The 2026 milling season at Peirce Mill in Rock Creek Park typically begins in April. But this month, the grinding stones remain idled while devices critical to the mill’s operation are in the shop. Two water recirculating pumps were installed during the major restoration project that allowed the historic mill to reopen to the public […]
Main Street updates: Retail studies, ‘Taste of Van Ness Main Street,’ playground cleanups, spring pop-up market
Outside experts gave the business corridors in Van Ness and the 5000 block of Connecticut Avenue a closer look last year. Van Ness Main Street released the results of the two studies early this year. As we’ve reported previously, both studies had a lot to say about the former Intelsat campus and its impact on […]
April in the Neighborhood: Primary election candidate forums; ‘Yoga on Connecticut’; 3 flavors of jazz
Watch a DC politics miniseries. Over three nights in April, candidates for DC mayor, DC delegate and at-large Council member will appear on stage at St. Johns College High School’s Frana Auditorium (2607 Military Road NW). The candidate forums will also be streamed on Zoom (links below). Each forum will start at 7 p.m.: April […]
March in the Neighborhood: Timepieces and the science of time; Welcoming spring with cleanups and dance
Time, as we experience it, is a forward-moving phenomenon. For most of the past century, physicists have also understood time in that way, positing that “the first arrow of time” only increases disorder, or entropy, and there is no backtracking. That, however, does not explain how the complex systems of the universe are able to […]
February in the Neighborhood: Enter the ‘Magical World’ of a local artist; Levine Music’s 50th and UDC’s 175th anniversaries
Enter “The Magical World” of a Forest Hills-based artist: The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center is featuring Danziger’s work in two exhibits opening February 7th. “The Magical World of Joan Danziger” is a career retrospective and her largest exhibit to date, featuring more than 100 pieces spanning six decades. Its focus is […]
January in the Neighborhood: Solo shows for local photographers; Sing to and free the trees; Fort DeRussy hikes
Forest Hills-based photographers have shows opening this month. Today through February, selected photos by Scott Lassman, a “lens-based artist,” are on display at the IA&A at Hillyer Gallery in Dupont Circle. Hillyer is also hosting a conversation with Lassman on January 10th at 1 p.m. One year ago this month, neighbor and wildlife photographer David […]
December in the Neighborhood: Van Ness holiday market; 1906 ‘Christmas Boycott’ book talk; Katrina documentary screening; Holidays at Hillwood
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina: UDC digital media program is hosting a special screening of National Geographic’s “Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time,” a documentary series that recently won a Critics Choice Award for Best Historical Documentary. The screening of the third episode will take place Tuesday, December 2nd at 10 a.m. at the UDC Theater […]
The “Shop-Local Workout,” Holiday 2025 edition
Tomorrow: Enjoy the Thanksgiving spread. Black Friday and Small Business Saturday: Walk it all off. It’s time for Forest Hills Connection’s very own Thanksgiving tradition: the Shop-Local Workout. We’ve been updating and resharing this 2012 article by Editor-in-Chief Marlene Berlin every year since then. It’s a shopping-and-walking tour hitting routes and businesses in Van Ness, […]
Do something good for Rock Creek Park (and for yourself) at upcoming invasive plant removal events
by Kathy Sykes Fall is a great time to enjoy Rock Creek Park – and to save it. The park recently celebrated its 150th birthday, and its birthday wish was for volunteers to come join in the fun of removing harmful invasive plants and vines. These plants can take down trees and crowd out native […]
November in the Neighborhood: Fight hunger with NW Community Food; Hillwood is free for federal workers
Volunteer or give to fight hunger. Judith Ingram of NW Community Food writes: “Every weekend, our neighborhood pantry… serves up to 380 families from our quarters at the back of 4340 Connecticut Avenue (UDC’s David A. Clarke Law School building), and we expect that number to swell.” The pantry is open 10 a.m. to 3 […]