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Botanic Gardens from Old World to New World Botanic gardens are sanctuaries of nature. They are an image of plant diversity in an enclosed space that gives a sense of the infinite diversity of the world. While their creation is often linked to the rise of modern science, this lecture series showcases how botanic gardens, with a focus on medicinal and nutritional plants, have been present for millennia. Join Alain Touwaide, Scientific Director, Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions, and Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, as he virtually explores four gardens and periods of botanical history, investigating all four from new viewpoints--Pompeii on Feb. 6; Cordoba on Feb. 13; Padua on Feb. 20; and Birth of Modern Botany on Feb. 27. All are free, noon-1 p.m. and require registration at usbg.gov.

Image is from Alain Touwaide’s work and is of a book from the 11th century.

Alexandria’s George Washington Birthday Parade On Monday, Feb. 16, 1-3 p.m., the largest parade in the country celebrating Washington’s birthday marches a one-mile route through the streets of Old Town. The Reviewing Stand is on Royal Street at King Street. With nearly 3,500 participants, this community parade honors one of Alexandria’s favorite sons. The parade begins at the corner of Gibbon St. and S. Fairfax St., travels north on S. Fairfax St. and then turns west on Queen St. After one block, the parade continues south on S. Royal St, ending on Wilkes St. 703-5392549. visitalexandriava.com. After the parade, you’re invited to tour Gadsby’s Tavern, 134 N. Royal St., for free. Learn from costumed guides and the museum’s Junior Docents about the place Geroge Washington dined and danced in Alexandria.

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The Image of Truthiness: Colbert Comes Back to the National Portrait Gallery In recognition of the end of Stephen Colbert’s decade-long persona for Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, the National Portrait Gallery has borrowed Colbert’s portrait, which was created for the final season of the show. You’ll find Stephen on the second floor of the museum where the earlier iteration of his portrait appeared: between the bathrooms and above the water fountain. The National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F Sts. NW, is open daily, 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. npg.si.edu

Cupid’s Undie Run Started in 2010, it’s hard to resist. Hundreds of attractive people running through the streets (for about a mile) in their Valentine underwear in February. This year 38 cities are participating--last year, 30. CUR is on Sunday, Feb. 15. Festivities start at noon at any one of three bars on Pennsylvania Ave. SE, between 3rd and 4th. The run itself starts at 2 p.m., heads toward the Capitol, then Independence Ave., right on First St. past the Capitol and Supreme and then back again. Sign up as an individual or team. After Feb. 8, $80 per runner. The annual run has raised millions for the Children’s Tumor Foundation. cupidsundierun.com

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Mary Stuart at the Folger Intrigue and scandal followed Mary Stuart all during her reign in Scotland--an unhappy marriage, birth of James VI of Scotland (James I of England), her husband’s murder, her subsequent marriage to the probable murderer, her abdication and eventual beheading for high treason. Here’s where the Folger picks up the storyline: “Imprisoned by her Protestant cousin and Queen of England Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots anxiously waits for her fate to be decided. Leading ladies Kate Eastwood Norris and Holly Twyford reunite for the ultimate regal showdown in this bold new translation.” On stage at the Folger, 201 E. Capitol St. SE from Jan. 27-Mar. 8. folger.edu

Holly Twyford as Queen Elizabeth; and Kate Eastwood Norris as Mary Stuart. Photo Teresa Wood

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VALENTINE’S

“With Love Yoga” Gatherings: Stop and Smell the Roses at the Botanic Garden. Feb. 7, 14, 21 and 28; 10:30-11:30 AM. WithLoveDC is a movement to spread love, joy, and acceptance throughout the district. The Practice With Love classes aim to create an accessible space for all people to tune into their breath while enjoying the amazing spaces around this beautiful city. Free. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own mats. No pre-registration required. usbg.gov Short Stories and Short Dates-Speed Dating Book Club. Feb. 10 and 24, 7 PM. Looking to meet someone special? For the month of Valentine’s Day, join others for a special speeddating book club and meet other literary-minded singles in DC. Southeast Neighborhood Library, 403 7th St. SE. 202-698-3377. dclibrary.org/ southeast “What is Love? Romance Fiction in the Digital Age” Conference at the Library of Congress. Feb. 10-11. The conference is free and open to the public. Center for the Book, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. loc.gov Love Rocks by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington. Feb. 12 and 14, 8 PM. New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Ave. NW. gmcw.org

Saffron founder, Saphira, in action with students. Photo: Zebra Visual

Belly Dance Crash Course at CHAW Feb. 12-Mar. 5. The 4-week session is perfect for introducing students to the basics of belly dance in a structured, fun, and easy-to-follow format. $39 (promo code CHAW4). Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. chaw.org

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The Language of Flowers: Victorian Bouquet Making at the Botanic Garden. Feb. 13, 1-2 PM. Learn how to make bouquets that say “I love you”, “thank you” and “best wishes”. Free. No pre-registration required. usbg.gov

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SweetARTS and Valentines at the American Art Museum. Feb. 13, 11:30 AM-7 PM. Make the perfect, personalized card—they supply all the necessary materials at no cost. For those that are feeling fancy, horticulturists from Smithsonian Gardens can help them make an orchid corsage for a materials fee. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F Sts. NW. americanart.si.edu

Synchronicity performs at the Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival, Mar. 1, 5 p.m.

Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival INTERSECTIONS presents over 125 performances in music, theatre, dance, film, spoken word and performance art that offer new ways to reflect and to celebrate connections between the audience and artists. The 6th annual INTERSECTIONS festival showcases more than 700 talented artists from DC and beyond. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. atlasarts.org Music. Cheick Hamala Diabate, Feb. 20, 7:30 PM, Feb. 28, 9:30 PM; Washington Performing Arts and Atlas presents Face the Music, Feb. 21, 3 PM; The Chromatics / AstroCappella, Feb. 21, 4:30 PM; Veronneau, Feb. 21, 5:30 PM; Urbanarias, Feb. 21, 7 PM, Feb. 27, 9:30 PM, Feb. 28, 7 PM; Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC, Feb. 21, 9:30 PM; Rachel Ann Cross, Feb. 21, 9:30 PM; Washington Dunhuang Guzheng Academy, Feb. 22, 3 PM; Invoke, Feb. 22, 5 PM; All Points West, Feb. 27, 7 PM, Mar. 6, 9:30 PM; Capital City Symphony, Feb. 27, 8 PM; Wytold, Feb. 27, 9:30 PM; David Schulmnan & Quiet Life Motel, Feb. 28, 4:30 PM; Brad Linde’s Dix Out, Feb. 28, 9:30 PM; Not What You Think, Mar. 1, 4 PM; Synchronicity, Mar. 1, 5 PM; Rajas, Mar. 6, 9:30 PM; Imani, Mar. 7, 8 PM; Olayimika Cole and L’ife Productions, Mar. 7, 9:30 PM. Dance. Furis Flamenca Dance Company, Feb. 20, 8 PM; The National Hand Dance Association, Feb. 20, 9:45 PM; Company Danzanta Contemporary Dance, Feb. 21, 7 PM, Feb. 22, 2:30 PM; Asanga Domask, Robert J. Priore & Sarah J. Ewing, Feb. 22, 5:30 PM; Deviated Theatre, Feb. 27, 7 PM, Feb. 28, 4:30 PM; Metropolitan Youth Tap Ensemble, Feb. 28, 1:30 PM; Jayamangala, Feb. 28, 2 PM; Airborrne DC!/Zip Zap Circus USA, Feb. 28, 5:30 PM and 8 PM; Tehreema Mitha Dance Company, Mar. 1, 2:30 PM; Nancy Havlik’s Dance Performance Group, Mar. 1, 2:30 PM; Vision Contemporary Dance Ensemble, Mar. 1, 3 PM; Jane Franklin Dance, Mar. 1, 5 PM; Dissonance Dance Theatre, Mar. 1, 5:30 PM; Moveius Contemporary Ballet, Mar. 6, 8 PM, Mar. 7, 1:30 PM; Mark H. Taiko & Uprooted Dance, Mar. 7, 1:30 PM; Pace Street Dance, Mar. 7, 4 PM; Gin Dance Company, Mar. 7, 4:30 PM; Sole Defined, Mar. 7, 7 PM; Open Marley Night, Mar. 7, 9:30 PM. Storytelling and Theater. Taffety Punk Theatre Company, Feb. 20, 8 PM, Feb. 21, 4:30 PM; The concilation Project. Feb. 21, 2 PM, Feb. 22, 5 PM; Split This Rock, Feb. 21, 5:30 PM; Folger Shakespeare Library, Feb. 21, 7:30 PM; SpeakeasyDC, Feb. 21, 8 PM; Arena Stage’s Voices of Now, Feb. 22, 2 PM; Freshh Inc (for us colored girls), Feb. 22, 3:30 PM; Wit’s End Puppets, Feb. 28, 2 PM, Mar. 7, 7 PM; B-Fly Entertainment, Feb. 28, 7 PM; Dog & Pony DC, Feb. 28, 8:30 PM, Mar. 7, 3 PM and 8:30 PM; Young Playwrights for Change, Mar. 1, 2 PM; Jessa, Mar. 6, 7 PM; Goldie Deane, Mar. 6, 7:30 PM, Mar. 7, 4:30 PM; Closer Look, Mar. 6, 8:30 PM, City at Peace, Mar. 7, 2 PM. Free Lobby Performances. Veronneau Trio, Feb. 20, 7 PM; Josh Walker & Karine Chapdelaine, Feb. 20, 9 PM, Mar. 6, 8:30 PM; Boogie Babes, Feb. 21, noon, Feb. 28, 10:45 AM, Mar. 7, 11 AM; Washington Revels Gallery Voices, Feb. 21, 2:30 PM and 4 PM; Cecily, Feb. 21, 5 PM and 6:30 PM; Atlantic Reed Concert, Feb. 21, 7:30 PM and 9 PM; Musical Theatre Division of the Catholic University of America, Feb. 22, 1:30 PM; Alpha Dog Blues, Feb. 22, 3:30 PM; Andrea Wood, Feb. 27, 6:30 PM, 7:30 PM and 9 PM; Matthew Mills, Feb. 28, noon; #randomactsoftaiko, Feb. 28, 2:30 PM; Music Pilgrim Trio, Feb. 28, 4 PM, 5 PM and 6:30 PM; Flo Anito, Feb. 28, 7:30 PM and 9 PM; Mar. 1, Chamasyan Sisters, Mar. 1, 2 PM; Elizabeth, Phil & Chris, Mar. 1, 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM; Herb & Hanson, Mar. 6, 6:30 PM; Elise Kress & Pat Egan, Mar. 7, 2:30 PM; Sow It Goes (closing party), Mar. 7, 7:30 PM, 9 PM, 10 PM. See Kids and Family Notebook for family programming schedule.

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Debra Tidwell at Hill Center. Feb. 14, 7:30 PM. Ms. Tidwell, Washington, DC based jazz vocalist and cabaret artist, will reconvene her annual one-woman Valentine’s Day show, a perennial sellout. $15, advance; $20 day of. Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. hillcenterdc.org The Fabulettes Dance Party at Corner Store. Feb. 14, 7 PM. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the most Singles friendly dance party in town at the anti-lonely planet coziest of Corner Stores. $25, advance; $30, at door. Corner Store, 900 So. Carolina Ave. SE. 202544-5807. cornerstorearts ImaginAsia: Love in Every Language. Feb. 14-15, noon-4 PM. Enjoy a digital slideshow of images of love in Asian art from the Freer|Sackler collections. In the classroom, use prints that say “love” in more than a dozen Asian languages to create a Valentine’s Day card to take home, and learn how to fold heart-shaped origami. All ages welcome. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. asia.si.edu

PRESIDENT’S DAY Free Admission to Mount Vernon. Feb. 16, 8 AM-4 PM. The traditional wreathlaying ceremony at Washington’s Tomb takes place at 10 AM, followed by patriotic music and military performances on the Bowling Green at 11:15 AM. Visitors can mingle with costumed characters from George Washington’s world from 11 AM-1 PM. “General Washington” is on the grounds to greet visitors and receive birthday wishes all day. MountVernon.org President’s Day Public Skate at Fort Dupont Ice Arena. Feb. 16, 11 AM-2 PM. Free skat-

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Jazz Night and Blues Night in Southwest. Jazz is every Friday, 6-9 PM. Blues is every Monday, 6-9 PM. Expect a large, fun and friendly crowd. The cover is $5. Children are welcome and free under 16 years old. Reasonably priced meals offered. 202-484-7700. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW (Fourth and I, south side of intersection). westminsterdc.org Church of the Epiphany Weekly Concerts. Every Tuesday, 12:10 PM. Free but a free will offering taken. 1317 G ST. NW. 202-347-2635. epiphanydc.org Sunday Gospel Brunch Featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir. Every Sunday, 12:30-2 PM. $30-$45. The Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. 202-803-2899. thehowardtheatre.com

THEATER AND FILM

Life Sucks (or the present ridiculous) at Theater J. Through Feb. 15. It’s tough being the gorgeous woman desired by all but understood by none. Or the homely girl with a heart of gold. Or the middle-aged man insightful enough to see the depth of his own failings. Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW. 800-494-8497. washingtondcjcc.org The Widow Lincoln at Ford’s. Through Feb. 22. Set during the weeks following Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre, The Widow Lincoln portrays a very human Mary in the aftermath of her husband’s death as she mourns the post-war life they will never share. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. fords.org

Cast of St. Mark’s Player’s upcoming production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof gets together for first time for table read. Photo: Roger Munter

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at St. Mark’s Feb. 6-21. In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate, clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds. St. Mark’s, 301 A St. SE. 202-543-0053. stmarksplayers.org

ing, skate rental and skating lessons. Skates available on a first come, first served basis. Fort Dupont Ice Arena, 3779 Ely Pl. SE. 202-584-5007. fdia.org

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Music at Ebenezers. Feb. 12, Micah, Amanda Lee, Jen Miller, Jeff Waters; Feb. 13, The 9 Singer-Songwriter Series; Feb. 21, Daphne Lee Martin--Live in the Coffeehouse. Ebenezers Coffeehouse, 201 F St. NE. 202558-6900. ebenezerscoffeehouse.com

Music at Corner Store. Feb. 6, 7 PM, Jake Schepps Quintet; Feb. 22, 5-6 PM, Classical Sunday with Bar-

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Choir Boy at Studio. Through Feb. 22. A music-filled story of masculinity, tradition, coming of age, and speaking one’s truth, set in the gospel choir of an elite prep school for young black men. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: at Sherlock Holmes Mystery at Arena. Through Feb. 22. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must crack the mystery of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Arena Stage, 1101 6th St. SW. 202-488-3300. arenastage.org Mary Stuart at the Folger. Through Mar. 8. England’s most storied rivalry sets an imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots up against her cousin and captor Queen Elizabeth I in a Tudor world flush with subterfuge and re-

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DC United Opening Game Mar. 7, 3 PM. DC United vs. Montreal at RFK Stadium. dcunited.com venge. Folger Shakespeare Theater, 201 E. Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077. folger.edu House of Desires at Gala. Feb. 5-Mar. 1. DC premier of Los empeĂąos de una casa/House of Desires, a comedy of errors by Sor Juana InĂŠs de la Cruz, the first published feminist writer of the Americas. GALA, 3333 14th St. NW. galatheatre.org Frozen at Anacostia Playhouse. Feb. 5-Mar. 1. Frozen tells the story of the

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disappearance of 10-year-old Rhona, and follows her mother and killer over the years that follow. Anacostia Playhouse, 2020 Shannon Pl. SE. Tickets may be purchased at anacostiaplayhouse.com. Riot Grrrls Shakespeare: The Tempest at CHAW. Feb. 5-28. Under the direction of company member Lise Bruneau, the Riot Grrrls return to conquer The Tempest. Overthrown duke (and magician) Prospero conjures a storm to bring his usurpers to the mystical island where he and

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ture by going camping in Cherokee, North Carolina. But their vacation is upended when one member of the group vanishes and the others are then visited by a mysterious local… who unearths buried desires that might change all their lives forever. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D St. NW. 202-3933939. woollymammoth.net

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Kid Victory at Signature. Feb. 17Mar. 22. Seventeen-year-old Luke returns home after vanishing a year ago. Profoundly changed, Luke and his parents struggle to adjust to life following his disappearance. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave. off I395 at the Shirlington exit (#6). signaturetheatre.org Hitchcock and Wells Film Series at Hill Center. Alfred Hitchcock’s “Lifeboat” Feb. 19, 7:30 PM; Orson Welles’ “The Stranger” Feb. 25, 7:30 PM; Alfred Hitchcock’s “Spellbound” Mar. 5, 7:30 PM; Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil” Mar. 14, 2 PM. Free. Register online at hillcenterdc.org or call 202-549-4172. Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. hillcenterdc.org

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Washington Wizards Basketball. Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, 7, 9, 20, 24, 28 and Mar. 6. Verizon Center. nba. com/wizards Washington Capitals Ice Hockey. Feb. 1, 3, 6, 8, 19, 21, 25 and Mar. 5 and 7. Verizon Center. capitals. nhl.com Washington Capitals Practice Schedule. Non-game day, 10:30 AM; game day, 10 AM; and day after game, 11 AM. All practices are at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, 627 No. Glebe Rd., Suite 800, Arlington,

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VA. They are free and open to the public. kettlercapitalsiceplex.com Washington Spirit Women’s Soccer Open Tryout. Feb. 21, 10 AM-noon and 3-5 PM (Attendance at both sessions is required.). $50. Maryland SoccerPlex, Field 20, 18031 Central Park Circle, Boyds, MD. Open to players 18 years of age and older. Interested players with previous college or professional experience are invited to register for the tryout online at washingtonspirit.wufoo.com/forms/washington-spirit-pro-team-tryouts. For additional information, email mparsons@washingtonspirit.com. Big Yoga at St. Mark’s Yoga Center. Mar. 1, 2-4 PM. One does not have to be thin to enjoy the benefits of yoga. $15, advance; $20, at door. St. Mark’s Yoga Center; 301 A St. SE. stmarks.net Zumba at Southwest Library. Wednesdays at 7:30 PM. Instructor Roshaunda Jenkins will lead this one-hour fitness and dance class--all fitness levels welcome. Southwest Neighborhood Library, 900 Wesley Pl. SW. 202-724-4752. dclibrary.org/southwest Canal Park Ice Skating. Monday and Tuesday, noon-7 PM; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, noon-9 PM; Saturday, 11 AM-10 PM; and Sunday, 11 AM-7 PM. $9, adults; $8, children, seniors and military. $4, skate rental. Canal Park Ice Rink is at 202 M St. SE. 202-554-6051. canalparkdc.org Ice Skating at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. Through mid-March. Monday–Thursday, 10 AM–9 PM; Friday-Saturday, 10 AM–11 PM; Sunday, 11 AM-9 PM. Two hour sessions begin on the hour. $8, adult; $7 seniors over 50, students with ID and kids, 12 and under. $195, season pass. $3.00 skate rental (ID required) and $.50

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“Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.” MALCOLM X

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

S P E C I A L S E CT I O N

“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” W.E.B. DeBOIS “In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.” THURGOOD MARSHALL

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” ROSA PARKS February 2015 H 31

BLACK Understanding How Real Change Occurs by Chris Myers Asch

Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Important, but His Success Was the Result of Years of Work by Hundreds of Community Organizers

hen I told my five-year-old daughter that I was going to see “Selma,” the new film about Martin Luther King, Jr., and the campaign to win black voting rights, she was not impressed. “What about the other people?” she asked. “All the other people who helped him?” Yes, indeed. What about all those other people? In her five-year-old way, my daughter raised a fundamental question about our collective memory of the civil rights movement. It was, after all, a movement, the most powerful collective push for social justice in the 20th century. Yet for many Americans the “movement” boils down to King (with an occasional shout-out to his sidekick, Rosa Parks). Take a stroll down to the Tidal Basin and you will see King-centrism on full display — a mountainous Martin stares majestically over the water, with nary a word about the movement beyond him. Americans struggle to understand movements. We prefer stories of individual greatness. We want to see courage and grit and spirit embodied in a leading figure who inspires us to be better than ourselves. King certainly fits our image of a “great man,” an extraordinary leader whose courage and eloquence

deserve our nation’s admiration. But if all we remember about the movement is King, then we may find that we are learning the wrong lessons from the past. Our memory of the movement is not just a question for civil rights scholars to debate in ivory towers; it is a matter of strategic importance to activists involved in any struggle for racial justice, including the current “Black Lives Matter” protests against police brutality. Unfortunately, in shining yet another spotlight on King, “Selma” inadvertently obscures our understanding of how and why the civil rights movement was successful, as well as where it was not. I should make clear that “Selma” is an impressive movie with a strong cast and powerful cinematography. Like Steven Spielberg in “Lincoln,” director Ava DuVernay chooses not to tell her subject’s entire story from birth to death. Instead, she focuses on King’s role in the Selma campaign in early 1965. In those few months, we see King as an inspiring but flawed figure, a man deeply committed to the struggle yet burdened with guilt and weary of the responsibilities that have been thrust upon him. We see not only the depth of his per-

“Thank God almighty, we are free at last!” 5th graders from Watkins Elementary School in Washington, DC, end their annual recital of the “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, January 16, 2015. Photo: Tim Brown

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sonal commitment, but also the physical and emotional toll that the movement exacted on him and his family. The story is complex but compelling, and it does not hide the movement’s “dirty laundry,” including King’s marital infidelity, his controversial decision to stop the second Selma march, and the rift between King and younger activists in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). “Selma” shows how far Hollywood has come in the generation since “Mississippi Burning,” the wildly inaccurate 1988 film about the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers that painted black Southerners as passive, pitiful people waiting desperately for heroic FBI agents to save the day. Instead, in “Selma” we see a powerful, black-led social movement pressuring political leaders in Washington to act. The message is clear: social

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Going to a protest march may momentarily bring attention to the cause, but what happens after we go home? If we have not cultivated grassroots leadership, if we have not organized around issues that are winnable, then whatever reforms we seek will wither away. This kind of grassroots organizing may not make for a dramatic film, but it can help achieve lasting justice. - Chris Myers Asch

A scene from "Selma." Atsushi Nishijima / Paramount Pictures

change comes only when pushed from below. And yet “Selma,” too, offers a distorted picture of the movement. Much of the criticism of the movie has focused on its treatment of President Lyndon Johnson. But a deeper and more troubling problem is the film’s embrace of a traditional interpretation of the movement that emphasizes the singular efforts of male ministers who led dramatic protest campaigns between 1955 and 1965. This “top-down” interpretation has been upended by more than two decades of careful research that has shown that “the movement” was in reality a collection of countless local movements that were driven by less-visible activists working with ordinary people, particularly women, who engaged in the tedious, time-consuming, but arguably more important work of organizing their communities around issues of local importance. (For students of D.C. history, the traditional interpretation of the movement offers no guidance whatsoever — few national figures, including King, paid much attention to the city, and most of the important struggles in D.C. took place either before the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott or after the Voting Rights Act of 1965.) The traditional interpretation of a male-led,

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top-down movement grew out of contemporary press coverage. Journalists who covered the movement, like the reporter depicted in the film, often focused on King and his coterie of ministers in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) — older, educated men whom they believed were appropriate spokesmen in a movement that embraced the young and the poor. Following this narrative, the early histories of the struggle emphasized King and exalted what historian Charles Payne calls the “community mobilizing” tradition of civil rights activism. The way to create change, in this tradition, is to mobilize the community through dramatic protest. “Negotiate, demonstrate, resist,” King tells skeptical SNCC members during one crucial scene in the film. Stage a protest, get it on the nightly news, then pressure the politicians to act. “It requires drama,” he emphasizes. In that scene, King and his lieutenants dismiss the community organizing work that SNCC had been doing in Selma for two years prior to their arrival. The “big boys” come in, lecture the SNCC youngsters, then take over to get things done. SNCC is portrayed as fractious, bitter, and juvenile – not up to the challenge. The organiza-

tion that was so critical to the success of the movement in Selma and across the South then disappears from the movie altogether. Yet without the patient, unglamorous organizing work of SNCC, as well as the three decades of local organizing by Amelia Boynton and the Dallas County Voters League, King would not have found any traction in Selma. He came to Selma because the foundation there had been laid; his campaign succeeded there because local people had been primed to get involved long before he came on the scene (and would remain active after he left). SNCC’s community organizing approach, encouraged by Ella Baker, may not have attracted much media attention, but it helped build the trust and develop the relationships necessary to make any protest campaign succeed. The film’s singular focus on King’s efforts also distorts the pace of social change. The entire movie covers just a few months of a decades-long struggle for racial justice that began at least in the 1930s and extended long after King and the cameras left town. There is no question that King’s work in early 1965 was critical to building support for what would become the Voting Rights Act just a few months later – a monumental achievement. But by focusing solely on that short-lived campaign (while neglecting or belittling the work that came before and after), the movie sends a powerful but misleading message: that a magnetic figure leading a dramatic, high-visibility protest movement can effect quick changes in the system. That message is more than just historically inaccurate. It also can be discouraging and disempowering to contemporary struggles for social justice. The “Black Lives Matter” campaign has embraced the “it requires drama” approach, mobilizing supporters with marches, candlelight vigils, “die-ins,” and other creative protests that have dramatized the issue in cities across the country. Yet, all that drama has yet to yield much substantive change in the six months since the killing of Michael Brown sparked the first wave of protests. Part of the problem is that creating and sustaining drama is harder today than it was in King’s time. Our villains are not swaggering, racist caricatures such as Selma Police Chief Jim Clark; even Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who shot Brown, comes across less as a sinister, all-powerful villain than as a scared, clueless, trig-

ger-happy rookie. We also suffer from what might be called “drama fatigue” — we are exposed to so many causes, so many injustices, so many appeals to our conscience, that we can feel overwhelmed or incapacitated rather than inspired to act. But part of the problem may be in the “it requires drama” approach itself. Successful social movements require more than just drama. They require patience. In an age of Instagram and instant messaging, when we think we barely have time to make a phone call or read more than a headline, we have lost the patience of community organizing – the kind of work that SNCC engaged in. To translate anger into fundamental reform, activists must motivate people to remain committed to a tedious, long-term struggle of incremental change. Going to a protest march may momentarily bring attention to the cause, but what happens after we put our cell phones back in our pockets and go home? If we have not developed relationships, if we have not cultivated grassroots leadership, if we have not organized around issues that are winnable, then whatever reforms we seek will wither away. This kind of grassroots organizing may not make for a dramatic film, but it can help achieve lasting justice. Historian Chris Myers Asch is the author of The Senator and the Sharecropper: The Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer. He currently is working with G. Derek Musgrove on a book about race and democracy in D.C. ◆

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BLACK E on DC Black History Month and Memory Loss

Carter G. Woodson

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By E. Ethelbert Miller

am sitting at a table next to a woman I’ve loved my entire life. She is a few years older than I am. I am showing her how to write her name again. She has trouble remembering – it’s the first stages. I print her name in a notebook and ask her which letter she would like to try and write. She picks out the “I” and struggles to make one. She knows how but she can’t tell her hand to follow directions. It’s frustrating. She looks up at my face and I’m smiling back, encouraging her to continue. For months I had been talking to her on the phone, and our conversations touched on so many topics that I thought she was well and perhaps never feeling better. But on the first day of the year I took a trip to see her. When she opened the door she was frail and behind her was an apartment having lunch with chaos. How does one prepare to be a caretaker? Where are the blueprints and directions? This February I have a better understanding of the historian Carter G. Woodson. Here was a man (responsible for starting Negro History Week in 1926) who was concerned with preserving the “collective” memory of African Americans. He was up against not an illness but rather a systemic and conscious attempt to erase the recognition of black achievements and contributions to the building of America. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and also taught at Howard University for a number of years. One of his best known books is “The Mis-education Of The Negro” published in 1933. For the last several months our nation has been concerned with the dead and the living; the past and the urgency of now. Black History consists of Selma victories and frustrations deeper than Ferguson. Woodson did groundbreaking work collecting the stories of a race and race matters. As citizens we are responsible for preventing the erasure of that history from one generation to the next. Every February I feel like a sentinel protecting a sacred trust – our collective memory. There is much to celebrate in 2015. This year my father would have been 100 years old. If he was still living, I doubt if he would want to set the clock back. The good old days were filled with segregation and hatred. Still, America is a place of hope and incredible progress. Life is lived forward and never backwards. Every February I wonder

if I’m listening to the same notes being played over and over again. What I have learned from being around a loved one battling the loss of memory is that I must be more patient than patient. I must accept terrifying news that some illnesses cannot be stopped or reversed. There continues to be a crippling fog that hurts our brains. Is there a cure for racism? I don’t know but I want someone to win a Nobel Prize one day for ending it. Until we can curtail the hidden racism in our bone marrow there is still a need to celebrate Black History Month every year. One can begin within one’s family by listening to elders. A few weeks ago I mentioned in my ENotes (blog) that we have a tendency to discuss certain historical periods more than others. Overlooked is the era of Reconstruction which is rich with stories that have yet to be told on the center stage. The years after the Civil War were filled with hope, dreams and reconciliation. It was also a period of lost opportunities and violence. Studying and talking about Black History should also include an examination of class and gender conflicts in our society. We tend to shy away from this type of analysis, but it is essential if we wish to understand contemporary economic and social conditions. February has become a month during which we exhale. Let us take a deep breath and never give up on love or change. We must have the courage to find our second wind. Black History Month is the time to remember that history is made every day we live. Memory is precious and a terrible thing to lose. ◆

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BLACK BLACK HISTORY CALENDAR Black History Month at Mount Vernon. During February, at 11:30 AM, a daily Slave Life at Mount Vernon Tour explores the lives and contributions of the slaves who lived at Mount Vernon. The tour will conclude with a wreath laying at the Slave Memorial site. The fee for the tour is included in admission. mountvernon.org Madame Tussauds Unveils Frederick Douglass Wax Figure. Madame Tussauds Washington, DC presents the never before seen wax figure of abolitionist Frederick Douglass as they kick-off their tradition of celebrating Black History Month with some of the most iconic Civil Rights leaders of the nation’s past. Madame Tussauds Washington DC, 1001 F St. NW. madametussauds.com/Washington Freedom Just Around the Corner: Black America from Civil War to Civil Rights. Opens Feb.

12 at the National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE. This is the museum’s first exhibition devoted entirely to African American history. Marking 150 years since the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery throughout the United States, the exhibition chronicles the African American experience through the perspective of stamps and mail. postalmuseum.si.edu Redemption Songs: Suing for Freedom before Dred Scott at National Archives. Feb. 13, noon. The Dred Scott case is the most notorious example of slaves suing for freedom. In conventional assessment, a slave losing a lawsuit against his master seems unremarkable. But in fact, that case was just one of many freedom suits brought by slaves in the antebellum period in an attempt to win the ultimate prize: their freedom. For over a decade, legal scholar Lea VanderVelde has been

examining a collection of hundreds of newly discovered freedom suits. National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. archives.gov Frederick Douglass’s 197th Birthday Celebration. Feb. 13-14. Behind the Scenes: Archival Tour at the Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE, Feb. 13, 1:30-2:30 PM; House Party with DJ Scooter MaGruder at Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE, Feb. 13, 7-10 PM; Opening Ceremony at Anacostia Playhouse, 2020 Shannon Pl. SE, Feb. 14, 10:30 AM; Walking Tour--Frederick Douglass’s Washington begins at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, 1411 W St. SE, Feb. 14, 12:30-1:30 PM; Frederick Douglass Actor at Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, 1411 W St. SE, Feb. 14, 1-1:45 PM; Historical Trek through Anacostia and Uniontown at America’s Islamic Heritage Museum and Cultural Center, 2315 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE, Feb. 14, 1-1:45 PM; A Look at Frederick Douglass’s Hillsdale Neighbors at Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, 1411 W St. SE, Feb. 14, 2-2:45 PM; Genealogy Workshop at America’s Islamic Heritage Museum and Cultural Center, 2315 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE, Feb. 14, 2 PM. Frederick Douglas Day at the Anacostia Community Museum. Feb. 14, 11 AM12:30 PM. A museum educator will provide a walk-through tour of the exhibition How the Civil War Changed Washington, then participants board the museum shuttle bus to take part in a map study of Anacostia/ Uniontown. Call 202-633-4844 to register by phone. Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. anacostia.si.edu

Police and protesters face off over voting rights in Selma, Ala., May 7, 1965, a day forever known as Bloody Sunday. Photo: Spider Martin

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A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life at National Archives. Feb. 27, noon. Between the eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, countless African Americans passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and community. It was, as historian Ally-

son Hobbs titled her book, A Chosen Exile, a separation from one racial identity and the leap into another. National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. archives.gov Virginia Black History Month Gala. Feb. 28, 5-11 PM, at the Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center, 1320 Central Park Blvd, Fredericksburg, VA. Keynote by Georgetown University Professor Michael Eric Dyson. For more information, call 540-907-1857 or visit vabhma.com. NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom Online Exhibition. The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom exhibition presents a retrospective of the major personalities, events, and achievements that shaped the NAACP’s history during its first 100 years. myloc.gov/Exhibitions/naacp Visit the MLK Memorial. Open to visitors all hours, every day. 1964 Independence Ave. SW. nps.gov/mlkm Alexandria’s Watson Reading Room. Open TuesdaySaturday, 10 AM-4 PM. Visitors should call in advance for holiday hours. Located next door to the Alexandria Black History Museum, the Watson Reading Room is a non-circulating research repository focusing on issues of AfricanAmerican history and culture. Alexandria Black History Museum, 902 Wythe St., Alexandria, VA. 703-746-4356. alexandriava.gov/historic ◆

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Bulletin Board RIGHT: Charles Allen is reading to school children at the Southwest DC Public Library on Jan. 16. Photo: Perry Klein of The Southwester

Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen Introduces “Books From Birth” Bill Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen has announced the introduction of his bill to create a new early literacy initiative in partnership with DC Public Libraries. “Books From Birth” will mail a book to each child in the District every month from birth through age five, while also working to connect families with the full range of DCPL resources and educational information, including adult literacy and early childhood programming. Less than half of third graders in the District scored proficient or advanced in reading skills in 2014. It is critical that the District confront the literacy and achievement gap at its starting point, well before it shows up in the classroom. Books are direct building blocks for learning, but children must be exposed to them to use them.

Capitol Hill Community Foundation Announces 2015 Honorees Each spring the Capitol Hill Community Foundation makes three awards in recognition of distinguished service to our neighborhood. This year those awards go to Paul Cromwell, Anwar Saleem, and Cynde Tiches-Foster and John Foster. Paul Cromwell has been engaged in a wide range of community activities since his arrival on Capitol Hill in 1966. A major contributor to the efforts of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society, The Capitol History Project and the Capitol Hill Village, he brings a generous commitment and spirit of inclusion to all he does. In big ways and small, Paul’s attention is riveted on getting the work done and bringing people together. Anwar Saleem has spent his life in the District, mostly on H

Street, NE. He opened a business there in 1989, and increasingly became involved in supporting other businesses as the area began to develop into the thriving business and entertainment district it is today. In 2002 he co-founded H Street Main Street (HSMS). The organization, which Anwar heads as executive director, has helped attract 132 new businesses and 1,576 jobs since its founding. In 2013, the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded HSMS the Great American Main Street Award, considered the Oscar of urban development. Cynde Tiches-Foster and her husband John Foster are owners of Jimmy T’s, an eaterie at the corner of 5th and East Capitol Street since 1969. A true diner in the old style, Jimmy T’s is a popular place for peo-

ple from all walks of life from Senators to policemen to neighbors for whom breakfast there is an essential part of their weekly routine. It has an incredibly loyal clientele because of what it is—a great place to gather in a very special community. The Capitol Hill Community Foundation will give its annual Arnold Keller Jr. award of $10,000 to Green Seed Community Garden, located between D & E Streets and 17th and 18th Streets SE, to help complete the purchase of the land and begin improvements. Paul Cromwell, Anwar Saleem, and Cynde Tiches-Foster and John Foster will be honored at the annual Capitol Hill Community Foundation fundraising dinner on April 28 in the Great Hall of the Folger Library. For more information about the

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Hine Development to Move Forward by Shaun Courtney dinner, or to find out how you can become a sponsor, call Dee Seward at 202547-3742.

Job Fair at Arena Stage On Friday, Feb. 27, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Arena Stage, partnering with Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen and At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman, along with local businesses, non-profits and government employment agencies, will host a job fair. 1101 6th St. SW.

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he DC Court of Appeals today denied the petitioners’ request for rehearing en banc of their lawsuit objecting to Stanton-Eastbanc’s plan to redevelop the site of Hine Junior High School on Capitol Hill. The court’s action opens the way for the project to proceed this spring. Stanton-Eastbanc, now poised to create a new $150 million development, won the right to redevelop the District’s parcel through a competitive bid process initiated by the District government in 2008. The Zoning Commission issued the order approving the planned unit development (PUD) application in Oct. 2012--nearly a year after Hine School development team Stanton-Eastbanc filed its PUD--and later reaffirmed its decision in March 2013. The Zoning Commission approved the proposal to bring a 461,946-square-foot mixed-use residential, office and retail project to Pennsylvania Avenue, across from the Eastern Market Metro station. The project will include between 150 and 180 residential units, of which 46 will be designated for affordable housing and of those 17 will be reserved for senior housing. The new development will bring as many as 330 parking spaces to two levels of below-grade parking. Stanton-Eastbanc sought a approval from the Commission to maximize height and density and to change the zoning on the property, among other requests and exceptions. One of the more controversial requests included in the PUD was that a portion of the property be permitted a height of 94.5 feet to accommodate the elevator overrun. Nearby residents objected to the impact the large structure would have on their historic two- and three-story townhomes. Ultimately the commission allowed the height increase of the office component of the project because that height was deemed “essential to the successful functioning of the project,” according to the October 2012 order. In exchange for the requested relief and the approval of a project larger than would be permitted under the site’s zoning, Stanton-Eastbanc committed to a variety of public amenities, including the reopening of C St. SE, a new public plaza, affordable housing, and accommodations for the weekend flea market that currently uses the school’s parking lots for vendor tables and parking. “We are delighted to finally move forward. We plan on beginning remediation of the building mid February. That should take about 60+ days; following which we will begin razing the building. We are meeting with neighbors and flea market to inform and to coordinate,” stated Kenneth A. Golding, principal of Stanton Development. “Absolutely wonderful news. I have always been convinced this project will transform Capitol Hill in positive ways. It’s time to get it built!” stated Kirsten Oldenburg, Chair ANC 6B.

Shaun Courtney is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of District Source, a D.C. real estate and neighborhood news blog, co-founded and supported by Lindsay Reishman Real Estate. Shaun has been a local reporter in DC since 2009 and has called the city home since 2002. She currently lives in Kingman Park. u

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On Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m., Mellissa Miller, the farm manager for Common Good City Farm, will present a program on the ins and outs of seed starting. The Capitol Hill Garden Club members are area residents interested in gardening, landscaping and the environment. They meet at the NE Public Library, 330 7th St. NE, at 7 p.m. monthly. Become a member at capitolhillgardenclub.org.

Jan’s Tutoring House “Red Carpet” Benefit Jan’s Tutoring House will celebrate 25 years of matching students with success at its Red Carpet Celebration on Sunday, Feb. 22, 6-8 p.m. at the Hill Center. Join them at this Oscar-night benefit featuring food, fun, awards, and a silent auction. Proceeds go to support JTH’s work with under-served children through tutoring, afterschool programs, and summer camps. Tickets start at $25. For more information, see janstutoringhouse.org or call 202-547-1345.

The Atlas Welcomes Mosaic Theater Co. to 20152016 Season Schedule The Atlas Performing Arts Center on H St. NE has confirmed that former Theatre J Artistic Director Ari Roth and his new company, Mosaic Theater Company, will become an Atlas resident arts partner. With performances sched-

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uled to begin in the 2015-16 season, Mosaic Theater Company plans to present full productions as well as their Voices from a Changing Middle East Festival.

Oral Histories of the Navy Yard Neighborhood On Saturday, Feb. 21, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., gather with neighbors to watch recorded oral histories from both new and long-time residents of the Navy Yard neighborhood, and to share stories, either in informal groups or on film for the community archives. Curtis Watkins of Real Voices will be on hand to record “arrival” stories and aspirations for the community. This event is at 200 I St., SE in the community room. For more information, contact Helen Douglas at 202-547-1896 or Debra Frazier at 202-306-0302 or visit facebook.com/NavyYardNA.

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Capitol Hill Mourns Atlas Performing Arts Center Co-Founder Paul Sprenger The Atlas Performing Arts Center and Washington community mourn the passing of Paul C. Sprenger, attorney and philanthropist. Sprenger passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Dec. 29 while vacationing in Curaçao with his wife and partner, Jane Lang. After spending decades fighting discrimination for his clients, Sprenger become a philanthropist and together with his wife, Jane Lang, co-founded the Atlas Performing Arts Center. The two led a $24 million capital campaign opening the center in 2005. The development of Atlas, under their leadership, sparked a vibrant revitalization that is evident today on H St. NE. Sprenger began his legal career in Minneapolis and won important victories for women, minorities and older workers against some of the nation’s largest companies, including 3M, Cargill and Control Data Corporation. He is also known for his landmark sexual harassment case on behalf of female miners in Minnesota on which the film North Country was based. In 2010, Sprenger was the lead counsel representing television writers against the television production industry resulting in the largest settlement in the history of age-discrimination litigation.

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AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is available and free to taxpayers with low and moderate incomes, with special attention to those 60 and older. Through a group of trained volunteers, AARP Foundation Tax-Aide has helped lowto moderate-income individuals for more than 40 years in every state and the District of Columbia. This service is available Mondays, 3:30-8 p.m., Feb. 2, 9, 23, Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 6 and 13; and Wednesdays, 1:306 p.m., Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 1, 8 and 15. Southwest Neighborhood Library, 900 Wesley Pl. SW. 202-724-4752. dclibrary.org/southwest

CHAW and SE Library Present Art & Innovation Day Workshops Art & Innovation Day Workshops is a free ongoing series of collaborative workshops led by the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop in partnership with the DC Public Library-SE Branch. Art & Innovation Days present joint programming that taps into both the trend in libraries to provide “maker spaces” for their patrons and CHAW’s de-

sire to support activities that demonstrate art as a way of life. Workshops take place on Saturdays, 1:30-3 p.m.; Feb. 7, Zach Clark--Sumi-E inspired Ink Aliens (youth and adult); Mar. 7, Leslie Mansour--Pinhole Cameras (youth and/or adult); Apr. 4, Garrett Phelan--National Poetry Writing Month Workshop (adult); May 3; Chris Cooper--Pop Up Sewing Book/ Tote Bags (youth and/or adult). All workshops are at Southeast Library, 403 7th St. SE. Please direct all questions to 202-5476839. Walk-ins are welcome.

CHAW & Brau: Arts & Craft Beer Fundraiser The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop is partnering with local DC brewer, DC Brau, for a special Arts & Craft Beer fundraising event. DC Brau holds free tours during its Growler Hours every Saturday, noon-5 p.m., and this Feb. 7 attendees can make great art possible while exploring the local craft beer scene. The fundraiser will take place at the DC Brau brewery, 3178B Bladensburg Rd. NE. In addition to the brewery’s normal tours and tastings, CHAW will provide a fresh artistic twist on Growler Hours with a CHAW Valentine’s Photo Booth, musical performances, prizes, and class registration sign-ups to keep the creative energy going. Attendees will receive a free growler from DC Brau with a $30+ donation to CHAW, and $1 from every pint sold that day will be donated to CHAW’s tuition assistance program. No reservations necessary, and while tastings will only be available for attendees ages 21+, the brewery tours and CHAW event are open to all ages.

Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen Speaks at AARP Luncheon

The Southwest Waterfront AARP Chapter #4751 will hold its monthly luncheon meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 18, noon, at the River Park Mutual Home’s Community Room, 1311 Delaware Ave. SW. Remarks will be by Ward 6 Councilmember

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Free Yoga Series “Yoga with Nya” Returns to Union Market Union Market welcomes back its free Yoga series titled, “Yoga With Nya.” Classes take place every Sunday at noon at Dock 5. The sessions, suitable for all levels, feature Vinyasa yoga, in addition to specialty workshops and guest teachers. Students should arrive at Dock 5, 15 minutes prior to class and are advised to bring their own mats and blocks. While the class is free and open to all, a $5 donation is encouraged. Preferred entrance to Dock 5 is through the stairway on the far right side of the market. yogawithnya.com Charles Allen on community matters impacting DC’s senior population. Lunch is $5. For more information, contact Chapter President Betty Jean Tolbert Jones, bettyjeantolbertjones@yahoo.com or 202-554-0901.

DDOT Says Streetcar will Not Start Until it is Deemed Safe District Department of Transportation ActingDirector Leif Dormsjo stated in a release that: “Passenger safety is the number one pri-

ority for public transportation in the District of Columbia. Further, given the need to achieve safety certification, the District Department of Transportation will not set arbitrary deadlines for the independent State Safety Office (SSO) to complete their regulatory compliance review. The Bowser Administration will work to launch the H Street line of DC Streetcar as part of our effort to expand the District’s transportation infrastructure and will put this long-delayed line on

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track. DDOT will continue to work with the independent SSO to ensure that Streetcar meets-and exceeds--all safety specifications before setting an official date to begin passenger service.â&#x20AC;?

Quaker February Potluck and Peaceable Kingdom Dinner at William Penn House There is a potluck and Quaker dialogue on Sunday, Feb. 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the William Penn House, 515 E. Capitol St. SE. There will be a panel discussion on race, violence and policing. Bring a dish to share; family members, neighbors and friends are always welcome. On Feb. 22, 6-9 p.m., join them as they celebrate and honor those who live their lives providing silent assistance in the name of peace. William Penn House is hosting the third annual Creating the Peaceable Kingdom dinner. They will honor RonDell Pooler, an unsung hero who embodies the spirit of living the change he wants to see in the world. $50. 202-5435560. WilliamPennHouse.org

ANC6C Presents Grants Workshop On Saturday, Feb. 7, 10-11:30 a.m., the ANC6C Grants Committee will offer a workshop on how to apply for grants that fund a wide variety of projects from school theater productions to neighborhood beautification. Learn how organizations can successfully apply for ANC6C grant funds. Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen will welcome participants. All non-profit organizations are welcome. The workshop will be held at the Kaiser Perma-

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“Little Free Library” on 7th Street, NE

Free Little Library at 26 7th Street, NE in honor of Ruth Kinsley. If you know of other Little Libraries or knows who builds them, please contact Kathleen Donner at kathleendonner@ gmail.com.

Little free libraries often take the form of mini-houses that are put up in front yards, parks--anywhere there’s pedestrian traffic, with the goal of welcoming passersby to borrow and/or donate books. Unlike traditional public libraries, no credentials are required or fines charged for late returns. There’s a new little free library at 26 7th St. NE honoring long-time Hill resident Ruth Kinsley, who died in July 2013. Ruth was an avid reader whose husband Steve and fellow book group members (the Book Babes) established the little library in the Kinsleys’ front yard as a loving tribute to Ruth and her passion for literature. Anyone in the area is encouraged to stop by the Ruth Kinsley memorial library and join the little free library movement.

nente Capitol Hill Medical Center, First Floor Conference Room, 700 2nd St. NE. For more information, contact anc6c.grants@gmail.com. An RSVP is requested but not required.

K9 Corps Wait List at Congressional Cemetery Historic Congressional Cemetery will begin to release names and dogs off their popular K9 Corps waitlist on February 2nd. Members will be notified throughout February when they are eligible for the 2015 off leash dog walking membership. Residents interested in the program are encouraged to sign up on the waitlist as it cantake several years to become eligible.

Hair Cuttery Provides Haircuts to the Homeless For every haircut purchased at Hair Cuttery on Monday, Feb. 2 and Tuesday, Feb. 3, a free haircut certificate will be donated back to a homeless person local to one of Hair Cuttery’s salons. Last year, the Share a Haircut program was expanded to help not just children headed back to school, but the homeless, victims of domestic abuse and veterans. haircuttery.com

DC Office of Talent and Appointments Unveiled Mayor Bowser has unveiled the Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments along with a new way for Washingtonians to join Boards and Commissions or seek senior-level appointed positions. The website, mota.dc.gov, will be the key entry point for District residents and other interested applicants to apply for appointment to leadership staff positions or boards and commission. The new office, directed

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Reserve Now for Overbeck Lecture: Alice Dunnigan “Alone Atop the Hill” On Tuesday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m., author and attorney Carol McCabe Booker will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture based on the newly republished autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, who overcame both race and gender barriers as the first black woman to break into the national press corps in Washington. The new, retitled edition, Alone atop the Hill, follows Dunnigan from her childhood as the daughter of a sharecropper and laundress in Kentucky to her arrival in World War II Washington, where she worked first as a typist and eventually as a reporter. Ultimately she would become the first black female journalist accredited to the White House and credentialed by the House and Senate Press Galleries and the first to travel with a U.S. president (Harry Truman). She was also the first reporter to que≠stion President Eisenhower about civil rights, and provided coverage of virtually ev≠ery racial issue before the Congress, the federal courts and the executive branch for more than one hundred black newspapers. Her lecture will be held at the Naval Lodge Hall at 330 Pennsylvania Ave. SE and will conclude with a book signing. Admission is free but a reservation is required due to limited seating. Email OverbeckLecture@CapitolHillHistory.org and indicate how many seats you will need.

by Steve Walker, will oversee a team tasked with recruiting energetic, forward-thinking individuals. The Office of Talent and Appointments is in the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 211.

District’s Population Continues to Grow The District of Columbia continues to be an attractive place to live, as the latest estimates from the US Census Bureau were released showing that 9,782 new residents were added between July 2013 and July 2014, keeping Washington, DC on the list of top positive growth areas in the country. The District’s total population now stands at 658,893-a figure not seen since the 1970s. The District grew by 1.5 percent over the year. The previous 2013 population estimate of 646,449 has been revised upward to 649,111. This number means that the city has added 57,000 people or grown an average of 1,120 new residents per month between April 1, 2010 and July 1, 2014. Based on the revised 2013 population estimate, the District grew by an average of 815 new residents per month between July 2013 and July 2014. For the fourth year in a row, the District remained among the nation’s top five fastest-growing states. This continued growth trend moves the District closer to its Sustainable DC goal of increasing the city’s population by 250,000 residents between 2010 and 2030. u

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Rail Freight Safety in The District Managing the Small Risk of an Enormous Catastrophe by Jeffrey Anderson

s DC lawmakers consider legislation to implement an inspection program for rail freight passing through the Nation’s Capital, the question naturally arises: What has the local government historically done to protect communities and historic structures from a catastrophic train wreck or toxic spill? The answer, unsettling as it may sound, is: Not much. CSX Transportation, the company that owns, operates and maintains some 70 miles of track in the District, says it handles 375,000 carloads of freight per year, including cars, consumer goods, agriculture products and coal. The company has about 50 employees to oversee its operations. Two of the CSX lines, one coming from the direction of Rockville, MD, the other from Baltimore, converge at Union Station, where they are routed through the First Street Tunnel, over the Long Railroad Bridge and into Virginia, according to a map provided by CSX. A third line branches off the latter near Hyattsville, where it then heads south, runs parallel to the Anacostia Freeway, crosses the Anacostia River near the Navy Yard, passes through a tunnel under the U.S. Capitol, and merges with the first line near L’Enfant Plaza before crossing the Long Bridge. The CSX rail lines travel through Wards 5, 6 and 7, where, in 2007, a major derailment sent 600 tons of coal into the Anacostia River. The incident resulted from a failure to secure the brakes of an 89-car freight train that collapsed a bridge in Anacostia Park, according to news reports at the time. CSX eventually paid the District a $650,000 settlement to create a $500,000 environment endowment fund and resolve alleged safety violations and costs for emergency response and restoration of natural resources. An investigative report by the News 4 I-Team last week further highlighted safety risks of hazardous materials moving through the District. The report pointed to CSX derailments in Rosedale, MD, in 2013, and Lynchburg, VA, last April, both of which resulted in dangerous fires. Though CSX officials told the I-Team that it stopped shipping chlorine, ammonia and other explosives through the District in 2004, reporters re-

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cently observed placards for molten sulfur, ammonium nitrate and molten phenol on its rail cars -- materials that call for a mile-wide evacuation zone that encompasses the Washington Monument, the U.S. Capitol, the Navy Yard, 10 Metro stations, Interstates 395 and 295, and federal buildings south of the National Mall. CSX went to federal court in 2005 to challenge a District ban on shipping hazardous materials, and the court agreed that the law does not prohibit such shipments. When asked about its current protocols for ensuring safe passage of hazardous materials, the D.C. Department of Transportation said in an email last week: “The city has left [rail safety] inspections to the rail companies and federal agencies since ultimately the [federal government] has enforcement power. It’s not required by each state.” DDOT referred further questions to the DC Homeland Security Emergency Management Agency and DC Fire and EMS. In an email, a spokesman for HSEMA said the agency coordinates with CSX and FEMS by providing “situational awareness” on hazardous materials, but that it has no regulatory oversight over the rail line itself. FEMS has authority over hazardous material incidents that occur in the District, the spokesman said, and trains CSX employees on emergency response procedures. FEMS officials did not respond to a request for comment. Rob Doolittle, a spokesman for CSX, said the company works with DC agencies to ensure they have the information needed to protect the public’s interests. The company evaluates 27 factors recommended by the U.S. Department of Transportation to determine the safest routes for any given shipment, he said, noting there have been no incidents in the District since 2007. “Rail transportation remains the safest means available for transporting hazardous materials, and safety is CSX’s highest priority,” Doolittle said.

State Rail Safety Participation Program So how do other states approach the issue of rail safety? Authority for railroad safety inspections rests with the Federal Railroad Administration, under the juris-

diction of the USDOT, which requires FRA to conduct oversight of rail freight through unannounced inspections and audits and to take enforcement action as appropriate. The FRA also works in conjunction with at least 30 states through the State Rail Safety Participation program, which allows state inspectors to receive training in the same disciplines as federal inspectors and to report findings to the FRA database. DC is the only jurisdiction in the mid-Atlantic region that does not already participate in the program. Inspectors with Virginia’s Division of Utility and Railroad Safety investigate accidents and inspect railroad tracks, bridges, rail cars and locomotives to ensure compliance with FRA standards on major and short line railroads over thousands of miles of track, according to Ken Schrad, a spokesman for the State Corporation Commission. The division has five employees who conduct inspections and one administrator who monitors more than 3,500 miles of track, Schrad said. In 2014, the division inspected more than 10,000 “track units,” which include miles of track, freight records, grade crossings, locomotives, rail cars and power equipment, he said, noting that last year inspectors found more than 5,000 defects, cited 20 violations and investigated 22 accidents and 20 complaints. In Maryland, where the memory of the 2001 Howard Street Tunnel fire still haunts, three inspectors conduct roughly 650 inspections per year, according to Chief Railroad Inspector Charles Rogers. “If we find something broken on the locomotive, rail car or track, we notify the railroad and they fix it,” he said, adding that measuring the program’s effectiveness is an elusive task. “It’s hard to prove a negative,” he said. A philosophical attitude seems to come from experience -- something that DC lacks. One former Pennsylvania railroad safety inspector, who has since returned to the private sector, said that 2013 was the safest in rail history. (Figures for 2014 have not been released.) A more pressing concern, the former inspector said, is holding on to qualified people, as government salaries can be as low as $40,000 a year. “Government inspectors do what industry inspectors do,” he said, “but you can make into six-figures if you’re working for the railroad.” Rodney Bender, manager of the transportation division for the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, said salary disparity could be a challenge in DC, due to the cost of living. His state has more miles of railroad track than almost any other state except California, with eight inspectors trying to inspect 20,000 rail cars and 400 locomotives per year, over 1,500 miles of main line track and 50 miles of yard track.

“California has something like 30 inspectors,” Bender said, acknowledging his outfit’s relatively small size. “But rail safety has improved, and we feel like we’re part of that.” Bender’s colleague, FRA Program Manager Lugene Bastian, is not swayed when a reporter suggests that although the risks may have decreased, the stakes are high, particularly in capital cities. “Right behind the state capitol is the Harrisburg Rail Yard, and it’s six miles long,” said Bastian. “Across the river is the Enola Yard, one of the oldest in the country. These crude oil trains pass right by every day. You could probably see the engineer in the cab if you’ve got good eyesight.” Yet Pennsylvania experienced just “a few derailments” last year and no leaks, she said. “It has the potential to be ugly, but it’s still one of the safest ways to move more products.”

Legislative Reform in DC DC Council members have acknowledged the District’s regulatory shortcomings. The Rail Safety and Security Oversight Agency Establishment Act of 2015, introduced January 6 by Ward 6 Council member Charles Allen, Ward 3 member Mary Cheh and At-Large member David Grosso, proposes to tighten rail cargo transparency and reporting rules by requiring the District to con-

duct rail security inspections, coordinate those activities with neighboring jurisdictions and report hazardous cargo to the FRA. “I don’t think DC is prepared to know what is happening on the rail lines and it is not prepared to respond and manage the system the way it should or could,” Allen said last week. Allen was at a Council hearing last year and was struck by all the finger-pointing after questions arose about what travels through the city. “The hearing showed me that no one is in charge,” he said. “We need to know that DC has a plan for rail safety. This creates a new system of accountability to know what’s on the rails and to have some degree of oversight on what we don’t want.” Residents in neighborhoods where CSX operates are keenly interested to see how the Council handles the measure. Ward 6 resident Maureen Cohen Harrington has testified before the DC Council, urging mandates for staffing, risk assessment and reduction, adequate funding, performance standards and transparency measures. “On one level it’s a big ‘Duh,’” Harrington said. “It’s inconceivable that it ever passed the laugh test [to not have a program].” Monte Edwards, a Ward 6 resident who, like Harrington, sits on the Federal City Commit-

tee of 100, criticized the District for not imposing speed limits, operational requirements and rail inspections. Edwards is working with Allen’s office to study how the proposed legislation differs from what other states do. “Federal certified inspectors get a carby-car look at rail cargo,” Edwards said. “We’d have the right to see what is coming into our city in real time.” Ward 7 residents have reason to support the bill as well. Dennis Chestnut, executive director of Groundwork Anacostia River, DC, an environmental advocacy nonprofit, said CSX trains carrying “all kinds of chemicals” are within the evacuation zone of Historic Anacostia, Metro lines, schools, businesses and residences. The community already is plagued by toxic sites, said Chestnut, pointing to the Kenilworth Landfill, the former PEPCO plant and Poplar Point, where vacated greenhouses once used by the US Department of Agriculture sit and deteriorate. “The area is saturated with people,” Chestnut said. “An accident involving hazardous material would be horrendous.” Doolittle, the CSX spokesman, said the company is sensitive to community concerns about the shipment of hazardous materials. “We are currently evaluating the proposed rail-safety legislation and will provide comments as the DC legislative process moves forward,” he said. Council member Cheh did not respond to a request for comment. Council member Grosso’s office said he was not available at press time for this article. Aside from HSEMA and FEMS, the other District agency with any authority over rail cargo is the DC Department of the Environment, but that is in reaction to a spill caused by derailment or other malfunction. DDOE Director Tommy Wells said DC has lacked a rail safety oversight program because it is not a port city, was under federal control until 1975, and still has a unique relationship with the federal government. Wells said he supports creating an inspection program but with some consideration of “what problem we are solving.” He said HSEMA has “semi-confidential” access to information about hazardous materials passing through the District, and that to assume they are not doing some level of inspection “is probably not true. And just because we haven’t been a part of the FRA program does not mean CSX gets a pass on meeting federal safety requirements.” To Allen, the devil is in the details, and looking to the FRA participation program is only the beginning of a long-overdue process. “As we go through the legislative route it will allow us to hear from more experts to see what is needed and how to implement it.” u

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The Freshmen Troika

Allen, Siverman and Nadeau join the DC Council by Andrew Lightman

he election of 2014 was a watershed for the DC Council. Three longtime members left its ranks: Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), David Catania (IAt Large) and Jim Graham (D-Ward 1). They were replaced by Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) and Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1). The change was both generational and ideological. Here is a look at their respective agendas.

Allen: First Out of the Gate As the chief of staff to his predecessor, Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) is well acquainted with the corridors of the Wilson Building. Allen has hit the ground running with legislative initiatives involving transportation, small business development and education. Along with Transportation Committee Chair Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), Allen has introduced the State Safety and Security Oversight Agency Establishment Act of 2015. This act, whose cumbersome title masks its true focus, is designed to bring the District into line with rail safety practices of surrounding jurisdictions. Rather than allow unsupervised

Charles Allen (D-Ward 6)

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transit across the District, the act requires rail security inspection, mandates coordination with neighboring states, and requires the reporting of hazardous cargo. “Thousands of District residents–many in Ward 6–live and work near the rail lines that cross through our city. We can’t wait for a derailment of hazardous materials or other rail disaster before we act to improve safety and transparency,” Allen states. (The issue of rail safety is the subject of another article in the February Hill Rag.) To aid small business development in the District, Allen has introduced the Small Business Incubator Act of 2015. This law creates a mechanism for entrepreneurs to obtain short-term business licenses as well as expedited licenses for those willing to locate in currently vacant storefronts. “I am committed to making DC a great place to do business and create jobs. One way to invest in the success of our small businesses is to reduce regulatory barriers and make it easier for them to open their doors in our neighborhoods. This bill will support entrepreneurs as they take risks and bring new ideas to the marketplace,” says Allen. A third legislative measure introduced by Al-

Elissa Silverman (I-At Large)

Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1)

len is the so-called “Books from Birth” bill. Under its aegis, the DC Public Library (DCPL) will mail a book to every child in the District, regardless of means, from birth through age five. The age-appropriate books will be selected by a committee of volunteers organized by DCPL. “Less than half of third graders in the District score proficient or advanced in reading skills. It is critical that the District confront the literacy and achievement gap at its starting point, well before it shows up in the classroom. Books are direct building blocks for learning, but children must be exposed to them to use them,” says Allen. Allen sits on the Committee for Education; the Committee for Transportation and the Environment; and the Committee for Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.

Nadeau: Translating Community Concerns into Legislative Priorities Nadeau developed her legislative agenda walking door-to-door in Ward 1. A series of four ‘community conversations’ conducted during the fall with constituents helped her refine her focus. “My role is to make sure that the community voices are coming into the process,” Nadeau states. Affordable housing tops the list of Ward 1 community concerns. “Skyrocketing prices are forcing out too many of our neighbors,” says Nadeau. From her seat on the Council’s Committee on Housing and Community Development, she intends to delve deeply into the weeds of city’s execution of its housing policy and hold agencies strictly accountable. “We don’t have to reinvent the wheel. We need to be tweaking things,” states Nadeau. In particular, Nadeau points to the process of Planned Unit Development (PUD). This is a process in which the DC Zoning Commission grants developers greater density in return for specific community benefits. Typically, developers promise to develop a percentage of affordable units in excess of the requirements of inclusionary zoning. Even though the granting of a certificate of occupancy is tied to the fulfillment of the affordable housing requirements, no agency is truly tasked with auditing PUDs after proj-

ect completion, Nadeau points out. “The oversight of PUDs does not have a home.” Since the Committee of the Whole has retained jurisdiction over the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, she hopes to hold developers accountable for their promises. Nadeau is a fan of ‘Smart Growth.’ She believes that parcels adjacent to transit are ripe for denser housing. Despite this, Nadeau supports recent moves by the Office of Planning (OP) to reign in small condo development and pop-ups in R4 residential areas. “The theory is that an increase in housing reduces prices, but OP has found that condo conversions of single-family homes are not yielding that result,” she states. In its absence, she believes the cost in congestion is too high. Education is Nadeau’s second priority. Here, she squarely believes it is her role to be the advocate for her ward’s schools. While not sitting on the Education Committee, she intends on “being a partner in the public and public charter schools in Ward 1.” With the ‘community school’ model in mind, Nadeau wants each of her ward’s schools to provide wrap-around services, such as medical care and counseling, to support parent engagement and student well-being. Ethics and clean government are Nadeau’s third concern. During her campaign, she accepted corporate contributions which was legal under the prevailing rules. Moving forward, she supports a ban on such monies. She is a co-sponsor of the bill put forward by Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) to eliminate council votes on city contracts. Nadeau believes that the Council can build on earlier reforms piloted by then Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser. Citing a recent report by the Board of Ethics and Governmental Accountability (BEGA), she wants to extend the body’s authority by incorporating language to that effect into all DC governmental contracts. She also wants non-paid work placed under the same ethical regime as salaried labor. From her perch on the Committee of Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Nadeau promises a careful evaluation of the procurement process involving awards to Certified Business Enterprises. She believes that Ana Harvey, the new acting director of the Department of Small and Local Business, is off to a good start in this regard. Nadeau sits on the Committee for Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs; the Committee

for Health and Human Services; and the Committee for Housing and Community Development.

Silverman: Punching the “O” in Oversight Unlike the other two freshmen who had the benefit of an eight month lame duck period between the Democratic Primary and November’s General Election, Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) is fresh off the campaign trail. Not surprisingly, she is hard at work making the transition to governing. Transparency, accountability, integrity and smart investment, themes of her race, remain her watch words. While it is the Mayor’s role to set the vision for the city, it is the job of the Council to hold the executive accountable for its actions, Silverman believes. The key to success, she argues, lies in effective legislative oversight. Councilmembers must partner with the agencies to ensure the public’s money is accounted for and its assets fully leveraged. How can agencies work better? How do we measure success? These are the questions that centrally preoccupy Silverman. ‘I am concerned about those making zero to 30 percent Area Median Income (AMI), which is basically minimum wage,” states Silverman. Not surprisingly, employment and affordable housing lie squarely at the top of her agenda. “If you don’t have a stable place to live, everything gets worse,” Silverman observes. The solution lies in preserving existing low income rentals, maintaining affordable purchase options, and maintaining existing public housing. As a member of the Council’s Committee on Housing and Community Development, Silverman has spent the first weeks of her term trying to gain an understanding of the alphabet soup of District and federal programs that promote and protect affordable housing. “It is confusing. There are tons of different programs,” she states. Silverman cites the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) as one example. Under this law, renters organized collectively have the first right of refusal when their building is offered for sale. However, lower income tenants may not have the organizational wherewithal to manage such a process. The law allows the city to exercise the right for them. Yet the District has never done so. “Are we using all the tools in our toolbox?” Silverman asks.

Employment and housing are a “chicken and egg” problem, Silverman observes. One cannot find employment without a residence or secure housing without a job. “Are we spending federal and local dollars to train people for actual jobs?” Silverman asks. Washington’s economy is driven by administration, health care and hospitality. The unskilled can be trained to be phlebotomists, sous chefs, help desk staffers or dental technicians, she points out. “Are we connecting the unemployed to real unsubsidized career paths?” As a member of the Committee of Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Silverman will have a hand in overseeing the Department of Employment Services and the Workforce Investment Council responsible for many of these programs. Silverman sits on the Committee for Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs; the Committee for Housing and Community Development; and the Committee for Finance and Revenue.

The Impact of the Troika Silverman, Nadeau and Allen share a strongly progressive ideology focused on making government work cleanly and effectively for all its citizens. All share a commitment to ending corporate contributions in campaigns, tightening ethical rules and increasing transparency in government. The impact of the three will be shaped by their committee assignments. Allen, walking in the footsteps of his predecessor and mentor, will involve himself in educational, transportation and environmental issues. Nadeau will focus on health, affordable housing, homelessness, healthcare, and community development. Silverman will turn her attention to civic finances, affordable housing and workforce development. All three freshmen sit on the Committee for Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, chaired by Vincent B. Orange (D-At Large). This committee has jurisdiction over a wide range of issues from civic regulation to employment issues and workforce development. Given the strong ties all three have to Washington’s small business community, one can expect a major effort to simplify and streamline municipal regulations. “I have four years to make a difference here; and I am very mindful that the clock is ticking,” says Nadeau. u

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Left Behind

DC’s Economy is Failing Many Residents

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he best social program is a good job.” That’s from Bill Clinton, but it could have come from Marion Barry too, who will be most remembered for giving DC residents their first job through the Summer Youth Employment Program. A good job is important not only to meeting financial needs, but also to dignity and self-worth. But what happens when good jobs just aren’t there? When residents who want to work cannot find a job, or when the jobs they find don’t pay enough or offer enough hours to make ends meet? These questions are important because this is the reality for many DC residents right now. The District’s economy recovered well from the Great Recession, with more housing, jobs, and retail to serve a growing population. But a look beneath the surface shows that many residents are being left behind. Wages are falling for workers on the low end of the earnings scale. Residents without a college degree face unemployment levels that are almost twice as high as before the recession. People who become unemployed are staying out of work longer, and many residents work part-time when they really want a full-time job. If DC’s best social program is the economy, then it is a badly failing many of us. Rather than creating broad prosperity, the economic recovery in the District is really just a recovery for a small number of residents. There are things that can be done about this. The District has a number of strengths to build on, including a minimum wage that will rise to $11.50 an hour by 2016, and a requirement that all employers give their workers paid sick leave. But more needs to be done to strengthen literacy and training programs to so that more residents can earn a living wage. Helping more DC residents build job skills – and making sure that jobs in DC offer the pay and benefits people need to succeed – should be top priorities for Mayor Bowser and the DC Council. This will require improving literacy and training programs, strongly enforcing the minimum wage

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by Ed Lazere and other employment laws, and strengthening policies to ensure that jobs in the city are good ones.

Wage Gap in DC Is at a Record Level DC residents working for low wages have seen their

pay fall in recent years, while paychecks for higherwage workers have grown by thousands of dollars. One of five working DC residents earns $13 an hour or less, and their pay has fallen one percent since 2007. Meanwhile, earnings have risen $3 an hour since 2007 for middle-wage workers and $6 an hour for high-wage workers – to $45 an hour. Growing wage disparity is a long-term trend in the District. Hourly pay for DC residents working at low-wages increased only seven percent over the last 35 years – about two cents an hour per year, after inflation – while middle-wage workers have seen a 35 percent wage increase and high-wage workers have seen wages grow 55 percent. The gap between low and high-wages in DC is now at a 35 year high.

Unemployment still 2 percent higher than before the Recession The District’s unemployment rate has been falling for several years, to 7.4 percent in late 2014. But that is still higher than it was before the start of the recession – 5.5 percent in 2007 – which means that DC residents have not fully recovered from the recession. And some groups of residents have been hit harder than others. About 18 percent of residents with a high school diploma are unemployed, almost double the 10 percent rate in 2007. Workers with some college experience, including those with an associate’s degree, face an unemployment rate that is three times higher than in 2007. And 16 percent of black residents were unemployed in 2013, more than double the unemployment rate for Hispanic residents and more than quadruple the unemployment rate for white residents. When DC workers lose their jobs nowadays, they are increasingly out of work for a long time. Nearly half of all unemployed DC residents in 2013 had been looking for work for at least six months. In 2007, by contrast, over 80 percent of unemployed workers went back to work in less than 6 months. Under-employment is increasingly common. Lack of available work has forced some DC residents into jobs that do not provide them with the amount of hours they want, and in some cases caused workers to give up looking all together. To-

day, one-third of DC residents with a high school diploma are either unemployed, too discouraged to look at all, or working but fewer hours than they want. This under-employment rate has nearly doubled since 2007.

We Can Help More Residents Get Good Jobs The rising cost of living in DC means that residents will face growing challenges if they are not able to find good-paying jobs. Yet the latest economic statistics show that a good job is increasingly out of reach for many residents. The District has a number of strengths to build on. The city’s minimum wage will rise to $11.50 an hour in 2016, and all workers in the city earn paid sick leave starting with their first day on the job. Legislation adopted in 2014 will prohibit employers from asking about an applicant’s criminal record until a job offer has been made. And the District operates a number of training programs for adults and youth. But that’s not enough. To more effectively combat high unemployment and lagging wages, the District should: Enforce New Wage and Job Benefits: In addition to minimum wage and paid sick leave changes, the District recently adopted stronger penalties for employers who fail to pay their workers all they are due. These changes will need to be communicated to workers and businesses, and the District will need adequate staff to enforce them. Raise the Minimum Wage for Waiters and Other Tipped Workers: The minimum wage for workers whose jobs require them to rely on tips in addition to salary is just $2.77 an hour, and was not raised when the basic minimum wage increased to $11.50. Expand Access to Child Care: Ensuring that parents have conve-

nient access to high-quality childcare is important to enabling parents to go to work. Yet the amount the District provides to subsidize child care is well below market rates and the level needed to provide appropriate care. Increasing child care reimbursement rates would support expansion of quality child care throughout the city. Connect Literacy Programs and Job Training: A “career pathways” task force will issue recommendations this year to better connect literacy programs and job training that leads to employment. The mayor and Council should implement those recommendations. Adopt Family Leave Insurance: The District should create a system that workers can pay into and draw from to replace wages if extended leave is needed to be with a new child or to care for an ailing relative. Some states have done this. Paid leave helps hard-working men and women balance the often competing demands of job and family without falling behind. Make Better Use of Federal Job Training Money: SNAP (food stamps) provides federal funds to cover half the cost of providing job training and work supports such as transportation or work uniforms for SNAP recipients. Yet the District does not take full advantage of this important tool. We should strive for an economy that creates good jobs for everyone willing to get up and go to work every day. There is a long way to go, but we can get there. Lazere is executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (www. dcfpi.org). DCFPI promotes budget and policy solutions to reduce poverty and inequality in the District of Columbia, and to increase the opportunity for residents to build a better future. u

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Will the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Change Course? by Charnice A. Milton

reated in 2006 as the National Marathon, the event now known as the Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Marathon and Half Marathon was created as the only foot race to pass through all four city quadrants. According to the official website, the event promises to take runners “...on a rockin’ 26.2 or 13.1 journey through our Nation’s capital...” which will begin on Constitution Avenue and end at RFK Stadium Lot 7. While the event, which takes place on March 14 this year, promises that participants will be “...surrounded by the sights of the White House, Smithsonian Libraries, and Washington Monument...,” the Capitol Building may not be one of them, due to a the US Capitol Police’s (USCP) new traffic policy.

Background USCP’s mission is to “...protect the Congress, its legislative processes, Members, employees, visitors, and facilities from crime, disruption, or terrorism.” The agency’s main jurisdiction is within a 47 square feet radius in and around Capitol Grounds. USCP is also a member of the Mayor’s Special Events Task Group (MSETG), a coalition of city and federal agencies as well as private sector emergency organizations responsible for the city’s safety planning efforts for events. “For the last several years, we’ve always had a very good working relationship,” said Josh Furlow, Vice President of Competitor Group, the company behind the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon series. Since 2012, the race course either passed through or around the Capitol Grounds with USCP’s permission.

On June 1, USCP’s governing body, the Capitol Police Board, enacted the Capitol Traffic Regulations (CTR), an amended traffic policy that is, according to a USCP press release, “...more comprehensive and specifically aligned with current traffic regulation and enforcement on Capitol Grounds.” CTR’s twelfth chapter, which on focuses demonstrations and special events, has a section dedicated to road races, defined as “...any type of sponsored running or cycling event, such as a marathon or triathlon.” The section prohibits route retracing (participants can only pass through Capitol Grounds once) and limits races to Sundays. USCP did not comment on the changes.

Response From Congresswoman Norton

On October 29, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-D) sent a letter to House Sargent at Arms Paul Irving, who serves as head of the Capitol Police Board, to reconsider the new policy. “Constituents, including the Downtown Cluster of Congregations, and road race organizers have reached out to my office with concerns about this change in policy, the lack of community involvement in the decision, and the potential impacts the change will have on the surrounding community,” she wrote. Congresswoman Norton explained that Sunday races would not only interfere with residents attending religious services, but disrupt planning for Saturday events like the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. “The routes, timing, and days of many events have been worked out over a number of years and have involved community participation with the goal of minimizing disruptions to D.C. residents and various other stakeholders, including the D.C. Government,” she wrote. “However, the Saturday ban did not have similar participation by the community.” She ended the letter, requesting the Board to consider the rule at its next meeting, grandfathering past events and pending permit applications for SatA map of the 2015 Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon as of January. However, a new traffic urday road races, and a public regulation policy could change the course ahead of the March 15 event. Photo: Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon/Competitor Group

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How it Affects Capitol Hill According to the course map, runners will travel along H Street, NE, then turn right on 13th Street, NE. The course then turns on North Carolina Avenue, NE, passes by Lincoln Park on East Capitol Street, then turns left on Second Street, SE. Finally, runners will pass the Capitol Grounds on Constitution Avenue, SE. While road closures will begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m., most will reopen after runners pass through. Until then, residents can utilize Metro (which will open at 5 a.m.) and “bump cross routes,” designated areas where drivers can cross the race route at MPD’s discretion located at Eighth and H Streets (north/southbound), 10th and Eighth Streets at East Capitol, (north/southbound), Sixth and East Capitol Streets (northbound), and Fourth and East Capitol Streets (southbound). However, Scott Price, the Advisory Neighborhood Neighborhood Commission (ANC) representative for Single-Member District 6C03 notes that if the USCP does not relent, it would affect D Street, SE, which is under USCP jurisdiction. “If Capitol police don’t participate... the entry/exit route on D [Street]... won’t be available and instead the race course will leave Stanton Park for Union Station – which will close half of [Massachusetts Avenue] to traffic,” he wrote in an email. “The result will be that for several hours, people will have only [five] lanes inbound and outbound to enter and leave this portion of [Capitol Hill].” While temporarily ceding jurisdiction of D Street to MPD is a suggestion, Furlow says that the matter is still under discussion. “We’ll be fine,” he said. “However, we wanted to display the Capitol to international runners.” u

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ANC 6A by Denise Romano

New Slate of Commissioners Elected, Sworn In Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a motion to nominate and elect the following officers: Commissioner Phil Toomajian, chair; Commissioner Omar Mahmud, vice-chair; Commissioner Calvin Ward, secretary; Commissioner Stephanie Zimny, treasurer. The following commissioners were newly elected: Phil Toomajian, ANC 6A02; Matt Levy, ANC 6A04; Patrick Malone, ANC 6A05 and Stephanie Zimny, ANC 6A06.

New Permanent Committee Members Nominated, Elected Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a motion to nominate members of the permanent Committees for 2015: Economic Development and Zoning Committee: Dan Golden (co-chair), Andrew Hysell (co-chair), Laura Gentile, Missy Boyette, Brian Carlson, Justin Thornton, Michael Hoenig, Stephanie Zimny; Transportation and Public Safety: Todd Sloves (co-chair), Omar Mahmud (co-chair), Jeff Fletcher, Andrea Adleman, DeLania Hardy, Lara Levison, Christine Ennis, Hassan Christian, Elizabeth Nelson; Alcohol Beverage Licensing: Jay Williams (co-chair), Christopher Seagle (co-chair), David Oberting, Michael Herman, Roger Caruth, Adam Healy; Community Outreach: Pat Joseph, Roni Hollmon, Dana Wyckoff (co-chair), Raphael Marshall (co-chair), Shirley Worthy, Gladys Mack, Jean Kohanek, Joyce West.

Proposals for Kramer St. lot Three different groups are bidding to fill the empty lots, owned by the DC government, on Kram-

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er St., between 15th and 16th St. NE. One group is proposing energy and space efficient row-homes that fit in with the character of the neighborhood. More will be discussed in detail at the next Economic Development and Zoning committee meeting.

Rosedale Library to Grow a Garden Rosedale Library is putting together a panel to work to install a garden. Contact the librarian by emailing HYPERLINK “mailto:rosedalelibrary@dc.gov” rosedalelibrary@dc.gov or calling 202-727-5012 if you are interested.

Truck Trouble on 11 St. NE A resident complained of large trucks barreling down 11th St. NE to access Route 295 now that the 11th St. Bridge is open. She said that she is concerned about the speeding because the area is residential and has a lot of pedestrians.

Alcohol, Beverage and Licensing Committee Business Commissioners voted 8-0 to approve a recommendation that the ANC protest the Class C Tavern License renewal of Lattice Partners LLC t/a Copycat Co. at 1110 H Street NE, unless a signed settlement agreement is submitted prior to the date of the protest hearing. ABL Chair Jay Williams is authorized to complete the settlement agreement. In an unanimous vote, commissioners approved a recommendation that the ANC oppose the request by 1101 Convenience Mart at 1101 H Street NE, for an exemption from the Ward 6 singles ban. Commissioners felt that that part of the neighborhood was not ready for a ban on the sale of single beers. Commissioners voted 7-0-1 to approve a rec-

ommendation that the ANC approve an amendment to its Settlement Agreement with Cusbah at 1128 H Street NE stating that (1) the establishment’s sidewalk cafe close at 11:00 p.m. on weeknights and 1:30 a.m. on weekends and (2) no noise from the sidewalk cafe will be heard from any nearby residence, and that the ANC withdraw its protest of Cusbah’s license renewal. The outside patio is now closed and noise will be less likely to spread, commissioners said.

Transportation and Public Space Committee Business In a unanimous vote, commissioners approved a recommendation that the ANC write a letter to DDOT requesting additional pedestrian crossing signage at the intersections where 16th St. NE crosses C St. NE and North Carolina Ave. NE, with an additional request that DDOT also consider installation of crosswalk lighting if available.

EMERGENCY W AT E R D A M A G E • M O L D R E M E D I AT I O N Economic Development and Zoning Committee Business In an 8-0 vote, commissioners approved a recommendation that the ANC write a letter of support to BZA regarding the requested zoning relief for 240 9th St. NE, supporting the applicant’s requests for variances from the alley setback requirements and accessory building height requirements under and for a special exception from the lot occupancy requirements to permit the construction of a second story on an existing garage in the R-4 district. Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a recommendation that the ANC write a letter of support to HPRB regarding the design of the proposed second story on the existing garage at 240 9th St. NE. Commissioners voted 7-01 to approve a recommendation that the ANC write a letter to BZA taking no position on the requested zoning relief for 815 8th St. NE specifically, the applicant’s request for special exceptions for the construction of a two-story rear addition to an existing single-family dwelling not meeting the lot occupancy requirements, the rear yard requirements, the open court requirements and the nonconforming structure requirements, in view of the fact that, in the ANC’s view, additional zoning relief from the accessory building height requirements should be required for the proposed structure. The owner wishes to build a wooden trellis connecting the existing home to what is now a garage; and building a second story on the garage so it can be rented out as an additional apartment. Commissioners also voted unanimously to approve a friendly amendment that the ANC send a letter to BZA authorizing Andrew Hysell to be the

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ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 6A PHIL TOOMAJIAN, CHAIR, PHILANC6A@GMAIL.COM Serving the Near Northeast, North Lincoln Park, Rosedale, and Stanton Park communities ANC 6A generally meets the second Thursday of the month, at Miner Elementary School, 601 15th Street, NE.

www.anc6a.org Next ANC 6A meeting is 2nd Thursday, February 12 7 p.m, Miner E.S., 601 15th St. NE Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee

Tuesday, February 17, 7 p.m. • Sherwood Recreation Center Corner of 10th & G Streets, NE • Chair, Jay Williams, 906-0657

Transportation & Public Space Committee

Monday, February 9, 7 p.m. • Capitol Hill Towers, 900 G St. NE Photo ID Required Co-Chairs, Omar Mahmud, 546-1520; Todd Sloves, 347-735-8633

Economic Development & Zoning Committee

Wednesday, February 18, 7 p.m. • Sherwood Recreation Center Corner of 10th and G Streets, NE • Chair, Dan Golden, 641-5734

Community Outreach Committee

Monday, February 23, 7 p.m. • Maury Elementary School 1250 Constitution Ave NE • Chair, Dana Wyckoff, 571-213-1630

Please check the Community Calendar on the website for cancellations and changes of venue.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6C P.O. Box 77876 • Washington, D.C. 20013-7787 • www.anc6c.org • (202) 547-7168 ANC 6C generally meets the second Wednesday of each month. 214 Massachusetts Ave NE

ANC 6C COMMISSIONERS ANC 6C01 Daniele Schiffman Daniele.Schiffman@gmail.com

ANC 6C04 Mark Eckenwiler 6C04@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6C02 Karen Wirt (202) 547-7168 6C02@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6C05 Christopher Miller christopher.e.miller @gmail.com

ANC 6C03 Scott Price (202) 577-6261 6C03@anc.dc.gov scott.price@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6C06 Tony Goodman (202) 271-8707 tonytgood@gmail.com

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ANC 6C COMMITTEES Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee First Monday, 7 pm Contact: (870) 821-0531 anc6c.abl.committee@gmail.com

Transportation and Public Space Committee First Thursday, 7 pm Contact: mark.kaz.anc@gmail.com

Grants Committee Last Thursday, 7 pm Contact: ducotesb1@gmail.com

Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development First Wednesday, 7 pm Contact: zoning@eckenwiler.org Twitter: @6C_PZE

Parks and Events Committee First Tuesday, 7 pm Contact: christinehealey100@gmail.com

main contact in this matter. Commissioners voted 7-0-1 to approve a recommendation that the ANC write a letter to the Zoning Administrator requesting that the pending application for zoning relief for 815 8th St. NE be reviewed to determine whether additional zoning relief from the accessory building height requirements is required for the proposed structure and stating that, in the ANC’s view, such relief should be required. Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a recommendation that the ANC write a letter of support to BZA regarding the requested zoning relief for 915 C St. NE, supporting the applicant’s requests for special exceptions, for the construction of a two-story rear porch addition to an existing single-family dwelling not meeting the lot occupancy requirements the minimum lot size requirements, the open court requirements, and the nonconforming structure requirements in the R-4 District. In an unanimous vote, commissioners approved a recommendation that the ANC write a letter of support to HPRB regarding the design of the proposed two-story rear porch addition at 915 C St. NE, on the condition that the downspout not be visible from the facing porch. Commissioners voted 8-0 to approve a recommendation that the ANC write a letter of support to BZA regarding the requested zoning relief for 1020 F St. NE, supporting the applicant’s request for special exceptions for the construction of a third-floor addition to an existing single-family dwelling not meeting the lot occupancy requirements, the rear yard requirements, and the nonconforming structure requirements in the R-4 District.

Other business Frank Maduro, the new Ward 6 liaison to the mayor’s office, introduced himself. Any concerns, comments or questions can be directed to him by email at Frank. HYPERLINK “mailto:Maduro@dc.gov” Maduro@

dc.gov or by calling 202-538-0313. The 6A committees meet at 7 p.m. at the following dates: Alcohol Beverage and Licensing, third Wednesday Tuesday of every month at the Sherwood Recreation Center. Community Outreach, third Monday of each month, Maury Elementary School. Economic Development and Zoning, third Wednesday of each month, Sherwood Recreation Center. Transportation and Public Space, third Monday of every month, Capitol Hill Towers. Please visit www.ANC6A.org for the latest information regarding meetings. u

ANC 6B by Charnice A. Milton

Election of Officers Gottlieb Simon, Director of the Office of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC), joined ANC 6B to conduct the election of new officers. Here are the results: • Chairperson: Kirsten Oldenburg (6B04) • Vice-Chairperson: Brian Flahaven (6B09) • Secretary: Daniel Chao (6B07) • Treasurer: Diane Hoskins (6B02) • Parliamentarian: Denise Krepp (6B10) The Commission also voted for a new Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee (EMCAC) Representative (Commissioner Hoskins) and alternate (Commissioner Steve Hagedorn, who represents 6B05).

1330-1336 Pennsylvania Avenue According to the Planning and Zoning Committee report, architect Jeff Goins and zoning counsel Meredith Moldenhauer proposed a four-story mixed-use project located at 1330 – 1336 Pennsylvania Avenue; La Lomi-

ta restaurant would occupy the first floor, while 10 residential units located above. Residents voiced concerns about parking impacts after Moldenhauer discussed a planned Residential Parking Permit (RPP) restrictions. The Committee voted to take no position in order to give the developer, owner, and community time to write a construction management agreement. Moldenhauer announced to the Commission that after multiple meetings and edits with the community, they are close to completing that agreement. Presenting a final edit, she explained that the document incorporates language based on neighborhood suggestions, including conditions in which the applicant provides a list of local garages for potential buyers and providing a section on the contract that discloses that the building does not have RPP. However, Commissioner Krepp raised concerns that the agreement binds the Commission as mediators in the complaint process; Commissioner James Loots (6B03) suggested adding language asking for an alternate party to become a mediator. The Commission voted 8-0-2 to send a letter of support and a signed agreement to the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA).

Noise Laws Enforcement The Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) board requested that the Commission modify two settlement agreements for Radici (301-303 Seventh Street, SE) and Congress Market (421 East Capitol Street). Much of the conversation focused on the former, mostly because one of the changes include noise law enforcement, as the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) does not have the resources to measure noise lev-

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els. Commissioner Hoskins motioned to agree to the changes, but raised concerns about the Board’s inability to enforce noise laws in places that sell alcohol. Commissioner Flahaven explained that ABRA does not have the authorization to take sound readings, nor does have the resources to hire an acoustical engineer or buy equipment. “I think it is absolutely bizarre, in my personal opinion, that an agency, in which most of the concerns related to establishments are noise, is not authorized by the mayor to take sound readings, nor do they have the equipment to do sound readings,” said Commissioner Flahaven. Commissioner Krepp agreed, stating, “For ABRA to use that logic on us, it’s just astounding and it will be my hope that our councilmembers would be examining this issue...” As for the modifications to the Radici settlement agreement, the Commission voted 10-0 to accept the changes.

(Chair), Ryan McGinness (Vice Chair and At-large), Joel Kelty (6C05), Chris Mitchell (6C06), Dru Tallant (6C03), Lauren McHale (At-large), Bill Sisolak (At-large)

Other News

Grants

Drew Courtney (Chair and At-large), Sally Donner (6C05), Charles McMillion (6C02), David Prestwood (6C04), Jared Alves (6C06)

Transportation and Public Space Mark Kazmierczak (Chair and At-large), Sam Swiller (6C06), Gary Barbour (6C03), John Writ (6C01), Jerry Wall (At-large), Emily Diamond-Falk (6C05), Commissioner Eckenwiler (6C04), Maxine Devilliers (At-large)

Parks and Events Caroline Crenshaw (6C03), Betsy Gardner (6C02), Mae Caroll (6C06), Paula Reichel (6C05), Vira Sisolak (At-large), Jerry Wall (Atlarge), Mae Carroll (6C06)

The Commission voted to send a letter to the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) regarding changes to the Pennsylvania and Potomac Avenue Intersection Pedestrian Improvement Project, with an amendment asking for a traffic study.

Sonte DuCote (Chair), Leslie Barbour (6C03), Victoria Lord (6C04), Mark Kazmierczak (6C05), Louis Stanley, II (At-large)

ANC 6B meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. The next meeting is on February 10. u

In his eighth day since taking office, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, along with Chief of Staff Laura Marks and Community Liaison Naomi Mitchell, visited the Commission to discuss his plans for the term. He currently serves on the Education, Transportation and Environment, and Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Committees, all of which fit into his campaign goals. As a member of the Education Committee, Councilmember Allen plans to focus on middle school education reforms as well as early childhood and adult literacy. He is also committed to helping small businesses, introducing the “Small Business Incubator Act of 2015” during his first week. Councilmember Allen is planning to visit all Commissions in Ward 6 requesting a quarterly meeting with Commission leaders to update them on Council proceedings and discuss local issues. “I want to help solve problems,” he said. “Our ANCs are really the front line in many of our communities to help give us that feedback.” He also requested the Commission to create a list of priority issues for him to take up. To contact Councilmember Allen’s office, call 202-724-8072 or email him at callen@dc-

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by Charnice A. Milton Officer Elections and Appointments In the first meeting of the year, every Commission votes for new officers. Here are the results for ANC 6C: • Chair: Karen Wirt (6C02) • Vice Chair: Daniele Schiffman (6C01) • Secretary: Tony Goodman (6C06) • Treasurer: Scott Price (6C03) (until July) The Commission also appointed and approved more members and chairs for the committees. They are as follows:

Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development Commissioner Mark Eckenwiler (6C04)

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Alcoholic Beverage Regulations

Visit From Coucilmember Charles Allen

council.us. His website, charlesallenward6.com, was under construction at the time of the meeting.

NoMa Underpass In January, both the Park and Events and Transportation and Public Space Committees discussed updates on the NoMa underpass. Crenshaw reported that representatives from the NoMa Bid updated the Parks and Events Committee on the project and showed three potential designs. The NoMa underpass project, which costs $2 million, is part of a $50 million grant; the rest will go towards developing parks. The NoMa Bid, who did not send a representative to the full Commission meeting, asked for support for a community process involving the eventual designer. Commissioner Goodman, who served as acting chair of the Public Space Committee, reported that the NoMa Bid presented three finalists, whose designs focused on L and M Streets. “There’s a lot of issues with this project,” he explained, “because the RFP [Request for Proposals] did not include talking to the ANC and talking to DDOT [District Department of Transportation] and DGS [Department of General Services] and DPR [Department of Parks and Recreation] and everyone else before they went out.” While NoMa Bid hopes the Office of Arts and Humanities would sponsor the underpass project, Commissioner Goodman believes that DPR should “take the lead.” Despite meeting in December and NoMa Bid agreeing to hire a landscape architect for the project, there has not been any update. The Commission voted 5-0 to support NoMa in hiring a landscape architect and to recommend more community engagement and addressing the Commission’s issues before moving into final design.

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history with the project located at 507 K Street, NE, sending multiple letters regarding issues, including construction standards, to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA). “As you may recall, this was a lengthy list of issues with this particular property...” he explained. “And you may recall, we received a rather unhelpful letter from DCRA, not really addressing the concerns...” During the Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee, a member raised concerns that the developer, who was not named, was building a rear stairway in an open court, which itself was illegally constructed. The Committee proposed sending a letter to the Mayor’s office, alerting her to the illegal construction and DCRA’s lack of enforcement. “We have a new mayor; we have a new councilmember,” he explained. “Instead of trying to cram into the letter with six attachments, I think we ought to simply say, ‘We have a concern about this. This property has been an issue in the past and we really need your assistance in resolving these concerns.’” Commissioner Eckenwiler motioned to accept the Committee’s recommendation, which the Commission unanimously approved.

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The Grants Committee is sponsoring a grant writing seminar and information session on February 7 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The event, aimed to community-based non-profits, will take place at Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center’s (700 Second Street, NE). To RSVP, email the Committee at anc6c. grants@gmail.com (RSVPs are welcomed, but not required). • The Commission voted unanimously approved a resolution to send a letter to the mayor, Councilmember Allen, and DGS, renewing their request for office and storage space (which is required by the DC Code). ANC 6C meets every second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the Heritage Foundation (214 Massachusetts Avenue). The next meeting will be on Wednesday, February 11. u

ANC 6D by Roberta Weiner

Will Fourth Street SW Ever Be Completed? A substantial amount of the Commission’s time was devoted to the projects that will fill the remaining

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open land on 4th Street SW—that includes the land on each side of the street facing M Street, and the two sites on either side of the street north of the existing buildings. First up, the building at 1001 4th Street, the northwest site. Vornado executive David Smith gave a presentation on the building—on which construction is about to begin. The structure will be a 365 unit apartment building, with many amenities, including 12 townhouses that will be built into the design. And there will be 4,000 square feet of much needed retail space. Next, Marc Bleyer of Forest City came before the Commission to ask for another extension for the PUD for 1002 4th Street SW, the northeast parcel, for which Mr. Bleyer said they are seeking a development partner. The ANC voted grudgingly and unanimously, to support the extension Finally, Gordon Fraley of Forest City asked for support for a PUD extension to 2017 for the two sites on M Street. The Commissioners were not pleased, focusing on the lack of community-serving retail and general dissatisfaction with what has been billed since the construction of the two existing buildings as the town center of the neighborhood, decrying the lack of amenities, street life and community activity. Mr. Fraley spoke of some projected plans, including a Super Bowl Day event, called appropriately enough, the Souper Bowl, featuring soup from local restaurants, music and beer. The ANC voted to support the request.

Commission Supports Small Area Plan with concerns Still concerned, after last month’s discussion, about several aspects of the Office of Planning’s Small Area Plan (SAP) for Southwest, the ANC offered a resolution endorsing the six concepts on which the plan is based, but asking for clarifications and additional information on several areas. The six concepts are that Southwest remain a model of equity and inclusion, promote the preservation of modernist architecture, preserve and invest in the areas green spaces, flourish as an arts and culture destination, establish 4th Street as the commercial heart of the community, optimize Districtowned parcels and benefit from multi-modal transportation options. The ANC’s concerns, incorporated into a unanimously-passed resolution, include information on the income brackets targeted for affordable housing; that the redevelopment of Greenleaf assumes that “mixed use” means that each building has an acceptable ratio of market rate and af-

fordable/public housing units; that planned “safe routes” for schools includes Van Ness Elementary School; a definition of which streets are to be included in a restoration of the L’Enfant Plaza grid, as the Commission does not believe the complete restoration of the plan is appropriate and each street opening or closing should be considered individually; and, a clearly defined program for Randall Park that reflects the community consensus that it not be lost to future development.

Adding a Voice against the Pepco-Exelon Merger Commissioner Andy Litsky, reflecting the views of a growing number of DC residents, introduced a strong resolution urging the City Council to hold public hearings and conduct a close examination of the merger. The resolution focuses on the fact that the merger will convert all Pepco ratepayers into customers of Exelon’s high priced nuclear energy, and that despite Exelon’s proposal to freeze rates it will do nothing to mitigate ratepayer costs. Additionally, as an Illinois company, millions of dollars will be sent out of the District each month to a holding company with no commitment to the District. The resolution also cites the accelerated process the Public Service Commission is using to act on the merger, calling its action an “investigation” rather than a rate case, blocking the Office of the People’s Counsel no funds to investigate and oppose the merger on behalf of DC ratepayers. It also means that there will no hearings or public meetings on the impact the merger will have on the public, and provide citizens with an opportunity to participate in the debate. Along with its call for Council hearings, the ANC urges that the DC government not “settle” the rate case in exchange for financial considerations from Pepco and Exelon, and that it demands a thorough public and transparent process for examining the merger proposals. The resolution passed unanimously.

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Unanimously approved sending a letter to the property owners in Sky House, the buildings on M Street SW east and west of 4th Street, and to DDOT requesting action to improve pedestrian safety including signage and markers on what is a private street leading off of 4th Street. Voted unanimously to support modifications

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to the DDOT South Capitol Street Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) that provides pedestrian options for the area including the construction of the new Douglas Bridge and the soccer stadium. The Commission asks for new crosswalks on both sides of South Capitol Street, and other options that will increase pedestrian safety, ease traffic and better manage all traffic both during rush hours and special events at Nationals Stadium and the soccer stadium. Supported an application for historic status for the Lincoln Playground Field House, a small Colonialrevival style building between 5th and 7th, and M and L Streets SE, behind Van Ness School. The building, constructed in 1934, was part of one of the only playgrounds designed for Negro children. Voted to send a letter to the Zoning Commission asking for a delay in their consideration of the redevelopment project for St. Matthew’s Church, citing the fact that the Commission had not yet had the opportunity to study and comment on the project. Heard a presentation from the DC Department of the Environment on the Anacostia River Sediment Project, which will determine the nature and extent of contamination in the river, evaluate human health and ecological risk, and ultimately develop cleanup approaches to restore the river. The complex project includes a series of samplings and other data, and

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is a result, in part, of studies showing, high rates of lesions and liver cancer in local fish. • Listened to Samantha May of the Washington Project on the Arts (WPA) as she described Laser Cat, an “event unlike anything seen in Washington,” that will take place at Yards Park on Friday and Saturday, February 20 and 21. A 20-foot-tall inflatable cat head that projects lasers and art work from its eyes, the cat will be part of an event featuring DJs and a beer garden. • Approved plans for the AlumRun, a 5K race to benefit colorectal cancer scheduled for March 28th. The next meeting of ANC 6D will be held on Monday, February 9th at 7 p.m. at 1100 4th Street SW, 2nd Floor Conference Room. u

ANC 6E by Steve Holton

DC Water Contamination Update DC Water Assistant Manager, Charles Kiely, visited the January meeting to give the status of an incident that occurred within the DC water distribution system on the evening of Dec. 16. A call was placed to the DC Fire Department to report a gas smell in a 6E area school building. The District Department of Environment (DDOE) reached out to a civil support team to do field tests on soil, air and water to identify a petroleum-based substance which generally happens in larger buildings. After the inspectors detected the substance in one of the hydrants, the Toxic Substance and Disease Registry and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were called in immediately. Over 150 people from District and federal agencies were brought in to control the situation since it was found in the water distribution system. The EPA issued a “Do Not Drink Recommendation” to 130 impacted residents from 4:00 p.m. until midnight on the day of the incident and the city delivered cases of water during the interim. Water samples were then transferred to Fort Meade, where the EPA ran extensive tests for chemical compounds. During the ANC meeting Kiely said, “This is still classified as an unknown substance and although I am not sure of the concentration, it has the characteristics of a petroleum-based compound.” EPA officials said that there was a heavy motor oil consistency and advised the District to not

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lift the drinking ban until further notice. On the following Friday morning, EPA and the Washington Aqueduct Laboratory gave indication that the substance is now gone and the distribution system has since been flushed twice. “Further forensic analysis was performed on the substance but since so many agencies are involved we haven’t gotten the final results,” said Kiely. Kiely also noted that the cause is unlikely to be deliberate due to the difficulties and factors that have to occur to contaminate a distribution system. He plans to come back to a future ANC 6E meeting after the final report surfaces in late January to discuss its findings.

ANC 6E New Leadership And Venue The committee held a vote and elected Marge Maceda (6E05) to hold the Chair position and Alexander Padro (6E02) will be the new Vice Chair. Future ANC 6E meetings are to be held at Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library located at 1630 Seventh St. NW. Each meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. and will be held on the first Tuesday of every month.

Bus Service Changes Ann Chisholm and Bryant McClary of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), spoke at the ANC 6E meeting on the topic of recent bus service changes. WMATA is looking to consolidate stops that are too close in proximity or have little activity. A Consolidation Pilot Program that started a couple of years ago has proven successful in terms of getting people to their destination in a more timely fashion. A plan has been hatched to remove thirty total stops with 6E area’s M St. and First St. NW stop being one of them. The first step in the process of removing any stop is to post a notice informing the public that WMATA is considering removing the stop. The public will then have a comment period and based on the feedback the stop will either be pulled or left alone. Many public transit riders have been receptive to the idea. “You may have to walk further to a stop but you will get from point A to B much faster,” said McClary. Certain requirements are met within the plan such as the location and surrounding area of each stop so all senior living centers, recreational centers, schools and churches will be untouched. “Please give us a month’s notice on any future stop closures so that we can get the info out to our constituents. We publish a newsletter in the middle of every

month and hand deliver it to everyone,” said ANC 6E05 Chairwoman, Marge Maceda.

New Restaurant Coming To Shaw A motion passed to support a Retailer’s Class C Restaurant ABC License and Outdoor Café Public Space Permit for Terroir, LLC, located at 1015 Seventh St. NW. The restaurant will have two floors with one being on the basement level. The street level portion will be a relaxed atmosphere and serve modern American food with the basement level being more formal offering gourmet food. Although Terroir is permitted to install a sidewalk café, the owners state it is not certain when or if this will happen. “This is a fantastic addition to the block and my constituents are very excited,” said ANC 6E04 Commissioner Rachelle Nigro.

Shaw Crime Report There were four robberies reported in the month of January with two involving a firearm and the other two classified as “snatch robberies.” One of the gunpoint robberies occurred on 93 K St. NW while the other incident happened at a Papa Johns on 313 H St. NW. Auto theft continues to be an issue especially on dimly lit streets. Seventh and O St. NW and Eighth and R St. NW hasn’t seen another incident since a shooting that happened over a month ago. DCPD feels that the presence of 24 hour surveillance has helped mitigate the problem.

Other Topics A Request for Support of a Public Space Permit for a Curb Cut at Golden Rule Plaza West located at 1035 Fourth St. NW and 307 K St. NW was passed. The 24 foot wide cut will allow loading and parking in the new building. A representative of the United House of Prayer for All People presented comments to the committee on Sunday Diagonal Parking. The committee agreed to review the comments and report their stance on special parking privileges for church goers during Sunday worship hours. ANC 6E will meet again at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 3 at the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library located at 1630 Seventh St. NW. Visit “www.anc6e.org” www.anc6e.org to view the ANC 6E newsletter. Follow on Twitter, @ANC6E, and on Facebook by searching ANC6E. u

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“Reversal of Fortune”

Crossword Author: Myles Mellor • www.themecrosswords.com • www.mylesmellorconcepts.com

by Myles Mellor Across:

1. Spawning ﬁsh 5. Nobel Peace Prize city 9. Get some air 15. Number for one 19. Cruiser 21. China clay 22. Flew 23. Too much of a good thing, including reversal of fortune 26. Discontinue 27. Grand 28. Wranglers alternative 29. Pantywaist 30. Darlings 32. Indigenous Brazilians 35. Place to bring up 37. Crack 40. Simple wind instrument 43. Sheen 47. Financial calculation, including reversal of fortune 50. Bad thing to blow 51. Like some pools 52. Cruising 53. Large casks 55. ___ seul (dance solo) 56. Inn inventory 57. Inﬂatable things 58. Proper ___ 60. Oversight 62. Galoot 63. Resided 65. Common allergen 66. Pirate quest, including reversal of fortune 73. Foreign heads of state 74. Change 75. “That’s terrible!” 76. Grassy plain 77. Like some muscles 78. Eur. think tank 80. Coatrack parts 84. Listen here 85. Wild guess 87. Booze 89. Bantu 90. Like many a mistake 92. Redistributing money, including reversal of fortune 96. Layers 98. Most skinny

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99. Elevates 100. Neighbor of Earth 102. Naysayer 103. Ain’t right? 104. Philosopher William of ___ 107. Card game for two 109. Mop 112. Mississippi’s ___ State University 116. “Playhouse 90” time, including reversal of fortune 121. ___ it out 122. Ethically neutral 123. Certain denizens 124. Takes out 125. Boar’s abode 126. Pound (down) 127. Convenience

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1. Small detail? 2. Word with plate or sick 3. Jessica of “Dark Angel” 4. Dispersions of people 5. Robert Burns’s “Whistle ___ the Lave O’t” 6. Skedaddles 7. Punishment for a sailor, maybe 8. Guesstimate words 9. One of the Clantons 10. Photographer Goldin 11. Communications link 12. Frostbite treater 13. Certain inmate 14. U.S.N.A. grad 15. Desirous 16. Legendary elephant eaters 17. Camera diaphragm 18. Unsubstantial 20. Relating to a doctrine 24. Change, in a way 25. Son of Rebekah 31. Young sheep 33. Major or Minor 34. Trading place 36. Zip 37. Numbers to crunch 38. Like Darth Vader 39. Let go 40. Not fooled by 41. British tax 42. Quick 44. Drink

Look for this months answers at labyrinthgameshop.com 45. Magical Mr. Clean product? 46. Forwarded 48. Zealous 49. Overhead light? 54. Trudge 57. Group of poems 58. Essential 59. Hoary 61. Cookbook phrase 62. Thick dos 63. Nest 64. Come out on top 65. Some dogs 66. Slovakian monetary units 67. Diacritical mark 68. Closer 69. Half a score

70. Monkey-bread tree 71. Strike-caller 72. Mauritius money 77. Word of support 78. Abridges 79. Real 80. Chivalry 81. Logan postings 82. Indian dish ingredient 83. Propagates 86. Anastasia’s father, for one 87. Huffy state 88. Certain discriminator 89. Double 91. Litigant’s goal 93. Lions, e.g. 94. Roadhouse

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{community life} IN MEMORIAM Thom Riehle with Troop 500 canoe, May â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;11. mrcrac

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homas Riehle and his son Peter, both died unexpectedly the weekend of Jan. 2 and 3. They lived on D Street, SE., with Thomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife Barbara and daughter Anna. Thom was a well-known and highly regarded expert on public-opinion research. He had an enviable record of accurately predicting election results. Peter was just finishing his senior at the University of Michigan in Flint. Thom was an Eastern Market neighbor and close friend for the past 25 years. Of course, I knew Peter, his son. Thom and I raised our kids together, taking advantage of all that the Eastern Market neighborhood has to

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offer. Thom’s sudden death on Saturday, Jan. 3, was one day after the totally unexpected death of Peter on Jan. 2. The loss of both Thom and Peter on the same weekend not only continues to be a shock but is very, very sad. Thom was a neighborhood activist, involved with his wife Barbara in most of the hot issues that make our neighborhood special. He was a well-known and highly regarded expert on public-opinion research. He had an enviable record of accurately predicting election results. People will have different reasons for why they remember Thom and Peter. Thom was action oriented; focused and persistent but always with good, dry humor. He was an activist on Capitol Hill. Peter showed a similar commitment to improving the lives of his neighbors. For me, Thom’s special contribution was how he approached situations. His talent and instinct was to work with others to resolve issues; to always include the whole community in the resolution. Thom made a difference in the life of the neighborhood by including all – rich or poor, owners or renters, black or white, young or old – in the discussion and resolution. His perspective was inclusive. Thom worked on a number of key neighborhood issues that still need attention: First, Thom and Barbara were very active parent volunteers for more than 15 years in our local Capitol Hill Cluster DC public school. The Cluster PTA parents represent the diversity of the city. Working together with the parents, teachers, and DC administration was always a challenge. Thom’s talent in working with others helped build a diverse team to tackle the difficult times. Second, Thom and Barbara were early and very active neighborhood participants in the future of the former Hine Jr. High School after the school closed. They were involved from the beginning in determining how best to use the property and became resident activists in overseeing and commenting on

the long, drawn out development process. Thom was persistent in involving everyone in the effort, and, with Barbara, founded the Eastern Market Metro Community Association (EMMCA) which continues today. Third, Thom joined in the leadership of our local Boy Scout Troop 500 in support of Peter, who immediately began to advance in the Troop hierarchy. Those who were involved as parents in Troop 500 know that the commitment to advancement, camping, and development of new skills was relentless. Thom became Assistant Scoutmaster, spending much time camping and guiding the Troop in many neighborhood events, including the annual collection of coats to give to the homeless. Under Thom’s guidance, Peter advanced all the way to Eagle Scout, with a unique Eagle Project to rebuild the benches in our local Eastern Market park between 8th and 9th at D St, SE. Finally, Thom became the main user and watchdog over our Eastern Market park. With Peter’s new benches in 2013, the park suddenly attracted people, day and night. Thom insisted that the park remain clean and usable to all; he cleaned the park of litter almost daily. Thom also worked with folks who sat in the park all day to make the park inviting to all, including taking direct action to free the park of drug trafficking. Thom made a difference in our neighborhood that continues. In his short life, Peter was on his way to carry this tradition forward. We need to remember them and carry on their good work. A memorial service for Thomas and Peter Riehle will be held later this month on Capitol Hill. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Thom’s name to Community Action Group, http://www.communityactiongroup. org/. You can make donations in Peter’s name to Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan, 215 G Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. u

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H Street Life by Elise Bernard

rrr! It’s been a chilly winter and if you’re anything like me you’ve been tempted to spend the last month inside with a warm beverage. The downside to doing so is missing out on the most recent happenings on H Street NE. Here’s some of the latest stuff you won’t want to miss.

co or one of their boutique Unleashed locations. A new CVS has already opened as part of the development.

Addis Ethiopian Restaurant Prepares to Open A new Ethiopian eatery should open around the time this article goes to press. Addis Restaurant (707 H Street NE) will serve lunch and dinner seven days a week. Addis will be child friendly, with highchairs available upon request and a children’s menu served on select evenings. They do not currently have a liquor license, but have plans to seek one so they can serve drinks in the very near future. There are

Honeycomb Offers Freshly Made Asian Condiments to Go Honeycomb (inside Union Market at 1309 5th Street NE, http://unionmarketdc.com/market/artisans/honeycomb-grocer) is the newest project from Toki Underground chef Erik Bruner-Yang. Toki Underground (2nd floor of 1234 H Street NE, specializes in serving up bowls of steaming ramen and dishes of carefully crafted dumplings. Honeycomb, on the other hand, is focused on homemade sauces and fermented products you can enjoy at home. Peer into a refrigerator and you’ll spot kombuchas, miso pastes, peanut sauces, pickled veggies, Korean rice cakes, fresh noodles, and more. I currently have some of their whole head Napa cabbage kimchi with shrimp and a jar of sour onions with turmeric, ginger, and garlic in my fridge. Both items can be used as ingredients in other dishes (the kimchi works perfectly in my fried rice and would be terrific in a jigae), but I most often find myself slicing them up and serving them as a side or just munching on them in the kitchen. They also sell a variety of Asian goods including snacks, candies, and packaged condiments. Honeycomb is open Tuesday-Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Petco Heading to H Street NE Corridor A new pet store is headed to 625 H Street NE as part of the new mixed use Jair Lynch development on the south side of the 600 block of H Street. It is unclear from the Letter of Determination whether it will be a full sized Pet-

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Homemade spice blends are among Honeycomb’s offerings. Photo by Hannah Hudson (courtesy of Honeycomb)

Chef Erik Bruner-Yang offers his condiments for sale at Honeycomb. Photo by Hannah Hudson (courtesy of Honeycomb)

no plans for entertainment in the near-term.

New H Wine & Spirits Hopes to Slake Your Thirst A new liquor store has sprung up along the H Street NE Corridor, and there’s nary a plexi-glass barrier in sight. I spoke to the owner of New H Wine & Spirits (914 H Street NE) and he told me they aim to specialize in highend and harder to find spirits and wines. They will also do special orders in the event they do not already carry that particular spirit you seek. Although they were still in the process of stocking the shelves when I visited, they already had an impressive selection of craft and international beers. They have plans to hold tastings in the future. New H Wine & Spirits is open seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

A Jazzy Brunch Swings at Vendetta The first Sunday of each month, Vendetta (1212 H Street NE, http://vendettadc. com) offers you a chance to kick back and relax with a Sunday brunch with live jazz performers. From 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. you can enjoy bottomless mimosas or draft prosecco while you indulge in their tempting brunch menu. Did I mention the complimentary bocce? I had

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my first brunch there some weeks ago and was quite impressed. I ordered the Chesapeake, which is a jumbo lump crab, poached eggs, bacon, and provolone with ciabatta ($14). My brunch buddy had the Veggie for Life frittata with baby kale, peppers, cremini mushroom, and goat cheese ($10). We also split a basket of fries with dipping sauces. It was more than enough food and my sandwich struck just the right decadent note I look for in a brunch dish. Those looking for lighter fare can choose from three salads (all $10).

Atlas Intersections Arts Festival Prepares for a Sixth Act The popular Atlas Intersections arts festi-

val is back with a wide variety of offerings for all ages, tastes, and interests. This is the festival’s sixth year. Intersections, which takes places at the Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H Street NE, http://www.atlasarts.org), runs on weekends from February 20th-March 7th. As in years past the festival will feature ticketed shows (often ranging in price from $15-$30) as well as a number of free events. Festivalgoers will find theater, poetry, dance, storytelling, musical performance, puppetry, acrobatics, and much more. The full schedule is available online at http://www.atlasarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/INTERSECTIONS2015-Festival-Schedule.pdf. Tickets are available through the Atlas website with discounts for bulk purchases.

Brunch at Vendetta strikes a pleasing note

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Nerds in NoMa Aims to Pique Your Interest Nerds in NoMa (http://www.nomabid.org/ nerds-in-noma) is a free speaker series that will spark conversation while giving you a break from the usual happy hour scene. Events run from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on designated Tuesdays. Beer, wine, and light fare are available for purchase. It’s still a good idea to RSVP online, although these events are free. Upcoming topics include street art, rivers, tunnels, and storm water in the District, and a look at near-term development in the NoMa neighborhood. For more on what’s abuzz on, and around, H Street NE, you can visit my blog http://frozentropics.blogspot.com. You can send me tips or questions at elise.bernard@gmail.com. u

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A Town Center For Southwest by William Rich Excavation Begins at 1001 4th Street Forest City Washington received final approval in late 2014 to begin construction on their 365-unit high-rise rental apartment building planned for 1001 4th Street, SW. Financing was secured in early 2015 and excavation began on the project shortly thereafter. 1001 4th Street, SW is located on the northwest parcel of Waterfront Station, a multi-phase, mixed-use development adjacent to the Waterfront Metro station. The rental apartment building has been designed by Perkins Eastman and there will be a mix of junior 1BR, 1BR, 1BR/Den, 2BR and 2BR/Den units. In addition, 12 two-level townhouse units with 2BRs will be built with private entrances facing the new private drive and Makemie Place, SW to the west. All of the apartments will be market-rate units. Approximately 5,000 square feet of retail space will be loConstruction equipment clears debris from the site of a new office building at L’Enfant Plaza. Photo: William Rich

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cated on the ground level along 4th Street, SW. Construction will last about 22 months with substantial completion scheduled for November of 2016. As a result, there will be a loss of six parking spaces along 4th Street, SW for the duration of construction.

A Town Center for Southwest Slowly Evolves Waterfront Station replaced the former Waterside Mall and was billed as the new town center for Southwest. The first phase of development at Waterfront Station opened in 2010 and included two office buildings fully-leased to the District government and ground floor retail, including Safeway, CVS, Station 4, Z-Burger, Subway, and Waterfront Drycleaners. Two retail spaces are still vacant. Phase two was the redevelopment of the former Environmental Protection Agency head-

quarters office buildings into 520 rental apartment units in two buildings called Sky House East and West. Sky House East opened in early 2014 and Sky House West in early 2015 after the building was sold. With new ownership, Sky House West apartments changed names to Lex at Waterfront Station. Bernstein Management purchased the building (and has Sky House East under contract) from Urban Atlantic and the JBG Companies for $80 million. Community amenities at Lex at Waterfront Station include a fitness center, BBQ/Picnic area, rooftop pool and sundeck, clubhouse, business center, media room, bike racks, and concierge service. Unit finishes appear to be somewhat similar to Sky House East, including granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, subway tile backsplash, dark or light cabinets, hardwood floors in living areas, concrete walls, and interior bedrooms in select units. Leasing began in January. In other Waterfront Station news, Vornado and Forest City have requested a two-year extension of stage one Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval for 425 and 375 M Street, SW, the two planned office buildings on the southwest and southeast parcels. Currently, PUD approval is set to expire on April 15 – the southwest parcel will be the expiration of an extension while the southeast parcel is the expiration of the original PUD approval. The office market is still challenged in the District and the developers have been unable to find tenants for the proposed buildings. Vornado and Forest City had a hearing scheduled with the Zoning Commission on February 9, but the hearing would have been on the same evening as the February Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) meeting and the commissioners wanted to meet with the developers regarding their concerns about the lack of maintenance and interim uses of the vacant parcels. There has been limited activity on the vacant parcels thus far – there was a bocce tournament and fashion truck event in 2014 and Souper Bowl (a soup competition) that took place on January 24; however, there are plans to host an event moving forward at least once a quarter. The hearing date has been changed to March in order for the

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ANC commissioners to have sufficient time to meet with the developers. The remaining development site at Waterfront Station is the District-owned northeast parcel. The office of the Deputy Mayor of Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) also is looking for support to extend stage one PUD approval, which also expires on April 15. A Request for Proposals has already been written for the parcel and will be released once the PUD extension has been granted, sometime this spring. A 400,000 square-foot residential building with 20% of the units set aside as affordable housing and ground floor retail has been approved for the site during the phase one PUD approval. It will take about 12 to 18 months to choose a developer and close on the sale of the parcel, which means the full twoyear extension may not be necessary.

Site Work for New L’Enfant Plaza Office Building Demolition is underway along Frontage Road at L’Enfant Plaza to make way for 500 L’Enfant Plaza, a new, 220,000 square-foot office building developed by The JBG Companies and designed by SmithGroup JJR. 500 L’Enfant Plaza has been designed for LEED-Gold certification and will include a green roof, triple-height lobby, and fitness center. It will also have di-

rect access to the revamped retail center and the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station. 500 L’Enfant Plaza is the latest component to L’Enfant Plaza, which has seen significant investment in recent years. A $12 million renovation to the common areas in the 955 L’Enfant Plaza office building was recently completed; the second phase of retail opened in stages last summer (the first retail phase opened in 2011); and the common areas of the 470/490 L’Enfant Plaza office building were renovated in 2012. Murals were painted by artists James Reka, SatOne, and Nawer on exterior walls along the L’Enfant Plaza Metro terrace and loading dock, as well as in the dining area. These murals are part of the JBG Mural Project designed to transform urban walls into public art and was curated by ArtWhino. There is also the possibility that the International Spy Museum may relocate to the mixeduse complex, bringing more weekend activity to the retailers. However, it appears that the Homewood Suites extended-stay hotel that was planned for D Street, SW has been scrapped for now. Another office building may eventually be built in the plaza itself. In addition, the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel was purchased by an affiliate of Sanford Hotels Group and is undergoing a complete renovation. u

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Barracks Row Salutes New DC Leaders Valentine’s Day Activities Announced

ll District Main Street programs receive grants that are administered by the District Department of Small and Local Business. Late last year Mayor Muriel Bowser named Ana Harvey as the new Director of DSLBD. Tapped by President Obama in 2009 as Assistant Administrator for the Office of Women’s Business Ownership in the Small Business Administration, Harvey was previously a small business owner herself, building her small translation group into a multi lingual communications company with Fortune 500 clients. There is one little known benefit to opening a business on Barracks Row: thanks to DSLBD there is a grant that covers much of the cost of a new sign. Barracks Row Main Street administers that grant

by William Rich which covers 70% of the cost of sign up to $5000. A set amount is provided for the fund each year and it’s first come first served.

DHCD Promotes Community Development “Revitalizing neighborhoods, promoting community development and providing economic opportunities” is a strategic objective of another arm of District government, the Department of Housing and Community Development. Polly Donaldson was named the head of DHCD recently by Mayor Bowser. Donaldson has a long been in nonprofit management, for the past ten years serving as Executive Director of the Transitional Housing Corporation. DHCD funds the most complex Barracks Row façade renovations. Barracks Row Main Street, as well as the many Main Street programs throughout District, welcome both Ana Harvey and Polly Donaldson!

Pagans + Birds = Valentine’s Day If it’s February, love is in the air- but who is St. Valentine, anyway? Experts agree he was a 3rd century Italian priest but it seems there was more than one such prelate – and all came to bad ends with the Romans. Sadly, St. Valentine’s connection to romance has been lost. But, like so many other celebrations today, for thousands of years before a pagan festival took place in mid February to rejoice in the eminent change of seasons as birds suddenly found mates and, voila, along came pretty springtime eggs and adorable baby birds. Whatever you believe, it’s great to know that winter will be officially over 36 days after Valentine’s Day. And whether your goal for the evening ends with the birds and bees or includes longrange strategies involving a ring Row businesses can provide a memorable night.

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She’s the one! You’ve done it the old fashioned way and already found the ring. You’ve had serious conversations together about your future as a

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Beyond Selfies Keep the romance going with a photo! Barracks Row Main Street along with Lavagna, Medium Rare, Cava, Belga Café and many more are sponsoring a free Valentine’s Day photo booth. Planned for the mid 500 block of 8th Street, weather may force us under the National Community Church’s canopy at 535 8th Street, SE. The photo booth will feature a selection of fun props– or just bring the ring and your new fiancée. You’ll take home a card with four different shots of you and your sweetheart– ideal for posting on the refrigerator. Each couple will be able to download their images, too.

For Starters For even more February togetherness start earlier by making reservations at Hill’s Kitchen, 713 D St, SE. On February 1, Hills Kitchen will induct participants into a time honored l’amour tradition by teaching a class in making a French Bistro Dinner. The early timing allows for at least one dress rehearsal. If you stay home for the evening consider the early 6-7 p.m. Champagne Tasting at DCAnter, 545 8th St, SE, or book the 8 p.m. class on dessert wine plus dessert. Drop by Homebody 715 8th St, SE, for that most important dinner accessory, candles. Just back from New York’s Winter Accessories Market, owner Henriette Foucard promises a store full of sweet, racy, sentimental and outrageous gifts. The Playseum, 545 8th St, SE, has declared February 13 as Valentine’s Date Night. Drop off your kids from 6-9 p.m. for crafts, activities and a kiddie

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Reservations for Romance Consider these options for a blissful February 14th: • Ambar, 523 8th St, SE – 202-813-3939- A rustic-chic Richard Sandoval continental café full of tables for two. Serving price fixe menu with a Balkan twist: $55 for 3 plates and free dessert / $75 for 3 plates + wines pairing + free dessert. • Banana Café, 500 8th St, SE - 202-5435906 – Cuban and Tex Mex menu with specials. Each couple gets a complimentary Champagne toast – after dinner there’s live entertainment at the renovated piano bar upstairs. • Belga Café, 514 8th St, SE - 202-544-0100 - Chef Bart was still designing his Valentine menu when we went to press but he is definitely serving his regular menu plus specials. Watch for Belgian chocolate dessertshares for two. • Cava Mezze, 527 8th St, SE - 202-543-9090 – Ask your friends for their five favorite Row restaurants and Cava will be on that list. Au-

• Lavagna, 529 8th St, SE - 202546-5006– neighborhood Italian scratch kitchenthey will serve a $45.00 threecourse price fixe dinner (with wine parings available) and a free Pink Muscato toast at every table. • Medium Rare, 515 8th St, SE – 202-601-7136 - Roses for the ladies and free steak dinner forever if you get engaged! Ordering’s fast since they only serve steak & sides - more time to focus on your one and only Valentine.

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BID Seventh Annual Meeting Highlights A Year of Change in the Capitol Riverfront written by Michael Stevens and photos by David Galen

hat a difference a year makes as 2014 was a “watershed” moment in the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood’s history. The opening of new restaurants, the Harris Teeter grocery store, and the VIDA health club were all game changers. The Friday night concerts in Yards Park attracted more visitors than ever, and residential construction has anchored the latest wave of new development in the neighborhood. The vision of a vibrant waterfront community set by Mayor Anthony Williams and Office of Planning Director Andy Altman in 2003 is now being realized in the Capitol Riverfront. That vision for a new mixed-use, high density community on the Anacostia River is occurring rapidly and will soon achieve the milestone of being 50% built-out. On January 22, 2015 the Capitol Riverfront BID celebrated this year of change at the 7th Annual Meeting and State of the Capitol Riverfront at the PNC Club at Nationals Park. Approximate-

2014 Clean & Safe Award Winners.

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ly 250 BID members, property owners and other stakeholders gathered to recognize the past year’s accomplishments as well as receive an update on BID activities for 2014. The meeting also served as an opportunity to release the BID’s 2014 Annual Report and to honor the Clean & Safe Team members for their hard work. Eight new restaurants opened; residential projects broke ground and the 11th Street Bridges project was completed. Over the year, announcements were made of major new projects that will catalyze growth in the neighborhood for years to come. The neighborhood foundation is set, and the Capitol Riverfront is positioned to absorb more residents, employees, and retailers. Today, the neighborhood is over one-third built-out, and the neighborhood is on track to reach 50% build-out across most real estate uses by 2017. That was a key message delivered to the luncheon attendees, including former Director of the DC Office of Planning Andy Altman, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, At-Large Council-

member Elissa Silverman, and ANC 6D07 Commissioner Meredith Fascett, who gathered in the PNC Club at Nats Park. This second wave of development activity was highlighted during the BID’s annual State of the Capitol Riverfront presentation and includes: • One new hotel start (Hampton Inn) with two more hotels breaking ground in 2015 • Seven new residential buildings under construction totaling 2,206 units • The anticipated start of one new office building by Skanska in 2015 • Eight new restaurant openings in 2014, with five more scheduled to open in 2015 • Construction on the 35,000 SF Whole Foods grocery • The opening of the 50,000 SF Harris Teeter • The opening of the 28,000 SF VIDA health club, Bang Salon and Aura Spa • The approval of the financial plan for the DC United soccer stadium in Buzzard Point • The construction start for the DCHA Capper community center These are all examples of catalytic projects in 2014 that will help to create a vibrant, mixed-use, multi-modal waterfront neighborhood. The Capitol Riverfront’s successes in 2015 continue to be based on the foundation of public/private partnerships. As part of the program the BID also recognized the contributions of a key public partner, Tommy Wells, who received the second annual “Public Sector Foundation Award” for his leadership during his eight years as the Ward 6 Councilmember. Tommy was credited for his ongoing vision for a walkable and liveable Ward 6 and for his “Bag Tax” legislation that was an integral step in the clean-up of the Anacostia River. Upon receiving the award, Tommy commented: “It has been an opportunity of a lifetime to participate in building a great mixed use community on the historic Anacostia River. Being recognized by the Capitol Riverfront BID is such an honor because its members are among the best business leaders in the country.” Keynote speaker Andy Altman provided a look back at the creation of the Anacostia Waterfront Framework Plan, and a retrospective on all that has

scaping that make the Capitol Riverfront an inviting and attractive neighborhood. The team is now providing services seven days a week, and continues to receive very high marks in the BID’s annual survey for a “clean or very clean” or “safe or very safe” neighborhood environment. Bernard White, a superviMichael Stevens and Keynote Speaker Andy Altman. sor for the Clean and Safe team, was been accomplished in the river corrinamed Employee of the Year, while dor over the past 11 years. He highJoseph Wright-Bey received the award lighted several catalytic projects from for Outstanding Performance. Wilthat time, such as Nationals Park, the liam Wardlaw and Jeffrey Malcom DOT Building and the Yards project, both received a Certificate of Appreand speculated on what future projciation for their work in 2014. ects might accelerate development New Ward 6 Councilmember now that the Olympic bid was not Charles Allen also addressed the aumoving forward. The DC United socdience and participated in the Clean cer stadium was cited as an “anchor” & Safe Team awards recognition cerproject that can establish new develemony. Charles thanked Tommy for opment patterns for Buzzard Point, his eight years of service, and reand the ongoing clean-up of the Anamarked how a great vision for the Ancostia only reinforces its future recreacostia River established by the Disational appeal. Altman also commenttrict Government was being realized ed that London looks to the Anacostia by private stakeholders in partnerRiver and AWI plan as a success story ship with numerous public entities. to be emulated. Matt Williams, Manager of One of the challenges of buildthe Washington Nationals baseball ing a new community like the Capitol team and National League ManagRiverfront is the ever-changing lander of the Year, addressed the event atscape due to the construction of new tendees as well and provided an overbuildings, the demolition of older inview of last year’s 96-win season and dustrial or obsolete structures, and commented on the signing of Matt ongoing infrastructure projects. DurScherzer. ing this transition from an industrial The full 2014 Annual Report “backyard” to a new community our & State of the Capitol Riverfront commitment to a clean and safe envican be viewed on the BID’s website ronment has remained a top priority. at www.capitolriverfront.org, as can The BID took the opportunity to the latest development honor the members of the Clean & Safe Team – the “Men in Blue” – who provide the essential services like trash collection, snow removal and land-

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The Stealth Condos Bring Large, Luxury Units to Florida Avenue NE by Shaun Courtney

he Stealth, a new residential project under construction along Florida Avenue NE, will bring four new residential units in two adjoining buildings to a triangular lot just blocks from Union Market and H Street, NE. The project by JT Development, Parris Construction and RAM DESIGN is expected to deliver in April with sales by the Bissey Team at John C. Formant Real Estate. The Stealth gets its name from the unusual triangular shape of its lots, bounded by Florida Avenue, 9th Street, L Street and West Virginia Avenue, NE, resulting in a layout that looks much like a Stealth Bomber. “Instead of doing two side-by-side townhouses that are kind of boring and everybody does that, they decided to make it like the shape of a ‘V’,” said Todd Bissey, part of the sales team for the project. The “V”-shape also means all units have windows on three sides. Each of the four units will have private entrances and either a private rooftop deck or private ground-level patio. The units are just shy of 2,000 square feet each, boasting three bedrooms, three and a half baths, a two-story loft and 12-foot ceilings. With windows on three walls, owners will share just one wall with the neighboring unit. Though the location, is along a bustling corridor, the project team has gone to great lengths to block out noise from both busy Florida Avenue and other units of the building. Colin Johnson a member of the sales team said the developer splurged on the windows and used thicker than usual materials on the building’s envelope to create a quiet interior. Additionally, the insulation includes traditional and spray types for both noise and climate control. There are even sound isolation brackets running along the floorboards between units and beneath the stair joints to provide an extra layer of noise absorption. Johnson credited the developers for taking their time to get details right on the project. “They put the money toward the things that people can’t see,” he added. The condos will not include on-site parking, which required a variance from the Board of Zoning Adjustment, though there is Zone 6 street parking. The Stealth is still under construction, but should deliver in April. Learn more at http://www.thestealthdc.com. u

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District Source: The La Lomita Project

A Revamped Restaurant and 10 New Condo Units

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by Shaun Courtney

a Lomita, a neighborhood Mexican restaurant, and three adjoining townhouse buildings in Southeast Capitol Hill will be replaced by brand new restaurant space beneath 10 new residential units. The plans come not via an outside developer swooping in on the property, but thanks to long-time owner Samuel Fuentes who is reimagining his property in a rapidly redeveloping area of the city. Fuentes has owned the lots at 1330-1336 Pennsylvania Ave. SE since 1987. In recent years, however, he has seen the impact of a flourishing 8th St. SE on his customer base at La Lomita. As new business and new developments creep their way East along Pennsylvania Avenue, Fuentes decided to join the fray and revamp him neighborhood restaurant, according to his architect, Jeff Goins of PGN Architects. The plan will bring an expanded La Lomita to the site beneath 10 one- and two-bedroom condo units. Unlike some of the other new planned developments across the city, the units will

be larger with one-bedroom units starting at 700+ square feet. The known factor of the ground floor tenant for the project allowed Goins to plan around the restaurant in designing the core of the building, which in the end benefitted the residential units, he said. The core with the elevator will be at the eastern edge of the property along the party wall so as not to interfere with the restaurant interior. The elevator location also means that every unit can face the Capitol building. The site will not provide any parking, though five spaces would generally be required, which means the project will go before the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) for a parking variance. Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6B (ANC 6B) passed a resolution in support of the project and its requested zoning variances during its January meeting, based on an agreement between nearby neighbors and the property owner on how to manage parking at the site. Nick Burger, ANC Commissioner for the single member district that includes La Lomita, helped negotiate the agreement with the developer on behalf of nearby residents. As a resident and neighbor himself, Burger said he finds there is a general support for “responsible commercial development” along Pennsylvania Avenue, including at La Lomita. Burger worked with neighbors and the property owner to negotiate restrictions on parking--future residents would be barred from securing residential parking permits (RPP) for on-street parking. Though the enforceability of no RPP clauses has been questioned from the regulatory perspective, Attorney Meridith Moldenhauer said the restrictions would be part of the condo’s land records and bylaws to create a legal framework for enforcing the restrictions. “The RPP restrictions will be part of a covenant that would be recorded in the land records and run with the land for the life of the project. Additionally, the Bylaws and Declaration that are recorded in the land records will also reference the RPP restrictive covenant and limitation on unit owners

wand their tenants,” Moldenhauer explained in an email. ANC 6B Commissioner Brian Flahaven said the owner’s commitment to RPP limitations was a “huge give” that signaled to him that the developer is and will be willing to work with the community. The design for the project also evolved based on neighbor feedback and suggestions from the Capitol Hill Restoration Society (CHRS). Though La Lomita does not fall within the boundaries of the Capitol Hill Historic District, Goins said he met with CHRS to discuss the design. Goins said the tower feature at the western corner of wthe building was raised to make it more prominent--a direct response to a suggestion from CHRS. The owner also committed to using brick detailing or a brick-looking veneer material, another concession to neighbor concerns, according to Burger. “Many of the neighbors, even those who had concerns or expressed concerns about certain aspects of this project, when it came down to it felt that redoing this building...that potentially has some notable architectural features and a pleasing design, would be a good thing overall,” said Burger. The changes coming to long-time neighborhood eaterie are just a small portion of the overall plans for the eastern section of Pennsylvania Avenue in Capitol Hill. “Developers see the potential of the eastern part of Capitol Hill,” said Flahaven. It is his goal and that of his fellow commissioners to ensure that the development comes in a way that balances the needs of the community with the desires of developers. La Lomita is on the BZA agenda Feb. 10 at 9:30 a.m. as case #18915. Shaun Courtney is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of District Source, a D.C. real estate and neighborhood news blog, co-founded and supported by Lindsay Reishman Real Estate. Shaun has been a local reporter in DC since 2009 and has called the city home since 2002. She currently lives in Kingman Park. Read more from District Source. u

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Changing Hands 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. NEIGHBORHOOD

CLOSE PRICE BR

FEE SIMPLE 16TH STREET HEIGHTS 1320 MADISON ST NW 1408 MANCHESTER LN NW 1427 MADISON ST NW

$710,000.00 $675,000.00 $605,000.00

7 3 6

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK 4725 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW 4401 ALBEMARLE ST NW 4945 BRANDYWINE ST NW 4417 BRANDYWINE ST NW

$1,200,000.00 $975,000.00 $965,000.00 $916,000.00

4 3 5 2

$290,000.00 $225,000.00

3 2

$189,000.00 $150,000.00

2 2

$1,575,000.00 $1,450,000.00 $1,166,000.00

6 4 5

$599,900.00

$399,999.00

$529,500.00 $461,000.00 $446,000.00 $440,000.00 $440,000.00 $340,000.00 $320,000.00 $296,000.00

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

$998,000.00 $790,000.00 $710,000.00 $599,000.00 $459,995.00 $451,452.00 $375,000.00 $365,000.00 $352,500.00 $230,000.00

5 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 2

$1,240,000.00 $869,000.00

3 3

ANACOSTIA 1413 S ST SE 1440 W ST SE

BARRY FARMS 1508 HOWARD RD SE 1524 HOWARD RD SE

BERKLEY 1801 45TH ST NW 4602 FOXHALL CRES NW 4742 W ST NW

BLOOMINGDALE 32 BRYANT ST NE

BRENTWOOD 2242 15TH ST NE

BRIGHTWOOD 6019 7TH PL NW 515 ONEIDA PL NW 412 NICHOLSON ST NW 7433 7TH ST NW 1356 UNDERWOOD ST NW 1387 SHERIDAN ST NW 615 QUINTANA PL NW 707 SOMERSET PL NW

BROOKLAND 1523 MONROE ST NE 1535 NEWTON ST NE 3617 17TH ST NE 3905 17TH PL NE 3006 10TH ST NE 4336 20TH ST NE 3301 13TH ST NE 4725 7TH ST NE #4725 2718 12TH ST NE 702 EMERSON ST NE

BURLEITH 3722 T ST NW 3618 T ST NW

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CAPITOL HILL 1328 EAST CAPITOL ST NE 919 EAST CAPITOL ST SE 14 4TH ST SE 406 SOUTH CAPITOL ST SE 629 F ST NE 904 CONSTITUTION AVE NE 131 D ST SE 312 C ST SE 819 E ST SE 1732 MASSACHUSETTS AVE SE 202 KENTUCKY AVE SE 906 12TH ST NE 1118 K ST SE 23 15TH ST NE 664 E ST NE 127 E ST SE 127 18TH ST SE 947 14TH ST SE 1228 WALTER ST SE 724-1/2 11TH ST SE 21 16TH ST NE

CLEVELAND PARK 5 5 5 3 3 4 2 3 2 4 3 4 5 3 3 2 4 4 2 2 2

$1,750,000.00 $1,210,000.00 $1,130,000.00

6 5 4

CRESTWOOD

$340,000.00

DAKOTA CROSSING

CHEVY CHASE 3223 MORRISON ST NW 6300 33RD ST NW 3017 OREGON KNOLLS DR NW

CHILLUM 5416 NORTH CAPITOL ST NW

3829 WOODLEY RD NW 3317 CLEVELAND AVE NW 3518 35TH ST NW 3531 PORTER ST NW

$1,590,500.00 $1,400,000.00 $1,330,000.00 $1,164,000.00 $1,089,000.00 $1,000,000.00 $970,000.00 $920,000.00 $880,000.00 $878,000.00 $874,449.00 $861,000.00 $840,000.00 $828,000.00 $760,000.00 $743,500.00 $740,000.00 $706,000.00 $684,730.00 $670,000.00 $458,000.00

COLONIAL VILLAGE 1709 KALMIA RD NW 1608 ROXANNA RD NW

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS

1344 PARK RD NW 4120 13TH ST NW 1307 RANDOLPH ST NW 3662 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW 1406 PERRY PL NW 1325 TAYLOR ST NW 2803 SHERMAN AVE NW 741 GIRARD ST NW 717 GIRARD ST NW

CONGRESS HEIGHTS 3329 7TH ST SE 3211 5TH ST SE 400 ORANGE ST SE

1610 VARNUM ST NW 1617 MADISON ST NW 3294 THEODORE R HAGANS DR NE

$1,800,000.00 $1,450,000.00 $1,240,000.00 $918,000.00

4 3 4 4

$1,107,500.00 $833,999.00

5 4

$709,000.00 $649,900.00 $640,000.00 $615,000.00 $581,500.00 $575,000.00 $553,000.00 $460,000.00 $450,000.00

4 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 3

$380,000.00 $160,000.00 $140,000.00

4 6 3

$760,000.00 $1,415,000.00

4 5

$520,000.00

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DEANWOOD 5308 JAMES PL NE 5213 EAST CAPITOL ST SE 4801 MEADE ST NE 805 51ST ST NE 845 50TH PL NE 5603 EADS ST NE 4912 MINNESOTA AVE NE 5220 KARL PL NE 810 52ND ST NE 4620 LEE ST NE 4907 CENTRAL AVE NE 4221 GRANT ST NE 210 56TH ST NE 5155 SHERIFF RD NE 219 44TH ST NE 4306 HAYES ST NE 918 55TH ST NE

$325,000.00 $300,000.00 $260,000.00 $252,400.00 $250,000.00 $231,750.00 $206,000.00 $204,000.00 $204,000.00 $199,999.00 $185,000.00 $180,000.00 $175,000.00 $155,000.00 $145,000.00 $135,000.00 $130,000.00

4 3 5 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 2 2 3 3 4

ECKINGTON 116 SEATON PL NW 232 S ST NE

$710,000.00 $570,000.00

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5 3

$1,350,000.00 $915,000.00

6 3

FORT DUPONT PARK 1030 BURNS ST SE 1511 FORT DAVIS ST SE 638 CHAPLIN ST SE

$299,888.00 $185,000.00 $150,000.00

4 2 2

GEORGETOWN 3257 O ST NW 3053 Q ST NW 1318 33RD ST NW 3028 O ST NW 2616 P ST NW 3406 RESERVOIR RD NW 2620 P ST NW 1219 33RD ST NW 1236 28TH ST NW 3522 P ST NW 1924 35TH PL NW

$3,150,000.00 $2,350,000.00 $1,850,000.00 $1,805,000.00 $1,750,000.00 $1,250,000.00 $1,225,000.00 $980,000.00 $805,000.00 $787,500.00 $636,000.00

4 4 3 4 7 3 7 3 2 1 2

H STREET 1385 FLORIDA AVE NE

$775,000.00

1724 17th St NW $439,000 1BR/1BA

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1329 South Carolina Ave SE 3BR/3.5BA Proud end-of-row porch front with 27 high-efficiency windows across 3 levels, over 2,000 sf of living space, kitchen of cherry cabinets, stone counters dual ovens, original heart pine floors, master suite + 2 BRs and bath above, custombuilt media room and bath below. All new in 2010! Private deck and patio behind HUGE side yard and gardens.

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FOREST HILLS 4910 32ND ST NW 5161 LINNEAN TER NW

11 15th St SE $675,000 3BR/2BA

R T! DE C N A U TR N CO

947 14th St SE $706,000 4BR/3BA HUGE End-of-row porch-front with 2,100 sf across 3 levels. On the main level, enter into foyer with original heart pine floors and traditional layout. Upstairs, 3 real bedrooms plus large laundry room. Lower level w 1 BR, kitchenette, full bath plus wide open living area -- guest suite, rental, you name it! Bonus - rear storage shed + off-street parking.

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HAWTHORNE 7225 WESTERN AVE NW

$680,000.00

HILL CREST 3429 CARPENTER ST SE

$303,000.00

KALORAMA 2206 KALORAMA RD NW

$3,900,000.00

LEDROIT PARK 120 THOMAS ST NW

$530,000.00

LILY PONDS 4417 ORD ST NE 334 34TH PL NE

$317,500.00 $190,000.00

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LOGAN CIRCLE 1438 CORCORAN ST NW

$1,900,000.00

PETWORTH 4

MARSHALL HEIGHTS 5057 D ST SE 5427 B ST SE 5503 CENTRAL AVE SE 4715 BASS PL SE

$319,500.00 $175,000.00 $105,000.00 $96,000.00

4 2 2 3

MASS AVE HEIGHTS 2852 MCGILL TER NW

$5,600,000.00

MICHIGAN PARK 4142 22ND ST NE 4119 18TH PL NE 3721 18TH ST NE

$587,500.00 $400,000.00 $362,000.00

3 3 4

MOUNT PLEASANT 1834 LAMONT ST NW 1861 MONROE ST NW 3108 16TH ST NW

$1,159,118.00 $945,000.00 $595,000.00

5 4 3

NOMA 1144 1ST ST NW

$399,000.00

OBSERVATORY CIRCLE 3828 FULTON ST NW

$1,100,000.00

$995,000.00 $824,000.00 $780,000.00 $765,000.00 $760,000.00 $685,000.00 $680,600.00 $654,503.00 $650,000.00 $639,000.00 $599,900.00 $570,000.00 $565,000.00 $532,355.00 $284,000.00

4 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 2

OLD CITY #2 2034 HILLYER PL NW 411 M ST NW 1814 FLORIDA AVE NW 56 NEW YORK AVE NW 55 NEW YORK AVE NW 1541 3RD ST NW 1846 8TH ST NW 1227 1ST ST NW 714 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW 437 RIDGE ST NW

$1,800,000.00 $899,000.00 $795,000.00 $765,000.00 $738,500.00 $715,000.00 $595,000.00 $579,000.00 $495,000.00 $385,000.00

3 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 2

PALISADES 4806 HUTCHINS PL NW 4521 CLARK PL NW

$1,900,000.00 $740,000.00

5 2

PARK VIEW 731 PRINCETON PL NW

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$665,000.00

$840,000.00 $770,000.00 $702,000.00 $649,000.00 $630,000.00 $605,000.00 $555,000.00 $550,000.00 $508,000.00 $457,500.00 $455,000.00 $450,000.00 $425,000.00 $422,500.00 $385,000.00 $350,000.00

VILLAGES AT DAKOTA CROSSING 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3

RANDLE HEIGHTS 2429 SKYLAND PL SE 2402 24TH ST SE 3245 STANTON RD SE

$348,000.00 $263,500.00 $229,900.00

3 3 3

RIGGS PARK 4942 11TH ST NE

OLD CITY #1 112 15TH ST NE 616 M ST NE 252 10TH ST NE 110 18TH ST SE 1027 7TH ST NE 1375 EMERALD ST NE 259 KENTUCKY AVE SE 1503 G ST SE 915 6TH ST NE 1833 BURKE ST SE 617 16TH ST NE 1826 BAY ST SE 1375 A ST NE 922 15TH ST SE 1650 ROSEDALE ST NE

31 GRANT CIR NW 4213 ILLINOIS AVE NW 4103 8TH ST NW 4905 9TH ST NW 4006 ILLINOIS AVE NW 4910 4TH ST NW 418 JEFFERSON ST NW 227 FARRAGUT ST NW 4823 9TH ST NW 338 EMERSON ST NW 5114 3RD ST NW 5211 KANSAS AVE NW 5306 2ND ST NW 307 TAYLOR ST NW 5309 4TH ST NW 429 INGRAHAM ST NW

$261,000.00

SHAW 219 R ST NW 1414 COLUMBIA ST NW

$875,000.00 $810,000.00

4 2

SHEPHERD PARK 1316 GERANIUM ST NW

$600,000.00

SPRING VALLEY 5135 YUMA ST NW 4221 FORDHAM RD NW 4723 UPTON ST NW

$1,700,000.00 $1,600,000.00 $1,250,000.00

4 4 4

$935,000.00

TAKOMA PARK 6725 PINEY BRANCH RD NW

$729,900.00

TRINIDAD 1148 MORSE ST NE 1234 OWEN PL NE 1269 MORSE ST NE 1257 MORSE ST NE 1220 OWEN PL NE 1702 MONTELLO AVE NE 1405 MONTELLO AVE NE 1815 H ST NE 1345 QUEEN ST NE 1647 MONTELLO AVE NE 1265 OWEN PL NE 1702 L ST NE 1731 LYMAN PL NE

$583,300.00 $529,000.00 $500,000.00 $470,000.00 $469,499.00 $452,000.00 $425,000.00 $399,900.00 $375,000.00 $325,000.00 $300,000.00 $258,900.00 $234,000.00

3 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 2 2

U STREET CORRIDOR 2125 10TH ST NW 2024 10TH ST NW

$600,000.00 $600,000.00

$576,830.00 $457,600.00

3 2

WESLEY HEIGHTS 4620 FOXHALL CRES NW 4341 WESTOVER PL NW

$1,950,000.00 $975,000.00

4 3

WEST END 1003 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW

$1,625,000.00

WOODLEY 3205 CLEVELAND AVE NW 3223 CATHEDRAL AVE NW

$1,750,000.00 $1,199,000.00

5 4

WOODRIDGE 1920 KEARNY ST NE $640,000.00 4 3000 20TH ST NE $625,000.00 3 2412 EVARTS ST NE $449,000.00 4 2214 DOUGLAS ST NE $420,000.00 4 $395,000.00 3 2414 HAMLIN PL NE 4028 24TH ST NE $325,500.00 6 $322,000.00 4 3303 22ND ST NE

CONDO 16TH STREET HEIGHTS 1301 LONGFELLOW ST NW #105

$205,000.00

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK 4101 ALBEMARLE ST NW #622

$467,000.00

BRIGHTWOOD 406 CEDAR ST NW #3

$376,000.00

BROOKLAND

SW WATERFRONT 1413 4TH ST SW

2430 BALDWIN CRESCENT NE 3603 COMM. JOSHUA BARNEY DR NE

2 2

3940 7TH ST NE 3015 HAWTHORNE DR NE #3015 1031 MICHIGAN AVE NE #1

$339,000.00 $310,000.00 $102,000.00

2 2 1

CAPITOL HILL 901 D ST NE #206 1001 EAST CAPITOL ST SE 1233 F ST NE #A 246B MARYLAND AVE NE #15 1408 CAPITOL ST NE #1408 611 2ND ST NE #3 1432 CAPITOL ST NE #1432 305 C ST NE #409 1125 MARYLAND AVE NE #16 101 NORTH CAROLINA AVE SE #407

$782,500.00 $669,000.00 $659,000.00 $624,000.00 $548,000.00 $545,000.00 $395,495.00 $342,500.00 $333,000.00 $310,000.00

2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

CENTRAL 2425 L ST NW #402 1150 K ST NW #1109 1280 21ST ST NW #703 801 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW #1005 1133 14TH ST NW #707 912 F ST NW #900

$1,121,000.00 $554,900.00 $399,000.00 $360,000.00 $280,000.00 $550,000.00

2 2 1 1 0 1

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$781,000.00 $765,000.00 $740,000.00 $680,000.00 $660,000.00 $650,000.00 $650,000.00 $579,900.00 $539,900.00 $502,000.00 $434,000.00 $399,900.00 $385,000.00 $384,900.00 $359,900.00 $339,900.00 $335,000.00 $332,000.00 $320,000.00 $310,000.00 $285,000.00 $197,000.00

2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0

$52,000.00 $42,500.00

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$40,000.00

$1,155,000.00 $485,000.00 $445,000.00 $340,000.00 $240,000.00 $589,900.00 $526,500.00 $475,000.00

2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1

$530,000.00 $515,000.00 $171,000.00

3 3 1

$615,000.00 $185,000.00

2 0

$575,000.00 $424,900.00 $255,000.00 $210,000.00

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ECKINGTON 49 T ST NE #1 1925 NORTH CAPITOL ST NE #1 1831 2ND ST NE #207

FOGGY BOTTOM 1001 26TH ST NW #808 2030 F ST NW #107

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GEORGETOWN 1055 WISCONSIN AVE NW #3-E 1055 WISCONSIN AVE NW #1-E DUPLEX 3030 K ST NW #PH-303 2516 Q ST NW #Q-305 1015 33RD ST NW #601 1015 33RD ST NW #409 2111 WISCONSIN AVE NW #204

$4,750,000.00 $4,550,000.00 $2,250,000.00 $1,150,000.00 $650,000.00 $495,000.00 $340,000.00

3 4 2 2 2 1 1

1450 CHURCH ST NW #302 1836 11TH ST NW #2 910 M ST NW #1101 1715 15TH ST NW #38 910 M ST NW #708 1300 N ST NW #716 1621 T ST NW #T6 1 SCOTT CIR NW #506 1420 N ST NW #603 1727 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #109

$365,000.00 $249,000.00 $200,000.00

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PENN QUARTER

$69,000.00

$2,875,000.00 $1,375,000.00 $995,000.00 $642,000.00 $545,000.00 $529,000.00 $459,000.00 $310,000.00

5 3 1 2 3 2 1 1

$599,000.00

$341,700.00 $1,082,500.00 $700,000.00 $606,000.00 $500,000.00 $399,555.00 $288,700.00

1 4 2 2 2 1 0

$346,900.00

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LEDROIT PARK 2414 NORTH CAPITOL ST NW #1

LOGAN CIRCLE 1900 15TH ST NW #5 939 M ST NW #UNIT A 1431 CORCORAN ST NW #3 1431 CORCORAN ST NW #1 1502 13TH ST NW #2 1316 12TH ST NW #2 1440 N ST NW #911

MOUNT PLEASANT 1801 CALVERT ST NW #G8

$578,000.00 $415,000.00 $460,000.00

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$1,275,000.00

$750,000.00 $522,000.00 $511,000.00 $465,000.00 $440,000.00 $439,000.00 $435,000.00 $416,500.00 $365,000.00 $280,000.00 $237,500.00

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OBSERVATORY CIRCLE 2501 WISCONSIN AVE NW #403

OLD CITY #1 301 K ST NE #2 1448 CAPITOL ST NE #1448 1409 G ST NE #24 1409 G ST NE #23 1116 C ST NE #201 245 15TH ST SE #204 410 11TH ST NE #21 245 15TH ST SE #301 315 G ST NE #304 1409 G ST NE #1 420 OKLAHOMA AVE NE #102

OLD CITY #2 1443 S ST NW #2

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714 VARNUM ST NW #3 714 VARNUM ST NW #2 837 SHEPHERD ST NW #1 710712 SHEPHERD RD NW #4 4107 5TH ST NW 604 LONGFELLOW ST NW #302

$495,500.00

$580,000.00 $525,000.00 $450,000.00 $325,000.00 $290,000.00 $217,500.00

2 2 3 2 1 2

$65,625.00

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$713,000.00

$520,000.00

$915,500.00 $839,000.00 $549,000.00 $441,000.00

2 2 2 1

$435,000.00 $439,000.00

2 2

$725,000.00

$460,000.00

$500,000.00 $379,000.00

2 2

$319,900.00

$669,000.00 $639,000.00 $200,000.00

3 2 0

$2,225,000.00 $1,288,000.00 $880,000.00 $575,000.00 $565,000.00 $420,000.00

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RLA (SW) 246SW G ST SW #129

SHAW 1839 6TH ST NW #7 1839 6TH ST NW #6 1839 6TH ST NW #2 1839 6TH ST NW #3

SW WATERFRONT 1425 4TH ST SW #A604 1425 4TH ST SW #A312

TRUXTON CIRCLE 206 P ST NW #2

MT VERNON SQUARE 1001 L ST NW #905 811 4TH ST NW #315 440 L ST NW #713

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WESLEY HEIGHTS 3263 SUTTON PL NW #3263C 3261 SUTTON PL NW #D 4201 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #818W

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COOP CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS 3900 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #103A

$675,000.00

CLEVELAND PARK 3620 CONNECTICUT AVE NW #8

$248,000.00

FOGGY BOTTOM 2500 VIRGINIA AVE NW #705-S 700 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #603 700 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #1414 730 24TH ST NW #612 2475 VIRGINIA AVE NW #401

$705,000.00 $575,000.00 $379,500.00 $205,000.00 $195,000.00

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FOREST HILLS 3001 VEAZEY TER NW #626 3001 VEAZEY TER NW #509

$522,500.00 $260,000.00

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KALORAMA 1835 PHELPS PL NW #31 2220 20TH ST NW #A 1901 WYOMING AVE NW #3

$440,000.00 $399,999.00 $269,000.00

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MOUNT PLEASANT 1801 CLYDESDALE PL NW #225 1801 CLYDESDALE PL NW #111

$160,000.00 $138,500.00

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NORTH CLEVELAND PARK 3016 TILDEN ST NW #201

$655,000.00

OBSERVATORY CIRCLE 4000 CATHEDRAL AVE NW #344 3900 WATSON PL NW #7AH 3900 WATSON PL NW #G1H

$985,000.00 $800,000.00 $385,000.00

$25,000.00 $340,000.00

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RLA (SW) 348 N ST SW $450,000.00 560 N ST SW #N-812 $375,000.00 SOUTHWEST WATERFRONT 1301 DELAWARE AVE SW #N-612 $235,000.00

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Dining Notes by Celeste McCall

r. Henry’s, the beloved 49-year-old pub at 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, is probably best known for launching Roberta Flack’s career back in the 1960s. More recently, fans have been flocking there Monday nights for halfprice burgers. Now we have new reasons for visiting: An updated menu, spiffed up décor, and Friday night jazz. It almost didn’t happen. When long-time managing partner Alvin Ross departed last summer, there was talk of replacing Mr. Henry’s with a “new concept.” Sadly, that had happened before on the Hill. Fortunately, developer Larry Quillian decided otherwise, and Mr. Henry’s survives, with a few upgrades, keeping it all in the family. Larry’s daughter Mary Quillian Helms is the new owner. She manages the place with the able help of General Manager Mark Steele and Narayan Campbell, Assistant Manager. “Mark and I are trying to maintain the rich heritage of our neighborhood joint while introducing some new dishes and reviving the upstairs music tradition,” said Mary, reached by phone.

Mr. Henry’s chargrilled turkey burger and North Carolina-style pulled pork barbecue are customer favorites. Photo: Celeste McCall

Mr. Henry’s General Manager Mark Steele demonstrates his custom-made, refrigerated beer tower. Photo: Celeste McCall.

“We’re also exploring other possibilities while we plan to freshen up the downstairs (area) and the patio,” she added. “It’s a work in progress.” Yes, Mr. Henry’s Upstairs has been restored to its former oak-paneled glory. The wood originally came from the old Grace Dodge Hotel near Union Station, a women’s hostelry built in 1921 and demolished in 1972 to make way for The 400 North Capitol Plaza complex. Besides the newly burnished oak, Steele has renovated the upstairs kitchen and bathroom, and has installed a flat-screen TV and a custom-made beer tower. The latter is a refrigerated brass vessel which dispenses five kinds of brewski. No worries--those two-fisted half-price burgers remain on Mark’s expanded menu, including a ramped-up chargrilled turkey burger. You’ll still find the pulled barbecued pork as well. Newcomers include Angus flatiron steak and house-made soups, including a divine seafood bisque. Henry’s weekend brunch buffet is gone, but hearty “breakfast plates” are served Saturday and Sunday ‘til mid-afternoon, plus weekend drink specials like Irish coffee, mulled apple cider and bloody marys. Friday nights bring live jazz upstairs, with more music in the works. Mr. Henry’s is open daily; call 202-546-8412 or mrhenrysdc.com.

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A plate of mini-sandwiches and wine await a hungry diner at 100 Montaditos. Photo: Celeste McCall.

daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays (‘til midnight Friday and Saturday), 100 Montaditos is located at 300 Tingey St. SE; call 202-488-8500 or www.100montaditos.com.

Pasta and More • • • • • • •

A diverse product line of quality beverages from all over the world One of the largest and most unique wine selections on Capitol Hill A friendly and knowledgeable staff Located just minutes form Downtown, DC and Alexandria, VA 1 block south of Eastern Market Metro on the vibrant Barracks Row Owned by the Williams Family since 1978; established before 1919

The best weekly wine tastings on “The Hill”- Sat (3-6pm)

100 Sandwiches On a snowy, cold January afternoon, Peter and I warmed up at 100 Montaditos, which opened late last year near the Navy Yard. Hunkered next to Nando’s Peri-Peri in the Boilermaker Shops, 100 Montaditos is the first DC outpost of the Spanish-based, mini-sandwich chain. Other area siblings are in Rosslyn (Arlington) and Bethesda. It’s a fun, funky place. Walls are plastered with Spanish-themed black and white photos, punctuated with giant TV screens. Customers are seated at a long communal table in the center, along with small tables and stools. After perusing the menu, we placed our order and paid at the counter. A server delivered our food. Montaditos is Spanish for “little sandwich.” As the moniker implies, the eatery dispenses 100 varieties: small, toasted rolls stuffed with garlic pulled pork, meatballs, shrimp, serrano ham, chorizo, cheese, veggies, you name it. Our favorite is meatball with manchego cheese and piparra (sweet red pepper). Sandwiches range in price from $1.50 to $3. For an appetizer, we chose the $3 dish of stuffed green olives. While flavorful, they looked like supermarket olives. Beer and wine options include a pleasant $7 (red) tempranillo. Lunch for two—including a glass of wine, olives and five mini-sandwiches, came to a modest $15 including tax and tip. While we liked the recorded Spanish music, it was earsplitting in the restrooms. Open

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Just off Lincoln Park, Ninnella (former Park Café) welcomes a new manager, Baltimore-bred Kenneth Artel. Overseeing the kitchen in this neighborhood restaurant, Chilean-born chef Karina Villarroel turns out freshly made pastas (some gluten-free), including frutti di mare, Bolognese, mushroom ravioli and pasta di Grachio— spinach noodles dappled with morsels of Maryland crab. There’s also soup-of-the day, eggplant parmesan, seared duck breast, salmon and rainbow trout. On a frigid Friday night, we dined there with another couple. The gas fireplace, whitecovered tables and walls graced with local artwork welcomed us warmly. We sipped pinot grigio and chianti, while tucking into a superb trout, which arrived with quinoa and green beans, and various pastas. Delicious. Open nightly, Ninnella is located at 106 13th St. SE. Call 202-543-0184.

Market Watch For folks vowing to eat healthy this year, there’s Zoe’s Vegan Delight, an outdoor food stand at Eastern Market. Owner/chef Zoheret Coats, who also operates a catering service in Landover MD, is usually around the Market Saturday and Sunday from 9 to 4:30 p.m. Her menu includes veggie lasagna, chili, eggplant parmesan, pasta salad, kale, cookies and cupcakes. For more information call 240-602-0097 or www. zoesvegandelight.com.

How Sweet It Is Coming up Wednesday, Feb. 4: The Washington Humane Society’s annual Sugar and Champagne receptions at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Sponsored by the Trade Center Management Associates, this

lively event is a fundraiser to help DC’s homeless pet population. At 6 p.m., Equinox restaurant Chef Todd Gray and Ellen Kassoff Gray will kick off the evening with a dessert-making Experience, open to only 50 guests. This hands-on demo includes a liquid nitrogen “dip-ndots” demo by Trade Center pastry chef Shane Geottlicher, sugar pulling by Co Co Sala and trufflemaking while sipping drinks from Cava mixologist Jason Gehring. From 6 to 8 p.m., The VIP Chefs’ Tasting Room will dispense samplings prepared by the local chefs. The general reception starts at 7. Tickets range from $90 to $250 each for humans (leashed dogs are welcome), depending on which reception you attend. Please bring a valid photo ID. For tickets and more information visit www.sugarandchampagne.org.

Driftwood Kitchen In the Atlas District, Driftwood Kitchen has opened in the space formerly occupied by Tru Orleans. The cuisine is “Modern American with Middle Eastern influences. Located at 400 H St. NE, Driftwood is open daily including weekend brunch. Call 202-8032651….In nearby Bloomingdale/ Eckington, the Washington Firehouse, which once housed the circa 1895 Old Engine Company 12, arrived late last year at corner of North Capitol and Quincy Place NW. The relative newcomer specializes in burgers and other casual fare. Located at 1626 North Capitol NW, Firehouse is open daily. 202-299-9128. Celeste McCall is a long-time food, restaurant and travel writer in Washington DC. She can be reached at celeste@us.net. Blog: Celestial Bites. u

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Bordeaux: A Primer by Lilia Coffin, The Wine Girl The ‘Terroir’ The Gironde is arguably the most important river in wine history. Its course divides Bordeaux into Left Bank, with Medoc and the most famous chateaux, closer to the sea, and Right Bank, with its rolling hills and family estates. The glacier that carved the river deposited limestone in the soil, as if it knew vines would grow here eons later. Gironde and its tributaries give Bordeaux its name (“along the waters”) and pull in Gulf Stream air defining its milder climate. The tradition of excellent winemaking practices in Bordeaux is heavily influenced by the soil and climate affected by the river’s presence, but they also ensure that even in rough weather vintages, like 2013, the quality of wine produced will be consistently excellent.

The Grapes Every wine to come out of Bordeaux is a blend, red or white. Of the wine produced in Bordeaux, most of the grapes grown are Merlot. Cabernet Sauvignon is the king of Bordeaux grapes, though, putting Bordeaux on the map with its ripe, intense fruit. The highly-structured, tannic, bold notes of Cabernet Sauvignon are tempered by the mellower, rounder Merlot, and most often the two are complemented by the addition of violet-and-spice Cabernet Franc. Malbec and Petit Verdot are also added in many reds in tiny percentages for their complementary influences on body and alcohol levels. Cabernet Sauvignon dominates the blends of Left Bank, Merlot takes over on the Right. Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon are the major white grapes of Bordeaux. The crisp, tart, herbaceous Sauvignon is perfectly balanced by the clean, dry honey notes of Semillon. In a few blends, you also see the minor grapes of floral Muscadelle and herbal Ugni Blanc (aka Italy’s Trebbiano) added in tiny amounts. These bright whites can taste of entire gardens, springtime and sunshine, and are often well worth the price. Especially in Semillon-heavy blends, you also get a preview of the acacia, honey, and peach that define Sauternes’ botrytis-exposed dessert wines. The “noble rot” was discovered in Hungary but made famous by Sauternes’ honey-wine, caused by the mold’s vampire effect on the grape’s water; only the sugar left behind.

Medoc, Haut Medoc, and Graves Closer to the sea, easier for traders to move, just north of the city of Bordeaux, Le Medoc is comprised of a stretch of smaller appellations along the Left Bank of the Gironde. In Medoc, since 1855, houses are classified as a “First Growth”, “Second Growth”, etc., down to “Fifth Growth” and 200 “cru bourgeois” (a “table wine” classification) . There are just five “First Growths”, Haut Brion, Margaux, Lafite-Rothschild, Latour, and Mouton-Rothschild, the last added in 1973. The classifications are meant as an indicator of quality and this is definitely true of the first growth chateaux and a few more deemed “Super Seconds” for their extremely high quality but lower rank. The bigger houses are able to invest more in their vineyards, equipment, and personnel. They carefully protect their reputation by taking great measures to ensure quality. A “Fifth Growth” or “cru bourgeois” classification is not a death sentence how-

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ever with chateaus arbitrarily classified often producing some of the highest rated wines in the region. The appellations of Medoc and Graves line the Gironde; Margaux, Pessac-Leognan, and Pauilliac hold most of the major houses, with their vineyards in view of the river. Saint Estephe, Saint Julien, Listrac-Medoc, and Moulisen-Medoc are smaller, less touted regions, the latter two only recently added as AOCs. The Haut Medoc AOC encompasses the vineyards in between the smaller AOCs in the north, the Graves AOC is the larger AOC in the south. The Sauternes and Barsac AOCs, in the Graves, produce the Botrytis-influenced dessert wines. Some of the most expensive wines on the planet, a bad year will be held from market and many vineyards shut down in the 20th Century after a few years of unworthy vintages, unable to turn a profit.

The Right Bank While the Left Bank has more limestone mixed with gravel in its soil, making for better drainage and better Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, there is more clay in Right Bank soil, which is a boon for Merlot. Saint Emilion and Pomerol are the biggest and produce the best of the Right Bank wines. Fransac, Blaye, and Bourg round out the other major AOCs of the Right Bank, though the “garagiste” wines are unclassified as these cult producers avoid following Bordeaux AOC classification standards, while still making some fun, bold, very drinkable styles. Cheval Blanc of St. Emilion and Petrus of Pomerol are the two biggest houses of the Right Bank, consistently creating some of the best and most expensive Merlot-dominant wines in the world. In the Right Bank, many of the AOCs have no classifications, and those that do classify each have a unique system in place. A Premier Cru is generally the best indication of quality, but, like the Left Bank, is not the last word on how good or bad a wine will be. Taste-testing the wine for yourself is still the best, and the most fun, option. Entre-Deux-Mers lies below where the Gironde splits into the Garonne and the Dordogne, farther south than Sauternes and Barsac, though it shares grapes with the vineyards back over the river in Graves. Still cooled by river and sea, but warmed by mild air, this is where the clean dry Sauvignon Blancdominant whites are born. They effuse flowers, hints of grass, lemon lime citrus, and summertime, at their best and, like the rest of Bordeaux, are rarely seen at their worst. They have a reputation to maintain.

The Buying Guide First Growths and “Super Seconds” of the Left Bank 1962 Latour 750ml $999.00 1959 Haut Brion 750ml $1,999.99 2009 Lafite 750ml $1,999.00 750ml $1,800.00 1961 Margaux 2010 Mouton Rothschild 750ml $1,299.99 1961 Cos d’Estournel 750ml $1,000.00 2008 Pavie 3L $1,000.00 1989 Lafleur 750ml $999.99

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The Best of the Right Bank 2005 Cheval Blanc Le Petit Cheval 2009 La Fleur Petrus Clos Dubreuil 2010 2008 Beychevelle 2010 Clerc Milon 2009 Meyney Clos de la Vieille Eglise 2005 2008 Domaine de Chevalier 2008 Grand Puy Lacoste 2005 L’Arrosee Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2009 Malartic Lagraviere Beauséjour Duffau Lagarosse 2006 Saint-Emilion 2010 Franc La Rose Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2008 La Confession Plince Pomerol 2009 2009 Gontey Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2008 Joanin Becot 2009 Garagista Bordeaux Superior 2011 Garagista Malbec

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Whites of Graves and Entre-Deux-Mers 1983 2012 2013

Laville Haut Brion Graves Blanc Trocard Bordeaux Grand Blanc Castenet Entre Deux Mers

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Sauternes and sweet wines 1959 Yquem 2005 Climens Rabaud Promis 2003 2009 Chateau Villefranche Sauternes 2003 Suduiraut 2009 Coutet 2009 Rieussec

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Bringing Black Youth From the Shadows Studio Sheds Light on the Unique and Universal

by Barbara Wells

hoir Boy has a singular distinction: It’s a play about five young, black, male, prep school students who are navigating the crooked path to love, friendship, self-awareness and success. But what really sets this stunning play apart is how their journey sheds light on not only the obscure particulars of life in a boarding school for black youth, but also the universal experience of coming of age. The result is provocative and profound. As director Kent Gash observes, “We are living through a moment in American history where lives of African-American men are under siege in this country. And that derives from a lack of understanding. … As a society we must begin to build bridges of understanding. We must begin to ask, ‘Who are you? What do you care about? Who do you love? What do we have in common? How do we move forward together?’” Renowned playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney makes a signature contri-

Jaysen Wright, Jonathan Burke, Eric Lockley, and Jelani Alladin in Choir Boy at Studio Theatre. Photo: Igor Dmitry.

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bution to that understanding by drawing genuine characters—unique individuals with deep back stories, each concealing an inner life masked by exterior piety, bravado or belligerence. Their authenticity stems from McCraney’s fearless plumbing of his own life experience, from grappling with poverty and adversity to finding release in religion and performance. Yet these characters evoke the familiar stereotypes we encounter every day: the achiever, the jock, the bully, the saint, the guy who’s just trying to get by. Under Gash’s direction, five gifted actors breathe life into this choir. First among them is Jelani Alladin as Pharus. His very presence as a flamboyant— though ostensibly closeted—gay man triggers frequently uncomfortable self-reflection by every other member of the cast. Alladin’s somewhat affected speech at first sounds like weak acting, until it’s obvious that Pharus himself is playing a role that’s as much about prodding his classmates and adults as assuming the commanding persona he wants to inhabit.

Jelani Alladin in Choir Boy at Studio Theatre. Photo: Igor Dmitry.

As Pharus’ roommate AJ, Jaysen Wright combines the physical presence of a confident athlete with deeply moving expressions of sensitivity and love, while Keith Antone manages to elicit empathy for Bobby, an apparently bullying homophobe who’s really just trying to find himself. Rounding out this choir are Jonathan Burke as David, who manages the uncertainties of adolescence by cloaking himself in religion, and Eric Lockley as Junior, a marginal student hanging on to an education that’s his best chance to succeed. These characters continually tease, cajole and spar with one another, but no matter how deeply tensions divide them they come together in one place: the choir. Their music is a celebration of each boy’s distinct vocal gift, blended in unifying rhythms and harmonies to create a whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts. Together they beautifully render music director Darius Smith’s vocal arrangements, inspiring bursts of applause even when they risk disrupting the flow of the play. Along with almost every other aspect of Charles R. Drew Prep School, choir membership demands strict discipline and adher-

ence to a code of ethics, fealty and honor. McCraney uses this atmosphere of high expectations and aspirations to heighten dramatic tension, encasing teenage raging hormones and yearnings in the ultimate social strictures. It’s underscored by set designer Jason Sherwood’s looming portraits of iconic African-Americans, who set the standard the boys aim to meet, as well as costume designer Kathleen Geldard’s uniform of white shirt, blue blazer, khaki pants and the ubiquitous tie. As the school’s headmaster, Marty Austin Lamar enforces this code with palpable conviction, hoping to suppress the youthful impulses that threaten to derail his students’ advancement to graduation, college and success. Ironically, he’s the one who brings back Mr. Pendleton, a former instructor, to lead the choir. Affectingly portrayed by Alan Wade, Pendleton more than makes up for what he doesn’t know about music with his understanding of boarding school life beyond the classroom, from grappling with prejudice to exploring sexuality. The only exception to Drew’s environment of rigid social control is the high school’s showers, brilliantly executed in Sherwood’s single stalls, shrouded in mystery by subtle lighting designed by Dawn Chiang. There the trappings of boarding school are literally stripped away, revealing naked talent, ambition and longing in heartfelt song and finally, confession. With the freedom of this space comes vulnerability, producing the play’s revealing and pivotal scenes. By the play’s end, McCraney has enlightened every member of the audience, from wealthy white seniors to budding young artists. They leave the theatre with intimate knowledge of five young, black, male, prep school students who are navigating the crooked path to love, friendship, self-awareness and success. And that’s an astonishing feat. At Studio Theatre, 1501 14th Street, NW through Feb. 22.

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At The Movies

In the City and in the Country: A Subtle Crime Drama and a Small Town Calamity by Mike Canning

A Most Violent Year

t is New York City, circa 1981, a period when the city seemed askew and out of joint. It was in financial turmoil, crime and drug abuse were high, garbage was in the streets, and graffiti was rampant. Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) is an entrepreneur who has worked his way up in this world. Starting out as a Latino truck driver for a heating oil delivery company in Brooklyn, by 1981 he has moved up to become owner of the firm, in serious competition with Italians and Jews who have tradiJessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac star in “A Most Violent Year.” tionally dominated the trade (the film is rated “R” and runs 125 minutes). Photo courtesy of a24 Pictures. With success, Morales has married the lovely Anna (Jessica Chastain) who keeps his books, moved out to a dream house in Westchester County, More pressure comes from the Lady Macbeth-like surrounded himself with loyal employees—included his steadfast attorney Andrew Walsh (Albert Brooks). Anna, a tough cookie from a Mafia family who is But he wants more and looks to expand his business by buying a loading dock closer to barge delivery ripe to use her mob legacy to help him. from a group of Orthodox Jews, who want big money from Abel within a month. It’s getting that cash— The angle to Chandor’s drama is that the cool more than a million dollars—that drives Abel and the drama in the film. Abel, who first appears to be a prototype gangster, He has problems, however: not only are his drivers being attacked and his oil confiscated by rivals, has achieved success by playing it mostly straight but an assistant DA (David Oyelowo) wants to charge him with fraud for rigging his scales, and the head and fair; he is a clean guy in a dirty business and of the truckers’ union Bill O’Leary (Peter Geherty) insists that his vulnerable drivers should drive armed. wants to stay that way. However, needing to raise the money and looking out for his people, especially one troubled driver Julian (Elyes Gabel), Abel feels stresses beyond his control. Chandor is an intriguing new writer/director talent in American movies. His first feature film, “Margin Call” (2011), was a superb drama set against the financial meltdown of 2008, while his second, “All Is Lost” (2013), was an almost dialogueless one-man show with Robert Redford lost at sea. Here, in “A Most Violent Year,” he shifts gears quite dramatically, coming back to New York but in a period piece and in a very different kind of business world. He gets the period right, much of it from a fruitful collaboration with his cinematographer Bradford Young, who films in a serene wide scope with a burnished palate, crafted, Young has said, to create a “quality of decay.” As usual, Chandor generates fine performances from his cast while quietly creating a rising sense of tension and dread. It is Oscar Isaac’s movie, however, and he quietly embodies the smooth Morales as a soft-spoken, measured soul who is all business. There are hints in his performance of the young Al Aleksey Serebryakov as Kolya in “Leviathan.” Photo: Anna Matveeva, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

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Pacino as Michael Corleone in “The Godfather” but without the steady menace or ready outbursts. This is a guy trying to keep the lid on, and it may cost all he has. With additional fine support from Chastain, Brooks, Oyelowo, and Alessandro Nivola (as one of Abel’s competitors), “A Most Violent Year” presents a most effective drama.

Leviathan “Leviathan,” a Russian film honored at the Cannes Film Festival with an award for best screenplay, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. The latest effort from director Andrei Zvyagintsev, the picture, grim but compelling, has a chance to win the trophy (running 141 minutes, the film is rated “R” for mature themes). “Leviathan” takes place in a Russia rarely seen by Westerners, within a village on the dramatic Barents Sea in the north of the country. The protagonist, Kolya (Alexeï Serebriakov), is a native of this small fishing village in a spare but stunning landscape. He owns an auto-repair shop next to the house where he lives with his younger wife Lilya (Elena Liadova), who works at the local fishery, and his son Roma (Sergueï Pokhodaev) from a previous marriage. The town’s corrupt mayor Vadim Shelevyat (Roman Madianov) has his eyes on Kolya’s land for a special project, a move that would eliminate his business and his home. The Mayor tries buying him off, but Kolya refuses and fights doggedly so as not to lose everything. Facing resistance, the mayor becomes more aggressive in his approach, and Kolya counters by bringing in a lawyer from Moscow, Dmitri (Vladimir Vdovichenkov), who embraces the case though he also has eyes for Lilya. The feint and counter-feint on the land grab grinds down, lubricated all the way with copious consumption of vodka. What “Leviathan” seems to deliver most of all is a vivid sketch, at a micro level, of the corrupting trend that permeates modern Russia, in this case depicting a small businessman trying to hang on to useful work and dignity, while the local pol will stop at nothing to feather his nest, however minute. Kolya, as played by Serebriakov, is no paragon and sympathy for him is hard earned. Dmitri, the potential hero

and rescuer, has a clever mouth but feet of clay. The mayor, looking like a left-over apparatchik from USSR days, is as cruel as he is officious. “Leviathan” contains moments of offhand humor, often greased by an easy-going foolhardiness, but you just know this semimoral fable is not going to end with any roseate conclusion. Director Zvyagintsev has remarked about the context of his film: “In the life of every man, there comes a time when one is faced with the system, with the ‘world’, and must stand up for his sense of justice, his sense of God on Earth.” Perhaps, but such a stance will not necessarily earn grace in the New Russia.

Awards Season At the time of this writing, the Oscar contenders have been announced (the winners will be named February 22nd). For this reviewer, many of the nominees are worthy ones, especially the multiple nominations for “Birdman” my vote for best of the year (see my review in Hill Rag’s November 2014 issue). One taste I cannot share is the acclaim for “Boyhood,” either an interesting experiment or a gimmick but a film I did not particularly endorse or embrace. Most of the acting award nominees are fine, and, in fact, predictable, but I must demur on two omissions. David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr. was by far the best element of “Selma” (nominated for Best Film), but inexplicably failed to surface in the Best Actor list. For me personally, even a greater mistake was no recognition by any best-of-the-year listings of the spectacular Tom Hardy as the one visible cast member in “Locke,” to me one of the best and most inimitable movies of recent years (see the Hill Rag review of June 2014). Too bad, but at least there is video so that viewers always have a chance to appreciate a wondrous performance. Hill resident Mike Canning has written on movies for the Hill Rag since 1993 and is a member of the Washington Area Film Critics Association. He is the author of “Hollywood on the Potomac: How the Movies View Washington, DC.” His reviews and writings on film can be found online at www.mikesflix.com. u

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Artist Portrait: Jill Finsen

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ou are looking at the main idea—the essential truth of the beach houses from a boat’s point of view, or the woman in the chair, or the vase of flowers. You don’t need a written explanation of what it’s all about. Jill Finsen tells you all you really need to know. The rich concentrated colors tell their own story. It’s the story of paint and how it creates its own reality. Forms are arranged in a strong, traditional composition, with balance, focal points, and distributed motifs—shapes—that move your eye and keep it alive. The forms could support any number of color compositions. The colors are not intended to be natural; skies can be red, or red and green. Water can be yellow and trees, blue. The colors themselves take on dimension—the paint is applied thick and textured, with color over color, often leaving under-paintings to show through, creating color tensions or harmonies on the surface. The painting becomes independent of the subject matter. Jill Finsen began painting about ten years ago, but the elements of her art took shape when, as a child, her father gave her a camera and she began experimenting with black and white effects in the darkroom. It gave her a strong sense of composition and the importance of negative spaces. When she discovered the revolutionary movements of the early 20th Century, which discarded traditional restrictions on color and rendering, her early “realistic” paintings took on a “primitive quality.” Jill is a DC painter who shows her work in this area but loves to paint in Maine. You can see her work this month at the Hill Center

by Jim Magner

and at CHAL (see At the Galleries) The future? Jill Finsen wants to keep evolving, “finding the suggestion of the original reality.” www.jillfinsen.com.

Jim Magner’s Thoughts on Art

An awful lot happened about 100 years ago, actually about 110 years ago, in science, communications, astronomy, manufacturing and art. Several books have been written about 1905 alone. What is sometimes overlooked in art is not Picasso’s “Mademoiselles de Avignon,” but the exhibition at the Salon d’Automne in Paris. The names? Matisse, Derain, Marquet, Vlamink and others. (Google’em.) It was a show so wild, so uninhibited in color that a bigtime critic was outraged. He condemned the whole gang as “fauves.” Wild beasts. Well, those beasts loved it and proudly wore the banner, which of course, has followed them through history. It wasn’t that their subjects and scenes were outrageous; it was the color. Faces were blue or green, trees were yellow, and boats, pink. They set color loose…let it rip. A painting became its own destination—it didn’t have to be true to life—it didn’t have to represent nature’s reality. But a funny thing happened: the more they departed from nature’s reality, the stronger it became. The more they drifted into imagination, the truer the truth. They weren’t really the first or only. They had seen Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. Gauguin left civilization before he even landed in Tahiti in 1891. His astonishing paintings were not portraits in the old way—they were spiritual flights of paint—colors that left the islands and headed for eternity. The primitive landscape became the primitive dreamscape. Artists have been hitching a ride on those currents ever since. Jill Finsen (see Artist Profile) is a worthy recipient of the artistic license that has become a passport to complete freedom, and a personal interpretation of reality.

At the Museums “Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea” National Mus. of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Ave, NW – Apr 12

This monumental show continues at the NMWA. It’s a complex, fascinating story of how a young girl from “humble circumstances” became the most famous woman in history and the most frequently depicted in art. The celebrated Mother of God has been both a blessing and a bane to artists. Because very little is actually known about her, artists have had a virtual open season on how she should look, and in what surroundings, but they have had to tread carefully, More than a religious icon, Mary also represents womanhood, either nursing a baby, or quietly distraught, suffering the cruel death of her son. The NMWA has pulled together over 60 paintings, sculptures and Vase on Red Table, Jill Finsen oil on canvas, 20x20

Sidamo Coffee and Tea Single Origin Coffee Freshly Roasted on Site! Organic & Specialty Coffees from Around the World month. You can pick up a catalogue of courses, with interviews and photos of the artist/ teachers in their studios. Continuing also is the small-works exhibit, Personally Speaking, which runs through March 5th. All the works, in a good mix of styles, are in a 12×12” format. The show was juried by CHAW art instructor Ellen Cornett. www.chaw.org.

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Beach Point, Green Sail, Jill Finsen, oil on canvas, 12x12

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textiles from the Vatican museum and other major public and private collections. Some of the most important male artists from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, including Botticelli, Dürer, and Michelangelo, and four women masters, Gentileschi, Anguissola, Caccia and Sirani.

At the Galleries Faculty Art Show: Capitol Hill Arts Workshop 545 7th St. SE. – Feb. 28 The annual faculty exhibition continues this

Thirty-six artists display work in every media, technique and approach known to man (except ceiling murals) in this very large and inclusive juried exhibit. Some of the artists are from the Hill, (some have been profiled in this column) and others from all over the area. Jill Finsen, (see Artist Profile) has two paintings in the show that pull you into her personal universe—the colors of suggested reality. There are also three separate solo exhibits that you should search out. Alan Braley’s haunting and alluring works, whether landscapes, seascapes or people, emerge from his consciousness as emotional extensions and gradually acquire a subject that always remains at the confluence of dreams and the dramatic substance of our world. Peggy Fox continues to evolve with her fascinating works on aluminum. You can discover poetry and prose, psychology and physiology, and anything else you may be searching for in her magical mix of painting and photography. Delip Sheth would force a gargoyle to grin with his joyful romp of color and form, from the dancing white clouds to the singing orange trees. www.hillcenterdc.org.

20 + 20: Waverly Street gallery 4600 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Md Feb. 10–Mar. 7. Recep. Feb. 13, 6-9 This is the annual collaborative exhibit of paintings, sculpture, prints, ceramics, photography, and what not, by 20 members and their 20 invited guests.

A Capitol Hill artist and writer, Jim can be reached at Artandthecity05@aol.com. Jim’s award-winning book, “A Haunting Beauty” can be acquired through www.ahauntingbeauty.com. u

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LITERARY HILL

A Compendium of Readers, Writers, Books, & Events

by Karen Lyon

First Flea in the Collar

A Folger scholar takes a page from Shakespeare in a new novel set on the Hill.

A Romcom Worthy of the Bard What a Valentine Richard Tillotson has given readers this February! His new novel, “What You Will on Capitol Hill,” is a delicious romp of romantic misunderstandings, gender confusion, and—naturally, given its setting—a big dollop of politics. It opens at a performance of “Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare’s comedy of cross-dressing and amorous mayhem, which is fitting since Tillotson is a Shakespeare scholar and his book is a spot-on nod to the Bard—done to a modern fare-thee-well. Wait ’til you see his updated twist on Malvolio’s cross-gartered yellow stockings. It’s truly inspired. Tillotson’s characters are an eclectic mix of old and young, jaded and idealistic, but they’re all smart, endearingly vulnerable, and so realistically drawn that you wouldn’t be surprised to run into them at Le Bon Café. But while it’s fun to root for them to sort out their difficulties and pair themselves off, there’s more to this tale than mere romance. Also at stake is a defense bill that just might, should their lobbying efforts succeed, make a difference in the future of the world. “It’s the appalling contingency of life,” one character muses near the end. “People falling in love. Or not. Bombs falling on their head. Or not. Causes, effects, you never know which is which or what’s going to come next.” In “What You Will on Capitol Hill,” what you get is a thoughtful, witty, and exquisitely entertaining comedy of manners that’s exactly as you like it. Richard Tillotson’s first novel, “Acts of God While On Vacation,” was a National Semi-Finalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. He and his wife, who is also a Shakespeare scholar, live in Honolulu but consider Capitol Hill (and the Folger Shakespeare Library) their second home.

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Alice Dunnigan may be the most famous journalist you never heard of. Among her long list of “firsts”: the first black female reporter to be credentialed by the White House and the House and Senate press gallery, the first to take a whistle-stop tour with a US president (Truman)—and the first to become a self-described “flea in the collar” of government officials dragging their feet on civil rights. Not bad for the daughter of a laundress and a Kentucky tenant farmer. In “Alone atop the Hill,” editor Carol McCabe Booker brings Dunnigan’s story to light. Inspired by a 2013 ceremony at the Newseum, where Dunnigan was posthumously inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists, Booker went looking for more information about the pioneering reporter. She discovered Dunnigan’s 670-page, out-of-print autobiography and found it so engaging that she decided to republish it, in a slimmer 200-page version with notes that help put the narrative into historical perspective. Thanks to Booker, we can now read this remarkable account of a woman who rose from humble roots to become a respected civil rights journalist with unprecedented access to the corridors of power. The trip was not an easy one. Dunnigan battled racism and sexism as well as almost continuous poverty (even as a salaried reporter, she frequently had to pawn her watch to make ends meet). The fact that she succeeded against all odds is an inspiration. “It is my fondest hope,” wrote Dunnigan, “that the story of my life and work will…encourage more young writers to use their talents… and that their efforts will soon result in giving Americans the kind of nation that those of my generation so long hoped

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Carol McCabe Booker presents the story of Alice Dunnigan, a pioneer of the national black press. Photo by Fred Watkins.

and worked for.” Carol Booker is a former journalist, attorney, and coauthor with her husband, journalist Simeon Booker, of “Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter’s Account of the Civil Rights Movement.”

Credit Cads “Go ahead, be a rubbernecker!” invites Valerie Rind, author of “Gold Diggers and Deadbeat Dads: True Stories of Friends, Family, and Financial Ruin.” “You can’t help but gawk at someone else’s misfortune.” It’s true that the interviews with the more than 30 people who shared their stories with Rind provide plenty of opportunities for voyeurism—as well as for head-clapping incredulity. How, you wonder, could anybody be so gullible? But, as Rind points out, it can happen to anybody. The Hill author herself fell prey

to a husband who “spun a complex web of financial lies, ran up my credit card bills, and swindled me out of my life savings.” Her goal is to show others “that they’re not alone when they get their assets kicked” and to prevent others from having their pockets (and bank accounts) picked. From financial infiHang onto your wallet! Valdelity and sexually-transerie Rind tells how to avoid getting scammed by your mitted debt to family feuds nearest and dearest. Photo and elder abuse, Rind covby Carl Bower. ers all the potential pitfalls and provides sensible advice for avoiding them. Ask questions, she urges. Read the fine print. Get it in writing. And most important, “it all comes down to communication.” Rind is already at work on a sequel and invites people to share their stores with her at valerie@valerierind.com.

On the Hill The Hill Center continues its Library of Congress series with National Book Critic Circle Award winner Frank Bidart discussing his poetry with the Washington Post’s Ron Charles, Feb. 19, 7 p.m., and teams with PEN/Faulkner to present Voices Beyond Bondage: An Anthology of Verse by African Americans of the 19th Century, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. www.hillcenterdc. org, 202-549-4172 The Folger Shakespeare Library celebrates the intersection of poetry and theater with Simon Armitage and Peter Oswald, Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m., offers a PEN/Faulkner Fiction reading with Ruth Ozeki and Claire Vaye Watkins, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m., and stages an O.B. Hardison Poetry reading at the Philips Collection, with poet Rae Armantrout responding to Shakespeare’s Equations, an exhibition of work by Man Ray, Feb. 19, 6:30 p.m.. www.folger. edu, 202-544-7077 The Library of Congress presents a daylong conference, “What Is Love? Romance Fiction in the Digital Age,” Feb. 11, 8 a.m.-5

p.m.; a reading by Bobbit National Prize for Poetry winner Patricia Smith, Feb. 17, 7 p.m.; and a talk by Janet Sims-Wood, author of “Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University: Building a Legacy of Black History,” Feb. 24, noon. www.loc.gov

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Dear Readers, as you know, Capitol Hill has been home for the past four years to the Literary Hill BookFest. The celebration (inspired by this column) of local authors, publishers, and booksellers has been a great success and we look forward to continuing the tradition. We have, however, decided that our fifth year is a good time for us to pause and regroup. So I’m sorry to say that there will be no BookFest in 2015 while we take stock of where we are, think about how we can make the event even better, and entertain ideas of how best to ensure the BookFest’s future. My apologies to all those writers and other participants and visitors who were looking forward to another event this spring, but I assure you that we’ll come back even bigger and better in 2016. In the meantime, if you have any ideas that you’d like us to consider in our deliberations, please pass them along to me at klyon@ literaryhillbookfest.org. We’d love to hear from you. And, as always, happy reading! For more information, visit www.literaryhillbookfest.org (where you can also donate via PayPay) or write to me at klyon@literaryhillbookfest.org. u

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THE POETIC HILL Sandra Oguike describes herself as a young and passionate poet who draws inspiration from anything and everything around her. Her work has appeared in various literary publications and local magazines, and she plans to publish an anthology in the future.

EntangledÂ entangled in a doubly curled chain of your sweetness i am imprisoned, clinging to the cloak of your perfumed passion arrested by this enormously divine tale of hearts in harmony confined within the walls of an Everest mount, i am uncertain of an escape route for I stand cuffed in infinite rivulets of your love charmed by this mellifluous melody of merry symphony i am breathless, you cause my breath to exhume like steam from an overheated oven you choke me with a strangle i am caught in a web of your splendor you intrigue me with your boundless affection every night I lie in my bed and ponder when do I awake from this slumber then my ears widen like the foxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and I hear the soothing friendly bang so loud Of your gentle breath so warm, tender i shift my gaze across my room You are not there but the flutes of your pumpkin reverberate in my head and right on my bed, you stop me in my tracks i am mesmerized, you are breathtaking through the spaces in my shutters the morning rays of the sun caress my face how sweet, how beautiful, intrinsic attractiveness, that is how you are to me, i am drunk, you intoxicate me i close my eyes and envision dancing to the rhythm of your whispers swaying to the wind, you have filled the space with your grandeur, magnificence evoking an ambience of honeyed sweetness i am enslaved , you capture me entirely with the ethereal scent of palpable emotions the sweet-smelling honeysuckle of rose-covered arches and pergolas even less appealing. think of a minuscule drop of vinegar on the burning tongue of a dying thirsty man think of how much and how badly I can hardly get enough of you. If you would like to have your poem considered for publication, please send it to klyon@literaryhillbookfest.org. (There is no remuneration.) u

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Thoughts Of A Jazz Lover azz can be enigmatic, an alchemy of mysterious sounds and moods that is spontaneous and yet deliberate in its free flowing creativity. The music can be complex, but good jazz feels as simple as first love—it goes straight to the heart and rests there, beating gently. At times, the music can be so life-like that it speaks to you with honesty and love. One still gets a keen sense of understanding of the complexity of the music. There is such a high note of haughtiness, perhaps a sort of natural aristocracy from a kind of innate austerity about jazz that puts it in a class by itself, elevating one to a higher ground of one’s consciousness. It almost borders on elitism, and yet jazz strikes one as a beautiful music for everyone. And it is, especially for those of us who not only enjoy but truly love the music. True, most good jazz musicians more than likely think of jazz as the arbiter of modern music. And on a good day, I think they are correct. You can walk in your door after a hard day’s work and a harrowing Metro ride, put on Sarah Vaughn or Clifford Brown and your world is transformed. Your mind clears, your body relaxes and suddenly life smiles at you. Jazz is beautiful music.

Traveler ••• Lawson Rollins Lawson Rollins, an award-winning guitarist and composer, is noted for his virtuoso fingerstyle technique and melodic compositional skills. His latest album, Traveler, is in his own words “a gypsy jazz amalgamation of travels.” This is fitting as his music is generally classed as Latin Jazz and World Music, with elements of classical guitar, Middle Eastern music, bossa nova, samba, flamenco and shred guitar added to the mix. “He often employs extremely fast minor scales and diminished scale solo runs to his compositions which are diligently executed in the flamenco picado style, often blazing arpeggios across the fretboard using his fingers, a technically highly difficult feat for most guitarists.” He is best known for his compositions Moonlight Samba, Santa Ana Wind, Infinita (featuring Flora Purim), Daybreak, Flight, and The Fire Cadenza. Traveler starts with the African-flavored title track “Traveler” and continues north to Spain

world “monopolized by the political.” “I had to wait for the pressure to fall, before I could resume work,” he said. “It took a long time to write this music,” he acknowledges. “I was feeling a need to attempt something new.” Though roject obviously influenced by the extraordinary occurrances in the region, who is to say where the direction of this creativity came from. And by Jean-Keith Fagon what about the role of perception, the ability of musicians to express the world around them through their music? Why does some music move (“Barcelona Express” and “Meeting in Madrid”), us to dance, to celebrate, to laugh, to cry, and give France (“Cafe Paris”), Germany (“Berlin Bossa”) us hope? These are questions that arise whenever and England (“Across the Moors”), and then over music touches you. the Atlantic to Louisiana (“Beyond the Bayou”). Souvenance marks the first time Mr. Brahem Next, we head to California with “Marching West” has written for strings. Austrian composer Johannes and “Journey Home.” The album concludes with Berauer, an associate of Klaus Gesing’s, came to Tuthe modern, electronica-infused “Urban Trilogy” nisia to work with him on the orchestration. “It was that evokes, according to Mr. Lawson, “times spent essential to work closely together to stay true to the in New York, London, Tokyo and San Francisco. spirit of the compositions, page by page. It was very On this journey, my guitar serves as a kind of filimportant for me that the strings should have an ter through which my impressions of the world are organic function in the music. All of this work was processed and expressed in the language of music.” new discovery; my musical studies had been devotThe final track, “City Electric,” is a vibrant, pulsated to our traditional music only. So I had no coming EDM energizer unlike anything he has ever repositional role models in mind. For me, it’s most excorded before. Other performers include producerciting to improvise against the strings when they are engineer Dominic Camardella, Grammy-winning very piano – the detail in the sound and texture, the violinists Mads Tolling and Charlie Bisharat, Randy delicacy and the chamber music quality of it, can Tico (bass), Dave Bryant (drums & percussion) and be very touching.” Cameron Stone (cello). On select tracks Souvenance is not political album. It is an atthey were joined by a horn section in tempt repaint Tunisia in all its traditional glory and addition to contributions from Big Bad beauty with the coming of age of a new and peaceful Voodoo Daddy members Scotty Morris, future for its people. It is as if Mr. Brahem is standJoshua Levy and Karl Hunter. Both Mr. ing on a mountain looking down on the dawning Rollins and Mr. Camardella added keyof a country awakening from its storm. Love, endurboards and piano to the earthy mix on ance, and courage will be needed for the rebuild“Traveler.” ing. These are work songs for all to embrace. And no other song says it more than “Youssef’s Song,” Souvenance •••• truly a masterpiece. Other highlights inAnouar Brahem, ECM clude “Souvenance,” title track, “Tunis It is no coincidence that political events At Dawn,” and “Like A Dream.” in Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem’s country helped shaped the comAll CDs and DVDS reviewed in position of Souvenance. At the end of this article are heard through Bowers 2010 and the beginning of 2011 came & Wilkens Nautilus 801 speakers and the great political upheavals of Arab ASW 4000 subwoofer, and Rotel Preamp Spring – accompanied by “immense 1070, amplifier 1092 and CD player fears, joys and hopes” – which began in 1072. B&W speakers are now available at Magnolia, Best Buys (703.518.7951) and IQ Home Tunisia and swept through the region. Entertainment (703.218.9855). CDs are available for Fully absorbed by daily news of popular uprisings, purchase through amazon.com For more information collapsing dictatorships, insurgencies and counabout this column, please email your questions to ter-insurgencies, Mr. Brahem found his emotional

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Chiropractic Care

For More Than Just Back Pain by Pattie Cinelli, photos Andrew Lightman

ast month while demonstrating the very last exercise in my Pilates class I felt a twinge in my left side. I stretched, used the foam roller and applied heat. Yet the next morning, the twinge was still there. I called my chiropractor. Within hours I was in her Old Town office getting my psoas (which stabilizes the base of the spine), sacroiliac (SI) joint and L4 adjusted using the activator, a gentle device that eases the vertebrae or muscle back into alignment with a simple pulse. Dr. Julia Wray, owner of Cornerstone Chiropractic, then performed deep tissue massage on my SI joint area. I left her office pain free. I am one of the 22 million Americans who visit chiropractors annually. Many of us seek chiropractic care for back pain, yet chiropractic care has helped people with neck and shoulder pain as well as headaches and foot and hand problems. Studies have shown it can lower blood pressure, help patients sleep better, increase energy, improve one’s immune system and improve body function. I talked with two chiropractors on the Hill, Dr. Henry Jenkins, Jr. at Paradigm Chiropractic and Performance; and Dr. David WallsKaufman of Capitol Hill Chiropractic Center, about their practice and the reasons patients see them. Dr. Walls-Kaufman told me about a patient who had headaches, neck aches and developed digestive issues. After having a series of tests which showed nothing they could diagnose, his doctor wanted him to take drugs. He turned to chiropractic care. Dr. Walls-Kaufman saw an irregularity in the curve in his spine. “After his first adjustment he was 15 percent better; after the second, 45 percent better, after the third, 75 percent better and after the fourth he was 90 percent better.” When an orthopedic surgeon recommended fluid injections or surgery for a patient’s knee pain, the patient found 95 percent recovery in two months working with Dr. Walls-Kaufman. Both Dr. Jenkins and Dr. Walls-Kaufman have treated children. Dr. Jenkins adjusted his son at three months old for overall wellness. “He had no problems, but when babies are born they are yanked, tugged and pulled out of the womb.” He wanted his son to start his life well aligned. Dr. Jenkins also treated patients who want to physically perform better. “I had a patient who wanted to squat 320 pounds, but couldn’t. I worked with him so he could reach his goal.”

Dr. David Walls-Kaufman of Capitol Hill Chiropractic Center

How Chiropractic Works Dr. Jenkins describes chiropractic as a “health care art, discipline and science emphasizing that the body possesses the power to heal and regulate itself. Chiropractic has been a natural alternative to many of man’s ills since its inception in 1895.”

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tors affect your health including exercise, nutrition, sleep, environment, stress and heredity. Dr. Walls-Kaufman calls it the “vitalistic philosophy” – physical, chemical and psychological stress causes disease. Chiropractors use a broad range of techniques to locate, analyze and gently correct spinal misalignments that include manual adjustment, electrical stimulation, ultrasound or massage. They never use pharmaceutical drugs or invasive surgery. Their method of healing stimulates the body’s communication system to work more effectively to initiate, control and coordinate the various functions of the cells, organs and systems of the body. “The focus of my protocols is to remove any nervous system irritation, restore functional motion to joints and tissue and promote stabilization with core and joint isometric movements,” said Dr. Henry Jenkins, Jr., Paradigm Chiropractic and Performance Dr. Jenkins. Chiropractic care is one According to the National Institute of method of health care I use to keep me funcHealth’s National Center for Complementationing at my best. I like to get adjusted once a ry and Integrative health chiropractic care is a year even if I have no pain. I use it as a natural health care profession that focuses on the relamethod of preventative care. “If your spine is a tionship between the body’s structure – mainly normal shape it doesn’t degenerate, it doesn’t the spine--and its functioning. Although practiget arthritis and doesn’t age,” said Dr. Wallstioners may use a variety of treatment approachKaufman. “I love what I do. I am blown away es, they primarily perform adjustments to corby the way chiropractic helps unlock the code rect alignment problems, alleviate pain and of our own body’s resources to cure a condition, improve function and support the body’s natpain or disease.’ ural ability to heal itself. It is based on the idea that the relationship between the body’s strucChiropractors on the Hill ture (primarily that of the spine) and its funcDr. Henry Jenkins, Jr. tion (as coordinated by the nervous system) afparadigmchiropracticdc.com – 202-546-0981 fects health. Dr. David Walls-Kaufman capitolhillchiropractic.com – 202-544-6035 Benefits of Keeping Your Spine Healthy Dr. Rashida Cohen Your spinal column is made up of vertebrae caringchiropractor.com – 202-544-4478 which allow your body to move, twist and bend through every motion. It also encases Pattie Cinelli is a personal trainer, writer, Piand helps protect the delicate nerve tissue lates instructor and yogi who has been writing for that carries every communication between the Hill Rag for more than 25 years. She works your brain and body. with clients who want a holistic approach to getting healthy. Email her with any fitness questions Chiropractors take a holistic approach or column ideas to: fitness@pattiecinelli.com. u to health care. They recognize that many fac-

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Insider Tips for a Successful Vet Visit

ometimes it’s hard to remember what it feels like to be on the other side of a situation until you are. Recently, I was sitting in the lobby of my dentist’s office waiting for my name to be called. I was feeling anxious because I needed to have a filling done and am a huge baby about needles and dental drills, which is ironic since, as a veterinarian, I perform dental surgery on animals. I can dish it out but I can’t take it. Thankfully, everything went well. But it got me thinking, is this what my clients feel like while they are waiting in the lobby prior to their appointments or to bring their pet in for surgery? A sense of anxiety about what is going to happen? Concern that they may forget to ask about something that is important to them? So I wanted to provide some tips for clients from an insider perspective to hopefully make their next visit to the vet a success. Be clear about what you want to bring your pet in for when scheduling an appointment. So often, people call to schedule routine exams for vaccines but they really want to discuss behavioral, skin and other medical issues. The receptionists need to know why you are coming in order to schedule the appointment properly. They may also be able to give you tips on things like what times are less busy at the vet clinic if your pet is anxious or if you would prefer to come in at a quieter time. They are the gatekeepers of the schedule and can be really helpful to ensuring your appointment is scheduled appropriately. Maintain control over your pet in the lobby. My stomach drops when I see someone come into the lobby with a cat in their arms and not in a carrier (or at the very least wearing a harness and leash). Or an excited dog on a retractable

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leash several feet away from their owner while a nervous dog in the next chair is trying to hide from the other dog. Consider fixing the retractable leash to a shorter setting or using a fixed leash to keep your dog close to you. Part of my job is to think worst case scenario. And one of the worst things I can think of would be a cat leaping out of their owner’s arms and getting hit by a car outside, or a dog getting bit in the lobby because the owner didn’t have them close by. Be early. Or at least punctual. Until I started seeing patients on an appointment basis, I didn’t realize how important timing is to see-

ing appointments on time and not falling behind. No one likes feeling rushed during their doctors appointments. And I don’t want to have to rush through an appointment because a client was 15 minutes late and be worried about passing that delay onto the rest of my day’s appointments. I want to make sure I have enough time to address a client’s concerns about their pet and being late to your appointment can make that challenging. Write things down. Know what medications your pet takes and if in doubt, bring the medications with you to the appointment. Bring a list of questions if you have specific things you want to discuss. If you are not the primary caregiver for the pet you are bringing in, ask the person who is to give you any questions they have. You can take notes on things the doctor tells you that you want to make sure you remember. Put down your cell phone. We live in an era of constant contact with our phones. But, if possible, save the Facebooking and texting for after your pet’s exam and discussion with the vet. You have brought your pet in for an appointment and will be paying for an examination. If you can’t pry yourself away from getting to the next level of Candy Crush during the exam, you are only doing yourself a disservice. Know your pet’s past. If you are new to a veterinary practice, bring copies of your pet’s medical records. Tell the receptionists who your previous vet was when scheduling the appointment so we can call them to get the records in advance. Knowing pertinent medical history like previous illnesses and surgeries can help ensure we are making the best decisions for their future care. Ask questions. Veterinarians go through many years of training, continuing education and learn

a lot of things over the years. We love animals and are eager to answer people’s questions about their pets. Sometimes we may not know the answer. We can research your question and get back to you. It can also be helpful to ask your questions in the beginning of the appointment to make sure we have time to address each one. Don’t be afraid to discuss finances. Capitol Hill is an expensive place to live. And as veterinary medicine has advanced, the costs associated with this higher level of care can come at a higher price tag. You can ask for an estimate prior to services to make sure you are informed about the cost. If you have financial concerns, ask if there are any less expensive options to a proposed diagnostic or treatment plan. The recommended plan is the one that the veterinarian thinks is best. But, over the years, veterinarians learn how to make a plan A, B and C tailored to each case and each client. We want to work with you to make sure you are able to make informed financial decisions about your pet’s care. You are your pet’s advocate and know them better than anyone. By considering some of the above tips, you can make sure both you and your veterinarian are able to work as a team to maximize your experience and ensure your pet receives the care they deserve.

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{kids & family} N O T E B O O K by Kathleen Donner ommended Award and was nominated for a Washington Area Music Award. $6 in advance; $8 at door for everyone one year and older. Ebenezers Coffeehouse, 201 F St. NE. 202-558-6900. ebenezerscoffeehouse.com

Jan’s Tutoring House “Red Carpet” Benefit Jan’s Tutoring House will celebrate 25 years of matching students with success at its Red Carpet Celebration on Sunday, Feb. 22, 6-8 p.m. at the Hill Center. Join them at this Oscar-night benefit featuring food, fun, awards, and a silent auction. Proceeds go to support JTH’s work with underserved local children through tutoring, afterschool programs, and summer camps. Tickets start at $25. For more information, visit janstutoringhouse.org or call 202-547-1345.

“Snugglers” at the Botanic Garden

Discover Engineering Family Day at the National Building Museum On Feb. 28, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., the National Building Museum and the National Engineers Week Foundation will debunk the myths of engineering and discover how professional engineers turn an idea into reality. Celebrate National Engineers Week by participating in this free, hands-on festival. Discover Engineering Family Day is designed to introduce kids ages 6-12 to the wonder of engineering and the importance of technological literacy. This is a free, drop-in program. A $5 donation is suggested. The National Building Museum is at 401 F St. NW. engineeringfamilyday.org

Mr. Gabe and the Circle Time All-Stars at Ebenezers On Saturday, Feb. 7, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Mr. Gabe performs nursery rhymes, folk songs, and modern favorites (such as “Yellow Submarine” and “La Bamba”) for children, ages 0-6. He appears frequently at schools, cafes, and libraries throughout the DC area. Last year, Mr. Gabe released his first CD, entitled Play Date, which received a Parents’ Choice Rec-

Parents with babies in snugglies that are looking for ways to get out of the house, and learn new things should join others each Thursday, 10:30-11:30 a.m., for a 45-minute guided tour of the Botanic Garden Conservatory. Each week will be a different exploration. This program is designed for parents and care providers who have a baby in a snuggly. Due to narrow paths and the nature of this program, they cannot support strollers or older siblings. Free but registration is required at usbg.org.

Chinese New Year Family Festival at the American Art Museum On Saturday, Feb. 14, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., help the American Art Museum

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bring in the year of the sheep with craft activities, traditional performances, artists, and demonstrations. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F Sts. NW. americanart.si.edu

(Left to Right) Allison Miedema, Micah Cooper, Alex Carpentier, Zoe Buelken, McKenna Sullivan, Councilmember Tommy Wells. Photo: Mark Bruneman-MOJOeyes

National Read-Along of the Bill of Rights at the Hill Center To honor and commemorate the 223rd birthday of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 2014, four students from St. Peter School (Micah Cooper, Alex Carpentier, Zoe Buelken, and McKenna Sullivan) accompanied by their 4th grade teacher, Ms. Allison Miedema, participated in the National Education Project’s “Second Annual, Live National ReadAlong of the Bill of Rights over the Internet.” Joined by six students from Springfield Estates Elementary School and Holy Family Catholic School, each child read one of the 10 amendments of the Bill of Rights in a broadcast to the entire world that originated from The Hill Center on Capitol Hill. Each child was introduced by an adult, which this year included two school principals, Mrs. Mary Randolph of Springfield Estates Elementary School and Mrs. Mary Hawkins of Holy Family Catholic School, as well as Captain Renato Caldwell of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District Columbia, who represented Chief of Police Cathy L. Lanier. Master of Ceremonies for this patriotic event was Hon. Tommy Wells, Chair of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety of the Council of the District of Columbia, who provided a colorful explanation of the history and profound importance

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of the Bill of Rights. Mr. Wells also reminded the children that someday, like generations of Americans before them, they will inherit the responsibility of honoring and protecting the Bill of Rights, one of the most powerful and majestic documents ever created by a free people. The children then read the 10 amendments of the Bill of Rights over the Internet to the nation and the world, something the Founding Fathers, who wrote this great document of freedom over 200 year ago, would have been proud to see. The evening ended with everyone singing “God Bless America,” “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,” and “Auld Lang Syne.” And then a birthday cake and lemonade to commemorate the Bill of Rights 223rd birthday. To see how wonderfully well the children did when reading the Bill of Rights, and to download a free copy of the Bill of Rights, see: www.National-Education-Project.org. The National Education Project, Inc., a non-political, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation, has begun work on the “Third Annual, Live National Read-Along of the Bill of Rights over the Internet,” which will take place at 8:30 p.m. EST, on Tuesday evening, December 15, 2015. For further information, please contact Mr. Norman Manasa, Director, The National Education Project, Inc. (Email: Director@ National-Education-Project.org)

On Saturday, Feb. 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., visitors of all ages are invited to explore the world of orchids at the OrKID Family Festival. This fun-fi lled day of free activities celebrates the exhibition, Orchids: Interlocking Science and Beauty. The event is a collaboration between Smithsonian Gardens, the United States Botanic Garden, the National Museum of Natural History and the North American Orchid Conservation Center. Activities include constructing a field journal, an orchid corsage and an orchid puzzle. Visitors can pot an orchid to take home. Orchid experts from the Smithsonian and US Botanic Garden will be available to answer questions and tell visitors about unique plants from their collections that will be on display. This free program is at the Evans Gallery at the Museum of Natural History. No pre-registration required. usbg.gov

Discover the Dinosaurs at the Convention Center Discover the Dinosaurs is for the entire family, and especially kids, to explore the mystery of pre-historic life in an environment of learning and discovery. Discover the Dinosaurs is a hands-on exhibit that consists of over 40 moving and replica museum quality dinosaurs that gives the opportunity to actually get close and touch them. Beyond the exhibit, additional activities are available which make spending the day with the dinosaurs a great experience for the entire family. Discover the Dinosaurs is at the DC Convention center Feb. 6-8. Admission is $20, ages 13 and older; $18, ages 65+; and $25, ages 2-12. discoverthedinosaurs.com

Create a Code at the Folger On Saturday, Feb. 7, 10-11 a.m., use the most powerful weapon created by man to create a customized code. Recommended for ages 6-12. Free. Please

Through Lincoln’s Words: Target Oratory Residency and Festival Celebrating President Lincoln’s Birthday On Feb. 10 and 11, at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., more than 375 Washington-area elementary and middle school students will perform a selection of President Abraham Lincoln’s speeches on the Ford’s Theatre stage as part of Ford’s Theatre Society’s seventh-annual Target Oratory Festival. This year’s program features students who have benefited from the integration of historical speeches and letters into History and English classes to help strengthen their understanding of history and improve their public-speaking skills. Tickets are available on a first-come basis the day of the event. Learn more at fords.org/home/education/school-programs/target-oratory-festival. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. fords.org

Kids Celebrate African American History Month at Oxon Cove Park On Sunday, Feb. 8, 2:30-3:30 p.m., kids ages 7-13 can learn about “Civil Rights: Why Are We Still Talking About This in 2015?” One weakness of the Bill of Rights was that it largely left unprotected the majority of people who lived on the Mount Welby property, present-day Oxon Hill Farm. Who were these un-

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Capitol Hill Boy Scout Troop 500 Pancake Feast The 13th annual Pancake Feast Fundraiser in support of Capitol Hill Boy Scout Troop 500, is on Saturday Feb. 7, 8 a.m.-noon, at the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church (lower level), 4th St. and Independence Ave. SE. Adults, $10-$15; kids under 12, $5. More information is available at capitolhillscouts.org. sheltered people and why were they not protected by the Constitution’s first ten amendments? Another topic of discussion will be what actions the government has taken since the Bill of Rights to protect all citizens’ civil rights and why civil rights is still an important topic in 2015. On Sunday, Feb. 15, 1-2 p.m. and Monday, Feb. 16, 9:30-10:30 a.m., kids ages 0-4 can hear “Reading Stories with Ranger Steph: West African Tales for Your Ding Ding Kende (Good Little Child).” At Oxon Cove Park every third Sunday and Monday of the month, kids can listen to stories, sing songs, and enjoy other activities. For Black History Month, meet Clever Anansi, Boastful Bullfrog, and other characters from West African oral tradition. For centuries, griots have delighted children with these colorful tales, full of rhythm, music, and opportunities for listener participation. Storytelling was an important connection that the enslaved could share with their ancestors and with each other. Meet Ranger Steph in the Visitor Barn. Oxon Hill Farm is at 6411 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill,

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“The Wonder Years” Donates to the National Museum of American History The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History received a collection of objects from the Emmy and Peabody award-winning ABC TV series, The Wonder Years, which told the timeless story of growing up through the eyes of a young teenager, Kevin Arnold. Among the donated objects are 1960s-inspired wardrobe pieces worn by leading cast members, including Kevin Arnold’s (Fred Savage) iconic green-and-white New York Jets jacket, Karen Arnold’s counter-culture hippie wedding dress, Norma Arnold’s two-piece dress worn during the opening credits along with original scripts. Actors Savage, Jason Hervey, Josh Saviano, and Scilla Andreen, the show’s costume designer, presented the items to the museum to join its entertainment collection. americanhistory.si.edu

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Family Performances at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival

On Saturday, Feb. 21, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., celebrate the many accomplishments of African Americans in the fields of aviation and space exploration. Visitors enjoy presentations, hands-on activities, and stories, and may have the opportunity to meet astronauts, fighter pilots, and others who will share stories of their challenges and accomplishments. They also learn about inspiring historic figures like Bessie Coleman through reenactments or story times. National Air and Space Museum, Independence Ave. at 6th St. SW. 202-633-2214. airandspace.si.edu

• Arts on the Horizon: Sunny and Licorice. Can two very different orangutanas become friends? Find out in a delightful non-verbal play with music created especially for ages 2–5. Feb. 27, 28, Mar. 6, 7 at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.; Mar. 1 at 11:30 a.m. $8. • Happenstance Theater: Pinot & Augustine. Enjoy laughs galore when two very silly clowns entertain kids in a show that bubbles over with physical comedy, virtuosity, and musical surprises. Ages 3+. Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. and Feb 28 at 11:30 a.m. $10-$15. • AirBorne! DC & Zip Zap Circus: Â Above and Beyond. Two international circus stars from South Africa join daring aerialists from DC and beyond to salute the bridge-building power of risk and love. Ages 5+. Feb. 28 at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. $16.50-$27.50.

Summer Teacher Workshops: The Seat of War and Peace at Ford’s From July 5-11 and July 26-Aug. 2, teachers are invited to one of two week-long Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops. Ford’s Theatre Education brings renowned scholars and teachers together to explore the Lincoln assassination and its continuing resonance in American history through place-based learning, digital resources and cutting-edge scholarship. These workshops are made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Applications due Mar. 2, 2015. Apply fords.org/home/education/teacherprograms/neh.

Pinot & Augustine perform on Feb. 21 and 28. Photo: Mukul Ranjan

• Metropolitan Youth Tap Ensemble. This world premiere by Metropolitan Youth Tap Ensemble, an electrifying, young repertory tap dance company, will explode all notions about tap. Ages 8+. Feb. 28, 1 p.m. $16.50-$22. Free in the lobby are Boggie Babes on Feb 21, noon; Feb. 28, 11 a.m. and Mar. 7, 11 a.m.; National Gallery of Art collage creation on Feb. 21, noon-3 p.m.; and Capital City Symphony

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African American Pioneers in Aviation Family Day at Air and Space

Musical Instrument Petting Zoo on Mar. 7, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. INTERSECTIONS presents over 125 performances in music, theatre, dance, film, spoken word and performance art that offer new ways to see ourselves and to celebrate connections between the audience and artists. The 6th annual INTERSECTIONS festival showcases more than 700 talented artists from DC and beyond. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-3997993. atlasarts.org

President Obama Proposes Tuition-Free Community College President Obama has proposed making two years of community college free for responsible students, letting students earn the first half of a bachelor’s degree and earn skills needed in the workforce at no cost. This proposal will require everyone to do their part: community colleges must strengthen their programs and increase the number of students who graduate, states must invest more in higher education and training, and students must take responsibility for their education, earn good grades, and stay on track to graduate. The program would be undertaken in partnership with states and is inspired by new programs in Tennessee and Chicago. If all

states participate, an estimated 9 million students could benefit. A full-time community college student could save an average of $3,800 in tuition per year.

Explore the Past Family Day at the DAR Museum Feeling presidential? Test out what it’s like to be President of the United States while exploring two of the most famous presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Make a hat like the ones they wore, and use a quill pen to sign documents like they did. Then, look back on the childhoods of these two presidents by finding out the things they learned and games they played before they grew up to become famous. This is a free drop-in program on Saturday, Feb. 7, 1-4 p.m. at the DAR Museum, 1776 D St. NW. 202-6281776. dar.org/museum

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District’s Youth Leadership Institute Renamed in Honor of Marion Barry The Mayor’s Youth Leadership Institute (MYLI) has been redesignated as the “Marion Barry Youth Leadership Institute” in honor of the late Councilmember and former Mayor Marion S. Barry, Jr., who passed away on Nov. 23, 2014. The Marion Barry Youth Leadership Institute (MBYLI) is a four-level, year-round leadership training and development program for young people in the District of Columbia, ages 14-19. The training model emphasizes practical hands-on experience and a holistic approach to developing leaders of the 21st century. u

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School Notes by Susan Braun Johnson

Capitol Hill Day School Capitol Hill Day School Celebrates Friendship, Student Authors, and Books

CHDS students are having a busy winter of research and travel! An Early Childhood study of friendship involved a visit to the Air and Space Museum to see the Friendship 7 capsule in which John Glenn orbited the Earth. When asked why it was named “Friendship,” the students suggested that Glenn and other astronauts were friends and had to work together to solve problems, leading to a discussion of how friendship might be important in other jobs, as well. Third -graders braved frigid temperatures for an all day trip to Jamestown to explore colonial life and life in the Powhatan village. They enjoyed making corn cakes, using pretend muskets, seeing skeletons, and standing where John Rolfe and Pocahontas were married. Every year, the CHDS librarian hosts a Val-

entine’s Day Love Your Library sale. Parents purchase books for the library in someone’s honor, and each honoree receives a Valentine’s card with the name of the donor and the book. Parents become students on Curriculum Night, a popular annual event when parents participate in hands-on, teacher-led workshops highlighting various aspects of the curriculum. This year’s workshops will demonstrate how the curriculum advances the philosophy of CHDS, demonstrates relevance, and strengthens integration of topics across subjects and through the grades. At the February Second Grade Authors’ Celebration, students will present individual written work, as well as a class book featuring the results of their Capitol Hill research, visits to Eastern Market, the Marine Barracks, the US Capitol, and interviews of alumni whose children are now CHDS students! -Jane Angarola; jangarola@chds. org. Capitol Hill Day School, 210 South Carolina Ave. SE.

Tyler Elementary Mission Statement

Tyler Elementary School is a vibrant learning community that supports all learners. Tyler’s mission statement, “Tyler Grows Learners; Arts, Language, Technology; Global Citizens,” summarizes the hopes Tyler has for all of its students. With a focus on arts integration, language learning and strong standards-based instruction, Tyler offers programming that includes Dual Language Spanish Immersion for preschool to fifth grade, a Creative Arts Program with deep exploration in a range of expressive arts, and specialized instruction for a variety of learners including students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

GeoPlunge Challenge

CHDS Early Childhood students sketch Friendship 7 at Air and Space Museum Photo: Amy Rothschild

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Tyler offers a wide range of enrichment and extra-curricular activities for its students, like Geoplunge, Odyssey of the Mind, BOKS (morning fitness), MathTree,

Student Ambassadors, Safety Patrols, Girls on the Run, a step team and sports teams (hockey, basketball and more). Just recently, Tyler’s own Mr. Burno was recognized for excellence in coaching at the district Geoplunge tournament on December 11th! DCPS, in partnership with the Washington Lawyers’ Committee, presents an Annual GeoPlunge Challenge Tournament as part of their larger school partnership programs. The GeoPlunge Challenge Tournament is based on the game that teaches students about the geography of the United States.

Alchemy of Great Taste Mar 14 The fun doesn’t stop there! Throughout the school year Tyler invites its families and the community to join it in a number of activities including annual fundraisers such as Alchemy of Great Taste and Laps around Lincoln as well as community events such as the annual Harvest Festival and the Kiddie Cabaret. This year’s Alchemy of Great Taste will be held at Eastern Market on Saturday, March 14th. The community is invited to join in a night of fun for a great cause: a rich educational experience for DC children! Anika D. Wilson at anikacd@yahoo.com. Tyler Elementary, 1001 G St. SE. TylerElementary.net.

Maury Elementary The Motion of the Ocean

Preschool and PreKindergarten students at Maury Elementary are completing a long study on “Oceans and Motions”. Students were able to swim, fish, dive and explore in an ocean created in the classroom, as well as learn through play in a variety of other centers. They used moldable sand to build sand castles or dug for creatures that live on the shore, built submarines and boats with Legos and used fish shaped builders to create a coral reef. They used their bodies to imitate the movement of various sea creatures and the ocean waters and learned to describe these motions through a song they sang in each class. Arguably one of their favorite studies so far, students were hesitant to take down their ocean habitat, but they had to room

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Maury students “under the sea” in their classroom ocean habitat

for their next study of a new habitat –either a savannah or a rainforest. The kids are voting on it and it’s a tough choice. More information about this unit and others in Think Tank is available on Ms. Ford’s blog at http://maurythinktank.blogspot. com or on Twitter @maurythinktank

local STEM organization (or has a science or technology related hobby) and would be willing to volunteer, should reach out to vanessa.ford@ dc.gov for more information. Elizabeth Nelson. Maury Elementary, 1250 Constitution Ave. NE. www. mauryelementary.com.

Science Night Invitation

St. Peter School

Be on the lookout for the 4th Annual Think Tank and STEM Expo! It will take place at Maury at 6 p.m. on April 28, 2015. Look for a reminder on these pages in the April issue. In the meantime, scientists, engineers or anyone who works for a

Celebrating Catholic Schools Week

“Proud St. Peter School Family” yard signs popped up all over the Hill in honor of National Catholic Schools week, an annual celebration of the

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anchors of a Catholic education: faith, knowledge and service. The week kicked off with student participation in parish Masses, followed by events saluting the school’s academic rigor and Catholic identity including the annual science fair competition, the school-wide geography bee, and a day of service designed by each class. Students also enjoyed school color free dress, trivia time, get-upand-dance, and book character day. The entire St. Peter School parent community thanks the teaching and administrative team who – anchored by a strong Catholic identity – bring to life a compelling vision of a bright and informed future.

NBC News4 anchor Jim Vance introduces his “journalistic colleagues”, the Eliot-Hine 7th graders and their broadcast teacher, Mr. Birks.

Teaching Together at St. Peter School The New Year brought new faces to St. Peter School as the community kicked off participation in the Teaching Together project. Teaching Together is an initiative created by St. Peter School middle school’s religion, social studies and Latin teacher Ms. Forr as part of her Master’s degree in teaching. The Teaching Together project brings adults with special needs to Catholic school communities to work as teachers’ aides. In the classroom, the aides assist teachers in leading prayer, making copies, putting up bulletin boards, setting up stations for group work, reading with and to children, going through flashcards, and keeping small groups on task. The aides work in collab-

oration with the classroom teacher, primarily on administrative tasks, allowing the teacher to maximize focus on students. Welcome Mr. Alex Pellegrino and Ms. Anna Allen.

St. Peter Auction & Gala at the Mandarin Oriental – February 7 – A Night at the Races! Another great St. Peter School Auction & Gala will be occurring on February 7 at the Mandarin Oriental! This premier event has grown in popularity among Capitol Hill families and is offering more than ever before: an open bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, a plated dinner, and a dessert bar, not to mention all the fun and excitement of offtrack betting on thoroughbred horse races and the chance to bid on lots of unique, fresh, and incredible auction items. Visit the auction website today at www.stpeterschooldc.org/auction2015 and don’t miss out on this amazing evening to benefit St. Peter School. Online bidding will also be available soon. Any questions? Please contact auction chairs - Joan Goldfrank at jwgoldfrank@yahoo.com and Meagan Jancy at meaganJ@mtfa.net. –Sally Aman. St. Peter School, 422 Third St., SE, www.stpeterschooldc.org

Eliot-Hine

Radio Show at Standing Ovation Friendship Technology Preparatory Middle School PCS’s new principal Patrick Pope.

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At Standing Ovation on Jan. 12, five Eliot-Hine 7th grade students had the opportunity to interview a

variety of high-profile guests including TV journalists Bob Schieffer and Jim Vance, Chancellor Kaya Henderson, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Senator Al Franken, and recording artist Josh Groban. In addition, the students (Demarious Arrington, Katelyn Hollmon, Anna Robinson, Olivia Schoell, and Julisa Williams) were introduced on stage by Jim Vance, the News 4 anchor, as his “journalist colleagues” and recognized for their professionalism during the event. The students were surprised and delighted, as they did not know they would be going on stage in front of hundreds of people. They did an excellent job representing the radio/TV program and Eliot-Hine Middle School!

E-H Roundup Literacy Night is Feb. 5, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The theme is “A Celebration of African American Authors.” Refreshments will be provided, and feeder schools are encouraged to attend. The next Eliot-Hine Open House is Feb. 17, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. This is an opportunity to meet Eliot-Hine staff and learn more about the programs offered. RSVP to Ms. Wallace at linnis.wallace@dc.gov. Eliot-Hine students and staff are participating in Pennies for Patients from February 2 to 20. All money raised benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Donations are welcome for this worthy cause! Girls on the Run kicks off their spring season at Eliot-Hine on Feb. 24. Ms. Whyte and Ms.

Diner will coach the girls during the season, which will culminate with a 5k on May 3. – Tammy Whyte, Eliot-Hine’s Community Affairs Director. Eliot-Hine Middle School, 1830 Constitution Ave. NE. www.eliothinemiddleschool.org.

we welcome him to our Friendship community where we prepare our young scholars for the academic rigor of a college education.” In his long career at DCPS, Pope served as a teacher, assistant principal and principal, boosting

Eliot-Hine students with Josh Groban, interviewing the star with the camera board operators filming.

Friendship Public Charter School Star Educator to Lead New Public Charter Middle School in Southeast DC

Friendship Public Charter School has appointed Patrick Pope as principal of its new Technology Preparatory Middle School Academy in Ward Eight in Southeast Washington. Pope joins Friendship afterserving for more than 35 years as an educator and administrator with District of Columbia Public Schools. “Mr. Pope is a seasoned and successful school leader who fosters a unique learning culture empowering students to realize their potential and exceed the highest of standards,” said Donald Hense, founder and chairman of Friendship Public Charter School. “His passion and career speak for themselves, and

the trajectory of schools and earning the loyalty of staff and the support of parents. In his latest assignment as principal of Savoy Elementary School, Pope added many extracurricular activities, presided over an increase in test scores, and brought national recognition to the school, winning praise from US Education Secretary Arne Duncan and First Lady Michelle Obama. Tech Prep Middle School serves as a feeder school for Tech Prep’s High School and follows a curriculum that specializes in STEM disciplines and environmental sciences. Tech Prep’s high school recently moved nearby into a new $18.9 million state-of-the art facility complete with new labs for robotics, technology, chemistry and biology, as well as a rooftop greenhouse and a green roof. More information about Friendship’s other schools can be found at www.friend-

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shipschools.org. 620 Milwaukee Place Southeast, Washington.

Capitol Hill Cluster School Peabody

Pre-K3 students at Peabody designed clothing to fit outlines of their bodies.

terial, they will head to the National Archives to do some research. Kindergartners are also learning about measurement. They have spent time discussing measurement vocabulary and using nonstandard forms of measurement like snap cubes to measure length, width and weight. Peabody, 425 C St. N.E.

Watkins Elementary

Pre-K3 students are continuing their study of clothing: They are designing clothes, using different materials including felt, fabric, yarn and markers. They have been discussing different kinds of clothing and how people make clothes, and they are experimenting with ways that they can make clothes for their end-of-unit celebration, a fashion show! As a special treat, they will be taking a trip to Macy’s to see a clothing store in action! Kindergarten students have been busy taking their middle-of -year assessments, while getting ready to begin their Black History Month research projects. To learn about using primary source ma-

“Watkins 5th-graders reciting the “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial Watkins fifth-graders honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by reciting his “I have a Dream Speech” Jan. 16 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The school’s fifth-grade classes have been doing this for more than a decade now. Families and students from other classes were there as well. Students in fourth and fifth grades are participating in the 33rd annual District of Columbia Spelling Bee. Winners of our grades 4-5 spelling bee this month will compete in a Cluster competition in February and then winners will go on to a citywide bee in March. Just for fun, teachers

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held spelling bees for 1st through 3rd grades as well. Watkins, 420 12th St. S.E.

Stuart-Hobson Middle Students and faculty have begun preparing to put on the musical “Fame” in the school’s newly renovated auditorium. The performances will be May 1 and 2. Eighth-graders are participating in High School Prep Workshops, to get ready for applying to high schools around the city, public and private. The school is teaming up with the After-School All-Stars program to provide essay writing, mock interview prep and online access for application work. Stuart-Hobson is now in second place for middle schools and fourth place overall in the First in Math standings for DCPS. If the students continue at the current pace, the school will soon pass Hardy Middle school and dominate the school and individual standings. Start-Hobson, 410 E St. N.E. -- Capitol Hill Cluster School PTA communications www. capitolhillclusterschool.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ CHCS.DC?ref=hl Twitter: https:// twitter.com/CHCSPTA

Van Ness Elementary School Update DCPS hosted an informative meeting the night of January 14th with many updates about the re-opening of Van Ness. The Acting Principal Monica Liang-Aguirre discussed the academic program and DCPS has selected Creative Curriculum for the Early Childhood years PK3 & PK4. The International Baccalaureate program is still being considered for Van Ness for grades PK3-5th grade, as IB is used in both the feeder Middle School and High Schools.

Renovations The redesign process is underway with architectural firm Quinn Evans. Builders are placing their bids for renovations/construction to begin in early March. The SIT (School Information Team) had their first meeting and will provide a community voice on the facility and construction. DCPS is pursuing discussions with DC Parks and Recreation as to how to best incorporate nearby Joy Evans Park.

Lottery Deadline Mar 2 The 2015-2016 school year will open with 2 classes each of Preschool, PreK4, and Kindergarten, and plans to add a grade each year. As part of a pilot program, inbound students are guaranteed a space at Van Ness Elementary for PK3 & PK4 if they apply to the first round of the lottery at www.myschooldc.org by March 2nd. Lottery results will be posted by March 27th. Reports show that Van Ness is already a very popular choice!

Fundraiser at Nandos On Feb 17th NSCP is hosting a fundraiser at Nando’s Peri Peri near Yards Park from 6 to 10 p.m. Join Van Ness for dinner and Nando’s will donate 40% of the proceeds to Van Ness Elementary. For more information contact: Kelly Finn Störmer, President, Van Ness Parent Group, vannessparentgroup@gmail.com, www.facebook. com/VanNessParentGroup, @ VNPG2015. Van Ness, 1150 5th St. SE.

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Nothing without Joy Who says the frigid temps aren’t fun? When the mercury dipped low, School within School’s art teacher Marla McLean and her students

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made magical-looking ice globes using balloons, water and food coloring. While the weather was freezing and below, the ice art was on display at the entrance to the school, prompting a steady stream of smiles and questions, and reinforcing the school’s (unofficial) motto “Nothing Without Joy.”

Jazz Gala & Auction Tickets are on sale now for the 18th Annual SWS Jazz Gala and Auction. The adults-only evening of live jazz features heavy hors d‘oeuvres, beer and wine, and a great assortment of live and silent auction items, including beach vacations, restaurant gift cards, professional services and theater tickets. Every dollar raised goes back directly to SWS to fund items such as school technology, classroom supplies, teacher development, and salaries for teaching assistants -- as well as music, dance and art programs. The auction will be March 7 from 6 -10 p.m. at the National Press Club. Visit swsauction.org to buy tickets or offer an item to be donated. The auction is vital to the school’s success and it’s also a great night out!

SWS students make ice globes.

Dine out Feb 9 for SWS Enjoy a delicious meal and help SWS at the same time. Red Rocks Bistro, 1348 H St. NE, is partnering with SWS one evening a month, generously donating to the school 10 percent of dining proceeds. The next event will be Feb. 9, and then every 2nd Monday of the month. -Allison Klein, SWS, 920 F St NE, schoolwithinschool.org

Payne Elementary School Payne Educators Earned a Standing Ovation

DCPS’ finest were recognized for their hard work and dedication at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in January. Standing Ovation for DC Teachers, hosted

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Judith Miller, Intermediate Special Education Resource Teacher & Rubenstein Award Winner

by DC Public Education Fund, is the premiere event honoring DC Public Schools’ highly effective teachers. This “inspiring awards ceremony highlights DCPS’ efforts to recruit, reward and retain the most effective teaching force in the country” and in its fifth year, 1,400 educators were honored, the highest number ever. Thirteen Payne Elementary School classroom, special education and resource teachers were applauded including: Melissa Baggett, Janice Brown, Tumeka Coleman, Iris Corbitt, Jacqueline Douglas, Marion Fox, Danielle Glover, Mary Judd, Kesha Lucas, Juanita Stokes, Timothy Street, Tiffani Turner and LaBone Workman. A select group of highly effective educators can earn an additional award. The Rubenstein Awards for Highly Effective Teaching are funded through the generosity of David Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director of the Carlyle Group and chairman of the Kennedy Center. After achieving highly effective rating under IMPACT, teachers are nominated by DCPS stakeholders and then selected by a central office panel. Payne is home to one of the 20 recipients, Judith Miller. Dubbed by her principal “the person who could teach a rock to read”, Miller’s been a DCPS special education teacher for 26 years, but her approach in the classroom is constantly evolving. One of her students claims he loves going to her class because “she makes it fun to learn.” Congratulations to all of these dedicated professionals. Payne says: “BRAVO”! -Rakecia Whitaker Hanna, Special Education Coordinator Payne Elementary School 1445 C St. SE . Follow on FB: PayneES; Twitter: @PayneDCPS and @PrincipalPayne Instagram: PayneDCPS New website coming soon.... www.PayneDCPS.org. u

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Sedums and Other Succulents at MANTS

Our River: The Anacostia

Bouganvillea at MANTS

How Your Garden Can Help Save the Anacostia article and photos by Bill Matuszeski

e all have gardens, even if it’s little more than a potted plant or two. Two events in mid-January this year, one along the Anacostia near RFK Stadium and one in the Baltimore Convention Center, show us how important our gardens can be to a clean and healthy River. To explain why requires us to talk about something we usually

treat as “outta sight, outta mind,” namely human sewage. While there are issues of toxic sediments in the Anacostia River, one of the most troubling problems is the periodic overload of the city’s sewers during rainstorms, causing releases of untreated sewage into the Potomac and the Anacostia, averaging about 50 times a year. How does this happen in our age of advanced technologies? When the first sewers were installed

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A “Green Infrastructure” Exhibit at MANTS

in cities about 150 years ago, the idea was to keep them flushed and flowing to the treatment plants by combining storm water with the sanitary sewage. This was fine until the cities began to outgrow the capacity of the lines and the treatment plants to handle the flow, resulting in combined sewer overflows, or CSO’s, into whatever river was convenient. The alternative was raw sewage in peoples’ basements and back yards. More recently, newly developed areas have separate storm and sanitary sewers, but that doesn’t help with the older systems, which would be incredibly costly and disruptive to replace. This takes us to last month’s event near RFK, a visit by the Vice President and other political figures to the site of an enormous sewage tunnel, part of a $2.6 billion Clean Rivers Project to replace the CSO’s with enormous underground storage tun-

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nels leading to the regional treatment plant at Blue Plains, where everything can be held and treated after the storms pass by. While the cost might seem high, it is nowhere near what it would take to replace the combined sewer system in DC. However, even this much infrastructure will not be able to handle the occasional superstorm, so absent other measures there will continue to be overflows of raw sewage once or twice a year. That is where “green infrastructure” comes in, and a big part of that are things we can do in our gardens. “Green infrastructure” includes requirements for new developments above a certain size to hold and store storm water on-site and release it to the sewers after the storm passes, or use it in rain gardens, roof gardens and other uses. Up to half of the requirements can also be met by the purchase of cred-

its from others who have put stormwater retention facilities in place, such as removing parking lots or replacing hard surfaces with permeable materials. But much can also be achieved by homeowners in their own gardens. This takes us to the event in Baltimore, the annual Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show, or MANTS, the largest in the country with nearly a thousand exhibitors, including nurseries, landscapers, brokers, and sellers of tools and equipment. It has been estimated that to walk both sides of each aisle would be a trek of five and a half miles. Your reporter was privileged to be part of a group from the Friends of the National Arboretum seeking donations of plants to our end-of-April Garden Fair and Plant Sale. What is perhaps most impressive about MANTS, however, is the number of trends in the business that favor conserving water, reducing the demand for water and capturing rainwater for reuse. The focus is on both the benefits to the garden and the wider environmental good, including reducing impacts on streams and rivers. In our case, modern gardening practices can convert directly to fewer CSO overflows of raw sewage into the Anacostia. Some of those practices, including rain gardens, permeable pavers and roof gardens can apply as well to large scale development, but others such as rain barrels, raised beds, container gardening and replacing lawns with native plants are more focused on the homeowner. Then there are the displays of the plants themselves: sedums and succulents and others that are best for roof gardens and other places that can dry out between storms; and willows, marsh grasses, iris and other plants that don’t mind wet feet for rain gardens and oth-

er practices that trap and hold water between storms. The DC Department of the Environment has an innovative program called Riversmart that will actually pay homeowners to install rain barrels, rain gardens, permeable walks and driveways and other practices. You can Google DC Riversmart, or visit their booth at the Friends of the National Arboretum Plant Sale on April 24 and 25. Come and buy some plants for a good cause, then sign up for Rivers-

mart and maybe even end up being paid by the City to be part of the solution for a clean Anacostia. Bill Matuszeski, known to all who know him as BMAT, spent over thirty years in Federal environmental programs, the last ten as Director of the Chesapeake Bay Program for EPA. He currently serves as Chair of the Anacostia Watershed Citizens Advisory Committee and Vice Chair of the Friends of the National Arboretum. Questions or comments are welcome at bmat@olg.com. u

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erhaps it’s our fascination with the tropics or it could be the fact that we gardeners love something new and unexpected in the landscape. Whatever the reasons, tropical plants have taken off in the past several years and

A young windmill palm basks in the January sun.

Care of hardy tropicals and succulents Most of the hardy tropicals and succulents that can be grown in our area will benefit from being planted on the southern exposure of your home. This is the side of the home where there is almost constant sun throughout the day. The second best spot would be a southwest exposure. When planting, take the time to work in about 5 to 8 inches of gravel as a base in the planting hole to help with drainage and aid in prevention of winter water retention which can lead to rot. The second important planting tip is to plant the The ghostly beauty of a cactus in the winter landscape.

of the plants leaves from windburn. If your plant is an evergreen like most hardy palm species or even some cactus, using burlap or a product like ‘wilt proof’ will help to prevent winter wind burn and damage. If your cold hardy plant is of an herbaceous variety, the foliage dies down to the ground. Keep the foliage attached during the winter as this will help to insulate the bulbous growth below the soil and will help to protect the tuber from winter damage. Another helpful tip to follow is taking the time during the occasional Washington snow storm to knock off any heavy snows from fronds and branches being careful not to break the limbs.

The plants Palms There are several varieties of cold hardy palms. Some are lower growing more of a bush-style plant, with the mass of plant growing out while not getting taller that 4-6 feet in height. now a palm or a croton or a bird of paradise has become intricately entwined in what is desired and modern in today’s landscape. Plants that were one confined to the container garden or conservatory are now taking a bow as frontstage super stars. However, the biggest drawback to tropical plants has been that many are not cold hardy to our region and thus function as annuals. Enter the world of the cold hardy tropical. Hardy banana trees, cold hardy palms, cacti that grow and thrive in our cold region and a multitude of succulents vie for our attention and beg to be incorporated into our landscape. These plants are not only beautiful but with proper planting and care they can be introduced into any Capitol Hill landscape where they will enjoy long luxurious lives as perfect accents or specimen focal points. Success can be simple if you follow these easy pointers when incorporating them into your landscape.

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The strap-like evergreen foliage of Rohdea japonica is a beautiful pop in the winter landscape.

Snow and the emerald green promise of spring, perhaps this is why hardy palms are so popular.

plant several inches higher than it is currently growing in the container when transplanting it into your garden. This will also aid in proper drainage. A third important consideration is to fertilize your plants with several annual applications of a good commercial or home prepared compost which will strengthen the plant and also help in ensuring vigorous natural growth. Using a synthetic fertilizer may cause an unnatural spike in green leafy growth that could be damaged during the winter. Finally, plan for protection

Other varieties grow up and have an indefinite height. These plants need aerial space and will lose lower leaves as they mature. If you are adding under plantings, add plants that can survive in both shade and sun as the under plantings as for several years the fronds will create considerable shade in the understory.

wCacti and succulents These plants have always been able to survive the extremes of a desert region. The most important consideration when using these hardy varieties is to make sure they are getting plenty of sun and have good drainage. In our region the soils tend to be heavy and clay filled. Amending the planting area with gravel and sand and making sure the planting bed is higher than the surrounding area will help with drainage and increase your chances for success.

Herbaceous hardy tropicals Plants like hardy banana, and many varieties of amaryllis and Peruvian lilies will thrive in your Capitol Hill garden. With hardy banana plants make sure you consider that these plants can get large and have huge leaves, so planting them too close to a neighbor may not go over well. Also they will have the same impact on the understory as palms as they grow in and mature. When winter kills the leaves and collapses the trunk leave it in place and wrap it into a mound over the bulb to protect it from winter heaving that can happen if the plant is cleaned to the ground. With the smaller herbaceous plants wait till a hard freeze to clean up the spent foliage then cover with a top dress of mulch and leaves to help protect the plant from heaving. Keep in mind the low temps on the lists below can be pushed as the plant matures. There are plants that survived the polar freeze of last year without being a total loss.

A short list of some interesting cold hardy palms o

True Date Palm Trees(Phoenix dactylifera) - (Date Palms are cold hardy to 18 degrees) o C a n a r y Island Date Palms(Phoenix canariensis) (Canary Island Palms are cold hardy to 15 - 18 degrees)

Texas Sabal Palm Trees (Sabal texana, mexicana) - (Texas Sabal Palms are cold hardy to 16 - 18 degrees) Mediterranean (European) Fan Palms (Chamaerops humilis) (Mediterranean Fan Palms are cold hardy to 5 - 15 degrees) California Fan Palms (Washingtonia filifera) - (California Fan Palms are cold hardy to 15 degrees) Windmill Palm Trees (Trachycarpus fortunei) - (Windmill Palms are cold hardy to 5 degrees) Pindo Palm Trees (Butia capitata) - (Pindo Palms are cold hardy to 12 - 15 degrees) Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta) (Sago Palms are cold hardy to 20 degrees) Mexican Fan Palms (Washingtonia robusta) - (Mexican Fan Palms are cold hardy to 18 degrees) Queen Palm Trees (Syagrus romanzoffiana) - (Queen Palms are cold hardy to 20 degrees)

A short list of cold hardy bananas o o o o o

Dwarf Brazilian California Gold Misi Liki and Orinoco Raja Puri Ice Cream

Check with suppliers for cold temp ratings Derek Thomas is principal of Thomas Landscapes. His garden designs have been featured on HGTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Curb Appeal, and Get It Sold. His weekly garden segment can be seen on WTTG/Fox 5 in Washington. He can be reached at www.thomaslandscapes. com or 301.642.5182. You can find and friend us on Facebook at Facebook/Thomas Landscapes. Follow us on Twitter @ThomasGardenGuy For Great Garden Tips. u

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Trashing a Candidacy

by Anonymous

man walks into a bank and asks a teller to make a $20,000 cash withdrawal. This, Dear Readers, sounds like the commencement of a long-winded saga that one might overhear late one evening while deep in one’s cups at the bar of the Tune Inn. Yet such a scene played itself out in a time not so long ago, in a galaxy not so far, far away. On Jan. 13, 2015, according to a police report, MC “Baby” Barry, allegedly walked into a northwest branch of PNC Bank and requested $20,000 from his account. The teller informed Baby Barry that the funds in the account were insufficient for the transaction. Undeterred, Barry requested $6,000 in cash. At this point, the teller informed him that he could not fulfill the request because account was already overdrawn by $2,000. (A check deposited the day before, it appears, had not as yet cleared.) How many of you, Dear Readers, have ever withdrawn $20,000 in cash from a bank? The average Joe writes a check when he needs to move such copious cash from point A to point B. The Nose, much like many of you Dear Readers, has never seen that much scratch in one place. And how did Barry propose to carry the $20,000 out of the bank? Had he the forethought to bring briefcase along to avoid the five-cent bag tax? Equally perplexing is Baby Barry’s reaction to the teller’s denial of his withdrawal. “I’m going to have someone meet you when you get off; better yet I’m going around the corner and coming back,” he yelled as he began walking towards the exit, stated witnesses. Then, inexplicably, Barry allegedly picked up a metal trashcan and threw it over the Plexiglas wall separating the tellers from their customers. If Baby Barry is elected, what does this portend for future council budgetary sessions? Will ‘duck and cov-

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er’ be elevated to the pinnacles of political negotiation? Will chairs join trashcans as the weapon of first resort? Will the dais in the Wilson Building become the new ring for World Wide Wrestling? With apologies to the great Bob Marley, Baby Barry, here is a song for you: I threw the trash can But I didn’t hit the teller, oh no! Oh! I threw the trash can But I didn’t hit the teller, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh. Yeah! All around in my home town, They’re tryin’ to beat me down; They say they want to bring me in guilty For the throwing of a trash can, For the throwing of a trash can. But I say: Oh, now, now. Oh! I threw the trash can. - the trash can. But I swear there is no evidence. Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah! I say: I threw the trash can - Oh, Lord! And they say it is a misdemeanor offense. Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah! PNC bank always hated me, For what, I don’t know: Every time I ask for a withdrawal, The teller say you must make a deposit before it goesMake a deposit before you know. And so I say.... The Nose has a few words of advice to those planning the Ward 8 electoral debates. Make sure all the trashcans and chairs are firmly welded to the floor. u