Calendar of Upcoming Events

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Events are free, unless otherwise noted, and open to all.

536 13th St. NE

Tuesday, June 24

5:30-7 p.m. Howard Dean. Meet and greet the Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont governor. At Capitol City Brewing Company, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. This is a fundraiser. Suggested contribution is $50 to $500. http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename
=press_releases.

6 p.m. H Street NE Strategic Development Plan. Public hearing. By the D.C. Office of Planning. At the Capitol Children's Museum, auditorium, 800 3rd St. NE. Info, Derrick L. Woody, 442-7614 or derrick.woody@dc.gov. http://www.planning.dc.gov/news_room/2003/may/05_23_03.shtm.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Black Males in the Criminal Justice System. Why are there so many? Can ex-offender programs help? Town hall meeting with Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.). "We cannot eliminate the problems of the black community without facing the problems of black males." With Norton and Eric Holder. At Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 727-0321.

7-9 p.m. 1215 E St. NE. ANC 6A Economic Development & Zoning Committee. Committee will consider an application by the owner of 1215 E St. NE to construct a two-story addition and renovate a carriage house. Also, there may be a presentation on inclusionary zoning/affordable housing by Will Ward of ACORN. "Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend!" At Capitol Hill Towers, Community Room, 900 G St. NE. Info, ANC Commissioner (6A03) Cody Rice, 544-3734.

Wednesday, June 25

All Day. DMV to be shut. "The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles will close all service locations Wednesday for an agency-wide development day. Services will resume Thursday at all locations." Info, 727-5000. http://www.dmv.dc.gov.

6:30-9 p.m. Proposed Zoning Changes for H Street. Joint Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6A/6C meeting. "The purpose of this meeting will be for the ANCs to make joint recommendations on any necessary changes to the zoning on H Street NE based on community input." At Capital Children's Museum, 800 3rd St. NE. Info, ANC Commissioner (6A03) Cody Rice, 544-3734.

Thursday, June 26

6-8 p.m. Forum on Substance Abuse Strategy. For Wards 5 and 6. "Learn more about the mayor's comprehensive substance abuse strategy for the District. Audience members will have the opportunity to comment on the plan following a presentation by members of the Mayor's Task Force [on Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment & Control]." At Hine Junior High School, auditorium, 335 8th St. SE. Info, Natleen Chance, 442-5895 or natleen.chance@dc.gov. http://dchealth.dc.gov.

Saturday, June 28

11 a.m. Simple Gifts. "This Pittsburgh-based female trio performs ethnic folk music — such as Balkan dance music, Klezmer, Gypsy melodies, and Scandinavian twin fiddling — on multiple instruments, including fiddle, guitar, concertina, recorders, mandolin, bowed psaltery, hammer dulcimer, and percussion." At Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 7th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 633-4674. http://hirshhorn.si.edu/programs/events.asp.

Ongoing

9-11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. On WETA TV 26. This Far By Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys. Two parts per night. "This powerful six-part series examines the African-American religious experience through the last three centuries. First, the stories of Sojourner Truth and Denmark Vesey — both of whom were born into slavery — who used the Gospel to shape their identities. The second episode takes place after Emancipation, when minister-turned-journalist Henry McNeal Turner used the black church to engage black people in the political realm. The third episode begins in the Jim Crow era — when many African-Americans migrated north — and follows the development of gospel music. The fourth episode follows the Civil Rights movement, when ordinary people risked their lives to challenge racism. The fifth episode plots the growth of the Nation of Islam under the leadership of Elijah Muhammad and his son, Warith. The final episode chronicles a two-year interfaith, multiracial, multiethnic pilgrimage from Massachusetts to Africa — by way of Florida and the Caribbean — undertaken to heal the wounds of slavery." http://www.pbs.org/previews/ThisFarByFaith.

Through Aug. 15 except for July 4. The National Arboretum will stay open until 7:30 p.m. (instead of 5) on Friday evenings. Access to the arboretum between 5:00 and 7:30 p.m. will be through the R Street gate only. This is accessible from Bladensburg Road. "The extended hours are due to new congressionally appropriated funds to the arboretum to provide better visitor services. The arboretum's beautiful 446-acre campus in Washington, D.C., contains a wonderful array of display gardens, plant collections, and the National Capitol Columns set among native stands of eastern deciduous forests." At National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave. NE. 245-2726. http://www.usna.usda.gov. §