Monthly Archives: March 2026

The Week Ahead…& Photo Essay: “Legacy of the Deal”

by Larry Janezich

Posted Sunday, March 22

Legacy of the Deal at the Folger Library

Mandy Cano Villalobos is a Folger Artist Fellow who describes herself as a “cultural scrapper”. Her current solo exhibition, titled Legacy of the Deal, now through April 5, is featured as part of the “Contemporary Art at the Folger” series.

What’s the deal?  Villalobos encourages us to conclude it’s a deal with the devil. 

The exhibition features five mixed media works created from domestic objects like broken jewelry, discarded toys, and used clothing.  Inspired by ornate book bindings in the Folger collection, Villalobos combined found objects into 3 dimensional art forms – assemblages.  The resulting compositions explore ideas of time, memory, place, belonging and identity, highlighting themes we often don’t like to think about: the intersection of modern consumption and excess with Western history of colonization, injustice and environmental damage.  For more on the artist, visit:  https://www.mandycano.com/

Sugar Queen 2025.  Decayed teeth reference Elizabeth I’s love of sugar, its status as a luxury item among the nobility, and the transatlantic slave trade.

Deeds of the Dead 2025. Ditto

Measure and Means 2025. Secondhand textile signifies the transatlantic slave trade and modern fashion industries’ reliance on child labor.

The Gambit’s Prayer 2025.  Discarded plastic nods at environmental injustice, waste, and labor exploitation.

The Favorite 2025.  A pig’s foot and bling might serve to remind us of the disparity between wanting and having. 

The Week Ahead…

Monday, March 23

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

• For info on how to access, go here:  https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/

Among items on the draft agenda:

• Community Updates – Round Robin
• ANC 6A Community Grants
• H Street NE Bid – What’s to Know
• Procott Overview – Investing in Community and Leading with Values

ANC6B Public Safety 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).

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

Agenda: 

• Presentation with Q&A:  Metro Transit Police

Tuesday, March 24

ANC6A Alcohol Beverage & Cannabis Committee will hold a virtual meeting 7:00pm.

• For info on how to access the virtual meeting, go here:  https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/

Among items on the draft agenda: 

• Discussion of a substantial change request to a license to add (3) Sports Wagering betting kiosks inside premises on the main floor and in the bar area for Allure Lounge, 711 H Street, NE
• Discussion of a substantial change request to a license to change hours of operation and alcoholic beverage sales, service, and consumption, and hours of live entertainment, for Transmission, 1353 H Street, NE.
• Discussion of a medical cannabis retailer license application for DC Dank, 712 15th Street, NE.

Capitol Hill Corner would also like you to know about: 

FREEDC EVENTS for March

Go here to see a list of upcoming events for this week and to sign up to join FreeDC:  https://freedcproject.org/   

Saturday, March 28 No Kings DC Rally

Sign up for March 28 No Kings DC Rally.  For more info, go here:   https://freedcproject.org/event-list/no-kings-3?link_id=7&can_id=5f5bb12be9968d6efc157f8fb54bb0c6&source=email-ward-6-february-news-events-4&email_referrer=email_3134147&email_subject=ward-6-march-news-events&&

Wednesday, March 25

Hill Center Event:  Profs & Pints DC: The Search for Life Beyond Earth

Profs & Pints DC: The Search for Life Beyond Earth

6:00 PM – 8:30pm.  Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital.

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Search for Life Beyond Earth,” with Måns Holmberg, postdoctoral researcher at the Space Telescope Science Institute and part of a team of astronomers looking for chemical traces of life on distant exoplanets.

(Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.)

For more info and tickers, go here:  https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/dc-ET

Sunday, March 29

Hill Center Event:  Eastern-European Jewish Folk Music with Seth Kibel & The Kleztet

In-person – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

$23.00 – For more info and tickets, go here:  https://bit.ly/3NX0dpH

Now at the Folger

As You Like It – Extended through April 19

by William Shakespeare

TICKETS: Starting at $20

Rosalind and her cousin Celia are forced to leave the court where they find respite and adventure in nature, inevitably succumbing to the madness of love and delightfully unpredictable circumstances.

Get Tickets here:  https://bit.ly/4sErzzI

“This production offers a love note to DC, imbuing the forest of Arden with the familiar vibes, culture, and characters that mark the District as a singular, resilient, and redemptive place of belonging.” (Folger website.)

The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week

by Larry Janezich

Posted March 15, 2026

As reported in the previous post on this blog, the Office of Planning will host open houses on the development of RFK March 24 and March 28..  Here are some photos showing the current state of the demolition of the stadium. For comparison, here’s a photo from January 30, 2025.

And a similar view from March 15, 2026.

Here’s the view as one enters the National Gallery’s West Building Rotunda from the Mall Entrance.  Behind the sculpture of the Roman god Mercury is a massive screen showing “Digital Waves” – a computer-generated video. 

Another view.

Artist Clifford Ross says “Digital Waves” is a “light storm” that reveals not only the complexity and power of the ocean,” but also “the surprises and form and movement that are central to the wonder we experience.”

The Mary Cassatt exhibit, “Mary Cassatt: An American in Paris,” at the National Gallery of Art, now through on August 30, 2026. The exhibition, located in the West Building, features 40 works from the museum’s collection to mark the centennial of the artist’s death. Admission is free and tickets are not required.  This is an exhibit that shouldn’t be missed.  Cassatt was a gifted artist and a strong advocate for women’s autonomy who supported the women’s suffrage movement through financial contributions, art exhibitions, and symbolic painting.

The Week Ahead…

Monday, March 16

ANC6D will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

• For info on how to join the meeting, go here (bottom of page):  https://bit.ly/4bbztKX

Among items on the draft agenda: 

• Public Safety Report
• Community Announcements
• Government Announcements (Executive and Legislative Branch)
• Commissioner Announcements
• Community Concerns
• Board of Elections: Ranked Choice Voting
• DCHA Director Keith Pettigrew
• Consent Agenda
• ABC Matters
• Task Force on Pedestrian Safety Recommendations
• 400 I Street SW PUD: Request for 2-year extension
• Proposed Letter Regarding East Potomac Park
• Proposed Letter Opposing Installation of Chain Link Fences at 375 and 425 M Street SW
• SMD Updates
• Chairperson’s Report

ANC6A Transportation & Public Space Committee will hold a 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:

Old Business

• Pedestrian Signal Timing on Constitution Avenue NE. This was discussed at the November 2025 TPS meeting. Residents have continued to raise concerns about how long  they wait for a signal to cross Constitution and how short the signal time is.

New Business

• DDOT Public Space Permit. Paving: Leadwalk Only, Paving: Curb & Gutter(s), Fixture: Bike Rack(s): DDOT Standard, Fixture: Hand Rail (36″ high for ADA, 30″- 42″ high other), Projections: Bay Window(s), Paving: Sidewalk(s), Landscaping: Tree Planting, Projections: Areaway Entrance at 800 – 899.
• Park Proposal on Florida Avenue NE. Jonathan Pineda of 6A01 will join the TPS committee to discuss a proposal for a dog park on Florida Ave NE.
• Congestion Pricing Study. Mayor Bowser released a study of congestion pricing that was conducted several years ago.

Wednesday, March 18

ANC6A Economic Development & Zoning Committee will hold a 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:

Old Business

• 1332 Corbin Place NE.  Board of Zoning Adjustment Application  to construct a third story and a three-story with basement rear addition, to an existing, attached, two story with basement, principal dwelling unit. Special Exceptions:  rear yard requirements and lot occupancy requirements. 
• 628 15th Street NE.  Bureau of Zoning Adjustment Application.  Re ANC receiving notification that the alley does not meet 10’ requirement. No changes from original plan supported by ANC in September 2025. BZA hearing administratively rescheduled to May 13, 2026.

New Business

• 1350 East Capitol Street, NE.  Bureau of Zoning Adjustment Application.  To construct a two-story plus cellar rear addition and a one-story plus cellar side addition, to an existing, attached, two-story plus cellar, principal dwelling unit.  Special Exception:  lot occupancy requirements.

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Capitol Hill Corner would also like you to know about:

FREEDC EVENTS for March

Go here to see a list of upcoming events for this week and to sign up to join FreeDC:  https://freedcproject.org/  

Saturday, March 28 No Kings DC Rally

Sign up for March 28 No Kings DC Rally.  For more info, go here:   https://freedcproject.org/event-list/no-kings-3?link_id=7&can_id=5f5bb12be9968d6efc157f8fb54bb0c6&source=email-ward-6-february-news-events-4&email_referrer=email_3134147&email_subject=ward-6-march-news-events&& 

Saturday, March 21

NE Library – Free public viewing of the movie COUNTED OUT

11am to 1pm – Northeast Library, 330 7^th Street, NE.

In the 21^st Century, fueled by technology, data, and algorithms, math determines who has power to shape our world. 

Here’s a link to the trailer for the film:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5a2la9WTtY

Sponsored by DC Area CHYSPO Parent organization

Thursday, March 19

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Pearl Escape Project nonprofit is hosting a discussion about women, race, and voting for women candidates.

The Pearl Escape Project presents:

Why Don’t Women Vote for Women?  A Panel Discussion.  7:00pm – 400 I St. SW, Westminster Church.  Register here:  https://bit.ly/3NlaSu8  

Panelists: Iris Harvey, Shari Miles-Cowen, Marjorie LIghtman & Elizabeth O’Gorek

Women are more than half of the population. They are well organized. They have been able to defy convention and custom to change laws from suffrage to Title 9. Why haven’t they been able to elect a woman president?

Join us as we explore the historical, psychological, and cultural pressures that shape women’s attitudes toward other women and political leadership.

Sunday, March 29

Hill Center Event

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Stone Room Concerts @ Hill Center Featuring Eastern-European Jewish Folk Music with Seth Kibel & The Kleztet

$23 | Purchase Tickets Here https://bit.ly/4lz9pwX

Now at the Folger

As You Like It – Through April 12

by William Shakespeare

TICKETS: Starting at $20

Rosalind and her cousin Celia are forced to leave the court where they find respite and adventure in nature, inevitably succumbing to the madness of love and delightfully unpredictable circumstances.

Get Tickets here:  https://bit.ly/4sErzzI

“This production offers a love note to DC, imbuing the forest of Arden with the familiar vibes, culture, and characters that mark the District as a singular, resilient, and redemptive place of belonging.” (Folger website.)

Upcoming Community Meetings on RFK Master Plan

by Larry Janezich

Posted March 13, 2026

Last Tuesday night, ANC7D – chaired by Commissioner Brian Alcorn – heard an update from the Office of Planning (OP) concerning the community input engagement process on the RFK Master plan.  On hand were Diamond Thompson-Smith, OP’s Deputy Project Manager for the RFK Master Plan and Associate Director of Neighborhood Planning Heba El Gawish.

The RFK Master Plan will outline the District’s vision in coordination with input from community stakeholders on needs for the campus and some agency programs for the site including housing and retail.  It will also identify key amenities for current uses and future resident needs and consider how to integrate the site design with the surrounding neighborhoods.

Here are the details for two upcoming Open Houses in Ward 7, hosted by OP.  Both events will share the same content and on-line module will be released for those unable to attend in person.

Here’s the time line for the engagement process which anticipates submitting the Master Plan to the City Council in the fall of 2026.

“bumblebirds”  (formerly Good Stuff Eatery) Opens Mar 14 on PA Ave SE

By Larry Janezich

Posted March 9, 2026

The former Good Stuff Eatery Morphs into “bumblebirds”

“bumblebirds,” Spike Mendelsohn’s newest fast-casual restaurant features Southern fried chicken sandwiches, spirited cocktails, will OFFICIALLY open at 11:00am Monday, March 16, 2026 at 303 Pennsylvania Ave SE on Capitol Hill.  BUT – a grand opening celebration will take place on Saturday, March 14, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. (free fried chicken sandwiches or nuggets for first 100 people in line + giveaway for a party for 6 at bumblebirds)

Celebrity chef, bestselling author, and television personality Carla Hall is partnering with the Mendelsohn family (Cathy, Harvey, Micheline, and Spike) and their Sunnyside Restaurant Group to bring the new concept to life. Photo: Johnathon Pushnick

Photo: Vina Sananikone

Menu highlights include:

• The OG Bumble – Crispy Fried Chicken, Black Pepper Ranch Slaw, Cheese, Pickles
• The Blue & Buffalo – Celery Leaf Slaw, Creamy Blue Cheese, Spicy Buffalo Sauce
• The Sassafras – Grilled Chicken, Collard Garden Aioli, Pickled Red Onion
• Southern Chicken Nugs – Dipping Sauces include Jalapeño Honey, Bumble Sauce
• Southern Sharing Board – Pimento Cheese, Shaved Country Ham, Pickled Vegetables
• Sides include House made Kettle Chips, Homemade Biscuits, Shoestring Fries

Here’s a look inside. Photo: Johnathon Pushnick

The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week

by Larry Janezich

Posted Sunday, March 8, 2026

Last Saturday’s open house on the future of H Street.  The DC Office of Planning has launched a new H Street Land Use and Market Study covering 3rd to 15th Streets NE. This study will help shape what gets built, what kind of businesses we support, how public spaces are designed, and how to strengthen H Street’s identity for the long term.  Here’s a photo of participants in the meeting on Saturday afternoon.  For more on the study, go here:  https://engage.dc.gov/w68032

Here’s what some participants want to see on H Street, NE.  movie theater, local bike shop closer to Eastern High, Outdoor-focused business (beer garden), art gallery/creative spaces, music venues, children/family oriented businesses, hardware store, home goods/gardening store, offices/medical.

CM Charles Allen interacts with ANC6A and C Commissioners who were at the open house, from left:  Commissioners Jay Adelstein (6C), Roberta Shapiro (6A), and Stephen Kolb (6A).

Update on renovation of SE Library.  The renovation is expected to be complete by June.  The Library will reopen a couple of months after that.  Here are two photos – a view of the Historic Entrance restoration in progress and a view of the Historic Entrance from inside the Library.  (Photo:  DCPL)

Installation of wood bookshelves on the main floor is complete.  (Photo:  DCPL)

Wood and plaster restoration, staining and finishing on the main floor are complete.  (Photo:  DCPL)

For more, Commissioner David Sobelsohn’s ANC6B SE Library Task Force will hear a verbal update regarding the final stages of renovations of the Library on Monday evening at 6:30pm.  For info on how to attend or join the meeting on line, see below. 

A banner of the façade of the SE Library trumpets Women in Construction Week, March 1 – 7.   

Whiting and Turner Construction takes a moment to celebrate Women in Construction.  (Photo:  DCPL)

The Week Ahead…

Highlights:

• Tuesday – ANC7D – DC Office of Planning: RFK Master Plan Presentation
• Wednesday – ANC6C – CM Charles Allen presentation re budget

Monday, March 9

ANC6B Southeast Library Task Force will hold a hybrid meeting at 6:30pm. 

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

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

Agenda: 

• Update regarding the final stages of renovations
• Discussion of how to keep the Arthur Capper interim library open until the Southeast branch opens
• Input from nearby neighbors if there are lingering renovation issues.

Tuesday, March 10

ANC6B will hold a hybrid meeting at 7:00pm.

Meeting location will be at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE.

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

Agenda:  TBA

ANC 7D will hold a virtual 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 Office of Planning – RFK Master Plan Presentation

Elected District Government Official Updates

• Letisha Vinson, Office of Ward 7 Councilmember Wendell Felder
• Amber Wright, Mayor’s Office of Community Relations & Services (MOCRS)
• Eboni-Rose Thompson, State Board of Education (SBOE), Ward 7 Representative
• Kisha Anderson, District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Ward 7 Community Engagement Specialist

Community Matters

• DC Responsible Rat Management Presentation, Max Broad, DC Voters for Animals Education Fund
• Events DC (invited)

Commissioner SMD Reports

Commission Business Items

• ANC 7D Committees

Other Commission Business

• Proposed Motion: ANC 7D send a letter to DMPED, WMATA, DDOT, the DC Office of Planning, the Washington Commanders the D.C. Council Committee on Transportation and Environment and the National Capital Planning Commission urging immediate inter-agency coordination and calibration on transportation planning to support development of the RFK Campus.
• Proposed Motion: ANC 7D send a letter to the Navy Museum Development Foundation urging consideration of an RFK Campus location for the Museum of the United States Navy.
• Proposed Motion: ANC 7D send a letter to the Department of Public Works requesting posting of “No Parking Anytime” signs in the east-west alley behind The Bell Apartments on the 1700 Block of East Capitol Street, SE.
• Proposed Motion: ANC 7D send a letter to the Mayor’s Office of Special Events of the District Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA) expressing support for the 45^th Capitol Classic running races on May 17, 2026.
• Proposed Motion: ANC 7D send a letter to DDOT requesting agency engagement and action to re-grade a portion of the alley system in Square 1069 (bounded by A St NE; 15th St NE; Constitution Ave NE; and 16th St, NE) to remediate water drainage.
• Proposed Motion: ANC 7D send a letter to DDOT requesting installation of an automated traffic signal at the intersection of 16th Street, NE and East Capitol Street, NE.

Wednesday, March 11

ANC6C will hold a virtual 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: 

Council Member Charles Allen – D.C. budget summary

FOIA Update – Commissioner Andrew Hayes

Consent agenda – TBA

Transportation and Public Space Committee

• DDOT, NOI.  No parking zone, 70. ft. addition to west side of 1st Street NE for trash removal and deliveries to the Union Station loading dock.

Alcohol and Cannabis Licensing Committee

• Viet Pho Restaurant, 333 H Street NE, Class C restaurant, new application
• The Little Grand, 808 7th Street NE, Class C tavern, application for streatery

Thursday, March 12

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

• For info on how to join the meeting, go here:  https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/

Among items o the draft agenda: 

Community Presentations

• H Street Study – Emma Estes and Vincent Ubiera, Office of Planning

Consent Agenda

Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis

• Recommendation: ANC6A take no action with regards to the application for a substantial change to a Retailer’s Class “C” Restaurant to change hours of operation and alcoholic beverage sales, service, and consumption, and hours of live entertainment, for AG Restaurant and Lounge, 816 H Street NE

Transportation and Public Space (TPS)

• Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter to the Office of Planning team in charge of the H Street Corridor Study that includes a reference to our past letters regarding the H Street corridor, recommendations for the OP study, and asks that they reflect on the 2004 H Street study and actions taken or not taken with respect to improvements along the H Street Corridor.
• Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter of support for the Capitol Hill Classic
• Recommendation: ANC 6A appoint Malcolm Laskowski (6A05) to the ANC 6ATransportation and Public Space (TPS) Committee.

New Business

• Suggested Motion: ANC6A send a letter of support to DC Water to conduct night work tied to the small diameter water line replacement project on Tennessee Avenue NE between East Capitol Street and 15th Street NE as well as 15th Street between E and G Streets NE. The night work is requested at the following locations to minimize disruption to schools and is estimated to be conducted during the following phases:
• Phase 1: This phase is in its final stage, and no night work is anticipated at this location.
• Phase 2: Begins at the intersection of Constitution and Tennessee Avenues and continues to Corbin Place NE. Night work is currently anticipated during the last week of April 2026.
• Phase 3: Extends from Corbin Place to E Street NE. Night work is anticipated during the last week of August 2026.
• Phase 4: Begins at E Street NE and continues slightly past the intersection of Tennessee Avenue and 15th Street NE, including F St NE. Night work is anticipated during the first week of January 2027.
• Phase 5: Begins just north of E Street NE and continues along 15th Street NE to G Street NE, including G Street NE. Night work is anticipated during the first week of April 2027.

Please note that the dates listed above are tentative and may change depending on field conditions and constru2ction progress.

Single Member District reports

Community Comments

ANC6D Alcohol Beverage 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:  TBA

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Capitol Hill Corner would also like you to know about:

Go here to see a list of upcoming events for this week and to sign up to join FreeDC:  https://freedcproject.org/

Folger Salon with Debbie Finkelstein, Yunah Kae, and Austin Raetz

Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 4:30pm

Shakespeare and popular television.  Comedy and racial formation.

Venue:  Great Hall – Tickets:  Free; no ticket required

Book Sale – NE Library

Saturday, March 14

Friends of NE and SE Library will hold a book sale from 10am to 3:00pm at NE Library

Congressional Cemetery – New Daily Operating Hours

Beginning March 23, Historic Congressional Cemetery will implement new daily visiting hours. The grounds will now be open to general visitors from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM each day.

This change is part of ongoing efforts to improve safety and security across the cemetery landscape and reflects common operational practices at historic sites like ours. Visitors should plan their time on the grounds so that they are not arriving until the 7:00 AM opening time and exiting by the 7:00 PM closing time.

Members of the K9 Corps will continue to have after-hours access using a gate code that will be provided at orientation. The cemetery will also continue hosting evening programs and special events for registered attendees.

For more details about the new hours and what they mean for visitors, please read the full announcement on our website:  https://bit.ly/3NmWjGm

National Gallery of Art – Spark Awe – On Going

Finding Awe all around

Awe is the feeling of being in the presence of something vast or profound that leads you to see the world in a different way. Awe can bring us to tears, give us chills, and uplift us.

Inspired by our beloved Finding Awe program, we’re launching more ways to cultivate awe every day. Learn strategies to nurture curiosity and wonder. https://bit.ly/47gZPZC

by Larry Janezich

Posted March 1, 2026

The Week Ahead…

Here’s an early morning photo on Sunday, the day Michael Berman’s Diverse Markets Management brought the Flea Market at Eastern Market back to 7^th Street, SE, following the annual January/February hiatus. 

CIVIC on 8^th on Saturday afternoon.  CIVIC has not yet launched their cocktail bar evening hours yet.  ANC6B’s ABC Committee will discuss the status of a Settlement Agreement regarding use of the outdoor patio on the E Street side on Tuesday evening.  Co-owner Rhonda Foxx says, “We’re marking one month at CIVIC on 8th and continuing to grow as a place for thoughtfully made beverages—designed to move with your day…”

Big Things for Big Rooms at the Hirshhorn – Dec 20, 2025–Jul 04, 2027. 

Big Things for Big Rooms traces the development of immersive, large-scale artworks since the late 1960s. This presentation of 10 artworks – five on view for the first time at the Museum – is drawn largely from the Hirshhorn collection. 

From the exhibit:  Sam Gilliam, Light Depth, 1969.

For more, go here:  https://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/big-things-for-big-rooms/

Here’s Triple Candies’ monthly two-part installation in the former Li’l Pub at 655 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. 

Triple Candies’ wall text says, “Making this exhibition, we cut out and reconfigured images from this book:  National Gallery of Art Collections.”  Triple Candies is a research-oriented curatorial agency run by art historian co-founders Shelly Bancroft and Peter Nesbett.

The Week  Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week

by Larry Janezich

Posted March 1, 2026

The Week Ahead…

Monday, March 2

ANC6B Parks and Public Spaces Task Force will hold and in-person meeting at 7:00pm.  

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

Among items on the agenda:

• Discussion of additional issues presented by the Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee (EMCAC) related to the most recent version of the Rumsey Aquatic Center Plan as part of our general plan to comment on the plan introduced at the most recent community meeting.
• Discussion of the proposed “monitor a park” plan we have been considering to improve maintenance of the parks.

Tuesday, March 3

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

*Note: This meeting date has been adjusted to Tuesday to avoid conflicts with holidays, religious days, or other events.

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

Agenda:

• Shirley Chisholm Elementary School Safe Route to School Action Plan (Notice of Intent)

ANC6B ABC Committee will hold a hybrid meeting at 7:00pm

Join Information: This meeting will be a hybrid meeting – location will be 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE; Second Floor, Conference Room 1 (entry adjacent to Trader Joe’s).

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

Agenda: 

Protests/Other Updates

• Presentation from Little Engine
• CIVIC on Eighth – Update on negotiations and ABCA schedule
• Letter to ABCA about consistency of ABCA communications
• Letter to DC Council supporting B26-0522, re: medical cannabis regulations & child serving institutions
• Barracks Row Roundtable Discussion

MPD 1D Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) will hold a virtual meeting, 6:00 – 7:15pm.

(The 1^st District has a new agenda format for the CAC meetings and is posting a wealth of new information on its website.) 

• For that and for info on how to join the meeting, go here:  https://1dcac.com/

Agenda:

• 1^st District Outreach Community Report
• Intro Captain Michael Hamelin, Lt. Marija Giannakoulias
• USADC Community Outreach – Chris Wade
• CSOSA Report – Michael Bonds
• 1^st District Commander Christopher Dorsey
• 1^st District Crime Statistics and State of 1^st District Police operations
• State of Sectors 1 – III Crime, Safety, Business and Commercial Concerns
• State of Specific Patrol Service Areas (PSAs) Crime, Safety, Business and Community concerns
• 1^st District Chief of Detectives – Lt. Ebony Boyd:  Cases of interest – wanted/apprehended individuals.
• ANC, residents, and businesses additional questions

Thursday, March 4

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

Agenda:

• Wingstop, 406 8th Street, SE, Application for Zoning Adjustment, Settlement Agreement.
• Improving by-right “gentle density” guidelines under the Comp Plan

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Capitol Hill Corner would also like you to know about:

Go here to see a list of upcoming events for this week and to sign up to join FreeDC:  https://freedcproject.org/

Hill Center Event

A Nation at Peace with Itself: The Enduring Legacy of John Lewis

A Conversation Featuring John Lewis’s Longtime Director of Communications, Brenda Jones, Playwright, Psalmayene 24, and Historian, George Derek Musgrove

Wednesday, March 4 – 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – $12.00

Presented in partnership with Mosaic Theatre Company and their production of Young John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest by Mosaic’s Playwright in-in-Residence, Psalmayene 24

Get tickets here:  https://bit.ly/4u2gnyc

Learn More Here: https://mosaictheater.org/young-john-lewis

Join us for a conversation honoring the legacy of former Congressman and Civil Rights icon, John Lewis. Psalmayene 24’s new musical, Young John Lewis, honors the legendary “Conscience of Congress.”

Brenda Jones is the former Senior Presidential Speechwriter for President Joseph Biden, the first African American woman to ever hold that title. Before her appointment to the White House, she was an award-winning political communicator, speechwriter and author who worked in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, DC for nearly 16 years. She was the primary speechwriter and lead communications strategist for the late Rep. John Lewis. In 2015, she was named “One of the 20 Most Powerful Women Staffers on Capitol Hill” by National Journal magazine. In 2012, she won an NAACP Image Award for her book collaboration with Lewis called Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change, which hit The New York Times Bestseller list in 2020. She is also a first-place winner of the Theodore C. Sorenson Speechwriting Awards and the co-author of a four-book series on political women called Queens of the Resistance about the lives of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chairwoman Maxine Waters, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Live! At the Library: An Evening with Norah O’Donnell

Thursday, March 5 – 6:00pm-8:30pm – Doors Open: 5:30pm – Free but registration required

Join broadcast journalist Norah O’Donnell as she explores the overlooked women who shaped American history in “We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America,” her new book chronicling female pioneers from 1776 to the present.

Register here:  https://bit.ly/3OJvhJC

“We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America” is prominent broadcast journalist Norah O’Donnell’s new book, a kaleidoscopic portrait of unsung American women from 1776 to now who have shaped America, though they may not have received the credit they deserve. O’Donnell’s career has been marked by covering women’s stories and she is a natural choice to now tell their stories in print. She includes the stories of such women as the Forten family women, who were considered the “Black Founders” of Philadelphia, to the first women serving in the armed forces even before suffrage had passed. Join us as O’Donnell is in conversation with Dana Bash about these untold stories.

Live! At the Library: A Conversation with Robert Pinsky

Thursday, March 5 – 6:30pm – 7:30pm – Free but registration required

Join former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky as he returns to the Library for an engaging conversation on his poetry and criticism with Substack book columnist Ron Charles—followed by a book signing!

Go here to register:  https://bit.ly/4bdJ57U

Former three-time U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky returns to the Library for a discussion of his poetry and criticism with Ron Charles, who writes about books on Substack. A book signing will follow.

Robert Pinsky was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1940. His poetry collections include “Sadness and Happiness” (1975), “The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems 1966-1996” (1996), “At the Foundling Hospital” (2016) and “Proverbs of Limbo” (2024). In addition to editing five anthologies, Pinsky has published several books of prose, translations of Dante and Czesław Miłosz, and the computerized novel “Mindwheel” (1985).

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop – Annual Meeting

Saturday, March 7 – 10:00am-11:00am – RSVP below

Black Box Theater, 545 7th Street, SE

Find out everything about the CHAW Universe you could possibly want to know: finances, programs, partnerships – all the things that make CHAW the community anchor that it has become.  Share your insights and hopes for the future of CHAW. You’ll hear from CHAW board members, executive director, director of education and special guest Liz Brown, CHAW’s new gallery manager as she shares her gallery vision for the future.   Light refreshments will be served.

Please use the RSVP button above to let us know if you are coming and if there is anything in particular you’d like to hear about. amy@char.org

Upcoming Series:  Congressional Cemetery Event

STORY CIRCLES

• Saturday, March 7th at 1pm
• Saturday, March 21st at 1pm
• Sunday, March 29th at 3pm
• Saturday, April 4th at 1pm
• Sunday, April 19th at 1pm

Story What?  A Recorded History Project

Story Circles bring people together in small, facilitated groups to share stories and memories shaped by their experiences at the cemetery. Together, our stories build a record of community care, connection, and collective memory, revealing what makes this place meaningful to you, to us, to DC. No preparation is required. No RSVP required.   Recording the stories you share will be Dr. Michelle LaFrance, associate professor of writing and rhetoric in the Department of English at George Mason University.

For more, go here:  https://bit.ly/4rCrIDy