Video from Dead Man’s Run – Historic Congressional Cemetery – October 12
by Larry Janezich
Posted October 12, 2025
Here’s the scene in Congressional Cemetery about 20 minutes before the start of Dead Man’s 5K Run.
Seconds before the start of the race. Organizers said about 530 runners registered.
Interim Executive Director of Congressional Cemetery A.J. Orlikoff, after thanking this year’s sponsors of the race – which included Fulcrum Residential, DC Access, Duffy’s Irish Pub, and Grounds Maintenance and Landscaping LLC – counted down the start of the race.
And here’s the first 60 seconds of the start of the Dead Man’s Run.
Here’s the first runner to cross the finish line at just under 17 minutes.
The second and third runners cross.
The annual race is a fundraiser for Congressional Cemetery. All proceeds help fund the physical preservation of the cemetery grounds and structures, as well as support the cemetery’s ongoing programs and operations.
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ANC6C meeting on October 8, 2025. National Guard Director Lt. Col. Marcus Hunt is at center. Chair Karen Wirt is top, center.
National Guard Director’s Q&A with ANC6C
by Larry Janezich
Posted October 9, 2025
National Guard Official’s Q&A with ANC6C
Wednesday night, ANC6C heard a short on-line presentation from Lt. Col. Marcus Hunt, DC National Guard Director of Government Operations, on how the National Guard connects to the DC community. The occasion was the ANC’s October meeting, conducted virtually and chaired by Commissioner Karen Wirt.
Hunt is the liaison between the Guard’s commander – Brigadier General Leland Blanchard – and Lindsey Appiah, DC Deputy Mayor of Public Safety and Justice.
In a 20 minute session ANC commissioners Hunt stressed the home-grown character of the National Guard, presenting them as neighbors who like himself live in the community. Commissioners heard how the Guard’s beautification program works, asked questions about what kinds of beautification assistance the Guard could provide and expressed concerns about the Guard’s role as a military presence in the city.
Hunt explained the current mission ordered by the President on August 11, has two components: Task Force Safe and Task Force Beautification. He said he was at the ANC meeting to discuss Task Force Beautification and that any questions on Task Force Safe should be submitted to National Guard Master Sergeant Arthur Wright, whose email he provided.
He said Task Force Beautification has three components: resilience, opportunity, and community and each of these components has two subsets: food/housing, youth/jobs, and help/safe and public spaces. He spent considerable time on the youth/jobs component and the Guard’s efforts to provide opportunities for and mentoring of at risk youth.
With respect to the help/safe and public spaces subset, in September Hunt had sent an email to all ANC commissioners in the city asking about neighborhood beautification projects and offering assistance.
On Wednesday night, Hunt emphasized that community requests for assistance must be filtered through ANC Commissioners (but apparently not through the full ANCs). Upon receipt of the request by his office it undergoes an assessment regarding whether it is something the National Guard can support.
Commissioner Jeremiah Foxwell began the short Q&A by asking about the limits of what the Guard could do, specifically if that would include acting as crossing guards on H Street to provide an element of safety for school children crossing H Street NE. Commissioner Daniela McInerney added to Foxwell’s question expressing resident’s concerns about armed National Guard in battle gear noting that “we have had the National Guard patrolling the streets around Ludlow Taylor Elementary School without the community being notified.”
Hunt replied that he wasn’t trying to deflect the question about patrolling streets but said that any question relating to Task Force Safe should be directed to Master Sergeant Wright. He added that what he could say regarding not notifying the community of a mission operation is that a lot of those are just not shared publicly for operational safety purposes.
Rather than giving Foxwell a specific response to the crossing guard question, Hunt said that “once I receive an email from an ANC commissioner inviting Task Force Beautification into the community to serve side by side with community members – that’s where we kind of lean forward – to go through our process to partner with the community.”
Just how “partner with the community” is defined is somewhat uncertain, but it implies personal interaction. Though not explicitly stated this appears to mean working alongside community members (for example in cleanup and other projects) which allow the Guard to engage directly with community.
Hunt added, “We have been very successful in the safe public spaces subset in responding to invitations from the ANC commissioners…a half dozen Ward 8 commissioners have invited us out…we have an event in Ward 4 this Saturday at Fort Stevens Park…we also have a bit upcoming with Ward 5 to do some community clean up and partnership.”
Commissioner Andrew Hayes addressed the resentment of the presence of the Guard on city streets felt by many residents. He acknowledged that some of the Guard are neighbors…“but at the same time I think it is unacceptable and not appropriate for our streets to be policed by people in military gear and I would really appreciate if you could take the message back that we would only be open – at least I personally would only be able to support assistance from the current beautification if those folks can work in (civilian attire)….”
Hunt replied that if an ANC Commissioner sends an invitation with requirements regarding – for example – community clean up in civilian clothes, “I believe that’s doable.”
It appeared that Hunt had limited his availability to 20 minutes, and Chair Wirt thanked him for appearing. He may not have still been online in the virtual meeting when former ANC6A Commissioner Drew Courtney summed up his own feelings which likely crystallized the mixed feelings many have about neighbors who are Guard members, Guard members sent from other parts of the country and the other federal law enforcement officers deployed in DC.
Courtney said, “I am so grateful for the service of our neighbors in the National Guard and I think one of the saddest things about these recent months has been the way that the politicization of the Guard has undermined some really good efforts. But I don’t think there’s any way right now that we can expect constituents to separate what we’re seeing from Guards who have been sent in against the will of our limited representatives from Ohio and South Carolina and from West Virginia, and the fact that this is so closely associated … with the raids that are really unconscionable being conducted by ICE…. I think we all underscore our gratitude for our neighbors in uniform but the respect for that uniform has been undermined by the political actions that have been taken by the president in this community and I think we have to recognize that.”
Prospective Opening and the menu for the Awakening Bar and Grill on Barracks Row: The former Extreme Pizza at 520 8th Street on Barracks Row is becoming Awakening Bar and Grill. A new coat of black paint and signage coming this week herald the planned grand opening on Saturday, October 25 for an inaugural brunch.
One step forward and two steps back for Popeyes on Barracks Row. Still in the buildout stage, a stop work order appeared on the door of Popeyes at 409 8th Street, SE. Then some new building permits went up and the stop work order disappeared. Now a new (double) stop work order is up citing the continuation of work under a stop work order and the unauthorized removal of a stop work order.
Dos Torros Taqueria at 215 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, is ready to open…
awaiting the final permitting. On Friday afternoon the restaurant’s owner said he hoped that would happen this week.
Illegal Weed in the shadow of the Library of Congress has been shut down: At the September 29th ANC6B’s Public Safety Committee meeting, MPD 1st District Commander Colin Powell said that the previous week, MPD assisted the DC Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration close down TGP Exotics, an illegal weed dispensary literally in the shadow of the Library of Congress. Powell said one arrest was made and a number of illegal drugs were seized. The locks have been changed and the property is now under ABCA Control.
Here’s the sign notifying visitors that The US Capitol Visitors Center has closed “owning to a lapse in appropriations.”
Tight security at the Capitol on Friday afternoon. The House was not in session, but the Senate was holding another vote on a short term House-passed funding resolution to permit the reopening of the federal government. Capitol Police had secured the East Plaza in front of the Senate Wing of the Capitol Building. Asked what those two tiny figures on the roof of the Senate Wing were doing, an officer replied, “SWAT.”
The Week Ahead…
Monday, October 6
ANC6C’s Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Committee usually meets the first Monday of the month.
Barrel – 613 Pennsylvania Ave SE. Renewal with Entertainment & Sidewalk Café endorsements.
The Eastern – 360 7th Street SE. Renewal with Sidewalk Café endorsement.
Tune Inn Restaurant – 331 Pennsylvania Ave SE. Renewal with Sidewalk Café endorsement.
Ginza BBQ Lounge & Karaoke Spot – 526 8th Street SE. Renewal with Entertainment & Summer Garden endorsements,
Omakase – 522 8th Street SE. Renewal – no entertainment.
Trusty’s Bar – 1420 Pennsylvania Ave SE. Renewal with Entertainment, Sidewalk Café & Summer Garden endorsements.
Ongoing Settlement Agreement/Protest Negotiation
Ambar – 523 8th Street SE. Ongoing negotiation regarding settlement agreement and protest hearing. Parties have requested continuance while discussions proceed.
Applications Under Protest or Review
ALOHA – Medical Cannabis Retailer (Second Application) – 539 8th Street SE. Second application for medical cannabis retailer license, including Delivery Endorsement. ANC6B has retained legal counsel (Kerry Verdi) to assist with protest.
New License Applications
Awakening Bar & Grill – 520 8th Street SE. Request for Class “C” Tavern license with Sidewalk Café, Carry-out/Delivery, Entertainment Endorsement (inside only). Draft Settlement Agreement under consideration.
Streets Market – 1442 Pennsylvania Ave SE. Request for Class “B” Full-Service Grocery Store license with Tasting Permit.
Conversation and discussion about the ABC Committee’s recommendation regarding how to proceed with maintaining commercial diversity on Barracks Row. At our April meeting, we unanimously passed a motion to “instruct the ANC 6B committees on Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis and on Planning and Zoning to propose, by the ANC’s July 2025 meeting, measures to preserve commercial diversity on the part of 8th St., SE, known as ‘Barracks Row,’ including the possibility of a moratorium on licensing new medical-cannabis retailers and ‘fast food restaurants’ as defined in Title 11, Chapter 1 of the DC Code.”
Community Comments & Concerns
Input from residents, businesses, and stakeholders
Review of petition deadlines and hearing schedules
Committee Discussion & Recommendations
Votes on recommendations to the full ANC6B
CAC MPD 1st District Meeting, 6:00pm – 7:00pm at Lincoln Park. (light refreshment served)
Scissors and Scotch, 331 N Street NE. Class C Tavern renewal.
Lost Sock Roasters, LLC, 1100 4th Street NE. Class B retail grocery (?)
Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development
605 Constitution Ave NE. Historic Preservation Application. Revised application, concept approval to construct a third story addition to an existing one-story dwelling with a two-story addition.
304-308 K Street NE. Zoning Adjustment Application. Revised application, area variances and special exception to subdivide an alley record into three record lots and to construct three semi-detached two-story dwelling units.
Office of Planning omnibus proposed amendments to the zoning regulations.
Ward 6 Walk & Roll to School Day, 7:30am at Lincoln Park. (For more, see below under Capitol Hill Corner Would Also Like you to Know).
Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter to BZA in support of a special exception to construct a second story accessory dwelling unit to an existing, detached, accessory garage, in the rear of an existing, attached, two-story with basement, principal dwelling unit at 1231 F Street NE.
Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter to BZA in support of a time extension 1207 H Street NE; Zoning Adjustment Application. Submitted by WCP 1207 H Street, LLC, to extend for an additional two years, Board of Zoning Adjustment Order Number 20943, raze an existing structure, and to construct a new, detached, six-story with below-grade parking and penthouse, 184- 210 dwelling unit, mixed-use building.
Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter to BZA in support of a special extension to construct a third story and a three-story with basement rear addition, to an existing, attached, two-story with basement, principal dwelling unit at 1332 Corbin Place NE in the RF-1 zone.
Transportation and Public Space
Recommendation: ANC 6A send a letter to DDOT requesting replacement of the blinking stop sign at 9th and K St NE and to consider additional safety improvements to the intersection and to 10th and Mass Ave NE.
New Business
Suggested Motion: ANC 6A send a letter to the DC Council, Director Brian Hanlon DOB, and Director Sara Benjamin Bardin with copies sent to Utku Aslanturk, CEO of Dila Developments, Attorney General Brian Schwalb and ANC 6C regarding real estate developments by Dila Developments (ANC 6A at 1000-1014 H Street NE and ANC 6C at 901 3rd Street NE) and to request that ANC 6C consider sending a similar letter to the cited parties.
Suggested Motion: Renewal of a class C tavern license for Paste & Rind, LLC dba Paste & Rind, 904 H Street NE.
Suggested Motion: Renewal of a class C tavern license with sidewalk cafe endorsement for Hoost, LLC dba Nomad Hookah Bar, 1200 H Street NE.
Suggested Motion: Renewal of a class C tavern license with summer garden endorsement for Queen Vic, LLC dba The Queen Vic, 1206 H Street NE.
Single Member District reports
ANC6B Planning and Zoning Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
(See Capitol Hill Corner Would Also Like You To Know About below).
Sunday, October 12
Deadman’s Run, Congressional Cemetery
(See Capitol Hill Corner Would Also Like You To Know About below).
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Wednesday, October 8
Walk & Roll to School Day.
Wednesday, October 8, at 7:30 am at Lincoln Park for a Unity Walk. Bring DC flags or wear a Free DC t-shirt or anything else that is meaningful to you as a symbol of unity.
This year will feature the Ludlow Taylor Dancing Stars, the Watkins Bucket Drummers, and the Eastern High School Marching Band. Councilmember Charles Allen will emcee. There will be granola bars and oranges for students and coffee for adults.
Thanks to Amidon-Bowen, CHM@Logan, SWS@Goding, Ludlow Taylor, Maury, Payne and the Capitol Hill Cluster School for already registering.
At Issue: The Politicization of the F.B.I. Featuring New York Times F.B.I. and DOJ correspondent Devlin Barrett and Former F.B.I. Agent Michael Feinberg | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – $10.
The region’s most death defying and thematic 5k race. This bare bones run is the best way to stay ahead of your grave… by running among them! The race starts inside the cemetery and continues onto the Anacostia Trail for a ghostly evening run full of spooky music and other fun!
Registration ends on Sunday, October 12 at 5:30pm.
Photo Essay: Dedication of Hill Center’s New Gathering Space
By Larry Janezich
Posted October 2, 2025
Wednesday night, The Hill Center dedicated and celebrated the opening of its new community space – seating in the round for the Center’s outdoor activities and public gatherings. The space is named in honor of Hill Center visionary John Franzén. Franzén, who died in 2020, was one of the Center’s founding board members and a former president of the Old Naval Hospital Foundation which created Hill Center.
Some two hundred community members participated in the event. Radio host, author and podcaster Bill Press was the master of ceremonies and recounted Franzén’s efforts leading Congress gifting the former Old Naval Hospital to the District and the sites subsequent transformation into the Hill Center which opened in 2011.
Mayor Bowser had planned to attend, but the closing of the federal government disrupted her schedule. Press introduced the speakers which included Jennifer Cartland, President of the Hill Center Board of Directors; Ward Six Councilmember Charles Allen; Nate Franzén, a nephew of Johnathon who represented the family; and Mary Early, sculptor and juror of the six sculptures featured in the opening of the new sculpture garden.
In his remarks, Allen paid tribute to Franzen’s vision of community: “This is a space where you’ll run into friends whenever you come here…a place where the community can all come together. John saw value in creating this space…he talked about the power of community and wanted to be part of making that community. We are now a part of that effort and will carry it forward.”
Following the dedication of the space, Mary Early, sculptor and juror spoke to the dedication of the newly established Hill Center Outdoor sculpture garden and announced the Best of Show: “X and Why” by Luc Fiedler.
Here are the six pieces inaugurating the new garden display. The garden will feature a rotating exhibit featuring primarily local artists. The current exhibition will continue through March of 2026.
Left to right: Searching, by Nicholas Femia; Split Decision, by Todd Smitn; Repose, by Mimi Frank and Breon Gilleran. Roots in Black and White, by Dalya Luttwak; Acorn, by Kirk Seese; and Best of Show, X and Why, by Luc Fieller.
Herb Scott, founder of the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation, and his band provided entertainment for the reception before and following the dedication.
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Rumsey Update – Pool Repairs Slated for November. Ward Six CM Charles Allen announced Saturday that DPR and DGS will replace the faulty boiler which is why the pool’s water has been unheated. The work will start in October and is scheduled for completion in November. Regarding the longer term plans for demolition and reconstruction of Rumsey, Allen said that the project is behind schedule and that it’s likely work won’t start before next summer.
Barracks Row Starbucks closes – A letter on the door of the coffee shop addressed to “our amazing customers” announced the closing of the Barracks Row Starbucks yesterday, September 27. The store is one of the chain’s ten DC shops which closed as part of a nationwide $1 billion restructuring plan.
Here’s a photo of some of the outlet’s last customers circa 10:30am on Saturday.
For Sale – The National Association for Home Care & Hospice Building opposite Eastern Market is up for sale. The building went on the market about a month ago with a listing price of $10 million. The 25,000 square foot building was built in 1995. The sale will not affect the MedStar Urgent Care Center which is in the middle of a 20 year lease.
The demolition of RFK Stadium started in early 2025 and is scheduled for completion in fall of 2026. Currently, it resembles the skeleton of a beached whale. Here’s a link to the DC RFK Demolition website which has a link to the live demolition camera atop DC Armory. https://eventsdc.com/venue/rfk-stadium/rfk-demolition-updates The photos are from Wednesday, September 24.
The Week Ahead…
Monday, September 29
ANC6B Public Safety Committee will hold a hybrid meeting at 6:30pm.
Physical Location: 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE, 2nd Floor (Entrance Adjacent to Trader Joe’s)
For info on how to join the virtual meeting, go here: https://anc6b.org/
Agenda: TBA
Tuesday, September 30
ANC6B Executive Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
For info on how to join the virtual meeting, go here: https://anc6b.org/
Among items on the agenda:
Continuation of consideration of items on the agenda from the last full ANC6B meeting, including:
Update from the ANC6B Standing-Rules Working Group
ANC6B Community-Grants Working Group
Discussion of amendments to the By-Laws to make them conform with current practice regarding committee vice-chairs & standing rules.
Proposed discussion to the offer, made by the director of the DC National Guard, to assign the DC Guard to help with DC “beautification.”
In addition, the Executive Committee will set the agenda for the next full ANC6B meeting on October 14.
ANC6C Planning, Zoning & Economic Development Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 6:30pm.
NEW DATE: THE MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 30 WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3.
605 Constitution Avenue, NE. Revised Historic Preservation Application to construct a third-floor addition to an existing one-story row dwelling with two-story addition.
304-308 K Street, NE. Revised Zoning Adjustment for special exceptions and an area variance.
Office of Planning omnibus proposed amendments to the zoning regulations (ZC 25-12).
Wednesday, October 1
Dedication and reception for the John Franzen Terrace and the opening of the Hill Center Sculpture exhibit. 5:30pm at Hill Center. Mayor Bowser is scheduled to attend.
(See below under Capitol Hill Corner Would Also Like You to Know About for additional info.)
Friday, October 3
ANC6C Transportation and Public Space Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
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Monday, September 29
FreeDC Event
DC Community Lobby Day
9:00 AM 4:00 PM
DC needs the Senate to end the occupation, block the 13+ bills attacking DC, and reject the 20+ budget riders that would freeze our funds. Community members are invited to join us on September 29 for a Community Lobby Day to meet with Congressional staff and call on them to side with DC.
Before becoming a full-time author, Lynne Olson worked as a journalist for ten years, first with the Associated Press as a national feature writer in New York, a foreign correspondent in AP’s Moscow bureau, and a political reporter in Washington.
Tuesday, September 30
Hill Center Event
Our City. Our Music. Our Writers. Dwandalyn R. Reece, Ph.D. and John Troutman, Ph.D., two outstanding Smithsonian Museum curators will present and discuss their books to increase our understanding of the influence of American music.
September 18 – October 12. 8:00pm (Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays) 2:00 PM (Saturdays and Sundays).
New Adaptation of Frankenstein to be Staged at Historic Chapel at Congressional Cemetery
Location: Historic Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, SE.
Mary Shelley’s Monsters. The author of the infamous novel faces her creations and comes to understand the lasting impact of her radical and horrific story in this new retelling of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Directed by Alex Levy, Artistic and Managing Director at 1st Stage in Tysons, VA, and featuring Katrina Clark as Mary Shelley; Jon Beal as the Creature; and JC Payne as Victor Frankenstein
Reminder: CHAW Reception Tonight: In Focus: Photographs from CHAW’s Darkroom Community
Now open and running through Friday, October 24, 2025, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) invites you to consider the role of analog photography and its storytelling power in a digital age.
Opening reception, this Saturday, September 27th, from 5:30 – 7pm. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Gallery, 545 7th Street SE.
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Memorial Fund for Eastern Market Farmer Dan Donahue
by Larry Janezich
Posted September 27, 2025
Dan Donahue’s engaging presence on the Farmer’s Line at Eastern Market on weekends stretched for 34 years. Dan passed last year and his friends at the Market have launched a GoFundMe to raise $10,000 to inter Dan’s ashes in Congressional Cemetery. As a decorated veteran, Dan could have been buried in Arlington Cemetery, according to his long-time friend Chris Girardot of Ravenhook Bake House. But Dan was not interested in that, Girardot said; “Dan loved Capitol Hill, and Congressional Cemetery is the place where Dan should be.”
A celebration of life for Dan will be held on Monday, October 13 at 11:00am at Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, 412 Seward Square, SE. Dan had been a regular contributor of food the church’s meal center.
Girardot says that Dan had not worked at the Market in the year before his death, as debts mounted; “Dan was a mentor to me, and it matters to me what happens to him. Everything he did was to make his food and his stand better and to leave people happy.”
His survivors include his sister, Patricia, several nieces and nephews, and his former wife, Susan Donahue of Maryland.
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ANC6B has a bone to pick with Ambar on Barracks Row. The restaurant’s alcohol beverage license is up for renewal and ANC6B is protesting the renewal because, they say, Ambar is in violation of the agreement under which they promised to store trash indoors. Ambar had made signed an agreement to that effect in return for ANC support for their adding a second story to the rear of the restaurant – a pledge it seems, they never had any intention of honoring.
Here’s the current situation: a dumpster and a trash compacter. On Wednesday, the city’s alcohol licensing board hears the case and the outcome will indicate both how seriously the board takes restaurants’ signed operating agreements negotiated with ANCs as well as how much “great weight” the agency actually gives opinions ANC as required by law. The ANC has taken this protest seriously and both sides have lawyered up; negotiations on a settlement were taking place over the past week. See below for info on how to virtually join Wednesday’s meeting. (Update: hearing has been postponed as negotiations continue. )
Update on Barracks Row Popeye’s – Last week, the front door of the Popeye’s on Barracks Row sported a Stop Work Order regarding the installation of their air conditioning units. That issue looks to have been resolved and new building permits have been posted. Work has continued on the buildout with substantial progress. No word yet on opening, though. The Popeye’s restaurant previously at that location under another owner closed in November 2021. Meanwhile, at Taco Bell – Popeye’s next door neighbor – it appears that not much visible progress has happened beyond interior demolition.
The ANC6B Southeast Library Taskforce chaired by Commissioner David Sobelsohn met on Monday, September 15, and heard a construction update from Jaspreet Pahwa, Director, Capital Planning and Construction – DC Library. Construction is on schedule after an unexpected delay caused by having to relocate Washington Gas pipelines which pushed back the expected early 2026 reopening by three months. Here’s the current view of the construction on the South Carolina side of the library.
And here’s the view on the D Street side.
The Hill Center – Here’s a photo from last Sunday’s American Roots Concert Series at Hill Center. This one featured the Pine Leaf Boys who drew a large crowd for the free concert. The NYT described them as “…the link that connects the young and the old generations,” and “the best new, energetic and fun Cajun band in a very long time.”
Over in front of the Hill Center, Gathering Terrace – the John Franzén Terrace – drew several members of the over-flow crowd for the Pine Leaf Boys. The space will be dedicated at a two hour event on October 1, beginning at 5:30pm. Mayor Bowser is scheduled to attend and the program will include a military honor guard presenting the colors. Here’s a link to register for the event: http://bit.ly/3IAUHX9
Friday Night Live – And last Friday Night Live at Eastern Market Metro Plaza featured “Spanglish Latin American Band.” This coming Friday, the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation’s Herb Scott Band will close out the season – September 26 at 5:00pm.
The Week Ahead….
None of the local political or civic organizations regularly covered by Capitol Hill Corner are meeting this week.
There are some items of interest, however:
The Week Ahead…
Wednesday, September 24
(POSTPONED) Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration, 1:30pm.
Case concerning ANC6B protest of Ambar’s application to renew liquor license.
Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation‘s Herb Scott Band closes the Friday Night Live concert season.
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Folger Theater
Tuesday, September 23 – Sunday, October 26
Julius X –A Re-envisioning of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.
Tickets starting at $20
“This bold new play takes Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Julius Caesar and reworks it through the lens of the American Civil Rights Movement, focusing on the story of Civil Rights leader Malcolm X and drawing parallels between ancient Rome and 1960s Harlem.”
Location: Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, 421 Seward Square SE
“Join acclaimed pianist Steve Baddour on Saturday, September 27, for an afternoon of music, stories, and conversation at the United Methodist Church Capitol Hill. The performance, starting at 3:00pm, will feature a rich program of European Impressionistic music, Latin American classical pieces, a medley of love songs from the’50s and’60s, and a recently composed work based on a Palestinian folk song.”
On Fridays October 17, 24 and 31 and Saturdays, October 18, 21 and November 1
Soul Strolls 2025: Grave Robbing and Resurrection
“Congressional Cemetery revisits the history of the cemetery in twilight and darkness, immersed in vignettes of the lives of interred residents via our guided lantern tours.
Unearth the dark tales of the cemetery’s residents, offering a window into a disturbing chapter of D.C.’s history. Come and enjoy the captivating ambiance of an evening in the cemetery with live music, thematic cocktails, and witness history come alive as our skilled actors breathe life into these stories right where they rest.”
Support goes to helping keep Historic Congressional Cemetery a community sanctuary, place of remembrance, and historic landmark.”
September 18 – October 12. 8:00pm (Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays) 2:00 PM (Saturdays and Sundays).
New Adaptation of Frankenstein to be Staged at Historic Chapel at Congressional Cemetery
Location: Historic Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, SE.
Mary Shelley’s Monsters. The author of the infamous novel faces her creations and comes to understand the lasting impact of her radical and horrific story in this new retelling of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Directed by Alex Levy, Artistic and Managing Director at 1st Stage in Tysons, VA, and featuring Katrina Clark as Mary Shelley; Jon Beal as the Creature; and JC Payne as Victor Frankenstein
Post 46 of the American Legion is hosting a Bourbon Tasting Fundraiser on Saturday, September 20, (3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) at Valor Brewpub, (723 8th Street, SE, Barracks Row).
The proceeds go to pay for turkeys for Thanksgiving dinner for the residents of Access Housing (https://www.accesshousingdc.org/ )
For tickets for the tasting and the raffle of a premium bottle of bourbon go here:
ANC6A Transportation Committee with DDOT’s Chris Berg, center.
Monday night, ANC6A’s Transportation Committee, chaired by resident commissioner Patrick Bloomstein, received an update on DDOT’s Strategic Bike Plan. The report came from DDOT’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Program Specialist, Chris Berg.
The Strategic Bikeways Plan will establish priorities for development of the city’s bikeways. The plan will update the moveDC bicycle priority network, following up on projects completed since 2021, to identify gaps and missing connections and reflect community needs. The effort will entail identifying key corridors and neighborhood bikeways and Berg stressed the call from bikers for protected bike lanes.
(Last week, ANC6B voted unanimously to write a letter to DDOT supporting Hill Family Biking’s proposal from Sam Moghtaderi and Christopher Forinash to encourage the city to put a protected 2-way bike lane on 11th Street, SE, from Lincoln Park to M Street, SE.)
As shown in the timeline above, the project is in the Public Meetings stage. Delivery of a final Strategic Bike Plan is scheduled for April – July 2026. That will be followed by decisions on the details of a five year work plan for Fiscal Year 2026 – Fiscal Year 2030.
DDOT will have a table at the H Street Festival next Saturday, September 20, to interact with bikers and answer questions. A proposed Ward 6 public workshop on the Strategic Plan has been scheduled for December 4 at a location TBA.
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