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National Capital BBQ Battle This Weekend
Like licking your fingers? Like licking someone else’s fingers? Have we got the event for you!!! It’s Safeway’s National Capital Barbecue Battle and it includes food, fun and music on Pennsylvania Avenue between 10th Street and 14th Street both days this upcoming weekend (June 21 and 22). Admission is $10 for adults and kids age […]
After Hours At Hirshhorn This Friday
Yes, it’s that time again. Bring your friends. Bring your arty self. Bring your game. Time for another After Hours, the Friday evening open courtyard, open house fiesta thrown by the Hirshorn Museum (Independence Ave, NW and 7th Street, NW) between 8 pm and Midnight on June 20. $10 in advance or $12 at the […]
PQ Installation Of Textile Museum Unravels
We unrolled news about the 7th Street expansion of the Textile Museum into the PQ last September and it was another in a string of opening announcements. The expansion appears to now be threadbare as we received notice that the Textile Museum (2320 S Street, NW) will forego the expansion due to the costs associated […]
PQ Olsson’s Announces Closing
The signs finally went up and the e-mail finally went around announcing that the Penn Quarter Olsson’s and the Footnotes Cafe, one hometown bookstore in a local independent chain and a fixture for the last fifteen (that’s one-five) years at 418 7th Street, NW, will be closing its doors at the end of the day […]