, and the first parade since activities have begun again after the waning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Colorful and happy. A rainbow of love.
The event was organized by local residents, Kindness Activist Susan Gaines-Thompson and Lisa Matthews.
Photography by Lloyd Wolf.
This year marked the return of a full-scale Blues Festival on the Pike; it's 25th year. Sponsored by Columbia Pike Partnership, the headliner was award-winning national blues diva Shemekia Copeland. Other fine performers throwin' it down included Eric Scott, Robbin Kapsalis & Vintage #18, Shakin' Woods, and Anthony "Swamp Dog" Clark.
Numerous community groups, businesses, restaurants, and artisans also presented their wares and programs to the large and boisterous crowd.
Photography by Lloyd Wolf.
