We are looking forward to resuming our monthly membership meetings in October. Our in-person meetings are open to all, but we encourage you to become a member. Please be sure to mark your calendars and plan to hear from the DCCA Board, featured speakers, including Gerard Brown from the DC Health Department who will talk about the rat problems in Dupont. Importantly, we will also have a chance to enjoy some refreshments and meet and mingle with neighbors!

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Earlier this month, construction on the Dupont Circle Metro Station North Entrance Canopy was completed. To celebrate, Dupont BID partnered with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) to host a ribbon cutting event.

The first 100 metro riders to enter or exit the north entrance on September 19th at 11 a.m. will receive a $5 gift card for a coffee at Firehook Bakery. 

The DC Councilmember and staff emails have changed from the domain .us to .gov as of September 6th. The old email addresses will forward for a while, but it would be a good idea to update your contacts to the new domain name soon.

The DC Zoning Commission will hold a virtual public roundtable on its draft racial equity analysis tool (Z.C. Case No. 22-RT1).

Empower DC will hold two online information sessions:

Register:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZElde6prTsqGtzpbLAnnTMykMBQYqC0TI3V

Tuesday, Sept 20^th – 10-11 AM

Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrdu6grjosGdRJiEaVoPg7wUpPX66SI0K5

To read more about these events, click here.

Art All Night will be held on Saturday, September 24^th from 7:00-12:00 midnight. This year, the event is back in art galleries and embassies for a new line up of fine artists. 

Visit www.artallnightdupont.org for more information.

This interactive foliage map allows you to select a date and assess the 2022 foliage prediction. Grab some leaf peeper friends and plan a day trip!

Want to get a jump on things? Here are a few fall festivals you can visit as you wait for the leaves to change.

7:00 PM

This year's final installment of family-friendly movie series hosted by the Friends of Stead Park will be in October.

DCCA congratulates the Smithsonian Zoo for its new chicks, children of the almost extinct Blue-Billed Curassow. Its a great day for a zoo visit!

Spooky Action Theatre

1810 16th Street

Spooky Action Theater's 2022-2023 season begins with Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison (Pulitzer Prize finalist for Marjorie Prime, writer/producer on Orange is the New Black), directed by Stevie Zimmerman.

12:45 - 1:30 PM

Online

Each Wednesday, The Phillips Collection offers a free, 30-minute weekly meditation led by local yoga teacher Aparna Sadananda via Zoom.

Inspired by calming artwork from the permanent collection, the session practice techniques for mindful looking and thinking that we can carry with us wherever we are. No prior experience needed.

This free program requires registration. You will receive the invitation to the Zoom meeting in an email after you register.

Click here to register for the Stuart Davis, Blue Café meditation on Wednesday September 21.

12:00 PM

Kennedy Center

A new *immersive* permanent exhibit on President John F. Kennedy, his connection to the arts, and the national cultural center that would bear his name opens on Saturday at the Kennedy Center.

The roof-level Atrium will reopen as the JFK Gallery, The exhibit will explore Kennedy’s appreciation and promotion of the arts and why the Kennedy Center came to be the living memorial to him and his ideals.

The opening is Saturday, September 17th at 12 noon in the States Gallery

FREE ADMISSION! Open Daily from noon to midnight! Click here for information.

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