This sounds neat. If you live nearby, worth stopping by to meet your neighbors! Local residents Russ & Anita Breckenridge organized the event. Now that the weather is warming up, the neighborhood Lemonade Social is back starting next week! I’m also happy to announce that Stella’s Popkern, a locally owned and operated business, will be…
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![Fundraiser for environmental nonprofit Earthjustice on Fri. Apr. 28 at the Midlands; live music, make signs for the Climate March, volunteers needed too.](https://columbiaheightsinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen2BShot2B2017-04-202Bat2B12.38.082BPM-312x198.png)
It’s a busy month for marches in town: there was recently the Tax March demanding Donald Trump release his taxes, this Saturday is the March for Science, and on the Saturday after it’s the People’s Climate March. The environmental law nonprofit Earthjustice is holding a pre-Climate March event at the Midlands beer garden on Friday, with live…
![Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning “In the Heights” opens Thursday at GALA Hispanic Theatre](https://columbiaheightsinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/201703_inthehights-312x198.jpg)
If you’re a fan of Grammy-winning musical Hamilton, or just want to see some theatre, get yourself to the GALA Hispanic Theatre sometime soon — Miranda’s first Broadway show, the Tony and Grammy winning In the Heights, about life in Washington Heights in Manhattan. DCist reviewed it recently and said it might as well be called “In…
![Columbia Heights Farmers Market opens this Saturday, April 22!](https://columbiaheightsinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1459810128484-312x198.png)
The weather is nice, and to me that means a few things: more patio hanging, more outdoor activities, and the Columbia Heights Farmers Market. The market reopens this Saturday from 9am-1pm, and then on May 31st the weekday market opens, running from 4-7pm each Wednesday. The market is on the Columbia Heights Civic Plaza, the…
![Colony Club celebrates 2nd birthday with party on Saturday: DJ, Right Proper beer, Timber Pizza, boba tea, crafts and more](https://columbiaheightsinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/10001286_1518339671771862_5123869918260929254_n-312x198.jpg)
Colony Club, the cool coffee shop/chill bar combo at 3118 Georgia, is celebrating their second birthday on Saturday the 15th with a lot of cool events. It’s free, here’s all that’s going on from their Facebook invite. It starts at 5 pm. Woah! We can hardly believe this will be Colony Club’s second rotation around the…
![Taqueria del Barrio on Upshur adds reservations, shortens hours, drops lunch and brunch (which will return in a few months)](https://columbiaheightsinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/unspecified-200x198.png)
Taqueria del Barrio, the new taco spot in the old Domku space at 821 Upshur Street NW, is making a few tweaks — dropping lunch and brunch, closing a bit earlier and also adding reservations. The spot, which I’ve heard good things about, is currently at 3 stars on Yelp, so maybe they’re shortening the…
![Community Easter Egg hunt this Saturday at 11th and Monroe Trolley Park](https://columbiaheightsinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Easter2Bflyer-312x198.jpg)
Easter is this Sunday, and a few community groups have gotten together to organize an Easter Egg hunt for kids. Check it out, sounds neat. The park, if you’re not familiar, is a former trolley turnaround from when the city had a thriving streetcar network. Now it has some neat trolley-themed playsets for kids. Kent…
![Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Upshur Street Books Apr. 29: snacks, prizes, discounts, kids events, lots more!](https://columbiaheightsinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen2BShot2B2017-04-052Bat2B8.47.482BAM-312x198.png)
Independent Bookstore Day, an annual a celebration of local, independent bookshops, is coming up on April 29, and Upshur Street Books is all in, with lots of events, discounts and more. Sounds like a lot of fun! Here’s more about the event, which is running 10am-10pm. The goal is to celebrate everything that is wonderful…
![Patrick’s Pet Care and volunteers planning to clean up 11th and Park Dog Park on Earth Day](https://columbiaheightsinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/patricks-312x151.png)
This is neat. The folks at Patrick’s Pet Care on 11th are planning a clean-up of the dog park at 11th and Park, scheduled for Earth Day, April 22. The dog park, which is owned by Metro, is popular but has seen better days. If you’d like to help, here’s more info about the event.…
![Petworth Citizen, G by Mike Isabella up for RAMMY restaurant awards: vote for them!](https://columbiaheightsinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen2BShot2B2017-04-052Bat2B12.50.502BPM-312x171.png)
This is neat, the RAMMYs, the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington’s yearly restaurant awards, have four fan-voted categories this year, and two local spots are up for them: Petworth Citizen on Upshur for “favorite gathering place” and G by Mike Isabella, the sandwich spot next to his Kapnos, for “best fast bites.” I’m not sure…