The late 1850s were a quiet time at the Washington Navy Yard. However, occasionally there was some excitement –whether it was random street violence, as we saw last week, or deserting Marines, as we have today. On February 24, 1858, the Washington Evening Star printed a Lost and Found notice regarding a missing Marine. Under […]
The Street Sense newspaper vendors, each with their melodious peddling, are fixtures of the weekend Flea Market at Eastern Market. For those new to town, or those who have never picked up a copy, Street Sense is a newspaper made, for and about the homeless community in DC. The paper was started in 2003 by Laura Thompson-Osuri […]
Hey there, apartment-dwellers! This post and its accompanying surveys are tailor-made for you! The District’s Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) wants to learn more about how much energy and water you use. Through a DOEE grant, Steven Winter Associates, Inc. wants to develop tailor-made resources so that you can save both money and energy in your […]
August 11, 2015–The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) presents the following events in September 2015: Fridays, September 4 & 18 – Friday ARTnights: Drop-In Figure Drawing – The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) hosts a drop-in “Working from the Figure” session on Friday, September 4 and 18, 2015 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at CHAW, 545 7th […]
In case you missed Maria’s post about raising kids on the Hill, take a moment to read it. As someone who was raised on the Hill, it brought a huge smile to my face as I thought about all of my favorite things as a kid. I loved growing up on the Hill –not that […]