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DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Columbia Heights – The shooter who cracked off a round or two in broad daylight on 14th Street in CH last week interns in Jim Graham’s (Councilmember for Ward 1) office? Welcome to the Twilight Zone. [The Heights Life] & [U Street Girl] & [Prince of Petworth] & [WaPo] & [Jim Graham - Ward One] Southwest [...]
Eritrea March?
Saturday afternoon we stopped to watch this march on E street. No one with the walk was talking or handing out information about the event (well one guy did yell out “down with Bush”) but some internet research tells us that the flag belongs to the African nation of Eritrea. With a little more research we learned that this [...]
Capital Fringe Festival Tickets Go On Sale Monday!
This year’s Capital Fringe Festival tickets will go on sale starting Monday, June 22nd! The shows are listed here, so you can strategize in advance of your ticket purchase. For the uninitiated, the Capital Fringe Festival is an 18 day festival featuring local and non-local theater groups, dancers, and musicians. Some shows are even performed [...]
Ward 6 Family Day Tomorrow
Part of the Penn Quarter is in Ward 6 so we thought we’d remind everyone about the Third Annual Ward 6 Family Day and Celebrity Kickball Game taking place tomorrow, June 20 at the Rosedale Recreation Center (1700 Gales Street, NE) from 11 am to 3 pm. The host? Tommy Wells, Ward 6 Councilmember. Events [...]
One More Sidewalk Opens Up! (700 6th St NW)
Now that the 700 6th St NW office building is nearly complete, the sidewalk (as well as the parking lane) are now open!
The Best Deal In Town
Behold the banana split. Delicious and nutritious (it contains potassium and calcium!) it is one of mankind’s greatest inventions. Despite the wonders that come from a banana split, few have mastered its creation. We in PQ are lucky however, living in the midst of a banana split making prodigy. At least we assume it was a [...]
Future 704 3rd St NW Office Building Gets Signage
Thanks to Claire for sending in a tip that some signs have gone up at the site of the future 704 3rd St NW office building. We also observed some light construction activity on the site today. This office building will incorporate the old Canterbury apartment building. Two years ago (wow, that’s eons in Internet [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Mount Vernon Triangle – Pondering Yale Steam Laundry West on New York Avenue, NW. [DC Metrocentric] 14th Street – A new, large furniture store will be coming to DC at 14th and T Streets, NW. [CityPaper - Housing Complex] All over DC – Police stepped up seat belt law enforcement last month. We’ve seen spot [...]
Technicolor Sunday
Come for the lecture, stay for the films. We love the various film and lecture series that go on at the National Gallery of Art’s East building auditorium, but we’re particularly interested in the combo being shown today. Starting at 2 pm archivist and historian David Pierce will be discussing the history and uses of [...]
Chapters Literary Arts Center Hosts Fundraiser Tonight
Chapters Literary Arts Center, a 501 (c)(3) organization, is hosting a “Raise The Roof” fundraiser tonight at the space where it has signed a leasing letter of intent in the 601 Pennsylvania Avenue building. The space’s entrance is actually on the Indiana Ave side of the building to the right of the condo/residential entrance between [...]
