Photo by PoPville flickr user Columbia Heights Climber
Because I am the worst planner in the world I was out of town this weekend and missed Columbia Heights Day. So how was it and the 11th Street Oktoberfest this year?
Photo by PoPville flickr user beesleysknees
Columbia Heights Day:
7th Annual Columbia Heights Day
October 5, 2013
10 am to 6 pm
Tubman Elementary Field
11th & Kenyon Streets NW, Washington, DC
** FREE **
More info after the jump. (more…)
“The Luxury of Dreams
Mixed media glass work by Sean Hennessey
Opening Reception: Friday October 4th 7-10 PM
The Dunes
1402 Meridian Place NW
2nd Floor
A portion of sales will go toward Thrive DC.
Sean Hennessey’s “The Luxury of Dreams” was born out of a personal experience with a neighborhood homeless man who, with help, was able to turn his life around.
From the crisis of homelessness in our city came a desire to create an exhibition based on blankets, beds, and shelter. From that point, Sean wrote: “I then wondered if the level of security of having a place to sleep affected how we dream. I was thinking about how we all enter the world of dreams, regardless of where we sleep. I thought that I would create a series of works based on the dreams of others. Through conversations … about art and social issues, my idea for The Luxury of Dreams series was born. I started soliciting dreams from friends, colleagues, collectors, other artists, and social media connections.” (more…)
Photo of Meridian Hill Park by muddyboots
On @PoPville – @TeamWetDog tweets us:
“funny seeing park police clear out Meridian early this morning and then seeing it full of strollers an hour later.”
@JohnFSettlesII replies:
“They ran off the dog walkers this morning. The moms have better lookouts :) “
This rental is located at 11th and Lamont St, NW:
The listing says:
“Amazing 2 level condo walking distance to everything, shops, bars, restaurants, bus and Metro. Brand new bathroom, freshly painted and polished ready for you to move right in.”
You can see more photos here.
This 2 bed/1 bath is going for $2,700/Mo.
Photo via DCPL Commons
Thanks to pablo.raw for the tip. From DCPL:
“Meridian Hill Park in northwest DC was constructed between 1914 thru 1936. The landscaping was done by George Burnap (ca 1930)”
Very cool!
“Dear PoPville,
Do we know what’s going in next door to Petco and IHoP in Columbia Heights? Lots of work being done recently.”
This has to be – Five Below, “leading retailer of trend-right, extreme-value merchandise to the teen and pre-teen market – all for $1.00 to $5.00″.
3415 11th Street, NW
Speaking of the Coupe. Back in August we learned that they were looking to add a sidewalk cafe along 11th Street. They got it:
“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to bring an alarming crime to your attention. Yesterday (9/23) my nanny’s son — a sixth grader — was held up at knifepoint at about 4 PM at 13th and Kenyon street in Columbia Heights (this is second-hand according to the victim’s mother, her son is a grounded, solid kid not prone to exaggeration or getting into trouble). The perp was a man in his probably twenties, he evidently made off with an iPhone from one of the eleven year old victims.
The kids called MPD and reported the incident, but I haven’t seen much about the crime online, which is very alarming to me: eleven year-old kids were stuck up with a visible weapon in broad daylight half a block away from the entrance to Tubman Elementary.
All I can find from MPD is a Tweet which matches some, but not all, of the details:
“Robbery Knife at 14th & Irving St NW. LOF a H/M, 116-20 yoa, 5’5”, gray hat, gray/white shirt.”
Hopefully some more information will bubble up on this, in the meantime I imagine other parents in the area should definitely know about it.”
3548 14th Street, NW
From an email:
“For at least this weekend and next, donut holes are good for you. And good for penguins. And the Penguin Counters. A three-fer! Count yourself in!
Antarctic penguins are the region’s “canaries in the coal mine.” And for almost 20-years, Ron Naveen, a modern-day Dr. Dolittle, has been counting them, studying the health of three penguin species and their colonies. His work, the Antarctic Site Inventory, has helped instruct polar policies and research of countless scientists and members of the Antarctic Treaty Organization.
World-renown Besthesda-based film documentarians, Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon, recently followed Ron Naveen and his Penguin Counters to the Antarctic, producing more than 70-hours of footage on their work and the amazing animals, sights and sounds of the Antarctic. Now it is time to take the footage and create a movie to tell this important story.
The Penguin Counters Movie is a labor of love, not money. To continue their work, Peter and Harriet have set up a Kickstarter Campaign to raise the funds necessary to put the movie together and submit it to film festivals worldwide. October 10th is the final day for donations. As with all Kickstarter campaigns, it is all or nothing.
The Pinch [3548 14th Street, NW] is very pleased to join this effort to help ensure the Penguin Counters story is told. The weekends of September 28th/29th and October 5th/6th, The Pinch will donate $5 for every order of donut holes to the Penguin Counters kickstarter campaign.”