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CHAL “Free for All” Exhibition Submissions Due

The Capitol Hill Art League invites artists in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia to enter this annual open call. The theme “Free for All” for this exhibit is also open to artists to explore and share their favorite themes, to work in new ways or experiment in their usual medium through their own personal process and any 2D and 3D media, including photography. Submissions for the exhibition ends

Weekly Bird Watching Walks at Kenilworth Part and Aquatic Gardens

Join National Park Service rangers for their weekly Tuesday bird walks at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Anyone interested in walking the gardens and identifying birds is welcome, including advanced birders though people with no birding experience are also welcome. Bring water, sunscreen and binoculars if you have them. Meet in front of the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens visitor center at 8:30 a.m. nps.gov/keaq.

on Feb. 13. The show, at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 Seventh St. SE, opens on March 28 and closes on April 29. Read more at caphillartleague.org.

Polar Plunge for Special Olympics DC

The DC Polar Plunge, on Saturday, Feb. 25, noon to 4 p.m., at Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE, is a very cool way for the community to come out and show support for Special Olympics DC. An above-ground swimming pool will be erected, and participants will “take the plunge” to the cheers of the crowd. To participate, raise at least $100 and receive the commemorative 2023 Polar Plunge t-shirt. Raise even more to receive other cool prizes. The Polar Plunge and ICE YARDS will be joining forces again this year to take the frozen fun to another level. The event will include an ice bar, live music, interactive ice activities and food vendors from neighborhood favorites. Everybody is welcome to attend, but you must raise at least $100 and pay the $10 registration fee to jump. specialolympicsdc.org.

2023 Capitol Hill Community Achievement Award Winners

This year’s Capitol Hill Community Achievement Awards, announced by the Capitol Hill Community Foundation, will celebrate the widely varied and valuable contributions to our life together of Bill Press, Maureen Shea & Kenn Allen, and James Perry. Journalist, author, podcaster and commentator Bill Press has planned and hosted over sixty programs at the Hill Center, interviewing public figures across a wide range of disciplines from the Barefoot Contessa cookbook author to the late Congressman John Lewis, and inviting the public into lively conversation with them. Maureen Shea & Kenn Allen are longtime Hill residents who exemplify what it means to be a good neighbor, doing everything at St. Mark’s church from serving as both Senior and Junior Warden