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The Old Man of Anacostia – Give Us Statehood Now! by Philip Pannell
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Darren Be Scheming – All About Energy Assistance by Darren Thompson
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Our River: The Anacostia – Six Summer Walks Along Our River by Bill Matuszeski
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Food for the People – Latest Exhibit at the Anacostia Community Museum by Phil Hutinet
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Sunday Afternoon Flying Circus Airshows
On Sundays through the end of October, Bealeton, Virginia is the place for outdoor thrills: wing walkers, stunt pilots and dare devils. The pre-show starts at 2 p.m.; the airshow promptly at 2:30 p.m.; gates at 11 a.m. Biplane rides are available for purchase before and after. Admission is $15 for adults; $7 for kids five to twelve; and under five, free. The Flying Circus Aerodrome is just off Route 17, at 5114 Ritchie Road (Route 644) in Bealeton, VA. (about 60 miles from DC). flyingcircusairshow.com.
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DC Polo Society Summer Sundays
On Sundays, June 13, July 11, Aug. 8, Sept. 12 and Oct. 10, bring friends, family and kids for a Sunday afternoon of polo at the Congressional Polo Club in Poolesville, MD. Tickets are sold by the car/group. Gates open at 1 p.m.; first polo match begins at 3 p.m.; second at 4 p.m. Admission is $125 to $200 depending on group size and comes with a bottle of wine (free for 16 and under). The Congressional Polo Club is at 14660 Hughes Rd., Poolesville, MD—about 32 miles from DC on Route 28. dcpolo.com.
Photo: Celebration by Mike Landsman
Exposed DC Photography Show
Exposed DC is partnering with Focus on the Story and Lost Origins Gallery to present the 15th annual Exposed DC Photography Show in an outdoor installation in Mount Pleasant, June 6 to 27. The exhibit will be installed on the exterior wall of Ellē restaurant at 3221 Mt Pleasant St. NW. A special celebration of the 2021 Exposed DC photography show will take place on Sunday, June 6 at 3 p.m. as part of the kickoff for the fourth annual Focus on the Story International Photo Festival. Since 2006, Exposed DC has produced their annual show to shine a spotlight on life in the area as seen through the lenses of some of the region’s most passionate amateur and professional photographers. exposeddc.com.
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Independence Fireworks at Mount Vernon
On June 25 and 26, 6 to 9:45 p.m., enjoy an evening of family fun and fireworks along with patriotic music to celebrate our nation’s founding. Picnic on the lawn, see character presentations, visit Washington tomb and watch ice cream making demonstrations. With mansion tour, $50 for adults; $38 for kids. Tickets are on sale now. Watch highlights from last year’s fireworks at mountvernon.org/planyour-visit/calendar/events/independence-fireworks/. Photo courtesy of George Washington’s Mount Vernon
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EAST OF THE RIVER, DISTINGUISHED ARTIST AWARD
East Of The River, Distinguished SATURDAY JUNE 12TH, 6:00 PM — JUNE 24TH Artist Award Honoree: Jay Coleman
Jay Coleman, a world class painter and mural artist, will receive the 2021 East Of The River Distinguished Artist Award. This award is a celebration of the contributions being made by dynamic artists East of the River.
Honoree: Jay Coleman
PRESENTATION, JUNE 13RIVER 14TH ANNUAL EAST OF THE AND AUCTION @ SHOW 6:00 PM in partnership with the BADCand mural JayCurated Coleman, a world class painter artist, will receiveJUNE the 2021 East6:00 Of The River SATURDAY 12TH, PM — JUNE 24TH Dedicated to showcasing the creativeThis brilliance East of is theaRiver, this year’s exhibit Distinguished Artist Award. award will feature thirteen unique creatives with dynamic stories to tell through visual arts. celebration of the contributions being made by Bids for artwork can be placed both online and in person. We will be adhering to social distancing by the Mayor’s office. Don’t forget to bring dynamic artistsprocedures East ofprovided the River. your mask! The exhibition will run from June 11, 2021 through July 24, 2021.
OUTTERMAN -VS- INNERMAN 14th Annual East of JUNE the12TH, River SATURDAY 7:00 PM — JUNE 24TH Show and Auction Honfleur Gallery
BK Adams is a visual artist and sculptor from Washington DC. In the early days of his career, Adams focused on monumental sculptures for alternative art spaces. Nearly all of Adams’ work implores a visual movement of avant-garde expressionist abstract. His colorful, expressive workmanship reflects a life’s journey with a specialty collection that embodies Washington DC’s rich history and culture.
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LEARN MORE: ANACOSTIAARTSCENTER.COM/EVENTS/ | @ANACOSTIAARTS Anacostia Arts Center, Honfleur Gallery & Vivid Gallery are all projects of ARCH, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the economic vitality of Historic Anacostia.
Dedicated to showcasing the creative brilliance East of the River, this year’s exhibit will feature thirteen unique creatives with dynamic stories to tell through visual arts. Bids for artwork can
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Alicia Keys at National Harbor
Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys will appear at a rescheduled-from-8/7/2020 concert on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 at 8 p.m. at the Theater at MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill. Her seventh studio album, Alicia, was released on Sept. 18, 2020.Tickets are from $158 to $2,723. mgmnationalharbor.ticketsoffice.org. Alicia Keys is a classically trained American singer-songwriter.
Tango Musical Revue at GALA
Ella es tango is a live (socially distanced), original musical revue that highlights the contribution of women composers and singers to this world-beloved, but traditionally male dominated genre. Enjoy spectacular dancing with artists from Argentina and the US. Dance tango to live music for an hour after the show on Wednesdays. Ella es tango is at GALA Hispanic Theatre, 3333 14th St, NW, June 2 to 20. Presented in Spanish with English surtitles and some songs in English. $25 to $45. galatheatre.org.
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WABA’s The Sweet Ride
On June 13, choose from a 16 ($55), 30 ($70) or 50 ($85) mile route and wind through Northern Virginia on a combination of bike lanes, quiet neighborhood streets, and trails. Enjoy water and the WABA staff cheering you on at pit stops along the way. This ride is a fundraiser. Registration fees support WABA’s work in the DC region and their mission empowering people to ride bikes, build connections and transform places. Participants will be spread out along the route and navigate using the provided physical cuesheet, or with free turn-by-turn navigation on their smartphone using the Ride with GPS app. Join WABA for a discount on the above prices. waba.org/goodness/events.
Gettysburg National 19th Century Base Ball Festival
The 11th Annual Gettysburg National 19th Century Base Ball Festival takes place on July 17 and 18 at the Schroeder Family Farm, 965 Pumping Station Rd., Gettysburg. Twenty-four clubs from across the country will play base ball by the rules of 1864, i.e.no gloves. Admission is free; donations to the Gettysburg Little League are accepted. You can bring picnic baskets, chairs, tents and blankets. Food also available for purchase. No alcohol or pets. gettysburgbaseballfestival.com. 06
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Guns N’ Roses at Nat’s Park
Heavy metal, hard rock Guns N’ Roses is at Nationals Park on July 13. Formed in 1985, with an earned nickname of “the most dangerous band in the world,” they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including 45 million in the United States, making them one of the best-selling acts in history. Tickets start at $94 and are on sale now at washington.eventticketscenter.com.
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NGA’s West Building Reopens
The National Gallery of Art has reopened the West Building to the public. Daily hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free, timed-passes are required. Passes will be released each Monday at 10 a.m. for the week. The East Building will reopen in June; date TBA. The West Building Rotunda now features a welcome kiosk. Visitors are able to customize their experience by browsing thematic tours of the main floor that feature popular topics and artists. As a COVID-19 precaution, the kiosk’s interactive screen pioneers new gesture-based technology to offer guests a safe, touchless option for exploring the collections. nga.gov.
Chesapeake Crab, Wine & Beer Festival
Visitors enjoy Joseph Mallord William Turner’s Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, oil on canvas, Widener Collection.
The 11th annual Chesapeake Crab, Wine & Beer Festival at National Harbor on the waterfront, on Aug. 14 (rain or shine), noon to 5 p.m., is an all-you-can-taste extravaganza complete with over 30,000 seasoned crabs, lots of beer, wine, arts and crafts, live music and family fun. Other food for purchase. The event features thousands of tables, chairs, umbrellas and tents. Tickets are $30 to $149. mdcrabfest.com. Courtesy of the Chesapeake Crab, Wine & Beer Festival
Montgomery County Agricultural Fair
The 72th annual Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, known for its traditional agricultural entries, kids’ zone, free live entertainment, carnival rides and fair food, is at the Montgomery County Fair Grounds, 501 Perry Pkwy in Gaithersburg, from Aug. 13 to 21. Open daily from 10 a.m. to midnight, except on Friday, Aug. 13, from 3 p.m. to midnight. General admission is $15 ($12 online); children 11 and under, free. Parking at the fairgrounds is $10. mcagfair.com.
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Wilco & Sleater-Kinney Join Forces at Merriweather
Nightly Spirits Ghost Tour & Pub Crawls Nightly Spirits offers a two-and-a-half-hour haunted Old Town pub tour. Guests will be led by a costumed tour guide along a walking route that explores the history and haunted past of some of the most historic and haunted places in Old Town Alexandria. The tour will visit three or four different bars/pubs along the way. Guests can enjoy a drink (not included) at each stop while they soak in the stories. Tours run Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights starting at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person. Attendees must be 21+. Nightly Spirits also offer White House Ghost Tours. Again, drinks not included. nightlyspirits.com/washington.
Two indie rock giants join forces for the hotly anticipated coast to coast It’s Time Tour. Following the release of their 11th studio album Ode To Joy, Wilco co-headline the jaunt with Riot Grrrl pioneers Sleater-Kinney. Since forming in 1994, Wilco have amassed one of the most respected catalogs in modern American rock. With songwriter Jeff Tweedy at the forefront, the band has successfully dabbled in Americana, folk and even electronica over the course of its storied career. There are few more impressive sounds in rock than Sleater-Kinney at full throttle. Comprised of Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker, the band honed their assault of dueling vocals and guitar ferocity over the course of a decade, beginning with their self-titled debut and ending with 2005’s The Woods. The album Ode to Joy presents a unique rhythm track and a minimalist instrumentation, with lyrics at once observant, hopeful, morbid, tolerant, and abstract.
Ulysses S. Grant’s ceremonial carriage
The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden Alexandria’s Cameron Run Waterpark
Cameron Run Regional Park, 4001 Eisenhower Ave. in Alexandria is open for the season. Spend a summer afternoon splashing and sliding at Great Waves Waterpark. Test your swing in the slowpitch and fastpitch batting cages. Book one of their picnic shelters for a family or community picnic or bring your friends for 18 holes of miniature golf. Through June 23, hours are M-Th, 4 to 8 p.m.; F, 4 to 9 p.m.; weekends and holidays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Then through Aug. 22, hours are M-Th, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; F, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; weekends and holidays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Weekday prices: under two, free; 48” or more, $16.50; less than 48”, $13; 55 and older, $10.25. Weekend prices: under two, free; 48” or more, $17; less than 48”, $13.50; 55 and older $10.75. novaparks.com/parks/cameron-run-regional-park. 10
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The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden exhibition at the American History Museum explores the personal, public, ceremonial, and executive actions of the 44 men who have had a huge impact on the course of history in the past 200 years. More than 900 objects, including national treasures from the Smithsonian’s vast presidential collections, bring to life the role of the presidency in American culture. The American History Museum reopened on May 21. Free, timed-entry passes are required at si.edu/visit. americanhistory.si.edu.
VOICE LIFELINE AND BROADBAND LIFELINE Did you know? You may qualify for assistance in paying your home phone or Fios Internet bill. Discounts for basic telephone or Broadband Lifeline service are available to eligible District of Columbia low-income residents. Verizon Washington, DC Inc. offers the following Lifeline Plans as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier: Economy II Service*: $3.00 per month for unlimited local calling. Value-added services are not included (e.g., Call Waiting, Caller ID). No connection charges apply. Also, customers will not be charged for the federal subscriber line charge. Economy II customers who are 65 years of age or older can have this service at a further reduced rate of $1.00 per month. Customers will receive a one-time discount on the cost of installing phone service and toll blocking is available at no charge. Broadband Lifeline: Verizon Washington, DC Inc. also offers a monthly Lifeline discount to qualified customers who subscribe to Fios Internet service. Eligible customers will receive a $9.25 monthly discount. * Full terms and rates for these services, including terms of eligibility, are as set forth in federal regulations and in Verizon’s tariffs on file with the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia. All rates, terms and conditions included in this notice are subject to change and are current at the time of printing.
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District residents who have been certified as eligible may apply for the Economy II program or Broadband Lifeline service for customers who subscribe to Fios Internet. Households in which one or more individuals are receiving benefits from one of the following public assistance programs or have an annual income that is 135% or below the Federal Poverty Guideline may be eligible. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) Medicaid Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Veteran’s Pension Benefit Veteran’s Survivors Pension Benefit Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8)
Restrictions: ✓ No other working telephone service at the same location ✓ No additional phone lines ✓ No Foreign Exchange or Foreign Zone service ✓ No bundles or packages ✓ No outstanding unpaid final bills ✓ Bill name must match eligible participant ✓ No separate Lifeline discount on cellular or wireless phone service ✓ Business lines are not eligible ✓ Phone number must match eligible participant ✓ Must be a current Verizon customer or establish new service with Verizon
An Application for Verizon Voice Lifeline or Broadband Lifeline service can be obtained by contacting Verizon at www.verizon.com/lifeline or by phone at 1 800 VERIZON. To find out more information, you may also call the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), which administers Voice Lifeline and Broadband Lifeline for the FCC, by calling (800) 234-9473 or by accessing its website at www.LifelineSupport.org. Economy II and Broadband Lifeline are Lifeline supported services. Voice Lifeline and Broadband Lifeline are government assistance programs. Only eligible consumers may enroll. You may qualify for Voice Lifeline or Broadband Lifeline service if you can show proof that you participate in certain government assistance programs or your annual income (gross and from all sources) is at or below 135% of the Federal Poverty Guideline. If you qualify based on income, you will be required to provide income verification. Proof of participation in a government assistance program requires your current or prior year’s statement of benefits from a qualifying state or federal program; a notice letter or other official document indicating your participation in such a program; and/or another program participation document (for example, benefit card). Proof of income requires your prior year’s state or federal tax return; current income statement from an employer or paycheck stub; a statement of Social Security, Veterans Administration, retirement, pension, or Unemployment or Workmen’s Compensation benefits; a federal notice letter of participation in General Assistance; a divorce decree; a child support award; and/or another official document containing income information. At least three months of data is necessary when showing proof of income. In addition, the Lifeline program is limited to one discount per household, consisting of either wireline, wireless or broadband (internet) service. You are required to certify and agree that no other member of the household is receiving Voice Lifeline or Broadband Lifeline service from Verizon or another communications provider. Voice Lifeline and Broadband Lifeline services are non-transferable benefits. Voice Lifeline customers may not subscribe to certain other services, including other local telephone service. Consumers who willfully make false statements in order to obtain the Lifeline benefit can be punished by fine or imprisonment, or can be barred from the program.
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Georgetown Spring GLOW
Through June 27, local and national artists are showing five commissioned artworks during Spring GLOW in Georgetown. Presented by the Georgetown BID, the free public art experience is viewable by day, and brighter by night. DC artists represented include are Stephanie Mercedes; Chris Combs and David Greenfieldboyce; and Nara Park. Edwin Baruch (New York City) and Curated Creative (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). In addition to the installations, Spring GLOW programming includes in-person and virtual options--from walking tours to artist talks. Following Spring GLOW, Summer GLOW will feature three artworks that will transform Georgetown’s public alleys, July 2 to Sept. 26. georgetownglowdc.com. Enjoy Georgetown GLOW art installations through June 27. Photo: Virginia Cheng, Georgetown BID
Katrina Colby and Crystal Edge at Wunder Garten. Photo: Diego Bonilla
KiKi Drag Bingo & Pop Culture Trivia and Games
Table Reservations are required on Sundays, 4 to 7 p.m., at Wunder Garten, 1101 First St. NE, for KiKi Drag Bingo & Pop Culture Trivia and Games. Wunder Garten, inspired by the beer gardens of Germany, opened in 2015 as a pop-up beer garden that quickly became a cornerstone of the NoMa neighborhood. A year-round community gathering place for friends and family, Wunder Garten has a carefully curated selection of German and craft beers and a well-regarded wine and liquor selection. Food served. wundergartendc.com.
Mary Chapin Carpenter at Wolf Trap
Renowned and beloved singer, songwriter, and performer Mary Chapin Carpenter will be at Wolf Trap for a one-night-only performance on Saturday, Aug. 28, 7:30 p.m. Her performance was originally scheduled at Wolf Trap on Saturday, August 22, 2020. All current tickets will be honored for the rescheduled performance. Carpenter has won five Grammy Awards and is a 2012 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee. Tickets are $30, up. Wolf Trap’s Filene Center, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna, VA. wolftrap.org. 12
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Parker Quartet at Strathmore’s Patio Stage
Inspiring performances, luminous sound, and exceptional musicianship are the hallmarks of the Grammy-winning Parker Quartet. The Quartet dazzles with a program of Beethoven, Brahms, and contemporary Israeli female composers Chaya Czernowin and Sivan Cohen Elias. They’re performing on Thursday, June 24 at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. at Strathmore’s new 120-seat Patio Stage. The Patio Stage’s lineup is varied and inclusive of the myriad of genres Strathmore typically presents. The space has a roof to provide protection from the elements and open sides allow fresh air to circulate. Tickets are sold as pods—with tables that sit one to four people; $112 to $152 per table. The Patio Stage will be in full swing through September. For tickets and the lineup, visit strathmore.org/patiostage. Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Hot August Music Festival
The Hot August Music Festival is on Saturday, Aug. 28, at Oregon Ridge Park, 13403 Beaver Dam Rd., Cockeysville, MD. Scheduled performers this year, on the Main Stage, are Never Never, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Lettuce, Shakey Graves and Green-sky Bluegrass. Petty Coat Junction, Dancing Bears and Andy Franco and the UN appear on the Professional Vision Zeiss Stage. Music on the Main Stage starts at 11:30 a.m. and ends at 10 p.m. General admission is $64 to $89 depending on the timing of your ticket purchase. Cockeysville is north of Baltimore and about 60 miles from DC. hotaugustmusicfestival.com.
Greensky Bluegrass appears on the main stage from 8 to 10 p.m.
The REACH, the Kenned Center’s family-friendly outdoor food and wine garden. Photo: Andrew Lightman
Millennium Stage Summer at the REACH
Through Oct. 2, the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage presents free weekly, day-long mini outdoor festivals (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) curated in partnership with organizations and artists across the city. Events will offer an array of musical and cultural styles of performance, film screenings, yoga, and interactive dance and movement classes in a wide variety of styles. All activities will take place outside at the REACH, where the Center’s family-friendly outdoor food and wine garden, Victura Park, has reopened to guests at the River Pavilion. Advance registration is required and will be available the Friday prior beginning at 10 a.m. kennedy-center. org/whats-on/millennium-stage/2021/ reach-summer.
NSO’s SWEENEY TODD in Concert
In this infamous 19th-century tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to London seeking vengeance against the lecherous Judge Turpin, who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck changes when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires the addition of an ingredient to her meat pies that has the people of London begging for more. Sweeney Todd in Concert is at Wolf Trap on July 2 and 3, 8 p.m. (gates at 7 p.m.). Tickets start at $42. wolftrap.org. 14
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Pandemic May Change DC Criminal Justice
A Few Important Lessons Gleaned from the Past Year by Gavrielle Jacobovitz
ing forward. The system adapted throughout the pandemic to the public health emergency. Will any of these changes stretch beyond the pandemic? In the last installment of its series on DC criminal justice during the Covid-19 pandemic, Capital Community News explores three examples of the justice system adapting to Covid-19—virtual court, pretrial supervision, and misdemeanor prosecution—and conversations about whether and if changes should last into the future.
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hen the DC Superior Court resumed jury trials in April, such proceedings had not taken place for around a year. In that time, the city’s criminal justice system continued operating: the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrested or cited people; if prosecutors brought charges, defendants were either detained or, more often, released under varying levels of supervision awaiting case resolution. Some defendants accepted pleas while others awaited trials, either before a judge or jury. As the criminal court slowly begins opening up, stakeholders reflect on what the justice system could look like go16
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DC Courts went virtual last spring. As in courtrooms across the country, for the majority of matters, DC court proceedings have been remote, facilitated through the video-conference application WebEx beginning in March. The courtroom hearing arraignments, presentments, bench warrant return and extradition hearings began as partially remote and has remained that way since, though by the end of March all other matters were entirely remote until June, according to a Court spokesperson. Since, the Court has gradually begun introducing more remote, partially remote, and in person opportunities. Now, for instance, the Court is holding both partially remote non-jury and jury trials and has begun remote nondetained misdemeanor arraignments. Preliminary hearings became partially remote during the summer, with defendants being brought in from DC Jail, according to the Superior Court’s Criminal Division Presiding Judge Juliet McKenna. This decision was, in part, because “it is important, I think, from the defendant’s perspective to actually be able to have their day in court and at least physically appear before a judge,” especially with detention decisions, said McKenna in an interview last December. The Court opened remote hearing sites to increase access for people who do not have computers or internet access. For WebEx proceedings, the Court suggests that attendees dress like they would for Court, sit in a well-lit room, and choose a non-distracting location. McKenna felt that WebEx for hearings, overall, has “been working incredibly well.” “We have not had issues with connectivity or the ability for individuals to see and hear,” said McKenna. There was a
“learning curve in the beginning,” she explained. Looking forward, she suggested virtual proceedings might not be left entirely behind. The Court has tried to “hold onto some of the things that maybe lead us to say we should have always done things this way,” McKenna said. “I think we can all recognize that sometimes coming to court for a status hearing or to have your case be dismissed because you completed your community service obligation, that involves the cost of public transportation, it may require somebody to take an entire day off from work, get childcare to wait around for their case to be called,” said McKenna. If parties requested certain proceedings to be remote, “we would certainly be open to that even once the pandemic is over.” However, McKenna noted that there are “fundamental constitutional values,” and that given “the weight of some decisions”—detention or determination of guilt, for instance—it is insufficient to offer certain proceedings “strictly via video or remotely.” Some attorneys noted to CCN that given the circumstances, the virtual WebEx hearings were working well, even expressing support for continuing virtual proceedings for certain hearings, though not for others. In a statement, Laura Hankins, the general counsel for the Public Defenders’ Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) said the organization hopes that The Department of Corrections (DOC) and St. Elizabeths Hospital “will continue to make legal visits by video available, to augment, but not replace, in-person legal visits.” “PDS is in favor of some court hearings by video but, particularly for clients who are detained, hospitalized, or incarcerated, PDS strongly believes that video court hearings should be held only at the request of the client,” Hankins wrote. For scheduling matters and hearings where no issue is contested, said Attorney Jon Jeffress in October, virtual hearings should be fine. For matters where credibility decisions need to be made, “there’s no way that that process can take place as effectively as in person,” Jeffress added. Holding a criminal trial virtually is a “nonstarter” for him, and for “a lot of people” as well. “It just doesn’t afford the process the gravity it should have.” As to whether there may or there should be conversations about virtual hearings going forward when feasible,
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Jeffress said: “Yes, definitely. … A lot of time was wasted under the old system”—travel to the courtroom, waiting for a case to be called. Using video conferencing for procedural matters like scheduling “really streamlines the process” and will “hopefully be here to stay.” Attorney Julie Swaney wrote to CCN that she believes “that virtual hearings are not sufficient substitutes for in person substantive hearings such as preliminary hearings or motion hearings with witness testimony.” Off-site witness testimony creates “too many issues,” Swaney added, like concerns surrounding the use of prohibited materials, connectivity problems interrupting attorney questioning, and the ability of judges to evaluate witnesses. Furthermore, added Swaney, virtual hearings complicate communication between attorneys and clients or cocounsel. Requesting breaks can “interrupt the flow and impact of testimony.” Additionally, judges may not hear objections immediately. Attorney AJ Amissah agreed in November that while virtual hearings can be convenient and efficient, communication with clients remains a challenge, one that slows down the process. The types of hearings Swaney believes should remain virtual or be an option for the defendant are scheduling status hearings and hearings for diversion. “These hearings shouldn’t require someone to take a full day off work to come to the courthouse when the hearing itself is usually only a few minutes long,” said Swaney. Attorney Lee Smith said in October his experiences with WebEx had been “great,” though he faced a small technical difficulty. While it isn’t preferable to being in person, it works fine given the circumstances, Smith further added. “I think in certain contexts it absolutely makes sense to continue using technology where it makes sense,” Smith said, noting that certain hearings, like trials, will need to be in person. Others like probation review check-ins or scheduling “I think would make sense to be virtual.” Smith noted that there will still be considerations to work out, including having people sign a notice virtually. Similarly, Attorney Henry Escoto believes WebEx hearings are going “quite well.” He noted that hearings seem to take a bit longer. “I think virtual hearings are probably going to be a staple in the long term,” Escoto predicted in January. The Court has worked to “ensure that attorneys are able to have confidential communication with their clients during the course of the hearing,” said McKenna in December.
Pretrial Supervision
The large majority of defendants in DC are not detained pretrial in DC Jail, but released under supervision of the Pretrial Supervision Agency of DC (PSA), an independent federal agency. In PSA’s fiscal year 2020, around 15,000 defendants were released under its supervision. A defendant can be released either on their own personal recognizance or under PSA supervision. Founded in 1967, the agency uses a risk 18
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assessment process, determining how likely a defendant is to make court appearances, taking into account information like charges and criminal history to decide upon defendant release conditions, which it recommends to the Court. Release pretrial comes in different levels of intensity, from no supervision at all, to General Supervision, to High Intensity Supervision (HISP) for defendants deemed “high safety or appearance risks.” HISP can include drug testing, weekly contact, and monitoring. The agency also offers special supervision addressing substance use and mental health disorders. The pandemic created challenges by limiting in person interaction. Due to court delays during the public health emergency, people are staying under pretrial supervision for longer and defendants are not exiting at the rate others are entering, or at the previous average that determined the agency’s current resources, explained PSA Director Leslie Cooper. “There are direct resource implications for us. We are working very hard to figure out how to best respond to those challenges,” said Cooper. “A key piece for us is really figuring out how to best allocate our somewhat limited resources.” For people at a higher risk for rearrest or not appearing at court PSA would do more frequent check-ins—even if just by telephone. For defendants at lower risk for such violations, it would maintain contact but maybe not at the same frequency as for others, Cooper said. PSA used both in person and virtual phone contact to supervise defendants. Even with these changes, the agency had nearly identical markers in their released reports in 2019 and 2020. Its arrest-free rate rose from 87% to 88%. Its percentage of defendants who made all scheduled court appearances rose from 88% to 91%. Its percentage of defendants who for their entire pretrial period remained under its supervision decreased just two percent from 87% to 85%. Regarding the re-arrest rate, “we really didn’t expect it to be that way,” said Cooper. Throughout the adaptations, PSA has been looking forward. According to Cooper, the agency produces a weekly internal report that looks at trends PSA is experiencing during the pandemic period, which it uses “as a guidepost for figuring out whether we need to make procedural changes—do we need to bring different groups of people in, do we need to change supervision for specific groups of people based on what we’re seeing in our trends.” “We are in this new virtual world so we’re really taking this opportunity to be very thoughtful in terms of looking at the data we have available to us and using it to really guide our way forward both as we come out of the pandemic period and beyond,” said Cooper. During the pandemic, defendants have had the opportunity to file emergency motions for release due to Covid-19 public health concerns. As CCN previously reported, between March 15 and Dec. 5, 2020, DC Superior Court received 1,365 bond review motions for 1,033 individual defendants held for felonies and misdemeanors, almost all of
which included some pandemic-related basis for relief, according to Judge McKenna. Judges granted 33 percent of the motions during that time. “PDS believes that the major lesson for the District’s criminal justice system during the Covid-19 pandemic is that law enforcement’s extensive use of custodial arrests and pretrial detention is not necessary for public safety and is in fact harmful to individuals and communities,” said Hankins, adding the organization would like to see the continued expanded use of field arrests, citation release, and pretrial release. “I hope one thing that comes out of this is that we realize ... we really didn’t need to be incarcerating all the people we were incarcerating anyway, that it really wasn’t necessary to be locking as many people up as we were,” said Jeffress.
Misdemeanor Prosecution
The pandemic has delayed proceedings across the Superior Court’s docket. For people who were not detained pretrial facing misdemeanor charges and low level offenses, proceedings were on pause for over a year. On May 10, 2021, citation arraignment and initial status hearings began remotely for non-detained misdemeanor cases. Beginning in mid-July, courtrooms for such proceedings will be partially remote. Per the order announcing the move, “thousands of misdemeanor cases are currently pending.” What should the transformation of misdemeanor court during the pandemic teach us about the future of misdemeanor prosecution? This was debated in two Washington Post op-eds this spring. In March, a year after DC misdemeanor court “closed,” Georgetown University Law Professors Vida Johnson, Abbe Smith, and John Copacino implored the city to “keep it that way.” Misdemeanor prosecutions, the attorneys wrote in a March 4 Opinion piece in the Washington Post, “are unnecessary and do more harm than good.” During the pandemic, almost nobody was detained in DC Jail for misdemeanor charges and prosecutors and judges were “seeking to not prosecute or cage petty offenders.” “When the pandemic threat ends, this policy should not,” wrote the authors, who direct the Criminal Defense & Prisoner Advocacy Clinic and Criminal Justice Clinic at Georgetown. “The U.S. attorney’s office should stop criminally prosecuting nonviolent misdemeanors.” In DC, most people charged with misdemeanors are not held in jail pretrial. “Just the fact that the wheels are still in motion, everyone’s living their lives, and we’re not prosecuting people for misdemeanors, and the sky hasn’t fallen, shows how unimportant prosecuting poor people for misdemeanors is,” said Johnson in an interview last winter. Nonviolent misdemeanors—drug possession, shoplifting, destruction of property, unlawful entry—are “[b]y and large…crimes of poverty,” from indicating drug use and dependency, to being “crimes of subsistence,” the at-
torneys argued. Furthermore, they cited data indicating an “overwhelming number” of DC misdemeanor prosecutions are of poor people and, disproportionately, Black and Brown people. There are severe consequences for facing misdemeanor charges, including loss of housing and other economic effects. While having little impact on public safety, they argue, “petty-crime prosecutions” engender resentment and fear and are costly for taxpayers. In April, Acting US Attorney for DC in the United States Attorney’s Office for DC (USAO-DC) Channing Phillips argued in an op-ed that this recommendation was “misguided.” It neglects the impact of crime and that prosecution and accountability is favored by many victims of crime, wrote Phillips. These offenses can make residents and visitors feel less safe, he added. While he conceded that many of the aforementioned crimes were crimes of poverty and “symptoms of larger systemic issues,” he argued that the “solution” was not “to ignore or give a pass on the behavior.” “Instead, we should try to address the conduct that led the person to offend in the first instance,” wrote Phillips, pointing to his office’s “rehabilitative-focused alternatives to traditional prosecution.” Phillips cited diversion as an alternative to criminal convictions, for instance offering defendants drug and mental health treatment through the DC Superior Court Mental Health Community Court and the Superior Court Drug Intervention Program. Furthermore, some defendants can complete certain requirements for dismissal of their case. According to Phillips, the USAO-DC expanded diversion to firsttime defendants charged with some felonies. He also revealed that this year the office is “working to start restorative justice programs that allow victims and defendants to speak openly about crime and its effects.” In a tweet in response to Phillips’ article, Johnson wrote: “In responding to our op-ed the DC USAO didn’t mention race. He talks about discretion & victim input, phenomena that reinforce racism. He acknowledges that misdos are crimes of poverty, but offers nothing to address that.” Misdemeanor court “pulls people into the system in ways that it’s really hard to get (Continued on pg .21)
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une 24 is the last day of the DC public school year and it cannot come soon enough for many students, parents, guardians and educators. Remote education during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster for many students east of the river, and the learning loss will be felt in our community for years to come. The pandemic placed parents and students into an unexpected hybrid of virtual learning and home schooling. Most east-of-the-river residents live in apartments, and many students were not in environments conducive for learning. They had nowhere to put their laptops so that their virtual classes would be free of interruptions by siblings. For some students, schools are a refuge from dysfunctional households. COVID-19 shut the doors on that. Truancy has been a problem for years, and the pandemic moved that problem into a virtual atmosphere. Some students simply did not sign on for their virtual classes or turned off the microphones and videos. Parents found themselves thrust into the role of home-school instructors. Far too many young parents are victims of miseducation and are unequipped to help their children with school work. A parent with reading problems cannot effectively help a child to read. It is heartbreaking to say, but the learning loss will probably show up in the reading scores next year. Because of this learning loss, one would expect an outcry and a call to expand the school day, week and year. Unfortunately, that is not in the cards. So, as students approach their summer vacations,
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what can we do to minimize the continuing learning loss during July and August? I propose that all summer jobs for youth have an educational component. The city is opening up, and all students should be required to go to the library and choose at least one book to read during the summer and write a report on it. During the summer, students should not be in a situation where their only reading materials are the text messages on their cellphones. Students should not have the clock run out on their educational advancement as they spend the summer watching TikTok videos. If it takes a village to raise a child, the adult villagers need to emphasize and promote educational experiences for our youth this summer. Our nonprofits, houses of worship, community organizations, activists and leaders should all be on board with educationally uplifting our children. The Anacostia Coordinating Council (ACC) is sponsoring a written and spoken-word competition to involve Ward 8 high school students in the movement to achieve DC statehood. Ward 7 schools are not included because ACC does not have the funding to expand the competition. Are there Ward 7 villagers willing to come forth to be involved in the effort to end our status as second-class citizens? Martin Luther King Jr. involved school children in marches and demonstrations. DC statehood is a civil rights issue. Let us involve our young people. Long-time Ward 8 community activist Philip Pannell can be contacted at philippannell@comcast.net. u
(Continued from pg. 19) out,” said Director of DC Justice Lab Patrice Sulton. She disagreed with the USAO-DC op-ed that rehabilitation had to be through the criminal legal system. “To make people do quote on quote rehabilitation under the threat of being put in a cage is not nearly as effective as just investing in communities in the first place so that they don’t find themselves violating the statutes,” contended Sulton. Last year, in an interview in November, the USAO-DC’s Chief of the Superior Court Division John Hill said that his office has “long been very open to alternative ways of handling [misdemeanors] consistent with the needs of the case, history of the defendant, the wishes of the victim, etc.” and that they are looking to expand that. This year, Hill said, USAO-DC will be working to “enable more misdemeanor cases in particular and some lower-level non-violent felony cases” to be potentially “eligible for diversion or for more types of diversion, but [with] the real goal of trying to wherever possible and whenever it might be beneficial to divert someone from the criminal justice system with the hopes that the opportunity will set them on the right path going forward.” “Covid redoubled our determination in this regard and that’s something that we’re going to have to continue to do and something we want to continue doing going forward,” Hill added.
Facing the Future
The partners of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee, which PSA is a part of, are focused on “what can we learn from what’s happening and what can we do better and improve to help everybody out,” said PSA Chief of Staff Victor Valentine Davis in November. It’s looking to see “if we can codify some of those [improvements made] and then make everything better going forward even post Covid.” These areas explored were just three examples of changes made during the pandemic and what they might mean for the future of justice in the city. While stakeholders might disagree on what DC criminal justice should look like going forward, it seems the system might not look exactly as it did in the past, pre-pandemic. ◆
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All About Energy Assistance by Darren Thompson
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id you know that I love music? Rap, R&B, rock, that one country song (you know the one, I forget the name) and of course GoGo (I miss the fried chicken at The Classics). But lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about that Cardi B song, “W.A.P.,” because it is full of schemes and I just cannot get enough of the WAP.
Darren, ummmm... this is a family-friendly magazine.
I don’t understand what you’re insinuating, but the District’s Weatherization Assistance Program is a great box of WAP. It includes insulation for your hot-water pipes, air-sealing gaskets for outlets/doors/windows and a window shrink-wrap kit. You’re probably wondering why I’m advocating for a winterization program in the summer. Because I applied for my WAP Box in the winter, it didn’t arrive until March. It’s currently closed for the year anyway, but opens on October 1. This is for lowincome, but about a month after they announce the program, they sometimes open leftover boxes to all DC residents. I know, that feels like a long time away, but good schemes take time and patience (Rule #7, International Handbook of Scheming).
But Darren, it’s summertime, and I need help ta-day.
Word, you just gonna ignore the WAP like that, ok cool, whatever. I mean, Cardi B did say, “Broke boys deserve assistance from the government (I know that’s right),” and Megan Thee Stallion does have a degree in health administration, so what better time to talk about EMS! Yes, when the Department of Energy & Environment is not winterizing your home, it can help you summerize your home as well! (Merriam-Webster, this is now the first known use of summerize.) The Emergency Mechanical Systems Program (EMS) can help fix 22
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your central AC/heat and hot-water tanks. This is a newer program. Both from the DC Dept. of Energy & The Environment (DOEE) here: https://doee. dc.gov/service/weatherization-assistance-programwap#:~:text=The%20Weatherization%20Assistance%20Program%20%28WAP%29%2C%20 funded%20by%20the,energy%20bills%20by%20making%20their%20homes%20more%20energy-efficient.
Darren, my home is already energy efficient, but I have other repairs, and I don’t qualify for LIHEAP. Help Me, Darren!
Aight cuz, chill, I know I write this column, but my tone to myself was very aggressive, I got you. Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar said you need to get a bucket and a mop, probably because she had a leak in her roof, but luckily, the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has a grant program for that. (Sorry Cardi, you in NY, so we can’t help your specific situation.) The Single-Family Residential Rehab Program could get you up to $20k for roof repairs and up to $30k for accessibility repairs. The limits for this are higher than most of the strictly low-income programs, so don’t be surprised if you qualify (I think a single-adult household is around $70K/year vs $37K for most low-income programs). Check it out at the DCHD website: https://dhcd. dc.gov/node/987732.
Darren, I’m not gonna lie, I’m just being greedy and want one more program.
See, y’all out here doing the most, but you know what, cool. I got something strictly for the OGs (Older Generation). The Department of Aging and Community Living’s Safe at Home program is similar to the DCHD program, but only for adults over 60 or those over 18 with a qualifying disability. And
I have seen nothing about double-dipping into both programs. Why not? Safe at Home is focused on things like grab bars, handrails, chair lifts, etc. – anything that would help stop someone from falling and not being able to get up (shout out to those commercials with that old white lady who was always just on the ground). There are income limits, but again, the limits are a bit higher. I’m not old enough to take advantage of this program, so I haven’t done my usual in-depth research. Check out the website, https://dacl.dc.gov/service/safe-home, or get one of the young bucks in the family to Google it for you. Stay scheming, my friends. Note 1: Some of these schemes might feel illegal, but if followed according to the steps listed, they are not. Always consult with appropriate legal counsel if there is any concern. Note 2: Schemes are not scams. I am not trying to make money off you. In fact, I’m trying to save you money, maybe, if you ain’t scared. If you see me out in these streets, I will always accept an order of crispy chicken basil from Thai Orchid. Note 3: Darren Thompson is a lifelong border hopper of Ward 7 and Prince Georges County. His highest academic achievement to date is winning the 1993 Kimball Elementary School Spelling Bee, and he’s been chasing that high ever since. You can watch his comedic pursuits with The Cookout Collective Presents, “Enigma,” and Washington Improv Theater’s “Hold Up, Book Club” on YouTube and FBLive. Darren Thompson is a lifelong border hopper of Ward 7 and PG County, MD. His highest academic achievement to date is winning the Kimball Elementary School 1993 Spelling Bee and he’s been chasing that high ever since. You can watch his comedic pursuits with The Cookout Collective Presents: “Enigma” and Washington Improv Theater’s “Hold Up, Book Club” on YouTube and FBLive. u
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14th Annual East of the River Show
ARCH Development and the Black Artists of DC have partnered for the 14th Annual East of the River show at the Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE., from June 11 to July 24. Co-curated by Terence Nicholson, Jess Randolph, Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell and Zoma Wallace, it is dedicated to showcasing creative talent east of the river. This year’s exhibit features 14 artists with dynamic stories to tell through visual arts. Bids for artwork can be placed both online and in person. Artists include Deidre Bell, Jay Coleman, Diane English, Chinedu Felix, Victoria Ford, Nicolette Gordon, Dwayne Martin, Edmond Nassau, Luis Peralta, Zalika Perkins, Elizabeth Stewart, Terence Sloan and James Terrell. The opening reception is June 12, 6 to 8 p.m. All are welcome. www.anacostiaartscenter.com
Anacostia Watershed Society Free Boat Tours
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and some Saturdays of each month through October. Learn about the natural and cultural history of the Anacostia River on a guided canoe tour as part of the Anacostia River Explorers program. Guides will lead these one- or two-hour trips, and participants will paddle with the group in canoes supplied by the AWS. You will see wildlife and stunning views of Washington. You can also explore the river while riding in an open-air motorized boat. AWS staff take participants on one- or two-hour tours of the river while discussing natural and cultural history along with restoration efforts. Experience the joy of being out on the water while observing this beautiful local area. Registration is required and limited for the events. Participants under the age of 18 must be in a boat with an adult. Canoe tours are limited to 14 people, 10 for motorized boat tours, with a limit of four people per registration. Participants must arrive wearing a face mask. AWS has personal flotation devices for children of all ages (including infants). www.anacostiaws.org
Be a Summer Volunteer at THEARC Farm
Join THEARC Farm’s volunteer group every Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Help plant tomatoes and zinnia, harvest fresh veggies and keep the farm in tiptop shape. No sign up necessary and COVID-19 safety measures are in place. THEARC Farm is at 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. www. bbardc.org
Volunteer at Kenilworth Park
On Saturday, June 22, 9 a.m. to noon, volunteer at Kenilworth Park for a morning of stewardship. Participate in a variety of activities including invasive plant removal, litter collection, flower bed weeding and trail maintenance. Some activities involve working in shallow ponds. Registration is open to groups and individuals. Space is limited due to COVID-19. For this reason, there will be no walkup registration. Please only register if you are 100% certain you will attend. The park will provide all necessary tools and supplies including gloves, boots, waders, shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, trash bags, trash pickers and more. Bring a water bottle, snack, hat, string bag, a change of clothes and sunscreen. Wear clothes and shoes you aren’t afraid of getting dirty and dress according to the weather. Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens is at 1550 Anacostia Ave. NE. Register at www.kenaqgardens.org/calendar.
Get Fresh Veggies at THEARC’s C.R.I.S.P. CSA
Still time to sign up for locally grown fruits and veggies through THEARC’s C.R.I.S.P. CSA. Pick up weekly prepackaged bags every Saturday, starting June 5. A family share is $20 per week; single share, $15 per week. To sign up, visit www.bbardc.org/csa. Questions? Reach out to Farm Market Manager Jahni Threatt at JThreatt@ thearcdc.org.
Help Clean Up Shepherd Parkway
Ward 8 Woods volunteers hold their signature community cleanups every second Saturday of the month, 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Volunteers meet at 555 Newcomb St. SE. Gloves, bags and light refreshments are provided. Wear things you can get dirty. There is an open invitation to colleges, schools, churches, offices and other groups that wish to leave their mark on Shepherd Parkway. You pick the date and time. Contact Nathan at nathanbharrington@gmail.com to arrange your group’s volunteer
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experience. Documentation of community service hours is available upon request. Shepherd Parkway’s rugged topography and hardwood forests hide numerous stream beds, a small wetland and a bald eagle’s nest. Biologists have identified rare plant and aquatic microorganisms within the park, parts of which have been largely undisturbed since the Civil War. www.ward8woods.org/shepherdparkway/
Outdoor Exhibition on DC Region’s Food Justice Issues
The Anacostia Community Museum’s powerful outdoors exhibition “Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington” is on view through Sept. 17, 2022. The exhibition asks people to confront the reality of where their food comes from, who produces, processes and prepares it, who has access to it and what impact it has on the public’s collective health. Presented on the museum plaza at 1901 Fort Place SE, the exhibition will be joined by an indoor exhibition when the museum reopens its building. www.anacostia.si.edu
Free eWaste Recycling
DC residents, small businesses and nonprofits can recycle electronics without cost at e-waste recycling events throughout 2021. Upcoming rain or shine events are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 5, 41st St. SE between Alabama Avenue and Fort Dupont Street SE; June 19, Sumner and Wade roads SE. Covered electronic equipment includes desktop and laptop computers, tablets, e-readers, small-scale servers, portable digital music players that are battery powered, computer monitors, mice, keyboards, computer speakers, desktop printers, televisions, VCRs, DVD players, DVRs, signal converter boxes, cable and satellite receivers and gaming consoles used with TVs. A complete list of events and acceptable items is at rlgamericas.com/DCecycling.
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Summer Sunday Organ Concerts at the National Shrine
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave. NE, presents concerts by some of the best organists in the country on Sundays in July and August at 6:00 p.m. Carillon recitals precede at 5:30 p.m. The concerts are free; donations accepted. Plenty of parking. www.nationalshrine.org
Signature Theatre Accepting New Play Submissions
Signature Theatre is accepting submissions for original and unpublished full-length plays (no musicals) through June 14. Playwrights must currently reside in Virginia, Maryland or DC. Only one submission per playwright. Plays that have been professionally produced or published are not eligible. Plays may not be under option, commissioned or scheduled for professional production at the time of submission. www.SigTheatre.org
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DC Fray Summer Sports Leagues
It’s time to register for DC Fray summer leagues. Bocce on the National Mall begins June 24; cornhole at Garfield Park on June 23; hockey at Watkins Field on June 22 and 24; kickball at Walter Pierce Park on June 20 and 23, Stead Park, June 23 and 24, Amidon Elementary School on June 20, 22, 23, 24 and 26; softball at The Fields at RFK and Randall Field on June 20, Harry Thomas on June 22 and New York Avenue Fields on June 23; ultimate Frisbee at The Fields at RFK on June 23; volleyball at Garfield Park on June 22, 23 and 24. DC Fray believes that play has the power to transform lives, build communities, and create positive impact in the world. Read more and register at www.dcfray.com.
(Johns Hopkins University) along with Charles W. Mills (City University of New York), Jennifer L. Morgan (New York University) and Robert Bernasconi (Pennsylvania State University) on YouTube for a discussion of “Race, Philosophy, and Political Thought.” This virtual event is part of a series, “Critical Race Conversations,” hosted by the Folger Institute. Free. www.folger.edu
Virtual Drag Queen Art Bingo Night
On Friday, June 18, 7 p.m., celebrate Pride with the Smithsonian American Art Museum and DC drag diva KC B. Yoncé. Grab your favorite festive beverage and join a lively evening of drag bingo, American art and more. Register now and request one to four printable bingo cards featuring works by American artists who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. There will be two rounds of bingo during the program. Tickets are available now but space is limited. Free registration required at www. americanart.si.edu/events. DC-area registrants are eligible to get 10% off Red 26
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DC Expands Vaccination Options for Residents 12 and older
DC residents who are age 12 and older can now get vaccinated at walkup sites and pharmacies across DC that are administering the Pfizer vaccine. Walkup vaccination is available at the following sites: Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW, Thursday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m.; RISE Demonstration Center, 2730 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, daily except Sunday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Safeway, CVS, and Walgreens pharmacies that are using the Pfizer vaccine can also vaccinate. In addition to the walkup sites and Children’s National, residents age 12 and older can get vaccinated at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and One
Ford’s Theatre and Ford’s Theatre Museum Reopen
Ford’s Theatre and the Ford’s Theatre Museum have reopened with advance tickets required. Visits to Ford’s Theatre are self-guided. Ford’s Theatre and Museum will operate with a modified schedule for daytime visitation on Wednesdays through Sundays with required advance tickets. Tickets will be available each Friday for the following Wednesday to Sunday. Timed entry to Ford’s Theatre and Museum will be available on the hour from 10 a.m. to noon, and from 2 to 4 p.m. A maximum of 25 visitors per hour is permitted in the building during this stage of reopening. Entry times include walk-through visits to the Ford’s Theatre balcony level and Presidential Box. National Park Service rangers will be on hand to answer questions and explain the events surrounding Lincoln’s assassination, though no formal ranger talks will be scheduled during the reopening phase. The orchestra level of the theatre will be closed until early June for restoration work. Ford’s Theatre is at 514 Tenth St. NW. www.fords.org
Washington Sculptors Group Call for Entries
“Past & Present” seeks to celebrate historic Oxon Hill Manor, 6901 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill, Maryland,
through traditional and contemporary work that respects the family-oriented nature of the facility. Artists are encouraged to draw on a variety of sources ranging from the lives of the manor’s many inhabitants to the property’s architecture and landscape design and its changing functions. Application deadline is June 29, 2021. Exhibition dates are Sept. 13, 2021, to Sept. 15, 2023. For guidelines, visit www.m-ncppc.submittable.com/submit.
Amnesty for Drivers with Outstanding Tickets
Through Sept. 30, 2021, an amnesty program gives DC and non-DC drivers the opportunity to pay outstanding tickets. During this time, the penalties incurred on tickets will be waived. Eligible tickets are parking, photo enforcement (including speed, red-light and stop-sign cameras) and minor moving violations. At the end of the amnesty peri-
od, penalties will be restored on all tickets. www. ticketamnesty.dc.gov
Carpe Librum Used Book Sale
On Saturday, June 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., join Carpe Librum in the southern block of Canal Park, 200 M St. SE, for a pop-up, socially distant nonprofit used book sale. Browse through thousands of books, all under $6, in a safe outdoor setting. Crowd size limited to 50 at any one time. The sale is weather dependent. www.capitolriverfront.org/canal-park
DC’s COVID-19 Hotline
District residents who are homebound due to COVID-19 can request support for food and other essential items. Call 1-888-349-8323 or visit www. coronavirus.dc.gov/gethelp.
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Ground Broken on Northeast Heights Redevelopment
A joint venture between Cedar Realty Trust, Asland Capital Partners and the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group was celebrated on May 20 at the groundbreaking of the first phase of Northeast Heights, a mixed-use office and retail development in the Minnesota/Benning submarket of Washington’s Ward 7. The first phase of Northeast Heights includes the construction of a 258,500-square-foot commercial building, complete with 18,000 square feet of street-level retail. The office space is 100% leased to the DC Department of General Services for its headquarters. The retail space at street level will be leased to retailers that benefit tenants of the office building and bring amenities and services to the area. The area’s designation as an Opportunity Zone allows for important tax incentives for investments in new business and commercial projects in a historically underserved market. Northeast Heights is a multiphase, mixed-use redevelopment of two existing retail shopping centers at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road. Future phases of the development are envisioned to include the development of multifamily residential (with designated affordable apartments), additional office space, community gathering areas and ample retail space including a new grocery store.
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Free Uber and Lyft Vaccination Rides
You can now access resources to help get the vaccine. From locating vaccination sites to booking a free ride, do it from the Uber app. Through July 4, you’ll get up to four free Uber rides (up to $25 each) to and from vaccination appointments. www.Uber.com Lyft is providing access to two free rides (up to $15/ride) to and from vaccination sites, in partnership with the White House. Ride codes are valid, and you can use them for rideshare, Bikeshare or a scooter ride. www.Lyft.com
Federal Program Helps Eligible DC Residents Access Internet
The Federal Communications Commission has launched Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), a temporary program to help low-income residents subsidize their at-home internet service. This $3.2 billion program will provide eligible District residents with up to $50 a month for internet service for low-income households, and will give a subsidy of up to $100 to participating internet service providers to offer a laptop, desktop or tablet for between $10 and $50. Eligible households can enroll through a participating broadband provider or directly with an online or mail-in application. Additional information about EBB is available at fcc.
Dom Flemons headlines 2021’s Bourbon & Bluegrass. Flemons plays the banjo, guitar, jug, harmonica, percussion, quills and rhythm bones. He will be joined by two local bands that are returning favorites to Bourbon & Bluegrass, Hollertown and Moose Jaw. Photo: Timothy Duffy
Bourbon & Bluegrass
On June 13, 4 to 7 p.m., President Lincoln’s Cottage, a national monument in Washington, DC, is hosting Bourbon & Bluegrass, its biggest fundraiser of the year. The event will be livestreamed from the cottage porch, where it will be performed in person for the veterans of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, who share their campus with President Lincoln’s Cottage. This year’s event will be held virtually to ensure safety and reach wider audiences, while simultaneously providing the retired veterans an exciting live event. Beam Suntory is providing bourbon, with VIP ticketing options that provide Maker’s Mark or Basil Hayden’s custom cocktail kits delivered directly to homes. The event will also feature custom cocktail videos from the Mixtress of DC, Gina Chersevani. All proceeds support the continuing preservation of President Lincoln’s beloved summer home, the birthplace of the Emancipation Proclamation. General admission is $45; VIP, $85. www.lincolncottage.org
DowntownDC Free Summer Flicks
The DowntownDC Summer Flicks CAN I KICK IT? movie series is back for its fourth season. The DowntownDC BID and Shaolin Jazz are bringing this year’s outdoor cinematic experience to the recently reopened National Building Museum west lawn, 401 F St. NW, with a social distancing design by Lisa Marie Thalhammer. Pre-movie seating and music by DJ 2-Tone Jones starts at 7:30 p.m. Movies begin at sunset. The theme is “The Future.” Here’s the remaining lineup: June 8, “Aliens”; June 15, “Tenet”; June 22, “Starship Troopers”; June 29, “Solo”; July 6, “Minority Report”; July 13, “TronLegacy”; July 20, “I-Robot”; and July 27, “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Each film will be scored with an original soundtrack of hip-hop, soul and more, mixed by weekly guest DJs, including Shaolin Jazz’s DJ 2-Tone Jones. Fun swinging tables will be provided at each screening. Bring blankets; no chairs. Pets and alcohol not allowed. Masks required. You must register at downtowndc.org/events. 28
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DC Launches Mental Health Emergency Dispatch Program
Mayor Bowser has announced the launch of a pilot program to shift 911 calls for emergency mental health services from an automatic police dispatch to a dispatch inclusive of a men-
tal-health crisis response. Community Response Teams (CRT) of the Department of Behavioral Health will serve as specialized rapid response units to be dispatched to mental health-related 911 calls instead of automatically deploying police officers. To prepare for the pilot, which launches in June, 911 operators will receive training to help identify situations when the CRT units should be engaged and whether a police response is appropriate.
Changing Hands Through the African American Lens: “Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten”
A virtual panel discussion and film screening explore issues of atonement, reconciliation and reparation and how Tulsa and the nation are coming to terms with the past, 100 years after the Tulsa race massacre. An excerpt from the forthcoming PBS documentary “Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten” examines the emotional truth behind the massacre through the voices of current Tulsa residents. Panelists are Paul Gardullo, historian and curator of the exhibition on the massacre, now on view at the National Museum of African American History and Culture; DeNeen Brown, an award-winning correspondent for the Washington Post and co-producer of the film; Oklahoma State Representative Regina Goodwin; Greg Robinson II, director of the Met Cares Foundation and co-producer of the film; and Eric Stover, faculty director of the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley. The event is free at www. thirteen.org/programs/ thirteen-in-the-community/tulsa-the-fire-andthe-forgotten-a-paneldiscussion-rvk7gc/. ◆
Changing hands is a list of most residential sales in the District of Columbia from the previous month. A feature of every issue, this list,based on the MRIs, is provided courtesy of Don Denton, manager of the Coldwell Banker office on Capitol Hill. The list includes address, sales price and number of bedrooms.
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1242 U St SE 1615 Ridge Pl SE
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3336 Brothers Pl SE 855 Hr Dr SE 3963 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SW 303 Atlantic St SE
FORT DUPONT PARK 4331 Dubois Pl SE 1208 45th Pl SE
HILL CREST
3200 Nash Pl SE 3224 O St SE 3414 Carpenter St SE 3008 K St SE
LILY PONDS
311 34th St NE 3321 Dix St NE 1000 Kenilworth Ave NE 343 36th St NE
ROSEDALE
448 20th St NE
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1821 M St NE 1325 Queen St NE
WASHINGTON HIGHLANDS 508 Foxhall Pl SE
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CONGRESS HEIGHTS 3865 Halley Ter SE #303
KINGMAN PARK 1620 E St NE #2
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Our River: The Anacostia Six Summer Walks Along Our River by Bill Matuszeski
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s summer approaches, it is time to start thinking about all those special places to walk along the Anacostia and its tributaries, especially this year when we long to get out and away. Here is a set of six of my favorite hikes, some well travelled but others you may not know about. Let’s start at the top of the watershed and come downstream to more familiar territory.
Sandy Spring
Starting at the very top where the River bubbles forth out of a spring in the middle of a field, let’s take a walk to the place that gave its name to the village of Sandy Spring in Montgomery County. Sandy Spring is generally recognized as the farthest source of the Anacostia. And it is an attractive spot, out in the middle of a field but not very far from the edge of the woods on public land rented to farmers. The spring itself is surrounded by a low fence and bubbles up through the rocks, then finds its way south through the woods, growing into the Northwest Branch.
In addition to this attractive scene, there is an interesting piece of history here. To reach the spring, you drive past the Quaker Meeting House that served as a stop along the Underground Railroad for enslaved people escaping from the south, and using the Anacostia as part of their route. You feel surrounded by history and nature. There are many trails to walk in the area around the spring, so even though getting there is not more than a half mile or so, you can continue to explore. Directions: Take the Beltway to I-95 north towards Baltimore. Take Exit 33 after a few miles and follow MD 198 west (left) to MD 650 north (right) to MD 108 west (left) at Ashton to Sandy Spring (this all happens fast and is not far). In town, turn left on Meeting House Road, pass the Quaker meeting house, park near the gate at the end of the road and walk through the gate into the field, following the dirt track and looking for the low fence and spring on the left.
Burnt Mill
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This is the starting point for a spectacular walk along the Northwest Branch Lotuses Emerging in the Aquatic Garden. Photo: Bill Matuszeski where it crosses the fall line in a series of falls over huge rockinterchange and exit at MD 193 north onto University sand cliffs. It starts a mile Boulevard, then quickly another right onto MD 29 North, and a half north of the BeltColumbia Pike. After a mile or so you will start down a way and most of the falls are long grade that has the mill on the left, and parking and in the first part. The threetrails on the right. mile round trip allows you to avoid the rough trail Adelphi Mill along the falls coming back This is a smoother trail suitable for bicycles, in contrast by staying on the Northto the one above, to which it connects. It passes along a west Branch Trail which much calmer Northwest Branch, but is still located in a returns you to the same beautiful wooded valley with many plant attractions. It is parking lot as the Fall Line about a seven-mile round trip walk from the Adelphi Mill Trail. Make sure you have to Beltway, where it meets the Northwest Branch Trail segexcellent traction on your ment from Burnt Mill, but the last half mile is not paved. feet as you scramble over The Beltway high overhead where the two segments meet the rocks! is impressive. If you bring children, there is a great playDirections: Take the ground back by the parking at the Mill. Beltway west past the I-95
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of the railroad and Metro tracks and driving south to the Park areas. Via Metro, exit at the College Park Station, then walk or bike northwest towards College Park. At US 1, Go right for 100 feet, cross the bridge and go right again onto Paint Branch Trail, passing under the Metro and entering the Park.
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Across the River from the National Arboretum is another spectacular place to spend time with nature – the National Park Service’s Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. This is the best time of year to see it in its glory – with the acres of lotus in bloom and many other flowers and plants providing contrast with their colors and shapes. There are so many places to wander among the flowers, and then the wooden walkways out over the marshes and all the wildlife that resides there. Not to be missed! And accessible either by car or by taking the hiker/biker trail along the River to the entry path just south of the New York Avenue bridge. Deep in the Woods at Pope Branch. Photo: Bill Matuszeski
Directions: Exit the Beltway at New Hampshire Avenue, the first exit west after the I-95 interchange. Go south to the first major intersection, turning left on Adelphi Road then right on Riggs Road; the Mill and parking are on the right in about a mile and a half.
Lake Artemesia
Shifting over to the Northeast Branch, there is a very special place hidden on the other side of the tracks from College Park. It is slowly becoming known to folks as a place to go to walk around the ponds and get away from the world. It is located right above where the Branch splits into Paint Branch which heads northwest into the University campus, and Indian Creek, which advances north into the lake area and spreads out as Indian Creek Stream Valley Park. Bicycles are welcome throughout the area of lakes and parklands. Directions: Auto access and parking is best from Greenbelt Road, staying east
Pope Branch Park
The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) is providing notice of a Public Hearing and Comment Period to solicit comments on the agency’s proposed 2022 Moving to Work (MTW) Plan. MTW is a HUD program that allows select public housing authorities to design and implement innovative programs and policies with the intent to: 1) reduce costs and improve efficiencies; 2) encourage residents to obtain employment and become economically self-sufficient; and 3) increase housing choices for low-income families. The Public Hearing will take place online on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 6 p.m. at https://www.facebook.com/dchousing. COMMENTS Written comments will be accepted through Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Email your comments to MTW@dchousing.org. Alternatively, you can mail comments to:
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Continuing down-river, Pope Branch Park is a very special place hidden away so well in the residential neighborhoods above Pennsylvania Avenue that it is unusual to run into a single other human, and quite normal to be greeted by deer, owls and all their friends. Pope Branch is a partly restored stream that crosses under Minnesota Avenue and the Freeway and enters the Anacostia. Upstream is a deep woods with a wandering trail that begins off of M Place, SE, right above Minnesota Avenue. The trail rises up to street level in a few places, but then draws you on to take another dip down into paradise. It must be seen and experienced. And it is best to get lost. Bill Matuszeski is a member of the Mayor’s Leadership Council for a Cleaner Anacostia River, and the retired Director of the Chesapeake Bay Program. He also serves on the board of Friends of the National Arboretum and on Citizen Advisory Committees for the Chesapeake and the Anacostia. u
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Food for the People
Latest Exhibit at the Anacostia Community Museum
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n the Anacostia Community Museum’s outdoor plaza, tall pylons and colorful sculptural elements invite the public to rethink the way they look at food and how they consume it. The curated installation is part of the museum’s latest exhibition, “Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington,” on view through Sept. 17, 2022. The museum has planned an extensive interactive public programming schedule to coincide with the exhibition. While the museum plans on reopening sometime this summer, “Food for the People,” like the museum’s “31 Men of Change” exhibition unveiled in Deanwood earlier this year, provides an accessible outdoor educational experience as the pandemic begins to recede. “Food for the People” challenges us to rethink not only what we eat and how we obtain our food but who produces and distributes it. A detailed discussion of food accessibility addresses the disparities in the DC region with regard to “food insecurity,” which the exhibition defines as “limited or uncertain access to affordable, nutritionally adequate food.” “Food for the People’ sheds light on issues of food insecurity in our region and recognizes the individuals and organizations working to increase access and affordability,” said Melanie Adams, director of the museum. “The exhibition offers a safe, outdoor experience where visitors can be intro-
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duced to food-justice issues in the Washington, DC, area, as well as local people and ideas that are making our food system more just and sustainable.” The statistics regarding food waste in the United States are astounding, according to the exhibition’s curatorial script, a downloadable guide available online (see below for link to the PDF). We live in a land of abundance. The US cultivates 40 million more acres than needed to feed everyone in this country comfortably, meaning that we have a significant surplus. In fact, we produce so much food that those who can afford to buy it waste it regularly and in large quantities. The National Resources Defense Council estimates that 40% of the food supply is wasted each year. What exactly does this mean? Wasted food fills up our municipal dumps rather than the stomachs of those who struggle to find their next meal. Despite our nation’s cornucopia, approximately 11% of all households regularly experience food insecurity. By contrasting and analyzing the statistics compiled about food production and waste, “Food for the People” dispels any doubt that scarcity causes food insecurity here. Curator and lead researcher Samir Meghelli has spent the past two years studying the data and interviewing food justice activists and leaders. “One striking statistic regarding food access in our area is that DC’s wealthiest and whit-
The outdoor “Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington” exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum. Photo: Samir Meghelli, Curator
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est ward has a full-service grocery store for every 9,336 residents, whereas our least wealthy and most African American ward has one store for every 85,160 residents,” he said. “A critical component of ‘Food for the People’ is that it offers suggestions for how visitors can contribute to making a more just and sustainable food system in their local communities.” The exhibition and programming offer solutions to overcome food insecurity by highlighting the work done by leaders and activists from
the greater Washington area. The exhibition also investigates avenues for change and reform with regards to food accessibility that can be applied nationwide. For example, Mary Blackford, a Ward 7 resident, decided to bring quality food to her neighborhood after finishing business school. Inspired by a trip she took to Ghana, where she witnessed firsthand the power of cooperative economics, Blackford helped found Market Seven, which will be a “community food hall” slated to open in the Benning Neighborhood sometime this year. Blackford explains that “it’s hard to eat healthy when you live in a food desert or when the quality of the grocery stores you have is not that great. In Ward 7, there’s not much fresh anything. They may have a couple of bananas at the 7-Eleven. Eventually I said, ‘We just need our own market here. That’s the real solution.’ And we did it.” In addition to showcasing the work of reformers, the exhibition honors farmworkers, meat processors, grocery store clerks and restaurant workers. Sculptural tributes acknowledge and value food workers’ contribution to society, a contribution which literally makes life possible for the rest of us. The Anacostia Community Museum is located at 1901 Fort Place SE, Washington, DC 20020. Visit the museum’s website at www. anacostia.si.edu. Follow the outdoor exhibition by downloading the curatorial script: https://anacostia.si.edu/Content/img/Newsroom/FFTP_Outdoor_Exhibition_Script.pdf.
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Hill Center Mad Science Summer Camps
Space Telescope-Our Window to the Stars; Your Space Science Questions Answered; Your Career Questions Answered; Launching to Mars with NASA’s Perseverance Rover; Mars Perseverance Rover Will Look for Signs of Ancient Life; Preparing to Launch the Perseverance Rover to Mars; OSIRIS-Rex Touches Down on Bennu; and International Space Station-Our Home in Space for 20 Years. Share your questions about space on social media using #EZScience and they could be answered in a future show. airandspace.si.edu.
Art Tales for Pre-K
The National Portrait Gallery’s Introducing...
Hill Center Mad Science summer camps (for rising first to sixth graders) give kids the opportunity to learn about science through their interactive and hands-on science activities. These summer science programs let children become junior scientists for the summer and embark on a series of science adventures. Before care, aftercare, and half-day options are available. The Hill Center is at 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. hillcenterdc.org.
Need ideas for how to talk about art with your little ones? Visit nga.gov/education/teachers/lessons-activities/prek.html. In each box, you can explore artworks with your children, read books with related themes, and try your hand at making some art of your own. Find out about Romare Bearden, George Bellows, Louise Bourgeois, Mary Cassatt, Joseph Cornell, Wassily Kandinsky, Jacob Lawrence, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro; Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, Raphael, Diego Rivera, Henri Rousseau and Alma Thomas. Download the related coloring pages and cut-outs for extra creative fun! nga.gov. Planning to visit the National Gallery of Art with a pre-K class? Register for Art Tales tours at nga.gov/education/teachers/school-tours/art-tales-sky-color.html.
Baseball: America’s Home Run
The National Postal Museum will present, as soon as it reopens, a blockbuster exhibition exploring America’s national pastime. Featuring hundreds of US and international stamps commemorating great players, historic moments, and drawing on original artwork and archival material from the United States Postal Service’s esteemed Postmaster General’s Collection, the exhibition approaches the story from a unique, worldwide perspective. The display of stamps and mail will be complemented by dozens of objects loaned by other Smithsonian Institution museums, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, law enforcement agencies, and private collectors. The exhibition, in English and Spanish, will have broad appeal to collectors of stamps and memorabilia, family audiences, and diehard fans. Baseball: America’s Home Run is opening soon at the National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. postalmuseum.si.edu.
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Photo taken on Feb. 21, 2017. Giant Panda Bao Bao Departs Smithsonian’s National Zoo for China. Photo: Eric Long, Smithsonian’s National Zoo
National Zoo Reopens
The National Zoo reopened to visitors on May 21. Zoo hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily. Free timed-entry passes are required. Masks and social distancing are also required. Restaurants and food trucks are open. Viewing of the Zoo’s newest panda cub, Xiao Qi Ji, will be limited for social distancing purposes and will require a separate free timed-entry pass. Visitors can obtain a free pass for Asia Trail/ Giant Pandas when they arrive at the Zoo. Passes will be released throughout the day. As a reminder for the public, Xiao Qi Ji is still young and sleeps a lot during the day. Xiao Qi Ji along with his parents can be viewed on the Zoo’s live panda cams. Visitors driving to the Zoo who wish to park must purchase parking in advance. Visitors can reserve passes online at si.edu/visit or by phone at 1-800-514-3849, ext. 1. si.edu/visit.
#EZScience from Air and Space
In the National Air and Space Museum’s #EZScience video series, presented in collaboration with with NASA, Museum director Dr. Ellen Stofan and NASA’s associate administrator for science Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen talk about the latest in planetary science and exploration. The 13 YouTube shows include: Exploring the Moon with Apollo; The Search for New Planets; Our Favorite Star-The Sun; The Path to Mars 2020; Balloon Science; NASA’s Hubble
Introducing… a new kind of story time. Each week the National Portrait Gallery shines a light on some of this country’s lesser-known history makers and their portraits. Join them on YouTube every Wednesday at 11 a.m. for Introducing… with a Portrait Gallery educator. Children will learn more about art, hear the stories behind the portraits, and even learn some new vocabulary. Select story times will be in Spanish. For children ages three and up and their families. npg.si.edu/events/family-programs.
Terrapin Adventures for Kids
Terrapin Adventures Kids Pass features a two-tiered high ropes course with more than 20 obstacles and a high ropes course that also includes a 20-foot climbing wall. $29 per participant. Minimum requirements: five to ten years old and 35 lbs. The experience lasts one hour. Terrapin Adventures is at 8600 Foundry St., Savage, MD. terrapinadventures.com.
National Children’s Museum STREAM-work
National Children’s Museum is closed until further notice. Find STREAMwork classics on their website in the categories of design & build; nature spotlight; sensory play; science exploration; community connection; and climate action challenge. nationalchildrensmuseum. org/steamwork.
Six Flags (formerly Wildworld) Is Open for the Summer
The Six Flags Amusement and Water Park, 13710 Central Ave., Upper Marlboro, is open almost daily, 11 a.m. to
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7 p.m., for the summer season. It offers thrill rides, family rides, kids rides, water rides and live entertainment. sixflags.com.
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Tidal Basin Paddle Boats
This summer, paddle your way around the Tidal Basin and spend some time with Thomas Jefferson. Soak up the sun and make monumental memories on the water in a paddle boat. One-hour ($32) and two-hour ($64) rentals are available. Boats accommodate up to four people. Tidal Basin, 1501 Maine Ave. SW, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (all boats in at 7 p.m.). Best to reserve a boat in advance at boatingindc.com/boathouses/tidal-basin.
DC Expands Vaccination Options for Residents 12 and Older
DC residents who are 12 and older can now get vaccinated at walk-up sites and pharmacies across DC that are administering the Pfizer vaccine. Twelve and older residents can get vaccinated at the following District walk-up sites whenever they are open: Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW, Thursday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m.; RISE Demonstration Center, 2730 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, daily except Sunday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Safeway, CVS, and Walgreens pharmacies that are using the Pfizer vaccine can also vaccinate. In addition to these walk-up sites and Children’s National, 12 and older residents can also get vaccinated at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and One Medical sites. coronavirus. dc.gov/vaccinatedc.
DC Kids Emergency Preparedness Guide
Emergencies and disasters can be scary, but it is important to teach kids how to build an emergency kit, recognize and respond to signs of danger, and be aware of their surroundings. Use the ReadyDC resource to help your children feel more prepared without being scared. Find a Kids Activity Page in English and Spanish at ready.dc.gov/resources.
HBCU’s Run the District Kids One-Mile Fun Run
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Inez Barlatier: Ayiti, Stories and Songs from Haiti on Tuesday, July 20, 11 a.m. Miami native Inez Barlatier celebrates Haitian art and culture through energetic drumming and singing, magical folktales, traditional dances, and colorful costumes. Joined onstage by her band of talented young Ayisyen artists, Inez Barlatier: Ayiti, Stories and Songs from Haiti apInez explores themes of communipear on Tuesday, July 20, 11 a.m. (gates at 10 a.m.) ty and gratitude through song. For at Wolf Trap. Photo: Michell Zachs ages three to nine. $12, up. Oran Etkin, Timbalooloo: Finding Friends Far From Home on Wednesday, July 21, 11 a.m. Award-winning clarinetist Oran Etkin and his friend Clara Net (his clarinet) travel the world to make new instrument friends. Evoking a tale of friendship and understanding, the instruments speak to each other through music and open a window for audiences to experience other cultures. For ages two to ten. $12, up. Dan + Claudia Zanes with Friends: New Beginnings on Saturday, July 24, 11 a.m. Grammy Award-winner Dan Zanes (The Del Fuegos) and Haitian-American jazz vocalist and music therapist Claudia Zanes perform a mix of old and new songs from near and far. During this highly interactive show, the audience is invited to dance and sing along. For ages three to twelve. $12, up. Tickets are sold in socially-distanced pods of two to eight tickets. Pods must be purchased in their entirety. No single tickets are available. For Children’s Theatre-in-theWoods performances, each pod must include an adult over the age of 18. wolftrap.org.
is to improve the health and well-being of their communities. Depending on where you live in the Washington, DC area, there is a 15-year difference in life expectancy. By leveraging the full value of the Alumni Alliance, they educate the community, provide financial resources, offer volunteers and work strategically with community partners to make a measurable impact. The 2021 (virtual) Run the District Kids’ Fun Run is for kids ten and under— meaning kids run independently. Sign up by June 26. $20 for kids. dchbcu.org.
Club Joe’s: Summer Arts Learning
Summer Arts Learning at Joe’s Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Rd., Mt. Rainier, MD, provides kids, ages five to thirteen, with exposure to the arts. Joe’s offers one-week sessions for elementary school-aged children to explore world arts traditions through performing and visual arts disciplines. Participants can enroll in one or all weeks. Early drop-off at 8 a.m.
is available at no charge. From June 21 to Sept. 3, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., students will spend two to four hours in motion each day. Children experience dance, step, vocals, drama, percussion, creative movement play, jump rope and hooping. Small group sizes, masks, and social distancing will be incorporated as a general practice. $250 per week. joesmovement.org.
National Maternal & Infant Health Summit
On Wednesday, Sept. 15, join Mayor Muriel Bowser for the fourth annual National Maternal & Infant Health Summit. This year’s Summit will feature panel discussions and community-led sessions dedicated to connecting District residents with local and national resources and supports needed to ensure babies, their families and communities have what they need to thrive. Learn more at dcmaternalhealth. com. ◆
DC Prep campuses now accepting applications for the 21-22 school year in ward 5, 7 & 8. We’re the highest performing public charter schools serving PK3 – 8th grade.
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