 Nationals Ballpark Tasting Night to improve the quality of food and service before Opening Day on April 13th! |
909 at Capitol Yards Open
909, JPI's newest apartment community, at 909 New Jersey Ave., SE, is now open for tours and the first residents are scheduled to move-in in late May. The boutique-hotel themed apartments - studios, one or two-bedrooms with Capitol and Monument views - offer amenities such as a fitness center with spa/yoga room, a pub room with shuffleboard, Wii and tvs, a movie theater with plush seating, and an outdoor pool with grills. Tours are available Monday - Saturday from 10 am - 6 pm and Sunday from 1 pm - 6 pm. Visit their website to learn more.
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 Schoolbuses = GONE
The schoolbuses that have occupied 2 blocks north of M Street, at 2nd Street, have permanently moved to make way for Canal Park. The site will be graded and seeded to create a green, open space for employees, residents and visitors to enjoy until construction on Canal Park begins in early 2010, with completion in 2011. Olin, a landscape architecture firm from Philadelphia known for designing the Sculpture Garden in DC and Bryant Park in NYC, will design the 3-block park with features such as solar panels on lightpoles and neighboring buildings, a new pavilion, a cafe, and possible summertime fountain and winter ice skating rink.
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 New Artwork at Nationals Ballpark
Four new public artworks located in the Nationals Ballpark Center Field Plaza and at the Home Plate Gate were unveiled on Wednesday, April 8th during a public ceremony emcee'd by baseball historian Phil Wood. The three sculptures portray Washington Senators' Frank Howard, Walter Johnson, and Hoemstead Grays' Josh Gibson, created by Omri Amrany; the suspended artwork, The Ballgame, was created by Walter Kravitz. All pieces were commissioned by the DC Creates Public Arts Program and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, in collaboration with the Washington Nationals, DC Sport and Entertainment and HOK Sport.
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New Circulator Bus Route
The second week of the new Circulator bus route is underway, with the new shorter-style red Circulator buses running between Union Station and the Navy Yard Metro station. The more direct route has limited stops, runs every 10 minutes or less, and costs just $1.00 (SmarTrip accepted). The route also includes connections to Eastern Market, over 20 restaurants on Barracks Row, the Capitol Visitor's Center and Nationals Ballpark. Learn more and see a map of the new route at www.dccirculator.com.
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Record Number Register for Artomatic
During the first two hours of registration for Artomatic on Friday, March 27th, registrants were coming in at a rate of five per minute! After three days, over 1,000 artists and 140 bands registered, with more on a waiting list. In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Artomatic will be bringing its trademark one-of-a-kind multimedia arts event to Half Street's 55 M Street, SE, in the Capitol Riverfront for five weeks this summer from May 29 to July 5. Held yearly since 1999, Artomatic transforms an unfinished indoor space into an exciting and diverse arts event that is free and open to the public. Learn more at www.artomatic.org. |
 Art & Go Seek Scavenger Hunt
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) hosted its 2nd annual Art & Go Seek scavenger hunt last Saturday, April 4th. A total of 21 teams raced around Capitol Hill and the Capitol Riverfront answering questions about art, history, and notorious people and places in the neighborhood, while enjoying the beautiful weather. Highlights included site challenges such as learning to knit at Stitch DC and visiting the Transportation Walk behind US DOT, and performances by CHAW Cabaret students and the Capitol Hill Youth Chorus. Proceeds from Art & Go Seek support CHAW's tuition assistance, outreach, and education programs.
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