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Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service in removing invasive plant species from the western section of Melvin Hazen Park. For info and to register: https://rockcreekconservancy.org/volunteer-in-your-oasis#event=18828259
A panel discussing the humanitarian crisis on the US-Mexico border and Legal Observer Training. Learn more at https://www.law.udc.edu/event/exodus
Friends of Peirce Mill is hosting a free tasting of local hard ciders and delicious, homemade treats for its members. This event includes a lecture by Kim Prothro Williams, who will talk about agricultural Washington and her new book, Lost Farms and Estates of Washington, D.C. Not a member? Annual memberships start at $25. To […]
Featuring Sarah Foard (violin), Gary Prince (guitar), Chris Brown (electric bass), Manny Arciniega (percussion). Learn more at http://www.levinemusic.org/performance/events-calendar/event/1700
UDC Law Acting Dean John Brittain will have a candid, interview-style conversation with Michael Fauntroy, Associate Professor of Political Science and Acting Director of the Ronald Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center at Howard University, on the issues of racist images and racial bias currently rocking the Virginia state political leadership and academic institutions nationwide. […]
Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service for this family-friendly event as we remove invasive plant species from the "mini-oasis" in the western section of Melvin C Hazen Park. For information and to register for the March 10th event: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=27499826 Other upcoming events in Melvin C Hazen Park: April 6th trash cleanup: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=27502797 […]
Council member Brianne Nadeau, Chair of the Committee on Human Services, and Council member Mary Cheh will host a community forum on housing and homelessness in Ward 3. Members of the community are invited to join for a panel discussion, moderated by Council member Nadeau, which will focus on services available for and issues related […]
The Parks and Trails Committee meets monthly at 7 p.m. at Forest Hills of DC (4901 Connecticut, between Ellicott and Fessenden Streets). These meetings are open to the public and […]
David Jonathan Cohen on Eighty Years of “Adult Development" Hosted by the Cleveland & Woodley Park Village (202-615-5853) at the Cleveland Park Library Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 2 p.m. In 1938, with the Great Depression still gripping much of the nation and Adolf Hitler named TIME's Man of the Year, Harvard University launched a […]
A staged reading of letters between Austrian-Swedish physicist Lise Meitner and Nobel Prize Otto Hahn, read by the local actors Jennifer Mendenhall and Michael Kramer. Learn more at http://acfdc.org/events-2019/lise-meitner
The Streets and Sidewalks Committee meets at 7 p.m. monthly at UDC Building 38, Room 201 (see the campus map). These meetings are open to the public and welcome neighbor […]
CommuniKids now has a UDC branch. Visit this Spanish immersion preschool to learn more about its free PK3 and PK4 program, as well as a summer camp for kids ages 2 1/2 to 7. Find information and register here: https://communikids.com/events/communikids-award-winning-preschool-and-summer-camp-open-house-at-its-new-udc-van-ness-location/
Join Van Ness Main Street for a special event to launch its new series: aLIVE@VN. aLIVE@VN will feature live music, dance, lectures and much more every month. Enjoy St. Patrick's drink specials and a performance by After the Flood at Tesoro on Friday, March 15th, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
An in-store wine tasting with popular selections from Domaine Guillaman, Jean-Marc Crochet and Domaine Sauger. Learn more at https://www.calvertwoodley.com/events/i2295959cx
Murch School is celebrating Homecoming... its own... to the newly renovated school. Murch's annual auction raises money for the Home & School Association (HSA). Proceeds raised go towards the impressive programs Murch offers, as well as scholarships for students, teacher grants & field trips. For more information: https://murchschool.org/hsa/auction/ Alumni welcome: https://murchschool.org/alumni-auction-2019/