UC Washington Center - Capital Connection: March 2010

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

At 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 3rd, there will be fireworks at the Gangplank Marina, 600 Water Street SW. The best location to view the fireworks is from the Southwest Waterfront Promenade. Prior to the fireworks show, there is musical entertainment beginnning at 5:00P.M.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Yoga on the Mall

On Saturday, April 3rd, Lululemon Athetica is inviting everyone - new or experienced - to participate in its yoga class at 11:00 a.m on the Mall. The class is a free one-hour/open-level class. If interested, meet at the Washington Monument (Sylvan Theatre lawn located on the northwest corner of 5th and Independence Ave., SW). The closest metro is the Smithsonian. Please be sure and bring your own mat.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Cherry Blossom 2010

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual two-week event starting March 27 - April 11, that celebrates springtime in Washington, DC as well as the 1912 gift of the cherry blossom trees by Japan. Below is a schedule of events:

March 27 - Cherry Blossom Festival Opening Ceremony

April 3 - Cherry Blossom Festival Fireworks Show

April 10 - Cherry Blossom Festival Parade

There is also paddle boating on the Tidal Basin. Renting a two-person paddle boat is $10 an hour and a four - person boat is $18.00 an hour. The ranger led latern walks around the Tidal Basin start at 8 on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning March 27th. The tours begin in two spots: the Tidal Basin Welcome area (near the paddle boat dock) and the Washington Monument ticket lodge. Be sure an bring a flashlight.

If you want to take a free ranger led bike tour of the cherry blossoms, it is offered Saturdays (beginning on the 27th) and Sundays through the festival. If you don't have your own bike, Bike and Roll offers rentals, as well as two-hour, six-mile Bike the Blossoms tours that begin and end at the kiosk on Pennsylvania Avenue.

For more information, go to the National Cherry Blossom website at: http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/cms/index.php?id=390

(taken from dcpages.com & Washington Post Going-out-Gurus)

Crime Report

These listings are taken from the Washington Post, Weekly Section. We have reprinted them here to make you aware of trends in areas you might frequent. Use caution and good judgment when you are out and about.

Northwest, DC

R Street

9 a.m. March 1 to 3 p.m. March 3. A man allegedly sexually assaulted a female in a residence.

Connecticut Avenue, 1200 block

3 to 3:05 a.m. April 2. A man approached a female from behind and demanded a cellphone. When she turned, he snatched her cellphone and purse and fled.

Connecticut Avenue, 2600 block

6:15 to 6:20 p.m. April 3. Several males picked up a bucket containing a musician's tips. The musician saw one take cash from the bucket, which was then returned to the musician. When the musician confronted them, he was assaulted. The males fled.

Prospect Street, 3000 block

4:45 to 4:50 p.m. April 5. A male grabbed propertyy from a female at a restaurant and fled.

Q Street, 1700 block

2:11 a.m. April 5. A male pedestrian was robbed by a male at gunpoint.

Wisconsin Aveneu, 2300 block

4:30 to 5 p.m. April 5. Property was stolen from a female's handbag at a grocery store.

14th and P Streets

3 to 3:02 a.m. April 3. Two pedestrians were crossing a street when a male approached from behind and knocked a cellphone from a female pedestrian's hand. He picked it up and fled.

Connecticut Avenue, 1700 block

6:30 to 6:35 a.m. April 5. A bookstore was entered by throwing a rock through a front glass door. Money was taken from a cash register, and the store was ransacked.

Woodley Road, 2600 block

4:30 to 4:31 p.m. April 2. A man knocked on a door of a hotel room and forcibly entered the room when a female opened the door. He showed a knife and sexually assaulted her, then fled.

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