Welcome to Cottage’s Corner, an opportunity to learn more about President Lincoln’s Cottage, a local museum and national monument on Upshur and Rock Creek Church Road, and an important part of our Petworth community. This series of articles is a partnership between Petworth News and the Cottage to further community ties and help them get the word out about all the amazing things they do every day of the year.
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Rescheduled to Sunday, February 16th…
Join us for Crafting Connections on Thursday, January 30th as we launch a new interactive visitor experience that encourages connection. Paint, draw, collage and design a card for future visitors to the Cottage to inspire, provide hope or amuse them. Free for Petworth News readers!
We invite you to join us on Wednesday, November 6th to an evening of reflection at President Lincoln’s Cottage, a home where Lincoln found comfort and resolve in another time of deep national division. Join your neighbors for food, discussion and reflection.
President Lincoln’s Cottage is welcoming our neighbors and visitors to enjoy the grounds as Abraham Lincoln’s family did with a full day of family fun. Homecoming is free for all to enjoy! The Cottage sat down with rising kindergarten student Maeve to discuss her hopes, memories and joys as the fun day draws near.
Fifteen students from the US and abroad gathered at President Lincoln’s Cottage last month for the annual Students Opposing Slavery International Summit to develop ideas on combating human trafficking, and now they’re putting those ideas into practice.
Created by artists living within the US carceral system and curated by the Committee of Incarcerated Artists and Writers, the Prison Reimagined exhibit features presidential portraits paired with that president’s record on incarceration and visions of what true justice could look like. This project is the creation of journalist Cadell Kivett, one of the editors of Nash News, who is currently incarcerated at the Nash Correctional Institution in North Carolina. Project made possible by the Arts for Justice Fund.
As the newly appointed CEO and Executive Director of President Lincoln’s Cottage, I am delighted to invite you all to one of my favorite days of the year: our Cottage Homecoming on September 16th.
We invite you to join the Cottage for Community Project and share your observations, insights, and aspirations with us. We are particularly interested in your sense of what the key issues facing the Petworth community are and with whom in the neighborhood we should speak.
On January 17th, President Lincoln’s Cottage opened a new exhibition, Create to Free Yourselves: Abraham Lincoln and the History of Freeing Slaves in America by Georges Adéagbo, a renowned contemporary artist from Benin. President Lincoln’s Cottage preserves the home to connect people to the true spirit of the Lincolns, and we recognize that Abraham Lincoln means many different things to many different people. The installation will be on display from January 17 through February 15, 2023.
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Petworth Peanuts and Ward 4 Mutual Aid are accepting donations of items for maternity, babies and children for the Mother's Day Free Market! They are accepting almost anything related to kids/babies/maternity in good condition.
Timber Pizza’s sorely missed breakfast biscuit sandwiches are back, now at 201 Upshur Street NW, just a few blocks up the hill from their first restaurant at 809 Upshur Street NW.
Due to the rain (and the way electric instruments hate water) the porch bands will move to Sunday, April 27th. Some of the times the bands will be playing has changed, so be sure to check the PorchFest website. The Main Stage of Petworth PorchFest will kick off at 5pm on Saturday, April 26th at Petworth Rec Center (801 Taylor Street NW).
Petworth PorchFest is Saturday, April 26th starting at 2pm on porches across the Petworth area. This year there are more than 300 bands playing at over 130 homes across the neighborhood, making this one the largest outdoor music festivals in DC.
4-19-25: The park has been cleaned, and a new article with updates coming soon.
Spring break is here but neighborhood kids won’t get to play at the Park View Recreation Center playground, affectionately referred to as “ladybug playground” for the squat colorful statues that dot its center. That’s because the playground is closed for lead remediation, for the second time in two years.
In recent Advisory Neighborhood Commissions oversight hearing documents, the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (OANC) notified the DC Council that Petworth’s ANC 4C was denied $18,540 in funding allotment for FY 2024. How did that happen?
On the week of April 14-18th, President Lincoln’s Cottage will be offering a variety of kid-friendly activities for neighbors looking to “staycation” during the spring school holidays.