| Clearing Snowmaggedon
Despite the snow, Barracks Row was bustling this weekend and today as residents and workers came out to support their local businesses and avoid cabin fever. And we welcomed the activity! And to top it off, the National Weather Service is calling for 10" more starting tomorrow afternoon! To keep Barracks Row safe and attractive for all your loyal customers, business and property owners are asked to please clear your sidewalks and ramps!
The BID's Men in Blue are out in force today, clearing snow along Barracks Row and all of Capitol Hill's business corridors. Businesses are asked to do their part to keep Capitol Hill clean and safe in the aftermath of the storm by clearing sidewalks and ramps in front of their establishments. This is essential for the safety and enjoyment of our great Main Street, and required for property owners by District law. We want to make it easy and safe to visit Barracks Row, even in snowmaggedon!
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WinterCity Weekend on Barracks Row - February 12 - 14
Theme: Winter of Love
Location: Barracks Row/8th
Street SE, Capitol Hill, Washington DC 20003
Eastern Market
Metro
Barracks Row
business owners will heat up the street on Valentine's Day weekend! On February
12th,
13th, and 14th Barracks
Row/8th Street SE retailers, restaurants,
and galleries will host a blizzard of activities for Barracks Row's WinterCity
Weekend Series: February Winter of Love.
Demonstrations by the New York Trapeze School
lead off a full slate of weekend activities. The Trapeze School, teaching a curriculum
of Circus Arts, is just completing construction of their new facility nearby, a
semi-permanent tent overlooking the river near the corner of 4th and
M Streets S.E. Courses will include
stilt walking, partner balancing and flying through the air with the greatest
of ease. The Trapeze School demonstrations during WinterCity Weekend will be
held at Shakespeare Theatre Company Rehearsal Hall at 507 8th Street SE on
Saturday, February 13 from 1- 5 pm and on Sunday, February 14 from 12 - 3 pm.
The circus acts are a prelude to the March production of Shakespeare Theatre Company's "Aurelio's Oratorio" which features acrobats and contortionists aimed at
audiences eight years and up.
Activities for February's
WinterCity Weekend begin on Friday morning, February 12th with Story
Time at the Southeast Library. Friday afternoon art displays will open at: The Fridge
(516 8th Street SE, rear alley Belga Cafe) and at Barracks Row businesses: Fusion Grill
(515 8th St. SE) and Long and Foster (721 8th St. SE). Capitol Hill Bikes
kicks off their Grand Re-Opening on February 12th, with children's
magician, Magic Joe, appearing on Sunday, February 14th at 3:30 pm. La
Rinascita Theatre's production of "The Fugitives" at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
begins on Friday at 8 pm, and repeats Saturday at 8pm.
On Saturday, while circus arts
are performed at Shakespeare Theatre Company Rehearsal Hall, 8th
Street celebrates with tarot card readings and
clown at Groovy DC, desserts at Sweet Magnolia, Treats and
Bling at Homebody, an art reception at Attitude
Exact, and wine tastings at Zest Bistro and Chat's Liquors. Curbside Cupcakes, a gourmet cupcake confectionary on wheels, is expected to park near the
front of Groovy DC Saturday afternoon. At Chateau Animaux, the Doggy Lama will
explain how to develop the language of love with your pet. Saturday evening, The
Corner Store at 901 South Carolina
Ave (one block from Eastern Market Metro) presents
the Fabulettes, a doo wop singing group, at their Fourth Annual Valentine's Day
Dance.
On Sunday February 14th,
a jazz band will play at Matchbox for you and your sweetheart. Afterward, work
on togetherness at a stenciling class hosted by The Fridge, or head home to
pick up your pet and hurry back to have Valentine's Day Paw Prints made at
Chateau Animaux. On the evening of Sunday, February 14th, The Fridge hosts
singing group, The Sweater Set for a cozy couples evening around a chocolate
fountain nestled among the art in 8th Street's newest gallery.
Barracks Row Main Street
Volunteers will be handing out weekend activity maps at the Eastern Market Metro Plaza
each day, or stop in any retailer or restaurant on the row for maps and
schedules of events.
The schedule can be viewed below, or by visiting our Facebook.com fan page (under the events tab) by clicking the link above.
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WinterCity Weekend on Barracks Row
"Winter of Love" Chart of Events (all events free unless indicated)
February 12 - 14, 2010 Barracks Row, 8th St. SE, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Friday, February 12
10am to 11 am Tales for Twos and Threes (ages 2-3), SE Public Library, 403 7th St.
SE
12 noon to 8pm Art
Show: Empty Time, The Fridge (516 8th St. SE, rear alley, behind
Belga)
1 pm to 2 pm Picturing America:
Freedom and Equality (ages 5-14), SE Public Library, 403
7th St
SE
3 pm to 5 pm Art
Show: Giovanni Art Group of Capitol Hill, Fusion Grill, 515 8th St. SE
6 pm to 8 pm Happy Hour + Photos by Nestor
Hernandez, Long & Foster Real Estate, 8th & D
Sts. SE
6 pm to 9 pm Capitol Hill Bikes Grand
Re-Opening Open House, 719 8th St. SE
8 pm La
Rinascita Theatre : The Fugitives, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545
7th St. SE
Saturday, February 13
10 am to 6 pm Capitol Hill Bikes, Grand Re-Opening Open House, 719 8th St. SE
11 am to 3 pm Friends
of the Library Book Sale, SE Public Library, 403 7th St.
SE
12 noon to 6 pm Art
Show: Photos by Nestor Hernandez, Long & Foster Real Estate, 8th & D Sts
12 noon to 5 pm Art
Reception: 12 Artists for Black Hist. Month, The
Corner Store, 901
S.
Carolina Ave
12 noon to 8 pm Art
Show: Empty Time, The Fridge (516 8th St. SE, Rear Alley, behind Belga
Cafe)
12 pm to 5 pm Curbside Cupcakes, Groovy
DC, 425 8th St. SE
1 pm to 5 pm Trapeze School of NY Demo, Shakespeare Theatre
Comp. Rehearsal Hall, 507
8th St SE
1 pm to 5 pm Art
Reception: Paintings by Shaunte Gates, Attitude
Exact Gallery, 739 8th St.
1 pm to 3 pm Short
Docent Talks about the SE Library, SE
Public Library, 403 7th St.
SE
2 pm to 3 pm History Tour of Barracks Row, Begins
at Eastern Market Metro
2 pm to 4 pm Molly
the Clown, Groovy
DC, 425 8th St. SE
2 pm to 4 pm Cutting
mats in novel shapes, Frame of Mine, 522 8th St. SE
3 pm to 5 pm Wine
Tasting with a Specialist, Zest
Bistro, 735
8th St. SE
3 pm to 5 pm Art
Show: Giovanni Art Group of Capitol Hill, Fusion Grill, 515 8th St. SE
3 pm to 5 pm Craft
Along (free with purchase of materials), Stitch DC, 731 8th St. SE
3 pm to 6 pm Bacchus
Importers Wine Tasting, Chat's
Liquors, 503
8th St. SE
4 pm to 6 pm Doggy Lama Seminar, Chateau
Animaux, 524 8th St. SE
5 pm to 7 pm Valentine's Eve Double-Dipper-Treats and Bling, Homebody, 715 8th St. SE
5 pm to 7 pm Art
Reception: Cap. Hill Art League Opening, Cap.
Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th
St. SE
6 pm to 9 pm Valentine Desserts, Sweet
Magnolia, 703
8th St. SE
7 pm to 9 pm Tarot readings for Lovers (fee), Groovy DC, 425
8th St. SE
8 pm La
Rinascita Theatre : The Fugitives (fee), Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545
7th
St. SE
8:30 pm 4th Annual Dance w/ Fabulettes (fee/RSVP @ 202-544-3807), The
Corner
Store, 901 S. Carolina Ave SE
Valentine's Day, Sunday, February 14
11 am to 2 pm Jazz
Combo w/Brunch and Lunch (for customers), Matchbox, 521
8th St. SE
11 am to 3 pm Paw Prints, (fee with 10% to charity), Chateau
Animaux, 524 8th St. SE
12 noon to 3 pm Trapeze School of NY Demo, Shakespeare Theatre Company Rehearsal Hall,
507 8th
St. SE
12 noon to 3 pm Cat Adoptions, Chateau
Animaux, 524 8th St. SE
1 pm to 5 pm Art Show: Empty Time, The Fridge (516 8th St.
SE, Rear Alley behind
Belga Cafe)
2 pm to 4 pm Concepts
of Stenciling Class (fee), The
Fridge (516 8th St, Rear Alley behind
Belga)
2 pm to 3 pm History Tour
of Barracks Row, Begins
at Eastern Market Metro
3:30 to 4:30 pm Magician, Capitol Hill
Bikes, 719 8th St. SE
8pm Valentine Concert (fee): Sweater Set, The
Fridge (516
8th St, Rear Alley
behind Belga)
Free Parking Under the 295
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Lower 8th Street Visioning Exercise
Final Community Meetings: Feb. 23, 2010, 8:30 AM & 7 PM
People's Church, 535 8th Street, SE
The Lower 8th Street SE Visioning Process Advisory Committee has
coordinated a vision process with property owners, other community
stakeholders, and Barracks Row Main Street along the Lower 8th Street, SE corridor. Sponsored by the Capitol Riverfront BID, this process is an attempt to gain consensus on a vision for the area and to address
issues of height, density, mix of uses, parking and access, as well as
what should be the character of a redesigned Virginia Avenue Park as an
amenity or community benefit for the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood
and Capitol Hill. If consensus can be reached on the vision, it could
serve as the basis for asking the Office of Planning to develop a small
area neighborhood plan that could then be used as justification for any
agreed upon zoning or density changes.
This final meeting will attempt to synthesize a community consensus on the vision of Lower 8th Street. For the agenda for the upcoming meeting, and minutes and presentations from past meetings please visit: Lower 8th Blog Site
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Community Integrated Master Plan - Marine Barracks Washington
Community Workshop Series
The Marine Corps is facilitating a Community Integrated Master Plan to evaluate
community-military development partnering options. There are unmet facility needs
and security requirements at Marine Barracks Washington (Building 20) and a potential to meet
common community and military needs through the process. Recognizing that the Marine
Barracks and the community are linked in past and present, our goal is to use a
coordinated planning process to create a win-win in meeting the development needs
of the local community and Marine Corps. By every indication, the Marine Barracks facility plans on staying in the immediate area (within a third of a mile) of its current location of Building 20 at 8th & I. A Community Leadership Group, which Barracks Row Main Street along with several other community groups is represented, is providing guidance on the development of the planning process. Community and stakeholder involvement is
essential to the success of the Community Integrated Master Plan efforts and your
participation is encouraged.
An introductory community workshop was held on January 27th at the Eastern Market North Hall. The next community workshop is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, February 24, 6 - 8 PM. Stay tuned for confirmation of time and location. More information on the project can be found at the CIMP Official Website |
Barracks Row Main Street
8th Street SE, Washington, DC
Ph: 202-544-3188
www.barracksrow.org
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