By Bonny King-Taylor, the doggy lama, pet coach We normally think of winter around these parts as cold and wet, but there doesn’t seem to be much agreement between the many long-range forecasts for the next few months in DC. The Farmer’s Almanac suggests temps in the 40s, with heavy rain from December 2016 to […]
Last week, I wrote about Samuel Colt and his destruction of a ship in the harbor of New York, without ever referring to Capitol Hill. Today, I tell the second half of the tale, and how it does, indeed, relate to our neighborhood. Having proved the concept of his mines, it was now time for […]
One of our readers shares his thoughts on Thanksgiving and on making efforts to get along during this season of gratitude and beyond. Thank you, Richard, for sharing your thoughts with us and with our readership. If you have an opinion piece you’d like to share, send us an email at thehillishome@gmail.com With a contentious […]
The newest play in the Mosaic Theater season line-up is Milk Like Sugar, by Kirsten Greenidge. Thanks to the generosity of the folks at Mosaic, I attended opening night. The play hit me in the gut– it’s a raw and frank story about poverty and race and about being a teenager and feeling invincible. It’s also […]
Featured District Clay Center – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Join District Clay Center for the grand opening of DC’s first ceramic center and gallery. For more information, click here. District Clay is located at 2414 Douglas St. NE. Thursday, November 17 Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery – 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Group exhibition, […]