The Week Ahead + Photos & Why Do Kids Carjack? Forum on Tuesday
by Larry Janezich
Posted January 28, 2024
A visit to the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. It’s open to the public Monday – Saturday (closed Sunday) from 8:30am until 4:30pm. You enter here and pass through magnetometers.
Here’s the view from the balcony overlooking Emancipation Hall’s lower level. At top center is the full-size white plaster model for the Statue of Freedom which tops the Capitol Dome. The Hall also contains 24 of the statues from the National Statuary Hall collection.
The Hall is where you line up for passes for tours of the Capitol. On-line reservations are advised, but some same-day tour tickets are available. There were few visitors last week. CHC asked why, and was told, “It’s January.”
Here are views to the right and left as one enters the Exhibition Hall, which lies behind the model of the Statue of Freedom.
An image from the Café, open from 8:30am until 4:00pm, and featuring soups, salads, specialty entrees, pizza, sandwiches, desserts and beverages.
Here’s a view of one of the Center’s two gift shops for gifts, jewelry, books and items bearing images related to the U.S. Capitol.
A view of the Capitol Dome through one of the two skylights on the East Front Plaza of the Capitol.
The Week Ahead – Photos & Why Do Kids Carjack? Forum on Tuesday
by Larry Janezich
Posted January 28, 2024
Monday, January 29
ANC6B Parks and Public Spaces Taskforce will hold an in person meeting at 7:00pm at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; Second Floor (entry adjacent to Trader Joe’s).
Agenda: TBA
Tuesday, January 30
ANC6B Executive Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm
For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6b.org/
Agenda: To set the agenda for the full meeting of the ANC on February 13
Juvenile Carjacking Panel Discussion: Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen will moderate a panel discussion on the motivations that lead youth to carjack and the options DC’s justice system has to hold them accountable for their actions. The event will take place at the Hill Center (921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE) on Tuesday, Jan. 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. The discussion will be based on two articles on carjacking published in the Hill Rag and East of the River Newspapers, see here: https://www.hillrag.com/2024/01/27/why-do-kids-carjack-2/
Tickets to attend are sold out, but it will be live-streamed from Hill Center on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/hillcenter
Thursday, February 1
ANC6C Transportation Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6c.org/hot-topics/
Agenda: TBA
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Sunday, January 28
The Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra offers a debut St. Mark’s performance on Sunday, January 28th at 7:30 pm. The program will include works by Bartok, Beethoven arranged by Mahler, Florence Price, and Arnold Schönberg’s lush, late romantic work Verklärte Nacht. Tickets: $30-35. https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/scms-masterworks-1P0823
Saturday, February 3
In-Person Event: Saturday Morning at 11:30am. Storytime: Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote. Saturday Morning Storytimes return as Dinah Johnson reads her picture book Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote, a picture book biography about the early life of Ida B. Wells, her incredible work as a suffragist, and her critical role in the Women’s March of 1913. For children 6 and under. In-person at East City Bookshop.
Sunday, February 4
Hill Center Concert: Cherry Blossom Special – In Concert – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Free – $15. For more info, go here: https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/cherry-blossom-special-in-concert/