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Photo credit: Daquella Manera
The Capital Fringe Festival is entering its final weekend of the 2011 season! Headquartered at 607 New York Ave NW in a complex now known as Fort Fringe, the Capital Fringe Festival hosts a variety of artistic performances every year. Many of the venues are located in or just outside of Penn Quarter which makes grabbing a show an easy reality for PQ residents. DCist has a nice roundup of the remaining shows and reviews.
Check out today’s shows or view the festival calendar to see show times for Saturday and Sunday.
Free Movies, Concerts and Theater in Penn Quarter
With all the news about the debt crisis in America, I’m torn between going on a retail therapy binge and saving my pennies for the dark days ahead. For now, I’m going to try to keep the credit card holstered. So, here are just a few upcoming events in the neighborhood that are completely FREE.
Movies
Screen on the Green DC
Screen on the Green returns to DC. The series starts on July 25 with “In the Heat of the Night”
National Mall, between 8th and 14th Streets
Mondays, at dusk
Click here for the full schedule.
National Archives
In connection with its current exhibit, “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?” the National Archives is hosting a series of author talks and showing a selection of movies, from propaganda to popular.
Constitution Avenue, between 7th and 9th Streets
Visit their web site for more information
National Theater
The National Theater continues its summer film series. This year’s series is called “Dial H for Hitchcock.”
1321 Pennsylvania Avenue
Mondays: 6:30 pm
For upcoming shows, click here.
Concerts
Navy Memorial
The U.S. Navy Band performs every week at the Navy Memorial.
Constitution Avenue, between 7th and 9th Streets
Tuesdays: 8pm
For more information, click here.
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Free concerts are held throughout the summer on the Woodrow Wilson Plaza.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
Daily, Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Full schedule of performers available here.
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
Artists from around the World are featured at the weekly jazz concerts in the garden.
Constitution Avenue, between 7th and 9th Streets
Fridays, 5pm-8:30pm
For the schedule of performers, click here.
West Front of the Capitol Building
Free concerts almost every day of the week by the U.S. Navy Band, U.S. Marine Corps Band, U.S. Army Band and U.S. Air Force Band.
View the schedule here.
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
This year’s Living Earth Festival includes an outdoor farmers market, an Iron Chef-style cook-off between local and Native chefs, hands-on family activities and an evening concert with the Pappy Johns Band, the Plateros, and Greg Analla.
Independence Avenue, at 4th Street
July 22 – July 24
For more information about the festival, click here.
Theater
The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Shakespeare Free For All
Julius Caesar
Sidney Harman Hall
610 F Street
August 18—September 4, 2011
For show times and reservations, go here.
National Theater
The Born Guilty Cycle: A Trilogy of Plays by Ari Roth; Directed by Delia Taylor and Shirley Serotsky
Tuesday, July 26 at 7 pm: Giant Shadows
Sunday, July 31 at 3 pm: Born Guilty and The Wolf in Peter
1321 Pennsylvania Avenue
Click here for more information and reservations.
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Photo Above: Some freestyle dancing going on on the National Mall
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Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments!
Chinatown – Our town’s largest daily provides an in-depth look at the residents and culture of the Wah Luck House at 6th and H St NW. [WaPo]
Shaw – Rogue 24, a Minibar-like experience, from Chef RJ Cooper of Vidalia fame will open July 27. [Renew Shaw]
All Over DC – The Guardian Angels are now using Twitter to update locations where they are providing assistance around the city. Never seen them? Here’s the pic! [Guardian Angels Twitpic] & [Guardian Angels Twitter feed] & [Guardian Angels website]
Judiciary Square/Penn Quarter – And in gun news, since the only gun dealer in DC lost his store lease, he may end up setting up shop (temporarily) at DC’s police headquarters. Our neighborhood has it all! [WaPo]
All Over DC – And in gambling news, DC’s online gambling will not start until at least October so that the public will have an opportunity to provide community input. The website domain name (igamingdc.com) is already up. [WaPo] & [DC’s gaming website] & [Washington Examiner editorial]
Penn Quarter – Clybourne Park comes back to the Woolly Mammoth for a second year in a row. The Pay-What-You-Can performance is on Thursday, July 21. [Woolly Mammoth Theatre]
Mount Vernon Triangle – The apartment building plans for 450 K St NW across the street from CityVista expand a bit. [The Triangle]
Penn Quarter – The Arts on Foot announces their September 2011 dates…September 10 and 11. [Arts on Foot website]
All Over DC – The summer’s Restaurant Week dates are announced…August 15 to August 21. [DCist]
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<p style=”text-align: center;”>Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments!</p>
<strong>Mount Vernon Triangle</strong> – The Walker Jones Community Farm produce stand opened yesterday at New Jersey Ave and K St NW. Fresh, urban produce with an educational mission…fantastic! <a href=”http://www.mvtriangleblog.com/?p=3498″ target=”_blank”>[The Triangle]</a>
<strong>Penn Quarter</strong> – Is it better to deploy the food truck first and then the brick and mortar restaurant? District of Pi will open a pizza restaurant in the 900 F block of F St NW but they’ve found great success rolling a pizza food truck on DC streets before the fixed base operation is even open. <a href=”http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/in-dc-some-food-truck-operators-begin-to-move-into-restaurants/2011/07/06/gIQAUF8M7H_story.html” target=”_blank”>[WaPo]</a>
<strong>Shaw</strong> – Rogue 24 restaurant is getting closer to opening. <a href=”http://remakingleslumhistorique.blogspot.com/2011/07/rogue-24-opening-nears.html” target=”_blank”>[Renew Shaw]</a>
<strong>Penn Quarter</strong> – Tom Sietsema puts his official stamp on Fiola, Fabio Trabocchi’s restaurant in the old Le Paradou space. We’ve tried most of their desserts but haven’t had dinner there…yet. We do like the bar. (We also note that Fiola has a new website including a sample recipe!) <a href=”http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/restaurants/fiola,1206931/critic-review.html” target=”_blank”>[WaPo]</a> & <a href=”http://www.fioladc.com/cookbook-recipes/recipes/” target=”_blank”>[Fiola website veal recipes page]</a>
<strong>Capitol Hill</strong> – A few suggestions on running routes from our neighbors to the east. <a href=”http://www.thehillishome.com/2011/07/things-we-take-for-granted-great-places-to-run-on-the-hill/” target=”_blank”>[The Hill Is Home]</a>
<strong>Downtown</strong> – A well written article on the impact of shariah law (or lack thereof) on the City Center DC project. <a href=”http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2011/07/06/the-prophet-motive/” target=”_blank”>[Washington CityPaper]</a>
<strong>All Over DC</strong> – The 2011 Capital Fringe Festival is up and running. It runs until July 24. <a href=”http://www.capfringe.org/” target=”_blank”>[Fringe Festival website]</a>
<strong>Penn Quarter</strong> – Part deux on Chris Hansen’s dining at Rasika this spring with a companion. <a href=”http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/yeas-nays/2011/07/we-wonder-was-hansen-dining-mistress-dc” target=”_blank”>[Washington Examiner]</a>
Penn Quarter Living is looking for writers. If you enjoy all that the Penn Quarter and downtown DC offer and like to write, drop us a line at: pqliving [at] gmail.com
Gorgeous Summer Day
We always enjoy a reprieve in summer daytime temperatures and a new vista of a familiar sight, Thomas Circle. We’re enjoying this fab weekend and hope readers are too!