by Lee Armfield Cannon If you noticed the hubbub in the neighborhood one recent Saturday and spotted an unusual number of people strolling the streets carrying bags and boxes, no, it was not a mass move-in day in Forest Hills, it was the First Annual Community Yard Sale! Organized by the Forest Hills Connection’s own […]
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Meet your neighbors: Beverly Rezneck, photographer of flowers and the famous
by Lee Armfield Cannon As I turned the corner into the photography studio, a pair of eyes on my left immediately caught my attention. On the wall hung a photographed portrait of a girl, perhaps 13 or 14, wearing a deep burgundy dress and a single strand of pearls. Her face is a swirl of […]
Meet two volunteers who watch over the Soapstone Trail
by Lee Armfield Cannon Rock Creek Park is one of the largest urban parks in the country, but all that natural area is still too close to human habitation and industry to operate as a completely independent ecosystem. In other words, if something goes wrong in the park or on the trails, someone has to […]
Meet your neighbors: A designer turned toymaker
by Lee Armfield Cannon “My earliest memories are not of people or places but of color, shape and light.” Ann Elkington has spent her career as a photographer, industrial designer and a teacher of design. Her photography skills have served the National Building Museum, the Soldiers’ Home, Sidwell Friends School, the British School of Washington […]
These are a few of my favorite things about Forest Hills in 2014
by Tracy Johnke It has been my pleasure to serve as Forest Hills Connection’s webmaster for the past two and a-half years. What I love most about this publication can be boiled down to this: 1) The wonderful and impressive people I’ve met through my work on the Connection, or now recognize thanks to profiles […]
At Peirce Mill, they keep their noses to the grindstone
This article was written in 2014. To learn more about upcoming tours and demonstrations at Peirce Mill, visit friendsofpeircemill.org/events by Lee Armfield Cannon You don’t have to travel to Mount Vernon, the National Mall monuments or the Smithsonian museums to see history come alive. One such place is in our neighborhood’s collective backyard, an old-fashioned […]
The Forest Hills-Street Sense Connection
As Forest Hills Connection’s webmaster, I see our website’s logo every day. But the last place I expect to spot it is downtown, on my way to work. But there it was, as plain as day, in the hands of a Street Sense vendor. In February, Van Ness Street Sense vendor Roberta Bear was featured […]
Meet Your Neighbors: Annette Polan, Artist & Activist
by Lee Armfield Cannon Walk into Annette Polan’s home studio and you enter a space with twenty years’ worth of stories to tell, and only one purpose: To create beautiful and meaningful portraits that serve as biographies of the sitters, and of the artist herself. When Polan moved to the Forest Hills from Capitol Hill […]
Visit Annette Polan’s Art Studio On May 18th
Did you read and enjoy the article about Annette Polan and her Forest Hills studio? You can see her studio for yourself on the afternoon of Sunday, May 18th. Two other artists, Joan Danziger and Setsuko Ono, are participating in our first such event, and refreshments will be provided. We want to do more of […]
Artist Tour Event Tickets – May 18th
Buy Tickets to the Forest Hills Art Tour, Make a Donation: Forest Hills Connection Needs Your Support Buy tickets to tour the home studios of three prominent Forest Hills-based artists from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 18th, and help support the operating costs of the Forest Hills Connection. Tickets are $25 dollars each […]