2 Events From Rosedale Citizens Association

Reposted from a listserv:

To all residents of Rosedale and surrounding neighborhoods,

The Rosedale Citizens Alliance (RCA) is a small, but dedicated group of neighbors who live between 14th and 21st and C and H St/ Benning Rd. We seek to foster a vibrant, safe neighborhood while honoring and maintaining its rich diversity.

We have two events coming up in the next few days. If you live in Rosedale, or are interesting in helping our community, please join us! Also, check out our website at www.rosedaledc.blogspot.com .

Clean-up
On Saturday, September 30, the RCA will be cleaning up the 14th and 15th blocks of Duncan street and surrounding alleys. We will meet at 9am on the corner of Duncan and 15th. No need to bring anything, except maybe a pair or gloves. (Equipment will be provided by DC's Department of Public Works.) Usually we finish in about an hour and a half. Monthly

Meeting
On Monday, October 2 at 7pm, we will hold our monthly meeting at 1433 H Street NE (in a meeting room on the second floor of the Argonaut). All are welcome, and purchasing food and drink will not be necessary.

Farmers Market & Argonaut Brunch

Trying out a combo reminder this week for two recurring events:
The H Street Farmers Market & the Sunday Brunch at the Argonaut.

H Sreet Farmers Market Tomorrow

What: a chance to get local fruits & veggies dierectly from the farmers who grow them. You can also get pork, beef, cheeses, sausages, breads, pasta sauce, honey, sorbet, tarts, & more directly from the producers. Also featuring pumpkins to get you into the Halloween mood.
Where: the middle of the southside of the 600 block of H Street.
When: Saturday Mornings from 9am-12pm

Brunch @the Argonaut on Sunday

When: 11am-3pm.
What: Sunday brunch, of course! See the menu here.
Where: 1433 H Street

WSJ: Hug A Thug

The Wall Street Journal's got an interesting piece on a novel approach to dealing with drug dealers in a community (you need a subscription to follow the link above, but it's temporarly free if you go through here).

Bad Architecture! Bad!

Richard's got a bit of rant on the controversial project proposed for the 600 block of H Street & mediocre architecture in general.

VOH: HSMS

Voice of the Hill tackeles the H Street Main Street issue in th newst edition. Download the pdf here.

VOH: Latest on Two Rivers

Read the article about a judge throwing out most of the charges against the Capitol Hill charter school. By the way, Two Rivers is said to be planning a move that will put the school in closer proximity to the Capitol City Market & Gallaudet.

H Street Reference in the Times

Another tip (I rarely read the Washington Times)! H Street's new bars (and Palace of Wonders particularly) get a nod in today's Times. The author of the piece poo poos NIMBYism/micromanagement in NW & hold up Palace of Wonders as the interesting type of place such NIMBYism/micromanagement discourages in NW

GQB to Hit Street Friday

Expect a bit more of crowd on H Street this Friday. I've been alerted to the fact that Guerilla Queer Bar (the group intentionally mispells Guerrilla) will be "invading" 3 H Street spots (the Argonaut, the Red & the Black, & Palace of Wonders, respectively). The group is planning to hit Palace of Wonders at 11pm, so they will probably miss the main event at Palace, which is:

The DC Gurly Show (burlesque review)
at 9pm ($10 cover, doors open at 7pm)

Fit In DC @ Will Power

A message from Fit in DC (located inside WillPower Health & Fitness at 1005 H Street):

Fit in DC, LLC is now serving the health and fitness needs H Street community. As a resident of the community, I provide personal training, group fitness training and yoga instruction for all members of the family including seniors and youth. I specialize in pre and post natal fitness, and would like to start a class in the H Street area as soon as possible. Please contact me for more information.

Vionna OR. Jones
Owner of Fit in D.C., LLC
ACE Certified Personal Trainer
AFAA Certified Group Fitness Instructor
Healthy Moms Certified Fitness Professional
vionna@fitindc.com
www.fitindc.com
202-423-7445

www.wpfitness.com

The Women of Tin Pan Alley @H Street Playhouse

The Women of Tin Pan Alley

September 30, 2006
8 pm
$15
H street Playhouse
1365 H Street NE
This revue explores the talented women who played an important role in shaping America's musical landscape during the first half of the 20th century.
http://www.theateralliance.com/

Alice At The Atlas

From the press release:

Alice
at the Atlas

So you think being rich will get you a giant house, fun times, lots of great friends, and everything that money can buy? Smart and sassy young Alice believes it will, in this adaptation of Whoopi Goldberg’s delightful children’s book brought to the stage by Minneapolis playwright Kim Hines. After many nights filled with dreams of fame and fortune, Alice can hardly believe it when she is the winner of a mysterious sweepstakes!

This Saturday, September 30 at 11am and 1pm, the brand-new Atlas Performing Arts Center on H Street will open its doors to families for a touring Kennedy Center production of Alice by Whoopie Goldberg, an updated, retelling of Alice in Wonderland.

The Atlas was a dilapidated and abandoned old movie theatre and has been reinvented as a state-of-the-art center for arts and education. The Atlas project is largely responsible for spurring the rapid growth and revitalization of H Street NE.

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased by either calling the box office 399-7993 or online at www.atlasarts.org

The Atlas Performing Arts Center is located at 1333 H Street NE

Gingham Dog Reviewed in the Post

Check out this Post review of the Gingham Dog, which is playing at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Thanks to Ken for leaving it in the comments.

Atlas Now Officially Open!

A word from the Atlas (1300 block of H Street):

The Atlas Performing Arts Center is now officially open! The theatres are completed and we want to invite our neighbors by to show off the gorgeous (if we do say so ourselves…) new spaces.

We know the H Street community has been waiting for this for a very long time and we want to give everyone an opportunity to have a look around and hear about the Atlas’ plans for such neighborhood concerns as parking and transportation.

All are welcome to come to the Atlas Monday October 2, 2006 at 6:30 pm for a tour of the new facility. Atlas Performing Arts Center Executive Director Patrick Stewart will lead the tour and will talk about the next and most exciting phase of the Atlas’ development!

Please call or email Jen DeMayo at 399-7993 ext. 125 or jdemayo@atlasarts.org with any questions about the event.

Other Thoughts on The Festival

So, I think we can mostly agree that this year's festival was a success. I'm not sure exactly how many vendors there were, but the rough numbers I got from an organizer looked like this:

2005 Festival: 40-45 booths from vendors & sponsors
2006 Festival: 100 booths from vendors & sponsors

Another major change was a large kids area in the Auto Zone parking lot (which was used for general booths last year).

A child waits to have his face painted in the kids area.


Musicians perform at the western edge of the festival.

I also felt like the music was better this year (but I didn't spend a great deal of time hanging around the stages either year, so I only got snippets). Mostly, I either walked around taking photos, or worked at the Trinidad-Ivy City Garden Club booth. Which reminds me that I thought the process of assigning booths also went more smoothly this year. Due to the localized nature of the Garden Club, people working the booth asked those who stopped to look if they lived in the neighborhood. We not only spoke with a lot of neighborhood residents, but also a lot of people from Virgina & Maryland, which also happened last year, & lots more from other DC neighborhoods (southern parts of Capitol Hill, Shaw, & Deanwood), which I don't think did happen quite as much last year. So that was also an improvement. It's clear that H Street has been generating a lot of buzz recently & that people are now curious.

Cruising

The H Street festival.

Capitol Hill Transportation Study Open House

DDOT’s Capitol Hill Transportation Study: Final Report Open House

Come out and help ensure Capitol Hill thrives as a pedestrian & cyclist friendly community.

Capitol Hill residents are encouraged to attend, review and submit recommendations to DDOT’s Capitol Hill Transportation Study Final Report.

• What: DDOT’s Capitol Hill Transportation Study: Final Draft Report

• When: Wednesday, September 27, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

• Where: Northeast Library, 330 7th Street, N.E. (and Maryland Avenue, N.E.)

• For more information, visit DDOT’s website: http://ddot.dc.gov/ddot/

• DDOT Representative: Chris Delfs, Ward 6 Transportation Planner, christopher.delfs@dc.gov


Capitol Hill’s unique layout is ideal for the urban pedestrian and cyclist lifestyle. With its relatively flat topography and street-lined tree canopy, the sprawling low-density residential neighborhood can easily access entertainment corridors (i.e. Barracks Row & H Street, NE), parks (i.e. Lincoln Park & Stanton Park), outdoor gathering areas (i.e. Eastern Market) and, of course, our schools & recreational facilities.

However, for Capitol Hill to be truly accessible to all its residents, comprehensive planning is essential to ensure the highest level of safety & quality-of-life. To achieve this, a transportation design that reduces commuter traffic volumes, prohibits charter buses, restricts commercial vehicles and enforces traffic speeds before vehicles enter Capitol Hill will help preserve and expand a pedestrian & cyclist urban community all Capitol Hill residents can enjoy.

Clean-Up in Rosedale

I recieved this notice from a Rosedale resident:

Are you looking for a local, easy community service project?

On Sat Sept 30 my community association will be doing an oh so fun neighborhood clean-up. From 9 am to 11 am we'll pick up trash and help make 2 or 3 streets in the neighborhood look a lot better. These clean up projects are actually quite rewarding - they are short but you see immediate results.

The group is meeting at 15th and Duncan Sts NE (essentially 15th and E) at 9 am on 9/30. Of course I'm willing to have friends meet at my house first, or help with pick ups/drops offs at home.

Everything is provided by the Dept of Public Works - all you need to bring is a pair of work gloves. You'd be amazed (or maybe not) at how much trash is collected in a short time period.

This blog hasn't been updated in a while, but you can see photos of how much trash the group pick up - http://www.rosedaledc.blogspot.com/

Hope you can come!

H Street Festival Tomorrow!

Where: 12th & H Street - 14th & H Street NE
What: a community festival & a great chance to check out many of the new & old businesses on H Street.
When: tomorrow from 12pm-6pm

HSTREETDC in City Desk

The recent hstreetdc listserv posts re: chasing away loiterers w/music were picked up City Desk.

Bricked Up & Locked Down

Local blogger Jaime of Stop, Blog & Roll takes a break from shooting photos during one of the market tours (Capital City Market).

Post: H Street Festival

Check out this Post mention of the H Street Festival (to take place 12pm-6pm from the 1200-1400 blocks of H Street).

New Argonaut Specials Menu

The Argonaut is located at 1433 H Street. The little note about food being offered Thursday, Friday, & Saturday applies to the upstairs (downstairs serves food everyday). I believe happy hour is from 5-7pm except where otherwise noted.

NoMA Vision Plan & Dev. Strategy Project

I received this via email:

I just wanted to follow up on the mailing that was sent out last week and remind everyone electronically that the Mayor's Hearing, the last public forum in the NoMA Vision Plan & Development Strategy Project, will be held on Thursday, September 28, 2006 from 6-8 pm, at the U.S. Government Printing Office Building, 710 North Capitol Street, NW (Bookstore Entrance). The meeting will take place in Harding Hall, on the 8th Floor of the building. The closest Metro is Union Station, and if you exit on the First Street, NE side, the GPO Building is only two blocks away. The Final Draft of the Plan will be presented at the meeting, and public testimony will be heard as well.

Each individual or representative of an organization who wishes to present testimony at the public hearing is requested to provide his or her name, address, telephone number and name of organization represented (if any) by calling Patricia Zingsheim, Associate Director of Revitalization and Design at 202.442.8965 no later than 5:00 pm, September 27, 2006. All oral presentations will be limited to three (3) minutes.

Written statements may be submitted for the record until 5:00 p.m., September 27, 2006. Written statements should be addressed to:

Patricia Zingsheim, Associate Director of Revitalization and Design , D.C. Office of Planning, 801 North Capitol Street, N.E., Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20002.

The draft plan is available for public review at the following locations:

D.C. Office of Planning
801 North Capitol Street, NE
Suite 4000

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW

R.L. Christian Community Library
1300 H Street, NE

The draft plan is also available online at: www.planning.dc.gov .

Of course, if you have any other questions that I can answer for you regarding the plan please feel free to contact me as well. Remember, public participation and input is crucial to this planning effort, so please try and attend on the 28th-I look forward to seeing all of you there!

Thanks,

Kevin Brady
Staff Assistant
Neighborhood Planning\Revitalization & Design
DC Office of Planning
801 North Capitol Street, NE
Suite 4000
Washington, DC 20002
202-741-5241
202-442-7638 fax

WP: Electrocution @Wheatley

The post has the story on the ill fated robber who touched the wrong wire yesterday.

Man Electrocuted at Wheatley

I can't find the link on the news site, but I see from a listserv that NBC4 is reporting that a man was electrocuted this morning in Wheatley Elementary (Neal Street). Apparently the man & his accomplice broke into the school seeking to steal copper wire. The accomplice reportedly called the police when he heard his friend screaming.

Another Reason to Check Out the Argonaut Tonight

I've just been alerted that today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I thought I'd pass it on since it might provide some of you with an excuse to check out the Argonaut (as if the sweet potato fries weren't reason enough). The Argonaut is located at 1433 H Street.

Crossing

800 block of H Street.

Sidamo: Coming Soon!

I recently (a few weeks back, I'm behind on uploading photos) was able to sneak a peek inside H Street's newest coffee & tea shop. Sidamo, located at 417 H Street, will likely open very soon. Sidamo is an Ethiopian coffee shop & will offer light fare including sandwiches & pastries. It will also feature a weekly traditional Ethiopian tea ceremony in a laid back environment.


Here you see the original tin ceilings that remain intact.


The main space, shown above (please remember that these photos are a few weeks old), features high ceiling for that airy feel.


Out back there are plans to set up three tables so you can enjoy the weather on pleasant days.

Sidamo is located near (the businesses mentioned below are all located in the 400 block of H Street, but they are not the only businesses in the 400 block):

Reader's Lounge

Bikram Yoga Capitol Hill

Dynamic Health & Wellness

H Street Festival This Weekend

Where: 12th & H -14th & H.
When: Saturday Sept. 23rd from 12pm-6pm
Check out the website.

Another Grocery Option For The Carless

Hate Safeway, or don't want to trek/bus to the supermarket in the winter? Good news! Pea Pod (which delivers groceries to your door for a very modest fee) is adding some items from Wild Oats (a grocery store chain that competes with Whole Foods, but has fewer total outlets) to the list of available items.

PSA 504 Meeting Tomorrow

What: a police service area meeting (learn about neighborhood issues & offer your imput).
Where: Youth Services Center -1000 Mt. Olivet Road NE
When: 10am Saturday Sept 16th

Farmers Market Tomorrow

What: a producers only market right on H Street.
When: 9am-12pm Saturdays
Where: south side of the 600 block of H Street.
Why: fresh furits, veggies, meats, cheeses, breads, honey, cookies, & more.

Post: BIDs Spring Up Around Town

Here's a Post article on the popularity of Business Improvement Districts in DC. A second piece on the new BID in Adams Morgan is particularly useful when considering how a BID might work on H Street. As the piece points out, Adams Morgan is primarily composed of small businesses housed in 2-3 story buildings, as opposed to the highrises that dominate downtown (so each business much contribute a larger share).

The Next Step

Corner of 10th & H.

Hill Rag: Diversity of Options on H

I should also mention this Hill Rag piece on the variety of things you'll find on H Street.

VOH: CDC & Residents Long Divided

Download the new Voice of the Hill for a story on the H Street CDC. This piece is also a good history lesson for newer residents, or those who haven't always followed the H Street politics. It's also an interesting look at the kind of problems you might generally see when a community development organization & the community it purports to want to help don't see eye to eye.

Almost Ready

The Atlas PAC (1300 block of H Street) nears completion.

H Street Gravitas in WP

You really should read (or at least skim for relevant sections) this online discussion about going out in and around DC. There's quite a bit of pro-H Street discussion in there due largely to Fritz Hahn, who seems quite smitten with H Street. Thank you Mr. Hahn, & thanks to Ben for pointing this one out. Is case anyne is curious about the Ghanian place, it's called Daavi's. The owner was once associated (somehow) with Adams Morgan's Ghana Cafe. The decor leaves something to be desired. My personal experience with Ghanian food is too limited to evaluate the quality, but I found myself craving the stuff after my first visit & I craved it enough to return more than once. I'll also mention that they have plans in the works for an outdoor patio in the back.

National Marathon to Head Down H Street

I just received an email letting me know that the new route for the 2007 National Marathon will take runners down H Street NE from 4th Street all the way to 13th. Pretty cool, no?

Red & the Black Reviewed in GW Hatchet

Here's a review of the Red & the Black that appears in the GW Hatchet. I saw this review this morning, but hesitated to put it up immediately. It wasn't the snarky tone that turned me off so much as the fact that the author makes a rather glaring factual error, & she also makes a couple of assertions that cause me to seriously doubt her honesty: (1) I would be very surprised if the average patron of the Red & the Black was actually wearing Diesels (based on the amount of alcohol it sounds like they consumed, I guess it's possible that the author got confused & was referencing her friends' clothing when she mentioned the "Diesel-jeans-clientele"); (2) the bartender tale also makes me skeptical. But for what it's worth, I've linked to the article. And here's an article pointing out the fact that GWU was recently ranked as the 2nd most expensive college in the country.

VOH: Vendors Say Group Hurts Biz

Here's an article from Voice of the Hill on the effect of noisy preachers perched on the corner of 8th & H. Catch the latest on the preacher antics at Quest for Quiet.

A New Day Blooms

Flowers offered for sale by a vendor at the H Street Farmers Market.

Following a major turn over in local politics, we should be in for some interesting changes. Though ANC elections won't take place until November, it appears that many of the current commissioners surrounding H Street will likely keep their offices (judging by who registered & turned in sigs). On the other hand, the higher up leadership has changed completely with Fenty likely to get the Mayor's seat, Tommy Thomas Jr. taking over Ward 5, & Tommy Wells probably claiming the Ward 6 seat. What will all of this mean for Trinidad, H Street, & the Capital City Market?

Follow Up on Meeting Last Night (John Ray)

Rebuilding Place has a response to the mention I made yesterday of a scheduled presentation at a neighborhood meeting in Shaw about a building being erected on the edge of the Capital City/Florida Ave. Market. For the record, John Ray did not make his presentation at the meeting because he was stuck in California. There were, however, materials regarding the proposed development passed around at the meeting & the renderings of the 10 story building were apparently not to the liking of the blogger behind In Shaw. Learn more about the plan Mr. Ray supports for the market in this DC North article, Is New Town the End of the Florida Ave. Market?

Seeking Trombone & Bass Players

From a listserv:
The Capital City Symphony is still looking for Trombone and bass players.
For further information, or to schedule an audition,
call 202-2981084, or send Email to Muchino@capitalcitysymphony.

The Symphony performs at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St NE

WP: Revitalized Atlas = A World of Difference

Here's a Post article on the Atlas & its role in the H Street community. Check out the new photo sets of the Atlas & the Atlas in black & white. The sets are available at the bottom of the sidebar. You can also try your luck with these links (#1 & #2), but I think the sidebar will be more dependable.

Not A Shooting, but a Stabbing

I've just heard that the police are now saying the incident reported as a shooting at 6th & H last week was not a shooting, but actually a stabbing related to a domestic incident. Thanks to David Klavitter for the update.

Roll Call: on H St., Business Matters

Here's the latest from Roll Call (subscription). The article talks about how H Street is becoming a place that caters to neighbors & visitors to the neighborhood alike, & contrasts its present & future state against the recent past, when many area residents avoided the commercial strip. There is also discussion of an increase in business where residents can go at night to enjoy H Street (not just bars, but book stores & coffee shops as well). The piece also features some brief interviews with Genae George (Reader's Lounge -421 H Street), Anwar Saleem (HSMS), & Cody Rice (Commissioner in ANC 6A).

Florida Market Movements

I came across a post on the blog In Shaw (Truxton Circle) mentioning that the agenda for tonight's Bates Area Civic Association contains a presentation by John Ray on the Florida Market & Residences at Florida Ave & 4th NE (it sounds from the In Shaw post like the building is supposed to be 10 stories). This presentation is related to the plan to transform the Capital City Market/Florida Market area (the unofficial proposal, which I think stinks, involves basically bulldozing the existing market, putting up some "affordable" housing, adding stuff like a bowling alley, outdoor ampitheater, YMCA, youth center, medical clinic, ect., & basically setting up a suburban style mini-town with the o-so-creative name of "New Town").

Here's the meeting info in case you are dying to hear Mr. Ray's speech:

Bates Area Civic Association, Inc. Monthly Meeting

Mt. Sinai Baptist Church
3rd and Q Streets, NW
Community Room
Washington, DC

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Monday Sept. 11th

Nothing But Blue Skies

400 block of H Street

Remember When...

...this was what night life meant on H Street?

Post: H Street Life

Here's that great piece on H Street we heard was coming. It reads like guide book to the area so I think we can expect to see a lot more people enticed into making the pilgrimage from NW. Locals will find it handy for seeing what they haven't visited yet & also for convincing their friends from the suburbs that it really is okay to hang out on H.

H Street Over Adams Morgan?

Thanks to Rob for leaving this link to an online Post discussion where the author (Fritz of Going Out Gurus) suggests taking friends to H Street (he specifically mentions the Argonaut, H Street Martini Lounge, & the Ohio) instead of Adams Morgan.

Atlas Fall Line-Up

Swing for the Green featuring the Cab Calloway Orchestra
September 21, 2006, 6:00 pm
Tickets: $75.00
The Washington Area Community Investment Fund invites you to celebrate a
historic night of Big Band Swing and Jazz Music with the World Renowned Cab
Calloway Orchestra directed by Cab Calloway Brooks, Cab's Grandson, jazz
vocalist Coco Coleman and Swing Dancing presented by Tom Koerner and Debra
Sternberg of Gottaswing. This first Jazz and Swing Music celebration on H Street
will benefit underserved communities by providing funding for affordable
housing, small business loans, new jobs and infant childcare centers.

Capital City Symphony
Formerly the Georgetown Symphony Orchestra, the Capital City Symphony is beaming
with a new name, new energy, and a new home at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. More than 55 talented and enthusiastic volunteer musicians, under the direction of Victoria Gau, perform standard symphonic repertoire and explore the best of
20th-century music.
An Evening of Chamber Music September 24, 2006, 5:00 pm

The African Continuum Theatre Company
The Gingham Dog
By Lanford Wilson
Directed by Jeremy Skidmore
September 22 - October 22, 2006
Set in the late 1960s, this searing drama centers on the dissolution of an
interracial
marriage

The Kennedy Center presents
Alice
by Whoopi Goldberg
September 30, 2006 at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm
Tickets: $12
So you think being rich will get you a giant house, fun times, lots of great
friends, and everything that money can buy? Smart and sassy young Alice believes
it will, in this adaptation of Whoopi Goldberg's delightful children's book
brought to the stage by Minneapolis playwright Kim Hines. After many nights
filled with dreams of fame and fortune, Alice can hardly believe it when she is
the winner of a mysterious sweepstakes!





Levine School of Music Concert Series-
From the beginning of the development of the Atlas, Levine School of Music has
participated though the Northeast Senior Singers. They are now expanding their
commitment to the Near Northeast with the first serried of free concerts
featuring faculty and students.


Inspiration for a Masterpiece - Clarinet with Strings October 14, 2006, 8:00 pm
Clarinetist Lora Ferguson and friends perform Brahms and Mozart


Capital City Symphony
New Beginnings October 15, 2006, 5:00 pm


The Embassy of the Czech Republic presents
Teatr Novogo Fronta in "Dybbuk"
A Solo Performance by Irina E. Adreeva October 14th , 8pm
Workshops October 16 - 19.


Washington Musica Viva
Scenes, Crows and Rags November 19, 2006 3:00 pm




The African Continuum Theatre Company
A Raisin in the Sun
By Loraine Hansberry
Directed by Jennifer L. Nelson
November 29, 2006 - January 7, 2007
Broadway's longest-running Black play, now an American classic, is set in
Chicago's South Side during the 1950s. Raisin gives passionate insight into the
dreams and conflicts of three generations of the Younger family. An inspiring,
uplifting triumph over racism and despair.

Washington Musica Viva
The 44 Faces of Funk December 3, 2006 3:00 pm



Tehreema Mitha Dance Company Performance
December 9 at 2:00 and 8:00 pm and December 10 at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $20 - $25
Tehreema Mitha Dance Company is the only company in the US that presents both
Classical Indian and contemporary dance in the same evening, moving fluidly from
one into another. Mitha ran the only dance company in Pakistan for five years
before moving to the US in 1998, seeking more choreographic freedom.

Washington Musica Viva
The 44 Faces of Funk December 3, 2006 3:00 pm


Capital City Symphony
Annual Family Concert December 3, 2006, 4:00 pm;
instrument petting zoo 3:30pm

Holiday Sing Along, free! December 17, 2006, 5:00 pm

Roll Call 3 of 4

Here's the 3rd Roll Call piece on H Street: Making H Street the Place to Be. This one is basically talking about the bars opened by Joe Englert & company in the 1200 block (with a little mention of the Argonaut). The main point of interest is the projection that the Pug will open in October & that the Beehive & Dr. Granville Moore's will both be open before December. The Pug I can believe, but I'm a bit skeptical on the other two (partically Dr. Granville's) making that timeline. Let's hope they prove me wrong.

Rock & Roll Hotel In GW Hatchet

Google revealed that the GW Hatchet has included a Rock & Roll Hotel show in its brief list of recommendations for cash strapped college students. While I don't usually use the words "cash strapped" in sentences that include the words "GW undergrads," I'm thrilled to see the paper suggesting that the new kids in town at least explore something outside NW.

Back to School Bash on Saturday

When: September 9th, 2006 from Noon – 6 pm
Where: Eliot/Eastern baseball field
Theme: Celebration of 40 Days of Peace
School supply donations should be taken to the 1st District Substation (500 E St SE) or the Main Station and labeled for PSA 103/107! Volunteers are needed to sort school supplies, work on yard sale, set up, and clean up.
Donations of hamburger meat/buns, hotdogs/buns are appreciated as well as chips and condiments.
We would appreciate your assistance and support.
To volunteer or for more information:
email

commpartypsa103@gmail.com

or call Stephanie Nixon at 202-396-7234/412-612-8881
or Brenda Artis at 202-396-5334.
Details available on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DC_Comm_Party_PSA103/join

A Message From Palace of Wonders

...or, actually, a message from one of its owners:

For the past several months, The Argonaut, The Showbar's Palace of Wonders, The Red & The Black, and now The Rock & Roll Hotel have been advertising together and promoting the Atlas District as a great entertainment destination; we have hired a cleaning staff that sweeps the streets and cleans the alleys on a daily basis; and we have introduced a courtesy shuttle that takes patrons back to Union Station on weekends. Encouraged by the success we've had so far, we would like to extend an invitation to all H Street businesses -- especially those in the Atlas Arts District [12th-15th]-- to join us in our efforts. We would like to expand our transportation services; introduce a dedicated security force; and launch a more inclusive advertising campaign. If any business owners would like to commit their resources to making the Atlas Arts District a vibrant, safe, and accessible destination, please email me at gbantayehu@gmail.com, or call me at (202) 398-7469.

Regards,
Getinet Bantayehu

Up & Down, Dark & Light

The Atlas Performing Arts Center (1300 block of H Street) hopes to wrap up most construction in the next few months.

Casey Trees

Casey Trees is offering its popular tree planting class three times at the beginning of the fall planting season. The free classes are taught by Casey Trees staff and outside experts. Each session includes 5 hours of classroom training and 4 hours of planting instruction in the field. Tree selection, planting and care are covered in the class. In addition to learning about selecting the right tree for a site and how to plant and care for it, those completing the class are eligible to become team leaders for Casey Trees plantings.

Option A: Classroom sessions on Tuesday, September 26th and Wednesday, September 27th, 6:30PM-9:00PM. Field training on Saturday, September 30th, 9:00AM-1:00PM.

Option B: Classroom session on Friday, September 29th, 10:00AM-4:00PM. Field training on Saturday, September 30th, 9:00AM-1:00PM.

Option C: Classroom sessions on Tuesday, October 10th and Wednesday, October 11th, 6:30PM-9:00PM. Field training on Saturday, October 14th, 9:00AM-1:00PM.

Sign up online at the Casey Trees website, www.caseytrees.org, or phone 202-833-4010.

Roll Call 1 & 2 of 4

From Yesterday's Roll Call is the first (subscription only) in a series of 4 articles on the revitalization of the H Street Corridor. Yesterday's article covers the real estate market. Today's topic is H Street's image problem.

Black Super Market

13th & Florida

HStreetDC in City Paper

the HStreetDC listserv made the e-list round-up for the recent "Sour Grapes" postings on parking rules & the block parties to which they apply.

Post: Where's the Buzz?

According to the Post (scroll straight down to the bottom paragraph), it's on H Street. The writer describes barhopping in Adams Morgan, or Georgetown as "been there, done that," but seems to feel quite differently about the experience on H Street NE. You get the idea from the final sentence that reads:

There's no other neighborhood where you'll find sword-swallowing
bartenders, hand dancing lessons and live go-go and indie rock bands just a few doors from a black-box theater, cozy neighborhood taverns and soul food takeout joints.

Post: A Night @ the Hotel

Check out this Post review of the Rock & Roll Hotel (1353 H).