Forest Hills Connection | News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
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Take a tour led by Sandy Farber Bandier, UDC’s Master Gardener coordinator and extension agent, and the garden’s architect, David Bell. Bell designed the outdoor garden and the indoor greenhouse. Learn more at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/udc-green-roof-tour-tickets-35060337413?aff=eac2
Meet artist Lena Frumin and see her latest paintings. Cards and prints will be available for purchase, in addition to reasonably priced oil paintings and prints. Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/events/1354433161284452/
Live music during dinner at Terasol on weekend evenings. See the performance schedule at http://www.terasolartisans.com/Events.html
Join Rock Creek Conservancy, DOEE, and the National Park Service for a special habitat and restoration planting in the Broad Branch section of Rock Creek Park. Volunteers will help plant around 400 shrubs and perennial plants as part of a DOEE Watershed Innovation Grant to improve the Broad Branch and Linnean Stream areas. Volunteers will […]
Visit local homes that have installed RiverSmart Homes' subsidized landscape features, such as trees, rain gardens, bayscaping, rain barrels, and permeable pavers! All of these features help reduce harmful stormwater runoff into local streams and rivers and add low maintenance beauty to the garden. The Garden Party will start promptly at 2 p.m. with refreshments […]
Free live trivia on Wednesday nights, in Jake's Boiler Room on the basement level of Jake's American Grill. Learn more at http://www.district-trivia.com/venues/dc/jakes-american-grille
Ward 3 Coffee & Conversation with At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds in The Den at Politics and Prose For more information, contact Ms. T. N. Tate, Public Affairs Director at [email protected] or call 202-724-8064.
Celebrate spring's arrival in Russian style at Hillwood. Learn more at http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/whats/annual-events-and-festivals/faberg%C3%A9-egg-family-festival/faberg%C3%A9-egg-family-festival $18, $15 Senior, $12 Member, $10 College Student, $5 Child (ages 6-18), free for children under 6.
Forest Hills Playground is due for some spring cleaning. Friends of Forest Hills Playground is organizing the April 8th cleanup event. Who to bring: All ages welcome. Community service hours available for teens. What to bring: Brooms, rakes, gloves and extras of each if you have them. To sign up: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084badae2fa64-forest1
Jazz ensembles under the direction of Allyn Johnson celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month in a variety of flavors. Free and open to the public, in the Recital Hall in UDC’s Performing […]
DC DEMOCRACY DURING THE TIME OF TRUMP: 51 AND 45! Presented by the University of the District of Columbia Law Review Friday, April 14, 2017 4340 Connecticut Ave NW, Room 518, Washington, DC 20008 The April 2017 UDC Law Review Symposium will focus on the potential threats to the District of Columbia created by the […]
Favorite pianist and UDC Jazz Studies Director Allyn Johnson curates a JAZZAlive series featuring performance and conversation. Free and open to the public, in the Recital Hall in UDC’s Performing Arts Building 46-West. Learn More at www.JazzAliveUDC.org
Musician and educator Paul Combs is the author of Dameronia, the first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron, an important and widely influential figure in jazz history and one […]
Vocal Arts DC Committed to nurture and promote the classical voice recital, Vocal Arts DC presents an exceptional cadre of chanteurs. This stellar line-up of concerts features some exciting debuts […]
Join Buck’s Fishing & Camping, Politics and Prose and a diverse roster of D.C. chefs and restaurateurs at a dinner celebrating the release of our Forest Hills neighbor Joan Nathan’s […]