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The Home Rule Music and Film Preservation Society is taking a closer look at a specific chapter in our city’s musical story: Black Fire Records, a Black-owned independent jazz record label that started in DC in the 1970s. They’re raising funds via a Kickstarter campaign to complete the project.
Read MoreMain Streets are local non-profit organizations funded by DC government to support and enhance businesses and communities from a hyperlocal perspective. They do great work for long-time established businesses that have been historically overlooked by DC as well as new businesses looking to get help.
Petworth is the next neighborhood to get this support.
Read MoreRufino Bautista, former Executive Chef at Estadio and Asia Nora, had long dreamed of opening his own restaurant where he could be the boss and serve the dishes he loved.
He knew exactly the type of cuisine he would serve: northern Spanish. And he knew what he would name his restaurant: Atxondo, after the Basque city where he had the best meal of his life.
Read MoreAfter its inaugural success in 2019, Open Streets returns to Georgia Avenue on Saturday, October 2nd from 10am to 3pm. Three miles of Georgia Avenue — between Barry Place NW and Missouri Avenue — will be closed to cars. Instead, residents can walk, bike, run and scooter in the street. It’ll be the first of a series of Open Streets events that will be held across all eight wards in 2021-2022.
Read MoreEver since moving to Brightwood Park, I’ve wondered why my ANC is 4B, while the other three corners of my intersection belong to ANC 4D. My Single Member District 4B05 is bisected by Missouri Avenue, a large physical divide between the two halves of my SMD. For things like requesting parking zones on my block or finding out how to get speed bumps, I’ve had to deal with two SMD Commissioners and two ANCs.
How does this work?
Read MoreSeveral years ago I was out on a walk with my new baby. It was a bright sunny day, and I saw it. Something large and shiny. I knew what it was: a pizza oven.
That baby who saw the pizza oven with me is now five and started kindergarten a few weeks ago. The pizza place at 701 Kennedy Street is still not open and the likelihood of that happening has decreased to near zero.
Read MoreDC is kicking off its Art All Night events citywide on Friday night, September 24th starting at early at 5pm, with most kicking off around 7pm, and our area has a bunch of activations to entertain you. Uptown Main Street along the 14th Street and Kennedy Street corridor and Upper Georgia Avenue Main Street along Georgia Avenue offer a wide selection of art, food and more. It’s a pretty full schedule of events.
Read MorePark(ing) Day is coming to Kennedy Street from 9-4pm on Friday, September 17th. Originally started in San Francisco, Park(ing) Day is used to reimagine how public spaces like street parking can be activated for people rather than vehicle parking.
Read MoreFall is coming in as we say goodbye to summer, and The Parks at Walter Reed are offering some of the best local, outdoor events for music, film, fitness and gathering [safely] with neighbors and family.
Check out what’s happening this weekend and in the upcoming months at The Parks.
Read MoreThere’s an awesome lineup of family fun next weekend on Saturday August 21st at The Parks at Walter Reed. Their first outdoor film night kicks off with Get On Up, right after a kids music event and an amazing performance by Butcher Brown. The amphitheatre-shaped Great Lawn is large enough for plenty of socially distanced outdoor fun.
Read MoreVacant/blighted properties clustered on the 400 block of Kennedy Street NW owned by the same development company are an eyesore for the neighborhood, rodent havens and trash-dumping grounds. These properties have been labeled vacant and/or blighted for years, but those designations and DCRA have done nothing to encourage the owner to take action. At this point, it seems only legislation and more residential complaints are needed to get something done.
Read MoreGet ready Kennedy Street, because premium ice cream is coming to you in a few weeks. Everyday Sundae is opening at 713 Kennedy Street on Sunday, July 4th. This space is right next to ANXO, and is where Cheesemonster vacated in April.
Read MoreDan Ziegler began moonshining out of his kitchen for three and half years until he perfected an aguardiente more to his taste. Infused with jalapeño, this new liquor was christened Chacho, (rhymes with “muchacho”), a namesake for the llama he rode in Bogota. Now it’s finally available at his bar, "Chacho,” on Kansas Avenue in Manor Park.
Read MoreANXO cidery announced that they are planning on shutting down their flagship location in Truxton Circle because of a 15-month struggle to find common ground with their landlord. While being heartbroken to have to close their Florida Avenue location — ANXO opened over 5 years ago at that spot — they have grown from a small restaurant and cidery to an international distributor of their house-made ciders.
The silver-lining of this news is that ANXO plans on expanding their Brightwood Park location at 711 Kennedy St NW.
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