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On Saturday, August 24, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Bowser Administration, led by the DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), celebrates the 4th Annual Taste of the World Festival to highlight the diversity of international communities living and thriving in the District. The festival is free and open to the public. The festival will showcase…

District Bridges’ Lower Georgia Ave Main Street will be hosting its annual Park View Outdoor Community Movie Night on Friday, August 30th at Hook Hall. All ages are welcome and drinks will be available for purchase for those 21+. Check out the details below: Fourth Annual Park View Outdoor Community Movie Night …

You may remember that President Obama visited the Coupe on 11th Street NW a few years ago, as part of an event about small businesses — and the restaurant has a photo of the visit when you come in. And a few days ago they came back, talking with the directors of their new Netflix…

This is pretty neat: NBA superstar Stephen Curry is donating money to start a men’s and women’s golf team at Howard University. Curry played golf in high school and visited Howard in January, where he met some students, including senior Otis Ferguson IV, who organized a golf club and was hoping to create varsity golf…

There’s a new neighborhood festival coming this weekend: Georgia Avenue Day, which is this Saturday, August 17. I’ve seen a few posters around the Georgia Avenue Metro for it, it’s organized by a group called Art Rave. It’s at Bruce Monroe Park at Georgia & Irving and goes from 11am to 7pm. The website says…

Muy bien! There’s a new option for Mexican in our area, as Tequila y Mezcal is now open at 3475 14th Street NW. It’s from the folks behind the awesome Taqueria Habanero at 14th and Spring. The bar has a variety of cocktails such as a hibiscus mezcal margarita which Eater says is “rimmed with…

UPDATE: I just heard from District Bridges, who are organizing Columbia Heights Day. It looks like it will be postponed, as their original preferred location of the field at Bell School is under construction. Also it is quite expensive to close a street, so 11th may not be an option. They are working on new…

If you’d like to find another way to get Columbia Heights news, events, food and drink recommendations and more, we’re now on Instagram! You’ll see posts there, as well as photos from around the area. In addition, we already have Twitter and Facebook. Hope to see you on there!

This is neat: the 4615 Theatre Company is performing two plays starting August 9th at the Dance Loft on 14th, the D.C. area premiere ofEnron, about the downfall of the namesake company. It was originally run in London to lots of awards, then opened on Broadway. The other play in Harold Pinter’sBetrayal, a famous play…