First Public Art Piece Is Installed at Eastern Market Metro Plaza Park
By Larry Janezich
Posted August 14, 2022
Saturday afternoon found sculptor/artist Beth Nybeck personally installing her public art creation in the playground quadrangle of the Eastern Market Metro Park Plaza. She said that the piece, entitled “Found You,” was a long time coming and she was “excited to see them here where people can interact with them.” It’s comprised of three 5 and 7 foot stainless steel sculptures of rabbits playing hide and seek.Nybeck says this piece is all about finding one another. This whimsical portrayal of a game of hide and seek is about finding “the goodness and light that exists in each other and the willingness to seek that.” The title “Found You,” she says, refers to the experience the piece is meant to encourage: “I see you. I found you. I’m excited that I found you.”And here’s the piece in its entirety. Saturday night, the pieces were lit from within for that night only. It will take the Keystone Plus contractor who did the plaza’s renovation a couple of weeks to hardwire the lighting for the piece which will come on automatically at dusk. Photo: Steve HoltzmanThe pieces activate the park after dark as visitors are drawn to the light within the sculptures. Photo: Steve Holtzman.
Beth Nybeck is based in Kansas City. She works with metal to create installatons which promote community engagement. For more go here: https://bit.ly/3JUQSbA
Mayor Bowser cut the ribbon to officially open the $14.5 million renovation of the plaza in June of 2021 – a project sponsored and shepherded through the city bureaucracy by CM Charles Allen. There are two more pieces of public art scheduled for installation on the plaza. For more on that go here: https://bit.ly/2Mt479K
Lincoln Park Statues Are Connected to Huge Celebrities and So Much Else
This is the second in a series of articles that looks back on the history of Capitol Hill.
by Hilary Russell
Posted August 13, 2022
The Emancipation Memorial and the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial in Lincoln Park share several features which make their relationship unique. One is their little-known connections to two of America’s most beloved and famous civil-rights icons. Harry Belafonte’s daughter, Shari, was the 8-year-old model for the statue of the young girl in the Bethune Memorial, according to Dorothy Height’s memoir, Open Wide the Freedom Gates. And DNA evidence recently established that Muhammad Ali was the direct descendant of Archer Alexander, whose portrait provided the model for the head of the statue of the emancipated man kneeling below Lincoln.
Who was Archer Alexander and how did he come to be featured in the Emancipation Memorial? His experience escaping slavery and risking his life assisting Union forces was chronicled in a book by T.S. Eliot’s grandfather, for whom he worked in St. Louis. Eliot reportedly chose the design of the Emancipation Memorial commissioned by the Western Sanitary Commission of Saint Louis and sent a photo of Alexander to sculptor Thomas Ball.
What else do both memorials have in common? The Emancipation Memorial incorporated the first life-sized statue of an African American man on public land in the United States, while the imposing Bethune statue represented two firsts: the first statue of an American woman of any race erected in DC and the first freestanding statue of an African American woman erected on public land in this country.
Both memorials were initiated by African American women. Charlotte Scott proposed the construction of a memorial to the martyred president and donated the first $5 she earned as a free woman to the cause. The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) often cited Scott’s example during their 14-year campaign to raise $400,000 for the Bethune Memorial.
The two memorials, dedicated a century apart, are engaged in dialogue. The emancipation proclamation that Lincoln grasps and his extended arm are mirrored in Bethune’s handheld “legacy” scroll and in her outstretched hands. Both memorials conjure better lives for African Americans. The kneeling figure is about to rise, and vines circle the Emancipation Memorial’s obsolete whipping post. McLeod Bethune lifts her eyes toward the horizon and a brighter future for the generations who fulfill her legacy.
Granted, the Emancipation Memorial does not hold up its end. It exudes condescension and manifests the clichéd, passive image widely disseminated by the anti-slavery movement, though slightly amended with a doubled fist and broken manacle, instead of two shackled, beseeching hands. Notwithstanding, Lincoln Park (sometimes called Freedom Park) became an important site for DC emancipation celebrations and civil rights rallies. This history was reflected in an initial NCNW plan to incorporate a meeting place beneath the Bethune memorial, a scheme abandoned due to fund-raising challenges and National Park Service disapproval.
The dedications of both memorials attracted unique and enormous interracial crowds. At the 1876 dedication, President Ulysses Grant, most of his cabinet, and Supreme Court justices were among the 20,000 in attendance and were likely shocked by Frederick Douglass’s bold speech on Lincoln, the white man’s president. According to historian David Blight, it was one the greatest speeches of Douglass’s life: “No African American speaker had ever faced this kind of captive audience of the full government, and none would do so again until Barack Obama’s inauguration as president in 2009.” About 18,000 attended the 1974 dedication of the Bethune Memorial and heard movie stars Cicely Tyson read Bethune’s last will and testament and Roscoe Lee Brown recite resonant statements from Douglass’s 1876 speech, including, “We stand here today at the national center, to perform something like a national act.”
The memorials differ significantly with respect to the levels of public controversy they inspire. In 2020, a small group vowed to pull down and burn the Emancipation Memorial, and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced legislation to put it in a museum. Within days of its 1876 dedication, Douglass wrote to a newspaper castigating the statue that, “though rising, is still on his knees and nude” and called for an additional statue in Lincoln Park that was “erect on his feet like a man.” Some writers endorsed this plea in 2020. Does this mean that the 17-foot-tall statue of an extraordinary African American woman doesn’t count?
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August 12 Friday Night Jazz at EM Metro Features Saxophonist Herb Scott
D.C. Native and jazz saxophonist Herb Scott will perform Friday night, August 8, at Eastern Market Metro Plaza from 5:00pm until 6:30pm.
Scott is a star on the Washington, D.C. Jazz scene. While studying at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts under the award-winning educator Davey Yarborough, he performed with renowned trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. For more, go here: https://bit.ly/3PzUeCI
According to Brian Ready, Executive Director of Barracks Row MainStreet, Live Jazz on Friday Night at EM Metro Plaza will take a vacation for the rest of August and resume on September 2. The concert series will continue through the end of October and comes to Eastern Market Metro Plaza through the efforts of Barracks Row Main Street and the Department of Parks and Recreation. CM Charles Allen secured funding in the current FY DC Budget to program the performance space at the Plaza.
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The Week Ahead…& Past Week Photos (Arrest Made In Lincoln Park Emporium Robbery)
by Larry Janezich
Posted August 7, 2022
The Capitol Hill Cleaning Emporium. Photo: Hilary Russell
According to CM Charles Allen, MPD has made an arrest in the January 28 robbery of the Lincoln Park Cleaning Emporium. Allen says DNA testing on a mask the robber dropped at the scene of the robbery led to the arrest. He is currently being held in custody. See CHC January story here: https://bit.ly/34nFLXW
DGS readies Eastern Market Metro Plaza for Jay Coleman’s public art piece “Loveful Hands.” Here’s the fenced and shielded area outside the Metro entrance. Here’s a look behind the curtain last Tuesday.
And here’s the schematic of what the Coleman’s elevated bronze sculpture will look like.
Last Tuesday evening at 5:30pm, two individuals were arrested after crashing an allegedly stolen car in front of 156 12th Street, SE – one block south of where multiple law enforcement agencies were setting up for MPD’s National Night Out.
The Ward 6 ANC candidate list portends major changes in as most current commissions in the four ANCs on or bordering Capitol Hill appear to not be seeking reelection. There are 31 seats in those four ANCs and currently it appears that only 12 incumbents are running for reelection. Thirty-nine potential candidates (listed below) have picked up nominating petitions from the DC Board of Elections, (including the 12 incumbents). No one has picked up a petition for 6D04 and petitions must be filed by August 10. There’s still time. CM Charles Allen tells you how to jump into the race here: https://bit.ly/3zLdirg
The Week Ahead…
…is quiet as far as civic community meetings go.
CM Charles Allen has moved fill the gap , announcing on August 2 that Ward 6 Week is back after a two year hiatus.
This week-long celebration of Ward 6 sponsored by Allen features numerous events across the Ward – all free unless otherwise noted. Some events have limited capacity so RSVPs are first come, first served. If you RSVP for an event, but cannot attend, please email Casey Simmons on Allen’s staff to make sure your spot can go to someone else. csimmons@DCCOUNCIL.US
Here’s the schedule of events on or nearest to Capitol Hill. For additional info and to RSVP, go here: https://bit.ly/3oXErSN You can also follow the links below to go directly to the RSVP for each event.
Monday August 8
Splash in the Six: Bring your own picnic and playdate at the Eastern Market Metro Park Splash Park. (Eastern Market Metro Park, 11am-1pm) Register here: https://bit.ly/3vLB7hm
Tuesday August 9
ARTECHOUSE: Visit the immersive Aṣẹ: Afro Frequencies exhibit 10am – 2pm. The ARTECHOUSE team has offered Ward 6 Week attendees 200 tickets. Please see instructions to register on Allen’s website here: https://bit.ly/3SJcNqi
Biergarten Haus Trivia: Test your knowledge and grab a beer at one of Ward 6’s best trivia nights. (Biergarten Haus, 7-9pm) Register here: https://bit.ly/3BPIVCu
Wednesday August 10
Beat the Streets: Join Allen and the MPD First District for the Beat the Streets community event with music, games for kids, food, and info for residents (The Wharf, 1-7:30pm) Register here: https://bit.ly/3JAu6FC
Thursday August 11
Help Harvest at Hopkins: Help tend to the gardens at Hopkins Apartments, harvest crops for the Building Bridges Across the River CSA and Farmers Market. Kids are welcome – snacks and water provided. (Hopkins Housing Complex, Bridge Park Plot, 10am-12pm) Register here: https://bit.ly/3Qbn2C6
If you are bringing a child, please email Kim on Allen’s staff so they can prepare age-appropriate tasks. kkennedy@dccouncil.us Space is limited so please RSVP. Dress for the dirt. Wear comfortable shoes.
Friday August 12
Coffee at The Roost: Have coffee with CM Allen and talk about any issue, big or small. (The Roost, 10-11:30am) Register here: https://bit.ly/3vMnUEQ
Live, On the Hill Jazz at Eastern Market Metro Plaza. Join Allen and neighbors for a live performance in the park. (Eastern Market Metro Plaza, 5-6pm) Register here: https://bit.ly/3A3sgtO
Salsa Dancing at The Wharf. Salsa dancing on a pier overlooking the Washington Channel. Drinks and food available for purchase nearby (Transit Pier at The Wharf, 7-9pm) Register here: https://bit.ly/3zEbnEK
Saturday August 13
Barracks Row Firehouse Tour: Tour a firehouse and meet the firefighters of Engine 18. SOLD OUT.
Northeast Neighborhood Library Family Story Time: Allen will be the guest reader for Family Story Time at the Northeast Branch Library. Story time will be in the library garden, or in the Children’s Room on the 2nd floor in case of bad weather. (Northeast Neighborhood Library, 11-11:45am) Register here: https://bit.ly/3p2hKNm
Southwest Community Day: Mingle with neighbors and enjoy some fun, resources from a wide range of nonprofits and government leaders. (Lansburgh Park, 10am-2pm) Registration not required.
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I couldn’t have chosen a better day for my visit to Mangialardo’s sub shop. A schools-out kind of feeling floated around the store, even the boss, Tony Mangialardo, couldn’t stop smiling. It was Friday and the last day before the shop closed for vacation. It was also family day, one of Tony’s six children, her husband and son stopped in for a sub and a hug. Another Mangialardo family member took off his apron and came out from the kitchen for the family photo. And, the shop just won a RAMMY award as “hottest sandwich shop” from the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington.
Tony Mangialardo (at right) and family members show off the RAMMY Award.
Mangialardo’s opened in its present location in 1957. Tony is the third generation of his family to stand behind the very same counter. His great grandfather started out as a lamplighter in New York and then worked his way through Pennsylvania selling produce from a wagon and then a truck. At first it was a corner store and deli but soon the sandwich business took over the whole shop. Customers included a large and regular contingent of FBI agents who invented their own sub. Other customers saw it and started ordering “one of those Gman sandwiches.” It is comparable to an Italian sub with extras. It’s still the best seller.
Here is the Gman sub, on a hard roll with generous amounts of lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, onions, mayo and mustard. It felt like it weighed a pound when I carried it home. Unfortunately I wolfed down the other half before I thought about taking a photo. It can be had on a soft roll but the top slice of hard roll makes a built-in edible napkin as it slides along the sandwich when you bite down.
Each of Tony’s six kids has worked in the shop. Tony likes tradition, and he figures one of them will take over when he retires. He likes that the Gman is still the best seller; they still order hard rolls from Catania Bakery on North Capitol. Tony can’t mention Catania without bragging that his grandfather continued to chew those hard rolls without his dentures as a sign of strength and fortitude.
This is not the spot for fancy pants or no crusts. There is not a place to sit – the room is spotless but this is a carry out. You can order by phone, fax or walk in. You can specify a pick up time or ASAP which is usually 30-45 minutes.
Décor is limited to a huge bulletin board entirely covered with customers’ badges, mostly law enforcement and fire crews. Many badges are from out of state. It’s interesting to note how many Federal agencies have their own police force with their own badge.
The menu includes 10 varieties of cold subs: cold cuts, cheese, tuna and chicken salads along with 6 hot subs: pizza, meatball, corned beef, roast beef and variations thereof. Toppings are generous and all subs include cheese unless specified. Chips, slaw, brownies and drinks are the rest of menu. Most subs cost $11. Most sandwiches cost about $11.
Mangialardo’s is located at 1317 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Parking is catch as catch can but there is often an open space in front of the store. Open M-F, 8-3. Closed Saturday and Sunday
Out and About is an occasional photo feature by artist, photographer, gardener, and Capitol Hill resident Elizabeth Eby. She finds vignettes while out and about on or near Capitol Hill.
This cool image references Hillary Russell’s article from last week on The Plan to Raze Nearly Every Building on East Capitol Street. It’s the 1929 blueprint for the plan to make way for a “East Mall” from the Capitol to the Anacostia River. ICYMI see the article here: https://bit.ly/3zByBg3 Image: Hilary RussellStarbucks closed its Union Station outlet today adding to the flight of retail from the transit center. Here’s what it looked like Sunday afternoon. According to today’s WaPo, Starbucks blames the closure of the outlet and other stores on the difficulty in operating in a challenging environment – apparently indirectly referring to crime and problems related to transit centers serving as shelter for members of the homeless population. The Post quotes CM Charles Allen as doubting it was a coincidence that some of the stores Starbucks closed have been unionizing. He offered his take that part of the decline in the customer base is because Union Station is not integrated into the Capitol Hill community as a destination. The Post cited statistics reflecting that commuter passenger traffic at Union Station is 30% of pre-pandemic riders, Metro is 25% and Amtrak is 90%. Amtrak is trying to take over Union Station’s leasing rights. The federal government owns Union Station and granted control of the property to the Union Station Redevelopment Non-profit Corporation which subleased the property to the New York real estate company Ashkenzy Acquisition. Amtrak currently leases from Ashkenzy. Here’s a photo of the food court and ticket counter on Sunday afternoon. And here’s the space in Union Station formerly occupied by H&M before the pandemic. Triple Candie’s latest “curatorial riddle” –a diorama with a memento mori theme – is on display in the space in the front of the former Li’l Pub at 655 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Et In Arcadia Ego is the title of paintings by two artists – the French Baroque’s Nicolas Poussin and the Italian Baroque’s Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino). It translates to “Also in Paradise I am.” The diorama is a modern take on theose paintings’ memento mori warning. For more on the Baroque versions, go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_in_Arcadia_ego Triple Candie is a research-oriented curatorial agency run by art historian co-founders Shelly Bancroft and Peter Nesbett. Their purpose is to create alternative exhibition methods making that the object of critical focus rather than what is displayed (which for the most part does not include original artworks). For more on Triple Candie, go here: http://www.triplecandie.org/
The Week Ahead…
The city has entered the doldrums which will last for the the rest of the month…but there is National Night out on Tuesday.
Tuesday, August 2
MPD’s First District will be celebrating National Night Out on Tuesday from 5-8 pm at Lincoln Park. National Night Out is a city-wide event providing an opportunity for residents to engage with MPD regarding crime prevention and neighborhood watch programs.
D.C. Native and jazz saxophonist Herb Scott will perform Friday night, July 29, at Eastern Market Metro Plaza from 5:00pm until 6:30pm.
Scott’s career includes performances at the White House, Dizzy’s Coca Cola-Club in New York, the Lincoln Center, Baker’s Keyboard Lounge in Detroit, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Universal Studios Orlando, Constitution Hall, the Library of Congress, the Detroit Jazz Fest, the East Lansing Jazz Fest, and the DC Jazz Fest. He performs regularly at Mr. Henry’s.
Scott is the recipient of 2022 President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as founder of the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation. For more, go here: https://bit.ly/3PzUeCI
The concert series will continue through the end of October and comes to Eastern Market Metro Plaza through the efforts of Barracks Row Main Street and the Department of Parks and Recreation. CM Charles Allen secured funding in the current FY DC Budget to program the performance space at the Plaza.
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This is the first in a series that looks back on the history of our neighborhood, with a focus on challenges residents have faced.
Before WWII: The Plan to Raze Nearly Every Building on East Capitol Street
By Hilary Russell
Posted July 26, 2022
Federal plans have always had a huge impact on Washington, DC’s residential communities, particularly those that sprang up close to the Capitol. The 1791 L’Enfant Plan that laid out the city had the determining influence. Next in importance was the 1902 McMillan Plan, whose vision of a monumental federal core triggered acres of demolitions that made way for the Federal Triangle and Union Station. This vision, aligned with Pierre L’Enfant’s vision of East Capitol Street as a main drag, was manifested in unrealized plans for a federal boulevard along East Capitol Street that would have leveled virtually all extant homes and businesses between Capitol Square and the Anacostia River.
The 1941 plan (shown here) developed by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, amended its 1929 blueprints titled “Planned redevelopment study of part of the District of Columbia east of the Capitol.” The 1929 plan proposed turning East Capitol Street into an “Avenue of the States” and Lincoln Park into “Colonial Square” and bordering the broad avenue and the shrunken park with a slew of new “exhibition pavilions” that honored the original 13 colonies.
The 1941 plan abandoned this tribute to states and colonies and a diminished and renamed Lincoln Park, but embraced the concept of lining East Capitol Street with new government buildings. Those colored brown in the drawing are proposed federal office buildings and proposed “semi-public” buildings; those colored black are planned survivors that include Eastern High School, the Armory, and the District Jail.
World War II priorities helped to kill the 1941 plan, though it marks the site of one new government building: the football stadium built in 1965 now being demolished. The 1941 plan also presaged the recently opened sports fields and recreation areas between the stadium and the river.
Like other federal plans, the 1941 National Capital Park and Planning Commission plan paid no attention at all to the wishes of Capitol Hill residents, who had no elected mayor and council as well as no voice in Congress. The lack of regard and respect for the community impacted by the unrealized “East Mall” plan is reflected in the following reference to it in the 2002 book Washington in Maps:
“Paradoxically, this less affluent section of town might have enjoyed an aesthetic amenity of which future generations can only dream. Devising a traditional French boulevard enclosed by neoclassical buildings and embellished by a park at Lincoln Square, this was to have been a realization of L’Enfant’s vision.”
The Rubell Museum of contemporary art announces addition of restaurant. Last Monday, the design team of the soon-to-open Rubell Museum in the old Randall School in nearby Southwest at 65 I Street, appeared before ANC6D to request a traffic plan issue adjustment. Museum reps took the opportunity to announce plans for the addition of an eating and drinking establishment to the museum’s west wing. This would be in addition to the café already planned for the building’s lobby. In response to a question from Commissioner Lightman, a spokesperson affirmed that admission to the museum will be free to DC residents. The museum’s opening is scheduled for October 29. For more info, go here: https://rubellmuseum.org/dcNew major mixed use development on H Street, NE. Architect Stephen DuPont, Jr. appeared before ANC6A’s Economic Development and Zoning Committee last Wednesday seeking support for a zoning adjustment to permit construction of a large new mixed use development at 814 14th Street, NE. Three existing buildings on the site will be razed to allow construction of a new six story structure with penthouse. Current plans (which could be adjusted downward) provide for 52 residential apartments – a mix of efficiencies to two bedrooms – with five units deemed affordable under Inclusionary Zoning requirements. The plan anticipates commercial use of the first floor and cellar. The committee recommended that the full ANC support the zoning adjustment but urged that the developer consider tilting the unit mix toward larger units.Public Art Coming to Eastern Market Metro Playground. Work is underway by DGS for the placement of a public art installation near the Eastern Market Metro Playground: Beth Nybeck’s “Found You,” three 5 & 7 foot metal sculptures of rabbits playing hide and seek. The artist describes the piece as a “hopeful, whimsical, playful experience to help people find the goodness and light existing within each other.” The stainless steel structures are perforated so that light from inside will sprinkle light on the ground at night. Here’s Nybeck’s early concept proposal which was selected for the site by the Eastern Market Metro Plaza Redesign Advisory Committee. Installation of a second piece near the Metro entrance – “Loveful Hands” by Jay Coleman – is expected to be placed later this year. Also last Monday, ANC6D heard from Mill Creek Development supporting their application for a Planned Unit Development for a mixed use building at 807 Maine Avenue, SW. The plan anticipates 11 stories, 200 units, and retail on the ground floor. 15% of the units will be affordable under Inclusionary Zoning. The building would replace the HQ of the Disabled American Veterans which wants to relocate their operation to a larger space downtown. The Commission will vote on the developer’s request for support of the PUD in September, but it sounds like they want to have a chat about mitigation and community benefits that come with a PUD – which grants a developer height and density they would not otherwise have under current zoning for the site. Coul St. presents their option for curb side charging of electric vehicles. Again, last Monday night, ANC6A’s Transportation Committee took a look into the future at what public charging of electric vehicles might look like. Coul St. is a company developing curb side chargers for charging without dedicated parking. Company rep Josh Charles said that current DC regulations would not permit curbside charging – though nearby Takoma Park regulations would. While the company doesn’t yet have way forward to operate in DC they are looking to open a conversation. The ANC Committee will hear from DDOT in September about current DOT policies and plans regarding wid electric vehicle charging. For more on Coul St. go here: https://www.coulst.com/Preservationists are up in arms over plan to alter Library of Congress’ Main Reading Room. A plan to make the Library of Congress more visitor-friendly has been in the works for several years, along with a multi-million renovation. But a current proposal to make some major changes to the historic Reading Room has drawn opposition from the DC Preservation League (DCPL) and other preservationists. The major changes would be to dismantle the middle tower in the Center Desk allowing for installation of an oculus window in the floor to permit tourists below a (somewhat hard to imagine) view of the Reading Room’s dome. The other change would transform the delivery room below the Center Desk into an Orientation Center which containing a display of Thomas Jefferson’s books, now in cases in a gallery on the first floor of the Library. DCPL has placed the Reading Room on their 2022 List of Endangered Places, along with a call for “Congress, the Architect of the Capitol, and the public to vehemently oppose these ill-advised alterations that place the needs of some above the needs of all.” DCPL asks concerned parties to “reach out to your local leaders (ANC, Councilmember, Agency Head),” raise awareness in your community, and testify at public hearings. The Capitol Hill Restoration Society has already weighed in with a letter of opposition. Here’s the contact info for the DCPL: info@dcpreservation.org and here’s the Washington Post’s take: https://wapo.st/3OsT1fb
The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week
by Larry Janezich
Posted July 24, 2022
Monday, July 25
ANC6A Community Outreach Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
Discussion of application by DC Conscious Café 1413 H Street, NE, for renewal of its Class D Restaurant License.
Discussion of application by Chupacabra at 822 H Street, NE, for renewal Class C Restaurant License.
Discussion of application Bronze DC, 1245 H Street, NE, for a Class C Restaurant License.
Opening for The Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL) annual Artist’s Choice Exhibit
The exhibit will run from July 26th – August 19th at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) at 545 7th Street, SE. There will be a reception at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop from 5:00-7:00 pm on Saturday, July 30th where those attending the show will be able to vote for the winning “People’s Choice” art work. In this non-juried show, CHAL members present their own favorite pieces, which results in an eclectic and unique mix of media and artistic visions.
In addition to viewing the show in person, the exhibit may be viewed, beginning the first week of August, on the Capitol Hill Art League website “Artist’s Choice” section at: https://www.caphillartleague.org/
Friday, July 29
Friday Night Live Jazz at Eastern Market Metro Plaza, 5:00pm to 6:30pm features Herb Scott, saxophonist.
Eastern Market Main Street presents Silent Disco on C Street, 7:00pm.
Saturday, July 30
Guerrilla Gardeners Garden Day 2022 from 1:00pm-4:00pm in the Potomac Avenue Triangle Parks.
This event celebrates the community-led reclamation of the Potomac Triangle Parks and their transformation into more attractive, usable, safer and equitable public green spaces. This completely free event will feature music, food, games and prizes. music, fun, and good company.
Reception at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop from 5:00-7:00 pm on Saturday, July 30th.
Those attending the show will be able to vote for the winning “People’s Choice” art work.
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“Chambers belongs in company with Red Garland, Tommy Flanagan, or Eric Reed: players with extraordinarily clean concepts and tight but inventive harmonies, who do what needs to be done, say what they have to say, and get back to the service of the song.” Michael J. West, Alchemical Records
The concert series will continue through the end of October and comes to Eastern Market Metro Plaza through the efforts of Barracks Row Main Street and the Department of Parks and Recreation. CM Charles Allen secured funding in the current FY DC Budget to program the performance space at the Plaza.
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CAPITOL HILL CORNER 