A small girl, who appeared to be about 3 years old, was shot and killed Friday night in Southeast Washington, D.C. police said.
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DC offers opportunity for eating acorns in Foggy Bottom – WTOP News
At the exhibit, you can learn how to mash, refine, and cook acorns. You can also engage in a variety of activities like acorn shuffleboard and ink painting. The latter is the result of the murky water left over after cooking tannins out of the acorns—to make them safe for eating. The more you know!
WTOP’s Matt Kaufax reports on the D.C. ‘Acornucopia.’
Turns out those pesky nuts falling from the sky onto you and your car, and littering the D.C. area ground in late fall, are more important to the planet than you might think.
A new exhibit at the Smith Hall of Art on the campus of George Washington University celebrates the most unlikely of foods: acorns.
“‘Acornucopia’ is a wonderland of earthly acorn delights!” exclaimed artist and educator Shawn Shafner.
Shafner, who is also a graduate student and published author, says the idea to not only look into how to make art using acorns, but also how to sustainably use and dispose of them, came to him a while ago.
‘Acornucopia’ is the fruit of his labor—and it tastes…oaky.
“If you’ve seen me around campus, you’ve probably thought I was crazy, gathering all my acorns for this exhibit,” Shafner joked.
Shafner says ‘Acornucopia’ champions the acorn as an unvalued resource, both as a food source AND the genesis of new life in our ecosystem.
“It’s also a powerful instigator of forests,” he told WTOP.
To boot, Shafner says coming out to GW to see the work can support a good cause.
“We’ve partnered with Tomorrow’s Trees, an initiative of the Potomac Conservancy,” he explained. “Most of the native oak seeds you see here are donated to them.”
Acornucopia also happens to be a ton of fun.
At the exhibit, you can learn how to mash, refine, and cook acorns. You can also engage in a variety of activities like acorn shuffleboard and ink painting. The latter is the result of the murky water left over after cooking tannins out of the acorns—to make them safe for eating. The more you know!
“If you can crack the code, and you’re willing to put in the time to do an awful lot of cracking, then you can know what otherwise the squirrel only knows,” Shafner mused.
‘Acornucopia’ runs Saturday, Dec. 2 at the Smith Hall of Art at GW until 1 p.m. But if you miss it, Shawn says his acorns will be back starting December 6, as part of another exhibit on GW’s campus called ‘(Up)Root(ed).’
(Up)Root(ed) is all about getting in touch with native and indigenous cultures, and will feature an exhibit on native plants—including oak trees.
With 17 different kinds of oaks on GW’s campus, Shawn says he plans to collect more acorns, and have an acorn cookout on December 8.
You can find the invite to “(Up)Root(ed)” here.
Be on the lookout next week for an upcoming episode of WTOP’s ‘Matt About Town’ series too, where WTOP’s Matt Kaufax does his best morning talk show host impersonation—to cook and eat fresh acorns with Shawn!
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Toddler fatally shot in Southeast, D.C. police say
The child was apparently in a car when she was struck about 9 p.m. by a bullet fired on Hartford Street SE, in the Garfield Heights neighborhood.
Preliminary information indicated she may have been hit in an exchange of gunfire, police said. They did not think she was an intended target.
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E.F. Gilmore DAV traveled to Washington, D.C.
Recently, several members of the E. F. Gilmore Disabled American Veterans traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the DAV mid-winter conference. This annual event brings close to 1,000 DAV members from across the country for a series of seminars and workshops to improve their delivery of services to veterans in their community. The highlight of the conference was the appearance of VA Secretary Denis R. McDonough, who thanked the DAV for its assistance in passing the PACT Act. He also outlined the VA’s goals for 2024 and beyond. The members of the E. F. Gilmore also heard from the Legislation Committee on upcoming legislation affecting veterans. On Monday, members of the DAV traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with their legislators. The members of the E. F. Gilmore DAV met with Congressman Seth Moulton. Moulton thanked the members for their commitment to the veterans of Swampscott and Lynn.
He also thanked them for their commitment to veterans’ mental health. The members presented Moulton the DAV Critical Goals for 2024. These goals are:
1. Correct inequities for veterans receiving compensation benefits and provide parity in benefits for survivors.
2. Ensure the faithful implementation of the PACT Act and address gaps in toxic-exposure benefits.
3. Establish equity in VA care, services, and benefits for women, LGBTQ+ and minority veterans.
4. Provide a full spectrum of long-term care options for service-disabled and aging veterans.
5. Bolster mental health resources to ensure reduction of veteran suicides.
6. Expand the VA’s capacity to deliver timely, high-quality care to veterans.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Department of Massachusetts 1st Jr. Cmdr. Andrea Gayle Bennett presented a DAV Challenge Coin to Moulton in appreciation of all he has done for the veterans of Essex County
Any Swampscott veteran or survivor needing assistance can contact E. F. Gilmore DAV Cmdr. Jeffrey Blonder at [email protected]
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Best restaurants for kids in the D.C. area? This mom has thoughts.
Yatzuri Thomas, like so many parents, knows the struggle of dining out with children. The 29-year-old author of the blog Kids Quarantine and Me, which specializes in D.C.-based travel and things-to-do lists, has three of her own: a 9-year-old daughter, a 7-year-old son and a 1-year-old daughter. Though the Northern Virginia mom doesn’t consider herself a foodie, she still appreciates a delicious meal out, which means evaluating which restaurants will best accommodate her family.
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