Pesce is located at 2016 P Street, NW. I love seafood so I would be psyched to learn if folks recommend this place. You can see their menus here. So what’s the scoop on the food and atmosphere?
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Author: Prince Of Petworth
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Last weekend I had the pleasure of seeing Once on This Island, a Caribbean musical presented by the KUUMBA Players, a community theatre group based at All Souls Church. The performance was held on the intimate church stage and was filled with song, vibrant costumes and great energy.
The KUUMBA Players are a multigenerational, multicultural group dedicated to producing works that explore social justice issues. In this production, the youngest cast member is 8, and the oldest is in her 70s. From what I saw on Sunday, this group really does bring a wide array of people together for a common purpose.
The group was founded in 2001 and works to serve and strengthen the All Souls Church and DC Metro area communities by providing opportunities for members and friends to participate in the theatrical experience. The Players were named after the Swahili word “KUUMBA,” meaning to serve your community through creativity, which exemplifies the mission and goals of the group.
Once on This Island is adapted from Rosa Guy’s novel, My Love, My Love or the Peasant Girl. On a small island in the French Antilles, the young peasant girl Ti Moune challenges her fate when she falls for the rich and privileged Daniel. Mysteries and miracles abound as the Gods of Love and Death chart her course across an island rich with color and steeped in traditions of class division. Continues after the jump. (more…)
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photo by allison_dc
A new coffee shop to be named U Street Cafe will open in its place (hopefully around late April). I was told that this is a friendly transition. I was also told that U Street Cafe will be owned by the same folks opening up the new spot Tynan to be located next to the five guys on Irving Street (which I mentioned in yesterday’s coffee news.)
I wrote that the Tynan spot, “is going to be owned by a pair of brothers named Jim and Brian Sullivan. They intend to make it a very comfortable coffee house with the motif featuring Columbia Heights history. The goal is to open up in May.”
So all in all I’d say the news isn’t too terrible.
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Last week’s winner found here. Your caption in the comments and winner (free PoP t-shirt) announced Friday. I’m already laughing in anticipation…
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Greater Greater Washington wrote about Council Member Tommy Wells’ Task Force created to address Juvenile Crime in Ward 6. GGW lists the proposed initiatives:
Increase Public Transparency and Government Accountability
1. Reform the District’s confidentiality laws so the Department of Youth and Rehabilitations Services (DYRS), Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), DC Public Schools (DCPS), DC Housing Authority (DCHA), the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) and related service providers can share information about juveniles who commit crimes, especially violent crimes.
2. Mandate the creation of an interagency database assessment tool for tracking at-risk youth.
3. Make juvenile violent crime data available to the community.Increase Meaningful Juvenile Offender Accountability
1. Streamline and strengthen the government’s ability to revoke a committed youth’s right to stay in a community placement.
2. Increase compliance with mandated community service for juveniles.Address Truancy in DC Schools
1. Amend DC law to require families with children under 13 years of younger that miss 10 days of school without an excuse to be referred to Child Protective Services (CFSA) for investigation and/or assessment.
2. Provide truancy data to MPD, Department of Human Services, DC Housing Authority and neighborhood youth groups.Expand Innovations for Preventing Juvenile Crime
1. Expand the WRAP-Around Model for juvenile intervention.
2. Expand the use of neighborhood volunteers for addressing gaps in youth programs in targeted neighborhoods.
3. Create a Juvenile Crime Commission and Juvenile Crime Youth-Only Commission.
Do you support these proposals?
More info from GGW found here.
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I noticed this small garbage can on 13th Street. And then I was remembering a buddy of mine that lives on H Street, NE also has these small cans but they get picked up twice a week. I have a garbage can much bigger than this but it only gets picked up once a week. Which would you rather have a bigger can that gets picked up once a week or a smaller one that gets picked up twice a week? I’m seriously curious.
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I was walking around north Cleveland Park and one of the fences on 34th street had a big hole in it. And it revealed this view. Holy cow. They even have a creek!
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I was awarded this classic Columbia Heights house a “sweet window” post but I was admiring it this weekend and couldn’t believe I hadn’t given it house of the day honors. Long overdue…
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In October I wondered what happened to Cleveland Park after spotting a Halloween store where Blockbuster once stood. Things started to look up in November when I saw a running store and frozen yogurt spot open up. Well, the old Blockbuster spot looks like its found a permanent replacement – a wine shop. According to the license it will be called Weygandt Wines located at 3519 Connecticut Ave.
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Anyone recognize where this is from? It’s interesting that it’s called Lorenzo’s Billar Corner and not Lorenzo’s Billar Esquina.