RSS FeedCapital Pride Street Festival – Street Closures
The Capital Pride Street Festival is tomorrow with the main stage set up on Constitution at 3rd Street (PDF) facing towards the Washington Monument. The festival also means a few street closures as follows:
June 9, 2007 at 9:00 pm – June 10, 2007 at 11:00 pm
– Pennsylvania Avenue Between 3rd and 7th Street, NW
– Constitution Avenue Between 3rd and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
– Constitution Avenue Between 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
– 6th Street, NW, Between Constitution Avenue and C Street, NW
– C Street Between 6th and 3rd Streets, NW
Penn Quarter Building Permit Update
05/29/07
555 11TH ST NW
Alteration and Repair
INSTALL 14 NEW OUTDOOR SEATS FOR GIFFORD ICE CREAM PARLOR. 3 SETS OF 4 SEATING TABLES. 1 SET OF 2 SEATING TABLES
LINCOLN SQUARE
05/29/07
1020 G ST NW
ALTERATION AND REPAIR
RENOVATION TO EXISTING BASEMENT LEVEL STORAGE AREA FOR WEST ELM AS PER ATTACHED DRAWINGS
JEMALS CAYRE WOODIES LLC
05/30/07
1001 G ST NW
Alteration and Repair
To repair structure below grade.
345 ltd partnership
05/30/07
10th CONSTITUTION AVE NW
special evaent
tents on maryland ave at independence & 3rd & 40 plait inflatible start line at 10th & constitution nw to include 10×10 tent audio system w/spaeker towers
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Arts Openings: Dana Ellyn’s Solo Show, WIT’s Summer Run, FlashPoint’s "Anonymous"
Rather than creating 3 separate posts, we decided to put all of this weekend’s arts events in one mega-post:
- Artist Reception (pdf): Saturday, June 9 from 6-8pm @ Long View (1302 9th St NW)
Dana Ellyn is our very own neighborhood artist from Mather Studios. In the Long View gallery’s upstairs annex, Dana is exhibiting approximately 40 new paintings which tackle the subjects of religion, politics, family and a few other issues. Also, her new 15 painting “Star Spangled Banner” series – one for each stanza of the national anthem – will be on display.
- Preview reception: (Tonight) Thursday, June 7, 6 – 8 p.m. @ FlashPoint (916 G St NW)
Showcasing “anonymous” artworks by 100 established and emerging area artists. Ten established area artists were invited to create 2’ x 2’ pieces, and serve as curators by inviting nine more artists to do the same.
- Now Showing: May 31 – July 13, 2007 THU 8pm | FRI – SAT 8 & 9:30PM Tickets: $10-15. Flashpoint’s Mead Theatre Lab (916 G St NW)
Pants optional!! WIT presents 72 unique shows over 20 nights at Flashpoint’s Mead Theatre Lab in Penn Quarter. There’s no set course for this run, every performance is improvised based on audience suggestion. These comedic shows range from a spontaneous musical to an unscripted exploration of summer camp.
City Council Box at RFK
At a charity auction in PQ several months back, this blogger snagged seats to watch the Nats in the DC Council Box at RFK. Made it to a recent Sunday game, despite the constant rain, here’s a brief report on the box:
- Excellent view of the field, just off of the press box, on the 1st base line;
- 60 to 70 seats, in 3 rows, of roughly 20 seats each;
- Mini Fridge with beer (bud, bud light), sodas, water, etc.;
- Sausage rotisserie with a variety of dogs & sausages;
- Chaffing dish with hot snacks;
- Salad, chips, pretzels, peanuts, and desserts.
There were only 6 to 10 people in the box (it was a really miserable day); around the 3rd inning Council Member Tommy Wells showed up, I believe he was the only Council Member to make it (I don’t know them all by sight though).
For an old stadium, it’s a pretty nice box. You have to walk a plank from the main concourse to the boxes, which is kind of fun. The abundance of food & drink makes for a more laid back game (and who can complain about a more private bathroom). It would be interesting to see if the box is packed when the weather is nicer, or to see what some of the other boxes at RFK are like.
(Photos include: View of Game, View of Game w/ Abe, Dogs on the Rotisserie, View of Press Box, and Walking the Plank to the Box)