Though I'm ready to give a stern talking-to to the folks who thought jam-packing the time just before the holidays with so many events was a good idea, here's a reminder of all that's happening Near Southeast-wise this week:
* On
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the
BID is putting on a Holiday Market at 1100 New Jersey Avenue. It will run from
11:30 am to 6 pm, and will feature "local artisans selling handcrafted jewelry, pottery, crafts, watercolors, photography, and more."
* Also on Tuesday, the city council will be having its final vote on the
Taxation Without Representation Street bill, along with a pile of other legislative items they'll be trying to get out of the way before the end of the year.
* On
Wednesday at 6:30 pm the Anacostia Community Boathouse Association is having its annual
Boathouse Lighting and Community Awards Ceremony. City Administrator Dan Tangherlini will be honored, and then will flip the switch to illuminate the boathouse's holiday lights. The boathouse is at 1115 O Street, SE (between the spans of the 11th Street Bridges).
* The Capitol Riverfront BID is having
its Annual Meeting and "State of the Capitol Riverfront"
at
11:30 am on Thursday.
* The group of urban planning students at the University of Maryland who have been studying the lower part of Eighth Street will be presenting their "
Connect Barracks Row" findings at a public meeting on
Thursday from 7:30 pm to 9 pm at the Navy Yard Car Barn, better known as the Blue Castle, at 770 M Street, SE. You can see the
presentation from their Oct. 29 community meeting and read a little more about the project on
their web site.
These are all listed on my
Events Calendar. I wish I could live up to my normal obsessiveness and say that I'm going to be at every one of these, but real life is intervening all over the place.