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House Expo 2019
On Saturday, October 26, 2019, 10 am - 4 pm, CHRS held a free House Expo at the Eastern Market North Hall, featuring a wide variety of home service exhibitors plus presentations on Window Restoration, Masonry and Chimney Repair, and Insulation Installation. Photos of...
Hilloween 2019
Hilloween is an annual free street party outside of Eastern Market. On Friday, October 25, 2019, CHRS hosted a children’s activity table with beads to string, and an avalanche of CHRS swag -pencils, lip balm, trick-or-treat bags. Photos
Exposing Washington’s History with Archaeology’s New Tools- Overbeck Lecture
Capitol Hill History will present at Overbeck Lecture, Exposing Washington's History with Archaeology's New Tools, Monday, December 2, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. Twenty-five years ago, Washington’s archaeology program relied mostly...
The Economist, the Playwright & Pierre L’Enfant – Village Voices
Monday, November 4, 7-8 pm, Anthony E. (Tony) Gallo will discuss his new play at the Northeast Neighborhood Library, 330 Seventh Street NE.After a career as a nationally recognized food marketing economist with the Federal government, Gallo decided to become a...
Ghosts of Capitol Hill – Preservation Cafe
Justine Bello will present Ghosts of Capitol Hill, Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 6:30 pm at East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. Have you ever seen a ghost? Chances are you have without even realizing it. Walking is not required to celebrate the season with a...
A WELL-READ WOMAN: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport
A book talk with Kate Stewart, Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 7:30 pm at the Northeast Library, 330 7th St. NE.Kate Stewart, a 3rd generation librarian who worked at the Library of Congress, will be speaking about her book A WELL-READ WOMAN: The Life, Loves, and Legacy...
Swampoodle – Community Forum
History buff Matthew Gilmore gave a talk entitled "Making Washington’s “Swampoodle”: Irish Neighborhood in the Tiber Valley, Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 7 pm, at Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE. Mr. Gilmore explored questions of the origin of the name...
Disease and History – Village Voices
"Disease and History,” a lecture by Andrew Jampoler, Monday, October 7, 7-8 pm at the Northeast Neighborhood Library, 330 Seventh Street NE. Until the age of modern medicine, lethal epidemics and fatal disease shaped human history as much—arguably more—than did the...
A Boy’s Journey: From Nazi-Occupied Prague – Village Voices
“A Boy's Journey: From Nazi-Occupied Prague to Freedom in America,” Monday, October 12, 2020 7-8 pm, virtual lecture via Zoom. Join us on Monday October 12 when Peter Stein will discuss his newly published memoir. The son of a Catholic mother and Jewish father, Stein...