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WildCraft Soda Launch Party at Meridian Pint:

Meridian Pint
3400 11th St NW
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
5:00pm – 10:00pm | FREE!

Come out to Meridian Pint to celebrate the launch of DC’s own small-batch, draft-only botanical soda company WildCraft Soda. The brainchild of local artisan brewer Nathan Zeender, the aromatic sodas are decocted from whole botanicals and only lightly sweetened with honey. Nathan will be joined by his friends from New Columbia Distillery and will be making cocktails with Green Hat Gin and his sodas, proceeds will benefit the Family Health and Birth Center in NE. It’s all for a good cause–

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DC MEETMarket:

St. Luke’s Parking Lot – Logan Circle
1514 15th St NW
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
11:00am – 5:00pm | FREE!

DC MEETMarket is a monthly outdoor market featuring local designers, artisans, musicians and food purveyors. Held on the first Saturday of every month, the DC MEETMarket is located at 15th & P St.,NW in the heart of Logan Circle, Washington, DC. The market aims to bring together 42 local vendors and the surrounding neighborhoods in a celebration of community and craftsmanship.

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Switzerland’s Choeur des Armaillis performs with DC choir The 18th Street Singers:

Shakespeare Theatre Company
450 7th Street Northwest
Friday, April 5th, 2013
7:00pm – 9:00pm | $15

Directly from the hills of the Gruyre district of Switzerland, the storied Choeur des Armaillis de la Gruyre visits Washington for a rare U.S. appearance. Literally translated the choir of the herdsmen, these men spend most of the year tending to the cows that produce the regions world-famous cheese. Founded almost 60 years ago, the choir has won numerous awards at international choral festivals. They join DC’s own 18th Street Singers, the District’s premier choir of young professionals, for a special concert in which both groups perform music from their native lands. Produced in coordination with the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C.

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Hip Hop Karaoke DC – A Tribe Called Quest Edition:

Liv
2001 11th St NW
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
8:00pm – 1:00am | FREE!

YO! Microphone check one two what is this??

Thursday, April 4th…

Hip-Hop Karaoke DC returns to Liv NIghtclub for our first ever tribute to everyone’s favorite group- A TRIBE CALLED QUEST!!!

Hosted by: INCWELL
Music by: DJ REETS & DJ ROZ

We’ll also have Sasha Ryan and the crew from Hip-Hop Trivia Night in the house testing your Tribe knowledge! The fun begins at 8:00 pm sharp…

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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Columbia Heights @ the Mount Pleasant Library:

Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library
3160 16th St NW
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
6:30pm – 8:00pm | FREE!

The Know Your Neighborhood program series continues Wednesday at 6:30pm with a lecture and presentation by local historian Brian Kraft. He will present a sweeping view of the history of the Columbia Heights neighborhood that mirrors the history of Urban America. He will trace the neighborhood’s beginnings, physical development, demographic upheavals, and recent resurgence with maps, photos, and other images. Join us for “The Rise and Fall and Rise of Columbia Heights” in the meeting room on the main floor of the library.

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On the Same Page: Voices of Incarcerated Youth:

Hill Center At The Old Naval Hospital
921 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
7:00pm – 9:00pm | FREE!

Enjoy an evening of poetry and community dialogue sponsored by Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop and the PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools program. Hear formerly incarcerated youth share their experiences of DC Jail and federal prison, while expressing their personal stories of change through poetry. A moderated discussion on the root causes of youth incarceration and community solutions will follow.

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Jen Morrissey

Thanks to all who took such great photos. Couldn’t have happened on a nicer day!

Photo by PoPville flickr user mixedeyes

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4th Annual Neighborhood Easter Party!:

Girard Street Park
1480 Girard St NW
Saturday, March 30th, 2013
11:00am – 1:00pm | FREE!

Join us for the 4th Annual Neighborhood Easter Party, March 30th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Girard Street Playground, located on Girard St and 15th Sts. NW, next to the Columbia Heights Recreation Center.

Well have games, face painting, egg decorating, crafts, food and an Easter Egg Hunt! All are invited! Bring your neighbors and friends!

This event is sponsored by Grace Meridian Hill. For more information, visit www.gracemeridianhill.org.

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Listed District is written by Ellen Richardson, a graphic designer and Pleasant Plains resident.

Photo by PoPville flickr user ep_jhu

Going to the Movies is written by Mount Vernon Triangle resident Catherine Taegel.

I like scary movies. I do. I swear. You might not know it if you saw me watching one. I’m the one with my fingers in my ears (scary music = scary movie, no scary music than no scary movie) and am turning my head away every so often in anticipation of the next loud noise. It seems stressful for me, and at times it is, but in a way I’m facing my fears and enduring an adrenaline rush in the process.

Watching “Evil Dead” – an adaptation of Sam Raimi’s (“Spider Man” trilogy & countless others) first film, the 1981 cult classic “The Evil Dead” – I was put through several rounds of adrenaline rushes. It was only when I was walking out of the theater did I realize my hands were sore because I was pressing my fingers so hard into my ears. I’m not even sure I liked the movie that much, but it was an experience.

There are many similarities between “Evil Dead” and “The Evil Dead.” A cabin in the woods? Not just check – they were essentially identical. The creepy porch swing exists in the new one but so does an additional shed. Three girls and two guys? Yup. A brother and sister are still the main focus. A forest seemingly with a mind of its own? Got it. 360 degree shots and the camera personifying fast moving demons? Everything seemed to be pretty on point.

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