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Smithsonian Folklife Festival

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WaPo’s Pivot, Parks Quest Continues, and DC Chefs Sweep Awards Jun 14, 2024

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The Washington Post is making news, we’ve got James Beard award winners in our own backyard, and we get an update on the ultimate park's quest. Ann Limpert from Washingtonian and Jacob Fenston are here to get into all of it.

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What’s the Point of Pocket Parks? Jun 13, 2024

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It’s D.C. Parks Week sponsored by Casey Trees, a week of coverage celebrating D.C.’s green spaces.

D.C. was recently named the country’s best big city park system by the Trust for Public Land for the fourth time in a row! We are a park city, and not all of our parks are big. Greater Greater Washington’s Dan Reed and Kelly Collins Choi of Casey Trees sound off on what makes DC’s pocket parks so special.

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How To Forage Your Next Meal in the DMV Jun 12, 2024

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It’s Parks Week sponsored by Casey Trees! A week of coverage celebrating DC’s green spaces.

If you’re hearing more about foraging lately but don’t know where to start, you’re not alone. April Thompson, culinary chair of the Mycological Association of Washington D.C., explains what you need to know to safely and deliciously forage in the DMV.

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Is Congress Caving on Weed? Plus, Tornadoes and Reality TV Jun 11, 2024

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It’s Parks Week sponsored by Casey Trees! A week of coverage celebrating DC’s green spaces.

In today’s roundup, we dig into a potential change in D.C.’s weed legalization, recent extreme weather in the area, and why the District is having a great reality TV season.

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