Jazz on Jackson Place

Our series of music and merriment begins again starting in April
In the spirit of our nearly two centuries-old tradition of great entertaining, Decatur House invites you to gather and relax in our beautiful, historic setting while enjoying the sounds of local musicians.

Our highly successful series of casual music and merriment, Jazz on Jackson Place, returns for 2007 and will take place on the first Thursday evening of every month from April - September. Tickets include beer, wine, and light hors d'oeuvres.

Details:

• Thursday, April 5, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
  • continuing the first Thursday of the month, April - Sept
• enter at 748 Jackson Place, NW
• Tickets are $15.00 members of Decatur House, $20.00 non-members and include food and drink
• SPECIAL: Recieve 4 tickets, good to any Jazz on Jackson Place event, when you purchase a $50.00 new or renewed membership to Decatur House.
  

Student Photo Contest
Capture your own Silver Mysteries of Lafayette Square

In conjunction with the current exhibition, Silver Mysteries: Black and White Photographs of 1930's Washington by Volkmar Wentzel, Decatur House is sponsoring a photography contest for black-and-white images of Washington's Lafayette Square. The Silver Mysteries photo contest is open to students enrolled in accredited colleges or universities in the Washington metropolitan area and seeks entries of black-and-white photographs of the people, landscape, and architecture of Lafayette Square. For complete contest rules send a request to decatur_house@nthp.org.

Entries must be submitted electronically to decatur_house@nthp.org by April 9, 2007

A Special Audio Tour
Half Had Not Been Told to Me: The African American History of Lafayette Square

Lafayette Square is a unique landscape with a rich African American history - a history that is unfortunately not often told. This spring, Decatur House will share the little-known stories of Africans Americans on the Square in a new audio walking tour, Half Had Not Been Told to Me: The African American History of Lafayette Square. The tour will debut on April 16, in celebration of Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia, and will be offered free of charge, seven days a week, using a surprising new technology - the cell phone. Participants only need a cell phone and tour map, available at Decatur House, and they will be on their way to exploring the rich African American history of Lafayette Square.

Details

• Available starting April 16
• Pick up maps during our opening hours
  • Monday-Saturday, 10:00AM-5:00PM
    Sunday, noon - 4:00PM

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For more information on our programs, or to make a reservation, please call 202.842.0920 ext. 239 or send us an email at decatur_house@nthp.org.