Meet the Potters: Kevin Crowe
Pottery on the Hill returns for the 9th year - albeit online for 2020 - and with it dozens of potters who have previously participated in the show return too. In the weeks leading up to the November 13-15 show,…
Pottery on the Hill Show & Sale Moves Online for 2020
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…
Meet the Board of Directors: Jennifer Cartland
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,…
“Carville’s Cure” – Disease, Stigma and a Fight for Justice
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…
Cooking Up New Fall Classes
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…
Meet the Board of Directors: Donna Scheeder
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…
We’re closed, but we’re going “live” as more programs move online
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…
A Statement of Solidarity
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…
Good in the Neighborhood: DC Central Kitchen
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…
Volunteer Profile: David MacKinnon
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…