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 colorful, and more lively, and more fun. Enjoy live jazz: On Thursday, March 17th at 6 p.m., UDC Jazz Studies director Allyn Johnson is hosting […]
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Do something nice for your wild neighbors: FrogWatch, watershed cleanups and pollinator plantings on tap
Our local parks and streams have given us places of respite and recreation in a stressful year. This spring we have several opportunities to return the favor. Events below include neighborhood and Rock Creek Park cleanups, wildflower planting, and a census of sorts for frogs. FrogWatch If you are familiar with Forest Hills Connection at […]
On March 4th, learn more about the man behind Melvin C. Hazen Park – and the people he helped displace at Fort Reno Park
For decades as a city surveyor, Melvin C. Hazen had a vision for Tenleytown, which included a park at Fort Reno. Standing in his way – a community of Black people that had settled there after the Civil War. The Reno neighborhood was a nearly forgotten casualty of government and developer efforts to remake this […]
“Racism is a Pandemic”: Neighbors share plans for nightly candlelight vigils and a June 6 march
Some neighbors are lighting candles at 8:30 each night. Some are marching this weekend. And we’re all invited to join them. The candlelight vigils may have started locally this week with middle schoolers in Chevy Chase DC. Just a few kids and their families, the email we received said, “Putting out candles to show, in […]
Meet Your Neighbors update: March 12 talk explores an 82-year Harvard study of adult development
The talk scheduled for March 12th has been postponed to avoid a gathering that might put anyone at risk of coronavirus. A quarter century ago, David Cohen discovered a Harvard study that began in 1938 and continues to follow its participants and their descendants to this day. “With my lifelong interest in how people shape […]
Mayor Bowser’s first neighborhood walk in Van Ness is Jan. 15
Mayor Muriel Bowser conducts community and public safety walks in each ward, each month, and each time in a different neighborhood. Today we joined @MayorBowser and @DCMOCRS during Mayor Bowser’s monthly community walk in #Ward6. During the walk we addressed public safety concerns and engaged with local businesses. #ShopSmallDC #DCValues pic.twitter.com/qdAWS0ub4S — Mayor’s Office of […]
You’re Invited: Love songs for a cause
by Dzenita Mehic Saracevic Do you love music? Are you open to something new and different, and filled with emotion, wisdom, honesty, sensuality and depth? If so, I would like to invite you to the concert of Merima Kljuco and Jelena Milusic, two extraordinary Bosnian and Herzegovinian artists who will be performing love songs from […]
Van Ness Main Street’s June 22 fundraiser is ‘A Speakeasy Soirée’
From 7 to 10 p.m. on June 22nd, celebrate Van Ness Main Street and raise money for its mission: support local businesses, attract new ones, and make Van Ness a more beautiful, sustainable and vibrant economic and cultural hub. “A Speakeasy Soirée” is the Main Street’s third annual fundraising event. UDC is hosting the party […]
Support Friendship Place’s homeless services at June 2 French embassy benefit
by Jamie Butler Friendship Place is the premier housing service provider for people experiencing homelessness in our region, including Forest Hills. Using innovative, customized, and person-focused programs, Friendship Place, located in Tenleytown, empowers participants to rebuild their lives, find homes, get jobs and reconnect with friends, family and the community. Its mission is to empower […]
You’re Invited: On Veterans Day, mark the centennial of “The Great War’s” end
This Veterans Day is the 100th anniversary of the first Armistice Day, the day in 1918 when the Allies and Germany signed the armistice that ended World War I. The District is holding its own commemoration this Sunday, “at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month.” Barbara Bates, Forest Hills resident […]