Pumpkins at Old City Green



Frank Asher, Proprietor of Old City Green,
Shows Off Some of This Year's Bounty



Old City Green is our local purveyor of pumpkins.  Support a small neighborhood business and grab the perfect orange orb for your jackolantern or baking needs buy purchasing one there while supplies last!

Old City Green

902 N Street, NW (Corner of Ninth and N)



Flower Power - Tulip Planting This Sunday

Back in 2009, Frank Asher of Old City Green and I got together to organize the first Shaw Main Streets tulip planting on 9th Street. It’s been such a pleasure to see the blocks in bloom each spring since, and the plantings have proven to be fun community efforts.

This Sunday (October 30, 2011) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. will be the third annual tulip planting on 9th Street. And this year is our most ambitious bulb planting yet -- we're planting thousands of tulips in tree boxes in the 1300 to 1900 blocks of 9th Street, NW (we're also weeding, mulching and putting down chicken wire to protect the bulbs from squirrels), with a heavy focus on boxes north of Rhode Island Avenue (which have never been the subject of our plantings).

To carry out this year’s project, we need help! If you’d like to make Shaw bloom for years to come, then plan on meeting up with neighbors and business owners at Old City Green (902 N Street, NW) at 10 a.m. to get started (late comers welcome too...). Bring your own gloves and tools; bulbs, other supplies and refreshments will be provided.

We are also in need of financial sponsors for the event. $55 covers the cost of the bulbs, soil and mulch for 1 box.

Contact me (renewshaw@gmail.com) for more information or to make a donation to the event.

Third Annual Ninth Street Tulip Planting
Sunday, October 30, 2011 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Meet at Old City Green (902 N Street, NW)

MANY THANKS TO OUR CURRENT (AND GROWING) LIST OF SPONSORS:

1905 Restaurant -- Bread for the City -- Convention Floral -- Frank Snodgrass -- Independence Federal Savings Bank -- Long View Gallery -- Old City Green -- Salem Baptist Church

Jefferson Apartment Group Buys Kelsey Gardens!

I've heard rumors about an impending sale of the old Kelsey Gardens Apartment complex in the 1500 block of Seventh Street for quite some time, and it now appears that a sale indeed occurred!

Multi-Housing News Online reported on October 17 that Jefferson Apartment Group ("JAG") purchased the site from Metropolitan Development, LLC (which was represented by MAC Realty Advisors, LLC (MAC)).  JAG will redevelop the property into Jefferson Square, a 281-unit, urban infill, transit-oriented project.

This is great news for all who want to see this block of Seventh transformed into something great.  JAG has the experience and capability to deliver a first class product.

Halloween Party at 1905 Saturday

1905's Halloween party has become a great tradition in the neighborhood: it never gets too crazy packed, and it's always a lot of fun. It's a great destination unto itself, or it's a great stop along the way to other parties in the area.

This year's party is this Saturday (October 29th).  Those in costume will be privy to drink specials, and those not in costume will have to beg Joel to extend them the discounts. Drink specials start at 10 p.m. (details TBD, but I'm sure will be great), but all are welcome earlier.

Speaking of 1905, they have some great new items on the menu.  I had the duck entree last Friday night and found it to be killer -- and the rye-bread-pudding-goodness that accompanies it is pretty spectacular.

1905 Restaurant
1905 Ninth Street, NW
202.332.1905

Old City Green Fest This Weekend!

It’s no secret that I love Old City Green and what it adds to our neighborhood (check out my post about its one year anniversary way back in 2009 here).  Admittedly the nursery recently became an advertiser here on renewshaw.com, but I’d gush about them and continue to promote happenings and events there regardless.

This coming weekend, to celebrate three years of business and community outreach, OLD CITY green is hosting a full-on October-fest. There will be games, workshops, music, food, scary movies, and even a haunted house! All are welcome to the festivities!

Check out the facebook event here to RSVP and for more details, but here’s the current schedule:

Friday (October 28th)
6:00pm - 8:00pm Haunted Garden ($5/family suggested donation)

9:00pm - 11:00pm Scary Outdoor Movie (Movie yet to be decided, but 13+ please!)

Saturday (October29th)
10:00am - 11:00am Medicinal Herb Workshop by Tricia McCauley Tricia McCauley is an herbalist and health coach specializing in digestive issues, food sensitivities, and stress management. She works with individual clients at Healing Arts of Capitol Hill, teaches workshops around the DC area, makes lotions and lip balms, and is the resident herbalist at Common Good City Farm. Sign up for her newsletter, read her blog, and find out more at www.nutriciaconsulting.com or http://www.leafyhead.com/.

11:00am - 12:30pm Apple Bobbing, Pumpkin Carving BYOK (Bring your own knife)

12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch with TofuDelights

2:00pm - 3:30pm Community Beautification Discussion Meet with community leaders from Shaw and the surrounding neighborhoods to discuss how we can beautify and green our public outdoor spaces, and how OLD CITY green can support community activities to promote streetscape beautification.

6:00pm Vegetarian/Vegan Potluck dinner with LIVE MUSIC BY Sligo Creek Stompers (!!!)  followed by s'mores on a campfire. open mic from 6-7 (let us know if you'd like to participate)  PLEASE RSVP by Oct. 26th! suggested $8 and a dish or pay what you can **costumes optional** Throughout the day you will have the opportunity to guess the girth of our giant hay-bale! $2 a guess and the winner (announced Sunday) gets a $50 gift certificate to OCg!

Sunday (October 30th)
10:00am - 1:00pm 3rd Annual 9th st. Tulip Planting with Shaw Main Streets (WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! PLEASE RSVP TO OCg by Oct. 26th)

1:30pm Raffle Winner Announced

Old City Green Fest
October 28 - 30, 2011
902 N Street, NW

Saturday Night by Civilian Art Projects

This Saturday (October 22), Civilian Art Projects is hosting hosting an artists' talk for the closing of its shows Pan's Pipes and Site Schema at its gallery (free) and is then throwing a party at the Warehouse Theater with bands, djs, and and projections ($8 cover). Here's the schedule for the night:

Free at Civilian Art Projects (1019 Seventh Street, NW, Second Floor):
8pm - Artist talk with Nikki Painter for Site/Schema, her beautifully ambitious solo exhibition in the project space and The Entrance;

8:40pm - Artist talk with Ryan Hill, Erick Jackson, George Jenne for the wonderfully illicit Pan's Pipes exhibition.

$8 at the Warehouse Theater (Enter from New York Avenue, just around the corner from the gallery)
10pm - $8 - Experience the sights and sounds of Heavy Breathing (former Apes), Hidden Twin (Phil from Modey Lemon in from Pittsburgh), DJ Jim AND projections by Ryan Hill and other surprise guests.

Civilian Art Projects
1019 Seventh Street NW, Second Floor
202.607.3804

Third Annual Tulip Planting October 30

Mark  your calendar:  on Sunday, October 30 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. is the third annual tulip planting on Ninth Street.  We're hoping to have the biggest tulip planting event yet -- with a heavy emphasis on the treeboxes between Rhode Island Avenue and U Street. 

If you're interested in sponsoring a tree box for $55 (and getting a shoutout for the same on this blog and in other places for the same), e-mail shawmainstreets@gmail.com.

Third Annual Ninth Street Tulip Planting
October 30, 2011
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Meet at Old City Green at Ninth and N

Long View Gallery Presents Clyde Fowler

Tonight from 6:30 to 8:30, Long View Gallery celebrates the opening of its latest show, an exhibition of works by North Carolina-based artist Clyde Fowler. Fowler was the long-time director the visual arts program at the North Carolina School of the Arts, and his show will be on display through November 6, 2011.

Fowler describes his paintings as 'pictorial choreography'. He approaches his work in a manner similar to that of a choreographer, filling them with orchestrated sensations and intuitive notations while giving consideration to movement, rhythm, space and form. His art explores the associative nature of visual relationships and the dynamic potential of juxtaposition involving a language that is purely abstract. Although Fowler's imagery can reference personal experience and a range of artistic influences, especially the staged tableaux of theatrical director and designer Robert Wilson, he begins with no preconceived message or set direction. Instead, Fowler allows the paintings to develop according to the added strokes, shapes and colors while constantly revising aesthetic decisions during that process.

Long View Gallery
1234 9th Street, NW
202.232.4788