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Hilloween 2015
Hilloween is an annual free street party outside of Eastern Market (photos) (7th Street SE from North Carolina Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue SE). This year it featured a hay ride, face painting, crafts, a photo booth, music, and lot more. For the second year, CHRS...
What to Do With RFK?
CHRS Comments to Congress, 2017: Comments2CongressRFKstadiumLeaseHR3373_2_ME2017 Monte Edwards believes it is too small for a new stadium. His article on the subject appeared in the November 2015 issue of the Hill Rag:WhatToDoWithRFKhillRag2015
Race, Slavery, Diamonds, and Education: The Silas Omohundro Family of Richmond, Virginia
All are invited to an evening lecture at Congressional Cemetery on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 7 pm. Historian and guest lecturer Emmanuel Dabney will deliver his lecture "Race, Slavery, Diamonds, and Education," which discusses the Omohundro family of Richmond,...
Conference on DC Historical Studies – 2015
The Annual Conference on D.C. Historical Studies (November 12-15, 2015 at the D.C. Historical Society) presents the latest fascinating insights and provocative research on all things Washington. Presenters and audience members—historians and history fans—mix it up in...
Overbeck Lecture: Donald Ritchie on Emily Edson Briggs of The Maples
On Monday, November 9, 2015 at 7:30 p.m., U.S. Senate historian emeritus Donald Ritchie will present an Overbeck History Lecture on Briggs’s life and times. In the late nineteenth century, visitors at The Maples, the grand old home on South Carolina Avenue, SE, that...
Village Voices – Retail Marketing
On December 8, 2015, Frank Guzzetta, the former chief of Marshall Field’s, will talk about retail marketing, just in time to inform you about holiday shopping. Guzzetta, worked for Woodward and Lothrop (Woodies), Hecht’s, Macy’s, Ralph Lauren, and other major...
Village Voices – Greece
November 3, 2015, 7-8 pm, Northeast Branch Library, presented by Capitol Hill Village. Have you ever said, “It’s all Greek to me”? Did you watch last summer as refugees swarmed onto the Greek island of Lesbos—and wonder if there is any connection between Lesbos and...
Energy Code Fundamentals – Preservation Cafe
David Epley, Green Building and Sustainability Manager for DC’s Green Building Program (GBP) delivered the October 2015 Preservation Café. Created in 2013, the GBP operates within the structure of Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs’ (DCRA’s) permitting and...
Virginia Avenue Tunnel Grant
The DC Preservation League (DCPL) is now accepting matching grant applications for historic preservation projects within the Area of Potential Effect for the Virginia Avenue Tunnel Reconstruction Project (click here to view flier and map). Applications are due...
DDOT Virginia Avenue SE Streetscape Restoration Review Meeting
September 28, 2015, 6:30 p.m., DDOT, ANC 6B and ANC 6D will host a public meeting to review proposed plans for the restoration of the Virginia Avenue, SE, streetscape following the completion of the CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel project. The meeting will be held in the...