Open Houses scheduled for 05/31/2009

Here are the scheduled Open Houses for Sunday.

fire at first anf rhode island

someone on twitter mentioned that there's a fire at first and rhode island.... i assume NW.

the secret park on facebook

psst. its here

what to do with all that rain?

here's a post about rain barrels provided by DC .

the shaw library

i'm more inclined to hit MLK myself so i've not really paid attention to the Watha T. Daniel library. hell, when i first saw it i thought it was a prison substation.

anyway, heres a post about it

Artomatic 2009 003

Artomatic 2009 003
Originally uploaded by hipchickindc

hipchick representin.

THE BLOOMINGDALE COMMUNITY YARD SALE

*sigh*
i've only been able to go to this twice since i moved to bloomingdale. i always have other obligations on the same day. same this year.

i would encourage everyone to go to this! Crispus Attucks park is truly a very special place, and our course, bloomingdale is full of wonderful people.


THE BLOOMINGDALE COMMUNITY YARD SALE
JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY!

Mark your calendars for Bloomingdale's hottest yard sale-
May 30th from 8am -2pm.

Interested in selling your wares?
We are still accepting vendor registrations
please visit www.crispusattuckspark.org for a printable registration form
and drop all payments off at 69 U Street, NW.

We currently have 23 registered sellers for the yardsale.
More are welcome!

PLEASE NOTE STREET CLOSURES:
THE UNIT BLOCK OF U STREET,NW WILL BE CLOSED ON MAY 30TH FROM 8AM TO 8PM

FIRST STREET BETWEEN RHODE ISLAND AND U STREETS, NW
WILL BE CLOSED FROM 8AM TO APPROXIMATELY 3PM

We hope to see at the yard sale!

sisters pizza serves breakfast

seems sisters pizza and mussels serves breakfast m-f

1300 2nd Street, NE, Store A, Washington, DC 20002

Edgewood

the edgewood civic association has a website.

their wikipedia page

on flickr

Open Houses scheduled in and around Bloomingdale for 05/24/2009

Sunday Open Houses around the neighborhood can be found here.

fire at 253 V strett NW

i just received an alert.ema.dc.gov text stating that there is a fire at 253 V street NW

Historic Window Workshop

Come and learn the “how to” and the “must know” on replacing and repairing your historic windows!

DC Preservation League would like to invite you to a Historic Window Workshop, Saturday, May 30th

It’s almost a week away.

Register today!

For more information or to register visit our website at

http://www.dcpreservation.org/pdf/windowworkshop.pdf

your chance to see the old filtration site!

Tour of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site
June 3, 2009 at 6 pm
or June 6, 2009 at 10 am
Meet at the west gate entrance to participate in the tour.
RSVP by June 1 to John Basile at jbasile @ eya.com
or 301. 634. 8679.
The tour will last about one hour.



my flickr set of this site is HERE


click here to see a big cool photo of the site

and if you go on the tour, add some photos to the bloomingdale pool here

BACA on twitter

the Bates Area Civic Association is on Twitter

more gun fire

many people got to this blog today by searching "shooting at North Capitol and R".
They got an older post of the same title. a post inspired by a crime at the same location, at nearly the same time of day, on just as nice a day.

i've heard very little information about todays shooting, but police were on the scene in mere seconds.
heres a post on nbc

apparently there was a shooting, just a block away, earlier in the morning too.

fox news here
washingtonpost here

Row Houses

Row Houses
Originally uploaded by M.V. Jantzen

I've liked this guys shots on flickr for quite a while. seems he hit up our hood recently.

Event at Big Bear

Thursday May 21 - 8PM



Cheryl's Gone Reading Series



Deborah Ager

Danika Paige Myers

Marisa Plumb

Music by Marbayduk



@ Big Bear Cafe

1st + R NW

Washington, DC

(free!)





Deborah Ager's first book, Midnight Voices, was published by WordTech/Cherry

Grove Collections in 2009. Her poems have appeared in  such

publications as Best New Poets 2006, New England Review, The Georgia

Review, Quarterly West, and elsewhere. She's received fellowships from

the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, and the

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She publishes the journal 32

POEMS and co-directs the Joaquin Miller Cabin Poetry Reading Series in

Washington, DC.



Danika Paige Myers's poetry has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal,

32 Poems, Practice:  New Writing + Art, and others. 

She was the recipient of the 2004 Editor’s Prize for Poetry

from Meridian and a finalist for the 2005 Ruth Lilly Student

Fellowship in Poetry. She currently teaches in the First Year Writing

Program at the George Washington University.



Marisa Plumb is a writer and media artist. Her current projects include a

never-ending novel and "How to Hear a Sentence"  -- a computer program that

generates lines of poet
ry based on common ideas between users. Her

works and presentations have been exhibited at several venues in

Chicago, IL and are forthcoming at events in D.C. and Barcelona. She

also does a smattering of web development, and runs a fake company from

a traveling cubicle. Other projects and writing are located at

www.marisaplumb.com.



Born on July 4, 1979, to an American

diplomat and a social worker in Mexico City, Maybarduk has since lived

and worked in Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Cuba and Venezuela, and across

the United States from a last-ditch reform school in rural Maine, to

Berkeley, California, where he attended law school and fronted indie

rock band Last Clear Chance. In 2007, Maybarduk joined the non-profit

advocacy group Essential Action, and now divides his time between music

and work in Washington, D.C. and the Global South, helping countries

improve access to critical medicines. Maybarduk released his second

album "No Hay Pueblo Vencido" ("No Defeated People"), produced by J.

Robbins (Jawbox/Channels), on March 19, 2009. Maybarduk and Robbins

invested months imagining arrangements and calling in established

musicians of the mid-Atlantic indie scene to draw out the character of

each song. "Vencido" compels as pop, as art, and as statement on living

unique possibilities despite oppression.



www.cherylsgone.com

public safety

I dont even live in his ANC but i know that John Salatti is one of the more active and vocal ANC reps. He sent out this message for a "Neighborhood Safety Walk" that you might want to be a part of.

Here's his message:
The Bloomingdale Public Safety Initiative
Invites You to Our Next
Neighborhood Safety Walk
Join with your neighbors and walk the streets of Bloomingdale! A strong, diverse community presence will announce that this neighborhood does not tolerate: crime, drugs, violence, and prostitution! We also encourage a caring community where neighbors look out for neighbors and who appreciate what everyone brings to the community table.


THURSDAY, MAY 21TH, 7:00 p.m.

Meet at the corner of 1st and V Streets, NW
(kids and dogs welcome!)

We can do it!

John T. Salatti
Commissioner, ANC 5C04
(202) 986- 2592

jsalatti @ earthlink.net

"Together, Building a Better Bloomingdale"

Open Houses in Bloomingdale/LeDroit Park/Eckington 05/17/2009

After you stop by opening day of the Bloomingdale Farmers Market, there are a few Open Houses to check out in the neighborhood. Here's the list.

I hope to see a bunch of you guys tomorrow. I'll be at 140 Bryant St NW from 1-4pm for its debut open house. This artist-owned home is updated with such amenities as central air and a fabulous huge second floor deck. It features an unusual range of historic elements including hand crafted unpainted woodwork, leaded glass, antique chandeliers, and (I love, love, love these...) brass door knobs throughout. Priced to move at$475,000. Here is the virtual tour.

NoMas outdoor movies series.

NoMa BID to Host NoMa Summer Screen

The NoMa (north of Massachusetts Avenue) Business Improvement District (BID) will host a summer-long film series titled "NoMa Summer Screen" June 10 through July 29, 2009, every Wednesday night from 7:00 until 11:00 p.m. The theme of NoMa Summer Screen, which promises to be the city’s premier summer film and cultural event, is "Music in Pictures," films about musicians and bands.

Free and open to the public, the outdoor event will be held on a large grassy lot on L Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets, N.E. in Washington, D.C., just one block from the New York Avenue station on Metro’s Red Line. The site is adjacent to Union Place, a new apartment building being developed by The Cohen Companies that will deliver later this year.

Each film screening will be preceded by live DJs, special guests, barbeque,and surprises. Funk, soul, boogaloo, and other types of music will be provided by local DJ collective Fatback.

"Building on the success of last summer’s James Bond Film Festival, the NoMa BID is offering a fresh new concept in 2009" said Elizabeth Price, President of the NoMa BID. "Filmgoers will be able to enjoy music, food, films, and dancing under the stars, all while seeing first-hand NoMa’s rapid and dramatic transformation." A full film schedule (see below) will be posted shortly at www.nomasummerscreen.com.

June 10th- No Direction Home, A chronicle of Bob Dylan’s strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 - Directed by Martin Scorsese

June 17th- Buena Vista Social Club, Rediscovery of a legendary, members-only club in 1940’s Havana, Cuba, as documented through the music and lives of veteran performers

June 24th- Ray, Extraordinary life story of Ray Charles, a man who fought harder and went farther than anyone thought possible

July 1st- Lady Sings the Blues, Loosely based on her 1956 autobiography, the story of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday, as portrayed by Diana Ross

July 8th- I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Documentary about the making and the conflicts of Wilco’s fourth studio Album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

July 15th- Standing in the Shadows of Motown, History of the Funk Brothers, a group of Detroit musicians who backed up dozens of Motown artists

July 22nd- Scratch, Documentary about hip-hop DJing, the birth of turntablism, the legends and the culture

July 29th- DIG! Story of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, a band with critical acclaim but no commercial success, as told by arch-nemesis and biggest fan, The Dandy Warhols