When people in DC ask me what I do, I say, “I’m an event coordinator at Hill Center.” The rest of the conversation sometimes goes a little something like this: Them: What’s Hill Center? Me: It’s an arts, culture and…
Carol and Bill Press care about the kind of world they leave for the next generation. So in addition to the provisions they have made for their two children and grandchildren, they included a bequest to Hill Center when redoing…
Kirsten Oldenburg remembers well the neglected Old Naval Hospital building sitting forlornly on the corner of 9th and Pennsylvania Ave SE. “When I became the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC) for the local member district, we held our commission meetings in that…
Justice Sonia Sotomayor made her first post- election comments at Hill Center Novevmber 15, 2016 telling the sold-out audience, “We can’t afford for a president to fail.” Her statement was in response to a question from Bill Press in his…
by Jeff Zippin As big fans of Hill Center programs, it was a no-brainer for us to enroll in cooking classes. I cook, my wife Judy bakes and we both love to eat. Anything that can add to our culinary…
Monica Utsey said she didn’t know pizza could be a healthy dinner before she enrolled in the family cooking class at Hill Center. “I didn’t realize how healthy pizza could be and how much better and cheaper it is to…
A big THANK YOU to everyone who contributed so generously to launch the Hill Center Preservation Fund. We raised just over $533,000 as of December 31, 2015 to help protect and maintain the carefully restored Old Naval Hospital, carriage house…
Chef Gérard Pangaud has cooked for Mick Jagger, Ronald Reagan and Omar Sharif. And since the fall of 2014, he has been cooking for patrons of Hill Center. Because his reputation precedes him, classes sell out quickly. He has groupies…