Forest Hills Connection | News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
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Agenda items for The University of the District of Columbia's quarterly Community Campus Task Force Meeting include: Enrollment update UDC COVID-19 response Van Ness Campus Master Plan Retail space update Spring 2020 semester Click here to log in to the meeting.
Explore the rainbow of colors at Hillwood through playful activities, fun games, and creative art-making. Learn more at https://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/events/virtual-family-fun-night-rainbow-adventure
Learn more at https://www.burkeschool.org/admissions/visiting-burke
Learn more at https://www.burkeschool.org/admissions/visiting-burke
Join Classical WETA 90.9 host James Jacobs and Ralitza Patcheva, piano, Vasily Popov, cello, Olivia Hajioff, violin, Marc Ramirez, viola in a broad-ranging lecture and conversation on Alfred Schnittke's inspired chamber works. Learn more at https://www.levinemusic.org/performance/events-calendar/event/2079
Calvert Woodley presents a virtual wine tasting hosted by Marco Ferrarese, Oenologist and Estate Manager of Guado al Tasso. Learn more and register at https://www.calvertwoodley.com/guadoaltasso?mc_cid=d5b2e621ea&mc_eid=33a2d9f6e3
J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings has ties to Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle and its four operas based on Norse mythology. Enjoy a performance of Howard Shore's epic score for the film versions of Tolkien's books, along with equally dramatic selections from Wagner. Learn more at https://www.levinemusic.org/performance/events-calendar/event/2062
For more than 100,000 years, human beings have been eating grass seeds, or grains. Two hundred years ago, Isaac Peirce built a mill along Rock Creek using a revolutionary system […]
Join Audubon Naturalist Society, Anacostia Riverkeeper, Potomac Riverkeeper Network, and Rock Creek Conservancy for a virtual presentation and learn about the DC Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program.
Calvert Woodley hosts a virtual wine tasting featuring world-class, 100% estate wines from the Sta. Rita Hills AVA in California. Learn more at https://www.calvertwoodley.com/topics/Brewer-Clifton-Virtual-Wine-Tasting-g0150320tw?mc_cid=623f3e784d&mc_eid=33a2d9f6e3
Levine faculty artist Paul Bratcher teaches interactive jazz techniques. Learn more at https://www.levinemusic.org/performance/events-calendar/event/2074
Neighbors are invited to help maintain the rain gardens at Forest Hills Park (by the tennis courts) under the guidance of the Department of Parks and Recreation and the DC Department of Energy and Environment. Volunteers can sign up for one or more one-hour shifts between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Kids […]
#OptOutside on Black Friday and support our local waterways by completing an individual cleanup or other socially distant stewardship activity. Individual cleanups are just what they sound like: you, a trash bag, and whatever patch of the Rock Creek watershed means the most to you. Register with Rock Creek Conservancy and report how many bags […]
Join National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a habitat restoration service event. Volunteers will be restoring a section of Melvin Hazen West, one of the Conservancy's five mini-oases. […]
Rock Creek Conservancy and volunteers have planted native plants in the Melvin Hazen West restoration area. This volunteer event will build and install plant fences to help protec those new […]
Buy Christmas trees and other greens, Hanukkah candles, and firewood at the Alice Deal Community Association's annual Greens Sale. Sign up to volunteer here.
Join the National Park Service, Rock Creek Conservancy, and Weed Warrior Rena Subotnik for a socially-distant outdoor invasive removal event. Volunteers will be removing English ivy from the Melvin Hazen […]
Taste four rye whiskies in different styles and hear from Brian Treacy, President of Sagamore Spirit, at this virtual event hosted by Calvert Woodley. Learn more at https://www.calvertwoodley.com/topics/12-4-20-Sagamore-Spirit-Virtual-Tasting-g9785848o3
ZooLights will not be held on-site at the Zoo this year. Instead, the 24-foot ZooLights Express truck, festively decorated with light displays and featuring “Panda Claws,” will hit the road […]
A virtual concert featuring Ralitza Patcheva, piano, Vasily Popov, cello, Olivia Hajioff, violin, Marc Ramirez, viola. Learn more at https://www.levinemusic.org/performance/events-calendar/event/2063