The Week Ahead & Some Photos from the Past Week

The Week Ahead & Some Photos from the Past Week

By Larry Janezicn

Posted May 27, 2024

Here’s a capture from last mid-week of crews setting up the fabric concert hall on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol for the Memorial Day Concert. 

And here’s what it looked like from the back side. Flags above the Senate and House wings indicate both bodies are in session.

And an image from the concert on Sunday night in honor of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service of their country. The screen elevated so it appears next to the Washington Monument allows the audience on the West Front to see performers facing the stage, showing the Capitol in the background. Image courtesy of WETA/PBS

ICYMI.  Pasha Cafe to Open Sweet Shop at 615 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, in the space formerly occupied by Angleo Nails.  Pasha Café – a sister restaurant to Pasha Castle on M Street in Georgetown, bills itself as a Mediterranean Dessert Shop.  Here’s the menu for Pasha Castle Sweets, Tea & Ice Cream:   https://bit.ly/44Zt8h1

The Joint Chiropractic chain is moving into 721 D Street, SE, the space formerly occupied by T Mobile across from Eastern Market Metro and right next to Starbucks.  Here’s their home website: https://www.thejoint.com/

Update on Mezeh Mediterranean Grille – work on the buildout continues.  Here’s early February (above).

And four months later at the end of May.   

As You Are – Barracks Row’s LGBTQ café and bar has been closed for a couple of weeks now.  Word is that the restaurant suffered interior water damage and business owners Jo McDaniel and Rach Pike are negotiating repairs with the building’s owner.  The restaurant opened in April of 2022.  Last February they launched a GoFundMe appeal for funds to keep operating, citing unexpected financial issues related to overhead costs and a slow recovery from the covid’s hit on eateries. 

Envisage, by Kirk Shiflett.  Oil on canvas.  2022

The Week Ahead: 

Monday, May 27

Memorial Day.

Tuesday, May 28

ANC6B Executive Committee will hold a virtual meeting to set the agenda for the June meeting of the full Commission on Tuesday, June 11. 

For info on how to join the meeting, go here:  https://anc6b.org/

The Capitol Hill Restoration Society a Virtual Preservation Café at 6:30pm.

• 100 Years of Eastern High School.  Jen Harris, Executive Director and Founder, and Erin Roth, Development Director, The Story of Our Schools will present a free, virtual Preservation Café “100 Years of Eastern High School.”   In partnership with the Eastern High School community, The Story of Our Schools helped develop a permanent exhibit that celebrates the centennial anniversary of Eastern’s building on East Capitol Street.  For more information and a Zoom link (scroll to bottom), go here:  https://chrs.org/easternhs100-pc/

Wednesday, May 29

• DC Department of Recreation will host a Garfield Park Construction Kick-off meeing, 6pm – 7pm.  Garfield Park Playground (near 2nd, F, and South Carolina, SE).  DPR expects the park improvement work to begin this summer. See here for more:  https://garfield.splashthat.com/

Friday, May 31

Friday Night Live at Eastern Market Metro Plaza – 5:30pm.

• Taiko Drummers of Japan at Eastern Market Metro Plaza, 5:30pm.  Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Taiko Drummers of Japan:  Taiko are a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments.

Captol Hill Corner would also like you to know about:

DC Primary Election on Tuesday, June 4

In-person voting will be on Election Day – June 4 – at centralized vote centers across the District (see Ward 6 list below)

Early Voting and Mail-In Voting Are Now Underway for 2024 Primary Election

Mail in ballot:  Every registered DC vote automatically gets a ballot in their mailbox.  Mail in ballots must be postmarked by June 4.  The deadline for the Board of Elections to receive the ballot you mailed in on or before June 4 is Friday, June 14:

Early in-person voting:  Now through Sunday, June 2, (8:30am-7pm) at Early Vote Centers. For ANC’s on or near Capitol Hill, the Early Vote Centers are at Greenleaf Recreation Center, Sherwood Recreation Center, Rosedale Recreation Center and Arthur Capper Community Center.  

Voting on Primary Election Day:  Tuesday, June 4, 7am-8pm: with in-person voting at Vote Centers.  Here’s a list of those in Ward 6. 

J.O. WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL     660 K Street, NE        Multi-Purpose Room

STUART-HOBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL      410 E Street, NE            Gymnasium

EASTERN MARKET            225 7th Street, SE       North Hall

PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL             1445 C Street, SE       Multi-Purpose Room

WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL         420 12th Street, SE     Multi-Purpose Room

JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY         801 7th Street, SW            Gymnasium

KING GREENLEAF RECREATION CENTER       201 N Street, SW            Gymnasium

SHERWOOD RECREATION CENTER                   640 10th Street, NE            Gymnasium

WALKER JONES MS/RH TERRELL REC CTR     155 L Street, NW            Gymnasium

You can also vote at any Vote Center in the District on Election Day.

Thursday, May 30

6th Annual DC Jazz Leaders in Service Awards Gala, 7:00pm – 10:00pm.

700 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE.  For tickets and more info, go here:  https://bit.ly/4dUkSCZ

Sunday, June 2

Hill Center Event – American Roots Concert Series: Sunny War 4:30pm – 6:30pm.

Quicksilver Productions Foundation presents Sunny War as part of the free, outdoor American Roots Music Series.  “Los Angeles-based street singer, guitarist, and roots music revolutionary Sunny War has always been an outsider, always felt the drive to define her place in the world through music and songwriting.”   

Get Tickets Free here:  https://bit.ly/3Kfe19L