I wrote last week about an early steam engine installed at the Washington Navy Yard. Today, we’ll look at a newer, better one. – ad the man who designed it. A sawmill had been part of the Navy Yard since at least 1810, and it was an improved version of this one that burned in […]
Back in 2013, when Rena Goldman was living in the 1600 block of E Street NE, she had a great idea: Why not put together a Halloween-themed party for her neighbor kids? Luckily, she counted on the help of a fire dancer childhood friend with whom she’d reconnected here in DC and the help of […]
Thursday, June 16 Washington Project for the Arts – 6:30 p.m. Kemi Ilesanmi, Executive Director of The Laundromat Project, will discuss her organization’s work with community art. For more information, click here. Washington Project for the Arts is located at 2124 8th St. NE. Wooly Mammoth Theater – 6:30 p.m. Sheldon Scott leads a […]
Former President (and potential First Man) Bill Clinton surprised crowds at Eastern Market on Saturday and Councilmember Charles Allen took him on a brief tour. (WJLA) Chef Erik Bruner-Yang and his restaurant/bakery/coffee shop/retail shop Maketto took home top honors and the Washington Aream Restaurant Association Awards. Maketto won Best New Restaurant while Chef Bruner Yand […]
While the suggestion to turn over the Quaker Guns to the Washington Navy Yard that I wrote about last week was really a joke, the Navy Yard did have a number of cannons displayed, both as memorials to previous war as well as to see what the current enemy was up to. Today, we will […]