RSS FeedCapital Fringe Festival Next Month In Penn Quarter (Volunteer Happy Hour Tomorrow)
Jordan writes in to let us know about the Capital Fringe Festival:
- From July 20-30, 2006 downtown Washington DC will come to life with the inaugural Capital Fringe Festival. This celebration of the performing arts will bring together 100 performing artists/groups who will present more than 400 performances in over 30 venues within 11 days!
Call For Volunteers
The INAUGURAL CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL is a volunteer driven festival and we need people like you to staff our Main Festival box office and the individual venue box offices, interact with public as House Managers, and help facilitate the HOTSPOT parties. It’s going to be an exciting and memorable event that you need to be part of, to meet new people and get involved with the arts in DC.
Volunteer Happy Hour this Wednesday, June 28, 2006, 6 – 8pm
The Warehouse Cafe and Bar
1021 7th Street, NW
This sounds like a great way to meet local artists and become involved in the local art scene!
Shimba Hills Coffee Opens In Gallery Place!
Shimba Hills Coffee (601 F St NW) opened this weekend. Along with their coffees, the store also sells several flavors of gelato! Just looking at the gelato display makes the mouth water – it has an excellent presentation. The store was also fully staffed with about 5 employees behind the counter. It is interesting to read Shimba Hills’ website: they are the official coffee of the Verizon Center and have concession stands in the venue to attract additional customers. Teaming up with the Verizon Center makes us think that Shimba Hills knows how to run a successful business!
China Doll Closes In Gallery Place (Another Jemal Project In The Works?)
Jeff wrote in to let us know that the China Doll (627 H St NW) is now closed and has sold its building. The WaPo reports the following info:
- “Linda Lee said the building is expected to be part of a retail, office and condominium project. The family declined to name the buyer.”
China Doll is next door to Douglas Jemal’s 623-625 H St NW (housing the Orange For Mayor office). Combine the two buildings and you have a nice footprint for a much larger building!
Also, since China Doll is two doors down from the CVS, could it could also become part of Yeni Wong’s Gallery Square?
Woolly Mammoth’s On-Line Yard Sale (Sorry, The Caskets Are Sold Out)
The Woolly Mammoth is having an online yard sale featuring items from The Velvet Sky by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
There is not a huge selection, but the prices can’t be beat! It also looks like the DC area’s goths have already picked up all of the caskets.