On Monday, July 5, Tommy Wells, Eleanor Holmes Norton and other city officials gathered at the small triangular park at Massachusetts Ave. and Ninth Street NE to declare the land “Lola Beaver Memorial Park” in honor of a colorful and unique member of our community. Had she not passed away in 2006, Monday would have […]
Last summer I saw the Trapeze School of New York at Washington DC at their temporary set-up on the old convention center site. Driving by, I noted to my wife, “That looks cool.” A few weeks later I was presented with a gift certificate for the initiation fee and my first flying trapeze lesson. Good […]
In case you’ve living under an air conditioned rock, you’re sure to have noticed that it’s really really hot outside. Sizzling, scorching, burning, baking, blazing, blistering, flaming, humid, on fire, ovenlike, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, oppressive, tropic…yep, there are a lot of ways to say it but at the end of the day, […]
When HBO decided to not renew the Screen on the Green program in 2009, many District residents were disappointed this summer tradition would not return. Capitol Hill resident of six years Jesse Rauch was one of those disappointed movie-goers, and decided to start a Facebook group to save Screen on the Green. Little did he […]
The less than year-old project to develop Hine Jr. High School may seem thick in the new decade’s summer doldrums, but a lot is happening behind the scenes even as demolition and groundbreaking remains a couple of years away. On the calendar next: The plan goes to City Council July 13th, sent over for approval from […]