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…

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, 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, 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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

Too bad! Small Chop, the awesome coffee and pastry pop-up that took over the Hilltop restaurant on Sherman Avenue during the day, has ended their run. The spot, which served coffee from Petworth’s Lost Sock Roasters, and delicious pastries from various local chefs, will be doing another pop-up somewhere else. I heard it might be…

One of our neighborhood’s most fun traditions is back, with Wonderland’s 13th Annual Sundress Fest. The fest, now taking up all of 11th Street and part of Kenyon, features BYO sundresses, or you can wear one of their own, and anyone wearing a sundress gets deals. The event also benefits the DC Central Kitchen, so…