P Street: sweetgreen to Open in Metropole
A fifth eatery is coming to the 1400 block of P Street NW: sweetgreen, at 1471. (Luis Gomez Photos)
The locally owned, “green” salad-wraps-yogurt shop, sweetgreen, will open its fourth location in the hood, at 1471 P Street NW, in the Metropole building.
This brings another eatery to the block that is home to Pitango Gelato, Commissary, Stoney’s and Logan Tavern.
Kennedy Center: Cubans Tonight, Russians on Sunday
The Cuban Cowboys, Millennium Stage. (Image: kennedycenter.org)
Samovar Russian Folk Music Ensemble, Millennium Stage. (Image: Kennedycenter.org)
The Cuban Cowboys perform this evening at The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage: ” ‘The World’s Finest Cuban Surf Rock Band’ features tasty Montuno and Guajira rhythms served up under swooning surf guitar and dark post-punk power chords with an occasional hillbilly root.”
On Sunday, the Samovar Russian Folk Ensemble performs at The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage: “The group plays an extensive and exciting repertoire of Russian and Ukrainian folk music.”
All performances at the Millennium Stage are free and are held at 6 p.m.
2 Galleries: “Black”Closes Sunday, Paintings at Project 4
"Black," DCAC, 2438 18th Street NW. (Image: dcartscenter.org)
“Black,” an exhibition of local artists, closes Sunday with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at the District of Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th Street NW: “The show’s artists have captured the emotional impact of the joy, passion and spiritual response audiences experience to the blues, gospel, jazz and hip-hop. The energy, elegance, and spiritual nature of the black preacher, politician, academic, actor, and activist is communicated in each individuals interpretation of the color and the concept of ‘Black.’ “
Cornelia Schulz, Project 4, 1353 U Street NW. (Image: project4gallery.com)
Painter Cornelia Schulz has an exhibit at Project 4 Gallery, 1353 U Street NW: “Schulz sophisticatedly manipulates the oil paint, alkyd resin and acrylics that spread throughout and emerge from her assembled shaped canvases. Having been educated in painting around the same time as iconic 1960’s painters such as Richard Tuttle and Elizabeth Murray, similarities in sensibilities and experimentation with shaped canvases are certainly evident in Schulz’s work. In this exhibition, Schulz presents some of her most recent paintings where abstract, biomorphic and at times floral forms coat segments of her constructed compositions while applying her contemporary, idiosyncratic handwriting to a historically rich concept.”
Learn Urban Composting at Greater Goods
Greater Goods has a class tomorrow on urban composting. (Photo: Greater Goods)
Want to learn how to do urban composting? The guys at Greater Goods have a class tomorrow, Saturday, January 9, at 11:00 a.m. Cindy Olson will be in charge of breaking it down and showing us how to compost with no smell, no fuss and no muss. Check here for class registration.
Exhibits for the Weekend: Shoes, Books, Harajuku Fashion
"Hard Copy: Book as Sculpture," National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Avenue NW. (Image: nmwa.org)
Harajuku Japanese Street, The Textile Museum, 2320 S Street NW. (Image: textilemuseum.org)
“Hard Copy: Book as Sculpture” is at the National Museum of Women in the Arts: “Presents 15 examples of artists’ books that blur the lines between book and sculpture. The themes of these innovative and intimate works are as varied as the artists’ personal experiences and feelings. Hard Copy expands the concept of the book, taking it into new territory where it becomes that unattainable ‘object of desire’ to be admired from a distance. The exhibition plays a game with the viewers. The works are tactile but they cannot be touched. The pages of books cannot be turned. Hard Copy challenges viewers’ expectations and questions the distinction between book and sculpture.”
At The Textile Museum, 2320 S Street NW… from the Harajuku District in Tokio to the District is Harajuku Japanese Street, Chic Demonstration and Fashion Show: “The Harajuku district in Tokyo is the heart of the city’s fashionable youth subculture. Every Sunday, ‘Harajuku Girls’ gather there to socialize while dressed in a variety of street styles inspired by the Victorian era (Gothic Lolita), animated characters (Cosplay), or other contemporary influences. In this program, local experts will illuminate this uniquely Japanese fashion phenomenon, followed by a tutorial, fashion show and refreshments.”
Borderstan Weekend Jan 8/10: Three Easy Places on U Street
Ben's Next Door, 1211 U Street NW. (Luis Gomez Photos)
Italian Pizza Kitchen, 1110 U Street NW. (Luis Gomez Photos)
The Islander, 1201 U Street NW. (Luis Gomez Photos)
Ben’s Next Door at 1211 U Street NW features southern style cuisine, nine LCD flat screens and a 53-foot full bar. Sharing 51 years of history with Ben’s Next Door describes the place: “We offer a variety of dishes that include our incredible Crispy-Skin Salmon, as well as our top seller, Brined Fried Chicken with ‘perfect’ mashed potatoes and kale. For great starters try our Seared Sea Scallops or delicious Crab Cake! We also have an extensive beer list including a ‘Super Cold’ Heiniken tap, offer late night food, and serve Saturday and Sunday brunch.”
Italian Pizza Kitchen at 1110 U Street NW is a U Street spot with not-much atmosphere, but good pizza. The menu includes pizzas, salads, paninis, pastas and a series of starters such as an Italian Deli Meat plate. Italian Pizza Kitchen opened on U Street in 2007 with another store in Van Ness.
The Islander at 1201 U street NW is a well-known Caribbean restaurant in the area. It has an extensive menu and features live Jazz on weekends.
SATURDAY: Season Opener at Irvine Contemporary
Kerry Skarbakka, Irvine Contemporary, 1412 14th Street NW. (irvinecontemporary.com)
Irvine Contemporary opens its 2010 gallery season with the works of Kerry Skarbakka and Sebastian Martorana.
Sebastian Martorana, Irvine Contemporary. (irvinecontemporay.com)
Skarbakka presents a survey of works from his series, The Struggle to Right Oneself, including new works exhibited for the first time: “The artist stages himself in scenes of losing balance and control, especially at a crucial tipping point, the moment when balance and equilibrium are lost and a fall begins.”
Sebastian Martorana’s Uncommissioned Memorials “address the themes of everyday objects, memory and memorialization, and the cultural meaning of sculptural materials.”
Saturday Gallery Schedule
– Artist reception, 6 to 9 p.m.
– Artist talks, 6:30 to 7 p.m.
– Screening of Skarbakka’s Attraction of Elements with live music performance by Yoko K., 7:30 to 8 p.m.
– Location: 1412 14th Street NW.
Owner of go mama go! Says Store Will Close
1809 14th Street NW: go mama go! will close its doors in the next few months. (Luis Gomez Photos)
The 14th Street retailer go mama go! is closing its doors sometime in the next few months, according to owner Jonathan Chudnoff. He distributed a press release minutes ago by email.
“The store will remain open until the building’s owners find a new tenant. Normal operations will continue through January, followed by clearance sales of merchandise, furniture and fixtures in February and March. Rotating art exhibitions will continue until the store closes. The actual closing date will be determined once a new tenant is ready to step in.”
Chudnoff’s late wife, Noi, started the store and he kept the store open after her death. In the press release, Chudnoff cited “the twin blows of the general economic decline and the death of the store’s founder, Noi Chudnoff, whose dynamic spirit, creativity and personality were key ingredients in the store’s early success.”
Noi Chudnoff died unexpectedly on November 6, 2007. We still miss her and we will miss seeing Jonathan and popping into go mama go! Both Noi and Jonathan contributed much to 14th Street and the entire neighborhood as well as to a number of charitable and human rights causes. Good luck to Jonathan, and the store’s employees.
Full news release below fold.
14th Street: Chocolate and Wine at ACKC; HomeMade Pizza Opening Jan. 21
ACKC is now a wine bar as well as chocolatier. (Luis Gomez Photos)
Home Made Pizza, at 1522 14th Street NW. Sign is up. (Photo: Luis Gomez Photos)
ACKC is now a chocolatier and wine bar, having just received its liquor license from the city. The store, at 1529 14th Street is advertising “nightly wine and chocolate pairings.”
The HomeMade Pizza store at 1522 14th Street is planning a grand opening on Thursday, January 21, from 3 to 9 p.m. Apparently, there will be some goodies for the locals. HomeMade Pizza’s niche is selling ready-to-bake pizzas for home; this will be their fifth DC-area store.
And just so there is no confusion about the 1522 14th Street address, yes, Cork and Fork is still going in at the same location; it is divided into two storefronts with separate entrances. Cork and Fork already has two Virginia locations and bill themselves as a wine and fine food store. Do not confuse it with Cork Market up the street at 1805 14th.
Locally: ANC 2F Decisions, ANC 1B Meets Tonight, Lambda Rising’s Closing
14th & You has the goods on last night’s ANC 2F/Logan meeting… its voluntary agreement decisions on Estadio and Cork and Fork restaurant… and some news about seven Neighborhood Investment Fund projects.
Dcist reminds us that DC’s LGBT bookstore, Lambda Rising, closes January 17 [estimated date]. Unfortunately, someone egged the front of the store Tuesday night.
ANC1B holds its regularly scheduled meeting tonight at 7pm on the second floor of the Reeves Center, 14th and U Streets NW; agenda online. ANC 1B serves the communities of Columbia Heights, LeDroit Park, Shaw, Pleasant Plains, and University Heights.
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