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Sound Bites Festival Benefitting DC Central Kitchen On Sunday, May 4
We heard from the DC Central Kitchen about their annual Sound Bites outdoor music festival on Woodrow Wilson Plaza at 13th and Pennsylvania Ave NW this Sunday, May 4 from 1 pm to 5 pm. Looks like good fun to us…tickets are available here. The press release text follows: TICKETS ON SALE FOR THE 5TH ANNUAL […]
Downtown DC Weekend Road Closures For Nike Women’s Half Marathon (4/27)
The Nike Women’s Half Marathon takes place this Sunday, April 27 beginning at 7 am and both the course start and finish are in our neighborhood (route map [PDF]). This means that for both race day and the day before (i.e. tomorrow) there will be street closures so that organizers can set up and manage […]
Sports Zone Elite Now Open In Chinatown (675 H St NW)
Sports Zone Elite (675 H St NW), a retail shop focused on selling shoes and urban sportswear, opened earlier this week in the 600 block of H St NW just a few storefronts down from the 7th and H St corner. In February, we mentioned that SZE was intending to open up a store […]
2014 State Of Downtown Public Forum On Friday, April 25
The Downtown DC BID will be hosting its annual State of Downtown forum for 2014 this Friday, April 25 from 8 am to 10 am at the Newseum (555 Pennsylvania Ave NW). A panel of distinguished guests will discuss the 2013 State of Downtown report and this is a great event for all downtown stakeholders to […]