The Week Ahead & Some Photos from the Past Week

The Week Ahead & Some Photos from the Past Week

by Larry Janezich

Posted August 4, 2024

A new weekend busker at Eastern Market –  Roman Velychko, violinist.  His story is compelling.  Velychko is Ukrainian who, after the war started in 2022, practiced violin in a bunker with aspirations for Julliard.  He came to the US later that year, leaving behind parents, a brother, and grandparents.   Still in high school, he auditioned for the Julliard “pre-college” program, was accepted and is a member of the Julliard pre-college symphony.  After graduating, he hopes to join Julliard as a full –time student.  His story was posted in The Hill, in December of 2022.  See here:  https://bit.ly/3SBGPxw

The 11^th Street Bridge Park will be built on the piers of the old freeway across the Anacostia River.  The space will be a venue for education and the arts featuring gardens, an environmental center, and 175 native trees. 

This is a model of the bridge installed in front of the Botanic Garden.  The park will be managed by Building Bridges, a non-profit designed to provide equitable access to health, arts and economic opportunity.

Here’s a more comprehensive architectural rendering, courtesy of OMA Architects. 

And here’s another.  For more, see here: https://www.oma.com/projects/11th-street-bridge-park

Unbound: Narrative Art of the Plains.  National Museum of the American Indian.  On exhibit through January 20, 2026. 

Narrative art of the plains evolved from painting on buffalo hides, muslins, and ledger books to modern works inspired by this tradition. 

Artists recorded events and history in the on hides and muslin.  When ledger books became available – discarded by the U.S. military or trading posts – artists used them with drawings.  

Native artists began reviving “ledger art” in the 1970s.

A traditional buffalo robe painted by Spotted Tail, Crow, depicting ten battle scenes. 

A modern painting of a Sun Dance – the Renewal Ceremony – by Sherman Chaddlesone, Kiowa, 2013.

A modern painting of a buffalo hunt by Sherman Chaddlesone, Kiowa, 2013.

The Week Ahead…

Wednesday, August 7

ANC 7D August Special Virtual Public Meeting at 6:30pm. 

For info on how to join the meeting, go here:  https://7d0761.wixsite.com/anc7d-1

Agenda:

• Northeast Boundary Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation Project.  Proposed Action: Support 24 hour work period for underwater sewer pipe.

Kingsman Field and Dog Park Meeting

• Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) hosts a virtual meeting on the future of Kingsman Field and Dog Park from 6 to 7pm. Register to learn the full update.  https://kingsmanfielddogpark.splashthat.com/

Capitol Hill Corner would also like you to know about: 

Thursday, August 8th

Live! The Library of Congress musical performance and summer movie event.

Thomas Jefferson Building – Southeast Lawn

• Panquility Band will perform joyful melodies and rhythms on the Southeast lawn of the Thomas Jefferson Building. This performance will start before the showing of “Lady and the Tramp.” 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm  No tickets are required to attend this event. 

• A screening of “Lady and the Tramp” (1955), the beloved animated classic that tells the story of Lady, a pampered cocker spaniel, and Tramp, a charismatic street-smart mutt. 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm  No tickets are required to attend this event.

Friday, August 9^th

Folger Fridays – Queer Culture Night featuring Be Steadwell and Pretty Boi Drag, 5:30–7:30pm.

Free | Folger Front Lawn

• An evening of queer celebration with Be Steadwell and Pretty Boi Drag.