Calendar of Upcoming Events

If you attend any of these events, please send in anything from a few lines to a long article about what happened. And if you know of any upcoming events that other readers might be interested in, send them in! Events are free, unless otherwise noted, and open to all.

536 13th St. NE

Monday, July 7

7-9 p.m. Public Interest Civic Association. Monthly Meeting. At Calvary Episcopal Church, 800 6th St. NE.

Tuesday, July 8

9 a.m.-3 p.m. Community Blood Drive. The drive is "in direct response to the American Red Cross's public plea for more donors." The goal is to raise 100 pints of blood (from 150 donors). With possible prizes for donors. At Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H St. NW. Info, Marnie Litz, 637-4738.

Wednesday, July 9

6-8:30 p.m. Special Education Due Process Procedures. By the D.C. Board of Education's Committee on Special Education and Student Services. At 825 North Capitol St. NE, 5th floor boardroom. Info, Elena Temple, 442-5190 or 442-4289.

Thursday, July 10

10 a.m. Property Tax Increase Limits. Hearing on proposed legislation that would "provide a tax credit to owner-occupants of residential real property to limit the amount of the real property tax to 110% of the real property tax for the prior tax year." By City Council Committee on Finance and Revenue. At 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, room 412. http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us. Info, Committee, 727-8270.

7-9 p.m. ANC 6A Monthly Meeting. Agenda includes a community presentation and discussion of police issues on 14th Street, and consideration of an application by the owner of 1215 E St. NE for various zoning variances needed for construction of a two-story addition and to maintain a carriage house (see stories in the last two issues of the Corner Forum). Info, ANC 6A Chairman Joseph Fengler (6A02), 423-8868.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/anc6a.

Saturday, July 12

10 a.m. Corner Forum meeting. "Help assemble the current issue and plan future ones." At the home of Marc Borbely and Tammi Cioffi, 536 13th St. NE, 544-2447.

11 a.m. D.C.'s Black Civil War Regiment. "Historian C. R. Gibbs discusses his new publication, Black, Copper, & Bright: The District of Columbia's Black Civil War Regiment. ... The First Regiment fought its way across bloody battlefields in Virginia and North Carolina with soldiers recruited from the middle Atlantic states, Canada, and the Caribbean. At the end of the Civil War, the regiment made history by being the first African American fighting unit to be received at the White House." At Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. Reservations, 287-3369.

Upcoming

6:30-8 p.m. Neighborhood History in DC. By Matthew Gilmore. "A workshop for doing neighborhood history — offering research techniques and describing the sources." At Washingtoniana Division, MLK Library, 901 G St. NW, Room 307. Registration is requested, Mr. Gilmore, dc-edit@mail.h-net.msu.edu or 352-4378. §