One century ago, Hattie Sewell, a Black woman, was awarded the contract to operate a teahouse at Peirce Mill. By many accounts, she was a successful businesswoman who increased the sales and profitability of the teahouse, which had been in operation since the early 1900s. Her contract was terminated in October 1921, after a prominent […]
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Donated cleaning supplies help neighbors in need
An organization that distributes cleaning supplies and fresh produce each week in Van Ness had volunteers at the Cathedral Commons Giant Friday, November 19th through Sunday the 21st for a cleaning supply donation drive. Their usual spot is behind the former Van Ness Walgreens (4225 Connecticut Avenue), where the Feed the Family Pantry collects donated […]
Meet Your Neighbors update: An exhibit of watercolors that were a “working antidote” to pandemic isolation
Our updates from neighbor and artist Milton Shinberg over the past two Covid years have been about decidedly non-painterly pursuits, such as his virtual lecture on the intersection of architecture and neuroscience, and his recipe for Passover matzah brei. Now, we are once again getting updates from our local artists about upcoming shows. And they […]
This highly effective and attractive green infrastructure system is free for DC homeowners
by Marlene Berlin Homeowners and apartment property managers can make all kinds of green infrastructure improvements, such as installing rain gardens, rain barrels and permeable paving. But one of the best and long-lasting green infrastructure investments we can make is to plant trees. Tree canopies reduce stormwater erosion by reducing the force of the falling […]
Updates on neighborhood leaf sweeping… and leaf peeping
Some of our neighbors might be spending Halloween raking leaves. Others get to put it off a little longer. The DC Department of Public Works will have crews out vacuuming up leaves starting Monday, November 1st. They will collect leaves raked into the tree box areas next to the curb. ANC 3F residents are in […]
Levine Music and Van Ness Main Street are presenting a November concert series
Uptown Market, I’m Eddie Cano and another local business will be venues for special performances in November – thanks to a partnership between Levine Music and Van Ness Main Street. Jeremy Castillo, the director of Performance/Contemporary Music at Levine tells Forest Hills Connection that the concert series started with a conversation between VNMS Executive Director […]
Marjorie Rachlin and the 1970s-80s flight attendants’ fight to be heard
Well-groomed and smiling, the flight attendant of the 1950s and early 1960s played a traditional woman’s role. Hers was one of the glamour careers for women, usually terminated by marriage after two or three years…. Pilots kept a close watch on their “girls” – expecting deference and admiration both on the plane and off…. As […]
Meet Your Neighbors update: “A Second Reckoning” and an ongoing search for justice for all
by Marlene Berlin Since we first met Scott Seligman in 2012, this historian, author and neighbor has written several books about hidden figures of our immigrant history. Seligman tells the stories of the injustices they faced, and at times, their triumphs. He now turns to racial injustice in A Second Reckoning, the story of John […]
A brief history of the effort to research and publish the definitive volume on Forest Hills history
We know our readers enjoy our occasional articles on the people and places of the neighborhood’s past. You can also take a deeper dive into the history of Forest Hills by picking up a book on the subject. Forest Hills, like Forest Hills Connection, was a neighborhood project. Its publication in 2006 is now part […]
Volunteer to help with tax prep, and help low-income and elderly neighbors
Gay Sills, a Chevy Chase neighbor who prepares taxes for low-income and elderly DC residents through the AARP Tax Aide program, is recruiting volunteers for the 2021 tax season. Would you like to make a difference in the lives of people right in your own community? As an AARP Foundation Tax Aide volunteer, you can […]