Pottery on the Hill, the annual pottery show and sale hosted by Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, will be held virtually from November 13-15, 2020. Beginning at 5 pm on November 13, 45 of the top master and…
Conversations about turning the derelict Old Naval Hospital into a new DC Public Library location brought Jennifer Cartland into the Hill Center family and Board of Directors over a decade ago. Now, she is our newly elected Board Vice President,…
An unknown disease, thought to come from Asia, has sickened U.S. citizens. With it have come questions about public health, distrust of science, fear of “outsiders,” quarantines and an unnerved citizenry. No, it’s not Covid-19. In her new book “Carville’s…
When stay at home orders first began, it seemed as if everyone and their mother began cooking and baking up a storm… and so have we! Having more free time on our hands has been both a blessing and a…
Well over a decade ago, Donna Scheeder began her journey with Hill Center. One of the early visionaries who dreamed about how the Old Naval Hospital might thrive as Hill Center, Scheeder was elected President of the Board of Directors…
By Bill Press, journalist and host of Talk of the Hill with Bill Press at Hill Center For a kid from a small town in Delaware, I’ve been lucky. I’ve had some wonderful experiences, held some fun jobs, and met…
We’re out, but we’re not down. While Hill Center’s doors are physically closed, we are still welcoming the community, virtually, to the kind of “live” events so many of us have missed recently. Our first live, interactive conversation, via the…
We stand in solidarity with those protesting for justice, equality and civil rights. Hill Center joins with the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in sadness and outrage over their deaths and the deaths of countless others who have been needlessly…
This week, we continue to highlight organizations that were slated to participate in the 8th annual Volunteer Capitol Hill in May 2020. DC Central Kitchen first participated in Volunteer Capitol Hill in 2014. DC Central Kitchen’s mission is to “use…
David MacKinnon (left, above) has been volunteering with us for about 9 years. We say “about” because it’s been so long that none of us can remember the exact date! David puts in a lot of man-hours in our garden…