Civics, happy hour and culture: It's a busy Tuesday in Petworth

(Pic courtesy Roshani Kothari)

Tuesday night has a full schedule of events, from civic to professional to cultural.

 - ANC 4C meets at the Petworth Library at 6:30pm for its November session. Unlike October's turbulent meeting, this should hopefully be a calmer meeting. (See the draft agenda.) 

 - Join CM Brandon Todd and other neighbors at the Ward 4 Young Professionals Happy Hour at The Pitch Tavern, 6:30pm

 - Resident Roshani Kothari presents an exhibit and discussion: “Dreaming of Cuba” at Petworth Citizen Reading Room, 6:30pm

Southwest Petworth Social heads indoors to Lyman's Tavern

Organizer Russ Breckenridge sent out an email that the next Southwest Petworth Lemonade Social was going to meet at Lyman's Tavern (3720 14th St NW, 14th & Randolph Streets) -- so NOT at the corner park between Quincy & Kansas Ave NW. The Social is tomorrow, Wednesday, October 28th at 6:30. CM Brandon Todd will be onhand as well.

Lyman's is kid-friendly, and welcomes pets to the outdoor patio.

Heights Community Soup looking to fund neighborhood projects

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There's a new program that is slowly getting more attention up in north Petworth called Heights Community Soup. It's a community potluck dinner where neighbors gather, share dinner and ideas to help the neighborhood, and then vote to fund one of four proposals presented that night. Past Soups have raised in the $600-700 range for the chosen community project.

The organizers, the Community Alliance For Upper Fourteenth Street (CAUFS), based their program on the "Detroit Soup" model, through which residents have gathered and voted to micro-fund many creative projects across the city.

CAUFS is looking for people to come out and join their fellow neighbors with a dinner and idea session. If you have an idea for a community activity, mural or something else to fill a gap or lift up the community, please share your idea. Please email any questions and suggestions for ideas by Friday, October 23rd to info.heightscommunitysoup@gmail.com. 

They're looking for proposals that benefit communities surrounding the upper 14th St area bounded by Georgia Avenue (East), Rock Creek Park (West), Spring Road (South) and Missouri Avenue (North).

The next Soup is Tuesday, October 27th from 6:30-8:30pm at 4411 14th St. 

Doors open at 6pm, presentations start at 6:30 and dinner around 7:30pm. They'll announce the winner of the funding by 8:30.

> View the Heights Community Soup PDF for more info.

Sherman Circle Social tomorrow, October 7

The next Sherman Circle Social is this Wednesday, October 7th, from 5:30 to 6:30 at Sherman Circle. From organizer Pam Brown:

"Join your neighbors in celebrating the fall with some apple cider and friendly cheer. For those who have come to past socials, please spread the word and bring at least one new person with you to the social this month.  This may be a spouse, a neighbor, your kid, your pet, anyone. Please spread the word amongst those who may not be on email or listserv, and we hope to see you on Wednesday!"