Art All Night kicks off on Friday in Brightwood & Petworth!

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Art All Night kicks off on Friday in Brightwood & Petworth!

On Friday, September 29th from 4:30pm to 1am, join your neighbors for Art All Night, a free citywide arts festival. Over 50 restaurants, businesses and community partners will host a jam-packed schedule of music, dance, visual arts, open studios, open houses, hands-on art making and more on 14th & Kennedy corridor and the Upshur Street corridor.

Art All Night is free and open to the public. Attendees can pick up a map at the information tables on Upshur Street and 14th Street to explore festival nodes and venues.

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Ack! Celebrate Petworth Festival canceled due to really bad storms

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Ack! Celebrate Petworth Festival canceled due to really bad storms

You know… sometimes it happens. Celebrate Petworth is canceled for this year.

It rained on the very first Celebrate Petworth Festival, but it was a gentle rain. Tomorrow, September 23rd, is supposed to be really high winds (up to 45mph) and upwards of 2-3 inches of rain throughout the day. For safety’s sake, the organizers have decided to cancel the Festival.

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The Pitch Tavern is back on the mound (and on Georgia Avenue!)

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The Pitch Tavern is back on the mound (and on Georgia Avenue!)

“Our family is West Indian: Guyanese and Trinidadian. My uncle, Jay Narain, the original owner, played football, or soccer as you call it,” co-owner Reid explains about how The Pitch Tavern came to be back in 2015. “Soccer is played on a pitch. Cricket is played on a pitch. In baseball there’s a pitch. That’s where [we] got the name.”

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Check out some "Neighborgoods" in the neighborhood 

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Check out some "Neighborgoods" in the neighborhood 

The studio, located at 4300 Georgia Ave NW, typically serves as a staging and production site for owner Jodi Kostelnik’s lines of dish towels, tote bags, greeting cards and other gifts and knicknacks, which she sells online and at several area farmers markets.

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Join your neighbors for pre-festival family fun the morning of Celebrate Petworth!

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Join your neighbors for pre-festival family fun the morning of Celebrate Petworth!

This year, we're excited to bring three fun pre-festival activities! Join your neighbors on Saturday, September 23, before the festival begins, for a Kids Fun Run, Stroller Strides and Yoga for Movers & Shakers. All of these great activities are free.

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So what happened to Petworth Social Bar & Grill anyway?

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So what happened to Petworth Social Bar & Grill anyway?

Petworth Social Bar and Grill opened in December of 2022, replacing Taqueria del Barrio (and Domku before that). Before the restaurant opened, we conducted a survey of readers to see what kind of restaurant people wanted. The number one cuisine was Indian, quickly followed by Italian. What everyone seemed to agree on was a family-friendly place to go. That’s what owner Ranu Rawat hoped he was opening. Instead, he walked away from the restaurant 8 months later.

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Sign up for the Dog Show or to volunteer at the Celebrate Petworth Festival

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Sign up for the Dog Show or to volunteer at the Celebrate Petworth Festival

The Celebrate Petworth Festival is almost here! Kicking off at 11am on Saturday, September 23rd on the 800 block of Upshur, Celebrate Petworth is bringing music, food, kids’ activities, vendors and more to Upshur and 9th Streets. Sign up for the Dog Show, check out the Kids’ Zone and volunteer (a little or a lot!).

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Petworth local offers Zumba classes designed for busy parents

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Petworth local offers Zumba classes designed for busy parents

On a recent Wednesday night, Melissa Hough leads me and a group of mostly new moms through a series of low and high intensity moves to the sound of Latin rhythms. The Zumba class, offered at 8:15pm on Wednesdays at Yoga Heights (3506 Georgia Ave NW), allows parents to work out at a time that accommodates children’s bedtime schedules.

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CANCELED ANC 4C seeks feedback on proposed Cannabis Cultivation Center

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CANCELED ANC 4C seeks feedback on proposed Cannabis Cultivation Center

ANC 4C is holding a special meeting on August 16th to discuss “City Grown,” the upcoming indoor marijuana cultivation business off of Upshur Street. The indoor farm will not be open to the public.

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Groovy record store with coffee shop, bar, food & more coming to 200 block of Upshur

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Groovy record store with coffee shop, bar, food & more coming to 200 block of Upshur

Christine Lilyea, owner of Slash Run on Upshur and The Runaway in Brookland, is opening a coffee shop/ record store / bar at 205 Upshur Street NW. Christine is partnering with Paul Vivari, co-owner of Showtime Lounge and the Neptune Room, for the new store named "Wake Me, Shake Me."

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Final show of Petworth Jazz Project on Aug 5

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Final show of Petworth Jazz Project on Aug 5

Join your neighbors for the final Petworth Jazz Project show of the season on Saturday, August 5th at the Petworth Park (8th and Taylor Sts NW), featuring “Communion.”

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Charlotte Nugent, former ANC 4C Chair, passed away suddenly in June

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Charlotte Nugent, former ANC 4C Chair, passed away suddenly in June

Charlotte Nugent was a beloved community member and advocate, friend, neighbor, education policy leader and new mom. She passed away earlier in June due to heart complications from lymphoma, according to her family.

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Turning a garage roof green and getting cool

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Turning a garage roof green and getting cool

If you have a large garage like us or a front porch that you could transform into a green roof, I definitely recommend it. It is an upfront investment for longer-term greener benefits.

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