Thursday, June 30, 2022
Get Out! And March in a Parade on the 4th of July (or Just Watch a Parade)
Saturday, June 25, 2022
Still Life with Robin: FolkLife with Smithsonian
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Falcon at the FolkLife Festival |
The FolkLife Festival is back in business after a two-year detour into the world of virtual reality.
This year's festival seems smaller than in the past....but maybe that's because I went yesterday afternoon when there were workers busy constructing more booths and setting up more exhibits. The two main themes of this event are United Arab Emirates: Living Landscape and Earth Optimism.
Even if I did not see everything there was to see, I did see a lot of fascinating and fun things. The full schedule of events is here:https://festival.si.edu/schedule. I especially recommend these exhibits:
- Falconry! See these magnificent birds and learn how they are kept and trained....and you can even hold one. (They were not letting the birds fly when I was there.)
- Beekeeping - with a taste of honey!
- Perfumes and Fragrances in the UAE.
- Mushrooms - Meet some mushroom experts, see, touch and smell some unusual fungi
- Growing vegetables and herbs in upright containers. You can have a vegetable garden even if you don't have a yard!
Basic Info:
DATES: June 22–27 and June 30–July 4
HOURS: Festival hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with evening concerts most nights at 6:30 p.m. Free film screenings begin at 10 a.m. in Folklife Studio
More details at Smithsonian Folklife Festival Visitor Information.
A few tips for the trip:
Pick up a festival brochure when you arrive. They're free and available at information stations at both ends of the festival and in the middle too. It can help to direct you to the events that are on during your visit and allow you to plan your time efficiently. The brochure is also available as a .pdf: https://folklife-media.si.edu/docs/festival/2022/SFF22-Festival-Guide.pdf,.
Bring an empty water bottle. You can fill it from one of the large barrels of water with spigots available at intervals along the mall.
Wear a hat & sunglasses. Many but not all of the pavilions and booths are set up in the shade, but there's still a lot of walking in full sun - and the glare can be intense.
A little battery fan and/or a cooling bandana will keep you from roasting.
Avoid the port-a-potties. They are baking in the sun and must be like little ovens. It's easy enough to pop into the nicely air-conditioned Smithsonian Castle to use a real bathroom. And here's a little bonus: on your way to the bathroom, take a look at the giant-sized space suit in the glass case right by the entrance. It was used by astronauts working outside the space station on various needed repairs. It has 14 layers of protection (so says the information card).
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Still Life with Robin is published on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Get Out! Get Out! June 25 Is Solstice Saturday at Smithsonian Museums
- Smithsonian Castle and Haupt Garden
- Arts and Industries Building
- National Museum of African Art
- National Museum of Asian Art
- National Museum of Natural History.
- The National Museum of African American History and Culture (passes not required after 5:30 p.m.)
- Hirshhorn Museum
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Still Life with Robin: Goodbye to the Sunday Supplements on Saturday
* Armchair-traveling to some of the places covered in the Travel Section
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Get Out! Juneteenth events on June 19th...and June 16th, 17th, 18th, and 20th
So much happening in and around DC for the second annual celebration of Juneteenth as a national holiday!
The "Get Out!" events of the week column is published on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.
Saturday, June 11, 2022
Still Life with Robin: Take a Flyer
by Peggy Robin
I started the count on Tuesday, May 31st -- the day I received seven campaign flyers in the mail or left at the door. I've been letting them accumulate, just to see how big a stack I would get by today, when I would post this column about it. Not a political column, per se, as I will make no comment on the content of any of the campaign material I've received; I'm just here to do a paper count, and then make a few snarky comments about design -- or lack thereof..
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Get Out! And Join the March for Our Lives on the Mall on Saturday starting at Noon
Saturday, June 4, 2022
Still Life with Robin: Crossing with Snakes
by Peggy Robin
On Thursday, June 2, a list member, Andrew, posted a link to a video he found on Twitter, tweeted by DC City Girl @dccitygirl_, showing a snake entering the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Macomb Street. Here's the link, in case you missed it the first time:
https://twitter.com/dccitygirl_/status/1531813733701386240?ref_src
Since that tweet was posted, there's been considerable commentary -- 64 replies at last count -- and a number of them are worth repeating for the many Cleveland Park Listserv readers who seem quite "charmed" by this footless, slithering pedestrian. Well, OK, not all were charmed. A few were a bit freaked out.
Here now is a sampling of serpentine reactions:
Jon Bender 🇺🇦 @oblivious_dude May 31 Replying to @dccitygirl_
I'm so used to only seeing that metaphorically in DC.
MC @irishmel3
Q:WHY DID THE SNAKE CROSS THE STREET!? Wrong answers only…
Lars Etzkorn @LarsEtzkornLaw
Pick it up and help it to safety. Wouldn’t you want the same from the Green Giant?
Ashley K @districtofash
That snake is really big. If i saw it, I’d be embarrassingly high pitched screaming.
Ken S @magpiewdc
Black snakes & rat snakes are great rat predators, and Cleveland Park has a terrible rat problem. You should have gotten on the other side & tried to herd it toward safety, away from Connecticut. They don’t stand a chance in the street.
NellnotNeil-It’sADamn”L” @DMBG44
Is he using the crosswalk? He better use the crosswalk
Andrew T. Richardson, III @EsqAndrew
Crossing Connecticut, even in a car, can be hazardous. I hope he looked both ways before slithering across.
Diane Toucan @DianeToucan
I would have picked it up and walked it across the street. I hope someone did.
TheRealDeal 🇺🇸 @TheRealDealMD
Be my guest. I’ll let Indiana Jones speak for me.
https://twitter.com/TheRealDealMD/status/1531829070782078976
Carrie Chops 🌻@cchops
Hero! Eat our rats!
spacecow1016 @spacecow1016
You can redivert him, its just a black rat snake and harmless ♡ hope he is ok!To access the video go to:
https://twitter.com/dccitygirl_/status/1531813733701386240?ref_src
Scott Wiskoski @scott_wiskoski
Looks like a juvenile rat snake. Go snake!
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Definitely more pro snake votes than anti !
But we never did find out if the snake made it safely to the other side....
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Thursday, June 2, 2022
Get Out! And Do the UPTOWN SHUFFLE - This Sunday from 12-4 PM at Sam's Park'n'Shop
Participating Cleveland Park businesses include: All Fired Up, Captain Cookie & the Milkman, Chase Bank, Cleveland Park Bar & Grill, Cleveland Park Public Library, Cold Stone Creamery, European Wax Center, Fat Pete’s BBQ, Foundation Fitness, Fresh Med DC, Laredo Mexican Restaurant, Orange Theory Fitness, Paragon Thai and Streets Market.
Raffle tickets will be available for purchase at the event to win great prizes from the following local retailers: Captain Cookie and the Milkman, Chase Bank, City Paws, Cleveland Park Bar & Grill, Cleveland Park Library, Cold Stone Creamery, European Wax Center, Fat Pete’s BBQ, Foundation Fitness, Orangetheory Fitness, Streets Market and Transcendence-Perfection-Bliss of the Beyond.
The "Get Out" event of the week is posted on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Still Life with Robin: They Used to Call It "Decoration Day"
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Image: Wikimedia - Creative Commons |
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Get Out! The New Hearst Pool Is (Supposedly) Opening This Weekend!
I just happened to notice that the DC Department of Parks & Recreation is opening all outdoor pools this weekend, including the long-delayed, problem-plagued project, the Hearst Pool. So far I have not received any sort of announcement of a Grand Opening or a celebratory event – so all I can do is ask our readers if they’ve heard of anything planned for the occasion. And I can provide the bare facts from the DC DPR’s website for Hearst Pool:Image: DPR website
https://dpr.dc.gov/service/find-pool
Hearst Pool
The new Hearst Pool will open for the first time in May 2022.
General Information
Address: | 3701 37th Street NW |
Ward: | 3 |
Nearest Metro: | Cleveland Park Metro Station (Red) |
Parking: | Limited Street Parking |
Hours of Operation: | Summer 2022 Hours: Sat & Sun: 10 am - 6 pm |
Contact |
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More information on opening of all the DPR outdoor pools at:
https://dpr.dc.gov/page/outdoor-pools
2022 Outdoor Pool Opening:
DPR outdoor pools will be open Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, of Memorial Day Weekend (May 28, 29, & 30, 2022). Pools will operate on a weekend-only schedule (Saturday and Sunday) through Sunday, June 26. Starting Monday, June 27, all outdoor pools will operate on individual summer schedules, six days a week.
To find the outdoor pool nearest you, go to the interactive map at https://dpr.dc.gov/page/outdoor-pools or scroll down the page on that website for a full list of DPR Outdoor Pools organized by Ward.
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The Get Out! event of the week is posted on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.