Friendship Heights is getting a Trader Joe’s. The Tenleytown/Friendship Heights ANC got confirmation last month when Trader Joe’s put in for a liquor license at Chevy Chase Pavilion (5335 Wisconsin […]
March in the Neighborhood: Welcome spring with dance, song, shopping, and planting
Spring has been welcoming us with the first tree blossoms emerging, and daffodils and other perennials bursting from the warming earth. Isn’t it time we welcomed it back? On March […]
Main Street updates: Monthly shop-local pop-ups, Connecticut Ave. plantings, Windom Place cleanup, small business support
Van Ness Main Street’s annual holiday pop-up market is expanding into a monthly, all-seasons event. From March to November, on the second Saturdays of each month, eight Made-in-DC (or nearby) […]
Holiday “shop-local” made easy: The 2023 Van Ness Main Street Holiday Pop-Up vendors
Supporting local businesses and makers doesn’t get much easier than this. Van Ness Main Street is bringing made-in-DC creators to 4340 Connecticut Avenue for its 8th annual Holiday Pop-Up on […]
October in the Neighborhood: Listen and learn with UDC Music; Grain Fair, Halloween celebrations
Some of the neighborhood events on our October calendar: Listen and learn with UDC’s music programs. UDC hosts periodic lunchtime lectures and performances in the Recital Hall (Building 46-Performing Arts). […]
Main Street updates: Another plug for Art All Night; Appraise “treasures” in Chevy Chase, Spooktacular save-the-date
The Main Street organizations of Van Ness, Cleveland Park and Tenleytown are gearing up for what promises to be a great Art All Night on September 29th and 30th. We’ve […]
An Art All Night 2023 sneak peek: Song! Dance! Kojo!
Well, it’s not the sneakiest of peeks. Van Ness Main Street has kept a running list of its September 29th Art All Night events and participants, all publicly available, for […]
September in the Neighborhood: Ramble, wrangle, sing and play
September, for many of us, means a return to routine after summer adventures. But we don’t have to return to old ruts. Neighborhood groups and institutions have filled our calendar […]
Four things to know about Art All Night 2023
Van Ness – a neighborhood not known for its night life – comes alive one night each year. And last year, Art All Night venues along Connecticut Avenue between Veazey […]
Business in Brief: “Black excellence” in Van Ness; Best bookstore in the “Best bookstore city”; Summer reading and summer offers
Get to know Flavor Garden and its founder: Her restaurant specializes in “fun food” such as funnel cakes. She created many of her seasoning blends to coax her mother to […]