Art and music draw a crowd. So do cider and donuts… and fire dancers. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Van Ness Main Street (@vannessmainst) Van Ness Main Street says more than 4,600 people came out to enjoy performances including Villanueva Fire & Flow (above), the pop-up market, and other attractions at […]
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In memory: Ann Kessler, a longtime chronicler of the people and places of old Forest Hills
It was always a delight to be notified of an email from Ann Kessler, who died on August 19th after a long battle with leukemia. It meant that that this dogged and creative chronicler of our neighborhood’s history had dug up something new and fascinating about the people who used to live here, and the […]
The queen, the heiress, and the lost treasure
We don’t know of any royal visits to this neighborhood, by Queen Elizabeth II or any other monarch (and we hope you will tell us if you do). But Forest Hills did have a wealthy cereal heiress who rubbed shoulders with the royals. In 1953, two years before Marjorie Merriweather Post purchased the Hillwood estate […]
A peek at what’s planned for Art All Night 2022 in Van Ness, Forest Hills and Tenleytown
DC’s Art All Night is once again a two-night event, with Van Ness Main Street among the organizations lighting up the night on the last Friday of September, and Tenleytown Main Street hosting festivities the following Saturday. The Art All Night Van Ness events, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, September 23rd, include: […]
Elvis was here. So was Marilyn Monroe.
We reshare this 2019 article by resident historian Ann Kessler in memory, and in tribute. We learn from her family that Kessler died on August 19th, after a long and fierce battle with leukeumia. We will have more to say soon about her life, her loves, and her knack for finding fascinating stories in unexpected […]
Forest Hills of DC is reviving its volunteer program after a long Covid-related suspension
Forest Hills of DC, the senior living home at 4901 Connecticut Avenue, and its Military Road memory care facility, Forest Side, are beginning to welcome volunteers again after suspending the program for more than two years due to Covid-19. The two homes have also resumed special outings for residents, family and staff, including one to […]
Volunteer-led Van Ness food pantry gets two-month extension on donated space
Feed the Family Pantry, the all-volunteer food and cleaning supplies pantry operating out of the former Walgreens at 4225 Connecticut Avenue, will be there for another two months. “Terrific news!” pantry volunteer Elisa Braver wrote Friday, August 26th on the Cleveland Park listserv. “UDC (University of the District of Columbia) has extended the time that […]
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How Cleveland Dennard built a school – and changed Van Ness
The 2022-2023 school year began this week at the University of the District of Columbia, so we thought this was a good time to rerun this 2016 article on the origins of this historically Black university, which is also DC’s sole public university, and the only urban land-grant university in the United States. The comments […]
“Spheres” sculptures at 4250 Connecticut need a new home
Up for grabs: some rather large spheres. The word on the Main Street is that preparations at 4250 Connecticut Avenue for the arrival of MOM’s Organic Market in early 2023 include moving the main entrance for the building’s offices to the center courtyard. And that will require moving a sculpture grouping that now occupies the […]
Neighborhood August to-do list: Learn about trees, frogs and the moon, and picnic like a Hillwood heiress
Rock Creek Conservancy’s 2022 summer fellows put their own spin on the organization’s community engagement efforts in July, organizing a spoken word performance and a “full moon gathering.” They’re not done yet. On Thursday, August 11th, when the “Sturgeon Moon” will be making an appearance, the conservancy is hosting another gathering and discussion of the […]