Last night the Hill Center kicked off its first art exhibit, Five Artists * Five Points of View, showcasing artwork including photography, painting and collage by world-renowned artists, many with ties not only to the Washington area but to Capitol Hill. If you miss Alan Braley’s large color-saturated canvases at The Village at Eastern Market, [...]
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Now Open: Hill Center Gallery Featuring Local Art
December 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill South
Tags: art·Artists·Events·exhibits·Hill Center·Old Naval Hospital
Hill School Information Night Next Tuesday at Hill Center
November 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Hundreds of parents are expected at the annual Mothers on the Hill (MOTH) School Information Night Tuesday, November 15 from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Hill Center. For a view into the high stakes drama of choosing educational programs and schools on the Hill, watch the bevy of anxious parents that’s sure to gather and plot [...]
Hill Center Programs Off to a Running Start; Grand Opening Nov. 19
October 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
If you’re like me, you’ve waited anxiously as the finishing touches have gone up on the property of the Old Naval Hospital. Well, if you’re like me, you mourned for years each time you passed by, imagining what the grand old building, once listed on the National Historic Trust’s List of Endangered Places. The building’s [...]
Tags: classes·Events·Hill Center
The Hill Center is Seeking Volunteers
June 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill South, Eastern Market
Rendering Courtesy of the Hill Center The Hill Center is moving along a pretty fast clip at this point, and will be up and running in just a month or so. In preparation for their soft open in July, they’ve brought on Wayne Warren to serve as Volunteer Coordinator. If you’re interested in volunteering at [...]
greenHILLhome: Hill Center to be Greener
March 22nd, 2011 · 6 Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill South
There’s been much discussion on THIH about the Hill Center—the reincarnation of the historic Naval Hospital on Pennsylvania Avenue SE. The facility is scheduled to reopen in 2011 after a major renovation and restoration that included modernization of building systems and “greening” the building through design and construction. Designed by DC firm Bell Architects, the [...]
Tags: geothermal·Green·greenHiILLhome·Hill Center·LEED·reuse
Hill Center Hires First Director
February 4th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill South
The first day on the job for each position I’ve had has been a blur. Diana Ingraham, the newly named executive director of the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, doesn’t have that luxury. There’s money to be raised; major renovations to be finished; a full roster of programs and events to plan; a [...]
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Hill Center Seeks Input on Programs
November 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill South
I can’t walk by the Old Naval Hospital without getting a little buzz of excitement. You see, I am a nerd that loves to sign up for classes. Stained glass classes, pottery classes, finance classes, Spanish classes, cooking classes, etc. And once all of the geothermal holes are doing their thing, donors (large & small) [...]
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Hill Center Construction On Track; Diverse Programs in Development
September 1st, 2010 · 9 Comments · Capitol Hill, Eastern Market
Things are well underway at the Hill Center, especially underground. The restored Old Naval Hospital, scheduled to open next June and offer cultural, educational and civic programs to the community, will be heated and cooled by a geothermal system, and this week there’s a drilling rig on site digging 30 wells that are 350 feet [...]
Tags: development·Events·Hill Center
Have You Seen This Urn?
August 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill South, Eastern Market
Your typical good Samaritan may pick up an abandoned purse or wallet tossed after a mugging or even a child’s sippy cup or toy that’s been catapulted from a stroller, in hope of returning them, but it really takes an upstanding citizen to haul home a hundred pound urn and locate its proper owner years [...]
Tags: Hill Center·history
