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Celebrate the Heart of Van Ness Main Street during National Small Business Month! Stroll the avenue and enjoy food and drink specials at participating businesses. Along the way, take part in a selfie scavenger hunt, try your hand at some sidewalk chalk art, and admire the pups at a Barks & Brews pop-up at Acacia […]
Come and hear the people sing in the Levine Music Theatre’s production of Les Misérables. Students ranging in ages 9 to 80 years old, came together to tell this beautiful […]
Tanabata, the Japanese Star Festival, celebrates the legend of Orihime, the weaver princess, and Hikoboshi, the herder, lovers separated by the Milky Way who are allowed to meet just once […]
Join Rock Creek Park and Rock Creek Conservancy for a morning of fun and activities on Beach Drive! Music and themed activities will bring the Rock Creek community together to […]
Freshen up the Deal campus for the SY 21/22 return to school. Volunteer to help pickup trash, prune greenery, decorate bulletin boards and ready the school for the first day back. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040449a8ac23a2fd0-beautification
Incoming Murch pre-K and Kindergarten students and their grownups are invited to these get-to-know-you playdates before classes begin. They'll take place at the early childhood playground outside the school's main entrance. More information: https://murchschool.org/pre-k-and-kindergarten-playdates-2/ Pre-K Playdates Saturday, August 21 from 9 AM – 11 AM Sunday, August 29 from 10 AM – noon Kindergarten Playdates […]
An NSO chamber quintet will perform outdoors, in front of the Rock Creek Nature Center, accompanied by the quiet bustling sounds of nature.
Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service, and Stream Team Leader Jonas Furberg of Blue Planet Scuba for a socially-distant trash cleanup at Peirce Mill. This event is part of World Cleanup Day, the world’s largest one-day civic action to tackle global waste crisis. Find details and register here.
Van Ness Main Street's Art All Night 2021 will be an evening filled with local music, dance, performance, art and community all along Connecticut Ave in Van Ness, Forest Hills and Wakefield. Details: https://www.vannessmainstreet.org/art-all-night-2021.html
Art All Night celebrates the visual and performing arts, showcasing the diverse talents of our city’s creative community. Public and private spaces throughout the Tenleytown business district transform into pop-up galleries and performance stages for an evening of art in all its forms. Details: https://tenleytownmainstreet.org/event/art-all-night/
Have fun and raise money for Murch Elementary at the Fall Fair! Games and Prizes • The Famous Used Book Sale • Snacks • Potomac Pizza • Ice Cream • Arts & Crafts • Ridiculously Fun Oversized Activities • Mini Putt-Putt • Photo Booth Information: https://murchschool.org/hsa/fall-fair-2021/
Learn more at https://www.burkeschool.org/admissions/visiting-burke?utm_source=aup&utm_medium=list&utm_campaign=fall22&utm_id=fall22
The Cleveland Park Library will host an outdoor storytelling event that will explore the stories of the Nacotchtank, and Piscataway peoples through the history of Rock Creek. Learn more at https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/5753900
To help us celebrate Forest Hills Connection's tenth anniversary, Steve Saari, who led the Broad Branch Stream daylighting project for the DC Department of Energy and the Environment, will lead […]
Find details here on a kid-friendly volunteer activity that will make Connecticut Avenue friendlier to birds and pollinating insects. Community service hours are available for teens. Sundays through August from […]