Now, I don’t want to jinx anything but this spring has been really quite springlike. Usually we follow a winte/rain/hot-as-hell trajectory but we have had a good dose of lovely this year and it has been delightful. Now that I have typed that, we should expect monsoons followed by drought— so enjoy it while it […]
If you’ve never caught a show in the cozy, intimate venue at The Corner Store, 900 South Carolina Avenue SE, you’re missing out. The small venue is part of the home of artist couple Kris Swanson and Roy Mustelier. They line up all manner of wonderful acts which you get to experience in a laid-back […]
File this one under, “Things that make Capitol Hill even more awesome:” This Saturday, September 27, you can catch a live Bluegrass performance by Stefan Custodi and The Knucklebusters at Penn Exxon, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, from 2-6 pm. You can catch them on your way to, or coming back from, Barracks Row festival! In […]
I’ve been mourning the closing of SOVA, the long-time resident coffee shop on upper H Street, so it’s taken me a while to try the new H Street Coffee House. I stopped in yesterday morning and was thrilled with what I found, and quite enthused by the caffeine jolt. My expectations of chai have gone […]
It’s West Virginia come to Washington, or at least that’s what planners of the Kingman Island Bluegrass and Folk Festival are saying about this Saturday’s free music festival, hosted on a 40-acre island on the Anacostia River. City leaders and Living Classrooms, an environmental nonprofit, brought the bluegrass festival to the island three years ago, […]