2022 is the Forest Hills Connection’s 10th anniversary year, and this is the tenth anniversary of our post-Thanksgiving tradition: Marlene Berlin’s “Shop-Local Workout.” The first time our editor-in-chief invited us […]
October in the neighborhood: Heritage Day at Peirce Mill, Chevy Chase art walk, Carnegie Neighborhood Lecture
The last days of October are packed with local events that are seemingly designed to get us out there to enjoy the fall weather. On Saturday, October 22: Peirce Mill’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
Neighborhood in the News: Whittle School’s DC campus is shutting down; Van Ness food pantry needs new home
Whittle School closing in DC: Faculty and families at Whittle School and Studios were notified on Friday, July 8th that the just-ended school year was its last. The Washington Post […]
Peirce Mill’s longtime miller, Jeanne Minor, retires
Historic Peirce Mill in Rock Creek Park is notable, in part, for being the only surviving mill along Rock Creek, and until recently, for employing one of the few female […]
Plan your Saturday: Create by the Creek; Shop at a pop-up used bookstore; Clean up a mini-oasis
Create by the Creek: For decades – centuries, even – People have been drawn to Peirce Mill to sketch, paint and create. Friends of Peirce Mill and partners including the […]
After a long pandemic-related closure, the Rock Creek Nature Center is now open again
On Wednesday, the Rock Creek Nature Center at 5200 Glover Road NW will open for the first time since March 2020. Covid-19 was, of course, the reason for the initial […]
Plan your Saturday: Morris dancers greet spring at Peirce Mill; Join the Rock Creek “Extreme Cleanup,” Shop the “Books and Blossoms” pop-up
4/7/2022 update: Friends of Peirce Mill says the mill will not be running on April 9th after all, due to a “recently identified safety issue.” “The gears will be still, […]
This spring, plant pollinator-friendly blooms, shop pop-up markets, and tour the world without leaving the neighborhood
Spring can get here any day now. And it’s not like we can hurry it along. But we can plan to make spring in Van Ness and Forest Hills more […]