September 20, 2013

Invitation to Adams Morgan Restaurant Roundtable, September 24, 3 to 4 pm

Last call for musicians for Adams Morgan PorchFest - October 5th

Invitation to Adams Morgan Restaurant Roundtable, September 24, 3 to 4 pm

Please find below an invitation to the first Adams Morgan Restaurant Roundtable on Tuesday, September 24th, from 3 to 4 pm, hosted by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW).  Please ensure your GM or Operations Director has received this and knows they are invited. All AMPBID restaurants are invited, whether or not you are an RAMW member.

The Adams Morgan Partnership BID and the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) are partnering together to host the "Adams Morgan Restaurant Roundtable."  We are launching these bi-monthly meetings to bring together restaurant operators within the BID and to foster a sense of community. The town-hall style meetings are meant to be an open forum for RAMW members, AMPBID restaurants, and newcomers to the neighborhood to meet and bring topics, issues, and opportunities to the table that relate to doing business in Adams Morgan. Our roundtable meetings will give both RAMW and the AMPBID a window into what restaurant operators are facing on a local level.  They will help us to better serve you as partners and advocates of restaurants -- with the goal of making Adams Morgan restaurants successful and competitive in the DC metropolitan area.

Mellow Mushroom, has graciously offered to host the first Restaurant Roundtable. It will be on Tuesday, September 24th from 3:00 - 4:00 pm at Mellow Mushroom (2436 18 Street NW).  RSVP to: rsvp@ramw.org

We hope you will join us to meet, mingle, connect, and help us work better for you.

Last call for musicians for Adams Morgan PorchFest- October 5th

Adams Morgan Showcases Local Musicians with PorchFest – October 5, 2013

Adams Morgan's deep musical heritage stretches from legendary jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd's appearances at the Showboat (and beyond) to the eclectic range of styles that can be heard here today.  PorchFest celebrates local talent by turning the front stoops and porches of a dozen Adams Morgan homes and businesses into performance spaces where local musicians will play for the community -- and for free!  The sounds will be spread throughout the streets of the neighborhood, making the stunning architecture there the backdrop as you follow your ears from house to house.

On October 5, 2013 from 2 to 6 pm, the stoops and porches of twelve Adams Morgan residences and businesses will serve as temporary stages for local musicians to share their talent (for free) with anyone who happens to be walking by.  “Adams Morgan has a rich musical heritage, and many of our residents are working musicians -- PorchFest is a family friendly way to share their talent with the community,” says Kristen Barden of the Adams Morgan Partnership BID.  Inspired by a similar effort in Somerville, MA and Takoma Park, MD.

PorchFest: Not House Music, Music at Houses!

We have enough porches but are still looking for musicians. We have 29 of our target 36 musical acts (that would be 3 per porch).  If you are interested in sharing your songs at the First Annual Adams Morgan PorchFest, please contact Kristen at Kbarden@adamsmorganonline.org or call 202-997-0783.  Or just dust off the guitar and practice on your porch that day but let us know where you'll be!

This is a joint project with Cultural Tourism DC and will bookend Art4All DC - One City, Four Quadrants, Activated with Arts: A Festival of Festivals taking place September 13 – October 6. More information about Art4AllDC and Adams Morgan Porch is available at: http://art4alldc.org/event/adams-morgan-porchfest/