19th and Monroe St, NW photo and art by chalk_about
If you’re walking through Mount P. be sure to check out Chalk_About’s latest:
“The Mount Riboudet in Rouen at Spring- Monet 1872. A little Impressionism to celebrate our awesome weather here in DC.”
From Artsviewer via Sotheby’s:
“Le Mont Riboudet à Rouen au printemps belongs to an important group of works dating from 1872 that would come to typify Monet’s approach to landscape painting over the following years. (more…)
This rental is located at 1601 Argonne Place, NW. The Craigslist ad says: (more…)
photo by James0806
From a press release:
“The Shrine of the Sacred Heart off of 16th Street NW is hosting two raffles to raise funds to update its lighting and sound systems.
The Mother’s Day Raffle boasts a first prize of a 60-inch smart television, a second prize of an HP laptop, and third and fourth prizes of iPad Airs. The drawing is Sunday, May 14 and tickets are $5.
You can also enter for a chance to win a Toyota Highlander Hybrid XLE, just don’t plan on making it a Mother’s Day gift. The winner of the car will be drawn on August 6, and tickets are $20.
The raffles are part of larger revitalization efforts in honor of the 100th anniversary of the church’s building, a celebration delayed a year due to the pandemic. The Byzantine-style church is made out of decorative reinforced concrete pioneered by sculptor John Joseph Earley, who also worked on Malcolm X Park down the street and the Franciscan Monastery in Brookland. (more…)
3102 Mount Pleasant Street NW
From an email:
“DC Jazz Jam which ran for over 10 years on U Street, has relaunched in-person Sunday evening jam sessions again after a 3-year Covid hiatus. Organized since 2009 by drummer Will Stephens, the jam session is open to jazz players of all levels, as well as jazz appreciators, friends, neighbors, and families. Using an arts grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the DC Jazz Jam brings in special guests to headline and host the jam session each week, playing alongside a varying house band rhythm section of piano, bass, guitar, and drums made up of some of the area’s best players.
Starting in March 2023, DC Jazz Jam found a new, regular home at Haydee’s Restaurant in Mount Pleasant neighborhood on Sunday evenings. In May 2023, (more…)
3118 Mount Pleasant St, NW
Been watching this spot for ages. Looks like a real reno is now coming.
The permit: (more…)
3102 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW
Looking pretty, uh, yellow. (more…)
3209 Mount Pleasant Street, NW
Well this is terrible. Not sure when it happened but RIP to a legend. Don Jaime’s has been a staple in Mount Pleasant forever. Well for as long as I can remember. Damn. Welp, updates when we learn what becomes of the space.
3102 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW
From an email:
“The long-running Sunday evening “DC Jazz Jam” is returning to the scene after a 3-year Covid hiatus and also trying out a new venue: Haydee’s Restaurant in Mount Pleasant. (more…)
This rental is located at 3300 16th Street NW near Park Road NW. The Craigslist ad says: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Another break-in in Adamd Morgan – Little Shop of Flowers in the alley (2421 18th Stree,t NW.) Police are on the scene. They’re good friends of mine and they are devastated by this, especially ahead of the busy Valentine weekend. Looks like the guy broke in from the window in the back and crawled in- broken glass and blood all over.”
And thanks to all who messaged and tagged me about Each Peach Market in Mount Pleasant (3068 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW): (more…)