July is jam-packed with extra-local fun. And a note to our newsletter subscribers: Most of these events might look familiar, but if you read to the end you’ll be rewarded with new Girl Scout-sponsored activities, open to all, and right here in the neighborhood. Celebrate Tanabata, Japan’s star festival. According to legend, two lovers, separated […]
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 […]
Van Ness organizers plan another ‘No Kings’ mini-rally on March 28
Neighbors who have organized “No Kings” and other protests at Connecticut Avenue at Veazey Terrace are encouraging people to bring their signs and voices to another rally this Saturday, March 28th. This, too, coincides with a national No Kings march. “Our sign-waving has been successful for past No Kings demonstrations, but we need to go […]
I’m Eddie Cano’s Feb. 15 Carnevale fundraiser is an effort to keep the restaurant’s doors open (Sponsored)
This article is sponsored by I’m Eddie Cano. I’m Eddie Cano, the family-run Italian restaurant at 5014 Connecticut Avenue, will host a Venetian-themed Carnevale cocktail reception and fundraiser on Sunday, February 15th, in an effort to raise $100,000 and keep its doors open. The fundraiser comes as the District faces a record wave of restaurant […]
Updated! Events and vendors lineup for Saturday’s ‘Celebrate Van Ness Main Street’
This Saturday, everyone’s invited to “Celebrate Van Ness Main Street.” From noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 11th, VNMS and its partners and sponsors are organizing activities and entertainment up and down the Main Street’s Connecticut Avenue corridor (with pedicabs so attendees can easily reach points north and south). And there will be food, […]
You’re invited: Aug. 5 street sign unveiling for ‘Girl Scouts’ Way’
Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital is throwing a block party on Tuesday, August 5th to celebrate a new street sign honoring the organization. Earlier this year, DC Council members Matthew Frumin and Brianne Nadeau introduced the legislation that symbolically designates the 3000 block of Veazey Terrace as Girl Scouts’ Way. Nadeau is a Gold Star Girl […]
A Van Ness “No Kings” June 14 rally, and the “Rush-Hour Resistance”
The Van Ness North co-op neighbors who organized an ultra-local version of the national April “Hands Off!” rallies are still at it, this time gathering people for an ultra-local “No Kings” rally on Saturday, June 14th. Barbara Green, Susan Gillespie, and Ann Matheson write: Many of us are experiencing fear, anger, trepidation, exhaustion, and even […]
April in the neighborhood: Join a bee hunt; the most “Extreme” park cleanups; and a ribbon-cutting for a certain grocery store
Plus a couple of bonus end-of-March events that did not make it into our last roundup of local happenings. Tea time at Peirce Mill: In the early 20th century, Peirce Mill was a tea house. On Saturday, March 29th, Friends of Peirce Mill and the National Park Service are reopening the tea house for the […]
Land use and development experts to study and present recommendations on evolving Van Ness
For two days next week, a panel of eight experts on land use, design and development will study the Connecticut Avenue commercial strip between Albemarle and Tilden Streets. They will consider strategies for enhancing neighborhood vibrancy and making Van Ness a hub of commercial, community and cultural activity. And at the end, the panel will […]