The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week
by Larry Janezich
Posted: September 7, 2025
Last Wednesday, September 3, more than a thousand supporters attended a news conference at the “House Triangle” outside the House wing of the U.S. Capitol which featured a bipartisan assortment of House members and eight victims of Jeffrey Epstein who demanded the release of the Epstein files by the Department of Justice. Legislation to force the release is sitting in the House Judiciary Committee. Rep. Massie, (R-KY) has filed a petition to force the bill to the House floor. The petition requires the signatures of a majority of House members and Massie is two short. If the bill were to come to the floor it would require a majority in the House and then a majority of the Senate to pass. The bill would then go to the President who could sign it, veto it, or let it become law without his signature after ten days.
Over at Eastern Market Metro that same morning, the National Guard was getting ready to deploy from mezzanine near the escalators. Another group about the same size was stationed on the Plaza above.
Sunday, Labyrinth Games and Puzzles at 645 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, was holding its annual used board game sale.
Once a year, Labyrinth holds the sale, the proceeds of which go to DC schoolteachers to buy board games for the schoolroom. Staff regulated access, keeping the numbers of shoppers manageable.
It seemed touch and go for a while – whether the driver could get this 18 wheeler into the 700 Penn loading dock. It took some skill, but the driver was successful. Might have been a difference story if cars had been parked in front of Peregrine across the street.
BTW Peregrine celebrated its 17th anniversary Tuesday, September 2, with free 12 oz cups of coffee all day. CHC was there when Peregrine opened on Friday, August 29, 2008. Here’s a photo about two weeks later, on September 12, 2008. That’s owner Ryan Jensen in the center.
And on Thursday, August 28, one of the most powerful women in France and the global financial world dropped by Bowers Fancy Dairy Products in Eastern Market. Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank and the former woman head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was shopping for cheese – her daughter in law is from Wisconsin. Bowers seized the opportunity to memorialize the moment. She’s second from left next to Bowers. Photo source: Mike Bowers
The Week Ahead…
The Week Ahead…
The week is suffering from option overload.. See “Capitol Hill Corner Would Also Like You to Know About” below.
Highlights:
Tuesday:
FreeDC Ward 6 Meeting.
Wednesday:
Consequential Conversations at Hill Center. The Erasure of Black History.
Friday:
Art All Night – The Art of Otaku & Japan, featuring the Lantern Park outdoor installation at Eastern Market Plaza.
Friday:
Consequential Conversations at Hill Center. The rise and fall of the Sassoon family.
Saturday, September 13:
Friends of NE and SE Libraries hold a book sale at NE Library. “CHC Would Like You to Kno
Saturday and Sunday September 13 and 14:
Capitol Hill Art Walk – 135 artists in 70 locations.
The Week Ahead…
Tuesday, September 9
ANC6B will hold its hybrid monthly meeting at 7:00pm at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE.
- For info on how to join the virtual meeting, go here: https://anc6b.org/
Among items on the draft agenda:
Consent Agenda
Community & Commission Announcements and Speak Out
Office of the Mayor
Councilmember Charles Allen’s Office
Presentations
- [LATE BREAKING] MPD Update from 1st District Commander Colin Hall & Captain Adam Crist.
Alcoholic Beverage & Cannabis Committee
NEW APPLICATIONS
- [LATE BREAKING] Request for stipulated license – Awakening Bar & Grill, 520 8th Street, SE.
PROTESTS/OTHER UPDATES
- Ambar (Currently Protesting for failure to abide by their Settlement Agreement).
- [LATE BREAKING] Aloha/Tobacco King Re-Application.
Transportation Committee
- Motion to support a request from Hill Family Biking to consolidate the two 11th Street, SE bike lanes to two protected bike lanes on the west side of 11th Street from Lincoln Park to M Street, SE.
ANC7D will hold its virtual monthly meeting at 7:00pm.
- For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://7d0761.wixsite.com/anc7d-1
Among items on the draft agenda:
DC Government Updates
Office of Ward 7 Councilmember Wendell Felder
Mayor’s Office of Community Relations & Services (MOCRS)
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Updates
- Resolution concerning Rosedale Library Construction/Improvement Project.
- Discussion concerning Reservation 239 Naming & Funding.
- Resolution concerning RFK Stadium Redevelopment.
Wednesday, September 10
ANC6C will hold its virtual monthly meeting at 7:00pm.
- For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6c.org/hot-topics/
Among items on the draft agenda:
Commissioner announcements
DC agency informational announcements
Other community announcements/public comment
Consent calendar TBA
Plenary agenda
Alcohol and Cannabis Licensing Committee
- Misaki Sushi, LLC, 517 H Street NE, Class C restaurant license.
Transportation and Public Space Committee
- DDOT proposed installation of EV chargers in DC, including 700 Constitution Avenue, NE.
- Request to change to one-way traffic on 5th Street, NE .
Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development
- 1125 3rd Street NE – Redesign exterior elements of hotel structure; add hotel as a permitted use of the ground floor of the National Capitol Press Building at 3rd and D Streets, NE; modify hotel penthouse to add eating and drinking establishment within the penthouse.
- OP proposed amendments to zoning regulations for rear additions.
- OP proposed amendments to zoning regulations for alley lots.
New Business MedStar Urgent Care facility at 301 N Street, NE.
Response to federal police presence in DC.
Need for FOIA
ANC 6C logo change
Certificate of appreciation for Steve O’Neal, long-time ACL Committee chair
Thursday, September 11
ANC6C will hold its monthly virtual meeting at 7:00pm
For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/
Among items on the draft agenda:
Presentation Sherwood Recreation Center – Robert Robinson, Recreation Manager
Consent Agenda
- Economic Development and Zoning (EDZ) Recommendation: ANC6A send a letter to BZA in support of a special exception to construct a new, detached, two-story, accessory dwelling unit.
- Recommendation: ANC6A send a letter to BZA in support of a special exception to add a front porch to an existing single-family dwelling.
Economic Development and Zoning
- Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter to BZA in support of a special exception to construct a penthouse with roof deck to an existing, semi-detached, two-story plus basement, principal dwelling unit at 828 12th Street, NE. in the RF-1 zone.
New Business
- Suggested Motion: ANC 6A send a Resolution to the DC Council condemning federal overreach in the District of Columbia.
- Suggested Motion: ANC 6A send a letter toDC Council regarding a review of the DC Alcohol and Cannabis Laws and Regulation.
- Suggested Motion: ANC 6A send a Resolution to the DC Council to advance legislation requiring immigration enforcement and other law enforcement deputized to perform immigration enforcement functions to display their surnames and prohibit the use of non-medical face coverings.
- Suggested Motion: Request for an Entertainment Endorsement inside the premises only. Tiffany’s Bar and Bistro, 709 H Street, NE.
- Suggested Motion: New Class “C” License, Nanglo, 1301 H Street, NE, Unit C-1.
- Suggested Motion: New Class “C” License, 618 Productions, 1353 H Street, NE, Unit C-1.
- Suggested Motion: High Class DC, 1320 H Street, NE. The proposed medical cannabis facility with approximately 880 square feet of space will provide cannabis flowers, cannabis concentrates, and a line of edible products and home delivery services to registered patients in Washington, D.C. The applicant is requesting a delivery endorsement.
Single Member District reports.
Community Comments.
ANC6D Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
- For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://www.anc6d.org/abc-committee/
Agenda: Not available.
CAPITOL HILL CORNER WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO KNOW ABOUT:
Tuesday, September 9:
FreeDC Ward 6 Hybrid Meeting
7:00pm 8:30pm – Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol Street, NE.
“During this meeting, we’ll discuss the current moment, present about the Ward 6 Team’s structure, and share opportunities to get more involved with our work.” Go here for more info and to register: https://freedcproject.org/event-list/ward-6-team-september-meeting
Wednesday, September 10
Consequential Conversations at Hill Center:
At Issue: The Erasure of Black History Featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian Marcia Chatelain and New York Times White House Correspondent Erica L. Green.
“Since taking office, President Trump has tried to reframe the country’s past involving racism and discrimination by de-emphasizing that history or at times denying that it happened. As historian Marcia Chatelain notes, “When you erase history, you make people more vulnerable to abuses of power.”
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | $10 | Register Here. https://bit.ly/4n1QdI3
Friday, September 12:
Art ALL NIGHT – Japanese Pop Art – 5:00pm – 11:00pm
- Japanese Lantern Park outdoor installation at Eastern Market
- Samurai Sword Soul Show – 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- K-POP Dance Class – 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
- Japanese Taiko Drummers Performance – 8:00 pm to 8:30 pm
- SHAOLIN JAZZ Show – 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm
For details and for more Barracks Row Art All Night Activities, go here:
https://www.barracksrow.org/artallnight2025 and here: https://www.easternmarketmainstreet.org/artallnight
Friday, September 12:
Consequential Conversations at Hill Center:
Joseph Sassoon Discusses his book The SASSOONS: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire in Conversation with New York Times Writer Binyamin Appelbaum.
Against the monumental canvas of two centuries of the Ottoman Empire and the changing face of the Far East, across Europe and Great Britain, Joseph Sassoon gives us a riveting generational saga of the making of this magnificent family dynasty.
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | $10 | Register Here https://bit.ly/4pbOvFx
Saturday, September 13:
Northeast Library Book Sale
The Friends of the Southeast Library (FOSEL) together with the Friends of the Northeast Library (FONEL) will hold a joint book sale this Saturday, December 14, 2024. The sale will be at the Northeast Library at 7th & Maryland Avenues NE.
The sale begins when the library opens at 10:00 am. We begin to pack up around 2:45 pm and are done by 3:00 pm. The sale is on the lower level of the library.
Saturday and Sunday, September 13 & 14:
Capitol Hill Art Walk Sponsored by Capitol Hill Art League
Noon to 4:00pm. Free
“Walk to more than 70 locations on Capitol Hill to enjoy art and crafts made by 130+ local artists and crafts folks. Meet the makers while visiting and enjoying the ambience of Capitol Hill. Look for jewelry, baskets, ceramics, textiles (up-cycled clothing, dolls, and rugs). All styles of art, paintings, prints, photographs, mixed-media art and drawings by both up and coming and established artists are for sale. A group of military veterans will be stationed at the historic Hill Center selling their remarkable, award-winning work. Don’t miss buying your 2026 art calendar produced by Capitol Hill’s Young Marines at the Hill Center.
The free two-day community-focused event is a celebration of creativity at its very best, home grown and spun. Easily accessible by Metro (Capitol South, Eastern Market, Potomac, Union Station on the redline). Sponsored by the Capitol Hill Art League, a 35+ year old art project of the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Hill Rag Newspaper, Capitol Hill Restoration Society, and Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital.”
Where: 70 locations, front yards, alleys, sidewalks, homes and studios around Capitol Hill, SE, and NE.
For a map, go here: https://bit.ly/469Ldtw
For more Information including list of artists, go here: https://www.hillrag.com/2025/09/01/art-walk-2025/
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