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IN THIS ISSUE OCTOBER 2020

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ELECTI N COVERAGE 23 Multiple Candidates Vie for Two Council Seats by Sarah Payne 30 Election Changes During COVID-19: Everything You Need to Know to Vote in the November 3 General Election by Elizabeth O’Gorek

34 Be a Local Hero: Become an Election Poll Worker by Catherine Plume

Hill Rag Face Mask Contest Presented by the Hill Rag and Eastern Market Main Street

Capitol Cuisine by Celeste McCall

Amenities Drive Luxury Rental Choice by Elizabeth O’Gorek

IronTate: Hill Couple Combines Love of Competition with Their Sense of Community by Pattie Cinelli

WHAT’S ON WASHINGTON

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Hill Rag Face Mask Contest sponsored by the Hill Rag and Eastern Market Main Street

Mutual Aid Keeps Fighting: Inequities Illuminated by COVID by Elizabeth O’Gorek

Local Consulting Firm Helps Provide PPE: Soul Tree Connects Customers to Masks and More by Eva Herscowitz

The Numbers: DC Council Helps Those The Feds Left Out by Kate Coventry

Our River: The Anacostia: Keeping Score with the Riverkeeper by Bill Matuszeski

What a Difference a Pandemic Makes: Hill Center Stays the Course in the Age of COVID by Donna Scheeder

Women of Ward 6: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton by Marci Hilt

Commissioner Respond to Pushback Over MPD Letter: ANC 6A Report by Nick L. Alberti

ANC 6B Opposes 1333 M St. SE PUD: ANC 6B Report by Elizabeth O’Gorek

ANC 6C Doubles Grant Funds for FY21: ANC 6C Report by Sarah Payne

Commissioners Oppose Design of 5 M St. SW: ANC 6D Report by Andrew Lightman

Bulletin Board by Kathleen Donner

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Amenities Drive Luxury Rental Choice by Elizabeth Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Gorek

Capitol Hill Murals Walking Tour by Elizabeth Nelson

Dear Garden Problem Lady by Wendy Blair

Changing Hands by Don Denton

arts and dining 83

Capitol Cuisine by Celeste McCall

The Jazz Project by Jean Keith Fagon

At the Movies by Mike Canning

The Wine Girl by Elyse Genderson

Art and The City by Jim Magner

Literary Hill by Karen Lyon

Poetic Hill by Karen Lyon

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IronTate: Hill Couple Combines Love of Competition with Their Sense of Community by Pattie Cinelli

The District Vet: Roundworms by Dan Teich

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Even When Virtual Learning Goes Well, Kids Miss Out Socialization, Independence and Faith in the Future the Casualties by Elizabeth Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Gorek

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Kids and Family Notebook by Kathleen Donner

105 CLASSIFIEDS 110 CROSSWORD on the cover: Yen Mooi is a Washington DC-based visual artist and economist working on international economic policy issues. Her art practice spans a range of traditional and digital media, and she is interested in using art as a way to engage with the social issues of our times. Find more of her illustrations on Instagram @yenmakesart. Yen was also recently featured in the New York Times as part of a selection of reader tributes to RBG. See it here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/23/reader-center/rbg-death-reader-reactions.html?searchResultPosition=4

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FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL AT MOUNT VERNON On Oct. 24 and 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., celebrate the crisp autumn season with 18th-Century activities and demonstrations at the Pioneer Farm at Mount Vernon. Social Distancing and masks are required. The Fall Harvest Festival is included with admission to Mount Vernon: $20 for adults; $12 for ages Over 6 to 11; 5 and under, free. mountvernon.org.

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RUNDISCOVER DC Through October 26, Rundiscover DC will provide you with four new and unique courses to run in different parts of the city. These courses will take you across various landscapes and expand your view of DC. They’ll take you from Glover Archbold Trail to Kingman Island and in between to discover things you may not have ever noticed. The course distances are: Glover Archbold Trail, 5.3 miles; Mural Tour, 4.4 miles; National Arboretum, 5 miles; and Kingman Island, about 7 miles. $38 for all four courses. Registration includes a commemorative poster, a $10 gift card to Pacers Running and a $10 donation to be split between World Central Kitchen and Friends of the National Arboretum. gorundiscover.com/washington-dc

DARK STAR ORCHESTRA AT THE DRIVE-IN Dark Star Orchestra celebrates the Grateful Dead concert experience, live, on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31, at 7 p.m., gates open at 5:30 p.m., at the Showtime at the DriveIn, at the Frederick Fairgrounds in Frederick, MD. Tickets are $50 to $250 at showtimeatthedrivein.com. The fairgrounds are located at 797 East Patrick St. in Frederick. Serious COVID-19 precautions will be in place. Photo: Scott Goldberg

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SOUL STROLLS AT CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY On Oct. 16, 17, 23 and 24, trespass into the past and discover the secrets of Congressional Cemetery’s “residents.” Soul Strolls, the Cemetery’s annual twilight tours, explore the stories of individuals buried there through guided tours and costumed interpreters. The hour-long tours depart every 15 minutes between 7 and 10 p.m. on Fridays and 6 and 10 p.m. on Saturdays. Adult tickets are $25; children 12 and under, $12; beer, wine and cider for purchase. Historic Congressional Cemetery is at 1801 E St. SE. congressionalcemetery.org. Photo: Courtesy of Historic Congressional Cemetery

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PLANET WORD OPENS Darley Newman

TRAVELS WITH DARLEY The COVID pandemic has changed the face of the travel industry and altered the criteria that guides travelers in planning their trips. On Oct. 20 at 6:45 p.m., Emmy-nominated television host Darley Newman shares insider’s tips and recommendations on where to travel in 2021. Discover the places that combine culture, cuisine, history and a healthy dose of wellness and nature. Mixing familiar places that offer new experiences with often-overlooked locations, Newman shares the best of the best, along with how to get there. From Asia to Europe, the USA to Africa, discover a diverse cross-section of travel opportunities, as well as how to enhance safety practices away from home. This program is part of the Smithsonian Associates Streaming series. $15. Online registration required at smithsonianassociates.org.

Planet Word at 13th and K Streets NW opens on Oct. 22. It is the world’s first museum dedicated to bringing language to life. Prepare to be inspired, surprised and amazed by what you find. Talk to a 22-foot-high word wall to learn how words become part of a language. Probe the mysteries of their magical library and discover secrets hidden in the stacks. Paint with words and watch their meanings come to glowing life before your eyes. The museum will open on a limited basis, requiring visitors to register in advance for free, timed-entry passes. planetwordmuseum.org.

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As one of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s (WABA) ‘Signature Rides,’ the “Cider Ride” helps further WABA’s mission and impact. The ride on Nov. 7 at 8 a.m. travels from Brookland into Prince George County and back. Three route choices allow 10, 30 or 55 mile rides. Enjoy fall-themed treats at pit stops along the way. Then join fellow riders in Brookland for a post-ride celebration. Registration is $55 to $95. NOTE: Due to COVID-19, there may be a shift in the date for the ride and/or they may split it into multiple days. Check at waba.org.

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MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY REOPENS After extensive renovations, the Martin Luther King Memorial Library at 901 G St. NW reopened on Sept. 24. The library now features a spectacular new, vibrant and transparent entryway; sculptured monumental staircase; a large auditorium and conference center; creative spaces for fabrication, music production and art creation. Other improvements include a ground level café with patio; double-height reading room; newly designed special collections space and a rooftop terrace. dclibrary.org/mlk.

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ART BY MAIL FROM DEL RAY Through Nov. 1, this online exhibit features the artwork of Del Ray Artisans: one-of-akind, small format original paintings in watercolor, oil and acrylic; mixed media art and artful cards; plus, small 3D works. Enjoy browsing the collection. Artwork will be mailed directly from the artist within 10 days of purchase. Del Ray Artisans is a nonprofit arts organization in Alexandria, VA. DelRayArtisans.org/artbymail. Corona Cups by Stephen Lally ($5/ cup donated to INOVA’s Emergency Preparedness Fund), earthenware, 3x3x3”

MURALS THAT MATTER The National Building Museum in partnership with the P.A.I.N.T.S. Institute and the DowntownDC Business Improvement District presents “Murals That Matter: Activism Through Public Art” on the Museum’s West Lawn, Fifth Street between F and G Streets NW. The exhibition features DC street art created earlier this summer in response to social justice protests here and elsewhere. The murals speak to the impact that art can have on the built environment as well as the nation’s urgent need for dialogue and reflection. nbm.org.

ON ART AND PEANUT BUTTER On Oct. 14, 7 to 8 p.m. with Zoom broadcast at 6:50 p.m., California-based artist Shana Moulton joins Hirshhorn Associate Curator of Media and Performance Art Marina Isgro to discuss her ongoing video and performance series Whispering Pines.” Moulton’s performance and video work is built around her alter ago, a fictional character named Cynthia who spends most of her time alone at home. Begun in 2002, the Whispering Pines series was loosely inspired by the artist’s childhood growing up in a senior citizen mobile home park of the same name. Each episode features Cynthia wrestling with anxieties concerning her health, appearance and purpose in life, as she desperately searches for meaning and healing through consumer goods and television. This virtual event is part of “Talking to Our Time,” the Hirshhorn’s online series of free artist talks featuring a diverse group of artists and collectives. View all events at hirshhorn.si.edu/explore/talking-to-our-time. Photo: Video still. Shauna Moulton, The Pink Tower, 2019. Courtesy of artist and Galerie Gregor Staiger and Galerie Crevecoeur

DIAL 1 FOR HUMAN RESOURCES This fall, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Telephonic Literary Union repurpose the customer service hotline for stranger, more tender use in HUMAN RESOURCES, an intimate audio anthology for remote times. Telephone lines are open through Oct. 25. HUMAN RESOURCES is the debut production of Woolly Mammoth’s new digital season, Woolly on Demand. In cahoots with a rotating band of co-conspirators, Telephonic Literary Union makes stories for very small audiences using phones, thoughtfully curated environments and the theater of the mind. Tickets to HUMAN RESOURCES are $7 and are available at woollymammoth.net, 202393-3939 or tickets@woolltmammoth.net. Each ticket comes with an access code that is good for four days. 18 H HILLRAG.COM

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ELECTI N COVERAGE MULTIPLE CANDIDATES VIE FOR TWO COUNCIL SEATS

by Sarah Payne

ntersections, front yards and lamp posts around the District are adorned with different colorful signs this fall as 24 candidates seek election to two seats on the DC Council. Under its Home Rule Charter, one of those seats is reserved for non-Democratic Party candidates. Democratic incumbent At-Large Councilmember Robert White (D) is standing for reelection having won the Democratic Party Primary last June. Current incumbent At Large Council Member David Grosso (I) has decided not to run for reelection. District residents will have the opportunity to select two candidates on their Nov. 3 general election ballot and at least one of their choices must be a non-democrat.

Meet the Candidates Claudia Barragan (I) is running on a focused platform of equity, diversity and action. Barragan boasts more than 20 years of experience in public service including service as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, a former policy staffer for Ward 8 Councilmember Trayvon White (D). Barragan brings an urban planning skillset to the race with experience in land use, zoning and environmental policy. If elected, Barragan would be the first immigrant woman to serve on the DC city council. www. claudiafordc.com Markus Batchelor (I), just 27 years old, if elected would be the youngest current member of the council. Batchelor has served four years as the Ward 8 representative on the State Board of Education and previously served on Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 8C. Batchelor is focused on reforming education to make it more equitable, increasing paid family leave, improving transportation access for District residents including making the Met-

ro free and improving quality and access to healthcare east of the river. www. markusfordc.com Mario Cristaldo (I) is an immigrant from Paraguay passionate about affordable housing. He is seeking to create a DC that is affordable, livable, diverse and walkable for all residents regardless of their race, economic and social status. Since moving to the District 19 years ago, he has worked on several projects including as a community organizer for living wages in Montgomery County and for living wages in the District. Cristaldo was then appointed by former Mayor Anthony Williams (D) to serve on the rental housing conversion task force. Cristaldo also supports a Green New Deal for DC, Medicare-For-All and improving access to high quality education for all residents. mario2020dc.com Franklin Garcia (I) is the US Shadow Representative for the District and is a longtime advocate for DC statehood. Garcia was the former president and original founder of the Latino caucus and currently serves as President of the DC Latino Leadership Council. He is running on a platform of “investing in our collective future” including increasing job skills training in the public schools, prioritizing District residents in the local job market, ensuring communities feel safe and supported through improved police-community relations and monitoring development and infrastructure with a focus on local businesses and construction. Garcia is also an advocate for increasing the availability of affordable housing in the District and supports relaxing regulations that make it challenging for tenants to get into homes. Franklinfordc.com Marcus Goodwin (I), a native Washingtonian and developer of affordable housing, is seeking to apply his business acumen to promote more equitable economic develOctober 2020 ★ 23

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opment in the District. Rising crime and homicides are his other priorities. He previously served as the President of the DC Young Democrats and currently serves on the boards of Run Hope Work, the Afterschool Alliance, the CEO Program and the Young Real Estate Council. This election is not Goodwin’s first rodeo. In 2018, he ran as a Democrat against incumbent At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds (D), coming in third place. This year, Goodwin has been endorsed by the Washington Post. www.goodwinfordc.com Kathy Henderson (I) is a longtime Washingtonian and advocate for affordable and a high standard of housing, literacy and education, improvement for policecommunity relations and economic opportunities for all residents. A biologist by training, Henderson has been a public servant for many years serving as an AMERICORPS teacher, a local activist in her own community and as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner. While serving, she has become aware of issues with housing and violence within her own neighborhood and she is committed to making DC communities and neighborhoods a safe place for everyone to live if elected. kathyhendersonfordccouncil.com Christina Henderson (I), as the former chief of staff for current incumbent Councilmember Grosso, is running with his endorsement. In her time working for the council, Henderson worked extensively on education policy. Currently, Henderson serves as legislative staffer for US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Henderson is most interested in finding climate justice and sustainable environmental solutions in the District, improving access to affordable housing, school access and safety and early learning and care. Henderson has been endorsed by the Washington Post. www.christinahenderson.org A’Shia Howard (I) is a fifth generation Washingtonian who is committed to addressing issues facing the District and her family. Howard believes that the economic and social disparities in DC are linked and has plans to address several differences. She plans to work to expand community programs 24 H HILLRAG.COM

for the District’s homeless population, law enforcement reform including mental health considerations for officers, reform of senior care and addressing neglect situations for the District’s elderly populations and increased inclusion in housing so all who want to live in DC have the ability to do so. howardfordc.com Chander Jayaraman (I) is a self-proclaimed “true independent” running to increase equality in DC government for all residents. Jayaraman is committed to creating change at the governing level to put residents and their interests first. The ANC commissioner is also an advocate for securing public safety through funding of social programs such as mental health services and economic assistance. Jayaraman wants the District to be more inclusive of residents in economic employment and implement job training programs and protocols to assist people seeking and training for employment. He also has plans to expand educational offerings in the District to include more handson opportunities for students through internships and apprenticeships to help students forge paths into adulthood. chander2020.com Ed Lazere (I), former executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, a progressive think tank, is running with an emphasis on accessibility and social change. The longtime District resident and advocate is focused on housing equity and affordability, expansion of public transportation systems to improve access for District residents, improving access to healthcare in underserved areas and pushing for D.C. statehood. Lazere has been endorsed by the D.C. attorney general Karl Racine, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Jews United for Justice among many others. edfordc.com Jeanné Lewis (I) is passionate about building and empowering communities. As the current vice president and chief engagement officer of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, which advances bipartisan discussion in Congress and in other government agencies, Lewis has professional experience in building alliances and promoting justice among marginalized groups. She is focused on creating sustainable housing for all, increasing accessibility to great schools for

all children in the District, working to assist small business infrastructure and increasing access to maternal and child healthcare. Jeannelewisatlarge.com Will Merrifield (I) is running for public office as an act of solidarity with community organizers and activists seeking economic justice in the District where previously private developers often have made decisions. Merrifield believes that the DC government has put profits ahead of people for too long and he plans to change that. If elected, Merrifield plans to remove the profit motive for developers and completely overhaul the affordable housing system to make housing a right rather than a commodity. Merrifield is also focused on decreasing unemployment and a ‘true living wage’ to ensure residents only have to work one job to provide for themselves and their families. willfordc.com Rick Murphree (I) is a business leader, veteran and educator running to improve DC’s economy, veteran’s affairs and education system. He wants to create an economy that works for all DC residents, especially working class families and small business owners. He supports programs that ensure a living wage and businesses that hire and promote locally. He is also committed to using grants and other funds to assist veterans in job searches and providing high quality health care and mental health services to those who have served. Murphee also believes in the importance of good education, regardless of the neighborhood that the child grows up in. He emphasizes his attention to gentrification and other housing issues as root causes for these inequalities and pledges to address them if elected. Murphreedc.com Vincent Orange (I), former Ward 5 and At Large councilmember, is running to represent everyday Washingtonians. Orange previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce as well as serving as a Ward 5 and At-Large councilmember. Orange is committed to rebooting the District’s economy, extending universal paid leave benefits to nonresidents who work in the District,

free tuition for resident students at the University of the District of Columbia and providing students with free technology, internet access and vocational education opportunities to further their education. Additionally Orange plans to pursue legislation that will implement a removal process, enact term limits, ban outside employment for elected officials if elected. vincentorange2020.com Monica Palacio (I) is running on a platform focused on racial justice and equity. Palacio was born in Colombia and raised in New York City in rentcontrolled housing. She cites her experience growing up and experiences with poverty and prejudice as fueling her run for the DC Council seat to protect civil rights of minorities, improve quality and access to education, particularly in underrepresented areas and to advocate for DC statehood so that all voices, particularly minorities, are heard. Palacio attended Georgetown University law school and currently serves as the Director of the Office of Human Rights in the District. www.monicafordc.com Alex Padro (I) led the revitalization of the Shaw neighborhood. The sitting advisory neighborhood commissioner currently chairs ANC 6Eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alcoholic Beverage Control Licensing Committee and sits on its Transportation and Zoning and Planning Committees. Padro is also the executive director of Shaw Main Street. Padroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top issue is economic reform where he October 2020 H 25

seeks to implement changes across the District to help ameliorate the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Padro is focused on community building and expanding affordable housing, serving seniors, supporting small businesses and promoting equitable development to rebuild a safer, healthier and more prosperous place for all residents to live. AlexPadro.com Marya Pickering (R) is the lone Republican running for the DC council seat. As an active member of the DC Republican party for more than 20 years, Pickering’s top issues are care of the homeless and seniors, improving the local education systems and increasing the responsibility of the DC government. Pickering is also an advocate for tax breaks for seniors, implementing both private and public efforts to help the homeless, growing second chance employment and the use of opportunity zones. In education, Pickering supports increased funding for charter schools and parents’ rights to school of choice. The candidate believes improving local government through accountability and management and advocates for city-wide trash clean ups and assisting small businesses. Marya2020dc.com Keith Silver (I) is a lifelong Washingtonian running on a platform to make the District a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable place for individuals to live and to work. As a self-proclaimed progressive activist, progressive economic development policies, community engagement, affordable housing, living wages and social justice are his top priorities. The four-time advisory neighborhood commissioner has worked on fair housing, budgeting, senior services previously and plans to continue this work on a broader scale if elected. Keithsilverfordc.com At Large Councilmember Robert White (D) is seeking re-election to the DC council in the 2020 at-large race. White is running on his proven track record of fighting for transparency, accountability, efficiency and equity. White has previously introduced and co-sponsored legislation regarding housing conditions, and 26 H HILLRAG.COM

early childhood, secondary and adult education. White is the chair of the Committee on Facilities and Procurement and is the Vice-Chair of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Board of Directors. White previously served as legislative counsel to DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) on Capitol Hill. robertwhitefordc.com Ann Wilcox (G) is running as a member of the DC Statehood Green Party. The party is focused on progressive issues such as DC statehood, saving McMillan park as a natural green space and publicly electing a school board. Wilcox previously served on the DC school board from 1994-1998 and is consumer law focused lawyer by training. Wilcox’s top issue is affordable housing and she hopes to address the failure to expand rent control further if elected in addition to working on the Green Party agenda. statehoodgreensofdc.org.

Other Candidates Four additional candidates have registered with DCBOE to appear on the ballot for the at-large seat, but did not respond to requests for inclusion in this article. Joe Bishop Henchman (I) is a libertarian, DC based lawyer and policy analyst. Dr. Michelangelo Scruggs (I) is a pediatric physician. Addison Starter (I) is a DC resident and affordable housing advocate. Calvin Gurley (I) is a DC based accountant. Eric Rogers (I) is the former president of the DC Black Democratic Caucus. u

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ELECTI N COVERAGE

ELECTION CHANGES DURING COVID-19 Everything You Need to Know to Vote in the November 3 General Election by Elizabeth O’Gorek

fter a June 2 primary election that was plagued by problems with absentee ballots and long lines for in-person voting, the District Board of Elections (DCBOE) has made many changes to mitigate problems and avoid delays for the upcoming Nov. 3 general election. Here is a guide to what’s changed and what matters as we head to the polls again.

Who Can Vote To vote in DC, you must be a US citizen, at least 17 years of age, have been a District resident for at least 30 days prior to the election and not been found legally incompetent to vote by a court. Emergency police reform legislation passed by the DC Council on July 7 restored voting rights to District residents currently incarcerated for felony crimes. Those incarcerated for misdemeanors and returning citizens have the right already. DCBOE has mailed ballots to DC residents held at DC Jail and in federal prisons nationwide.

Registering to Vote

District residents register to vote during a Sept. 21 National Voter Registration Day event hosted by DCBOE outside The Anthem (901 Wharf St. SW) as part of the DCBOE Vote Safe Campaign. Photo: N. Jacobs/DCBOE

You can register to vote by mail, by email or online. Download voter registration forms at https://www.dcboe.org/Voters/Register-To-Vote/ Register-to-Vote or pick them up at the DC Board of Elections (1015 Half St. SE), open public libraries, Metropolitan Police Department precincts or fire stations. To register, fill in the form either in hard copy or digitally, completing fields 1 to 13, and send it to DCBOE by email or USPS. You don’t have to print the form or sign it if you have a valid DC Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)-issued ID and you consent to use the digital signature that the DMV has on file for you. Just save 30 H HILLRAG.COM

it and send it as an email attachment to the address below, with the ID number in your email. If you do not have a DMV ID or do not want to use your signature on file, you must sign a printed form. You can send it postage prepaid by USPS, or take a picture with your smartphone and send it via email. Submit voter registration to the DC Board of Elections: • Via mail or in person: 1015 Half St. SE, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20003 • By email (with form attached) to DCRegistrations@dcboe.org • By faxing to 202-347-2648

Registration must be received online or via mail by Oct. 13. Same-day registration is available if you vote in person at a voting center for early voting or on election day Nov. 3. You must present proof of District residency. Forms of accepted proof include: • A DC DMV-issued ID (because of COVID-19 closures, this ID can be valid or expired as of March 13) • Another valid District or federally issued ID • Student housing statement/tuition bill • Homeless shelter occupancy statement • Lease • Federal or District-issued government

document with your name and address • Government check or paycheck • Bank statement • Current utility bill (electricity, water, gas, phone, internet). Bill or statement dates must be within 90 days of Election Day. The address on the document must match the residence address listed on your registration application. First-time voters will be asked for three of these documents.

Voting by Mail Unlike the primary, for the general election all registered voters will be mailed a ballot, which should be received starting the first week of October. DCBOE has outsourced mailing to K&H Integrated Print Solutions, a firm that also handles the ballots for 20 million other voters, including distribution of 5.5 million mail-in ballots in Los Angeles County. If you don’t receive a ballot by Oct. 21, DCBOE says you should prepare to vote in person. You can check your mail-in ballot by visiting www.dcboe.org. K&H uses intelligent mail barcode technology to track ballots from shipment to receipt by DCBOE, from the voter through USPS, so that both voters and DCBOE can see where the ballot is and whether it has been received. Ballot tracking and in-person voting are integrated with the DCBOE voter registration (VR) system, which “credits” a voter’s profile with returning a ballot or with in-person voting. Suppose you get nervous that your mail-in ballot has not been counted and go vote early in person. Your profile will then be “credited” with a vote in the VR. If DCBOE receives your mailin ballot a few days later, it will October 2020 H 31

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“EDUCATION IS THE PASSPORT TO A BETTER FUTURE”

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· Provide technological resources to students in under resourced and underserved areas. Once we achieve this milestone, our youth will be equipped with laptops, backpacks, pedometers and personal items for them to succeed in school. · Energize the Education Reform Movement: Work with Public Agencies, Elected Officials, and Public & Charter School stakeholders to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to improve the educational outcomes of our children. · Address Bullying: By creating a support system to combat school bullying, including a parent resource center and teacher sensitivity training. · Parental Engagement: Providing a written source of information to the parents of all Wards through a parent newsletter. · Children with Special Needs: Advocacy for a local directory of available resources for parents in the District.

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be scanned and rejected by the system. The system prevents voter fraud. Once a profile is credited, a vote from that individual will not be counted again, no matter in what format it is submitted. Voting twice is obviously illegal, with penalties of up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Ballots submitted by USPS must be postmarked by Nov. 3. Mail-in ballots can also be submitted at voting centers without waiting in line. In addition, DCBOE has installed 55 special drop-off boxes throughout the District (see accompanying lists). Ballots must be deposited by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3.

Voting in Person Anyone can vote early; that is still true during the pandemic. The change is that you must wear a face mask and practice social distancing.

Early voting takes place from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, at 32 early voting centers located across the city. Four are located in each ward and include “super voting centers” at Capital One Arena (601 F St. NW) and Nationals Park (1500 S. Capitol St. SE). Early voting sites will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 96 vote centers (including the 32 early voting centers) will be open on Election Day, Nov. 3, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Unlike a normal election, you can vote at any one of the voting centers, both for early voting or on Election Day, regardless of where you live or the polling place to which you would be assigned in non-COVID-19 times. Although this is an expansion in the number of polling places from the June 2 primary election, when only 20 polling places were open (normally there are 144 voting centers), Dis-

trict officials say that voters can still expect to wait in long lines due to additional cleaning procedures and social distancing. DCBOE Executive Director Alice Miller told the DC Council that as many as 150,000 voters may elect to vote in person. “I’m going to say it again. There will be lines,” Miller declared. “No matter how many vote centers are open, there will be lines.” However, as long as you are in line by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3, you will be allowed to vote.

Changes to Technology Following the June 2 primary, DCBOE dropped the Vote4DC mobile app, citing a high fail rate. DCBOE’s Miller told a Sept. 10 DC Council public oversight hearing that the board had also upped the call-center capacity and expanded the access points to the VR system to allow for the expected increase in processing voter registration applications and absentee ballots. DCBOE is processing mailin ballots as they are received, but they will not release results until after the polls are closed on Election Day. Tallies released Nov. 3 will include mail ballots received prior to Election Day, in-person votes and early voting. Results are expected to be published on the dcboe.org website on election night and updated daily after Nov. 3. But DCBOE said that final counts could take as long as Nov. 13, since the city will wait 10 days to receive mail-in ballots and will count them as long as they are postmarked by Nov. 3. Learn more or get assistance by visiting www.dcboe.org, calling 202-7272525 or 202-741-5283, or by visiting 1015 Half St. SE, Suite 750, between 8:15 a.m. and 4:45 p.m., Monday to Friday. u

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BE A LOCAL HERO Become an Election Poll Worker

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hether you Hill resident Sara Lepley has vote blue or signed up to be a poll worker for red or somethe upcoming election. She notes, where in be“I’ve never worked as a poll worker, tween, there but the stakes for the election are so is no doubt about it: this fall’s elechigh that I feel like I need to do evtion will be one to remember. The erything I can to make voting easiDC Board of Elections (DCBOE) er for others. During the 2018 midis taking unprecedented measures terms, I realized just how far some to ensure every DC voter can vote. people will go to disenfranchise The board is sending mail-in balvoters. It’s terrifying and it’s wrong. lots to every registered voter and I hope that by volunteering as an placing ballot drop-off boxes election worker I can help counter across the District. Meanwhile, insome of that. But it will take much person early voting and day-of-votmore than me!” ing centers will also be open. Chairman Bennett is pleased While DCBOE staff are to to see the enthusiasm that this elecbe commended for their efforts tion is generating. “Young people to make this election as accessihave really answered the call to be VP of Monumental Sports Andy Navarrete, Washington Wizards Shooting Guard Bradley Beal, DC Board of Elections Chairman Michael Bennett, and former Monumental Sports ble and as safe as possible during poll workers. We want to make sure VP Monica Dixon at the Sept. 10 Vote Safe DC event. Capitol One Arena, the home of a pandemic, their work wouldn’t we continue that training process, the Wizards, will house a “super voting center” during the 2020 general election. Photo: DCBOE be possible without poll workers, and we want to make sure people the unsung heroes of every eleccontinue to apply to be poll workinclude five “super voting centers” at sites such as tion. Poll workers receive a small ers.” Students who meet election Nationals Park and Capital One Arena) or one of 95 stipend and put in long hours to ensure that your worker qualifications may receive a stipend and/or Election Day voting centers. vote gets counted. community service credits for their participation. DCBOE is accepting applications for early votSee the student election worker application for more Working at an Early Voting Center ing and Election Day workers for the upcoming elecinformation. Early voting centers will be open from Oct. 27 to tion. To qualify, you must be a DC resident, at least While assignments are made based on staffing Nov. 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. If assigned to 16 years old, and have completed at least four hours needs versus location preference, DCBOE will try to an early voting center, you will work one of two sixof training prior to the election. In addition, you assign you to a polling place near your home. For a hour shifts (8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. or 1:30 p.m.-7:30 must sign an oath stating that you will abide by the list and map of voting centers across the District, see p.m.) on days assigned. Early voting workers should same restrictions against political activity that DChttps://dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/nearby/ be available to work approximately four shifts, inBOE employees are obligated to follow: you may not index.html?appid=763576faa0b1470ca0559c377c cluding the weekend. Workers will be compensatcampaign for any elected office, hold an office in any f3b497. ed a maximum of $600 depending on the number political party or participate in the activities of any If you have questions see the FAQ, call DCBOE of shifts worked. candidate in the District. at 202-741-5283 or send an email to electionworkMichael Bennett, chair of the DCBOE, notes er@dcboe.org. Working on Election Day that for the upcoming election, DC will need about You too can be an election day hero! If you are assigned to an Election Day voting center, 4,000 poll workers. As of mid-September, more than you will be required to help set up the voting center Catherine Plume is a lifelong environmentalist, a writer 3,500 people had applied while 1,500 applicants and a blogger for the DC Recycler: www.DCRecycler. for two to three hours on the Monday prior to Elechad completed their training. blogspot.com; Twitter: @DC_Recycler. She is chair of the tion Day (Nov. 2) and then on Election Day (Nov. 3), Once you apply to be a worker, you’ll need to DC Chapter of the Sierra Club, but the perspectives exfrom 6:00 a.m. to approximately 9:00 p.m. Election sign up for training that takes from two to four hours. pressed here are her own and do not necessarily repreDay workers will earn a stipend of up to $250 with sent the positions of that organization. u Depending on your availability, you may be assigned precinct captains earning a stipend of up to $300. to work at one of the 32 early voting centers (which

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE WARD 6 ENDORSEMENTS Charles Allen

Democrat Ward 6 Councilmember I don’t have to tell you how crucial this year’s election is. On the national stage, electing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (and defeating Donald Trump) couldn’t be more important and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

be there with me. And as our city and nation wrestle to address systemic racism and right historic wrongs, Robert has been an incredible partner to build a more just city.

But this year’s election is crucial in DC as well. Who we elect represents our values, our priorities, and our vision for the place we call home. I’m asking you to help me re-elect Robert White as an At-Large member of the DC Council.

He’s been fighting for all residents and like me, Robert is a leader that works to bridge divides and move the District forward. At a time when the city we love is facing so many challenges and crises - and the pain cuts so unevenly across neighbors - Robert White is someone that we trust to make the right call and right decision.

As your Councilmember, I want you to know how much I trust and work with Robert at the Council. When there’s an important issue for Ward 6 - whether it’s funding our local schools, focusing on affordable housing, prioritizing our local businesses and neighborhoods - I know Robert will

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Independent DC At-Large Councilmember For the Democratic At-Large D.C. Council nomination, I encourage you to vote for Robert White, Jr. He deserves a second term on the D.C. Council, and I look forward to working with him for another four years. Robert has been a dedicated, thoughtful, and diligent member of my Committee on Labor and Workforce Development. It’s given me an up close opportunity to witness his commitment to improving the lives of District residents.

You have two votes to cast for At-Large members of the Council. Please re-elect Robert White with your first vote on this year’s ballot! Thank you and remember to vote early and vote safe!

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CHAMPION OF ALL ARE RIGHTS

A VOICE FOR THE ISSUES IMPORTANT TO YOU

Robert White is a constant champion of our community. He is leading the fight for social justice, including increasing trans rights. He has our full support.

Robert White is a proven ally on the DC Council supporting our Ward 6 Councilmember Allen on the issues that are important to Ward 6. His door is always open to listen and learn, providing aid and advice to our community. We ask you to vote and re-elect our Robert White, your Democratic Party Candidate for At Large Councilmember.

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MUTUAL AID KEEPS FIGHTING INEQUITIES ILLUMINATED BY COVID by Elizabeth O’Gorek

in the idea that a community can make sure that everyone in it has what they need to survive. “Basically, it means that the blessing of having something is that you can give it away to someone who doesn’t,” Cook said. Long-time organizers from across the District, including Cook, met shortly after Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a Public Health Emergency on March 13, to build the DC Mutual Aid Network. Each ward has a grassroots, decentralized group working together to meet the material needs in their communities such as food, housing and healthcare. Given how embedded SYCDC is in the Ward 6 community, it was a natural choice as the organizing hub for the work. The established non-profit already had the networks and the infrastructure to accept financial donations, help assemble volunteers, establish a telephone line and create a supply chain. While SYCDC is the facilitating anchor, W6MA takes the action in the community, working with affected people to solve problems in their everyday lives and working to change the policies that create those conditions. “It’s fighting and supporting — Volunteers sort supplies, games, masks and devices to be packed into backpacks at the W6MA Back to School Bash it’s not one or the other,” distribution event over three weekends around the start of the 2020-21 school year. Photo: Elizabeth Dranitzke, Serve Cook said. Since March, the Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid group’s activities have exand delivered weekly packages of groceries, masks panded exponentially. In and information to the homeless encampments livaddition to distributing more ing under the K and L Street overpasses. than $30,000 worth of groceries, W6MA has partnered with Listening to the Community more than 35 organizations to Miranda Mlilo is a 23-year-old who graduated from help deliver devices, tutoring the University of Maryland last year, and an expeand grocery delivery. It has derienced community organizer. She is the program livered more than 25,000 masks coordinator for the tutoring and youth enrichment and 20,000 public health fliers; programs that came out of W6MA. refurbished more than 110 used Mlilo said she was looking for ways to get incomputers; distributed 300 volved after seeing the work of mutual aid early in new devices, internet hotspots the pandemic. She wanted to address the achieveand supply packages through Volunteers pass out supplies, groceries, masks and public health literature ment gap in education, but she wanted to do it with to unhoused residents in NoMA. Photo: Elizabeth Dranitzke, Serve Your the DC Back to School Bash; City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid the families of affected students. y this time this article goes to press, it will have been more than six months since Ward 6 Mutual Aid (W6MA) performed its first act of collective community service. On March 18, at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the group first delivered groceries, supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) to neighbors who needed them. COVID-19 might have provided the impetus for the creation of W6MA, but it didn’t create the conditions that the community is working to change —and that will continue to exist after the pandemic is over, said Maurice Cook, Executive Director of Serve Your City DC (SYCDC), the nonprofit acting as the hub for W6MA efforts. “The virus put a flashlight on these disparities for everyone to see,” Cook said, pointing to gaps between white and black residents in health, financial security, education and politics. “But we need to keep the light on them even after the COVID crisis has passed.” The Blessing of Having Something Mutual aid is not a new concept, especially among brown and black communities. It’s based

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So Mlilo asked. Parents told her they were already feeling overwhelmed by the economic and health challenges of the pandemic, in addition to being concerned that their kids were not engaged with their education. “Students weren’t getting the sort of personalized and individualized attention that they need to succeed,” Mlilo said. She created the tutoring program to give them that attention, designing it with input from families. Tutors are matched based on educational needs, shared interests with students and scheduling. They are asked to commit to at least a semester at a time to build trust in their relationship with the kids. Students who began tutoring in the spring are now continuing in the fall with the same tutors, Mlilo said. “We’ve had parents say that they were afraid their kids were going to fail, and because of the help of the tutors, they are feeling less overwhelmed,” Mlilo said. “I think what is unique about our program is that we are constantly changing and adjusting as we recognize the needs of the community, rather than going in and imposing a system on these kids,” she added.

Making Ourselves Obsolete Pranav Nanda, a lead organizer with W6MA, said this approach is critical to the work of Mutual Aid. “If you want to help someone, the first thing you do is shut up and listen. What is the community asking for and how can we help facilitate that?” He said that from the outset, W6MA has focused on following the lead of established organizations who have been doing the work for generations. “We were really mindful about how can we add and leverage the awareness around

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A Different Set of Hands and Eyes This is a philosophy that the W6MA hub is practicing. “I’m probably the only board member who ever participated in the program as a beneficiary, “ said Naa Sackey, who recently joined the SYCDC Board. “It gives a different perspective on what is going on. It’s a different set of hands and eyes coming from someone who has been involved in this.” Sackey first encountered Cook through her children, who had participated in SYCDC’s Financial Literacy and College Neighbors pick up food, masks, surveys and other resources at Ellen Wilson Place in July. Photo: Prep programs before the Elizabeth Dranitzke, Serve Your City/Ward 6 pandemic. When COVID Mutual Aid first hit, she found herself in need of groceries, and these issues and the growing desire reached out to Cook. He gave her the to help,” Nanda said. “We wanted to number to contact mutual aid. add capacity to the groups that have “Someone actually showed up the relationships with the communiwith a box,” she said, “and I was like, ty, and galvanizing people into a susthis is what you’re doing? I know tained effort.” other people who would need this Nanda, a law student who has a help.” Sackey started to deliver grobackground as a teacher and in educeries and supplies to neighbors and cation policy, helped Cook organize others in need. Then, she started to the Back to School Bash, establish connect W6MA to childcare centers W6MA’s organizational approach, serving essential workers that needand propel advocacy work on issues ed supplies. such as internet access for all. “Maurice [Cook] saw what I was Those same principles used in doing and started giving me more mutual aid work should also apply to work to do,” Sackey remembered, government policy, Nanda said. So, laughing; “That’s how I got involved W6MA advocates to change the sys– it just kept growing from there.” tems that create inequities in violence, Back on her feet and with a dayhealth, education. That is the longtime job as a teaching assistant, Sackterm objective of mutual aid, he said. ey has been working with W6MA “There needs to be sustainever since. able, long-term systematic change For her next project, Sackey in place so that these issues do not hopes to help communities form pods exist and there are better systems in —small groups of 4 to 5 children suplace the next time, if we are unfortu42 H HILLRAG.COM

pervised by one adult. The network is working to find creative ways to provide small group care in ways that work for families, with both teachers and students already interested. “I don’t know –where do they put their kids when they have to go to work at a restaurant, or at a grocery store, or at a hospital?” she asked, with deep concern. “What are [the kids] doing? Are your kids even able to get into virtual classes?” W6MA would like to pay teachers or pod leaders for dedicated, regularly scheduled work, but Sackey says it’s hard to compete with the kind of paychecks being offered by the families that can afford to pay up to $5,000 a month for similar care. “At the end of the day, it really comes down to money,” she said. “Our place right now is to really find funds. It’s a hard road because there are so many needs. I think more so than anything, my prayer right now is that we’ll get the funding for everything we’re trying to do –because we are really trying to help.” Cook said he is confident that the community can look out for each other and work to make change for the future. “There’s enough love from the people to be able to take care of everyone,” Cook said. “There just is. Our work is to capture it and bring it together.” Do you need help? Do you want to volunteer, or donate masks, technology or supplies? Email Ward6MutualAid@ gmail.com, or call the Ward 6 Mutual Aid hotline between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. at 202-6839962. Get more information or make financial donations at ServeYourCityDC.com. u

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spent developing relationships with retailers hen COVID-19 cases beand agencies across the DMV, according to gan surging, the nation president and CEO Marni Barron. faced an immediate shortOriginally focused on education consultage of personal protective ing, Soul Tree has expanded its scope since its equipment (PPE). Localfounding in 2011. It has partnered with Aetly, District healthcare workers had to care for na, which insures DC govcoronavirus patients with ernment employees, and scant supplies of protective AmeriHealth, which congear, risking exposure to the nects residents to Medicaid. virus as they treated it. But Soul Tree has also deone local consulting firm has veloped an enduring conhelped people in the District nection with NOVA Retail, and across the country access a Virginia-based promoPPE, even in the pandemic’s tional marketing and event early days. company that provides cusSoul Tree (www.soultreeconsulting.com) – a DC tom-branded products. To consulting firm focused on produce its custom prodassisting government agenucts, the retail company cies, corporate customers had worked for 11 years and schools – has helped to with manufacturing plants keep people safe during the in China. When those Marni Barron, Soul Tree’s president pandemic, thanks to years and CEO. plants began producing COVID-19 PPE, NOVA Retail decided to shift its focus.

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That shift prompted NOVA Retail to call Barron in March. Around then, the retailer developed a subsidiary called Patriot Safety Company (www.patriotsafetycompany. com), sensing that its events-focused business wouldn’t be feasible during the pandemic. Patriot Safety Company employees asked Barron, whose array of clients has grown over the years, a simple question: “Do you have anyone you know who would want to buy PPE?” Barron’s response was straightforward: “The whole world.”

Supplying Locally and Nationally Barron had contacts eager to purchase the masks, sanitizers and face shields Patriot Safety Company was beginning to distribute. But facilitating sales to government entities and healthcare companies required going through some technical hoops, she said. As she navigated this process, cases began to rise as PPE dwindled. “My heart would break,” she said. “I would watch the news and see places like New York City, which was one of the first that couldn’t get the supplies, and we’re sitting here with a warehouse filled with them in Northern Virginia.” Soon, though, she managed to fulfill legal requirements, first connecting with local contacts and then healthcare companies. Due to longstanding relationships with the Chinese manufacturing plants and an existing delivery process, NOVA Retail did not experience supply delays. Thanks to that, Barron’s expertise and Soul Tree’s expansive clientele, Patriot Safety Company was able to provide lifesaving equipment to healthcare professionals, including Aetna employees. The company has even distributed Aetna-branded PPE kits throughout the country, including back-to-school “backpack kits” stocked with child-size masks, mini-sanitizers and alcohol wipes. As distribution expanded beyond the DC area, Barron began connecting with more customers: universities, school systems, medical suppliers, hospitals, government institutions and individuals. With the help of Soul Tree, Patriot Safety Company has sold over 1.5 million PPE units since mid-March.

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/ The Numbers /

DC COUNCIL HELPS THOSE THE FEDS LEFT OUT

he pandemic continues to devastate District residents and the economy, with tens of thousands of workers laid off, the pandemic limiting economic activity, and nearly 15,000 residents infected with the virus. One in four adults with children in DC say they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford enough food for their kids, and one in 10 adults in rental housing is behind on rent, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Prioritiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; analysis of new Census data. This raises the worry that evictions will spike once the local eviction moratorium is lifted after the public health emergency ends â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and drives home that DC residents, and residents across the country, need money in their pockets. Access to health insurance and healthcare has never been more important.

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by Kate Coventry Federal relief measures have helped some, but there are significant gaps, such as leaving many immigrant households without unemployment benefits, health insurance, stimulus checks or other forms of assistance. The DC Council took some steps to address these gaps in the fiscal year 2021 budget. For example, it allocated $9 million for cash assistance to excluded workers, including undocumented workers and day laborers. Combined with a $5 million investment from Events DC (the semi-public company that owns and manages the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, RFK Stadium and Nationals Park), this brings the total investment to $14 million. While a good start, this is less than half of the approximately $30 million needed to provide a modest $1,000 in cash assistance for all excluded workers. Unfortunately, it is unclear at this time if new proposed legislative language will allow the funding to reach all excluded workers, as was intended during budget negotiations. To address child hunger, the administration participated in the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program last year and has reapplied for September 2020. This program provides an estimated $114 per child to any family whose children participated in the free and reduced breakfast and lunch programs at school. This is one of the few federal programs that does not limit access based on immigration status, so families who are undocu-

mented can benefit. Approximately 68,000 children qualified last year. The DC Council took a critical step in improving the DC Healthcare Alliance, a locally funded program for immigrants. Until September, the alliance shut out thousands of eligible residents with onerous requirements, forcing recipients to line up at service centers twice a year, while their US-citizen neighbors can apply for Medicaid annually through an online portal. This made it hard for eligible residents to maintain health coverage and access crucial services like check-ups and immunizations. The DC Council recognized that the sixmonth re-enrollment requirement has been an enormous obstacle for eligible residents. Workers with limited access to child care and full-time work find it difficult to complete the frequent-interview requirement. Beyond that, many families are forced to make multiple trips because of a lack of language assistance, long lines and delays in staff processing. Often, they must go several times to finish re-enrollment. The re-enrollment requirement and other barriers are particularly painful for immigrant residents, who are grappling with hostile fed-

EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF CAPITOL HILL & BEYOND eral policies that make accessing public benefits a fearful, intimidating process. Only 50% of participants renew their eligibility, according to data from the District’s Department of Health Care Finance. During the first year of the policy, from October 2011 to October 2012, the number of DC residents in the DC Healthcare Alliance dropped by one-third, from 24,000 to 16,000 (see figure). Enrollment has fluctuated modestly since then but currently stands around 16,000, despite continued growth in the District’s population. The DC Council has acted to ease this burden by allowing alliance beneficiaries to do their sixmonth recertification by phone. While this does not put recipients on par with other health insurance recipients, it should ease their burden and help them retain insurance coverage. The District strives to be a welcoming city for immigrants, but it is difficult to encourage use of programs, like the alliance, when policymakers impose unnecessary barriers. This shows that we’re falling short of welcoming our immigrant neighbors. While the DC Council has taken important steps to help those excluded from federal assistance, policymakers can do more. The mayor and the council should work together to remove the six-month recertification requirement in the FY 2022 budget and remove other obstacles that keep residents from participating. And the council should ensure that any new legislative language will allow the cash assistance funding to reach all excluded workers, as originally intended. ◆

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/ Our River: The Anacostia /

KEEPING SCORE WITH THE RIVERKEEPER by Bill Matuszeski

he Anacostia Riverkeeper is part of the Waterkeeper Alliance, which operates along rivers and their watersheds all around the world. There are 18 Waterkeeper organizations operating throughout the Chesapeake watershed alone. The interim Anacostia riverkeeper is Trey Sherard, who has spent the past eight and a half years working with communities along our river. Sherard also serves as chair of the Anacostia Watershed Citizen Advisory Committee hosted by the Metropolitan Council of Governments. And he is a member of the Mayor’s Leadership Coordinating Council for the River. Sherard grew up along the Atlantic coast in Wilmington, North Carolina, and studied marine biology at Duke. I spent some time recently learning what the riverkeeper is doing, and asked about progress on the Anacostia.

Engaging the Public The riverkeeper’s main task, I learned, is to reach out and engage the public in the clean-up progress along the Anacostia, and to assess the work to be done and how to make it happen. Depending on the issue, the job is to engage communities, neighborhoods, families and/or individuals. This includes learning what is possible through such activities as fishing, kayaking, boat tours and citizen monitoring of water quality. “We also demonstrate green infrastructure actions at churches and other large community gathering places that you can carry out at home on your property – such things as controlling stormwater runoff by installing rain barrels or rain gardens, Sherard says. “Also, there are some issues where the political clout of organized citizens is the best way to assure a positive response from government or the private sector.”

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is looking forward to more. One of the big issues is the handling of combined sewer overflows or CSOs. Nearly all the older US cities, for the last century or more, have used Trey Sherard proudly surrounded by Anacostia River trash. Photo: stormwater runoff to flush out the Anacostia Riverkeeper sanitary sewer effluents from houstion of toxic pollution has been helped by DC’s rees and businesses. But the engineers who designed cent legal settlement with Monsanto related to PCBs, and installed these systems failed to envision the ina particularly nasty family of toxic chemicals found creased stormwater flow from development and pavthroughout much of Our River and known to cause ing over the years. cancer and life-long learning disabilities in children Since it would be a disaster to allow the comborn to mothers exposed to them. PCBs were probined sewers to back up into basements or overflow duced by Monsanto and used in paints, sealants, into the streets, they were designed to discharge dicaulking and electric appliances until they were rectly into rivers and streams during a storm. Soon banned in 1979. They have ended up in air, water, there was a call for clean-up, and since separating the soil and fish and do not break down. The compasewer lines was prohibitive, in many cities the deny has agreed to pay $52 million to help pay for the cision was made to build tunnels to store the comclean-up. bined sewage until it could be handled by the treatIn another important action, the Department of ment plants. Energy & Environment (DOEE) has delivered the DC has been leading this effort nationally, and interim record of decision (ROD) to define how they the system designed for the Anacostia, which is well will clean up contaminated sediments in the River. underway, is the best in the region. There has already “The ROD is focused on a number of sites where been a 90% reduction in combined sewer overflows the most serious pollution is evident,” says Sherard, in the Anacostia, and when the tunnel system is com“but the clean-up of these early action areas will be plete in 2023 that will go up to 98%. just the first big steps toward the successful cleanup Sherard is also pleased with the new trash colof over a century of toxics entering the River.” The lection boats run by DC Water, which appear to be interim ROD and other related reports are available doing a good job of gathering up much of the trash at www.anacostiasedimentproject.com. that has entered the system through direct runoff, sewers or other sources. More to Be Done

Communicating and Monitoring As Sherard sees it, “The key now is to establish a credible information system to designate what is safe to do where – swimming, fishing or whatever. The combined sewers are not the only sources of pollutants, so more needs to be done. And there must more efforts supported to engage the public in helping monitor water quality and cleanup efforts themselves to know what is safe, when and where.” Sherard also believes that control and reduc-

All this is not to say that everything is fine. As optimistic as Sherard is about the progress, he has a list of things that still bear watching. “First, we need to develop the means to tell the public quickly and accurately about safe and unsafe areas and conditions – increasing investment in DOEE’s volunteer water quality monitors and adding real-time spill advisories by DC Water for overflows and breaks in sewer lines.” “Second,” he notes, “we need to make sure that progress continues on toxic clean-ups beyond just

the early action areas in the Interim ROD, in particular Kenilworth Park (formerly landfill), the cove below the site of the old Pepco powerplant above Benning Road, and Lower Beaverdam Creek in Maryland, which empties lots of toxics into the river at the DC line.” “Third,” he continues, “there are numerous toxic hotspots just below the threshold for early action under the interim ROD. They should not be forgotten while the bigger problem areas are being treated.” “Fourth,” he adds, “we need to know how setting the channel depths on the river for the toxics cleanups will impact the river’s capacity to handle flash floods and large water volumes from storms now and in the future. Once the channel depths are set and capped to control the toxics in the sediments, it will be difficult and expensive to deepen them, if allowed at all.” “Finally, plastics are a pervasive pollutant difficult to capture and remove, so significant effort needs to go into preventing their widespread distribution. Singleuse plastic bottles, for example, comprise up to 60% of the floating trash in our river. Existing laws on plastic bags and foam need to be better enforced.” These are the tough problems. If you want to help in finding solutions and keeping the pressure on to make progress, feel free to check in with Sherard and the Anacostia Riverkeeper offices at www.anacostiariverkeeper.org or by e-mailing trey@anacostiariverkeeper.org. You will find them a great bunch of folks to work with on practical solutions. Bill Matuszeski is a member of the Mayor’s Leadership Council for a Cleaner Anacostia River and the retired director of the Chesapeake Bay Program. He serves on the board of Friends of the National Arboretum and on citizen advisory committees for the Chesapeake and the Anacostia. ◆

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ix months ago, I would have written about Hill Center’s successful past year and the promising new year ahead. But then along came COVID. Like all community organizations, we have struggled to make our way in an uncertain world. The good news is that we fully expect to come out of this challenging time stronger and better. The pandemic may have closed the building, but our resourceful and imaginative staff has come up with all sorts of ways to stay “open.” We are expanding online programming and have had an enthusiastic response. We’ve seen record online attendance for Talk of the Hill, culi- Bill Press takes his popular Talk of the Hill program online with Charlie Cook of The Cook Report nary instruction, a live concert, book talks and art and music classes for children. Not all our 29 proworks from Uniting US Artists, a national group of vetgram partners can adapt their offerings to a remote erans and family members, 30 of whom will have artaudience, but we are still able to provide a wide variworks in the show. (HillCenterDC.org/Galleries) Hill ety of programming. Center’s annual Pottery on the Hill Show and Sale will Two upcoming art events would be great live or be bigger and better than ever. From Nov. 13-15, 45 virtual. Oct. 1, Hill Center will launch our first expotters from 10 states will be showing – and selling – clusively virtual art show. The show will feature 125 their pots online. A silent auction to benefit Hill Center will run Nov. 5-15 and feature a pot from each artist. (PotteryontheHillDC.org) While online activities serve our community and expand our geographical reach, there is no substitute for being there in person. Bringing people together physically builds community and trust among neighbors. We look forward to resuming special events – outdoor micro-weddings as people pare down their celebrations, small-group tutoring indoors. We are reopening safely in accordance with the mayor’s directions and will hold events outdoors when possible, reduce the number attendees to accommodate social distancing, require everyone to wear masks, set up hand-sanitizing stations and air purifiers throughout the building, and increase disinfection and sanitizing of rooms and equipment. We’ve already successfully opened our doors to Busy Bees, a music and art camp for young children. Hill Center Superintendent Frank Robinson working on socially distanced meeting configurations We are doing everything possible to steer the

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ship through this COVID storm. At the helm is the redoubtable Diana Ingraham, our first and only executive director, and her first-rate staff. It is astonishing how much is done every day by so few. Diana and her staff of 10 are the face and heart of Hill Center. In normal times, they are assisted by a dedicated group of volunteers who greet people at reception, give tours and do data entry, among other things. There are about 50 volunteers available at any given time and they enjoy the opportunity to meet members of the community. We have faced hurdles before and, always with help from our community, we have cleared them. Working together, we’ll handle this.

Planning for the Future It was hard to imagine 20 years ago that a derelict building with scruffy grounds could become a thriving center for arts, education and community. The Old Naval Hospital – commissioned by Abraham Lincoln in 1864 – had not been maintained for years. No seer could have envisioned that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor would one day take questions on the second floor while Tai Chi was taught across the hall. Now tiny ballerinas share a building with millennials who come to learn to make Dinner on a Dime or mingle with older neighbors at a Talk of the Hill conversation between veteran journalist Bill Press and a member of Congress. It all happens in a building where walls are hung with the works of local artists and on grounds that host both bluegrass concerts and weddings. It took a while to get there. In 2002, a diverse group of neighbors organized the Old Naval Hospital Foundation to determine if this ugly duckling of a site could become a swan. As part of the transformation, hundreds of Hill residents contributed ideas and funds. After an $11.2-million restoration, Hill Center opened to the public in 2011 and a new community began to emerge. Hill Center was a success. Before COVID, more than 50,000 visitors a year came for classes, concerts, lectures, art exhibits and other quality programs in the beautifully refurbished

All Hands On Deck Hill Center needs to raise $100,000 to keep Hill Center operating smoothly well into 2021 and beyond. Our campaign is called All Hands on Deck because we must work together to ensure Hill Center’s future. We are asking that donations for the next six months be designated to support operations. This will enable Hill Center to continue expanding online offerings while maintaining the flexibility to open when safe. To donate go to https:// www.hillcenterdc.org/donate/ or mail your tax-deductible donation to Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington DC, 20003 building. The carriage house that once held horse-drawn ambulances now houses a Michelin-starred café. The main building is fully accessible and responsibly green. We quickly learned, though, that the building could become a victim of our success. Heavy use takes a toll on an old structure. We had achieved our goal that operating income pay for our operating costs. That income, however, can(Continued on pg. 52)

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/ Women of Ward 6 /

CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON by Marci Hilt

ctober’s Woman of Ward 6 is Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who is now in her 15th term as the US Representative for the District of Columbia. She is a national figure, a civil rights and feminist leader, a tenured professor of law and a board member at three Fortune 500 companies. She has been named as one of the 100 most important American women in one survey, and one of the most powerful women in Washington in another. Norton has been a tireless advocate for DC statehood, as well as working to preserve and create jobs for DC residents. “After 219 years of Congress denying DC residents congressional voting rights and full local self-government,” she recently said, “we are on the cusp of another historic first for DC statehood in a year of historic firsts for DC statehood. Americans living in all 50 states recognize that this is a fight for fairness and equal representation.” Norton is a third-generation Washingtonian. While a student at Dunbar High School, she was elected junior class president and was a member of the National Honor Society. She earned her B.A. from Antioch College, her M.A. from Yale and her L.L.B. from Yale Law School. While she was in college and graduate school, she was active in the civil rights movement and an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. By the time she graduated from Antioch, she had been arrested for organizing and participating in sit-ins in Washington, Maryland and Ohio. While she was in law school, she traveled to Mississippi for the Mississippi Freedom Summer and worked with civil rights stalwarts such as Medgar Evers. Before she was elected to Congress in 1990, President Jimmy Carter appointed her in 1977 to serve as the first woman to chair the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She released the EEOC’s first set of reg-

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ulations outlining what constituted sexual harassment and declaring that sexual harassment was indeed a form of sexual discrimination that violated federal civil rights laws. She taught full-time before being elected to Congress and is a tenured professor of law at Georgetown University, teaching an upperclass seminar there every year. She was elected as a delegate to the US House in 1990, taking office on Jan. 3, 1991, and has been reelected every two years since. Delegates to Congress are entitled to vote in committee and to offer amendments in the Committee of the Whole, but are not allowed to take part in legislative floor votes. She chairs the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit and serves on the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. She has advanced economic development to DC. Successes include bringing the US Department of Homeland Security headquarters – currently the largest federal construction project in the country – to the District, as well as the relocation of 6,000 jobs to the Washington Navy Yard. She helped ensure that the new headquarters for the US Department of Transportation would be sited in Southeast, and worked to see construction of new headquarters for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, along with an additional Metro station at New York Avenue. The Women of Ward 6 Initiative is a non-partisan recognition of Ward 6’s women. In partnership with the National Woman’s Party, Capitol Hill Restoration Society and the Hill Rag, the initiative will culminate this year, the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Marci Hilt is a retired communications coordinator and press secretary for the US Department of Agriculture and the Office of the US Trade Representative. She writes and edits EMMCA MATTERS and is treasurer of the Ward 6 Democrats. u

(Continued from pg. 51) not cover the major repair and replacement costs that will come as the facility ages. To preserve this historic landmark for future generations, we established the Hill Center Preservation Endowment to cover capital costs – elevator and roof repair, for instance – in perpetuity. The community again responded and the endowment is growing. We hoped to weather COVID without fundraising, but this historic crisis has exhausted our means. Our efforts to support ourselves with government relief programs and other grants cannot make up for the deficit caused by severely reducing in-person programming and events. Now we need All Hands on Deck to raise $100,000 to keep Hill Center operating smoothly well into 2021 and beyond. The campaign is called All Hands on Deck because we must work together to ensure Hill Center’s future. We are asking that donations for the next six months be designated to support operations. Based on conservative budgeting, this will enable Hill Center to continue expanding online offerings while maintaining the flexibility to open when safe. I hope when you read about the state of Hill Center next year, we will have a different story to tell. I hope you will read about the incredible response to All Hands on Deck and all the people who have become part of our story. We can’t wait to see you again. In person. To donate go to https:// www.hillcenterdc.org/donate/ or mail your tax-deductible donation to Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington DC, 20003 u

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vices. This motion was the last piece of official business brought before the ANC. Time expired before the commissioners were able to hear adequate community feedback before voting. Similarly, adequate time was not allocated during the July ANC6A meeting to allow for community comments relating to the letter. As a result, a petition was postANC 6A REPORT ed online which led to a dialogue between Gove and concerned members of the ANC, culminating in a listening by Nick L. Alberti session at the August meeting of the Community Outreach Committee (COC), with seven out of eight comChair Amber Gove (6A04) convened the missioners present. In response to comments heard durSept. 10 meeting of Advisory Neighboring this listening session, Gove, Brown, Phillips-Gilbert hood Commission (ANC) 6A via Weand Alcorn read prepared remarks during the Septembex, with Commissioners Marie-Claire ber meeting of ANC6A. Brown (6A01), Phil Toomajian (6A02), Speaking first, Gove began by affirming that “we Mike Soderman (6A03), Ruth Ann Hudhave much to do to rectify four-hundred-plus years of racson (6A05), Stephanie Zimny (6A06), ism” and apologizing to the community and accepting reSondra Phillips-Gilbert (6A07) and Brisponsibility, in her capacity as chair of the ANC, for how an Alcorn (6A08) in attendance. the initial motion was handled during the June meeting. She explained that the motion should have been posted uring ANC6A’s June as an agenda item to allow for more community input, meeting, the commisand she committed to redoubling efforts to post future sioners voted to send a ANC business on the agenda in advance of each meeting. letter to Mayor BowsIn defense of the commissioners’ decision, she coner and Councilmember tinued, “[While] our neighbors are outraged by the reAllen in support of continued fundpeated injustices against black and brown neighbors ... ing for the Metropolitan Police Dethey don’t believe dismantling the police force is the partment (MPD), with a fofirst step we need to get there.” She went on to express cus on funding mental concern for the immense variety of situations the police health serare expected to handle. “Relying on our police force to solve all of our challenges,” she said, “is like relying on emergency rooms for healthcare.” Statements made by Brown, Phillips-Gilbert and Alcorn largely echoed the sentiments of Gove. The commissioners then heard prepared statements from a number of residents both in support of the original motion and in opposition. Gove explained that while the original letter could not be rescinded, as the budget was complete, the ANC would draft a follow-up to the DC Council including comments from residents. She also encouraged residents to report specific instances of concern to MPD’s community outreach coordinators or the Office of Police Complaints. Commissioners voted unanimously to draft a follow-up letter to the DC Council including comments from residents. A full recording of this meeting, including each commissioner’s statements, is available at www.ANC6A.org/agendas/.

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ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 6A AMBER GOVE, CHAIR, AMBERANC6A@GMAIL.COM Serving the Near Northeast, North Lincoln Park, Rosedale, and H Street communities ANC 6A generally meets the second Thursday of the month, at Miner Elementary School, 601 15th Street, NE.

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ALL ARE WELCOME from constituents that MPD is not compliant with current health and safety guidelines and other regulations pertaining to ensuring reasonable accommodations for all community members, including sign language interpretation. The commissioners tabled sending a letter to the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) inquiring how it plans to ensure access to recreation centers and facilities for the community. The commissioners voted unanimously to send a letter of support for the stipulated application of DC Culinary Academy LLC, t/a Brine, at 13571359 H St. NE (ABRA #110889) for a modification to the establishment’s ABRA license to add a summer garden endorsement; and that the ANC authorize the chair of the ANC and/ or co-chairs of the Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Committee (ABL) to sign such letter. The commissioners voted unanimously to modify ANC6A’s settlement agreement with Callister Technology and Entertainment LLC, t/a Duffy’s Irish Pub, at 1016 H St. NE (ABRA #111076) to allow for four special events per year with live music in the summer garden until 9 p.m., provided that notice of the event be given to the chair of the ANC and the co-chairs of the ABL at least 48 hours before the event; and that the ANC authorize the chair of the ANC and/or co-chairs of the ABL to negotiate and file such modification. The commissioners voted unanimously to modify ANC6A’s settlement agreement with Callister Technology and Entertainment LLC, t/a Duffy’s Irish Pub, at 1016 H St. NE (ABRA #111076) to allow for a second sidewalk café, coterminous with the designated “parklet,” with identical hours to the establishment’s existing sidewalk café, and an occupancy limit consistent with all DC government guidance and restrictions, and that the ANC authorize the chair of the ANC and/or co-chairs of the ABL to negotiate and file such modification.

The commissioners voted unanimously to send a letter to the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) requesting striping at intersections to be identified by the Transportation and Public Space Committee, with opportunity for community input prior to the next ANC meeting. The initial draft list is: D Street at each intersection from Ninth to 14th streets, plus 16th and 19th streets NE; 12th Street at C, D and E streets NE, Wylie Court and I Street NE; I Street from Eighth Street to Florida Avenue NE; 13th Street at D, E and F streets NE. The commissioners voted unanimously to send a letter to DDOT requesting a hearing postponement of Public Space Application 353808 for the replacement of a non-conforming fence at 1660 Gales St. NE because the case was received by the ANC without 30 days’ notice prior to the hearing. The commissioners voted unanimously to require extra signage announcing upcoming Economic Development and Zoning Committee (EDZ) meeting and ANC meeting dates for all applicants for zoning and historic district relief before they are added to the agenda for the EDZ. The signage will be printed and made available by the ANC and must be posted in a prominent location. ANC 6A will hold its next meeting on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. on Webex. For more information visit www.anc6a.org. u

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The Next meeting is 2nd Thursday, October 8th, 7:00 p.m. Due to the current COVID - 19 Pandemic ANC6A will be hosting the October ANC Meeting virtually via WebEx Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee meeting 1st Tuesday, October 6, 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via WebEx Transportation & Public Space Committee meeting 3rd Monday, October 19, 2020 (3rd Monday), 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via WebEx Economic Development and Zoning Committee meeting 3rd Wednesday, October 21, 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via WebEx Community Outreach Committee meeting 4th Monday, October 26, 2020, 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via WebEx Instructions for accessing the meeting via WebEx has been posted under Hot Topics at anc6a.org. Call-in information will be announced via listserv announcement and posted 24 hours prior to the meeting on this page (Community Calendar at anc6a.org). You will be able to enter the meeting no earlier than 15 minutes prior to its scheduled start time.

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ing of the full commission on Tuesday, Sept. 8, via Webex, with a quorum of eight commissioners: Jennifer Samolyk (6B01), Gerald Sroufe (6B02, secretary), Brian Ready (6B03, chair), Kirsten Oldenburg (6B04), Steve Holtzman (6B05), Corey Holman (6B06, treasurer), Kelly Waud (6B07, parliamentarian), Chander Jayaraman (6B08, vice-chair) and Denise Krepp (6B10). ANC 6B09 is vacant.

t the meeting, commissioners voted to oppose the application for zoning changes for a planned unit development (PUD) at 1333 M St. SE, stating that they found “the proffered public benefits insufficient.” The project was to be heard before the DC Zoning Commission (ZC) on Sept. 10, when ZC representatives could rule on the developer’s request to rezone the parcel to allow for construction of the project. The ANC noted that an increase in the public benefits contribution from the $25,000 currently offered by the developer, toward securing a site for an adult day center (ADC), to $250,000 would meet the required threshold. The ADC was proposed by Capitol Hill Village, the local nonprofit that helps residents age in place on the Hill. Felice Development Group (FDG) is planning the 13-story, 791,063-square-foot, mixed-use project on the triangle where M and Water streets meet the Virginia Avenue SE right-of-way. The PUD requires FDG to mitigate impacts of the project as well as provide items that “benefit the

surrounding neighborhood or the public in general.” Those benefits are outlined in a memorandum of understanding (MOU), a contract with the community as represented by the ANC. Some benefits currently included are: larger, two-bedroom inclusionary zoning at low rates, public space improvements and improvements to surrounding roadways and bike trails. At the Sept. 10 hearing before the ZC that followed this meeting, FDG announced it will provide the requested $250,000 for the benefit of Capitol Hill Seniors as part of the PUD. The ZC will resume consideration of the application at a hearing on Oct. 15.

Hill East Lot Surplussing Director of Hill East Redevelopment Ketan Gada appeared on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) to discuss the plans for development of Reservation 13. As part of the Hill East Phase 2 development process, the surplus process has been initiated for eight parcels located on the Hill East site. Surplussing is the process by which the DC Council certifies that property is not necessary for District needs and can be developed. DMPED has specifically identified Parcel A, Parcel B-1, Parcel B-2, Parcel C, Parcel E, Parcel F-2, Parcel G-2 and Parcel H on the Hill East campus (see map), a total of 490,000 square feet, for redevelopment in Phase 2. The determination of which properties will be offered in the first request for proposals (RFP) will be made by DMPED together with the Department of

General Services (DGS), Gada said, noting that roads will have to be constructed in concert with development. He pointed to infrastructure considerations throughout the property, including a huge DC sewer line that runs below grade, a downward slope 30 feet from parcel F1 to parcel C and a number of small structures that require demolition. Each lot is also subject to different zoning considerations and will be developed in compliance with the Hill East master plan, he added. Properties not selected in this round will be released in a later RFP. Gada said that DMPED has received more than 600 emails on the topic. A Sept. 2 public hearing on the matter was attended virtually and via telephone by more than 120 residents, including Commissioner Krepp. Krepp said she attended via telephone and asked Gada why she was muted throughout the hearing. Gada cited difficulties in managing online meetings and promised to improve as he learned.

Discussion on Sports Wagering License Deferred Alcohol Beverage Committee Chair Jayaraman said that discussion of the application by Handle19, an establishment planned at the site of the former Stanton Greene (319 Pennsylvania Ave. SE), to add sports wagering to the ABRA Class C Restaurant license had been deferred to October to allow for greater conversation with the community. The applicant agreed to request an extension to the protest hearing deadline, Jayaraman added.

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Southeast perspective of the PUD at 1333 M St. SE, showing retail view supported by ANC 6B. Image: Webex screenshot, Felice Development Group

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Commissioners voted the following actions: • To support a historic preservation application (HPA) for a third-story addition at 610 A St. SE, by a vote of 7-1-1. Applicant had met with neighbors, reduced the height of the addition and increased the setback. Neighbors still objected to the impact of the project, citing lack of notice, size and scale and impact on the alley viewshed, but commissioners noted that the project was byright and that the applicant had made an effort to compromise. • To support the renewal of the Class A Retail liquor sales license for the Safeway supermarket (415 14th St. SE). Alcohol Beverage Committee Chair Jayaraman said that the grocery store had agreed to a reduction in hours to match surrounding businesses as part of a signed settlement agreement. Hours are: Sunday to Thursday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday

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from 7 a.m. to 12 a.m. • To send a letter of support for the public space application (PSA) from the Department of General Services (DGS) to begin construction on Phase 2 of the Eastern Market Metro Plaza Project (EMMP). Holtzman said the letter was originally drafted July 28, but not sent due to illness. The EMMP manager had asked Holtzman for a letter of support, saying that the Public Space Committee of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) required a letter stating ANC support before issuing a construction permit. • To support a letter to DDOT favoring Alternative A of the Pennsylvania Avenue Corridor Study to install protected bike lanes from Second Street SE to Barney Circle. The letter encourages DDOT to prioritize solutions that increase cyclist and pedestrian comfort as the study progresses, and to be mindful of the resulting diversion of traffic flow. • To send a letter to DMPED (7-0-2) requesting adequate notice to residents of Hill East prior to meetings on the topic of Reservation 13. Krepp said that many residents do not have internet or email access, and that fliers and telephone calls would have captured a larger number of comments. The letter also said that residents attending the Sept. 2 meeting via telephone had difficulty participating, and called for an additional meeting to hear resident views before the surplussing process moves forward. • To support a motion to hire an executive director to assist the ANC. The next meeting of ANC 6B is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13. For up-to-date information on meetings and how to join a virtual meeting, visit www.anc6b.org. Learn about ANC 6B and committees and subscribe to the newsletter by visiting www.anc6b.org, email 6b@anc. dc.gov or find @ANC6B on Twitter. u

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via Webex: Christine Healey (6C01, secretary), Karen Wirt (6C02, chair), Jay Adelstein (6C03), Mark Eckenwiler (6C04, vice chair), Joel Kelty (6C05, treasurer) and Drew Courtney (6C06).

t the Sept. 9 meeting, commissioners unanimously voted to approve a motion to reallocate unused funds from the current fiscal year for use in grantmaking as well as to double the amount for COVID-19-related grantmaking in the FY2021 ANC budget from $15,000 to $30,000. By the end of the meeting, ANC 6C had awarded a total of $15,000 in grants for the current fiscal year, voting to allocate $3,500 to Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School for supplies and $7,500 to Everyone Home DC, a nonprofit that works to prevent homelessness. “We had programmed a fair amount of money for purchase of service, specifically for sign language interpretation,” said Kelty, who proposed the motions. “We haven’t needed to use that. I would like to reprogram and I make a motion to reprogram $4,000 for that line item to the grants line item to fund some proposed grants that we’ll be discussing.” Kelty emphasized the importance of using the remaining funds before the end of the fiscal year to help local community organizations. “If we don’t spend the money it goes back to the treasury, and I think the DC government is a less good steward of your money than we are,” Kelty told attendees. “I’m proposing that we dramatically increase [our] grants budget for next year to $15,000, of which we’ve only spent $7,328.” Grant making by ANCs is normally limited by strict regulations that limit what and whom can be funded. In the spring, the District Office of ANCs (OANC) sent a memo to commissioners saying that many restrictions to grant-making were temporarily lifted due to the COVID emergency to encourage ANCs to help residents through the emergency. Healey said that amid the COVID-19 pandemic there was an increased need for grant funding. “It’s a big jump,” Healey said of the increase to the Grants Committee budget. “But it’s also the case that the restrictions pre-COVID were very tight and made it very difficult to find appropriate grants, and now we have a situation in which there are great needs around the city, and we have more flexibility to address those needs.”

Hearing on Five-Unit Conversion Deferred The ANC voted to send a letter to support the deferral of a Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) hearing on an application for special exemption to convert an existing row house into a five-unit apartment at 622 I St. NE, including a three-bedroom affordable unit. The applicant has requested a deferral, from the original hearing date of Oct. 7, to Oct. 21, after the October meeting of ANC 6C to allow for further discussion. Plans call for the addition of a third story, filling in a dogleg, expanding the rear of the structure and adding a cellar. The applicant will construct a new alley-facing structure toward the rear of the property that will be connected to the existing structure. The applicant, VBS Construction, requested a waiver to conversion regulations in order to permit the building to extend more than 10 feet past the furthest rear wall of any adjoining principal residential building on adjacent property. The application also required a variance to the lot occupancy requirements. Eckenwiler said that the committee’s general position on the proposed construction and the BZA regulations was that it “does not comply with regulations” on alterations regarding rooftop architectural elements, and the new construction’s adverse effects on light and air to surrounding properties was “fatal” to the application. While Kelty said he supported increasing the access and availability of affordable housing, he also expressed concern about what the project means for neighborhood residents, especially allowing the exemption, which would amount to an 11-foot wall along the neighboring property. “We have zoning regulations to protect and to create a coherent, consistent neighborhood where people have some assurance that they’re going to be able to live in a neighborhood that has a certain character and feeling to it,” Kelty said. “This thing flies in the face of all this, this proposal fundamentally conflicts with the very regulation from which they’re requiring relief.” Courtney said he supports the motion to delay the hearing but also had concerns about the ANC’s role in affordable housing. “I would in no way say that there aren’t impacts to building this stuff. But we are in the midst of an affordable housing crisis,” he said. “I think we need to take seriously whether our ANC is a help or a hindrance to building affordable housing.”

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Games of Skill Commissioners unanimously supported a motion to protest the application of Allure Lounge (711 H St. NE) and Bar Elena (414 H St. NE) to the Alcohol and Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) for a substantial change, adding games of skill to their license provisions in pursuit of a settlement agreement. “I don’t think that there is going to be just a few establishments in our neighborhood that are going to be requesting,” said Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee Chair Steve O’Neal. “I think it’s going to be a much broader trend, especially as places are trying to figure out how to maintain their revenue. So, if it allows an establishment to keep their doors open, that might be something that we could be in favor of.” O’Neal said if ANC members and the ABL committee can work together to develop a protest strategy and policy, they will likely have ample time to negotiate. Commissioners also voted to: • Send two letters to the Federal Railroad Administration regarding potential problems with the new infrastructure plan for Union Station. The commissioners are seeking increased capacity for bicycle accommo-

dation and creation of public spaces to enhance the quality of life of individuals in the area. The motion passed unanimously. • Support modifications made to a public space application at the Logan School (215 G St. NE) to include one-way circulation through the parking lot, remove a 42-inch fence and add more bike racks. • Support a revised historic preservation application at 312 Third St. NE for a two-story rear addition. The applicant has support from the neighbors. Courtney addressed ongoing concerns about the homeless encampments around the District that have increased during the summer months. Courtney encouraged residents to reach out to him for more information about what is being done. ANC 6C usually meets at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month in the ground floor conference room at the Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE. The next meeting of ANC 6C is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Oct. 14. ANC 6C is meeting via Webex. For the most up-to-date information, visit anc6c.org. Sarah Payne is a student at the University of Michigan and is on the staff of the student newspaper.

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Commissioners Oppose Design of 5 M St. SW ANC 6D Report by Andrew Lightman Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6D met Sept. 14 over WebEx. Commissioners Gail Fast (6D01), Anna Forgie (6D02), Ronald Collins (6D03), Andy Litsky (6D04), Fredrica (Rikki) Kramer (6D05), Rhonda Hamilton (6D06) and Edward Daniels (6D07) were in attendance.

evelopers JBG Smith and Gensler are developing a 130-foot office, residential and retail development at 5 Two alternatives proposed for the JBG development at 5 M St. SW. M St. SW, currently the site of a parking lot and 7-Eleven. JBG is dual tracking the design to be either office or rester than the original design that looked like a prisborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE) preidential focused depending on the market. The deon,” chimed in Vice Chair Litsky, comparing the sented an overview of his office’s public health apvelopment is a matter of right subject to design renew design to “a stack of Kleenex boxes at Safeway.” proach to reducing street violence. The pandemic, view by the DC Zoning Commission. The zoning “It looks like Hollywood Squares,” said Chair Fast, Duncan stated, has resulted in increased violence. for the site is D5. characterizing the design as “too busy.” Homicides are up 13 percent since 2019. Representatives of the developers outlined All of the commissioners, in turn, bemoaned ONSE runs a violence interruption program. their accommodations to the commissioners’ comthe project’s lack of significant amounts of affordIts contractors work to mediate disputes and create ments on the project: able housing. ceasefires in key neighborhoods including South• fully contained loading facilities; The commission voted to oppose the design west. Training Grounds is the nonprofit responsi• walk-up townhouse units; unanimously and authorized Chair Fast to testify at ble for these efforts in ANC 6D. ONSE also pro• three foot setback from the property line for the design review hearing. vides support to victims of violence. Duncan could expanded M Street sidewalks; not quantify the impact made by his office. • dog runs for residents; The Southwest Action Group (SWAG) proOther Matters • outdoor balconies contained within the zonvided commissioners with an overview of their adCommissioners gave their blessing to Brookfield ing envelope; vocacy efforts to increase affordable housing, reDevelopment’s innovative stepped design for its of• no use of neon accenting; duce racism and foster the arts. More information fice building at First and N Street SE, known as Par• approximately eight units of affordable housing. is available at www.swdaction.com. cel F. Commissioner Daniels urged the developer Commissioner Forgie led her fellows in genJesse Himmelrich from the SW Business Imto consider small minority businesses and arts uses eral criticism of the project. “The design, she statprovement District (SWBID) briefed the commisfor its retail bays. No vote was taken. ed, was overpowering given the church directly sioners on the BID’s plans for five colorful paveRepresentatives from the Legal Aid Society across South Capitol and townhomes south of M ment murals painted at scooter and moped parking gave a presentation on their services. They focused Street SW. corrals and at traffic calming locations. Himmelon their programs directed at aiding applicants for “This is a barrier to the Southwest community rich also provided details on the new bike lanes on public assistance, renters and foreclosures. rather than a gateway,” Forgie stated. “This is betFourth Street SW. Alfred Duncan from the DC Office of Neigh-

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MPD Captain Jonathan Dorrough briefed commissioners on public safety. There was a gun battle with more than 90 shots fired on the 200 block of N Street SW on the evening of Sept. 4. This is why the department is making gun retrieval their top priority, the captain stated. There were also two assaults and a robbery on the 800 block of Fourth Street SW. The captain also reported a significant increase in the theft of delivery vehicles, particularly restaurant app drivers. The ANC voted to: • approve the modified September agenda; • approve the July minutes; • send a letter to the Attorney General protesting the deplorable conditions at Greenleaf public housing complex; • send a letter supporting Hoffman and Associates’ plan to put a black box theater in their development next to the CVS on Fourth Street SW, • support the closing of Potomac Avenue and First Street SE, a paper street located next to the DC Water Headquarters; • approve its FY21 budget; • approve the DC Dept. of Transportation’s (DDOT) design for crosswalks adjacent to the Greenleaf Recreation Center. ANC 6D meets at 7:00 p.m. on the second Monday of every month. The next meeting of ANC 6D is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Oct. 13 via Webex. For more information and links to join ANC meetings, visit anc6d.org. ◆

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SW Virtual Home Tour The Waterfront Village is transforming its annual walking tour of Southwest into a virtual home tour. Homes of the Southwest Waterfront will be broadcast on three consecutive Sundays; Oct. 11, 18 and 25. The theme this year is 12 historic homes, apartments and houseboats in Southwest and the personal stories of their owners. Each week, three homes and a houseboat will be viewed by an internet audience, as each owner narrates the video with stories about the home’s history, renovations, occupants and/or personal contents. Register at WaterfrontVillageHomeTour. org. A link to the event will be sent a few days before each broadcast. Admission fees are waived, although donations will be accepted. All proceeds will benefit the Village. 62 H HILLRAG.COM

Homicide on The Hill On Wednesday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m. Robert Pohl, a Capitol Hill neighbor, author, and professional tour guide will discuss all manner of murderous activity that has taken place on Capitol Hill, at this virtual Preservation Cafe sponsored by the Capitol Hill Restoration society. These ghastly events include tawdry acts of spite, anger, and grisly homicide. A WebEx link and call in number will be posted prior to the meeting at chrs.org/homicide-on-the-hillpreservation-cafe/

Cooking Events at Hill Center The Hill Center offers a variety of virtual cooking classes this October. Here’s the lineup: Mother Sauce Series: Hollandaise on Oct. 5;

Knife Skills: Common Vegetables on Oct. 8; Family Style Series: Paella on Oct. 15; On the Cooling Rack: French Macarons on Oct. 17; Mother Sauce Series: Sauce Tomate on Oct. 19; On the Cooling Rack: The Perfect Quiche on Oct. 20; Family Style Series: Shakshuka on Oct. 22; Knife Skills: Common Vegetables on Oct. 27; Family Style Series: Pad Thai on Oct. 29. All classes are $20. Register at hillcenterdc.org.

Circulator Hours Extended The following Circulator routes now operate weekdays 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and weekends 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.: Union Station to Georgetown; Rosslyn to Dupont Circle; and Woodley Park to Adams Morgan to McPherson Square. Routes still ending at 9 p.m. include the Con-

Do you need mortgage assistance due to the effects of COVID-19? DC MAP (Mortgage Assistance Program) COVID-19 is here to help District homeowners stay in their homes during this pandemic. As businesses in the Washington, D.C. region have had to close or reduce staff, the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA) recognizes the need to provide assistance to those impacted by the pandemic. DC MAP COVID-19 provides zero- interest monthly assistance loans up to $5,000 for up to six months for qualified homeowners.

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to Union Station route and Eastern Market to L’Enfant Plaza. DC Circulator has also resumed operations on the National Mall route weekdays from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and weekends from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fares are still suspended on all DC Circulator routes. dccirculator.com.

Open Hanging at DC Arts Center Every summer for the past 31 years, DC Arts Center has offered up its walls to any and all artists who wish to exhibit their work. Through Oct. 18, see 200 works in every medium imaginable. From Trump voodoo dolls and art respirator masks to exquisite paintings on silk and a graphite portrait of the victim of police brutality, this year’s 1460 Wallmountables runs the gamut of humor, despair, resilience and hope. The DC Arts Center Gallery, 2438 18th St. NW, is open Wed. through Sun. from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., by appointment only. Group size is limited. Reservations can be made at dcartscenter. org/about-us/plan-your-visit.

St. Coletta CEO Retires St. Coletta’s Chief Executive Officer Sharon Raimo will be retiring at the end of 2020. Initially hired to shutdown St. Coletta Society of Northern Virginia that served 19 students in a church basement, Raimo instead transformed it over the last 28 years into St. Coletta of Greater Washington that now serves nearly 500 individuals with disabilities at three locations in the Metro area an operating budget of over $23 million dollars. Under her leadership, the organization built a state-of-the-art campus on the site of the former DC jail, designed by famed architect Michael Graves which opened its doors in 2006. stcoletta.org.

Watch the Folger Groundbreaking During the Sept. 14 Folger Gala, the Folger celebrated the progress on the museum’s renovation by holding the “The Wonder of Will” gala. Folger Director Michael Witmore and Folger Board of Governors Chair J. May Liang clinked shovels in a ceremonial groundbreaking, captured on video. This month, look for signs of a construction while walking past the Folger. On the west side of the building, the Puck Fountain will be moved and one of the magnolia trees will be shifted 60 feet to the south. Missed the Gala premiere? Watch the video, which includes musical and theatrical performances, as well as a special appearance from celebrated chef and Gala Co-Chair José Andrés. folger.edu.

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in Ward 7, the Initiative provides adaptive programs for persons with disabilities at King Greenleaf and Randall in Ward 6. dpr.dc.gov.

Free eWaste Recycling DC residents, small businesses and non-profits can recycle electronics without cost at e-waste recycling events throughout 2020. Upcoming events are: Oct. 10, Takoma Community Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW; Oct. 17, New York Avenue Rec Center, 100 N St. NW; Oct. 24, Rosedale Community Center, 1701 Gales St. NE; and Nov. 7, Marvin Gaye Rec Center, 16 61st St. NE. All e-waste recycling events are held rain or shine from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A complete list of events and acceptable items can be found at rlgamericas.com/ DCecycling.

Create a Yard Scene for the Literary Pumpkin Walk their necks to document as many Capitol Hill murals as they can locate to create this free, fun, familyfriendly activity. The Tour can be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home but the scale of the art makes it much better in person. chrs.org/mural-tour/

Amerigroup Helps The Disabled Be Active Amerigroup DC and a Virginia-based Sports Image are joining forces for a three-year project with DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to develop and implement activities and programs for persons with disabilities, “The Healthy Activity Initiative.” Focussing primarily on seniors and youth, the program is launched in correlation with the year-long celebration of the 30th anniversary of the American Disabilities Act. The Initiative involves coordinating a host of activities including arts and crafts, health and nutrition, kids, camps and co-ops, therapeutic recreation and games and activities for seniors. Because of the pandemic and the need for social distancing, several Initiative’s events this year will be held virtually. In addition to supporting the Therapeutic Recreation Center

Pick a favorite book or literary character and create a pumpkin, scarecrow, or fullon front yard scene inspired by your choice. Since we can’t gather around our kitchen tables to share a meal as part of the annual Literary Feast, help the Capitol Hill Community Foundation create a new tradition. This self-guided tour of book-themed pumpkins and scarecrows across Capitol Hill will help us all celebrate the season safely. Register your idea online at literarypumpkinwalk.org to be included in the Literary Pumpkin Walk map. You can also vote (online) for your favorite design. The winning household will get to designate $1,000 towards a local school of their choice. The Literary Pumpkin Walk is brought to you by the Capitol Hill Community Foundation. The Foundation is a 100% volunteer driven community organization that supports activities, projects and groups that enrich the lives of residents and celebrates the history, diversity and beauty of the Capitol Hill community. They normally raise funds for local schools through their Literary Feast. Since this event has been cancelled, consider donating at CapitolHillCommunityFoundation.org.

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Amplify! Open Mic Series Joe’s Movement Emporium’s Amplify! is a freeform virtual platform where local artists reflect, release and protest. Each program in the series focuses on topic that will guide artists to amplify a collective voice of the community. This series takes place at 7 p.m. on Fridays, Oct. 9, Nov. 13 and Dec. 11. Examine the tough questions that spark very necessary conversations. These candid conversations and creative community work help support the movement toward a better world. Tickets are $10. Joesmovement.org.

Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote On Tuesday, Oct. 6,at 6 p.m., join MLK DC Public Library for a virtual screening of the documentary, Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote followed by a moderated panel discussion. Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote by Robert Greenwald is a short, powerful documentary about the growing threat of voter suppression to our 2020 election. Deeply personal accounts from voters of color across the state of Georgia reveal deliberate, widespread voter suppression in the 2018 midterm election where Stacey Abrams fought to become the first Black female governor in the U.S. Polling place closures, voter purges, missing absentee ballots, extreme wait times and voter ID issues were in full effect again during the 2020 primaries and are on-going across the country right now, all disproportionately affecting Black Americans and minorities from casting their ballots. dclibrary.org/mlk.

Changes for DC Leaf Collection DPW has announced changes to the 2020-21 leaf collection season to keep residents and DPW crews safe and healthy. This year, residents will be asked to use a “contactless,” more environmentally-friendly process of placing their leaves in paper bags. Collections will still occur twice in 66 H HILLRAG.COM

each neighborhood, beginning Nov. 9, through Jan. 4. DPW will provide 20 free paper bags to each residence serviced by DPW to assist in the transition. In addition to reducing residents’ and DPW employees’ risk of exposure to COVID-19, the change to bagged leaves will also help decrease the District’s carbon footprint by reducing reliance on diesel-powered vacuum equipment and gaspowered leaf blowers. dpw.dc.gov.

Select DPR Facilities Open with Limited Access DPR has announced registration for limited in-person fall programs at specific DC Department of Parks and Recreation locations, as well as virtual programs. The actual programs and offerings will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 13. While offering limited socially distanced programs at 29 recreation centers through its reservation system, DPR has included seven indoor pools for lap swimming-only and limited swim programs. Residents can access 19 free fitness centers through advanced reservations.  All patrons are required to present State-issued photo ID upon entry to facilitate COVID-19 contact tracing. All programs and access to facilities are available to registrants only and not the general public. Visit dprprograms.com.

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Sixth and I Presents Simchat Torah in a Truck Simchat Torah, which means “Rejoicing in Torah,” is the day when communities gather together to come into direct contact with the Torah and renew ourselves as they begin the cycle of reading from Genesis once again. On Sunday, Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., they’re taking a Torah for a ride in the streets of DC. Sign up to dance with Rabbi Shira, Rabbi Aaron, musician Aaron Shneyer, and the Torah in a neighborhood near you. $6. Advanced registration is required. To register, select the neighborhood closest to you. Exact locations will be emailed to registrants that have returned a health attestation form on Friday, Oct. 9. In accordance with DC safety guidelines, they require that everyone wears a mask and maintain social distance during the visit. sixthandi.org.

Pottery on the Hill Online Show & Sale The annual Pottery on the Hill show and sale, featuring 45 of the nation’s top potters, is online from Nov. 13 to 15. This year, there is also an online silent auction from Nov. 5 to 15. potteryonthehilldc.org.

Area Live Music Ram’s Head Live, 20 Market Pl. in Baltimore, has two live music events on their schedule (so far) through the end of the year: The Legwarmers on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 9 p.m. and Deep Neck on Friday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. ramsheadlive.com. Ram’s Head on Stage, 33 West St. in Annapolis, has scheduled Al Stewart on Oct. 17; David Cook on Oct. 18; KT Tunstall on Oct. 19; Rare Earth on Oct. 22; Sabbath-Black Sabbath Tribute on Oct. 24; The Dana Fuchs Band on Oct. 30; and

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Southwest Waterfront AARP Teleconference The Southwest Waterfront AARP will hold a teleconference meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at noon. There will be a conversation about public safety with Commander Morgan Kane of the 1st District, MPD. Everyone is welcome. The dial-in number is 425-436-6376 with an access code of 701215. For more information, contact Betty Jean Tolbert Jones at bettyjeantolbertjones@yahoo.com or 202-554-0901.

Capitol Riverfront Drive-in Movies The popular Capitol Riverfront Outdoor Movie Series is back! This time drive-in style. The Capitol Riverfront is at the Akridge Lot, First and V Streets SW, in Buzzard Point next to Audi Field. Movies, beginning at 7:30 p.m., are a fun, contact-free experience for all ages. There will be space for 75 vehicles set at an appropriate social distance. Remaining movies are Oct. 9, Knives out (PG-13); Oc. 16, Classic Double Feature: Frankenstein & Dracula (Not Rated, 1931); Oct. 23, Us (R); and Oct. 30, TBA. Tickets are $20 per car and all funds will be donated to local charities including DC Central Kitchen, Van Ness Elementary and Capital Area Food Bank. Visit riverfrontdrivein.eventbrite.com to register. Guests are encouraged to register early.

Foreclosure Prevention Webinars Having difficulty paying the mortgage, condo fees or property taxes? Own a home in DC? If so, the nonprofit Housing Counseling Services will be conducting foreclosure prevention webinars on Wednesdays in October at 2 p.m. The webinars are free but registration is required at housingetc.org. Have questions? Call the Foreclosure Prevention hotline at 202-265-2255.

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s in many parts of the District, the Hill and nearby neighborhoods have seen their fair share of new luxury apartment buildings. Representatives of these new developments say that amenities are key to the success of these projects. Built with golf simulators, dog wash stations, indoor basketball courts, and rooftop pools with fire pits — let’s just say that developers are no longer depending on cable packages to attract tenants. Instead, they’re betting that the various amenities will showcase the kind of lifestyle offered in a particular building or development, and attract new tenants in a competitive market made more so by the pandemic.

A glass wall separates the six-hoop indoor basketball court from the gardens at The Garrett, the newest building in The Collective. Courtesy: WC Smith

Makes or Breaks a Project “I think today, it’s what makes or breaks a project,” said Feras Qumseya, Vice President of FoulgerPratt. The company developed Beckert’s Park, a brand-new lifestyle concept at 1350 E St. SE, which began leasing in September. Qumseya said the amenities chosen for Beckert’s Park were intended to be a one-stop shop for anyone who wants to live on the Hill, from young singles and families to older couples. In addition to the golf simulator and the 60,000 square foot Safeway on the ground floor, Beckert’s Park offers a multi-purpose sports court that can be used for “almost any sport,” an aquatics court that combines a pool with outdoor seating, a fitness center, and a co-working space. That space was originally designed with entrepreneurs and young professionals in mind, Qumseya said, but is now attractive to a wider group. The “co-working lounge” includes booths for increased privacy. Tenants are looking for quality of life, and that is not defined by the four walls of an apartment, he said, but by the experience in the community you’re living in — the microcommunity, within a building, and the macrocommunity, or the neighborhood. Those experiences as facilitated by the available amenities, Qumseya added. “The more that you can differentiate yourself by what you can offer to people who are seeking quality of life in a building, the better,” he said. Qumseya said that the development used the Beckert family, former owners of the block, as in-

spiration.The Beckert formerly ran an amusement park, brewery and ice cream factory on the property. “The Beckert family created a fun environment on that block, and we wanted to maintain and honor that quality of life,” Qumseya said.

Community VP Property Management for the Collective Samantha Branchaud said that amenities are especially important in the current market because the additional spaces allow residents to safely work, work out and relax all while remaining within their building. The Collective is actually a group of three apart-

A view of the Capitol building from the Grill Terrace, located near the rooftop pool at The Residences at Eastern Market. Courtesy: Bozutto

ment homes located where the Navy Yard and Capitol Riverfront neighborhoods meet (800 New Jersey Ave. SE). The Collective includes the Park Chelsea, Agora and now, The Garrett, which just opened in September. Residents can take advantage of the amenities at all three buildings in The Collective, no matter which they live in, opening up three rooftop patios, two dog parks and one of the last commercial Peloton Cycling rooms for use (Peloton discontinued commercial sales to multifamily housing developments last year). The Garrett (150 I St. SE) brings a tennis court with a parabolic wall where you can play versus yourself, a six-hoop indoor basketball court, infinity pools, October 2020 ★ 71

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Integrated into the Neighborhood Tenants at the Residences at Eastern Market (777 C St. SE) can pop down to get some groceries at Trader Joe’s, or to drop off their children at the child care facility located in the ground floor. Bozzuto Regional Portfolio Manager Meredith S. Coules said that the location and the neighborhood is a huge amenity as well. The building is located near historic Eastern Market, where tenants can take advantage of the food offered daily by established community merchants, or enjoy the atmosphere of the weekend flea markets. Coules said that Bozzuto partners with the community for residential events, including wine tastings with Barracks Row wine boutique DCanter. The Residences at Eastern Market were developed by EastBanc, probably best known for

Seating arranged around fire pits in the Southside Outdoor Terrace at the Residences at Eastern Market. Courtesy: Bozutto

near the rooftop pool. Doors from a lounge open into the landscaped private courtyard called ‘The Grove,’ and the building offers professional sports training with Peloton bikes and SKILLMILL trainers in the fitness center. Residents have personalized in-home services through Hello Alfred, a full-service concierge that does everything from picking up groceries and dry-cleaning to watering plants or scheduling maintenance. “As the developer, we weren’t targeting a specific demographic as we much as a specific kind of user,” Lanier said. “The amenities were designed to give you a very comprehensive living experience in an urban center.” As luxury rental units are completed and go on the market, amenities will play a part in the decisions people are making about how they want to live their new normal, Lanier said. “We’re early in this adjustment and many people are staying in place, deciding what the next move is,” Lanier said. “This is right at the point, where you’ve come out of that first four, five months where you’re trying to figure out how to adjust your living style and which home suits it.” Learn more about Beckert’s Park by visiting www.beckertspark.com, about The Garrett and the other properties at The Collective at thecollectivedc.com and about the Residences at Eastern Market at www.liveateasternmarket.com. You can also mask up, walk into the buildings and ask for a tour. u

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apitol Hill is home to many dazzling (some, quite literally) works of art, painted on the exteriors of homes and businesses. Some murals are well known to the community - but are still included because they are muchloved and the Mural Tour wouldn’t be complete without them. Others may be familiar only to their immediate neighbors. Several of them have been on view for decades; many are more recent, including those that are part of the DC Statehood Murals project. One is not actually a mural at all - but it’s art on the exterior of a structure, so no reason not to give it the attention it deserves. Two have since been destroyed and several others may be prove to be temporary, but they can live forever, virtually, on the CHRS website. While the Tour can be enjoyed from the comfort and safety of your home, why not use this opportunity to walk our streets and alleys? Art is always best appreciated in person; particularly true in this case where the scale and placement of the work made photography a challenge. Images of all the murals and a downloadable handout can be found at chrs. org/mural-tour/. If you missed the opening of the #StayAtHomeHouseTour in midSeptember, it’s definitely not too late; it’s free on-line at chrs.org/vht-2020/.

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#38 – 1252 H St. NE #39 – 1257 Wylie St. NE #40 – 910 13th St. NE #41 – 1320 H St. NE #42 – 1333 H St. NE [8] #43 – 1339 H St. NE (rear) [3] #44 – 1335 H St. NE #45 – 515 15th St. NE [2] #46 – 1631 Rosedale St. NE (rear) #47 – 1021 E St. NE (rear) #48 – 1375 E St. NE (14th St. side) #49 – 1250 Constitution Ave. NE (13th St. side) #50 – 101 15th St. NE #51 – 1700 East Capitol St. NE (rear) #52 – 1518 A St. SE #53 – Alley behind 1314 Independence Ave. SE/ 132 13th St. SE [3] #54 – 29 King’s Ct. SE #55 – 1609 E St. SE (rear) #56 – 1426-1428 G St. SE (rear/alley) [2] #57 – 500 12th St. SE #58 – 1220 D St. SE

29 Kings Ct SE cat - Former warehouse is on the Historic Sites Tour

15th St NE animals - Fanciest dumpster on Capitol Hill

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21 9th St SE Porche - Makes one wonder what’s inside…

46 1257 Wylie St NE - Enjoy this beauty while it’s still visible

712 East Captiol St NE - Secret garden on East Capitol St. For your convenience here is a map with approximate locations. Note that some sites are home to more than one mural, as indicated in brackets in the legend.

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30 29

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1631 Rosedale St NE rear - Rose in bloom in Rosedale

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CHANGING HANDS Changing Hands is a list of residential sales in Capitol Hill and contiguous neighborhoods 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

$650,000 $520,000 $395,000 $308,000

3 4 3 2

$709,000 $440,000 $399,999

4 4 4

$1,620,000 $1,520,000 $1,420,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,300,000 $1,180,000 $953,000

6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3

$2,619,000 $1,773,000 $1,579,000 $1,475,000 $1,420,000 $1,400,000 $1,300,000 $1,295,000 $1,200,000 $1,187,000 $1,140,000 $1,025,000 $1,025,000 $989,000 $980,000 $950,000 $930,000 $925,000 $925,000 $907,000 $900,000 $863,000 $859,000 $835,000 $825,000

6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 2

FEE SIMPLE ANACOSTIA 2242 Mount View Pl SE 1777 W St SE 2329 15th Pl SE 2108 16th St SE

BARRY FARMS 1334 T St SE 2519 Stanton Rd SE 1485 Morris Rd SE

BLOOMINGDALE 50 Bryant St NW 39 V St NW 46 R St NW 2206 Flagler Pl NW 153 Adams St NW 1711 1st St NW 139 Thomas St NW 65 New York Ave NW

CAPITOL HILL 638 E Capitol St NE 612 North Carolina Ave SE 122 12th St NE 511 7th St NE 1213 F St NE 124 7th St SE 403 Constitution Ave NE 811 E Capitol St SE 1113 Maryland Ave NE 611 4th St NE 532 5th St SE 203 15th St NE 1120 G St SE 1223 E St NE 1250 C St NE 24 16th St NE 643 A St SE 1312 S Carolina Ave SE 1241 D St NE 616 4th St NE 1742 Massachusetts Ave SE 1220 D St NE 516 G St SE 215 F St NE 23 6th St NE

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1358 Independence Ave SE 1629 Potomac Ave SE 419 12th St SE 1303 Potomac Ave SE 1122 K St SE 258 Warren St NE 256 14th St NE

$824,000 $782,500 $776,000 $765,000 $730,000 $630,000 $625,000

CAPITOL HILL EAST 1618 Gales St NE 756 13th St SE 1820 A St SE 1708 A St SE 1013 15th Street SE 421-423 17th St SE 1327 E St NE 1509 E St SE 1379 Potomac Ave SE 1614 D St SE 536 13th St NE 461 Duvall Ct SE

$1,040,000 $850,000 $835,000 $810,000 $789,900 $768,000 $685,000 $940,000 $789,000 $785,000 $665,000 $635,000

CAPITOL QUARTER 413 I St SE 419 I St SE 333 Virginia Ave SE

ECKINGTON 1618 1st St NE 324 Todd Pl NE 26 Quincy Pl NE 1934 2nd St NE 167 U St NE 151 U St NE 316 Todd Pl NE 1922 4th St NE 1931 1st St NE

FAIRLAWN 1319 T St SE

4 4 3

$1,200,000 $1,100,000 $950,000 $915,000 $855,000 $805,000 $780,000 $660,250 $645,000

6 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3

$495,000

$475,000 $460,000 $417,000 $365,000 $340,000 $285,000 $231,000

H STREET CORRIDOR 904 11th St NE 619 Orleans Pl NE

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

$1,200,000 $1,150,000 $1,075,000

FORT DUPONT PARK 4023 Ely Pl SE 4208 Fort Dupont Ter SE 851 Adrian St SE 4331 G St SE 212 36th St SE 3107 E St SE 3031 K St SE

2 3 2 2 3 2 2

$1,100,000 $775,000

3 3 2 2 4 2 2 3 3

HOMECOMING

HARVEST! 1031 5th St NE 915 4th St NE

IVY CITY

3027 Channing St NE

KINGMAN PARK 440 15th St NE 1624 F St NE 319 19th St NE 1729 F St NE

LEDROIT PARK 1911 2nd St NW 51 V St NW 152 W St NW

NOMA

1159 4th St NE 1105 6th St NE 1177 3rd St NE

OLD CITY #1 321 G St NE 918 C St NE 236 12th Pl NE 26 18th St SE 1822 C St NE 1734 C St NE 1706 D St NE 409 M St NE 535 NE 23rd Pl NE 1522 1st St NW 734 13th St SE 623 Morton Pl NE 1736 E St NE 1211 E St SE 1239 Wylie St NE 1611 Rosedale St NE 1619 Gales St NE

$769,000 $650,000

3 2

$1,075,000

$887,000 $712,000 $583,500 $551,000

3 3 3 2

$1,390,000 $1,110,000 $585,000

4 4 3

$1,081,000 $850,000 $779,000 $1,250,000 $1,200,000 $991,900 $980,000 $916,000 $900,000 $900,000 $835,000 $772,000 $770,000 $765,000 $760,000 $725,000 $710,000 $647,000 $530,000 $525,000

RANDLE HEIGHTS 2314 Naylor Rd SE 2407 Naylor Rd SE 1711 25th St SE 2016 Mississippi Ave SE 2388 Elvans Rd SE 2026 Savannah Pl SE

RLA (SW) 670 9th St SW

SHAW

909 French St NW 902 S St NW 1839 9th St NW 1524 3rd St NW 1716 New Jersey Ave NW

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

$599,900 $550,000 $420,000 $420,000 $410,000 $399,999

4 4 3 3 3 3

$1,125,000

$1,635,000 $1,100,000 $960,000 $875,000 $859,000

4 4 3 3 2

SW WATERFRONT 503 H St SW

3 3 3

$870,000

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106 4th St SE 4BD/3.5BA $1,099,000 PERFECT PLACEMENT, PRICELESS PRESERVATION, PRUDENT UPDATES, AND PROFIT! Make your home at the heart of Historic Capitol Hill! If you love The Hill in part for the classic architecture, why live in a house “gutted” of its original features in favor of flashy but flimsy finishes? Instead, SAVOR the original Victorian-era details and textures that have been thoughtfully preserved and restored throughout this home! Top floor with 3BR/2BA and ground level BONUS: currently configured as separate 1BR apartment, with original stairs intact for easy reconnect as desired.

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East Capitol Street NE 4BR/3.5BA $1,390,000 CASTLE WITH COMMANDING VIEW ACROSS LINCOLN PARK! 4 TALL renovated levels featuring southern sun across new oak floors and historic brick walls. Updated kitchen, baths, windows, walls, and more in this towering Victorian. On the lower level, a smart apartment for guests or tenants. Available in October! Visit joelnelsongroup.com or follow @joelnelsongroup on Instagram and Facebook for new listing details and photos when available. Stop by for a FREE PUMPKIN on SUNDAY 10/11 during our OPEN HOUSE from 2 - 4 PM.

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E Street SE 4BR/3.5BA $1,640,000

529 14th St NE 5BR/3.5BA $1,175,000

THREE LUXURIOUS LEVELS JUST THREE YEARS YOUNG! GRAND custom classic home by C&S Builders - Tall & Handsome - 2,563 Bright SF - 3 expansive stories ABOVE grade- No dark bsmts here! Honed White Oak Flrs throughout, pro-grade open kitchen, expansive rear patio & parking, Metro + grocery just 2 blocks. Every SINGLE detail large or little has been carefully considered. Available in October! Visit joelnelsongroup.com or follow @joelnelsongroup on Instagram and Facebook for new listing details and photos when available.

C Street SE 3BR/2.5BA $1,000,000 TWO FOR ONE IN THE SOUTH-FACING SUN! Upper owners’ residence features 1400 SF, modern floor plan, pristine oak floors, and rear wall of glass and deep deck plus parking. Ground-level bright 1BR/1BA apartment with tall ceilings delivers optimal guest or rental apartment with patio. Two working fireplaces ready to warm your winter nights! Available in October! Visit joelnelsongroup.com or follow @ joelnelsongroup on Instagram and Facebook for new listing details and photos when available.

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TRINIDAD 1915 H St NE 1107 Owen Pl NE 1829 L St NE 1750 Lyman Pl NE 1264 Neal St NE

$825,000 $815,000 $620,000 $551,500 $500,000

TRUXTON CIRCLE 1431 3rd St NW 53 Bates St NW

3 3 2 2 3

$1,100,000 $820,000

3 3

$169,900

$120,000

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BARRY FARMS 2634 Bowen Rd SE #303

BLOOMINGDALE 64 W St NW #2 150 Rhode Island Ave NW #201 150 V St NW #V305 1929 1st St NW #202

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CAPITOL HILL

300 8th St NE #108 901 D St NE #208 215 17th St SE #2 315 12th St NE #103 141 12th St NE #18 300 8th St NE #310 1020 Pennsylvania Ave SE #402 300 8th St NE #307 116 6th St NE #201 1391 Pennsylvania Ave SE #403 16 17th St NE #121 115 D St SE #104 317 NE 10th St NE #1 327 10th St SE #5 1301 South Carolina Ave SE #7 523 8th St NE #105 300 8th St NE #104 414 Seward Sq SE #201 11 2nd St NE #102 101 North Carolina Ave SE #403 116 North Carolina Ave SE #303 414 Seward Sq SE #106

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127 R St NE #2 241 R St NE #B 314 V St NE #202

$675,000 $579,000 $525,000 $480,000

2 2 2 2

$949,900 $878,000 $724,000 $660,000 $629,000 $600,000 $589,000 $575,000 $574,900 $563,500 $552,274 $515,000 $515,000 $490,000 $453,000 $450,000 $440,000 $340,000 $315,000 $310,000 $289,000 $250,000

2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1

$550,000 $450,000 $430,000 $425,000 $670,000 $500,000 $490,000

2 2 1 1 3 2 2

$800,000 $746,000 $245,000

H STREET CORRIDOR 215 I St NE #104 646 H St NE #PH-4 1119 5th St NE #1 641 M St NE #B 837 4th St NE #2 646 H St NE #303 1141 16th St NE #2 630 F St NE #2 1141 16th St NE #1 1409 G St NE #21 730 11th St NE #303 1350 Maryland Ave NE #407 1115 H St NE #301

KINGMAN PARK

CAPITOL HILL EAST 1391 Pennsylvania Ave SE #423 1500 Pennsylvania Ave SE #301 1220 Potomac Ave SE #7 1220 Potomac Ave SE #3 1815 D St NE #1 1391 Pennsylvania Ave SE #427 1524 Independence Ave SE #102

ECKINGTON

1812 D St NE #5 619 16th St NE #A 2016 D St NE #2 1663 Gales St NE #1 423 18th St NE #11 1665 Gales St NE #1

LEDROIT PARK 205 V St NW #301 205 V St NW #303 205 V St NW #304 205 V St NW #302 205 V St NW #203 205 V St NW #102 205 V St NW #205 205 V St NW #101 205 V St NW #106

NAVY YARD 70 N St SE #613 70 N St SE #213 70 N St SE #512 70 N St SE #407 70 SE N St SE #314 1300 4th St SE #406 70 N St SE #416 1300 4th St SE #202

NOMA

1116 6th St NE #B 1116 6th St NE #A 1110 6th St NE #1 50 Florida Ave NE #506 50 Florida Ave NE #411

OLD CITY #1 1823 D St NE #C 1032 6th St NE #301

4 3 1

$1,100,000 $899,900 $739,900 $729,000 $703,500 $694,306 $660,000 $651,000 $595,000 $595,000 $488,000 $427,500 $382,000

2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1

$670,000 $629,900 $560,000 $440,000 $439,000 $435,000

3 2 2 3 2 3

$775,000 $760,000 $755,000 $735,000 $700,000 $699,900 $690,000 $685,000 $685,000

2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3

$909,900 $839,900 $556,900 $551,900 $514,900 $460,000 $419,900 $400,000

2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0

$1,004,888 $883,888 $756,000 $703,400 $446,600

3 3 3 2 1

$640,000 $380,000

3 3

RLA (SW)

363 N St SW #363 240 M St SW #E100 800 4th St SW #N413 1101 3rd St SW #605 800 4th St SW #N203 700 7th St SW #418

SHAW

1237 10th St NW #UNIT 1 1530 3rd St NW #2 1636 5th St NW #2 600 Harvard St NW #2 1011 M St NW #409 1539 9th St NW #2 810 O St NW #605 1923 9th St NW #6 810 O St NW #203 1223 5th St NW 1912 8th St NW #A 910 M St NW #1008 801 N NW #202 801 N NW #T-04

SOUTH WEST 350 G St SW #N322

$584,900 $409,000 $365,000 $310,000 $280,000 $237,000

2 2 1 0 0 0

$1,250,000 $990,000 $988,000 $890,000 $880,000 $880,000 $754,900 $715,000 $712,400 $700,000 $640,000 $560,000 $550,000 $499,900

3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1

$385,000

SW WATERFRONT 708 3rd St SW #119 1322 Half St SW #302 1435 4th St SW #B413 1250 4th St SW #W803 1425 4th St SW #A203

TRINIDAD

1205 Morse St NE #1 1210 19th St NE #4 1830 I St NE #3 1404 Holbrook St NE #4 1404 Holbrook St NE #1 1721 Trinidad Ave NE #3 1111 Orren St NE #106 1274 Simms Pl NE #4 1725 Trinidad Ave NE #1 1668 Trinidad Ave NE #3 1230 Holbrook Ter NE #101 1227 Meigs Pl NE #C 1233 Raum St NE #3

$655,000 $527,500 $358,000 $340,000 $325,000

3 1 1 1 1

$640,000 $575,000 $479,000 $450,000 $425,000 $395,000 $380,500 $366,000 $360,725 $305,000 $300,000 $280,000 $240,500

2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1

TRUXTON CIRCLE 57 N St NW #225 234 N St NW #3 57 N St NW #424

WATERFRONT 525 Water St SW #404 749 3rd St SW #401 300 M St SW #N602 ◆

$815,000 $450,000 $360,000

2 1 0

$710,000 $639,000 $379,000

1 3 1

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zel, the rich dish is named after former Speaker of the House John Boehner, a regular customer. On previous visits, we’ve enjoyed linguine and clams, calamari fritti, grilled fish and hearty lasagna. Dinner for two with three drinks came to $80 before tip. Located at 506 Eighth St. SE, Trattoria Alberto is open daily. Call 202-544-2007 or visit www.trattoriaAlbertodc.com.

Nostalgia Prevails at Jimmy T’s

A Barracks Row mainstay, the 40-year-old Trattoria Alberto now oﬀers socially distanced indoor seating.

n a recent visit to an old Barracks Row favorite, Trattoria Alberto, we had hoped to dine al fresco, but a late summer storm drove us indoors. No problem. Properly masked and socially distanced with tables six feet apart, we settled into a comfy spot. Lovely operatic music drifted through the dining area. Crisp white paper bags, headed for carryout customers, lined the normally busy bar. How is his venerable restaurant able to stay in business? “We work hard,” proprietor Ernie Buruca explained, “And we have good neighborhood support… carryout keeps us going.” We ordered vino—my $9 healthy slug of Montepulciano red, and my husband Peter’s Shooting Star Sauvignon Blanc. I requested my spaghetti alla carbonara sans cream, like we’ve savored it in Venice. The chef complied, and my dish was delicious, replete with garlic, egg, Parmesan and lots of crispy pancetta. Peter’s vitello alla piccata--tender slices of veal--were spritzed with lemon and capers. We were intrigued by the Veal Alla Boehner, breaded, baked and capped with fried egg and anchovies. Similar to German schnit-

This from Peter: I thought I was back in Chattanooga in the 1950s. Jimmy T’s Place evokes fond memories of my Tennessee boyhood. With its pressedtin ceiling, old-fashioned lunch counter and original 150-year-old wooden floor, this venerable neighborhood eatery has served Capitol Hill for more than five decades. Customers have included U.S. senators, Supreme Court justices, Secret Service agents and just regular folks. Housed in a circa-1860s red-brick structure at 501 East Capitol SE, Jimmy T’s reopened about two months ago after the Covid-19 shutdown. The popular café was as busy as ever when I recently dropped by for carryout lunch. All sidewalk tables were occupied

by neighbors and a visitor from New York. At the counter, I ordered one of the best cheeseburgers I’ve eaten since moving to the Hill nearly 50 years ago. Moreover, the price has NOT changed that much since the ‘70s. Where else can you get a delicious cheeseburger with fresh tomato, pickle and lettuce for only $5.35? While waiting, I chatted with proprietor John Tiches as his wife Cindy, the “proprietress,” grilled burgers, bacon, sausages, hash and other breakfast/lunch items. By the way, Jimmy T’s now serves dinner: pork tenderloin was the special on the sidewalk menu board. Opening bright and early at 6:30 a.m. (Wednesday-Friday) and at 8 a.m. (weekends), Jimmy T’s serves breakfast all day and accepts cash only. The prices are so low you don’t need credit cards. I noticed all employees don masks, and customers are socially distanced both inside and out. For more information call 202-546-3646.

Atlas Traveling During the carryout-only period, we discovered that Indian food like curries and biryani travel well. The latest example is Butter Chicken Company 2, at 500

LEFT: Jimmy T’s, a downhome diner on East Capitol, evokes fond childhood memories. RIGHT: The venerable Jimmy’s T’s eatery also oﬀers spacious outdoor seating, weather permitting.

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Color and Passion ••• Blake Aaron, guitarist We are all in a place where everything is changing around us without knowing what’s coming next. And the change is being powered by Covid-19. Not surprisingly, contemporary musicians are all coming up with their own antidote with their music. Joining the rescue brigade is guitaritst Aaron Blake with his hit song, “Daylight.” Using a tropical soca rhythm and infused with bright energy and joy, “Daylight” is Mr. Blake’s newest single moving up the Billboard chart from his forthcoming Color and Passion, his sixth album on Innervision Records. Half of the new album is made up of hit singles that were released over the last few years along with some newly completed cuts. Two of them, the melodically rich “Fall For You” and “Groovers and Shakers,” a duet written and produced with hitmaking saxophonist Darren Rahn, went No. 1 on the Billboard chart. Illuminated by a horn section, “Vivid” climbed into Billboard’s top 10 as did “Drive,” another propulsive collaboration with Mr. Rahn that was the No. 1 song of 2019 on the Radiowave chart. Mr. Blake spotlights several more Billboard chart-toppers on Color and Passion. He wrote the exhilarating “Sunday Strut” with guitarist Adam Hawley, a song graced by urban-jazz icon Najee on tenor and soprano saxophones. The album closes with a Latin percussive treatment of Stevie Wonder’s anthemic classic “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing” that includes Kim Scott’s impassioned flute engaging in a dalliance with Mr. Blake’s fiery electric guitar. Also appearing on the album are bassists Darryl Williams, Hussain Jiffry and Mel Brown; drummers Tony Moore and Eric Valentine; keyboardists-pianists Rob Mullins, Tateng Katindig and Mike Whittaker; horn players and arrangers David Mann, Lee Thornburg and Scott Martin; and strings arranger Craig Sharmat.

Ricardo Bacelar: Live in Rio (Ao Vivo No Rio) ••• Ricardo Bacelar, pianist The dramatic and perilous path of Covid-19 is now everywhere from sunrise to sunset. Sweeping across Brazil, the virus was more like a plague. It was during this period that the jazz pianist, Ricardo Bacelar, decided to release a version of Milton Nascimento’s classic “Nothing Will Be As It Was (Nada Sera Como Antes)” as the first single from Live in Rio. It is presented as a duet sung in Portuguese by Mr. Bacelar and Brazilian vocalist-pianist Delia Fischer. Recorded during a 2018 concert held at The Blue Note in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mr. Bacelar and his five-piece band harness the unique energy, power, warmth and spontaneity that can only be experienced in a live concert setting. The 11-song Live in Rio set list includes tunes penned by Brazilian icons Milton Nascimento, Tom Jobim, Gilberto Gil and Flora Purim along with American jazz greats Benny Golson, Horace Silver, Pat Metheny and Chick Corea. The album also contains an original composition by Mr. Bacelar and Cesar Lemos (Ricky Martin, Paulina Rubio) titled “Sernambetiba, 1992.” Mr. Bacelar’s band on Live in Rio consists of guitarist João Castilho, saxophonist-flutist Danilo Sina, double bassist Alexandre Katatau, drummer Renato Endrigo and percussionist André Siqueira. The album, which is only available digitally, can be purchased at Amazon. u 84 H HILLRAG.COM

H St. NE for patio dining and carryout. If owner Asad Sheikh seems familiar, he also operates Bombay Street Food2 on Barracks Row plus other popular Indian eateries around town. Butter Chicken 2 focuses on a classic: Butter Chicken, blended with tomatoes, curry and lots of butter. Priced at $11, it comes with two sides and naan. For culinary research, Sheikh sent Chef/Partner Praveen Kumar to New Delhi’s Moti Mahal restaurant, where butter chicken was reportedly invented. Among other offerings are saag paneer (spinach and cheese), chana Masala (spicy chick peas On H Street NE (Atlas District), a customer awaits his with onions and tomatoes); vegorder at the recently unveiled Smokin’ Pig BBQ Joint. etable biryani. Butter Chicken 2 is closed Mondays. Call 202-921fore tip. Service was excellent. At this writ9750 or visit www.usabutterchicken.com. ing, “Smokin’ Pig is takeout only. For hours

Pigging Out Speaking of carryout, barbecue also travels well. No surprise, but we re-discovered this advantage when we visited The Smokin’ Pig, 1208 H St. NE. Presiding over the grill is pitmeister Shawn McWhirter. A Washington native and Hill Country Barbecue Market alum, McWhirter also helped launch DCity Smokehouse. Besides an enormous brined and smoked giant turkey leg stuffed with macand-cheese, the grill turns out stuffed smoked potatoes, “pit-fire” smoked-andfried chicken wings, half smokes, “Big Tennessee” grilled salmon sandwich and much more. Peter, a southern-bred barbecue buff, loved the pulled pork platter with sides of baked beans and crispy Brussels sprouts— among the best Brussels sprouts we’ve tasted recently. The succulent smoked pork didn’t really need sauce, but he ordered the tangy Carolina vinegar anyway. Meanwhile, I decided on the Henry VIII-size turkey leg ($12), sans mac-andcheese. Leftovers from our repast, including most of my mega poultry limb, will see us through at least one more meal. The tab for our carry-out lunch came to $28.60 be-

and updates visit www.smokinpigdc.com.

Pizza Here Up the street, Mozzeria has opened at 1300 H St. NE, a Neapolitan-style pizzeria operated entirely by hearing impaired employees. Located on the ground floor of the Baldwin apartment complex, the 94seat newcomer was specially designed by CORE Architecture + design. The menu offers 12-inch wood-fired pies, fried mozzarella “bars,” eggplant parmesan, cheeseand-charcuterie platters, Italian-style cocktails and more. For now, there’s only takeout and delivery. To order, visit www. mozzeria.com at the restaurant.

Here ‘n’ There At last, someone is moving into this longtime vacant space north of Lincoln Park: Pacci’s Trattoria, 106 13th St. SE, formerly Lincoln Wine bar. This will be the third Pacci’s for owner Spiro Giodasis, who operates two others in suburban Maryland….and Moorenko’s Ice Cream finally opened at 720 C St. SE. For more information visit www.moorenkos. com....And happy 30th birthday to Las Placitas, the Salvadoran stalwart at 1100 Eighth St. SE. u

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AT THE MOVIES

Second Look: An Annual Survey of Overlooked Films

ith this column (usually appearing in September but this year delayed a month), I again nominate several “Movies That Got Away,” feature films (from 2019) less noticed or hyped upon release. This selection avoids mainstream Hollywood fare for movies which offered something distinctive, discriminating or novel. Most of the films mentioned below had short runs and modest US box office but glowed with quality.

by Mike Canning

The Mustang – Matthias Schoenaerts stars as a pugnacious inmate in a Nevada prison who redeems himself through taming wild horses. The symbolism of “The Mustang” may be obvious—one caged animal restores another— but the honest, unflashy depiction (in an authentic Nevada landscape) of that redemption done by French director/ actress Laure de Clermont-TonOn left side, WWI British infantrymen appear in reconstructed, colorized nere rings true. footage contrasted with soldiers in original silent footage in “They Shall Schoenarts is a Not Grow Old.” Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures block of a man on-Avon. Branagh stars and directs—with aplomb-with a short fuse, and has worthy collaborators in scenarist Ben Elton, but the film captures his hard-won cinematographer Zac Nicholson and music director empathy with patient resolve and Patrick Doyle. Dame Judi Dench plays Anne Hathgrace, especially in a heartrending away, the feisty counterpart to the testy genius. The passage between him and his esmost striking scene comes when two master actors, tranged daughter. There is no neat Branagh and Ian McKellen, discuss a favorite sonnet resolution but hope for a hard-bitat Shakespeare’s manse. It is a masterful set-up, shot ten prisoner to find his humanity. Mark Ruffalo shines as a committed lawyer in “Dark Waters,” a Focus in candlelight, within which both performers recite All Is True – Kenneth Features release. Photo: Mary Cybulski in quiet perfection. Branagh has filmed a passel of The year also saw the presence of three worthy As in all movie seasons, there are standout inShakespeare’s plays but, with “All Is True,” he takes ensemble films that showed versatile casts in very dividual performances that too few people saw and on the very Bard himself in a sensitive speculation on distinctive locales. which were ignored during awards season. I cite Will’s last years, retired and settled back in StratfordThe Last Black Man in San Francisco – three male performers in very distinct roles. A touching and lyrical cinematic poem about a Dark Waters – For drama, Hollywood ofnostalgic San Francisco, wherein a young black ten turns to stories “based on” or “inspired man, Jimmie Falls, along with his best friend by” real events. Some especially ring true, such (played by Jonathan Majors), try to recapture as this wrenching eco-legal-thriller. Director his family’s legacy by re-inhabiting the classic Todd Haynes tackles a ripped-from-the-head“painted lady” house his grandfather built. Belines docudrama done in a richly-textured but sides delineating Jimmie’s quest, the film exstraightforward style. “Dark Waters” stands or amines the effects of the city’s gentrification— falls on Mark Ruffalo’s lead performance. He in both sober and whimsical tones. To add to plays a modest corporate lawyer content with his the mix, the film takes off on occasional surrelife but roused by injustice and corporate greed al or surprise trips. A terrific debut film by a to get to the core of a pollution case. He domiSan Francisco native, Joe Talbot, who created nates the film, not with showiness, but with an init with the help of his protagonist Falls. grained naturalism befitting his diffident characBy the Grace of God – Labeled “a ficter. This is as compelling a personage as he has Melvil Poupaud (right) receives communion in the French docution but based upon fact,” this fine French film ever portrayed. “Dark Waters” also run deep. drama “By the Grace of God.” Photo courtesy of Music Box Films

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Crisp air, cool breeze, Fall leaves...enjoy it all at Mr. Henry’s! by François Ozon recounts a real legal case brought by three survivors against an abusive priest in contemporary Lyon. Investigating the scandal over two years, the film shows a steady, inexorable momentum, with each phase of the three survivors’ experiences played out in an even, restrained, style. It deals with the most sordid of themes yet avoids wallowing in them. The victim’s vile experiences are recounted but in an unvarnished and almost chaste, way. The true strength of Ozon’s film is his patient directing of his three very different leads. Everybody Knows – Director Ashgar Farhadi leaves his native Iran to take on a complex family drama filmed in Spain. The drama, turning on a child’s kidnapping, involves intricate family dynamics, builds palpable tension and includes a late-blooming reveal. The film’s feel for Spanish life and relationships is a complement to Farhadi, given that he’s working in an alien tongue and culture. His typically knotty plotting is in full evidence, pulling the viewer into his story effectively. Farhadi also retains his touch with actors: he fluidly guides a very accomplished cast headed by two stars, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, who are fully blended into the rich ensemble. A trifecta of quality documentaries screened last year could not have been more different but did not gain the audience attention they deserved. They Shall Not Grow Old – This stunning documentary presents an amazing manipulation of old images to create a thrilling reimaging of the past. With more than 2,000 hours of footage married to 600 hours of radio interviews, director Peter Jackson spent a year crafting, as he said, “an average man’s experience of what it was

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1. 2017 Barrique Cellars Chardonnay, Anderson Valley, CA $19.99 – A classic Anderson Valley Chardonnay with juicy, ripe apple and pear aromas, medium body, an elegant creamy texture and a deliciously long and crisp finish. 2. 2019 Jon-Marc Sauvignon Blanc Santa Ynez Valley, CA $19.99 – Elegant, perfumed, and high toned with vibrant and zippy acidity. A round texture with stony minerality on the palate. Aromas and flavors of lemon zest, lime pith, gooseberry, honeydew melon and white blossoms. 3. 2019 Antoine Simoneau Sauvignon Blanc Toraine, Loire Valley, France $12.99 – Soft citrus aromas, white peach, and green melon make this a very attractive little wine. Refreshing acidity and a hint of apple blossom shine through on the finish. 4. 2019 Ruttenstock Gruner Veltliner, Austria $12.99 – Mathias Ruttenstock is a 4th generation winemaker in the Weinviertel region of Austria. His wines are lovely and this Gruner has a very aromatic nose loaded with citrus and classic white pepper. 5. 2019 Calstar Cellars Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma, CA $19.99 – Pale gold

in color, this stunning wine offers both complex salinity and fresh citrus aromas. Exotic and enticing flavors of Meyer lemon, ginger, cut hay, and wet river stones. Zippy green apple and tropical fruit flavors are balanced by refreshing acidity. 6. 2018 Bichot Macon Villages, Burgundy, France $17.99 – Fragrant with beautiful honeysuckle aromas. Lemon, apple, and pear fruit flavors are balanced by the crispy acidity and minerality. 7. 2019 Iris Vineyards Estate Viognier Applegate Valley, Oregon $12.99 – Aromas of white flowers, orange and lemon zest burst from the glass of this lush Viognier. Lime and green apple flavors follow on the palate. 8. 2019 Lobster Reef Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough, New Zealand $13.99 – A classic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc with traditional tropical fruit aromas of pineapple, followed by lime, grapefruit, and orange rind. 9. 2018 Harken Barrel Fermented Chardonnay, CA $12.99 – Harken Chardonnay is 100% barrel fermented to create a rich Chardonnay exhibiting a classic profile of tropical fruit and pear alongside warm oak aromatics. The luscious palate suggests crème brulée and buttered toast. 10. 2018 Colline del Sole Falanghina del Sannio, Campania, Italy $14.99 – Aromas of citrus blossom, peach, and honey. This lovely wine, native to Campania offers complexity and balance.

Reds 11. 2016 Schild Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Barossa, Australia $16.99 – Rich aromas of dark plum, espresso, and cigar box. Bold dark fruit flavors punctuated with of chocolate and a fine tannin structure.

12. 2016 Finca el Lince Monastrell, Jumilla, Spain $14.99 – Big, ripe, red cherry and baking spice aromas are decedent. Mostly Monastrell with a touch of Syrah in the blend, this velvety red has sophistication and finesse. 13. 2015 Parducci Coro Red Blend, Mendocino, CA $19.99 – 60% Zinfandel, 16% Syrah, 16% Petite Sirah, 6% Grenache, 2% Carignane make up this dark and spicy blend. Concentrated flavors of dark cherries, blackberries, and boysenberries. Black pepper and cinnamon spice follow on the long finish. 14. 2018 Vicchiomaggio San Jacopo Chianti Classico $15.99 – Medium ruby red in color with ripe cherry flavors and velvety tannins. 15. 2015 Bichot Chateau De Jarnioux Beaujolais, France $11.99 – Aromas and flavors of raspberry, tart cherry strawberry, candy, and spice. Velvety light tannins. 16. 2016 Lisabella Nero d’Avola, Sicily $9.99 – Light and polished with notes of black cherries blueberries, black pepper, smooth tannins, and medium body. 17. 2016 Oliver Hill Red Silk Shiraz, McLaren Vale, Australia $19.99 – Fullbodied, and bursting with notes of black plums, ripe blackberries, and spice. There are subtle notes of black pepper and savory spice as well. Bright and delicious, this wine will pair well with slow cooked lamb. 18. 2017 Apolloni Pinot Noir Capitol Hill Cuvee, Willamette Valley, Oregon $19.99 – Concentrated, red berry flavors and a ripe mouthfeel. Classic notes of black cherries, forest floor, spring flowers and sweet, spicy oak. It will improve for over a decade. 19. 2017 Cascina Adelaide Dolcetto Di Diano d’Alba, Piedmont, Italy $19.99 – Dolcetto is loved for its softness and lower acidity, compared to Barbera. Red cherry and red currant are delightful on the nose. Soft, ripe plums, blackberries and a touch of green herbs linger on the finish. 20. 2016 Abelis Carthago Lui Toro, Spain $19.99 – Pronounced aromas of black fruits. Rich and chewy on the palate with a full and velvety tannin structure. Visit Elyse Genderson at Schneider’s of Capitol Hill to discover wines you love. ◆

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ARTandtheCITY by Jim Magner

ARTIST PORTRAIT: KAMILAH HOUSE Kamilah House Dances With Color

tions of the social issues of the day. Her experience as an attorney and her background in international studies are all part of her love for current events. The intensity of it all, especially color and composition, come from family and the tornado of feelings that may distinguish themselves without separating, but unite in creative force. You can see her work in the Hill Center virtual gallery and on Instagram at @ kohouseart and @kohouseartgallery. And soon at www. kamilahhouse.com.

You can feel the color. Hear it. Touch it. Dance with it. Outlines and contours appear and distinguish themselves without separating, remaining a presence within the story. They intensify the collective emotion and give character to the fluidity within the composition. The mixed media works of Kamilah House combine the color and rhythms of North Africa, West Africa, South Asia and all the places she has lived and absorbed. Kamilah grew up as a “Bahamian/African American diplomat brat,” and she experienced the world. The world responded. Like most artists, Kamilah has been drawing and painting since childhood, but the realities of growing up and finding the right vocation consumed energy and time. She went to law school and is an attorney with the Justice Department. With two small Jim Magner’s children, she continues to sketch and paint whenever she can and has been more of a fulltime artist over the past eight or nine years. She has taken classes at the Art League, but so much of learning is seeing. Really seeing, she says, “visualizing an experience” and understanding the inherent emotions. The conceiving and completion of a piece goes well beyond painting. She works mostly with acrylics, but also oils. Actually, there is no limit to the materials she employs in each work: paper, cloth and anything that fits the subject and meanings. The methods and materials often reflect her interpreta- (2018) 40x30 Acrylic on Canvas. Photo by George Staley.

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it could be, seeing becomes imagination – a particularly human gift that I don’t use as often as I should. I still paint, and painting makes demands. It says that pretty pictures are not enough. It tells me to go beyond facades, to wade into the guts of our world as we live it. That can be tough. Painful. I don’t want to think of that beautiful landscape as an ongoing, desperate fight for survival … as life feeding on death. Painting also tells me that our ever-changing reality could go spinning wildly out of control into some chaHer Together (2020) 40x30 Mixed Media, Paper Collage on Canvas. Photo by otic explosion of techno/social George Staley. conflict. No. I don’t want to see that either. Having lived life in the raw, including combat, there is much I would like to un-see. And having spent Thoughts on Art many years on Capitol Hill, really seeing government, “The meaning of life is I have experienced fear and loathing. So, for mental to see.” Some guy named health, pictures need to be pretty once in a while, or Hui Neng said that in 700 at least not induce suicidal despondency. A.D. When I was young, I With Kamilah House the seeing is four dimenthought, duh … I’m an artsional, not simply patterns of light on the optic nerve. ist, all art is about seeing. It is the very idea of sight – the idea of life that presBut having lived much since ents as a compelling demand to create. To really see. then, I’m beginning to, well, see what he meant. At the Galleries It’s not obvious after “Uniting US” all. Sight is not just a visuHill Center al imprint of what’s in front. 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE It’s the personal interpretaOct. 1-Dec. 31 tion inside my head, the This is a special virtual exhibit featuring the art of mind’s eye. But even before 30 US military veterans. There are 125 works of all the interpretation comes kinds and varied subject matter, organized by Unitthe real seeing – the actual ing US, veterans’ family members and friends. As a looking at something as an vet who has been involved in veterans’ art, I know ever-changing fragment of how much it means to those who have been damaged ever-changing reality. That physically and emotionally by combat. morphs into understanding. Also, the annual Regional Juried Exhibition When I look at life, not just continues through 2020. A wonderful work from for what it is, but for what

dow of the Coldwell Banker Real Estate office. It will be lit to be seen at night. Watch the video at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=m8CWQIwLzrQ.

Should we survive the night (2020) 36x48 Mixed Media Collage on Canvas. Photo by Kamilah House

each artist, including Kamilah House (see Artist Profile) can be seen at www.hillcenterdc.org/ galleries. “Flower Alchemy 2020” Karen Edgett 605 Pennsylvania Ave. SE (viewed through the window) Through October This is “Round 2,” 35 photos of people from the DC area merged with flower mosaics. Most of the portraits are from “selfies” sent at Karen’s request. She merges each photo with her flower mosaics – each “unique and balanced to the exact needs of the soul it is blending with.” The composite photos can be seen through the win-

“Moments in Time … a very weird time” Tati Kaupp The Athenaeum Gallery 201 Prince St., Alexandria Tati has been included in a very big show at The Athenaeum in Alexandria. The show is intended to be a “time capsule” that represents a “broad spectrum” of artists’ thoughts on the current situation. www.tatikaupp.com Rosa Vera The Yard DC 700 Pennsylvania Ave. SE You can see an extensive collection of Rosa’s striking figurative and floral works at “The Yard” near Eastern Market. The show is also available online: https://www.clientraiser.com/radiates, Rosaverab49@gmail.com. “Return to Nature” National Museum of Women in the Arts. (NMWA) 1250 New York Ave. —Jan. 3 This exhibit features 20 photographs by 11 artists from the NMWA collection, many for the first time. These are large contemporary prints of lush landscapes along with exquisite vintage black-and-white flower studies. “Paper Routes”: Oct. 8-Jan. 18. New for October is a group exhibit featuring cut, folded, torn, glued, burned or embossed paper creations that “range in scale from intimate and meticulous to immersive and monumental.”

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“Reprise” American Painting Fine Art 5125 MacArthur Blvd. NW #17 Oct. 1-Nov. 30 This new show highlights the larger and medium-scale work of established gallery artists. It includes their usual wonderful landscapes and American scene paintings. www.classicamericanpainting.com Water (2018) 40x30, Oil on Canvas, Photo CreditGeorge Staley.

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the LITERARY HILL A Compendium of Readers, Writers, Books, & Events by Karen Lyon

Noir at the Bar

partner and owner of Mark’s Soft ed “princess hair” like Shoulder Bar, where she frequenthers—long, straightNewly-minted private investigator Zooey Krause is ly takes a stool to knock back gin ened and styled—she not exactly setting the detecting world on fire. In and tonics and discuss her cases— knew what she had to fact, as she ruefully observes, “I’ve chased down so although as Zooey tells him after an do. “As a mother to a many poodles that I start lifting my leg when I pass especially dispiriting day of tracking little Black girl,” she a fire hydrant.” down dead-end leads, “We’re hardly writes, “I felt comBusiness starts looking up when a good-looking Sherlock Holmes and Watson.” pelled to be Autumn’s guy named Joe Quigley asks her to track down the Even with the support of her mirror, and I knew it reporter that his fiancée, Mary Gentry, was meeting unlikely crew, Zooey soon has “a was time for a change.” with before she died in an auto accident. Joe is an enfeeling she was being drawn into an In “Hair Like gineer at an experimental nuclear power plant where invisible web” replete with mob hit Me,” she tells the stoMary also worked and where she suspected shady men, DC thugs, and Byzantine mary of how she deciddoings concerning both safety regulations and the neuvering. Never mind that she’s ed to cut her own hair pension fund. What did Mary tell the reporter about also working against the backdrop of short and natural like what she unearthed? And was she murdered to keep a race war playing out in cities across Autumn’s to show her it secret? A mother cuts her hair to show her the US—one that might involve weadaughter “that she was The action in “A Perfect Disguise,” a new thrilldaughter that short, natural hair can also ponized drones. beautiful inside and er by Christopher Datta be “princess hair” in Heather Burris’s “Hair “A Perfect Disout, and that princess Like Me.” and Debra Datta, races from guise” is a fast-paced hair is beautiful hair, seedy bars in Adams Mormystery with timely no matter the style.” gan to slick high-rise officthemes, rampant susAutumn loved es in downtown DC, and pense, and fully fleshedher mother’s new look. encompasses an equally diout characters that tear “Mommy, I love your verse cast of characters. at you long after the hair!” she exclaimed. There’s reporter Virskulduggery is revealed “You have HAIR LIKE gil Fitts, who, when Zooand the villains unME!” And her mom reey locates him, is slumped masked. In fact, here’s plied, “Now, Autumn, against a maple tree in a hoping we’ll see red-haired PI Zooey repeat after me: I am beautiful! And I love my hair! drunken stupor. Despite Krause pursuing another hot case beAnd I am a princess!” his predilection for the botfore long. “Hair Like Me” is a picture book for kindergartle, he’s able to sober up Christopher Datta is the author of teners to sixth graders that is charmingly illustrated enough that Zooey comes two Civil War novels—”Touched With by Ariel Mendez. Heather Burris is a public health to find the “irritating and Fire” and Fire & Dust”—a supernatural professional, writer, wife, and mother who hopes bull-headed journalist so thriller, “The Demon Stone,” two movthat her story will serve as a reminder “to women Christopher Datta and Debra Datta, hard to hate” that they evenshown here with Scout, are co-auie scripts, and a memoir, “Guardians of and girls everywhere that having their hair is importually team up (despite the thors of a timely and fast-paced new the Grail: A Life of Diplomacy on the tant, but beauty and confidence emanate from withfact that they “fight like cor- thriller called “A Perfect Disguise.” Edge,” about his career with the U.S. in.” www.joifulthoughts.com nered rats”). State Department. Debra Datta is a reThen there’s the mystired senior executive with health care Author 2 Author terious Francesca, who industry expertise in a variety of straDr. Courtney Davis is not one to let a pandemic inwears a white Noh mask tegic areas. terfere with her love of books and writers. The writer, with her silky kimonos and educator, and founder of the East of the River Book runs a “spa” that caters to Princess Hair Festival recently established an online forum offerunusual tastes. And there’s When Heather Burris’s four-year-old ing bimonthly interviews focusing on children’s litMark, Zooey’s Philippinedaughter, Autumn, told her she wanterature and YA authors. American friend, business 92 H HILLRAG.COM

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Dr. Courtney Davis hosts “Author 2 Author,” a series of biweekly talks featuring children’s and YA authors.

In September, she featured conversations with Heather Burris, DC author of “Hair Like Me” (see review above), and Terressa BoykinBaker, who has written several books about STEM for kids. In October, her guests will be Chiquita Hutton (Oct. 6), author of “Sydney’s Superpowers,” and Katrina Kearney-Hill (Oct. 19), author of “The Message in the Mirror” and “Picture Perfect Jordan.” Both talks are from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. www.drcourtneydavis.com or on Twitter @EOTRBOOKFEST

Following in George’s Virtual Footsteps Join local author and historian Garrett Peck for a virtual Smithsonian Associates tour of George Washington’s Alexandria, visiting the streets the first president surveyed as a teenager in 1749, the houses and taverns associated with him, and the church where his memorial service was held. Peck combines live commentary with prerecorded footage of Old Town locations and pauses to take questions along the way. Oct. 26, 6:30-8:00 p.m. www.smithsonianassociates.org. Peck’s most recent book is “A Decade of Disruption: American in the New Millennium,” and he is also the author of six previous books, including “The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath,” “Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren’t,” and “Walt Whitman in Washington, D.C.: The Civil War and America’s Great Poet.” www.garrettpeck.com u

like to be an infantry soldier in WWI.” The amalgamation of the material is singularly achieved through the original film’s digital enhancement, converting jerky silent footage to an even (colored) flow on the screen. This is a unique work, one which might prove a model for future looks at history. The Biggest Little Farm – This heart-warming documentary chronicles the eight-year quest of the Chester (John and Molly) family of Los Angeles to achieve their dream of a diverse, well-rounded American farm. The Chesters find 200 acres of farmland near Los Angeles to begin their experiment to live in harmony with nature. With John as narrator, we are taken year by dogged year through their revitalizing of the land, aided by a series of volunteer farmhands. Their perseverance overcomes numerous setbacks, from wolves and insects to rain storms. Still, with patience and resolve, they create an exquisite biodiverse design of magical panoramas, an Edenic farm lovingly realized on screen. Honeyland – This simple story is told with austere strokes, with stunning views of a ravishing landscape through which the beekeeper Hatidze moves like a lissome bird. The Macedonian co-directors took three years to film their story, but it is pieced together so adroitly that it carries the weight of a fable. Hatidze is a wonder. In her mid-fifties and sporting gnarled teeth and a weathered visage, she is both her inimitable self and an icon of the poor everywoman who has seen little but hardship. She is also smart, touching and caustic, revealed mostly in the low-light reflections in her hut, with her mom as witness and target. 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

THE POETIC HILL

by Karen Lyon

ark Dawson’s poems have been published in a letterpress chapbook titled “Solitary Conversations” (Aralia Press), as well as in The North American Review, The Colorado Review, Willow Springs, Flyway, Nimrod, the Antioch Review, and THINK Journal, where he was the featured poet. He edited The Black Warrior Review at the University of Alabama and, as a student, won an Academy of American Poets Prize. A native of Tennessee, he has lived on Capitol Hill for 20 years. The poem below was first published in The Antioch Review, Vol. 50, No. 3. THE BRIGHT HUES OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL That crash just now in the gift shop might be the clerk clearing out a stack of useless books whose thesis is that the dingy colors the artist used were part of his theology. The new books explain how bread and sour Greek wine, used a hundred years ago, removed a few layers of the grime, but that chemicals now will fix the ceiling for good. And what of my wife and me? Our particulars? Our hands pressed palm to palm do not produce stigmata, only sweat; the touching in between extremities can be imagined, and felt, but not seen, even with the mirrored ceiling, which I’m not sure was a good idea. I’m too heavy to ascend, and pinned to the ceiling as well. Yet, she saved me from wandering, from the loneliness of love’s legal and illegal experiments. Lying in this bed, I watch moonlight and sunlight play across the shifting peninsulas of our bodies. Save for her, my dead map of the heart would be finished.

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Hill Couple Combines Love of Competition with Their Sense of Community

by Pattie Cinelli

OVID 19 did not stop Hill athlete Courtney Tate from realizing his dream. Despite the cancellation of the IronMan race in Maryland Sept. 19 for which he had trained and was registered, Courtney ran a solo race through the Washington DC metro area which he called ‘IronTate’ on a course he and his wife created. “My husband started the swim Sunday morning Sept 6 (his birthday weekend) at National Harbor. He finally crossed the finish line looking strong more than 14 hours later across

Courtney’s wife, Johanna, applies sunscreen at transition 2 before he sets out on his 26.2 mile run. Photo: Dan Beahn

started planning for our event in mid-August,” said Courtney. “A lot was organized using social media platforms. We communicated on Facebook and Instagram.” The couple also turned the race into a charitable fundraiser. “We raised $2,040 for the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Foundation,” said Courtney. “The Foundation is technically separate from CDC, but it works in concert with it. The money is designated for COVID research and vaccine development.” Courtney’s original goal was $1,000. Courtney, 36, livestreamed the entire event using a GoPro strapped to his chest. “We had 30-40 people along the race course or at the finish line. Many more people watched the live stream at home,” said Johanna. “His parents drove from Georgia and my family was watching in Spain.” Courtney, who is a chemical engineer, has

the Navy Yard pier bridge, just blocks from our Capitol Hill home,” said Johanna Elsemore, Courtney’s wife. IronTate was not just a DC version of the IronMan. Courtney and Johanna turned the solo athletic race into a COVID-safe community experience. Johanna organized 25 aid stations where she recruited volunteers to hand out food and water to Courtney on the course. “We really

Courtney as the sun sets about halfway into his run. At this point, he’s conﬁdent he’ll complete the last leg. Photo: Johanna Elsemore.

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Friends and family gather at the Navy Yard waterfront, where Courtney has just finished his full IronTate. Photo: Fight Guy Photography.

a background in swimming and running. He said he got into cycling a few years ago. He completed two half Ironmans (a 70.3 miler) in Austin Texas and in Cambridge Md. “I love the challenge of endurance racing. It has always appealed to me to challenge my mind and body. Running an IronMan has been a dream of mine for several years now.” He was hoping the race in Maryland would still be held and be safe but ultimately officials started canceling races throughout the year in other places so it wasn’t a surprise when Maryland followed suit. He was still disappointed. His start time was 7:39 am. It

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took him 14 hours and 19 minutes. Courtney met his goal to finish. It might have taken Courtney a bit longer because he stopped and asked people how they were doing at every station along the route. “I knew someone at every one. I could also thank people during the course of the event. I wanted to give a special shout-out to those who donated. I wanted it to be about community, not about just me.” Courtney had two people swimming with him. He had an“Ironman Sherpa,”a five-time Ironman who swam and biked some of the way with him. Courtney also had a lifeguard in a kayak shadowing him the whole swim.

Friends hold signs to cheer Courtney on at transition 2 near the Washington Monument. Photo: Johanna Elsemore.

He swam 2.4 miles in a circle at National Harbor in Alexandria, then he transitioned to a bike for 112 miles on a path that crisscrossed across Maryland and Virginia. The Sherpa did first 30 miles. Friends and family in vehicles shadowed him between stations. Courtney is taking some down time since the race and is working on uploading the livestream video. He and his wife did go on a bike ride and did an outdoor boot camp at the Arboretum. When I asked him if another IronTate is in their future Courtney said he won’t rule it out and noted, “Johanna rolled her eyes.” He’s already signed up for the IronMan Maryland in September 2021. If you have questions for Courtney or want a link to the video, email him at: Courtney.j.tate@gmail.com. Pattie Cinelli is a health and fitness professional who has been writing her column for more than 20 years. She focuses on non-traditional ways to stay healthy and get well. Please email her with questions or column suggestions at:fitmiss44@aol.com. ◆

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or many of us, it may be uncomfortable to talk about, but I’m in the mood to discuss parasites. Seems like a good theme for these days. Last month’s discussion was hookworms, this month we will tackle roundworms. Roundworms, known as ascarids, are the most common parasite in dogs and cats. They are also the worm that clients see the most often: whenever someone says, “My dog has worms in her stool,” it’s probably roundworms. Ascarids are long, tubular-shaped, non-segmented worms, which closely resemble spaghetti. Sorry. They can be seen alive in stool and in vomit, too. There are several species of roundworms in dogs and cats. They are treated in the same manner in both species, but there are a few minor differences between dogs and cats. Toxacara canis is most commonly seen in dogs, while Toxocara cats is seen in cats. A third, Toxascaris leonina is less common, but is seen in both. The first indication of ascarids in puppies and kittens is simple: either you see them in stool or their abdomens looks a bit swollen and as we say, wormy. We veterinary professionals assume (usually correctly) that all juveniles have roundworms. We will discuss why this is the case. All Toxocara species eggs are passed in the stool into the environment. The eggs don’t hatch inside the egg, a larvae forms and matures, turning into a stage L3 infective larvae in two to three weeks, depending upon temperature and humidity. Dogs and cats eat the infective egg / larvae

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by Dan Teich from the environment, then the larvae hatches, migrates through the intestinal wall, liver and travels to the lungs. The larvae are then coughed up and swallowed. There they then mature into adults in the intestines. T. leonina does not migrate out of the intestines. Puppies very frequently have ascarids. But why - they don’t eat much from the environment as neonates? Infective larvae can be transmitted from the mother to the newborn via a transmammary route. When the puppies and kittens nurse, infected larvae may be ingested, resulting in infection. They can also get the larvae while still in the uterus via the placenta. Roundworms really want to infect puppies and kittens, and they have found excellent routes for doing this. As for clinical signs, many young animals show no signs, but others may have diarrhea, bloated tummies, vomiting, coughing, weight loss, failure to thrive, and rarely intestinal blockage and death. Kittens tend to show signs later, as cats cannot transfer

larvae through the placenta. People can be infected with ascarids from either the environment, eating unwashed fruit and vegetables, or from eating infected meat. The larvae migrate through tissues and can even enter the eye, causing decreased vision and even blindness. This is most frequently seen in children, with more cases in southern states than those in the north. We treat all puppies and kittens for roundworms several times. For puppies, our routine heartworm preventives are highly effective for eliminating roundworms. In kittens, we use topical Revolution or oral pyrantel. It is important that the young animals be treated multiple times for this parasite. Since the parasite is in the environment, routine deworming is essential for all dogs and any cats that go outside. Again, the typical oral heartworm preventives will eliminate the parasite. Dogs seem to be much less susceptible to roundworms as adults than puppies, so infection in adults is rare. I have not noted that to be the case in cats. Roundworms are gross, but usually overall benign in cats and dogs, but can cause serious problems in people. Routine deworming is usually all that is needed to keep the risk levels low. Dr. Dan Teich is the Medical Director for District Veterinary Hospital, Eastern Market. He is a Hill resident and can be seen walking to work with Dr. Brian, his golden retriever sidekick. u

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EVEN WHEN VIRTUAL LEARNING GOES WELL, KIDS MISS OUT Socialization, Independence and Faith in the Future the Casualties

ost District students have been learning virtually since the spring. There have been challenges in ensuring that all students have a device, a connection to the internet and that they all show up to classes. Students, parents and educators alike are trying to make the best of a bad situation. But even when virtual learning goes right, there are things that kids miss when learning online. Kids in their middle school and high school years are missing critical formative experiences. Even those part of a generation raised on screens and social media say they feel lonely and unsure how to communicate with peers in this new reality. Many say they feel anxious and uncertain about the future, both in the world and in their own lives. What are some things kids are missing out on in online learning, and how can parents and schools help?

‘OK, the World is Ending’ The COVID-19 crisis has hit a generation of teenagers already disproportionately impacted by depression and anxiety. In 2018, 70 percent of teen respondents told the Pew Research Center that anxiety and depression were a major problem among their peers. Those impacts are being augmented by the health crisis. In June, nearly 30 percent of parents told a Gallup poll that their child’s emotional or mental health was impacted by COVID measures. 45 percent cited the separation from classmates and teachers as a major challenge of remote learning. “With this, piled on top of everything else that’s going on, I think a lot of teenagers are saying, ‘What do I have to look forward to?’” said Psychotherapist Laelia Gilborn, who has worked with children and adults on Capitol Hill for nearly a decade. Many no longer believe they are going to have a normal adolescence, high school or college experience, she added. “That’s a big loss,” she said. “They’re getting more anxious and even fatalistic— because it’s a scary time.” There are ways parents can help just by talking 100 H HILLRAG.COM

by Elizabeth O’Gorek “On the surface, a lot of families have adapted in a way that things [helps] feel normal right now. But I think we’re paying a bigger price under the surface than it appears is there,” said Gilborn. “This is a defining experience for most of these kids’ lives.”

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High school sophomore Piper Cherry at home on the first day of virtual learning. She says she misses the social aspects of school. Photo: Courtesy M. Westman-Cherry.

to their kids. Gilborn suggests putting the pandemic into context to help teenagers see that history evolves on waves. “While some times are harder than others, those times are followed by upswings thanks in part to people who continue to stay engaged and positive,” she said. Parents can also help their kids be those people. If the political climate is affecting your teenager, helping them find ways to fight for change and to be politically active, for instance by volunteering at voting centers. It can be uplifting for students to feel they are part of the solution, she suggests. Families also need to think about the activities they do together, and how they are contributing to their collective mental and emotional health. A parent to two teenagers herself, Gilborn said that her family switched from watching political and social justice documentaries early in the pandemic to comedies. She has encouraged her family to focus on good news, such as the development of the COVID -19 vaccine, or look for sites like Good News Network.

Just being with peers is critical for the mental health of teens, as socialization is key to helping teenagers establish independence from parents as well as forming separate personal identities. Piper Cherry is a sophomore at a small District private school that made the transition to online learning. She says that lately she has started to feel very lonely, missing the kinds of social interactions that just happened organically at school. When school was in-person, she said, she and her friends would hang out spontaneously —but that isn’t happening anymore. “You know, if school was still in session I might go to this little sandwich place after school with some of my friends, or walk to the metro with them,” Cherry said. “And now, I’m not getting that.” Gilborn said that if it can be done safely, teenagers and parents should select a friend or two they can see in some way outdoors, their go-to people that they can hang out with separately from their parents, perhaps in a backyard or a park. “Having independent lives and privacy are key for them. We need to find ways to help them do that,” she said. Adults can also help facilitate social interaction. Siri Fiske is the Founder of District-based micro school Mysa School, which serves kids from grades K to 12. She said that some of the isolation teenagers are feeling pre-existed the pandemic, aggravated by the fact that many primarily interact through representations on social media. As a result, many teenagers don’t really know how to initiate casual interaction, she said. “What they’re missing is those passing interactions,” she said. Fiske suggests that, where possible, schools set up a virtual hangout space. Mysa has a sort of virtu-

al study hall, where kids can check in to ask a question and see who else is there so they can strike up a conversation. Teachers —and even parents —in other schools could set up a virtual lunchroom to do the same thing. “Things like that are not heavy lifting for schools [and] just allow that sort of social interaction that’s not really planned,” said Fiske.

Independence The teenage years are a time when kids start to develop independence from their parents, a process facilitated by increasing distance from family and dependence on their peer group —both jeopardized by the pandemic. Maria Hernandez, a federal employee, and her husband, a lobbyist, work full-time from home. Hernandez said that the biggest challenge during virtual learning has been helping their son Diego assert his independence and take responsibility for his own schoolwork. Diego just started middle school at Friends Community School (5901 Westchester Park Dr., MD), after finishing last year at a DCPS elementary. In elementary school, he was bullied to the point that his mother said it was a good transition to go to virtual learning in the spring. In the spring, Hernandez said Diego would sleep until 10 a.m. because he knew he didn’t have to be online until 11 a.m. Online learning only lasted an hour, and after that, he had no idea what to do for the rest of the day. This year is a better experience, she said. Classes are on a fixed schedule, with expectations outlined for Diego at the beginning of the week. However, despite the clear expectations for the day and the year, Hernandez says virtual learning has created roadblocks to building Diego’s independence. “He knows we’re here, so he’ll come running down if there’s a problem. If he was in a classroom, he’d have to do it on his own,” she said.

She also sees how being in a peer group would assist Diego in that growth. “He’s building less independence than he would on his own in the classroom. In class, there’d be peer pressure. I’m sure he’d be more embarrassed to ask for help before trying.” Still, despite these challenges, Hernandez syas things are going better. “He’s excited about being online, being in school and learning what’s going to happen.”

“In Terms of School, Just Relax” Fiske said many parents are becoming concerned about their child falling behind the academic standards. “What I’m saying to parents a lot is, that in terms of school, people just need to relax,” she said. It’s not like kids have a window of opportunity for particular kinds of learning, she said; they will learn the things they need to know. “The idea that you’re behind and missing things —it’s superimposed,” she said. “There’s just a lot of panicked people out there, and that’s not helpful to the kids.” Gilborn agrees, saying parents should lower expectations about school performance. “If your stress is reduced, your kid’s stress is reduced, and that’s probably the best thing for everyone right now.” Cherry, the high school student, said that she is a little nervous about the future. She doesn’t want to spend all of her high school years sitting at home in front of a computer, instead of at basketball games or school dances. But she also maintains her perspective while expressing the desire shared by the world about the crisis. “I really want this pandemic to be over,” Cherry said, “not just for me to have those experiences, but just because it’s something so awful that so many people are getting hurt by it in different ways —and I don’t want it to continue.” u October 2020 H 101

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Black & Latino Student School Fair The Black Student Fund & Latino Student Fund Annual School Fair is on Oct. 11, 2 to 5 p.m., online. The Black Student Fund’s commitment to bringing independent schools and black families together led to the creation of the annual Fair in 1972. The Fair has become an effective student venue and continues to be one of the largest school fairs of its kind in the region. For over forty years, the fair has provided a networking opportunity for thousands of families in the metropolitan area to meet with repre-

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The Race for Every Child: Virtual Edition! Register now for the Race for Every Child: Virtual Edition! The Children’s National Hospital’s annual 5K is on Oct. 17. Participants may run or walk separately in their own neighborhoods and unite to raise funds for Children’s National Hospital. Sign up today at raceforeverychild.org. Invite family, friends, colleagues and neighbors to join a team. There is no registration fee. Fundraising--in support of their patients--is encouraged. childrensnational.org/giving. sentatives from more than sixty independent schools. In addition, it features interactive seminars focused on the admissions process, the financial aid process and personal/family financial management. Read more and register at blackstudentfund.org.

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DC Makes $3.3 Million Investment to in Home Internet

Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has launched the $3.3 million “Internet for All” initiative to provide free internet access for up to 25,000 disconnected low-income students and families from DC Public Schools and public charter schools. The funding, allocated from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), will cover SNAP and TANF elFirst Kids igible families for the 2020-2021 School Year. The White House is the official residence of the Presidents of the The Office of the Chief United States as well as their families. Children of presidents are Technology Officer often referred to as “first kids.” These children have the opportu(OCTO) in partnership nity to live in the White House, travel the world and meet famous with OSSE will coordipeople. First kids are challenged by growing up in the public eye nate the effort to bring broadband directly to and are constantly surrounded by Secret Service agents. Even with homes through Comthis unusual lifestyle, White House history is full of stories of first cast’s Internet Essenkids just being kids. These children go to school, spend time with tials and RCN’s Internet their parents, care for pets and find ways to have fun. Learn what First programs. OCTO is reaching out to eligiit has been like to grow up at different moments in White House ble families via email, history through the experiences of several first kids. Visit whitephone and text message

The Presidential Board Game, for ages 11 and up, takes players inside the Electoral College process. Two teams, Democrats and Republicans, fight for control of state delegations to ultimately win more than 270 electoral votes. The Presidential Board Game is an

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Art Tales for Pre-K Need ideas for how to talk about art with little ones? In each box at nga.gov/education/teachers/lessons-activities/pre-k, explore artworks with children, read books with related themes and try making some art. Download for extra creative fun! nga.gov. Mary Cassatt, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983.1.18. Mary Cassatt painted many images of mothers and children. She portrayed the scenes that she saw around her: children taking a bath, playing in the sand and spending time with their parents. Observing from real life, Cassatt was able to capture everyday moments.

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Giant Panda Cub Born at The Zoo Giant panda Mei Xiang (maySHONG) gave birth to a cub at Smith-

sonian’s National Zoo on Aug. 21. Animal care staff witnessed the birth at 6:35 p.m. Mei Xiang picked the cub up immediately and began cradling and caring for it. The panda team heard the cub vocalize and glimpsed the cub for the first time briefly immediately after the birth. They are monitoring Mei Xiang and her cub via the Zoo’s panda cams at nationalzoo. si.edu/webcams/panda-cam. A neonatal exam will be performed when keep-

Find a Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch or Hayride

Blue Ridge Mountain Maze between Charlottesville and Lynchburg, VA, has a selection of pumpkins and local farm products; a courtyard of fun activities for kids including farm animals, pumpkin sling shots, giant slides, mini-mazes, rope mazes, tire swings, giant hay bale obstacle course, ﬁdget ladders and more. Blue Ridge Mountain Maze, Lovingston, VA. blueridgemountainmaze. com. Photo: Kate Knott

Find pumpkin patches, pick-your-own pumpkin farms, hayrides and corn mazes in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia at the labor-of-love pumpkinpatchesandmore. org. The site claims to have the world’s best pumpkin pie and pie crust recipes as well. It also has home canning, preserving, drying and freezing directions. Most pumpkin patches and corn mazes open by mid-September; some earlier. In winter, find cutyour-own Christmas tree farms at pickyourownchristmastree.org.

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