Just when it seemed that the greater Union Station area was done with the construction that has uglified the grounds for years and snarled traffic along Massachusetts Avenue, until the will to live is all but gone, a new construction area has been set up in the open space adjacent to the Thurgood Marshall Federal […]
Are you sitting in a joyless cube? Stop. Go outside and enjoy this spectacular un-DC-in-July day. Praise be the polar vortex. If you need suggestions on what to do, keep reading. Tonight there is still space in chef Mark Haskell’s “Summer on the Chesapeake” class at the Hill Center. You can learn to prepare dishes […]
Thursday, July 17 Monroe Street Market – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Join the artists on the Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market for the monthly third Thursday Open Studio. Visitors can stop in and see the work of eight local studios along the walk. To see a full list of studios open, click here. […]
One of the great stories of Capitol Hill came to its inevitable conclusion this morning. Rudi Appl, longtime bartender at Mr. Henry’s Capitol Hill, passed today at about 10:15 am. He was with a good friend at his side, and had just finished a pleasant phone chat with another. I came to know Rudi from […]
Guest post by K. Denise Rucker Krepp In the aftermath of 9/11, significant resources were devoted to improving communication processes. Intelligence stovepipes had prevented information sharing before the attack and the new measures were supposed to make everyone more secure. Sadly, the Washington Navy Yard shootings last year demonstrate that gaps still exist and vulnerable […]