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 7th Street, SE, following the annual January/February hiatus.
CIVIC on 8th 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 1st 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:
- 1st District Outreach Community Report
- Intro Captain Michael Hamelin, Lt. Marija Giannakoulias
- USADC Community Outreach – Chris Wade
- CSOSA Report – Michael Bonds
- 1st District Commander Christopher Dorsey
- 1st District Crime Statistics and State of 1st 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
- 1st 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
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