Posh Is Opening For Dinner
Greg writes in to let us know that the Posh Restaurant & Supper Club (730 11th St, NW) is showing up on OpenTable. Sure enough, another source confirmed that it will open tonight (Friday). It is housed in the restaurant formerly known as Ortanique and the first table we could find on OpenTable was on Tuesday, October 31 at 7 pm. If you go, let GP Living know.
Crime Maps Available On DC Government Site
The DC Government now has crime maps online based on its DC Atlas online maps that provide a wide variety of map based city information. You can define crime search criteria by location, search radius and date range. Check it out here.
Meet "The King" At The National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery hosts portrait talks every Thursday at 6:00pm. Meet in the F Street lobby and the presenter will escort the group to the portrait to begin the talk. Next week, “The King,” Elvis Presley will have his day in the limelight.
Thursday, Oct. 26 – Anne Goodyear on the Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Thursday, November 2 – Warren Perry from the Catalogue of American Portraits on the portrait of Elvis Presley by Ralph Wolfe Cowan
Ed. Note:
Remainder of November…
Thursday, Nov. 9 – Deputy Director Carolyn Carr will speak on the Alice Neal Self-Portrait
Thursday, Nov. 16 – Historian David Ward will speak on the portrait of Walt Whitman by John White Alexander
Thursday, Nov. 23 – Thanksgiving Day – No Portrait Talk
Thursday, Nov. 30 – Research Assistant Jobyl Boone will speak on the portrait of Barbara by Dawoud Bey
"Horses" In Gallery Place (pics)
First came the sand, now come the horses. They’ll be here until the 30th.