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TONIGHT: Join Capitol Lounge & DC Brau Brewing Company for FE“BRAU”ARY

February 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill South

Join the Capitol Lounge and DC Brau Brewing Company TONIGHT for a beer tasting to benefit Brainfood, which happens to be one of my favorite local charities.  Brainfood is a non-profit youth development organization that uses food and cooking to teach life skills to DC teenagers. At Capitol Lounge, from 6pm until 9pm, you can [...]

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The Hill Is ROCKING! 2/24-3/9

February 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, H Street

Guest post series by Kevin Hill of ChunkyGlasses.com Hiya folks! Kevin here to once again to bring you all of the news about where to go and what to do over the next few weeks if you’re a music fan who happens to call the Hill their home. First up let’s take a look at [...]

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To Do List

February 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill

We have a busy weekend ahead of us and for many Monday is a day off to enable us to pay respect to all of our presidents and as well as shop for mattresses. This is the last three-day weekend for a while so have fun people. We have a few long months until Memorial [...]

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For Our Budding Restaurateurs

February 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill

Based on the posts that elicit the most passionate comments, we know for sure there’s a significant foodie population out there on the Hill.  So it stands to reason that some of you have dreams of perhaps having a little café or coffee shop of your own.  Think Local First wants to help you realize [...]

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Weekend East City Event Round Up

February 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill

The Brentwood Arts Exchange at the Gateway Arts Center (4pm to 7pm) The Brentwood Arts Exchange presents Rivers and Memories- the art of E. J. Montgomery and Lilian Thomas Burwell.  Timed to coincide with Black History Month, this visually engaging exhibition plays on a careful balance between fluid and static motion.  Also on display at [...]

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SOTU: Street Closures, Bar Guide and Drinking Games

January 24th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Capitol Hill

While the rest of the country simply tunes in for the State of the Union from their homes, we get to navigate street closures and crowds of Hill staffers all while listening to helicopters circle overhead.  It’s part of the fun of living in the neighborhood that sits in the shadow of the Capitol.  So [...]

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Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival deal on Amazon/Living Social

January 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · H Street

Today’s deal for Living Social/Amazon is for tickets to the upcoming INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival at the Atlas. I have no idea when this weird alliance was struck between Amazon and Living Social, I just know it is one more email in my inbox each morning. But a deal is a deal and this one [...]

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The Hill is Rocking!

January 13th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill

Guest post series by Kevin Hill and ChunkyGlasses.com We’re back folks! It’s a new year and there are new musical adventures to be had! Everyone knows that there’s great music to be had all over this fine city, but what you may not know is that a good deal of it can be found right [...]

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The To Do List

January 12th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Capitol Hill

After the flurry of December activity, quiet weekends of early January come as a huge relief, but now I’m itching to get out and find some things to do in the neighborhood. Perhaps it’s the frigid weekend forecast and my distaste for sitting for too long near my drafty windows; no fear, there’s a great [...]

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Weekend East City Event Round Up: First Shows of 2012 Edition

January 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill

Saturday January 7   The Capitol Hill Art Workshop (5pm to 7pm) The Capitol Hill Art Workshop (CHAW) hosts its Sixth Annual Photography Juried Competition.  The winner will be the recipient of a purchase prize made possible by the late Lou Stancari, a Capitol Hill resident and long-time supporter of the arts in DC.  The [...]

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