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GALA Hispanic Theater

October 6, 2011 – 10:04 pm

The GALA Hispanic Theater is A National Center for Latino Performing Arts. The GALA theater just moved into it’s recently renovated space in Columbia Heights in 2005, after 29 years of moving between different venues. The mission of the theater is to provide the Spanish speaking population of Washington, DC with diverse types of Latin American and Hispanic theatrical entertainment, and to introduce Latin American performing arts to English speakers. Please visit the website for current performances.

The GALA Theater is located in the heart of Washington, DC’s Columbia Heights neighborhood. The theater is located at the corner of Park Road and 14th Street, and is accessible by the Columbia Heights metro station, serviced by the green and yellow lines. Please contact metro’s website for additional information.

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Alexis, Innkeeper
American Guest House in Washington DC

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The Meridian Hill Park

September 29, 2011 – 4:16 pm

The Meridian Hill Park is located between 16th and 15th Streets in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Columbia Heights. The park is approximately at one mile north of the White House, and half mile from Columbia Heights Metro station.

The Park which was designed and built between 1912 and 1936 has been taking care of by the National Park Service since 1933.

The park is divided into two principal areas: the lower park, with a water cascade of linked basins and a large reflecting pool surrounded by a plaza; and the upper park with an open mall, and a broad terrace overlooking the lower park with panoramic view on Washington DC.

A number of important monuments and memorials have been placed in the park since the 1920s. The Buchanan Memorial was one of the first planned and it remains the only memorial to President James Buchanan in Washington. In 1922, a statue of Joan of Arc was installed on upper level of the park. In a city of many equestrian statues, this is the only one with a woman.

Since the 1950s, on Sunday afternoons during the warm weather months, people gather from 3-9:00 p.m. in the upper park to dance and participate in a drum circle.

Jonathan, Innkeeper
American Guest House in Washington DC

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