May 15, 2015

Bus stop argument leads to assault and abduction charges

May 15, 2015/ Drew

At Wednesday's ANC 4C monthly meeting (5/13), Commissioner John-Paul Hayworth reported an alleged attempted abduction had occurred recently at a bus stop next to E.L. Haynes Public Charter School. Obviously, this freaked me out when I heard about it, so I looked into the situation and wanted to share what I found out.

The short version is that it appears to have been a physical altercation between a pre-teen boy and a man getting onto the #63 bus at Kansas avenue near EL Haynes (occurred next to, not at the school).

May 15, 2015

Strawberry Festival at St. Paul's Episcopal Church June 13th

May 15, 2015/ Drew

There are a lot of fun festivals and activities happening around Petworth in the upcoming weeks. Two schools are having events (EL Haynes and Powell both have festivals on May 30th), and Celebrate Petworth is June 6th.

Plus, the 149th Annual Strawberry Festival at St. Paul's Episcopal Church (i.e. the church in Rock Creek Cemetery) is happening on June 13th.

It sounds like a fun time for families of all sizes and ages. They plan on having pony rides, arts and crafts, music, moon bounces and a climbing wall.

Plus, the ever-popular tours of historic Rock Creek Cemetery.

Oh, and Strawberries. ;)

Save the Date:
Saturday, June 13, from 4-8 p.m.
201 Allison St. NW

May 13, 2015

Chief Cathy Lanier hosts crime meeting on Kennedy St violence

May 13, 2015/ Drew

I was invited to attend a crime briefing at MPD’s Joint Operations Command Center this morning with Chief Lanier, 4D leadership, Deputy City Administrator Kevin Donahue and about 20 other residents and various DC officials, including Councilmember-Elect Brandon Todd. The topic was recent crimes along the Kennedy Street corridor. Mr. Donahue opened the meeting and said the purpose was...

May 12, 2015

Celebrate Petworth is only a few weeks away...

May 12, 2015/ Drew

Here's the new poster for the Celebrate Petworth festival on June 6th. Really looking forward to this, it's sure to be a great time. There's over 40 vendors participating, with plenty to do for families, kids and more.

Put it on your calendars, June 6, 11am - 5pm!

May 11, 2015

Petworth Dance Project a new Saturday favorite

May 11, 2015/ Drew

While I wasn't able to attend, looks like the Petworth Dance Project was a great event at the local Petworth Park (8th & Taylor St NW). Check out the video, and look for dance events the 2nd Saturday of each month through September!

Did you miss our first show? Do not fret there are more scheduled on the second Saturday of the month through September! Here is a look at the first PDP artist performances this past weekend and we hope to see you at the next one!! Thank you to all the artists, the performances were beautiful!! And again thank you to all our supporters especially Light House Yoga, CrossFit Petworth Dance Metro DC Petworth Citizen Cake Love, Leslie Griffith, Pamela Brown, Thomas and Lucan Pipkin! This was a great first show!! Here's to many more. #dcdance #ptwdance #petworthdanceproject #dcarts #dancedc
Posted by Petworth Dance Project on Monday, May 11, 2015

May 08, 2015

Arsenal of Democracy Flyover

May 08, 2015/ Drew

No, it's not World War 2 again... it's a massive flyover of vintage WW2 bombers and fighter.

If you're downtown near the National Mall or along the flightpath, go out around noon to see the "Arsenal of Democracy Flyover" dominate the DC skyline. (They should be over the Lincoln Memorial by 12:10pm, headed over the Mall and then left after the Capitol.)

You can check out the list of formations that you will see coming in over the city. And here is the official Arsenal of Democracy Flyover Fact Sheet (pdf).

And here's a cool Plane-Spotting Guide to help you identify the planes (over 70 are scheduled to participate). Considering these are all prop-planes, it should be LOUD and glorious.

Update -- now with far away pix!

Source: ww2flyover.org

April 20, 2015

Petworth Community Market Fundraiser a successful evening at Chez Billy

April 20, 2015/ Drew

The Petworth Community Market fundraiser was this evening at Chez Billy, and I think it was a total success! There had to be more than 200 people who came out to support the Market, and there were dozens of items up for auction to help the Market serve the community.

"The money raised tonight supports the fees we have to pay to the city for permits, meters, insurance and more," said Erin Lane, the president of the Market's Board. "Plus, it helps us to serve neighbors in need by affording us the ability to double SNAP/WIC payments."

"The event raises enough funds to cover 30%-40% of our annual operating costs," continued Erin. “It’s great to see this place packed with so many people, and to have them all out to support the Market and the community,” she said.