The next Workday in the Ward will be held in Chevy Chase on Thursday, January 22, at Bread & Chocolate. These monthly events are an opportunity to connect with Ward 3 residents. The schedule for the day is below, and more info can be found on the event page on Councilmember Frumin's website.

Ward 3 Staff Schedule:
8–10 am: Coffee with the Councilmember
8–11 am: Ashlee Mercer (Constituent Services), Kevin Caudill (Communications), Kevin DeGood (Legislative)
11 am–2 pm: Shantise Wynn-Brown (Constituent Services), Trisha Kondabala (Legislative)
2–5 pm: Nora Charles (Legislative), Santiago Mendoza (Constituent Services)

Agency Schedule:
9–10 am: Office of the People’s Counsel; Public Service Commission
10–11 am: Metropolitan Police Dept
12–1 pm: Dept of Licensing and Consumer Protection; Dept of Buildings
1–2 pm: District Dept of Transportation

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii)

In January 2025, longtime Northwest Neighbors Village volunteer and wildlife photographer David Jonathan Cohen and his wife Ruth visited eight of the 13 major Galapagos Islands. NNV ran his article about and photos from the trip in its Weekly Bulletin in May 2025. That article led to an invitation to exhibit his photos.

Starting January 8, 2026, the Patuxent National Wildlife Visitor Center, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD, 20708, will host his solo show, "In the Galapagos Islands," through the end of that month. Among the subjects are the only lizard that feeds in the sea; the only flightless cormorant, a bird that dives for fish; and the only penguin that lives north of the Equator.

You're invited to the Saturday, January 24 reception from 2 to 4 pm! Here's the announcement on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service website: https://www.fws.gov/event/meet-artist-david-jonathan-cohen

Generations of Vocal Jazz
On Sunday, January 25, at 2 pm, join NNV Board member Gretchen Jennings and the Capital City Voices singing with Ballou HS jazz chorus!
At Creative Cauldron in Northern Virginia or by livestream
In person tickets here ♦ Livestream tickets here

SPECIAL PRICING FOR THIS PERFORMANCE: $20 for General Admission
Two for the price of one! A very first at the Cauldron. Levine music's renowned choir, Capital City Voices join forces with Knight And Day - Ballou High School Vocal Ensemble (Audience favorites of the 2025 Vocal Jazz Summit) to bring students and grown ups together though harmony, expression and heart. Directed by award-winning vocalist and educator Alison Crockett, (frequent performer at the Passport Music Festival) and vocalist Barry Moton, the choirs draw on the rich tradition of Black vocal music while embracing contemporary sounds, and the storied repertoires of jazz, soul, and some surprises beyond. As Ella Fitzgerald once said "the only thing better than singing, is more singing".

Historic Chevy Chase DC presents:
Chevy Chase at 250: Beyond the Burgers and Fireworks
January 29 from 7 to 8:15pm on Zoom
Click here to learn more and register

At the 250th anniversary year of our country, Historic Chevy Chase DC challenges us to ask how to advance the promise of our founding.

As we approach the 250th anniversary of our nation's birth, Historic Chevy Chase DC challenges its neighbors to ask what we as a community can do locally to redeem the promises of our nation’s founding document, which recognizes the inborn equality of all persons and their inalienable rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

This three-part webinar series, which launches on January 29, at 7 pm, will reflect on our local history, century by century, focusing on policies and practices that created the community we have today. Each session will ask for your thoughts on these issues as we look ahead.

The first program tackles the first century of nation building and how it coincides with Chevy Chase DC’s development from the early 1700s to the early 1800s, from the Belt Plantation to the settlement of free Blacks along Broad Branch Road. It will feature presenters Jocelind Julien, a descendant of enslaved persons at Mount Vernon and later free Black landowners on Broad Branch Road; historical anthropologist Mark Auslander will share research on the role of African Americans on both sides of the Revolution; and Carl Lankowski, PhD International Relations, will introduce the panel discussion.

The two additional installments – the second is scheduled for March and the third in June – will draw attention to the re-founding of our republic and its betrayal as we examine the role of Chevy Chase DC in the Civil War, Reconstruction, our suburban expansion under Jim Crow, and displacement of locals who did not fit into the racially exclusive community envisioned by its founder, Francis Newlands.

The final installment, in June, looks at the local response to a modern democracy, with visionary leaders that included local citizen Walter Tobriner, and how the Great Migration – into and out of Washington, DC – affected life within our neighborhood. The webinar will look at redemption efforts targeting the promises of the nation’s Declaration of Independence.

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