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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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 […]
Connecticut Avenue’s pollinator gardens, planted by volunteers, have been buzzing with activity. More bee and butterfly-friendly plantings are happening this month.
by Kathy Sykes When the days are getting shorter and the temperatures are cooling down, it is bulb-planting season! October is the time to plant bulbs that will emerge in the spring to brighten and color our neighborhood with red tulips, yellow daffodils, and purple crocuses and allium. And this month, Van Ness Main Street […]
Science in our neighborhood: The Carnegie Broad Branch lectures resume
Scientists have worked continuously in Forest Hills for more than one hundred years. The National Bureau of Standards campus opened in 1903, and some of its employees found they liked living here too. Though the agency moved to the suburbs in the 1970s, other scientific endeavors were well under way. And they continue to this […]
Meet Your Neighbors update: An artist’s anger and “spiritual quest” on exhibit at Strathmore’s gallery
Our neighborhood is home to many artists, and we’ve been curious about what they’ve been up to during the pandemic. So we were delighted to receive an update from Deborah CC Lacroix. We first introduced our readers to the Forest Hills-based painter and sculptor in 2013. Four of LaCroix’s paintings are featured in a new […]
Here are some of the Art All Night activities on tap for Sept. 24-25 in Van Ness and Tenleytown
The Van Ness and Tenleytown Main Streets are gearing up for two nights of Art All Night festivities. Events on Friday, September 24th in Van Ness start as early as 5 p.m., end at 11 p.m., and include: A pop-up art gallery outside the UDC David A. Clark School of Law, with 19 artists and […]
At Peirce Mill, the long pandemic shutdown is over
This week, Peirce Mill welcomed its first field trip since 2019. Friends of Peirce Mill and the National Park Service restarted the mill and resumed visiting hours in mid-July, after a 15-month Covid-19 shutdown. The shutdown did not mean downtime. The mill hosted a virtual Heritage Day celebration, as well as virtual programs on cider […]
Watch: The woman who broke barriers in Rock Creek Park leadership, and other park history panels
Rock Creek Conservancy has been co-hosting a series of fascinating virtual panels on the history and people of the park. The latest, on July 27th, featured three women who have served as the park’s superintendents over the decades. Says the Conservancy: “Georgia Ellard became the first Black woman to serve in this highest position of […]
Van Ness Main Street and UDC’s movie night is one of the hottest tickets in town. But you can still score a spot if you time it right.
The choice of Moonstruck for the inaugural “Movie Night in the Park” was so perfect, we thought Van Ness Main Street and UDC had planned it that way. The weather was great for a night at the UDC amphitheater. And a sellout crowd spread out blankets and picnics under a full strawberry moon. Full Strawberry […]
Levine Music just pulled off a pandemic-safe production of “Les Miz.” And its in-person camps are back this summer.
For the past several months, Levine Music (2801 Upton Street) has made its mostly virtual lessons and classes work in extraordinary ways. Take, for example, the Levine Music Theatre production of Les Misérables: Starting in January, students met for online rehearsals and masterclasses. Then the actors and orchestra recorded the memorable score similar to a […]