July 5, 2026 · 11:16 pm
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The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week

by Larry Janezich

Posted July 5, 2026

Beneath the Underdog Alley:  An alley off H Street, NE, between 7th and 8th has been guerrilla-named “Beneath the Underdog Alley.”  The name is a tribute to legendary jazz musician Charles Mingus, who titled his 1971 autobiography Beneath the Underdog.

The sign marks the studio of prominent DC photographer and documentarian Steven Cummings, who has made a career of depicting Black life in Washington, DC, winning an EMMY for “A Chocolate Lens.”  PBS said of the film:  “A Chocolate Lens chronicles Steven Cummings’s photographic journey through a disappearing Black Washington.”  https://www.pbs.org/video/a-chocolate-lens-4fgb2b/   https://bit.ly/3RkGSAv  The studio also serves the artistic community as a creative event space.

Across the alley is Kate Hardy’s Hollow Work Studio Ceramics specializing in unique handmade table and drink ware  https://www.hollowwork.com/  Hard to miss the Suzuki mounted on the studio wall about ten feet off the ground. 

For more on Hardy, see here:  https://bit.ly/4p7livJ

It’s tempting to come back after dark to get a photo of this chandelier hanging over the alley.

The Week Ahead….

Tuesday, July 7

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

Agenda:

New Medical Cannabis Dispensary Application

  • ABRA-135555 – Lotus Wellness DC. Application for medical cannabis retail with delivery and tasting endorsements.  1430 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, second floor (above Manny & Olga’s Pizza. 

Wednesday, July 8

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: 

Approval of agenda

Treasurer’s report

June report

Q3 report

Community announcements

Commissioner announcements

DC agency informational announcements

Presentation: 

  • Capitol Hill Village – Veronica Ferris

FOIA Wrap Up – Andrew Hayes

Consent Agenda

  • TBA

Grants Committee

  • J.O. Wilson Community Homecoming Event grant

Transportation and Public Space Committee

  • 640 Orleans Place NE, DDOT 492689—Addition of bicycle rack, single-family residence

Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee

  • 912 5th Street NE, BZA 21478—Special exceptions from requirements for rear addition, occupancy, penthouse, and residential conversion to construct a third story plus cellar rear addition and convert a two story existing dwelling to a three-unit apartment house
  • Draft letter concerning developers installing infrastructure improvements

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

Agenda:

Notice of Intent 26-256-MPDD – Contraflow Bike Lane on 500 Block of 2nd Street SE

Raised crosswalk at 2nd Street and South Carolina Avenue SE

South Carolina Avenue school zone parking hours

Presentation:

  • Noah Glasgow from DDOT – discussion on Shirley Chisholm Elementary Safe Routes to Schools / Digital Pioneers Academy

ANC input on petition for DC traffic controlling measures

Polling results for Potomac Avenue Circle renaming

Thursday, July 9

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

Among items on the draft Agenda:

Adoption of Agenda and Approval of Minutes

Community Presentation:

  • H Street Business District (BID) – Phil Coppage
  • Capitol Hill Village – Mary Bloodworth, Director of Operations

Consent Agenda:

  • Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter to DDOT requesting one way conversion of 1400 block of G Street NE along with an accompanying brick over of the slip lane between Maryland Avenue and 14th Street NE.
  • Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter of support to HPRB in support of the applicant at 1331 North Carolina (Square 1035, Lot 065) (HP 26-294) The applicant proposes to build a rear two-story addition with cellar and partially renovate the existing house, including adding two full baths. (No special exception or variance is requested. Notice of Economic Development and Zoning (EDZ) and ANC meetings were posted at the property on March 30, 2026. The EDZ Committee reviewed and discussed the project at its regularly scheduled public meeting on June 17, 2026 and noted six (6) letters of support from adjoining neighbors.)

Officer Reports

Standing Committee Reports:

Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis (ABC)

  • Suggested Motion: ANC 6A write a letter of support for a stipulated license for a New Retailer’s Class “C” Tavern license for 1301 H Street NE, 1st Floor (ABRA-136162), subject to a settlement agreement being reached.
  • Suggested Motion: ABCA-requested modification to settlement agreement with The Hall on H Street (ABCA-135899): change clause “2.2.5. Maintain and make available to the ANC, upon request, a comprehensive security plan.” to “2.2.5.

Transportation and Public Space

  • Suggested motion: ANC 6A send a letter encouraging the Council of the District of Columbia’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment to host hearings on the management and use of micromobility devices and requesting that thesehearings take place sufficiently in advance of the issuance of the next round of RFPs and contracts for micromobility device management to inform that process..

New Business:

  • Suggested Motion: ANC 6A authorize the Chair and Commissioners Shapiro, Hammer and Butler to finalize a letter to Office of Planning with copies to the Council and the Mayor setting forth the perceived inadequacies with the draft H Street Office of Planning (OP) report and offering alternative or additional recommendations forinclusion in the report.
  • Suggested Motion: ANC 6A authorize the Chair and Commissioner Shapiro finalize a comment letter to submit in response to the RFK Campus Draft Master Plan, which is currently open for a 45-day public comment period that will last through August 14, 2026. https://ourrfk.dc.gov/page/rfk-campus-master-plan

Single Member District reports (1 minute each)

Community Comments (2 minutes each)

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

Agenda:

513 10th Street, SE.  Historic preservation Application.  HPA 26-334.  Property renovations. 

Capitol Hill Corner Would Also Like You to Know About:

Tuesday, July 7

Cajun Dance on Capitol Hill.

7:30 to 9:30pm, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A Street, SE. Lively Cajun French music from southwestern Louisiana.  Dance to two steps and waltzes played by the Capitol Hill Cajun Orchestra. All ages welcome; free admission.  Donations and snacks welcome.

Thursday, July 9

Library of Congress Summer Movies on the Lawn

Annual Summer Movies on the Lawn to Present National Film Registry Selections.

The Library of Congress will host its annual Summer Movies on the Lawn series starting July 9 with “Clueless.” 

The series, featuring films from the Library’s National Film Registry, will be presented Thursday evenings at sundown on the north lawn of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building.

 For more info, go here:   https://bit.ly/4va7L83

Thursday, July 9

Live! At the Library of Congress:  Naptown Brass Band

7:00pm – 07:40pm – Jefferson Building – Southeast Lawn

For more info, go here:  https://bit.ly/4eLYI8D

Thursday, July 9

Library of Congress Film screening: The Swimmer (1968)

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – James Madison Building – Pickford Theater

For more info, go here:  https://bit.ly/4gstHb3

Saturday, July 11

Congressional Cemetery – Summerween Comedy Show

 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm – $20

Congressional Cemetery is hosting the Summerween Comedy Show by the Just Kidding Comedy Collective!  Halloween is coming early, and we invite guests to experience an evening of humor in a unique setting that only HCC can offer.

Headliner Griefcat with Violet Gray, Kade Wonders, Jelani Wills, Maddie Pickens, and host Dana Fleitman!

There are two shows, the first starts at 5:00 pm and the second at 8:00 pm. Doors and bar open one hour before the start time. Come early and walk the cemetery with a self-guided tour, then buy a drink at our bar and an ice cream treat (no tricks, we promise)! The show run is about 90 minutes. Find more information and tickets below.

For more and for tickets, go here:  https://bit.ly/4vigfKq

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