ANC 6E • Pleasant Mann

Black Alley Band’s go-go groove set the mood during Art All Night Shaw. Photo: Victoria Pickering

Team Rayceen

Perhaps the hottest spot of the night was at the DC Housing Finance Agency, where Rayceen Pendarvis and collaborators presented a full program. The Washington DC Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence greeted visitors at the door, leading to a night filled with poetry, an LBGT blues singer, rappers Starranko and Nia Monae and a fashion show. Midnight brought a Shaw Mini Ball competition, where contestants vied in events such as Best Dressed Spectator and Best Voguing.

T Street Block Party

Right Proper Brewing Company held its second Art All Night Shaw Block Party with a list of musicians and spoken-word artists performing both inside the brew pub and outside on its patio. Next door, in front of the Howard Theater, the Black Beer Garden featured the Black Brew Movement and Urban Garden Brewing, offering an array of beers from BIPOC craft brewers, along with works offered by local artists. Across the street, The Cornerstone offered free putt-putt golf.

Business Activations

Other Shaw businesses participated in Art All Night. Beau Thai restaurant set up a stand outside and offered glow-inthe-dark necklaces and had patrons create their own postcard designs, to be immortalized on Instagram. Lee’s Flower and Card Shop offered free floral-crown workshops, with participants getting to wear their creations during the festival. Compass Coffee, Shaw’s Tavern, Quattro Osteria, Wanda’s on 7th, Stop Smack’n, Motown Square Pizza, Electric CoolAid, La Jambe and Touchstone Gallery also participated by holding art exhibits or sponsoring musical performances.

Art All Night Shaw 2022 was presented by Shaw Main Streets, with major funding from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Department of Small and Local Business Development and DC Main Streets. Sponsors included Events DC, Pepco, DC Water, U Street Parking, Friends of Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library, Miller Copying Service and Beyond. u

ANC 6E

by Pleasant Mann

Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6E held its meeting for September 2022 on Tuesday evening, Sept. 6. Due to the restrictions on public meetings caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, the meeting was held as a virtual conference. Chair Michael Eichler (6E01) called the meeting to order with Alex Lopez (6E02, secretary), Frank Wiggins (6E03, treasurer), Rachelle Nigro (6E04, vice chair), Patrick Parlej (6E05), Denise Blackson (6E06) and Kevin Rogers (6E07) in attendance. There was a quorum to conduct official business.

Police Service Area (PSA) Reports

Lieutenant McHugh of the First Police District noted that there was a homicide in 1D at Seventh and I streets on Aug. 25, with two other victims shot nearby a little later. Crime had decreased, with reports of vehicles stolen down 46% and thefts down 11%. Crime suppression teams were working on drug dealing and disorderly crimes, leading to 20 arrests recently. The DC attorney general had decided not to prosecute those arrested for misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

Parlej asked about the police presence at the 7-Eleven Store on K Street, where he heard of “crazy things going on there.” McHugh said that the site had their attention. A resident said that the area around Chinatown Park was becoming dangerous.

Lieutenant Ross of the Third Police District started his report by noting that a juvenile had recently been shot on the 1700 block of Seventh Street. There had been arrests made in the area, with crime definitely trending down. Wiggins responded that while general crime was going down, shootings were going up. He mentioned a recent shooting in broad daylight.

Ninth Street Cycle Track

Representatives of the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) presented to explain the notice of intent issued to construct a protected bicycle track on Ninth Street. They stated the goal of having 70% of trips in the District accomplished by walking, biking or mass transit. Currently, only 50% of trips were done this way. The Ninth Street track should encourage the use of bicycles for transportation since most people were reluctant to bike on that busy street without a protected lane.

The cycle track would run on the east side of Ninth Street, reducing the street from two lanes to one lane going north. The track would go around the streateries on the 1200 block of the street. The changed traffic patterns would require prohibiting left turns from southbound Ninth Street to N and P streets. The design included dropoff points for churches and kept diagonal parking on Sundays.