The Voice of the Hill has a good article on the current fight over whether or not to close a stretch of 7th Street in front of Eastern Market to traffic on the weekends. On one side of the debate is an argument for safety and creating more space for visitors to the market. On […]
Cookie and Gourmet magazines are teaming together with Destination DC and PureVia to bring us Kids’ Restaurant Week, a week-long promotion in DC, New York, and Chicago that benefits local charities. The two DC charities that will benefit from this great event are Eastern Market and Miriam’s Kitchen. This year’s event kicks off at Eastern […]
The Capitol Hill Community Foundation is once again sponsoring a music series at Eastern Market featuring some of the Washington area’s best blues, bluegrass, swing, jazz, contemporary, and international musicians. The Foundation first started the series in July 2007 as a way to remind people that Eastern Market is still open for business after the […]
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) completed phase one of the Eastern Market streetscape work on schedule. DDOT committed to finishing phase one by early June. 7th Street SE from North Carolina to C Street will be reopened on Monday, June 1. The Washington Post article, following Mayor Fenty’s press briefing two weeks ago, announced […]
Each of the artists at Eastern Market has a distinct style and many of them feature monuments and cityscapes in their work. Jonathan Bloom catches you off guard with his monoprints of rabbis, ostriches and purple horses. He specializes in portraiture, both realistic and fictitious – and surprises you with familiar images layered into the […]