May 4, 2025 · 10:43 pm

The Week Ahead…& Some Recent Photos

The Week Ahead…& Some Recent Photos

by Larry Janezich

Posted May 4, 2025

Here’s FreeDC continuing its unrelenting campaign calling out House Speaker Mike Johnson for failing to pass the Senate-passed bill to allow DC to spend its own money to continue essential city services until the end of the fiscal year.  For more, go here:  https://freedcproject.org/news/dc-wants-our-money-mike

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) currently features two temporary exhibits.  First is the exhibit Uncanny – now through August 10, 2025.  From the website: “A concept popularized by Sigmund Freud in 1919, the uncanny describes the psychological experience of something that is strangely familiar, yet alien, eliciting a sense of anxiety.”

Louise Bourgeois’ Untitled (with foot), 1989. The juxtaposition of a baby’s foot beneath a sphere could speak to the duality and interconnection of the wonder and trauma of birth.  (One reason artists decide not to title works is to allow the vieerw to bring their own interpretation.)

Leonara Carrington’s The Palmist, 2010, is a fantastical figure of an animal/human hybrid reflecting the artist’s interest in animals, myth and symbolism. A palmist interprets the lines on a palm for insights on a person’s character and future.  In this sculpture, the hands of the palmist appear to do the interpreting.

Also featured at NMWA is the exhibit Guerilla Girls, now through September 28, 2025.  The art cooperative Guerilla Girls has been making text-based art since 1985. 

Their subject in the late 1980s was inequality, and their message was feminism.  Women in America Earn only 2/3 of What Men Do, from the series, “Guerilla Girls Talk Back: The First Five years, 1985 – 1990. 

Works from the 1990’s onward broadened the scope of the cooperative to include politics, pop culture, reproductive rights, and the environment. 

The Week Ahead…& Some Recent Photos

by Larry Janezich

Posted May 4, 2025

The Week Ahead

Highlights: 

  • Tuesday:  MPD 1D Citizens Advisory Committee Virtual Meeting, 6:00pm – 7:15pm. See below.
  • Tuesday: MPD Public Safety Meeting at Stuart Hobson School 6:00pm – 7:15pm.  (Details under “Capitol Hill Corner would also like you to know aboutJ      
  • Wednesday:  ANC6B Transportation Committee will discuss Potomac Avene Metro shooting & lack of WMATA above-ground cameras. See below.

Monday, May 5

ANC6D will hold a virtual Administrative Meeting to discuss the agenda for the May meeting of ANC6D.

  • Please contact the office at 6d@anc.dc.gov for a link to view the meeting.

Tuesday, May 6

ANC6B Alcoholic Beverage & Cannabis Committee will hold a hybrid meeting at 7:00pm

Meeting location will be 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE; Second Floor, Conference Room 1 (entry adjacent to Trader Joe’s).

Among items on the draft agenda:

RENEWALS

  • Congress Market, 421 East Capitol Street SE; Renewal of Class B Retail-Grocery.
  • We, The Pizza, 305 Pennsylvania Ave SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Santa Rosa Taqueria, 301 Pennsylvania Ave SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Good Stuff Eatery, 303 Pennsylvania Ave SE; Renewal of Class D Restaurant.
  • Sonoma, 233 Pennsylvania Ave SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Ted’s Bulletin, 505 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Ambar, 523 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Sushi Hachi, 735 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Belga Cafe, 514 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Café 8, 424 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Han Palace, 522 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant. 
  • Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue SE; Renewal of Class C Multipurpose. 
  • Playa Ocho Cantina, 514 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant. 
  • Akeno Sushi Bar and Thai at Capitol Hill, 524 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • National Democratic Club, 30 Ivy Street SE; Renewal of Class C Club.
  • Talay Thai Restaurant, 406 1st Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant. 
  • Le Pain Quotidien, 666 Pennsylvania Avenue SE; Renewal of Class D Restaurant.
  • Los Caballeros Restaurant, 308 Pennsylvania Avenue SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Mr. Henry’s, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Ruta Ukrainian Restaurant, 327 7th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol Street SE; Renewal of Class C Multipurpose.
  • La Casina DC, 325 7th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Matchbox Capitol Hill, 521 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Ugly Mug Dining Saloon/Valor Brew Pub, 723 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Jabwemet Indian Kitchen, 515 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • La Lomita Restaurant, 521 8th Street SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Capitol Hill Club, 300 1st Street SE; Renewal of Class C Club.
  • Butterworth’s, 319 Pennsylvania Avenue SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • District Taco, 656 Pennsylvania Avenue SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • La Plaza Mexican Restaurant, 629 Pennsylvania Avenue SE; Renewal of Class C Restaurant.
  • Historic Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street SE; Renewal of Class C Multipurpose.

NEW APPLICATIONS

  • Taste Budz, 317 Pennsylvania Avenue SE; New Application of Medical Cannabis Retailers.

PROTESTS

  • Update on Acqua Al 2 Protest.
  • Conclusion of Tobacco King Protest.

MPD 1D Citizens Advisory Committee Virtual Meeting, 6:00pm – 7:15pm.

Agenda:  Community Safety Briefing and open dialogue with residents, businesses, ANCs, community organizations, etc. 

Wednesday, May 7

ANC6B Transportation Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm. 

Among items on the draft agenda:

  • Request for DDOT to Prioritize Gessford Courtt Safety Improvements.
  • DDOT Presentation: Final 17th Street Plans for North of Potomac.
  • Updates from DDOT on ANC6B’s last two letters (17th Street & Watkins Court, SE).
  • Discussion on Potomac Ave Metro shooting – Lack of WMATA above-ground cameras. 

ANC6C Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

Among items on the draft agenda: TBA

Thursday, May 8

ANC6A will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

Among items on the draft agenda:

Consent Agenda: 

Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Committee

Recommendation: ANC 6A take no action on the following:

  • Renewal of a Class C restaurant license with entertainment and summer garden endorsements at Maketto, 1351 H Street NE .
  • Renewal of a Class C multipurpose license with at Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE.
  • Renewal of a Class C restaurant license with dancing entertainment and summer garden endorsements at Stable, 1324 H Street NE.
  • Renewal of a Class C restaurant license with sidewalk cafe endorsements at Taqueria al Lado H, 809 12th Street NE.
  • Renewal of the renewal of a Class C restaurant license at Milk and Honey Café, 1116 H Street NE.
  • Renewal of a Class C restaurant license with dancing entertainment sidewalk cafe and summer garden endorsements at Bens Chili Bowl/Bens Next Door/Ben’s Upstairs, 1001 H Street NE.
  • Renewal of a Class C restaurant license with sidewalk cafe endorsement at Pascual 732 Maryland Avenue NE.
  • Recommendation: ANC 6A protest the renewal of a Class C restaurant license with cover charge and entertainment endorsements at The Upper Room, 1360 H Street NE unless a settlement agreement is reached.
  • Recommendation: ANC 6A protest the renewal of a Class C restaurant license with entertainment and sidewalk endorsements at Choongman, 1125 H Street NE 

Transportation and Public Space Committee

  • Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter to DDOT requesting a comprehensive traffic study of the neighborhood street grid bounded by 10th and 13th Streets NE and Maryland Avenue and Florida Avenue NE.

Plenary Session: 

Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Committee.

  • Recommendation: ANC6A protest the Renewal of a Class C restaurant license with entertainment endorsement at Lydia’s Restaurant and Lounge at 1427 H Street NE and that Commissioner Velasquez seek enforcement information from ABCA.

New Business:

  • Suggested Motion: ANC 6A send a letter to the DC Council and the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA) to provide ABCA the authority to release to ANC Commissioners the contact info for owners of establishments seeking to renew an alcoholic beverage or medical cannabis license.
  • Suggested Motion: ANC 6A send a letter to the DC Council, the Directors of the Department of Building (DOB), the Bureau of Zoning Authority (BZA) and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), asking for an explanation of why residents of large buildings, with more than X units, that do not have adequate parking for residents, as determined by a ratio of X/Y spaces per apartment, are currently allowed to obtain a Resident Parking Permit (RPP) stickers.  Previously, residents of buildings without adequate parking were denied RPP stickers.  Also, residents of buildings with addresses on commercial streets were not allowed RPP stickers.  The Council et. al. is asked to clarify the status of these previous restrictions and reinstate them if not currently in effect.

ANC6B Planning and Zoning Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

Among items on the draft agenda:

  • 734 7th Street, SE
  • 730 Rear 11th Street, SE

ANC6D will hold a Special In-Person Meeting at 6:00pm at the Southwest Library, 900 Wesley Pl SW. 

Agenda:   To hear resident views and to further consider ANC recommendations for DDOT’s 2025 TOPP (Traffic Operations and Parking Plan) for handling traffic problems produced by Nationals Park and Audi Field.

ANC6D Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm. 

Agenda:  TBA

Capitol Hill Corner would also like you to know about:

Tuesday, May 6 – MPD Public Safety Meeting at Stuart Hobson School – 410 E Street, NE – 6:00pm – 7:15pm.       

MPD invites the community to a hybrid (in-person and virtual) Public Safety Meeting. MPD wants to know your feelings on community safety, security, and policing   From the invitation: “We are present to listen and respond.”

Webex Teleconference Link Access: https://dcnet.webex.com/dcnet/j.php?MTID=m8295cbfc41e8f3f4e9b6f47ba7d7b6a1

Join by Meeting number (access code): 2309 223 8198 M

password: 101M Tap to join from a mobile device (attendees only) +1-202-860-2110   

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