Slow news day -- everybody must have been out enjoying the beautiful weather! The only press mention we found was an article in today's Washington Times which covered yesterday's groundbreaking for the temporary market.
We received an e-mail yesterday telling us about another series of benefit events. Chris Gallu, the Producing Artistic Director of Catalyst Theater Company, wrote to tell us that the company will be holding four benefit performances for the market over the next year! The first benefit performance will be next Saturday’s (May 26) matinee for the company's current production, The Flu Season. All of the benefit performances are listed below, and all ticket proceeds will go to the Capitol Hill Community Foundation. The tickets will be available on a “Pay-What-You-Can” basis (no reservations: first-come, first-served), so people can give as much or as little as they want and are able. The performances will take place at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St, SE (7th and G Sts SE). We'll add these performances to the calendar linked on the left, and more details about the performances can be found at the Catalyst Theater Company's website.
May 27, 2007 (2pm): The Flu Season, by Will Eno
October 3, 2007 (7:30pm): The Trial, by Franz Kafka
February 6, 2008 (7:30pm): Swimming in the Shallows, by Adam Bock
May 7, 2008 (7:30pm): Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake), by Sheila Callaghan
We took the time to stop into the Market 5 Gallery this afternoon to look at the pictures drawn by the kindergartners from Peabody School-Within-School that we've mentioned a few times here. I must say, we were absolutely charmed by them. They were displayed along side the photographs that inspired the drawings -- behold, Jack the Cheese Man through a child's eyes:
Speaking of Jack the Cheese Man, while wandering the market we also discovered that Bower's Fancy Dairy Products is slowly working their way back to full capacity. Last week, they had only cheddar and heavy cream -- this week, they added a few more items, including fresh mozzarella! (It's Jason's favorite.)
Finally, CHCF is now reporting that they've raised $238,000 dollars in their “Eastern Market -- Keep it Going!” fund. The CHCF folks are still working hard to raise money, and are still interested in recruiting volunteers to help staff their tables at the market and at neighborhood events. If you're interested, e-mail Amy Courville get in touch with the CHCF via their website. I'll be at the CHCF table selling T-shirts with Linsey Silver at Stanton Park tomorrow morning for the Capitol Hill Classic -- if you're there, stop by and say hello!