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DDOT will study Connecticut Avenue traffic, as requested by three ANCs that line the avenue between Woodley Park and Chevy Chase Circle. Agency representatives will discuss the study – which will include a look at the reversible lanes – at this community meeting hosted by ANC 3F’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee. Learn more at https://www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/ddot-to-discuss-connecticut-ave-study-at-nov-26-community-meeting/
In this 26th Annual Joe L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture at the UDC law school, Vanita Gupta, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, will hold a conversation on civil and human rights. Learn more at https://www.law.udc.edu/event/Rauh2018?link_id=0&can_id=9916944bd8c44183db00fea502a01402
Young Austrian pianist Mitra Kotte will perform a potpourri of classical and romantic pieces, as well as contemporary compositions. Learn more at http://acfdc.org/events-2018/concert-mitra-kotte
This monthly hands-on workshop will teach people how to research the history of their DC house using primary sources in Washingtoniana. Researchers will learn to use building permits, historic maps, city directories, newspapers and other resources to find out about the building and the people associated with it. Class size is small to allow everyone […]
Join your neighbors on Saturday, December 1 and help keep Forest Hills Park beautiful! With rakes, brooms and shovels provided by DPW, spruce up the playground at 32nd and Chesapeake Streets, and if enough volunteers show up, they'll tackle the rain gardens and the tennis and basketball courts, too. Bring gloves and bring the kids. […]
Jazz vocalist and pianist Blossom Dearie was an accomplished musician from the Bebop Era into the 21st Century. Her distinctive style was marked with her pixie-like delicate voice paired with muscular rhythms, and combined with her independent attitude. This concert features Paul Bratcher (organ), Nicki Parrott (vocals and string bass), Andrew Hare and Chuck Redd […]