4000 Chesapeake Street, NW photo by Jennifer
Thanks to J for sending from Fort Reno:
“Everything is on track for the summer shows. We will be starting later than usual this year, opening night will be Monday July 18. (more…)
Neighborhoods
1100 13th St NW, on L Street Between 13th and 14th
“Dear PoPville,
Looks like the old Drafthouse Comedy Theater (closed in 2020) across from Nino’s Bakery is undergoing some changes — both name and interior layout. Anyone know what’s going on with this?”
If February we learned that Sage Theatre would be coming here. Looks like they’re getting close. You can buy tickets for Drunk Shakespeare coming later this month.
Thanks to Terry for sending the latest awesomeness from Chalk About in Mount Pleasant.
From the Art Institute of Chicago:
“In February 1882, Claude Monet went to Normandy to paint, one of many such expeditions that he made in the 1880s. (more…)
Thanks to Terry and Mark for sending Sunday morning:
“The driver was still sitting in the car looking forlorn as a puddle of some sort of fluid was growing underneath. (more…)
Thanks to Brent and Melissa for sharing around 3:30pm Sunday: “From Florida an Rhode Island Ave NW…. Plate obliterated but based on inspection sticker placement- maybe a MD driver…
Also no other car around- seems like car vs pole…” (more…)
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Thanks to all who reported while we were offline.
13th and U Nw DC right now pic.twitter.com/VDQUMimdrr
— Blake Rutherford (@blakerutherford) June 20, 2022
The Washington Post reported a 15 year old boy was killed, a police “officer was struck in the leg and two other people were shot.”
From MPD:
“MPD is responding to the area of 14th and U Street, NW, for a shooting incident in which multiple people have been shot, including an MPD officer.”
Video briefing from MPD Chief Contee last night: (more…)
Ed. Note: Any tips/sightings can be sent to [email protected]
“Dear PoPville,
I was wondering if I can get a little help with my attempt to get my scooter back. It was stolen out of my garage in Ivy City yesterday and I’m devastated.
A little back story: when the pandemic first hit I was working at NBC4. I was living in NoMa with roommates but decided to stay with my partner and her family in McLean since she drove and the metro wasn’t running. I also worked the overnight shift so the metro wouldn’t have been any use to me anyway. Anyway after the first case of Covid at my job, my partners family freaked out (for good reason) and I got the boot back to NoMa. For months I biked in the sweltering summer heat from NoMa all the way to the tv station in Tenleytown. I’d bike in the rain, at midnight, during the curfew due to the George Floyd protests. As the summer months tapered off and things cooled down I grew to enjoy that peaceful bike ride but i still was fearful that one late night someone knucklehead would try to knock me off my bike. One night after a long shift my mom drove from Baltimore to surprise me with a motorcycle helmet for my new scooter that would soon ease my fears biking home alone at night and my tired body from biking up Woodley Rd in the summer heat. I loved that scooter. It gave me freedom and safety in a time when my world was very scary. My mom who doesn’t have a lot of money bought me that scooter. She worked hard for it. I worked hard to maintain it. (more…)
From a press release:
“On Saturday, June 18, come join us as we celebrate the diverse and vibrant neighborhood of Columbia Heights. Rather than a street closure, there will be three activation zones throughout the neighborhood with programming and activities for all ages.
The event will feature a Carnival and Main Stage at Tubman Elementary School with performances from A Boy Called Patches, Orion and the Melted Crayons, La Marvela, Dante’ Pope, Marc Cary, and Like That Records DC, and appearances from Glass Palace Entertainment. The stage at 14th and Girard, hosted by DJ DinoVersace, will include performances from Miss Angie, Capoeira Barro Vermelho & Brazilian American Cultural Center, Elin, and Carly Harvey.
Visit Columbia Heights Civic Plaza for the Farmers Market, an educational cooking demo, kid’s activities, dance performances, bike repair, and more. See the full schedule below. (more…)
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photo by Helder Gil
Thanks to Helder for sharing: “Bad parking at Fletcher’s Cove.” (more…)
Thanks to Erin for sharing: “More trash cans being removed for some reason? This one at Quincy and Kansas. What’s the deal?
I put a ticket in months ago for the trash can that disappeared right in front of the Raymond park entrance, they said it was resolved, and we still don’t have a trash can.”
Ed. Note: A 311 ticket has been filed, we’ll see if a new can arrives here or any of the other spots where they’ve recently vanished.